UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 JAN 26 Searching for MPCZ... Searching the city database file for: MPCZ ... Date:1200Z 18 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 1008 7 24.8 23.2 91 1.6 23.6 320 2 297.3 300.5 296.5 349.5 18.04 1 1000 94 25.0 23.6 92 1.4 24.0 335 7 298.1 301.5 297.1 352.4 18.65 2 973 336 25.4 21.4 79 4.0 22.5 2 7 300.9 304.0 296.6 350.0 16.71 3 925 781 23.0 19.5 81 3.5 20.5 50 12 302.8 305.7 296.4 349.0 15.61 4 850 1515 18.6 16.0 85 2.6 16.8 80 8 305.6 308.2 295.8 346.3 13.58 5 768 2378 13.0 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 54 14 308.6 310.9 295.7 345.8 12.27 6 752 2556 14.4 6.4 59 8.0 9.6 54 17 312.0 313.5 293.6 336.9 8.04 7 700 3159 10.8 2.8 58 8.0 6.2 85 20 314.4 315.7 293.2 335.5 6.70 8 672 3498 9.0 1.0 57 8.0 4.5 76 13 316.1 317.3 293.2 335.6 6.13 9 665 3585 9.2 -4.8 37 14.0 2.2 68 12 317.3 318.1 291.8 330.3 4.03 10 661 3635 9.4 -1.6 46 11.0 3.5 63 11 318.1 319.1 293.0 334.6 5.15 11 563 4943 0.2 -8.8 51 9.0 -3.9 81 11 322.2 322.8 292.7 333.7 3.49 12 525 5502 -1.3 -21.3 20 20.0 -8.1 309 6 326.9 327.1 292.2 331.5 1.33 13 519 5593 -0.7 -31.7 7 31.0 -9.1 290 7 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.6 0.52 14 500 5890 -3.1 -38.1 5 35.0 -11.1 255 11 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.29 15 451 6695 -9.7 -41.7 5 32.0 -15.7 256 20 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.7 0.22 16 437 6938 -10.3 -44.3 4 34.0 -16.3 262 25 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.17 17 400 7610 -16.7 -46.7 6 30.0 -21.0 270 32 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.14 18 377 8053 -20.3 -49.3 6 29.0 -23.9 260 35 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.11 19 323 9182 -28.5 -53.5 7 25.0 -30.7 234 48 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 20 300 9710 -31.1 -59.1 5 28.0 -33.1 220 60 341.5 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.04 21 299 9734 -31.1 -60.1 4 29.0 -33.1 220 60 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 22 250 10970 -42.3 -61.3 11 19.0 -43.1 205 52 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 23 212 12063 -50.9 -70.9 8 20.0 -51.3 224 51 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.01 24 200 12440 -53.5 -72.5 8 19.0 -53.8 235 44 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 25 169 13501 -60.9 -76.4 11 15.5 -61.0 220 62 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 26 150 14230 -66.1 -79.1 15 13.0 -66.2 235 50 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 27 131 15041 -70.9 -83.9 13 13.0 -70.9 255 37 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 28 100 16590 -83.5 -87.9 46 4.4 -83.5 155 13 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 29 94 16932 -85.9 -90.5 43 4.6 -85.9 141 12 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 TRP WND 169 13501 -60.9 -76.4 11 15.5 -61.0 220 62 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.00 m Freezing level: 557.93 mb = 5017.41 m = 16461.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.44 mb = 4230.12 m = 13878.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.87 C = 91.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.19 mb = 225.77 m = 740.72 ft T: 25.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 16.90 C Layer 973.0- 672.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1390.24 m = 4561.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 828.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.36 mb = 890.93 m = 2922.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.36 mb = 1942.48 m = 6372.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 758.36 mb = 2485.08 m = 8153.05 ft B at Equ Level: 31.