UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 7 OCT 25 Searching for SACO... Searching the city database file for: SACO ... Date:1200Z 7 OCT 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 187 SFC 965 474 15.0 3.0 44 12.0 8.8 330 4 291.1 292.0 283.5 305.3 4.92 2 953 585 16.2 -6.8 20 23.0 6.2 338 6 293.4 293.8 281.6 300.6 2.41 3 925 850 14.4 -6.6 23 21.0 5.3 345 7 294.0 294.5 282.0 301.6 2.52 4 850 1557 10.4 -14.6 16 25.0 1.3 310 7 297.0 297.3 282.0 301.6 1.45 5 707 3060 0.2 -29.8 8 30.0 -7.0 97 7 301.8 301.9 282.7 303.4 0.46 6 700 3140 0.6 -31.4 7 32.0 -7.0 105 7 303.1 303.2 283.2 304.5 0.40 7 667 3527 -0.5 -44.5 2 44.0 -8.4 207 4 306.1 306.2 284.0 306.5 0.11 8 528 5348 -14.5 -42.5 7 28.0 -18.5 238 18 310.5 310.5 285.7 311.1 0.17 9 500 5760 -16.7 -44.7 7 28.0 -20.3 250 20 312.7 312.7 286.5 313.2 0.14 10 478 6095 -18.5 -48.5 5 30.0 -21.9 264 25 314.5 314.5 287.1 314.9 0.10 11 400 7390 -29.1 -56.1 6 27.0 -30.9 260 16 317.2 317.2 287.9 317.4 0.05 12 336 8616 -38.7 -63.7 5 25.0 -39.6 251 23 320.3 320.3 288.8 320.4 0.02 13 300 9390 -43.1 -66.1 6 23.0 -43.7 265 33 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.7 0.02 14 290 9617 -44.7 -66.7 7 22.0 -45.3 268 35 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.6 0.02 15 250 10600 -47.9 -72.9 4 25.0 -48.4 285 74 334.9 334.9 293.0 334.9 0.01 16 225 11289 -50.3 -75.7 3 25.5 -50.7 280 102 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.5 0.01 17 200 12050 -52.9 -78.9 3 26.0 -53.2 270 84 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.00 18 175 12907 -57.1 -81.1 3 24.0 -57.3 268 73 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.00 19 150 13880 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 265 60 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 20 109 15846 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 275 49 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 21 100 16370 -65.1 -89.1 2 24.0 -65.3 260 46 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 22 74 18186 -69.9 -89.9 4 20.0 -70.0 265 59 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.00 23 70 18520 -65.9 -90.9 2 25.0 -66.1 230 42 443.4 443.4 310.2 443.4 0.00 24 66 18878 -65.1 -91.1 2 26.0 -65.3 230 42 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.00 25 56 19877 -66.3 -91.3 2 25.0 -66.5 245 21 471.7 471.7 312.8 471.7 0.00 26 50 20570 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.3 210 14 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.00 27 46 21083 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.9 216 13 511.1 511.1 315.7 511.1 0.00 28 36 22600 -60.9 -90.9 1 30.0 -61.6 191 20 549.2 549.2 318.1 549.2 0.00 29 30 23730 -61.1 -91.1 1 30.0 -61.9 215 11 578.1 578.1 319.6 578.1 0.00 30 20 26280 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -58.2 200 14 663.8 663.8 323.2 663.9 0.01 31 18 26948 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.9 206 15 682.3 682.3 323.9 682.3 0.01 TRP 109 15846 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 275 49 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 WND 225 11289 -50.3 -75.7 3 25.5 -50.7 280 102 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.00 m Freezing level: 682.00 mb = 3351.15 m = 10994.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.51 mb = 1775.87 m = 5826.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 10.10 % Est. max temperature: 21.99 C = 71.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.21 mb = 1998.74 m = 6557.48 ft T: 7.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 4.71 C Layer 953.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 528.27 mb = 5344.37 m = 17533.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.17 C = 93.51 F Cap Strength: 10.56 C Lifted Index: 11.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.84 C Showalter Index: 11.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 2.10 C K Index: -19.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48470.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.29 mb = 3617.69 m = 11868.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 296 at 9 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 965 474 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 92 6 -5.7 0.2 1 950 610 340 6 2.1 -5.6 | 71 6 -5.7 -2.0 2 925 850 345 7 1.8 -6.8 | 62 7 -5.9 -3.1 3 918 914 340 7 2.4 -6.6 | 61 6 -5.3 -2.9 4 885 1219 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 277 4 3.6 -0.4 5 850 1557 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 71 2 -2.3 -0.8 6 792 2134 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 43 10 -6.7 -7.3 7 763 2438 40 5 -3.2 -3.8 | 89 11 -10.9 -0.1 8 700 3140 105 7 -6.8 1.8 | 111 15 -14.5 5.5 9 655 3658 245 3 2.7 1.3 | 135 7 -5.0 4.9 10 630 3962 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 292 1 1.4 -0.5 11 606 4267 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 240 7 6.3 3.7 12 582 4572 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 179 14 -0.2 14.3 13 500 5760 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 227 15 11.1 10.5 14 498 5791 