UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 APR 25 Searching for KSTA... Searching the city database file for: KSTA ... Date:1200Z 22 APR 25 Station: KSTA WMO ident: 69990 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -77.49 Elevation: 87.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 87 15.2 13.7 91 1.5 14.3 270 1 287.9 289.6 287.2 315.3 9.83 1 1000 139 18.2 14.2 77 4.0 15.7 300 4 291.4 293.2 288.8 320.3 10.23 2 925 808 15.8 9.8 67 6.0 12.2 305 18 295.5 296.9 288.5 319.3 8.24 3 850 1519 9.4 7.1 86 2.3 8.1 285 23 296.0 297.3 288.0 317.7 7.46 4 700 3110 2.8 -32.2 6 35.0 -5.7 260 29 305.6 305.7 284.1 306.9 0.37 5 500 5750 -12.5 -51.5 2 39.0 -17.5 255 41 317.8 317.8 288.1 318.1 0.07 6 400 7410 -25.1 -51.1 7 26.0 -27.5 260 43 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.7 0.09 7 300 9440 -40.9 -43.7 74 2.8 -41.1 250 50 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.27 8 252 10598 -49.7 -54.6 56 4.9 -49.9 260 67 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.09 9 250 10650 -50.1 -55.1 55 5.0 -50.3 260 67 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 10 200 12070 -61.9 -71.9 25 10.0 -62.0 250 54 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.01 11 166 13203 -69.3 -73.9 51 4.6 -69.3 235 59 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.7 0.01 12 150 13810 -68.1 -82.1 12 14.0 -68.2 245 55 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.00 13 100 16290 -63.3 -87.3 2 24.0 -63.5 270 38 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 166 13203 -69.3 -73.9 51 4.6 -69.3 235 59 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.7 0.01 WND 252 10598 -49.7 -54.6 56 4.9 -49.9 260 67 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.09 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.00 m Freezing level: 663.40 mb = 3593.14 m = 11788.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.89 mb = 2415.78 m = 7925.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.58 % Est. max temperature: 23.31 C = 73.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.93 mb = 278.02 m = 912.14 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.45 C Layer 925.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.47 mb = 1445.42 m = 4742.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.31 C = 73.95 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: 5.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: -6.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 172.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6037.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.27 mb = 1158.15 m = 3799.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 295 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 1006 87 270 1 1.0 -0.0 | 116 21 -18.4 9.0 1 1000 139 300 4 3.5 -2.0 | 114 17 -15.9 7.0 2 925 808 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 75 5 -4.7 -1.3 3 850 1519 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 222 4 2.8 3.1 4 700 3110 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 213 17 9.2 14.1 5 500 5750 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 226 28 20.2 19.6 6 400 7410 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 234 28 22.9 16.5 7 300 9440 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 227 38 27.6 26.1 8 252 10598 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 246 51 46.6 20.7 9 250 10650 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 246 51 46.6 20.7 10 200 12070 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 229 42 31.3 27.5 11 166 13203 235 59 48.3 33.8 | 214 52 28.9 42.9 12 150 13810 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 223 44 30.4 32.3 13 100 16290 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 244 21 18.6 9.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -22.8 tot: -21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 68.06 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 302 8 111 13| 12.9 0.0 12.9| 0.0 -11.6 -11.6 -23.1 -0.26| 12.9 -3.3 1000 303 13 104 9| 6.5 3.5 10.0| 0.3 -16.3 -15.9 -15.9 -0.27| 10.5 -2.9 1500 296 16 111 6| 4.3 4.0 8.3| 1.3 -16.3 -15.0 -10.0 -0.10| 9.1 -0.9 2000 291 18 135 4| 3.2 3.8 7.0| 1.3 -16.6 -15.3 -7.7 -0.09| 7.8 -0.7 2500 286 20 171 4| 2.6 3.7 6.3| 1.3 -18.5 -17.2 -6.9 -0.10| 7.1 -0.7 3000 280 21 194 5| 2.2 3.6 5.8| 1.3 -22.8 -21.5 -7.2 -0.12| 6.6 -0.8 4000 273 23 208 9| 1.6 3.3 4.9| 12.1 -22.8 -10.8 -2.7 -0.05| 5.6 -0.3 5000 268 26 214 12| 1.3 3.1 4.4| 21.9 -22.8 -0.9 -0.2 -0.01| 4.9 -0.1 6000 265 29 218 15| 1.2 2.8 4.0| 33.7 -22.8 10.9 1.8 0.02| 4.5 0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KSTA/skewt/KSTA.skewt.20250422.12.gif