UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 DEC 25 Searching for KGGW... Searching the city database file for: KGGW ... Date:0000Z 27 DEC 25 Station: KGGW WMO ident: 72768 Latitude: 48.22 Longitude: -106.62 Elevation: 700.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -3 1 925 628 95 11 SFC 918 700 0.0 -0.4 97 0.4 -0.2 95 11 279.9 280.6 277.2 291.1 4.04 3 890 948 9.6 1.6 57 8.0 5.6 173 25 292.3 293.2 284.0 306.4 4.82 4 883 1013 9.4 -0.6 50 10.0 4.6 178 26 292.8 293.5 283.4 304.9 4.14 5 877 1068 10.0 -1.0 46 11.0 4.8 183 26 294.0 294.7 283.8 305.9 4.05 6 856 1266 9.0 -4.0 40 13.0 3.2 200 27 295.0 295.6 283.4 304.9 3.32 7 850 1323 8.6 -4.4 39 13.0 2.8 205 28 295.2 295.7 283.3 304.8 3.24 8 806 1759 5.2 -5.8 45 11.0 0.5 223 29 296.1 296.6 283.5 305.3 3.07 9 779 2037 4.0 -9.0 38 13.0 -1.2 228 23 297.7 298.1 283.5 305.2 2.48 10 700 2893 -4.1 -11.1 58 7.0 -6.6 235 26 297.9 298.4 283.4 305.1 2.34 11 668 3260 -7.5 -12.3 68 4.8 -9.1 243 31 298.1 298.5 283.4 305.0 2.22 12 655 3413 -8.7 -13.7 67 5.0 -10.3 244 33 298.5 298.8 283.3 304.7 2.02 13 628 3738 -11.5 -15.1 75 3.6 -12.6 240 37 298.9 299.2 283.3 304.7 1.88 14 615 3898 -12.7 -16.9 71 4.2 -13.9 238 38 299.3 299.6 283.2 304.5 1.65 15 601 4073 -14.3 -18.1 73 3.8 -15.3 237 40 299.4 299.7 283.1 304.2 1.53 16 588 4239 -15.5 -19.7 70 4.2 -16.6 235 42 299.9 300.2 283.1 304.2 1.36 17 552 4713 -19.9 -22.7 78 2.8 -20.5 238 50 300.2 300.4 282.9 303.7 1.12 18 534 4958 -21.7 -25.4 72 3.7 -22.4 241 55 300.9 301.0 282.9 303.8 0.91 19 513 5253 -23.7 -26.3 79 2.6 -24.2 244 63 301.9 302.1 283.3 304.8 0.87 20 500 5440 -24.9 -28.1 75 3.2 -25.4 240 58 302.7 302.8 283.5 305.2 0.76 21 435 6436 -33.3 -37.0 69 3.7 -33.7 225 55 304.3 304.4 283.6 305.6 0.37 22 400 7020 -37.9 -42.3 63 4.4 -38.2 225 63 305.7 305.8 284.0 306.5 0.23 23 395 7106 -38.7 -43.2 62 4.5 -39.0 228 65 305.8 305.8 284.0 306.5 0.21 24 382 7334 -40.7 -45.1 63 4.4 -40.9 235 71 306.1 306.1 284.1 306.7 0.18 25 371 7532 -42.7 -46.9 63 4.2 -42.9 232 72 306.0 306.0 284.0 306.6 0.15 26 359 7752 -44.7 -49.1 61 4.4 -44.9 231 74 306.2 306.2 284.1 306.7 0.12 27 351 7902 -46.1 -50.3 62 4.2 -46.3 232 74 306.3 306.3 284.1 306.7 0.11 28 333 8248 -49.7 -54.0 60 4.3 -49.8 235 76 306.0 306.0 283.9 306.3 0.07 29 310 8711 -53.9 -58.1 60 4.2 -54.0 240 79 306.5 306.5 284.1 306.7 0.05 30 300 8920 -55.5 -59.8 59 4.3 -55.6 240 83 307.1 307.1 284.3 307.3 0.04 31 296 9006 -55.9 -60.3 58 4.4 -56.0 240 83 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.9 0.04 32 279 9384 -54.5 -60.5 47 6.0 -54.6 244 93 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.2 0.04 33 271 9571 -54.7 -61.7 42 7.0 -54.8 247 98 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.5 0.03 34 260 9837 -54.0 -62.5 34 8.5 -54.1 245 103 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.03 35 250 10090 -53.3 -63.3 29 10.0 -53.5 245 100 326.8 326.8 290.9 326.9 0.03 36 247 10168 -52.9 -62.9 29 10.0 -53.1 246 99 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.03 37 243 10273 -53.1 -63.1 29 10.0 -53.3 248 98 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.03 38 224 10799 -51.3 -64.3 20 13.0 -51.6 250 98 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 39 216 11034 -51.9 -65.9 17 14.0 -52.2 250 99 342.9 343.0 295.0 343.1 0.03 40 200 11530 -53.9 -68.9 14 15.0 -54.2 255 86 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 41 199 11562 -53.9 -68.9 14 15.0 -54.2 255 86 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 42 182 12138 -51.9 -69.9 10 18.0 -52.3 255 76 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.02 43 179 12246 -51.7 -69.7 10 18.0 -52.1 256 75 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.02 44 175 12392 -52.3 -71.3 8 19.0 -52.7 258 69 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 45 170 12579 -52.1 -72.1 7 20.0 -52.5 259 66 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.01 46 166 12733 -52.7 -72.7 7 20.0 -53.1 256 67 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 47 158 13053 -51.3 -73.3 6 22.0 -51.8 251 61 376.0 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.01 48 157 13094 -51.3 -73.3 