UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:1200Z 8 OCT 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 1000 112 12.0 11.5 97 0.5 11.7 235 30 285.1 286.6 284.9 308.8 8.55 1 989 203 14.6 12.7 88 1.9 13.4 237 29 288.7 290.3 287.1 314.9 9.36 2 975 321 13.8 12.3 91 1.5 12.9 241 27 289.0 290.7 287.1 315.0 9.25 3 939 630 11.2 11.2 100 0.0 11.2 257 25 289.5 291.1 286.9 314.6 8.93 4 925 753 10.6 10.6 100 0.0 10.6 235 5 290.1 291.7 287.0 314.7 8.70 5 904 945 10.4 9.9 97 0.5 10.1 248 25 291.9 293.4 287.5 316.1 8.50 6 888 1094 13.4 3.4 51 10.0 8.0 192 21 296.5 297.4 286.2 312.6 5.50 7 875 1218 12.6 6.6 67 6.0 9.2 145 17 296.9 298.1 287.9 317.3 7.00 8 854 1423 12.4 6.4 67 6.0 9.0 137 21 298.7 300.0 288.6 319.6 7.07 9 850 1462 12.6 4.6 58 8.0 8.2 135 22 299.3 300.5 288.1 317.9 6.26 10 835 1612 14.2 -10.8 17 25.0 3.8 136 23 302.6 302.9 284.9 308.9 2.01 11 817 1795 14.4 -27.6 4 42.0 1.6 148 22 304.7 304.8 283.9 306.3 0.48 12 816 1805 14.4 -22.6 6 37.0 2.0 148 22 304.8 304.9 284.3 307.3 0.76 13 737 2656 9.2 -17.8 13 27.0 -0.5 175 22 308.1 308.3 286.1 312.3 1.28 14 700 3081 8.2 -31.8 4 40.0 -2.7 190 30 311.6 311.6 286.4 312.9 0.38 15 629 3957 4.6 -29.4 6 34.0 -5.1 208 29 317.1 317.2 288.4 319.0 0.53 16 596 4392 0.6 -22.4 16 23.0 -6.7 207 33 317.4 317.6 289.0 321.1 1.06 17 561 4874 -2.7 -30.7 10 28.0 -9.8 209 31 319.1 319.2 289.0 321.0 0.53 18 539 5191 -3.3 -37.3 5 34.0 -10.8 220 34 322.0 322.1 289.7 323.1 0.29 19 500 5780 -7.5 -41.5 5 34.0 -13.9 225 32 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.20 20 451 6571 -13.1 -48.1 4 35.0 -18.2 233 33 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.11 21 447 6639 -13.1 -47.1 4 34.0 -18.2 234 33 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.12 22 400 7470 -20.9 -42.9 12 22.0 -23.9 235 36 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.22 23 356 8320 -28.3 -49.3 12 21.0 -30.3 231 39 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.12 24 304 9438 -35.3 -59.3 7 24.0 -36.6 225 53 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.04 25 300 9530 -36.1 -60.1 7 24.0 -37.4 225 53 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 26 271 10227 -42.9 -59.9 14 17.0 -43.6 227 59 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 27 250 10770 -44.1 -70.1 4 26.0 -44.8 225 66 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.01 28 200 12240 -50.1 -76.1 3 26.0 -50.6 225 75 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 29 199 12273 -50.3 -76.2 3 25.9 -50.8 225 75 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 30 150 14070 -61.1 -82.1 5 21.0 -61.3 225 71 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 31 117 15586 -68.5 -85.5 7 17.0 -68.6 231 48 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 32 113 15795 -69.1 -85.1 8 16.0 -69.2 235 48 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 33 100 16530 -66.3 -86.3 4 20.0 -66.4 235 28 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 34 77 18103 -69.1 -89.1 4 20.0 -69.2 226 19 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 35 71 18593 -64.3 -88.3 2 24.0 -64.6 240 17 445.0 445.0 310.4 445.0 0.00 36 70 18680 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.9 235 20 446.0 446.0 310.5 446.0 0.00 37 63 19319 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.9 264 19 453.0 453.0 311.1 453.0 0.00 38 57 19931 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.7 338 6 480.7 480.7 313.5 480.7 0.00 39 50 20740 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.7 195 4 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 40 43 21666 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.1 233 4 515.1 515.1 316.0 515.1 0.00 41 36 22767 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.2 157 7 553.4 553.4 318.3 553.4 0.00 42 30 23910 