UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 9 OCT 25 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:0000Z 9 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 1013 69 19.4 16.0 81 3.4 17.2 35 3 291.5 293.5 289.9 323.6 11.35 1 850 1558 13.8 13.1 96 0.7 13.4 250 3 300.6 302.7 292.7 333.6 11.22 2 700 3176 4.2 0.1 75 4.1 2.1 160 1 307.1 308.2 290.0 324.1 5.51 3 500 5820 -14.5 -19.5 66 5.0 -15.9 255 25 315.4 315.7 289.0 320.8 1.63 4 400 7460 -27.3 -36.3 42 9.0 -28.5 265 25 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.1 0.43 5 300 9460 -43.3 -54.3 29 11.0 -43.8 290 19 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.08 6 250 10660 -51.7 -59.7 38 8.0 -51.9 280 15 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.05 7 243 10845 -52.3 -61.3 33 9.0 -52.5 270 17 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.04 8 200 12110 -51.5 -72.5 6 21.0 -51.9 265 23 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 9 150 13960 -55.5 -82.5 2 27.0 -55.8 280 21 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 10 100 16480 -64.3 -92.3 1 28.0 -64.5 345 5 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 243 10845 -52.3 -61.3 33 9.0 -52.5 270 17 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.04 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.30 m Freezing level: 655.08 mb = 3769.84 m = 12368.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.02 mb = 3438.34 m = 11280.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.41 mb = 495.03 m = 1624.11 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 12.76 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.94 mb = 1697.02 m = 5567.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.90 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 27.60 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 418.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 259.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.12 mb = 839.23 m = 2753.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.12 mb = 4128.09 m = 13543.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.12 mb = 9911.20 m = 32516.67 ft B at Equ Level: 415.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.12 mb = 11789.14 m = 38677.81 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 at 6 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 1013 69 35 3 -1.7 -2.5 | 83 8 -7.7 -1.0 1 850 1558 250 3 2.8 1.0 | 128 4 -3.2 2.5 2 700 3176 160 1 -0.3 0.9 | 111 7 -6.3 2.4 3 500 5820 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 246 20 18.2 7.9 4 400 7460 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 259 19 18.9 3.6 5 300 9460 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 293 13 11.9 -5.1 6 250 10660 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 278 9 8.8 -1.2 7 243 10845 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 263 11 11.0 1.4 8 200 12110 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 258 17 16.9 3.5 9 150 13960 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 279 15 14.7 -2.2 10 100 16480 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 54 6 -4.7 -3.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -4.7 tot: -1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 25.25 Bulk Shear: 16.56 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 84 3 97 9| 0.0 2.5 2.5| 0.0 -1.8 -1.8 -3.6 -0.38| 2.6 -1.0 1000 32 3 82 8| 0.0 2.3 2.3| 1.1 -1.8 -0.7 -0.7 0.03| 2.6 0.1 1500 321 3 78 4| 0.0 2.0 2.0| 3.1 -1.8 1.3 0.8 0.30| 2.6 0.8 2000 282 3 105 3| 0.0 1.4 1.4| 3.1 -2.1 1.0 0.5 0.24| 2.3 0.5 2500 263 3 118 4| 0.0 1.0 1.0| 3.1 -3.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.14| 2.1 0.3 3000 259 3 119 4| 0.0 0.7 0.7| 3.1 -4.7 -1.6 -0.5 0.05| 1.9 0.1 4000 216 3 133 6| 1.0 0.5 1.5| 21.1 -5.0 16.2 4.0 0.39| 2.6 1.0 5000 230 5 157 5| 1.8 0.4 2.2| 62.7 -5.0 57.8 11.6 0.60| 3.3 2.0 6000 254 8 207 4| 2.1 0.3 2.5|119.7 -5.0 114.7 19.1 0.70| 3.9 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20251009.00.gif