UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 9 DEC 25 Searching for NSTU... Searching the city database file for: NSTU ... Date:1200Z 9 DEC 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 25.4 23.7 90 1.7 24.2 310 2 297.6 301.0 297.0 351.5 18.55 1 1003 73 26.0 22.7 82 3.3 23.6 34 3 298.9 302.1 296.7 350.2 17.58 2 1000 100 26.0 22.7 82 3.3 23.6 65 3 299.1 302.4 296.8 350.6 17.63 3 989 198 25.2 22.9 87 2.3 23.5 65 6 299.3 302.6 297.1 352.1 18.06 4 981 269 25.8 20.8 74 5.0 22.2 65 9 300.6 303.5 296.1 347.4 15.96 5 961 451 24.8 19.8 74 5.0 21.3 67 14 301.4 304.2 295.8 346.4 15.30 6 951 543 24.0 21.2 84 2.8 22.0 69 16 301.5 304.6 296.9 351.2 16.90 7 941 636 23.8 19.8 78 4.0 20.9 69 18 302.2 305.0 296.3 348.3 15.63 8 925 786 22.6 19.2 81 3.4 20.2 65 16 302.4 305.2 296.1 347.7 15.31 9 913 900 21.8 18.5 82 3.3 19.5 56 16 302.7 305.5 295.9 346.6 14.84 10 906 967 21.8 15.8 69 6.0 17.7 53 16 303.4 305.7 294.5 340.7 12.56 11 889 1132 20.6 16.6 78 4.0 17.8 46 15 303.8 306.3 295.3 343.9 13.49 12 871 1309 19.8 14.8 73 5.0 16.4 39 15 304.8 307.0 294.6 341.3 12.24 13 867 1348 19.4 16.2 82 3.2 17.2 37 15 304.7 307.2 295.5 345.0 13.48 14 862 1398 19.2 15.1 77 4.1 16.4 35 14 305.0 307.4 295.0 342.7 12.62 15 854 1479 18.2 16.2 88 2.0 16.8 32 14 304.8 307.3 295.7 345.7 13.69 16 850 1519 18.0 15.9 88 2.1 16.5 30 14 305.0 307.5 295.6 345.3 13.49 17 839 1631 17.2 15.9 92 1.3 16.3 30 12 305.3 307.8 295.8 346.2 13.67 18 805 1984 15.4 12.0 80 3.4 13.2 30 10 307.0 309.1 294.4 340.2 11.01 19 784 2209 14.8 11.7 82 3.1 12.8 29 9 308.7 310.8 294.9 342.4 11.09 20 772 2339 13.6 11.6 88 2.0 12.3 27 8 308.8 310.9 295.0 342.8 11.19 21 748 2606 12.4 8.9 79 3.5 10.2 36 9 310.3 312.1 294.3 339.7 9.62 22 713 3007 9.2 8.4 95 0.8 8.7 62 12 311.0 312.9 294.6 341.0 9.75 23 700 3160 8.8 8.0 95 0.8 8.3 65 13 312.2 314.1 294.8 342.1 9.67 24 679 3412 7.2 5.7 90 1.5 6.3 43 13 313.2 314.8 294.2 339.5 8.49 25 676 3448 7.6 2.6 71 5.0 4.8 42 13 314.0 315.3 293.2 335.5 6.84 26 674 3473 7.2 4.7 84 2.5 5.7 41 13 313.8 315.4 294.0 338.7 7.97 27 672 3497 7.2 5.0 86 2.2 5.9 40 13 314.1 315.7 294.2 339.6 8.17 28 671 3510 7.0 4.5 84 2.5 5.5 40 13 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.7 7.90 29 670 3522 7.0 4.1 82 2.9 5.3 40 14 314.1 315.6 293.9 338.2 7.69 30 668 3546 7.2 2.4 72 4.8 4.5 39 14 314.6 315.9 293.3 336.1 6.83 31 665 3584 7.0 4.3 83 2.7 5.4 38 14 314.8 316.3 294.1 339.4 7.86 32 658 3671 6.4 2.6 77 3.8 4.2 35 15 315.1 316.4 293.6 337.2 7.03 33 616 4210 3.2 2.3 94 0.9 2.7 57 19 317.4 318.8 294.5 340.7 7.36 34 608 4316 2.8 0.8 87 2.0 1.7 61 19 318.2 319.4 294.2 339.4 6.69 35 599 4436 2.2 0.8 90 1.4 1.4 64 18 318.8 320.1 294.4 340.5 6.79 36 598 4450 2.0 0.2 88 1.8 1.0 64 18 318.7 320.0 294.2 339.5 6.51 37 596 4477 2.2 -3.8 64 6.0 -0.8 65 18 319.3 320.2 293.0 335.0 4.85 38 594 4504 2.0 -0.2 85 2.2 0.8 65 18 319.3 320.6 294.3 339.7 6.36 39 592 4532 1.8 -1.8 77 3.6 -0.1 66 18 319.4 320.5 293.7 337.7 5.67 40 589 4573 1.8 -7.2 51 9.0 -2.4 67 18 319.9 320.6 292.3 332.3 3.78 41 585 4628 1.6 -1.8 78 3.4 -0.2 68 18 320.3 321.4 294.0 