UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 DEC 25 Searching for KLCH... Searching the city database file for: KLCH ... Date:0000Z 23 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 1023 10 23.2 20.7 86 2.5 21.5 180 10 294.4 297.2 293.8 337.9 15.19 1 1018 51 22.4 19.9 86 2.5 20.7 294.0 296.6 293.2 335.5 14.51 2 1011 110 21.8 19.6 87 2.2 20.3 294.0 296.6 293.0 335.0 14.34 3 1000 202 21.2 19.1 88 2.1 19.8 170 13 294.4 296.9 292.9 334.5 14.05 4 992 272 20.6 18.6 88 2.0 19.2 294.4 296.9 292.7 333.7 13.72 5 975 421 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 294.9 297.2 292.2 331.9 12.93 6 934 791 17.6 15.0 85 2.6 15.9 296.5 298.6 291.7 329.8 11.55 7 925 874 17.0 14.8 87 2.2 15.5 180 12 296.7 298.8 291.7 330.0 11.52 8 909 1023 16.2 14.0 87 2.2 14.8 297.4 299.4 291.6 329.6 11.12 9 879 1308 15.0 10.4 74 4.6 12.2 299.0 300.6 290.4 325.5 9.04 10 850 1592 12.6 8.8 78 3.8 10.3 215 13 299.3 300.9 290.0 324.0 8.39 11 812 1973 9.2 7.0 86 2.2 7.9 299.7 301.1 289.5 322.6 7.76 12 792 2179 7.4 4.9 84 2.5 6.0 299.9 301.2 288.8 320.2 6.87 13 768 2433 9.2 -7.8 29 17.0 1.8 304.5 305.0 286.4 313.1 2.76 14 761 2509 9.2 -9.8 25 19.0 1.2 305.3 305.7 286.3 312.8 2.38 15 753 2597 9.2 -11.8 21 21.0 0.7 306.2 306.6 286.3 312.8 2.05 16 710 3082 7.6 -23.4 9 31.0 -2.3 309.6 309.8 286.2 312.4 0.82 17 708 3105 7.6 -23.4 9 31.0 -2.3 309.9 310.0 286.3 312.7 0.82 18 700 3199 7.8 -21.2 11 29.0 -2.0 250 12 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.5 1.00 19 676 3485 6.2 -14.8 21 21.0 -1.9 312.5 312.8 288.2 318.3 1.79 20 652 3781 5.0 -20.0 14 25.0 -3.6 314.3 314.6 288.2 318.4 1.20 21 635 3995 3.6 -18.4 18 22.0 -4.2 315.1 315.4 288.7 319.9 1.41 22 624 4137 2.4 -21.6 15 24.0 -5.4 315.3 315.5 288.4 319.0 1.09 23 612 4293 1.2 -20.8 18 22.0 -6.1 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.8 1.19 24 595 4519 -0.7 -26.7 12 26.0 -8.0 316.1 316.2 288.3 318.6 0.72 25 583 4681 -1.9 -23.9 17 22.0 -8.5 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.8 0.95 26 561 4985 -4.7 -22.7 23 18.0 -10.1 316.7 316.9 288.9 320.5 1.10 27 533 5386 -7.7 -25.7 22 18.0 -12.5 317.8 318.0 289.0 320.9 0.88 28 500 5880 -10.7 -32.7 15 22.0 -15.4 210 9 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.49 29 497 5926 -10.9 -32.9 14 22.0 -15.6 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.0 0.48 30 469 6367 -14.1 -39.1 10 25.0 -18.4 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.28 31 445 6762 -16.7 -43.7 8 27.0 -20.6 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.18 32 400 7550 -22.9 -43.9 13 21.0 -25.5 210 6 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 33 355 8416 -28.7 -65.7 2 37.0 -30.9 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.02 34 347 8579 -30.1 -67.1 1 37.0 -32.0 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.0 0.01 35 341 8703 -30.9 -67.9 1 37.0 -32.8 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.01 36 317 9217 -35.1 -57.1 9 22.0 -36.4 330.6 330.7 291.9 330.9 0.05 37 300 9600 -37.9 -67.9 3 30.0 -39.0 265 32 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.0 0.01 38 296 9692 -38.5 -68.5 3 30.0 -39.6 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.4 0.01 39 265 10441 -43.9 -68.9 5 25.0 -44.6 