UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 APR 25 Searching for RK138... Searching the city database file for: RK138 ... Date:1200Z 17 APR 25 Station: RK138 WMO ident: 47138 Latitude: 36.03 Longitude: 129.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 13 20.4 13.4 64 7.0 16.0 245 6 293.0 294.7 288.9 320.4 9.63 1 1000 73 20.2 14.2 68 6.0 16.4 230 10 293.4 295.2 289.5 322.5 10.23 2 925 741 15.4 11.1 76 4.3 12.8 240 29 295.1 296.7 289.0 321.0 9.00 3 916 824 15.2 10.5 73 4.7 12.4 242 34 295.7 297.2 289.0 320.9 8.73 4 901 964 17.6 5.6 45 12.0 10.8 247 38 299.5 300.7 288.2 318.3 6.34 5 882 1146 17.2 2.2 36 15.0 9.1 253 36 301.0 301.9 287.5 316.2 5.08 6 850 1460 15.0 4.0 48 11.0 8.9 265 31 301.9 303.0 288.7 319.9 6.00 7 818 1783 12.8 2.8 51 10.0 7.3 269 31 302.9 303.9 288.8 320.1 5.73 8 788 2096 11.8 -10.2 20 22.0 2.5 274 29 305.0 305.5 286.1 312.1 2.23 9 730 2730 7.6 -12.4 23 20.0 -0.4 280 21 307.2 307.6 286.6 313.7 2.02 10 700 3074 4.4 -12.6 28 17.0 -2.2 275 17 307.4 307.7 286.7 314.0 2.07 11 560 4839 -11.1 -16.0 67 4.9 -12.7 268 17 309.3 309.7 287.3 315.6 1.96 12 543 5075 -12.9 -16.9 72 4.0 -14.1 263 18 309.9 310.3 287.4 316.0 1.87 13 513 5507 -15.3 -23.3 50 8.0 -17.3 246 21 312.1 312.3 287.4 315.9 1.14 14 500 5700 -16.7 -21.4 67 4.7 -17.9 260 31 312.7 312.9 287.9 317.3 1.38 15 493 5806 -17.3 -22.3 65 5.0 -18.6 259 34 313.2 313.5 287.9 317.5 1.30 16 457 6370 -21.9 -25.6 72 3.7 -22.7 253 42 314.3 314.5 288.1 317.9 1.04 17 444 6582 -23.7 -27.7 70 4.0 -24.5 251 40 314.7 314.8 288.0 317.7 0.88 18 435 6732 -24.3 -35.3 35 11.0 -25.9 250 39 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.3 0.44 19 400 7340 -28.1 -41.1 28 13.0 -29.6 255 50 318.5 318.5 288.6 319.4 0.26 20 327 8753 -37.3 -57.3 11 20.0 -38.3 255 72 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.9 0.05 21 300 9340 -42.1 -51.1 37 9.0 -42.6 250 77 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.12 22 272 9997 -48.3 -51.6 69 3.3 -48.4 255 81 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.8 0.12 23 254 10447 -51.7 -55.5 64 3.8 -51.8 263 85 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.08 24 250 10550 -52.5 -57.4 55 4.9 -52.7 265 86 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.07 25 248 10602 -52.1 -60.1 38 8.0 -52.3 263 84 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.05 26 240 10813 -52.7 -55.5 72 2.8 -52.8 260 92 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 27 239 10840 -52.9 -56.4 66 3.5 -53.0 260 94 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 28 237 10894 -53.1 -56.1 70 3.0 -53.2 260 98 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 29 234 10975 -53.9 -58.5 57 4.6 -54.0 260 104 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.06 30 231 11058 -53.3 -69.3 13 16.0 -53.5 260 106 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.01 31 221 11341 -54.7 -58.8 60 4.1 -54.8 258 111 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.06 32 208 11724 -57.7 -61.3 63 3.6 -57.8 256 119 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 33 204 11846 -58.6 -63.4 54 4.8 -58.7 255 121 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.04 34 200 11970 -59.5 -65.5 46 6.0 -59.6 255 119 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.03 35 199 12001 -59.9 -66.9 40 7.0 -60.0 255 119 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.02 36 190 12290 -62.1 -66.8 53 4.7 -62.1 257 118 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.03 37 181 12589 -63.7 -74.7 21 11.0 -63.8 262 109 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.5 0.01 38 174 12834 -59.3 -83.3 3 24.0 -59.5 266 101 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.00 39 164 13207 -57.5 -83.5 2 26.0 -57.8 275 79 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 40 154 13604 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -59.1 269 61 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 41 150 13770 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -58.5 260 55 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 42 137 14343 -56.1 -84.1 2 28.0 -56.5 265 60 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 43 124 14971 -58.9 -85.9 2 27.0 -59.2 266 72 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 44 115 15446 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 275 61 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 45 100 16320 -61.5 -86.5 2 25.0 -61.7 280 38 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 46 93 16766 -64.7 -87.7 3 23.0 -64.9 265 38 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 47 74 18165 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.6 264 