UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 16 APR 25 Searching for SACO... Searching the city database file for: SACO ... Date:1200Z 16 APR 25 Station: SACO WMO ident: 87344 Latitude: -31.32 Longitude: -64.22 Elevation: 474.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 958 474 13.6 12.8 95 0.8 13.1 20 4 290.3 292.0 288.0 317.8 9.74 2 954 512 14.6 12.5 87 2.1 13.3 17 3 291.7 293.4 288.3 318.8 9.58 3 925 791 13.0 12.2 95 0.8 12.5 115 1 292.6 294.3 288.8 320.2 9.69 4 923 809 12.8 11.9 94 0.9 12.3 100 1 292.6 294.3 288.6 319.7 9.52 5 857 1434 12.0 7.9 76 4.1 9.6 6 21 298.0 299.4 289.0 320.9 7.82 6 850 1503 11.8 8.9 82 2.9 10.1 5 23 298.5 300.0 289.8 323.2 8.45 7 844 1562 11.6 9.9 89 1.7 10.6 6 23 298.9 300.6 290.5 325.6 9.11 8 828 1723 11.8 10.4 91 1.4 10.9 347 24 300.8 302.5 291.5 329.1 9.61 9 768 2350 7.8 7.8 100 0.0 7.8 328 21 303.0 304.6 291.4 328.8 8.68 10 700 3110 2.6 2.6 100 0.0 2.6 310 17 305.4 306.6 290.4 325.4 6.61 11 693 3191 2.0 2.0 100 0.0 2.0 300 17 305.6 306.8 290.3 325.0 6.39 12 691 3214 1.8 0.4 90 1.4 1.1 297 17 305.6 306.7 289.7 323.0 5.71 13 673 3428 3.0 -5.0 56 8.0 -0.7 281 16 309.3 310.0 289.2 321.5 3.92 14 671 3452 4.8 -11.2 30 16.0 -1.8 281 16 311.5 312.0 288.5 319.4 2.42 15 655 3648 4.0 -14.0 26 18.0 -3.0 282 16 312.8 313.2 288.5 319.3 1.98 16 540 5186 -7.1 -28.1 17 21.0 -12.4 268 34 317.3 317.5 288.6 319.8 0.70 17 500 5780 -12.3 -30.3 21 18.0 -16.3 265 29 318.0 318.2 288.8 320.2 0.62 18 473 6201 -16.3 -30.3 29 14.0 -19.2 265 29 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.5 0.65 19 426 6980 -21.9 -37.9 22 16.0 -24.3 262 40 320.7 320.8 289.3 322.0 0.34 20 406 7332 -24.7 -32.7 47 8.0 -26.1 260 45 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.7 0.60 21 400 7440 -25.5 -29.5 69 4.0 -26.2 260 47 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.8 0.83 22 398 7476 -25.7 -28.0 81 2.3 -26.2 260 47 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.4 0.96 23 364 8116 -30.5 -33.0 79 2.5 -30.9 260 56 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.3 0.65 24 358 8233 -31.1 -35.8 63 4.7 -31.7 260 58 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.50 25 355 8293 -31.5 -45.5 24 14.0 -32.8 260 59 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.18 26 339 8617 -34.3 -36.9 77 2.6 -34.6 261 63 325.5 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.48 27 319 9039 -37.1 -44.1 48 7.0 -37.7 265 67 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.24 28 313 9170 -37.7 -54.7 15 17.0 -38.7 267 69 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 29 304 9370 -39.3 -54.3 19 15.0 -40.1 269 71 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.08 30 300 9460 -40.1 -57.1 15 17.0 -40.9 270 72 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.06 31 258 10473 -48.9 -58.9 30 10.0 -49.2 270 72 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.05 32 250 10680 -50.3 -64.3 18 14.0 -50.6 270 70 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.03 33 247 10759 -50.5 -68.5 10 18.0 -50.8 270 70 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.02 34 214 11681 -56.1 -68.1 21 12.0 -56.3 266 76 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.02 35 200 12110 -57.1 -72.1 13 15.0 -57.3 275 74 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.01 36 183 12672 -59.1 -75.3 11 16.2 -59.2 270 83 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 37 150 13910 -63.5 -82.5 6 19.0 -63.6 270 68 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 38 141 14287 -64.5 -84.5 5 20.0 -64.6 268 69 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 39 123 15121 -63.3 -87.3 2 24.0 -63.4 274 70 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 40 100 16370 -69.5 -88.5 5 19.0 -69.6 260 55 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 41 99 16430 -69.7 -88.7 5 19.0 -69.8 260 55 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 42 85 17342 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.4 250 43 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 43 79 17784 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.3 253 33 430.0 430.0 308.9 430.0 0.00 44 70 18520 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.7 290 25 442.1 442.1 310.1 442.1 0.00 45 67 18784 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 283 27 446.8 446.8 310.6 446.8 0.00 46 63 19159 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.2 265 24 463.6 463.6 312.1 463.6 0.00 47 58 19668 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 240 13 476.0 476.0 313.1 476.0 0.00 48 58 19668 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 240 13 476.0 476.0 313.1 476.0 0.00 49 56 19886 