UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 APR 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:0000Z 22 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 11.8 9.2 84 2.6 10.3 280 8 284.8 286.1 283.4 305.0 7.30 1 1001 116 11.6 9.1 85 2.5 10.2 282 6 284.7 285.9 283.3 304.8 7.26 2 1000 120 11.6 9.1 85 2.5 10.2 285 4 284.8 286.0 283.4 304.9 7.26 3 971 365 9.4 8.6 95 0.8 9.0 304 7 284.9 286.2 283.4 305.0 7.23 4 964 426 12.0 6.0 67 6.0 8.8 298 6 288.2 289.2 283.5 305.4 6.09 5 953 522 11.4 8.5 82 2.9 9.7 289 5 288.5 289.8 285.0 309.1 7.32 6 950 548 11.6 9.0 84 2.6 10.1 286 5 289.0 290.3 285.5 310.4 7.60 7 946 584 14.6 5.6 55 9.0 9.7 282 4 292.4 293.4 285.2 309.7 6.03 8 925 773 13.4 2.4 47 11.0 7.8 325 9 293.0 293.9 284.3 307.3 4.92 9 921 810 13.4 2.4 47 11.0 7.8 324 11 293.4 294.3 284.5 307.8 4.94 10 890 1099 15.8 0.8 36 15.0 8.0 326 11 298.7 299.6 286.2 312.3 4.55 11 858 1410 15.0 1.0 39 14.0 7.7 16 8 301.1 301.9 287.2 315.5 4.79 12 850 1489 14.6 0.6 38 14.0 7.3 35 8 301.4 302.3 287.3 315.6 4.70 13 767 2347 8.0 -11.0 25 19.0 0.4 351 5 303.3 303.7 285.4 310.1 2.15 14 700 3093 2.0 -10.0 41 12.0 -2.8 210 6 304.7 305.2 286.3 312.7 2.55 15 695 3151 1.8 -13.2 32 15.0 -3.8 171 6 305.1 305.5 285.8 311.4 1.99 16 685 3267 2.6 -32.4 5 35.0 -5.9 92 7 307.3 307.3 284.8 308.5 0.37 17 505 5654 -13.1 -44.1 5 31.0 -17.7 298 11 316.2 316.2 287.6 316.7 0.15 18 500 5730 -13.7 -42.7 7 29.0 -18.1 300 11 316.3 316.4 287.8 317.0 0.18 19 446 6586 -21.1 -34.1 30 13.0 -23.2 280 16 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.2 0.48 20 400 7380 -26.9 -37.9 35 11.0 -28.3 280 20 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.4 0.36 21 303 9323 -43.3 -52.3 36 9.0 -43.7 269 21 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.8 0.10 22 300 9390 -43.9 -50.9 46 7.0 -44.2 265 21 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.9 0.12 23 290 9617 -45.5 -54.5 36 9.0 -45.9 260 26 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.7 0.08 24 257 10411 -51.5 -56.5 55 5.0 -51.7 269 28 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.2 0.07 25 250 10590 -52.7 -59.7 42 7.0 -52.9 265 30 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.05 26 222 11342 -58.5 -66.5 35 8.0 -58.6 268 28 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.02 27 200 11990 -61.5 -71.5 25 10.0 -61.6 260 39 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.4 0.01 28 191 12275 -62.5 -72.5 25 10.0 -62.6 255 43 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.01 29 157 13495 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -59.3 250 62 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 30 150 13780 -60.3 -85.3 2 25.0 -60.5 255 60 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 31 128 14764 -60.9 -86.3 2 25.4 -61.2 255 65 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 32 100 16290 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.1 260 43 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 33 96 16542 -62.9 -87.9 2 25.0 -63.1 261 40 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 34 81 17594 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.4 260 31 437.2 437.2 309.6 437.2 0.00 35 70 18500 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.2 240 15 452.0 452.0 311.0 452.0 0.00 36 58 19666 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 255 19 476.0 476.0 313.1 476.0 0.00 37 50 20590 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.3 260 17 502.8 502.8 315.1 502.8 0.00 38 47 20978 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.4 258 23 514.2 514.2 315.9 514.2 0.00 39 38 22312 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.3 280 13 544.4 544.4 317.8 544.4 0.00 40 30 23810 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.0 220 7 596.6 596.6 320.5 596.6 0.01 41 24 25237 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.2 230 18 633.0 633.0 322.0 633.1 0.01 42 20 26410 -51.9 -86.9 1 35.0 -54.9 255 14 677.3 677.3 323.7 677.4 0.01 43 19 26743 -50.1 -86.1 1 36.0 -53.7 280 18 692.9 692.9 324.2 693.0 0.01 44 15 28283 -51.1 -86.1 1 35.0 -55.0 78 6 738.1 738.1 325.6 738.2 0.02 45 12 29756 -44.3 -84.3 0 40.0 -51.6 155 6 810.8 810.8 327.5 811.0 0.03 46 10 30980 -43.3 -84.3 0 41.0 -51.9 240 11 857.9 857.9 328.5 858.2 0.03 47 9.9 31048 -43.3 -84.3 0 41.0 -51.9 860.4 860.4 328.6 860.7 0.03 48 9.2 31541 -43.7 -84.7 0 41.0 -52.4 877.1 877.1 329.0 877.4 0.03 49 8.2 32323 -38.7 -83.7 0 45.0 -50.7 926.2 926.2 329.9 926.6 0.04 50 8.1 32407 -38.7 -83.7 0 45.0 -50.8 929.4 929.5 330.0 929.9 0.04 TRP 191 12275 -62.5 -72.5 25 10.0 -62.6 255 43 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.01 WND 128 14764 -60.9 -86.3 2 25.4 -61.2 255 65 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.00 m Freezing level: 655.19 mb = 3662.56 m = 12016.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 759.14 mb = 2430.97 m = 7975.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.44 mb = 430.50 m = 1412.40 ft T: 11.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 5.55 C Layer 767.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.85 mb = 3524.59 m = 11563.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.28 C = 95.51 F Cap Strength: 10.65 C Lifted Index: 10.