6 22.0 -51.8 250 60 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.8 0.01 49 156 13136 -51.3 -73.3 6 22.0 -51.8 251 59 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.01 50 150 13390 -51.9 -74.9 5 23.0 -52.4 255 54 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.7 0.01 51 136 14018 -55.5 -79.5 3 24.0 -55.9 255 45 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.01 52 128 14404 -54.9 -80.9 3 26.0 -55.4 251 59 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 53 127 14454 -54.9 -80.9 3 26.0 -55.4 252 60 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 54 119 14867 -56.1 -83.1 2 27.0 -56.5 248 56 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 55 113 15194 -57.5 -85.5 2 28.0 -57.9 245 61 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 56 103 15775 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -59.8 254 68 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 57 101 15898 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.5 257 63 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 58 100 15960 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.2 260 60 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 59 97 16151 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.0 255 58 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 60 88 16768 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -56.1 260 73 436.2 436.2 309.5 436.2 0.00 61 86 16914 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -55.4 262 66 440.6 440.6 310.0 440.7 0.00 62 78 17536 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.3 273 39 449.0 449.0 310.8 449.0 0.00 63 76 17701 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.0 274 33 450.6 450.6 310.9 450.7 0.00 64 72 18042 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -58.2 256 34 457.2 457.2 311.5 457.3 0.00 65 71 18131 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -58.5 251 35 458.7 458.7 311.7 458.7 0.00 66 70 18220 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -58.5 245 36 460.5 460.5 311.8 460.5 0.00 67 66 18590 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.6 250 39 465.7 465.7 312.3 465.7 0.00 68 64 18783 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.4 241 42 468.1 468.1 312.5 468.1 0.00 69 60 19185 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.5 244 50 474.1 474.1 313.0 474.1 0.00 70 58 19396 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -60.8 251 54 480.5 480.5 313.5 480.6 0.00 71 57 19504 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.4 255 56 483.8 483.8 313.8 483.9 0.00 72 53 19957 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.6 270 44 491.2 491.2 314.3 491.3 0.00 73 53 19957 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.6 270 44 491.2 491.2 314.3 491.3 0.00 74 50 20320 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -60.9 285 45 501.4 501.4 315.1 501.4 0.00 75 49 20446 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.1 272 35 506.2 506.2 315.4 506.2 0.00 76 46 20841 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.6 283 39 516.9 516.9 316.1 516.9 0.00 77 43 21262 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.7 277 30 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.0 0.00 78 42 21409 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.6 284 30 528.0 528.0 316.8 528.0 0.00 79 39 21869 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.5 304 26 534.3 534.3 317.2 534.3 0.00 80 39 21869 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.5 304 26 534.3 534.3 317.2 534.3 0.00 81 37 22194 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.4 274 19 539.8 539.8 317.5 539.8 0.00 82 35 22534 -64.1 -92.1 1 28.0 -64.6 279 23 545.3 545.3 317.8 545.3 0.00 83 33 22895 -63.3 -92.3 1 29.0 -63.8 304 19 556.7 556.7 318.5 556.7 0.00 84 32 23084 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.5 298 26 562.7 562.7 318.8 562.7 0.00 85 30 23480 -63.9 -91.9 1 28.0 -64.5 320 29 570.4 570.4 319.2 570.5 0.00 86 27 24124 -65.1 -93.1 1 28.0 -65.7 323 31 584.5 584.5 319.9 584.5 0.00 87 25 24592 -65.7 -92.7 1 27.0 -66.2 316 28 595.8 595.8 320.4 595.8 0.00 88 25 24592 -65.7 -92.7 1 27.0 -66.2 316 28 595.8 595.8 320.4 595.8 0.00 TRP 296 9006 -55.9 -60.3 58 4.4 -56.0 240 83 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.9 0.04 WND 260 9837 -54.0 -62.5 34 8.5 -54.1 245 103 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.3 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5443.00 m Freezing level: 739.99 mb = 2459.65 m = 8069.63 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.65 % Est. max temperature: 17.37 C = 63.