UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100818.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for KTWC... Searching the city database file for: KTWC ... Date:1800Z 8 OCT 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 98 SFC 930 751 29.0 5.0 22 24.0 14.8 60 3 308.5 309.6 290.7 326.6 5.88 2 929 760 28.2 3.2 20 25.0 13.8 54 3 307.8 308.7 289.9 323.7 5.18 3 925 796 28.0 3.0 20 25.0 13.7 30 2 307.9 308.9 289.9 323.8 5.13 4 886 1176 26.0 5.0 26 21.0 13.6 146 12 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.8 6.18 5 884 1196 26.0 5.0 26 21.0 13.5 150 13 309.9 311.1 291.5 329.0 6.19 6 861 1427 24.0 6.0 31 18.0 13.1 145 15 310.1 311.4 292.0 331.2 6.82 7 851 1529 23.6 -1.4 19 25.0 10.2 140 16 310.8 311.5 289.8 323.5 4.05 8 850 1539 23.6 -1.4 19 25.0 10.2 140 16 310.9 311.6 289.9 323.7 4.06 9 820 1851 21.2 -2.8 20 24.0 8.7 141 17 311.5 312.3 289.8 323.5 3.79 10 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321.3 616.5 0.01 79 24 25352 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -55.7 117 12 638.2 638.3 322.2 638.3 0.01 80 21 26214 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.3 200 10 669.7 669.7 323.4 669.8 0.01 81 20 26530 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -55.8 225 5 673.6 673.6 323.6 673.7 0.01 82 19 26861 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -55.9 250 3 683.6 683.6 323.9 683.7 0.01 83 18 27212 -50.3 -85.3 1 35.0 -53.9 248 3 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.2 0.02 84 17 27585 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.8 187 10 711.5 711.5 324.8 711.6 0.02 85 15 28403 -49.5 -85.5 1 36.0 -53.9 218 8 743.4 743.4 325.7 743.5 0.02 86 13 29339 -50.3 -85.3 1 35.0 -54.9 276 2 771.7 771.7 326.5 771.8 0.02 87 12 29865 -48.5 -84.5 1 36.0 -54.0 269 2 795.9 795.9 327.1 796.1 0.03 88 11 30435 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -55.8 229 4 807.2 807.3 327.4 807.5 0.03 89 10 31060 -47.7 -84.7 1 37.0 -54.2 185 6 841.5 841.5 328.2 841.8 0.03 90 8.7 31986 -44.7 -83.7 1 39.0 -53.1 887.3 887.4 329.2 887.7 0.04 91 7.2 33248 -46.1 -84.1 1 38.0 -54.6 930.9 931.0 330.0 931.4 0.05 TRP 102 16535 -75.1 -86.1 16 11.0 -75.2 245 25 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 WND 204 12311 -49.5 -68.1 10 18.6 -50.0 245 65 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.00 m Freezing level: 598.64 mb = 4475.72 m = 14683.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.62 mb = 4373.56 m = 14348.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.80 % Est. max temperature: 33.15 C = 91.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 653.85 mb = 3750.29 m = 12303.94 ft T: 5.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 7.66 C Layer 851.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 565.28 mb = 4926.97 m = 16164.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.37 C = 101.07 F Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lifted Index: 4.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.90 C Cross Totals Index: 6.90 C K Index: 17.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 45.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50895.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 632.40 mb = 4021.61 m = 13194.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 199 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 930 751 60 3 -2.6 -1.5 | 28 13 -6.1 -11.5 1 925 796 30 2 -1.0 -1.7 | 21 13 -4.5 -11.8 2 913 914 95 1 -1.0 0.1 | 24 11 -4.5 -10.0 3 882 1219 155 14 -5.9 12.7 | 106 10 -9.4 2.6 4 850 1539 140 16 -10.3 12.3 | 99 14 -13.8 2.2 5 822 1829 140 17 -10.9 13.0 | 102 15 -14.5 3.0 6 793 2134 155 9 -3.8 8.2 | 76 8 -7.3 -1.9 7 765 2438 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 58 10 -8.9 -5.5 8 738 2743 140 9 -5.8 6.9 | 71 10 -9.3 -3.2 9 700 3192 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 89 10 -10.4 -0.2 10 686 3353 145 14 -8.0 11.5 | 97 12 -11.6 1.4 11 661 3658 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 92 7 -7.3 0.3 12 612 4267 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 138 5 -3.5 4.0 13 589 4572 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 145 6 -3.5 5.0 14 567 4877 165 18 -4.7 17.4 | 132 11 -8.2 7.3 15 546 5182 170 24 -4.2 23.6 | 150 16 -7.7 13.6 16 526 5486 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 144 12 -7.0 9.7 17 506 5791 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 202 3 1.3 3.1 18 500 5890 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 176 3 -0.2 2.5 19 487 6096 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 182 3 0.1 3.5 20 468 6401 195 21 5.4 20.3 | 191 10 1.9 10.2 21 449 6706 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 250 16 