UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 OCT 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:0000Z 20 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 1004 112 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.4 330 7 288.8 290.5 287.5 316.1 9.72 1 1000 136 14.2 12.9 92 1.3 13.4 315 6 287.4 289.0 286.6 313.5 9.38 2 982 289 12.8 12.7 99 0.1 12.7 320 10 287.4 289.1 286.6 313.7 9.43 3 972 375 12.8 11.1 89 1.7 11.8 322 11 288.3 289.8 286.1 312.3 8.56 4 967 418 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.8 324 12 290.1 291.4 285.4 310.2 7.07 5 966 427 16.8 3.8 42 13.0 9.9 324 12 292.8 293.8 284.5 307.9 5.20 6 950 570 20.2 -2.8 21 23.0 9.0 329 14 297.7 298.3 284.4 307.5 3.27 7 932 735 19.8 -4.2 19 24.0 8.4 327 14 298.9 299.5 284.6 308.0 3.00 8 925 800 19.6 -3.4 21 23.0 8.5 325 14 299.4 299.9 285.0 309.1 3.21 9 920 847 19.6 -3.4 21 23.0 8.5 327 13 299.8 300.4 285.2 309.6 3.23 10 859 1433 15.8 -4.2 25 20.0 6.3 166 7 301.8 302.4 285.9 311.8 3.26 11 850 1522 16.4 -12.6 12 29.0 4.5 145 8 303.3 303.6 284.8 308.7 1.71 12 732 2779 11.6 -32.4 3 44.0 -0.7 263 2 311.3 311.4 286.2 312.5 0.34 13 700 3150 9.2 -29.8 4 39.0 -2.1 20 6 312.7 312.8 286.8 314.3 0.46 14 682 3365 7.2 -26.8 7 34.0 -3.0 29 6 312.8 312.9 287.1 314.9 0.62 15 635 3949 5.8 -34.2 4 40.0 -4.7 137 2 317.6 317.7 288.3 318.8 0.33 16 500 5860 -6.1 -40.1 5 34.0 -13.0 165 5 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.5 0.23 17 461 6489 -10.7 -38.7 8 28.0 -16.2 3 7 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.29 18 454 6606 -11.9 -31.9 17 20.0 -16.4 6 6 327.4 327.6 291.6 329.6 0.58 19 424 7125 -15.9 -44.9 6 29.0 -20.3 58 2 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.16 20 400 7560 -19.7 -34.7 25 15.0 -22.5 330 6 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.3 0.50 21 363 8271 -26.3 -38.3 31 12.0 -28.0 214 8 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.3 0.39 22 335 8846 -30.3 -33.2 76 2.9 -30.7 224 18 332.0 332.2 293.0 334.6 0.70 23 314 9302 -33.9 -36.6 77 2.7 -34.3 225 13 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.2 0.53 24 300 9620 -36.7 -38.5 83 1.8 -36.9 215 14 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.4 0.46 25 283 10020 -40.5 -41.8 87 1.3 -40.6 210 19 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.34 26 259 10616 -45.5 -50.2 59 4.7 -45.7 202 21 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.15 27 250 10850 -47.7 -51.5 65 3.8 -47.9 200 25 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 28 244 11010 -49.3 -53.0 65 3.7 -49.4 204 29 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.11 29 220 11682 -53.1 -67.1 17 14.0 -53.4 207 33 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.02 30 200 12290 -57.1 -69.1 20 12.0 -57.3 205 24 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 31 153 13941 -68.3 -74.3 42 6.0 -68.4 210 45 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 32 150 14060 -68.5 -75.5 36 7.0 -68.5 210 47 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 33 135 14690 -69.3 -81.3 16 12.0 -69.4 199 47 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.00 34 114 15710 -64.7 -84.7 5 20.0 -64.8 231 38 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 35 100 16500 -69.7 -85.7 8 16.0 -69.8 245 14 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 36 99 16560 -70.1 -85.1 9 15.0 -70.2 238 16 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 37 77 18049 -70.9 -87.9 6 17.0 -71.0 232 16 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 38 70 18620 -66.1 -88.1 3 22.0 -66.3 220 22 443.0 443.0 310.2 443.0 0.00 39 67 18888 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 249 22 453.8 453.8 311.2 453.8 0.00 40 59 19668 -64.9 -87.9 3 23.0 -65.1 298 13 467.9 467.9 312.4 467.9 0.00 41 50 20690 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -61.0 285 13 500.9 500.9 315.0 500.9 0.00 42 