UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101218.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KOAX... Searching the city database file for: KOAX ... Date:1800Z 12 OCT 25 Station: KOAX WMO ident: 72558 Latitude: 41.32 Longitude: -96.37 Elevation: 350.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 962 350 22.6 14.6 61 8.0 17.4 165 19 299.0 301.0 292.0 330.9 10.92 2 957 395 22.2 12.2 53 10.0 15.8 165 21 299.1 300.8 290.7 326.5 9.36 3 925 687 19.6 11.6 60 8.0 14.6 165 29 299.4 301.0 290.7 326.7 9.31 4 902 903 18.2 11.2 64 7.0 13.8 179 32 300.1 301.8 291.0 327.4 9.30 5 893 989 18.4 10.4 60 8.0 13.4 187 34 301.1 302.8 291.0 327.5 8.90 6 883 1086 18.2 10.2 60 8.0 13.3 197 37 301.9 303.5 291.2 328.2 8.88 7 869 1223 20.0 11.0 56 9.0 14.3 210 41 305.2 306.9 292.7 333.8 9.53 8 861 1303 20.4 11.4 56 9.0 14.6 206 40 306.4 308.2 293.4 336.2 9.88 9 850 1414 20.0 11.0 56 9.0 14.2 200 39 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.6 9.74 10 827 1650 19.2 8.2 49 11.0 12.4 203 43 308.7 310.2 292.8 333.9 8.28 11 803 1903 17.4 9.4 59 8.0 12.3 200 49 309.4 311.1 293.7 337.6 9.26 12 770 2261 15.0 8.0 63 7.0 10.7 198 47 310.5 312.2 293.7 337.5 8.78 13 707 2978 10.0 5.4 73 4.6 7.3 207 44 312.7 314.2 293.7 337.4 7.98 14 700 3061 9.6 4.6 71 5.0 6.6 210 43 313.1 314.6 293.5 336.8 7.62 15 696 3109 9.4 4.4 71 5.0 6.5 211 43 313.4 314.8 293.6 337.0 7.56 16 681 3289 8.6 2.6 66 6.0 5.2 216 43 314.5 315.8 293.3 335.8 6.79 17 644 3748 5.0 2.4 83 2.6 3.5 226 44 315.5 316.8 293.7 337.8 7.09 18 631 3915 4.2 -0.4 72 4.6 1.7 229 45 316.4 317.5 293.1 335.1 5.90 19 612 4163 3.0 0.4 83 2.6 1.5 227 45 317.8 319.0 293.9 338.3 6.45 20 597 4364 2.0 -3.0 69 5.0 -0.6 227 45 318.9 319.9 293.2 335.5 5.14 21 588 4486 1.2 -2.8 75 4.0 -0.9 231 44 319.3 320.4 293.4 336.4 5.30 22 577 4638 0.0 -4.2 73 4.2 -2.1 234 44 319.7 320.6 293.2 335.4 4.86 23 558 4906 -1.7 -4.4 82 2.7 -3.0 230 42 320.7 321.7 293.5 336.8 4.95 24 547 5064 -2.5 -6.8 72 4.3 -4.5 227 42 321.6 322.4 293.2 335.4 4.20 25 520 5464 -6.1 -9.2 79 3.1 -7.5 225 42 322.0 322.7 292.8 334.1 3.67 26 511 5600 -6.7 -11.7 68 5.0 -8.8 225 42 322.9 323.5 292.5 333.0 3.06 27 503 5723 -7.7 -12.1 71 4.4 -9.5 225 41 323.1 323.7 292.6 333.1 3.01 28 500 5770 -7.9 -12.9 67 5.0 -9.9 225 41 323.4 324.0 292.5 332.9 2.83 29 495 5848 -8.7 -14.7 62 6.0 -10.9 226 40 323.4 323.8 292.2 331.7 2.47 30 476 6150 -11.3 -14.1 80 2.8 -12.3 230 46 323.8 324.3 292.5 332.9 2.70 31 472 6214 -11.7 -15.1 76 3.4 -12.9 230 46 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.5 2.51 32 465 6329 -11.3 -20.3 47 9.0 -14.2 230 47 326.0 326.3 292.2 331.6 1.64 33 464 6345 -11.3 -20.3 47 9.0 -14.2 230 47 326.2 326.5 292.2 331.9 1.64 34 462 6378 -11.5 -19.5 52 8.0 -14.1 230 47 326.3 326.7 292.4 332.4 1.77 35 461 6395 -11.5 -19.5 52 8.0 -14.1 230 47 326.5 326.9 292.4 332.6 1.77 36 458 6445 -11.3 -21.3 43 10.0 -14.4 230 46 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.7 1.52 37 430 6926 -14.5 -33.5 18 19.0 -18.5 230 38 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.2 0.53 38 415 7194 -15.9 -55.9 2 40.0 -20.5 234 36 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.05 39 400 7470 -18.1 -44.1 8 26.0 -22.0 240 37 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.19 40 394 7583 -18.9 -53.9 3 35.0 -22.8 236 37 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.06 41 388 7697 -19.7 -43.7 10 24.0 -23.2 233 38 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.20 42 385 7754 -19.9 -46.9 7 27.0 -23.5 231 38 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.15 43 380 7851 -19.9 -57.9 2 38.0 -23.7 228 39 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 