UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 OCT 25 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:0000Z 21 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 1015 10 26.0 19.0 65 7.0 21.2 180 9 297.9 300.4 293.7 337.8 13.75 1 1011 45 24.8 17.8 65 7.0 20.1 180 11 297.0 299.3 292.8 334.0 12.78 2 1003 114 24.2 18.2 69 6.0 20.1 180 14 297.1 299.5 293.2 335.3 13.22 3 1000 140 24.0 18.0 69 6.0 19.9 180 15 297.1 299.5 293.0 335.0 13.09 4 931 760 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 174 16 297.2 299.4 292.4 332.5 12.21 5 925 815 17.8 15.2 85 2.6 16.1 175 16 297.5 299.7 292.2 331.8 11.82 6 923 833 17.8 14.4 80 3.4 15.6 177 16 297.7 299.7 291.8 330.3 11.24 7 909 964 20.4 -2.6 21 23.0 8.9 191 15 301.7 302.3 286.1 312.3 3.47 8 894 1108 19.8 -9.2 13 29.0 7.0 207 15 302.5 302.9 285.0 309.2 2.13 9 879 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288.3 318.6 0.20 27 632 4028 6.2 -33.8 4 40.0 -4.5 267 21 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.8 0.35 28 620 4185 5.4 -39.6 2 45.0 -5.3 275 21 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.1 0.20 29 581 4711 2.0 264 23 321.4 30 560 5006 -0.5 274 24 321.8 31 553 5106 -1.7 277 26 321.6 32 514 5684 -5.1 -52.1 1 47.0 -12.5 288 26 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.06 33 503 5853 -5.9 -52.9 1 47.0 -13.2 296 25 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.06 34 500 5900 -6.1 -53.1 1 47.0 -13.3 300 25 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.8 0.06 35 493 6010 -7.1 -54.1 1 47.0 -14.0 300 24 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.05 36 473 6330 -9.1 -55.1 1 46.0 -15.4 296 22 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.05 37 457 6595 -10.9 -44.9 4 34.0 -16.6 289 24 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.15 38 451 6696 -11.5 -53.5 2 42.0 -17.2 286 25 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.06 39 430 7058 -14.5 -40.5 9 26.0 -19.0 281 28 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.26 40 408 7453 -17.9 -57.9 2 40.0 -22.1 287 26 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.04 41 402 7563 -18.7 -58.7 2 40.0 -22.7 289 25 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.03 42 400 7600 -18.9 -58.9 2 40.0 -22.9 290 25 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.03 43 388 7827 -20.5 -60.5 1 40.0 -24.1 292 24 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.03 44 383 7923 -21.3 -60.3 2 39.0 -24.8 295 24 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.03 45 336 8877 -28.9 -60.9 3 32.0 -31.1 298 31 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.03 46 316 9315 -32.3 -56.3 7 24.0 -34.0 300 36 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 47 309 9473 -33.5 -61.5 4 28.0 -35.1 300 37 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.03 48 300 9680 -35.1 -58.1 8 23.0 -36.4 300 34 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 49 292 9867 -36.5 -58.5 8 22.0 -37.7 300 34 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 50 290 9914 -37.1 -59.1 8 22.0 -38.2 300 35 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 51 275 10278 -39.3 -65.3 5 26.0 -40.4 296 38 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.02 52 250 10920 -44.7 -56.7 25 12.0 -45.2 300 41 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.07 53 236 11303 -47.5 -54.5 44 7.0 -47.8 300 47 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.4 0.10 54 232 11416 -48.3 -55.3 44 7.0 -48.6 298 48 341.5 341.5 294.8 341.9 0.09 55 207 12159 -53.1 -68.1 15 15.0 -53.4 314 52 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.02 56 205 12222 -53.7 -68.7 14 15.0 -54.0 315 52 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 57 200 12380 -54.9 -68.9 16 14.0 -55.1 315 53 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 58 180 13043 -60.1 -73.1 17 13.0 -60.2 315 52 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 59 150 14160 -66.3 -78.3 17 12.0 -66.4 300 46 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 60 123 15352 -72.3 -84.3 15 12.0 -72.3 280 51 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 61 100 16570 -74.5 -86.5 14 12.0 -74.5 265 23 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 62 98 16687 -74.7 -86.7 14 12.0 -74.7 259 22 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 63 97 16747 -74.5 -86.5 14 12.0 -74.5 256 22 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.2 0.00 64 93 16992 -73.7 -85.7 14 12.0 -73.7 266 20 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 65 92 17055 -73.9 -85.9 14 12.0 -73.9 269 20 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 66 87 17379 -75.7 -87.7 14 12.0 -75.7 250 18 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 67 86 17446 -75.9 -86.9 16 11.0 -75.9 251 21 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 