UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 JUL 25 Searching for LTAM... Searching the city database file for: LTAM ... Date:0000Z 29 JUL 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 9 1 925 693 SFC 883 1094 24.2 16.2 61 8.0 18.7 0 0 308.1 310.6 296.2 348.2 13.23 3 850 1434 24.6 15.6 57 9.0 18.4 265 9 311.9 314.4 297.2 352.5 13.23 4 848 1455 24.4 15.4 57 9.0 18.1 266 9 311.9 314.4 297.1 352.1 13.09 5 804 1926 26.8 12.8 42 14.0 17.2 291 9 319.3 321.5 297.9 356.1 11.64 6 752 2515 22.8 9.8 44 13.0 14.1 322 9 321.1 323.1 297.4 353.5 10.17 7 710 3015 19.4 8.4 49 11.0 12.2 348 9 322.7 324.6 297.5 354.1 9.80 8 700 3137 18.4 7.4 49 11.0 11.3 355 9 322.9 324.7 297.2 352.7 9.27 9 609 4308 7.6 0.6 61 7.0 3.6 320 11 323.5 324.8 295.5 344.9 6.58 10 541 5267 -2.3 -3.1 94 0.8 -2.7 290 13 322.9 324.0 294.6 341.2 5.64 11 524 5521 -3.5 -6.1 82 2.6 -4.8 282 13 324.4 325.3 294.3 339.7 4.63 12 500 5890 -6.7 -10.1 77 3.4 -8.2 270 14 324.9 325.6 293.5 336.7 3.55 13 493 6001 -7.7 -10.7 79 3.0 -8.9 268 15 325.0 325.6 293.4 336.4 3.43 14 470 6372 -11.3 -12.0 95 0.7 -11.6 263 18 325.0 325.6 293.3 335.8 3.24 15 469 6388 -10.3 -11.9 88 1.6 -10.9 263 18 326.4 327.1 293.7 337.4 3.28 16 465 6455 -6.1 -14.1 53 8.0 -9.4 262 19 332.4 333.0 294.8 342.0 2.76 17 454 6643 -5.9 -30.9 12 25.0 -12.6 259 20 335.0 335.1 293.7 337.4 0.64 18 448 6748 -6.5 -34.5 9 28.0 -13.3 258 21 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.2 0.46 19 442 6854 -6.9 -34.9 9 28.0 -13.7 256 22 336.3 336.4 293.8 338.0 0.45 20 400 7630 -11.5 -45.5 4 34.0 -17.5 245 28 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.16 21 300 9780 -24.5 -60.5 2 36.0 -27.8 245 40 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.04 22 258 10859 -33.5 237 38 353.1 23 250 11080 -35.1 235 38 353.9 24 200 12600 -44.9 255 38 361.7 25 150 14470 -57.1 255 29 371.7 26 121 15798 -65.1 252 28 380.6 27 109 16427 -68.1 250 27 386.5 28 100 16940 -70.1 260 22 392.3 29 80 18260 -72.1 229 25 414.0 30 70 19050 -70.1 210 26 434.4 31 61 19880 -66.3 163 24 460.3 32 50 21100 -62.5 95 20 496.2 33 40 22491 -58.7 93 23 538.4 34 30 24320 -53.7 90 26 598.2 35 24 25756 -53.1 84 29 639.4 36 20 26940 -49.9 80 31 683.4 37 16 28409 -49.3 80 37 730.4 38 10 31560 -41.1 80 49 866.1 39 6.7 34304 -37.3 987.1 40 5.0 36346 -32.6 100 68 1094.6 41 4.9 36489 -32.3 1102.4 TRP 109 16427 -68.1 250 27 386.5 WND 5.0 36346 -32.6 100 68 1094.6 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5881.00 m Freezing level: 556.80 mb = 5044.55 m = 16550.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 570.38 mb = 4838.93 m = 15875.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.88 % Est. max temperature: 37.39 C = 99.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.24 mb = 2133.69 m = 7000.21 ft T: 25.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.12 C/km ThetaE index: 18.29 C Layer 700.0- 469.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.64 mb = 4041.18 m = 13258.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.96 C = 102.14 F Cap Strength: 7.30 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.95 C Showalter Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 425.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.67 mb = 3043.01 m = 9983.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.67 mb = 4666.26 m = 15309.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 442.67 mb = 6842.12 m = 22447.61 ft B at Equ Level: 309.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.67 mb = 11868.73 m = 38938.92 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 316 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 883 1094 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 136 9 -6.3 6.4 1 850 1434 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 200 8 2.7 7.2 2 700 3137 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 65 6 -5.5 -2.6 3 500 5890 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 230 10 7.7 6.4 4 400 7630 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 226 26 19.1 18.2 5 300 9780 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 232 38 30.0 23.3 6 250 11080 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 221 38 24.8 28.2 7 200 12600 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 242 34 30.4 16.2 8 150 14470 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 237 26 21.7 13.9 9 109 16427 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 231 25 19.1 15.6 10 100 16940 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 236 18 15.4 10.2 11 70 19050 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 193 30 6.7 28.9 12 50 21100 95 20 -19.9 1.7 | 107 27 -26.2 8.2 13 30 24320 90 26 -26.0 0.0 | 101 33 -32.3 6.4 14 20 26940 80 31 -30.5 -5.4 | 92 37 -36.8 1.0 15 10 31560 80 49 -48.3 -8.5 | 88 55 -54.5 -2.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.6 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 315.6 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -130.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -5.7 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 52.62 Bulk Shear: 5.90 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 267 6 176 7| 0.0 9.3 9.3| 8.5 -1.8 6.7 13.5 0.47| 12.9 6.1 1000 279 7 191 5| 2.1 4.6 6.7| 9.8 -1.8 8.0 8.0 0.42| 8.6 3.6 1500 291 8 198 4| 2.7 3.1 5.8| 9.9 -1.8 8.1 5.4 0.40| 7.3 2.9 2000 304 8 197 2| 3.0 2.3 5.3| 10.9 -1.8 9.1 4.5 0.37| 6.6 2.4 2500 315 8 141 1| 2.4 2.3 4.6| 10.9 -3.8 7.1 2.8 0.29| 5.7 1.6 3000 319 9 69 1| 2.0 2.4 4.4| 10.9 -5.7 5.2 1.7 0.18| 5.3 1.0 4000 314 10 285 1| 1.5 2.5 4.0| 10.9 -10.0 0.9 0.2 0.01| 4.8 0.0 5000 300 10 245 3| 1.2 2.6 3.8| 11.9 -16.9 -5.0 -1.0 -0.06| 4.6 -0.3 6000 286 12 239 6| 1.0 2.9 3.9| 12.6 -21.4 -8.7 -1.5 -0.06| 4.7 -0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//LTAM/skewt/LTAM.skewt.20250729.00.gif