UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 OCT 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:1200Z 28 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 1002 112 12.0 9.2 83 2.8 10.4 100 7 285.0 286.3 283.5 305.3 7.30 1 1000 114 15.4 8.4 63 7.0 11.4 100 7 288.5 289.8 284.6 308.1 6.92 2 999 122 16.4 7.4 55 9.0 11.4 98 7 289.6 290.8 284.6 308.0 6.47 3 984 251 17.2 7.2 52 10.0 11.6 60 15 291.7 292.8 285.4 310.3 6.48 4 969 383 19.8 1.8 30 18.0 10.4 52 16 295.6 296.4 284.9 308.9 4.49 5 965 419 22.8 -3.2 17 26.0 10.0 55 15 299.0 299.5 284.7 308.5 3.12 6 959 473 24.4 -7.6 11 32.0 9.6 59 13 301.1 301.5 284.6 308.1 2.25 7 925 788 24.2 -6.8 12 31.0 9.5 155 2 304.1 304.5 285.9 311.8 2.48 8 903 998 23.2 -2.8 17 26.0 10.0 216 8 305.1 305.8 287.3 315.8 3.44 9 850 1521 19.6 -8.4 14 28.0 6.8 270 2 306.7 307.1 286.8 314.2 2.38 10 704 3113 9.0 -10.0 25 19.0 0.7 27 16 311.9 312.4 288.8 320.1 2.54 11 700 3160 8.8 -10.2 25 19.0 0.5 25 17 312.2 312.7 288.8 320.3 2.51 12 683 3363 9.2 -13.8 18 23.0 -0.2 51 8 314.9 315.2 289.1 321.2 1.93 13 545 5185 -4.3 -19.3 30 15.0 -9.3 53 2 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.0 1.52 14 516 5614 -5.9 -24.9 21 19.0 -11.4 356 7 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.4 0.98 15 500 5860 -7.7 -25.7 22 18.0 -12.7 330 10 323.7 323.8 290.9 327.0 0.94 16 449 6687 -13.5 -32.5 19 19.0 -17.6 227 6 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.56 17 437 6893 -12.7 -41.7 7 29.0 -17.8 250 8 330.0 330.1 292.0 330.9 0.23 18 400 7560 -18.3 -47.3 6 29.0 -22.2 265 8 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.13 19 300 9630 -36.1 -56.1 11 20.0 -37.3 250 8 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.06 20 270 10353 -42.7 -59.7 14 17.0 -43.4 201 11 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 21 250 10870 -45.3 -64.3 10 19.0 -45.9 220 13 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.03 22 207 12108 -52.5 -74.5 5 22.0 -52.8 275 21 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.01 23 200 12330 -53.5 -75.5 5 22.0 -53.8 270 24 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 24 168 13425 -61.7 -78.7 9 17.0 -61.9 280 28 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.00 25 150 14120 -63.7 -80.7 8 17.0 -63.8 270 26 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.00 26 100 16540 -74.9 -84.9 20 10.0 -74.9 285 30 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 27 95 16838 -75.9 -85.9 19 10.0 -75.9 290 26 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 28 85 17493 -69.3 -88.3 5 19.0 -69.4 271 20 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 29 77 18082 -70.9 -87.9 6 17.0 -71.0 287 23 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 30 70 18650 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.4 310 22 436.1 436.1 309.5 436.1 0.00 31 50 20680 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 275 11 485.8 485.8 313.9 485.8 0.00 32 30 23820 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.4 225 14 582.4 582.4 319.8 582.5 0.01 33 26 24719 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -59.0 272 23 611.9 611.9 321.2 611.9 0.01 34 23 25492 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.5 272 28 632.5 632.5 322.0 632.6 0.01 35 21 26069 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -57.1 265 33 658.9 658.9 323.0 659.0 0.01 36 20 26380 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.6 265 33 662.6 662.6 323.2 662.7 0.01 37 15 28205 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.9 297 41 720.1 720.1 325.1 720.2 0.01 38 12 29636 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -56.1 310 29 783.9 783.9 326.8 784.1 0.03 TRP 95 16838 -75.9 -85.9 19 10.0 -75.9 290 26 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.00 m Freezing level: 588.96 mb = 4604.72 m = 15107.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.77 mb = 3317.65 m = 10884.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.64 C = 92.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.56 mb = 458.74 m = 1505.02 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 2.15 C Layer 969.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 480.08 mb = 6172.42 m = 20250.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.77 C = 125.19 F Cap Strength: 14.18 C Lifted Index: 14.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.71 C Showalter Index: 12.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: -0.70 C K Index: -0.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 14.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48551.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.14 mb = 3432.70 m = 11262.