UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 APR 25 Searching for SACO... Searching the city database file for: SACO ... Date:1200Z 23 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 102 SFC 956 474 16.8 14.8 88 2.0 15.5 20 2 293.7 295.7 290.4 325.5 11.14 2 954 493 19.6 11.6 60 8.0 14.6 19 3 296.7 298.4 289.6 322.9 9.02 3 949 542 20.6 10.6 53 10.0 14.4 15 5 298.2 299.7 289.6 323.0 8.48 4 935 680 21.0 8.0 43 13.0 13.3 6 8 299.9 301.2 289.1 321.2 7.21 5 925 779 20.4 7.4 43 13.0 12.7 360 9 300.2 301.4 289.0 320.9 6.99 6 850 1504 15.0 9.0 67 6.0 11.4 360 14 301.9 303.4 290.9 327.1 8.50 7 814 1869 11.8 10.0 89 1.8 10.7 356 12 302.2 304.0 291.8 330.4 9.51 8 802 1994 11.0 10.5 97 0.5 10.7 342 11 302.7 304.5 292.3 332.3 9.99 9 784 2183 9.8 9.8 100 0.0 9.8 324 12 303.3 305.1 292.3 332.4 9.75 10 700 3118 4.2 4.2 100 0.0 4.2 330 22 307.1 308.5 291.6 329.7 7.41 11 695 3176 3.8 3.3 97 0.5 3.5 329 22 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.7 7.00 12 693 3200 6.4 -0.6 61 7.0 2.8 328 22 310.5 311.5 290.8 326.9 5.29 13 674 3428 7.4 -8.6 31 16.0 0.2 320 21 314.1 314.6 289.9 323.6 2.96 14 666 3526 6.8 -13.2 22 20.0 -1.3 312 17 314.5 314.9 289.1 321.3 2.07 15 638 3876 3.8 -8.2 41 12.0 -1.6 293 13 314.9 315.6 290.4 325.4 3.23 16 519 5511 -8.9 -22.9 31 14.0 -12.9 288 17 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.8 1.17 17 504 5738 -8.9 -29.9 16 21.0 -14.0 265 24 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.7 0.63 18 500 5800 -9.3 -29.3 18 20.0 -14.2 260 33 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.1 0.68 19 460 6441 -14.1 -35.1 15 21.0 -18.2 261 33 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.0 0.42 20 455 6524 -14.5 -31.5 22 17.0 -18.1 262 33 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.2 0.60 21 452 6575 -14.3 -24.3 42 10.0 -17.0 262 33 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.0 1.18 22 400 7490 -22.7 -26.4 72 3.7 -23.5 265 36 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.4 1.11 23 385 7768 -25.3 -27.2 84 1.9 -25.7 262 35 325.6 325.9 291.6 329.4 1.07 24 369 8073 -27.1 -32.1 62 5.0 -27.9 253 44 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.8 0.70 25 355 8351 -26.5 -41.5 23 15.0 -28.5 247 56 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.28 26 349 8474 -27.1 -45.1 16 18.0 -29.2 249 56 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.20 27 305 9425 -35.3 -42.3 49 7.0 -36.0 268 60 334.0 334.1 293.1 335.2 0.30 28 300 9540 -35.9 -43.9 44 8.0 -36.7 270 61 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.26 29 282 9970 -38.5 -52.5 22 14.0 -39.4 270 64 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.10 30 250 10790 -46.1 -55.1 35 9.0 -46.5 270 63 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.09 31 214 11802 -55.1 -62.1 42 7.0 -55.2 265 58 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 32 200 12230 -58.5 -66.5 35 8.0 -58.6 275 60 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 33 187 12649 -60.9 -70.9 26 10.0 -61.0 276 62 342.8 342.9 295.0 342.9 0.01 34 181 12852 -59.7 -72.7 17 13.0 -59.9 271 61 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 35 150 14000 -68.9 -74.9 42 6.0 -68.9 290 74 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 36 147 14121 -69.7 -75.7 41 6.0 -69.7 286 77 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 37 146 14161 -69.9 -76.4 38 6.5 -69.9 285 78 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 38 145 14202 -70.1 -77.1 35 7.0 -70.1 285 77 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 39 137 14541 -67.9 -83.9 8 16.0 -67.9 281 67 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 40 112 15743 -71.1 -86.1 9 15.0 -71.2 251 52 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 41 100 16420 -67.3 -88.3 4 21.0 -67.4 230 40 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 42 86 17318 -72.5 -89.5 6 17.0 -72.6 269 24 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 43 78 17903 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.5 238 33 433.2 433.2 309.1 433.2 0.00 44 70 18560 -67.3 -90.3 2 23.0 -67.5 260 26 440.4 440.4 309.9 440.4 0.00 45 62 19293 -66.1 -90.1 2 