UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 JAN 26 Searching for LE430... Searching the city database file for: LE430 ... Date:0000Z 18 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 1004 70 8.2 5.3 82 2.9 6.8 235 5 281.0 282.0 279.7 296.3 5.56 1 850 1425 1.2 -1.0 85 2.2 0.2 325 3 287.4 288.1 281.1 299.4 4.18 2 700 2954 -10.3 -14.0 74 3.7 -11.4 225 11 291.1 291.4 279.8 296.6 1.85 3 500 5450 -29.7 -42.7 27 13.0 -30.7 195 19 296.8 296.9 280.2 297.4 0.18 4 400 7000 -42.5 -48.5 52 6.0 -42.8 185 36 299.8 299.8 281.4 300.2 0.12 5 300 8900 -50.3 -68.3 10 18.0 -50.6 205 31 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.5 0.01 6 250 10080 -53.9 -71.9 9 18.0 -54.1 200 31 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.01 7 242 10289 -54.7 -72.7 9 18.0 -54.9 205 29 327.8 327.8 291.1 327.8 0.01 8 200 11510 -54.1 -78.1 4 24.0 -54.4 210 31 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.00 9 150 13350 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -55.1 230 38 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 10 100 15910 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -58.9 220 38 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 242 10289 -54.7 -72.7 9 18.0 -54.9 205 29 327.8 327.8 291.1 327.8 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5347.65 m Freezing level: 834.35 mb = 1584.55 m = 5198.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 847.47 mb = 1448.46 m = 4752.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.65 % Est. max temperature: 14.40 C = 57.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.52 mb = 430.14 m = 1411.22 ft T: 6.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 2.72 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1425.00 m = 4675.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.22 C = 59.40 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: 28.70 C K Index: 26.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11765.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.81 mb = 818.07 m = 2683.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 240 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 1004 70 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 68 4 -3.4 -1.4 1 850 1425 325 3 1.7 -2.5 | 41 9 -5.7 -6.7 2 700 2954 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 185 4 0.3 3.5 3 500 5450 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 170 14 -2.5 14.1 4 400 7000 185 36 3.1 35.9 | 172 32 -4.3 31.6 5 300 8900 205 31 13.1 28.1 | 193 24 5.6 23.8 6 250 10080 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 187 25 3.1 24.9 7 242 10289 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 192 23 4.8 22.0 8 200 11510 210 31 15.5 26.8 | 200 24 8.0 22.6 9 150 13350 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 227 30 21.6 20.2 10 100 15910 220 38 24.4 29.1 | 214 30 17.0 24.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -14.0 tot: -12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.32 Bulk Shear: 6.53 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 225 5 77 4| 2.8 0.0 2.8| 0.0 -2.3 -2.3 -4.6 -0.76| 2.9 -2.2 1000 250 4 51 4| 2.5 0.0 2.5| 0.2 -2.7 -2.4 -2.4 -0.44| 2.7 -1.2 1500 271 4 39 6| 2.0 0.0 2.0| 1.3 -4.4 -3.0 -2.0 -0.34| 2.5 -0.9 2000 278 4 34 6| 1.5 1.0 2.5| 1.3 -9.8 -8.5 -4.3 -0.48| 2.9 -1.4 2500 266 5 33 5| 1.2 1.7 2.9| 1.3 -12.5 -11.2 -4.5 -0.50| 3.3 -1.7 3000 246 6 48 3| 1.0 2.1 3.1| 1.4 -14.0 -12.7 -4.2 -0.55| 3.7 -2.0 4000 232 8 106 2| 0.7 2.0 2.8| 1.4 -14.9 -13.6 -3.4 -0.48| 3.3 -1.6 5000 220 9 155 3| 0.6 2.0 2.6| 1.4 -19.0 -17.7 -3.5 -0.45| 3.1 -1.4 6000 210 11 163 6| 0.5 2.4 2.9| 5.6 -21.7 -16.1 -2.7 -0.35| 3.4 -1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LE430/skewt/LE430.skewt.20260118.00.gif