UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 OCT 25 Searching for SACO... Searching the city database file for: SACO ... Date:1200Z 22 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 116 SFC 958 474 19.0 14.7 76 4.3 16.2 320 6 295.8 297.7 291.0 327.6 11.04 2 951 540 18.6 10.6 60 8.0 13.7 340 4 296.0 297.5 288.9 320.5 8.46 3 928 761 19.4 9.4 52 10.0 13.3 352 12 298.9 300.3 289.5 322.4 8.00 4 925 790 20.6 8.6 46 12.0 13.4 350 14 300.4 301.8 289.6 322.9 7.60 5 916 875 22.2 9.2 43 13.0 14.2 336 10 302.9 304.3 290.7 326.7 7.99 6 879 1232 20.6 7.6 43 13.0 12.7 338 14 304.8 306.2 290.9 327.3 7.47 7 850 1521 18.6 7.6 49 11.0 12.0 345 20 305.6 307.1 291.4 329.0 7.72 8 700 3151 5.2 4.2 93 1.0 4.6 45 10 308.2 309.6 292.0 330.9 7.41 9 619 4140 -2.3 -2.8 96 0.5 -2.6 351 13 310.7 311.6 290.7 326.4 5.03 10 609 4270 1.2 -17.8 23 19.0 -5.5 336 15 316.2 316.5 289.2 321.4 1.55 11 600 4389 0.2 -16.8 27 17.0 -6.0 333 16 316.4 316.7 289.4 322.1 1.71 12 573 4756 -2.3 -30.3 10 28.0 -9.5 327 18 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.5 0.54 13 528 5399 -7.5 -23.5 27 16.0 -12.1 317 23 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.6 1.09 14 517 5562 -8.9 -16.9 52 8.0 -11.6 314 24 319.1 319.5 290.5 325.7 1.97 15 515 5592 -8.9 -22.9 31 14.0 -12.9 314 24 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.5 1.18 16 500 5820 -10.9 -21.9 40 11.0 -14.1 310 26 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.3 1.32 17 472 6260 -15.1 -24.1 46 9.0 -17.4 302 27 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.8 1.15 18 450 6619 -18.3 -30.3 34 12.0 -20.7 285 29 320.2 320.4 289.6 322.7 0.68 19 417 7185 -22.3 -51.3 5 29.0 -25.2 280 35 322.1 322.2 289.5 322.5 0.08 20 403 7435 -23.7 -42.7 16 19.0 -26.1 280 37 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.22 21 400 7490 -24.1 -39.1 24 15.0 -26.2 280 38 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.9 0.32 22 388 7712 -26.1 -34.1 47 8.0 -27.3 283 39 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.9 0.55 23 372 8015 -28.5 -37.5 42 9.0 -29.7 287 40 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.1 0.41 24 360 8250 -30.3 -32.3 83 2.0 -30.6 290 41 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.8 0.71 25 346 8531 -32.9 -34.0 90 1.1 -33.0 289 45 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.62 26 342 8613 -33.5 -34.5 91 1.0 -33.6 289 46 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.9 0.60 27 334 8778 -34.9 -36.9 82 2.0 -35.1 288 49 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.48 28 328 8905 -35.5 -42.5 49 7.0 -36.1 287 51 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.28 29 300 9520 -40.7 -43.4 75 2.7 -40.9 285 60 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.27 30 290 9749 -42.7 -44.6 82 1.9 -42.8 284 61 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.25 31 250 10730 -51.3 -54.9 65 3.6 -51.4 280 65 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.09 32 249 10756 -51.3 -55.3 62 4.0 -51.4 280 65 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.08 33 238 11047 -54.1 -55.8 81 1.7 -54.2 280 68 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 34 233 11182 -55.3 -58.2 70 2.9 -55.4 280 69 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.06 35 231 11237 -54.9 -67.9 19 13.0 -55.1 280 70 331.9 331.9 292.2 331.9 0.02 36 200 12150 -57.1 -73.1 11 16.0 -57.3 275 65 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.01 37 178 12885 -59.3 -75.3 11 16.0 -59.5 270 74 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 38 168 13249 -58.6 -79.6 5 21.0 -58.9 275 77 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 39 166 13324 -58.5 -80.5 4 22.0 -58.7 275 77 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.00 40 150 13960 -60.5 -82.5 4 22.0 -60.7 275 71 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 41 118 15444 -62.9 -85.9 3 23.0 -63.1 264 53 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 42 100 16450 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 255 34 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 43 77 18009 -70.1 -89.1 5 19.0 -70.2 243 25 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 44 75 18166 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.5 261 23 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.8 