UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 17 OCT 25 Searching for NSTU... Searching the city database file for: NSTU ... Date:0000Z 17 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 29.8 25.1 76 4.7 26.3 115 11 302.1 305.8 299.1 362.0 20.25 1 1008 22 27.8 24.2 81 3.6 25.2 115 11 300.3 303.8 298.0 356.6 19.19 2 1000 97 26.6 22.9 80 3.7 23.9 115 13 299.8 303.0 297.1 352.0 17.85 3 996 133 26.4 23.0 82 3.4 23.9 114 13 299.9 303.2 297.2 352.7 18.04 4 984 240 25.2 22.7 86 2.5 23.4 111 13 299.7 303.0 297.1 352.2 17.92 5 971 357 24.2 22.8 92 1.4 23.2 107 14 299.9 303.2 297.4 353.4 18.29 6 946 586 22.4 21.5 95 0.9 21.8 101 14 300.3 303.4 296.8 351.0 17.31 7 925 782 21.2 19.8 92 1.4 20.2 95 15 301.0 303.9 296.1 347.8 15.91 8 886 1155 18.6 17.3 92 1.3 17.7 89 13 302.0 304.6 295.3 343.8 14.16 9 873 1282 18.2 15.5 84 2.7 16.4 86 14 302.9 305.2 294.5 340.8 12.79 10 858 1431 17.2 15.8 91 1.4 16.3 82 14 303.4 305.8 295.0 342.8 13.28 11 850 1511 17.0 15.0 88 2.0 15.7 80 14 304.0 306.3 294.7 341.8 12.72 12 837 1643 16.6 13.8 84 2.8 14.7 83 13 304.9 307.1 294.4 340.5 11.94 13 792 2112 14.8 6.8 59 8.0 10.0 94 10 307.8 309.3 292.2 331.7 7.85 14 788 2155 14.4 9.5 72 4.9 11.3 94 10 307.8 309.6 293.5 336.7 9.50 15 779 2252 13.6 10.3 80 3.3 11.5 88 9 308.0 309.9 294.0 338.8 10.15 16 777 2274 13.6 8.6 72 5.0 10.5 87 9 308.2 309.9 293.3 335.8 9.06 17 773 2317 13.2 9.8 80 3.4 11.0 84 9 308.2 310.1 293.9 338.3 9.89 18 761 2449 12.2 9.5 84 2.7 10.5 77 8 308.5 310.4 293.9 338.5 9.85 19 754 2527 12.0 7.2 72 4.8 9.1 72 8 309.1 310.7 293.1 335.1 8.48 20 750 2571 11.8 8.7 81 3.1 9.9 69 7 309.4 311.2 293.9 338.3 9.46 21 746 2616 11.8 3.8 58 8.0 7.2 67 7 309.9 311.1 291.9 330.7 6.75 22 740 2684 11.4 2.4 54 9.0 6.4 63 7 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.2 6.16 23 739 2695 11.4 2.4 54 9.0 6.4 62 7 310.3 311.4 291.5 329.4 6.17 24 736 2729 11.6 -2.4 38 14.0 4.5 60 7 310.8 311.7 290.1 324.5 4.36 25 732 2775 11.4 -5.6 30 17.0 3.2 57 6 311.1 311.8 289.3 322.0 3.44 26 730 2797 11.2 -0.8 43 12.0 4.9 56 6 311.1 312.1 290.7 326.6 4.94 27 724 2866 10.8 -2.2 40 13.0 4.1 52 6 311.4 312.3 290.5 325.6 4.49 28 720 2913 10.2 2.2 58 8.0 5.8 49 5 311.3 312.4 291.9 330.7 6.24 29 713 2994 9.8 -1.2 46 11.0 4.1 44 5 311.7 312.6 290.9 327.1 4.92 30 710 3029 9.6 4.6 71 5.0 6.7 42 5 311.8 313.3 293.1 335.1 7.51 31 701 3135 9.2 -0.8 50 10.0 3.9 36 4 312.5 313.5 291.3 328.7 5.15 32 700 3147 9.2 -0.8 50 10.0 3.9 35 4 312.7 313.7 291.4 328.9 5.16 33 697 3183 8.8 -1.2 49 10.0 3.5 33 4 312.6 313.6 291.3 328.4 5.03 34 694 3218 8.6 -0.4 53 9.0 3.8 32 4 312.8 313.8 291.6 329.6 5.36 35 691 3254 8.2 -1.8 49 10.0 3.0 30 4 312.7 313.6 291.2 328.0 4.85 36 688 3290 7.8 0.8 61 7.0 4.0 29 4 312.7 313.8 292.0 331.1 5.90 37 684 3338 7.6 -0.4 57 8.0 3.4 27 5 313.0 314.0 291.7 330.1 5.44 38 681 3374 7.2 0.2 61 7.0 3.4 25 5 312.9 314.0 291.9 330.8 5.71 39 678 3410 7.0 0.0 61 7.0 3.2 24 5 313.1 314.2 291.9 330.8 5.65 40 676 3434 7.2 -2.8 49 10.0 2.1 22 5 313.6 314.5 291.2 328.2 4.60 41 671 3495 6.8 -4.2 45 11.0 1.4 20 5 313.8 314.6 290.9 327.1 4.17 42 668 3532 6.6 -6.4 39 13.0 0.5 18 5 314.0 314.6 290.4 325.3 3.54 43 665 3569 6.8 -5.2 42 12.0 1.0 17 5 314.6 315.3 290.9 327.1 3.90 44 664 3581 7.0 -8.0 33 15.0 0.1 16 6 315.0 315.6 290.3 325.1 3.15 45 654 3706 6.0 1.0 70 5.0 3.2 11 6 315.2 316.4 293.1 335.1 6.30 46 649 3768 5.8 -4.2 49 10.0 0.8 8 6 315.7 316.5 291.6 329.5 4.32 47 640 3882 5.4 -5.6 45 11.0 0.1 3 7 316.5 317.2 291.5 329.2 3.94 48 638 3908 5.6 -15.4 20 21.0 -2.6 2 7 317.0 317.3 289.7 323.0 1.81 49 636 3934 5.6 -12.4 26 18.0 -1.9 0 7 317.3 317.7 290.2 324.9 2.32 50 635 