UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 3 DEC 25 Searching for SACO... Searching the city database file for: SACO ... Date:1200Z 3 DEC 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 122 SFC 959 474 22.6 12.6 53 10.0 16.2 10 8 299.3 301.1 291.0 327.4 9.60 2 940 655 20.8 9.8 49 11.0 14.1 23 9 299.2 300.7 289.7 323.0 8.11 3 925 801 22.2 1.2 25 21.0 10.9 15 10 302.0 302.8 287.3 315.7 4.51 4 911 933 22.4 -1.6 20 24.0 10.0 34 4 303.5 304.2 287.1 315.0 3.73 5 850 1531 18.6 -5.4 19 24.0 7.1 360 4 305.6 306.2 287.1 315.0 3.00 6 832 1714 17.2 -8.8 16 26.0 5.5 52 5 306.0 306.5 286.6 313.5 2.36 7 761 2466 11.0 2.0 54 9.0 6.1 156 8 307.2 308.3 290.3 325.1 5.82 8 725 2868 8.6 -9.4 27 18.0 0.8 161 6 308.9 309.4 287.8 317.1 2.58 9 700 3157 6.4 -11.6 26 18.0 -1.0 150 15 309.6 310.0 287.7 316.8 2.25 10 680 3394 4.4 -8.6 38 13.0 -1.2 152 16 309.9 310.5 288.5 319.2 2.93 11 629 4025 1.4 -20.6 18 22.0 -5.8 201 17 313.5 313.7 287.9 317.4 1.18 12 556 5006 -5.5 -18.5 35 13.0 -9.8 222 29 316.6 316.9 289.3 321.9 1.60 13 546 5149 -3.1 -33.1 8 30.0 -10.4 224 29 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.6 0.43 14 509 5701 -7.3 -35.3 9 28.0 -13.4 210 23 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.9 0.37 15 501 5824 -6.1 -40.1 5 34.0 -12.9 215 21 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.3 0.23 16 500 5840 -6.1 -39.1 5 33.0 -12.9 215 21 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.26 17 400 7540 -20.3 -48.3 6 28.0 -23.7 200 22 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.12 18 332 8884 -31.9 -56.9 7 25.0 -33.6 185 33 330.7 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.05 19 300 9590 -37.5 -58.5 9 21.0 -38.6 195 30 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.05 20 264 10465 -44.5 -64.5 9 20.0 -45.1 220 35 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.02 21 250 10830 -46.5 -65.5 10 19.0 -47.0 225 43 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.02 22 227 11464 -50.5 -69.5 9 19.0 -50.9 246 50 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.3 0.01 23 200 12280 -55.1 -75.1 7 20.0 -55.4 245 55 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 24 168 13375 -61.2 -77.3 10 16.1 -61.4 265 71 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 25 153 13949 -64.5 -78.5 13 14.0 -64.6 254 57 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 26 150 14070 -64.5 -80.5 9 16.0 -64.6 250 56 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.00 27 149 14111 -64.7 -80.7 9 16.0 -64.8 250 56 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 28 147 14193 -63.5 -81.5 7 18.0 -63.6 251 57 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 29 100 16520 -70.1 -90.1 4 20.0 -70.2 250 41 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 30 76 18128 -75.7 -89.7 9 14.0 -75.7 240 23 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 31 72 18444 -71.5 -88.5 6 17.0 -71.6 227 23 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.00 32 70 18610 -72.7 -88.7 7 16.0 -72.8 215 8 428.9 428.9 308.7 428.9 0.00 33 66 18955 -73.9 -89.9 7 16.0 -74.0 208 12 433.5 433.5 309.2 433.5 0.00 34 50 20610 -66.1 -90.1 2 24.0 -66.4 155 11 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 35 37 22475 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.0 49 10 552.1 552.1 318.2 552.1 0.00 36 34 23005 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.4 25 13 558.8 558.8 318.6 558.8 0.00 37 30 23790 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.0 75 3 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.01 38 20 26380 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -55.1 85 20 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.01 39 18 27063 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.5 105 19 700.6 700.6 324.4 700.7 0.02 40 17 27435 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.2 93 16 709.5 709.5 324.7 709.7 0.02 41 15 28257 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -51.7 66 20 755.3 755.4 326.1 755.6 0.03 42 11 30333 -43.3 -81.3 1 38.0 -51.4 81 20 834.8 834.9 328.1 835.3 0.05 TRP 76 18128 -75.7 -89.7 9 14.0 -75.7 240 23 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 WND 168 13375 -61.2 -77.3 10 16.1 -61.4 265 71 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.00 m Freezing level: 614.19 mb = 4224.19 m = 13858.