44 363 8189 -21.9 -59.9 2 38.0 -25.4 225 40 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.03 45 353 8393 -23.7 -60.7 2 37.0 -26.8 225 38 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 46 333 8816 -27.3 -63.3 2 36.0 -29.8 236 40 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.02 47 313 9259 -30.1 -65.1 2 35.0 -32.2 252 47 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.02 48 300 9560 -31.5 -65.5 2 34.0 -33.4 260 57 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 49 285 9922 -33.5 -67.5 2 34.0 -35.3 260 65 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.2 0.02 50 262 10508 -37.9 -68.7 3 30.8 -39.1 260 76 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.01 51 250 10830 -40.3 -69.3 3 29.0 -41.3 260 76 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.01 52 249 10857 -40.7 -68.7 3 28.0 -41.7 260 76 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.01 53 240 11106 -42.7 -62.7 9 20.0 -43.5 260 74 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.03 54 224 11567 -45.7 -75.7 2 30.0 -46.4 260 70 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 55 218 11747 -47.1 -76.1 2 29.0 -47.7 260 68 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 56 209 12024 -49.1 -77.1 2 28.0 -49.6 258 62 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 57 200 12310 -51.5 -78.5 3 27.0 -51.9 255 56 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.00 58 193 12541 -53.3 -80.3 2 27.0 -53.7 256 56 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.00 59 150 14130 -63.9 -86.9 3 23.0 -64.0 255 44 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 60 121 15419 -71.7 -92.7 3 21.0 -71.8 260 33 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 61 100 16540 -71.9 -92.9 3 21.0 -71.9 210 35 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 62 99 16599 -72.1 -93.1 3 21.0 -72.2 211 35 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 63 96 16779 -72.3 -92.3 3 20.0 -72.3 212 36 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 64 95 16841 -72.3 -93.3 3 21.0 -72.3 213 37 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 65 88 17294 -68.7 -90.7 3 22.0 -68.8 226 36 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 66 85 17501 -67.9 -89.9 3 22.0 -68.0 232 32 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 67 77 18092 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.2 199 22 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 68 75 18249 -69.5 -90.5 3 21.0 -69.6 184 25 427.2 427.2 308.5 427.2 0.00 69 73 18410 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.2 186 29 431.3 431.3 309.0 431.4 0.00 70 70 18660 -68.7 -89.7 3 21.0 -68.8 210 26 437.4 437.4 309.6 437.4 0.00 71 64 19199 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.7 215 21 449.2 449.2 310.8 449.2 0.00 72 61 19488 -68.9 -88.9 4 20.0 -69.1 225 19 454.5 454.5 311.3 454.5 0.00 73 61 19488 -68.9 -88.9 4 20.0 -69.1 225 19 454.5 454.5 311.3 454.5 0.00 74 58 19792 -66.5 -87.5 4 21.0 -66.7 201 12 466.5 466.5 312.4 466.6 0.00 75 56 20005 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.9 174 13 470.8 470.8 312.7 470.8 0.00 76 53 20341 -64.3 -86.3 3 22.0 -64.6 190 15 483.8 483.8 313.8 483.9 0.00 77 50 20700 -62.9 -84.9 4 22.0 -63.3 225 15 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.01 78 48 20951 -63.9 -84.9 4 21.0 -64.3 223 15 498.7 498.7 314.8 498.7 0.01 79 47 21080 -63.9 -84.9 4 21.0 -64.3 228 14 501.7 501.7 315.1 501.7 0.01 80 46 21212 -63.5 -85.5 4 22.0 -63.9 232 13 505.8 505.8 315.4 505.8 0.01 81 45 21347 -63.5 -85.5 4 22.0 -63.9 235 12 509.0 509.0 315.6 509.0 0.01 82 43 21626 -63.7 -85.7 3 22.0 -64.1 250 10 515.1 515.1 316.0 515.2 0.01 TRP 121 15419 -71.7 -92.7 3 21.0 -71.8 260 33 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 WND 262 10508 -37.9 -68.7 3 30.8 -39.1 260 76 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.00 m Freezing level: 577.00 mb = 4638.08 m = 15216.