24.0 -66.3 237 18 458.6 458.6 311.7 458.6 0.00 46 60 19493 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.0 229 13 470.5 470.5 312.7 470.5 0.00 47 50 20610 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 265 19 490.1 490.1 314.2 490.1 0.00 48 49 20733 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 284 14 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 49 43 21543 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -58.9 248 13 528.9 528.9 316.9 528.9 0.00 50 30 23840 -52.7 -86.7 1 34.0 -54.7 305 10 601.0 601.0 320.6 601.0 0.01 51 28 24288 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -55.6 274 10 610.2 610.2 321.0 610.2 0.01 52 20 26490 -48.1 -85.1 1 37.0 -52.2 315 15 688.9 689.0 324.1 689.1 0.01 53 17 27568 -45.1 -84.1 0 39.0 -50.8 322 18 731.3 731.4 325.4 731.5 0.02 TRP 145 14202 -70.1 -77.1 35 7.0 -70.1 285 77 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 WND 146 14161 -69.9 -76.4 38 6.5 -69.9 285 78 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.00 m Freezing level: 602.39 mb = 4365.19 m = 14321.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.97 mb = 3440.12 m = 11286.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.50 C = 77.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.08 mb = 748.22 m = 2454.75 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 11.09 C Layer 700.0- 638.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.47 mb = 2972.38 m = 9751.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Cap Strength: 7.38 C Lifted Index: 5.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43368.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.80 mb = 2248.80 m = 7377.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 335 at 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 956 474 20 2 -0.7 -1.9 | 149 13 -6.5 10.8 1 942 610 10 8 -1.4 -7.9 | 124 9 -7.2 4.8 2 925 779 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 122 7 -5.8 3.7 3 911 914 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 87 5 -4.7 -0.3 4 879 1219 5 18 -1.6 -17.9 | 55 9 -7.4 -5.3 5 850 1504 360 14 -0.0 -14.0 | 77 6 -5.8 -1.3 6 817 1829 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 97 6 -5.8 0.7 7 788 2134 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 188 4 0.5 3.7 8 760 2438 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 281 6 5.8 -1.1 9 700 3118 330 22 11.0 -19.1 | 321 8 5.2 -6.4 10 680 3353 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 310 10 7.4 -6.2 11 654 3658 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 214 8 4.6 6.7 12 630 3962 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 223 11 7.3 7.9 13 606 4267 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 260 10 9.8 1.8 14 583 4572 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 271 10 9.5 -0.2 15 540 5182 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 241 15 13.5 7.5 16 520 5486 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 236 12 10.2 6.9 17 501 5791 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 228 25 18.8 17.0 18 500 5800 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 235 32 26.7 18.4 19 481 6096 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 235 32 25.7 18.2 20 400 7490 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 242 34 30.1 15.8 21 376 7925 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 237 34 28.7 18.8 22 361 8230 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 231 57 44.0 35.9 23 300 9540 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 257 57 55.2 12.7 24 278 10058 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 258 61 59.2 12.7 25 250 10790 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 257 59 57.2 12.7 26 211 11887 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 251 54 51.0 17.6 27 200 12230 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 262 54 54.0 7.5 28 192 12497 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 268 55 55.2 1.9 29 173 13106 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 252 58 55.0 18.0 30 165 13411 280 58 57.1 -10.1 | 267 51 51.3 2.6 31 157 13716 