UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 14 JAN 26 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:1200Z 14 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 1014 72 12.2 6.2 67 6.0 9.0 245 1 284.2 285.2 281.5 300.6 5.86 1 850 1531 6.2 0.2 65 6.0 3.3 250 7 292.6 293.5 283.8 305.9 4.56 2 700 3089 -5.3 -9.1 75 3.8 -6.7 235 15 296.6 297.1 283.4 304.9 2.74 3 500 5640 -20.9 -24.1 75 3.2 -21.6 200 35 307.6 307.8 285.7 311.2 1.09 4 400 7260 -31.9 -33.3 87 1.4 -32.1 200 50 313.5 313.6 287.3 315.5 0.58 5 300 9220 -48.3 -54.3 50 6.0 -48.5 195 66 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.6 0.08 6 250 10390 -58.3 -65.3 40 7.0 -58.4 205 69 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.5 0.02 7 245 10517 -59.0 -66.4 38 7.4 -59.0 210 69 320.3 320.3 288.8 320.3 0.02 8 238 10699 -59.9 -67.9 34 8.0 -60.0 210 66 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.6 0.02 9 200 11790 -59.7 -75.7 11 16.0 -59.9 215 44 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.2 0.01 10 150 13610 -56.3 -79.3 4 23.0 -56.6 215 23 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 11 100 16170 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -59.6 235 21 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 238 10699 -59.9 -67.9 34 8.0 -60.0 210 66 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.6 0.02 WND 245 10517 -59.0 -66.4 38 7.4 -59.0 210 69 320.3 320.3 288.8 320.3 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5453.08 m Freezing level: 769.13 mb = 2370.97 m = 7778.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 800.58 mb = 2011.65 m = 6599.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.39 % Est. max temperature: 19.87 C = 67.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.05 mb = 822.30 m = 2697.82 ft T: 9.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 1.04 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.45 mb = 2144.35 m = 7035.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.28 C = 72.10 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: 6.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: 4.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 23.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 51.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10704.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.64 mb = 1247.49 m = 4092.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 245 at 13 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 1014 72 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 65 12 -11.0 -5.0 1 850 1531 250 7 6.6 2.4 | 60 6 -5.3 -3.0 2 700 3089 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 187 3 0.4 3.2 3 500 5640 200 35 12.0 32.9 | 180 27 0.1 27.5 4 400 7260 200 50 17.1 47.0 | 187 42 5.2 41.6 5 300 9220 195 66 17.1 63.8 | 185 59 5.2 58.3 6 250 10390 205 69 29.2 62.5 | 197 60 17.3 57.1 7 245 10517 210 69 34.5 59.8 | 203 59 22.6 54.3 8 238 10699 210 66 33.0 57.2 | 202 56 21.1 51.7 9 200 11790 215 44 25.2 36.0 | 204 33 13.3 30.6 10 150 13610 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 186 13 1.3 13.4 11 100 16170 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 219 8 5.3 6.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -1.5 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 33.77 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 252 2 64 11| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.04| 2.1 -0.1 1000 249 3 64 10| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 0.0 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.08| 2.1 -0.2 1500 249 4 64 9| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 0.0 -1.5 -1.5 -1.0 -0.11| 2.1 -0.2 2000 248 5 64 8| 1.6 0.7 2.3| 0.6 -1.5 -0.9 -0.4 -0.02| 2.3 -0.0 2500 246 6 65 7| 1.3 1.1 2.4| 1.5 -1.5 0.1 0.0 0.14| 2.4 0.3 3000 242 8 70 5| 1.1 1.4 2.5| 2.5 -1.5 1.1 0.4 0.25| 2.5 0.6 4000 235 10 97 3| 0.8 2.1 2.9| 3.5 -2.4 1.1 0.3 0.18| 3.0 0.5 5000 225 14 154 5| 0.6 2.6 3.3| 3.5 -14.9 -11.4 -2.3 0.04| 3.5 0.1 6000 215 17 169 9| 0.5 3.0 3.5| 12.6 -31.2 -18.6 -3.1 0.00| 3.8 0.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20260114.12.gif