UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:1200Z 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 83 225 14 SFC 998 112 12.0 7.3 73 4.7 9.5 225 14 285.3 286.4 282.7 303.3 6.43 2 995 137 15.6 5.6 51 10.0 10.2 226 14 289.2 290.2 283.6 305.5 5.73 3 932 680 13.2 3.2 51 10.0 8.0 327 26 292.2 293.1 284.2 307.1 5.17 4 925 742 13.6 0.6 41 13.0 7.1 35 35 293.2 294.0 283.7 305.8 4.32 5 898 991 14.2 -5.8 25 20.0 5.3 275 18 296.3 296.8 283.2 304.7 2.76 6 850 1451 10.0 -8.0 27 18.0 2.5 345 26 296.6 297.1 283.0 304.1 2.46 7 848 1471 9.8 -8.2 27 18.0 2.3 346 25 296.6 297.1 283.0 304.0 2.43 8 842 1530 12.4 -16.6 12 29.0 2.0 350 24 299.9 300.2 283.0 303.9 1.24 9 836 1590 13.2 -18.8 9 32.0 2.0 350 24 301.4 301.6 283.3 304.7 1.03 10 832 1630 13.2 -19.8 8 33.0 1.8 350 23 301.8 302.0 283.4 304.9 0.95 11 759 2397 10.4 -16.6 13 27.0 0.4 350 13 306.8 307.1 285.8 311.3 1.37 12 700 3063 5.4 -20.6 13 26.0 -3.1 335 14 308.5 308.7 286.0 312.0 1.06 13 671 3406 2.4 -23.6 13 26.0 -5.4 330 15 308.9 309.0 285.9 311.7 0.85 14 567 4746 -4.7 -36.7 6 32.0 -11.4 295 22 315.7 315.8 287.7 316.8 0.29 15 500 5720 -11.9 -49.9 3 38.0 -17.0 295 32 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.8 0.08 16 460 6353 -15.9 -43.9 7 28.0 -20.0 289 40 321.2 321.3 289.3 321.9 0.17 17 400 7390 -24.1 -48.1 9 24.0 -26.6 280 55 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.1 0.12 18 306 9285 -39.7 -61.7 8 22.0 -40.6 268 67 327.5 327.6 291.0 327.7 0.03 19 300 9420 -40.7 -61.7 9 21.0 -41.5 265 69 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.03 20 250 10640 -49.1 -66.1 12 17.0 -49.5 265 70 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.02 21 242 10853 -50.3 -67.3 12 17.0 -50.7 262 72 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.02 22 200 12090 -53.3 -77.3 4 24.0 -53.7 250 81 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 23 158 13593 -57.7 -80.9 4 23.2 -58.0 240 107 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 24 150 13920 -58.7 -81.7 4 23.0 -58.9 245 96 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 25 148 14004 -59.5 -82.5 4 23.0 -59.7 249 94 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 26 135 14581 -57.5 -83.5 2 26.0 -57.8 242 81 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 27 100 16440 -65.3 -86.3 4 21.0 -65.4 250 61 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 28 93 16880 -66.9 -86.9 4 20.0 -67.0 250 54 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 29 90 17079 -63.1 -86.1 3 23.0 -63.3 260 47 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 30 85 17430 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.0 -64.3 258 38 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 31 82 17651 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -61.6 251 29 433.2 433.2 309.1 433.2 0.00 32 70 18630 -62.3 -88.3 2 26.0 -62.6 235 18 451.1 451.1 311.0 451.1 0.00 33 66 18994 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.3 257 11 459.6 459.6 311.7 459.6 0.00 34 57 19889 -67.3 -90.3 2 23.0 -67.5 276 9 467.1 467.1 312.4 467.1 0.00 35 53 20329 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -66.0 268 12 480.6 480.6 313.5 480.6 0.00 36 51 20566 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.4 302 15 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 37 50 20690 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.1 325 17 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 38 47 21077 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.2 88 7 512.3 512.3 315.8 512.3 0.00 39 44 21488 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.9 213 10 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.00 40 30 23890 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.2 65 9 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.6 0.01 41 20 26490 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.4 285 8 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.3 0.02 42 18 27180 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.4 275 12 701.2 701.2 324.5 701.3 0.02 43 15 28366 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -56.8 270 15 729.4 729.4 325.3 729.5 0.02 44 11 30386 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -55.0 231 12 811.6 811.6 327.5 811.9 0.03 45 10 31020 -44.1 -81.1 1 37.0 -52.2 235 14 854.9 855.0 328.5 855.5 0.06 46 8.9 31798 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -53.9 874.6 874.7 328.9 875.1 0.05 TRP 93 16880 -66.9 -86.9 4 20.0 -67.0 250 54 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 WND 158 13593 -57.7 -80.9 4 23.2 -58.0 240 107 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.00 m Freezing level: 635.85 mb = 3858.74 m = 12659.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.90 mb = 2473.96 m = 8116.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.29 C = 73.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.56 mb = 701.30 m = 2300.82 ft T: 13.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 3.25 C Layer 925.0- 836.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 572.99 mb = 4662.04 m = 15295.