UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 APR 25 Searching for KRIW... Searching the city database file for: KRIW ... Date:0000Z 23 APR 25 Station: KRIW WMO ident: 72672 Latitude: 43.07 Longitude: -108.48 Elevation: 1703.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 925 719 2 850 1445 SFC 825 1703 15.4 -7.6 20 23.0 5.0 305 7 304.9 305.4 286.4 313.1 2.61 4 821 1744 14.8 -15.2 11 30.0 3.2 297 9 304.7 304.9 285.0 309.3 1.43 5 700 3049 0.6 -16.4 27 17.0 -5.1 275 12 303.1 303.4 284.5 308.0 1.51 6 559 4798 -15.3 -20.2 66 4.9 -16.6 272 17 304.5 304.8 284.9 308.9 1.37 7 518 5368 -19.7 -27.7 49 8.0 -21.2 272 40 305.9 306.1 284.7 308.4 0.76 8 514 5426 -19.7 -29.7 41 10.0 -21.5 271 45 306.6 306.7 284.8 308.7 0.63 9 500 5630 -21.1 -32.1 37 11.0 -22.9 270 44 307.3 307.4 284.9 309.1 0.52 10 498 5660 -21.3 -32.3 36 11.0 -23.1 269 44 307.4 307.5 285.0 309.2 0.51 11 490 5779 -22.3 -32.3 40 10.0 -23.9 265 45 307.6 307.7 285.1 309.4 0.52 12 487 5824 -22.7 -33.7 36 11.0 -24.4 265 45 307.7 307.8 285.0 309.2 0.46 13 476 5991 -24.1 -31.1 52 7.0 -25.2 265 44 308.0 308.1 285.3 310.0 0.60 14 468 6114 -24.7 -36.7 32 12.0 -26.3 265 44 308.7 308.8 285.3 309.9 0.35 15 464 6177 -24.5 -42.5 17 18.0 -26.5 265 45 309.7 309.8 285.5 310.4 0.19 16 451 6383 -25.7 -56.7 4 31.0 -27.9 265 48 310.7 310.7 285.7 310.9 0.04 17 413 7014 -30.9 -54.9 8 24.0 -32.4 265 55 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.2 0.05 18 409 7083 -31.5 -55.5 8 24.0 -32.9 265 54 312.1 312.1 286.1 312.2 0.05 19 400 7240 -32.7 -55.7 8 23.0 -34.0 265 52 312.5 312.5 286.3 312.7 0.05 20 396 7311 -33.3 -56.3 8 23.0 -34.6 260 51 312.6 312.6 286.3 312.8 0.05 21 363 7914 -37.9 -58.9 9 21.0 -38.8 265 53 314.3 314.3 286.9 314.5 0.04 22 342 8322 -40.5 -63.5 7 23.0 -41.2 265 55 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.3 0.02 23 302 9156 -46.9 -54.9 40 8.0 -47.2 260 56 318.6 318.7 288.4 318.9 0.07 24 300 9200 -47.3 -55.3 39 8.0 -47.6 260 59 318.7 318.7 288.4 319.0 0.07 25 274 9793 -52.3 -59.3 43 7.0 -52.5 258 56 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.0 0.05 26 266 9984 -53.9 -60.9 42 7.0 -54.1 259 55 320.2 320.2 288.8 320.4 0.04 27 252 10329 -56.3 -63.3 41 7.0 -56.4 256 54 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.8 0.03 28 250 10380 -56.5 -63.5 41 7.0 -56.6 255 54 322.1 322.1 289.4 322.2 0.03 29 246 10482 -57.3 -64.3 41 7.0 -57.4 255 54 322.4 322.4 289.5 322.5 0.03 30 240 10638 -58.1 -64.1 46 6.0 -58.2 255 53 323.4 323.4 289.8 323.6 0.03 31 226 11015 -60.9 -68.9 34 8.0 -61.0 259 51 324.8 324.8 290.2 324.8 0.02 32 215 11324 -62.5 -69.5 38 7.0 -62.6 256 51 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.0 0.02 33 205 11618 -63.3 -71.3 33 8.0 -63.4 262 53 330.2 330.2 291.7 330.2 0.01 34 203 11678 -63.7 -71.7 33 8.0 -63.8 265 51 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.5 0.01 35 200 11770 -63.3 -71.3 33 8.0 -63.4 265 52 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.01 36 193 11989 -62.0 -70.9 29 8.9 -62.0 265 59 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 37 178 12492 -58.9 -69.9 23 11.0 -59.0 267 57 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 38 164 13006 -57.9 -69.9 20 12.0 -58.1 267 55 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.02 39 151 13528 -56.3 -71.3 14 15.0 -56.6 266 51 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.02 40 150 13570 -56.3 -71.3 14 15.0 -56.6 265 50 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.02 41 142 13919 -55.1 -71.1 12 16.0 -55.4 268 49 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.2 0.02 42 141 13964 -54.9 -70.9 12 16.0 -55.2 269 48 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.3 0.02 43 138 14101 -55.1 -72.1 10 17.0 -55.5 271 46 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.3 0.02 44 134 14289 -54.7 -71.7 11 17.0 -55.1 274 44 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.02 45 131 14434 -54.9 -71.9 10 17.0 -55.3 273 43 390.3 390.3 303.9 390.4 0.02 46 128 14582 -54.5 -72.5 9 18.0 -54.9 271 42 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.7 0.02 47 125 14734 -54.9 -73.9 8 19.0 -55.3 272 40 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.7 0.01 48 111 15487 -58.5 -77.5 7 19.0 -58.8 266 23 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.5 0.01 49 105 15835 -59.7 -79.7 6 20.0 -60.0 260 26 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.01 50 104 15895 -59.9 -79.9 6 20.0 -60.2 261 26 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.01 51 103 15955 -59.7 -79.7 6 20.0 -60.0 264 27 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.01 52 100 16140 -59.9 -80.9 5 21.0 -60.2 270 29 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.01 53 99 16203 -60.1 -81.1 5 21.0 -60.4 261 34 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.01 54 95 16460 -59.3 -81.3 4 22.0 -59.6 265 37 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.01 55 79 17628 -53.3 -80.3 2 27.0 -54.1 270 32 454.4 454.4 311.3 454.4 0.01 56 70 18400 -56.3 -83.3 2 27.0 -56.9 235 25 463.9 463.9 312.1 464.0 0.01 57 61 19272 -58.1 -83.1 3 25.0 -58.7 265 28 478.6 478.6 313.3 478.6 0.01 58 58 19589 -59.5 -84.5 2 25.0 -60.0 280 23 482.4 482.4 313.7 482.4 0.01 59 55 19924 -57.1 -83.1 2 26.0 -57.8 271 20 495.2 495.2 314.6 495.3 0.01 60 51 20404 -55.7 -81.7 2 26.0 -56.6 3 8 509.3 509.3 315.6 509.4 0.01 61 50 20530 -56.1 -82.1 2 26.0 -57.0 50 3 511.3 511.3 315.7 511.3 0.01 62 48 20789 -56.5 -82.5 2 26.0 -57.4 95 4 516.3 516.3 316.1 516.4 0.01 63 47 20922 -56.7 -81.7 3 25.0 -57.6 170 6 519.0 519.0 316.2 519.0 0.01 64 47 20922 -56.7 -82.7 2 26.0 -57.6 170 6 519.0 519.0 316.2 519.0 0.01 65 46 21058 -56.7 -81.7 3 25.0 -57.6 230 9 522.2 522.2 316.4 522.2 0.01 66 44 21340 -56.5 -82.5 2 26.0 -57.5 226 16 529.3 529.3 316.9 529.4 0.01 67 43 21486 -56.1 -82.1 2 26.0 -57.1 253 13 533.8 533.8 317.2 533.9 0.01 68 42 21635 -54.9 -80.9 3 26.0 -56.1 280 10 540.4 540.4 317.5 540.5 0.01 69 39 22109 -54.3 -80.3 3 26.0 -55.6 276 9 553.5 553.5 318.3 553.6 0.02 70 34 22984 -55.7 -80.7 3 25.0 -57.0 219 9 571.9 572.0 319.3 572.1 0.02 71 31 23572 -56.1 -81.1 3 25.0 -57.5 212 13 586.2 586.2 320.0 586.3 0.02 72 30 23780 -55.7 -80.7 3 25.0 -57.2 305 11 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.9 0.02 73 29 23996 -55.3 -80.3 3 25.0 -56.9 261 6 599.7 599.7 320.6 599.8 0.02 74 27 24451 -55.9 -80.9 3 25.0 -57.5 7 12 610.4 610.4 321.1 610.5 0.02 75 27 24451 -55.9 -80.9 3 25.0 -57.5 7 12 610.4 610.4 321.1 610.5 0.02 76 25 24942 -54.3 -79.3 3 25.0 -56.2 151 11 628.5 628.6 321.9 628.8 0.03 77 24 25204 -53.9 -78.9 3 25.0 -56.0 192 13 637.1 637.1 322.2 637.3 0.03 78 22 25764 -52.5 -78.5 3 26.0 -55.1 248 12 657.3 657.3 323.0 657.6 0.04 79 21 26065 -51.9 -77.9 3 26.0 -54.7 262 7 667.9 667.9 323.3 668.3 0.04 80 20 26380 -52.7 -78.7 3 26.0 -55.4 300 8 674.9 674.9 323.6 675.2 0.04 81 18 27063 -51.7 -76.7 3 25.0 -54.8 11 4 698.7 698.7 324.4 699.2 0.06 82 18 27063 -51.5 -76.5 3 25.0 -54.7 11 4 699.3 699.3 324.4 699.8 0.06 83 17 27435 -51.7 -77.7 3 26.0 -55.0 286 9 710.2 710.2 324.8 710.7 0.06 84 15 28248 -52.1 -77.1 3 25.0 -55.6 37 7 734.7 734.8 325.5 735.4 0.07 85 15 28248 -51.9 -76.9 3 25.0 -55.4 37 7 735.4 735.4 325.6 736.0 0.07 86 12 29708 -48.1 -75.1 3 27.0 -53.6 30 7 797.3 797.4 327.2 798.5 0.12 87 10 30920 -44.9 -71.9 3 27.0 -52.4 95 13 851.9 852.1 328.5 854.4 0.23 88 8.5 32011 -43.1 -70.1 4 27.0 -52.1 899.5 899.7 329.5 903.5 0.35 89 8.2 32253 -42.3 -69.3 4 27.0 -51.8 912.0 912.2 329.7 916.7 0.41 90 7.9 32505 -42.3 -69.3 4 27.0 -52.0 921.7 922.0 329.9 926.7 0.43 TRP 203 11678 -63.7 -71.7 33 8.0 -63.8 265 51 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.5 0.01 WND 193 11989 -62.0 -70.9 29 8.9 -62.0 265 59 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5590.00 m Freezing level: 694.68 mb = 3115.01 m = 10219.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.70 mb = 2219.01 m = 7280.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.59 % Est. max temperature: 14.05 C = 57.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 581.73 mb = 4488.40 m = 14725.56 ft T: -12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 5.07 C Layer 821.0- 559.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 506.12 mb = 5539.94 m = 18175.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.42 C = 63.35 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51076.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 526.27 mb = 5249.73 m = 17223.