UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 16 APR 25 Searching for LFME... Searching the city database file for: LFME ... Date:1200Z 16 APR 25 Station: LFME WMO ident: 7645 Latitude: 43.87 Longitude: 4.40 Elevation: 62.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 62 15.8 9.8 67 6.0 12.3 35 1 288.9 290.2 285.4 310.3 7.61 1 1000 68 15.4 10.8 74 4.6 12.7 35 1 288.5 290.0 285.8 311.5 8.15 2 925 720 8.0 8.0 100 0.0 8.0 85 3 287.5 288.8 284.5 307.9 7.29 3 850 1413 3.8 3.8 100 0.0 3.8 45 3 290.1 291.2 284.2 307.0 5.92 4 700 2960 -6.7 -8.6 86 1.9 -7.4 170 15 295.1 295.6 282.8 303.6 2.85 5 500 5500 -22.5 -23.0 96 0.5 -22.6 150 46 305.6 305.8 285.1 309.5 1.20 6 400 7100 -30.9 -34.0 74 3.1 -31.3 160 89 314.8 314.9 287.6 316.7 0.54 7 300 9070 -48.3 -52.6 61 4.3 -48.4 170 87 317.3 317.3 288.0 317.6 0.10 8 259 10017 -57.0 -61.5 57 4.5 -57.1 180 97 318.0 318.0 288.2 318.2 0.04 9 257 10066 -57.5 -62.0 56 4.5 -57.6 180 97 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.2 0.04 10 250 10240 -57.3 -60.1 70 2.8 -57.3 180 81 320.9 320.9 289.0 321.1 0.05 11 200 11690 -50.5 -62.5 23 12.0 -50.8 190 33 352.8 352.8 297.3 353.0 0.04 12 150 13570 -51.3 -67.3 13 16.0 -51.8 185 29 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.8 0.03 13 100 16180 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -55.1 205 17 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 TRP 257 10066 -57.5 -62.0 56 4.5 -57.6 180 97 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.2 0.04 WND 259 10017 -57.0 -61.5 57 4.5 -57.1 180 97 318.0 318.0 288.2 318.2 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5432.00 m Freezing level: 795.71 mb = 1972.87 m = 6472.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 799.21 mb = 1903.88 m = 6246.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.22 % Est. max temperature: 17.02 C = 62.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.00 mb = 809.13 m = 2654.58 ft T: 7.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 7.85 C Layer 925.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.08 mb = 665.22 m = 2182.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.52 C = 58.13 F Cap Strength: -0.49 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 26.30 C K Index: 28.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 227.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.48 mb = 715.70 m = 2348.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.48 mb = 760.19 m = 2494.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.48 mb = 5343.47 m = 17530.87 ft B at Equ Level: 227.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 390.48 mb = 7265.03 m = 23835.10 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 183 at 16 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 1001 62 35 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 5 17 -1.4 -16.8 1 1000 68 35 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 5 17 -1.4 -16.8 2 925 720 85 3 -3.0 -0.3 | 13 17 -3.9 -16.2 3 850 1413 45 3 -2.1 -2.1 | 9 18 -3.0 -18.1 4 700 2960 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 71 4 -3.5 -1.2 5 500 5500 150 46 -23.0 39.8 | 135 34 -23.9 23.9 6 400 7100 160 89 -30.4 83.6 | 155 75 -31.3 67.7 7 300 9070 170 87 -15.1 85.7 | 167 72 -16.0 69.7 8 259 10017 180 97 0.0 97.0 | 179 81 -0.9 81.1 9 257 10066 180 97 0.0 97.0 | 179 81 -0.9 81.1 10 250 10240 180 81 0.0 81.0 | 179 65 -0.9 65.1 11 200 11690 190 33 5.7 32.5 | 196 17 4.9 16.6 12 150 13570 185 29 2.5 28.9 | 187 13 1.7 13.0 13 100 16180 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 275 6 6.3 -0.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.1 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 183.1 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.1 neg: -5.0 tot: 66.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.76 Bulk Shear: 60.49 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 62 2 8 17| 1.9 0.0 1.9| 8.3 0.0 8.3 16.6 0.96| 2.0 1.9 1000 74 2 11 17| 0.9 0.3 1.3| 11.1 -2.0 9.1 9.1 0.58| 1.8 1.0 1500 66 3 11 17| 0.6 0.6 1.3| 16.9 -5.0 12.0 8.0 0.45| 2.0 0.9 2000 76 3 14 17| 1.8 0.5 2.3| 43.7 -5.0 38.7 19.4 0.70| 3.0 2.1 2500 107 5 21 16| 2.6 0.4 3.0| 64.3 -5.0 59.3 23.7 0.68| 4.0 2.8 3000 146 6 22 12| 3.1 0.3 3.5| 71.1 -5.0 66.1 22.0 0.60| 5.0 3.0 4000 158 10 37 8| 2.4 1.5 3.9| 80.6 -5.0 75.6 18.9 0.54| 5.3 2.9 5000 156 15 75 7| 1.9 2.6 4.4| 81.5 -9.3 72.1 14.4 0.40| 5.6 2.3 6000 153 21 106 11| 2.7 2.8 5.5|148.5 -17.1 131.4 21.9 0.36| 6.5 2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LFME/skewt/LFME.skewt.20250416.12.gif