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.03 mb = 4309.42 m = 14138.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.96 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.07 mb = 1362.70 m = 4470.73 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 4.43 C Layer 957.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.04 mb = 3546.02 m = 11633.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Cap Strength: 8.01 C Lifted Index: 4.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.92 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19857.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.65 mb = 1885.53 m = 6186.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 244 at 31 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 962 350 165 19 -4.9 18.4 | 98 33 -33.2 4.5 1 933 610 165 28 -7.2 27.0 | 110 38 -35.5 13.2 2 925 687 165 29 -7.5 28.0 | 112 38 -35.8 14.2 3 901 914 180 32 0.0 32.0 | 123 34 -28.3 18.2 4 869 1219 210 41 20.5 35.5 | 160 23 -7.8 21.7 5 850 1414 200 39 13.3 36.6 | 147 27 -14.9 22.8 6 839 1524 205 38 16.1 34.4 | 149 24 -12.2 20.6 7 809 1829 200 50 17.1 47.0 | 161 35 -11.2 33.2 8 781 2134 200 47 16.1 44.2 | 158 33 -12.2 30.3 9 753 2438 195 46 11.9 44.4 | 152 35 -16.4 30.6 10 727 2743 200 45 15.4 42.3 | 156 31 -12.9 28.5 11 700 3061 210 43 21.5 37.2 | 164 24 -6.8 23.4 12 650 3658 225 43 30.4 30.4 | 187 17 2.1 16.6 13 626 3962 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 204 17 7.0 15.7 14 603 4267 225 45 31.8 31.8 | 191 18 3.5 18.0 15 580 4572 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 214 14 7.8 11.4 16 559 4877 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 197 14 3.9 13.2 17 538 5182 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 185 16 1.4 15.9 18 518 5486 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 185 16 1.4 15.9 19 500 5770 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 183 15 0.7 15.2 20 499 5791 225 39 27.6 27.6 | 177 14 -0.7 13.7 21 479 6096 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 204 17 7.0 15.7 22 460 6401 230 47 36.0 30.2 | 205 18 7.7 16.4 23 425 7010 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 176 9 -0.7 9.3 24 400 7470 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 219 6 3.8 4.7 25 392 7620 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 195 8 2.0 7.4 26 376 7925 225 40 28.3 28.3 | 180 14 0.0 14.5 27 360 8230 225 40 28.3 28.3 | 180 14 0.0 14.5 28 345 8534 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 166 12 -2.8 11.6 29 318 9144 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 263 15 15.0 1.9 30 305 9449 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 273 19 19.1 -1.1 31 300 9560 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 278 28 27.9 -3.9 32 292 9754 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 274 36 35.7 -2.5 33 279 10058 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 274 36 35.7 -2.5 34 267 10363 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 271 46 45.6 -0.8 35 262 10508 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 271 47 46.6 -0.6 36 256 10668 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 271 47 46.6 -0.6 37 250 10830 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 271 47 46.6 -0.6 38 245 10973 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 271 