UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 DEC 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:0000Z 19 DEC 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 12 288.8 290.5 287.5 316.1 9.72 1 1000 137 14.4 13.3 93 1.1 13.7 325 12 287.5 289.2 286.9 314.4 9.64 2 985 264 13.0 12.8 99 0.2 12.9 333 14 287.4 289.0 286.6 313.8 9.46 3 981 299 16.6 8.6 59 8.0 12.0 335 15 291.3 292.6 285.9 311.8 7.16 4 967 422 20.8 1.8 28 19.0 10.8 349 15 296.8 297.6 285.4 310.1 4.50 5 955 530 21.8 -2.2 20 24.0 9.9 1 15 298.9 299.5 285.0 309.1 3.40 6 927 787 21.8 -16.2 7 38.0 6.9 5 17 301.4 301.6 283.5 305.1 1.16 7 925 806 22.2 -15.8 7 38.0 7.2 5 17 302.0 302.2 283.7 305.9 1.20 8 918 872 22.2 -5.8 15 28.0 8.9 356 17 302.7 303.2 285.7 311.0 2.70 9 855 1483 17.0 5.0 45 12.0 10.2 350 19 303.4 304.6 289.6 322.7 6.40 10 850 1533 16.8 4.8 45 12.0 10.0 350 21 303.7 304.9 289.6 322.9 6.35 11 823 1807 14.6 0.6 38 14.0 7.2 336 23 304.2 305.1 288.4 319.0 4.86 12 755 2531 11.8 -17.2 12 29.0 1.0 307 24 308.8 309.0 286.4 313.1 1.31 13 700 3161 10.0 -37.0 2 47.0 -2.0 295 34 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.4 0.23 14 674 3475 8.8 -32.2 4 41.0 -2.7 300 35 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.0 0.38 15 573 4790 -2.3 -23.3 18 21.0 -8.7 279 29 317.6 317.8 289.1 321.1 1.02 16 500 5860 -8.5 -36.5 8 28.0 -14.3 290 30 322.7 322.7 289.9 323.9 0.34 17 497 5907 -8.9 -35.9 9 27.0 -14.5 290 31 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.1 0.36 18 400 7540 -23.1 -39.1 22 16.0 -25.4 285 44 325.0 325.0 290.6 326.2 0.32 19 387 7781 -25.1 -42.1 19 17.0 -27.2 282 47 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.24 20 365 8204 -27.3 -49.3 11 22.0 -29.4 280 50 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.12 21 307 9422 -38.3 -54.3 17 16.0 -39.2 279 42 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.08 22 300 9580 -39.3 -55.3 17 16.0 -40.1 280 42 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.07 23 252 10757 -47.5 -59.5 24 12.0 -47.9 273 40 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 24 250 10810 -47.9 -58.9 27 11.0 -48.3 275 39 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 25 229 11381 -53.1 -57.4 59 4.3 -53.2 262 42 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.07 26 218 11697 -55.1 -63.1 36 8.0 -55.3 267 41 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.04 27 200 12240 -59.9 -64.9 52 5.0 -60.0 270 37 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.03 28 184 12753 -63.3 -67.9 54 4.6 -63.3 275 39 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.02 29 171 13203 -61.3 -75.3 14 14.0 -61.4 290 40 351.1 351.1 296.8 351.1 0.01 30 150 14010 -62.5 -82.5 5 20.0 -62.6 285 63 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 31 143 14303 -63.4 -83.5 5 20.2 -63.5 290 69 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 32 110 15893 -68.1 -89.1 3 21.0 -68.2 290 52 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.00 33 100 16460 -70.9 -88.9 5 18.0 -71.0 290 50 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 34 85 17410 -75.7 -90.7 8 15.0 -75.7 312 30 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 35 80 17767 -68.1 -88.1 4 20.0 -68.2 314 19 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 36 70 18560 -72.3 -88.3 7 16.0 -72.4 305 27 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 37 66 18905 -73.5 -89.5 7 16.0 -73.6 300 31 434.4 434.4 309.3 434.4 0.00 38 50 20560 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.6 30 6 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 39 49 20683 -65.1 -89.1 2 24.0 -65.4 30 3 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 40 46 21065 -68.1 -90.1 3 22.0 -68.3 285 10 494.7 494.7 314.5 494.7 0.00 41 43 21474 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.3 330 17 512.2 512.2 315.8 512.2 0.00 42 33 23092 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.6 328 15 554.6 554.6 318.3 554.6 0.00 43 30 23680 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.7 5 14 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 44 29 23892 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.6 21 9 584.8 584.8 319.9 584.8 0.01 45 22 25606 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -64.0 262 2 625.7 625.7 321.7 625.8 0.01 46 20 26200 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.4 345 11 655.9 655.9 322.9 655.9 0.01 47 18 26858 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -62.0 14 6 670.3 670.3 323.4 670.3 0.01 48 13 28914 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -57.6 111 7 757.8 757.8 326.1 758.0 0.02 49 12 29426 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -58.6 157 12 771.1 771.1 326.5 771.3 0.02 TRP 184 12753 -63.3 -67.9 54 4.6 -63.3 275 39 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.02 WND 143 14303 -63.4 -83.5 5 20.2 -63.5 290 69 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.00 m Freezing level: 593.93 mb = 4517.65 m = 14821.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.38 mb = 2727.58 m = 8948.