UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 APR 25 Searching for LTAM... Searching the city database file for: LTAM ... Date:1200Z 22 APR 25 Station: LTAM WMO ident: 17196 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: 35.50 Elevation: 1094.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 60 1 925 746 SFC 889 1094 26.8 2.8 21 24.0 13.0 235 6 310.2 311.2 290.7 326.6 5.27 3 850 1488 22.6 2.6 27 20.0 11.2 270 6 309.8 310.8 290.7 326.7 5.43 4 715 2948 6.4 -3.6 49 10.0 1.6 225 11 307.7 308.5 288.9 320.4 4.10 5 700 3121 4.6 -5.4 48 10.0 0.0 220 12 307.6 308.3 288.4 319.0 3.65 6 551 5014 -12.5 -17.5 66 5.0 -14.0 241 23 309.1 309.4 287.0 314.8 1.76 7 541 5154 -13.3 -19.3 61 6.0 -15.0 243 24 309.8 310.1 287.0 314.8 1.53 8 500 5750 -17.7 -27.7 41 10.0 -19.8 250 28 311.5 311.6 286.8 314.1 0.78 9 497 5795 -18.1 -27.1 45 9.0 -20.0 250 28 311.5 311.7 286.9 314.3 0.83 10 442 6660 -24.9 -32.9 47 8.0 -26.1 258 37 313.5 313.6 287.2 315.4 0.54 11 440 6693 -24.9 -33.9 43 9.0 -26.2 259 37 314.0 314.0 287.3 315.7 0.49 12 400 7380 -28.9 -46.9 16 18.0 -30.5 265 44 317.4 317.5 288.1 318.0 0.14 13 393 7506 -29.9 -44.9 22 15.0 -31.3 265 44 317.7 317.8 288.2 318.4 0.18 14 380 7744 -32.3 -44.3 29 12.0 -33.4 264 45 317.6 317.7 288.2 318.4 0.20 15 310 9142 -44.9 -50.9 51 6.0 -45.2 261 48 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.5 0.11 16 300 9360 -46.7 -52.7 50 6.0 -46.9 260 49 319.5 319.6 288.7 319.9 0.10 17 286 9676 -49.5 -55.5 49 6.0 -49.7 260 52 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.2 0.07 18 253 10473 -53.5 -63.5 28 10.0 -53.7 255 52 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.5 0.03 19 250 10550 -53.7 255 52 326.2 20 204 11862 -52.3 250 51 348.0 21 200 11990 -52.7 250 51 349.3 22 189 12355 -51.7 252 52 356.6 23 151 13797 -54.1 260 55 376.1 24 150 13840 -53.5 260 55 377.9 25 100 16410 -60.5 240 31 410.8 26 83 17568 -60.9 245 24 432.5 27 70 18620 -63.3 250 18 449.0 28 68 18799 -62.7 265 17 454.0 29 55 20111 -63.3 15 9 481.0 30 50 20700 -62.3 65 6 496.7 31 37 22594 -56.7 36 6 555.7 32 30 23930 -56.3 15 6 591.2 33 22 25921 -52.7 264 21 656.7 34 20 26540 -50.7 230 26 681.0 35 10 31150 -42.3 255 40 861.6 36 9.6 31426 -42.5 871.0 37 8.0 32666 -39.3 270 63 930.3 38 7.3 33296 -37.7 961.6 39 6.2 34435 -32.3 1030.7 40 5.7 35028 -31.9 1057.5 TRP 286 9676 -49.5 -55.5 49 6.0 -49.7 260 52 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.2 0.07 WND 8.0 32666 -39.3 270 63 930.3 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.00 m Freezing level: 659.92 mb = 3630.16 m = 11909.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.79 mb = 3123.38 m = 10247.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.81 % Est. max temperature: 24.83 C = 76.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 623.80 mb = 4032.41 m = 13229.52 ft T: -3.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.48 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 715.0- 497.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.96 mb = 3842.52 m = 12606.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.90 F Cap Strength: -1.07 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 60.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 40.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1018.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.18 mb = 3989.71 m = 13089.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.18 mb = 4053.00 m = 13297.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.18 mb = 10494.15 m = 34429.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1013.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.18 mb = 12590.94 m = 41308.35 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 278 at 15 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 889 1094 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 119 11 -9.8 5.4 1 850 1488 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 103 9 -8.7 2.0 2 700 3121 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 148 13 -7.0 11.2 3 500 5750 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 225 16 11.6 11.6 4 400 7380 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 259 30 29.1 5.8 5 300 9360 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 253 35 33.5 10.5 6 286 9676 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 253 38 36.5 11.0 7 250 10550 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 246 39 35.5 15.4 8 200 11990 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 240 38 33.2 19.4 9 150 13840 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 254 41 39.4 11.5 10 100 16410 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 215 21 12.1 17.5 11 70 18620 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 195 8 2.2 8.1 12 50 20700 65 6 -5.4 -2.5 | 88 20 -20.2 -0.6 13 30 23930 15 6 -1.6 -5.8 | 77 17 -16.3 -3.8 14 20 26540 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 195 19 5.2 18.7 15 10 31150 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 243 27 23.9 12.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.2 neg: -7.0 tot: 33.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 39.99 Bulk Shear: 25.46 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 256 6 111 10| 3.5 0.0 3.5| 1.0 -7.0 -6.0 -12.0 -0.55| 4.3 -2.4 1000 257 7 113 9| 1.8 1.4 3.1| 6.7 -7.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.05| 3.5 0.2 1500 249 8 121 9| 1.2 1.9 3.1| 12.8 -7.0 5.8 3.8 0.29| 3.4 1.0 2000 239 8 130 10| 0.9 2.3 3.1| 17.2 -7.0 10.2 5.1 0.33| 3.4 1.1 2500 234 9 136 10| 0.9 1.8 2.7| 28.2 -7.0 21.2 8.5 0.46| 3.4 1.6 3000 233 11 143 10| 1.3 1.5 2.8| 40.2 -7.0 33.2 11.1 0.55| 3.4 1.9 4000 236 13 158 10| 1.9 1.1 3.1| 66.7 -7.0 59.7 14.9 0.67| 3.5 2.3 5000 242 16 177 10| 2.5 0.9 3.4| 99.9 -7.0 92.9 18.6 0.71| 3.7 2.7 6000 248 20 201 10| 3.0 0.8 3.8|147.7 -7.0 140.7 23.5 0.71| 4.1 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LTAM/skewt/LTAM.skewt.20250422.12.gif