UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 16 JAN 26 Searching for MPCZ... Searching the city database file for: MPCZ ... Date:1200Z 16 JAN 26 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 23.5 355 2 296.9 300.1 296.3 348.3 17.78 1 1000 117 24.4 23.0 92 1.4 23.4 350 4 297.5 300.8 296.5 349.6 17.96 2 961 466 22.2 22.0 99 0.2 22.1 348 16 298.7 301.9 296.6 350.0 17.58 3 925 800 21.4 19.7 90 1.7 20.2 350 22 301.2 304.1 296.1 347.7 15.81 4 850 1530 17.6 16.4 93 1.2 16.8 350 21 304.6 307.2 295.8 346.2 13.94 5 815 1889 15.6 15.2 97 0.4 15.3 3 24 306.1 308.7 295.8 346.5 13.45 6 723 2901 11.0 7.0 76 4.0 8.6 22 10 311.8 313.4 294.0 338.7 8.73 7 716 2983 11.6 5.6 67 6.0 8.0 18 10 313.3 314.8 293.9 338.2 7.99 8 700 3172 9.8 5.7 76 4.1 7.3 355 7 313.3 314.9 294.0 338.9 8.24 9 676 3461 8.0 3.7 74 4.3 5.5 41 4 314.5 315.9 293.7 337.7 7.41 10 669 3547 8.8 2.8 66 6.0 5.4 55 2 316.3 317.7 293.9 338.5 7.02 11 581 4698 0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 72 8 319.0 320.3 294.3 339.7 6.46 12 543 5239 -1.9 -5.5 76 3.6 -3.7 113 8 323.0 323.9 293.9 338.4 4.68 13 500 5890 -6.9 -8.6 88 1.7 -7.7 195 6 324.6 325.4 293.8 337.9 4.00 14 472 6339 -9.7 -9.7 100 0.0 -9.7 185 11 326.6 327.3 294.2 339.6 3.88 15 400 7600 -18.1 -18.1 100 0.0 -18.1 160 19 331.5 331.9 294.2 339.5 2.30 16 361 8357 -24.1 -24.1 100 0.0 -24.1 160 18 333.3 333.6 294.0 338.7 1.51 17 359 8397 -23.1 -24.0 92 0.9 -23.4 160 18 335.2 335.5 294.5 340.7 1.53 18 341 8772 -24.5 -31.5 52 7.0 -25.9 138 18 338.2 338.4 294.6 341.3 0.81 19 300 9690 -32.3 -35.6 72 3.3 -32.8 180 20 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.2 0.61 20 289 9952 -34.9 -36.6 84 1.7 -35.1 184 18 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.0 0.58 21 262 10631 -39.7 -47.7 42 8.0 -40.3 179 25 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.20 22 250 10950 -42.5 -47.1 61 4.6 -42.8 175 30 342.9 342.9 295.2 343.8 0.22 23 237 11308 -45.9 -47.8 81 1.9 -46.0 172 33 343.0 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.21 24 208 12165 -51.1 -66.1 15 15.0 -51.5 208 44 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 25 200 12420 -51.5 -70.5 9 19.0 -51.9 230 45 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 26 192 12682 -53.3 -72.3 8 19.0 -53.7 232 45 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 27 150 14220 -64.9 -79.9 11 15.0 -65.0 245 50 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.00 28 100 16590 -82.7 -87.7 42 5.0 -82.7 280 14 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.00 29 91 17112 -86.5 -91.5 40 5.0 -86.5 105 11 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 30 89 17235 -82.9 -89.9 29 7.0 -82.9 103 15 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 31 85 17493 -80.9 -88.9 25 8.0 -80.9 90 20 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 32 70 18590 -80.3 -89.3 21 9.0 -80.3 100 25 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 33 60 19463 -78.9 -87.9 22 9.0 -78.9 112 19 434.3 434.3 309.3 434.3 0.00 34 55 19966 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.4 87 16 460.4 460.4 311.8 460.4 0.00 35 50 20530 -69.5 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.6 90 