UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 APR 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:0000Z 24 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 -7 1 925 632 2 850 1310 3 700 2771 SFC 693 2830 -41.7 -45.3 68 3.6 -41.8 300 10 257.0 257.1 254.9 257.3 0.10 5 688 2879 -38.9 -42.0 72 3.1 -39.0 295 12 260.7 260.7 258.0 261.1 0.14 6 685 2910 -39.1 -42.6 69 3.5 -39.2 292 13 260.8 260.8 258.1 261.2 0.13 7 680 2960 -38.1 -40.4 79 2.3 -38.2 287 15 262.5 262.5 259.4 263.0 0.17 8 677 2991 -35.7 -37.2 86 1.5 -35.8 284 16 265.5 265.5 261.9 266.2 0.23 9 668 3084 -34.7 -36.5 84 1.8 -34.8 275 20 267.6 267.7 263.5 268.4 0.25 10 666 3105 -33.1 -34.7 86 1.6 -33.2 273 21 269.6 269.7 265.0 270.6 0.30 11 660 3169 -32.9 -33.4 95 0.5 -32.9 267 23 270.6 270.6 265.7 271.6 0.35 12 655 3222 -33.3 -33.8 95 0.5 -33.3 262 25 270.7 270.8 265.8 271.7 0.34 13 645 3331 -30.3 -30.7 96 0.4 -30.3 252 29 275.3 275.4 269.1 276.7 0.46 14 631 3488 -29.1 -29.7 95 0.6 -29.2 251 30 278.4 278.5 271.1 280.0 0.52 15 608 3754 -28.7 -29.3 95 0.6 -28.7 252 29 281.8 281.9 273.2 283.5 0.56 16 544 4543 -33.9 -36.1 80 2.2 -34.1 251 32 284.8 284.8 274.5 285.8 0.32 17 529 4739 -35.3 -42.3 49 7.0 -35.7 247 35 285.4 285.4 274.5 285.9 0.17 18 500 5130 -38.3 -41.9 69 3.6 -38.5 240 33 286.3 286.4 275.1 287.0 0.19 19 448 5877 -43.3 -46.7 69 3.4 -43.5 225 35 289.2 289.2 276.5 289.6 0.13 20 400 6630 -49.5 -53.5 63 4.0 -49.6 225 51 290.7 290.7 277.1 290.9 0.07 21 378 6999 -53.1 -57.4 59 4.3 -53.2 223 59 290.6 290.6 277.0 290.8 0.04 22 342 7640 -56.7 -60.7 60 4.0 -56.8 220 72 294.2 294.2 278.7 294.3 0.03 23 317 8122 -57.5 -65.5 35 8.0 -57.6 220 67 299.5 299.5 281.1 299.6 0.02 24 304 8387 -58.4 -65.7 39 7.2 -58.5 220 76 301.9 301.9 282.1 301.9 0.02 25 300 8470 -58.7 -65.7 40 7.0 -58.7 220 75 302.6 302.6 282.4 302.7 0.02 26 291 8661 -59.1 -69.1 26 10.0 -59.2 218 71 304.7 304.7 283.3 304.7 0.01 27 283 8836 -57.7 -68.7 23 11.0 -57.8 215 65 309.1 309.1 285.0 309.2 0.01 28 250 9610 -62.5 -70.5 33 8.0 -62.6 220 54 313.1 313.2 286.5 313.2 0.01 29 243 9785 -63.7 -71.7 33 8.0 -63.7 225 54 313.9 313.9 286.7 313.9 0.01 30 215 10546 -58.3 -78.3 6 20.0 -58.5 215 50 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.5 0.00 31 200 11000 -59.3 -79.3 6 20.0 -59.5 210 40 338.9 338.9 294.0 338.9 0.00 32 184 11516 -62.3 -81.3 6 19.0 -62.4 228 34 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.2 0.00 33 171 11969 -59.5 -80.5 5 21.0 -59.7 224 34 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.00 34 150 12780 -61.9 -82.9 4 21.0 -62.0 210 36 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.00 35 126 13849 -65.3 -85.3 5 20.0 -65.4 216 36 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 36 116 14355 -63.5 -84.5 4 21.0 -63.7 220 35 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 37 100 15260 -66.1 -86.1 4 20.0 -66.2 225 35 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 38 70 17410 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.7 225 35 437.8 437.8 309.7 437.9 0.00 39 50 19410 -72.3 -89.3 6 17.0 -72.4 205 35 473.1 473.1 312.9 473.1 0.00 40 47 19773 -73.3 -89.3 7 16.0 -73.4 479.2 479.2 313.4 479.2 0.00 41 40 20718 -73.1 -90.1 6 17.0 -73.2 502.3 502.3 315.1 502.3 0.00 TRP 243 9785 -63.7 -71.7 33 8.0 -63.7 225 54 313.9 313.9 286.7 313.9 0.01 WND 304 8387 -58.4 -65.7 39 7.2 -58.5 220 76 301.9 301.9 282.1 301.9 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5137.