UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 16 DEC 25 Searching for MPCZ... Searching the city database file for: MPCZ ... Date:0000Z 16 DEC 25 Station: MPCZ WMO ident: 78807 Latitude: 8.97 Longitude: -79.57 Elevation: 7.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 7 26.0 23.7 87 2.3 24.3 315 5 298.3 301.7 297.1 352.4 18.57 1 1000 113 25.2 23.9 93 1.3 24.3 305 11 298.4 301.8 297.4 353.7 19.00 2 989 211 24.2 23.6 96 0.6 23.8 310 13 298.3 301.7 297.3 353.2 18.86 3 962 454 22.8 21.8 94 1.0 22.1 322 17 299.2 302.4 296.6 349.9 17.34 4 925 797 22.0 18.3 80 3.7 19.4 330 18 301.8 304.5 295.4 344.4 14.46 5 873 1299 20.4 15.6 74 4.8 17.1 39 11 305.2 307.6 295.2 343.7 12.87 6 850 1530 18.8 15.1 79 3.7 16.3 35 12 305.8 308.2 295.3 344.2 12.80 7 791 2145 14.2 13.4 95 0.8 13.7 7 5 307.3 309.6 295.4 344.4 12.31 8 726 2868 11.6 6.6 71 5.0 8.6 349 3 312.1 313.7 293.9 338.2 8.45 9 700 3173 9.4 5.9 79 3.5 7.3 270 7 312.9 314.5 294.0 338.8 8.35 10 592 4546 0.8 0.5 98 0.3 0.6 154 13 318.3 319.6 294.3 339.7 6.72 11 531 5415 -3.5 -3.5 100 0.0 -3.5 160 17 323.2 324.3 294.6 341.4 5.57 12 500 5890 -5.9 -6.8 93 0.9 -6.3 160 18 325.8 326.8 294.6 341.1 4.60 13 420 7239 -13.3 -14.3 92 1.0 -13.7 215 10 333.0 333.6 295.1 343.5 3.01 14 400 7610 -15.5 -16.8 90 1.3 -16.0 225 4 334.8 335.4 295.3 343.9 2.57 15 340 8817 -23.7 -25.6 84 1.9 -24.2 235 2 339.6 339.9 295.4 344.8 1.40 16 300 9720 -30.3 -34.4 67 4.1 -31.0 280 6 342.7 342.8 295.6 345.3 0.69 17 289 9985 -32.5 -37.1 63 4.6 -33.1 276 8 343.2 343.3 295.6 345.3 0.55 18 280 10207 -34.5 -37.7 73 3.2 -34.9 273 9 343.5 343.6 295.6 345.5 0.53 19 250 10990 -40.1 -48.1 42 8.0 -40.7 250 12 346.4 346.5 296.0 347.3 0.20 20 249 11017 -40.3 -48.3 42 8.0 -40.9 250 12 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.3 0.19 21 231 11524 -44.7 -53.7 36 9.0 -45.2 248 14 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.8 0.11 22 200 12470 -53.3 -60.3 42 7.0 -53.5 220 16 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.06 23 186 12932 -57.5 -63.5 46 6.0 -57.6 219 17 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 24 168 13567 -62.7 -67.1 55 4.4 -62.7 240 27 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 25 162 13790 -63.3 -71.3 33 8.0 -63.4 245 32 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.02 26 150 14260 -65.7 -79.7 13 14.0 -65.8 245 43 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 27 148 14341 -66.3 -80.3 12 14.0 -66.4 246 44 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.00 28 128 15206 -72.9 -78.9 40 6.0 -72.9 258 47 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 29 100 16620 -81.7 -88.7 29 7.0 -81.7 215 23 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 30 82 17717 -87.1 -93.1 32 6.0 -87.1 146 2 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.00 m Freezing level: 580.65 mb = 4707.29 m = 15443.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.99 mb = 4668.12 m = 15315.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.12 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.21 mb = 315.95 m = 1036.57 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.01 C Layer 989.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.42 mb = 1424.77 m = 4674.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.86 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 36.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 667.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.23 mb = 719.52 m = 2360.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.23 mb = 1960.64 m = 6432.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.23 mb = 12856.45 m = 42179.45 ft B at Equ Level: 666.