UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 APR 25 Searching for RK138... Searching the city database file for: RK138 ... Date:1200Z 18 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 1010 9 23.6 15.6 61 8.0 18.4 250 8 295.9 297.9 291.1 327.9 11.10 1 1000 95 23.0 16.0 65 7.0 18.4 240 14 296.1 298.2 291.5 329.3 11.50 2 989 192 23.8 13.8 54 10.0 17.4 242 15 297.9 299.7 290.9 327.2 10.07 3 925 774 20.2 13.2 64 7.0 15.7 260 14 300.0 301.9 291.8 330.4 10.36 4 867 1329 15.4 11.3 77 4.1 12.9 246 11 300.6 302.4 291.5 329.3 9.74 5 850 1497 14.4 7.4 63 7.0 10.3 255 10 301.2 302.6 289.9 323.8 7.62 6 827 1728 12.6 4.6 58 8.0 8.1 242 11 301.7 302.9 289.0 320.9 6.44 7 809 1912 10.6 8.3 86 2.3 9.2 239 11 301.5 303.0 290.8 326.7 8.52 8 793 2079 9.6 3.6 66 6.0 6.3 247 11 302.1 303.3 289.0 320.9 6.26 9 743 2616 5.6 1.4 74 4.2 3.4 275 14 303.5 304.5 288.9 320.7 5.70 10 740 2649 5.2 0.2 70 5.0 2.7 275 14 303.4 304.4 288.5 319.3 5.25 11 702 3079 2.8 -15.2 25 18.0 -3.6 275 16 305.3 305.6 285.5 310.7 1.67 12 700 3102 2.6 -15.4 25 18.0 -3.8 275 16 305.4 305.7 285.5 310.6 1.65 13 639 3834 -1.3 -13.3 40 12.0 -5.8 288 28 309.0 309.4 287.4 315.9 2.14 14 582 4570 -7.7 -13.7 62 6.0 -9.8 305 33 309.9 310.3 287.8 317.2 2.28 15 551 4995 -9.5 -13.8 71 4.3 -11.0 292 35 312.6 313.1 288.9 320.4 2.39 16 500 5740 -13.5 -27.5 30 14.0 -16.7 280 42 316.6 316.7 288.5 319.4 0.80 17 498 5770 -13.7 -27.7 30 14.0 -16.9 280 43 316.7 316.9 288.6 319.4 0.79 18 479 6066 -14.7 -30.7 24 16.0 -18.1 276 47 319.0 319.1 289.1 321.2 0.62 19 409 7239 -24.7 -39.7 24 15.0 -26.6 284 57 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.9 0.30 20 400 7400 -26.1 -37.1 35 11.0 -27.6 285 58 321.1 321.1 289.5 322.5 0.40 21 379 7788 -29.1 -43.1 25 14.0 -30.6 282 61 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.22 22 363 8095 -32.1 -38.1 55 6.0 -32.8 285 62 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.5 0.39 23 333 8697 -37.3 -39.5 80 2.2 -37.5 290 64 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.4 0.37 24 322 8929 -39.1 -44.0 60 4.9 -39.5 293 64 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.24 25 317 9036 -40.1 -43.0 74 2.9 -40.3 294 65 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.27 26 307 9254 -41.7 -50.7 37 9.0 -42.2 297 63 324.4 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.12 27 300 9410 -43.1 -51.1 41 8.0 -43.5 300 61 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.1 0.12 28 285 9753 -45.9 -53.9 40 8.0 -46.2 300 59 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.09 29 266 10207 -49.7 -63.7 18 14.0 -50.0 315 62 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.4 0.03 30 250 10610 -52.1 -63.1 25 11.0 -52.3 315 88 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.03 31 232 11090 -56.3 -59.9 64 3.6 -56.4 311 94 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.05 32 229 11173 -57.0 -62.3 51 5.3 -57.1 310 95 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.04 33 226 11257 -57.7 -64.7 40 7.0 -57.8 310 95 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.03 34 219 11455 -59.5 -64.5 52 5.0 -59.6 310 92 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.03 35 211 11687 -61.5 -71.5 25 10.0 -61.6 310 89 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.3 0.01 36 200 12020 -61.3 -73.3 19 12.0 -61.4 310 62 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.7 0.01 37 196 12145 -61.9 -73.9 19 12.0 -62.0 314 65 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.7 0.01 38 189 12370 -60.9 -76.9 10 16.0 -61.0 297 65 341.8 341.8 294.7 341.8 0.01 39 182 12603 -60.9 -77.9 9 17.0 -61.0 285 72 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 40 175 12849 -56.9 -80.9 3 24.0 -57.2 287 81 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 41 150 13820 -57.9 -83.9 2 26.0 -58.2 275 57 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 42 143 14122 -56.5 -83.5 2 27.0 -56.8 275 55 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 43 121 15167 -61.9 -85.9 3 24.0 -62.1 255 60 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 44 100 16340 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -63.9 295 41 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 45 86 17266 -65.7 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.8 276 26 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 46 70 18530 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.4 275 28 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 47 59 19587 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.2 291 16 479.5 479.5 313.4 479.6 0.00 48 54 20137 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.7 298 28 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 49 52 20373 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.2 