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 297 at 21 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 825 1703 305 7 5.7 -4.0 | 113 15 -13.4 5.8 1 812 1829 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 140 10 -6.3 7.5 2 783 2134 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 122 13 -10.6 6.7 3 754 2438 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 140 17 -10.6 12.9 4 727 2743 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 137 13 -9.1 9.8 5 700 3048 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 140 13 -8.1 9.8 6 700 3049 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 141 11 -7.1 8.7 7 673 3353 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 147 13 -7.1 10.8 8 647 3658 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 157 11 -4.1 9.8 9 621 3962 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 162 10 -3.1 9.8 10 597 4267 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 153 11 -5.1 9.8 11 574 4572 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 149 10 -5.1 8.6 12 552 4877 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 174 10 -1.1 9.8 13 530 5182 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 222 10 6.8 7.5 14 509 5486 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 252 32 30.9 9.8 15 500 5630 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 249 27 24.9 9.8 16 489 5791 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 242 29 25.7 13.7 17 469 6096 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 241 28 24.7 13.6 18 431 6706 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 246 36 32.7 14.3 19 413 7010 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 248 39 35.7 14.6 20 400 7240 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 246 36 32.7 14.3 21 396 7315 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 239 36 31.1 18.6 22 378 7620 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 245 34 30.7 14.1 23 362 7925 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 247 37 33.7 14.4 24 346 8230 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 248 39 35.7 14.6 25 331 8534 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 248 40 36.7 14.7 26 316 8839 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 249 41 38.7 14.8 27 302 9144 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 241 40 35.1 19.3 28 300 9200 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 243 44 39.0 20.0 29 289 9449 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 236 44 36.9 24.8 30 263 10058 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 241 40 35.1 19.3 31 250 10380 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 234 41 33.1 23.8 32 239 10668 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 234 40 32.1 23.5 33 227 10973 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 239 36 31.1 18.6 34 216 11278 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 232 37 29.2 22.7 35 206 11582 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 241 39 34.1 19.2 36 203 11678 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 246 35 31.7 14.2 37 200 11770 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 246 36 32.7 14.3 38 196 11887 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 246 35 31.7 14.2 39 193 11989 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 249 42 39.7 14.9 40 187 12192 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 249 42 39.7 14.9 41 170 12802 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 254 36 34.9 9.8 42 162 13106 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 248 39 35.7 14.6 43 154 13411 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 253 34 32.9 9.8 44 150 13570 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 245 34 30.7 14.1 45 147 13716 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 246 36 32.7 14.3 46 133 14326 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 256 25 23.7 6.0 47 127 14630 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 247 25 22.9 9.8 48 121 14935 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 248 18 16.8 6.7 49 115 15240 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 219 13 7.9 9.8 50 110 15545 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 194 12 2.8 11.7 51 105 15850 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 204 16 6.5 14.3 52 100 16140 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 225 14 9.9 9.8 53 100 16154 