UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 OCT 25 Searching for NSTU... Searching the city database file for: NSTU ... Date:0000Z 20 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 1011 3 29.4 25.1 78 4.3 26.2 80 16 301.6 305.3 299.0 361.4 20.23 1 1009 20 27.2 23.5 80 3.7 24.5 79 17 299.6 302.9 297.4 353.3 18.36 2 1000 98 25.8 22.7 83 3.1 23.6 75 21 299.0 302.2 296.7 350.4 17.63 3 979 285 24.0 22.4 91 1.6 22.9 64 19 299.0 302.2 296.7 350.5 17.68 4 937 669 21.4 20.7 96 0.7 20.9 47 16 300.1 303.1 296.4 348.8 16.62 5 935 687 21.4 20.6 95 0.8 20.8 47 16 300.3 303.3 296.4 348.8 16.55 6 925 781 20.8 20.0 95 0.8 20.2 50 17 300.6 303.5 296.1 347.9 16.11 7 910 923 20.8 18.7 88 2.1 19.4 35 21 302.0 304.8 295.8 346.5 15.08 8 884 1174 19.0 17.2 89 1.8 17.8 31 26 302.6 305.2 295.4 344.4 14.10 9 871 1302 18.6 16.0 85 2.6 16.8 30 25 303.5 306.0 295.0 342.8 13.25 10 868 1332 18.4 16.1 86 2.3 16.8 30 24 303.6 306.1 295.1 343.3 13.38 11 851 1502 17.8 13.6 76 4.2 15.0 30 19 304.7 306.8 294.1 339.3 11.58 12 850 1512 17.8 13.8 77 4.0 15.1 30 19 304.8 307.0 294.3 339.9 11.75 13 847 1542 17.6 13.3 76 4.3 14.8 25 20 304.9 307.0 294.1 339.0 11.41 14 831 1705 16.6 14.4 87 2.2 15.1 26 20 305.5 307.8 295.0 343.0 12.51 15 758 2486 13.6 7.6 67 6.0 9.9 20 14 310.4 312.0 293.6 337.0 8.67 16 737 2723 12.2 6.2 67 6.0 8.6 18 13 311.4 312.9 293.4 336.4 8.10 17 726 2849 11.2 6.2 71 5.0 8.2 17 12 311.6 313.2 293.6 337.0 8.22 18 721 2907 11.2 3.2 58 8.0 6.6 16 12 312.2 313.5 292.6 333.1 6.69 19 716 2965 10.6 4.6 66 6.0 7.1 16 11 312.2 313.6 293.2 335.3 7.45 20 712 3011 10.2 7.4 83 2.8 8.5 15 11 312.3 314.0 294.4 340.4 9.12 21 703 3117 9.6 5.7 77 3.9 7.3 2 12 312.7 314.3 293.9 338.2 8.20 22 700 3153 9.0 5.5 79 3.5 6.9 355 12 312.5 314.0 293.7 337.6 8.12 23 693 3236 8.4 6.5 88 1.9 7.2 347 12 312.7 314.4 294.3 339.9 8.80 24 689 3284 8.0 5.4 84 2.6 6.5 342 12 312.8 314.3 293.9 338.2 8.19 25 674 3465 6.4 5.4 93 1.0 5.8 332 12 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.0 8.38 26 663 3600 6.4 6.2 99 0.2 6.3 327 11 314.4 316.1 294.9 342.5 9.01 27 662 3613 6.4 6.2 99 0.2 6.3 327 11 314.6 316.3 295.0 342.7 9.03 28 657 3675 6.6 4.6 87 2.0 5.4 325 11 315.5 317.0 294.6 340.9 8.13 29 647 3801 6.2 2.8 79 3.4 4.2 321 11 316.4 317.8 294.1 339.3 7.26 30 635 3954 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 3.9 316 10 317.6 319.0 294.4 340.6 7.24 31 620 4149 4.0 2.2 88 1.8 2.9 315 15 317.8 319.2 294.5 340.8 7.26 32 615 4215 4.0 0.7 79 3.3 2.2 315 17 318.5 319.8 294.2 339.4 6.56 33 610 4282 3.4 0.5 81 2.9 1.8 315 19 318.5 319.8 294.1 339.4 6.52 34 608 4308 3.4 -1.4 71 4.8 0.8 314 19 318.8 319.9 293.6 337.1 5.69 35 600 4416 2.4 0.2 85 2.2 1.2 308 18 318.9 320.2 294.2 339.6 6.49 36 593 4511 2.0 -0.2 85 2.2 0.8 302 18 319.5 320.7 294.3 339.9 6.37 37 579 4703 0.8 -0.7 90 1.5 -0.0 291 16 320.3 321.5 294.4 340.5 6.29 38 540 5261 -2.1 -3.9 87 1.8 -3.0 297 16 323.3 324.3 294.5 340.7 5.32 39 531 5395 -2.3 -5.7 77 3.4 -4.0 292 17 324.6 325.5 294.4 340.2 4.71 40 525 5485 -3.1 -6.8 76 3.7 -4.8 288 17 324.7 325.6 294.1 339.2 4.38 41 521 5545 -3.3 -10.3 58 7.0 -6.4 285 18 325.2 325.8 293.4 336.4 3.35 42 511 5698 -4.5 -12.5 54 8.0 -7.8 279 19 325.5 326.1 293.1 335.2 2.86 43 510 5714 -4.5 -10.5 63 6.0 -7.1 278 19 325.7 326.4 293.6 337.0 3.37 44 508 5745 -4.5 -14.5 46 10.0 -8.4 277 19 326.1 326.6 292.9 334.4 2.45 45 501 5854 -4.7 -12.7 54 8.0 -8.0 279 18 327.1 327.7 293.6 336.9 2.87 46 500 5870 -4.7 -11.7 58 7.0 -7.7 280 18 327.3 327.9 293.8 337.9 3.12 47 499 5886 -4.9 -9.9 68 5.0 -7.1 280 18 327.3 328.0 294.1 339.4 3.61 48 492 5997 -5.5 -12.5 58 7.0 -8.4 283 19 327.8 328.4 293.8 338.0 2.98 49 480 6189 -7.1 -11.3 72 4.2 -8.9 279 19 328.2 328.9 294.2 339.6 3.36 50 478 6222 -7.3 -9.7 83 2.4 -8.4 277 18 328.3 329.1 294.6 341.3 3.83 51 473 6304 -7.3 -12.3 67 5.0 -9.4 272 17 329.3 330.0 294.3 340.1 3.15 52 469 6370 -7.7 -13.7 62 6.0 -10.1 267 16 329.6 330.2 294.1 339.3 2.83 53 468 6386 -7.9 -13.9 62 6.0 -10.3 266 15 329.6 330.1 294.1 339.2 2.79 54 462 6487 -8.7 -15.7 57 7.0 -11.3 270 16 329.8 330.3 293.9 338.2 2.44 55 400 7590 -14.5 -28.5 29 14.0 -18.1 255 22 336.1 336.3 294.2 339.5 0.91 56 300 9700 -30.5 -42.5 30 12.0 -32.0 265 18 342.4 342.5 295.2 343.6 0.30 57 250 10970 -40.5 -47.5 47 7.0 -41.1 315 13 345.9 345.9 295.9 346.7 0.21 58 200 12450 -53.5 -58.0 58 4.5 -53.7 295 17 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.08 59 150 14230 -68.1 -78.1 23 10.0 -68.2 270 39 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 60 100 16590 -80.5 -86.5 36 6.0 -80.5 260 9 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 61 95 16881 -80.1 -86.1 36 6.0 -80.1 302 12 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 62 90 17187 -81.9 -86.9 42 5.0 -81.9 35 16 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 63 87 17378 -81.5 -87.5 35 6.0 -81.5 48 17 385.3 385.3 303.1 385.3 0.00 64 84 17577 -77.3 -85.3 27 8.0 -77.3 354 19 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 65 82 17716 -76.7 -85.7 23 9.0 -76.7 327 20 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 66 79 17931 -77.1 -87.1 19 10.0 -77.1 313 21 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 67 77 18080 -75.1 -87.1 14 12.0 -75.2 303 21 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 68 75 18233 -75.7 -88.7 11 13.0 -75.7 293 22 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 69 73 18391 -71.9 -87.9 7 16.0 -72.0 243 18 425.4 425.4 308.3 425.4 0.00 70 72 18473 -71.3 -88.3 6 17.0 -71.4 209 15 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.4 0.00 71 70 18640 -71.3 -88.3 6 17.0 -71.4 100 19 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.9 0.00 72 69 18725 -71.9 -89.9 5 18.0 -72.0 100 19 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.3 0.00 73 68 18811 -69.7 -88.7 5 19.0 -69.8 100 19 438.9 438.9 309.8 438.9 0.00 74 63 19262 -71.5 -89.5 5 18.0 -71.6 68 19 444.6 444.6 310.3 444.6 0.00 75 54 20181 -66.9 -90.9 2 24.0 -67.1 67 17 475.3 475.3 313.1 475.3 0.00 76 54 20181 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 67 17 479.4 479.4 313.4 479.4 0.00 77 50 20650 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.1 60 14 493.4 493.4 314.5 493.4 0.00 78 48 20902 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.0 60 15 504.4 504.4 315.2 504.4 0.00 79 45 21304 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.6 82 17 517.7 517.7 316.1 517.7 0.00 80 41 21883 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.3 92 27 527.2 527.2 316.8 527.2 0.00 81 37 22522 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.0 84 30 546.5 546.5 317.9 546.5 0.00 82 33 23230 -63.5 -90.5 1 27.0 -64.1 76 37 556.2 556.2 318.4 556.2 0.00 83 30 23820 -60.3 -90.3 1 30.0 -61.2 85 39 580.3 580.3 319.7 580.3 0.00 84 28 24251 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -60.0 90 42 595.7 595.7 320.4 595.7 0.01 85 25 24963 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -59.3 97 44 618.2 618.2 321.4 618.2 0.01 86 24 25219 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.5 99 44 624.9 624.9 321.7 624.9 0.01 87 21 26066 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.8 97 44 660.1 660.1 323.0 660.1 0.01 88 20 26380 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -55.3 90 39 675.5 675.5 323.6 675.6 0.01 89 18 27069 -49.1 -85.1 1 36.0 -53.1 85 36 706.9 706.9 324.7 707.0 0.02 90 16 27848 -47.1 -84.1 1 37.0 -52.2 80 33 737.6 737.6 325.6 737.8 0.02 91 16 27848 -47.5 -84.5 1 37.0 -52.4 80 33 736.3 736.3 325.6 736.5 0.02 92 14 28736 -45.7 -83.7 1 38.0 -51.8 73 29 771.1 771.1 326.5 771.3 0.03 93 13 29234 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -50.5 71 27 797.3 797.3 327.2 797.6 0.03 94 13 29234 -39.7 -80.7 0 41.0 -48.9 71 27 808.4 808.4 327.4 808.8 0.05 95 13 29234 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -48.4 71 27 812.5 812.5 327.5 813.0 0.05 96 10 31030 -41.5 -82.5 0 41.0 -51.0 85 27 864.6 864.7 328.7 865.1 0.04 97 8.5 