283 21 505.1 505.1 315.3 505.1 0.00 50 50 20620 -58.5 -86.5 2 28.0 -59.2 190 5 505.6 505.6 315.4 505.6 0.00 51 47 21008 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.6 208 9 513.7 513.7 315.9 513.7 0.00 52 41 21871 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -55.8 300 8 545.1 545.1 317.8 545.2 0.01 53 32 23458 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -55.4 261 11 587.3 587.3 320.0 587.4 0.01 54 30 23870 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.3 320 11 592.2 592.3 320.3 592.3 0.01 55 29 24087 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.0 329 12 595.8 595.8 320.4 595.9 0.01 56 20 26480 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -54.8 335 11 677.3 677.3 323.7 677.4 0.02 57 19 26815 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.2 336 10 690.4 690.4 324.1 690.6 0.02 58 16 27931 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -56.3 350 15 717.4 717.4 325.0 717.5 0.02 59 12 29793 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -56.4 323 35 782.4 782.5 326.8 782.7 0.03 60 10 30990 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -53.7 330 30 844.5 844.5 328.3 844.9 0.05 61 8.1 32397 -43.5 -81.5 1 38.0 -52.8 910.4 910.5 329.7 911.1 0.06 62 8.0 32480 -43.7 -81.7 1 38.0 -53.0 912.9 912.9 329.7 913.5 0.06 63 7.0 33392 -36.7 -78.7 0 42.0 -50.7 977.3 977.4 330.8 978.7 0.12 64 5.5 35058 -37.9 -78.9 1 41.0 -52.4 1041.8 1041.9 331.8 1043.6 0.14 TRP 211 11687 -61.5 -71.5 25 10.0 -61.6 310 89 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.3 0.01 WND 229 11173 -57.0 -62.3 51 5.3 -57.1 310 95 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.00 m Freezing level: 659.33 mb = 3590.09 m = 11778.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.90 mb = 2828.64 m = 9280.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.01 mb = 1027.77 m = 3371.90 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 16.09 C Layer 793.0- 639.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.61 mb = 1844.33 m = 6050.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 17.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 617.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.83 mb = 1488.76 m = 4884.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.83 mb = 2366.57 m = 7764.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.83 mb = 10718.23 m = 35164.36 ft B at Equ Level: 616.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.83 mb = 13187.95 m = 43267.03 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 309 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 1010 9 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 157 15 -5.7 13.4 1 1000 95 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 176 18 -1.1 17.7 2 976 305 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 187 18 2.2 17.9 3 943 610 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 195 16 4.1 15.3 4 925 774 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 182 13 0.5 13.1 5 910 914 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 185 15 1.2 14.6 6 878 1219 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 170 17 -2.8 16.7 7 850 1497 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 165 14 -3.6 13.3 8 847 1524 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 165 14 -3.6 13.3 9 817 1829 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 166 18 -4.2 17.0 10 787 2134 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 169 15 -2.9 14.4 11 759 2438 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 178 10 -0.3 9.6 12 700 3102 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 196 10 2.7 9.3 13 678 3353 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 190 10 1.7 9.4 14 652 3658 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 254 13 12.8 3.7 15 580 4572 305 33 27.0 -18.9 | 301 16 13.8 -8.2 16 537 5182 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 266 22 21.5 1.4 17 500 5740 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 263 28 28.1 3.4 18 477 6096 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 259 35 34.6 6.5 19 400 7400 285 58 56.0 -15.0 | 276 43 42.8 -4.3 20 388 7620 280 61 60.1 -10.6 | 270 47 46.8 0.1 21 312 9144 295 65 58.9 -27.5 | 290 49 45.7 -16.8 22 300 9410 300 61 52.8 -30.5 | 297 44 39.6 -19.8 23 285 9754 300 59 51.1 -29.5 | 296 42 37.9 -18.8 24 260 10363 320 63 40.5 -48.3 | 324 46 27.3 -37.6 25 250 10610 315 88 62.2 -62.2 | 316 71 49.0 -51.5 26 229 11173 310 95 72.8 -61.1 | 310 78 59.5 -50.4 27 225 11278 310 95 72.8 -61.1 | 310 78 59.5 -50.4 28 211 11687 310 89 68.2 -57.2 | 310 72 54.9 -46.5 29 204 11887 310 92 70.5 -59.1 | 310 75 57.2 -48.4 30 200 12020 310 62 47.5 -39.9 | 310 45 34.3 -29.2 31 195 12192 315 66 