UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042720.upa.cvt Date: 2000Z 27 APR 25 Searching for KLBF... Searching the city database file for: KLBF ... Date:2000Z 27 APR 25 Station: KLBF WMO ident: 72562 Latitude: 41.13 Longitude: -100.68 Elevation: 849.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 1 925 710 SFC 910 849 18.4 15.3 82 3.1 16.4 150 12 299.5 301.7 293.0 334.9 12.10 3 850 1428 13.0 12.3 96 0.7 12.6 170 32 299.8 301.7 292.0 330.9 10.63 4 794 1997 11.0 11.0 100 0.0 11.0 204 35 303.5 305.5 293.0 334.6 10.44 5 757 2397 15.0 -14.0 12 29.0 3.0 206 34 312.0 312.4 288.0 317.6 1.71 6 745 2531 14.2 -16.8 10 31.0 2.1 203 33 312.6 312.9 287.8 317.2 1.38 7 700 3051 9.4 -16.6 14 26.0 -0.5 195 30 312.9 313.2 288.1 317.8 1.49 8 667 3448 6.0 -18.0 16 24.0 -2.7 194 27 313.4 313.7 288.1 318.1 1.39 9 646 3708 3.8 -21.2 14 25.0 -4.5 190 26 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.5 1.09 10 591 4421 -2.7 -26.7 14 24.0 -9.2 194 33 314.3 314.5 287.7 316.9 0.73 11 550 4985 -7.5 -27.5 18 20.0 -12.5 201 34 315.2 315.3 288.0 317.7 0.73 12 514 5509 -10.7 -32.7 15 22.0 -15.3 200 31 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.2 0.48 13 500 5720 -12.5 -33.5 16 21.0 -16.7 205 29 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.4 0.45 14 467 6237 -16.7 -32.7 24 16.0 -19.8 204 31 318.8 318.9 288.9 320.7 0.52 15 460 6351 -17.5 -34.5 21 17.0 -20.5 208 32 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.45 16 449 6531 -18.9 -34.9 23 16.0 -21.7 215 33 319.7 319.8 289.1 321.3 0.44 17 435 6766 -20.9 -36.9 22 16.0 -23.4 225 32 320.1 320.1 289.2 321.4 0.37 18 418 7060 -23.5 -38.5 24 15.0 -25.6 234 31 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.6 0.33 19 412 7165 -24.1 -40.1 21 16.0 -26.2 233 31 320.9 321.0 289.3 322.0 0.28 20 407 7254 -25.1 -40.1 23 15.0 -27.0 232 31 320.8 320.8 289.3 321.8 0.29 21 404 7308 -25.5 -41.5 21 16.0 -27.5 231 31 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.9 0.25 22 400 7380 -26.1 -42.1 21 16.0 -28.0 230 31 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.24 23 379 7768 -29.5 -41.5 30 12.0 -30.8 230 34 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.6 0.27 24 359 8153 -32.9 -46.9 23 14.0 -34.0 230 39 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.6 0.16 25 330 8740 -37.7 -50.7 24 13.0 -38.5 234 42 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.7 0.11 26 312 9125 -41.1 -52.1 30 11.0 -41.6 235 41 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.10 27 300 9390 -43.5 -53.5 32 10.0 -43.9 230 41 324.0 324.1 290.1 324.4 0.09 28 290 9617 -45.3 -57.3 25 12.0 -45.7 232 42 324.6 324.7 290.2 324.9 0.06 29 270 10089 -49.3 -57.3 39 8.0 -49.6 225 48 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.06 30 258 10386 -50.7 -61.7 26 11.0 -51.0 226 48 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.04 31 250 10590 -52.1 -62.1 29 10.0 -52.3 235 53 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.8 0.04 32 238 10905 -54.9 -61.9 42 7.0 -55.1 239 55 329.0 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.04 33 225 11260 -57.1 -66.1 31 9.0 -57.2 240 54 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.02 34 221 11373 -56.7 -66.7 27 10.0 -56.9 240 56 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.02 35 218 11459 -56.9 -67.9 24 11.0 -57.1 240 59 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.02 36 210 11694 -57.5 -69.5 20 12.0 -57.6 240 63 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.0 0.02 37 205 11846 -58.3 -69.3 23 11.0 -58.5 240 64 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.02 38 200 12000 -59.1 -70.1 23 11.0 -59.2 245 64 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.2 0.02 39 199 12031 -59.3 -70.3 23 11.0 -59.5 245 64 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.01 40 196 12126 -59.7 -71.7 20 12.0 -59.8 245 64 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.2 0.01 41 190 12320 -60.9 -73.9 16 13.0 -61.0 243 63 341.3 341.3 294.6 341.3 0.01 42 178 12723 -63.1 -75.1 18 12.0 -63.2 240 61 