21 441.9 441.9 310.1 441.9 0.00 48 72 18335 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.9 250 14 451.3 451.3 311.0 451.3 0.00 49 70 18510 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.4 235 7 453.7 453.7 311.2 453.7 0.00 50 66 18878 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.2 236 7 464.4 464.4 312.1 464.4 0.00 51 60 19473 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.5 257 19 471.9 471.9 312.8 471.9 0.00 52 51 20494 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.5 352 15 507.0 507.0 315.4 507.0 0.00 53 50 20620 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -58.1 95 5 508.4 508.4 315.5 508.5 0.00 54 49 20747 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -58.6 324 11 510.0 510.0 315.7 510.0 0.00 55 38 22362 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -53.5 247 11 564.2 564.2 318.9 564.3 0.01 56 32 23473 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -53.3 345 10 594.3 594.3 320.3 594.3 0.01 57 30 23890 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.1 25 3 603.2 603.2 320.7 603.2 0.01 58 27 24574 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.2 261 10 618.2 618.2 321.4 618.3 0.01 59 20 26540 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -51.8 25 10 690.8 690.8 324.1 691.0 0.02 60 16 28007 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -53.7 347 11 729.8 729.8 325.4 730.0 0.02 61 15 28432 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -52.4 334 17 751.4 751.4 326.0 751.6 0.03 62 12 29896 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -55.5 290 30 787.4 787.4 327.0 787.6 0.02 63 10 31100 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -52.2 305 39 854.9 855.0 328.5 855.4 0.05 64 9.9 31168 -42.9 -81.9 1 39.0 -51.7 861.9 861.9 328.7 862.4 0.05 65 8.1 32526 -41.3 -81.3 1 40.0 -51.8 919.1 919.2 329.8 919.8 0.07 66 8.0 32610 -41.3 -81.3 1 40.0 -51.9 922.4 922.4 329.8 923.1 0.07 TRP 93 16766 -64.7 -87.7 3 23.0 -64.9 265 38 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 WND 204 11846 -58.6 -63.4 54 4.8 -58.7 255 121 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.00 m Freezing level: 660.26 mb = 3575.02 m = 11728.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.89 mb = 2641.24 m = 8665.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.89 mb = 899.43 m = 2950.86 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 8.04 C Layer 788.0- 730.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.44 mb = 2601.36 m = 8534.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.22 C = 93.60 F Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.33 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 18.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 132.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 453.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.37 mb = 1132.84 m = 3716.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.37 mb = 4314.75 m = 14155.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.37 mb = 7368.60 m = 24174.89 ft B at Equ Level: 131.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.37 mb = 8935.14 m = 29314.40 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 290 at 17 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 1007 13 245 6 5.4 2.5 | 129 13 -10.5 8.4 1 1000 73 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 146 15 -8.3 12.3 2 973 305 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 176 18 -1.4 18.1 3 939 610 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 194 21 5.4 20.8 4 925 741 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 204 22 9.2 20.3 5 906 914 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 221 30 19.4 22.3 6 850 1460 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 240 17 14.9 8.5 7 843 1524 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 242 18 15.9 8.6 8 784 2134 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 256 13 12.9 3.3 9 728 2743 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 245 5 4.7 2.2 10 700 3074 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 193 4 1.0 4.4 11 650 3658 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 171 10 -1.5 9.7 12 625 3962 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 146 7 -3.9 5.8 13 578 4572 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 179 9 -0.2 8.6 14 556 4877 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 190 6 1.1 5.8 15 514 5486 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 189 14 2.2 14.3 16 500 5700 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 232 18 14.6 11.2 17 474 6096 