UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101718.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: KLCH WMO ident: 72240 Latitude: 30.12 Longitude: -93.22 Elevation: 10.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 10 29.0 21.0 62 8.0 23.3 130 7 301.0 303.8 295.9 346.8 15.62 1 1008 60 27.6 18.6 58 9.0 21.3 128 7 300.1 302.5 294.2 339.6 13.50 2 1002 109 27.0 18.0 58 9.0 20.8 126 8 300.0 302.4 293.9 338.2 13.07 3 1000 126 26.4 18.4 61 8.0 20.9 125 8 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.8 13.43 4 925 807 19.8 16.2 80 3.6 17.4 150 10 299.6 301.9 293.4 336.4 12.62 5 913 919 19.0 15.5 80 3.5 16.7 155 10 299.9 302.1 293.2 335.6 12.22 6 882 1215 17.4 8.4 55 9.0 12.0 150 11 301.2 302.6 290.1 324.5 7.86 7 868 1352 18.6 -3.4 22 22.0 7.8 115 10 303.8 304.4 286.9 314.4 3.42 8 850 1531 17.4 3.4 39 14.0 9.6 120 5 304.4 305.4 289.3 321.8 5.75 9 834 1693 15.6 11.2 75 4.4 12.8 69 3 304.1 306.0 292.9 334.2 10.07 10 794 2109 12.8 9.6 81 3.2 10.8 336 4 305.5 307.2 292.8 334.0 9.50 11 775 2312 11.0 8.2 83 2.8 9.3 336 3 305.6 307.3 292.3 332.3 8.84 12 755 2531 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 307 5 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.8 8.83 13 750 2586 9.8 7.3 84 2.5 8.3 286 6 307.2 308.8 292.6 333.3 8.59 14 734 2765 9.4 5.7 78 3.7 7.2 225 10 308.7 310.2 292.4 332.7 7.85 15 728 2834 9.2 5.7 79 3.5 7.1 225 10 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.4 7.92 16 713 3006 8.2 3.3 71 4.9 5.4 225 9 309.9 311.2 292.0 331.0 6.82 17 708 3065 8.2 2.2 66 6.0 4.9 225 9 310.6 311.8 291.7 330.2 6.35 18 700 3159 9.6 -6.4 32 16.0 2.0 225 9 313.1 313.8 289.9 323.9 3.38 19 699 3171 9.6 -7.4 29 17.0 1.7 222 9 313.2 313.8 289.8 323.3 3.13 20 688 3302 9.0 -13.0 20 22.0 -0.1 193 10 314.0 314.4 288.9 320.7 2.04 21 664 3595 8.0 184 8 316.1 22 647 3809 6.8 187 6 317.1 23 646 3821 6.8 187 6 317.2 24 617 4196 4.2 -16.8 20 21.0 -3.7 197 6 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.0 1.66 25 605 4356 3.4 -25.6 10 29.0 -5.5 213 8 319.3 319.4 289.4 322.1 0.79 26 582 4669 1.2 -12.8 34 14.0 -4.6 256 14 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.5 2.45 27 574 4780 0.6 -16.4 27 17.0 -5.8 251 13 320.9 321.2 290.9 327.1 1.85 28 556 5035 -1.1 -23.1 17 22.0 -8.1 236 14 321.8 322.0 290.4 325.5 1.07 29 500 5870 -8.3 -17.3 48 9.0 -11.4 215 17 322.9 323.3 291.6 329.6 1.97 30 472 6313 -11.9 -15.7 73 3.8 -13.2 213 24 323.8 324.3 292.2 331.9 2.38 31 459 6525 -13.5 -20.5 56 7.0 -15.6 208 27 324.4 324.7 291.7 330.0 1.63 32 451 6659 -13.3 -31.3 20 18.0 -17.3 206 28 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.6 0.62 33 446 6743 -13.7 -35.7 14 22.0 -18.0 208 27 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.4 0.41 34 439 6863 -14.3 -31.3 22 17.0 -18.1 222 22 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.64 35 413 7322 -17.5 -33.5 23 16.0 -20.7 240 18 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.55 36 400 7560 -19.1 -39.1 15 20.0 -22.4 240 19 330.2 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.32 37 393 7691 -19.9 -37.9 19 18.0 -22.9 239 19 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.37 38 369 8158 -22.1 -49.1 7 27.0 -25.3 250 25 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 39 360 8339 -23.3 -43.3 14 20.0 -26.0 253 29 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.23 40 334 8885 -27.3 -55.3 5 28.0 -29.7 264 37 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.06 41 324 9103 -29.1 -51.1 10 22.0 -31.1 273 39 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.11 42 316 9282 -30.3 -54.3 8 24.0 -32.2 271 41 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.08 43 311 9395 -30.9 -50.9 12 20.0 -32.7 268 42 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.11 44 300 9650 -33.1 -52.1 13 19.0 -34.6 260 45 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.10 45 273 10304 -38.7 -50.7 27 12.0 -39.5 251 50 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.13 46 264 10532 -40.7 -52.7 26 12.0 -41.4 250 51 