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.44 mb = 3000.43 m = 9843.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.43 mb = 1760.24 m = 5775.00 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.45 C Layer 940.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.69 mb = 4826.63 m = 15835.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.11 C = 102.40 F Cap Strength: 11.52 C Lifted Index: 11.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.21 C Showalter Index: 13.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 0.70 C K Index: 1.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54116.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.36 mb = 3365.58 m = 11041.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 228 at 11 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 10 8 -1.4 -7.9 | 33 18 -9.8 -15.3 1 945 610 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 38 20 -12.2 -15.6 2 925 801 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 33 20 -11.0 -17.1 3 913 914 35 4 -2.3 -3.3 | 45 15 -10.7 -10.7 4 850 1531 360 4 -0.0 -4.0 | 36 14 -8.4 -11.4 5 791 2134 175 7 -0.6 7.0 | 87 9 -9.0 -0.5 6 763 2438 155 8 -3.4 7.3 | 89 12 -11.8 -0.2 7 735 2743 165 4 -1.0 3.9 | 69 10 -9.4 -3.6 8 709 3048 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 97 13 -12.6 1.6 9 700 3157 150 15 -7.5 13.0 | 109 17 -15.9 5.5 10 657 3658 155 17 -7.2 15.4 | 117 18 -15.6 8.0 11 633 3962 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 163 9 -2.6 8.5 12 609 4267 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 180 11 0.0 10.7 13 564 4877 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 215 18 10.2 14.8 14 543 5182 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 223 18 12.1 13.1 15 523 5486 200 26 8.9 24.4 | 182 17 0.5 17.0 16 503 5791 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 200 10 3.6 9.8 17 500 5840 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 200 10 3.6 9.8 18 483 6096 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 167 10 -2.2 9.5 19 412 7315 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 182 12 0.5 11.6 20 400 7540 200 22 7.5 20.7 | 176 13 -0.9 13.2 21 363 8230 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 168 19 -3.9 18.2 22 333 8839 185 33 2.9 32.9 | 168 26 -5.5 25.4 23 300 9590 195 30 7.8 29.0 | 178 22 -0.6 21.5 24 293 9754 195 32 8.3 30.9 | 180 23 -0.1 23.5 25 280 10058 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 205 15 6.5 13.9 26 250 10830 225 43 30.4 30.4 | 224 32 22.0 23.0 27 223 11582 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 256 41 39.5 10.0 28 203 12192 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 243 42 37.5 19.1 29 200 12280 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 249 44 41.4 15.8 30 168 13375 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 271 62 62.3 -1.3 31 159 13716 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 271 62 62.3 -1.3 32 151 14021 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 256 42 40.5 10.3 33 150 14070 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 255 46 44.2 11.7 34 124 15240 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 266 59 58.6 4.4 35 118 15545 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 255 44 42.3 11.0 36 106 16154 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 268 41 40.8 1.2 37 101 16459 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 237 