UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 OCT 25 Searching for NSTU... Searching the city database file for: NSTU ... Date:0000Z 19 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 1008 3 29.0 24.5 77 4.5 25.7 85 14 301.5 305.1 298.5 359.2 19.55 1 1005 32 27.0 23.4 81 3.6 24.4 83 14 299.7 303.1 297.4 353.4 18.32 2 1000 80 26.4 23.0 82 3.4 23.9 80 15 299.5 302.8 297.1 352.1 17.96 3 952 513 22.2 22.2 100 0.0 22.2 92 17 299.5 302.8 297.1 352.1 17.97 4 925 764 21.0 20.8 99 0.2 20.9 90 18 300.8 303.9 296.8 350.6 16.95 5 914 868 20.2 20.2 100 0.0 20.2 90 18 301.0 304.0 296.5 349.5 16.52 6 851 1484 17.6 17.6 100 0.0 17.6 75 23 304.5 307.3 296.5 349.3 15.05 7 850 1494 17.6 17.6 100 0.0 17.6 75 23 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.5 15.07 8 837 1626 16.0 16.0 100 0.0 16.0 75 20 304.2 306.8 295.6 345.3 13.80 9 828 1718 15.8 15.8 100 0.0 15.8 75 18 305.0 307.5 295.7 346.1 13.77 10 825 1749 15.4 13.7 90 1.7 14.3 75 17 304.9 307.1 294.5 340.8 12.03 11 817 1832 15.2 13.0 87 2.2 13.7 75 15 305.5 307.7 294.4 340.3 11.60 12 813 1873 15.8 11.6 76 4.2 13.1 68 14 306.6 308.6 294.0 338.6 10.62 13 808 1926 15.6 11.2 75 4.4 12.8 60 14 306.9 308.8 293.9 338.3 10.40 14 785 2171 14.2 11.1 82 3.1 12.2 21 10 307.9 309.9 294.4 340.2 10.64 15 780 2225 14.0 10.0 77 4.0 11.4 15 10 308.3 310.2 293.9 338.5 9.94 16 773 2302 13.4 11.0 85 2.4 11.9 6 8 308.4 310.5 294.6 341.0 10.73 17 769 2345 13.4 9.7 78 3.7 11.0 1 8 308.9 310.8 294.1 339.0 9.88 18 760 2445 12.8 10.4 85 2.4 11.3 350 6 309.3 311.3 294.6 341.2 10.48 19 750 2556 13.0 8.8 76 4.2 10.4 339 8 310.7 312.5 294.3 339.9 9.52 20 737 2704 12.0 7.5 74 4.5 9.2 324 10 311.2 312.8 293.9 338.4 8.86 21 723 2865 11.2 7.2 76 4.0 8.8 326 11 312.0 313.7 294.1 339.3 8.85 22 709 3028 10.8 4.8 66 6.0 7.2 334 10 313.3 314.8 293.6 337.1 7.63 23 700 3135 10.2 5.4 72 4.8 7.3 335 10 313.8 315.3 294.0 338.9 8.06 24 696 3183 10.0 5.0 71 5.0 7.1 332 10 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.7 7.89 25 694 3207 10.0 4.0 66 6.0 6.5 331 11 314.3 315.7 293.7 337.4 7.37 26 600 4398 1.4 1.0 97 0.4 1.2 329 13 317.7 319.1 294.2 339.6 6.88 27 592 4506 0.8 0.8 100 0.0 0.8 332 13 318.3 319.6 294.3 340.1 6.87 28 508 5725 -4.5 -5.5 93 1.0 -5.0 328 12 326.1 327.1 295.0 342.6 5.00 29 500 5850 -5.5 -6.1 96 0.6 -5.8 340 10 326.3 327.3 294.9 342.5 4.86 30 483 6121 -7.1 -7.2 99 0.1 -7.1 294 6 327.6 328.5 295.0 343.0 4.62 31 478 6202 -7.3 -8.5 91 1.2 -7.8 280 5 328.3 329.2 294.9 342.5 4.22 32 461 6484 -9.5 -9.5 100 0.0 -9.5 246 3 329.0 329.8 295.0 342.6 4.04 33 440 6843 -11.1 -12.3 91 1.2 -11.6 252 9 331.4 332.1 295.0 343.0 3.38 34 436 6913 -11.5 -12.2 95 0.7 -11.8 254 10 331.8 332.5 295.2 343.6 3.44 35 430 7020 -11.9 -13.8 86 1.9 -12.6 255 11 332.6 333.2 295.1 343.2 3.06 36 426 7091 -12.5 -13.4 93 0.9 -12.9 257 13 332.7 333.3 295.2 343.7 3.20 37 408 7420 -14.7 -17.9 77 3.2 -15.8 262 18 334.0 334.5 294.8 342.1 2.29 38 400 7570 -15.9 -18.2 82 2.3 -16.7 265 20 334.3 334.8 294.9 342.4 2.28 39 395 7665 -16.7 -18.7 84 2.0 -17.4 263 20 334.5 334.9 294.8 342.3 2.21 40 385 7857 -17.5 -21.3 72 3.8 -18.7 275 22 335.9 336.3 294.9 342.4 1.81 41 378 