UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for SACO... Searching the city database file for: SACO ... Date:1200Z 18 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 236 SFC 970 474 14.6 9.6 72 5.0 11.7 250 6 290.3 291.6 286.1 312.2 7.75 2 925 892 10.6 8.4 86 2.2 9.3 200 9 290.1 291.5 285.8 311.4 7.49 3 909 1037 9.0 8.0 93 1.0 8.5 176 9 290.0 291.3 285.7 311.0 7.42 4 898 1139 10.8 4.8 66 6.0 7.6 156 10 292.8 293.9 285.4 310.2 6.01 5 850 1595 8.2 2.2 66 6.0 5.1 170 9 294.7 295.7 285.4 310.2 5.28 6 809 2001 5.6 -1.4 61 7.0 2.3 129 8 296.2 296.9 284.9 308.8 4.27 7 776 2340 3.6 1.3 85 2.3 2.4 125 11 297.6 298.6 286.6 313.6 5.42 8 763 2478 5.4 -7.6 39 13.0 -0.1 134 12 301.0 301.5 285.2 309.6 2.83 9 700 3178 2.8 -38.2 3 41.0 -6.0 170 15 305.6 305.6 283.9 306.3 0.20 10 629 4035 -1.7 -49.7 1 48.0 -9.5 203 20 309.9 310.0 285.4 310.2 0.06 11 628 4047 -1.7 -48.7 1 47.0 -9.5 203 20 310.1 310.1 285.4 310.4 0.07 12 541 5216 -9.1 -54.1 1 45.0 -14.9 216 28 314.8 314.8 287.1 314.9 0.05 13 500 5820 -13.9 -54.9 2 41.0 -18.5 230 32 316.1 316.1 287.5 316.3 0.04 14 429 6961 -23.1 -40.1 20 17.0 -25.4 241 50 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.5 0.27 15 400 7470 -25.5 -53.5 5 28.0 -27.9 245 57 321.8 321.9 289.4 322.1 0.07 16 374 7955 -28.7 -57.7 4 29.0 -30.7 242 57 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.0 0.04 17 317 9115 -39.1 -55.1 17 16.0 -39.9 243 65 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.4 0.07 18 300 9490 -42.7 -47.5 59 4.8 -43.0 245 68 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.17 19 299 9512 -42.9 -47.0 64 4.1 -43.2 245 68 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.19 20 290 9717 -44.5 -53.5 36 9.0 -44.9 244 69 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.1 0.09 21 277 10021 -46.9 -51.9 57 5.0 -47.1 243 69 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.11 22 260 10435 -50.3 -59.3 34 9.0 -50.5 241 70 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.05 23 259 10460 -50.3 -61.3 26 11.0 -50.5 241 70 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.04 24 256 10536 -49.7 -70.7 7 21.0 -50.1 241 71 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.01 25 250 10690 -50.1 -70.1 8 20.0 -50.5 240 71 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.01 26 200 12130 -54.9 -77.9 4 23.0 -55.2 255 75 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.00 27 181 12766 -58.0 -79.2 5 21.2 -58.2 255 85 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.00 28 179 12836 -58.3 -79.3 5 21.0 -58.5 255 85 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.00 29 150 13950 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.1 260 74 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 30 149 13992 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -59.3 261 74 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 31 144 14206 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.0 -58.7 267 75 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 32 102 16311 -70.1 -87.1 7 17.0 -70.2 265 55 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 33 100 16430 -66.5 -87.5 4 21.0 -66.6 250 48 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 34 82 17627 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 251 35 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 35 70 18580 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.7 235 15 442.1 442.1 310.1 442.1 0.00 36 66 18935 -67.1 -90.1 2 23.0 -67.3 230 15 448.3 448.3 310.7 448.3 0.00 37 63 19217 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.6 257 23 462.7 462.7 312.0 462.7 0.00 38 54 20158 -65.1 -91.1 2 26.0 -65.4 218 12 479.4 479.4 313.4 479.4 0.00 39 52 20389 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.1 236 11 490.2 490.2 314.2 490.2 0.00 40 50 20630 -63.5 -90.5 1 27.0 -63.8 255 10 493.8 493.8 314.5 493.9 0.00 41 42 21702 -64.1 -91.1 1 27.0 -64.5 314 11 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.00 42 35 22837 -57.7 -89.7 1 32.0 -58.7 192 19 562.0 562.0 318.8 562.0 0.00 43 33 23206 -61.1 -91.1 1 30.0 -61.9 140 10 562.5 562.5 318.8 562.5 0.00 44 30 23800 -60.5 -90.5 1 30.0 -61.4 280 6 579.7 579.7 