3946 5.4 -7.6 39 13.0 -0.6 360 7 317.2 317.8 291.2 328.2 3.40 51 623 4102 4.2 -10.8 33 15.0 -2.3 353 7 317.5 318.1 290.7 326.4 2.69 52 620 4141 4.2 -20.8 14 25.0 -4.4 351 7 318.0 318.2 289.3 322.0 1.18 53 615 4207 3.8 -21.2 14 25.0 -4.7 348 8 318.3 318.5 289.4 322.2 1.14 54 500 5860 -4.9 -9.4 71 4.5 -6.9 335 4 327.1 327.8 294.3 339.7 3.75 55 400 7580 -16.5 -34.5 20 18.0 -20.2 275 9 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.51 56 300 9680 -32.1 -43.1 33 11.0 -33.3 255 30 340.1 340.2 294.6 341.3 0.28 57 250 10940 -41.9 -54.9 23 13.0 -42.6 300 28 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.09 58 200 12410 -54.3 -66.3 22 12.0 -54.5 275 47 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 59 157 13915 -65.1 -77.9 15 12.8 -65.1 250 65 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 60 150 14190 -67.1 -80.1 14 13.0 -67.2 255 58 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.00 61 109 16058 -79.3 -84.3 43 5.0 -79.3 280 42 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 62 100 16550 -77.1 -85.1 27 8.0 -77.1 280 34 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 63 94 16907 -75.5 -86.5 16 11.0 -75.5 270 31 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 64 74 18288 -77.1 -89.1 13 12.0 -77.1 285 4 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 65 71 18527 -74.3 -88.3 10 14.0 -74.3 352 12 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 66 70 18610 -74.3 -89.3 8 15.0 -74.3 5 26 425.4 425.4 308.3 425.4 0.00 67 61 19420 -70.5 -90.5 4 20.0 -70.6 9 17 451.0 451.0 311.0 451.0 0.00 68 60 19518 -70.7 -90.7 4 20.0 -70.8 9 15 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.00 69 58 19721 -67.5 -90.5 2 23.0 -67.7 359 14 464.3 464.3 312.1 464.3 0.00 70 54 20154 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -66.0 152 10 478.0 478.0 313.3 478.0 0.00 71 51 20500 -67.3 -90.3 2 23.0 -67.5 127 15 482.2 482.2 313.6 482.2 0.00 72 50 20620 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 115 18 485.8 485.8 313.9 485.8 0.00 73 42 21678 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.5 64 28 515.1 515.1 316.0 515.1 0.00 74 38 22294 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.9 76 26 539.8 539.8 317.5 539.8 0.00 75 37 22459 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.7 80 26 541.9 541.9 317.6 541.9 0.00 76 32 23364 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.9 85 28 573.4 573.4 319.3 573.4 0.01 77 31 23563 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.1 87 28 578.1 578.1 319.6 578.1 0.01 78 30 23770 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.2 100 27 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.6 0.01 79 28 24207 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -59.2 97 27 598.5 598.5 320.5 598.5 0.01 80 24 25186 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -57.3 93 31 632.4 632.4 322.0 632.5 0.01 81 24 25186 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -56.5 93 31 635.3 635.3 322.1 635.4 0.01 82 23 25462 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -53.5 91 31 654.9 654.9 322.9 655.0 0.01 83 22 25753 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -52.9 89 31 666.2 666.3 323.3 666.4 0.02 84 20 26380 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -52.3 85 31 688.3 688.3 324.0 688.5 0.02 85 17 27454 -45.3 -81.3 1 36.0 -50.9 78 34 730.7 730.7 325.4 731.0 0.03 86 15 28285 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -52.0 81 35 753.3 753.4 326.0 753.6 0.03 87 14 28744 -44.3 -81.3 1 37.0 -51.0 89 34 775.8 775.8 326.6 776.2 0.04 88 12 29774 -44.9 -80.9 1 36.0 -51.9 76 39 808.7 