UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 10 OCT 25 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:0000Z 10 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 1016 66 18.2 16.2 88 2.0 16.9 255 1 290.0 292.1 289.5 322.3 11.47 1 850 1566 9.6 9.6 100 0.0 9.6 45 9 296.2 297.8 289.3 321.9 8.86 2 700 3154 1.0 1.0 100 0.0 1.0 280 1 303.6 304.7 289.2 321.4 5.89 3 500 5770 -15.5 -19.0 74 3.5 -16.5 255 5 314.1 314.5 288.6 319.8 1.70 4 400 7420 -27.3 -32.2 63 4.9 -28.1 245 5 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.8 0.64 5 300 9420 -43.5 -47.7 63 4.2 -43.7 150 9 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.17 6 250 10620 -53.9 -54.7 91 0.8 -53.9 155 19 325.9 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.09 7 232 11095 -56.3 -58.8 73 2.5 -56.3 245 9 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.06 8 200 12040 -53.9 -65.9 22 12.0 -54.2 255 11 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 9 150 13880 -57.7 -72.7 13 15.0 -57.9 315 15 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 10 100 16420 -62.7 -91.7 1 29.0 -62.9 5 11 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 232 11095 -56.3 -58.8 73 2.5 -56.3 245 9 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.06 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.45 m Freezing level: 687.88 mb = 3312.55 m = 10867.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.40 mb = 3283.88 m = 10773.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.45 % Est. max temperature: 23.76 C = 74.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.60 mb = 312.95 m = 1026.72 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 2.49 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1566.00 m = 5137.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.31 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 34.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.41 mb = 662.63 m = 2173.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.41 mb = 1453.86 m = 4769.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 431.41 mb = 6860.98 m = 22509.49 ft B at Equ Level: 156.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 271.41 mb = 10079.10 m = 33067.52 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 21 at 3 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 1016 66 255 1 1.0 0.3 | 213 4 2.1 3.1 1 850 1566 45 9 -6.4 -6.4 | 56 6 -5.3 -3.5 2 700 3154 280 1 1.0 -0.2 | 218 3 2.1 2.7 3 500 5770 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 235 7 5.9 4.2 4 400 7420 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 228 8 5.6 5.0 5 300 9420 150 9 -4.5 7.8 | 162 11 -3.4 10.7 6 250 10620 155 19 -8.0 17.2 | 161 21 -6.9 20.1 7 232 11095 245 9 8.2 3.8 | 234 11 9.3 6.7 8 200 12040 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 244 13 11.7 5.7 9 150 13880 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 303 14 11.7 -7.7 10 100 16420 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 359 8 0.1 -8.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.9 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 20.9 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -13.2 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 53.46 Bulk Shear: 2.94 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 85 2 160 3| 3.2 0.0 3.2| 3.6 0.0 3.6 7.2 0.98| 3.5 3.4 1000 64 4 122 2| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 8.8 0.0 8.8 8.8 0.99| 4.4 4.3 1500 41 5 68 2| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 17.2 0.0 17.2 11.5 0.96| 5.4 5.2 2000 37 6 54 3| 2.5 1.5 4.0| 17.2 -6.6 10.6 5.3 0.46| 5.6 2.6 2500 33 6 47 3| 2.0 1.9 3.9| 17.2 -10.3 6.9 2.7 0.21| 5.4 1.1 3000 39 5 62 2| 1.7 1.7 3.4| 17.2 -13.2 4.0 1.3 0.08| 5.0 0.4 4000 35 4 64 1| 1.3 1.4 2.7| 18.1 -13.6 4.5 1.1 0.09| 4.0 0.4 5000 21 4 21 1| 1.0 1.3 2.3| 18.6 -13.6 5.0 1.0 0.10| 3.4 0.3 6000 351 4 304 2| 0.8 1.2 2.0| 18.6 -14.0 4.6 0.8 0.09| 2.9 0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20251010.00.gif