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 203 14 5.4 12.9 15 478 6096 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 251 18 17.2 5.9 16 439 6706 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 196 10 2.7 9.7 17 421 7010 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 216 11 6.4 8.8 18 404 7315 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 210 14 7.0 12.2 19 400 7390 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 231 10 8.1 6.5 20 387 7620 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 234 11 9.0 6.6 21 354 8230 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 231 19 14.8 11.9 22 339 8534 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 229 17 13.0 11.2 23 300 9390 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 255 26 25.2 6.6 24 284 9754 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 263 29 28.3 3.7 25 271 10058 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 277 44 43.5 -5.3 26 250 10600 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 284 66 63.8 -15.5 27 225 11289 280 102 100.5 -17.7 | 279 94 92.7 -14.0 28 215 11582 280 102 100.5 -17.7 | 279 94 92.7 -14.0 29 200 12050 270 84 84.0 -0.0 | 267 76 76.3 3.7 30 150 13880 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 260 53 52.1 8.9 31 147 14021 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 260 53 52.1 8.9 32 133 14630 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 261 67 66.0 10.1 33 126 14935 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 255 58 56.3 15.0 34 109 15846 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 271 41 41.1 -0.6 35 109 15850 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 257 33 32.1 7.2 36 104 16154 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 270 38 38.1 -0.3 37 100 16370 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 253 39 37.6 11.7 38 99 16459 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 260 49 48.1 8.6 39 94 16764 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 264 33 33.3 3.7 40 89 17069 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 276 35 34.6 -3.8 41 77 17983 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 271 46 46.1 -1.0 42 73 18288 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 255 55 53.4 14.4 43 70 18520 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 219 39 24.5 30.7 44 66 18898 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 219 39 24.5 30.7 45 60 19507 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 207 26 12.1 23.5 46 57 19812 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 221 16 10.4 12.1 47 54 20117 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 226 21 15.0 14.2 48 51 20422 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 222 22 14.8 16.7 49 50 20570 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 177 16 -0.7 15.8 50 46 21031 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 177 16 -0.7 15.8 51 44 21336 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 190 8 1.4 7.9 52 40 21946 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 179 14 -0.2 14.3 53 38 22250 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 191 17 3.2 16.7 54 36 22555 190 21 3.6 20.7 | 171 25 -4.1 24.4 55 35 22860 195 17 4.4 16.4 | 171 20 -3.3 20.1 56 33 23165 165 13 -3.4 12.6 | 146 20 -11.1 16.2 57 31 23470 215 2 1.1 1.6 | 129 8 -6.6 5.3 58 30 23730 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 174 13 -1.4 12.7 59 28 24079 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 174 11 -1.3 11.3 60 27 24384 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 186 9 1.0 8.7 61 26 24689 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 172 18 -2.6 17.8 62 25 24994 185 16 1.4 15.9 | 162 21 -6.3 19.6 63 23 25298 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 173 19 -2.2 18.7 64 22 25603 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 183 16 0.9 16.0 65 20 26213 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 194 15 3.6 15.0 66 20 26280 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 170 17 -2.9 16.8 67 19 26518 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 172 18 -2.6 17.8 68 16 27127 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 200 16 5.3 14.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.4 neg: -13.3 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 17.34 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 340 6 68 6| 4.1 0.0 4.1| 0.0 -6.7 -6.7 -13.5 -0.84| 5.4 -4.5 1000 315 8 42 3| 2.0 1.8 3.9| 1.1 -11.7 -10.7 -10.7 -0.49| 8.5 -4.1 1500 318 8 42 3| 2.9 1.2 4.1| 1.5 -13.3 -11.8 -7.9 -0.38| 8.0 -3.0 2000 330 8 45 5| 2.2 0.9 3.1| 26.9 -13.3 13.6 6.8 0.01| 8.8 0.1 2500 341 8 54 6| 2.3 0.7 3.1| 38.7 -13.3 25.4 10.2 0.09| 8.1 0.8 3000 348 8 59 7| 1.1 0.6 1.7| 71.4 -13.3 58.1 19.4 0.25| 8.6 2.1 4000 319 8 47 3| 0.7 1.9 2.6| 76.2 -35.7 40.5 10.1 0.11| 10.1 1.1 5000 276 9 213 3| 1.1 1.8 2.9|110.9 -47.4 63.6 12.7 0.15| 9.4 1.4 6000 266 11 219 6| 1.3 1.4 2.7|158.4 -82.5 75.9 12.6 0.14| 9.8 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SACO/skewt/SACO.skewt.20251007.12.gif