UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 APR 25 Searching for SACO... Searching the city database file for: SACO ... Date:1200Z 29 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 129 SFC 959 474 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.9 320 16 286.8 288.0 283.9 306.2 6.93 2 958 483 13.0 8.0 72 5.0 10.2 325 15 289.7 290.9 285.2 309.6 7.03 3 956 502 16.2 8.2 59 8.0 11.6 336 13 293.1 294.4 286.6 313.7 7.15 4 951 549 17.6 7.6 52 10.0 11.9 1 8 295.0 296.2 287.1 315.0 6.89 5 925 797 17.0 7.0 52 10.0 11.3 180 4 296.7 297.9 287.6 316.6 6.80 6 881 1211 15.0 6.0 55 9.0 9.9 289 5 298.8 300.0 288.2 318.4 6.66 7 850 1514 14.4 0.4 38 14.0 7.2 360 7 301.2 302.1 287.2 315.2 4.63 8 838 1634 13.8 -2.2 33 16.0 5.9 358 8 301.8 302.5 286.6 313.6 3.88 9 830 1715 15.8 -15.2 10 31.0 3.7 357 9 304.8 305.0 285.1 309.3 1.41 10 798 2047 14.8 -20.2 7 35.0 2.3 341 7 307.1 307.3 285.4 310.3 0.96 11 700 3137 6.4 -22.6 10 29.0 -2.9 275 9 309.6 309.7 286.2 312.6 0.89 12 605 4312 -2.3 -30.3 10 28.0 -9.2 258 12 312.7 312.8 286.9 314.5 0.51 13 561 4908 -5.1 -42.1 4 37.0 -11.9 245 11 316.2 316.3 287.7 316.9 0.17 14 500 5800 -11.7 -46.7 4 35.0 -16.9 240 27 318.8 318.8 288.5 319.2 0.11 15 443 6717 -18.7 -54.7 3 36.0 -22.4 254 30 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.4 0.05 16 400 7470 -25.1 -54.1 5 29.0 -27.6 250 34 322.4 322.4 289.5 322.6 0.06 17 399 7488 -25.3 -55.3 4 30.0 -27.8 250 34 322.3 322.3 289.5 322.5 0.05 18 384 7763 -27.7 -44.7 18 17.0 -29.5 253 35 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.19 19 383 7782 -27.7 -37.7 38 10.0 -29.0 253 35 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.4 0.39 20 346 8500 -33.9 -44.9 32 11.0 -34.8 255 48 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.20 21 322 8997 -37.5 -45.5 43 8.0 -38.1 255 58 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.6 0.20 22 300 9480 -40.9 -54.9 21 14.0 -41.6 255 68 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.07 23 299 9503 -41.1 -56.1 18 15.0 -41.8 255 68 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.06 24 250 10700 -50.3 -62.3 23 12.0 -50.6 250 74 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.04 25 245 10831 -51.3 -62.3 26 11.0 -51.5 250 76 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.04 26 230 11239 -53.8 -67.9 16 14.1 -54.1 250 82 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.02 27 226 11351 -54.5 -69.5 14 15.0 -54.7 250 80 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.6 0.01 28 200 12130 -55.9 -78.9 4 23.0 -56.1 255 78 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.00 29 184 12658 -56.9 -81.9 3 25.0 -57.1 254 76 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.00 30 168 13231 -57.7 -83.7 2 26.0 -57.9 252 63 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.00 31 150 13940 -60.1 -86.1 2 26.0 -60.3 265 61 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 32 119 15368 -65.7 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.8 263 54 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 33 100 16420 -68.1 -89.1 3 21.0 -68.2 245 39 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 34 96 16665 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 255 37 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 35 72 18391 -67.3 -90.3 2 23.0 -67.5 258 31 436.9 436.9 309.6 436.9 0.00 36 70 18560 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.2 255 24 436.6 436.6 309.5 436.6 0.00 37 68 18733 -69.5 -91.5 3 22.0 -69.6 258 24 439.3 439.3 309.8 439.3 0.00 38 54 20128 -63.5 -90.5 1 27.0 -63.8 250 13 483.1 483.1 313.7 483.1 0.00 39 50 20600 -63.9 -90.9 1 27.0 -64.3 265 5 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 40 42 21676 -61.5 -90.5 1 29.0 -62.1 243 12 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.1 0.00 41 40 21978 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.4 229 15 527.9 527.9 316.8 527.9 0.00 42 35 22812 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.2 251 10 563.6 563.6 318.8 563.6 0.00 43 33 23184 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.2 259 10 570.5 570.5 319.2 570.5 0.00 44 30 23790 -54.3 -88.3 1 34.0 -56.0 255 13 596.6 596.6 320.5 596.6 0.01 45 26 24710 -53.5 -87.5 1 34.0 -55.6 274 23 623.8 623.8 321.6 623.9 0.01 46 25 24962 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.5 273 23 628.0 628.0 321.8 628.0 0.01 47 20 26420 -45.9 -84.9 0 39.0 -50.7 270 34 695.7 695.7 324.3 695.8 0.01 48 16 27895 -49.1 -87.1 0 38.0 -53.5 260 33 731.1 731.1 325.4 731.2 0.01 49 13 29266 -46.3 -85.3 0 39.0 -52.4 272 37 785.5 785.5 326.9 785.7 0.02 TRP 96 16665 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 255 37 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 WND 230 11239 -53.8 -67.9 16 14.1 -54.1 250 82 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.00 m Freezing level: 630.11 mb = 4001.42 m = 13127.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.44 mb = 2514.05 m = 8248.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.72 mb = 799.56 m = 2623.20 ft T: 16.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 9.13 C Layer 850.0- 798.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.59 mb = 3813.86 m = 12512.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.56 C = 94.21 F Cap Strength: 9.49 C Lifted Index: 6.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.43 C Showalter Index: 7.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 12.10 C K Index: -2.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51765.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.11 mb = 2193.16 m = 7195.