48 20944 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -60.2 315 13 509.2 509.2 315.6 509.2 0.00 43 30 23910 -55.3 -85.3 1 30.0 -56.8 320 11 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 44 28 24351 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -56.4 324 14 607.4 607.4 320.9 607.5 0.01 45 26 24823 -56.3 -85.3 1 29.0 -57.9 296 7 615.9 615.9 321.3 615.9 0.01 46 21 26201 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -53.1 259 20 674.6 674.6 323.6 674.7 0.02 47 20 26520 -49.7 -81.7 1 32.0 -53.2 260 19 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.2 0.03 48 18 27205 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -54.8 273 25 699.3 699.3 324.4 699.5 0.02 49 17 27577 -49.1 -82.1 1 33.0 -53.3 275 27 718.5 718.5 325.0 718.7 0.03 50 14 28846 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -54.1 269 29 758.2 758.2 326.1 758.5 0.03 51 12 29845 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -57.3 249 28 777.5 777.5 326.7 777.7 0.03 52 11 30408 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -55.0 248 30 811.6 811.6 327.5 812.0 0.04 53 10 31030 -50.1 -82.1 1 32.0 -55.5 255 39 832.5 832.6 328.0 833.0 0.05 54 9.5 31364 -51.9 -82.9 1 31.0 -56.8 838.0 838.0 328.1 838.4 0.04 55 6.8 33553 -47.3 -81.3 1 34.0 -55.4 941.3 941.3 330.2 942.1 0.08 TRP 153 13941 -68.3 -74.3 42 6.0 -68.4 210 45 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.00 m Freezing level: 569.20 mb = 4880.56 m = 16012.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.60 mb = 2590.22 m = 8497.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.32 mb = 415.65 m = 1363.65 ft T: 14.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 6.20 C Layer 972.0- 932.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 522.15 mb = 5513.51 m = 18088.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.41 C = 124.55 F Cap Strength: 14.63 C Lifted Index: 15.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.11 C Showalter Index: 17.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: -6.50 C K Index: -29.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 21.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53219.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.43 mb = 2186.39 m = 7173.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 279 at 5 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 1004 112 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 11 5 -1.0 -5.3 1 1000 136 315 6 4.2 -4.2 | 4 4 -0.3 -3.5 2 980 305 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 344 7 1.9 -6.9 3 946 610 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 346 13 3.0 -12.2 4 925 800 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 342 11 3.5 -10.7 5 913 914 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 353 9 1.0 -8.8 6 881 1219 215 3 1.7 2.5 | 139 4 -2.8 3.2 7 850 1522 145 8 -4.6 6.6 | 129 12 -9.1 7.3 8 850 1524 145 8 -4.6 6.6 | 129 12 -9.1 7.3 9 819 1829 130 8 -6.1 5.1 | 119 12 -10.6 5.9 10 790 2134 180 5 0.0 5.0 | 142 7 -4.5 5.7 11 762 2438 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 177 3 -0.2 3.2 12 735 2743 250 2 1.9 0.7 | 119 3 -2.6 1.4 13 709 3048 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 58 6 -5.2 -3.2 14 700 3150 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 53 8 -6.5 -4.9 15 683 3353 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 59 9 -7.5 -4.5 16 657 3658 5 2 -0.2 -2.0 | 75 5 -4.7 -1.2 17 633 3962 150 2 -1.0 1.7 | 114 6 -5.5 2.5 18 609 4267 290 3 2.8 -1.0 | 80 2 -1.7 -0.3 19 587 4572 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 181 5 0.1 4.6 20 565 4877 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 176 8 -0.5 7.7 21 544 5182 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 185 7 0.6 6.9 22 524 5486 200 7 2.4 6.6 | 164 8 -2.1 7.3 23 504 5791 170 5 -0.9 4.9 | 137 8 -5.4 5.7 24 500 5860 165 