UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 16 OCT 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:0000Z 16 OCT 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 21 1 925 655 2 850 1322 3 700 2755 SFC 691 2830 -58.5 -63.5 52 5.0 -58.5 90 8 238.6 238.6 238.1 238.6 0.01 5 690 2839 -58.7 -58.7 100 0.0 -58.7 91 8 238.5 238.5 238.0 238.5 0.02 6 684 2895 -50.3 -52.5 77 2.2 -50.3 96 8 248.4 248.4 247.3 248.5 0.04 7 680 2934 -46.5 -50.9 61 4.4 -46.6 100 9 253.1 253.1 251.4 253.2 0.05 8 678 2954 -46.1 -51.1 57 5.0 -46.2 101 9 253.7 253.7 252.0 253.9 0.05 9 674 2993 -46.1 -48.9 73 2.8 -46.2 105 9 254.2 254.2 252.4 254.4 0.07 10 672 3013 -42.5 -43.0 95 0.5 -42.5 107 9 258.4 258.4 256.1 258.8 0.13 11 658 3158 -37.3 -39.4 81 2.1 -37.4 119 10 265.8 265.9 262.0 266.4 0.19 12 636 3396 -33.7 -38.6 61 4.9 -34.0 132 11 272.5 272.6 266.8 273.2 0.21 13 622 3553 -33.5 -41.5 44 8.0 -34.0 122 12 274.5 274.5 268.0 275.0 0.16 14 607 3725 -33.7 -41.7 44 8.0 -34.2 117 13 276.2 276.2 269.1 276.7 0.16 15 555 4351 -37.3 -40.2 74 2.9 -37.5 129 25 279.1 279.1 271.0 279.8 0.21 16 536 4592 -38.5 -43.0 62 4.5 -38.7 124 27 280.5 280.5 271.7 281.0 0.16 17 531 4656 -38.3 -48.3 34 10.0 -38.7 123 28 281.5 281.5 272.2 281.8 0.09 18 527 4709 -38.3 -44.3 53 6.0 -38.6 122 28 282.1 282.1 272.6 282.5 0.14 19 500 5070 -40.5 -48.5 42 8.0 -40.8 115 32 283.7 283.7 273.4 284.0 0.09 20 474 5432 -42.1 -50.1 41 8.0 -42.4 119 37 286.0 286.1 274.8 286.3 0.08 21 438 5962 -46.1 -51.1 57 5.0 -46.3 120 38 287.5 287.5 275.5 287.8 0.08 22 400 6560 -50.1 -57.1 43 7.0 -50.3 120 39 289.9 289.9 276.7 290.0 0.04 23 370 7063 -53.3 -63.3 29 10.0 -53.4 120 40 292.2 292.2 277.7 292.2 0.02 24 300 8380 -62.5 -69.5 38 7.0 -62.6 120 41 297.2 297.2 280.1 297.3 0.01 25 291 8567 -63.9 -71.9 33 8.0 -64.0 120 40 297.8 297.8 280.4 297.9 0.01 26 278 8847 -65.3 -71.3 43 6.0 -65.3 120 38 299.7 299.7 281.3 299.8 0.01 27 256 9347 -67.1 -75.1 31 8.0 -67.1 120 35 304.2 304.2 283.1 304.3 0.01 28 252 9442 -66.9 -76.9 23 10.0 -67.0 120 34 305.9 305.9 283.8 305.9 0.00 29 250 9490 -67.3 -76.3 27 9.0 -67.3 120 34 306.0 306.0 283.8 306.0 0.00 30 242 9686 -68.5 -75.5 36 7.0 -68.5 120 33 307.1 307.1 284.2 307.1 0.01 31 208 10588 -71.3 -80.3 25 9.0 -71.3 120 28 316.3 316.3 287.5 316.3 0.00 32 200 10820 -71.3 -80.3 25 9.0 -71.3 120 24 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.00 33 186 11249 -71.9 -82.9 18 11.0 -71.9 121 23 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.6 0.00 34 150 12510 -74.1 -86.1 14 12.0 -74.1 125 21 342.5 342.5 294.9 342.5 0.00 35 121 13755 -75.3 -88.3 11 13.0 -75.3 122 17 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 36 100 14850 -77.5 -88.5 15 11.0 -77.5 120 14 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 37 89 15519 -77.1 -90.1 11 13.0 -77.1 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 208 10588 -71.3 -80.3 25 9.0 -71.3 120 28 316.3 316.3 287.5 316.3 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5049.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.59 % Est. max temperature: -21.15 C = -6.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 626.76 mb = 3498.97 m = 11479.42 ft T: -33.57 C Conv cond level (CCL): 691.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.15 g/kg Conv temperature: -40.89 C = -41.61 F Cap Strength: 11.90 C Lifted Index: 12.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.68 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 160.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15688.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 597.28 mb = 3837.51 m = 12590.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 150 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 691 2830 90 8 -8.0 0.0 | 350 21 3.8 -20.7 1 641 3353 135 11 -7.8 7.8 | 343 14 4.0 -12.9 2 613 3658 115 12 -10.9 5.1 | 357 16 0.9 -15.6 3 561 4267 130 24 -18.4 15.4 | 51 8 -6.6 -5.2 4 500 5070 115 32 -29.0 13.5 | 67 19 -17.2 -7.1 5 470 5486 120 38 -32.9 19.0 | 85 21 -21.1 -1.7 6 400 6560 120 39 -33.8 19.5 | 87 22 -22.0 -1.2 7 300 8380 120 41 -35.5 20.5 | 90 24 -23.7 -0.2 8 250 9490 120 34 -29.4 17.0 | 78 18 -17.6 -3.7 9 208 10588 120 28 -24.2 14.0 | 62 14 -12.4 -6.7 10 200 10820 120 24 -20.8 12.0 | 46 12 -9.0 -8.7 11 150 12510 125 21 -17.2 12.0 | 32 10 -5.4 -8.6 12 100 14850 120 14 -12.1 7.0 | 1 14 -0.3 -13.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 120.3 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 150.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: -7.1 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.43 Bulk Shear: 66.16 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 115 9 349 17| 7.6 0.0 7.6| 1.4 -7.1 -5.7 -11.5 -0.20| 7.9 -1.5 1000 119 11 351 16| 3.8 2.8 6.6| 23.6 -7.1 16.4 16.4 0.30| 7.5 2.2 1500 123 14 359 13| 5.6 1.9 7.5| 46.7 -7.1 39.6 26.4 0.52| 8.4 4.4 2000 123 17 13 11| 4.2 3.1 7.3| 53.7 -7.1 46.5 23.3 0.48| 8.0 3.9 2500 121 20 29 12| 3.4 3.7 7.0| 74.8 -7.1 67.6 27.1 0.50| 7.9 4.0 3000 121 23 43 12| 3.3 3.1 6.3| 88.4 -7.1 81.3 27.1 0.53| 7.1 3.7 4000 120 27 59 14| 2.5 2.4 4.9| 91.5 -7.1 84.4 21.1 0.53| 5.5 2.9 5000 120 30 68 15| 2.0 2.0 4.0| 95.0 -7.1 87.9 17.6 0.53| 4.5 2.4 6000 120 32 73 16| 1.6 1.5 3.2| 96.8 -16.0 80.8 13.5 0.46| 4.0 1.9 Wrote GIF file: 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