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.99 C = 107.58 F Cap Strength: 12.86 C Lifted Index: 12.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.53 C Showalter Index: 14.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 3.90 C K Index: -12.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 84.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56351.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.85 mb = 2011.26 m = 6598.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 340 at 15 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 112 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 191 25 4.7 24.2 1 975 305 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 192 22 4.6 21.2 2 940 610 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 204 21 8.9 19.4 3 925 742 35 35 -20.1 -28.7 | 60 29 -25.3 -14.4 4 906 914 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 225 18 12.7 12.7 5 874 1219 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 229 19 14.7 12.6 6 850 1451 345 26 6.7 -25.1 | 352 11 1.5 -10.8 7 843 1524 350 24 4.2 -23.6 | 7 9 -1.1 -9.3 8 812 1829 350 22 3.8 -21.7 | 11 8 -1.4 -7.4 9 783 2134 350 19 3.3 -18.7 | 24 5 -1.9 -4.4 10 755 2438 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 128 4 -3.2 2.5 11 727 2743 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 158 1 -0.5 1.1 12 701 3048 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 203 2 0.7 1.6 13 700 3063 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 203 2 0.7 1.6 14 675 3353 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 240 3 2.3 1.3 15 649 3658 330 13 6.5 -11.3 | 202 3 1.3 3.0 16 625 3962 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 240 8 7.0 4.0 17 601 4267 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 239 13 11.1 6.7 18 578 4572 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 254 13 12.9 3.8 19 556 4877 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 246 17 15.4 6.8 20 535 5182 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 256 21 20.1 5.1 21 515 5486 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 269 19 19.0 0.3 22 500 5720 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 268 24 23.8 0.8 23 495 5791 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 270 26 25.6 -0.1 24 476 6096 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 262 32 31.5 4.5 25 457 6401 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 270 33 33.3 0.3 26 438 6706 290 48 45.1 -16.4 | 273 40 39.9 -2.1 27 421 7010 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 263 46 46.0 5.3 28 404 7315 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 264 48 47.9 4.9 29 400 7390 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 264 49 48.9 4.7 30 387 7620 280 59 58.1 -10.2 | 266 53 52.9 4.1 31 371 7925 280 59 58.1 -10.2 | 266 53 52.9 4.1 32 355 8230 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 256 60 57.8 14.3 33 340 8534 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 262 59 58.5 8.7 34 326 8839 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 257 61 59.8 14.3 35 312 9144 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 257 62 60.8 14.3 36 300 9420 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 252 67 63.5 20.3 37 299 9449 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 247 68 62.7 26.3 38 285 9754 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 253 73 69.5 20.8 39 273 10058 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 248 73 67.6 27.1 40 261 10363 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 249 77 71.6 27.8 41 250 10640 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 252 68 64.5 20.4 42 249 10668 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 252 68 64.5 20.4 43 238 10973 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 248 72 66.6 27.0 44 227 11278 260 83 81.7 14.4 | 249 82 76.5 28.7 45 216 11582 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 249 77 71.6 27.8 46 206 11887 250 84 78.9 28.7 | 240 85 73.7 43.0 47 200 12090 250 81 76.1 27.7 | 239 82 70.9 42.0 48 197 12192 250 77 72.4 26.3 | 239 78 67.1 40.6 49 188 12497 240 80 69.3 40.0 | 230 84 64.0 54.3 50 179 12802 240 94 81.4 47.0 | 231 98 76.2 61.3 51 171 13106 235 98 80.3 56.2 | 227 103 75.0 70.5 52 163 13411 240 104 90.1 52.0 | 232 108 84.8 66.3 53 158 13593 240 107 92.7 53.5 | 232 111 87.4 67.8 54 155 13716 245 104 94.3 44.0 | 237 106 89.0 58.3 55 150 13920 245 96 87.0 40.6 | 236 98 81.8 54.9 56 148 14021 250 93 87.4 31.8 | 241 94 82.1 46.1 57 141 14326 250 84 78.9 28.7 | 240 85 73.7 43.0 58 134 14630 240 80 69.3 40.0 | 230 84 64.0 54.3 59 127 14935 250 77 72.4 26.3 | 239 78 67.1 40.6 60 121 15240 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 246 63 57.8 25.4 61 115 15545 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 246 64 58.8 25.6 62 110 15850 250 53 49.8 18.1 | 234 55 44.6 32.4 63 105 16154 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 230 57 43.7 37.1 64 100 16440 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 236 63 52.1 35.2 65 100 