UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 DEC 25 Searching for NZSP... Searching the city database file for: NZSP ... Date:1200Z 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 -105 1 925 531 2 850 1204 3 700 2662 SFC 683 2830 -28.9 -33.8 63 4.9 -29.3 310 6 272.4 272.4 267.0 273.4 0.32 5 680 2861 -30.3 -31.9 86 1.6 -30.4 308 7 271.2 271.2 266.3 272.3 0.39 6 674 2925 -30.7 -31.9 89 1.2 -30.8 304 8 271.4 271.5 266.4 272.6 0.39 7 645 3236 -32.1 -36.0 68 3.9 -32.4 310 12 273.3 273.3 267.4 274.1 0.27 8 605 3686 -35.3 -38.2 75 2.9 -35.5 317 15 274.6 274.7 268.2 275.3 0.23 9 592 3838 -34.7 -35.6 91 0.9 -34.8 315 16 277.0 277.1 269.9 278.0 0.31 10 579 3993 -33.9 -38.1 66 4.2 -34.2 314 16 279.7 279.8 271.4 280.5 0.25 11 568 4128 -34.3 -38.8 64 4.5 -34.6 312 17 280.8 280.8 272.1 281.5 0.23 12 528 4636 -37.7 -39.1 87 1.4 -37.8 307 18 282.6 282.7 273.1 283.4 0.24 13 503 4969 -39.9 -42.9 73 3.0 -40.1 298 20 283.9 283.9 273.7 284.5 0.17 14 500 5010 -40.1 -46.1 53 6.0 -40.4 295 20 284.1 284.2 273.8 284.6 0.12 15 498 5037 -40.1 -47.1 47 7.0 -40.4 294 20 284.5 284.5 273.9 284.8 0.11 16 486 5203 -41.3 -44.6 70 3.3 -41.5 291 21 285.0 285.0 274.3 285.5 0.15 17 445 5796 -45.9 -48.8 72 2.9 -46.0 290 25 286.5 286.5 275.0 286.8 0.10 18 443 5826 -46.1 -49.8 66 3.7 -46.2 291 25 286.6 286.6 275.0 286.9 0.09 19 437 5917 -46.5 -55.5 35 9.0 -46.7 293 24 287.2 287.2 275.3 287.4 0.05 20 400 6500 -49.5 -58.5 34 9.0 -49.7 315 18 290.7 290.7 277.0 290.8 0.04 21 382 6800 -50.5 -61.5 26 11.0 -50.7 330 21 293.2 293.2 278.3 293.3 0.03 22 315 8060 -48.7 -72.7 5 24.0 -49.1 329 14 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.3 0.01 23 300 8380 -48.5 -72.5 5 24.0 -48.9 325 12 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.0 0.01 24 250 9590 -44.9 -77.9 1 33.0 -45.6 310 5 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.3 0.00 25 200 11090 -42.3 -79.3 1 37.0 -43.4 75 1 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 26 152 12959 -38.5 -79.5 1 41.0 -40.5 108 6 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 27 150 13050 -38.3 -78.3 1 40.0 -40.3 110 6 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.1 0.01 28 139 13574 -37.1 -78.1 1 41.0 -39.5 109 7 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.01 29 101 15781 -36.7 -78.7 0 42.0 -39.8 105 10 455.5 455.5 311.4 455.6 0.01 30 100 15850 -36.7 -78.7 0 42.0 -39.9 105 10 456.8 456.8 311.5 456.9 0.01 31 70 18330 -34.7 -77.7 0 43.0 -39.4 145 5 510.2 510.2 315.7 510.2 0.01 32 50 20680 -34.9 -77.9 0 43.0 -40.7 115 10 561.2 561.2 318.7 561.3 0.02 33 30 24260 -33.3 -77.3 0 44.0 -41.9 120 12 653.9 653.9 322.9 654.1 0.03 TRP 382 6800 -50.5 -61.5 26 11.0 -50.7 330 21 293.2 293.2 278.3 293.3 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5115.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.88 % Est. max temperature: -19.92 C = -3.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 628.63 mb = 3417.03 m = 11210.59 ft T: -33.39 C Conv cond level (CCL): 533.16 mb = 4568.15 m = 14987.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.29 g/kg Conv temperature: -19.93 C = -3.87 F Cap Strength: 7.72 C Lifted Index: 7.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55185.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 604.24 mb = 3694.90 m = 12122.