808.7 327.5 809.1 0.05 89 10 30990 -45.1 -82.1 1 37.0 -52.8 90 40 851.2 851.2 328.4 851.7 0.05 90 10 30990 -45.1 -82.1 1 37.0 -52.8 90 40 851.2 851.2 328.4 851.7 0.05 91 9.0 31697 -42.7 -80.7 1 38.0 -52.0 886.5 886.5 329.2 887.1 0.07 92 8.5 32082 -43.9 -80.9 1 37.0 -52.8 896.4 896.4 329.4 897.1 0.07 93 8.1 32406 -43.7 -81.7 1 38.0 -52.9 909.6 909.7 329.6 910.3 0.06 94 7.3 33113 -38.7 -79.7 1 41.0 -51.2 957.5 957.6 330.5 958.6 0.10 TRP 109 16058 -79.3 -84.3 43 5.0 -79.3 280 42 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 WND 157 13915 -65.1 -77.9 15 12.8 -65.1 250 65 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.00 m Freezing level: 564.77 mb = 4928.84 m = 16170.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.94 mb = 3883.11 m = 12739.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.03 mb = 604.21 m = 1982.28 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 12.66 C Layer 946.0- 858.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.85 mb = 783.43 m = 2570.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.70 C = 83.66 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 26.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1332.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.44 mb = 693.35 m = 2274.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.44 mb = 928.78 m = 3047.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.44 mb = 13440.74 m = 44096.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1328.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 89.44 mb = 17194.05 m = 56410.25 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 101 at 6 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 11 -10.0 4.6 | 129 6 -4.3 3.5 1 1000 97 115 13 -11.8 5.5 | 126 8 -6.1 4.4 2 925 782 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 91 9 -9.3 0.2 3 911 914 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 90 7 -7.3 0.0 4 850 1511 80 14 -13.8 -2.4 | 66 9 -8.1 -3.6 5 849 1524 80 14 -13.8 -2.4 | 66 9 -8.1 -3.6 6 789 2134 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 87 4 -4.3 -0.2 7 700 3147 35 4 -2.3 -3.3 | 323 6 3.4 -4.4 8 609 4267 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 319 12 7.7 -8.8 9 565 4877 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 281 6 5.7 -1.1 10 500 5860 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 303 9 7.4 -4.7 11 431 7010 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 318 16 10.7 -12.0 12 414 7315 330 13 6.5 -11.3 | 315 17 12.2 -12.4 13 400 7580 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 277 15 14.6 -1.9 14 398 7620 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 271 15 14.6 -0.3 15 382 7925 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 261 16 16.0 2.6 16 366 8230 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 252 19 17.8 5.9 17 337 8839 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 264 31 31.3 3.4 18 310 9449 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 255 38 36.7 10.2 19 300 9680 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 259 35 34.6 6.6 20 297 9754 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 255 36 34.8 9.5 21 272 10363 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 288 26 24.5 -8.0 22 260 10668 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 304 28 23.3 -15.9 23 250 10940 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 297 34 29.9 -15.1 24 200 12410 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 276 53 52.5 -5.2 25 157 13915 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 252 70 66.7 21.1 26 154 14021 