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.01 43 177 12757 -63.1 -75.1 18 12.0 -63.2 240 61 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 44 170 13006 -61.6 -76.7 12 15.1 -61.7 240 66 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 45 166 13154 -60.7 -77.7 9 17.0 -60.9 241 64 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 46 154 13624 -57.9 -83.9 2 26.0 -58.2 241 54 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.00 47 151 13748 -56.5 -82.5 2 26.0 -56.8 242 53 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 48 150 13790 -56.1 -82.1 2 26.0 -56.4 245 53 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 49 149 13833 -56.1 -82.1 2 26.0 -56.4 245 52 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 50 148 13875 -56.1 -82.1 2 26.0 -56.4 246 51 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 51 144 14050 -56.5 -82.5 2 26.0 -56.8 247 48 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 52 130 14696 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -59.3 249 27 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.7 0.00 53 123 15042 -60.5 -84.5 3 24.0 -60.7 240 26 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.2 0.00 54 121 15144 -60.7 -84.7 3 24.0 -60.9 235 28 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 55 115 15462 -60.3 -85.3 2 25.0 -60.6 226 37 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 56 110 15740 -58.7 -83.7 3 25.0 -59.0 225 43 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 57 108 15855 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -59.2 225 44 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 58 100 16340 -57.9 -82.9 3 25.0 -58.3 235 42 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 178 12723 -63.1 -75.1 18 12.0 -63.2 240 61 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.01 WND 170 13006 -61.6 -76.7 12 15.1 -61.7 240 66 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.00 m Freezing level: 613.85 mb = 4125.07 m = 13533.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.86 mb = 2946.08 m = 9665.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.20 mb = 1238.35 m = 4062.78 ft T: 14.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 17.43 C Layer 757.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.69 mb = 1510.03 m = 4954.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.16 C = 66.50 F Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.17 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 11.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 266.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 983.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 265.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.59 mb = 1501.10 m = 4924.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.59 mb = 4332.37 m = 14213.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.59 mb = 11471.07 m = 37634.27 ft B at Equ Level: 967.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.59 mb = 13893.18 m = 45580.73 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 227 at 23 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 910 849 150 12 -6.0 10.4 | 77 23 -22.8 -5.3 1 903 914 145 17 -9.8 13.9 | 86 27 -26.6 -1.8 2 871 1219 145 22 -12.6 18.0 | 94 30 -29.4 2.3 3 850 1428 170 32 -5.6 31.5 | 125 27 -22.4 15.8 4 840 1524 165 31 -8.0 29.9 | 120 29 -24.8 14.2 5 810 1829 190 34 5.9 33.5 | 148 21 -10.9 17.8 6 781 2134 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 196 14 3.8 13.8 7 753 2438 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 171 15 -2.4 15.1 8 726 2743 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 155 15 -6.2 13.4 9 700 3048 195 30 7.8 29.0 | 146 16 -9.1 13.3 10 700 3051 195 30 7.8 29.0 | 146 16 -9.1 13.3 11 674 3353 195 27 7.0 26.1 | 137 14 -9.8 10.4 12 648 3658 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 129 16 -12.3 9.9 13 600 4267 190 33 5.7 32.5 | 147 20 -11.1 16.8 14 578 4572 200 34 11.6 31.9 | 162 17 -5.2 16.2 15 556 4877 200 33 11.3 31.0 | 160 16 -5.5 15.3 16 535 5182 205 38 16.1 