32124 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -52.5 92 22 899.5 899.5 329.4 900.0 0.05 98 7.8 32704 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -51.9 95 19 930.7 930.8 330.0 931.4 0.06 99 7.6 32880 -41.7 -82.7 0 41.0 -52.4 97 18 934.4 934.5 330.1 935.0 0.06 100 7.0 33440 -38.1 -80.1 0 42.0 -51.2 100 15 971.5 971.6 330.7 972.6 0.09 101 6.3 34173 -33.3 -77.3 0 44.0 -50.1 1021.7 1021.8 331.5 1023.7 0.16 102 6.2 34285 -33.3 -77.3 0 44.0 -50.2 1026.4 1026.5 331.6 1028.4 0.17 103 6.0 34515 -33.5 -77.5 0 44.0 -50.4 1035.2 1035.3 331.8 1037.2 0.17 TRP 90 17187 -81.9 -86.9 42 5.0 -81.9 35 16 380.8 380.8 302.3 380.8 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.00 m Freezing level: 568.24 mb = 4856.95 m = 15934.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.66 mb = 4693.86 m = 15399.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.54 mb = 543.28 m = 1782.39 ft T: 22.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 1009.0- 979.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.81 mb = 754.59 m = 2475.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: 2.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 633.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.00 mb = 659.53 m = 2163.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.00 mb = 1282.20 m = 4206.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 863.00 mb = 1381.43 m = 4532.19 ft B at Equ Level: 9.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 103.00 mb = 16418.15 m = 53864.68 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 25 at 12 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 1011 3 80 16 -15.8 -2.8 | 129 14 -10.5 8.5 1 1000 98 75 21 -20.3 -5.4 | 111 16 -15.1 5.8 2 943 610 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 | 97 5 -5.4 0.6 3 925 781 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 92 8 -7.8 0.3 4 911 914 35 21 -12.0 -17.2 | 49 9 -6.8 -6.0 5 879 1219 30 27 -13.5 -23.4 | 34 15 -8.3 -12.1 6 850 1512 30 19 -9.5 -16.5 | 39 7 -4.3 -5.2 7 849 1524 25 20 -8.5 -18.1 | 25 8 -3.2 -6.9 8 790 2134 30 19 -9.5 -16.5 | 39 7 -4.3 -5.2 9 762 2438 20 14 -4.8 -13.2 | 347 2 0.4 -1.9 10 709 3048 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 255 2 2.4 0.6 11 700 3153 355 12 1.0 -12.0 | 276 6 6.3 -0.7 12 683 3353 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 268 10 10.3 0.4 13 633 3962 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 251 13 12.3 4.2 14 610 4267 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 277 19 18.7 -2.2 15 565 4877 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 247 22 20.0 8.6 16 544 5182 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 260 19 19.1 3.2 17 505 5791 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 248 26 24.2 9.6 18 500 5870 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 251 24 23.0 8.1 19 486 6096 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 256 25 24.5 6.1 20 467 6401 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 238 24 20.2 12.5 21 449 6706 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 255 24 23.6 6.3 22 431 7010 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 258 27 26.5 5.5 23 415 7315 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 250 32 30.2 11.2 24 400 7590 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 237 31 26.5 16.9 25 382 7925 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 235 33 26.8 19.1 26 324 9144 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 238 33 28.4 17.5 27 300 9700 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 241 26 23.2 12.8 28 298 9754 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 249 27 25.1 9.5 29 273 10363 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 237 26 22.0 14.2 30 261 10668 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 234 21 17.2 12.3 31 250 10970 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 262 15 14.4 