UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122218.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 22 DEC 25 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:1800Z 22 DEC 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 1025 10 20.6 20.4 99 0.2 20.5 95 2 291.7 294.3 292.7 333.7 14.88 1 1020 51 19.8 18.4 92 1.4 18.9 291.3 293.6 291.3 328.5 13.16 2 1013 110 19.2 18.4 95 0.8 18.7 291.3 293.6 291.3 328.7 13.26 3 1000 219 19.0 18.3 96 0.7 18.5 125 5 292.1 294.5 291.7 330.0 13.35 4 996 254 19.0 18.3 96 0.7 18.5 292.5 294.9 291.9 330.5 13.40 5 988 323 18.6 17.9 96 0.7 18.1 292.8 295.1 291.7 330.2 13.17 6 980 393 19.2 18.8 98 0.4 18.9 294.0 296.6 292.9 334.2 14.07 7 950 661 17.6 16.4 93 1.2 16.8 295.0 297.3 291.9 330.7 12.44 8 942 733 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 295.4 297.6 292.0 330.9 12.39 9 925 889 16.0 14.7 92 1.3 15.2 205 12 295.7 297.7 291.3 328.6 11.44 10 919 944 16.0 14.8 93 1.2 15.3 296.2 298.3 291.6 329.7 11.59 11 911 1019 15.8 14.8 94 1.0 15.1 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.6 11.70 12 889 1226 13.8 11.9 88 1.9 12.6 296.8 298.6 290.4 325.4 9.89 13 875 1359 13.4 12.0 91 1.4 12.6 297.7 299.5 290.9 327.1 10.12 14 850 1603 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 225 13 298.5 300.2 290.3 324.9 9.04 15 839 1712 11.0 9.0 87 2.0 9.8 298.8 300.3 290.0 324.0 8.62 16 824 1862 10.2 8.8 91 1.4 9.4 299.5 301.1 290.2 324.9 8.66 17 800 2108 9.2 2.2 62 7.0 5.5 301.0 302.0 288.0 317.8 5.61 18 765 2480 10.6 -10.4 22 21.0 1.8 306.3 306.8 286.6 313.5 2.26 19 744 2711 9.6 -13.4 18 23.0 0.5 307.7 308.0 286.6 313.6 1.83 20 724 2937 8.2 -14.8 18 23.0 -0.6 308.6 308.9 286.8 314.0 1.67 21 712 3075 8.0 -18.0 14 26.0 -1.3 309.8 310.1 286.8 314.1 1.30 22 700 3215 7.2 -12.8 23 20.0 -0.8 285 11 310.5 310.8 287.8 317.1 2.04 23 699 3227 7.2 -13.8 21 21.0 -1.0 310.6 310.9 287.6 316.7 1.88 24 682 3428 6.4 -20.6 12 27.0 -2.7 311.9 312.1 287.3 315.5 1.09 25 651 3807 3.6 -17.4 20 21.0 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-33.4 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.08 41 327 9013 -34.7 -53.7 13 19.0 -35.9 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 42 300 9610 -38.7 -64.7 5 26.0 -39.7 255 18 330.8 330.8 292.0 330.9 0.02 43 294 9749 -39.5 -71.5 2 32.0 -40.5 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.01 44 286 9937 -40.9 -72.9 2 32.0 -41.8 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.01 45 281 10057 -41.7 -72.7 2 31.0 -42.5 332.8 332.8 292.4 332.8 0.01 46 253 10761 -46.9 -60.9 19 14.0 -47.3 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 47 250 10840 -47.3 -62.3 16 15.0 -47.7 260 44 335.7 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.04 