UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 16 APR 25 Searching for KTWC... Searching the city database file for: KTWC ... Date:0000Z 16 APR 25 Station: KTWC WMO ident: 72274 Latitude: 32.23 Longitude: -110.96 Elevation: 751.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 1 925 743 215 6 SFC 924 751 33.4 1.4 13 32.0 15.0 215 6 313.6 314.4 291.2 328.1 4.58 3 923 761 32.0 2.0 15 30.0 14.7 213 7 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.3 4.79 4 919 800 31.0 2.0 16 29.0 14.3 206 11 311.6 312.5 290.7 326.7 4.81 5 850 1491 24.6 0.6 21 24.0 11.2 215 24 311.9 312.8 290.7 326.7 4.70 6 763 2421 15.6 -1.4 31 17.0 6.6 196 22 312.0 312.8 290.6 326.2 4.52 7 711 3014 9.6 -1.4 46 11.0 3.9 198 20 311.7 312.6 290.9 327.0 4.86 8 700 3143 8.4 -1.6 49 10.0 3.2 195 19 311.8 312.7 290.9 327.0 4.86 9 650 3748 2.6 -4.4 60 7.0 -0.7 201 19 311.9 312.7 290.3 325.3 4.25 10 638 3898 1.6 -6.4 55 8.0 -2.0 204 16 312.4 313.1 290.0 324.2 3.71 11 588 4548 -4.5 -9.5 68 5.0 -6.5 209 19 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.8 3.16 12 543 5168 -9.7 -13.2 76 3.5 -11.0 211 28 313.7 314.2 289.3 322.0 2.55 13 534 5297 -10.3 -17.3 56 7.0 -12.5 211 32 314.5 314.9 288.9 320.6 1.84 14 531 5340 -10.3 -18.3 52 8.0 -12.8 211 33 315.0 315.3 288.9 320.7 1.70 15 521 5486 -11.7 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.6 212 37 315.0 315.4 289.1 321.1 1.83 16 512 5620 -12.7 -20.7 51 8.0 -15.0 213 41 315.4 315.7 288.8 320.2 1.44 17 510 5649 -12.9 -24.9 36 12.0 -15.9 214 42 315.5 315.7 288.4 318.9 0.99 18 506 5709 -13.3 -27.3 30 14.0 -16.6 214 43 315.7 315.9 288.3 318.5 0.80 19 500 5800 -14.1 -26.1 35 12.0 -17.0 215 46 315.8 316.0 288.4 319.0 0.91 20 495 5876 -14.7 -25.7 39 11.0 -17.3 215 47 316.0 316.2 288.5 319.3 0.95 21 477 6156 -16.5 -30.5 29 14.0 -19.3 216 50 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.4 0.63 22 474 6204 -16.1 -32.1 24 16.0 -19.3 217 50 318.2 318.3 288.8 320.2 0.55 23 467 6315 -16.9 -33.9 21 17.0 -20.0 219 52 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.3 0.47 24 458 6461 -18.1 -34.1 23 16.0 -21.0 221 53 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.5 0.47 25 444 6693 -18.5 -42.5 10 24.0 -21.9 225 53 321.2 321.3 289.3 322.0 0.20 26 439 6778 -17.3 -51.3 3 34.0 -21.3 227 53 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.08 27 437 6812 -16.9 -40.9 11 24.0 -20.7 228 53 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.24 28 430 6933 -17.9 -39.9 13 22.0 -21.4 230 53 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.0 0.28 29 400 7470 -22.3 -49.3 7 27.0 -25.2 240 54 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.11 30 394 7581 -23.3 -51.3 6 28.0 -26.1 240 54 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.09 31 316 9152 -37.3 -57.3 11 20.0 -38.3 235 48 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.05 32 305 9397 -38.5 -62.5 6 24.0 -39.5 238 54 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.03 33 300 9510 -39.5 -60.5 9 21.0 -40.4 240 57 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.04 34 282 9930 -42.5 -65.5 6 23.0 -43.2 240 61 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.02 35 250 10730 -49.9 -66.9 12 17.0 -50.3 240 70 331.9 331.9 292.2 332.0 0.02 36 242 10942 -51.3 -65.3 17 14.0 -51.6 241 72 332.9 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.02 37 235 11132 -52.5 -69.5 11 17.0 -52.8 242 74 333.9 333.9 292.8 333.9 0.01 38 232 11215 -53.1 -67.1 17 14.0 -53.4 242 75 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.02 39 221 11527 -54.7 -70.7 12 16.0 -54.9 243 78 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.01 40 204 12035 -57.9 -68.8 23 10.9 -58.0 245 83 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.02 41 201 12129 -58.5 -68.5 27 10.0 -58.6 245 80 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.02 42 200 12160 -58.7 -68.7 26 10.0 -58.8 245 79 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 43 195 12318 -59.3 -71.3 