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.9 65 6 584.1 584.1 319.9 584.1 0.00 43 28 24343 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.7 309 6 596.8 596.8 320.5 596.9 0.01 44 27 24571 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -60.2 294 10 601.4 601.4 320.7 601.4 0.01 45 21 26174 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -54.6 330 8 668.5 668.5 323.4 668.6 0.01 46 20 26490 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.8 310 4 677.3 677.3 323.7 677.4 0.01 47 15 28334 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -58.1 251 10 723.4 723.4 325.1 723.5 0.01 48 12 29778 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -53.7 215 16 798.0 798.0 327.2 798.3 0.03 49 10 30980 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -54.1 255 27 842.2 842.3 328.2 842.6 0.04 50 9.3 31458 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -55.1 854.6 854.6 328.5 854.9 0.04 TRP 113 15795 -69.1 -85.1 8 16.0 -69.2 235 48 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 WND 199 12273 -50.3 -76.2 3 25.9 -50.8 225 75 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.00 m Freezing level: 589.64 mb = 4479.73 m = 14697.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.92 mb = 2477.22 m = 8127.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.88 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.61 mb = 173.11 m = 567.95 ft T: 13.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 13.25 C Layer 850.0- 816.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.56 mb = 633.99 m = 2079.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.38 C = 61.49 F Cap Strength: 11.97 C Lifted Index: 11.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.11 C Showalter Index: 10.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.10 C Cross Totals Index: 12.10 C K Index: -15.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 281.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.32 mb = 636.06 m = 2086.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.32 mb = 679.74 m = 2230.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 923.32 mb = 768.13 m = 2520.07 ft B at Equ Level: 13.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 893.32 mb = 1044.23 m = 3425.91 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 231 at 21 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 1000 112 235 30 24.6 17.2 | 243 9 8.2 4.2 1 977 305 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 266 7 7.0 0.5 2 941 610 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 306 14 11.2 -8.2 3 925 753 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 50 16 -12.2 -10.1 4 907 914 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 313 13 9.3 -8.5 5 875 1219 145 17 -9.8 13.9 | 92 26 -26.1 0.9 6 850 1462 135 22 -15.6 15.6 | 95 32 -31.9 2.5 7 844 1524 130 24 -18.4 15.4 | 94 35 -34.7 2.4 8 813 1829 150 22 -11.0 19.1 | 102 28 -27.3 6.0 9 784 2134 150 22 -11.0 19.1 | 102 28 -27.3 6.0 10 756 2438 165 23 -6.0 22.2 | 112 24 -22.3 9.2 11 729 2743 180 22 0.0 22.0 | 119 19 -16.3 9.0 12 703 3048 190 29 5.0 28.6 | 144 19 -11.3 15.5 13 700 3081 190 30 5.2 29.5 | 146 20 -11.1 16.5 14 677 3353 190 34 5.9 33.5 | 153 23 -10.4 20.5 15 651 3658 190 32 5.6 31.5 | 150 21 -10.8 18.5 16 627 3962 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 171 12 -1.8 12.1 17 604 4267 210 32 16.0 27.7 | 179 15 -0.3 14.7 18 581 4572 200 34 11.6 31.9 | 166 20 -4.7 18.9 19 560 4877 210 31 15.5 26.8 | 177 14 -0.8 13.8 20 539 5182 220 34 21.9 26.0 | 203 14 5.5 13.0 21 519 5486 220 37 23.8 28.3 | 206 17 7.4 15.3 22 500 5780 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 213 11 6.3 9.6 23 499 5791 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 200 12 4.2 11.5 24 480 6096 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 