46 45.6 -0.8 39 223 11582 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 272 41 40.7 -1.7 40 213 11887 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 273 38 37.7 -2.2 41 204 12192 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 269 25 24.9 0.4 42 200 12310 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 269 26 25.8 0.7 43 194 12497 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 269 26 25.8 0.7 44 176 13106 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 284 35 33.5 -8.4 45 168 13411 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 291 38 35.7 -13.8 46 153 14021 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 287 19 18.0 -5.7 47 150 14130 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 280 14 14.2 -2.4 48 145 14326 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 278 15 15.2 -2.2 49 138 14630 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 249 9 8.0 3.1 50 131 14935 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 248 13 11.6 4.8 51 125 15240 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 269 10 10.3 0.2 52 121 15419 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 332 9 4.2 -8.1 53 112 15850 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 117 3 -2.3 1.2 54 107 16154 200 29 9.9 27.3 | 126 23 -18.4 13.4 55 101 16459 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 116 22 -19.7 9.7 56 100 16540 210 35 17.5 30.3 | 147 20 -10.8 16.5 57 91 17069 215 38 21.8 31.1 | 159 18 -6.5 17.3 58 87 17374 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 170 9 -1.5 8.7 59 83 17678 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 113 6 -5.3 2.2 60 78 17983 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 101 19 -18.3 3.5 61 75 18288 180 26 0.0 26.0 | 113 31 -28.3 12.2 62 71 18593 195 34 8.8 32.8 | 134 27 -19.5 19.0 63 70 18660 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 120 18 -15.3 8.7 64 67 18898 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 114 20 -18.1 7.9 65 61 19507 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 88 15 -14.8 -0.4 66 58 19812 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 84 24 -24.2 -2.6 67 55 20117 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 87 33 -32.7 -1.6 68 52 20422 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 91 23 -23.1 0.3 69 50 20700 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 80 18 -17.7 -3.2 70 50 20726 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 93 18 -17.9 0.9 71 47 21031 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 73 19 -18.3 -5.5 72 44 21336 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 66 20 -17.9 -7.8 73 41 21641 280 5 4.9 -0.9 | 58 28 -23.3 -14.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 398.2 neg: -78.0 tot: 320.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 124.81 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 167 26 109 36| 13.4 0.0 13.4|130.1 0.0 130.1 260.2 0.86| 16.2 14.0 1000 185 32 125 31| 14.1 0.0 14.1|278.3 -19.9 258.4 258.4 0.71| 21.6 15.4 1500 192 35 135 29| 9.4 3.6 13.0|327.8 -30.0 297.9 198.6 0.62| 19.5 12.0 2000 194 38 141 30| 7.0 2.2 9.2|327.8 -69.2 258.6 129.3 0.49| 16.1 7.9 2500 195 40 144 30| 5.9 1.7 7.7|357.1 -78.0 279.1 111.6 0.47| 14.4 6.8 3000 198 40 147 29| 5.9 1.4 7.3|398.2 -78.0 320.2 106.7 0.49| 13.9 6.8 4000 206 41 156 26| 5.3 1.1 6.4|447.3 -94.5 352.8 88.2 0.48| 12.5 6.0 5000 211 42 163 23| 4.2 1.3 5.4|464.5-119.6 344.9 69.0 0.40| 11.3 4.5 6000 214 42 167 22| 4.0 1.1 5.0|489.6-122.1 367.5 61.2 0.42| 10.2 4.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KOAX/skewt/KOAX.skewt.20251012.18.gif