5 -1.3 4.8 | 134 8 -5.8 5.6 25 485 6096 120 1 -0.9 0.5 | 103 6 -5.4 1.2 26 466 6401 360 7 -0.0 -7.0 | 36 8 -4.5 -6.3 27 447 6706 10 6 -1.0 -5.9 | 47 8 -5.5 -5.2 28 430 7010 110 3 -2.8 1.0 | 104 8 -7.3 1.8 29 413 7315 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 90 4 -3.9 -0.0 30 400 7560 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 19 5 -1.5 -4.5 31 397 7620 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 19 5 -1.5 -4.5 32 380 7925 220 3 1.9 2.3 | 140 4 -2.6 3.0 33 364 8230 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 176 6 -0.5 6.5 34 349 8534 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 185 13 1.0 12.5 35 335 8839 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 211 16 8.2 13.5 36 321 9144 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 211 11 5.5 9.1 37 307 9449 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 198 10 3.2 9.9 38 300 9620 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 196 13 3.5 12.2 39 294 9754 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 195 16 4.0 15.5 40 281 10058 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 196 18 5.0 17.2 41 269 10363 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 199 22 7.0 20.7 42 257 10668 200 21 7.2 19.7 | 187 21 2.7 20.5 43 250 10850 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 189 25 4.1 24.2 44 245 10973 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 196 27 7.3 26.1 45 234 11278 200 36 12.3 33.8 | 193 35 7.8 34.6 46 223 11582 210 35 17.5 30.3 | 203 34 13.0 31.1 47 213 11887 200 27 9.2 25.4 | 190 27 4.7 26.1 48 203 12192 210 27 13.5 23.4 | 200 26 9.0 24.1 49 200 12290 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 194 23 5.6 22.5 50 193 12497 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 208 19 9.0 16.8 51 184 12802 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 196 18 5.0 17.2 52 175 13106 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 198 21 6.5 19.8 53 167 13411 200 27 9.2 25.4 | 190 27 4.7 26.1 54 159 13716 210 35 17.5 30.3 | 203 34 13.0 31.1 55 153 13941 210 45 22.5 39.0 | 204 44 18.0 39.7 56 151 14021 210 46 23.0 39.8 | 205 45 18.5 40.6 57 150 14060 210 47 23.5 40.7 | 205 46 19.0 41.4 58 144 14326 210 41 20.5 35.5 | 204 40 16.0 36.3 59 136 14630 195 47 12.2 45.4 | 189 47 7.7 46.1 60 130 14935 215 49 28.1 40.1 | 210 47 23.6 40.9 61 123 15240 205 44 18.6 39.9 | 199 43 14.1 40.6 62 117 15545 220 46 29.6 35.2 | 215 44 25.1 36.0 63 111 15850 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 234 28 22.4 16.2 64 106 16154 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 268 20 19.5 0.7 65 101 16459 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 244 10 9.0 4.4 66 100 16500 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 231 11 8.2 6.7 67 96 16764 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 203 20 8.1 18.8 68 91 17069 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 220 20 13.1 15.5 69 86 17374 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 226 20 14.3 13.9 70 82 17678 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 240 13 11.5 6.6 71 78 17983 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 221 13 8.6 9.9 72 74 18288 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 206 16 7.1 14.5 73 70 18593 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 203 20 8.1 18.8 74 70 18620 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 209 20 9.6 17.6 75 67 18898 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 243 18 16.2 8.3 76 64 19202 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 286 19 18.7 -5.5 77 61 19507 320 15 9.6 -11.5 | 334 12 5.1 -10.7 78 58 19812 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 280 6 6.3 -1.2 79 55 20117 200 7 2.4 6.6 | 164 8 -2.1 7.3 80 52 20422 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 207 9 3.9 7.8 81 