UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025050100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 1 MAY 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:0000Z 1 MAY 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 14.0 11.0 82 3.0 12.3 270 8 287.0 288.4 285.3 310.0 8.25 1 1000 120 12.4 10.7 89 1.7 11.4 275 6 285.5 287.0 284.6 308.0 8.10 2 954 514 9.2 9.2 100 0.0 9.2 229 7 286.2 287.5 284.4 307.6 7.67 3 925 770 8.6 8.6 100 0.0 8.6 180 3 288.1 289.4 285.1 309.5 7.60 4 916 851 8.2 8.1 99 0.1 8.2 234 3 288.5 289.8 285.1 309.4 7.41 5 912 887 11.2 6.7 74 4.5 8.7 258 3 291.9 293.1 285.8 311.3 6.76 6 901 989 14.0 2.0 44 12.0 7.8 274 5 295.8 296.7 285.4 310.3 4.90 7 886 1131 14.8 -0.2 36 15.0 7.2 271 7 298.1 298.9 285.6 310.8 4.25 8 865 1334 14.2 4.2 51 10.0 8.7 248 7 299.5 300.6 287.9 317.3 5.98 9 850 1481 13.6 -1.4 35 15.0 6.2 220 4 300.4 301.1 286.3 312.7 4.06 10 841 1571 13.2 -5.8 26 19.0 4.5 199 4 300.9 301.4 285.3 309.9 2.94 11 808 1906 10.8 1.8 54 9.0 6.1 64 1 301.8 302.8 288.1 318.0 5.40 12 700 3084 2.4 -4.6 60 7.0 -0.8 245 4 305.1 305.9 287.8 317.1 3.88 13 698 3107 2.2 -3.8 64 6.0 -0.6 244 4 305.2 305.9 288.1 317.9 4.14 14 679 3330 1.4 -5.6 60 7.0 -1.7 232 7 306.7 307.4 288.2 318.2 3.71 15 662 3534 0.0 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.7 241 6 307.4 308.0 288.3 318.9 3.69 16 620 4056 -3.9 -9.9 63 6.0 -6.3 252 9 308.7 309.2 288.1 317.9 2.91 17 604 4262 -5.1 -18.1 35 13.0 -9.2 259 9 309.6 309.9 286.9 314.6 1.52 18 596 4367 -6.1 -9.4 77 3.3 -7.4 260 10 309.7 310.2 288.6 319.6 3.15 19 500 5720 -15.5 -21.5 60 6.0 -17.1 255 21 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.7 1.37 20 480 6026 -18.1 -25.1 54 7.0 -19.7 250 22 314.6 314.8 288.1 318.2 1.04 21 456 6407 -20.9 -43.9 11 23.0 -23.7 290 17 315.8 315.8 287.6 316.4 0.17 22 418 7043 -25.9 -31.9 57 6.0 -26.9 289 19 317.3 317.4 288.6 319.5 0.63 23 404 7288 -27.3 -32.0 64 4.7 -28.0 281 19 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.9 0.65 24 400 7360 -27.7 -35.7 46 8.0 -28.8 275 20 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.6 0.46 25 399 7378 -27.9 -35.9 46 8.0 -29.0 275 20 319.0 319.0 288.9 320.6 0.45 26 392 7504 -28.9 -36.9 46 8.0 -29.9 278 19 319.3 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.41 27 388 7577 -29.3 -32.8 72 3.5 -29.8 279 19 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.9 0.62 28 374 7838 -30.9 -52.9 10 22.0 -32.4 266 22 320.9 321.0 289.1 321.2 0.08 29 317 8987 -39.7 -50.7 30 11.0 -40.4 247 26 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.11 30 310 9139 -41.3 -46.0 60 4.7 -41.6 250 28 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.20 31 300 9360 -43.1 -47.3 63 4.2 -43.3 245 30 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.3 0.18 32 288 9635 -45.7 -49.4 66 3.7 -45.9 240 32 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.15 33 283 9752 -46.7 -50.4 66 3.7 -46.9 240 36 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.13 34 278 9871 -47.5 -49.8 77 2.3 -47.6 244 37 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.15 35 261 10288 -49.9 -62.9 20 13.0 -50.2 265 36 327.8 327.8 291.1 327.9 0.03 36 250 10570 -50.9 -65.9 15 15.0 -51.2 265 30 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.02 37 235 10970 -52.7 -68.7 13 16.0 -52.9 265 31 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.6 0.02 38 200 12010 -52.3 -77.3 3 25.0 -52.7 275 25 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 39 196 12140 -52.3 -77.3 3 25.0 -52.7 279 29 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 40 163 13322 -53.7 -82.7 2 29.0 -54.1 283 22 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 41 150 13850 -56.9 -83.9 2 27.0 -57.2 265 24 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.00 42 128 14844 -61.9 -85.9 3 24.0 -62.1 320 24 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 43 105 16061 -64.9 -87.9 3 23.0 -65.0 316 16 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 44 100 16360 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -63.9 295 17 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 45 86 17285 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.9 317 17 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 46 73 18291 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.8 320 7 443.2 443.2 310.2 443.2 0.00 47 70 18550 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 345 4 452.4 452.4 311.1 452.4 0.00 48 65 19011 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.4 266 2 468.2 468.2 312.5 468.2 0.00 49 51 20518 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.1 317 5 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 50 50 20640 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.6 325 6 497.1 497.1 314.8 497.2 0.00 51 34 23056 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.1 70 4 571.9 571.9 319.3 572.0 0.01 52 31 23642 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.0 310 5 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.6 0.01 53 30 23850 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.2 255 6 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 54 28 24293 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -55.1 324 8 611.8 611.8 321.2 611.9 0.01 55 24 25282 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.5 51 3 631.9 631.9 322.0 631.9 0.01 56 20 26460 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -53.5 40 2 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.01 57 18 27150 -49.1 -85.1 1 36.0 -53.1 243 3 706.9 706.9 324.7 707.0 0.02 TRP 235 10970 -52.7 -68.7 13 16.0 -52.9 265 31 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.6 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.00 m Freezing level: 662.00 mb = 3534.01 m = 11594.