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 237 32 26.6 17.2 18 436 6706 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 227 28 20.7 19.2 19 400 7340 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 240 37 32.3 18.8 20 352 8230 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 251 54 51.0 17.7 21 300 9340 250 77 72.4 26.3 | 240 65 56.4 32.2 22 295 9449 245 77 69.8 32.5 | 235 66 53.8 38.4 23 250 10550 265 86 85.7 7.5 | 259 71 69.7 13.3 24 245 10668 260 81 79.8 14.1 | 253 67 63.8 19.9 25 234 10973 260 104 102.4 18.1 | 255 90 86.5 23.9 26 204 11846 255 121 116.9 31.3 | 250 108 100.9 37.2 27 200 11970 255 119 114.9 30.8 | 250 106 99.0 36.6 28 193 12192 255 121 116.9 31.3 | 250 108 100.9 37.2 29 175 12802 265 103 102.6 9.0 | 260 88 86.7 14.8 30 159 13411 280 67 66.0 -11.6 | 277 50 50.0 -5.8 31 150 13770 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 248 41 38.2 15.4 32 144 14021 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 254 38 36.9 10.5 33 125 14935 265 73 72.7 6.4 | 258 58 56.8 12.2 34 103 16154 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 290 28 26.3 -9.5 35 100 16320 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 272 21 21.5 -0.8 36 98 16459 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 272 21 21.5 -0.8 37 93 16766 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 247 24 21.9 9.2 38 84 17374 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 251 30 27.9 9.7 39 76 17983 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 266 13 12.6 0.8 40 70 18510 235 7 5.7 4.0 | 134 14 -10.2 9.9 41 69 18593 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 212 18 9.4 15.1 42 66 18898 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 130 14 -11.0 9.3 43 57 19812 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 242 13 11.1 5.8 44 52 20422 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 289 4 3.8 -1.3 45 50 20620 95 5 -5.0 0.4 | 107 22 -20.9 6.3 46 49 20726 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 47 47 21031 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 139 20 -13.4 15.5 48 45 21336 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 151 20 -9.4 17.1 49 34 23165 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 130 8 -6.0 5.0 50 32 23470 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 74 14 -13.4 -3.8 51 31 23774 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 74 15 -14.2 -4.0 52 30 23890 25 3 -1.3 -2.7 | 100 17 -17.2 3.1 53 29 24079 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 54 27 24689 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 146 12 -6.9 10.1 55 25 24994 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 157 8 -3.0 7.0 56 24 25298 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 73 6 -5.3 -1.6 57 22 25908 330 22 11.0 -19.1 | 21 14 -4.9 -13.2 58 21 26213 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 58 15 -12.3 -7.7 59 20 26518 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 60 12 -10.5 -5.9 60 20 26540 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 81 20 -20.2 -3.2 61 18 27127 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 81 20 -20.2 -3.2 62 17 27737 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 77 10 -10.2 -2.3 63 16 28042 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 70 15 -14.0 -5.0 64 15 28651 325 20 11.5 -16.4 | 23 11 -4.5 -10.5 65 13 29261 345 28 7.2 -27.0 | 22 23 -8.7 -21.2 66 12 29870 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 290 13 12.2 -4.4 67 10 31100 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 316 23 16.0 -16.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.1 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 290.1 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.7 neg: -6.9 tot: 215.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 7.74 Bulk Shear: 17.14 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 231 17 170 16| 0.0 18.5 18.5| 72.7 0.0 72.7 145.3 0.92| 19.0 17.5 1000 238 24 193 19| 8.2 9.2 17.4|168.5 0.0 168.5 168.5 0.85| 19.4 16.4 1500 246 27 208 19| 5.8 6.2 12.0|206.7 0.0 206.7 137.8 0.78| 16.9 13.2 2000 252 28 217 18| 4.9 4.6 9.5|220.2 0.0 220.2 110.1 0.77| 13.9 10.7 2500 257 28 223 17| 3.7 3.7 7.4|222.7 -1.2 221.5 88.6 0.69| 12.4 8.6 3000 260 27 224 15| 3.1 2.6 5.7|222.7 -6.9 215.8 71.9 0.56| 11.5 6.4 4000 261 24 218 12| 2.6 2.4 5.0|222.7 -19.4 203.3 50.8 0.40| 10.0 4.0 5000 261 22 212 11| 2.2 2.2 4.4|233.6 -19.4 214.2 42.8 0.43| 8.8 3.8 6000 260 23 213 12| 2.7 2.5 5.1|294.2 -21.1 273.1 45.5 0.43| 9.9 4.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//RK138/skewt/RK138.skewt.20250417.12.gif