UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 DEC 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:0000Z 20 DEC 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 -181 1 925 462 2 850 1142 3 700 2624 SFC 680 2830 -26.9 -30.4 72 3.5 -27.3 260 8 275.0 275.0 268.8 276.3 0.45 5 679 2841 -27.1 -27.5 96 0.4 -27.2 260 8 274.9 275.0 269.1 276.6 0.59 6 678 2851 -28.1 -28.4 97 0.3 -28.1 261 8 273.9 273.9 268.3 275.5 0.54 7 650 3153 -30.5 -30.5 100 0.0 -30.5 274 9 274.5 274.5 268.5 275.9 0.46 8 648 3175 -30.5 -30.5 100 0.0 -30.5 274 9 274.7 274.8 268.7 276.1 0.47 9 646 3197 -27.5 -29.2 85 1.7 -27.7 275 9 278.3 278.4 271.1 280.0 0.53 10 628 3401 -28.1 -30.7 78 2.6 -28.4 284 9 279.9 280.0 271.9 281.4 0.47 11 623 3458 -28.7 -36.7 46 8.0 -29.4 286 9 279.9 279.9 271.5 280.7 0.26 12 602 3704 -29.5 -32.8 73 3.3 -29.8 295 10 281.7 281.8 272.9 283.0 0.40 13 547 4383 -33.7 -35.6 83 1.9 -33.8 329 14 284.5 284.6 274.3 285.6 0.34 14 509 4886 -36.3 -40.1 68 3.8 -36.5 341 16 287.3 287.4 275.6 288.1 0.23 15 500 5010 -37.1 -39.3 80 2.2 -37.2 340 16 287.8 287.8 275.9 288.6 0.25 16 489 5163 -38.1 -39.4 88 1.3 -38.2 339 16 288.4 288.5 276.3 289.3 0.26 17 462 5552 -40.5 -45.5 59 5.0 -40.8 338 17 290.1 290.2 277.0 290.6 0.14 18 448 5760 -41.9 -43.8 82 1.9 -42.0 337 17 290.9 291.0 277.4 291.5 0.18 19 445 5806 -42.3 -45.5 71 3.2 -42.5 336 17 291.0 291.0 277.4 291.5 0.15 20 426 6100 -43.7 -52.7 36 9.0 -44.0 335 18 292.9 292.9 278.2 293.1 0.07 21 416 6259 -44.7 -47.3 75 2.6 -44.8 342 18 293.6 293.6 278.6 294.0 0.13 22 409 6372 -45.3 -53.3 40 8.0 -45.6 348 17 294.2 294.2 278.9 294.5 0.07 23 400 6520 -45.9 -51.9 51 6.0 -46.1 355 17 295.3 295.3 279.4 295.6 0.08 24 332 7736 -53.3 -58.3 54 5.0 -53.4 5 12 301.4 301.4 282.0 301.5 0.04 25 314 8095 -51.9 -65.9 17 14.0 -52.1 354 12 308.1 308.2 284.7 308.2 0.02 26 300 8390 -50.9 -67.9 12 17.0 -51.2 345 12 313.6 313.6 286.6 313.7 0.01 27 259 9355 -45.9 -75.9 2 30.0 -46.5 337 6 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.4 0.00 28 250 9590 -46.3 -77.3 2 31.0 -46.9 335 5 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.2 0.00 29 200 11090 -41.9 -77.9 1 36.0 -43.0 55 4 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 30 150 13050 -37.7 -76.7 1 39.0 -39.8 80 6 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.01 31 132 13934 -36.5 -76.5 1 40.0 -39.1 88 6 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.01 32 100 15860 -36.1 -77.1 1 41.0 -39.4 105 7 458.0 458.0 311.6 458.0 0.01 33 70 18340 -34.7 -76.7 1 42.0 -39.4 135 16 510.2 510.2 315.7 510.2 0.02 34 50 20690 -33.9 -76.9 1 43.0 -40.1 120 12 563.6 563.6 318.8 563.7 0.02 35 30 24270 -33.9 -76.9 1 43.0 -42.2 135 14 652.2 652.2 322.8 652.5 0.04 36 24 25839 -32.3 -76.3 0 44.0 -42.5 699.9 699.9 324.4 700.3 0.05 TRP 332 7736 -53.3 -58.3 54 5.0 -53.4 5 12 301.4 301.4 282.0 301.5 0.04 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5191.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.34 % Est. max temperature: -17.23 C = 0.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 641.16 mb = 3251.49 m = 10667.48 ft T: -27.66 C Conv cond level (CCL): 557.96 mb = 4242.45 m = 13918.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.43 g/kg Conv temperature: -18.84 C = -1.91 F Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lifted Index: 6.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.79 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55100.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 602.57 mb = 3697.05 m = 12129.