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.7 256 12 488.1 488.1 314.1 488.1 0.00 50 50 20590 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.9 240 16 496.2 496.2 314.7 496.2 0.00 51 49 20715 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.1 249 15 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 52 45 21245 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.1 279 16 521.6 521.6 316.4 521.6 0.00 53 34 23023 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.0 256 16 575.1 575.1 319.4 575.1 0.01 54 32 23409 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.8 249 12 579.8 579.8 319.6 579.8 0.01 55 30 23820 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.8 285 10 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 56 27 24495 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.0 314 12 612.1 612.1 321.2 612.1 0.01 57 22 25825 -48.9 -84.9 1 36.0 -52.5 316 6 668.0 668.0 323.3 668.1 0.01 58 20 26450 -50.9 -85.9 1 35.0 -54.1 315 26 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.01 59 17 27507 -51.3 -86.3 1 35.0 -54.8 315 20 711.5 711.5 324.8 711.6 0.01 60 15 28331 -45.7 -83.7 1 38.0 -51.5 310 23 756.0 756.0 326.1 756.2 0.02 61 11 30414 -41.9 -82.9 0 41.0 -50.8 258 33 839.9 839.9 328.2 840.3 0.04 62 11 30414 -42.3 -83.3 0 41.0 -51.0 258 33 838.5 838.5 328.1 838.8 0.03 TRP 99 16430 -69.7 -88.7 5 19.0 -69.8 260 55 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 WND 183 12672 -59.1 -75.3 11 16.2 -59.2 270 83 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.00 m Freezing level: 613.56 mb = 4202.30 m = 13786.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.35 mb = 3339.95 m = 10957.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.53 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.73 mb = 581.07 m = 1906.37 ft T: 14.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 9.81 C Layer 768.0- 540.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.78 mb = 2233.90 m = 7328.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lifted Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: 2.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 33.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42783.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.84 mb = 1222.18 m = 4009.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 320 at 16 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 958 474 20 4 -1.4 -3.8 | 126 15 -12.1 8.8 1 944 610 10 2 -0.3 -2.0 | 134 15 -11.0 10.5 2 925 791 115 1 -0.9 0.4 | 138 17 -11.6 12.9 3 912 914 15 2 -0.5 -1.9 | 133 15 -11.2 10.6 4 850 1503 5 23 -2.0 -22.9 | 51 16 -12.7 -10.4 5 848 1524 10 23 -4.0 -22.7 | 55 18 -14.7 -10.1 6 817 1829 335 24 10.1 -21.8 | 3 9 -0.5 -9.2 7 788 2134 325 21 12.0 -17.2 | 344 5 1.4 -4.7 8 759 2438 330 21 10.5 -18.2 | 2 6 -0.2 -5.7 9 732 2743 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 322 4 2.2 -2.8 10 700 3110 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 236 3 2.3 1.6 11 679 3353 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 207 11 5.1 9.7 12 629 3962 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 215 10 5.7 8.1 13 605 4267 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 225 18 12.3 12.5 14 560 4877 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 244 28 25.3 12.5 15 500 5780 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 230 24 18.2 15.0 16 479 6096 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 229 23 17.2 15.0 17 400 7440 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 240 41 35.6 20.7 18 357 8230 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 244 52 46.4 22.6 19 342 8534 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 245 55 50.4 23.3 20 300 9460 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 258 63 61.3 12.5 21 250 10668 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 258 63 61.3 12.5 22 250 10680 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 258 61 59.3 12.5 23 207 11887 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 254 69 66.0 19.2 24 200 12110 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 265 63 63.0 6.1 25 188 12497 280 78 76.8 -13.5 | 271 66 66.1 -1.0 26 183 12672 270 83 83.0 -0.0 | 260 73 72.3 12.5 27 179 12802 270 83 83.0 -0.0 | 260 73 72.3 12.5 28 155 13716 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 247 63 58.2 24.7 29 150 13910 270 68 68.0 -0.0 | 258 59 57.3 12.5 30 127 14935 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 252 62 59.0 18.6 31 120 15240 280 70 68.9 -12.2 | 270 58 58.2 0.4 32 115 15545 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 250 52 49.1 17.7 33 104 16154 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 