27 479.7 479.7 313.4 479.7 0.00 36 45 21158 -68.3 -86.3 6 18.0 -68.5 100 29 497.3 497.3 314.8 497.3 0.01 37 41 21723 -62.1 -83.1 4 21.0 -62.6 85 33 526.2 526.2 316.7 526.2 0.01 38 39 22030 -63.9 -83.9 5 20.0 -64.3 74 36 529.2 529.2 316.9 529.3 0.01 39 30 23650 -59.7 -83.7 3 24.0 -60.6 80 54 581.9 581.9 319.8 582.0 0.01 40 29 23862 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -60.0 85 54 589.8 589.8 320.2 589.8 0.01 TRP 91 17112 -86.5 -91.5 40 5.0 -86.5 105 11 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.00 m Freezing level: 581.00 mb = 4697.76 m = 15412.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.49 mb = 4662.84 m = 15297.84 ft Precipitable water: 2.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.75 % Est. max temperature: 31.83 C = 89.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.13 mb = 230.77 m = 757.11 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 8.35 C Layer 723.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.47 mb = 946.15 m = 3104.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.58 C = 85.25 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 36.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1088.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.96 mb = 613.50 m = 2012.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.96 mb = 1631.59 m = 5352.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.96 mb = 3053.80 m = 10018.90 ft B at Equ Level: 39.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 99.96 mb = 16592.26 m = 54435.90 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 39 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 1010 7 355 2 0.2 -2.0 | 230 7 5.7 4.7 1 1000 117 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 246 7 6.2 2.8 2 979 305 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 303 11 8.9 -5.9 3 945 610 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 322 14 8.6 -11.0 4 925 800 350 22 3.8 -21.7 | 328 18 9.3 -15.0 5 913 914 350 22 3.8 -21.7 | 328 18 9.3 -15.0 6 881 1219 355 24 2.1 -23.9 | 336 19 7.6 -17.2 7 851 1524 350 21 3.6 -20.7 | 327 17 9.1 -14.0 8 850 1530 350 21 3.6 -20.7 | 327 17 9.1 -14.0 9 820 1829 5 26 -2.3 -25.9 | 350 19 3.2 -19.2 10 791 2134 355 16 1.4 -15.9 | 323 12 6.9 -9.2 11 763 2438 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 337 8 3.1 -7.1 12 736 2743 30 11 -5.5 -9.5 | 0 3 -0.0 -2.8 13 710 3048 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 316 4 2.9 -3.0 14 700 3172 355 7 0.6 -7.0 | 273 6 6.1 -0.3 15 659 3658 75 1 -1.0 -0.3 | 215 8 4.5 6.4 16 611 4267 75 6 -5.8 -1.6 | 177 5 -0.3 5.2 17 567 4877 70 9 -8.5 -3.1 | 141 5 -3.0 3.6 18 500 5890 195 6 1.6 5.8 | 209 14 7.0 12.5 19 487 6096 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 209 18 8.9 16.1 20 450 6706 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 184 18 1.4 18.0 21 432 7010 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 184 21 1.6 21.2 22 415 7315 150 13 -6.5 11.3 | 177 18 -1.0 18.0 23 400 7600 160 19 -6.5 17.9 | 178 25 -1.0 24.6 24 399 7620 160 17 -5.8 16.0 | 179 23 -0.3 22.7 25 352 8534 160 18 -6.2 16.9 | 178 24 -0.7 23.6 26 337 8839 130 18 -13.8 11.6 | 156 20 -8.3 18.3 