16459 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 236 62 51.1 34.8 66 95 16764 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 239 57 48.8 28.8 67 93 16880 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 234 56 45.5 32.8 68 90 17069 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 241 47 41.0 22.5 69 86 17374 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 238 40 34.1 21.2 70 82 17678 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 221 32 21.1 23.9 71 78 17983 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 210 34 16.9 29.8 72 74 18288 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 228 29 21.3 19.0 73 70 18593 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 204 25 10.3 23.3 74 70 18630 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 201 26 9.5 24.6 75 67 18898 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 190 22 3.9 22.0 76 64 19202 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 179 8 -0.1 8.2 77 61 19507 285 6 5.8 -1.6 | 182 13 0.6 12.7 78 58 19812 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 196 12 3.5 12.0 79 55 20117 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 196 19 5.1 18.1 80 52 20422 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 207 15 6.7 13.3 81 50 20690 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 265 5 4.5 0.4 82 50 20726 330 17 8.5 -14.7 | 277 3 3.3 -0.4 83 47 21031 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 138 16 -10.9 12.2 84 45 21336 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 170 25 -4.4 24.3 85 43 21641 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 190 20 3.4 19.3 86 41 21946 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 183 22 1.2 22.0 87 39 22250 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 161 14 -4.6 13.5 88 37 22555 0 2 -0.0 -2.0 | 157 13 -5.2 12.3 89 35 22860 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 128 20 -16.1 12.4 90 34 23165 100 3 -3.0 0.5 | 151 17 -8.2 14.8 91 32 23470 360 4 -0.0 -4.0 | 153 12 -5.2 10.3 92 31 23774 40 4 -2.6 -3.1 | 145 14 -7.8 11.2 93 30 23890 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 128 17 -13.4 10.5 94 29 24079 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 141 14 -9.1 11.1 95 28 24384 50 4 -3.1 -2.6 | 145 14 -8.3 11.7 96 26 24689 175 2 -0.2 2.0 | 162 17 -5.4 16.3 97 25 24994 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 183 14 0.8 14.3 98 24 25298 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 197 8 2.4 7.9 99 23 25603 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 186 9 0.9 9.2 100 22 25908 245 8 7.3 3.4 | 186 18 2.0 17.7 101 21 26213 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 200 23 7.7 21.8 102 20 26490 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 191 12 2.5 12.2 103 20 26518 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 192 13 2.6 12.9 104 19 26822 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 193 18 4.2 17.7 105 18 27127 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 202 15 5.8 14.3 106 17 27432 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 223 10 6.9 7.3 107 17 27737 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 218 8 4.7 5.9 108 16 28042 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 178 16 -0.5 16.0 109 15 28346 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 214 17 9.8 14.3 110 14 28651 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 222 19 12.8 14.3 111 14 28956 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 222 19 12.8 14.3 112 13 29261 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 241 15 13.6 7.5 113 12 29566 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 191 14 2.7 13.6 114 12 29870 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 208 16 7.8 14.3 115 11 30175 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 188 22 3.2 21.4 116 10 31020 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 196 23 6.2 22.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.9 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 339.9 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.8 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.1 neg: -77.1 tot: 66.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 27.4 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 55.49 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 238 13 196 22| 7.3 0.0 7.3| 33.8 0.0 33.8 67.7 0.71| 8.6 6.1 1000 277 18 226 18| 7.6 0.0 7.6| 44.6 -77.1 -32.5 -32.5 0.21| 57.4 12.1 1500 299 20 248 13| 11.5 0.0 11.5|134.0 -77.1 56.9 38.0 0.37| 49.5 18.4 2000 319 20 276 8| 8.6 1.1 9.7|137.0 -77.1 59.9 30.0 0.37| 38.2 14.2 2500 326 19 284 6| 6.9 2.1 9.0|142.3 -77.1 65.2 26.1 0.39| 32.3 12.7 3000 328 18 284 5| 5.7 1.8 7.5|143.1 -77.1 66.1 22.0 0.40| 27.4 10.9 4000 327 17 271 4| 4.3 2.2 6.5|147.2 -78.2 69.0 17.2 0.39| 21.9 8.5 5000 317 18 261 7| 3.4 2.5 6.0|167.8 -84.0 83.8 16.8 0.38| 18.8 7.2 6000 310 20 263 10| 3.3 3.0 6.3|199.3-113.8 85.5 14.3 0.35| 17.3 6.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20251012.12.gif