335.2 335.2 293.1 335.2 0.01 40 253 10751 -45.3 -72.3 3 27.0 -45.9 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.6 0.01 41 250 10830 -45.9 -72.9 3 27.0 -46.5 260 29 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.01 42 238 11156 -48.1 -74.1 3 26.0 -48.6 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.3 0.01 43 236 11211 -48.5 -73.5 4 25.0 -49.0 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.5 0.01 44 220 11671 -50.5 -76.5 3 26.0 -50.9 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.3 0.01 45 215 11820 -50.9 -76.9 3 26.0 -51.3 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 46 204 12162 -51.5 -78.5 3 27.0 -51.9 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.00 47 200 12290 -51.5 -79.5 2 28.0 -51.9 290 29 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.00 48 198 12355 -51.5 -79.5 2 28.0 -51.9 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.00 49 189 12656 -52.7 -82.7 1 30.0 -53.1 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.00 50 165 13522 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -57.3 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 51 153 13996 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.3 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 52 150 14120 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -59.9 290 23 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 53 140 14549 -62.5 -90.5 1 28.0 -62.7 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 54 134 14819 -64.1 -92.1 1 28.0 -64.3 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 55 125 15243 -67.1 -94.1 1 27.0 -67.2 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 56 115 15743 -69.9 -95.9 1 26.0 -70.0 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 57 104 16339 -72.3 -97.3 1 25.0 -72.3 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 58 100 16570 -72.9 -97.9 1 25.0 -72.9 285 19 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 59 97 16748 -73.5 -98.5 1 25.0 -73.6 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 60 92 17055 -74.5 -99.5 1 25.0 -74.6 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 61 88 17312 -75.7 -99.7 1 24.0 -75.7 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 62 80 17860 -76.9 -100.9 1 24.0 -76.9 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 63 76 18153 -78.1 -102.1 1 24.0 -78.1 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 64 74 18304 -78.9 -101.9 1 23.0 -78.9 285 18 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 65 73 18382 -78.9 -101.9 1 23.0 -78.9 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 66 71 18539 -78.5 -102.5 1 24.0 -78.6 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 67 70 18620 -78.1 -102.1 1 24.0 -78.1 330 7 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 68 68 18786 -77.7 -101.7 1 24.0 -77.7 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 69 66 18957 -77.5 -101.5 1 24.0 -77.6 425.7 425.7 308.4 425.7 0.00 70 64 19133 -77.7 -101.7 1 24.0 -77.7 429.0 429.0 308.7 429.0 0.00 71 63 19223 -77.5 -101.5 1 24.0 -77.6 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.4 0.00 72 60 19505 -75.3 -96.3 2 21.0 -75.4 442.4 442.4 310.1 442.4 0.00 73 60 19505 -75.1 -97.1 2 22.0 -75.2 442.8 442.8 310.1 442.8 0.00 74 54 20113 -76.7 -100.7 1 24.0 -76.7 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.00 75 53 20221 -76.5 -101.5 1 25.0 -76.6 455.6 455.6 311.4 455.6 0.00 76 50 20560 -72.7 -93.7 3 21.0 -72.8 235 16 472.2 472.2 312.8 472.2 0.00 77 46 21052 -71.1 -97.1 1 26.0 -71.2 487.4 487.4 314.0 487.4 0.00 78 44 21315 -70.3 -96.3 1 26.0 -70.5 495.6 495.6 314.7 495.6 0.00 79 40 21887 -66.3 -94.3 1 28.0 -66.6 519.4 519.4 316.2 519.4 0.00 80 38 22199 -64.7 -92.7 1 28.0 -65.1 531.1 531.1 317.0 531.1 0.00 81 33 23068 -61.5 -90.5 1 29.0 -62.2 561.5 561.5 318.7 561.5 0.00 82 30 23660 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.4 280 20 579.7 579.7 319.6 579.7 0.00 83 26 24549 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -63.1 598.8 598.8 320.6 598.8 0.00 84 25 24791 -63.1 -91.1 1 28.0 -63.8 603.3 603.3 320.7 603.3 0.00 85 23 25308 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.6 625.5 625.5 321.7 625.5 0.01 86 22 25586 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.9 635.9 635.9 322.2 635.9 0.01 87 21 25876 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.9 641.4 641.4 322.3 641.4 0.01 88 20 26180 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -62.3 240 23 649.1 649.2 322.6 649.2 0.01 89 17 27199 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.7 694.8 694.8 324.3 694.9 0.01 90 16 27585 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -57.7 711.5 711.5 324.8 711.6 0.02 91 15 27997 -55.3 -85.3 1 30.0 -58.0 724.1 724.1 325.2 724.2 0.02 92 14 28438 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -57.5 741.2 741.2 325.7 741.4 0.02 93 12 29427 -53.1 -84.1 1 31.0 -56.9 779.6 779.6 326.7 779.8 0.03 94 10 30610 -50.1 270 47 832.5 95 9.7 30809 -49.9 840.6 96 8.6 31594 -51.1 865.3 97 7.0 32950 -45.1 275 66 942.6 98 6.5 33446 -44.3 966.2 99 5.5 34580 -38.5 1039.1 100 5.4 34706 -40.1 1037.5 TRP 74 18304 -78.9 -101.9 1 23.0 -78.9 285 18 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 WND 5.0 265 114 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.00 m Freezing level: 601.26 mb = 4435.73 m = 14552.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.25 mb = 2704.17 m = 8871.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.60 mb = 318.90 m = 1046.23 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 909.0- 708.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.00 mb = 985.48 m = 3233.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 3.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 141.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.49 mb = 731.45 m = 2399.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.49 mb = 1537.59 m = 5044.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 765.49 mb = 2460.27 m = 8071.66 ft B at Equ Level: 54.