27 323 9144 150 17 -8.5 14.7 | 172 22 -3.0 21.4 28 310 9449 165 19 -4.9 18.4 | 181 25 0.6 25.1 29 300 9690 180 20 0.0 20.0 | 192 27 5.5 26.7 30 284 10058 185 17 1.5 16.9 | 196 25 7.0 23.6 31 250 10950 175 30 -2.6 29.9 | 184 37 2.9 36.6 32 227 11582 170 36 -6.3 35.5 | 179 42 -0.8 42.2 33 207 12192 210 44 22.0 38.1 | 212 53 27.5 44.8 34 200 12420 230 45 34.5 28.9 | 228 54 40.0 35.6 35 198 12497 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 228 55 40.7 36.3 36 155 14021 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 240 46 39.9 22.8 37 150 14220 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 241 58 50.8 27.8 38 140 14630 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 237 60 50.5 32.7 39 126 15240 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 241 55 48.1 26.6 40 114 15850 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 249 48 45.1 17.3 41 100 16590 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 258 20 19.3 4.3 42 97 16764 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 258 20 19.3 4.3 43 92 17069 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 252 16 15.3 5.0 44 91 17112 105 11 -10.6 2.8 | 152 11 -5.1 9.6 45 87 17374 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 126 17 -14.2 10.2 46 78 17983 50 21 -16.1 -13.5 | 57 13 -10.6 -6.8 47 74 18288 60 20 -17.3 -10.0 | 74 12 -11.8 -3.3 48 70 18590 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 120 22 -19.1 11.0 49 70 18593 75 15 -14.5 -3.9 | 107 9 -9.0 2.8 50 66 18898 110 30 -28.2 10.3 | 127 28 -22.7 17.0 51 63 19202 130 23 -17.6 14.8 | 151 25 -12.1 21.5 52 57 19812 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 128 11 -8.5 6.7 53 54 20117 85 17 -16.9 -1.5 | 115 13 -11.4 5.2 54 51 20422 105 25 -24.1 6.5 | 125 23 -18.7 13.2 55 50 20530 90 27 -27.0 0.0 | 107 23 -21.5 6.7 56 48 20726 85 25 -24.9 -2.2 | 103 20 -19.4 4.5 57 44 21336 105 31 -29.9 8.0 | 121 29 -24.5 14.7 58 40 21946 75 34 -32.8 -8.8 | 86 27 -27.4 -2.1 59 32 23165 65 52 -47.1 -22.0 | 70 44 -41.6 -15.3 60 30 23650 80 54 -53.2 -9.4 | 87 48 -47.7 -2.7 61 29 23774 85 54 -53.8 -4.7 | 92 48 -48.3 2.0 62 27 24079 80 55 -54.2 -9.6 | 87 49 -48.7 -2.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 9.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 39.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.0 neg: -38.2 tot: 50.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 415.85 Bulk Shear: 2.62 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 347 10 292 8| 0.0 14.7 14.7| 27.3 0.0 27.3 54.5 0.85| 15.0 12.8 1000 349 15 315 12| 3.3 7.4 10.7| 42.4 0.0 42.4 42.4 0.76| 10.9 8.3 1500 351 18 323 14| 2.2 4.4 6.6| 50.6 -12.4 38.2 25.5 0.58| 9.0 5.2 2000 353 19 328 15| 1.7 3.3 5.0| 82.4 -27.9 54.5 27.3 0.47| 10.1 4.7 2500 355 19 329 14| 1.5 2.7 4.1| 87.4 -36.3 51.0 20.4 0.37| 10.1 3.7 3000 358 17 330 12| 1.4 2.2 3.6| 89.0 -38.2 50.8 16.9 0.32| 9.4 3.0 4000 359 14 322 9| 2.0 1.7 3.6| 89.0 -52.4 36.6 9.2 0.10| 8.9 0.8 5000 7 12 324 7| 1.8 1.4 3.2| 90.5 -58.8 31.7 6.3 0.04| 7.9 0.3 6000 9 12 322 6| 2.0 1.2 3.2|126.1 -59.3 66.9 11.1 0.15| 7.9 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//MPCZ/skewt/MPCZ.skewt.20260116.12.gif