UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 APR 25 Searching for SACO... Searching the city database file for: SACO ... Date:1200Z 20 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 180 SFC 964 474 11.8 7.5 75 4.3 9.5 20 6 288.0 289.1 284.2 307.0 6.75 2 932 767 10.8 1.8 54 9.0 6.3 18 15 289.7 290.6 282.7 303.2 4.67 3 925 832 10.4 2.4 58 8.0 6.4 15 16 289.9 290.8 283.0 304.1 4.92 4 877 1274 7.4 4.5 82 2.9 5.9 358 16 291.3 292.3 284.8 308.6 6.03 5 868 1360 8.2 -1.8 49 10.0 3.5 355 16 293.0 293.7 283.1 304.3 3.86 6 851 1523 8.0 5.7 85 2.3 6.8 350 16 294.4 295.6 286.8 314.0 6.76 7 850 1533 8.2 5.8 85 2.4 6.9 360 15 294.7 296.0 286.9 314.5 6.81 8 816 1872 9.0 9.0 100 0.0 9.0 336 18 299.0 300.7 290.3 325.0 8.86 9 714 2974 5.4 5.4 100 0.0 5.4 334 26 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.7 7.90 10 700 3136 4.6 4.6 100 0.0 4.6 325 26 307.6 309.0 291.9 330.8 7.62 11 614 4191 -1.9 -1.9 100 0.0 -1.9 310 21 311.9 312.9 291.4 328.8 5.43 12 611 4230 -1.5 -5.3 75 3.8 -3.3 310 21 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.1 4.22 13 598 4401 -2.9 -5.6 82 2.7 -4.1 304 19 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.4 4.21 14 583 4602 -3.9 -8.9 68 5.0 -6.0 294 15 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.9 3.35 15 577 4683 -4.1 -11.1 58 7.0 -6.9 284 15 314.9 315.4 290.0 324.1 2.84 16 565 4849 -3.7 -24.7 18 21.0 -9.7 265 14 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.4 0.91 17 514 5587 -10.1 -26.1 26 16.0 -14.2 268 20 318.2 318.4 289.1 321.3 0.88 18 510 5648 -10.3 -22.3 37 12.0 -13.7 270 21 318.7 318.9 289.6 323.0 1.25 19 500 5800 -11.3 -26.3 28 15.0 -15.1 275 30 319.3 319.4 289.5 322.4 0.89 20 489 5970 -11.7 -38.7 9 27.0 -16.6 272 37 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.27 21 482 6080 -12.1 -34.1 14 22.0 -16.6 270 42 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.3 0.44 22 439 6785 -18.7 -30.7 34 12.0 -21.1 266 46 322.0 322.1 290.1 324.4 0.67 23 404 7397 -23.7 -39.7 22 16.0 -25.9 274 50 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.4 0.30 24 400 7470 -23.7 -50.7 6 27.0 -26.4 275 51 324.2 324.2 290.1 324.5 0.09 25 372 7997 -26.7 -53.7 6 27.0 -29.0 272 58 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.07 26 300 9510 -39.5 -57.5 13 18.0 -40.4 275 74 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.05 27 278 10028 -43.3 -61.3 12 18.0 -43.9 275 78 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.04 28 272 10175 -42.9 -64.9 7 22.0 -43.6 275 84 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.02 29 250 10740 -46.3 -63.3 13 17.0 -46.8 275 113 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.03 30 247 10820 -46.3 -63.3 13 17.0 -46.8 276 115 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 31 237 11092 -47.5 -50.8 69 3.3 -47.7 278 120 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.15 32 232 11232 -48.3 -52.0 65 3.7 -48.5 280 123 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.14 33 220 11579 -50.5 -52.6 78 2.1 -50.6 282 128 343.3 343.3 295.3 343.9 0.13 34 200 12190 -56.1 -60.4 58 4.3 -56.2 285 138 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.06 35 196 12318 -57.3 -62.1 54 4.8 -57.4 285 138 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.05 36 181 12817 -61.9 -64.6 70 2.7 -61.9 283 133 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.04 37 178 12920 -61.7 -78.7 9 17.0 -61.8 282 131 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.00 38 150 13970 -66.3 -78.3 17 12.0 -66.4 275 114 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 39 143 14258 -67.9 -79.9 16 12.0 -67.9 275 111 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.00 40 112 15717 -70.7 -85.7 9 15.0 -70.8 275 97 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 41 108 15935 -66.9 -86.9 4 20.0 -67.0 275 88 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 42 102 16280 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 275 83 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 43 100 16400 -66.9 -87.9 4 21.0 -67.0 275 87 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 44 85 17387 -65.1 -88.1 3 23.0 -65.3 261 41 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 45 70 18560 -69.1 -89.1 4 20.0 -69.2 275 37 436.6 436.6 309.5 436.6 0.00 46 69 18646 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.4 285 32 437.9 437.9 309.7 437.9 0.00 47 66 18913 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 263 37 453.1 453.1 311.1 453.1 0.00 48 58 19695 -67.5 -89.5 