UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 APR 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:0000Z 23 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 13.8 9.3 74 4.5 11.3 280 21 286.8 288.1 284.3 307.3 7.35 1 1001 112 11.6 8.8 83 2.8 10.0 285 13 284.7 285.9 283.1 304.4 7.11 2 1000 112 11.6 8.9 83 2.7 10.1 290 5 284.8 286.0 283.2 304.6 7.17 3 997 137 11.2 8.7 85 2.5 9.8 291 7 284.6 285.8 283.1 304.3 7.09 4 942 608 7.2 7.1 99 0.1 7.2 10 8 285.2 286.3 283.0 303.9 6.72 5 926 751 12.8 -2.2 35 15.0 5.8 281 5 292.3 292.9 282.4 302.6 3.51 6 925 760 13.0 -2.0 35 15.0 5.9 275 5 292.6 293.2 282.6 303.1 3.56 7 920 806 13.8 -0.2 38 14.0 6.9 288 6 293.9 294.6 283.8 305.9 4.09 8 883 1153 16.0 -2.0 29 18.0 7.1 328 6 299.6 300.3 285.7 310.9 3.74 9 850 1475 14.0 -2.0 33 16.0 6.1 270 5 300.8 301.5 286.2 312.6 3.88 10 745 2570 5.8 -15.2 20 21.0 -1.8 234 14 303.5 303.7 284.7 308.5 1.57 11 738 2647 5.4 -6.6 42 12.0 0.1 237 14 303.8 304.4 286.6 313.6 3.16 12 723 2814 3.8 -5.2 52 9.0 -0.3 238 14 303.9 304.5 287.1 314.9 3.59 13 706 3007 2.6 -5.4 56 8.0 -1.0 231 13 304.6 305.3 287.3 315.8 3.62 14 700 3076 2.2 -7.8 48 10.0 -2.0 115 5 304.9 305.5 286.9 314.4 3.03 15 693 3157 1.6 -6.4 55 8.0 -1.9 151 10 305.1 305.8 287.3 315.7 3.42 16 676 3357 1.4 -31.6 6 33.0 -6.7 239 23 307.1 307.2 284.7 308.5 0.40 17 657 3586 0.0 -36.0 5 36.0 -7.8 309 10 308.0 308.1 284.9 309.0 0.27 18 579 4588 -5.5 -27.5 16 22.0 -11.1 251 8 312.9 313.1 287.2 315.3 0.69 19 551 4975 -8.5 -48.5 2 40.0 -14.3 230 11 313.8 313.9 286.8 314.2 0.09 20 500 5720 -14.3 -37.3 12 23.0 -18.3 240 19 315.6 315.7 287.6 316.7 0.31 21 479 6042 -17.5 -35.5 19 18.0 -20.5 249 18 315.6 315.6 287.8 316.9 0.39 22 442 6637 -22.3 -31.3 44 9.0 -23.9 250 21 316.8 316.9 288.4 319.1 0.63 23 427 6889 -24.3 -37.3 29 13.0 -26.1 250 25 317.4 317.5 288.3 318.7 0.36 24 424 6940 -24.5 -29.4 64 4.9 -25.4 250 26 317.8 318.0 288.9 320.6 0.79 25 419 7026 -25.1 -28.6 73 3.5 -25.8 250 28 318.1 318.3 289.1 321.1 0.86 26 400 7360 -28.3 -30.0 85 1.7 -28.6 245 30 318.2 318.4 289.0 321.0 0.79 27 391 7523 -29.5 -30.5 91 1.0 -29.7 248 30 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.77 28 365 8009 -33.7 -37.7 67 4.0 -34.1 242 32 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.9 0.41 29 345 8401 -36.9 -38.0 89 1.1 -37.0 245 32 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.8 0.42 30 319 8937 -41.7 -44.2 77 2.5 -41.9 241 34 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.24 31 300 9350 -44.9 -49.9 57 5.0 -45.2 245 38 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.6 0.13 32 267 10122 -50.3 -61.3 26 11.0 -50.5 260 41 325.1 325.1 290.3 325.3 0.04 33 261 10270 -51.1 -65.1 17 14.0 -51.4 260 44 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.1 0.02 34 250 10550 -52.9 -64.9 22 12.0 -53.1 255 48 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.02 35 241 10786 -54.5 -66.5 21 12.0 -54.7 258 48 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.6 0.02 36 231 11056 -56.5 -61.0 57 4.5 -56.6 254 46 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.04 37 203 11868 -61.5 -70.5 29 9.0 -61.6 250 51 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.01 38 200 11960 -61.7 -71.7 25 10.0 -61.8 250 51 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.1 0.01 39 181 12581 -60.1 -78.1 8 18.0 -60.3 249 56 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.00 40 160 13354 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 250 61 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 41 150 13760 -57.9 -83.9 2 26.0 -58.2 250 57 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 42 141 14148 -57.5 -84.5 2 27.0 -57.8 253 54 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 43 100 16290 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -61.6 255 52 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 44 90 16944 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -62.9 252 46 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 45 74 18162 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -59.9 256 27 449.9 449.9 310.8 449.9 0.00 46 70 18510 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.1 240 25 454.5 454.5 311.3 454.5 0.00 47 53 20238 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.5 270 23 488.9 488.9 314.1 488.9 0.00 48 50 20600 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.7 260 22 501.9 501.9 315.1 501.9 0.00 49 30 23820 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.5 205 18 595.0 595.0 320.4 595.0 0.01 50 25 24992 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -54.5 250 4 634.9 634.9 322.1 634.9 0.01 51 21 26110 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -58.0 248 6 655.2 655.3 322.9 655.3 0.01 52 20 26420 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.8 285 10 665.7 665.7 323.3 665.8 0.01 53 15 28281 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -52.7 145 4 750.0 750.0 326.0 750.2 0.02 54 10 30980 -43.3 -81.3 1 38.0 -51.8 325 13 857.9 857.9 328.6 858.4 0.05 55 8.3 32242 -40.5 -80.5 1 40.0 -51.4 915.9 915.9 329.7 916.7 0.07 56 8.0 32493 -40.7 -80.7 1 40.0 -51.7 924.8 924.8 329.9 925.6 0.07 57 6.6 33823 -33.5 -78.5 0 45.0 -49.9 1007.4 1007.4 331.3 1008.9 0.13 58 6.5 33930 -33.7 -78.7 0 45.0 -50.1 1010.9 1011.0 331.4 1012.4 0.13 TRP 203 11868 -61.5 -70.5 29 9.0 -61.6 250 51 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.01 WND 160 13354 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 250 61 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.00 m Freezing level: 657.00 mb = 3585.99 m = 11764.