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.61 mb = 2937.36 m = 9636.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.92 mb = 479.43 m = 1572.91 ft T: 9.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 7.36 C Layer 850.0- 808.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.06 mb = 805.29 m = 2641.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.29 C = 59.53 F Cap Strength: 9.20 C Lifted Index: 7.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.18 C Showalter Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 14.10 C K Index: 20.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 29.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44649.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.15 mb = 706.04 m = 2316.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 at 7 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 112 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 227 2 1.6 1.5 1 1000 120 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 160 1 -0.4 1.0 2 978 305 270 7 7.0 -0.0 | 203 2 0.6 1.5 3 943 610 210 7 3.5 6.1 | 159 8 -2.9 7.6 4 925 770 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 126 8 -6.4 4.5 5 909 914 275 3 3.0 -0.3 | 111 4 -3.4 1.3 6 877 1219 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 240 3 2.6 1.5 7 850 1481 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 141 6 -3.8 4.6 8 846 1524 220 5 3.2 3.8 | 150 6 -3.1 5.4 9 815 1829 80 1 -1.0 -0.2 | 101 7 -7.3 1.4 10 785 2134 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 | 78 7 -6.9 -1.4 11 757 2438 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 103 5 -4.4 1.0 12 729 2743 190 0 0.0 0.0 | 104 7 -6.4 1.5 13 703 3048 245 3 2.7 1.3 | 128 5 -3.6 2.8 14 700 3084 245 4 3.6 1.7 | 140 4 -2.7 3.2 15 676 3353 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 171 6 -1.0 6.0 16 651 3658 250 6 5.6 2.1 | 169 4 -0.7 3.6 17 626 3962 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 204 5 2.1 4.6 18 602 4267 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 219 4 2.5 3.1 19 579 4572 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 232 6 4.5 3.4 20 557 4877 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 260 9 8.6 1.5 21 536 5182 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 237 16 13.4 8.7 22 515 5486 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 234 13 10.6 7.7 23 500 5720 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 243 16 13.9 7.0 24 495 5791 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 236 15 12.4 8.4 25 475 6096 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 238 17 14.3 9.1 26 456 6401 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 294 11 9.6 -4.3 27 437 6706 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 268 9 8.6 0.2 28 419 7010 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 293 13 11.5 -5.0 29 402 7315 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 278 12 12.4 -1.8 30 400 7360 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 271 14 13.6 -0.2 31 385 7620 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 278 12 12.4 -1.8 32 369 7925 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 252 18 17.3 5.7 33 353 8230 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 229 10 7.7 6.7 34 338 8534 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 243 15 13.0 6.7 35 323 8839 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 233 20 16.3 12.1 36 309 9144 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 241 23 20.0 11.1 37 300 9360 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 236 25 20.8 14.2 38 296 9449 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 229 23 17.0 15.0 39 283 9754 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 232 32 24.8 19.5 40 270 10058 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 244 35 31.2 15.2 41 258 10363 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 267 28 27.6 1.5 42 250 10570 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 260 24 23.5 4.2 43 246 10668 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 254 23 22.2 6.6 44 235 10970 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 260 25 24.5 4.2 45 235 10973 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 260 25 24.5 4.2 46 224 11278 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 