290 72 67.7 -24.6 | 281 63 61.8 -11.9 32 150 14000 290 74 69.5 -25.3 | 281 65 63.7 -12.6 33 146 14161 285 78 75.3 -20.2 | 276 70 69.5 -7.5 34 145 14202 285 77 74.4 -19.9 | 276 69 68.6 -7.2 35 142 14326 285 78 75.3 -20.2 | 276 70 69.5 -7.5 36 135 14630 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 268 56 56.2 1.7 37 128 14935 275 67 66.7 -5.8 | 264 61 60.9 6.8 38 100 16420 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 213 46 24.8 38.4 39 94 16764 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 213 46 24.8 38.4 40 90 17069 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 213 31 16.7 25.7 41 85 17374 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 240 21 18.1 10.6 42 81 17678 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 248 45 42.0 16.9 43 77 17983 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 207 34 15.6 30.7 44 73 18288 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 200 27 9.5 25.5 45 70 18560 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 229 26 19.8 17.2 46 70 18593 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 226 18 13.2 12.7 47 66 18898 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 227 29 21.2 19.9 48 57 19812 215 5 2.9 4.1 | 170 17 -2.9 16.8 49 52 20422 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 203 19 7.3 17.5 50 50 20610 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 222 19 13.1 14.3 51 49 20726 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 220 12 7.7 9.1 52 47 21031 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 222 19 13.1 14.3 53 45 21336 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 194 16 3.8 15.3 54 42 21641 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 200 20 6.9 18.6 55 40 21946 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 226 18 13.2 12.7 56 39 22250 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 224 27 18.3 19.2 57 37 22555 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 193 18 4.2 17.3 58 33 23165 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 193 16 3.6 16.1 59 32 23470 80 2 -2.0 -0.3 | 148 15 -7.8 12.3 60 30 23840 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 199 7 2.4 6.9 61 29 24079 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 199 7 2.4 6.9 62 28 24384 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 196 15 4.0 14.4 63 26 24689 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 202 26 9.8 23.6 64 25 24994 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 207 20 9.2 18.2 65 23 25603 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 188 20 2.6 19.8 66 22 25908 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 181 13 0.2 12.7 67 21 26213 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 109 1 -1.4 0.5 68 20 26490 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 247 5 4.8 2.1 69 20 26518 350 23 4.0 -22.7 | 10 10 -1.8 -10.0 70 18 26822 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 236 5 4.1 2.8 71 17 27127 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 300 6 5.1 -2.9 72 14 27737 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 213 15 8.2 12.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.4 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 335.4 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: -37.4 tot: -12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 31.79 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 1 9 122 7| 0.0 12.5 12.5| 0.0 -19.4 -19.4 -38.7 -0.73| 13.2 -9.6 1000 2 13 91 6| 0.5 6.3 6.8| 4.1 -23.0 -19.0 -19.0 -0.48| 10.1 -4.8 1500 1 13 90 6| 0.3 3.4 3.8| 9.6 -23.0 -13.4 -8.9 -0.20| 8.7 -1.8 2000 351 13 89 4| 0.3 4.5 4.8| 17.5 -23.0 -5.5 -2.8 0.12| 9.2 1.1 2500 344 14 60 2| 0.9 3.6 4.5| 23.7 -23.0 0.6 0.3 0.19| 8.2 1.6 3000 339 16 8 2| 0.8 2.8 3.6| 25.0 -37.4 -12.3 -4.1 0.04| 8.3 0.3 4000 329 16 291 2| 1.5 2.0 3.4| 49.1 -51.8 -2.7 -0.7 0.05| 8.6 0.4 5000 321 16 271 5| 1.2 1.8 3.0| 50.6 -76.7 -26.1 -5.2 -0.05| 8.1 -0.4 6000 305 19 258 10| 1.1 3.2 4.2| 83.8 -93.6 -9.8 -1.6 -0.02| 8.7 -0.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SACO/skewt/SACO.skewt.20250423.12.gif