UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 APR 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:0000Z 28 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 -25 1 925 621 2 850 1300 3 700 2768 SFC 693 2830 -50.5 -54.6 62 4.1 -50.5 10 17 247.3 247.3 246.2 247.4 0.03 5 691 2849 -47.9 -51.5 66 3.6 -48.0 7 19 250.4 250.4 249.1 250.5 0.05 6 685 2907 -45.9 -48.6 74 2.7 -46.0 359 23 253.2 253.2 251.6 253.4 0.07 7 684 2917 -44.1 -46.4 78 2.3 -44.2 357 24 255.3 255.3 253.5 255.6 0.09 8 681 2947 -32.1 -40.1 45 8.0 -32.6 353 26 269.0 269.1 264.3 269.6 0.17 9 679 2968 -30.9 -40.9 37 10.0 -31.5 350 28 270.6 270.6 265.4 271.1 0.16 10 667 3095 -29.5 -37.5 46 8.0 -30.1 339 33 273.6 273.6 267.5 274.3 0.23 11 659 3182 -29.1 -36.1 51 7.0 -29.7 338 33 275.0 275.0 268.5 275.8 0.27 12 647 3313 -28.5 -38.5 38 10.0 -29.3 336 32 277.1 277.1 269.8 277.8 0.21 13 582 4070 -30.7 -47.7 17 17.0 -31.7 327 30 283.0 283.1 273.1 283.3 0.09 14 524 4812 -34.1 -57.1 8 23.0 -35.0 322 26 287.6 287.6 275.5 287.7 0.03 15 500 5140 -35.9 -56.9 10 21.0 -36.7 325 24 289.3 289.3 276.3 289.4 0.03 16 497 5182 -35.9 -56.9 10 21.0 -36.7 324 24 289.8 289.8 276.6 289.9 0.03 17 457 5757 -40.3 -57.3 15 17.0 -40.8 317 21 291.3 291.3 277.4 291.4 0.04 18 433 6121 -42.9 -46.3 69 3.4 -43.0 312 19 292.5 292.6 278.2 293.0 0.14 19 404 6584 -45.9 -50.5 60 4.6 -46.0 306 16 294.5 294.5 279.0 294.8 0.09 20 400 6650 -46.1 -50.4 62 4.3 -46.3 305 16 295.1 295.1 279.3 295.4 0.09 21 380 6989 -48.3 -52.0 65 3.7 -48.4 285 13 296.5 296.5 279.9 296.8 0.08 22 338 7748 -54.7 -56.9 76 2.2 -54.8 307 14 297.9 297.9 280.5 298.1 0.05 23 306 8377 -59.5 -65.5 46 6.0 -59.6 302 16 299.8 299.8 281.3 299.8 0.02 24 300 8500 -60.5 -65.5 52 5.0 -60.6 295 17 300.1 300.1 281.4 300.1 0.02 25 295 8605 -61.3 -66.0 54 4.7 -61.3 290 16 300.4 300.4 281.5 300.4 0.02 26 278 8974 -62.1 -66.1 59 4.0 -62.1 287 15 304.4 304.4 283.2 304.4 0.02 27 250 9630 -64.5 -66.5 76 2.0 -64.5 265 8 310.2 310.2 285.4 310.3 0.02 28 247 9703 -64.9 -66.8 77 1.9 -64.9 275 9 310.7 310.7 285.6 310.7 0.02 29 234 10034 -62.9 -76.9 13 14.0 -63.0 257 17 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.5 0.00 30 200 11000 -61.7 -78.7 9 17.0 -61.8 240 18 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.1 0.00 31 188 11383 -61.3 -82.3 5 21.0 -61.4 220 19 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.00 32 150 12780 -62.5 -84.5 4 22.0 -62.6 220 22 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 33 100 15260 -65.7 -86.7 4 21.0 -65.8 200 17 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 34 92 15764 -67.7 -87.7 4 20.0 -67.8 200 18 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 35 70 17400 -69.9 -88.9 5 19.0 -70.0 200 25 434.8 434.8 309.3 434.9 0.00 36 53 19042 -73.3 -89.3 7 16.0 -73.4 223 20 463.0 463.0 312.0 463.0 0.00 TRP 247 9703 -64.9 -66.8 77 1.9 -64.9 275 9 310.7 310.7 285.6 310.7 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5165.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.77 % Est. max temperature: -15.59 C = 3.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 642.44 mb = 3364.05 m = 11036.76 ft T: -28.65 C Conv cond level (CCL): 693.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.17 g/kg Conv temperature: -40.02 C = -40.04 F Cap Strength: 10.53 C Lifted Index: 11.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 111.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28581.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 543.27 mb = 4557.09 m = 14950.