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.43 C Showalter Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 14.30 C K Index: 16.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 34.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58241.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.15 mb = 1359.00 m = 4458.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 352 at 5 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 112 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 242 8 7.2 3.9 1 1000 120 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 217 5 3.2 4.2 2 978 305 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 269 5 5.4 0.1 3 943 610 280 4 3.9 -0.7 | 215 6 3.2 4.6 4 925 773 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 295 5 4.5 -2.1 5 910 914 320 15 9.6 -11.5 | 305 11 8.9 -6.2 6 878 1219 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 304 5 3.8 -2.5 7 850 1489 35 8 -4.6 -6.6 | 76 5 -5.3 -1.3 8 846 1524 40 7 -4.5 -5.4 | 89 5 -5.2 -0.1 9 816 1829 55 5 -4.1 -2.9 | 117 5 -4.8 2.4 10 786 2134 65 7 -6.3 -3.0 | 108 7 -7.0 2.3 11 758 2438 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 221 3 2.1 2.4 12 730 2743 230 3 2.3 1.9 | 193 7 1.6 7.2 13 704 3048 225 7 4.9 4.9 | 203 11 4.3 10.2 14 700 3093 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 192 11 2.3 10.5 15 677 3353 30 7 -3.5 -6.1 | 79 4 -4.2 -0.8 16 651 3658 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 91 4 -3.7 0.1 17 626 3962 25 4 -1.7 -3.6 | 125 3 -2.4 1.6 18 603 4267 0 6 -0.0 -6.0 | 44 1 -0.7 -0.7 19 580 4572 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 261 5 4.7 0.8 20 558 4877 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 231 5 3.8 3.2 21 536 5182 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 231 7 5.2 4.2 22 516 5486 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 269 10 10.2 0.2 23 500 5730 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 271 9 8.8 -0.2 24 496 5791 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 261 10 9.6 1.5 25 476 6096 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 256 12 12.1 3.0 26 457 6401 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 259 14 14.1 2.7 27 438 6706 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 261 15 15.1 2.5 28 421 7010 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 262 16 16.0 2.3 29 404 7315 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 267 22 22.0 1.3 30 400 7380 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 265 19 19.0 1.8 31 386 7620 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 265 19 19.0 1.8 32 370 7925 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 265 20 20.0 1.6 33 354 8230 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 260 21 20.2 3.4 34 339 8534 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 247 23 21.0 9.1 35 325 8839 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 255 21 20.3 5.3 36 311 9144 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 265 19 19.0 1.8 37 300 9390 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 251 21 20.2 7.1 38 297 9449 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 247 24 22.0 9.3 39 284 9754 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 249 29 26.9 10.1 40 271 10058 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 258 26 25.3 5.3 41 259 10363 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 259 27 26.3 5.3 42 250 10590 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 255 30 29.2 7.9 43 247 10668 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 250 32 29.8 10.7 44 235 10973 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 259 27 26.3 5.3 45 224 11278 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 259 27 26.3 5.3 46 213 11582 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 250 32 29.8 10.7 47 203 11887 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 252 38 35.7 11.7 48 200 11990 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 252 40 37.7 12.0 49 194 12192 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 248 44 40.8 16.4 50 191 12275 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 248 44 40.8 16.4 51 184 12497 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 258 44 43.1 9.1 52 176 12802 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 242 39 35.0 18.3 53 167 13106 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 240 59 51.0 29.4 54 159 13411 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 245 64 58.5 26.8 55 152 13716 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 245 61 55.7 25.8 56 150 13780 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 250 61 57.3 20.8 57 144 14021 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 245 60 54.7 25.5 58 137 14326 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 250 62 58.2 21.1 59 131 14630 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 245 64 58.5 26.8 60 128 14764 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 250 66 62.1 22.1 61 124 14935 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 255 62 60.4 16.0 62 119 15240 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 255 58 56.4 15.3 63 113 15545 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 