UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 JUL 25 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1200Z 23 JUL 25 Station: LE430 WMO ident: 8430 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -1.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 59 33.8 20.8 47 13.0 24.3 120 5 306.4 309.3 297.3 353.2 15.55 1 850 1546 22.4 -2.6 19 25.0 9.4 165 1 309.6 310.3 289.1 321.3 3.71 2 700 3201 12.4 1.4 47 11.0 6.2 235 36 316.2 317.4 293.2 335.4 6.06 3 500 5910 -9.9 -18.9 48 9.0 -12.8 250 50 321.0 321.3 290.8 326.8 1.72 4 400 7590 -20.9 -39.9 16 19.0 -23.8 255 33 327.8 327.9 291.4 329.0 0.30 5 300 9660 -35.7 -42.7 49 7.0 -36.4 280 25 335.1 335.1 293.4 336.2 0.30 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.04 m Freezing level: 588.79 mb = 4707.35 m = 15443.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.98 mb = 3985.92 m = 13077.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.77 % Est. max temperature: 36.87 C = 98.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.46 mb = 1703.30 m = 5588.17 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 31.87 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.16 mb = 3326.65 m = 10914.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.87 C = 110.97 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 32.30 C Cross Totals Index: 7.30 C K Index: 18.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 52.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 910.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 293.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.26 mb = 2264.84 m = 7430.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.26 mb = 4226.83 m = 13867.39 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 271 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 1006 59 120 5 -4.3 2.5 | 96 25 -24.7 2.8 1 850 1546 165 1 -0.3 1.0 | 93 21 -20.6 1.2 2 700 3201 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 204 23 9.1 20.9 3 500 5910 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 237 32 26.6 17.4 4 400 7590 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 233 15 11.5 8.8 5 300 9660 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 314 6 4.3 -4.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.1 neg: -6.6 tot: 217.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 7.58 Bulk Shear: 120.16 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 111 4 94 25| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 1.9 0.0 1.9 3.9 0.17| 1.8 0.3 1000 121 4 95 24| 1.7 0.0 1.7| 1.9 -2.4 -0.5 -0.5 -0.03| 1.7 -0.1 1500 127 3 95 23| 1.4 0.0 1.4| 2.3 -6.6 -4.4 -2.9 -0.18| 1.6 -0.3 2000 151 4 99 22| 2.8 0.0 2.8| 64.1 -6.6 57.4 28.7 0.64| 4.0 2.6 2500 188 7 109 21| 4.7 0.0 4.7|137.5 -6.6 130.9 52.3 0.80| 5.7 4.6 3000 218 10 120 16| 6.0 0.0 6.0|224.1 -6.6 217.4 72.5 0.87| 7.3 6.3 4000 232 17 147 13| 5.5 0.0 5.5|282.9 -6.6 276.3 69.1 0.88| 6.8 6.0 5000 237 22 172 13| 5.0 0.0 5.0|323.8 -6.6 317.1 63.4 0.88| 6.1 5.4 6000 241 27 194 14| 4.4 0.0 4.4|363.5 -6.6 356.8 59.5 0.86| 5.7 4.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20250723.12.gif