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.18 mb = 750.93 m = 2463.65 ft T: 1.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.44 C Layer 883.0- 877.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.62 mb = 3010.14 m = 9875.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.66 C = 63.78 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 22.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39609.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.03 mb = 2372.38 m = 7783.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 262 at 29 knt ---------------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL LEV P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 918 700 95 11 -11.0 1.0 | 85 40 -40.1 -3.4 1 894 914 170 25 -4.3 24.6 | 121 39 -33.5 20.3 2 861 1219 195 27 7.0 26.1 | 134 31 -22.1 21.7 3 850 1323 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 141 27 -17.3 21.0 4 829 1524 215 32 18.4 26.2 | 154 24 -10.8 21.9 5 798 1829 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 149 18 -9.3 15.5 6 769 2134 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 125 16 -13.0 9.2 7 740 2438 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 129 16 -12.3 9.8 8 713 2743 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 144 13 -7.8 10.6 9 700 2893 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 144 13 -7.8 10.6 10 659 3353 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 179 9 -0.1 9.2 11 633 3658 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 189 14 2.1 13.7 12 584 4267 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 197 21 6.1 20.3 13 539 4877 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 217 28 16.8 22.2 14 517 5182 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 232 37 28.9 22.7 15 500 5440 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 221 32 21.1 24.7 16 476 5791 235 49 40.1 28.1 | 205 26 11.0 23.8 17 456 6096 225 52 36.8 36.8 | 193 33 7.7 32.4 18 437 6401 225 55 38.9 38.9 | 196 36 9.8 34.5 19 418 6706 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 194 34 8.4 33.1 20 401 7010 225 58 41.0 41.0 | 198 39 11.9 36.7 21 400 7020 225 63 44.5 44.5 | 201 43 15.4 40.2 22 383 7315 235 71 58.2 40.7 | 219 47 29.0 36.4 23 365 7620 230 73 55.9 46.9 | 212 50 26.8 42.6 24 333 8230 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 220 51 33.1 39.2 25 318 8534 240 75 65.0 37.5 | 227 49 35.8 33.2 26 304 8839 240 82 71.0 41.0 | 229 56 41.9 36.7 27 300 8920 240 83 71.9 41.5 | 229 57 42.8 37.2 28 296 9006 240 83 71.9 41.5 | 229 57 42.8 37.2 29 290 9144 240 82 71.0 41.0 | 229 56 41.9 36.7 30 276 9449 245 96 87.0 40.6 | 238 68 57.9 36.2 31 263 9754 250 100 94.0 34.2 | 245 71 64.9 29.9 32 260 9837 245 103 93.3 43.5 | 239 75 64.2 39.2 33 251 10058 245 103 93.3 43.5 | 239 75 64.2 39.2 34 250 10090 245 100 90.6 42.3 | 238 72 61.5 37.9 35 240 10363 250 97 91.2 33.2 | 245 68 62.0 28.8 36 229 10668 250 98 92.1 33.5 | 245 69 63.0 29.2 37 218 10973 250 99 93.0 33.9 | 245 70 63.9 29.5 38 208 11278 250 99 93.0 33.9 | 245 70 63.9 29.5 39 200 11530 255 86 83.1 22.3 | 252 57 54.0 17.9 40 198 11582 255 86 83.1 22.3 | 252 57 54.0 17.9 41 189 11887 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 251 45 42.4 14.8 42 181 12192 255 77 74.4 19.9 | 251 48 45.3 15.6 43 172 12497 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 259 36 34.9 6.9 44 164 12802 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 250 39 36.6 13.3 45 157 13106 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 239 32 27.3 16.2 46 150 13390 