UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 13 OCT 25 Searching for SACO... Searching the city database file for: SACO ... Date:1200Z 13 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 121 SFC 958 474 16.8 4.8 45 12.0 10.3 360 4 293.5 294.5 285.2 309.9 5.63 2 925 788 16.4 -0.6 31 17.0 7.9 20 10 296.1 296.8 284.5 307.8 3.95 3 891 1105 14.8 -1.2 33 16.0 6.9 327 9 297.6 298.3 285.1 309.4 3.93 4 863 1375 16.0 -10.0 16 26.0 4.9 262 9 301.6 302.0 284.6 308.1 2.07 5 850 1504 15.2 -11.8 14 27.0 4.1 235 8 302.1 302.4 284.5 307.8 1.82 6 712 2971 4.6 -26.4 8 31.0 -4.1 191 23 306.1 306.2 284.7 308.2 0.62 7 700 3109 4.8 -33.2 4 38.0 -4.6 200 25 307.8 307.9 284.9 309.0 0.33 8 679 3356 4.0 -41.0 2 45.0 -5.5 206 26 309.6 309.6 285.4 310.2 0.16 9 647 3746 2.0 -42.0 2 44.0 -7.0 215 29 311.6 311.7 286.1 312.2 0.15 10 583 4575 -4.3 -45.3 2 41.0 -11.3 225 25 313.7 313.7 286.8 314.1 0.11 11 558 4919 -4.5 231 25 317.4 12 500 5770 -11.7 -57.7 1 46.0 -17.0 245 25 318.8 318.8 288.4 318.9 0.03 13 466 6305 -16.5 -52.5 3 36.0 -20.5 243 32 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.5 0.06 14 400 7440 -22.5 -50.5 6 28.0 -25.4 245 58 325.7 325.8 290.6 326.1 0.09 15 389 7643 -23.7 -48.7 8 25.0 -26.4 245 61 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.2 0.12 16 300 9480 -38.1 -54.1 17 16.0 -39.0 250 86 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 17 288 9760 -40.5 -54.5 21 14.0 -41.2 250 91 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 18 280 9951 -42.1 -60.1 12 18.0 -42.8 250 89 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.04 19 250 10710 -46.7 -60.7 19 14.0 -47.1 250 86 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.04 20 221 11519 -52.4 -67.1 15 14.7 -52.7 255 97 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.02 21 210 11849 -54.7 -69.7 14 15.0 -54.9 253 95 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.4 0.02 22 200 12160 -56.7 -70.7 16 14.0 -56.9 250 93 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.01 23 193 12385 -57.9 -73.9 11 16.0 -58.1 249 90 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.01 24 150 13950 -63.9 -80.9 8 17.0 -64.0 245 68 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 25 131 14772 -67.5 -83.5 9 16.0 -67.6 255 63 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 26 100 16400 -66.9 -87.9 4 21.0 -67.0 245 35 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 27 97 16584 -65.7 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.8 239 41 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 28 78 17898 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.2 270 25 427.4 427.4 308.6 427.4 0.00 29 70 18540 -72.3 -89.3 6 17.0 -72.4 245 20 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 30 69 18625 -72.5 -90.5 5 18.0 -72.6 264 14 431.1 431.1 309.0 431.1 0.00 31 63 19172 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.4 201 22 463.1 463.1 312.1 463.1 0.00 32 59 19577 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -62.9 181 17 473.3 473.3 312.9 473.3 0.00 33 50 20600 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.6 80 6 497.1 497.1 314.8 497.2 0.00 34 33 23192 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.0 360 1 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.0 0.01 35 30 23790 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.4 325 17 582.4 582.4 319.8 582.5 0.01 36 28 24222 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.3 327 14 591.8 591.8 320.2 591.9 0.01 37 20 26350 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.1 235 4 668.1 668.1 323.3 668.2 0.01 38 17 27392 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -56.5 245 8 703.8 703.8 324.6 703.9 0.01 39 16 27785 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -54.0 249 10 728.5 728.5 325.3 728.6 0.02 40 14 28654 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.8 237 13 749.4 749.4 325.9 749.5 0.02 41 13 29137 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -53.8 265 17 777.2 777.2 326.7 777.4 0.02 TRP 131 14772 -67.5 -83.5 9 16.0 -67.6 255 63 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 WND 221 11519 -52.4 -67.1 15 14.7 -52.7 255 97 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.00 m Freezing level: 626.68 mb = 4009.07 m = 13152.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.16 mb = 2203.29 m = 7228.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 12.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.16 mb = 2004.32 m = 6575.76 ft T: 11.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 2.05 C Layer 925.0- 891.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 524.81 mb = 5394.56 m = 17698.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.18 C = 106.13 F Cap Strength: 12.30 C Lifted Index: 11.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.53 C Showalter Index: 12.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: -0.10 C K Index: -22.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46418.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.42 mb = 3115.76 m = 10222.