UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 16 OCT 25 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1200Z 16 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 1012 64 23.6 15.6 61 8.0 18.4 70 1 295.7 297.7 291.0 327.6 11.07 1 850 1546 10.0 10.0 100 0.0 10.0 155 5 296.6 298.3 289.7 323.0 9.11 2 700 3140 1.4 -5.6 60 7.0 -1.7 315 5 304.0 304.7 287.1 315.1 3.60 3 500 5770 -15.5 -18.3 79 2.8 -16.3 290 21 314.1 314.5 288.8 320.1 1.81 4 400 7410 -25.5 -28.3 77 2.8 -26.1 255 13 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.1 0.93 5 300 9440 -40.5 -41.5 90 1.0 -40.6 280 27 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.5 0.34 6 250 10660 -50.1 -54.8 58 4.7 -50.3 270 36 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 7 200 12070 -62.1 -67.1 51 5.0 -62.1 260 40 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.02 8 177 12818 -67.1 -71.3 55 4.2 -67.1 265 31 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.01 9 150 13830 -62.9 -76.9 13 14.0 -63.0 260 25 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 10 100 16340 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.4 275 17 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 177 12818 -67.1 -71.3 55 4.2 -67.1 265 31 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.25 m Freezing level: 683.43 mb = 3357.87 m = 11016.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.60 mb = 2890.44 m = 9482.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.95 % Est. max temperature: 24.44 C = 75.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.79 mb = 1062.53 m = 3485.94 ft T: 14.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1546.00 m = 5072.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.70 C = 80.07 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 393.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.04 mb = 1193.35 m = 3915.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.04 mb = 1338.36 m = 4390.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.04 mb = 7752.71 m = 25435.09 ft B at Equ Level: 392.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.04 mb = 11438.03 m = 37525.90 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 319 at 7 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 1012 64 70 1 -0.9 -0.3 | 132 7 -5.3 4.7 1 850 1546 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 146 12 -6.5 9.6 2 700 3140 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 151 2 -0.8 1.5 3 500 5770 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 278 16 15.4 -2.1 4 400 7410 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 224 12 8.2 8.4 5 300 9440 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 269 22 22.2 0.4 6 250 10660 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 261 32 31.6 5.1 7 200 12070 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 251 37 35.0 12.0 8 177 12818 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 254 28 26.5 7.8 9 150 13830 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 245 22 20.2 9.4 10 100 16340 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 254 13 12.6 3.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.1 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 319.1 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 32.41 Bulk Shear: 12.15 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 178 2 146 8| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 0.1 -0.7 -0.7 -1.3 -0.21| 1.6 -0.3 1000 145 2 141 9| 1.7 0.0 1.7| 2.7 -0.7 1.9 1.9 0.19| 1.9 0.3 1500 144 3 141 10| 1.7 0.0 1.7| 9.3 -0.7 8.6 5.7 0.47| 2.1 1.0 2000 157 4 145 10| 1.5 0.0 1.5| 20.6 -0.7 19.9 9.9 0.65| 2.7 1.8 2500 172 4 151 10| 1.2 0.0 1.2| 26.0 -0.7 25.2 10.1 0.62| 3.1 1.9 3000 169 4 150 10| 1.0 0.0 1.0| 26.4 -1.4 25.0 8.3 0.45| 3.3 1.5 4000 276 5 186 5| 1.0 0.4 1.4| 27.3 -1.6 25.7 6.4 0.43| 3.3 1.4 5000 292 7 216 3| 0.8 1.0 1.8| 27.4 -2.9 24.4 4.9 0.32| 3.3 1.1 6000 289 9 242 5| 0.7 1.1 1.8| 27.4 -17.1 10.2 1.7 0.17| 3.4 0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20251016.12.gif