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 350 at 16 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 10 17 -3.0 -16.7 | 79 6 -5.8 -1.1 1 672 3048 340 33 11.3 -31.0 | 331 18 8.5 -15.4 2 542 4572 320 28 18.0 -21.4 | 291 16 15.2 -5.8 3 500 5140 325 24 13.8 -19.7 | 290 12 11.0 -4.1 4 400 6650 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 238 12 10.3 6.4 5 397 6706 325 16 9.2 -13.1 | 249 7 6.4 2.5 6 378 7010 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 217 17 10.0 13.3 7 361 7315 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 224 11 7.8 8.1 8 313 8230 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 236 11 8.7 6.0 9 300 8500 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 236 15 12.6 8.4 10 284 8839 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 220 17 11.0 13.2 11 270 9144 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 233 15 11.7 8.8 12 257 9449 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 203 21 8.5 19.7 13 250 9630 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 198 17 5.2 16.3 14 247 9703 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 203 16 6.2 14.8 15 245 9754 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 210 16 8.0 13.7 16 233 10058 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 214 24 13.6 20.0 17 211 10668 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 222 25 16.9 19.1 18 201 10973 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 201 26 9.5 24.2 19 200 11000 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 207 28 12.8 24.6 20 182 11582 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 192 34 7.2 32.9 21 173 11887 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 198 28 8.5 26.9 22 165 12192 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 210 29 14.5 25.6 23 150 12780 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 199 34 11.3 32.5 24 149 12802 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 205 38 16.3 34.7 25 135 13411 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 193 27 6.2 26.3 26 100 15260 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 185 32 3.0 31.6 27 91 15850 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 186 33 3.3 32.5 28 86 16154 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 205 32 13.3 29.1 29 74 17069 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 211 42 21.7 36.2 30 70 17374 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 188 40 5.7 39.1 31 70 17400 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 188 40 5.7 39.1 32 58 17983 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 187 35 4.0 34.4 33 53 18288 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 201 32 11.3 29.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.8 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 349.8 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -173.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -105.2 tot: -105.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: -5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.24 Bulk Shear: 21.29 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 343 29 335 13| 0.0 20.8 20.8| 0.0 -48.3 -48.3 -96.6 -0.83| 24.3-20.1 1000 338 30 325 15| 0.0 10.6 10.6| 0.0 -65.5 -65.5 -65.5 -0.85| 14.2-12.1 1500 334 30 318 15| 0.0 7.3 7.3| 0.0 -81.8 -81.8 -54.5 -0.87| 10.7 -9.3 2000 331 29 312 15| 0.0 5.0 5.0| 0.1 -89.3 -89.2 -44.6 -0.83| 9.0 -7.4 2500 330 28 308 15| 0.7 4.0 4.6| 0.1 -94.3 -94.2 -37.7 -0.79| 8.0 -6.3 3000 329 27 304 14| 0.5 3.3 3.8| 0.1-105.2-105.2 -35.1 -0.81| 7.3 -5.9 4000 326 25 294 12| 0.4 2.3 2.7| 2.8-126.6-123.8 -30.9 -0.72| 7.3 -5.2 5000 323 22 282 11| 0.2 1.8 2.0| 12.4-140.5-128.1 -25.6 -0.60| 7.1 -4.3 6000 320 21 273 11| 0.2 1.9 2.1| 15.9-160.1-144.2 -24.0 -0.56| 6.8 -3.8 Wrote GIF file: 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