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 290 at 10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 959 474 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 352 9 1.2 -9.0 1 945 610 35 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 104 10 -9.6 2.4 2 925 797 180 4 0.0 4.0 | 129 12 -9.1 7.2 3 912 914 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 134 9 -6.5 6.3 4 850 1514 360 7 -0.0 -7.0 | 67 10 -9.1 -3.8 5 819 1829 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 51 11 -8.2 -6.7 6 789 2134 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 79 7 -7.0 -1.3 7 761 2438 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 104 1 -0.6 0.2 8 700 3137 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 177 2 -0.1 2.4 9 607 4267 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 207 6 2.7 5.3 10 584 4572 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 206 13 5.6 11.7 11 562 4877 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 186 8 0.9 7.9 12 541 5182 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 213 8 4.4 6.9 13 500 5800 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 221 22 14.3 16.7 14 481 6096 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 223 26 17.8 18.7 15 461 6401 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 240 21 18.0 10.5 16 400 7470 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 237 27 22.9 14.9 17 375 7925 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 244 29 25.7 12.6 18 359 8230 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 246 35 32.5 14.4 19 300 9480 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 250 60 56.6 20.8 20 288 9754 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 250 66 62.4 22.4 21 250 10700 250 74 69.5 25.3 | 245 67 60.5 28.5 22 230 11239 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 245 75 68.0 31.3 23 229 11278 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 245 75 68.0 31.3 24 208 11887 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 244 59 52.9 25.8 25 200 12130 255 78 75.3 20.2 | 251 70 66.3 23.4 26 189 12497 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 251 72 68.2 23.9 27 171 13106 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 244 56 50.1 24.8 28 150 13940 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 261 52 51.7 8.6 29 134 14630 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 261 53 52.7 8.6 30 104 16154 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 253 37 35.2 11.0 31 100 16420 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 233 33 26.3 19.7 32 96 16665 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 244 30 26.7 12.8 33 94 16764 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 233 33 26.3 19.7 34 90 17069 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 245 32 28.6 13.3 35 85 17374 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 237 27 22.9 14.9 36 77 17983 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 261 21 20.9 3.2 37 73 18288 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 250 27 25.4 9.3 38 70 18560 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 236 17 14.1 9.4 39 70 18593 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 241 14 12.6 7.1 40 66 18898 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 239 20 17.0 10.2 41 63 19202 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 221 23 15.2 17.2 42 60 19507 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 193 14 3.2 13.5 43 57 19812 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 182 15 0.6 14.7 44 54 20117 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 207 9 4.1 8.0 45 51 20422 255 4 3.9 1.0 | 129 7 -5.2 4.3 46 50 20600 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 132 5 -4.1 3.7 47 42 21641 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 192 8 1.8 8.3 48 40 21946 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 191 13 2.4 12.9 49 38 22250 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 184 13 0.8 13.1 50 37 22555 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 180 7 -0.0 7.5 51 32 23470 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 192 4 0.9 4.1 52 30 23774 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 220 7 4.7 5.7 53 30 23790 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 208 7 3.5 6.6 54 29 24079 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 248 9 7.9 3.2 55 27 24384 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 265 14 13.8 1.2 56 23 25603 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 258 15 14.9 3.2 57 22 25908 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 299 13 11.8 -6.5 58 21 26213 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 290 20 19.1 -7.0 59 20 26420 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 263 25 24.9 3.2 60 16 27127 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 249 25 23.4 9.0 61 13 27737 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 264 29 28.9 3.2 62 12 28042 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 283 23 22.8 -5.3 63 9 28956 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 244 30 26.7 12.8 64 8 29261 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 283 26 25.7 -6.1 65 7 29566 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 277 27 26.4 -3.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -157.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.2 neg: -15.2 tot: 49.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.64 Bulk Shear: 9.05 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 269 5 127 6| 0.0 16.8 16.8| 56.0 0.0 56.0 112.1 0.90| 29.5 26.6 1000 304 5 95 5| 4.9 8.4 13.3| 56.0 -7.8 48.2 48.2 0.49| 20.7 10.2 1500 341 6 69 8| 3.3 5.3 8.5| 58.8 -14.2 44.5 29.7 0.40| 15.8 6.4 2000 332 6 68 7| 2.5 4.8 7.2| 63.3 -15.2 48.1 24.1 0.38| 14.2 5.4 2500 316 7 68 5| 2.0 4.2 6.1| 63.5 -15.2 48.4 19.3 0.39| 11.7 4.5 3000 304 7 73 3| 1.6 3.7 5.3| 64.2 -15.2 49.0 16.3 0.39| 10.0 3.9 4000 286 8 135 1| 1.2 3.6 4.9| 65.7 -15.6 50.0 12.5 0.36| 8.5 3.1 5000 272 10 192 3| 1.3 3.5 4.7| 77.7 -25.9 51.9 10.4 0.30| 8.7 2.6 6000 260 13 213 7| 1.6 3.7 5.3|125.4 -27.8 97.6 16.3 0.32| 8.9 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SACO/skewt/SACO.skewt.20250429.12.gif