UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 APR 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:0000Z 21 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 1006 112 15.0 10.0 72 5.0 12.1 310 10 287.7 289.0 285.0 309.2 7.68 1 1001 140 11.8 9.2 84 2.6 10.3 302 8 284.9 286.1 283.5 305.1 7.31 2 1000 146 11.6 9.1 85 2.5 10.2 300 8 284.8 286.0 283.4 304.9 7.26 3 959 495 8.6 8.5 99 0.1 8.6 310 4 285.1 286.4 283.5 305.4 7.27 4 947 599 9.6 8.1 90 1.5 8.8 310 1 287.2 288.4 284.3 307.3 7.17 5 932 733 14.2 2.2 44 12.0 8.0 283 2 293.2 294.1 284.2 307.2 4.81 6 926 788 14.0 -2.0 33 16.0 6.4 272 3 293.5 294.2 283.0 304.1 3.56 7 925 797 14.0 -2.0 33 16.0 6.4 270 3 293.6 294.3 283.1 304.2 3.56 8 912 916 13.8 -2.2 33 16.0 6.2 265 3 294.6 295.2 283.5 305.2 3.56 9 875 1265 13.0 0.0 41 13.0 6.5 285 3 297.3 298.1 285.4 310.3 4.37 10 850 1508 11.6 -0.4 43 12.0 5.6 30 3 298.3 299.1 285.8 311.3 4.37 11 803 1981 9.0 1.0 57 8.0 4.9 75 9 300.4 301.4 287.3 315.8 5.12 12 757 2468 7.2 -17.8 15 25.0 -1.4 102 5 303.6 303.8 284.4 307.6 1.24 13 705 3051 4.6 -19.4 16 24.0 -3.4 230 2 307.0 307.2 285.6 310.8 1.17 14 700 3109 4.2 -18.8 17 23.0 -3.6 240 3 307.1 307.4 285.8 311.2 1.24 15 638 3853 -1.7 -12.7 43 11.0 -5.8 266 10 308.7 309.1 287.4 315.9 2.26 16 557 4920 -7.1 -27.1 19 20.0 -12.2 270 19 314.5 314.7 287.8 317.1 0.74 17 500 5750 -13.1 -31.1 21 18.0 -16.9 275 26 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.1 0.57 18 424 6984 -22.3 -48.3 8 26.0 -25.1 271 28 320.6 320.6 289.0 321.1 0.11 19 400 7410 -25.7 -48.7 10 23.0 -27.9 260 27 321.6 321.6 289.3 322.0 0.11 20 346 8440 -34.5 -50.5 18 16.0 -35.6 273 25 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.7 0.11 21 326 8853 -37.7 -58.7 9 21.0 -38.7 260 25 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.6 0.04 22 300 9420 -41.7 -50.7 37 9.0 -42.2 260 34 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.12 23 278 9932 -45.7 -50.0 62 4.3 -45.9 263 38 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.14 24 250 10630 -51.7 -56.7 55 5.0 -51.8 255 40 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.07 25 239 10920 -53.9 -59.9 48 6.0 -54.1 251 42 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.05 26 204 11918 -62.3 -65.9 62 3.6 -62.3 254 39 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.03 27 200 12040 -62.7 -67.0 56 4.3 -62.7 250 40 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.02 28 189 12388 -64.5 -70.5 43 6.0 -64.6 256 38 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 29 178 12753 -67.3 -71.2 58 3.9 -67.3 265 37 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.01 30 153 13678 -62.9 -81.9 6 19.0 -63.0 255 45 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 31 150 13800 -63.1 -83.1 5 20.0 -63.2 250 46 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 32 114 15490 -60.9 -85.9 2 25.0 -61.2 260 38 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 33 100 16300 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -61.7 245 34 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 34 90 16954 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.4 256 36 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 35 74 18160 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.1 272 30 438.5 438.5 309.7 438.5 0.00 36 70 18500 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.6 265 32 449.0 449.0 310.7 449.0 0.00 37 67 18770 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.5 282 24 459.4 459.4 311.7 459.4 0.00 38 50 20590 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -59.9 270 13 503.7 503.7 315.2 503.8 0.00 39 31 23611 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.8 235 16 585.1 585.1 319.9 585.1 0.01 40 30 23820 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.0 240 19 593.3 593.3 320.3 593.4 0.01 41 26 24740 -51.5 -86.5 1 35.0 -54.0 228 7 629.5 629.5 321.9 629.5 0.01 42 22 25823 -51.3 -86.3 1 35.0 -54.2 320 5 660.9 660.9 323.1 661.0 0.01 43 20 26440 -52.9 -86.9 1 34.0 -55.6 185 4 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.3 0.01 44 12 29795 -46.5 -84.5 1 38.0 -52.8 286 21 803.0 803.0 327.3 803.2 0.03 45 12 29795 -43.1 -84.1 0 41.0 -51.0 286 21 815.0 815.0 327.6 815.3 0.03 46 11 30379 -45.7 -84.7 0 39.0 -52.7 314 24 826.1 826.1 327.8 826.4 0.03 47 10 31020 -42.7 -84.7 0 42.0 -51.6 295 14 860.2 860.2 328.6 860.4 0.03 48 9.3 31512 -40.5 -83.5 0 43.0 -50.9 886.6 886.6 329.2 887.0 0.04 TRP 178 12753 -67.3 -71.2 58 3.9 -67.3 265 37 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.00 m Freezing level: 655.86 mb = 3638.52 m = 11937.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.50 mb = 2354.47 m = 7724.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.22 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.35 mb = 721.16 m = 2365.97 ft T: 13.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.17 C Layer 757.0- 705.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.31 mb = 3540.83 m = 11616.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.43 C = 95.77 F Cap Strength: 11.60 C Lifted Index: 11.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.45 C Showalter Index: 8.