UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 JUL 25 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:0000Z 24 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 1005 67 26.6 21.9 75 4.7 23.2 70 7 299.3 302.4 296.2 348.0 16.68 1 850 1523 20.6 13.6 64 7.0 15.9 100 3 307.7 309.9 295.0 342.8 11.60 2 700 3177 11.6 -0.4 43 12.0 5.1 240 21 315.3 316.4 292.3 332.2 5.31 3 500 5880 -9.9 -38.9 7 29.0 -15.3 240 46 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.9 0.26 4 400 7550 -22.9 -24.2 89 1.3 -23.2 235 52 325.2 325.5 291.7 329.9 1.35 5 300 9620 -35.9 -38.0 81 2.1 -36.1 250 33 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.6 0.48 6 250 10850 -47.1 -50.8 66 3.7 -47.3 255 48 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.14 7 208 12041 -56.9 -60.0 68 3.1 -57.0 255 54 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 8 200 12290 -56.7 -61.5 55 4.8 -56.8 265 50 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 9 150 14120 -56.7 -71.7 13 15.0 -57.0 250 44 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.02 10 100 16670 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.4 240 31 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 208 12041 -56.9 -60.0 68 3.1 -57.0 255 54 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.62 m Freezing level: 592.09 mb = 4635.36 m = 15207.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.95 mb = 3772.95 m = 12378.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.96 % Est. max temperature: 34.72 C = 94.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.79 mb = 659.36 m = 2163.23 ft T: 24.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 26.08 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.95 mb = 2332.49 m = 7652.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.75 C = 101.76 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: -5.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 32.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1956.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 286.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.01 mb = 1181.97 m = 3877.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.01 mb = 3909.28 m = 12825.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.01 mb = 12649.42 m = 41500.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1934.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.01 mb = 15575.32 m = 51099.49 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 268 at 16 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 67 70 7 -6.6 -2.4 | 83 23 -22.7 -2.9 1 850 1523 100 3 -3.0 0.5 | 90 19 -19.1 -0.0 2 700 3177 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 192 10 2.1 10.0 3 500 5880 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 227 33 23.7 22.5 4 400 7550 235 52 42.6 29.8 | 222 39 26.5 29.3 5 300 9620 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 234 18 14.9 10.7 6 250 10850 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 249 33 30.3 11.9 7 208 12041 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 250 38 36.1 13.4 8 200 12290 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 264 34 33.7 3.8 9 150 14120 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 240 29 25.2 14.5 10 100 16670 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 216 18 10.7 15.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 156.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 19.06 Bulk Shear: 102.63 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 67 6 82 22| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 7.9 0.0 7.9 15.8 0.75| 1.8 1.4 1000 74 6 84 22| 1.7 0.0 1.7| 13.1 0.0 13.1 13.1 0.66| 1.8 1.2 1500 79 5 86 21| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 17.1 0.0 17.1 11.4 0.60| 1.7 1.0 2000 94 5 90 21| 2.6 0.0 2.6| 53.2 0.0 53.2 26.6 0.77| 3.1 2.4 2500 130 7 100 21| 3.9 0.0 3.9|108.0 0.0 108.0 43.2 0.86| 4.6 3.9 3000 197 8 118 16| 4.5 0.0 4.5|156.2 0.0 156.2 52.1 0.85| 6.2 5.3 4000 233 12 137 9| 4.1 0.6 4.6|181.5 0.0 181.5 45.4 0.81| 6.1 4.9 5000 237 17 166 9| 3.2 1.4 4.7|200.1 0.0 200.1 40.0 0.73| 5.9 4.3 6000 238 21 191 11| 2.7 1.9 4.6|214.9 -2.2 212.7 35.4 0.67| 5.6 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20250724.00.gif