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 253 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 958 474 360 4 -0.0 -4.0 | 60 17 -14.9 -8.6 1 944 610 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 57 22 -18.3 -11.9 2 925 788 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 53 23 -18.3 -14.0 3 911 914 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 59 20 -17.0 -10.3 4 879 1219 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 33 11 -5.8 -8.9 5 850 1504 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 90 8 -8.3 -0.1 6 817 1829 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 111 10 -9.2 3.6 7 788 2134 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 117 18 -16.0 8.3 8 759 2438 165 17 -4.4 16.4 | 121 23 -19.3 11.8 9 705 3048 195 24 6.2 23.2 | 155 20 -8.7 18.5 10 700 3109 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 161 20 -6.4 18.9 11 628 3962 220 30 19.3 23.0 | 193 19 4.4 18.3 12 605 4267 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 185 15 1.2 14.5 13 500 5770 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 233 10 7.8 5.9 14 499 5791 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 233 10 7.8 5.9 15 479 6096 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 236 13 10.5 7.2 16 407 7315 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 227 35 26.1 24.0 17 400 7440 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 242 43 37.7 19.9 18 358 8230 245 70 63.4 29.6 | 243 55 48.5 24.9 19 300 9480 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 249 70 65.9 24.8 20 288 9754 250 91 85.5 31.1 | 249 75 70.6 26.5 21 252 10668 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 249 66 62.2 23.4 22 250 10710 250 86 80.8 29.4 | 249 70 65.9 24.8 23 221 11519 255 97 93.7 25.1 | 255 81 78.8 20.5 24 219 11582 255 97 93.7 25.1 | 255 81 78.8 20.5 25 200 12160 250 93 87.4 31.8 | 249 77 72.5 27.2 26 150 13950 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 243 53 46.7 24.1 27 141 14326 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 243 53 46.7 24.1 28 134 14630 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 256 43 42.1 10.6 29 131 14772 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 256 47 46.0 11.7 30 115 15545 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 262 56 55.0 7.7 31 100 16400 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 239 20 16.8 10.2 32 99 16459 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 226 31 22.0 21.2 33 94 16764 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 239 21 17.7 10.6 34 89 17069 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 273 23 23.0 -1.3 35 81 17678 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 265 22 21.5 1.8 36 77 17983 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 322 8 5.0 -6.4 37 70 18540 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 220 5 3.2 3.8 38 69 18593 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 32 5 -2.9 -4.6 39 66 18898 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 185 15 1.2 14.5 40 60 19507 180 19 0.0 19.0 | 134 21 -14.9 14.4 41 57 19812 185 11 1.0 11.0 | 114 15 -13.9 6.3 42 54 20117 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 85 27 -26.7 -2.6 43 51 20422 90 5 -5.0 0.0 | 77 20 -19.9 -4.6 44 50 20600 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 75 22 -20.8 -5.7 45 38 22250 190 2 0.3 2.0 | 80 15 -14.6 -2.7 46 37 22555 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 99 5 -5.4 0.9 47 35 22860 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 155 6 -2.6 5.6 48 33 23165 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 73 16 -14.9 -4.6 49 32 23470 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 44 20 -14.0 -14.6 50 30 23774 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 45 22 -15.9 -15.6 51 30 23790 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 16 19 -5.2 -18.6 52 29 24079 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 16 19 -5.2 -18.6 53 27 24384 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 34 17 -9.4 -14.2 54 26 24689 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 47 23 -16.8 -15.5 55 21 25908 220 1 0.6 0.8 | 75 15 -14.3 -3.9 56 20 26350 235 4 3.3 2.3 | 79 12 -11.6 -2.3 57 16 27127 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 78 6 -5.5 -1.2 58 14 27432 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 114 8 -7.1 3.1 59 12 28042 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 343 14 4.1 -13.5 60 10 28651 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 54 2 -1.4 -1.0 61 9 28956 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 360 6 0.0 -5.9 62 8 29261 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 29 1 -0.4 -0.8 63 8 29566 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 5 10 -0.8 -9.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.1 neg: -42.0 tot: 106.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 103.51 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 19 8 56 21| 2.9 0.0 2.9| 8.1 -19.9 -11.8 -23.5 -0.20| 11.5 -2.3 1000 337 8 44 17| 1.4 6.8 8.2| 21.7 -41.7 -20.0 -20.0 -0.02| 15.5 -0.3 1500 282 9 45 9| 1.0 6.2 7.2| 35.0 -41.7 -6.7 -4.5 0.12| 13.2 1.6 2000 213 10 112 10| 0.7 6.2 6.9| 44.8 -42.0 2.8 1.4 0.14| 12.4 1.7 2500 194 12 121 14| 1.8 4.9 6.7|103.9 -42.0 61.9 24.8 0.29| 12.0 3.5 3000 198 14 131 14| 2.9 4.1 7.0|148.1 -42.0 106.1 35.4 0.38| 11.5 4.3 4000 208 18 149 13| 2.7 3.1 5.8|184.1 -52.6 131.6 32.9 0.38| 10.2 3.9 5000 215 19 161 12| 2.7 2.5 5.2|204.2 -52.6 151.7 30.3 0.42| 8.9 3.8 6000 223 21 176 11| 2.5 2.5 5.0|211.3 -55.2 156.1 26.0 0.39| 8.5 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SACO/skewt/SACO.skewt.20251013.12.gif