UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 APR 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:1200Z 17 APR 25 Station: NZSP WMO ident: 89009 Latitude: -90.00 Longitude: -0.00 Elevation: 2830.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -157 1 925 466 2 850 1122 3 700 2556 SFC 671 2830 -65.9 -70.9 50 5.0 -65.9 100 8 232.3 232.3 232.0 232.3 0.00 5 667 2867 -60.3 -60.3 100 0.0 -60.3 93 9 239.0 239.0 238.5 239.0 0.02 6 665 2886 -55.9 -55.9 100 0.0 -55.9 89 10 244.1 244.1 243.3 244.2 0.03 7 662 2916 -45.9 -46.8 91 0.9 -45.9 83 11 255.7 255.7 253.8 256.0 0.09 8 658 2956 -42.7 -45.4 75 2.7 -42.8 76 12 259.8 259.8 257.1 260.1 0.10 9 638 3168 -38.5 -41.6 72 3.1 -38.7 61 14 266.8 266.9 262.7 267.3 0.16 10 616 3410 -37.9 -41.5 69 3.6 -38.1 64 13 270.2 270.2 265.1 270.7 0.16 11 602 3569 -38.3 -42.7 63 4.4 -38.5 66 13 271.5 271.6 266.0 272.0 0.15 12 591 3696 -39.1 -43.4 64 4.3 -39.3 67 13 272.0 272.1 266.3 272.5 0.14 13 500 4830 -45.9 -49.4 68 3.5 -46.0 80 8 277.1 277.1 269.5 277.4 0.08 14 401 6274 -54.5 -57.4 70 2.9 -54.5 70 3 284.0 284.0 273.5 284.1 0.04 15 400 6290 -54.5 -57.6 68 3.1 -54.5 70 3 284.2 284.2 273.6 284.3 0.04 16 394 6387 -54.9 -57.3 75 2.4 -54.9 61 3 284.9 284.9 274.0 285.0 0.04 17 325 7597 -61.5 -66.3 53 4.8 -61.6 302 6 291.9 291.9 277.6 291.9 0.02 18 306 7968 -63.1 -65.4 74 2.3 -63.1 265 7 294.7 294.7 279.0 294.8 0.02 19 300 8090 -63.3 -65.9 71 2.6 -63.3 255 6 296.1 296.1 279.6 296.2 0.02 20 269 8763 -59.7 -75.7 11 16.0 -59.8 228 4 310.7 310.7 285.6 310.8 0.00 21 250 9220 -59.5 -77.5 8 18.0 -59.6 210 2 317.6 317.6 287.9 317.6 0.00 22 200 10630 -56.5 -83.5 2 27.0 -56.7 295 1 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.3 0.00 23 193 10856 -55.7 -82.7 2 27.0 -55.9 288 1 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.00 24 150 12450 -57.3 -84.3 2 27.0 -57.6 235 1 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 25 100 15000 -60.3 -86.3 2 26.0 -60.6 200 5 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 26 70 17210 -62.1 -87.1 2 25.0 -62.4 205 3 451.5 451.5 311.0 451.5 0.00 27 50 19270 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.8 225 9 489.1 489.1 314.1 489.1 0.00 28 30 22360 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.7 220 17 563.9 563.9 318.9 563.9 0.00 29 25 23460 -67.9 -90.9 2 23.0 -68.3 221 15 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.5 0.00 TRP 306 7968 -63.1 -65.4 74 2.3 -63.1 265 7 294.7 294.7 279.0 294.8 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4987.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.30 % Est. max temperature: -27.05 C = -16.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 604.36 mb = 3541.98 m = 11620.54 ft T: -38.23 C Conv cond level (CCL): 671.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.13 g/kg Conv temperature: -42.69 C = -44.85 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: 8.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.73 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 124.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44136.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 591.48 mb = 3690.52 m = 12107.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 97 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 671 2830 100 8 -7.9 1.4 | 107 2 -2.4 0.7 1 650 3048 60 14 -12.1 -7.0 | 41 10 -6.6 -7.6 2 568 3962 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 50 7 -5.8 -4.8 3 543 4267 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 29 6 -3.1 -5.6 4 500 4830 80 8 -7.9 -1.4 | 49 3 -2.4 -2.0 5 496 4877 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 61 5 -4.3 -2.4 6 400 6290 70 3 -2.8 -1.0 | 302 3 2.7 -1.7 7 306 7968 265 7 7.0 0.6 | 270 12 12.5 -0.0 8 300 8090 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 265 11 11.3 0.9 9 250 9220 210 2 1.0 1.7 | 261 7 6.5 1.1 10 200 10630 295 1 0.9 -0.4 | 279 7 6.4 -1.1 11 150 12450 235 1 0.8 0.6 | 271 6 6.3 -0.1 12 100 15000 200 5 1.7 4.7 | 241 8 7.2 4.1 13 72 17069 200 1 0.3 0.9 | 267 6 5.9 0.3 14 70 17210 205 3 1.3 2.7 | 253 7 6.8 2.1 15 62 17983 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 276 16 15.5 -1.5 16 56 18593 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 198 9 2.9 9.0 17 53 18898 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 189 9 1.3 8.4 18 50 19270 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 244 13 11.9 5.7 19 41 20422 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 231 14 11.0 8.9 20 37 21031 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 236 14 11.3 7.5 21 36 21336 195 22 5.7 21.3 | 209 23 11.2 20.6 22 34 21641 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 202 10 3.8 9.2 23 32 21946 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 214 11 6.4 9.3 24 31 22250 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 193 9 2.1 8.8 25 30 22360 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 233 21 16.4 12.4 26 27 22555 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 243 14 12.6 6.4 27 23 22860 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 226 26 18.7 18.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.7 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 96.7 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: -15.9 tot: -10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 36.35 Bulk Shear: 3.42 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 66 12 46 8| 0.0 8.7 8.7| 0.9 -8.8 -7.9 -15.8 -0.57| 10.6 -6.1 1000 66 13 46 8| 0.8 4.4 5.2| 2.7 -8.8 -6.1 -6.1 -0.42| 6.2 -2.6 1500 66 12 45 8| 0.6 2.6 3.2| 3.0 -13.0 -10.1 -6.7 -0.48| 5.2 -2.5 2000 67 11 44 7| 1.3 2.0 3.2| 4.7 -13.0 -8.3 -4.2 -0.31| 4.8 -1.5 2500 69 11 45 7| 1.0 1.6 2.6| 5.4 -14.4 -9.0 -3.6 -0.29| 4.6 -1.3 3000 70 10 43 6| 0.8 1.3 2.2| 5.4 -15.9 -10.5 -3.5 -0.35| 4.3 -1.5 4000 69 9 33 4| 0.6 1.5 2.1| 6.4 -17.2 -10.9 -2.7 -0.32| 3.9 -1.3 5000 65 8 22 4| 0.5 1.5 2.0| 6.4 -36.9 -30.5 -6.1 -0.42| 4.1 -1.7 6000 67 7 20 4| 0.4 0.8 1.3| 6.4 -48.9 -42.6 -7.1 -0.45| 4.0 -1.8 Wrote GIF file: 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