UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 16 JAN 26 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:0000Z 16 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 1012 79 8.4 5.3 81 3.1 6.8 255 3 280.6 281.5 279.4 295.8 5.52 1 850 1508 4.8 2.1 83 2.7 3.5 265 5 291.2 292.1 283.9 306.3 5.24 2 700 3059 -6.3 -11.1 69 4.8 -7.9 240 17 295.5 295.9 282.4 302.6 2.34 3 500 5620 -20.7 -25.7 64 5.0 -21.7 300 15 307.8 308.0 285.7 310.9 0.94 4 400 7230 -32.9 -34.9 82 2.0 -33.1 265 11 312.2 312.3 286.7 314.0 0.49 5 300 9200 -47.9 -50.6 74 2.7 -48.0 265 17 317.8 317.9 288.2 318.3 0.12 6 250 10370 -57.9 -61.2 66 3.3 -57.9 260 21 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.1 0.04 7 230 10891 -62.5 -65.9 63 3.4 -62.6 270 17 320.7 320.7 289.0 320.8 0.02 8 200 11760 -60.1 -68.1 34 8.0 -60.2 265 21 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.02 9 150 13590 -55.1 -77.1 5 22.0 -55.5 280 40 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.01 10 100 16140 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -58.9 275 46 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 230 10891 -62.5 -65.9 63 3.4 -62.6 270 17 320.7 320.7 289.0 320.8 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5443.70 m Freezing level: 785.14 mb = 2178.70 m = 7147.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 804.36 mb = 1948.92 m = 6394.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.77 % Est. max temperature: 18.15 C = 64.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.25 mb = 466.12 m = 1529.24 ft T: 7.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 3.67 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.67 mb = 1916.11 m = 6286.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.20 C = 68.37 F Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lifted Index: 9.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 22.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 50.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12273.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.01 mb = 886.20 m = 2907.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 294 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 1012 79 255 3 2.9 0.8 | 131 7 -5.2 4.5 1 850 1508 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 143 5 -3.1 4.1 2 700 3059 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 209 14 6.6 12.2 3 500 5620 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 308 6 4.9 -3.8 4 400 7230 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 212 5 2.9 4.6 5 300 9200 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 240 10 8.8 5.2 6 250 10370 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 240 15 12.6 7.3 7 230 10891 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 248 10 8.9 3.7 8 200 11760 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 247 14 12.8 5.5 9 150 13590 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 276 31 31.3 -3.3 10 100 16140 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 270 38 37.7 -0.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 10.92 Bulk Shear: 9.79 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 259 3 132 7| 0.7 0.0 0.7| 0.8 0.0 0.8 1.6 0.64| 0.7 0.5 1000 260 4 134 6| 0.8 0.0 0.8| 1.5 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.62| 0.8 0.5 1500 261 4 136 6| 0.9 0.0 0.9| 2.8 0.0 2.8 1.8 0.68| 0.9 0.6 2000 260 5 144 6| 0.7 1.0 1.7| 7.8 0.0 7.8 3.9 0.83| 1.7 1.4 2500 256 6 158 6| 0.5 1.7 2.2| 11.9 0.0 11.9 4.8 0.70| 2.2 1.6 3000 249 8 172 6| 0.4 2.1 2.5| 13.9 0.0 13.9 4.6 0.55| 2.6 1.4 4000 250 10 190 7| 1.0 1.6 2.6| 30.7 0.0 30.7 7.7 0.63| 2.8 1.8 5000 257 11 204 7| 1.4 1.2 2.6| 42.9 0.0 42.9 8.6 0.68| 2.9 2.0 6000 264 12 217 6| 1.4 1.2 2.5| 48.1 -3.2 44.8 7.5 0.59| 2.9 1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20260116.00.gif