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.44 % Est. max temperature: -16.71 C = 1.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.36 mb = 3272.75 m = 10737.24 ft T: -31.92 C Conv cond level (CCL): 693.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.40 g/kg Conv temperature: -31.31 C = -24.35 F Cap Strength: 8.86 C Lifted Index: 9.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.41 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30693.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.54 mb = 3403.31 m = 11165.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 259 at 34 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 693 2830 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 65 27 -24.6 -11.4 1 643 3353 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 127 6 -5.1 3.8 2 565 4267 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 97 6 -6.2 0.8 3 518 4877 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 182 9 0.2 9.2 4 500 5130 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 155 11 -4.7 10.1 5 453 5791 225 33 23.3 23.3 | 149 20 -10.0 16.9 6 400 6630 225 51 36.1 36.1 | 185 30 2.8 29.6 7 343 7620 220 72 46.3 55.2 | 195 50 13.0 48.7 8 327 7925 220 60 38.6 46.0 | 188 40 5.3 39.5 9 304 8387 220 76 48.9 58.2 | 197 54 15.6 51.8 10 300 8470 220 75 48.2 57.5 | 196 53 14.9 51.0 11 297 8534 220 76 48.9 58.2 | 197 54 15.6 51.8 12 269 9144 210 54 27.0 46.8 | 171 41 -6.3 40.3 13 250 9610 220 54 34.7 41.4 | 182 35 1.4 34.9 14 243 9785 225 54 38.2 38.2 | 189 32 4.9 31.7 15 233 10058 220 60 38.6 46.0 | 188 40 5.3 39.5 16 201 10973 210 42 21.0 36.4 | 158 32 -12.3 29.9 17 200 11000 210 40 20.0 34.6 | 155 31 -13.3 28.2 18 182 11582 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 152 17 -8.0 14.8 19 150 12780 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 148 29 -15.3 24.7 20 100 15260 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 155 20 -8.5 18.3 21 91 15850 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 122 24 -20.1 12.4 22 78 16764 215 33 18.9 27.0 | 145 25 -14.4 20.6 23 74 17069 200 28 9.6 26.3 | 130 31 -23.7 19.9 24 70 17410 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 155 20 -8.5 18.3 25 64 17983 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 157 14 -5.4 13.1 26 57 18593 200 36 12.3 33.8 | 143 34 -21.0 27.4 27 55 18898 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 147 19 -10.7 16.2 28 50 19410 205 35 14.8 31.7 | 144 31 -18.5 25.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 5.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.6 neg: -37.7 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 126.34 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 263 20 74 14| 0.0 24.3 24.3| 17.1 -16.9 0.2 0.5 0.21| 26.3 5.5 1000 256 24 88 10| 0.1 12.1 12.3| 19.0 -19.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.18| 14.5 2.6 1500 255 26 92 8| 0.3 8.1 8.4| 20.2 -21.4 -1.2 -0.8 0.15| 10.4 1.5 2000 253 28 102 7| 0.2 8.2 8.5| 31.6 -21.4 10.2 5.1 0.30| 10.1 3.1 2500 250 29 119 7| 0.2 6.3 6.5| 31.6 -33.4 -1.8 -0.7 0.16| 9.7 1.5 3000 246 30 132 8| 0.2 5.7 5.9| 34.6 -37.7 -3.1 -1.0 0.13| 9.1 1.2 4000 239 33 157 12| 0.1 7.0 7.1|136.1 -37.7 98.4 24.6 0.30| 9.6 2.9 5000 233 40 175 18| 0.1 6.5 6.6|181.2 -82.2 99.0 19.8 0.23| 10.3 2.4 6000 229 45 182 23| 0.1 5.7 5.7|270.2-236.9 33.3 5.6 0.14| 11.2 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZSP/skewt/NZSP.skewt.20250424.00.gif