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 342 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 683 2830 310 6 4.6 -3.9 | 184 8 0.5 8.3 1 662 3048 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 212 9 5.0 8.0 2 634 3353 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 254 5 4.9 1.5 3 510 4877 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 264 12 11.5 1.3 4 500 5010 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 255 15 14.1 3.7 5 466 5486 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 251 19 18.2 6.2 6 445 5791 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 259 20 19.4 3.6 7 406 6401 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 264 12 11.5 1.3 8 400 6500 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 274 9 8.7 -0.5 9 388 6706 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 311 8 5.9 -5.1 10 382 6800 330 21 10.5 -18.2 | 313 9 6.4 -6.0 11 337 7620 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 311 4 2.7 -2.3 12 300 8380 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 230 4 2.8 2.4 13 280 8839 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 208 5 2.4 4.5 14 250 9590 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 179 9 -0.2 9.0 15 204 10973 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 162 13 -4.1 12.2 16 200 11090 75 1 -1.0 -0.3 | 157 13 -5.0 11.9 17 150 13050 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 146 17 -9.7 14.2 18 100 15850 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 137 20 -13.7 14.8 19 96 16154 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 131 19 -14.1 12.2 20 92 16459 115 11 -10.0 4.6 | 140 22 -14.0 16.8 21 88 16764 125 16 -13.1 9.2 | 141 27 -17.2 21.4 22 84 17069 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 139 21 -13.4 15.6 23 74 17983 115 14 -12.7 5.9 | 137 25 -16.7 18.1 24 70 18288 135 12 -8.5 8.5 | 149 24 -12.5 20.7 25 70 18330 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 157 18 -6.9 16.3 26 67 18593 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 137 20 -13.7 14.8 27 65 18898 145 14 -8.0 11.5 | 153 27 -12.1 23.7 28 62 19202 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 133 19 -14.0 13.1 29 57 19812 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 146 22 -12.2 17.9 30 54 20117 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 161 24 -7.8 22.5 31 52 20422 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 150 27 -13.7 23.7 32 50 20680 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 141 21 -13.1 16.4 33 50 20726 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 137 20 -13.7 14.8 34 46 21336 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 146 22 -12.2 17.9 35 42 21946 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 150 22 -11.1 19.3 36 38 22555 115 14 -12.7 5.9 | 137 25 -16.7 18.1 37 37 22860 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 130 21 -16.0 13.2 38 35 23165 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 163 23 -6.6 21.8 39 34 23470 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 146 22 -12.2 17.9 40 30 24260 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 142 23 -14.4 18.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.6 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 341.6 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.4 neg: -11.3 tot: 24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.98 Bulk Shear: 6.64 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 306 10 214 8| 8.0 0.0 8.0| 18.3 0.0 18.3 36.5 0.86| 10.6 9.1 1000 313 12 233 6| 4.0 1.0 5.0| 20.1 0.0 20.1 20.1 0.80| 6.5 5.2 1500 313 14 244 7| 2.7 1.4 4.1| 20.9 0.0 20.9 13.9 0.71| 5.1 3.6 2000 311 15 251 8| 2.0 1.6 3.6| 21.0 -0.1 20.9 10.5 0.61| 4.4 2.7 2500 307 16 253 9| 1.6 2.5 4.1| 21.0 -9.8 11.2 4.5 0.33| 4.9 1.6 3000 302 17 254 11| 1.8 2.1 3.9| 35.4 -11.3 24.1 8.0 0.36| 4.9 1.8 4000 303 18 259 11| 2.4 1.6 3.9| 57.3 -11.3 46.0 11.5 0.42| 5.8 2.4 5000 309 18 266 10| 1.8 1.3 3.1| 57.4 -12.6 44.8 9.0 0.34| 5.3 1.8 6000 312 17 265 9| 1.5 1.3 2.8| 57.4 -17.2 40.2 6.7 0.22| 4.9 1.1 Wrote GIF file: 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