UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 APR 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:0000Z 18 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 -208 1 925 415 2 850 1073 3 700 2511 SFC 667 2830 -66.3 -71.3 49 5.0 -66.3 100 8 232.2 232.3 232.0 232.3 0.00 5 666 2839 -63.7 -63.7 100 0.0 -63.7 99 8 235.3 235.3 234.9 235.3 0.01 6 661 2886 -61.3 -61.3 100 0.0 -61.3 94 8 238.5 238.5 238.0 238.5 0.02 7 659 2905 -57.1 -57.1 100 0.0 -57.1 92 8 243.4 243.4 242.7 243.5 0.03 8 658 2915 -51.5 -51.5 100 0.0 -51.5 91 8 249.8 249.8 248.6 250.0 0.05 9 655 2945 -44.3 -44.3 100 0.0 -44.3 88 8 258.3 258.3 256.0 258.6 0.11 10 653 2966 -40.7 -41.0 97 0.3 -40.7 86 9 262.6 262.6 259.5 263.1 0.16 11 626 3257 -37.7 -41.6 67 3.9 -37.9 59 10 269.2 269.2 264.4 269.7 0.16 12 608 3459 -38.1 -42.4 64 4.3 -38.3 46 10 271.0 271.0 265.7 271.5 0.15 13 500 4790 -45.3 -50.0 59 4.7 -45.4 350 4 277.8 277.8 269.9 278.1 0.08 14 431 5768 -50.9 -54.1 69 3.2 -51.0 317 5 282.7 282.7 272.8 282.9 0.06 15 401 6234 -53.7 -57.6 62 3.9 -53.8 301 6 285.0 285.0 274.1 285.1 0.04 16 400 6250 -53.7 -57.8 61 4.1 -53.8 300 6 285.2 285.2 274.2 285.3 0.04 17 366 6817 -56.5 -62.5 47 6.0 -56.6 307 11 288.8 288.8 276.1 288.9 0.02 18 335 7374 -59.5 -62.9 64 3.4 -59.5 300 11 292.1 292.1 277.7 292.2 0.02 19 316 7738 -60.7 -66.7 45 6.0 -60.7 300 12 295.4 295.4 279.3 295.4 0.02 20 300 8060 -62.1 -65.5 64 3.4 -62.1 300 12 297.8 297.8 280.4 297.9 0.02 21 290 8270 -60.7 -71.7 22 11.0 -60.8 303 12 302.7 302.7 282.5 302.7 0.01 22 250 9200 -57.5 -81.5 3 24.0 -57.6 270 3 320.6 320.6 288.9 320.6 0.00 23 232 9671 -56.3 -82.3 2 26.0 -56.5 283 4 329.3 329.3 291.5 329.3 0.00 24 200 10610 -56.7 -83.7 2 27.0 -56.9 310 5 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.00 25 179 11316 -55.5 -83.5 2 28.0 -55.8 316 5 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 26 150 12440 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.4 325 4 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 27 100 14980 -59.9 -85.9 2 26.0 -60.2 355 3 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 28 70 17190 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.4 130 4 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 29 50 19250 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.6 230 6 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 30 30 22330 -68.3 -91.3 2 23.0 -68.6 215 19 558.4 558.4 318.6 558.5 0.00 31 26 23192 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -67.2 217 18 586.3 586.3 320.0 586.3 0.00 TRP 300 8060 -62.1 -65.5 64 3.4 -62.1 300 12 297.8 297.8 280.4 297.9 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4998.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.57 % Est. max temperature: -26.76 C = -16.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 600.48 mb = 3543.33 m = 11624.96 ft T: -38.56 C Conv cond level (CCL): 667.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.13 g/kg Conv temperature: -42.60 C = -44.68 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 8.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.79 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 125.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44341.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 591.30 mb = 3648.17 m = 11968.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 355 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 667 2830 100 8 -7.9 1.4 | 132 11 -8.4 7.5 1 618 3353 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 88 8 -8.2 -0.3 2 500 4790 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 185 2 0.2 2.2 3 400 6250 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 236 6 4.7 3.1 4 372 6706 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 277 8 7.9 -0.9 5 354 7010 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 266 9 9.0 0.6 6 300 8060 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 269 10 9.9 0.1 7 292 8230 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 275 9 9.3 -0.8 8 250 9200 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 202 7 2.5 6.1 9 200 10610 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 229 4 3.3 2.9 10 150 12440 325 4 2.3 -3.3 | 212 3 1.8 2.9 11 100 14980 355 3 0.3 -3.0 | 176 3 -0.2 3.1 12 70 17190 130 4 -3.1 2.6 | 158 9 -3.6 8.7 13 50 19250 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 202 11 4.1 10.0 14 48 19507 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 206 15 6.6 13.2 15 37 21031 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 213 17 9.5 14.5 16 35 21336 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 160 16 -5.5 14.8 17 30 22250 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 253 9 8.9 2.7 18 30 22330 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 206 24 10.4 21.7 19 26 22555 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 209 23 11.1 19.9 20 22 22860 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 185 19 1.8 18.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.4 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 355.4 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -21.0 tot: -18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.94 Bulk Shear: 25.45 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 73 9 111 10| 0.0 7.7 7.7| 0.0 -18.6 -18.6 -37.2 -0.92| 7.9 -7.3 1000 57 9 99 8| 0.0 4.7 4.7| 0.0 -20.9 -20.9 -20.9 -0.71| 6.0 -4.3 1500 49 8 95 7| 0.0 3.4 3.4| 0.4 -21.0 -20.5 -13.7 -0.51| 5.2 -2.6 2000 45 7 99 6| 0.0 2.6 2.6| 1.2 -21.0 -19.8 -9.9 -0.31| 4.5 -1.4 2500 37 7 98 5| 0.0 2.4 2.4| 2.0 -21.0 -18.9 -7.6 -0.22| 3.9 -0.9 3000 28 7 95 4| 0.0 2.2 2.2| 2.6 -21.0 -18.3 -6.1 -0.17| 3.6 -0.6 4000 0 7 37 1| 0.5 1.9 2.4| 10.6 -22.1 -11.5 -2.9 0.02| 3.6 0.1 5000 336 8 290 3| 0.4 1.6 2.0| 11.6 -24.3 -12.7 -2.5 0.00| 3.1 0.0 6000 325 8 278 4| 0.3 1.0 1.3| 14.2 -38.1 -23.9 -4.0 -0.14| 3.2 -0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZSP/skewt/NZSP.skewt.20250418.00.gif