7994 -18.3 -21.4 77 3.1 -19.3 284 23 336.6 337.0 295.1 343.2 1.83 42 375 8054 -18.5 -23.5 65 5.0 -19.9 288 23 337.1 337.4 295.0 342.7 1.53 43 373 8094 -18.5 -23.5 65 5.0 -19.9 290 24 337.6 337.9 295.1 343.2 1.54 44 369 8174 -19.3 -23.3 71 4.0 -20.4 296 24 337.6 337.9 295.1 343.4 1.59 45 365 8255 -19.7 -24.7 64 5.0 -21.1 300 24 338.1 338.4 295.1 343.3 1.41 46 345 8671 -22.9 -26.7 71 3.8 -23.8 317 20 339.3 339.5 295.3 343.9 1.25 47 342 8735 -23.3 -25.3 84 2.0 -23.8 320 19 339.6 339.9 295.5 344.8 1.43 48 330 8996 -25.5 -26.0 96 0.5 -25.6 328 18 340.1 340.3 295.6 345.2 1.39 49 329 9018 -25.7 -26.9 90 1.2 -26.0 328 18 340.1 340.3 295.5 344.8 1.28 50 321 9196 -26.9 -28.1 90 1.2 -27.2 331 17 340.8 341.1 295.6 345.2 1.18 51 304 9586 -30.3 -30.3 100 0.0 -30.3 338 16 341.4 341.6 295.6 345.2 1.01 52 302 9633 -30.3 -31.6 88 1.3 -30.5 339 16 342.0 342.2 295.6 345.4 0.90 53 300 9680 -30.7 -31.9 89 1.2 -30.9 340 16 342.1 342.3 295.6 345.4 0.88 54 298 9728 -30.7 -33.8 74 3.1 -31.2 331 18 342.8 342.9 295.7 345.6 0.74 55 297 9751 -30.9 -33.2 80 2.3 -31.3 326 19 342.8 343.0 295.7 345.8 0.78 56 250 10950 -40.5 -53.5 24 13.0 -41.3 320 25 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.3 0.10 57 200 12430 -53.1 -66.1 19 13.0 -53.4 265 22 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 58 150 14210 -68.7 -72.4 59 3.7 -68.7 245 35 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 59 104 16338 -80.3 -85.3 43 5.0 -80.3 290 37 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 60 100 16560 -78.5 -85.5 31 7.0 -78.5 270 36 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 61 97 16733 -77.1 -86.1 22 9.0 -77.1 270 36 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 62 90 17160 -78.3 -86.3 26 8.0 -78.3 227 25 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 63 76 18127 -76.3 -87.3 16 11.0 -76.3 287 13 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 64 73 18358 -77.1 -88.1 16 11.0 -77.1 308 14 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 65 70 18600 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325.5 733.8 0.02 93 14 28750 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -50.4 96 32 779.9 779.9 326.7 780.1 0.03 94 12 29791 -42.7 -82.7 0 40.0 -50.8 99 37 816.5 816.5 327.7 816.8 0.04 95 11 30382 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -50.3 95 40 843.6 843.6 328.2 844.0 0.04 96 10 31030 -41.7 -82.7 0 41.0 -51.1 90 43 863.9 863.9 328.7 864.3 0.04 97 8.7 31975 -41.3 -82.3 0 41.0 -51.5 900.5 900.6 329.4 901.1 0.05 98 7.7 32809 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -50.8 944.6 944.7 330.2 945.5 0.08 TRP 104 16338 -80.3 -85.3 43 5.0 -80.3 290 37 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.00 m Freezing level: 579.32 mb = 4690.35 m = 15388.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.68 mb = 4660.11 m = 15288.88 ft Precipitable water: 2.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.77 mb = 579.54 m = 1901.35 ft T: 21.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.85 C Layer 1005.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.45 mb = 610.23 m = 2002.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1137.