UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 14 OCT 25 Searching for NSTU... Searching the city database file for: NSTU ... Date:0000Z 14 OCT 25 Station: NSTU WMO ident: 91765 Latitude: -14.33 Longitude: -170.72 Elevation: 3.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 28.4 24.4 79 4.0 25.4 115 7 300.7 304.2 298.2 357.8 19.39 1 1008 22 26.4 22.2 78 4.2 23.4 116 7 298.9 302.0 296.3 348.3 16.95 2 1000 97 25.6 21.5 78 4.1 22.7 120 7 298.8 301.7 295.8 346.4 16.35 3 989 195 24.8 20.9 79 3.9 22.1 129 8 298.9 301.8 295.6 345.3 15.93 4 968 383 22.8 21.8 94 1.0 22.1 130 10 298.7 301.9 296.4 348.9 17.23 5 949 556 21.6 21.2 98 0.4 21.3 107 10 299.2 302.3 296.3 348.6 16.93 6 929 742 20.8 18.5 87 2.3 19.2 100 11 300.2 302.9 295.0 342.9 14.58 7 925 779 20.4 18.6 89 1.8 19.2 100 11 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.3 14.74 8 915 873 19.6 18.7 95 0.9 19.0 97 12 300.3 303.0 295.3 344.2 15.00 9 901 1006 19.0 17.3 90 1.7 17.8 99 13 301.0 303.5 294.8 341.9 13.92 10 884 1170 18.0 16.5 91 1.5 17.0 108 14 301.6 304.1 294.6 341.3 13.48 11 880 1209 17.6 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 109 14 301.6 304.2 295.3 343.9 14.35 12 860 1406 16.6 16.2 97 0.4 16.3 104 12 302.5 305.0 295.0 342.7 13.59 13 850 1506 16.6 15.5 93 1.1 15.8 100 11 303.5 306.0 294.9 342.6 13.14 14 839 1617 16.2 14.9 92 1.3 15.3 97 10 304.2 306.6 294.9 342.4 12.80 15 825 1761 16.4 12.3 77 4.1 13.7 92 9 305.9 308.0 294.0 338.8 10.96 16 805 1970 15.2 10.8 75 4.4 12.4 85 7 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.5 10.16 17 795 2076 14.4 12.2 87 2.2 13.0 82 7 307.0 309.2 294.6 341.1 11.31 18 788 2151 14.0 9.9 76 4.1 11.4 80 6 307.4 309.2 293.6 337.0 9.77 19 756 2500 11.8 10.0 89 1.8 10.7 82 12 308.7 310.6 294.3 339.9 10.26 20 749 2579 11.8 7.4 74 4.4 9.1 86 12 309.5 311.1 293.3 336.0 8.66 21 747 2601 11.4 9.7 89 1.7 10.3 86 12 309.3 311.2 294.4 340.3 10.17 22 742 2657 11.0 9.8 92 1.2 10.2 89 12 309.5 311.4 294.6 340.9 10.31 23 737 2714 10.6 9.1 90 1.5 9.7 91 12 309.6 311.5 294.3 339.8 9.90 24 725 2851 10.0 8.2 89 1.8 8.9 97 12 310.4 312.2 294.1 339.4 9.46 25 719 2920 9.6 5.9 78 3.7 7.4 100 12 310.7 312.3 293.3 335.8 8.13 26 715 2967 9.2 8.1 93 1.1 8.5 102 12 310.8 312.6 294.3 340.0 9.53 27 712 3002 9.4 5.2 75 4.2 6.9 103 12 311.4 312.9 293.2 335.5 7.82 28 709 3037 9.2 4.3 71 4.9 6.3 104 12 311.5 312.9 292.9 334.3 7.36 29 705 3084 9.0 4.0 71 5.0 6.1 105 12 311.8 313.2 292.9 334.3 7.25 30 702 3119 8.8 5.7 81 3.1 6.9 105 13 312.0 313.5 293.7 337.4 8.21 31 700 3143 8.8 4.5 74 4.3 6.3 105 13 312.2 313.7 293.2 335.7 7.57 32 698 3167 8.8 3.8 71 5.0 5.9 104 13 312.5 313.9 293.0 334.9 7.22 33 692 3238 8.2 2.2 66 6.0 4.8 103 13 312.6 313.8 292.5 332.9 6.49 34 690 3262 8.2 1.2 61 7.0 4.4 102 13 312.8 314.0 292.2 331.8 6.06 35 683 3346 7.4 1.4 66 6.0 4.1 100 13 312.9 314.1 292.3 332.3 6.21 36 679 3394 7.6 -4.4 42 12.0 1.7 100 13 313.6 314.4 290.7 326.6 4.06 37 672 3479 6.8 3.0 77 3.8 4.6 101 12 313.7 315.0 293.3 335.8 7.09 38 668 3528 6.8 -2.2 53 9.0 2.2 101 11 314.2 315.1 291.6 329.6 4.87 39 665 3565 6.6 -1.4 57 8.0 2.4 101 11 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.8 5.20 40 660 3627 5.8 3.3 84 2.5 4.4 101 10 314.1 315.6 293.6 337.2 7.37 41 658 3652 5.6 2.5 80 3.1 3.8 102 10 314.2 315.5 293.3 336.1 6.98 42 651 3739 5.0 3.6 91 1.4 4.2 102 9 314.5 315.9 293.9 338.4 7.64 43 632 3980 4.2 0.4 76 3.8 2.1 103 6 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.0 6.25 44 630 4006 4.2 0.6 77 3.6 2.2 103 6 316.5 317.8 293.5 336.7 6.36 45 622 4109 3.2 1.4 88 1.8 2.2 104 5 316.5 317.9 293.9 338.1 6.83 46 607 4307 2.2 -5.8 55 8.0 -1.6 101 3 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.8 4.09 47 602 4373 1.6 -4.4 64 6.0 -1.3 90 3 317.7 318.6 292.4 332.4 4.59 48 595 4468 1.2 -7.8 51 9.0 -2.9 73 2 318.3 319.0 291.7 329.9 3.57 49 580 4672 -0.3 -9.3 51 9.0 -4.3 38 1 318.8 319.5 291.6 329.5 3.26 50 