UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 13 OCT 25 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1200Z 13 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 1010 63 26.6 15.6 51 11.0 19.3 15 1 298.9 300.9 292.0 331.3 11.10 1 850 1541 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 70 11 298.9 300.8 291.5 329.4 10.42 2 700 3154 5.0 -8.0 38 13.0 -0.7 225 19 308.0 308.6 287.9 317.4 2.99 3 500 5790 -16.5 -19.1 80 2.6 -17.2 225 25 312.9 313.2 288.2 318.5 1.69 4 400 7420 -29.1 -36.1 51 7.0 -30.0 250 17 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.7 0.44 5 300 9410 -46.1 -54.1 40 8.0 -46.4 290 17 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.7 0.08 6 264 10248 -52.5 -57.3 56 4.8 -52.6 260 23 322.9 323.0 289.8 323.2 0.06 7 250 10600 -51.9 -64.9 20 13.0 -52.2 265 29 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.0 0.02 8 200 12040 -53.1 -76.1 4 23.0 -53.4 275 29 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 9 150 13870 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.1 270 29 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 10 100 16390 -62.9 -91.9 1 29.0 -63.1 295 13 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 264 10248 -52.5 -57.3 56 4.8 -52.6 260 23 322.9 323.0 289.8 323.2 0.06 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.63 m Freezing level: 653.49 mb = 3767.02 m = 12358.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.02 mb = 3059.30 m = 10036.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.98 mb = 1440.98 m = 4727.57 ft T: 13.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 13.84 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1541.00 m = 5055.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.20 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 28.50 C K Index: 27.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1442.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.77 mb = 1473.02 m = 4832.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.77 mb = 1523.17 m = 4997.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.77 mb = 2343.10 m = 7687.26 ft B at Equ Level: 4.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 711.77 mb = 3015.46 m = 9893.14 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 250 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 1010 63 15 1 -0.3 -1.0 | 66 13 -11.9 -5.3 1 850 1541 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 70 23 -21.9 -8.1 2 700 3154 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 191 9 1.8 9.1 3 500 5790 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 204 15 6.1 13.3 4 400 7420 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 251 5 4.4 1.5 5 300 9410 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 337 11 4.4 -10.1 6 264 10248 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 272 11 11.0 -0.3 7 250 10600 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 276 17 17.3 -1.8 8 200 12040 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 292 19 17.3 -6.9 9 150 13870 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 284 18 17.4 -4.3 10 100 16390 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 359 10 0.2 -9.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.2 neg: -5.1 tot: 197.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 34.25 Bulk Shear: 42.12 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 99 2 74 15| 3.5 0.0 3.5| 0.0 -5.1 -5.1 -10.1 -0.39| 3.6 -1.4 1000 70 4 70 17| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 4.1 -5.1 -1.0 -1.0 -0.07| 3.8 -0.3 1500 66 6 68 18| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 21.8 -5.1 16.7 11.1 0.20| 4.2 0.9 2000 79 8 73 20| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 88.4 -5.1 83.3 41.6 0.57| 5.9 3.4 2500 100 9 82 21| 3.5 0.0 3.5|154.7 -5.1 149.6 59.8 0.70| 7.3 5.1 3000 126 11 95 20| 3.3 0.0 3.3|202.2 -5.1 197.1 65.7 0.74| 8.6 6.4 4000 203 13 139 10| 2.7 0.1 2.8|211.7 -5.1 206.6 51.7 0.74| 7.1 5.2 5000 216 15 159 8| 2.1 0.4 2.5|214.8 -5.1 209.7 41.9 0.72| 5.9 4.3 6000 220 17 173 8| 1.7 0.4 2.1|221.5 -5.1 216.4 36.1 0.71| 5.3 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20251013.12.gif