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 10 at 10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 680 2830 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 220 15 9.6 11.6 1 605 3658 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 241 12 10.8 6.0 2 580 3962 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 245 13 11.7 5.6 3 532 4572 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 307 7 5.6 -4.3 4 500 5010 340 16 5.5 -15.0 | 304 9 7.2 -4.8 5 426 6096 335 18 7.6 -16.3 | 303 11 9.3 -6.1 6 400 6520 355 17 1.5 -16.9 | 335 7 3.2 -6.7 7 389 6706 360 18 -0.0 -18.0 | 348 8 1.7 -7.8 8 332 7736 5 12 -1.0 -12.0 | 339 2 0.7 -1.8 9 300 8390 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 286 5 4.8 -1.4 10 250 9590 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 214 7 3.8 5.7 11 200 11090 55 4 -3.3 -2.3 | 169 8 -1.6 7.9 12 150 13050 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 155 10 -4.2 9.2 13 100 15860 105 7 -6.8 1.8 | 157 13 -5.0 12.0 14 92 16459 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 167 20 -4.6 19.2 15 88 16764 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 164 19 -5.3 18.6 16 84 17069 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 155 17 -6.9 15.2 17 80 17374 130 13 -10.0 8.4 | 156 20 -8.2 18.6 18 77 17678 115 13 -11.8 5.5 | 147 19 -10.1 15.7 19 74 17983 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 141 17 -10.8 13.6 20 70 18340 135 16 -11.3 11.3 | 156 24 -9.6 21.5 21 68 18593 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 175 20 -1.7 19.6 22 65 18898 120 15 -13.0 7.5 | 148 21 -11.3 17.7 23 62 19202 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 154 18 -7.8 15.7 24 59 19507 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 141 16 -10.1 12.3 25 54 20117 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 172 20 -2.9 20.2 26 50 20690 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 152 18 -8.7 16.2 27 50 20726 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 141 13 -8.3 10.2 28 48 21031 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 154 18 -7.8 15.7 29 46 21336 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 168 19 -4.0 18.4 30 44 21641 135 18 -12.7 12.7 | 154 25 -11.0 22.9 31 42 21946 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 158 17 -6.5 15.9 32 38 22555 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 157 19 -7.5 17.9 33 37 22860 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 170 19 -3.3 18.9 34 35 23165 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 148 15 -7.9 12.8 35 30 24270 135 14 -9.9 9.9 | 158 22 -8.2 20.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.6 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 9.6 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 47.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 22.85 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 272 9 226 14| 3.5 0.0 3.5| 11.8 0.0 11.8 23.6 0.91| 3.5 3.2 1000 283 9 233 13| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 20.4 0.0 20.4 20.4 0.89| 3.3 2.9 1500 292 10 240 13| 4.3 0.0 4.3| 38.9 0.0 38.9 25.9 0.87| 4.7 4.1 2000 308 11 253 11| 4.2 0.0 4.2| 48.7 -0.4 48.3 24.1 0.83| 5.0 4.2 2500 317 12 263 10| 3.4 0.3 3.7| 48.7 -0.9 47.8 19.1 0.77| 4.3 3.3 3000 322 13 271 10| 2.8 0.4 3.3| 48.7 -1.1 47.6 15.9 0.72| 3.8 2.7 4000 331 14 284 9| 2.6 0.3 2.9| 64.2 -1.2 63.0 15.8 0.73| 4.0 2.9 5000 338 14 293 8| 1.9 0.3 2.2| 64.2 -1.8 62.4 12.5 0.59| 3.8 2.2 6000 340 14 293 7| 1.6 0.6 2.2| 64.2 -7.2 57.0 9.5 0.39| 3.7 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZSP/skewt/NZSP.skewt.20251220.00.gif