14.9 5.4 22 400 7590 225 43 30.4 30.4 | 233 34 26.9 20.4 23 398 7620 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 233 32 25.5 18.9 24 351 8534 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 244 23 20.2 9.9 25 323 9144 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 255 27 25.9 7.0 26 300 9680 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 244 40 35.8 17.5 27 250 10950 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 261 44 43.5 7.1 28 249 10973 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 261 44 43.5 7.1 29 217 11887 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 247 56 51.9 22.0 30 204 12311 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 253 58 55.4 17.4 31 200 12440 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 253 58 55.4 17.4 32 198 12497 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 253 58 55.4 17.4 33 150 14250 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 270 55 54.6 0.2 34 141 14630 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 270 55 54.6 0.2 35 127 15240 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 261 44 43.5 7.1 36 103 16459 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 272 22 21.8 -0.8 37 102 16535 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 268 19 19.1 0.5 38 100 16650 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 291 15 13.9 -5.4 39 98 16764 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 245 21 18.7 8.6 40 93 17069 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 309 4 2.9 -2.4 41 88 17374 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 86 6 -6.1 -0.4 42 84 17678 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 219 0 0.2 0.3 43 76 18288 140 16 -10.3 12.3 | 99 14 -13.8 2.2 44 72 18593 170 19 -3.3 18.7 | 142 11 -6.8 8.7 45 70 18730 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 357 10 0.5 -10.0 46 68 18898 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 316 8 5.5 -5.8 47 65 19202 215 1 0.6 0.8 | 18 10 -3.0 -9.2 48 62 19507 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 56 16 -13.5 -9.2 49 59 19812 130 15 -11.5 9.6 | 88 15 -15.0 -0.4 50 50 20760 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 17 15 -4.2 -14.0 51 48 21031 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 19 11 -3.5 -10.0 52 46 21336 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 3 23 -1.3 -22.8 53 43 21641 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 64 23 -20.5 -10.0 54 39 22250 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 65 14 -12.6 -5.8 55 37 22555 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 35 13 -7.5 -10.7 56 36 22860 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 27 20 -9.3 -18.2 57 34 23165 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 45 20 -13.9 -13.8 58 31 23774 25 12 -5.1 -10.9 | 22 23 -8.6 -20.9 59 30 23930 85 13 -13.0 -1.1 | 56 20 -16.5 -11.2 60 29 24079 55 17 -13.9 -9.8 | 41 26 -17.5 -19.8 61 28 24384 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 53 20 -16.3 -12.3 62 27 24689 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 48 19 -14.2 -12.9 63 24 25298 115 13 -11.8 5.5 | 73 16 -15.3 -4.6 64 23 25603 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 70 12 -11.7 -4.3 65 21 26213 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 9 1 -0.1 -0.6 66 20 26530 225 5 3.5 3.5 | 360 7 0.0 -6.5 67 18 27127 270 2 2.0 -0.0 | 9 10 -1.5 -10.0 68 17 27432 195 6 1.6 5.8 | 25 5 -2.0 -4.2 69 17 27737 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 138 5 -3.5 4.0 70 16 28042 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 68 1 -0.9 -0.4 71 13 29566 290 1 0.9 -0.3 | 14 11 -2.6 -10.4 72 10 31060 185 6 0.5 6.0 | 36 5 -3.0 -4.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.3 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 199.3 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.3 neg: -25.8 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 10.64 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 146 6 54 9| 15.1 0.0 15.1| 43.5 -2.7 40.8 81.6 0.86| 17.6 15.0 1000 144 11 83 10| 7.6 2.3 9.8| 45.2 -6.7 38.4 38.4 0.63| 11.2 7.1 1500 144 11 86 10| 2.9 1.5 4.4| 45.3 -20.2 25.1 16.7 0.27| 10.9 2.9 2000 143 11 81 10| 2.2 1.4 3.6| 51.5 -24.4 27.2 13.6 0.25| 9.4 2.4 2500 143 11 81 10| 2.4 1.1 3.5| 61.3 -24.4 36.9 14.8 0.32| 8.3 2.6 3000 145 11 83 10| 2.2 1.0 3.2| 65.3 -25.8 39.5 13.2 0.29| 8.0 2.4 4000 154 12 93 9| 2.2 1.1 3.3| 72.9 -27.7 45.2 11.3 0.32| 7.1 2.3 5000 160 13 107 9| 1.8 1.3 3.1| 96.4 -33.1 63.3 12.7 0.33| 7.8 2.6 6000 169 14 122 7| 2.7 1.3 3.9|138.8 -33.4 105.4 17.6 0.39| 8.5 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTWC/skewt/KTWC.skewt.20251008.18.gif