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 247 25 23.0 9.6 47 149 13411 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 240 34 29.1 16.9 48 142 13716 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 258 22 21.1 4.5 49 136 14021 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 243 16 14.4 7.3 50 129 14326 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 239 30 25.4 15.5 51 123 14630 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 249 34 31.7 12.0 52 118 14935 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 226 26 18.9 18.1 53 112 15240 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 231 36 28.0 22.3 54 107 15545 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 242 44 38.5 20.3 55 102 15850 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 250 37 34.6 12.7 56 100 15960 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 259 31 30.0 6.1 57 97 16154 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 248 29 26.9 10.7 58 92 16459 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 241 38 32.9 18.2 59 88 16764 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 259 44 42.8 8.3 60 76 17678 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 332 8 3.8 -7.2 61 73 17983 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 248 4 3.4 1.4 62 70 18220 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 198 11 3.5 10.9 63 69 18288 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 286 5 4.8 -1.4 64 63 18898 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 198 22 6.9 20.9 65 57 19507 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 248 27 25.0 10.1 66 52 20117 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 306 13 10.7 -7.8 67 50 20320 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 318 21 14.4 -16.0 68 49 20422 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 312 7 4.9 -4.3 69 47 20726 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 329 22 11.3 -19.1 70 45 21031 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 326 5 2.9 -4.3 71 42 21336 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 3 9 -0.6 -9.4 72 40 21641 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 1 21 -0.5 -20.8 73 38 21946 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 30 20 -10.3 -17.5 74 37 22250 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 76 12 -11.2 -2.8 75 35 22555 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 38 11 -6.5 -8.3 76 33 22860 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 44 21 -14.4 -14.7 77 32 23165 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 10 17 -2.8 -16.6 78 30 23470 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 9 29 -4.4 -29.1 79 30 23480 320 29 18.6 -22.2 | 22 29 -10.5 -26.6 80 28 23774 325 32 18.4 -26.2 | 19 32 -10.8 -30.6 81 25 24079 315 28 19.8 -19.8 | 21 26 -9.3 -24.1 82 23 24384 325 29 16.6 -23.8 | 24 31 -12.5 -28.1 83 21 24689 350 31 5.4 -30.5 | 34 42 -23.7 -34.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 463.0 neg: -37.5 tot: 425.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 151.60 m/s Storm Parameters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depth Mean Inflow| Shear | Helicity | Vorticity AGL Dir Spd Dir Spd| Pos Neg Tot| Pos Neg Tot Ave Rel | Hor Strm m knt knt| 10^-3/s | m^2/s^2 m/s^2 | 10^-3/s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 172 23 119 37| 31.4 0.0 31.4|353.4 0.0 353.4 706.7 0.89| 38.8 34.7 1000 195 26 133 31| 19.1 0.0 19.1|419.9 -2.9 417.0 417.0 0.80| 27.4 21.8 1500 206 26 137 26| 10.3 0.0 10.3|419.9 -37.5 382.5 255.0 0.55| 21.6 11.9 2000 212 25 137 23| 8.9 0.0 8.9|435.3 -37.5 397.8 198.9 0.57| 17.4 10.0 2500 218 25 139 21| 8.2 0.0 8.2|450.4 -37.5 412.9 165.2 0.59| 15.1 9.0 3000 224 27 145 18| 6.8 1.1 7.9|463.0 -37.5 425.5 141.8 0.59| 14.0 8.2 4000 229 31 160 17| 6.2 1.6 7.8|510.9 -37.5 473.4 118.3 0.59| 12.4 7.3 5000 233 36 180 18| 6.4 1.3 7.7|592.7-141.1 451.7 90.3 0.43| 13.0 5.6 6000 232 39 185 20| 5.3 2.0 7.3|606.4-212.3 394.1 65.7 0.33| 12.2 4.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGGW/skewt/KGGW.skewt.20251227.00.gif