48 229 11415 -50.5 -78.5 2 28.0 -50.9 339.4 339.4 294.1 339.4 0.00 49 208 12037 -53.1 -81.1 2 28.0 -53.4 344.8 344.8 295.4 344.8 0.00 50 202 12226 -52.3 -80.3 2 28.0 -52.7 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.00 51 200 12290 -51.7 -79.7 2 28.0 -52.1 275 34 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.00 52 199 12323 -51.7 -79.7 2 28.0 -52.1 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.00 53 188 12690 -53.1 -80.1 2 27.0 -53.5 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.00 54 181 12934 -54.5 -81.5 2 27.0 -54.8 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.00 55 155 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308.8 429.5 0.00 70 63 19224 -77.7 -95.7 4 18.0 -77.7 430.9 430.9 308.9 430.9 0.00 71 60 19504 -76.3 -95.3 3 19.0 -76.3 440.1 440.1 309.9 440.1 0.00 72 59 19601 -75.7 -94.7 4 19.0 -75.7 443.6 443.6 310.3 443.6 0.00 73 55 20005 -76.9 -94.9 4 18.0 -77.0 449.8 449.8 310.8 449.9 0.00 74 50 20560 -71.1 -91.1 4 20.0 -71.2 315 6 475.9 475.9 313.1 476.0 0.00 75 44 21323 -68.1 -88.1 4 20.0 -68.3 501.0 501.0 315.0 501.0 0.00 76 43 21462 -68.1 -88.1 4 20.0 -68.3 504.3 504.3 315.2 504.3 0.00 77 43 21462 -68.3 -88.3 4 20.0 -68.5 503.8 503.8 315.2 503.8 0.00 78 40 21898 -66.1 -87.1 4 21.0 -66.4 519.9 519.9 316.3 519.9 0.00 79 37 22373 -64.9 -85.9 4 21.0 -65.3 534.7 534.7 317.2 534.7 0.01 80 37 22373 -64.7 -85.7 4 21.0 -65.1 535.2 535.2 317.2 535.2 0.01 81 36 22541 -64.1 -85.1 4 21.0 -64.6 540.9 540.9 317.6 541.0 0.01 82 34 22891 -64.3 -85.3 4 21.0 -64.8 549.3 549.3 318.1 549.4 0.01 83 33 23074 -64.1 -85.1 4 21.0 -64.6 554.6 554.6 318.3 554.6 0.01 84 31 23458 -63.3 -84.3 4 21.0 -63.9 566.7 566.7 319.0 566.8 0.01 85 30 23660 -62.3 -83.3 4 21.0 -63.0 245 17 574.8 574.8 319.4 574.9 0.01 86 28 24088 -60.7 -81.7 5 21.0 -61.6 590.7 590.7 320.2 590.8 0.02 87 25 24792 -61.3 -82.3 5 21.0 -62.2 608.4 608.4 321.0 608.6 0.02 88 23 25310 -60.5 -81.5 5 21.0 -61.6 625.5 625.5 321.7 625.6 0.02 89 21 25876 -61.1 -81.1 5 20.0 -62.1 640.2 640.2 322.3 640.4 0.03 90 21 25876 -61.1 -81.1 5 20.0 -62.1 640.2 640.2 322.3 640.4 0.03 91 20 26180 -60.3 -81.3 5 21.0 -61.5 290 23 651.6 651.6 322.7 651.8 0.03 92 18 26840 -57.7 -78.7 5 21.0 -59.5 679.7 679.8 323.8 680.1 0.05 93 17 27201 -57.1 -78.1 5 21.0 -59.0 692.9 692.9 324.2 693.3 0.05 94 16 27585 -56.9 -77.9 5 21.0 -59.0 705.6 705.7 324.6 706.1 0.06 95 15 27996 -54.7 -76.7 5 22.0 -57.4 726.1 726.1 325.3 726.8 0.07 96 14 28438 -53.9 -75.9 5 22.0 -56.9 743.3 743.3 325.8 744.1 0.09 97 14 28438 -53.1 -75.1 5 22.0 -56.3 746.0 746.0 325.8 746.9 0.10 98 13 28915 -52.9 -74.9 5 22.0 -56.4 762.7 762.7 326.3 763.7 0.11 99 13 28915 -52.9 -74.9 5 22.0 -56.4 762.7 762.7 326.3 763.7 0.11 100 13 28915 -52.9 -75.9 5 23.0 -56.4 762.7 762.7 326.3 763.6 0.10 101 11 29987 -55.1 -77.1 5 22.0 -58.4 792.0 792.0 327.1 792.9 0.10 102 11 29987 -55.1 -77.1 5 22.0 -58.4 792.0 792.0 327.1 792.9 0.10 103 10 30600 -52.1 -75.1 5 23.0 -56.6 255 53 825.1 825.1 327.8 826.5 0.14 104 9.1 31212 -50.3 -73.3 5 23.0 -55.7 854.5 854.6 328.5 856.7 0.21 105 7.8 32227 -45.7 -70.7 4 25.0 -53.7 911.5 911.7 329.7 915.5 0.35 106 7.0 32950 -43.9 -68.9 5 25.0 -53.1 275 84 947.6 947.9 330.4 953.6 0.51 107 6.2 33771 -40.7 -66.7 4 26.0 -52.1 994.7 995.2 331.2 1004.5 0.78 108 6.0 33995 -39.3 -65.3 5 26.0 -51.6 1010.2 1010.8 331.5 1022.6 0.98 109 5.8 34227 -38.9 -64.9 5 26.0 -51.5 1021.7 1022.4 331.7 1035.5 1.07 110 5.7 34346 -39.5 -64.5 5 25.0 -51.8 1024.2 1024.9 331.8 1039.0 1.15 TRP 83 17640 -77.1 -96.1 3 19.0 -77.1 330 15 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 WND 5.0 265 111 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.00 m Freezing level: 602.00 mb = 4436.08 m = 14553.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.22 mb = 2809.46 m = 9217.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.66 C = 80.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1022.35 mb = 31.93 m = 104.75 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 5.26 C Layer 1020.0-1013.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.02 mb = 769.52 m = 2524.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.37 C = 75.87 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 11.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 962.09 mb = 551.91 m = 1810.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.09 mb = 1148.92 m = 3769.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 787.09 mb = 2243.01 m = 7358.88 ft B at Equ Level: 45.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 727.09 mb = 2901.58 m = 9519.49 ft Wind level data ------------------------------------ TRUE/GROUND REL LEV P H DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s ------------------------------------ 0 5 42598 265 111 110.6 9.7 1 1025 10 95 2 -2.0 0.2 2 1000 219 125 5 -4.1 2.9 3 990 305 125 5 -4.1 2.9 4 956 610 180 9 0.0 9.0 5 925 889 205 12 5.1 10.9 6 922 914 205 12 5.1 10.9 7 890 1219 210 14 7.0 12.1 8 858 1524 210 15 7.5 13.0 9 850 1603 225 13 9.2 9.2 10 827 1829 235 13 10.6 7.5 11 797 2134 245 12 10.9 5.1 12 769 2438 215 4 2.3 3.3 13 741 2743 195 1 0.3 1.0 14 714 3048 255 9 8.7 2.3 15 700 3215 285 11 10.6 -2.8 16 688 3353 270 10 10.0 -0.0 17 662 3658 250 13 12.2 4.4 18 637 3962 235 10 8.2 5.7 19 613 4267 255 10 9.7 2.6 20 568 4877 225 16 11.3 11.3 21 547 5182 230 14 10.7 9.0 22 526 5486 250 8 7.5 2.7 23 506 5791 235 4 3.3 2.3 24 500 5890 245 5 4.5 2.1 25 487 6096 235 6 4.9 3.4 26 