213 11 6.3 9.6 25 461 6401 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 227 10 7.4 6.9 26 442 6706 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 241 13 11.5 6.5 27 425 7010 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 253 14 13.1 4.0 28 408 7315 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 251 16 14.8 5.0 29 400 7470 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 240 15 13.2 7.6 30 392 7620 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 228 17 12.8 11.4 31 375 7925 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 228 19 14.3 12.7 32 360 8230 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 239 18 15.6 9.4 33 345 8534 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 208 20 9.4 17.6 34 330 8839 225 45 31.8 31.8 | 219 24 15.5 18.8 35 317 9144 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 229 25 18.9 16.6 36 303 9449 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 221 32 21.1 24.5 37 300 9530 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 221 32 21.1 24.5 38 290 9754 220 50 32.1 38.3 | 212 30 15.8 25.3 39 278 10058 230 54 41.4 34.7 | 229 33 25.0 21.7 40 265 10363 225 63 44.5 44.5 | 222 42 28.2 31.5 41 254 10668 220 65 41.8 49.8 | 215 45 25.4 36.8 42 250 10770 225 66 46.7 46.7 | 222 45 30.3 33.7 43 242 10973 230 69 52.9 44.4 | 229 48 36.5 31.3 44 231 11278 230 66 50.6 42.4 | 229 45 34.2 29.4 45 221 11582 230 64 49.0 41.1 | 229 43 32.7 28.1 46 211 11887 230 66 50.6 42.4 | 229 45 34.2 29.4 47 201 12192 230 73 55.9 46.9 | 229 52 39.6 33.9 48 200 12240 225 75 53.0 53.0 | 223 54 36.7 40.0 49 199 12273 225 75 53.0 53.0 | 223 54 36.7 40.0 50 192 12497 220 67 43.1 51.3 | 215 47 26.7 38.3 51 183 12802 220 67 43.1 51.3 | 215 47 26.7 38.3 52 175 13106 225 68 48.1 48.1 | 222 47 31.7 35.1 53 166 13411 220 68 43.7 52.1 | 215 48 27.4 39.1 54 159 13716 225 73 51.6 51.6 | 222 52 35.3 38.6 55 151 14021 220 71 45.6 54.4 | 215 51 29.3 41.4 56 150 14070 225 71 50.2 50.2 | 222 50 33.9 37.2 57 144 14326 230 69 52.9 44.4 | 229 48 36.5 31.3 58 137 14630 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 244 41 37.4 18.0 59 130 14935 230 51 39.1 32.8 | 229 30 22.7 19.8 60 124 15240 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 229 34 25.8 22.3 61 118 15545 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 229 27 20.4 17.8 62 113 15795 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 238 27 23.0 14.5 63 112 15850 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 246 30 27.0 12.0 64 106 16154 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 268 21 21.3 0.7 65 101 16459 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 226 8 5.9 5.6 66 100 16530 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 245 7 6.6 3.0 67 96 16764 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 225 6 4.3 4.3 68 91 17069 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 245 7 6.6 3.0 69 87 17374 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 302 8 7.2 -4.5 70 83 17678 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 54 8 -6.4 -4.7 71 79 17983 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 54 7 -5.6 -4.0 72 75 18288 220 26 16.7 19.9 | 183 7 0.4 6.9 73 71 18593 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 20 5 -1.6 -4.5 74 70 18680 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 358 2 0.0 -1.5 75 68 18898 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 324 3 1.8 -2.5 76 64 19202 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 341 10 3.4 -9.5 77 61 19507 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 353 13 1.7 -13.0 78 58 19812 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 34 23 -12.8 -19.1 79 55 20117 350 5 0.9 -4.9 | 41 24 -15.5 -17.9 80 53 20422 