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.11 47 250 10900 -43.5 -56.5 22 13.0 -44.1 250 47 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.07 48 238 11230 -45.5 -59.5 19 14.0 -46.0 254 43 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.05 49 231 11428 -47.1 -60.1 21 13.0 -47.6 253 42 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 50 227 11544 -47.9 -61.9 18 14.0 -48.3 251 43 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 51 204 12242 -52.7 -69.7 11 17.0 -53.0 248 46 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 52 202 12306 -53.1 -69.1 13 16.0 -53.4 251 47 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 53 200 12370 -53.7 -69.7 12 16.0 -54.0 255 47 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 54 197 12467 -54.5 -69.5 14 15.0 -54.8 255 47 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 55 165 13577 -62.1 -78.1 10 16.0 -62.2 254 44 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 56 160 13766 -63.1 -78.1 11 15.0 -63.2 259 42 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 57 150 14160 -65.3 -81.3 9 16.0 -65.4 255 42 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 58 148 14242 -65.7 -81.7 9 16.0 -65.8 255 42 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.00 59 100 16570 -74.7 -88.7 10 14.0 -74.7 290 19 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.00 m Freezing level: 567.65 mb = 4869.86 m = 15977.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.42 mb = 3297.13 m = 10817.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.99 C = 89.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.06 mb = 1012.92 m = 3323.20 ft T: 18.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 24.43 C Layer 925.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.47 mb = 1790.35 m = 5873.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Showalter Index: 7.09 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 11.70 C K Index: 13.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 270.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.16 mb = 1203.69 m = 3949.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 508.16 mb = 5742.65 m = 18840.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 388.16 mb = 7783.19 m = 25535.08 ft B at Equ Level: 49.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 338.16 mb = 8794.57 m = 28853.22 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 234 at 7 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 1014 10 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 92 11 -11.0 0.4 1 1000 126 125 8 -6.6 4.6 | 92 12 -12.1 0.5 2 980 305 125 7 -5.7 4.0 | 89 11 -11.3 -0.1 3 946 610 125 9 -7.4 5.2 | 95 13 -13.0 1.0 4 925 807 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 113 12 -10.6 4.5 5 913 914 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 117 11 -9.8 4.9 6 882 1219 150 11 -5.5 9.5 | 116 12 -11.1 5.4 7 851 1524 70 8 -7.5 -2.7 | 62 15 -13.1 -6.9 8 850 1531 120 5 -4.3 2.5 | 81 10 -9.9 -1.6 9 820 1829 25 1 -0.4 -0.9 | 50 8 -6.0 -5.0 10 791 2134 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 25 8 -3.6 -7.6 11 763 2438 340 3 1.0 -2.8 | 33 8 -4.6 -6.9 12 736 2743 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 207 3 1.5 3.0 13 709 3048 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 199 2 0.8 2.2 14 700 3159 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 199 2 0.8 2.2 15 683 3353 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 136 8 -5.6 5.9 16 658 3658 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 120 6 -5.0 2.9 17 634 3962 190 5 0.9 4.9 | 100 5 -4.7 0.8 18 610 4267 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 113 4 -3.5 1.5 19 587 4572 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 282 8 8.2 -1.7 20 566 4877 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 257 6 6.2 1.4 21 545 5182 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 218 8 5.0 6.5 22 524 5486 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 202 10 3.6 9.0 23 500 5870 