UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 JUL 25 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1200Z 29 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 1011 69 29.0 17.0 48 12.0 20.8 85 7 301.2 303.4 293.6 336.9 12.14 1 850 1566 14.0 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 140 7 300.8 303.0 293.1 335.1 11.67 2 700 3196 9.6 -1.4 46 11.0 3.8 315 21 313.1 314.1 291.3 328.7 4.93 3 500 5900 -8.3 -39.3 6 31.0 -14.3 310 21 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.9 0.25 4 400 7590 -20.3 -39.3 17 19.0 -23.3 325 31 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.32 5 300 9640 -36.9 -51.9 20 15.0 -37.9 320 25 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 6 250 10890 -41.7 -62.7 8 21.0 -42.6 305 38 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 7 200 12370 -50.1 -71.1 7 21.0 -50.5 320 25 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 8 150 14210 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -60.1 325 21 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 9 136 14818 -63.5 -82.5 6 19.0 -63.6 320 19 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.00 10 100 16700 -65.3 -81.3 9 16.0 -65.4 330 15 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.01 TRP 136 14818 -63.5 -82.5 6 19.0 -63.6 320 19 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.62 m Freezing level: 592.74 mb = 4646.19 m = 15243.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.78 mb = 3695.95 m = 12125.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.11 mb = 1574.75 m = 5166.44 ft T: 13.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 13.07 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1566.00 m = 5137.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.72 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 0.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.08 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 25.00 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.86 mb = 1577.28 m = 5174.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.86 mb = 1626.88 m = 5337.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 833.86 mb = 1726.96 m = 5665.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 813.86 mb = 1930.77 m = 6334.47 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 345 at 12 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 1011 69 85 7 -7.0 -0.6 | 137 15 -10.0 10.8 1 850 1566 140 7 -4.5 5.4 | 156 18 -7.5 16.8 2 700 3196 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 286 12 11.8 -3.4 3 500 5900 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 279 13 13.0 -2.1 4 400 7590 325 31 17.8 -25.4 | 313 20 14.7 -14.0 5 300 9640 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 301 15 13.0 -7.7 6 250 10890 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 290 30 28.1 -10.4 7 200 12370 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 301 15 13.0 -7.7 8 150 14210 325 21 12.0 -17.2 | 303 11 9.0 -5.8 9 136 14818 320 19 12.2 -14.6 | 289 10 9.2 -3.1 10 100 16700 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 289 5 4.5 -1.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.1 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 345.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.54 Bulk Shear: 59.92 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 90 7 139 15| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 6.4 0.0 6.4 12.9 0.70| 2.3 1.6 1000 101 7 142 16| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 14.9 0.0 14.9 14.9 0.76| 2.3 1.8 1500 113 7 146 17| 2.2 0.0 2.2| 24.9 0.0 24.9 16.6 0.82| 2.3 1.9 2000 130 8 151 18| 3.9 0.0 3.9| 72.3 0.0 72.3 36.2 0.86| 4.2 3.6 2500 158 9 162 21| 4.6 0.0 4.6|148.7 0.0 148.7 59.5 0.92| 6.1 5.6 3000 285 10 218 11| 4.4 0.0 4.4|221.4 0.0 221.4 73.8 0.92| 8.0 7.4 4000 323 13 256 5| 3.4 0.0 3.4|237.3 -1.6 235.8 58.9 0.90| 6.7 6.1 5000 317 15 264 7| 2.7 0.1 2.8|237.3 -3.5 233.8 46.8 0.88| 5.5 4.8 6000 315 16 268 8| 2.3 0.1 2.4|240.8 -5.1 235.6 39.3 0.86| 4.7 4.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20250729.12.gif