267 30 29.6 1.5 47 214 11582 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 267 26 25.6 1.5 48 204 11887 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 279 18 18.3 -2.8 49 200 12010 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 272 19 18.5 -0.6 50 194 12192 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 279 23 23.2 -3.7 51 185 12497 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 292 26 23.7 -9.4 52 177 12802 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 292 22 20.0 -8.0 53 168 13106 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 306 18 14.4 -10.5 54 161 13411 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 271 15 14.6 -0.3 55 153 13716 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 264 15 14.6 1.5 56 150 13850 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 258 18 17.6 3.6 57 146 14021 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 279 23 23.2 -3.7 58 139 14326 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 285 22 21.7 -6.0 59 132 14630 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 304 27 22.2 -15.0 60 126 14935 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 348 15 3.1 -14.9 61 120 15240 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 335 10 4.3 -9.1 62 114 15545 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 343 14 4.0 -13.2 63 109 15850 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 348 15 3.1 -14.9 64 103 16154 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 328 10 5.1 -8.1 65 100 16360 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 302 11 9.1 -5.6 66 98 16459 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 301 12 10.0 -6.1 67 94 16764 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 313 8 5.8 -5.5 68 89 17069 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 323 12 7.4 -10.0 69 85 17374 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 340 11 3.9 -10.7 70 81 17678 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 340 11 3.9 -10.7 71 77 17983 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 25 9 -3.8 -8.1 72 73 18288 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 26 4 -1.9 -3.8 73 70 18550 345 4 1.0 -3.9 | 66 6 -5.3 -2.3 74 70 18593 330 3 1.5 -2.6 | 78 5 -4.9 -1.1 75 66 18898 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 93 5 -4.8 0.2 76 63 19202 190 2 0.3 2.0 | 120 7 -6.0 3.5 77 60 19507 160 1 -0.3 0.9 | 110 7 -6.7 2.5 78 57 19812 260 3 3.0 0.5 | 121 4 -3.4 2.1 79 54 20117 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 17 7 -1.9 -6.3 80 52 20422 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 73 3 -3.3 -1.0 81 50 20640 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 41 4 -2.9 -3.4 82 49 20726 340 9 3.1 -8.5 | 25 8 -3.3 -6.9 83 47 21031 65 1 -0.9 -0.4 | 99 7 -7.3 1.1 84 45 21336 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 67 6 -5.7 -2.4 85 43 21641 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 | 78 7 -6.9 -1.4 86 41 21946 45 12 -8.5 -8.5 | 65 16 -14.8 -6.9 87 39 22250 70 4 -3.8 -1.4 | 91 10 -10.1 0.2 88 37 22555 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 99 13 -12.3 2.1 89 35 22860 170 6 -1.0 5.9 | 135 10 -7.4 7.4 90 33 23165 20 3 -1.0 -2.8 | 80 7 -7.4 -1.3 91 32 23470 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 72 9 -8.9 -2.8 92 30 23774 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 153 4 -1.7 3.2 93 30 23850 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 170 3 -0.6 3.1 94 29 24079 310 3 2.3 -1.9 | 84 4 -4.1 -0.4 95 28 24384 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 11 7 -1.4 -7.1 96 26 24689 60 7 -6.1 -3.5 | 81 13 -12.4 -2.0 97 25 24994 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 88 12 -12.0 -0.5 98 24 25298 50 3 -2.3 -1.9 | 87 9 -8.7 -0.4 99 23 25603 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 123 3 -2.4 1.5 100 22 25908 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 19 3 -1.0 -3.0 101 21 26213 0 3 -0.0 -3.0 | 77 7 -6.4 -1.5 102 20 26460 40 2 -1.3 -1.5 | 90 8 -7.6 0.0 103 20 26518 355 1 0.1 -1.0 | 95 6 -6.3 0.5 104 18 26822 240 3 2.6 1.5 | 129 5 -3.8 3.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -41.7 tot: -31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 54.31 Bulk Shear: 0.48 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 253 7 183 4| 0.0 7.8 7.8| 0.2 -5.1 -5.0 -10.0 -0.45| 9.8 -4.4 1000 248 6 163 4| 3.7 3.9 7.6| 1.4 -15.2 -13.8 -13.8 -0.32| 11.2 -3.5 1500 249 6 166 4| 2.5 5.2 7.7| 2.1 -25.5 -23.4 -15.6 -0.41| 11.7 -4.8 2000 251 5 151 4| 1.8 3.3 5.1| 2.1 -40.5 -38.4 -19.2 -0.50| 10.7 -5.4 2500 256 4 141 3| 1.5 2.6 4.1| 5.5 -40.8 -35.3 -14.1 -0.39| 9.8 -3.8 3000 256 4 134 4| 1.4 2.2 3.6| 10.7 -41.7 -31.0 -10.3 -0.29| 9.0 -2.6 4000 250 5 148 4| 1.6 1.6 3.2| 17.2 -41.8 -24.6 -6.2 -0.17| 7.8 -1.3 5000 256 6 175 3| 1.5 1.1 2.7| 24.6 -51.6 -27.0 -5.4 -0.12| 7.6 -0.9 6000 254 9 207 4| 1.3 1.0 2.3| 37.4 -66.2 -28.8 -4.8 -0.11| 7.3 -0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20250501.00.gif