20 12.0 -59.5 245 73 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.01 44 184 12682 -58.3 -78.3 6 20.0 -58.5 241 78 348.7 348.7 296.3 348.7 0.00 45 170 13184 -53.3 -81.3 2 28.0 -53.7 245 73 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.00 46 150 13980 -57.7 -84.7 2 27.0 -58.0 255 59 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 47 126 15062 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.8 245 56 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 48 105 16166 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.4 237 60 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 49 100 16460 -66.7 -88.7 3 22.0 -66.8 240 41 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 50 93 16897 -68.7 -88.7 4 20.0 -68.8 240 43 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 51 89 17161 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.4 246 42 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 52 79 17872 -71.5 -90.5 4 19.0 -71.6 250 22 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 53 75 18179 -71.9 -90.9 4 19.0 -72.0 243 28 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 54 73 18339 -71.3 -91.3 4 20.0 -71.4 245 28 426.7 426.7 308.4 426.7 0.00 55 71 18504 -67.5 -90.5 2 23.0 -67.7 262 22 438.2 438.2 309.7 438.2 0.00 56 70 18590 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -66.9 270 19 441.7 441.7 310.0 441.7 0.00 57 63 19222 -71.1 -91.1 4 20.0 -71.2 262 10 445.5 445.5 310.4 445.5 0.00 58 61 19413 -70.3 -91.3 3 21.0 -70.4 278 10 451.4 451.4 311.0 451.4 0.00 59 60 19512 -68.7 -90.7 3 22.0 -68.9 285 10 457.1 457.1 311.5 457.1 0.00 60 58 19715 -69.5 -90.5 3 21.0 -69.6 285 13 459.8 459.8 311.7 459.8 0.00 61 56 19925 -69.3 -91.3 3 22.0 -69.5 285 16 464.9 464.9 312.2 464.9 0.00 62 55 20033 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -66.9 285 18 473.2 473.2 312.9 473.2 0.00 63 53 20257 -67.9 -90.9 2 23.0 -68.1 309 16 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 64 50 20610 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.6 50 6 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 65 49 20733 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -66.0 58 7 491.5 491.5 314.3 491.5 0.00 66 46 21117 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.7 82 8 503.8 503.8 315.2 503.8 0.00 67 45 21251 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.7 91 9 507.0 507.0 315.4 507.0 0.00 68 44 21389 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.2 107 9 516.6 516.6 316.1 516.6 0.00 69 44 21389 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.9 107 9 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.00 70 43 21532 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.0 132 10 520.5 520.5 316.4 520.5 0.00 71 38 22303 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.2 260 14 547.4 547.4 317.9 547.4 0.00 72 34 23003 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.6 7 12 567.2 567.2 319.0 567.2 0.01 73 32 23384 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.7 74 10 573.9 573.9 319.3 574.0 0.01 74 30 23790 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -58.9 145 8 587.3 587.3 320.0 587.4 0.01 75 25 24940 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.9 186 15 619.4 619.4 321.5 619.4 0.01 76 23 25468 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.4 227 18 640.2 640.2 322.3 640.2 0.01 77 23 25468 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -56.1 227 18 644.9 644.9 322.5 645.0 0.01 78 20 26370 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -54.6 335 9 678.5 678.5 323.7 678.6 0.01 79 19 26704 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.4 308 11 689.8 689.8 324.1 689.9 0.01 80 18 27056 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.2 353 7 697.4 697.4 324.3 697.5 0.02 81 13 29192 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -53.0 276 10 782.0 782.1 326.8 782.3 0.03 82 12 29722 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -53.8 