UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 DEC 25 Searching for MPCZ... Searching the city database file for: MPCZ ... Date:1200Z 17 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 24.6 23.0 91 1.6 23.5 310 3 296.9 300.1 296.3 348.3 17.78 1 1000 115 24.2 23.1 94 1.1 23.4 320 7 297.4 300.6 296.5 349.7 18.07 2 925 798 21.2 20.4 95 0.8 20.6 25 18 301.0 304.0 296.5 349.6 16.53 3 850 1529 17.6 16.2 91 1.4 16.7 20 10 304.6 307.1 295.7 345.6 13.76 4 700 3171 10.8 -10.2 22 21.0 1.5 65 10 314.4 314.9 289.6 322.6 2.51 5 500 5890 -5.3 -10.0 69 4.7 -7.4 150 11 326.6 327.3 294.0 338.6 3.58 6 400 7610 -17.1 -27.1 42 10.0 -19.6 210 13 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.5 1.04 7 300 9700 -32.1 -44.1 29 12.0 -33.4 150 7 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.1 0.25 8 250 10970 -41.3 -56.3 18 15.0 -42.1 205 5 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.07 9 200 12440 -53.7 -59.7 48 6.0 -53.9 220 18 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.06 10 150 14240 -65.7 -80.7 11 15.0 -65.8 220 37 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 11 100 16600 -82.5 -89.5 29 7.0 -82.5 170 3 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.00 m Freezing level: 565.84 mb = 4994.93 m = 16387.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.44 mb = 3568.01 m = 11705.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.13 mb = 228.47 m = 749.56 ft T: 23.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 27.10 C Layer 925.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.73 mb = 847.43 m = 2780.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 18.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 879.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.99 mb = 601.46 m = 1973.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.99 mb = 1518.97 m = 4983.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 830.99 mb = 1720.33 m = 5644.04 ft B at Equ Level: 18.76 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 89 at 7 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 7 310 3 2.3 -1.9 | 281 10 9.8 -1.9 1 1000 115 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 294 13 12.0 -5.3 2 979 305 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 307 15 11.7 -9.0 3 945 610 25 17 -7.2 -15.4 | 359 15 0.3 -15.3 4 925 798 25 18 -7.6 -16.3 | 0 16 -0.1 -16.2 5 913 914 15 18 -4.7 -17.4 | 351 18 2.8 -17.3 6 881 1219 20 16 -5.5 -15.0 | 352 15 2.0 -15.0 7 850 1529 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 336 10 4.1 -9.3 8 820 1829 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 336 10 4.1 -9.3 9 791 2134 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 330 8 4.1 -7.2 10 763 2438 55 7 -5.7 -4.0 | 336 4 1.8 -3.9 11 736 2743 25 6 -2.5 -5.4 | 317 7 5.0 -5.4 12 710 3048 25 5 -2.1 -4.5 | 310 7 5.4 -4.5 13 700 3171 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 21 4 -1.6 -4.2 14 659 3658 90 8 -8.0 0.0 | 98 1 -0.5 0.1 15 635 3962 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 151 4 -1.9 3.5 16 611 4267 85 9 -9.0 -0.8 | 64 2 -1.5 -0.7 17 567 4877 140 8 -5.1 6.1 | 201 7 2.4 6.2 18 546 5182 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 173 7 -0.9 7.1 19 526 5486 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 151 4 -1.9 3.5 20 506 5791 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 200 10 3.3 9.1 21 500 5890 150 11 -5.5 9.5 | 192 10 2.0 9.6 22 487 6096 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 192 8 1.8 8.3 23 468 6401 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 226 14 10.1 9.7 24 450 6706 195 5 1.3 4.8 | 241 10 8.8 4.9 25 432 7010 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 247 16 15.2 6.5 26 416 7315 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 224 20 14.3 14.6 27 400 7610 