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.09 mb = 604.34 m = 1982.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 937.09 mb = 650.76 m = 2135.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.09 mb = 14323.86 m = 46993.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1123.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 87.09 mb = 17348.34 m = 56916.42 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 39 at 10 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 3 85 14 -13.9 -1.2 | 132 10 -7.5 6.8 1 1000 80 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 123 10 -8.3 5.4 2 941 610 95 18 -17.9 1.6 | 130 15 -11.4 9.6 3 925 764 90 18 -18.0 0.0 | 125 14 -11.5 8.0 4 909 914 90 18 -18.0 0.0 | 125 14 -11.5 8.0 5 877 1219 70 16 -15.0 -5.5 | 107 9 -8.5 2.6 6 850 1494 75 23 -22.2 -6.0 | 98 16 -15.7 2.1 7 847 1524 75 23 -22.2 -6.0 | 98 16 -15.7 2.1 8 817 1829 75 15 -14.5 -3.9 | 117 9 -8.0 4.2 9 788 2134 25 11 -4.6 -10.0 | 316 3 1.8 -1.9 10 760 2438 350 6 1.0 -5.9 | 254 8 7.5 2.1 11 733 2743 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 272 14 13.6 -0.4 12 707 3048 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 275 11 10.7 -1.0 13 700 3135 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 275 11 10.7 -1.0 14 656 3658 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 270 18 18.0 0.0 15 632 3962 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 275 20 20.4 -1.7 16 608 4267 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 283 15 14.5 -3.4 17 586 4572 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 284 12 11.6 -2.8 18 523 5486 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 280 16 15.5 -2.7 19 504 5791 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 277 12 12.0 -1.5 20 500 5850 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 278 10 9.9 -1.4 21 466 6401 245 2 1.8 0.8 | 223 12 8.3 8.9 22 400 7570 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 250 28 26.4 9.8 23 397 7620 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 246 28 25.2 11.3 24 381 7925 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 262 29 29.1 4.0 25 366 8230 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 278 28 27.3 -4.0 26 336 8839 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 292 18 16.8 -6.7 27 300 9680 340 16 5.5 -15.0 | 300 14 12.0 -7.0 28 297 9754 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 293 19 17.4 -7.5 29 284 10058 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 298 13 11.6 -6.1 30 272 10363 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 292 22 20.0 -8.0 31 250 10950 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 296 25 22.6 -11.1 32 249 10973 325 24 13.8 -19.7 | 300 23 20.3 -11.6 33 207 12192 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 274 28 28.2 -2.1 34 200 12430 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 251 30 28.4 10.0 35 188 12802 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 251 30 28.4 10.0 36 179 13106 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 240 29 25.3 14.9 37 150 14210 