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 203 11 4.2 9.8 24 485 6096 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 212 12 6.6 10.4 25 466 6401 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 202 20 7.4 18.4 26 448 6706 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 196 22 6.2 21.3 27 430 7010 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 245 9 8.3 3.9 28 400 7560 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 244 12 10.9 5.4 29 397 7620 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 244 12 10.9 5.4 30 380 7925 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 236 12 10.0 6.8 31 365 8230 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 262 21 20.5 2.9 32 350 8534 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 254 27 26.4 7.5 33 322 9144 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 283 35 34.3 -7.6 34 300 9650 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 265 39 38.7 3.7 35 296 9754 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 265 39 38.7 3.7 36 270 10363 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 253 44 42.3 13.3 37 259 10668 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 253 44 42.3 13.3 38 250 10900 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 253 40 38.6 12.0 39 247 10973 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 253 41 39.5 12.3 40 236 11278 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 259 36 35.0 6.8 41 225 11582 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 253 36 34.8 10.6 42 215 11887 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 259 36 35.0 6.8 43 205 12192 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 247 39 36.1 15.3 44 200 12370 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 259 41 39.8 8.0 45 196 12497 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 259 41 39.8 8.0 46 187 12802 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 253 41 39.5 12.3 47 169 13411 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 253 38 36.7 11.3 48 153 14021 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 271 34 34.3 -0.6 49 150 14160 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 259 36 35.0 6.8 50 146 14326 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 259 35 34.0 6.5 51 139 14630 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 271 37 37.2 -0.4 52 132 14935 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 273 27 27.3 -1.2 53 125 15240 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 267 24 24.0 1.1 54 113 15850 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 280 14 13.3 -2.5 55 107 16154 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 257 16 16.0 3.7 56 102 16459 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 266 28 27.9 1.8 57 100 16570 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 311 16 12.3 -10.6 58 97 16764 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 307 20 16.0 -12.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.6 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 233.6 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.9 neg: -77.9 tot: -55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: -4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 15.10 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 126 8 91 12| 0.0 1.5 1.5| 2.4 -1.7 0.8 1.5 0.07| 3.3 0.2 1000 135 9 99 12| 2.6 0.8 3.3| 18.5 -1.7 16.8 16.8 0.56| 4.8 2.7 1500 135 9 101 12| 1.7 4.2 5.9| 18.5 -48.4 -29.9 -19.9 -0.32| 8.0 -2.6 2000 132 7 95 11| 1.3 3.1 4.4| 21.2 -60.1 -38.9 -19.5 -0.34| 8.7 -3.0 2500 129 7 91 11| 1.0 2.8 3.9| 22.9 -68.0 -45.1 -18.1 -0.38| 7.9 -3.0 3000 149 7 102 9| 0.9 1.7 2.5| 22.9 -77.9 -55.0 -18.3 -0.51| 9.0 -4.5 4000 168 7 112 8| 0.4 0.5 0.9| 22.9 -89.5 -66.7 -16.7 -0.54| 8.3 -4.5 5000 192 8 132 5| 1.4 0.5 1.8| 33.9 -98.4 -64.5 -12.9 -0.33| 8.7 -2.9 6000 204 9 157 5| 1.3 0.7 2.0| 37.9-109.7 -71.8 -12.0 -0.34| 7.9 -2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20251017.18.gif