UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 APR 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:0000Z 21 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 -129 1 925 495 2 850 1152 3 700 2586 SFC 674 2830 -68.1 -73.1 49 5.0 -68.1 120 8 229.5 229.5 229.3 229.6 0.00 5 673 2839 -65.5 -65.5 100 0.0 -65.5 118 8 232.6 232.6 232.3 232.6 0.01 6 670 2867 -62.5 -62.5 100 0.0 -62.5 113 8 236.2 236.2 235.8 236.3 0.01 7 669 2876 -52.7 -53.5 91 0.8 -52.7 112 8 247.3 247.3 246.3 247.4 0.04 8 668 2886 -49.1 -50.3 87 1.2 -49.1 110 9 251.5 251.5 250.0 251.6 0.06 9 661 2957 -39.7 -41.5 83 1.8 -39.8 99 9 262.8 262.8 259.6 263.3 0.15 10 623 3366 -37.3 -41.4 66 4.1 -37.5 95 8 270.0 270.1 265.0 270.5 0.16 11 585 3801 -39.1 -43.4 64 4.3 -39.3 110 6 272.8 272.9 266.9 273.3 0.14 12 500 4870 -44.7 -50.7 51 6.0 -44.9 115 7 278.5 278.6 270.4 278.8 0.07 13 400 6330 -54.5 -59.5 54 5.0 -54.6 140 12 284.2 284.2 273.6 284.3 0.03 14 398 6362 -54.7 -59.7 54 5.0 -54.8 141 12 284.3 284.3 273.7 284.4 0.03 15 388 6524 -55.5 -71.5 12 16.0 -55.6 145 14 285.3 285.3 274.2 285.4 0.01 16 385 6573 -56.1 -69.1 18 13.0 -56.2 146 15 285.2 285.2 274.1 285.2 0.01 17 313 7868 -62.3 -67.0 53 4.7 -62.3 135 24 293.9 293.9 278.6 294.0 0.01 18 308 7968 -62.3 -66.4 58 4.1 -62.3 139 23 295.3 295.3 279.3 295.4 0.02 19 300 8130 -62.1 -70.1 34 8.0 -62.1 145 22 297.8 297.8 280.4 297.8 0.01 20 294 8254 -61.9 -73.9 19 12.0 -62.0 141 25 299.8 299.8 281.3 299.8 0.01 21 250 9260 -59.5 -81.5 4 22.0 -59.6 175 17 317.6 317.6 287.9 317.6 0.00 22 226 9896 -57.3 -82.3 3 25.0 -57.5 172 15 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.3 0.00 23 200 10670 -57.7 -83.7 2 26.0 -57.9 175 14 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.4 0.00 24 150 12480 -58.3 -85.3 2 27.0 -58.5 180 12 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 25 100 15010 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -61.9 200 11 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 26 70 17200 -65.3 -88.3 3 23.0 -65.5 220 18 444.7 444.7 310.3 444.7 0.00 27 50 19230 -67.9 -89.9 3 22.0 -68.1 220 13 483.5 483.5 313.7 483.5 0.00 28 30 22290 -70.9 -91.9 3 21.0 -71.1 220 16 551.4 551.4 318.2 551.4 0.00 29 28 22699 -70.5 -91.5 3 21.0 -70.8 218 17 563.5 563.5 318.8 563.5 0.00 TRP 313 7868 -62.3 -67.0 53 4.7 -62.3 135 24 293.9 293.9 278.6 294.0 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4999.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.27 % Est. max temperature: -25.85 C = -14.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 605.48 mb = 3563.45 m = 11690.95 ft T: -38.12 C Conv cond level (CCL): 674.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.14 g/kg Conv temperature: -41.99 C = -43.58 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: 9.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.55 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41478.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 593.69 mb = 3699.40 m = 12136.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 163 at 10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 674 2830 120 8 -6.9 4.0 | 36 7 -4.1 -5.6 1 653 3048 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 34 13 -7.1 -10.4 2 571 3962 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 13 8 -1.7 -7.4 3 500 4870 115 7 -6.3 3.0 | 28 7 -3.5 -6.6 4 477 5182 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 52 7 -5.8 -4.6 5 455 5486 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 94 4 -4.0 0.3 6 434 5791 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 67 2 -2.1 -0.9 7 415 6096 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 75 4 -4.2 -1.1 8 400 6330 140 12 -7.7 9.2 | 86 5 -4.9 -0.4 9 377 6706 150 16 -8.0 13.9 | 130 7 -5.1 4.3 10 359 7010 135 18 -12.7 12.7 | 108 10 -9.9 3.2 11 326 7620 130 21 -16.1 13.5 | 107 14 -13.2 3.9 12 313 7868 135 24 -17.0 17.0 | 118 16 -14.1 7.4 13 300 8130 145 22 -12.6 18.0 | 131 13 -9.8 8.5 14 295 8230 