34.4 | 178 19 -0.8 18.7 17 515 5486 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 155 15 -6.2 13.4 18 500 5720 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 157 12 -4.6 10.6 19 495 5791 205 27 11.4 24.5 | 148 10 -5.4 8.8 20 475 6096 200 29 9.9 27.3 | 149 13 -6.9 11.5 21 456 6401 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 179 13 -0.3 12.9 22 420 7010 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 256 9 8.6 2.1 23 400 7380 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 239 8 6.9 4.2 24 386 7620 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 238 9 7.7 4.9 25 354 8230 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 234 17 13.8 10.0 26 325 8839 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 244 20 18.4 9.0 27 311 9144 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 245 18 16.8 7.8 28 300 9390 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 234 18 14.6 10.6 29 297 9449 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 246 18 16.0 7.2 30 271 10058 225 48 33.9 33.9 | 223 25 17.1 18.2 31 259 10363 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 223 24 16.4 17.5 32 250 10590 235 53 43.4 30.4 | 241 30 26.6 14.7 33 247 10668 235 53 43.4 30.4 | 241 30 26.6 14.7 34 235 10973 240 56 48.5 28.0 | 249 34 31.7 12.3 35 224 11278 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 249 32 29.9 11.3 36 214 11582 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 247 40 36.9 15.3 37 204 11887 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 247 42 38.6 16.3 38 200 12000 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 255 43 41.2 11.3 39 194 12192 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 255 43 41.2 11.3 40 185 12497 240 61 52.8 30.5 | 248 39 36.0 14.8 41 178 12723 240 61 52.8 30.5 | 248 39 36.0 14.8 42 176 12802 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 247 40 36.9 15.3 43 170 13006 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 247 44 40.3 17.3 44 167 13106 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 247 44 40.3 17.3 45 159 13411 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 257 34 33.0 7.5 46 152 13716 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 250 31 29.1 10.8 47 150 13790 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 258 32 31.2 6.7 48 138 14326 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 272 24 23.6 -1.0 49 131 14630 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 307 11 8.6 -6.5 50 125 14935 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 311 8 5.8 -5.1 51 119 15240 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 241 6 5.4 2.9 52 113 15545 225 40 28.3 28.3 | 222 17 11.5 12.6 53 108 15850 225 44 31.1 31.1 | 223 21 14.3 15.4 54 103 16154 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 233 23 18.4 13.9 55 100 16340 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 245 19 17.6 8.4 56 98 16459 230 45 34.5 28.9 | 233 22 17.7 13.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.0 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 227.0 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.7 neg: -75.5 tot: 232.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.84 Bulk Rich Number: 13.87 Bulk Shear: 70.90 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 148 20 93 28| 17.0 0.0 17.0|125.7 0.0 125.7 251.5 0.90| 19.7 17.7 1000 165 26 112 26| 13.6 0.0 13.6|243.7 -8.1 235.6 235.6 0.84| 20.7 17.4 1500 182 29 130 21| 10.3 0.0 10.3|299.9 -24.2 275.6 183.8 0.72| 20.1 14.5 2000 188 30 138 19| 7.7 1.7 9.5|299.9 -51.2 248.7 124.3 0.54| 16.9 9.1 2500 190 30 139 18| 6.2 2.1 8.3|299.9 -67.5 232.4 92.9 0.45| 14.5 6.5 3000 190 29 138 18| 5.1 2.0 7.1|307.7 -75.5 232.2 77.4 0.42| 12.9 5.4 4000 191 30 142 18| 4.8 1.5 6.3|349.3 -77.3 272.0 68.0 0.46| 11.1 5.1 5000 194 31 146 17| 3.4 1.2 4.6|371.4-106.8 264.6 52.9 0.36| 10.6 3.8 6000 197 31 150 16| 3.7 1.0 4.7|419.2-106.8 312.4 52.1 0.44| 10.5 4.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLBF/skewt/KLBF.skewt.20250427.20.gif