467 6401 210 3 1.5 2.6 27 449 6706 220 1 0.6 0.8 28 431 7010 250 5 4.7 1.7 29 414 7315 275 10 10.0 -0.9 30 400 7570 245 8 7.3 3.4 31 397 7620 255 9 8.7 2.3 32 380 7925 240 7 6.1 3.5 33 349 8534 225 13 9.2 9.2 34 334 8839 245 11 10.0 4.6 35 320 9144 245 13 11.8 5.5 36 307 9449 250 12 11.3 4.1 37 300 9610 255 18 17.4 4.7 38 294 9754 255 16 15.5 4.1 39 281 10058 245 25 22.7 10.6 40 256 10668 255 43 41.5 11.1 41 250 10840 260 44 43.3 7.6 42 245 10973 265 44 43.8 3.8 43 234 11278 260 36 35.5 6.3 44 223 11582 260 32 31.5 5.6 45 213 11887 270 32 32.0 -0.0 46 203 12192 265 29 28.9 2.5 47 200 12290 275 34 33.9 -3.0 48 194 12497 280 36 35.5 -6.3 49 185 12802 275 37 36.9 -3.2 50 168 13411 290 25 23.5 -8.6 51 160 13716 275 26 25.9 -2.3 52 152 14021 270 31 31.0 -0.0 53 150 14120 285 34 32.8 -8.8 54 145 14326 290 35 32.9 -12.0 55 131 14935 295 36 32.6 -15.2 56 125 15240 310 33 25.3 -21.2 57 118 15545 310 31 23.7 -19.9 58 113 15850 290 24 22.6 -8.2 59 107 16154 270 26 26.0 -0.0 60 102 16459 275 29 28.9 -2.5 61 100 16560 290 29 27.3 -9.9 62 97 16764 290 30 28.2 -10.3 63 92 17069 310 23 17.6 -14.8 64 83 17640 330 15 7.5 -13.0 65 82 17678 280 6 5.9 -1.0 66 78 17983 350 11 1.9 -10.8 67 74 18288 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 68 70 18593 360 3 -0.0 -3.0 69 70 18620 145 6 -3.4 4.9 70 67 18898 145 6 -3.4 4.9 71 63 19202 235 13 10.6 7.5 72 60 19507 315 12 8.5 -8.5 73 57 19812 325 4 2.3 -3.3 74 54 20117 280 6 5.9 -1.0 75 50 20560 315 6 4.2 -4.2 76 49 20726 345 7 1.8 -6.8 77 46 21031 310 4 3.1 -2.6 78 44 21336 275 1 1.0 -0.1 79 42 21641 260 11 10.8 1.9 80 38 22250 290 23 21.6 -7.9 81 36 22555 305 11 9.0 -6.3 82 34 22860 270 15 15.0 -0.0 83 33 23165 280 19 18.7 -3.3 84 31 23470 265 16 15.9 1.4 85 30 23660 245 17 15.4 7.2 86 29 23774 260 17 16.7 3.0 87 28 24079 255 21 20.3 5.4 88 27 24384 265 21 20.9 1.8 89 25 24689 275 23 22.9 -2.0 90 24 24994 290 26 24.4 -8.9 91 23 25298 265 20 19.9 1.7 92 22 25603 260 25 24.6 4.3 93 21 25908 275 27 26.9 -2.4 94 20 26180 290 23 21.6 -7.9 95 19 26518 295 22 19.9 -9.3 96 18 26822 275 41 40.8 -3.6 97 16 27432 295 43 39.0 -18.2 98 16 27737 285 39 37.7 -10.1 99 15 28042 280 42 41.4 -7.3 100 14 28346 270 35 35.0 -0.0 101 14 28651 260 40 39.4 6.9 102 13 28956 270 38 38.0 -0.0 103 12 29566 255 52 50.2 13.5 104 11 29870 270 38 38.0 -0.0 105 10 30600 255 53 51.2 13.7 106 7 32950 275 84 83.7 -7.3 Wind Parameters Energy-Hel index: -4.57 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 NO DATA | | | 1000 NO DATA | | | 1500 NO DATA | | | 2000 NO DATA | | | 2500 NO DATA | | | 3000 NO DATA | | | 4000 NO DATA | | | 5000 NO DATA | | | 6000 NO DATA | | | Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KLCH/skewt/KLCH.skewt.20251222.18.gif