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 239 45 38.2 22.8 38 132 14935 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 239 43 36.4 22.0 39 113 15850 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 257 54 52.3 12.0 40 107 16154 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 262 39 38.4 5.2 41 104 16338 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 276 42 41.3 -4.6 42 102 16459 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 276 42 41.3 -4.6 43 100 16560 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 259 43 42.5 8.0 44 96 16764 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 259 43 42.5 8.0 45 87 17374 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 210 29 14.5 25.3 46 82 17678 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 238 18 15.4 9.6 47 78 17983 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 250 21 19.4 6.9 48 74 18288 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 265 18 17.8 1.5 49 70 18593 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 296 15 13.3 -6.5 50 70 18600 335 25 10.6 -22.7 | 311 22 17.1 -14.6 51 67 18898 335 26 11.0 -23.6 | 312 23 17.5 -15.5 52 63 19202 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 271 12 12.2 -0.2 53 60 19507 245 2 1.8 0.8 | 223 12 8.3 8.9 54 57 19812 130 15 -11.5 9.6 | 164 18 -5.0 17.7 55 52 20422 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 127 13 -10.5 8.0 56 50 20630 85 24 -23.9 -2.1 | 109 18 -17.4 5.9 57 49 20726 100 26 -25.6 4.5 | 123 23 -19.1 12.6 58 42 21641 80 32 -31.5 -5.6 | 96 25 -25.0 2.5 59 39 22250 55 27 -22.1 -15.5 | 65 17 -15.6 -7.4 60 37 22555 90 25 -25.0 0.0 | 113 20 -18.5 8.0 61 30 23800 75 35 -33.8 -9.1 | 88 27 -27.3 -1.0 62 29 24079 75 40 -38.6 -10.4 | 86 32 -32.1 -2.3 63 26 24689 75 36 -34.8 -9.3 | 87 28 -28.3 -1.3 64 23 25603 100 35 -34.5 6.1 | 117 31 -28.0 14.1 65 20 26400 80 35 -34.5 -6.1 | 94 28 -28.0 2.0 66 16 28042 70 29 -27.3 -9.9 | 85 21 -20.8 -1.9 67 15 28346 75 32 -30.9 -8.3 | 89 24 -24.4 -0.2 68 14 28956 105 32 -30.9 8.3 | 124 29 -24.4 16.3 69 10 31030 90 43 -43.0 0.0 | 102 37 -36.5 8.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 8.9 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 38.9 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -38.1 tot: -13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 24.88 Bulk Shear: 45.70 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 86 16 126 12| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 3.4 -4.2 -0.8 -1.7 -0.10| 5.7 -0.6 1000 89 17 126 13| 2.0 1.2 3.2| 4.8 -13.0 -8.2 -8.2 -0.26| 5.1 -1.3 1500 84 17 120 12| 1.3 2.8 4.1| 4.8 -25.8 -21.0 -14.0 -0.33| 7.2 -2.4 2000 81 17 116 12| 1.0 3.2 4.2| 16.6 -30.6 -14.1 -7.0 -0.19| 9.3 -1.8 2500 75 16 114 10| 0.8 4.3 5.1| 17.5 -38.1 -20.5 -8.2 -0.33| 10.1 -3.3 3000 67 15 108 7| 0.7 4.1 4.8| 24.7 -38.1 -13.4 -4.5 -0.24| 9.6 -2.3 4000 45 14 59 4| 0.5 4.2 4.7| 34.4 -43.6 -9.2 -2.3 -0.19| 8.6 -1.7 5000 23 14 349 5| 1.1 3.4 4.6| 45.1 -44.8 0.3 0.1 -0.14| 7.9 -1.1 6000 9 14 322 7| 0.9 2.6 3.6| 45.1 -61.5 -16.3 -2.7 -0.19| 7.5 -1.4 Wrote GIF file: 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