UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 APR 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:1200Z 17 APR 25 Station: KVBG WMO ident: 72393 Latitude: 34.73 Longitude: -120.58 Elevation: 112.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 112 11.0 8.8 86 2.2 9.8 80 3 284.0 285.2 282.8 303.6 7.10 1 1000 113 11.0 9.2 89 1.8 10.0 180 3 284.1 285.4 283.1 304.4 7.31 2 992 180 11.6 10.1 90 1.5 10.7 121 3 285.4 286.8 284.2 307.2 7.84 3 925 762 7.8 5.1 83 2.7 6.4 315 5 287.3 288.3 283.0 304.1 5.96 4 865 1312 4.6 0.5 75 4.1 2.7 318 9 289.5 290.3 282.5 302.7 4.58 5 850 1455 3.8 0.2 77 3.6 2.1 300 11 290.1 290.9 282.7 303.3 4.56 6 823 1717 2.2 0.0 85 2.2 1.2 293 6 291.1 291.9 283.2 304.6 4.65 7 794 2007 2.6 1.6 93 1.0 2.1 19 6 294.6 295.5 285.4 310.4 5.41 8 729 2693 -2.1 -2.1 100 0.0 -2.1 352 6 296.7 297.5 285.3 310.0 4.50 9 725 2737 0.0 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.6 341 6 299.5 300.1 285.2 309.7 3.37 10 714 2860 1.6 -7.4 51 9.0 -2.2 348 9 302.5 303.1 286.1 312.0 3.07 11 700 3020 1.0 -6.0 59 7.0 -2.0 360 12 303.6 304.2 286.9 314.3 3.49 12 671 3358 -0.5 -9.5 51 9.0 -4.1 25 16 305.6 306.1 286.8 314.3 2.77 13 584 4447 -9.9 -14.3 70 4.4 -11.3 40 25 307.0 307.4 286.7 313.9 2.16 14 551 4892 -13.7 -20.7 55 7.0 -15.6 35 17 307.7 307.9 286.1 312.0 1.33 15 522 5299 -17.5 -20.5 77 3.0 -18.3 43 19 307.9 308.2 286.2 312.6 1.43 16 521 5314 -17.7 -20.7 77 3.0 -18.4 44 19 307.8 308.1 286.2 312.4 1.41 17 500 5620 -19.9 -28.9 45 9.0 -21.6 50 17 308.8 308.9 285.7 311.2 0.70 18 495 5695 -20.5 -30.5 40 10.0 -22.2 48 18 308.9 309.0 285.7 311.0 0.61 19 478 5953 -22.7 -28.7 58 6.0 -23.8 37 16 309.3 309.5 286.0 311.9 0.75 20 471 6061 -22.5 -38.5 22 16.0 -24.6 32 14 310.9 310.9 286.0 311.9 0.29 21 461 6219 -23.9 -32.9 43 9.0 -25.3 34 14 311.0 311.1 286.4 312.8 0.52 22 455 6314 -24.3 -37.3 29 13.0 -26.0 37 14 311.7 311.8 286.4 312.9 0.34 23 446 6460 -25.5 -31.5 57 6.0 -26.5 40 15 312.0 312.1 286.8 314.1 0.62 24 429 6741 -27.9 -37.9 38 10.0 -29.1 41 13 312.4 312.5 286.6 313.6 0.34 25 400 7240 -32.5 -37.5 61 5.0 -33.0 55 19 312.7 312.8 286.8 314.1 0.38 26 399 7258 -32.7 -37.7 61 5.0 -33.2 54 19 312.7 312.8 286.8 314.0 0.37 27 386 7490 -34.5 -41.5 49 7.0 -35.1 44 21 313.3 313.4 286.8 314.3 0.26 28 373 7729 -35.1 -58.1 8 23.0 -36.2 37 25 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.8 0.04 29 365 7879 -35.9 -56.9 10 21.0 -37.0 32 29 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.7 0.05 30 327 8632 -42.5 -53.5 29 11.0 -43.0 31 32 317.5 317.6 288.1 317.8 0.08 31 300 9210 -45.5 -66.5 8 21.0 -46.0 35 19 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.3 0.02 32 250 10410 -50.1 -71.1 7 21.0 -50.5 40 9 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.01 33 205 11692 -55.7 -79.7 3 24.0 -55.9 270 6 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.1 0.00 34 200 11850 -55.1 -80.1 3 25.0 -55.4 245 4 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.00 35 189 12212 -53.1 -78.1 3 25.0 -53.5 265 20 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.00 36 165 13076 -57.7 -82.7 3 25.0 -57.9 244 26 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 37 150 13680 -55.3 -83.3 2 28.0 -55.6 275 34 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 38 140 14122 -54.9 -83.9 2 29.0 -55.3 277 22 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 39 118 15205 -60.5 -86.5 2 26.0 -60.7 263 25 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 40 100 16240 -60.1 -86.1 2 26.0 -60.4 255 26 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 41 91 16830 -58.1 -86.1 2 28.0 -58.5 254 15 426.8 426.8 308.5 426.8 0.00 42 79 17711 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.8 252 26 437.4 437.4 309.6 437.4 0.00 43 70 18460 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.4 240 17 453.7 453.7 311.2 453.7 0.00 44 65 18921 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.0 240 15 466.9 466.9 312.4 466.9 0.00 45 56 19848 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.3 233 20 481.7 481.7 313.6 481.8 0.00 46 50 20550 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 300 7 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 47 38 22266 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -58.7 38 6 548.9 548.9 318.1 549.0 0.00 48 31 23544 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.4 231 6 577.0 577.0 319.5 577.0 0.00 49 30 23750 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -58.9 260 10 587.3 587.3 320.0 587.4 0.01 50 22 25726 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -54.5 251 13 659.7 659.7 323.0 659.8 0.01 51 20 26340 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.6 25 7 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.3 0.01 52 19 26671 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -56.0 324 4 683.0 683.0 323.9 683.1 0.01 53 16 27786 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -54.0 208 2 728.5 728.5 325.3 728.6 0.02 TRP 205 11692 -55.7 -79.7 3 24.0 -55.9 270 6 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.1 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5507.00 m Freezing level: 758.04 mb = 2386.87 m = 7830.83 ft Freezing level: 725.00 mb = 2737.35 m = 8980.70 ft Freezing level: 680.67 mb = 3245.62 m = 10648.