3 22.0 -67.7 246 13 464.3 464.3 312.1 464.3 0.00 49 57 19800 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 255 11 474.3 474.3 313.0 474.3 0.00 50 54 20133 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.7 259 18 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 51 50 20610 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 255 16 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 52 41 21848 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.2 295 18 532.7 532.7 317.1 532.7 0.00 53 37 22497 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -56.1 245 18 560.8 560.9 318.7 560.9 0.01 54 30 23850 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -53.4 225 8 605.3 605.3 320.9 605.4 0.01 55 22 25882 -47.7 -81.7 1 34.0 -51.6 339 13 671.6 671.6 323.5 671.8 0.02 56 20 26510 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -52.3 310 16 688.3 688.3 324.0 688.5 0.02 57 18 27202 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -53.5 305 16 705.0 705.0 324.6 705.2 0.02 58 14 28861 -45.7 -81.7 1 36.0 -51.8 258 16 771.1 771.1 326.5 771.4 0.04 TRP 143 14258 -67.9 -79.9 16 12.0 -67.9 275 111 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.00 WND 200 12190 -56.1 -60.4 58 4.3 -56.2 285 138 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.00 m Freezing level: 639.14 mb = 3882.58 m = 12737.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.31 mb = 3865.91 m = 12683.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.70 % Est. max temperature: 22.91 C = 73.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.32 mb = 1028.82 m = 3375.35 ft T: 9.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 4.26 C Layer 868.0- 851.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 604.30 mb = 4317.55 m = 14165.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.50 C = 97.70 F Cap Strength: 14.21 C Lifted Index: 13.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.88 C Showalter Index: 8.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.10 C K Index: 25.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46516.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.37 mb = 1716.89 m = 5632.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 339 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 964 474 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 141 13 -7.9 9.8 1 949 610 25 12 -5.1 -10.9 | 113 12 -10.9 4.5 2 925 832 15 16 -4.1 -15.5 | 90 10 -9.9 -0.0 3 916 914 10 15 -2.6 -14.8 | 94 8 -8.4 0.6 4 851 1524 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 83 3 -3.0 -0.3 5 850 1533 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 94 6 -5.8 0.4 6 820 1829 335 18 7.6 -16.3 | 297 2 1.8 -0.9 7 790 2134 345 21 5.4 -20.3 | 4 5 -0.4 -4.9 8 762 2438 360 24 -0.0 -24.0 | 34 10 -5.8 -8.6 9 708 3048 330 26 13.0 -22.5 | 315 10 7.2 -7.1 10 700 3136 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 303 11 9.1 -5.9 11 655 3658 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 267 12 11.8 0.6 12 607 4267 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 259 10 10.3 1.9 13 584 4572 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 221 12 7.8 9.1 14 562 4877 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 204 20 8.0 17.8 15 541 5182 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 208 22 10.6 19.8 16 501 5791 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 230 21 16.1 13.5 17 500 5800 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 242 27 24.1 12.8 18 481 6096 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 247 40 37.2 15.4 19 443 6706 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 244 44 39.0 19.3 20 400 7470 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 256 46 45.0 11.0 21 359 8230 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 255 58 56.2 15.4 22 300 9510 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 262 69 67.9 9.0 23 277 10058 275 78 77.7 -6.8 | 263 72 71.9 8.6 24 250 10740 275 113 112.6 -9.8 | 267 107 106.8 5.6 25 230 11278 280 124 122.1 -21.5 | 273 116 116.3 -6.1 26 200 12190 285 138 133.3 -35.7 | 279 129 127.5 -20.3 27 190 12497 285 138 133.3 -35.7 | 279 129 127.5 -20.3 28 150 13970 275 114 113.6 -9.9 | 267 108 107.8 5.5 29 143 14258 275 111 110.6 -9.7 | 267 105 104.8 5.7 30 134 14630 280 107 105.4 -18.6 | 272 100 99.6 -3.2 31 121 15240 275 118 117.6 -10.3 | 267 112 111.8 5.1 32 104 16154 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 263 73 72.9 8.5 33 100 16400 