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.85 mb = 2308.10 m = 7572.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.45 mb = 657.48 m = 2157.06 ft T: 9.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 4.11 C Layer 745.0- 738.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.23 mb = 3558.83 m = 11675.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.93 C = 94.88 F Cap Strength: 11.68 C Lifted Index: 11.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.04 C Showalter Index: 6.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 12.30 C K Index: 16.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 29.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54065.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.39 mb = 1216.38 m = 3990.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 281 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 1002 112 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 279 13 12.5 -2.1 1 1000 112 290 5 4.7 -1.7 | 87 3 -3.5 -0.2 2 977 305 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 315 11 7.4 -7.4 3 942 610 10 8 -1.4 -7.9 | 56 11 -9.5 -6.3 4 925 760 275 5 5.0 -0.4 | 109 3 -3.2 1.1 5 908 914 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 44 5 -3.7 -3.8 6 876 1219 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 55 6 -5.2 -3.6 7 850 1475 270 5 5.0 -0.0 | 116 4 -3.2 1.6 8 845 1524 300 2 1.7 -1.0 | 95 6 -6.4 0.6 9 814 1829 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 170 12 -2.2 11.9 10 785 2134 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 205 9 4.0 8.6 11 756 2438 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 194 11 2.6 10.6 12 729 2743 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 205 9 4.0 8.6 13 702 3048 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 190 10 1.8 9.9 14 700 3076 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 106 13 -12.7 3.7 15 676 3353 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 222 18 11.8 13.1 16 650 3658 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 64 7 -6.0 -3.0 17 625 3962 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 72 7 -6.5 -2.1 18 602 4267 290 5 4.7 -1.7 | 87 3 -3.5 -0.2 19 579 4572 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 172 4 -0.6 4.3 20 557 4877 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 176 8 -0.5 8.0 21 535 5182 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 190 10 1.8 9.9 22 515 5486 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 207 13 5.8 11.3 23 500 5720 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 217 14 8.3 11.1 24 495 5791 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 225 14 10.0 10.0 25 475 6096 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 229 12 8.8 7.7 26 456 6401 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 230 13 9.7 8.1 27 437 6706 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 234 15 12.5 9.1 28 419 7010 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 238 21 18.2 11.1 29 402 7315 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 239 23 20.0 11.8 30 400 7360 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 233 24 19.0 14.2 31 385 7620 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 239 23 20.0 11.8 32 369 7925 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 228 26 19.6 17.6 33 353 8230 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 240 24 21.0 12.2 34 338 8534 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 228 26 19.6 17.6 35 323 8839 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 229 27 20.4 18.1 36 309 9144 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 236 30 24.5 16.8 37 300 9350 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 236 32 26.3 17.6 38 296 9449 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 242 30 26.6 14.2 39 282 9754 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 243 34 30.4 15.6 40 269 10058 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 255 32 31.2 8.5 41 257 10363 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 256 38 37.1 9.5 42 250 10550 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 250 41 38.2 14.0 43 245 10668 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 256 41 40.1 10.1 44 234 10973 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 250 39 36.3 13.5 45 223 11278 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 244 39 35.1 17.3 46 212 11582 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 244 42 37.9 18.3 47 203 11868 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 244 44 39.8 19.0 48 202 11887 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 245 45 40.7 19.3 49 200 11960 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 244 44 39.8 19.0 50 193 12192 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 244 43 38.8 18.7 51 184 12497 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 245 48 43.5 20.4 52 175 12802 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 240 51 44.4 26.1 53 166 13106 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 245 47 42.6 20.0 54 160 13354 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 245 54 49.2 22.4 55 159 13411 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 245 53 48.2 22.1 56 151 13716 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 245 50 45.4 21.0 57 150 13760 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 245 50 45.4 21.0 58 144 14021 