UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 DEC 25 Searching for KVBG... Searching the city database file for: KVBG ... Date:0000Z 20 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 1005 112 16.0 13.7 86 2.3 14.6 340 14 288.7 290.5 287.5 316.3 9.84 1 1000 139 14.6 13.6 94 1.0 14.0 335 9 287.8 289.5 287.1 315.2 9.83 2 995 181 13.8 13.2 96 0.6 13.4 334 13 287.4 289.0 286.8 314.2 9.62 3 972 378 12.4 12.4 100 0.0 12.4 330 23 287.9 289.5 286.7 314.0 9.34 4 966 430 11.4 9.1 86 2.3 10.1 330 23 287.4 288.7 284.7 308.5 7.52 5 962 465 13.0 8.0 72 5.0 10.2 330 22 289.3 290.6 285.0 309.2 7.01 6 925 794 11.2 7.1 76 4.1 8.9 345 10 290.8 292.0 285.4 310.3 6.85 7 906 967 11.8 4.8 62 7.0 8.0 343 11 293.1 294.2 285.4 310.3 5.96 8 897 1052 17.8 -14.2 10 32.0 5.2 332 15 300.1 300.4 283.2 304.6 1.42 9 868 1333 18.8 -18.2 7 37.0 4.9 304 25 304.0 304.2 284.4 307.4 1.05 10 850 1512 17.2 0.2 32 17.0 8.2 295 30 304.2 305.0 288.1 318.1 4.56 11 829 1724 15.4 1.4 39 14.0 7.9 300 29 304.4 305.4 288.8 320.0 5.11 12 815 1868 14.4 -2.6 31 17.0 5.9 298 29 304.9 305.6 287.7 316.8 3.87 13 742 2655 11.0 -29.0 4 40.0 -0.7 280 29 309.5 309.6 285.7 311.1 0.47 14 700 3137 7.0 -16.0 18 23.0 -1.6 275 30 310.2 310.5 287.2 315.4 1.57 15 671 3483 4.2 -15.8 22 20.0 -3.2 270 31 310.9 311.2 287.5 316.3 1.66 16 633 3955 2.0 -32.0 6 34.0 -6.7 279 38 313.6 313.7 287.1 315.1 0.41 17 629 4006 1.4 -7.6 51 9.0 -2.6 280 38 313.5 314.1 290.1 324.5 3.43 18 624 4070 0.8 -5.2 64 6.0 -2.0 280 38 313.5 314.3 290.8 326.7 4.16 19 615 4187 0.4 -12.6 37 13.0 -4.7 280 38 314.4 314.8 289.4 322.1 2.36 20 556 4986 -5.9 -10.9 68 5.0 -7.9 274 43 316.1 316.7 290.5 325.8 2.99 21 551 5057 -5.9 -15.9 45 10.0 -9.4 272 45 316.9 317.3 289.9 323.6 2.01 22 540 5214 -7.1 -15.1 53 8.0 -9.9 270 48 317.3 317.7 290.2 324.6 2.19 23 535 5287 -7.1 -23.1 27 16.0 -11.8 270 49 318.2 318.4 289.3 322.0 1.11 24 532 5331 -7.5 -16.5 48 9.0 -10.6 270 49 318.2 318.6 290.2 324.8 1.98 25 517 5552 -9.5 -15.5 62 6.0 -11.6 270 50 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.8 2.21 26 511 5643 -9.9 -21.9 37 12.0 -13.4 270 50 319.0 319.2 289.8 323.4 1.30 27 500 5810 -11.3 -21.3 43 10.0 -14.2 270 49 319.3 319.5 290.0 324.0 1.40 28 468 6313 -15.3 -22.3 55 7.0 -17.2 263 53 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.1 1.37 29 421 7103 -20.7 -32.7 33 12.0 -22.9 263 52 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.4 0.58 30 413 7245 -21.7 -29.7 48 8.0 -23.3 268 53 323.8 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.79 31 406 7371 -22.3 -36.3 27 14.0 -24.5 272 53 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.42 32 402 7443 -22.1 -39.1 20 17.0 -24.6 274 52 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.32 33 400 7480 -22.1 -37.1 24 15.0 -24.5 275 52 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.40 34 386 7741 -24.1 -32.1 48 8.0 -25.5 270 52 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.4 0.67 35 350 8445 -30.3 -35.1 63 4.8 -31.0 273 53 327.9 328.0 291.7 329.9 0.55 36 333 8796 -33.5 -37.8 65 4.3 -34.0 279 57 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.44 37 300 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46 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 51 100 16450 -72.5 -91.5 4 19.0 -72.6 275 52 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.7 0.00 52 98 16568 -72.9 -91.9 4 19.0 -72.9 276 51 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 53 92 16939 -71.9 -90.9 4 19.0 -72.0 281 47 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 54 88 17203 -67.5 -88.5 4 21.0 -67.6 284 44 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 55 70 18570 -69.9 -88.9 5 19.0 -70.0 300 31 434.8 434.8 309.3 434.9 0.00 56 63 19192 -72.3 -89.3 6 17.0 -72.4 309 32 442.9 442.9 310.1 442.9 0.00 57 58 19680 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 317 32 459.8 459.8 311.7 459.8 0.00 58 52 20327 -71.1 -90.1 4 19.0 -71.2 327 33 470.6 470.6 312.7 470.6 0.00 59 50 20560 -69.5 -90.5 3 21.0 -69.6 330 33 479.7 479.7 313.4 479.7 0.00 60 39 22066 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -63.0 315 20 532.7 532.7 317.1 532.8 0.00 61 36 22557 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.1 311 16 539.4 539.4 317.5 539.4 0.00 62 30 23680 