UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 APR 25 Searching for LTAM... Searching the city database file for: LTAM ... Date:0000Z 23 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 125 1 925 777 SFC 890 1094 11.6 6.6 71 5.0 8.8 0 0 294.4 295.6 286.8 314.3 6.88 3 850 1485 11.2 3.2 58 8.0 6.9 360 5 297.9 298.9 286.9 314.6 5.67 4 828 1705 12.0 3.0 54 9.0 7.1 342 6 301.0 302.0 288.1 318.1 5.74 5 751 2519 9.4 -1.6 46 11.0 3.8 274 11 306.7 307.5 288.9 320.6 4.53 6 719 2879 6.2 -1.8 56 8.0 2.2 244 13 307.0 307.9 289.2 321.4 4.66 7 700 3098 4.2 -2.8 60 7.0 0.8 225 14 307.1 308.0 289.0 320.9 4.45 8 500 5720 -18.1 -20.8 79 2.7 -18.8 245 30 311.0 311.2 287.3 315.8 1.46 9 488 5902 -18.3 -21.9 73 3.6 -19.2 243 31 312.9 313.2 287.9 317.4 1.36 10 469 6198 -20.3 -24.6 68 4.3 -21.2 241 31 314.0 314.2 288.0 317.7 1.11 11 432 6804 -24.7 -30.7 57 6.0 -25.7 235 33 315.9 316.0 288.2 318.2 0.69 12 400 7360 -29.5 -39.5 37 10.0 -30.6 230 35 316.6 316.7 288.0 317.8 0.31 13 365 8006 -35.3 -44.3 39 9.0 -36.0 236 36 317.3 317.4 288.1 318.1 0.20 14 341 8476 -39.9 -45.9 53 6.0 -40.3 241 37 317.3 317.3 288.1 318.0 0.18 15 300 9340 -46.3 -56.3 31 10.0 -46.6 250 38 320.1 320.1 288.8 320.3 0.06 16 258 10327 -53.1 -63.1 29 10.0 -53.3 255 51 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.03 17 250 10530 -53.5 -63.5 28 10.0 -53.7 250 54 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6 0.03 18 240 10791 -54.5 251 56 328.9 19 209 11677 -53.4 255 61 343.8 20 200 11960 -53.1 260 54 348.7 21 172 12941 -52.3 260 45 365.4 22 150 13830 -53.3 260 37 378.2 23 116 15469 -57.5 260 33 399.3 24 100 16400 -60.3 260 31 411.2 25 84 17489 -60.9 238 20 431.0 26 84 17489 -60.9 238 20 431.0 27 83 17564 -60.5 236 19 433.3 28 70 18630 -59.7 215 8 456.7 29 69 18720 -59.7 216 8 458.5 30 57 19912 -60.5 233 12 482.5 31 50 20720 -64.5 245 14 491.5 32 48 20971 -63.1 250 13 500.6 33 39 22265 -58.7 277 11 542.4 34 30 23920 -57.5 310 7 587.9 35 24 25339 -54.5 280 10 635.3 36 23 25611 -54.5 274 10 643.1 37 20 26510 -52.5 255 12 675.5 38 12 29826 -49.1 277 36 793.8 39 10 31040 -41.3 285 44 865.4 40 9.8 31177 -41.3 870.4 41 8.5 32142 -41.9 904.2 42 7.0 33467 -38.7 969.1 43 6.9 33565 -38.7 973.1 44 5.2 35527 -34.1 1075.8 45 3.8 37761 -25.9 -60.9 2 35.0 -49.4 1217.1 1219.1 334.5 1259.8 2.78 TRP 258 10327 -53.1 -63.1 29 10.0 -53.3 255 51 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.03 WND 209 11677 -53.4 255 61 343.8 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5595.00 m Freezing level: 662.33 mb = 3591.83 m = 11784.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.01 mb = 3187.42 m = 10457.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.49 % Est. max temperature: 23.57 C = 74.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.13 mb = 1733.56 m = 5687.47 ft T: 11.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.50 C/km ThetaE index: 5.60 C Layer 700.0- 488.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.45 mb = 3598.61 m = 11806.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.78 C = 76.60 F Cap Strength: 6.85 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.23 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 25.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57261.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.68 mb = 2622.38 m = 8603.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 269 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 890 1094 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 89 15 -15.0 -0.2 1 850 1485 360 5 -0.0 -5.0 | 71 16 -15.0 -5.2 2 700 3098 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 152 11 -5.1 9.7 3 500 5720 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 224 17 12.1 12.5 4 400 7360 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 208 25 11.8 22.3 5 300 9340 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 238 24 20.7 12.8 6 258 10327 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 249 37 34.2 13.0 7 250 10530 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 243 40 35.7 18.3 8 209 11677 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 250 47 43.9 15.6 9 200 11960 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 256 39 38.1 9.2 10 150 13830 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 254 22 21.4 6.2 11 100 16400 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 251 16 15.5 5.2 12 70 18630 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 121 12 -10.5 6.4 13 50 20720 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 158 6 -2.4 5.7 14 30 23920 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 64 11 -9.7 -4.7 15 20 26510 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 130 5 -3.5 2.9 16 10 31040 285 44 42.5 -11.4 | 293 30 27.5 -11.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -32.2 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 62.43 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 358 3 78 15| 0.0 5.8 5.8| 0.0 -23.2 -23.2 -46.5 -0.95| 6.2 -5.9 1000 334 5 70 14| 0.0 4.3 4.3| 0.0 -32.1 -32.1 -32.1 -0.69| 6.1 -4.2 1500 299 7 70 10| 0.0 3.8 3.8| 4.5 -32.2 -27.6 -18.4 -0.25| 6.7 -1.7 2000 250 8 109 8| 0.0 3.6 3.6| 10.9 -32.2 -21.2 -10.6 -0.00| 7.5 -0.0 2500 239 10 124 8| 0.7 2.9 3.5| 20.2 -32.2 -11.9 -4.8 0.10| 6.7 0.6 3000 236 11 135 8| 1.1 2.4 3.5| 30.0 -32.2 -2.1 -0.7 0.18| 6.1 1.1 4000 237 14 157 8| 1.7 1.8 3.5| 51.9 -32.2 19.7 4.9 0.29| 5.5 1.6 5000 240 17 180 8| 1.7 1.7 3.4| 67.1 -37.7 29.4 5.9 0.30| 5.0 1.5 6000 239 20 192 10| 1.4 1.8 3.2| 67.1 -58.8 8.3 1.4 0.20| 4.7 1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LTAM/skewt/LTAM.skewt.20250423.00.gif