338.8 5.74 42 561 4965 -0.5 -2.7 85 2.2 -1.6 72 17 321.7 322.8 294.3 339.8 5.60 43 544 5211 -1.3 -5.3 74 4.0 -3.3 62 17 323.6 324.5 294.1 339.1 4.74 44 541 5255 -1.5 -4.1 82 2.6 -2.8 60 17 323.8 324.9 294.6 341.0 5.23 45 537 5314 -1.7 -6.7 69 5.0 -4.1 58 17 324.3 325.1 294.0 338.6 4.31 46 530 5419 -2.5 -6.7 73 4.2 -4.5 53 17 324.5 325.4 294.1 339.0 4.37 47 516 5631 -3.5 -8.1 70 4.6 -5.6 48 19 325.8 326.6 294.1 339.3 4.03 48 512 5693 -3.7 -10.7 58 7.0 -6.7 47 20 326.3 327.0 293.7 337.4 3.30 49 510 5724 -4.1 -9.0 69 4.9 -6.3 47 20 326.2 326.9 294.0 338.9 3.80 50 505 5801 -4.5 -9.5 68 5.0 -6.7 46 21 326.6 327.4 294.1 339.0 3.69 51 501 5864 -4.3 -11.3 58 7.0 -7.3 45 22 327.6 328.3 294.0 338.5 3.22 52 500 5880 -4.3 -11.3 58 7.0 -7.3 45 22 327.8 328.4 294.0 338.7 3.23 53 496 5943 -5.1 -11.1 63 6.0 -7.7 46 21 327.6 328.2 294.0 338.8 3.30 54 400 7600 -15.3 -23.3 50 8.0 -17.7 25 26 335.1 335.4 294.4 340.4 1.46 55 300 9710 -29.5 -33.3 70 3.8 -30.2 250 10 343.8 344.0 295.9 346.8 0.77 56 250 10980 -40.1 -44.6 62 4.5 -40.5 210 26 346.4 346.5 296.1 347.6 0.29 57 200 12460 -53.7 -56.0 76 2.3 -53.8 225 32 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.10 58 150 14250 -68.5 -73.1 51 4.6 -68.5 235 50 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 59 136 14833 -71.4 -76.8 44 5.4 -71.4 235 61 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 60 100 16610 -80.5 -88.5 25 8.0 -80.5 330 6 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 61 91 17134 -84.9 -90.9 33 6.0 -84.9 310 9 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 62 82 17708 -83.3 -90.3 28 7.0 -83.3 1 13 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 63 81 17776 -83.5 -90.5 28 7.0 -83.5 7 14 389.2 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 64 75 18207 -78.3 -87.3 22 9.0 -78.3 55 12 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 65 72 18440 -77.9 -86.9 22 9.0 -77.9 73 15 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 66 70 18600 -78.3 -87.3 22 9.0 -78.3 55 18 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 67 61 19400 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81 11 30224 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -53.9 84 41 818.1 818.2 327.7 818.6 0.04 82 11 30224 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -54.3 84 41 816.0 816.0 327.6 816.3 0.04 83 11 30224 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -53.2 84 41 822.5 822.5 327.8 822.9 0.05 84 10 30860 -44.1 -80.1 1 36.0 -52.2 75 39 854.9 855.0 328.5 855.6 0.07 85 9.8 30996 -42.5 -79.5 1 37.0 -51.5 74 39 865.9 865.9 328.7 866.6 0.07 86 9.3 31347 -44.5 -79.5 1 35.0 -52.7 73 38 871.3 871.4 328.8 872.1 0.08 87 8.0 32367 -38.9 -77.9 1 39.0 -50.8 69 36 932.0 932.0 330.1 933.2 0.12 88 7.9 32453 -38.7 -77.7 1 39.0 -50.8 68 36 936.1 936.2 330.1 937.5 0.12 89 7.5 32808 -40.3 -78.3 1 38.0 -51.8 67 35 943.6 943.7 330.2 945.0 0.12 90 7.0 33280 -38.5 -77.5 1 39.0 -51.4 65 34 969.9 970.0 330.7 971.5 0.14 91 6.6 33685 -37.7 -77.7 1 40.0 -51.4 989.7 989.8 331.0 991.4 0.15 92 5.9 34468 -32.1 -75.1 1 43.0 -50.0 1046.3 1046.4 331.9 1049.4 0.24 93 5.5 34962 -33.3 -75.3 1 42.0 -50.8 1062.2 1062.3 332.2 1065.4 0.25 94 5.1 35488 -36.9 -76.9 1 40.0 -52.5 1069.1 1069.2 332.2 1071.8 0.21 TRP 91 17134 -84.9 -90.9 33 6.0 -84.9 310 9 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 WND 136 14833 -71.4 -76.8 44 5.4 -71.4 235 61 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.00 m Freezing level: 566.71 mb = 4884.32 m = 16024.