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.42 mb = 2343.90 m = 7689.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.93 % Est. max temperature: 17.06 C = 62.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.21 mb = 373.57 m = 1225.60 ft T: 10.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 4.47 C Layer 925.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.77 mb = 1034.77 m = 3394.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.41 C = 59.74 F Cap Strength: 8.27 C Lifted Index: 5.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.54 C Showalter Index: 6.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 16.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 41.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47459.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.25 mb = 804.30 m = 2638.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 60 at 10 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 1002 112 80 3 -3.0 -0.5 | 232 7 5.6 4.5 1 1000 113 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 227 12 8.6 8.0 2 977 305 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 | 256 8 8.1 2.0 3 942 610 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 259 13 12.9 2.5 4 925 762 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 263 12 12.1 1.4 5 908 914 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 257 12 11.9 2.7 6 875 1219 330 8 4.0 -6.9 | 279 13 12.6 -2.0 7 850 1455 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 272 18 18.1 -0.5 8 843 1524 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 265 18 18.0 1.6 9 811 1829 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 252 12 11.3 3.7 10 781 2134 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 175 3 -0.3 3.4 11 752 2438 50 9 -6.9 -5.8 | 296 2 1.7 -0.8 12 724 2743 340 6 2.1 -5.6 | 274 11 10.6 -0.7 13 700 3020 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 309 11 8.6 -7.0 14 697 3048 0 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 309 11 8.6 -7.0 15 670 3353 25 16 -6.8 -14.5 | 349 10 1.8 -9.5 16 645 3658 35 21 -12.0 -17.2 | 16 13 -3.5 -12.2 17 620 3962 40 21 -13.5 -16.1 | 24 12 -4.9 -11.1 18 596 4267 40 24 -15.4 -18.4 | 27 15 -6.8 -13.4 19 573 4572 40 25 -16.1 -19.2 | 28 16 -7.5 -14.2 20 550 4877 35 17 -9.8 -13.9 | 7 9 -1.2 -9.0 21 529 5182 40 19 -12.2 -14.6 | 21 10 -3.6 -9.6 22 509 5486 50 18 -13.8 -11.6 | 38 8 -5.2 -6.6 23 500 5620 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 37 7 -4.4 -6.0 24 488 5791 45 19 -13.4 -13.4 | 30 10 -4.9 -8.5 25 468 6096 30 13 -6.5 -11.3 | 342 7 2.1 -6.3 26 449 6401 40 15 -9.6 -11.5 | 9 7 -1.1 -6.5 27 431 6706 40 13 -8.4 -10.0 | 357 5 0.2 -5.0 28 413 7010 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 37 7 -4.4 -6.0 29 400 7240 55 19 -15.6 -10.9 | 50 9 -7.0 -5.9 30 396 7315 50 19 -14.6 -12.2 | 40 9 -6.0 -7.2 31 378 7620 40 23 -14.8 -17.6 | 26 14 -6.2 -12.6 32 362 7925 30 30 -15.0 -26.0 | 17 22 -6.4 -21.0 33 346 8230 25 30 -12.7 -27.2 | 10 23 -4.1 -22.2 34 331 8534 30 34 -17.0 -29.4 | 19 26 -8.4 -24.5 35 317 8839 35 27 -15.5 -22.1 | 22 18 -6.9 -17.1 36 303 9144 40 18 -11.6 -13.8 | 19 9 -3.0 -8.8 37 300 9210 35 19 -10.9 -15.6 | 12 11 -2.3 -10.6 38 289 9449 30 13 -6.5 -11.3 | 342 7 2.1 -6.3 39 276 9754 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 336 7 3.1 -6.8 40 264 10058 10 19 -3.3 -18.7 | 339 15 5.3 -13.7 41 252 10363 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 336 4 1.5 -3.5 42 250 10410 40 9 -5.8 -6.9 | 304 3 2.8 -1.9 43 240 10668 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 303 9 7.7 -5.0 44 229 10973 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 295 11 10.3 -4.9 45 219 11278 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 270 17 17.2 -0.0 46 209 11582 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 255 15 14.5 3.9 47 205 11692 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 251 15 14.6 5.0 48 200 11850 245 4 3.6 1.7 | 241 14 12.2 6.7 49 199 11887 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 237 15 12.4 8.2 50 190 12192 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 257 29 28.5 6.7 51 181 12497 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 256 28 27.5 6.6 52 172 12802 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 240 26 22.4 13.0 53 164 13106 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 244 37 33.1 16.4 54 156 13411 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 