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 76 at 6 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 112 100 7 -6.9 1.2 | 149 3 -1.5 2.6 1 1000 114 100 7 -6.9 1.2 | 149 3 -1.5 2.6 2 978 305 45 18 -12.7 -12.7 | 33 14 -7.4 -11.4 3 944 610 70 9 -8.5 -3.1 | 61 4 -3.1 -1.7 4 925 788 155 2 -0.8 1.8 | 235 6 4.5 3.2 5 912 914 220 7 4.5 5.4 | 236 12 9.9 6.7 6 880 1219 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 224 13 9.2 9.5 7 850 1521 270 2 2.0 -0.0 | 260 7 7.4 1.3 8 850 1524 270 2 2.0 -0.0 | 260 7 7.4 1.3 9 820 1829 120 5 -4.3 2.5 | 195 4 1.0 3.8 10 791 2134 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 86 4 -3.5 -0.2 11 762 2438 40 18 -11.6 -13.8 | 27 14 -6.2 -12.5 12 735 2743 35 15 -8.6 -12.3 | 17 11 -3.2 -10.9 13 709 3048 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 10 12 -2.1 -11.7 14 700 3160 25 17 -7.2 -15.4 | 7 14 -1.8 -14.1 15 683 3353 50 8 -6.1 -5.1 | 11 4 -0.8 -3.8 16 658 3658 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 215 6 3.4 4.8 17 633 3962 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 242 7 6.0 3.2 18 610 4267 65 1 -0.9 -0.4 | 258 5 4.5 0.9 19 587 4572 160 2 -0.7 1.9 | 235 6 4.7 3.2 20 565 4877 120 3 -2.6 1.5 | 224 4 2.8 2.8 21 544 5182 50 2 -1.5 -1.3 | 269 4 3.8 0.1 22 524 5486 10 5 -0.9 -4.9 | 309 6 4.5 -3.6 23 504 5791 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 309 12 9.6 -7.7 24 500 5860 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 305 13 10.4 -7.3 25 485 6096 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 286 11 10.7 -3.2 26 466 6401 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 282 13 12.3 -2.7 27 447 6706 220 6 3.9 4.6 | 237 11 9.2 5.9 28 430 7010 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 265 15 15.4 1.3 29 413 7315 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 279 17 16.6 -2.8 30 400 7560 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 261 13 13.3 2.0 31 397 7620 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 258 15 14.2 2.9 32 380 7925 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 287 17 16.6 -5.2 33 364 8230 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 303 17 14.4 -9.4 34 349 8534 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 286 11 10.7 -3.2 35 335 8839 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 263 11 11.4 1.3 36 321 9144 275 5 5.0 -0.4 | 265 10 10.3 0.9 37 308 9449 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 261 13 13.3 2.0 38 300 9630 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 252 14 12.9 4.1 39 295 9754 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 246 14 13.2 5.8 40 282 10058 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 233 15 11.8 9.0 41 269 10363 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 218 15 9.1 11.7 42 258 10668 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 213 20 10.8 16.4 43 250 10870 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 231 18 13.7 11.3 44 246 10973 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 238 18 15.3 9.7 45 235 11278 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 229 22 16.3 14.4 46 224 11582 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 235 26 21.4 14.8 47 214 11887 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 251 25 24.2 8.2 48 204 12192 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 279 27 26.6 -4.4 49 200 12330 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 267 29 29.4 1.3 50 195 12497 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 259 32 31.0 5.9 51 185 12802 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 268 33 33.4 1.3 52 177 13106 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 268 35 35.4 1.3 53 168 13411 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 276 33 32.9 -3.5 54 160 13716 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 276 29 29.0 -2.8 55 152 14021 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 268 31 31.4 1.3 56 150 14120 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 268 31 31.4 1.3 57 145 14326 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 276 30 30.0 -3.0 58 138 14630 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 267 27 27.4 1.3 59 131 14935 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 259 35 33.9 6.4 60 124 15240 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 276 34 33.9 -3.7 61 118 15545 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 275 27 27.0 -2.5 62 112 15850 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 263 32 32.3 3.7 63 107 16154 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 268 36 36.4 1.3 64 101 16459 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 276 36 35.9 -4.0 65 100 16540 