0.00 45 70 18580 -68.9 -90.9 3 22.0 -69.0 225 12 437.0 437.0 309.6 437.0 0.00 46 65 19027 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -66.9 287 13 451.2 451.2 311.0 451.2 0.00 47 64 19121 -66.9 -90.9 2 24.0 -67.1 332 11 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.00 48 56 19946 -58.5 -90.5 1 32.0 -59.1 339 16 489.5 489.5 314.2 489.5 0.00 49 50 20660 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.6 340 21 504.7 504.7 315.3 504.7 0.00 50 48 20916 -58.3 -90.3 1 32.0 -59.0 344 27 512.0 512.0 315.8 512.0 0.00 51 30 23890 -55.5 -89.5 1 34.0 -57.0 100 8 593.3 593.3 320.3 593.4 0.00 52 25 25056 -55.1 -89.1 1 34.0 -56.9 9 10 626.2 626.2 321.7 626.3 0.01 53 24 25319 -52.7 -88.7 1 36.0 -55.1 7 11 640.6 640.6 322.3 640.6 0.01 54 21 26177 -55.5 -89.5 1 34.0 -57.5 24 15 657.1 657.1 323.0 657.1 0.01 55 20 26490 -53.9 -88.9 1 35.0 -56.3 40 10 671.2 671.2 323.4 671.2 0.01 56 13 29284 -48.7 -86.7 0 38.0 -53.9 2 16 777.2 777.2 326.7 777.3 0.02 57 10 31000 -50.5 -88.5 0 38.0 -55.8 275 12 831.0 831.0 328.0 831.2 0.02 58 8.4 32150 -45.5 -84.5 0 39.0 -53.7 893.1 893.2 329.3 893.5 0.04 TRP 178 12885 -59.3 -75.3 11 16.0 -59.5 270 74 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 WND 168 13249 -58.6 -79.6 5 21.0 -58.9 275 77 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.00 m Freezing level: 643.84 mb = 3836.65 m = 12587.27 ft Freezing level: 612.43 mb = 4225.35 m = 13862.54 ft Freezing level: 597.84 mb = 4418.69 m = 14496.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.75 mb = 3774.78 m = 12384.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.91 mb = 1037.98 m = 3405.40 ft T: 21.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 7.06 C Layer 951.0- 928.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.68 mb = 3154.64 m = 10349.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.42 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: 2.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45488.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.65 mb = 2398.46 m = 7868.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 4 at 12 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 958 474 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 213 9 4.7 7.3 1 944 610 360 2 -0.0 -2.0 | 185 10 0.8 9.9 2 925 790 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 300 4 3.3 -1.9 3 912 914 330 8 4.0 -6.9 | 224 7 4.8 5.0 4 850 1521 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 321 10 6.0 -7.4 5 850 1524 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 321 10 6.0 -7.4 6 819 1829 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 275 1 0.8 -0.1 7 790 2134 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 286 3 3.1 -0.9 8 762 2438 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 278 4 4.2 -0.6 9 735 2743 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 248 3 2.8 1.1 10 709 3048 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 157 5 -1.9 4.4 11 700 3151 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 128 8 -6.2 4.9 12 682 3353 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 129 9 -6.8 5.5 13 657 3658 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 115 11 -9.8 4.5 14 632 3962 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 136 2 -1.1 1.1 15 608 4267 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 283 7 7.2 -1.7 16 500 5820 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 283 21 20.8 -4.8 17 482 6096 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 283 21 20.8 -4.8 18 444 6706 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 258 31 30.4 6.7 19 400 7490 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 262 39 38.3 5.3 20 360 8230 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 273 39 39.4 -2.1 21 300 9520 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 274 59 58.8 -3.6 22 250 10730 280 65 64.0 -11.3 | 269 65 64.9 0.6 23 229 11278 280 70 68.9 -12.2 | 270 70 69.8 -0.2 24 208 11887 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 264 61 60.6 6.7 25 200 12150 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 265 66 65.6 6.3 26 178 12885 270 74 74.0 -0.0 | 261 76 74.8 11.9 27 168 13249 275 77 76.7 -6.7 | 266 78 77.5 5.2 28 164 13411 