255 42 41.1 10.7 55 150 13680 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 267 43 42.5 2.0 56 149 13716 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 271 41 41.1 -0.8 57 142 14021 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 269 33 33.2 0.6 58 135 14326 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 258 24 23.6 5.0 59 129 14630 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 233 35 27.7 21.0 60 123 14935 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 247 39 35.8 14.9 61 117 15240 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 258 33 32.5 7.1 62 112 15545 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 255 40 39.1 10.4 63 106 15850 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 260 29 28.6 5.0 64 101 16154 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 247 35 32.1 13.5 65 100 16240 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 251 36 33.7 11.7 66 97 16459 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 255 36 35.2 9.7 67 92 16764 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 252 26 24.3 7.8 68 88 17069 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 235 21 17.0 12.0 69 83 17374 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 230 31 23.4 19.8 70 79 17678 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 247 36 33.0 13.9 71 76 17983 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 260 30 29.6 5.0 72 72 18288 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 237 24 20.1 13.0 73 70 18460 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 240 27 23.3 13.5 74 69 18593 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 249 27 25.0 9.4 75 65 18898 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 240 25 21.6 12.5 76 62 19202 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 237 25 20.9 13.6 77 59 19507 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 230 28 21.3 17.7 78 56 19812 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 233 30 23.9 17.8 79 54 20117 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 253 28 26.3 8.1 80 51 20422 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 270 17 17.2 -0.0 81 50 20550 300 7 6.1 -3.5 | 264 15 14.6 1.5 82 49 20726 355 3 0.3 -3.0 | 257 9 8.8 2.0 83 46 21031 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 236 16 13.2 8.8 84 44 21336 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 250 11 10.1 3.7 85 42 21641 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 255 11 10.7 2.9 86 40 21946 320 3 1.9 -2.3 | 256 11 10.5 2.7 87 38 22250 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 265 5 4.7 0.4 88 36 22555 360 8 -0.0 -8.0 | 289 9 8.6 -3.0 89 35 22860 350 6 1.0 -5.9 | 276 10 9.6 -0.9 90 33 23165 200 3 1.0 2.8 | 231 12 9.6 7.8 91 31 23470 220 5 3.2 3.8 | 233 15 11.8 8.8 92 30 23750 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 250 20 18.4 6.7 93 30 23774 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 253 20 19.5 5.9 94 28 24079 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 255 15 14.5 3.9 95 27 24384 100 5 -4.9 0.9 | 212 7 3.7 5.8 96 26 24689 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 186 13 1.5 13.4 97 25 24994 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 181 12 0.2 12.0 98 24 25298 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 204 21 8.6 19.0 99 22 25603 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 234 24 19.3 14.0 100 21 25908 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 262 21 20.4 2.9 101 20 26213 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 294 6 5.8 -2.5 102 20 26340 25 7 -3.0 -6.3 | 284 6 5.6 -1.4 103 19 26518 320 4 2.6 -3.1 | 260 11 11.2 1.9 104 17 26822 330 3 1.5 -2.6 | 257 10 10.1 2.4 105 16 27127 180 2 0.0 2.0 | 231 11 8.6 7.0 106 14 27432 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 234 14 11.2 8.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 29.9 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 59.9 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.1 neg: -44.1 tot: 18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 19.02 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 328 4 260 11| 0.0 7.8 7.8| 10.3 -3.1 7.2 14.4 0.38| 10.1 3.9 1000 316 4 261 12| 1.4 3.9 5.2| 22.0 -6.3 15.7 15.7 0.42| 7.6 3.2 1500 312 6 265 13| 0.9 3.6 4.5| 27.6 -26.8 0.9 0.6 0.13| 8.9 1.2 2000 316 6 266 13| 4.1 2.7 6.8| 39.6 -38.8 0.8 0.4 -0.01| 11.8 -0.1 2500 342 6 276 11| 3.3 3.7 6.9| 40.6 -40.5 0.1 0.0 0.02| 11.5 0.2 3000 347 7 279 10| 2.7 3.4 6.1| 62.1 -44.1 18.0 6.0 0.11| 11.4 1.2 4000 14 10 307 8| 3.8 2.6 6.4| 99.8 -44.1 55.7 13.9 0.25| 10.5 2.6 5000 25 12 331 7| 3.1 2.2 5.3|105.6 -57.0 48.5 9.7 0.20| 9.6 1.9 6000 30 13 343 7| 2.6 2.4 5.0|113.7 -72.9 40.8 6.8 0.13| 9.2 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20250417.12.gif