UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:0000Z 12 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 85 320 21 SFC 998 112 18.0 12.0 68 6.0 14.3 320 21 291.3 292.9 287.6 316.5 8.85 2 995 137 15.8 11.8 77 4.0 13.4 321 23 289.4 290.9 286.8 314.0 8.76 3 970 349 13.8 10.2 79 3.6 11.7 327 38 289.5 290.9 286.1 312.3 8.07 4 963 409 15.2 5.2 51 10.0 9.8 330 36 291.5 292.5 284.6 308.0 5.76 5 945 567 15.8 2.8 42 13.0 9.0 338 31 293.7 294.5 284.6 308.1 4.95 6 941 602 16.2 5.2 48 11.0 10.2 340 29 294.4 295.5 285.9 311.6 5.90 7 925 746 15.8 6.8 55 9.0 10.7 355 24 295.5 296.7 287.1 315.0 6.71 8 912 866 16.2 5.2 48 11.0 10.1 6 25 297.1 298.2 287.1 315.0 6.08 9 850 1460 11.0 3.0 58 8.0 6.8 15 23 297.7 298.7 286.8 314.2 5.59 10 841 1549 10.2 3.2 62 7.0 6.5 8 23 297.7 298.8 286.9 314.7 5.73 11 826 1699 12.0 -20.0 9 32.0 1.2 353 26 301.2 301.3 283.1 304.2 0.94 12 739 2622 7.8 -18.2 14 26.0 -1.3 324 19 306.3 306.6 285.4 310.4 1.23 13 700 3068 7.2 -38.8 2 46.0 -3.6 310 20 310.5 310.5 285.7 311.1 0.19 14 695 3127 7.2 -38.8 2 46.0 -3.6 310 21 311.1 311.1 285.9 311.8 0.19 15 500 5740 -10.9 -49.9 2 39.0 -16.4 270 40 319.7 319.8 288.8 320.1 0.08 16 481 6037 -13.3 -52.3 2 39.0 -18.2 270 41 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.6 0.06 17 400 7420 -21.9 -54.9 3 33.0 -25.1 260 59 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.7 0.06 18 364 8107 -26.3 -52.3 7 26.0 -28.7 260 71 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.08 19 321 9000 -34.1 -50.1 18 16.0 -35.3 250 78 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.12 20 300 9470 -36.9 -57.9 10 21.0 -38.0 250 87 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.05 21 250 10700 -46.7 -63.7 13 17.0 -47.2 245 86 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.03 22 236 11081 -49.3 -67.3 10 18.0 -49.7 240 90 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.02 23 214 11725 -47.9 -71.9 5 24.0 -48.4 240 100 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 24 201 12137 -49.6 -75.4 3 25.9 -50.1 240 105 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 25 200 12170 -49.7 -75.7 3 26.0 -50.2 240 105 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 26 152 13927 -60.1 -81.1 5 21.0 -60.3 244 106 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 27 150 14010 -60.3 -81.3 5 21.0 -60.5 245 107 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 28 100 16500 -67.5 -86.5 5 19.0 -67.6 220 52 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 29 98 16622 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 225 53 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 30 93 16939 -64.7 -85.7 4 21.0 -64.9 243 49 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 31 86 17414 -66.7 -86.7 4 20.0 -66.8 239 34 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 32 76 18167 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 253 24 437.7 437.7 309.6 437.7 0.00 33 70 18670 -65.3 -88.3 3 23.0 -65.5 235 16 444.7 444.7 310.3 444.7 0.00 34 67 18935 -66.7 -88.7 3 22.0 -66.9 246 16 447.3 447.3 310.6 447.3 0.00 35 64 19213 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.4 283 12 461.1 461.1 311.8 461.1 0.00 36 58 19814 -65.7 -85.7 5 20.0 -66.0 291 17 468.4 468.4 312.5 468.4 0.00 37 53 20367 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.8 320 5 493.1 493.1 314.4 493.1 0.00 38 50 20730 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.1 155 7 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 39 47 21119 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.8 294 9 513.2 513.2 315.8 513.2 0.00 40 43 21675 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.9 20 7 521.0 521.0 316.4 521.0 0.00 41 31 23723 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.6 43 5 579.7 579.7 319.6 579.7 0.01 42 30 23930 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.9 40 1 590.6 590.6 320.2 590.6 0.01 43 24 25362 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -53.9 311 8 645.2 645.2 322.5 645.3 0.01 44 21 26225 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -56.3 350 7 661.9 661.9 323.2 662.0 0.01 45 20 26540 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.1 340 3 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.02 46 19 26874 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -53.8 11 7 692.3 692.3 324.2 692.4 0.02 47 14 28852 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -57.1 146 5 743.3 743.3 325.7 743.4 0.02 48 12 29846 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -56.1 260 13 783.9 783.9 326.8 784.1 0.02 49 11 30415 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -54.2 231 7 816.7 816.7 327.7 817.0 0.03 TRP 98 16622 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 225 53 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 WND 201 12137 -49.6 -75.4 3 25.9 -50.1 240 105 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.00 m Freezing level: 617.43 mb = 4166.29 m = 13668.