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.7 300 7 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 63 27 24339 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.5 323 7 603.6 603.6 320.7 603.7 0.01 64 22 25617 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -63.0 9 8 628.7 628.7 321.9 628.8 0.01 65 20 26210 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.9 30 8 654.0 654.0 322.9 654.1 0.01 66 18 26872 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.7 11 10 682.9 682.9 323.9 683.0 0.01 67 10 30610 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -58.5 265 18 815.4 815.4 327.6 815.6 0.03 68 9.1 31215 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -57.8 843.0 843.0 328.2 843.4 0.04 69 8.7 31507 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -55.9 867.1 867.2 328.8 867.5 0.04 70 7.3 32656 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -56.2 914.2 914.2 329.7 914.8 0.05 71 7.2 32746 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -56.3 917.0 917.0 329.8 917.6 0.06 TRP 205 12024 -58.7 -67.7 30 9.0 -58.8 280 45 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.02 WND 142 14329 -61.7 -85.0 3 23.4 -61.9 295 77 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.00 m Freezing level: 611.25 mb = 4237.32 m = 13901.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.11 mb = 2563.79 m = 8411.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.20 mb = 385.20 m = 1263.78 ft T: 12.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 8.91 C Layer 815.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.34 mb = 3478.58 m = 11412.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.17 C = 100.70 F Cap Strength: 12.22 C Lifted Index: 10.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.44 C Showalter Index: 6.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 11.50 C K Index: 5.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 111.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59495.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.19 mb = 928.82 m = 3047.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 312 at 25 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 1005 112 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 104 14 -13.4 3.3 1 1000 139 335 9 3.8 -8.2 | 120 17 -14.4 8.3 2 980 305 330 24 12.0 -20.8 | 55 8 -6.2 -4.4 3 946 610 330 21 10.5 -18.2 | 77 8 -7.7 -1.8 4 925 794 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 113 17 -15.6 6.8 5 912 914 350 9 1.6 -8.9 | 114 18 -16.7 7.5 6 880 1219 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 144 4 -2.1 2.9 7 850 1512 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 247 10 9.0 3.7 8 849 1524 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 260 8 7.8 1.4 9 818 1829 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 255 7 6.9 1.9 10 789 2134 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 215 12 6.9 9.7 11 761 2438 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 225 16 11.3 11.2 12 734 2743 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 219 15 9.4 11.5 13 707 3048 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 220 18 11.7 13.8 14 700 3137 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 220 18 11.7 13.8 15 681 3353 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 213 20 10.8 16.4 16 656 3658 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 222 22 14.8 16.4 17 631 3962 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 243 22 19.2 9.8 18 607 4267 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 243 22 19.2 9.8 19 584 4572 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 246 23 21.2 9.5 20 562 4877 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 240 26 22.6 12.8 21 541 5182 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 241 34 29.8 16.4 22 521 5486 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 243 36 31.8 16.4 23 501 5791 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 243 36 31.8 16.4 24 500 5810 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 242 35 30.8 16.4 25 481 6096 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 243 36 31.8 16.4 26 462 6401 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 234 43 35.0 25.8 27 444 6706 