68 81 17793 -74.5 -85.5 17 11.0 -74.6 265 28 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 69 76 18165 -72.1 -85.1 13 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28 24361 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -56.6 285 14 606.8 606.8 320.9 606.9 0.01 84 27 24595 -53.9 -83.9 1 30.0 -55.8 287 15 616.0 616.0 321.3 616.1 0.01 85 25 25090 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -56.4 292 16 628.0 628.0 321.8 628.1 0.01 86 25 25090 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -56.6 292 16 627.4 627.4 321.8 627.5 0.01 87 20 26540 -48.7 -80.7 1 32.0 -52.5 255 5 687.1 687.1 324.0 687.3 0.03 88 18 27232 -47.9 -79.9 1 32.0 -52.3 298 8 710.7 710.7 324.8 711.0 0.04 89 15 28417 -53.5 -82.5 2 29.0 -56.6 334 28 730.1 730.1 325.4 730.3 0.03 90 13 29332 -54.9 -83.9 2 29.0 -58.0 351 28 755.7 755.7 326.1 756.0 0.03 91 10 31040 -46.1 -79.1 1 33.0 -53.2 325 26 847.5 847.5 328.4 848.2 0.08 92 9.8 31174 -46.1 -79.1 1 33.0 -53.3 852.4 852.4 328.5 853.2 0.08 93 9.1 31667 -46.3 -78.3 1 32.0 -53.7 869.9 869.9 328.8 870.9 0.10 94 7.8 32698 -43.3 -76.3 1 33.0 -52.8 921.1 921.2 329.8 922.8 0.15 95 7.7 32785 -43.7 -76.7 1 33.0 -53.1 922.9 923.0 329.9 924.5 0.15 TRP 123 15352 -72.3 -84.3 15 12.0 -72.3 280 51 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.00 m Freezing level: 564.20 mb = 4947.25 m = 16230.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.94 mb = 3113.02 m = 10213.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.72 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.52 mb = 893.85 m = 2932.55 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 26.17 C Layer 1000.0- 879.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.84 mb = 3354.32 m = 11004.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.97 C = 112.95 F Cap Strength: 7.71 C Lifted Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.25 C Showalter Index: 14.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: -2.30 C K Index: -22.21 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51581.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.07 mb = 1039.83 m = 3411.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 278 at 16 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 1015 10 180 9 0.0 9.0 | 125 19 -15.8 11.2 1 1000 140 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 137 23 -15.8 17.2 2 981 305 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 136 23 -15.8 16.2 3 947 610 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 133 25 -18.4 16.9 4 925 815 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 136 25 -17.2 18.1 5 914 914 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 140 22 -14.5 17.1 6 882 1219 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 156 15 -6.2 13.6 7 852 1524 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 148 17 -8.8 14.3 8 850 1540 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 148 17 -8.8 14.3 9 821 1829 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 172 14 -2.0 13.7 10 792 2134 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 213 16 8.7 13.6 11 764 2438 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 188 18 2.6 17.6 12 737 2743 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 197 22 6.4 20.8 13 711 3048 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 213 16 8.7 13.6 14 700 3184 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 206 14 5.9 12.3 15 686 3353 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 197 14 4.1 13.7 16 660 3658 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 193 9 2.0 8.6 17 612 4267 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 286 6 5.9 -1.7 18 589 4572 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 228 9 6.8 6.1 19 568 4877 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 253 8 7.2 2.2 20 547 5182 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 283 11 10.8 -2.5 21 526 5486 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 297 9 8.3 -4.3 22 507 5791 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 308 11 8.6 -6.7 23 500 5900 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 331 12 5.8 -10.3 24 487 6096 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 336 10 4.1 -9.3 25 468 6401 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 330 8 4.1 -7.1 26 450 6706 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 297 9 8.3 -4.3 27 432 7010 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 283 12 11.8 -2.7 28 400 7600 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 310 10 7.7 -6.4 29 399 7620 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 297 9 8.3 -4.3 30 382 7925 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 323 10 5.9 -8.0 31 