578 4700 -0.5 -9.5 51 9.0 -4.4 33 1 318.9 319.6 291.6 329.5 3.22 51 576 4728 -0.3 -11.3 43 11.0 -4.9 28 1 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.7 2.80 52 575 4742 -0.3 -9.3 51 9.0 -4.3 26 1 319.6 320.3 291.8 330.4 3.29 53 573 4769 0.0 -17.0 26 17.0 -6.2 21 1 320.3 320.7 290.6 326.3 1.76 54 500 5850 -5.1 -46.1 2 41.0 -12.6 160 14 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.12 55 400 7560 -18.1 -52.1 3 34.0 -22.2 190 22 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 56 300 9650 -32.1 -63.1 3 31.0 -34.0 260 41 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 57 250 10910 -42.1 -45.4 70 3.3 -42.3 275 59 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.26 58 226 11584 -47.3 -57.7 29 10.4 -47.7 270 64 345.6 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.07 59 200 12380 -53.5 -72.5 8 19.0 -53.8 260 55 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 60 150 14180 -66.5 -78.5 17 12.0 -66.6 275 41 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 61 111 15950 -75.9 -84.9 23 9.0 -75.9 240 23 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 62 100 16550 -76.1 -86.1 19 10.0 -76.2 225 11 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 63 94 16907 -75.9 -85.9 19 10.0 -75.9 218 11 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 64 89 17221 -78.3 -87.3 22 9.0 -78.3 233 13 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 65 83 17623 -75.3 -87.3 14 12.0 -75.3 247 13 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 66 80 17836 -76.3 -87.3 16 11.0 -76.3 266 11 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 67 74 18288 -74.5 -87.5 12 13.0 -74.6 255 23 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 68 71 18528 -75.7 -88.7 11 13.0 -75.7 212 16 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 69 70 18610 -74.7 -88.7 10 14.0 -74.7 175 10 424.6 424.6 308.2 424.6 0.00 70 56 19922 -70.1 -90.1 4 20.0 -70.2 203 6 463.0 463.0 312.0 463.1 0.00 71 53 20253 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 136 15 482.0 482.0 313.6 482.0 0.00 72 50 20610 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.7 55 17 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 73 49 20734 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.3 51 18 498.1 498.1 314.8 498.1 0.00 74 45 21260 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.0 74 18 511.4 511.4 315.7 511.4 0.00 75 38 22297 -64.9 -90.9 2 26.0 -65.3 86 26 530.6 530.6 316.9 530.6 0.00 76 37 22461 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.5 72 27 542.4 542.4 317.6 542.4 0.00 77 30 23760 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.4 85 33 576.4 576.4 319.5 576.5 0.00 78 29 23970 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.5 85 32 582.1 582.1 319.8 582.1 0.00 79 28 24189 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -59.2 86 32 598.5 598.5 320.5 598.5 0.01 80 26 24657 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.2 90 33 614.7 614.7 321.3 614.8 0.01 81 25 24905 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.3 92 33 618.2 618.2 321.4 618.2 0.01 82 20 26330 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.0 90 23 676.7 676.7 323.7 676.8 0.01 83 18 27017 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.4 100 24 701.2 701.2 324.5 701.3 0.02 84 16 27785 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -55.1 123 30 723.3 723.3 325.1 723.4 0.02 85 12 29677 -47.1 -84.1 1 37.0 -53.2 92 15 800.9 800.9 327.3 801.1 0.03 86 10 30910 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -49.6 130 3 876.6 876.6 329.0 877.2 0.06 87 8.6 31941 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -51.4 181 7 905.1 905.1 329.5 905.7 0.06 88 8.1 32352 -36.3 -79.3 0 43.0 -49.8 201 9 939.0 939.0 330.2 940.0 0.09 89 7.2 33166 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -51.2 241 12 962.9 963.0 330.6 963.9 0.09 90 7.0 33360 -36.7 -78.7 0 42.0 -50.7 250 13 977.3 977.4 330.8 978.7 0.12 91 6.8 33562 -34.9 -77.9 0 43.0 -50.2 993.0 993.1 331.1 994.6 0.14 92 6.6 33770 -35.3 -78.3 0 43.0 -50.5 999.8 999.9 331.2 1001.4 0.13 TRP 111 15950 -75.9 -84.9 23 9.0 -75.9 240 23 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 WND 226 11584 -47.3 -57.7 29 10.4 -47.7 270 64 345.6 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.07 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.00 m Freezing level: 583.00 mb = 4631.36 m = 15194.56 ft Freezing level: 573.00 mb = 4769.38 m = 15647.40 ft Freezing level: 573.00 mb = 4769.38 m = 15647.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.38 mb = 4222.24 m = 13852.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.60 mb = 513.96 m = 1686.21 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 12.48 C Layer 1008.0- 968.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.38 mb = 831.79 m = 2728.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.94 C = 82.30 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 639.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.92 mb = 714.19 m = 2343.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.92 mb = 1045.21 m = 3429.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.92 mb = 1740.96 m = 5711.75 ft B at Equ Level: 14.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.92 mb = 15162.20 m = 49744.13 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 142 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 3 115 7 -6.3 3.0 | 45 3 -2.3 -2.3 1 1000 97 120 7 -6.1 3.5 | 48 3 -2.0 -1.8 2 977 305 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 135 3 -2.4 2.4 3 943 610 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 59 7 -5.8 -3.5 4 925 779 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 64 8 -6.8 -3.4 5 911 914 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 62 9 -7.9 -4.2 6 879 1219 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 87 9 -9.1 -0.5 7 850 1506 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 64 8 -6.8 -3.4 8 789 2134 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 16 7 -1.9 -6.3 9 761 2438 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 47 11 -7.8 -7.4 10 708 3048 105 12 -11.6 3.1 | 74 8 -7.5 -2.2 11 700 3143 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 77 9 -8.5 -1.9 12 682 3353 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 71 9 -8.7 -3.0 13 609 4267 105 3 -2.9 0.8 | 346 5 1.2 -4.5 14 564 4877 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 322 7 4.1 -5.3 15 523 5486 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 245 9 8.3 3.8 16 500 5850 160 14 -4.8 13.2 | 175 8 -0.7 7.9 17 484 6096 160 15 -5.1 14.1 | 173 9 -1.1 8.8 18 465 6401 195 16 4.1 15.5 | 219 13 8.2 10.2 19 413 7315 190 25 4.3 24.6 | 203 21 8.4 19.3 20 400 7560 190 22 3.8 21.7 | 206 18 7.9 16.4 21 380 7925 185 22 1.9 21.9 | 200 18 6.0 16.6 22 365 8230 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 251 19 17.8 6.3 23 335 8839 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 280 30 29.1 -5.3 24 300 9650 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 268 44 44.4 1.8 25 283 10058 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 275 57 57.1 -5.3 26 250 10910 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 279 64 62.8 -10.4 27 226 11584 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 274 68 68.1 -5.3 28 216 11887 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 274 68 68.1 -5.3 29 200 12380 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 266 58 58.2 4.3 30 162 13716 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 258 47 46.3 10.1 31 154 14021 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 264 41 40.8 4.6 32 150 14180 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 281 46 44.9 -8.9 33 146 14326 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 