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 685.49 mb = 3370.94 m = 11059.38 ft Wind level data ------------------------------------ TRUE/GROUND REL LEV P H DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s ------------------------------------ 0 5 42583 265 114 113.6 9.9 1 1023 10 180 10 0.0 10.0 2 1000 202 170 13 -2.3 12.8 3 988 305 175 14 -1.2 13.9 4 954 610 175 13 -1.1 13.0 5 925 874 180 12 0.0 12.0 6 921 914 180 12 0.0 12.0 7 888 1219 200 10 3.4 9.4 8 857 1524 215 13 7.5 10.6 9 850 1592 215 13 7.5 10.6 10 826 1829 220 9 5.8 6.9 11 796 2134 225 11 7.8 7.8 12 767 2438 215 12 6.9 9.8 13 740 2743 210 14 7.0 12.1 14 713 3048 240 14 12.1 7.0 15 700 3199 250 12 11.3 4.1 16 687 3353 250 11 10.3 3.8 17 661 3658 275 10 10.0 -0.9 18 636 3962 320 6 3.9 -4.6 19 612 4267 285 7 6.8 -1.8 20 589 4572 260 12 11.8 2.1 21 567 4877 265 14 13.9 1.2 22 546 5182 270 9 9.0 -0.0 23 525 5486 280 11 10.8 -1.9 24 506 5791 285 10 9.7 -2.6 25 500 5880 210 9 4.5 7.8 26 486 6096 235 7 5.7 4.0 27 466 6401 315 2 1.4 -1.4 28 448 6706 285 3 2.9 -0.8 29 430 7010 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 30 413 7315 225 2 1.4 1.4 31 400 7550 210 6 3.0 5.2 32 396 7620 215 6 3.4 4.9 33 380 7925 230 10 7.7 6.4 34 364 8230 255 9 8.7 2.3 35 348 8534 245 16 14.5 6.8 36 334 8839 255 21 20.3 5.4 37 320 9144 250 25 23.5 8.6 38 306 9449 260 35 34.5 6.1 39 300 9600 265 32 31.9 2.8 40 293 9754 265 32 31.9 2.8 41 280 10058 270 35 35.0 -0.0 42 268 10363 275 33 32.9 -2.9 43 256 10668 275 30 29.9 -2.6 44 250 10830 260 29 28.6 5.0 45 245 10973 265 26 25.9 2.3 46 233 11278 250 37 34.8 12.7 47 223 11582 250 35 32.9 12.0 48 213 11887 275 38 37.9 -3.3 49 203 12192 270 32 32.0 -0.0 50 200 12290 290 29 27.3 -9.9 51 194 12497 290 29 27.3 -9.9 52 185 12802 300 32 27.7 -16.0 53 176 13106 285 26 25.1 -6.7 54 168 13411 290 25 23.5 -8.6 55 160 13716 280 26 25.6 -4.5 56 152 14021 290 23 21.6 -7.9 57 150 14120 290 23 21.6 -7.9 58 145 14326 290 24 22.6 -8.2 59 138 14630 300 21 18.2 -10.5 60 125 15240 250 23 21.6 7.9 61 113 15850 255 34 32.8 8.8 62 102 16459 305 23 18.8 -13.2 63 100 16570 285 19 18.4 -4.9 64 97 16764 285 20 19.3 -5.2 65 92 17069 285 14 13.5 -3.6 66 87 17374 315 13 9.2 -9.2 67 82 17678 270 13 13.0 -0.0 68 78 17983 305 9 7.4 -5.2 69 74 18288 285 14 13.5 -3.6 70 74 18304 285 18 17.4 -4.7 71 70 18593 290 18 16.9 -6.2 72 70 18620 330 7 3.5 -6.1 73 67 18898 325 7 4.0 -5.7 74 63 19202 295 6 5.4 -2.5 75 60 19507 5 17 -1.5 -16.9 76 57 19812 5 7 -0.6 -7.0 77 54 20117 320 8 5.1 -6.1 78 51 20422 355 8 0.7 -8.0 79 50 20560 235 16 13.1 9.2 80 49 20726 235 11 9.0 6.3 81 46 21031 235 18 14.7 10.3 82 44 21336 260 9 8.9 1.6 83 42 21641 305 13 10.6 -7.5 84 40 21946 315 15 10.6 -10.6 85 38 22250 305 16 13.1 -9.2 86 36 22555 240 12 10.4 6.0 87 34 22860 280 31 30.5 -5.4 88 33 23165 295 26 23.6 -11.0 89 31 23470 280 18 17.7 -3.1 90 30 23660 280 20 19.7 -3.5 91 29 23774 280 22 21.7 -3.8 92 27 24384 285 14 13.5 -3.6 93 25 24689 280 17 16.7 -3.0 94 24 24994 270 15 15.0 -0.0 95 23 25298 270 22 22.0 -0.0 96 22 25603 255 27 26.1 7.0 97 21 25908 275 29 28.9 -2.5 98 20 26180 240 23 19.9 11.5 99 19 26518 240 23 19.9 11.5 100 18 26822 275 39 38.9 -3.4 101 17 27127 285 38 36.7 -9.8 102 16 27432 270 34 34.0 -0.0 103 16 27737 280 44 43.3 -7.6 104 15 28042 270 45 45.0 -0.0 105 14 28346 275 43 42.8 -3.7 106 14 28651 270 44 44.0 -0.0 107 13 28956 275 51 50.8 -4.4 108 12 29261 270 44 44.0 -0.0 109 12 29566 265 45 44.8 3.9 110 11 29870 270 53 53.0 -0.0 111 10 30610 270 47 47.0 -0.0 112 7 32950 275 66 65.7 -5.8 Wind Parameters Energy-Hel index: -8.85 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.20251223.00.gif