319.6 579.7 0.00 45 29 24011 -60.7 -90.7 1 30.0 -61.6 299 5 584.8 584.8 319.9 584.8 0.00 46 24 25206 -53.9 -88.9 1 35.0 -56.1 356 9 637.1 637.1 322.2 637.1 0.01 47 20 26380 -52.5 -87.5 1 35.0 -55.3 305 10 675.5 675.5 323.6 675.5 0.01 48 15 28246 -50.9 -87.9 0 37.0 -54.9 319 19 738.7 738.7 325.6 738.8 0.01 49 13 29176 -51.9 -87.9 1 36.0 -55.9 317 22 766.1 766.1 326.4 766.2 0.01 50 12 29699 -48.1 -86.1 0 38.0 -53.8 279 26 797.3 797.3 327.2 797.5 0.02 TRP 102 16311 -70.1 -87.1 7 17.0 -70.2 265 55 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 WND 181 12766 -58.0 -79.2 5 21.2 -58.2 255 85 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.00 m Freezing level: 655.82 mb = 3711.15 m = 12175.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.50 mb = 2472.20 m = 8110.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.37 % Est. max temperature: 20.06 C = 68.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.88 mb = 1121.14 m = 3678.25 ft T: 10.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 7.29 C Layer 763.0- 629.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.84 mb = 2052.98 m = 6735.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.66 C = 69.20 F Cap Strength: 7.99 C Lifted Index: 7.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.35 C Showalter Index: 8.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 16.10 C K Index: -16.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 76.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49173.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.34 mb = 1436.75 m = 4713.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 235 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 970 474 250 6 5.6 2.1 | 44 9 -6.0 -6.2 1 955 610 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 69 10 -9.5 -3.7 2 925 892 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 92 9 -8.5 0.2 3 923 914 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 92 9 -8.5 0.2 4 889 1219 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 88 18 -18.0 -0.6 5 857 1524 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 91 17 -16.6 0.4 6 850 1595 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 93 13 -13.2 0.6 7 796 2134 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 76 19 -18.8 -4.8 8 766 2438 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 89 21 -20.8 -0.5 9 738 2743 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 104 17 -16.0 4.0 10 711 3048 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 110 14 -12.7 4.7 11 700 3178 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 115 16 -14.2 6.5 12 659 3658 165 18 -4.7 17.4 | 119 19 -16.2 9.2 13 633 3962 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 156 12 -4.7 10.6 14 609 4267 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 186 10 1.0 9.8 15 586 4572 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 212 10 5.4 8.7 16 542 5182 215 28 16.1 22.9 | 197 15 4.5 14.7 17 522 5486 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 215 14 8.2 11.6 18 500 5820 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 226 18 12.9 12.3 19 482 6096 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 227 21 15.2 14.3 20 408 7315 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 248 43 40.1 15.9 21 400 7470 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 248 43 40.1 15.9 22 359 8230 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 242 43 37.8 20.3 23 300 9490 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 248 54 50.0 20.5 24 250 10690 240 71 61.5 35.5 | 241 57 49.9 27.3 25 239 10973 240 70 60.6 35.0 | 241 56 49.0 26.8 26 228 11278 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 260 58 57.0 10.2 27 200 12130 255 75 72.4 19.4 | 260 62 60.9 11.2 28 181 12766 255 85 82.1 22.0 | 259 72 70.5 13.8 29 171 13106 255 85 82.1 22.0 | 259 72 70.5 13.8 30 150 13950 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 266 61 61.3 4.6 31 141 14326 270 75 75.0 -0.0 | 277 64 63.4 -8.2 32 128 14935 255 78 75.3 20.2 | 259 65 63.8 12.0 33 116 15545 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 249 41 38.3 15.0 34 