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 783.87 mb = 2132.86 m = 6997.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.53 % Est. max temperature: 24.36 C = 75.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.75 mb = 859.37 m = 2819.41 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 10.42 C Layer 826.0- 739.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.26 mb = 4004.14 m = 13136.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.80 C = 105.44 F Cap Strength: 10.46 C Lifted Index: 9.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.11 C Showalter Index: 8.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 13.90 C K Index: -21.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 122.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54458.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.54 mb = 1612.79 m = 5291.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 338 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 112 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 239 7 5.6 3.4 1 975 305 325 40 22.9 -32.8 | 311 20 15.1 -13.2 2 940 610 340 29 9.9 -27.3 | 345 8 2.0 -7.7 3 925 746 355 24 2.1 -23.9 | 53 7 -5.8 -4.4 4 907 914 10 25 -4.3 -24.6 | 67 13 -12.2 -5.1 5 875 1219 20 22 -7.5 -20.7 | 86 15 -15.4 -1.1 6 850 1460 15 23 -6.0 -22.2 | 79 14 -13.8 -2.7 7 843 1524 10 23 -4.0 -22.7 | 75 12 -11.9 -3.1 8 813 1829 340 28 9.6 -26.3 | 346 7 1.7 -6.8 9 784 2134 335 25 10.6 -22.7 | 319 4 2.7 -3.1 10 755 2438 315 23 16.3 -16.3 | 249 9 8.4 3.3 11 728 2743 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 181 6 0.1 5.7 12 702 3048 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 229 8 6.3 5.4 13 700 3068 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 228 10 7.4 6.7 14 675 3353 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 244 11 9.7 4.7 15 650 3658 310 25 19.2 -16.1 | 253 12 11.3 3.5 16 625 3962 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 236 14 12.0 8.0 17 602 4267 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 240 20 17.5 10.3 18 579 4572 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 238 27 22.7 14.1 19 557 4877 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 239 27 23.6 14.0 20 536 5182 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 245 31 28.6 13.1 21 516 5486 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 244 37 33.0 16.0 22 500 5740 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 239 38 32.1 19.5 23 497 5791 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 239 38 32.1 19.5 24 477 6096 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 239 38 33.1 19.5 25 458 6401 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 237 43 36.0 23.4 26 440 6706 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 226 52 37.2 35.9 27 422 7010 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 236 51 42.4 28.4 28 406 7315 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 239 58 50.2 29.8 29 400 7420 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 239 58 50.2 29.8 30 389 7620 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 241 64 56.1 30.8 31 373 7925 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 242 68 60.1 31.5 32 357 8230 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 243 72 64.0 32.2 33 342 8534 255 75 72.4 19.4 | 239 75 64.6 38.9 34 328 8839 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 234 77 62.6 45.2 35 314 9144 250 81 76.1 27.7 | 235 83 68.2 47.2 36 301 9449 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 236 88 72.9 48.9 37 300 9470 250 87 81.8 29.8 | 236 89 73.9 49.3 38 288 9754 250 85 79.9 29.1 | 236 87 72.0 48.6 39 275 10058 240 90 77.9 45.0 | 227 95 70.1 64.5 40 263 10363 245 88 79.8 37.2 | 232 92 71.9 56.7 41 251 10668 245 87 78.8 36.8 | 232 91 71.0 56.3 42 250 10700 245 86 77.9 36.3 | 231 90 70.1 55.9 43 240 10973 240 86 74.5 43.0 | 227 91 66.6 62.5 44 229 11278 240 98 84.9 49.0 | 228 103 77.0 68.5 45 219 11582 240 102 88.3 51.0 | 229 107 80.5 70.5 46 209 11887 240 98 84.9 49.0 | 228 103 77.0 68.5 47 201 12137 240 105 90.9 52.5 | 229 110 83.1 72.0 48 200 12170 240 105 90.9 52.5 | 229 110 83.1 72.0 49 199 12192 240 105 90.9 52.5 | 229 110 83.1 72.0 50 190 12497 240 95 82.3 47.5 | 228 100 74.4 67.0 51 181 12802 240 87 75.3 43.5 | 227 92 67.5 63.0 52 173 13106 235 91 74.5 52.2 | 223 98 66.7 71.7 53 165 13411 235 100 81.9 57.4 | 224 107 74.0 76.9 54 157 13716 240 104 90.1 52.0 | 229 109 82.2 71.5 55 150 14010 245 107 97.0 45.2 | 234 110 89.1 64.7 56 150 14021 240 106 91.8 53.0 | 229 111 83.9 72.5 57 142 14326 250 94 88.3 32.1 | 237 96 80.5 51.7 58 136 14630 245 82 74.3 34.7 | 231 86 66.4 54.2 59 129 14935 240 78 67.5 39.0 | 226 84 59.7 58.5 60 123 15240 