140 25 -16.1 19.2 | 126 16 -13.2 9.6 15 281 8534 150 21 -10.5 18.2 | 139 12 -7.6 8.6 16 268 8839 140 17 -10.9 13.0 | 113 9 -8.1 3.5 17 250 9260 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 191 8 1.4 7.4 18 243 9449 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 213 5 2.9 4.4 19 231 9754 155 16 -6.8 14.5 | 142 6 -3.9 4.9 20 220 10058 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 238 6 5.1 3.3 21 200 10668 165 13 -3.4 12.6 | 170 3 -0.5 3.0 22 200 10670 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 200 5 1.6 4.4 23 182 11278 185 11 1.0 11.0 | 250 4 3.8 1.4 24 173 11582 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 234 2 1.9 1.4 25 165 11887 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 245 5 4.9 2.3 26 157 12192 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 200 5 1.6 4.4 27 150 12480 180 12 0.0 12.0 | 229 4 2.9 2.4 28 129 13411 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 237 10 8.3 5.5 29 123 13716 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 217 3 1.8 2.4 30 117 14021 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 256 7 7.0 1.7 31 112 14326 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 245 8 7.6 3.6 32 100 15010 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 263 7 6.6 0.8 33 96 15240 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 260 11 10.9 1.9 34 87 15850 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 269 5 5.4 0.1 35 83 16154 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 284 10 9.9 -2.5 36 75 16764 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 257 12 11.5 2.7 37 72 17069 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 237 10 8.3 5.5 38 70 17200 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 254 15 14.4 4.2 39 68 17374 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 258 13 13.1 2.7 40 61 17983 205 26 11.0 23.6 | 225 20 13.8 14.0 41 58 18288 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 234 2 1.9 1.4 42 56 18593 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 265 9 8.9 0.8 43 53 18898 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 239 8 6.5 4.0 44 50 19202 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 268 10 9.7 0.3 45 50 19230 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 268 11 11.2 0.4 46 45 19812 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 255 10 9.9 2.6 47 43 20117 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 261 15 14.9 2.5 48 41 20422 195 21 5.4 20.3 | 218 14 8.3 10.7 49 37 21031 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 260 11 10.9 1.9 50 35 21336 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 256 14 13.8 3.5 51 32 21946 195 18 4.7 17.4 | 224 11 7.5 7.8 52 30 22250 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 275 17 16.7 -1.6 53 30 22290 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 258 13 13.1 2.7 54 26 22555 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 246 15 13.8 6.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.3 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 163.3 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -10.6 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.82 Bulk Shear: 9.54 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 94 9 35 11| 0.0 3.8 3.8| 0.5 -3.5 -2.9 -5.8 -0.13| 7.3 -0.9 1000 96 8 31 10| 1.7 1.9 3.6| 0.5 -8.4 -7.9 -7.9 -0.29| 5.4 -1.6 1500 100 7 27 9| 1.3 1.3 2.5| 1.8 -9.7 -7.9 -5.3 -0.25| 4.1 -1.0 2000 103 7 26 9| 0.9 1.0 1.9| 4.0 -9.7 -5.7 -2.9 -0.15| 3.3 -0.5 2500 108 7 30 8| 1.3 0.8 2.1| 13.1 -9.7 3.4 1.4 0.16| 3.8 0.6 3000 116 8 36 7| 1.5 0.7 2.1| 15.7 -10.6 5.1 1.7 0.17| 4.0 0.7 4000 127 9 49 6| 1.6 0.7 2.3| 22.9 -12.7 10.2 2.5 0.25| 4.1 1.0 5000 129 11 69 6| 1.6 1.0 2.6| 32.1 -18.0 14.0 2.8 0.20| 4.3 0.9 6000 133 13 86 7| 1.5 0.9 2.4| 57.4 -34.1 23.2 3.9 0.16| 5.2 0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZSP/skewt/NZSP.skewt.20250421.00.gif