367 8230 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 323 10 5.9 -8.0 32 323 9144 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 317 20 13.6 -14.8 33 310 9449 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 315 23 16.2 -16.3 34 300 9680 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 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45 45.0 -0.0 | 266 29 29.2 2.2 55 123 15352 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 281 35 34.4 -6.7 56 119 15545 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 281 35 34.4 -6.7 57 107 16154 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 301 7 6.4 -3.8 58 102 16459 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 282 18 17.7 -3.8 59 100 16570 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 240 8 7.1 4.2 60 97 16764 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 215 10 5.4 7.8 61 92 17069 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 243 5 4.2 2.2 62 87 17374 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 188 8 1.1 8.3 63 83 17678 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 232 16 12.2 9.7 64 74 18288 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 348 11 2.2 -10.5 65 71 18593 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 185 2 0.2 2.2 66 70 18650 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 311 5 3.5 -3.0 67 67 18898 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 292 3 2.9 -1.1 68 64 19202 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 266 5 5.1 0.3 69 61 19507 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 133 9 -6.7 6.4 70 58 19812 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 151 8 -3.6 6.6 71 55 20117 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 108 10 -9.9 3.2 72 52 20422 220 11 7.1 8.4 | 140 14 -8.7 10.6 73 50 20690 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 139 18 -11.7 13.4 74 50 20726 175 2 -0.2 2.0 | 105 17 -16.0 4.1 75 45 21336 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 179 11 -0.2 11.2 76 43 21641 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 158 6 -2.3 5.8 77 41 21946 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 127 4 -2.8 2.2 78 39 22250 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 36 7 -4.3 -5.9 79 37 22555 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 45 12 -8.4 -8.5 80 35 22860 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 59 13 -11.6 -6.9 81 32 23470 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 36 15 -9.0 -12.3 82 31 23774 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 76 11 -10.9 -2.8 83 30 23920 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 45 4 -2.7 -2.6 84 29 24079 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 70 3 -3.3 -1.2 85 28 24384 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 57 3 -2.3 -1.5 86 25 24994 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 13 3 -0.8 -3.3 87 24 25298 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 88 23 25603 255 4 3.9 1.0 | 105 12 -11.9 3.2 89 22 25908 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 128 8 -6.1 4.7 90 21 26213 285 7 6.8 -1.8 | 92 9 -9.0 0.3 91 20 26518 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 88 9 -9.2 -0.2 92 20 26540 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 107 12 -11.0 3.4 93 19 26822 230 4 3.1 2.6 | 110 14 -12.7 4.7 94 18 27127 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 78 8 -7.7 -1.7 95 17 27432 305 7 5.7 -4.0 | 80 10 -10.1 -1.9 96 17 27737 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 101 7 -6.8 1.4 97 14 28651 355 35 3.1 -34.9 | 21 35 -12.8 -32.7 98 14 28956 355 29 2.5 -28.9 | 26 30 -13.3 -26.7 99 13 29261 355 29 2.5 -28.9 | 26 30 -13.3 -26.7 100 12 29870 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 9 14 -2.3 -13.9 101 10 31040 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 3 19 -0.9 -19.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.9 neg: -43.1 tot: 122.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 57.47 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 179 14 135 23| 0.0 6.0 6.0| 23.3 -7.4 15.9 31.9 0.38| 8.1 3.1 1000 178 15 136 23| 3.0 3.0 6.0| 53.6 -10.4 43.2 43.2 0.46| 8.3 3.9 1500 189 15 141 21| 3.1 2.0 5.1| 68.8 -18.0 50.7 33.8 0.36| 8.4 3.0 2000 200 15 148 20| 5.6 1.5 7.1|116.9 -18.0 98.8 49.4 0.57| 9.7 5.5 2500 212 17 158 18| 4.5 2.1 6.6|131.5 -43.1 88.4 35.4 0.40| 9.9 4.0 3000 217 19 166 18| 4.7 1.7 6.4|165.9 -43.1 122.8 40.9 0.45| 10.0 4.4 4000 227 20 175 16| 3.7 1.3 5.0|175.6 -56.9 118.7 29.7 0.37| 9.6 3.5 5000 237 20 186 13| 3.4 1.1 4.6|192.7 -67.6 125.1 25.0 0.34| 9.4 3.2 6000 248 21 201 11| 3.3 1.0 4.2|226.1 -67.6 158.5 26.4 0.41| 9.0 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20251021.00.gif