UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026010512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 5 JAN 26 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1200Z 5 JAN 26 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 1002 68 9.6 8.1 90 1.5 8.8 140 1 282.6 283.8 281.8 301.2 6.77 1 850 1410 1.0 1.0 100 0.0 1.0 295 7 287.2 288.0 281.7 300.9 4.84 2 700 2957 -5.1 -5.1 100 0.0 -5.1 290 11 296.8 297.5 284.5 308.0 3.74 3 500 5520 -21.7 -22.1 97 0.4 -21.8 225 19 306.6 306.8 285.6 310.8 1.30 4 400 7110 -34.9 -40.9 54 6.0 -35.4 250 33 309.6 309.7 285.5 310.6 0.27 5 300 9050 -50.1 -58.1 38 8.0 -50.3 250 38 314.7 314.7 287.1 314.9 0.05 6 250 10220 -57.5 -64.5 41 7.0 -57.6 240 44 320.6 320.6 288.9 320.7 0.03 7 243 10399 -58.7 -64.7 46 6.0 -58.8 245 42 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.5 0.03 8 200 11630 -56.5 -64.5 36 8.0 -56.6 255 50 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 9 150 13470 -55.3 -66.3 24 11.0 -55.6 250 56 374.8 374.8 301.4 375.0 0.03 10 123 14732 -56.7 -74.5 9 17.9 -57.0 255 62 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.3 0.01 11 100 16040 -58.1 -83.1 3 25.0 -58.5 250 52 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 243 10399 -58.7 -64.7 46 6.0 -58.8 245 42 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.5 0.03 WND 123 14732 -56.7 -74.5 9 17.9 -57.0 255 62 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5435.51 m Freezing level: 825.41 mb = 1663.61 m = 5457.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 825.11 mb = 1646.76 m = 5402.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.02 % Est. max temperature: 14.14 C = 57.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.44 mb = 253.96 m = 833.20 ft T: 8.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 0.29 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1410.00 m = 4625.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.75 C = 63.95 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: 6.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.64 C Showalter Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 23.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 45.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.58 mb = 601.46 m = 1973.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.58 mb = 1186.80 m = 3893.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.58 mb = 1470.39 m = 4824.05 ft B at Equ Level: 48.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 733.58 mb = 2583.63 m = 8476.39 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 286 at 9 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 1002 68 140 1 -0.6 0.8 | 110 10 -9.1 3.2 1 850 1410 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 76 2 -2.1 -0.5 2 700 2957 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 305 2 1.9 -1.3 3 500 5520 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 197 17 5.0 15.9 4 400 7110 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 239 26 22.6 13.7 5 300 9050 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 240 31 27.3 15.5 6 250 10220 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 231 38 29.7 24.5 7 243 10399 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 236 36 29.6 20.2 8 200 11630 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 249 43 39.9 15.4 9 150 13470 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 244 49 44.2 21.6 10 123 14732 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 250 55 51.4 18.5 11 100 16040 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 243 45 40.4 20.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -179.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.6 neg: -3.4 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.76 Bulk Shear: 17.70 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 337 2 95 8| 2.9 0.0 2.9| 7.5 0.0 7.5 15.0 0.93| 3.2 3.0 1000 305 3 96 6| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 11.6 0.0 11.6 11.6 0.60| 4.1 2.5 1500 292 4 101 5| 2.9 0.0 2.9| 11.6 -2.0 9.6 6.4 0.14| 4.4 0.6 2000 293 5 97 4| 2.1 0.3 2.5| 11.6 -2.4 9.2 4.6 0.05| 3.7 0.2 2500 292 6 93 3| 1.7 0.5 2.3| 11.6 -2.7 8.9 3.6 -0.03| 3.2 -0.1 3000 292 7 88 2| 1.4 0.7 2.1| 11.6 -3.4 8.2 2.7 -0.09| 3.0 -0.3 4000 284 8 138 1| 1.1 1.2 2.2| 11.6 -8.6 3.0 0.7 -0.25| 3.1 -0.8 5000 270 10 212 3| 0.9 1.5 2.4| 11.6 -21.5 -9.9 -2.0 -0.33| 3.2 -1.1 6000 256 12 209 6| 1.1 1.6 2.7| 33.8 -30.3 3.5 0.6 -0.20| 3.5 -0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20260105.12.gif