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 231 18 14.0 11.3 28 399 7620 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 223 18 12.3 13.2 29 383 7925 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 238 19 15.9 10.0 30 367 8230 205 23 9.7 20.8 | 219 27 17.2 20.9 31 338 8839 185 16 1.4 15.9 | 209 18 8.9 16.0 32 324 9144 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 214 13 7.5 11.1 33 300 9700 150 7 -3.5 6.1 | 213 7 4.0 6.1 34 273 10363 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 223 14 9.2 9.9 35 261 10668 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 229 14 10.9 9.5 36 250 10970 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 244 11 9.6 4.6 37 228 11582 250 3 2.8 1.0 | 264 10 10.3 1.1 38 218 11887 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 241 16 13.9 7.7 39 200 12440 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 234 24 19.1 13.9 40 189 12802 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 230 24 18.4 15.6 41 180 13106 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 229 36 27.4 23.8 42 163 13716 210 32 16.0 27.7 | 220 36 23.5 27.8 43 150 14240 220 37 23.8 28.3 | 228 42 31.3 28.4 44 140 14630 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 228 41 30.6 27.6 45 126 15240 210 38 19.0 32.9 | 219 42 26.5 33.0 46 120 15545 210 27 13.5 23.4 | 222 31 21.0 23.5 47 108 16154 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 280 23 23.0 -4.1 48 102 16459 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 267 17 17.5 0.9 49 100 16600 170 3 -0.5 3.0 | 247 8 7.0 3.0 50 97 16764 170 3 -0.5 3.0 | 247 8 7.0 3.0 51 82 17678 110 17 -16.0 5.8 | 125 10 -8.5 5.9 52 78 17983 105 19 -18.4 4.9 | 115 12 -10.9 5.0 53 74 18288 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 90 10 -9.5 0.1 54 70 18593 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 183 7 0.4 7.1 55 66 18898 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 269 7 7.5 0.1 56 59 19507 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 302 16 13.2 -8.1 57 56 19812 20 21 -7.2 -19.7 | 359 20 0.3 -19.7 58 50 20422 85 20 -19.9 -1.7 | 82 13 -12.4 -1.7 59 47 20726 120 23 -19.9 11.5 | 133 17 -12.4 11.6 60 45 21031 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 134 7 -4.7 4.5 61 42 21336 105 21 -20.3 5.4 | 113 14 -12.8 5.5 62 40 21641 130 18 -13.8 11.6 | 152 13 -6.3 11.6 63 38 21946 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 102 6 -5.5 1.2 64 34 22555 115 26 -23.6 11.0 | 125 20 -16.1 11.1 65 32 22860 85 26 -25.9 -2.3 | 83 19 -18.4 -2.2 66 29 23470 80 34 -33.5 -5.9 | 77 27 -26.0 -5.8 67 24 24384 100 45 -44.3 7.8 | 102 38 -36.8 7.9 68 22 24994 90 48 -48.0 0.0 | 90 41 -40.5 0.1 69 21 25298 85 48 -47.8 -4.2 | 84 41 -40.3 -4.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 59.5 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 89.5 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.8 neg: -28.9 tot: 49.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 44.50 Bulk Shear: 19.77 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 342 9 310 14| 13.7 0.0 13.7| 53.7 0.0 53.7 107.5 0.88| 16.8 14.8 1000 9 13 338 14| 8.5 0.0 8.5| 75.5 -11.0 64.5 64.5 0.67| 13.3 8.9 1500 13 14 342 14| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 76.7 -21.4 55.3 36.9 0.44| 11.4 5.0 2000 14 13 341 13| 2.2 0.0 2.2| 76.7 -23.5 53.2 26.6 0.39| 9.0 3.5 2500 17 12 340 12| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 77.8 -24.8 53.0 21.2 0.34| 8.2 2.8 3000 19 11 338 11| 1.3 0.5 1.8| 77.8 -28.9 49.0 16.3 0.26| 7.4 1.9 4000 31 10 346 9| 2.0 0.4 2.4| 88.3 -29.0 59.3 14.8 0.36| 7.5 2.7 5000 44 10 355 7| 1.5 0.3 1.8| 92.2 -32.3 59.9 12.0 0.32| 7.2 2.3 6000 59 10 13 5| 1.4 0.2 1.6|100.8 -41.3 59.6 9.9 0.27| 7.2 1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//MPCZ/skewt/MPCZ.skewt.20251217.12.gif