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.36 mb = 16129.49 m = 52917.62 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 101 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 1008 7 320 2 1.3 -1.5 | 288 10 9.5 -3.1 1 1000 94 335 7 3.0 -6.3 | 305 14 11.2 -7.9 2 976 305 360 7 -0.0 -7.0 | 316 12 8.2 -8.6 3 943 610 25 6 -2.5 -5.4 | 321 9 5.7 -7.0 4 925 781 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 6 9 -0.9 -9.3 5 911 914 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 6 9 -0.9 -9.3 6 879 1219 55 11 -9.0 -6.3 | 6 8 -0.8 -7.9 7 850 1515 80 8 -7.9 -1.4 | 353 3 0.4 -3.0 8 849 1524 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 13 5 -1.2 -5.0 9 819 1829 95 7 -7.0 0.6 | 307 2 1.3 -1.0 10 790 2134 70 5 -4.7 -1.7 | 313 5 3.5 -3.3 11 762 2438 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 21 13 -4.8 -12.5 12 735 2743 60 16 -13.9 -8.0 | 30 11 -5.6 -9.6 13 709 3048 80 22 -21.7 -3.8 | 68 14 -13.4 -5.4 14 700 3159 85 20 -19.9 -1.7 | 74 12 -11.7 -3.3 15 683 3353 90 16 -16.0 0.0 | 78 8 -7.8 -1.6 16 658 3658 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 4 7 -0.4 -6.6 17 611 4267 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 77 7 -6.8 -1.6 18 588 4572 105 16 -15.5 4.1 | 110 8 -7.2 2.6 19 566 4877 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 85 5 -4.7 -0.4 20 546 5182 10 2 -0.3 -2.0 | 294 9 7.9 -3.6 21 506 5791 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 264 18 17.6 1.8 22 500 5890 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 266 19 18.9 1.3 23 487 6096 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 274 22 22.2 -1.6 24 468 6401 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 261 23 22.3 3.5 25 416 7315 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 272 40 40.2 -1.6 26 400 7610 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 272 40 40.2 -1.6 27 399 7620 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 272 38 38.2 -1.6 28 324 9144 235 47 38.5 27.0 | 242 53 46.7 25.4 29 300 9710 220 60 38.6 46.0 | 227 65 46.8 44.4 30 298 9754 220 60 38.6 46.0 | 227 65 46.8 44.4 31 261 10668 205 49 20.7 44.4 | 214 52 29.0 42.8 32 250 10970 205 52 22.0 47.1 | 214 55 30.2 45.5 33 228 11582 210 60 30.0 52.0 | 217 63 38.2 50.4 34 200 12440 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 242 50 44.3 23.7 35 198 12497 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 242 49 43.5 23.1 36 169 13501 220 62 39.9 47.5 | 226 66 48.1 45.9 37 163 13716 220 62 39.9 47.5 | 226 66 48.1 45.9 38 150 14230 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 241 56 49.2 27.1 39 148 14326 225 56 39.6 39.6 | 232 61 47.8 38.0 40 126 15240 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 268 39 39.1 1.1 41 108 16154 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 246 24 22.0 10.0 42 102 16459 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 232 18 14.2 11.1 43 100 16590 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 195 11 2.8 10.2 44 97 16764 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 195 11 2.8 10.2 45 92 17069 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 171 6 -0.9 6.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 70.9 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 100.9 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.7 neg: -2.4 tot: 78.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 47.15 Bulk Shear: 17.57 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 355 6 312 12| 5.7 0.0 5.7| 20.9 0.0 20.9 41.8 0.67| 10.3 6.9 1000 25 8 332 10| 6.1 0.0 6.1| 38.4 0.0 38.4 38.4 0.75| 9.6 7.2 1500 39 9 343 9| 3.2 0.0 3.2| 38.6 -1.0 37.6 25.0 0.54| 8.4 4.5 2000 50 9 347 7| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 39.5 -2.2 37.3 18.6 0.39| 8.0 3.1 2500 52 9 350 7| 1.5 2.5 3.9| 52.4 -2.4 50.0 20.0 0.44| 9.1 4.0 3000 55 10 3 8| 2.7 2.0 4.7| 80.7 -2.4 78.3 26.1 0.52| 9.3 4.8 4000 64 12 17 7| 2.1 1.0 3.1| 97.4 -17.2 80.2 20.0 0.37| 9.5 3.5 5000 71 12 30 6| 2.2 1.9 4.1|110.8 -29.8 81.0 16.2 0.25| 9.6 2.4 6000 71 11 24 6| 1.9 2.6 4.5|122.8 -82.9 39.9 6.6 0.08| 10.2 0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//MPCZ/skewt/MPCZ.skewt.20260118.12.gif