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.88 mb = 4465.10 m = 14649.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.73 mb = 217.96 m = 715.09 ft T: 25.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 10.57 C Layer 941.0- 889.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.88 mb = 1419.59 m = 4657.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 441.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.14 mb = 927.22 m = 3042.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.14 mb = 2305.01 m = 7562.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.14 mb = 12940.48 m = 42455.13 ft B at Equ Level: 435.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.14 mb = 15795.58 m = 51822.16 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 82 at 11 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 3 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 269 12 12.2 0.2 1 1000 100 65 3 -2.7 -1.3 | 268 8 7.9 0.2 2 977 305 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 330 3 1.6 -2.8 3 944 610 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 53 8 -6.3 -4.7 4 925 786 65 16 -14.5 -6.8 | 36 7 -3.9 -5.3 5 911 914 55 16 -13.1 -9.2 | 18 8 -2.5 -7.7 6 850 1519 30 14 -7.0 -12.1 | 341 11 3.6 -10.6 7 849 1524 30 13 -6.5 -11.3 | 337 11 4.1 -9.8 8 790 2134 30 9 -4.5 -7.8 | 316 9 6.1 -6.3 9 762 2438 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 309 9 7.2 -5.8 10 709 3048 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 4 4 -0.3 -3.6 11 700 3160 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 16 4 -1.2 -4.0 12 684 3353 45 12 -8.5 -8.5 | 343 7 2.1 -7.0 13 658 3658 35 15 -8.6 -12.3 | 349 11 2.0 -10.8 14 610 4267 60 19 -16.5 -9.5 | 36 10 -5.8 -8.0 15 566 4877 75 17 -16.4 -4.4 | 63 6 -5.8 -2.9 16 525 5486 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 14 10 -2.4 -9.5 17 500 5880 45 22 -15.6 -15.6 | 19 15 -4.9 -14.1 18 467 6401 55 17 -13.9 -9.8 | 22 9 -3.3 -8.3 19 449 6706 25 18 -7.6 -16.3 | 349 15 3.0 -14.8 20 432 7010 15 21 -5.4 -20.3 | 345 20 5.2 -18.8 21 400 7600 25 26 -11.0 -23.6 | 1 22 -0.4 -22.1 22 367 8230 40 28 -18.0 -21.4 | 20 21 -7.4 -20.0 23 338 8839 25 18 -7.6 -16.3 | 349 15 3.0 -14.8 24 324 9144 125 2 -1.6 1.1 | 254 9 9.0 2.6 25 300 9710 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 256 21 20.0 4.9 26 298 9754 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 256 21 20.0 4.9 27 261 10668 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 232 36 28.0 22.2 28 250 10980 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 225 34 23.6 24.0 29 239 11278 210 27 13.5 23.4 | 224 35 24.1 24.9 30 218 11887 