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 228 72 53.8 48.3 61 117 15545 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 239 58 50.2 29.8 62 111 15850 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 225 49 34.4 34.9 63 106 16154 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 209 56 27.4 49.1 64 101 16459 220 51 32.8 39.1 | 203 64 24.9 58.6 65 100 16500 220 52 33.4 39.8 | 203 65 25.6 59.4 66 98 16622 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 207 64 29.6 57.0 67 96 16764 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 221 63 41.5 48.0 68 91 17069 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 220 50 32.0 38.1 69 87 17374 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 211 42 21.6 36.5 70 82 17678 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 203 43 16.6 40.1 71 78 17983 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 210 33 16.6 28.4 72 75 18288 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 209 29 14.3 25.5 73 71 18593 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 196 28 7.5 26.7 74 70 18670 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 190 29 5.2 28.7 75 67 18898 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 194 29 6.9 28.0 76 64 19202 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 193 17 3.7 16.4 77 61 19507 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 188 24 3.4 23.6 78 58 19812 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 211 16 8.1 13.7 79 55 20117 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 183 10 0.5 9.6 80 53 20422 320 4 2.6 -3.1 | 162 17 -5.3 16.5 81 50 20726 155 7 -3.0 6.3 | 157 28 -10.8 25.9 82 50 20730 155 7 -3.0 6.3 | 157 28 -10.8 25.9 83 48 21031 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 175 20 -1.9 19.5 84 45 21336 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 125 8 -6.6 4.6 85 43 21641 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 139 16 -10.6 12.0 86 41 21946 20 3 -1.0 -2.8 | 152 19 -8.9 16.7 87 39 22250 70 1 -0.9 -0.3 | 155 21 -8.8 19.2 88 37 22555 20 5 -1.7 -4.7 | 147 18 -9.6 14.8 89 36 22860 100 3 -3.0 0.5 | 152 23 -10.8 20.0 90 34 23165 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 163 15 -4.4 14.6 91 32 23470 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 138 14 -9.4 10.7 92 31 23774 50 4 -3.1 -2.6 | 147 20 -10.9 17.0 93 30 23930 40 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 156 21 -8.5 18.8 94 29 24079 80 2 -2.0 -0.3 | 153 22 -9.8 19.2 95 28 24384 140 2 -1.3 1.5 | 156 23 -9.2 21.1 96 27 24689 205 4 1.7 3.6 | 165 24 -6.2 23.2 97 25 24994 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 183 15 0.8 14.5 98 24 25298 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 173 14 -1.7 14.4 99 23 25603 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 176 12 -0.8 12.5 100 22 25908 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 161 15 -4.9 14.3 101 21 26213 350 7 1.2 -6.9 | 152 14 -6.7 12.6 102 20 26518 340 3 1.0 -2.8 | 158 18 -6.8 16.7 103 20 26540 340 3 1.0 -2.8 | 158 18 -6.8 16.7 104 18 26822 30 9 -4.5 -7.8 | 133 17 -12.4 11.7 105 17 27127 320 5 3.2 -3.8 | 163 16 -4.7 15.7 106 15 27432 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 169 21 -4.1 20.9 107 14 27737 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 155 26 -11.1 23.4 108 13 28042 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 177 27 -1.4 27.2 109 12 28346 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 197 20 6.1 19.5 110 11 28651 220 5 3.2 3.8 | 169 24 -4.7 23.4 111 10 28956 220 6 3.9 4.6 | 171 24 -4.0 24.1 112 9 29261 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 187 28 3.6 27.6 113 8 29566 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 199 32 10.3 30.0 114 8 29870 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 204 29 11.9 26.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.0 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 338.0 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.3 neg: -60.2 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.09 Bulk Shear: 18.49 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 328 33 312 13| 12.1 0.0 12.1| 62.2 0.0 62.2 124.3 0.64| 34.7 22.1 1000 343 29 355 8| 10.8 0.0 10.8| 95.5 0.0 95.5 95.5 0.69| 26.7 18.4 1500 352 27 30 8| 7.2 2.2 9.4|101.2 -17.8 83.4 55.6 0.52| 21.1 10.9 2000 349 27 24 7| 5.4 4.4 9.8|101.2 -39.8 61.4 30.7 0.26| 19.3 5.1 2500 345 26 11 6| 4.3 3.9 8.2|101.2 -56.4 44.8 17.9 0.10| 18.2 1.9 3000 342 25 2 4| 3.6 4.1 7.7|109.3 -60.2 49.1 16.4 0.11| 16.9 1.9 4000 333 24 303 4| 2.7 4.0 6.7|122.1 -71.6 50.6 12.6 0.11| 14.1 1.5 5000 320 26 271 8| 2.2 4.6 6.8|145.7 -75.2 70.5 14.1 0.12| 12.8 1.5 6000 308 28 261 14| 1.8 4.5 6.3|154.8-115.6 39.2 6.5 0.09| 11.6 1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20251012.00.gif