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.32 mb = 418.91 m = 1374.36 ft T: 20.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.93 C Layer 1000.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 525.95 mb = 5462.84 m = 17922.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.02 C = 118.44 F Cap Strength: 14.58 C Lifted Index: 13.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.85 C Showalter Index: 6.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 13.30 C K Index: -16.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 129.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44145.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.50 mb = 2817.10 m = 9242.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 333 at 20 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 12 6.0 -10.4 | 157 8 -3.0 7.0 1 1000 137 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 164 8 -2.1 7.5 2 981 305 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 145 5 -2.7 3.8 3 946 610 10 15 -2.6 -14.8 | 103 12 -11.6 2.6 4 925 806 5 17 -1.5 -16.9 | 92 10 -10.5 0.4 5 913 914 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 96 6 -6.0 0.6 6 882 1219 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 104 6 -6.2 1.6 7 851 1524 350 20 3.5 -19.7 | 67 6 -5.5 -2.3 8 850 1533 350 21 3.6 -20.7 | 58 6 -5.4 -3.3 9 821 1829 335 23 9.7 -20.8 | 348 4 0.7 -3.5 10 791 2134 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 254 5 4.5 1.3 11 763 2438 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 253 9 8.6 2.6 12 736 2743 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 258 16 15.3 3.4 13 709 3048 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 255 23 22.0 6.1 14 700 3161 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 262 22 21.8 3.0 15 683 3353 300 35 30.3 -17.5 | 270 21 21.3 -0.1 16 658 3658 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 269 20 20.4 0.4 17 633 3962 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 259 20 20.0 3.8 18 610 4267 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 255 23 22.0 6.1 19 587 4572 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 244 22 20.0 9.6 20 565 4877 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 233 25 19.9 14.8 21 544 5182 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 226 22 15.9 15.2 22 524 5486 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 239 24 20.5 12.1 23 504 5791 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 251 21 20.1 6.8 24 500 5860 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 250 20 19.2 7.1 25 485 6096 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 256 24 23.0 5.7 26 465 6401 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 250 25 23.8 8.6 27 447 6706 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 255 23 22.0 6.1 28 429 7010 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 261 27 26.7 4.4 29 412 7315 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 265 32 31.4 2.6 30 400 7540 285 44 42.5 -11.4 | 260 34 33.5 6.0 31 396 7620 285 44 42.5 -11.4 | 260 34 33.5 6.0 32 379 7925 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 258 41 40.2 8.7 33 363 8230 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 258 41 40.2 8.7 34 348 8534 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 257 39 38.3 9.0 35 333 8839 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 253 35 33.3 9.9 36 319 9144 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 250 39 36.8 13.3 37 306 9449 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 252 33 31.4 10.2 38 300 9580 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 253 34 32.4 10.1 39 292 9754 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 243 38 34.0 17.4 40 279 10058 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 239 42 35.8 21.3 41 267 10363 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 240 43 37.8 21.4 42 255 10668 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 242 37 33.0 17.4 43 250 10810 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 245 33 29.9 14.0 44 244 10973 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 239 34 29.0 17.4 45 232 11278 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 233 41 32.4 24.6 46 222 11582 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 238 40 33.8 21.1 47 211 11887 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 239 34 29.0 17.4 48 202 12192 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 237 32 27.0 17.4 49 200 12240 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 238 33 28.0 17.4 50 192 12497 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 248 30 27.4 10.9 51 184 12753 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 245 33 29.9 14.0 52 183 12802 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 247 35 31.8 13.8 53 174 13106 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 261 27 26.7 4.4 54 165 13411 290 44 41.3 -15.0 | 266 32 32.3 2.3 