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 232 42 33.0 25.4 28 426 7010 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 232 41 32.0 25.3 29 409 7315 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 245 38 34.8 16.4 30 400 7480 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 251 36 33.6 11.9 31 392 7620 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 243 37 32.8 16.4 32 376 7925 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 245 39 35.8 16.4 33 360 8230 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 245 39 35.8 16.4 34 345 8534 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 251 37 34.6 11.8 35 330 8839 280 58 57.1 -10.1 | 261 39 38.9 6.3 36 316 9144 275 55 54.8 -4.8 | 252 38 36.6 11.6 37 303 9449 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 245 39 35.8 16.4 38 300 9520 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 251 36 33.6 11.9 39 290 9754 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 242 35 30.8 16.4 40 277 10058 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 241 34 29.8 16.4 41 265 10363 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 250 26 24.1 8.9 42 253 10668 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 256 32 31.0 7.7 43 250 10750 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 255 31 30.0 7.9 44 241 10973 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 250 35 32.6 12.0 45 230 11278 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 249 34 31.6 12.1 46 220 11582 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 255 31 30.0 7.9 47 209 11887 285 51 49.3 -13.2 | 264 31 31.0 3.2 48 205 12024 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 252 27 26.1 8.6 49 200 12180 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 239 31 26.8 16.4 50 200 12192 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 239 31 26.8 16.4 51 190 12497 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 254 41 39.6 11.4 52 181 12802 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 252 53 50.8 16.4 53 173 13106 280 73 71.9 -12.7 | 266 54 53.7 3.7 54 164 13411 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 262 43 42.8 5.6 55 157 13716 285 71 68.6 -18.4 | 272 50 50.4 -2.0 56 150 13990 285 73 70.5 -18.9 | 273 52 52.3 -2.5 57 149 14021 290 74 69.5 -25.3 | 280 52 51.3 -8.9 58 142 14326 295 77 69.8 -32.5 | 287 54 51.6 -16.1 59 142 14329 295 77 69.8 -32.5 | 287 54 51.6 -16.1 60 135 14630 300 62 53.7 -31.0 | 292 38 35.5 -14.6 61 128 14935 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 273 19 18.9 -0.9 62 122 15240 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 241 21 18.2 10.0 63 116 15545 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 226 35 25.1 24.1 64 110 15850 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 259 26 25.2 4.8 65 105 16154 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 252 27 26.1 8.6 66 100 16450 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 251 36 33.6 11.9 67 70 18570 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 264 9 8.6 0.9 68 50 20560 330 33 16.5 -28.6 | 8 12 -1.7 -12.2 69 30 23680 300 7 6.1 -3.5 | 137 18 -12.2 12.9 70 20 26210 30 8 -4.0 -6.9 | 113 24 -22.2 9.5 71 10 30610 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 179 18 -0.3 18.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.0 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 312.0 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: -44.4 tot: 9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 80.39 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 331 20 85 9| 0.0 7.7 7.7| 6.1 -17.4 -11.3 -22.5 -0.35| 14.7 -5.1 1000 333 16 100 11| 0.0 2.6 2.6| 30.8 -23.9 6.9 6.9 0.03| 19.0 0.6 1500 320 19 107 6| 0.0 7.2 7.2| 46.0 -23.9 22.2 14.8 0.24| 19.7 4.7 2000 312 22 133 3| 0.0 5.5 5.5| 46.0 -38.6 7.4 3.7 0.11| 16.8 1.9 2500 304 23 191 4| 0.0 5.1 5.1| 52.5 -41.9 10.7 4.3 0.12| 14.6 1.7 3000 299 24 209 6| 0.0 4.7 4.7| 53.5 -44.4 9.1 3.0 0.11| 12.8 1.4 4000 290 26 221 10| 1.1 3.9 5.0|114.1 -53.6 60.5 15.1 0.19| 11.4 2.2 5000 286 29 230 13| 0.9 4.2 5.1|121.7 -66.8 54.8 11.0 0.16| 10.3 1.6 6000 282 33 235 17| 0.7 3.9 4.6|133.0 -72.8 60.2 10.0 0.16| 9.1 1.4 Wrote GIF file: 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