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 12.70 C K Index: 1.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51102.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.86 mb = 1237.52 m = 4060.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 308 at 8 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 112 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 320 2 1.2 -1.4 1 1000 146 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 204 1 0.5 1.0 2 981 305 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 72 0 -0.3 -0.1 3 946 610 310 1 0.8 -0.6 | 128 7 -5.7 4.4 4 925 797 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 145 6 -3.5 5.0 5 912 914 265 3 3.0 0.3 | 147 6 -3.5 5.3 6 880 1219 265 3 3.0 0.3 | 147 6 -3.5 5.3 7 850 1508 30 3 -1.5 -2.6 | 107 8 -8.0 2.4 8 848 1524 40 3 -1.9 -2.3 | 108 9 -8.4 2.7 9 818 1829 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 104 12 -12.1 3.0 10 788 2134 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 99 19 -18.3 2.9 11 759 2438 110 5 -4.7 1.7 | 121 13 -11.2 6.7 12 732 2743 10 5 -0.9 -4.9 | 91 7 -7.3 0.1 13 705 3048 230 2 1.5 1.3 | 142 8 -4.9 6.3 14 700 3109 240 3 2.6 1.5 | 149 8 -3.9 6.5 15 679 3353 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 199 5 1.5 4.3 16 653 3658 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 192 7 1.4 6.4 17 628 3962 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 228 7 5.5 5.0 18 604 4267 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 246 9 8.5 3.7 19 581 4572 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 244 12 10.5 5.0 20 559 4877 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 248 14 12.5 5.0 21 538 5182 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 251 15 14.5 5.0 22 517 5486 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 265 15 15.2 1.2 23 500 5750 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 262 20 19.4 2.8 24 497 5791 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 262 20 19.4 2.8 25 477 6096 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 260 18 17.4 2.9 26 458 6401 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 254 18 17.5 5.0 27 440 6706 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 266 16 16.2 1.0 28 422 7010 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 257 23 22.5 5.0 29 405 7315 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 244 22 20.1 9.7 30 400 7410 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 244 22 20.1 9.7 31 388 7620 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 256 21 20.5 5.0 32 372 7925 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 256 21 20.5 5.0 33 356 8230 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 254 18 17.5 5.0 34 341 8534 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 262 20 19.4 2.8 35 326 8839 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 243 20 18.1 9.4 36 312 9144 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 247 26 24.1 10.4 37 300 9420 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 248 29 27.0 10.9 38 299 9449 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 248 29 27.0 10.9 39 285 9754 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 248 30 28.0 11.1 40 272 10058 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 256 34 33.4 8.5 41 260 10363 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 238 32 27.4 17.3 42 250 10630 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 244 36 32.2 15.4 43 249 10668 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 244 36 32.2 15.4 44 237 10973 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 240 39 33.9 19.7 45 226 11278 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 239 35 30.2 18.4 46 215 11582 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 238 33 28.3 17.7 47 205 11887 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 244 35 31.2 15.1 48 200 12040 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 239 36 31.1 18.7 49 195 12192 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 239 35 30.2 18.4 50 186 12497 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 249 32 30.0 11.5 51 178 12753 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 255 31 30.4 8.3 52 177 12802 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 259 27 26.5 5.0 53 168 13106 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 240 38 33.0 19.4 54 160 13411 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 245 37 33.1 15.6 55 152 13716 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 246 42 38.0 16.9 56 150 13800 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 241 42 36.8 20.8 57 145 14021 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 240 40 34.9 20.1 58 138 14326 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 241 42 36.8 20.8 59 131 14630 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 241 42 36.8 20.8 60 125 14935 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 241 44 38.6 21.4 61 119 15240 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 251 40 