UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 APR 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:1200Z 20 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 -140 1 925 482 2 850 1139 3 700 2570 SFC 672 2830 -68.9 -73.9 48 5.0 -68.9 95 8 228.8 228.8 228.6 228.8 0.00 5 668 2867 -61.7 -62.1 95 0.4 -61.7 89 8 237.3 237.3 236.9 237.4 0.01 6 665 2895 -54.1 -55.9 80 1.8 -54.1 85 9 246.2 246.2 245.2 246.2 0.03 7 662 2925 -49.5 -51.6 78 2.1 -49.6 81 9 251.7 251.7 250.2 251.8 0.05 8 648 3068 -42.7 -43.2 95 0.5 -42.7 65 10 260.9 260.9 258.1 261.3 0.13 9 641 3142 -39.7 -44.4 61 4.7 -39.9 64 10 265.1 265.1 261.3 265.5 0.12 10 610 3485 -38.3 -42.0 68 3.7 -38.5 60 8 270.5 270.5 265.3 271.0 0.16 11 592 3692 -39.5 -41.9 78 2.4 -39.6 58 7 271.4 271.5 266.0 272.0 0.16 12 500 4840 -45.7 -48.9 70 3.2 -45.8 45 3 277.3 277.3 269.7 277.6 0.09 13 400 6290 -54.7 -59.5 55 4.8 -54.8 105 5 283.9 283.9 273.5 284.0 0.03 14 383 6567 -56.5 -61.4 54 4.9 -56.6 122 5 285.1 285.1 274.1 285.2 0.03 15 308 7928 -62.9 -65.8 68 2.9 -62.9 209 4 294.4 294.5 278.9 294.5 0.02 16 303 8029 -63.1 -65.9 69 2.8 -63.1 215 4 295.5 295.6 279.4 295.6 0.02 17 300 8090 -62.9 -66.1 65 3.2 -62.9 205 4 296.7 296.7 279.9 296.7 0.02 18 281 8496 -61.1 -72.1 22 11.0 -61.2 194 5 304.9 304.9 283.4 304.9 0.01 19 257 9056 -58.1 -75.1 10 17.0 -58.2 180 6 317.2 317.2 287.8 317.2 0.01 20 250 9230 -58.3 -77.3 7 19.0 -58.5 175 6 319.4 319.4 288.5 319.4 0.00 21 208 10383 -56.9 -81.9 3 25.0 -57.1 191 6 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.8 0.00 22 200 10630 -57.1 -83.1 2 26.0 -57.3 195 6 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.3 0.00 23 150 12450 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -58.5 195 7 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 24 100 14980 -61.3 -86.3 2 25.0 -61.6 215 10 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 25 70 17180 -64.3 -87.3 3 23.0 -64.6 225 15 446.8 446.8 310.6 446.8 0.00 26 50 19220 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.1 220 11 485.8 485.8 313.9 485.8 0.00 27 35 21362 -69.3 -90.3 3 21.0 -69.5 255 12 531.7 531.8 317.1 531.8 0.00 TRP 303 8029 -63.1 -65.9 69 2.8 -63.1 215 4 295.5 295.6 279.4 295.6 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4980.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.53 % Est. max temperature: -26.96 C = -16.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 603.06 mb = 3564.03 m = 11692.87 ft T: -38.76 C Conv cond level (CCL): 672.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.13 g/kg Conv temperature: -43.08 C = -45.54 F Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lifted Index: 9.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38307.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 601.41 mb = 3583.04 m = 11755.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 124 at 4 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 672 2830 95 8 -8.0 0.7 | 73 5 -4.8 -1.5 1 651 3048 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 43 9 -5.9 -6.4 2 500 4840 45 3 -2.1 -2.1 | 346 4 1.1 -4.3 3 400 6290 105 5 -4.8 1.3 | 63 2 -1.6 -0.9 4 303 8029 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 258 6 5.5 1.1 5 300 8090 205 4 1.7 3.6 | 253 5 4.9 1.5 6 250 9230 175 6 -0.5 6.0 | 215 5 2.7 3.8 7 200 10630 195 6 1.6 5.8 | 232 6 4.7 3.6 8 150 12450 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 227 7 5.0 4.6 9 149 12497 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 236 11 8.9 6.0 10 117 14021 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 242 13 11.7 6.3 11 111 14326 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 222 10 6.6 7.2 12 100 14980 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 236 11 8.9 6.0 13 96 15240 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 227 10 7.4 6.9 14 87 15850 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 293 4 4.1 -1.7 15 79 16459 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 259 13 13.2 2.5 16 75 16764 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 238 17 14.5 9.2 17 71 17069 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 266 15 14.8 1.0 18 70 17180 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 238 16 13.8 8.5 19 64 17678 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 221 14 9.1 10.5 20 61 17983 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 264 13 12.6 1.3 21 58 18288 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 273 17 17.1 -0.9 22 53 18898 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 244 23 20.4 9.9 23 50 19202 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 222 18 12.2 13.4 24 50 19220 220 11 7.1 8.4 | 239 12 10.3 6.3 25 44 19507 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 240 11 9.6 5.5 26 39 19812 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 271 14 14.0 -0.2 27 29 20422 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 257 16 15.9 3.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.0 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 124.0 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -47.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -16.3 tot: -14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 44.24 Bulk Shear: 3.33 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 70 9 46 8| 0.0 5.0 5.0| 0.0 -8.3 -8.3 -16.7 -0.73| 6.3 -4.6 1000 65 9 39 7| 0.0 2.6 2.6| 0.0 -11.4 -11.4 -11.4 -0.74| 4.2 -3.1 1500 63 8 33 7| 0.0 1.9 1.9| 0.0 -14.0 -14.0 -9.4 -0.76| 3.5 -2.7 2000 63 7 29 6| 0.0 1.7 1.7| 0.0 -16.3 -16.3 -8.1 -0.78| 3.2 -2.5 2500 62 6 24 5| 0.3 1.3 1.6| 1.2 -16.3 -15.1 -6.0 -0.62| 2.8 -1.7 3000 64 6 23 5| 0.5 1.1 1.6| 2.3 -16.3 -14.0 -4.7 -0.47| 2.6 -1.2 4000 74 5 30 4| 0.7 0.8 1.6| 3.9 -16.3 -12.3 -3.1 -0.16| 2.5 -0.4 5000 83 5 36 3| 0.7 0.7 1.4| 6.7 -16.3 -9.5 -1.9 0.01| 2.5 0.0 6000 94 5 47 3| 0.6 0.4 1.0| 7.7 -19.6 -11.9 -2.0 -0.06| 2.4 -0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZSP/skewt/NZSP.skewt.20250420.12.gif