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 252 70 66.7 21.1 27 150 14190 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 257 63 61.7 13.9 28 147 14326 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 253 66 63.0 19.7 29 132 14935 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 280 46 45.1 -8.1 30 119 15545 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 276 43 42.5 -4.3 31 113 15850 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 293 43 39.2 -16.8 32 109 16058 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 280 48 47.0 -8.4 33 102 16459 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 271 46 45.7 -1.1 34 100 16550 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 280 40 39.2 -7.0 35 96 16764 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 276 40 39.5 -4.1 36 87 17374 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 260 28 27.9 4.8 37 82 17678 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 269 23 22.6 0.4 38 78 17983 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 291 18 16.5 -6.2 39 74 18288 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 283 10 9.5 -2.2 40 70 18593 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 348 15 3.2 -14.9 41 70 18610 5 26 -2.3 -25.9 | 353 27 3.4 -27.0 42 67 18898 5 30 -2.6 -29.9 | 354 31 3.1 -31.0 43 60 19507 10 15 -2.6 -14.8 | 349 16 3.1 -15.9 44 57 19812 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 334 16 6.8 -14.1 45 54 20117 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 190 8 1.4 7.9 46 52 20422 135 13 -9.2 9.2 | 156 9 -3.5 8.1 47 50 20620 115 18 -16.3 7.6 | 121 12 -10.6 6.5 48 49 20726 110 19 -17.9 6.5 | 114 13 -12.2 5.4 49 47 21031 110 18 -16.9 6.2 | 114 12 -11.2 5.0 50 42 21641 60 29 -25.1 -14.5 | 51 25 -19.4 -15.6 51 40 21946 85 24 -23.9 -2.1 | 80 19 -18.2 -3.2 52 38 22250 75 26 -25.1 -6.7 | 68 21 -19.4 -7.8 53 33 23165 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 93 19 -19.2 1.1 54 31 23470 80 29 -28.6 -5.0 | 75 24 -22.9 -6.2 55 30 23770 100 27 -26.6 4.7 | 100 21 -20.9 3.6 56 30 23774 105 26 -25.1 6.7 | 106 20 -19.4 5.6 57 29 24079 90 26 -26.0 0.0 | 87 20 -20.3 -1.1 58 27 24384 105 29 -28.0 7.5 | 106 23 -22.3 6.4 59 26 24689 80 29 -28.6 -5.0 | 75 24 -22.9 -6.2 60 25 24994 95 31 -30.9 2.7 | 94 25 -25.2 1.6 61 20 26380 85 31 -30.9 -2.7 | 81 26 -25.2 -3.8 62 16 28042 75 35 -33.8 -9.1 | 70 30 -28.1 -10.2 63 14 28651 90 34 -34.0 0.0 | 88 28 -28.3 -1.1 64 12 29870 75 39 -37.7 -10.1 | 71 34 -32.0 -11.2 65 10 30990 90 40 -40.0 0.0 | 88 34 -34.3 -1.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.2 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 101.2 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -156.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -27.7 tot: -24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 132.02 Bulk Shear: 10.09 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 110 13 116 8| 0.0 4.2 4.2| 0.0 -6.8 -6.8 -13.6 -0.66| 5.2 -3.4 1000 103 14 104 8| 0.0 2.6 2.6| 0.0 -12.9 -12.9 -12.9 -0.65| 4.8 -3.1 1500 97 14 94 8| 0.0 2.7 2.7| 0.0 -18.8 -18.8 -12.6 -0.71| 4.2 -3.0 2000 94 13 89 8| 1.0 2.1 3.1| 3.3 -18.8 -15.5 -7.8 -0.43| 4.2 -1.8 2500 93 13 87 7| 0.8 2.0 2.8| 3.8 -22.8 -19.1 -7.6 -0.50| 4.4 -2.2 3000 91 12 82 6| 0.7 2.0 2.7| 3.8 -27.7 -24.0 -8.0 -0.58| 4.4 -2.5 4000 84 10 62 5| 0.5 2.1 2.6| 4.4 -30.5 -26.1 -6.5 -0.51| 4.0 -2.0 5000 76 9 41 4| 0.8 1.5 2.3| 5.0 -42.4 -37.4 -7.5 -0.52| 4.2 -2.2 6000 71 8 24 4| 0.6 1.6 2.3| 9.7 -42.4 -32.6 -5.4 -0.41| 3.9 -1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NSTU/skewt/NSTU.skewt.20251017.00.gif