UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100815.upa.cvt Date: 1500Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for KVPS... Searching the city database file for: KVPS ... Date:1500Z 8 OCT 25 Station: KVPS WMO ident: 72221 Latitude: 30.48 Longitude: -86.53 Elevation: 26.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 26 29.0 23.0 70 6.0 24.6 360 6 300.8 304.0 297.2 352.7 17.67 1 1000 157 25.8 22.4 82 3.4 23.3 10 1 299.0 302.1 296.5 349.4 17.30 2 925 840 21.2 17.2 78 4.0 18.5 15 13 301.0 303.5 294.4 340.6 13.47 3 850 1568 16.0 14.4 90 1.6 15.0 20 11 302.9 305.2 294.1 339.2 12.23 4 700 3197 8.4 -0.6 53 9.0 3.7 345 5 311.8 312.8 291.2 328.2 5.23 5 500 5900 -7.1 -9.5 83 2.4 -8.1 225 5 324.4 325.1 293.5 336.8 3.72 6 400 7610 -15.5 -43.5 7 28.0 -20.1 275 22 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.20 7 300 9710 -31.7 -36.2 64 4.5 -32.4 290 29 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.9 0.58 8 250 10970 -42.5 -46.0 68 3.5 -42.8 295 41 342.9 342.9 295.3 343.9 0.25 9 200 12440 -52.3 -73.3 6 21.0 -52.7 305 38 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 10 150 14250 -65.3 -79.3 13 14.0 -65.4 305 26 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 11 107 16250 -76.1 -85.1 23 9.0 -76.1 305 25 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 12 100 16640 -76.1 -85.1 23 9.0 -76.2 325 19 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 TRP 107 16250 -76.1 -85.1 23 9.0 -76.1 305 25 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.00 m Freezing level: 591.61 mb = 4661.85 m = 15294.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.97 mb = 3942.37 m = 12934.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.67 mb = 777.06 m = 2549.37 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 24.53 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.70 mb = 1175.02 m = 3855.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.19 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 442.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.65 mb = 946.29 m = 3104.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.65 mb = 1381.13 m = 4531.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.65 mb = 11276.06 m = 36994.49 ft B at Equ Level: 441.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.65 mb = 13897.22 m = 45593.99 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 27 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 1016 26 360 6 -0.0 -6.0 | 302 3 2.3 -1.4 1 1000 157 10 1 -0.2 -1.0 | 210 4 2.1 3.6 2 925 840 15 13 -3.4 -12.6 | 8 8 -1.1 -8.0 3 850 1568 20 11 -3.8 -10.3 | 14 6 -1.5 -5.8 4 700 3197 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 274 4 3.6 -0.3 5 500 5900 225 5 3.5 3.5 | 216 10 5.8 8.1 6 400 7610 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 264 24 24.2 2.7 7 300 9710 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 280 30 29.5 -5.3 8 250 10970 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 288 41 39.4 -12.8 9 200 12440 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 297 38 33.4 -17.2 10 150 14250 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 294 26 23.6 -10.3 11 107 16250 305 25 20.5 -14.3 | 293 25 22.8 -9.8 12 100 16640 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 310 17 13.2 -11.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 356.5 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 26.5 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -9.6 tot: -4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 363.36 Bulk Shear: 1.22 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 10 4 250 2| 2.2 0.0 2.2| 1.8 -2.3 -0.4 -0.9 -0.00| 10.1 -0.0 1000 14 8 351 3| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 4.5 -2.3 2.2 2.2 0.12| 8.0 1.0 1500 16 9 2 4| 2.0 0.0 2.0| 5.5 -2.3 3.2 2.1 0.14| 5.9 0.8 2000 16 9 3 4| 1.5 0.6 2.1| 5.5 -5.1 0.4 0.2 0.02| 5.0 0.1 2500 14 9 360 4| 1.2 1.0 2.2| 5.5 -7.5 -2.0 -0.8 -0.08| 4.5 -0.4 3000 13 9 355 4| 1.0 1.2 2.2| 5.5 -9.6 -4.1 -1.4 -0.16| 4.2 -0.7 4000 7 8 338 3| 0.7 1.4 2.1| 5.5 -12.4 -6.9 -1.7 -0.22| 3.6 -0.8 5000 0 7 319 3| 0.6 1.4 2.0| 5.5 -18.4 -12.9 -2.6 -0.29| 3.3 -0.9 6000 357 7 310 3| 0.5 1.4 1.9| 6.8 -26.2 -19.4 -3.2 -0.32| 3.1 -1.0 Wrote GIF file: 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