275 87 86.7 -7.6 | 264 81 80.9 7.8 34 94 16764 275 87 86.7 -7.6 | 264 81 80.9 7.8 35 90 17069 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 240 62 53.1 31.2 36 85 17374 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 237 41 34.6 22.5 37 81 17678 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 253 31 29.7 9.2 38 77 17983 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 241 50 43.4 24.1 39 73 18288 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 236 39 32.6 22.2 40 70 18560 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 249 33 31.1 12.2 41 70 18593 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 258 24 23.3 4.8 42 66 18898 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 240 37 32.1 18.7 43 63 19202 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 204 35 14.1 32.1 44 60 19507 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 194 26 6.5 25.7 45 57 19812 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 195 19 4.8 18.3 46 54 20117 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 215 23 12.9 18.7 47 52 20422 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 191 19 3.6 18.8 48 50 20610 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 206 22 9.7 19.6 49 49 20726 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 192 9 1.9 9.0 50 47 21031 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 204 23 9.2 20.9 51 45 21336 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 191 19 3.6 18.8 52 43 21641 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 196 12 3.3 11.2 53 41 21946 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 244 15 13.2 6.5 54 39 22250 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 234 20 15.9 11.6 55 37 22555 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 200 26 8.9 23.9 56 35 22860 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 206 13 5.5 11.3 57 33 23165 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 225 12 8.7 8.6 58 32 23470 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 197 24 7.2 22.9 59 30 23774 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 182 23 0.6 23.1 60 30 23850 225 8 5.7 5.7 | 180 21 -0.1 21.1 61 29 24079 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 192 20 4.2 20.1 62 26 24689 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 159 16 -5.8 15.4 63 24 25298 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 194 10 2.4 9.7 64 22 25908 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 157 3 -1.4 3.2 65 21 26213 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 182 3 0.1 2.7 66 20 26510 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 232 8 6.5 5.1 67 20 26518 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 210 16 8.1 14.2 68 18 26822 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 232 8 6.5 5.1 69 17 27127 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 202 17 6.2 15.4 70 15 27432 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 216 17 10.1 14.0 71 14 27737 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 206 22 9.7 19.6 72 13 28042 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 211 20 10.1 16.8 73 11 28346 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 198 21 6.4 19.9 74 10 28651 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 216 21 12.1 17.0 75 10 28956 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 188 22 3.2 21.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.4 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 339.4 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -81.2 tot: -72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: -4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 57.75 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 17 13 107 10| 0.0 9.6 9.6| 0.5 -29.3 -28.8 -57.6 -0.80| 12.4 -9.9 1000 8 14 99 8| 0.0 5.7 5.7| 0.5 -30.7 -30.2 -30.2 -0.63| 8.5 -5.4 1500 359 15 92 5| 0.0 5.3 5.3| 1.8 -32.5 -30.8 -20.5 -0.50| 9.1 -4.6 2000 356 17 72 5| 2.2 3.9 6.1| 8.7 -32.5 -23.8 -11.9 -0.25| 9.1 -2.3 2500 353 19 50 5| 1.7 4.7 6.4| 8.7 -57.9 -49.2 -19.7 -0.42| 9.5 -4.0 3000 346 20 18 4| 1.4 4.4 5.8| 8.7 -81.2 -72.4 -24.1 -0.51| 9.4 -4.8 4000 336 20 322 4| 1.1 2.9 4.0| 8.7-107.4 -98.6 -24.7 -0.57| 8.3 -4.7 5000 326 19 277 5| 0.7 2.8 3.5| 39.2-133.6 -94.4 -18.9 -0.46| 8.5 -3.9 6000 309 22 262 11| 1.7 3.0 4.7|123.5-151.0 -27.4 -4.6 -0.24| 9.5 -2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SACO/skewt/SACO.skewt.20250420.12.gif