UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 17 OCT 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:0000Z 17 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 36 1 925 669 2 850 1335 3 700 2763 SFC 692 2830 -53.7 -58.7 54 5.0 -53.7 110 14 243.8 243.8 243.1 243.9 0.02 5 691 2839 -53.7 -53.7 100 0.0 -53.7 109 14 243.9 243.9 243.2 244.0 0.04 6 690 2849 -53.1 -54.2 88 1.1 -53.1 107 14 244.7 244.7 243.9 244.8 0.03 7 687 2877 -51.9 -53.6 82 1.7 -51.9 103 13 246.3 246.3 245.4 246.4 0.04 8 684 2906 -46.7 -48.6 81 1.9 -46.7 99 13 252.4 252.4 250.9 252.6 0.07 9 683 2915 -42.7 -45.5 74 2.8 -42.8 98 12 257.0 257.0 254.9 257.3 0.10 10 678 2965 -40.7 -45.0 63 4.3 -40.8 91 11 259.8 259.8 257.2 260.1 0.10 11 669 3057 -38.3 -42.5 65 4.2 -38.5 80 10 263.5 263.5 260.1 263.9 0.14 12 659 3161 -37.3 -43.3 54 6.0 -37.5 76 13 265.7 265.7 261.8 266.1 0.13 13 641 3353 -36.1 -46.1 35 10.0 -36.5 70 18 269.2 269.2 264.3 269.5 0.10 14 629 3485 -35.9 -41.9 54 6.0 -36.2 74 19 270.9 270.9 265.6 271.4 0.15 15 607 3732 -36.1 -39.3 72 3.2 -36.3 80 21 273.4 273.5 267.4 274.1 0.21 16 595 3871 -36.1 -48.1 28 12.0 -36.6 80 22 275.0 275.0 268.2 275.3 0.08 17 536 4594 -38.5 -56.5 13 18.0 -39.1 80 28 280.5 280.5 271.5 280.6 0.03 18 530 4671 -38.7 -54.7 17 16.0 -39.2 80 29 281.1 281.1 271.9 281.3 0.04 19 524 4749 -39.1 -44.1 59 5.0 -39.4 80 30 281.6 281.6 272.3 282.0 0.15 20 500 5070 -40.9 -47.9 47 7.0 -41.2 85 31 283.2 283.2 273.2 283.5 0.10 21 494 5152 -41.1 -52.1 30 11.0 -41.5 86 31 283.9 283.9 273.5 284.1 0.06 22 464 5577 -44.5 -47.3 73 2.8 -44.6 88 31 284.8 284.8 274.1 285.2 0.12 23 400 6560 -50.9 -56.9 49 6.0 -51.0 95 32 288.8 288.8 276.2 289.0 0.04 24 359 7252 -56.5 -62.5 47 6.0 -56.6 97 32 290.4 290.4 276.9 290.5 0.02 25 321 7953 -60.7 -67.7 39 7.0 -60.7 99 33 294.0 294.0 278.7 294.1 0.01 26 300 8370 -63.5 -69.5 44 6.0 -63.6 100 33 295.8 295.8 279.5 295.9 0.01 27 271 8992 -67.3 -71.0 59 3.7 -67.3 108 29 299.0 299.0 280.9 299.1 0.01 28 266 9105 -67.9 -72.6 51 4.7 -67.9 110 28 299.8 299.8 281.3 299.8 0.01 29 250 9480 -67.9 -75.9 31 8.0 -67.9 110 29 305.1 305.1 283.4 305.1 0.01 30 235 9850 -68.3 -77.3 26 9.0 -68.3 110 27 310.0 310.0 285.3 310.0 0.00 31 200 10810 -70.1 -81.1 18 11.0 -70.1 110 22 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.8 0.00 32 177 11533 -72.3 -83.3 18 11.0 -72.3 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.6 0.00 33 176 11566 -72.5 -83.5 17 11.0 -72.5 329.8 329.8 291.6 329.8 0.00 TRP 266 9105 -67.9 -72.6 51 4.7 -67.9 110 28 299.8 299.8 281.3 299.8 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5034.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.75 % Est. max temperature: -21.24 C = -6.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 629.72 mb = 3476.59 m = 11406.01 ft T: -35.91 C Conv cond level (CCL): 692.00 mb = 2830.00 m = 9284.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.13 g/kg Conv temperature: -42.65 C = -44.78 F Cap Strength: 11.89 C Lifted Index: 12.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 111.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6997.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 583.25 mb = 4009.17 m = 13153.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 121 at 21 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 692 2830 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 321 8 5.1 -6.3 1 670 3048 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 327 15 8.4 -12.8 2 641 3353 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 355 17 1.4 -17.2 3 614 3658 80 20 -19.7 -3.5 | 6 15 -1.4 -14.5 4 514 4877 80 31 -30.5 -5.4 | 37 20 -12.2 -16.4 5 500 5070 85 31 -30.9 -2.7 | 42 19 -12.6 -13.8 6 400 6560 95 32 -31.9 2.8 | 59 16 -13.6 -8.3 7 300 8370 100 33 -32.5 5.7 | 69 15 -14.2 -5.3 8 266 9105 110 28 -26.3 9.6 | 80 8 -8.0 -1.5 9 250 9480 110 29 -27.3 9.9 | 83 9 -9.0 -1.1 10 200 10810 110 22 -20.7 7.5 | 34 4 -2.4 -3.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 91.2 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 121.2 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 109.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.38 Bulk Shear: 32.82 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 83 13 337 14| 0.0 11.3 11.3| 32.7 -0.4 32.3 64.5 0.57| 14.9 8.5 1000 79 16 350 14| 2.7 5.7 8.3| 52.5 -0.4 52.1 52.1 0.65| 10.3 6.7 1500 80 19 0 14| 1.8 4.7 6.5| 69.3 -0.4 68.9 46.0 0.69| 8.4 5.8 2000 80 21 10 15| 1.3 4.4 5.7| 86.1 -0.4 85.7 42.9 0.70| 7.5 5.3 2500 81 23 17 15| 1.7 3.5 5.2|101.8 -0.4 101.5 40.6 0.72| 6.8 4.8 3000 82 24 23 15| 1.6 2.9 4.6|109.4 -0.4 109.0 36.3 0.72| 6.0 4.3 4000 86 26 32 15| 1.6 2.2 3.8|121.8 -0.4 121.4 30.4 0.74| 4.9 3.6 5000 89 28 39 15| 1.4 1.8 3.2|128.4 -0.4 128.0 25.6 0.75| 4.1 3.0 6000 91 28 44 15| 1.4 1.5 2.8|136.6 -0.4 136.3 22.7 0.71| 3.9 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZSP/skewt/NZSP.skewt.20251017.00.gif