50 20690 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 288 8 8.1 -2.6 82 50 20726 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 296 8 6.8 -3.4 83 47 21031 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 342 11 3.5 -10.7 84 45 21336 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 44 4 -2.8 -2.9 85 43 21641 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 146 1 -0.5 0.7 86 41 21946 230 4 3.1 2.6 | 157 4 -1.4 3.3 87 39 22250 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 242 5 4.4 2.3 88 37 22555 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 258 10 9.5 2.0 89 35 22860 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 257 9 8.5 1.9 90 34 23165 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 281 2 2.4 -0.5 91 32 23470 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 328 7 3.9 -6.3 92 31 23774 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 328 7 3.9 -6.3 93 30 23910 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 341 8 2.6 -7.7 94 29 24079 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 335 8 3.3 -7.0 95 28 24384 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 342 11 3.5 -10.7 96 27 24689 350 8 1.4 -7.9 | 24 8 -3.1 -7.1 97 25 24994 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 186 4 0.4 4.2 98 24 25298 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 201 12 4.5 11.5 99 23 25603 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 204 14 5.8 13.0 100 22 25908 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 220 19 12.4 14.9 101 21 26213 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 254 16 15.2 4.2 102 20 26518 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 254 15 14.2 4.0 103 20 26520 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 254 15 14.2 4.0 104 19 26822 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 248 16 14.8 5.9 105 18 27127 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 268 20 19.5 0.7 106 17 27432 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 280 22 22.1 -3.9 107 17 27737 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 268 23 22.5 0.7 108 16 28042 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 268 26 25.5 0.7 109 15 28346 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 257 27 26.0 6.1 110 14 28651 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 245 28 25.6 11.7 111 14 28956 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 280 22 22.1 -3.9 112 13 29261 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 273 12 12.4 -0.7 113 13 29566 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 229 16 12.0 10.2 114 12 29870 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 245 25 22.8 10.7 115 11 30175 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 239 23 20.0 12.2 116 10 31030 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 252 35 33.2 10.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.4 neg: -34.7 tot: -13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: -3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.57 Bulk Shear: 15.26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 324 11 347 8| 0.0 8.2 8.2| 1.2 -3.6 -2.4 -4.9 -0.22| 9.8 -2.2 1000 323 11 345 8| 0.0 4.0 4.0| 5.9 -15.4 -9.6 -9.6 -0.44| 13.9 -6.2 1500 321 9 348 7| 0.0 5.1 5.1| 6.4 -26.8 -20.5 -13.6 -0.47| 13.8 -6.5 2000 321 9 350 6| 1.2 3.8 5.1| 16.6 -31.1 -14.5 -7.3 -0.35| 12.2 -4.2 2500 299 8 322 4| 1.9 3.1 5.0| 21.4 -32.1 -10.8 -4.3 -0.27| 11.2 -3.0 3000 303 7 334 3| 2.0 2.6 4.6| 21.4 -34.7 -13.4 -4.5 -0.30| 10.9 -3.2 4000 325 6 12 4| 1.5 2.6 4.1| 34.5 -34.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.14| 9.8 -1.4 5000 284 6 296 2| 1.1 2.3 3.4| 36.6 -36.4 0.1 0.0 -0.11| 9.1 -1.0 6000 249 6 202 3| 1.0 1.6 2.6| 36.6 -56.7 -20.1 -3.4 -0.20| 8.6 -1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20251020.00.gif