275 77 76.7 -6.7 | 266 78 77.5 5.2 29 150 13960 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 265 72 71.6 5.7 30 134 14630 275 70 69.7 -6.1 | 265 71 70.6 5.8 31 128 14935 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 249 63 58.9 22.2 32 105 16154 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 255 47 45.8 11.9 33 100 16450 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 238 40 33.7 20.7 34 95 16764 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 238 40 33.7 20.7 35 90 17069 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 246 47 43.2 19.4 36 77 17983 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 223 33 22.5 24.4 37 74 18288 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 245 24 21.8 10.1 38 70 18580 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 205 22 9.3 20.4 39 70 18593 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 209 28 13.6 24.7 40 66 18898 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 205 27 11.1 24.2 41 63 19202 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 179 2 -0.0 2.0 42 60 19507 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 263 13 13.1 1.6 43 57 19812 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 266 19 19.0 1.4 44 55 20117 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 134 4 -2.6 2.5 45 52 20422 40 21 -13.5 -16.1 | 72 13 -12.7 -4.2 46 50 20660 340 21 7.2 -19.7 | 314 11 8.0 -7.8 47 49 20726 360 31 -0.0 -31.0 | 357 19 0.8 -19.1 48 47 21031 335 24 10.1 -21.8 | 312 15 11.0 -9.8 49 43 21641 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 236 13 10.8 7.3 50 41 21946 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 239 5 4.3 2.5 51 35 22860 90 2 -2.0 0.0 | 174 12 -1.2 11.9 52 30 23890 100 8 -7.9 1.4 | 152 15 -7.0 13.3 53 29 24079 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 151 18 -8.6 15.3 54 28 24384 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 124 17 -13.9 9.3 55 26 24689 30 17 -8.5 -14.7 | 70 8 -7.7 -2.8 56 25 24994 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 157 2 -0.9 2.1 57 23 25603 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 173 1 -0.1 1.0 58 21 26213 25 15 -6.3 -13.6 | 73 6 -5.5 -1.7 59 20 26490 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 127 7 -5.6 4.3 60 20 26518 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 124 12 -10.0 6.9 61 19 26822 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 81 7 -6.7 -1.1 62 18 27127 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 129 9 -6.8 5.5 63 17 27432 25 19 -8.0 -17.2 | 54 9 -7.2 -5.3 64 17 27737 35 18 -10.3 -14.7 | 73 10 -9.5 -2.8 65 16 28042 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 129 9 -6.8 5.5 66 15 28346 35 12 -6.9 -9.8 | 109 6 -6.0 2.1 67 14 28651 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 | 98 10 -9.8 1.3 68 13 29261 5 17 -1.5 -16.9 | 7 5 -0.6 -5.0 69 12 29566 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 241 6 5.1 2.9 70 12 29870 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 179 2 -0.0 2.0 71 11 30175 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 297 2 2.0 -1.0 72 10 31000 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 230 17 12.8 10.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.0 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 4.0 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -25.0 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.20 Bulk Shear: 9.21 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 343 8 215 6| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 5.4 -12.6 -7.2 -14.4 -0.01| 20.7 -0.2 1000 341 11 251 5| 7.1 0.0 7.1| 22.4 -12.6 9.8 9.8 0.31| 15.7 4.9 1500 346 12 272 4| 2.9 0.0 2.9| 24.7 -13.4 11.3 7.5 0.23| 13.7 3.1 2000 347 13 274 4| 2.1 0.6 2.7| 24.7 -14.0 10.6 5.3 0.20| 10.9 2.2 2500 348 12 270 3| 1.8 0.4 2.3| 24.7 -17.9 6.8 2.7 0.06| 10.1 0.6 3000 355 12 265 2| 2.6 0.4 2.9| 24.8 -25.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.02| 9.7 -0.2 4000 358 12 279 1| 1.9 2.6 4.5| 26.7 -31.5 -4.8 -1.2 0.02| 10.1 0.2 5000 347 14 290 4| 1.5 3.0 4.5| 27.5 -34.5 -6.9 -1.4 0.01| 9.0 0.1 6000 334 16 287 8| 1.3 3.2 4.5| 27.5 -83.7 -56.2 -9.4 -0.07| 8.6 -0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SACO/skewt/SACO.skewt.20251022.12.gif