252 61 58.0 18.5 34 100 16370 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 243 49 43.5 22.1 35 99 16430 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 243 49 43.5 22.1 36 94 16764 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 243 49 43.5 22.1 37 85 17374 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 227 39 28.8 26.9 38 80 17678 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 234 32 25.7 18.9 39 77 17983 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 206 29 12.7 26.0 40 70 18520 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 253 13 12.8 4.0 41 69 18593 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 221 12 8.0 9.2 42 66 18898 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 257 20 19.3 4.5 43 60 19507 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 189 21 3.2 20.5 44 57 19812 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 173 18 -2.0 17.5 45 54 20117 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 234 6 4.9 3.5 46 50 20590 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 189 21 3.2 20.5 47 49 20726 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 191 18 3.4 17.6 48 47 21031 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 182 21 0.8 20.5 49 44 21336 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 221 7 4.7 5.3 50 42 21641 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 201 18 6.7 17.2 51 40 21946 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 174 17 -1.6 16.7 52 38 22250 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 131 7 -5.0 4.3 53 37 22555 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 191 12 2.3 11.4 54 35 22860 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 214 15 8.3 12.5 55 33 23165 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 186 19 2.0 18.4 56 32 23470 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 182 17 0.6 16.6 57 30 23774 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 181 11 0.1 10.6 58 30 23820 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 174 10 -1.0 9.9 59 29 24079 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 177 7 -0.3 6.5 60 26 24689 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 138 4 -3.0 3.3 61 25 24994 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 174 10 -1.0 9.9 62 23 25603 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 107 9 -9.0 2.7 63 22 25908 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 144 13 -7.4 10.2 64 21 26213 5 22 -1.9 -21.9 | 53 16 -12.6 -9.4 65 20 26450 315 26 18.4 -18.4 | 307 10 7.7 -5.9 66 20 26518 355 30 2.6 -29.9 | 25 19 -8.1 -17.4 67 18 26822 315 25 17.7 -17.7 | 306 9 7.0 -5.2 68 16 27127 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 207 1 0.6 1.2 69 15 27432 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 288 7 6.9 -2.3 70 14 27737 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 236 18 15.2 10.3 71 11 28346 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 231 29 22.8 18.4 72 10 28651 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 223 28 19.3 20.5 73 9 28956 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 237 23 19.3 12.5 74 9 29261 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 214 26 14.7 21.8 75 7 29870 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 234 18 14.2 10.3 76 7 30175 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 226 21 15.2 14.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.5 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 319.5 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.3 neg: -126.7 tot: -111.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -37.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: -6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 65.37 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 25 2 133 16| 0.0 0.5 0.5| 13.2 -13.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.00| 9.0 -0.0 1000 8 8 113 13| 0.0 9.3 9.3| 13.2 -75.1 -61.9 -61.9 -0.64| 13.8 -8.9 1500 356 13 87 10| 0.0 6.9 6.9| 13.2-113.8-100.6 -67.1 -0.69| 14.6-10.0 2000 345 15 73 7| 0.0 4.8 4.8| 14.7-115.4-100.7 -50.3 -0.63| 11.9 -7.5 2500 339 16 63 6| 0.0 3.5 3.5| 14.7-120.2-105.5 -42.2 -0.66| 10.7 -7.1 3000 332 16 60 4| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 15.3-126.7-111.3 -37.1 -0.62| 10.8 -6.7 4000 315 17 252 1| 0.2 3.7 3.8| 39.4-126.7 -87.2 -21.8 -0.43| 9.8 -4.2 5000 299 20 248 8| 0.1 3.4 3.5| 67.7-154.2 -86.5 -17.3 -0.36| 9.2 -3.3 6000 290 22 243 11| 0.1 3.0 3.1| 82.3-170.6 -88.3 -14.7 -0.33| 8.5 -2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SACO/skewt/SACO.skewt.20250416.12.gif