UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 13 OCT 25 Searching for NZWP... Searching the city database file for: NZWP ... Date:0000Z 13 OCT 25 Station: NZWP WMO ident: 93112 Latitude: -36.78 Longitude: 174.63 Elevation: 27.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 27 17.8 16.9 94 0.9 17.2 320 10 289.9 292.0 289.9 323.7 12.04 1 1000 142 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 300 13 289.8 291.8 289.6 322.7 11.73 2 927 785 12.6 12.6 100 0.0 12.6 310 37 292.0 293.8 288.8 320.2 9.93 3 925 803 12.6 12.6 100 0.0 12.6 310 38 292.2 294.0 288.9 320.5 9.96 4 850 1510 9.0 9.0 100 0.0 9.0 295 38 295.6 297.1 288.8 320.2 8.50 5 738 2671 3.2 3.0 99 0.2 3.1 302 38 301.4 302.6 288.9 320.7 6.45 6 726 2805 4.2 2.6 89 1.6 3.4 303 38 303.9 305.1 289.7 323.2 6.37 7 710 2986 3.0 2.8 99 0.2 2.9 304 38 304.6 305.8 290.1 324.5 6.61 8 700 3101 2.4 -1.4 76 3.8 0.5 305 38 305.1 306.1 288.8 320.2 4.93 9 608 4224 -5.7 -5.9 98 0.2 -5.8 299 43 308.4 309.1 289.0 321.0 4.05 10 603 4289 -4.5 -11.5 58 7.0 -7.2 298 43 310.5 311.0 288.4 318.9 2.63 11 597 4368 -5.1 -14.1 49 9.0 -8.3 298 43 310.7 311.1 287.9 317.6 2.15 12 590 4460 -5.1 -34.1 8 29.0 -11.3 297 44 311.7 311.8 286.4 313.0 0.36 13 567 4772 -7.1 -29.1 15 22.0 -12.3 296 45 312.9 313.0 287.1 315.0 0.61 14 554 4953 -8.3 -17.3 48 9.0 -11.2 295 46 313.6 313.9 288.6 319.4 1.78 15 542 5122 -9.3 -20.3 40 11.0 -12.6 294 46 314.4 314.6 288.4 319.1 1.40 16 500 5740 -15.1 -21.1 60 6.0 -16.7 290 49 314.6 314.9 288.5 319.4 1.42 17 496 5800 -15.9 -20.9 65 5.0 -17.3 290 49 314.4 314.7 288.5 319.2 1.46 18 490 5892 -16.7 -20.7 71 4.0 -17.8 289 49 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.5 1.50 19 484 5984 -16.3 -19.2 78 2.9 -17.1 289 50 316.1 316.4 289.3 321.9 1.73 20 465 6284 -17.7 -19.6 85 1.9 -18.3 287 51 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.8 1.74 21 400 7390 -25.7 -28.2 79 2.5 -26.2 280 54 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.9 0.94 22 323 8907 -36.2 -39.4 72 3.2 -36.5 275 91 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.8 0.39 23 316 9058 -37.3 -40.6 71 3.3 -37.6 275 90 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.35 TRP 316 9058 -37.3 -40.6 71 3.3 -37.6 275 90 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.35 WND 323 8907 -36.2 -39.4 72 3.2 -36.5 275 91 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.8 0.39 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.00 m Freezing level: 672.74 mb = 3433.69 m = 11265.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.05 mb = 3192.07 m = 10472.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.84 % Est. max temperature: 22.91 C = 73.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.84 mb = 143.35 m = 470.30 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 4.30 C Layer 700.0- 608.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.79 mb = 490.01 m = 1607.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.91 C = 66.03 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 29.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 960.10 mb = 487.29 m = 1598.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 955.10 mb = 531.57 m = 1743.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.10 mb = 2703.06 m = 8868.21 ft B at Equ Level: 39.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 605.10 mb = 4261.44 m = 13980.93 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 328 at 29 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 1013 27 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 153 20 -9.0 17.4 1 1000 142 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 167 19 -4.2 18.6 2 925 803 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 267 14 13.7 0.7 3 850 1510 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 245 21 19.0 9.0 4 700 3101 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 258 16 15.7 3.3 5 500 5740 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 255 32 30.6 8.3 6 400 7390 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 247 41 37.8 15.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.4 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 328.4 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.5 neg: -29.3 tot: 92.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 59.20 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 305 18 179 15| 0.0 18.6 18.6| 70.1 0.0 70.1 140.2 0.88| 20.0 17.6 1000 308 27 213 11| 0.0 14.6 14.6|101.3 -7.8 93.5 93.5 0.77| 16.9 13.0 1500 304 31 231 13| 0.0 10.0 10.0|101.3 -29.3 72.0 48.0 0.52| 13.6 7.1 2000 302 32 237 14| 0.5 7.5 8.1|108.5 -29.3 79.1 39.6 0.53| 10.7 5.7 2500 302 34 240 15| 0.9 6.0 6.9|115.2 -29.3 85.8 34.3 0.54| 9.0 4.8 3000 302 34 243 15| 1.1 5.0 6.1|121.5 -29.3 92.1 30.7 0.54| 7.9 4.3 4000 302 36 247 16| 0.8 4.4 5.2|122.9 -29.8 93.1 23.3 0.49| 6.6 3.2 5000 301 37 250 18| 0.6 4.0 4.7|122.9 -34.6 88.3 17.7 0.43| 5.9 2.5 6000 298 39 252 20| 0.5 3.8 4.3|122.9 -48.3 74.6 12.4 0.36| 5.5 1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//NZWP/skewt/NZWP.skewt.20251013.00.gif