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 77 19 -18.7 -4.3 81 50 20726 195 4 1.0 3.9 | 59 18 -15.3 -9.1 82 50 20740 195 4 1.0 3.9 | 59 18 -15.3 -9.1 83 48 21031 180 7 0.0 7.0 | 70 17 -16.3 -6.0 84 45 21336 175 5 -0.4 5.0 | 64 19 -16.8 -8.0 85 43 21641 230 3 2.3 1.9 | 52 18 -14.0 -11.1 86 41 21946 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 26 12 -5.5 -11.1 87 39 22250 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 40 20 -13.3 -15.6 88 37 22555 40 3 -1.9 -2.3 | 50 24 -18.3 -15.3 89 36 22860 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 71 14 -13.3 -4.6 90 34 23165 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 39 23 -14.2 -17.5 91 32 23470 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 49 27 -20.2 -17.6 92 31 23774 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 | 47 23 -16.9 -16.0 93 30 23910 65 6 -5.4 -2.5 | 54 27 -21.8 -15.5 94 29 24079 20 4 -1.4 -3.8 | 47 24 -17.7 -16.8 95 28 24384 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 35 20 -11.1 -16.0 96 27 24689 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 16 18 -5.1 -17.1 97 25 24994 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 13 18 -4.1 -17.5 98 24 25298 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 6 16 -1.6 -15.6 99 23 25603 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 11 22 -4.1 -21.6 100 22 25908 330 17 8.5 -14.7 | 16 29 -7.8 -27.7 101 21 26213 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 34 23 -12.8 -19.1 102 20 26490 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 40 20 -13.3 -15.6 103 20 26518 320 5 3.2 -3.8 | 38 21 -13.1 -16.8 104 19 26822 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 58 13 -11.2 -6.9 105 18 27127 200 23 7.9 21.6 | 135 12 -8.5 8.6 106 17 27432 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 58 4 -3.3 -2.1 107 16 27737 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 29 19 -9.4 -17.0 108 16 28042 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 33 22 -11.8 -18.4 109 15 28346 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 36 12 -6.9 -9.6 110 14 28651 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 6 16 -1.6 -15.6 111 14 28956 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 6 13 -1.3 -13.0 112 13 29261 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 308 8 6.2 -4.8 113 12 29566 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 56 5 -4.1 -2.7 114 12 29870 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 96 8 -8.3 0.8 115 11 30175 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 196 5 1.3 4.7 116 10 30980 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 302 11 9.7 -6.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.5 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 231.5 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 7.7 tot: 11.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.3 neg: -95.4 tot: 97.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 23.4 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 56.87 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 245 28 278 9| 12.8 0.0 12.8| 25.1 0.0 25.1 50.1 0.77| 13.6 10.5 1000 245 23 303 6| 6.4 15.1 21.5| 59.8 -52.4 7.4 7.4 -0.19| 44.2 -8.5 1500 222 22 159 4| 4.3 15.5 19.7| 76.2 -95.4 -19.2 -12.8 -0.21| 37.4 -7.9 2000 198 22 131 13| 3.3 11.6 14.9|101.4 -95.4 6.0 3.0 -0.17| 29.6 -5.1 2500 187 22 124 16| 3.6 9.3 12.9|141.5 -95.4 46.1 18.5 -0.11| 25.6 -2.8 3000 186 23 125 17| 4.2 7.7 11.9|193.3 -95.4 97.9 32.6 -0.03| 23.4 -0.6 4000 190 25 134 17| 4.4 5.8 10.2|234.5-100.2 134.3 33.6 0.03| 19.6 0.6 5000 195 27 143 16| 4.4 5.1 9.5|265.8-113.7 152.1 30.4 0.06| 17.4 1.0 6000 201 28 155 14| 4.0 4.3 8.2|288.4-121.1 167.4 27.9 0.08| 15.7 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20251008.12.gif