55 157 13716 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 257 40 39.3 8.8 56 150 14010 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 269 52 51.9 1.0 57 150 14021 290 63 59.2 -21.5 | 275 50 50.2 -4.2 58 143 14303 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 276 56 55.8 -6.2 59 142 14326 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 276 56 55.8 -6.2 60 135 14630 290 61 57.3 -20.9 | 274 48 48.3 -3.5 61 129 14935 290 57 53.6 -19.5 | 273 45 44.6 -2.1 62 122 15240 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 285 42 40.4 -11.1 63 116 15545 300 47 40.7 -23.5 | 281 32 31.7 -6.1 64 111 15850 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 271 40 39.9 -0.4 65 105 16154 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 271 40 39.9 -0.4 66 100 16459 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 270 38 38.0 0.3 67 100 16460 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 270 38 38.0 0.3 68 95 16764 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 269 37 37.0 0.6 69 90 17069 300 44 38.1 -22.0 | 279 29 29.1 -4.6 70 86 17374 310 31 23.7 -19.9 | 280 15 14.7 -2.6 71 81 17678 325 21 12.0 -17.2 | 267 3 3.0 0.2 72 77 17983 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 207 13 6.0 11.9 73 73 18288 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 220 16 10.3 12.2 74 70 18560 305 27 22.1 -15.5 | 262 13 13.1 1.9 75 70 18593 305 27 22.1 -15.5 | 262 13 13.1 1.9 76 66 18898 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 264 18 17.8 1.9 77 63 19202 310 27 20.7 -17.4 | 270 12 11.7 -0.0 78 60 19507 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 262 17 17.0 2.4 79 57 19812 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 278 14 14.0 -1.9 80 54 20117 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 130 5 -3.9 3.3 81 51 20422 20 12 -4.1 -11.3 | 115 14 -13.1 6.1 82 50 20560 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 135 17 -12.0 12.2 83 49 20726 30 2 -1.0 -1.7 | 147 19 -10.0 15.6 84 46 21031 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 180 16 -0.1 15.8 85 44 21336 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 180 7 0.0 6.6 86 42 21641 340 21 7.2 -19.7 | 37 3 -1.8 -2.4 87 40 21946 340 22 7.5 -20.7 | 24 4 -1.5 -3.3 88 38 22250 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 35 1 -0.5 -0.8 89 36 22555 340 25 8.6 -23.5 | 4 6 -0.4 -6.1 90 34 22860 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 175 7 -0.6 7.4 91 33 23165 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 161 5 -1.5 4.4 92 31 23470 350 20 3.5 -19.7 | 67 6 -5.5 -2.3 93 30 23680 5 14 -1.2 -13.9 | 108 11 -10.2 3.4 94 30 23774 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 125 13 -10.7 7.5 95 28 24079 40 8 -5.1 -6.1 | 128 18 -14.1 11.2 96 27 24384 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 142 11 -6.7 8.7 97 26 24689 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 129 9 -6.9 5.5 98 24 24994 20 16 -5.5 -15.0 | 99 15 -14.5 2.3 99 23 25298 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 123 20 -16.7 10.9 100 22 25603 260 2 2.0 0.3 | 158 19 -7.0 17.7 101 21 25908 20 15 -5.1 -14.1 | 103 14 -14.1 3.3 102 20 26200 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 138 9 -6.2 6.7 103 20 26213 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 138 9 -6.2 6.7 104 18 26518 0 6 -0.0 -6.0 | 142 14 -9.0 11.4 105 17 26822 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 137 24 -16.0 17.4 106 15 27127 150 3 -1.5 2.6 | 152 23 -10.5 20.0 107 14 27432 120 6 -5.2 3.0 | 145 25 -14.2 20.4 108 13 27737 110 7 -6.6 2.4 | 142 25 -15.6 19.7 109 12 28042 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 160 32 -11.3 30.2 110 11 28346 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 178 23 -0.8 23.1 111 10 28651 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 182 24 0.8 24.2 112 9 28956 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 173 26 -3.3 25.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.6 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 332.6 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.8 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -38.2 tot: -24.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 43.13 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 344 14 125 6| 9.9 0.0 9.9| 0.6 -9.8 -9.2 -18.5 -0.46| 13.0 -5.9 1000 352 15 107 7| 5.0 2.9 7.8| 2.6 -15.6 -13.0 -13.0 -0.33| 10.3 -3.4 1500 351 16 101 7| 3.3 3.4 6.7| 3.1 -24.5 -21.4 -14.3 -0.46| 9.0 -4.2 2000 345 18 92 5| 2.5 4.1 6.6| 3.1 -33.2 -30.1 -15.1 -0.59| 9.4 -5.5 2500 337 19 90 2| 2.0 4.9 6.9| 4.9 -33.9 -29.0 -11.6 -0.47| 9.3 -4.4 3000 327 21 270 2| 1.7 5.8 7.4| 13.7 -38.2 -24.6 -8.2 -0.37| 9.6 -3.5 4000 316 24 269 8| 1.7 4.4 6.1| 38.5 -64.1 -25.6 -6.4 -0.32| 8.5 -2.7 5000 308 25 260 11| 1.3 3.5 4.9| 38.5-134.6 -96.2 -19.2 -0.41| 8.2 -3.4 6000 303 26 256 13| 1.5 2.9 4.5|104.7-135.6 -30.8 -5.1 -0.23| 8.0 -1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KVBG/skewt/KVBG.skewt.20251219.00.gif