UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 APR 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:1200Z 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 -228 1 925 398 2 850 1060 3 700 2501 SFC 666 2830 -67.3 -72.3 49 5.0 -67.3 80 8 231.2 231.2 231.0 231.2 0.00 5 665 2839 -63.7 -63.7 100 0.0 -63.7 78 8 235.4 235.4 235.0 235.4 0.01 6 660 2887 -56.7 -59.2 73 2.5 -56.7 71 8 243.8 243.8 243.0 243.8 0.02 7 651 2975 -50.3 -52.3 79 2.0 -50.3 56 9 252.0 252.0 250.4 252.1 0.05 8 645 3037 -43.3 -45.2 81 1.9 -43.3 47 9 260.6 260.6 257.8 260.9 0.10 9 636 3133 -39.1 -42.8 68 3.7 -39.2 32 9 266.4 266.4 262.3 266.8 0.14 10 628 3220 -37.7 -38.7 90 1.0 -37.8 19 10 269.0 269.0 264.4 269.6 0.21 11 607 3456 -37.5 -39.6 81 2.1 -37.6 356 10 271.8 271.8 266.3 272.4 0.20 12 582 3747 -38.7 -41.8 72 3.1 -38.8 347 11 273.7 273.7 267.5 274.2 0.17 13 541 4247 -41.7 -43.0 87 1.3 -41.8 331 12 275.9 275.9 268.9 276.4 0.16 14 500 4780 -44.7 -48.8 63 4.1 -44.8 315 13 278.5 278.6 270.4 278.8 0.09 15 490 4915 -45.3 -50.3 57 5.0 -45.4 315 14 279.4 279.4 270.9 279.7 0.08 16 461 5318 -48.1 -50.9 73 2.8 -48.2 317 17 280.8 280.9 271.8 281.1 0.08 17 439 5638 -50.1 -54.3 61 4.2 -50.2 318 20 282.3 282.3 272.6 282.5 0.05 18 431 5758 -50.5 -61.5 26 11.0 -50.7 318 21 283.2 283.2 273.1 283.3 0.02 19 400 6240 -53.7 -59.7 48 6.0 -53.8 320 25 285.2 285.2 274.2 285.3 0.03 20 393 6353 -54.5 -61.5 42 7.0 -54.6 320 25 285.6 285.6 274.4 285.7 0.02 21 363 6858 -57.3 -63.3 46 6.0 -57.3 308 23 288.4 288.4 275.9 288.5 0.02 22 353 7034 -57.9 -60.0 77 2.1 -57.9 303 22 289.9 289.9 276.7 290.0 0.03 23 331 7438 -59.5 -63.2 62 3.7 -59.5 299 20 293.1 293.1 278.2 293.2 0.02 24 325 7552 -59.5 -65.5 46 6.0 -59.6 303 20 294.6 294.7 279.0 294.7 0.02 25 300 8050 -61.9 -65.6 61 3.7 -61.9 320 20 298.1 298.1 280.5 298.2 0.02 26 297 8112 -62.3 -66.1 60 3.8 -62.3 320 20 298.4 298.4 280.7 298.4 0.02 27 287 8324 -61.9 -66.5 54 4.6 -61.9 320 19 301.9 301.9 282.1 302.0 0.02 28 278 8523 -59.9 -72.9 17 13.0 -60.0 320 16 307.5 307.5 284.4 307.6 0.01 29 258 8991 -58.3 -78.3 6 20.0 -58.5 320 10 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.5 0.00 30 250 9190 -57.7 -77.7 6 20.0 -57.9 320 8 320.3 320.3 288.8 320.3 0.00 31 208 10351 -55.5 -82.5 2 27.0 -55.8 304 6 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.0 0.00 32 200 10600 -55.9 -82.9 2 27.0 -56.2 300 5 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.00 33 150 12430 -57.9 -84.9 2 27.0 -58.2 305 6 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 34 100 14970 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -61.0 330 2 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.5 0.00 35 70 17170 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.4 335 5 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 36 50 19230 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.8 255 6 486.8 486.8 314.0 486.8 0.00 37 30 22310 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.4 195 11 559.0 559.0 318.6 559.0 0.00 38 26 23169 -68.3 -91.3 2 23.0 -68.7 581.8 581.8 319.8 581.8 0.00 TRP 297 8112 -62.3 -66.1 60 3.8 -62.3 320 20 298.4 298.4 280.7 298.4 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5008.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.46 % Est. max temperature: -26.11 C = -15.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 598.88 mb = 3549.09 m = 11643.87 ft T: -37.88 C Conv cond level (CCL): 666.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.15 g/kg Conv temperature: -41.44 C = -42.60 F Cap Strength: 7.85 C Lifted Index: 9.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47912.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 606.22 mb = 3464.91 m = 11367.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 349 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 666 2830 80 8 -7.9 -1.4 | 138 15 -10.2 11.2 1 617 3353 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 138 4 -2.4 2.6 2 516 4572 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 246 7 6.0 2.6 3 500 4780 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 243 8 6.8 3.4 4 400 6240 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 296 15 13.7 -6.5 5 390 6401 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 296 15 13.7 -6.5 6 337 7315 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 255 16 15.8 4.2 7 300 8050 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 285 11 10.5 -2.7 8 297 8112 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 285 11 10.5 -2.7 9 291 8230 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 285 11 10.5 -2.7 10 250 9190 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 203 7 2.8 6.5 11 200 10600 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 191 10 2.0 10.1 12 150 12430 305 6 4.9 -3.4 | 196 10 2.5 9.2 13 100 14970 330 2 1.0 -1.7 | 173 11 -1.4 10.9 14 87 15850 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 199 20 6.6 18.9 15 70 17170 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 178 8 -0.3 8.1 16 50 19202 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 196 22 6.1 21.1 17 50 19230 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 194 15 3.4 14.2 18 48 19507 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 204 18 7.0 16.0 19 45 19812 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 198 19 5.8 18.3 20 39 20726 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 208 19 8.9 16.7 21 30 22310 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 181 23 0.5 23.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.4 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 349.4 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: -10.7 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 40.50 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 37 9 125 9| 0.0 11.5 11.5| 1.1 -10.2 -9.2 -18.3 -0.19| 12.4 -2.3 1000 10 10 126 5| 0.0 7.4 7.4| 2.9 -10.2 -7.3 -7.3 0.03| 8.1 0.3 1500 355 10 146 3| 0.0 5.9 5.9| 4.4 -10.2 -5.8 -3.9 0.13| 6.7 0.9 2000 343 11 202 2| 0.0 4.9 4.9| 5.4 -10.7 -5.3 -2.7 0.13| 5.8 0.7 2500 335 12 235 3| 0.9 3.9 4.8| 13.6 -10.7 2.9 1.2 0.25| 5.5 1.3 3000 331 13 255 4| 1.4 3.3 4.7| 22.3 -10.7 11.6 3.9 0.31| 5.3 1.6 4000 325 16 274 7| 1.5 2.5 4.0| 29.9 -32.5 -2.7 -0.7 0.16| 5.1 0.8 5000 319 17 272 9| 1.5 2.0 3.5| 47.1 -55.2 -8.0 -1.6 0.11| 5.3 0.6 6000 319 17 272 9| 1.3 1.4 2.8| 53.5 -67.7 -14.1 -2.4 0.03| 5.3 0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZSP/skewt/NZSP.skewt.20250418.12.gif