102 16311 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 275 43 43.2 -3.4 35 100 16430 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 256 35 33.5 8.2 36 100 16459 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 273 53 53.2 -2.6 37 95 16764 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 256 35 34.5 8.5 38 90 17069 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 281 27 26.3 -4.9 39 81 17678 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 260 22 21.3 3.7 40 73 18288 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 302 20 17.3 -10.8 41 70 18580 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 242 1 0.7 0.4 42 70 18593 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 254 16 15.6 4.5 43 66 18898 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 135 2 -1.7 1.7 44 63 19202 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 291 12 11.1 -4.2 45 60 19507 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 182 13 0.4 12.6 46 57 19812 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 174 14 -1.4 13.5 47 54 20117 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 109 5 -4.7 1.6 48 50 20630 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 19 6 -1.9 -5.6 49 49 20726 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 55 14 -11.6 -8.2 50 47 21031 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 32 5 -2.5 -4.0 51 42 21641 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 16 16 -4.5 -15.3 52 40 21946 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 3 17 -0.9 -17.2 53 39 22250 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 280 12 11.6 -2.0 54 37 22555 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 203 6 2.6 5.9 55 35 22860 190 19 3.3 18.7 | 142 13 -8.3 10.5 56 33 23165 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 85 19 -19.2 -1.8 57 30 23800 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 32 11 -5.7 -9.3 58 26 24689 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 55 14 -11.6 -8.2 59 24 25298 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 31 21 -10.7 -18.2 60 23 25603 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 24 23 -9.3 -21.0 61 22 25908 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 6 12 -1.3 -12.0 62 20 26380 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 14 14 -3.4 -14.0 63 19 26518 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 64 18 26822 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 16 16 -4.5 -15.3 65 16 27127 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 354 20 2.2 -19.8 66 13 27737 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 7 27 -3.1 -26.4 67 12 28042 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 311 20 15.0 -12.9 68 10 28651 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 322 10 6.4 -8.2 69 9 28956 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 335 12 5.2 -11.2 70 9 29261 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 349 7 1.4 -7.1 71 8 29566 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 343 15 4.4 -14.0 72 7 29870 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 349 15 2.9 -15.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.6 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 234.6 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.0 neg: -27.0 tot: 58.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 19.06 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 206 7 77 9| 0.0 8.5 8.5| 19.3 0.0 19.3 38.5 0.85| 9.8 8.3 1000 174 8 91 12| 0.0 6.5 6.5| 22.3 -6.9 15.4 15.4 0.38| 9.5 3.6 1500 166 9 90 14| 0.0 4.2 4.2| 24.4 -20.6 3.7 2.5 0.17| 9.0 1.5 2000 154 9 89 15| 1.0 3.2 4.2| 49.2 -27.0 22.2 11.1 0.23| 8.6 2.0 2500 155 10 92 16| 1.8 2.5 4.3| 76.2 -27.0 49.2 19.7 0.32| 8.6 2.8 3000 159 11 96 16| 1.5 2.6 4.1| 86.0 -27.0 58.9 19.6 0.34| 8.0 2.7 4000 174 13 110 14| 3.2 2.0 5.2|148.8 -27.0 121.8 30.4 0.51| 8.7 4.4 5000 191 16 130 11| 2.9 1.7 4.6|170.2 -37.8 132.3 26.5 0.46| 8.2 3.8 6000 205 19 158 10| 3.7 1.4 5.1|205.9 -37.8 168.0 28.0 0.46| 8.2 3.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SACO/skewt/SACO.skewt.20251018.12.gif