33 27.6 17.8 38 100 16520 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 258 31 30.1 6.6 39 96 16764 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 258 31 30.1 6.6 40 86 17374 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 237 30 25.2 16.1 41 76 18128 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 251 12 11.5 4.1 42 74 18288 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 260 13 12.4 2.3 43 70 18593 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 194 13 3.1 12.5 44 70 18610 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 77 4 -3.8 -0.9 45 67 18898 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 148 3 -1.5 2.4 46 60 19507 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 93 14 -14.1 0.7 47 57 19812 355 2 0.2 -2.0 | 41 13 -8.2 -9.4 48 52 20422 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 106 12 -11.2 3.2 49 50 20610 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 101 13 -13.1 2.5 50 49 20726 165 14 -3.6 13.5 | 117 13 -12.0 6.1 51 47 21031 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 101 13 -13.1 2.5 52 44 21336 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 49 21 -16.1 -13.9 53 42 21641 5 12 -1.0 -12.0 | 26 22 -9.4 -19.4 54 40 21946 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 62 10 -8.4 -4.4 55 38 22250 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 63 20 -18.3 -9.2 56 37 22555 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 44 21 -14.8 -15.1 57 35 22860 15 13 -3.4 -12.6 | 30 23 -11.8 -20.0 58 33 23165 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 41 24 -15.9 -18.1 59 32 23470 5 19 -1.7 -18.9 | 21 28 -10.1 -26.4 60 30 23790 75 3 -2.9 -0.8 | 54 14 -11.3 -8.2 61 29 24079 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 23 19 -7.5 -17.4 62 26 24689 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 59 21 -17.8 -10.9 63 25 24994 20 16 -5.5 -15.0 | 32 26 -13.9 -22.5 64 24 25298 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 16 18 -5.0 -16.8 65 22 25908 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 48 11 -8.4 -7.4 66 21 26213 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 103 10 -10.1 2.4 67 20 26380 85 20 -19.9 -1.7 | 72 30 -28.3 -9.2 68 19 26518 145 18 -10.3 14.7 | 111 20 -18.7 7.3 69 18 26822 95 19 -18.9 1.7 | 78 28 -27.3 -5.8 70 16 27127 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 70 22 -20.4 -7.4 71 15 27432 65 20 -18.1 -8.5 | 59 31 -26.5 -15.9 72 13 28042 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 72 24 -22.4 -7.4 73 12 28346 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 64 27 -23.9 -11.6 74 11 28651 85 22 -21.9 -1.9 | 73 32 -30.3 -9.4 75 9 29261 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 69 25 -23.3 -8.8 76 8 29566 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 56 21 -17.5 -11.7 77 8 29870 35 3 -1.7 -2.5 | 46 14 -10.1 -9.9 78 7 30175 110 17 -16.0 5.8 | 86 24 -24.4 -1.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.5 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 228.5 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.2 neg: -21.5 tot: 82.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 69.70 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 20 8 37 19| 4.7 0.0 4.7| 22.1 -5.6 16.5 33.0 0.37| 9.9 3.7 1000 19 6 38 17| 2.3 1.0 3.3| 22.1 -12.7 9.4 9.4 0.15| 6.0 0.9 1500 28 6 42 17| 4.6 0.7 5.3| 63.5 -12.7 50.8 33.9 0.52| 7.9 4.1 2000 52 6 50 17| 4.1 0.5 4.6| 72.1 -13.8 58.3 29.1 0.47| 7.8 3.7 2500 100 6 66 16| 3.5 0.4 3.9| 82.5 -21.5 61.0 24.4 0.41| 7.7 3.2 3000 134 7 81 14| 2.9 1.1 4.0|104.2 -21.5 82.7 27.6 0.46| 7.8 3.6 4000 170 10 105 11| 3.4 0.8 4.2|159.7 -21.5 138.2 34.5 0.57| 8.6 4.9 5000 195 14 141 8| 3.4 1.5 4.9|193.5 -74.6 119.0 23.8 0.38| 9.1 3.5 6000 198 15 152 8| 2.4 1.4 3.8|208.9 -88.9 120.0 20.0 0.32| 8.8 2.8 Wrote GIF file: 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