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 251 49 45.9 16.0 59 137 14326 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 244 44 39.8 19.0 60 130 14630 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 245 49 44.5 20.7 61 124 14935 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 256 43 42.1 10.4 62 118 15240 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 256 43 42.1 10.4 63 113 15545 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 243 35 31.3 15.9 64 107 15850 240 51 44.2 25.5 | 233 45 36.0 27.1 65 102 16154 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 245 47 42.6 20.0 66 100 16290 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 250 45 42.1 15.0 67 97 16459 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 250 46 43.0 15.3 68 93 16764 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 250 43 40.1 14.5 69 88 17069 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 243 36 32.2 16.3 70 84 17374 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 255 32 31.2 8.5 71 80 17678 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 254 28 27.3 7.8 72 76 17983 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 239 22 19.1 11.5 73 73 18288 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 251 18 17.4 6.1 74 70 18510 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 224 19 13.5 14.1 75 69 18593 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 225 21 15.2 15.1 76 66 18898 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 240 25 21.9 12.5 77 63 19202 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 250 17 15.5 5.7 78 60 19507 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 240 24 21.0 12.2 79 57 19812 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 252 20 19.4 6.4 80 54 20117 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 264 15 14.8 1.6 81 51 20422 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 264 16 15.8 1.6 82 50 20600 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 248 15 13.5 5.4 83 49 20726 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 264 14 13.8 1.6 84 47 21031 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 244 6 5.8 2.8 85 44 21336 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 264 15 14.8 1.6 86 42 21641 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 241 3 2.8 1.6 87 40 21946 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 350 6 1.0 -6.2 88 38 22250 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 41 11 -7.3 -8.4 89 37 22555 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 33 5 -3.0 -4.6 90 35 22860 35 11 -6.3 -9.0 | 63 16 -14.5 -7.5 91 33 23165 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 138 19 -12.6 13.8 92 32 23470 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 160 16 -5.7 15.3 93 30 23774 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 178 18 -0.6 17.9 94 30 23820 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 178 18 -0.6 17.9 95 29 24079 220 11 7.1 8.4 | 174 10 -1.1 10.0 96 27 24384 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 182 9 0.3 8.6 97 26 24689 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 214 7 4.1 6.0 98 25 24994 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 124 5 -4.4 2.9 99 24 25298 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 16 6 -1.7 -6.1 100 23 25603 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 52 2 -1.8 -1.4 101 22 25908 225 3 2.1 2.1 | 121 7 -6.0 3.7 102 21 26213 260 7 6.9 1.2 | 155 3 -1.3 2.8 103 20 26420 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 305 2 1.5 -1.0 104 20 26518 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 309 4 3.1 -2.6 105 19 26822 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 317 5 3.6 -3.9 106 18 27127 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 105 1 -1.3 0.3 107 17 27432 290 2 1.9 -0.7 | 98 6 -6.3 0.9 108 16 27737 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 193 3 0.7 3.1 109 16 28042 25 3 -1.3 -2.7 | 83 9 -9.4 -1.2 110 15 28346 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 119 11 -9.5 5.3 111 14 28651 340 7 2.4 -6.6 | 49 8 -5.8 -5.0 112 14 28956 20 1 -0.3 -0.9 | 94 9 -8.5 0.6 113 13 29261 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 93 5 -5.4 0.3 114 12 29566 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 14 8 -1.8 -7.5 115 12 29870 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 278 4 3.7 -0.5 116 11 30175 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 279 7 6.6 -1.1 117 10 30980 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 4 9 -0.7 -9.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -164.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.2 neg: -51.2 tot: 39.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.91 Bulk Shear: 18.16 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 310 12 349 7| 22.9 0.0 22.9| 58.2 -1.3 56.9 113.9 0.68| 36.2 24.7 1000 313 9 14 5| 11.4 2.7 14.2| 61.2 -3.7 57.5 57.5 0.49| 25.1 12.3 1500 312 8 30 4| 7.6 3.3 10.9| 66.0 -3.7 62.3 41.5 0.48| 20.2 9.7 2000 285 9 335 1| 5.7 5.1 10.9| 85.9 -3.7 82.3 41.1 0.51| 19.5 9.9 2500 266 10 217 3| 4.6 4.2 8.7| 88.6 -7.2 81.3 32.5 0.49| 16.2 7.9 3000 258 10 208 4| 3.8 2.3 6.1| 90.2 -51.2 39.0 13.0 0.20| 17.0 3.4 4000 259 10 207 4| 2.9 0.8 3.7|263.0 -51.2 211.7 52.9 0.48| 21.0 10.1 5000 256 10 199 4| 2.3 2.0 4.2|271.4 -51.2 220.1 44.0 0.49| 18.2 8.9 6000 251 11 204 6| 1.3 1.6 3.0|300.3 -51.2 249.1 41.5 0.50| 16.2 8.1 Wrote GIF file: 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