UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 APR 25 Searching for LFME... Searching the city database file for: LFME ... Date:1200Z 20 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 1003 62 19.0 11.0 60 8.0 14.2 160 7 291.9 293.4 287.2 315.4 8.24 1 1000 83 17.2 8.2 55 9.0 12.1 165 7 290.4 291.6 285.2 309.8 6.83 2 925 740 10.4 5.8 73 4.6 7.9 185 15 289.9 291.0 284.5 307.8 6.26 3 850 1437 5.4 -1.6 61 7.0 2.2 195 25 291.8 292.5 282.8 303.5 4.00 4 700 2987 -5.1 -22.1 25 17.0 -9.5 195 27 296.8 297.0 281.3 299.8 0.93 5 500 5530 -23.5 -37.5 26 14.0 -25.2 215 33 304.4 304.4 283.6 305.4 0.30 6 400 7120 -36.3 -51.3 20 15.0 -37.1 215 36 307.8 307.8 284.6 308.1 0.08 7 312 8802 -47.4 -61.5 18 14.1 -47.7 205 89 315.1 315.1 287.1 315.2 0.03 8 300 9060 -49.1 -63.1 18 14.0 -49.4 210 85 316.1 316.2 287.5 316.2 0.03 9 250 10250 -52.1 -73.1 6 21.0 -52.4 210 52 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.6 0.01 10 245 10381 -52.9 -73.9 6 21.0 -53.2 210 50 329.3 329.3 291.5 329.3 0.01 11 200 11700 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -50.6 265 9 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.00 12 150 13580 -51.1 -83.1 1 32.0 -51.7 285 3 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 13 100 16200 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -53.4 185 7 425.9 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 245 10381 -52.9 -73.9 6 21.0 -53.2 210 50 329.3 329.3 291.5 329.3 0.01 WND 312 8802 -47.4 -61.5 18 14.1 -47.7 205 89 315.1 315.1 287.1 315.2 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5447.00 m Freezing level: 772.86 mb = 2234.14 m = 7329.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 822.00 mb = 1704.44 m = 5591.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.93 % Est. max temperature: 18.83 C = 65.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.50 mb = 1053.31 m = 3455.69 ft T: 8.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.33 mb = 1528.32 m = 5014.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.21 C = 66.58 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 10.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 186.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.38 mb = 1298.70 m = 4260.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.38 mb = 2658.76 m = 8722.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.38 mb = 6290.55 m = 20638.03 ft B at Equ Level: 52.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 359.38 mb = 7844.83 m = 25737.32 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 232 at 20 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 1003 62 160 7 -2.4 6.6 | 73 19 -17.8 -5.6 1 1000 83 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 73 18 -17.2 -5.4 2 925 740 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 101 14 -14.1 2.8 3 850 1437 195 25 6.5 24.1 | 143 15 -9.0 12.0 4 700 2987 195 27 7.0 26.1 | 149 16 -8.4 13.9 5 500 5530 215 33 18.9 27.0 | 193 15 3.5 14.9 6 400 7120 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 197 18 5.2 17.4 7 312 8802 205 89 37.6 80.7 | 198 72 22.2 68.5 8 300 9060 210 85 42.5 73.6 | 204 67 27.1 61.5 9 250 10250 210 52 26.0 45.0 | 198 35 10.6 32.9 10 245 10381 210 50 25.0 43.3 | 197 33 9.6 31.2 11 200 11700 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 30 13 -6.5 -11.3 12 150 13580 285 3 2.9 -0.8 | 44 18 -12.5 -12.9 13 100 16200 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 71 16 -14.8 -5.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.8 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 231.8 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 43.41 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 174 10 82 17| 6.9 0.0 6.9| 26.2 0.0 26.2 52.4 0.87| 6.9 6.0 1000 182 13 93 15| 7.2 0.0 7.2| 53.3 0.0 53.3 53.3 0.92| 7.2 6.7 1500 188 16 107 14| 6.8 0.0 6.8| 75.5 0.0 75.5 50.4 0.94| 6.9 6.4 2000 190 19 117 14| 5.1 0.2 5.3| 77.6 0.0 77.6 38.8 0.93| 5.3 5.0 2500 192 20 124 14| 4.1 0.3 4.3| 79.6 0.0 79.6 31.8 0.93| 4.4 4.1 3000 192 21 129 14| 3.5 0.2 3.8| 82.6 0.0 82.6 27.5 0.92| 3.8 3.5 4000 195 23 137 14| 3.0 0.2 3.2|101.3 0.0 101.3 25.3 0.93| 3.4 3.2 5000 198 25 146 14| 2.8 0.1 2.9|120.7 0.0 120.7 24.1 0.94| 3.2 3.1 6000 202 26 155 13| 2.4 0.2 2.6|131.7 0.0 131.7 22.0 0.93| 3.0 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LFME/skewt/LFME.skewt.20250420.12.gif