UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1200Z 8 OCT 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 1014 61 25.6 16.6 58 9.0 19.6 345 0 297.6 299.7 292.2 331.8 11.79 1 850 1582 16.6 9.6 63 7.0 12.3 195 9 303.5 305.2 291.7 330.0 8.86 2 700 3203 6.2 -5.8 42 12.0 0.7 265 23 309.4 310.0 288.9 320.5 3.54 3 500 5860 -12.9 -27.9 27 15.0 -16.4 240 19 317.3 317.5 288.8 320.0 0.77 4 400 7530 -23.5 -25.4 84 1.9 -23.9 200 29 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.7 1.21 5 300 9570 -38.9 -39.8 91 0.9 -39.0 240 33 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.40 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.72 m Freezing level: 635.08 mb = 4065.48 m = 13338.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.21 mb = 3291.39 m = 10798.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.92 mb = 1196.15 m = 3924.34 ft T: 18.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 11.77 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.85 mb = 2419.76 m = 7938.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.65 C = 94.38 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 27.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 245.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 225.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.56 mb = 1556.12 m = 5105.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.56 mb = 4065.69 m = 13338.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.56 mb = 9166.72 m = 30074.17 ft B at Equ Level: 244.48 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 278 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 1014 61 345 0 0.0 -0.0 | 98 12 -11.6 1.5 1 850 1582 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 138 14 -9.3 10.2 2 700 3203 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 253 12 11.3 3.5 3 500 5860 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 204 12 4.8 11.0 4 400 7530 200 29 9.9 27.3 | 177 29 -1.7 28.8 5 300 9570 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 223 25 16.9 18.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.0 neg: -4.2 tot: 76.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.63 Bulk Shear: 32.14 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 163 1 103 12| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 0.3 -3.8 -3.5 -7.0 -0.36| 3.4 -1.2 1000 174 3 110 13| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 8.0 -3.8 4.3 4.3 0.34| 4.2 1.4 1500 195 4 119 12| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 13.6 -4.2 9.4 6.3 0.34| 5.2 1.7 2000 200 6 127 12| 1.4 2.3 3.7| 33.4 -4.2 29.2 14.6 0.51| 5.4 2.8 2500 213 8 138 11| 2.5 1.8 4.3| 55.9 -4.2 51.7 20.7 0.63| 5.8 3.7 3000 230 10 153 9| 3.3 1.5 4.8| 81.0 -4.2 76.8 25.6 0.72| 6.3 4.5 4000 246 13 182 7| 2.6 1.3 3.9| 88.3 -13.9 74.4 18.6 0.60| 5.4 3.3 5000 248 15 196 7| 2.1 1.3 3.4| 88.3 -25.3 63.0 12.6 0.47| 4.7 2.2 6000 248 16 201 8| 1.7 1.5 3.2| 88.3 -36.3 51.9 8.7 0.36| 4.4 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20251008.12.gif