37.8 12.8 62 113 15545 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 249 31 29.0 11.3 63 108 15850 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 234 25 19.8 14.6 64 102 16154 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 227 33 23.8 22.5 65 100 16300 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 231 31 24.3 19.4 66 97 16459 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 235 27 21.7 15.3 67 93 16764 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 238 33 28.3 17.7 68 88 17069 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 249 31 29.0 11.3 69 84 17374 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 248 29 27.0 10.9 70 80 17678 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 252 26 24.4 7.7 71 76 17983 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 264 24 23.4 2.4 72 72 18288 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 258 24 23.5 5.0 73 70 18500 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 253 27 25.4 7.8 74 69 18593 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 259 26 25.5 5.0 75 66 18898 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 277 11 11.4 -1.5 76 63 19202 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 244 12 10.5 5.0 77 60 19507 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 236 9 7.5 5.0 78 57 19812 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 230 10 7.5 6.2 79 54 20117 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 219 14 8.6 10.5 80 51 20422 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 259 10 10.3 2.1 81 50 20590 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 232 8 6.5 5.0 82 49 20726 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 221 10 6.3 7.3 83 47 21031 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 207 8 3.4 6.8 84 44 21336 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 227 11 8.3 7.6 85 42 21641 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 203 12 4.8 11.5 86 40 21946 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 166 21 -5.2 20.0 87 38 22250 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 218 16 9.8 12.6 88 37 22555 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 279 3 3.1 -0.5 89 35 22860 40 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 128 8 -6.5 5.0 90 33 23165 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 172 16 -2.4 16.3 91 32 23470 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 195 14 3.5 13.4 92 30 23774 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 216 19 10.8 15.0 93 30 23820 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 214 18 10.0 14.5 94 29 24079 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 224 10 7.3 7.5 95 27 24384 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 203 6 2.5 5.8 96 26 24689 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 178 10 -0.3 10.2 97 25 24994 220 5 3.2 3.8 | 160 9 -3.3 8.9 98 24 25298 190 7 1.2 6.9 | 156 13 -5.3 11.9 99 23 25603 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 174 12 -1.3 12.4 100 22 25908 0 3 -0.0 -3.0 | 107 7 -6.5 2.0 101 21 26213 240 2 1.7 1.0 | 142 8 -4.7 6.0 102 20 26440 185 4 0.3 4.0 | 146 11 -6.1 9.0 103 20 26518 180 7 0.0 7.0 | 152 14 -6.5 12.0 104 19 26822 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 157 7 -2.7 6.4 105 18 27127 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 188 8 1.0 7.8 106 17 27432 265 2 2.0 0.2 | 139 7 -4.5 5.2 107 16 27737 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 217 7 4.5 6.0 108 16 28042 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 278 6 6.2 -0.9 109 15 28346 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 350 3 0.6 -3.4 110 14 28651 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 71 3 -3.0 -1.0 111 14 28956 255 2 1.9 0.5 | 141 7 -4.5 5.5 112 13 29261 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 207 6 2.5 5.0 113 12 29566 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 222 7 4.5 5.0 114 12 29870 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 281 15 15.1 -2.8 115 11 30175 320 27 17.4 -20.7 | 325 19 10.9 -15.7 116 10 31020 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 278 6 6.2 -0.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -169.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.4 neg: -28.2 tot: 9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.65 Bulk Shear: 5.46 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 307 6 129 2| 0.0 9.2 9.2| 0.6 -0.3 0.3 0.6 -0.21| 11.1 -2.3 1000 296 4 140 4| 0.0 4.2 4.2| 4.1 -0.3 3.8 3.8 -0.01| 6.9 -0.1 1500 301 4 134 4| 2.2 2.8 5.0| 4.1 -7.3 -3.1 -2.1 -0.21| 7.3 -1.6 2000 350 5 94 6| 3.7 2.1 5.8| 4.4 -12.2 -7.9 -3.9 -0.20| 7.7 -1.5 2500 38 5 95 10| 3.0 1.3 4.3| 29.1 -24.8 4.4 1.7 -0.10| 8.7 -0.8 3000 32 5 95 9| 2.5 2.4 4.9| 37.4 -28.2 9.1 3.0 0.00| 9.4 0.0 4000 303 6 140 2| 0.7 1.8 2.5| 55.9 -28.9 27.0 6.8 0.15| 8.7 1.3 5000 280 8 206 4| 0.6 2.0 2.6| 63.4 -29.5 33.9 6.8 0.17| 7.7 1.3 6000 278 11 231 6| 0.7 1.8 2.4| 79.4 -37.0 42.4 7.1 0.18| 7.3 1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20250421.00.gif