2.1 32 239 11278 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 268 14 14.2 0.5 33 228 11582 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 259 14 13.7 2.8 34 218 11887 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 258 9 8.6 1.8 35 208 12192 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 254 11 11.0 3.1 36 200 12450 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 259 21 20.6 4.1 37 198 12497 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 251 18 17.0 5.7 38 180 13106 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 269 28 27.9 0.7 39 155 14021 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 248 37 34.1 13.8 40 150 14230 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 256 46 44.2 11.2 41 120 15545 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 254 55 53.0 15.4 42 102 16459 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 222 37 24.4 27.3 43 100 16590 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 228 19 14.1 12.8 44 97 16764 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 220 24 15.1 18.1 45 92 17069 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 132 5 -4.0 3.5 46 90 17187 35 16 -9.2 -13.1 | 65 4 -4.0 -1.9 47 87 17374 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 92 8 -7.8 0.3 48 83 17678 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 292 16 15.2 -6.1 49 74 18288 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 262 26 25.9 3.7 50 71 18593 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 184 22 1.5 21.6 51 70 18640 100 19 -18.7 3.3 | 137 20 -13.5 14.5 52 67 18898 100 19 -18.7 3.3 | 137 20 -13.5 14.5 53 64 19202 75 19 -18.4 -4.9 | 116 15 -13.1 6.3 54 61 19507 45 18 -12.7 -12.7 | 79 8 -7.5 -1.5 55 58 19812 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 149 11 -5.6 9.3 56 55 20117 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 106 10 -9.5 2.7 57 52 20422 90 16 -16.0 0.0 | 136 16 -10.8 11.2 58 50 20650 60 14 -12.1 -7.0 | 122 8 -6.9 4.2 59 47 21031 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 116 9 -7.8 3.7 60 45 21336 85 17 -16.9 -1.5 | 130 15 -11.7 9.8 61 43 21641 90 27 -27.0 0.0 | 117 25 -21.8 11.2 62 39 22250 95 26 -25.9 2.3 | 123 25 -20.7 13.5 63 35 22860 70 35 -32.9 -12.0 | 88 28 -27.7 -0.7 64 30 23820 85 39 -38.9 -3.4 | 103 35 -33.6 7.8 65 26 24689 95 45 -44.8 3.9 | 111 42 -39.6 15.2 66 22 25908 105 42 -40.6 10.9 | 122 42 -35.3 22.1 67 21 26213 90 45 -45.0 0.0 | 106 41 -39.8 11.2 68 20 26380 90 39 -39.0 0.0 | 108 36 -33.8 11.2 69 13 29261 70 27 -25.4 -9.2 | 96 20 -20.1 2.0 70 12 29566 100 27 -26.6 4.7 | 127 27 -21.4 15.9 71 10 31030 85 27 -26.9 -2.4 | 112 23 -21.7 8.9 72 7 33440 100 15 -14.8 2.6 | 145 17 -9.5 13.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 354.9 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 24.9 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -56.3 tot: -51.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: -3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.11 Bulk Shear: 56.99 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 67 19 109 13| 0.0 8.2 8.2| 0.0 -26.3 -26.3 -52.7 -0.51| 14.6 -7.5 1000 56 18 96 10| 0.0 8.5 8.5| 0.0 -42.9 -42.9 -42.9 -0.58| 13.5 -7.8 1500 45 20 73 10| 0.0 5.2 5.2| 1.8 -49.1 -47.4 -31.6 -0.43| 13.0 -5.6 2000 41 20 64 9| 0.0 4.0 4.0| 4.0 -52.0 -48.1 -24.0 -0.41| 10.5 -4.3 2500 38 19 59 8| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 4.5 -55.2 -50.7 -20.3 -0.42| 9.7 -4.1 3000 36 18 57 6| 0.0 2.6 2.6| 4.5 -56.3 -51.8 -17.3 -0.45| 8.5 -3.8 4000 26 16 30 4| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 7.8 -68.0 -60.2 -15.1 -0.39| 8.1 -3.2 5000 11 16 336 5| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 37.8-120.0 -82.2 -16.4 -0.33| 8.5 -2.8 6000 355 17 308 8| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 67.3-147.4 -80.1 -13.4 -0.28| 8.2 -2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NSTU/skewt/NSTU.skewt.20251020.00.gif