46.7 -46.7 | 317 49 33.4 -36.0 32 185 12497 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 277 50 49.5 -6.1 33 177 12802 285 83 80.2 -21.5 | 279 68 66.9 -10.8 34 160 13411 305 64 52.4 -36.7 | 304 47 39.2 -26.0 35 153 13716 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 289 37 34.8 -11.7 36 150 13820 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 263 44 43.5 5.7 37 145 14021 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 263 45 44.5 5.6 38 132 14630 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 256 29 28.6 7.0 39 125 14935 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 232 48 37.5 29.2 40 114 15545 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 254 60 57.5 16.9 41 100 16340 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 286 25 23.9 -6.6 42 98 16459 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 286 25 23.9 -6.6 43 89 17069 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 298 9 8.1 -4.2 44 85 17374 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 219 20 12.4 15.2 45 80 17678 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 230 32 24.4 20.8 46 77 17983 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 255 28 26.6 7.2 47 70 18530 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 241 17 14.7 8.2 48 66 18898 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 241 17 14.7 8.2 49 63 19202 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 268 5 4.9 0.2 50 60 19507 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 185 4 0.4 4.3 51 57 19812 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 204 8 3.5 7.7 52 54 20117 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 288 12 11.9 -3.8 53 52 20422 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 222 10 6.5 7.2 54 50 20620 190 5 0.9 4.9 | 142 20 -12.4 15.6 55 49 20726 100 1 -1.0 0.2 | 127 18 -14.2 10.9 56 47 21031 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 158 20 -7.5 18.9 57 45 21336 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 173 20 -2.5 19.7 58 43 21641 340 1 0.3 -0.9 | 127 16 -12.9 9.7 59 41 21946 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 152 8 -3.8 7.3 60 37 22555 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 154 25 -11.2 22.5 61 35 22860 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 146 25 -14.1 20.6 62 30 23870 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 110 7 -6.2 2.3 63 29 24079 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 92 7 -7.2 0.3 64 28 24384 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 136 6 -4.2 4.4 65 26 24689 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 156 9 -3.6 8.1 66 25 24994 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 168 8 -1.6 7.6 67 24 25298 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 59 6 -5.2 -3.2 68 23 25603 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 60 12 -10.3 -6.1 69 22 25908 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 74 9 -8.5 -2.5 70 21 26213 10 15 -2.6 -14.8 | 76 16 -15.8 -4.1 71 20 26480 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 95 9 -8.6 0.7 72 20 26518 10 21 -3.6 -20.7 | 59 20 -16.9 -10.0 73 19 26822 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 100 9 -9.0 1.6 74 18 27127 5 18 -1.6 -17.9 | 64 16 -14.8 -7.2 75 17 27432 360 17 -0.0 -17.0 | 65 15 -13.2 -6.3 76 16 27737 340 16 5.5 -15.0 | 61 9 -7.8 -4.3 77 16 28042 355 14 1.2 -13.9 | 75 12 -12.0 -3.3 78 15 28346 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 127 6 -4.8 3.6 79 14 28956 335 25 10.6 -22.7 | 13 12 -2.7 -12.0 80 12 29566 325 36 20.6 -29.5 | 338 20 7.4 -18.8 81 11 30175 320 34 21.9 -26.0 | 331 18 8.6 -15.4 82 10 30990 330 30 15.0 -26.0 | 353 15 1.8 -15.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.9 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 308.9 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.3 neg: -34.0 tot: 34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 27.70 Bulk Shear: 22.31 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 245 15 183 17| 10.0 0.0 10.0| 45.5 0.0 45.5 91.0 0.89| 12.0 10.7 1000 251 16 185 16| 5.0 1.9 6.8| 50.5 -16.5 34.0 34.0 0.38| 10.0 3.8 1500 249 14 181 16| 2.0 1.2 3.2| 50.5 -33.8 16.6 11.1 0.12| 8.9 1.1 2000 248 13 177 16| 1.5 0.9 2.4| 53.9 -34.0 19.9 10.0 0.13| 7.9 1.0 2500 251 13 177 15| 2.2 0.7 2.9| 62.6 -34.0 28.6 11.4 0.17| 7.8 1.4 3000 255 13 178 14| 1.8 0.3 2.1| 68.3 -34.0 34.2 11.4 0.22| 6.9 1.5 4000 265 15 190 12| 3.3 0.2 3.5|116.7 -36.0 80.7 20.2 0.42| 7.5 3.1 5000 278 19 214 10| 3.1 0.9 4.0|142.4 -70.5 71.9 14.4 0.32| 7.6 2.4 6000 279 23 232 12| 2.6 2.0 4.6|142.4-109.5 32.9 5.5 0.20| 7.7 1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//RK138/skewt/RK138.skewt.20250418.12.gif