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.23 mb = 16167.07 m = 53040.92 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 170 at 8 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 1010 7 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 337 13 5.0 -11.7 1 1000 113 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 324 18 10.5 -14.5 2 978 305 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 327 22 12.1 -18.8 3 945 610 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 336 28 11.5 -25.5 4 925 797 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 336 26 10.5 -23.8 5 913 914 330 17 8.5 -14.7 | 336 25 10.0 -22.9 6 881 1219 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 19 18 -5.6 -16.6 7 850 1530 35 12 -6.9 -9.8 | 17 19 -5.4 -18.0 8 821 1829 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 4 18 -1.1 -17.8 9 791 2134 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 | 355 13 1.0 -13.1 10 763 2438 100 2 -2.0 0.3 | 4 8 -0.5 -7.8 11 736 2743 20 1 -0.3 -0.9 | 353 9 1.1 -9.1 12 700 3173 270 7 7.0 -0.0 | 314 12 8.5 -8.2 13 659 3658 125 4 -3.3 2.3 | 17 6 -1.8 -5.9 14 611 4267 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 98 4 -3.5 0.5 15 567 4877 160 18 -6.2 16.9 | 152 10 -4.7 8.8 16 546 5182 160 17 -5.8 16.0 | 151 9 -4.3 7.8 17 500 5890 160 18 -6.2 16.9 | 152 10 -4.7 8.8 18 487 6096 160 18 -6.2 16.9 | 152 10 -4.7 8.8 19 450 6706 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 221 12 7.6 8.8 20 400 7610 225 4 2.8 2.8 | 321 7 4.3 -5.3 21 399 7620 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 319 10 6.4 -7.3 22 353 8534 195 2 0.5 1.9 | 342 7 2.0 -6.2 23 325 9144 285 3 2.9 -0.8 | 334 10 4.4 -8.9 24 300 9720 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 321 12 7.4 -9.2 25 274 10363 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 305 14 11.5 -8.2 26 262 10668 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 285 14 13.7 -3.7 27 250 10990 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 288 13 12.8 -4.1 28 239 11278 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 287 16 15.0 -4.5 29 200 12470 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 251 12 11.8 4.1 30 190 12802 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 248 11 10.1 4.1 31 164 13716 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 261 29 28.7 4.5 32 150 14260 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 256 42 40.4 10.0 33 134 14935 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 260 47 46.6 8.3 34 127 15240 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 270 48 47.8 -0.0 35 114 15850 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 291 28 26.4 -10.3 36 108 16154 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 275 14 13.6 -1.2 37 103 16459 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 249 13 12.4 4.9 38 100 16620 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 234 18 14.7 10.7 39 97 16764 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 234 18 14.7 10.7 40 83 17678 145 1 -0.6 0.8 | 353 7 0.9 -7.3 41 74 18288 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 108 3 -2.8 0.9 42 66 18898 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 54 19 -15.3 -11.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 139.8 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 169.8 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.9 neg: -58.9 tot: 74.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 8.30 Bulk Shear: 80.50 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 315 14 328 21| 13.8 0.0 13.8| 19.5 -12.4 7.1 14.3 -0.00| 15.5 -0.0 1000 325 16 333 24| 5.9 0.0 5.9| 70.6 -12.4 58.3 58.3 0.29| 13.6 4.0 1500 339 15 343 23| 4.2 0.0 4.2|125.2 -14.3 110.9 74.0 0.45| 13.4 6.0 2000 348 13 349 22| 3.1 1.6 4.8|125.2 -41.1 84.1 42.1 0.25| 11.9 3.0 2500 351 12 350 20| 2.3 1.3 3.6|132.9 -45.5 87.4 35.0 0.23| 11.3 2.6 3000 350 10 350 18| 1.9 1.9 3.8|132.9 -58.9 74.1 24.7 0.13| 10.5 1.4 4000 348 9 349 17| 1.4 1.2 2.6|142.9 -78.1 64.7 16.2 0.12| 10.7 1.3 5000 7 10 359 18| 1.7 0.9 2.7|154.3 -78.3 76.1 15.2 0.19| 9.8 1.9 6000 140 11 93 6| 1.4 0.8 2.2|154.7 -78.5 76.2 12.7 0.19| 8.3 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//MPCZ/skewt/MPCZ.skewt.20251216.00.gif