315 11 797.3 797.3 327.2 797.6 0.03 83 11 30300 -45.1 -83.1 1 38.0 -52.4 305 9 828.3 828.3 327.9 828.6 0.04 84 10 30940 -43.7 -82.7 1 39.0 -52.1 270 8 856.4 856.4 328.5 856.8 0.04 85 9.3 31428 -43.7 -82.7 1 39.0 -52.4 874.4 874.4 328.9 874.8 0.05 86 7.7 32712 -38.1 -80.1 0 42.0 -50.8 945.4 945.5 330.3 946.4 0.09 87 7.1 33269 -39.1 -81.1 0 42.0 -51.6 963.5 963.5 330.6 964.4 0.08 TRP 195 12318 -59.3 -71.3 20 12.0 -59.5 245 73 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.01 WND 204 12035 -57.9 -68.8 23 10.9 -58.0 245 83 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.00 m Freezing level: 624.89 mb = 4068.50 m = 13347.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.31 mb = 3631.81 m = 11915.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 579.06 mb = 4667.06 m = 15311.68 ft T: -5.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 1.39 C Layer 923.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.76 mb = 4523.89 m = 14841.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.57 C = 90.62 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.70 C Cross Totals Index: 14.70 C K Index: 29.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 596.81 mb = 4429.25 m = 14531.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.81 mb = 4765.19 m = 15633.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 441.81 mb = 6730.27 m = 22080.69 ft B at Equ Level: 45.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.81 mb = 7254.06 m = 23799.13 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 241 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 924 751 215 6 3.4 4.9 | 70 16 -14.8 -5.3 1 907 914 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 128 21 -16.3 12.7 2 876 1219 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 129 13 -9.8 7.9 3 850 1491 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 154 10 -4.5 9.5 4 847 1524 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 150 10 -5.1 8.6 5 817 1829 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 179 11 -0.3 11.3 6 788 2134 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 157 13 -5.3 12.3 7 760 2438 195 22 5.7 21.3 | 131 17 -12.6 11.1 8 734 2743 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 137 13 -9.0 9.7 9 700 3143 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 121 16 -13.4 8.2 10 682 3353 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 121 16 -13.4 8.2 11 656 3658 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 127 14 -11.4 8.6 12 631 3962 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 106 12 -11.9 3.4 13 607 4267 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 115 12 -11.1 5.2 14 562 4877 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 150 10 -5.1 8.6 15 541 5182 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 166 15 -3.8 14.9 16 500 5800 215 46 26.4 37.7 | 196 29 8.1 27.5 17 481 6096 215 49 28.1 40.1 | 198 32 9.8 29.9 18 461 6401 220 53 34.1 40.6 | 207 34 15.8 30.4 19 400 7470 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 239 33 28.5 16.8 20 392 7620 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 239 33 28.5 16.8 21 375 7925 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 240 36 31.1 18.3 22 330 8839 235 47 38.5 27.0 | 230 26 20.2 16.8 23 316 9144 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 231 27 21.0 17.3 24 300 9510 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 240 36 31.1 18.3 25 250 10730 240 70 60.6 35.0 | 240 49 42.3 24.8 26 204 12035 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 246 62 56.9 24.9 27 200 12160 245 79 71.6 33.4 | 246 58 53.3 23.2 28 199 12192 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 246 62 56.9 24.9 29 195 12318 245 73 66.2 30.9 | 247 52 47.9 20.7 30 181 12802 240 80 69.3 40.0 | 240 59 51.0 29.8 31 150 13980 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 263 39 38.7 5.1 32 149 14021 