UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1200Z 17 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 21.6 15.6 69 6.0 17.7 315 3 293.7 295.7 290.4 325.4 11.07 1 850 1542 10.8 3.8 62 7.0 7.1 110 7 297.5 298.5 287.1 314.9 5.92 2 700 3131 -0.3 -0.3 100 0.0 -0.3 285 11 302.2 303.1 288.2 318.3 5.35 3 500 5730 -16.3 -19.0 80 2.7 -17.1 345 9 313.2 313.5 288.3 318.8 1.70 4 400 7380 -27.5 -30.3 77 2.8 -28.0 290 15 319.2 319.4 289.3 321.9 0.77 5 300 9380 -43.7 -47.0 70 3.3 -43.9 340 5 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.18 6 250 10580 -52.9 -59.9 42 7.0 -53.1 335 11 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.05 7 208 11745 -60.3 -67.3 39 7.0 -60.4 340 9 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.02 8 200 11990 -59.7 -66.7 40 7.0 -59.8 330 9 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.02 9 150 13790 -59.5 -72.5 17 13.0 -59.7 300 7 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 10 100 16320 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -60.8 295 9 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 208 11745 -60.3 -67.3 39 7.0 -60.4 340 9 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5565.40 m Freezing level: 704.05 mb = 3088.05 m = 10131.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.74 mb = 3052.56 m = 10014.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.37 mb = 812.81 m = 2666.67 ft T: 16.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 10.48 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1542.00 m = 5058.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 68.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 278.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.72 mb = 1212.32 m = 3977.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.72 mb = 2051.32 m = 6729.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.72 mb = 7402.37 m = 24285.68 ft B at Equ Level: 278.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.72 mb = 11143.82 m = 36560.63 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 345 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 1012 64 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 187 4 0.5 4.1 1 850 1542 110 7 -6.6 2.4 | 136 12 -8.2 8.6 2 700 3131 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 250 10 9.0 3.3 3 500 5730 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 345 3 0.7 -2.5 4 400 7380 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 265 12 12.4 1.1 5 300 9380 340 5 1.7 -4.7 | 182 1 0.1 1.5 6 250 10580 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 322 5 3.0 -3.8 7 208 11745 340 9 3.1 -8.5 | 328 3 1.4 -2.3 8 200 11990 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 299 3 2.8 -1.6 9 150 13790 300 7 6.1 -3.5 | 239 5 4.4 2.7 10 100 16320 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 250 7 6.5 2.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.1 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 345.1 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.3 neg: -3.1 tot: 95.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 18.03 Bulk Shear: 15.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 194 4 175 10| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 0.0 -2.1 -2.1 -4.1 -0.76| 3.7 -2.9 1000 131 4 151 10| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 0.6 -3.1 -2.5 -2.5 -0.41| 4.3 -1.8 1500 94 5 135 9| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 10.3 -3.1 7.2 4.8 0.01| 4.9 0.0 2000 118 6 143 11| 2.8 0.0 2.8| 35.3 -3.1 32.2 16.1 0.32| 5.6 1.8 2500 146 6 156 13| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 68.6 -3.1 65.6 26.2 0.51| 6.3 3.2 3000 178 7 172 13| 1.5 0.0 1.5| 98.3 -3.1 95.2 31.7 0.61| 6.9 4.2 4000 296 8 244 6| 0.9 0.0 0.9|107.5 -3.1 104.4 26.1 0.63| 5.9 3.7 5000 306 8 256 5| 0.7 0.0 0.7|111.4 -3.1 108.3 21.7 0.63| 5.1 3.3 6000 315 9 268 4| 0.6 0.1 0.7|113.0 -4.3 108.7 18.1 0.59| 4.7 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20251017.12.gif