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 221 21 13.4 15.5 54 91 16764 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 245 23 20.9 9.8 55 86 17069 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 252 21 19.8 6.4 56 82 17374 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 244 22 19.9 9.8 57 78 17678 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 231 15 11.9 9.8 58 71 18288 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 157 27 -10.6 24.5 59 70 18400 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 183 24 1.4 24.1 60 65 18898 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 191 18 3.5 18.0 61 62 19202 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 213 18 9.5 14.8 62 59 19507 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 219 7 4.5 5.6 63 56 19812 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 185 6 0.6 6.3 64 53 20117 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 177 15 -0.7 14.7 65 50 20530 50 3 -2.3 -1.9 | 110 23 -21.4 7.9 66 48 20726 60 3 -2.6 -1.5 | 111 23 -21.7 8.3 67 46 21031 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 139 20 -13.0 14.9 68 44 21336 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 160 22 -7.8 21.1 69 42 21641 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 131 12 -9.2 8.1 70 40 21946 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 155 12 -5.1 11.0 71 38 22250 285 5 4.8 -1.3 | 121 17 -14.3 8.5 72 36 22555 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 142 18 -11.3 14.3 73 35 22860 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 128 9 -6.9 5.3 74 33 23165 115 4 -3.6 1.7 | 117 25 -22.7 11.5 75 31 23470 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 146 28 -15.5 23.3 76 30 23774 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 148 17 -9.1 14.4 77 30 23780 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 109 11 -10.1 3.5 78 29 24079 245 4 3.6 1.7 | 127 19 -15.5 11.5 79 27 24384 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 77 15 -14.3 -3.4 80 26 24689 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 112 27 -25.1 10.3 81 25 24994 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 132 31 -23.2 21.1 82 24 25298 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 150 26 -13.2 22.5 83 23 25603 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 158 27 -10.1 25.4 84 22 25908 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 125 15 -12.2 8.6 85 21 26213 245 7 6.3 3.0 | 135 18 -12.7 12.7 86 20 26380 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 115 13 -12.2 5.8 87 20 26518 325 5 2.9 -4.1 | 109 17 -16.2 5.7 88 19 26822 15 4 -1.0 -3.9 | 106 21 -20.1 5.9 89 18 27127 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 106 21 -19.8 5.9 90 17 27432 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 126 13 -10.4 7.5 91 16 27737 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 107 10 -9.3 2.9 92 16 28042 360 8 -0.0 -8.0 | 95 19 -19.1 1.8 93 15 28346 50 7 -5.4 -4.5 | 102 25 -24.5 5.3 94 14 28651 15 8 -2.1 -7.7 | 96 21 -21.2 2.1 95 13 28956 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 103 24 -22.9 5.2 96 13 29261 30 3 -1.5 -2.6 | 109 22 -20.6 7.2 97 12 29566 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 94 23 -22.9 1.6 98 12 29870 35 6 -3.4 -4.9 | 102 23 -22.5 4.9 99 10 30920 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 109 34 -32.0 10.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: -14.8 tot: 33.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 47.46 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 285 10 128 11| 0.0 4.0 4.0| 17.2 -6.3 10.9 21.8 0.32| 10.9 3.5 1000 275 10 134 13| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 28.6 -8.6 20.0 20.0 0.33| 8.9 3.0 1500 273 10 136 13| 0.7 2.1 2.8| 33.1 -8.8 24.3 16.2 0.35| 7.0 2.4 2000 271 11 140 12| 1.4 1.6 2.9| 42.1 -8.8 33.3 16.7 0.41| 6.3 2.6 2500 271 12 143 12| 1.1 1.2 2.2| 43.8 -12.3 31.4 12.6 0.35| 5.5 1.9 3000 271 12 144 12| 1.1 1.0 2.1| 48.0 -14.8 33.2 11.1 0.34| 5.1 1.7 4000 271 17 168 10| 2.4 2.8 5.2|112.9 -39.5 73.3 18.3 0.37| 9.0 3.3 5000 269 23 203 11| 1.9 3.1 5.0|136.6 -55.5 81.1 16.2 0.33| 8.3 2.7 6000 267 29 220 15| 1.6 2.5 4.1|176.3-101.2 75.0 12.5 0.27| 8.1 2.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KRIW/skewt/KRIW.skewt.20250423.00.gif