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 281 35 34.3 -6.4 66 96 16764 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 284 31 29.8 -7.6 67 95 16838 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 284 31 29.8 -7.6 68 91 17069 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 279 24 23.7 -3.6 69 87 17374 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 263 22 22.3 2.8 70 82 17678 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 276 30 30.0 -3.0 71 78 17983 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 276 30 30.0 -3.0 72 74 18288 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 291 24 22.7 -8.7 73 71 18593 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 300 26 22.2 -12.8 74 70 18650 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 300 26 22.2 -12.8 75 67 18898 355 17 1.5 -16.9 | 336 17 6.8 -15.6 76 64 19202 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 335 4 1.5 -3.3 77 61 19507 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 252 16 14.8 4.8 78 58 19812 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 311 16 12.4 -10.8 79 55 20117 25 15 -6.3 -13.6 | 5 12 -1.0 -12.3 80 52 20422 35 2 -1.1 -1.6 | 274 4 4.2 -0.3 81 50 20680 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 269 16 16.3 0.4 82 50 20726 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 273 18 18.2 -0.9 83 47 21031 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 305 15 12.2 -8.5 84 45 21336 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 328 19 10.0 -16.0 85 43 21641 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 309 15 11.4 -9.1 86 41 21946 40 5 -3.2 -3.8 | 319 3 2.1 -2.5 87 39 22250 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 282 13 12.3 -2.7 88 37 22555 320 19 12.2 -14.6 | 307 22 17.6 -13.2 89 35 22860 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 345 12 3.1 -11.5 90 33 23165 80 7 -6.9 -1.2 | 95 2 -1.5 0.1 91 32 23470 280 3 3.0 -0.5 | 264 8 8.3 0.8 92 30 23774 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 235 17 13.8 9.8 93 30 23820 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 234 19 15.3 11.2 94 29 24079 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 243 27 24.4 12.3 95 27 24384 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 267 25 25.4 1.3 96 26 24689 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 267 29 29.4 1.3 97 25 24994 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 283 24 23.2 -5.2 98 24 25298 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 271 29 29.3 -0.8 99 23 25603 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 268 35 35.4 1.3 100 22 25908 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 268 37 37.4 1.3 101 21 26213 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 259 40 38.8 7.2 102 20 26380 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 264 38 38.2 4.2 103 19 26518 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 268 38 38.4 1.3 104 17 26822 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 277 44 43.8 -5.4 105 16 27127 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 286 46 43.9 -12.7 106 15 27432 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 295 45 40.9 -19.2 107 13 27737 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 299 42 36.5 -20.5 108 12 28042 310 29 22.2 -18.6 | 302 33 27.6 -17.3 109 11 28346 310 25 19.2 -16.1 | 301 29 24.5 -14.7 110 10 28651 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 275 25 25.1 -2.1 111 9 28956 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 272 34 34.2 -1.2 112 8 29261 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 285 33 31.7 -8.2 113 8 29566 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 291 25 23.5 -9.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.0 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 76.0 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -77.0 tot: -39.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15.32 Bulk Shear: 4.45 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 56 13 43 8| 0.0 4.5 4.5| 9.0 -20.0 -11.0 -22.0 -0.34| 28.5 -9.6 1000 69 10 59 4| 8.3 2.2 10.5| 17.6 -24.9 -7.3 -7.3 0.04| 24.4 0.9 1500 94 8 123 3| 4.0 1.5 5.5| 37.8 -31.9 6.0 4.0 0.10| 20.4 2.0 2000 97 8 136 3| 3.0 3.7 6.6| 37.8 -46.4 -8.6 -4.3 -0.08| 18.7 -1.5 2500 70 9 60 4| 2.4 4.8 7.2| 37.8 -68.9 -31.1 -12.4 -0.18| 18.0 -3.2 3000 55 10 34 5| 2.0 4.0 6.0| 37.8 -77.0 -39.1 -13.0 -0.20| 15.7 -3.1 4000 56 9 30 4| 3.4 3.1 6.6| 52.1 -77.0 -24.9 -6.2 -0.03| 15.2 -0.5 5000 60 8 25 3| 2.8 2.8 5.7| 55.3 -80.0 -24.7 -4.9 -0.02| 12.9 -0.3 6000 46 7 359 4| 2.4 2.5 4.9| 59.8 -97.7 -37.9 -6.3 -0.03| 12.2 -0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20251028.12.gif