254 53 51.5 14.5 64 107 15850 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 254 51 48.5 14.0 65 102 16154 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 253 45 42.6 12.9 66 100 16290 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 253 44 41.7 12.7 67 97 16459 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 253 42 39.7 12.4 68 93 16764 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 257 36 35.2 8.4 69 88 17069 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 252 38 35.7 11.7 70 84 17374 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 251 36 33.8 11.4 71 80 17678 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 250 31 28.8 10.5 72 76 17983 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 249 28 25.9 10.0 73 72 18288 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 247 23 21.0 9.1 74 70 18500 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 224 18 12.3 12.8 75 69 18593 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 225 19 13.2 13.3 76 66 18898 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 248 25 22.9 9.4 77 63 19202 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 258 26 25.3 5.3 78 60 19507 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 246 22 20.0 8.9 79 57 19812 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 234 19 15.3 11.1 80 54 20117 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 247 23 21.0 9.1 81 51 20422 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 245 20 18.0 8.6 82 50 20590 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 243 18 16.0 8.2 83 49 20726 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 231 16 12.5 10.1 84 47 21031 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 248 26 23.9 9.6 85 44 21336 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 241 16 14.1 7.9 86 42 21641 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 243 18 16.0 8.2 87 40 21946 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 272 15 15.3 -0.5 88 38 22250 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 254 12 11.1 3.2 89 37 22555 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 261 15 15.1 2.5 90 35 22860 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 359 4 0.1 -3.7 91 33 23165 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 157 10 -3.9 9.1 92 32 23470 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 197 15 4.3 13.9 93 30 23774 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 201 12 4.4 11.4 94 30 23810 220 7 4.5 5.4 | 200 11 3.8 10.6 95 29 24079 110 3 -2.8 1.0 | 151 7 -3.5 6.3 96 27 24384 150 15 -7.5 13.0 | 156 20 -8.2 18.3 97 26 24689 185 19 1.7 18.9 | 182 24 1.0 24.2 98 25 24994 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 202 23 8.8 21.7 99 24 25298 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 222 21 14.0 15.6 100 23 25603 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 238 18 15.7 9.7 101 22 25908 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 234 19 15.3 11.1 102 21 26213 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 244 19 17.0 8.4 103 20 26410 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 235 16 12.8 8.9 104 20 26518 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 233 18 14.3 10.7 105 19 26822 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 274 17 17.2 -1.2 106 18 27127 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 303 10 8.3 -5.5 107 17 27432 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 306 8 6.2 -4.6 108 16 27737 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 332 8 3.8 -6.9 109 16 28042 360 16 -0.0 -16.0 | 4 11 -0.7 -10.7 110 15 28346 90 4 -4.0 0.0 | 138 7 -4.7 5.3 111 14 28651 230 4 3.1 2.6 | 197 8 2.4 7.8 112 14 28956 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 237 4 3.1 2.1 113 13 29261 140 8 -5.1 6.1 | 153 13 -5.8 11.4 114 12 29566 190 7 1.2 6.9 | 182 12 0.5 12.2 115 12 29870 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 157 10 -3.9 9.1 116 11 30175 140 14 -9.0 10.7 | 149 19 -9.7 16.0 117 10 30980 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 219 14 8.8 10.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.5 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 352.5 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -56.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -23.5 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 53.77 Bulk Shear: 1.01 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 300 6 243 5| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 3.3 -7.0 -3.7 -7.5 -0.25| 10.5 -2.6 1000 313 8 274 5| 4.1 0.0 4.1| 16.0 -7.0 9.0 9.0 0.24| 13.9 3.3 1500 327 8 293 4| 4.4 0.0 4.4| 27.0 -7.4 19.7 13.1 0.43| 14.0 6.0 2000 342 8 320 3| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 29.3 -8.6 20.7 10.4 0.41| 11.4 4.7 2500 344 7 322 2| 2.9 2.1 5.0| 29.7 -12.5 17.2 6.9 0.32| 12.2 3.9 3000 334 7 290 2| 2.4 2.0 4.5| 32.1 -23.5 8.6 2.9 0.23| 11.6 2.7 4000 349 6 334 1| 1.8 0.7 2.5| 34.1 -59.7 -25.6 -6.4 0.01| 11.6 0.2 5000 341 6 298 2| 1.5 1.2 2.7| 34.1 -65.1 -30.9 -6.2 -0.07| 10.4 -0.7 6000 322 7 276 4| 0.9 1.3 2.3| 46.9 -72.0 -25.2 -4.2 -0.03| 9.8 -0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20250422.00.gif