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 242 43 37.7 20.4 31 200 12460 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 234 41 33.3 24.1 32 180 13106 225 34 24.0 24.0 | 234 43 34.7 25.5 33 150 14250 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 240 60 51.6 30.2 34 136 14833 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 239 71 60.6 36.5 35 134 14935 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 239 71 60.6 36.5 36 120 15545 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 244 63 56.5 28.0 37 108 16154 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 239 19 16.4 9.7 38 100 16610 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 285 14 13.6 -3.7 39 97 16764 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 285 14 13.6 -3.7 40 91 17134 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 284 18 17.5 -4.3 41 78 17983 25 15 -6.3 -13.6 | 341 13 4.3 -12.1 42 74 18288 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 348 3 0.7 -3.2 43 70 18593 80 19 -18.7 -3.3 | 77 8 -8.1 -1.8 44 70 18600 55 18 -14.7 -10.3 | 25 10 -4.1 -8.8 45 67 18898 45 19 -13.4 -13.4 | 13 12 -2.8 -12.0 46 60 19507 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 348 3 0.7 -3.2 47 57 19812 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 152 7 -3.5 6.6 48 51 20422 85 31 -30.9 -2.7 | 87 20 -20.3 -1.2 49 50 20580 85 26 -25.9 -2.3 | 87 15 -15.3 -0.8 50 49 20726 80 21 -20.7 -3.6 | 78 10 -10.1 -2.2 51 36 22555 110 36 -33.8 12.3 | 121 27 -23.2 13.8 52 34 22860 95 46 -45.8 4.0 | 99 36 -35.2 5.5 53 31 23470 100 45 -44.3 7.8 | 105 35 -33.7 9.3 54 30 23710 85 51 -50.8 -4.4 | 86 40 -40.2 -3.0 55 28 24079 85 50 -49.8 -4.4 | 86 39 -39.2 -2.9 56 21 25908 95 53 -52.8 4.6 | 98 43 -42.2 6.1 57 20 26310 100 50 -49.2 8.7 | 105 40 -38.6 10.2 58 17 27432 85 40 -39.8 -3.5 | 86 29 -29.2 -2.0 59 16 27737 90 34 -34.0 0.0 | 94 23 -23.4 1.5 60 13 29261 105 36 -34.8 9.3 | 114 26 -24.1 10.8 61 11 30175 85 41 -40.8 -3.6 | 86 30 -30.2 -2.1 62 10 30860 75 39 -37.7 -10.1 | 72 28 -27.0 -8.6 63 7 33280 65 34 -30.8 -14.4 | 57 24 -20.2 -12.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.1 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 82.1 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -37.4 tot: -16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 76.14 Bulk Shear: 5.80 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 65 8 301 4| 16.7 0.0 16.7| 10.1 -0.1 10.0 20.0 0.57| 17.2 9.8 1000 64 12 7 4| 8.4 2.4 10.7| 12.5 -10.6 1.9 1.9 0.22| 13.1 2.9 1500 56 13 3 6| 5.6 3.3 8.8| 12.5 -23.4 -10.8 -7.2 0.02| 10.7 0.2 2000 50 13 353 7| 4.2 2.5 6.7| 12.5 -33.0 -20.5 -10.2 -0.08| 9.1 -0.8 2500 46 12 344 7| 3.3 2.1 5.4| 13.5 -37.4 -23.9 -9.5 -0.12| 7.8 -0.9 3000 47 12 342 7| 3.8 1.7 5.5| 21.3 -37.4 -16.1 -5.4 0.01| 7.6 0.0 4000 47 12 346 7| 3.4 1.7 5.1| 36.4 -41.2 -4.8 -1.2 0.07| 7.4 0.5 5000 52 13 359 7| 3.0 1.4 4.4| 54.0 -43.2 10.8 2.2 0.15| 7.0 1.0 6000 52 14 5 7| 2.5 1.6 4.2| 58.0 -54.2 3.8 0.6 0.08| 6.8 0.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NSTU/skewt/NSTU.skewt.20251209.12.gif