UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 APR 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:0000Z 29 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 -107 1 925 553 2 850 1245 3 700 2727 SFC 688 2830 -47.3 -51.3 63 4.0 -47.4 360 25 251.3 251.4 249.9 251.5 0.05 5 684 2869 -45.1 -49.1 64 4.0 -45.2 357 28 254.2 254.2 252.5 254.4 0.06 6 677 2938 -45.9 -49.8 65 3.9 -46.0 352 33 254.1 254.1 252.3 254.3 0.06 7 672 2988 -44.3 -47.2 73 2.9 -44.4 348 37 256.4 256.4 254.4 256.6 0.08 8 666 3049 -37.9 -39.7 83 1.8 -38.0 345 40 264.3 264.3 260.8 264.8 0.18 9 662 3091 -31.7 -34.1 79 2.4 -31.9 343 40 271.7 271.7 266.5 272.7 0.32 10 652 3200 -27.1 -29.1 83 2.0 -27.3 340 39 278.1 278.2 270.9 279.7 0.53 11 614 3635 -26.1 -28.4 81 2.3 -26.4 326 37 284.0 284.1 274.5 285.9 0.60 12 533 4654 -30.3 -32.2 83 1.9 -30.5 294 31 290.7 290.8 277.8 292.3 0.48 13 503 5067 -30.1 -32.6 79 2.5 -30.4 281 28 295.8 295.9 280.2 297.4 0.49 14 500 5110 -30.3 -32.8 79 2.5 -30.6 280 28 296.1 296.2 280.3 297.7 0.48 15 451 5837 -36.3 -37.2 91 0.9 -36.4 280 28 297.4 297.5 280.7 298.6 0.35 16 400 6660 -42.9 -46.6 67 3.7 -43.0 280 26 299.2 299.3 281.2 299.7 0.14 17 388 6865 -44.9 -48.5 67 3.6 -45.0 283 25 299.2 299.3 281.2 299.7 0.12 18 300 8540 -58.3 -61.8 64 3.5 -58.3 275 36 303.2 303.2 282.7 303.3 0.03 19 268 9236 -64.5 -70.5 43 6.0 -64.6 280 40 304.1 304.1 283.0 304.1 0.01 20 250 9660 -63.7 -68.0 56 4.3 -63.7 275 25 311.4 311.4 285.8 311.4 0.02 21 236 10011 -64.7 -67.0 73 2.3 -64.7 271 21 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.1 0.02 22 226 10274 -65.3 -72.3 37 7.0 -65.3 263 25 318.0 318.0 288.1 318.1 0.01 23 202 10959 -62.5 -78.5 10 16.0 -62.6 265 33 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.00 24 200 11020 -62.5 -79.5 8 17.0 -62.6 260 32 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.8 0.00 25 167 12135 -60.9 -78.9 8 18.0 -61.0 256 21 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.00 26 150 12800 -62.3 -80.3 7 18.0 -62.4 245 17 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 27 144 13051 -64.1 -82.1 7 18.0 -64.2 241 20 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 28 133 13540 -62.1 -82.1 5 20.0 -62.3 241 21 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 29 113 14537 -66.5 -85.5 5 19.0 -66.6 243 25 385.5 385.5 303.1 385.5 0.00 30 100 15280 -65.1 -85.1 5 20.0 -65.3 245 27 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 31 70 17420 -71.1 -88.1 6 17.0 -71.2 220 27 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.3 0.00 32 61 18229 -73.3 -89.3 7 16.0 -73.4 228 32 444.7 444.7 310.3 444.7 0.00 33 50 19390 -73.9 -89.9 7 16.0 -74.0 220 30 469.3 469.3 312.6 469.4 0.00 34 32 21971 -77.5 -92.5 7 15.0 -77.6 523.6 523.6 316.5 523.6 0.00 35 32 21971 -77.3 -92.3 7 15.0 -77.4 524.1 524.1 316.6 524.2 0.00 TRP 268 9236 -64.5 -70.5 43 6.0 -64.6 280 40 304.1 304.1 283.0 304.1 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5217.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.46 % Est. max temperature: -12.31 C = 9.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 639.81 mb = 3336.83 m = 10947.46 ft T: -26.79 C Conv cond level (CCL): 688.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.44 g/kg Conv temperature: -30.39 C = -22.70 F Cap Strength: 15.64 C Lifted Index: 15.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33048.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 631.66 mb = 3429.85 m = 11252.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 323 at 23 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 688 2830 360 25 -0.0 -25.0 | 66 15 -14.0 -6.4 1 667 3048 345 40 10.4 -38.6 | 10 20 -3.6 -20.0 2 500 5110 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 225 19 13.6 13.8 3 495 5182 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 227 20 14.6 13.6 4 400 6660 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 219 18 11.6 14.1 5 379 7010 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 220 16 10.1 12.2 6 345 7620 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 221 25 16.0 18.6 7 300 8540 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 235 27 21.9 15.5 8 268 9236 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 245 28 25.4 11.7 9 259 9449 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 245 28 25.4 11.7 10 250 9660 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 214 20 10.9 16.5 11 234 10058 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 201 20 7.0 18.6 12 223 10363 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 207 26 11.6 23.1 13 212 10668 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 219 24 15.0 18.6 14 202 10973 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 221 29 18.9 21.5 15 200 11020 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 216 30 17.5 24.2 16 183 11582 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 208 23 10.9 20.8 17 150 12800 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 183 26 1.4 25.8 18 150 12802 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 185 28 2.5 28.1 19 100 15280 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 199 32 10.5 30.0 20 86 16154 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 188 35 5.2 34.7 21 82 16459 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 198 31 9.6 29.6 22 78 16764 220 26 16.7 19.9 | 184 39 2.7 38.6 23 71 17374 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 195 30 7.8 28.8 24 70 17420 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 185 39 3.4 39.3 25 67 17678 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 186 40 4.0 40.1 26 64 17983 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 195 41 10.5 39.2 27 50 19390 220 30 19.3 23.0 | 187 42 5.3 41.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.1 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 323.1 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -216.5 tot: -213.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -71.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: -9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 116.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 345 36 16 17| 0.0 19.0 19.0| 0.0 -96.3 -96.3 -192.6 -0.93| 23.7-22.1 1000 337 37 359 15| 0.0 11.7 11.7| 0.0-131.7-131.7 -131.7 -0.92| 17.3-16.0 1500 330 36 344 13| 0.0 9.5 9.5| 0.0-162.6-162.6 -108.4 -0.94| 14.9-14.0 2000 325 35 328 11| 0.0 8.2 8.2| 0.0-193.7-193.7 -96.9 -0.93| 13.5-12.6 2500 319 33 309 10| 0.0 7.1 7.1| 2.6-212.2-209.6 -83.8 -0.90| 11.9-10.7 3000 313 33 289 11| 0.0 5.8 5.8| 2.6-216.5-213.9 -71.3 -0.90| 10.1 -9.1 4000 304 31 265 12| 0.2 4.3 4.5| 2.8-223.4-220.5 -55.1 -0.88| 8.0 -7.0 5000 298 30 252 13| 0.2 4.3 4.4| 14.1-224.8-210.7 -42.1 -0.73| 7.5 -5.4 6000 293 31 246 16| 0.6 3.5 4.1| 62.2-224.8-162.6 -27.1 -0.57| 6.9 -3.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZSP/skewt/NZSP.skewt.20250429.00.gif