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 261 50 49.3 7.9 33 135 14630 245 51 46.2 21.6 | 248 30 27.9 11.4 34 122 15240 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 247 37 34.3 14.3 35 100 16459 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 232 40 31.7 24.8 36 100 16460 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 239 20 17.2 10.3 37 95 16764 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 239 20 17.2 10.3 38 90 17069 240 45 39.0 22.5 | 239 24 20.7 12.3 39 86 17374 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 287 15 14.2 -4.5 40 82 17678 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 9 6 -0.9 -5.5 41 74 18288 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 238 9 7.7 4.8 42 70 18590 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 356 10 0.7 -10.2 43 70 18593 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 250 16 15.3 5.4 44 67 18898 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 2 10 -0.3 -10.2 45 63 19202 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 45 12 -8.4 -8.5 46 60 19507 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 34 15 -8.6 -12.8 47 54 20117 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 360 15 0.1 -15.1 48 52 20422 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 30 25 -12.8 -22.0 49 50 20610 50 6 -4.6 -3.9 | 58 27 -22.9 -14.1 50 44 21336 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 71 29 -27.2 -9.4 51 40 21946 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 94 14 -14.2 1.1 52 38 22250 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 43 7 -5.1 -5.4 53 35 22860 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 32 26 -13.8 -22.4 54 30 23790 145 8 -4.6 6.6 | 81 23 -22.9 -3.6 55 27 24384 150 7 -3.5 6.1 | 79 22 -21.8 -4.1 56 26 24689 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 95 15 -15.2 1.4 57 25 24994 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 106 18 -17.0 4.7 58 24 25298 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 81 13 -12.5 -2.0 59 23 25603 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 201 4 1.4 3.6 60 22 25908 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 33 16 -8.9 -13.6 61 21 26213 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 43 17 -11.7 -12.6 62 20 26370 335 9 3.8 -8.2 | 38 23 -14.5 -18.4 63 20 26518 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 24 14 -5.5 -12.5 64 19 26822 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 34 22 -12.5 -18.4 65 17 27432 35 2 -1.1 -1.6 | 59 23 -19.4 -11.8 66 16 27737 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 32 23 -12.0 -19.2 67 15 28346 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 43 30 -20.4 -22.0 68 13 29261 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 39 13 -8.3 -10.2 69 12 29566 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 23 17 -6.5 -15.7 70 12 29870 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 35 23 -13.3 -18.9 71 10 30940 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 45 14 -10.3 -10.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.5 neg: -59.8 tot: 41.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 16.08 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 194 19 122 16| 0.0 15.0 15.0| 65.4 0.0 65.4 130.8 0.66| 26.2 17.2 1000 205 21 135 13| 4.2 7.5 11.7| 87.4 0.0 87.4 87.4 0.72| 17.5 12.6 1500 209 23 145 12| 2.8 5.1 7.9| 90.3 -23.9 66.4 44.2 0.43| 14.7 6.3 2000 207 23 142 13| 1.8 3.8 5.6| 95.9 -39.9 56.0 28.0 0.31| 13.1 4.1 2500 205 22 139 13| 1.4 3.0 4.4| 95.9 -54.9 41.0 16.4 0.22| 11.4 2.5 3000 204 22 136 14| 1.5 2.5 4.0|101.5 -59.8 41.7 13.9 0.21| 10.1 2.1 4000 205 21 132 13| 1.8 1.9 3.6|122.5 -70.8 51.6 12.9 0.23| 8.9 2.0 5000 207 23 143 13| 2.6 2.2 4.9|193.7 -70.8 122.8 24.6 0.33| 9.6 3.2 6000 211 28 164 14| 3.3 1.9 5.1|306.4 -70.8 235.6 39.3 0.40| 9.4 3.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTWC/skewt/KTWC.skewt.20250416.00.gif