281 46 44.9 -8.9 34 125 15240 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 276 49 49.1 -5.3 35 119 15545 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 260 37 36.0 6.3 36 111 15950 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 255 25 24.0 6.2 37 107 16154 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 270 24 24.3 0.2 38 102 16459 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 269 19 19.1 0.2 39 100 16550 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 258 12 11.8 2.5 40 96 16764 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 258 12 11.8 2.5 41 91 17069 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 246 10 9.6 4.2 42 87 17374 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 275 18 17.6 -1.7 43 82 17678 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 269 16 15.8 0.2 44 78 17983 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 300 16 13.7 -7.9 45 74 18288 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 269 26 26.3 0.7 46 70 18593 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 228 12 8.8 7.9 47 70 18610 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 214 6 3.2 4.7 48 67 18898 165 13 -3.4 12.6 | 185 7 0.7 7.3 49 63 19202 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 87 5 -4.6 -0.3 50 60 19507 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 348 16 3.2 -15.2 51 57 19812 225 4 2.8 2.8 | 290 7 6.9 -2.5 52 54 20117 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 207 5 2.3 4.6 53 52 20422 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 83 16 -15.6 -1.8 54 50 20610 55 17 -13.9 -9.8 | 33 18 -9.9 -15.0 55 47 21031 40 22 -14.1 -16.9 | 25 24 -10.1 -22.1 56 44 21336 85 17 -16.9 -1.5 | 62 15 -12.9 -6.8 57 40 21946 75 22 -21.3 -5.7 | 57 20 -17.2 -11.0 58 38 22250 90 26 -26.0 0.0 | 76 23 -21.9 -5.3 59 36 22555 65 27 -24.5 -11.4 | 51 26 -20.4 -16.7 60 35 22860 95 28 -27.9 2.4 | 83 24 -23.8 -2.8 61 31 23470 85 36 -35.9 -3.1 | 75 33 -31.8 -8.4 62 30 23760 85 33 -32.9 -2.9 | 74 30 -28.8 -8.2 63 29 24079 85 32 -31.9 -2.8 | 74 29 -27.8 -8.1 64 24 25298 95 34 -33.9 3.0 | 86 30 -29.8 -2.3 65 22 25603 90 37 -37.0 0.0 | 81 33 -32.9 -5.3 66 21 25908 75 33 -31.9 -8.5 | 64 31 -27.8 -13.8 67 20 26330 90 23 -23.0 0.0 | 74 20 -18.9 -5.3 68 19 26822 100 22 -21.7 3.8 | 85 18 -17.6 -1.5 69 18 27127 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 87 21 -20.6 -0.9 70 17 27432 120 28 -24.2 14.0 | 113 22 -20.2 8.7 71 15 28042 125 32 -26.2 18.4 | 121 26 -22.2 13.1 72 13 28956 100 22 -21.7 3.8 | 85 18 -17.6 -1.5 73 12 29870 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 62 11 -9.9 -5.3 74 11 30175 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 87 9 -9.1 -0.5 75 10 30910 130 3 -2.3 1.9 | 332 4 1.8 -3.4 76 7 33360 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 273 16 16.3 -0.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.5 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 142.5 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -24.3 tot: 7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 890.91 Bulk Shear: 0.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 128 9 92 3| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 2.8 -4.2 -1.4 -2.8 0.02| 9.7 0.2 1000 112 10 73 5| 0.0 3.2 3.2| 6.3 -7.4 -1.1 -1.1 -0.02| 7.7 -0.1 1500 109 11 75 6| 0.5 2.1 2.6| 12.5 -14.2 -1.7 -1.1 -0.03| 7.3 -0.3 2000 106 10 68 6| 0.4 1.1 1.5| 12.5 -22.8 -10.3 -5.2 -0.21| 6.7 -1.4 2500 102 10 61 7| 0.3 1.7 2.0| 22.6 -24.3 -1.8 -0.7 -0.05| 6.7 -0.4 3000 100 10 61 7| 0.8 1.4 2.2| 31.3 -24.3 7.0 2.3 0.05| 6.3 0.3 4000 100 10 62 7| 1.0 1.1 2.1| 32.7 -33.6 -0.9 -0.2 -0.07| 5.9 -0.4 5000 100 9 51 6| 0.8 0.8 1.7| 32.7 -41.2 -8.5 -1.7 -0.15| 5.6 -0.9 6000 112 9 66 5| 0.7 0.8 1.5| 32.7-101.8 -69.1 -11.5 -0.41| 6.9 -2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NSTU/skewt/NSTU.skewt.20251014.00.gif