UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 15 OCT 25 Searching for SBFN... Searching the city database file for: SBFN ... Date:1200Z 15 OCT 25 Station: SBFN WMO ident: 82400 Latitude: -3.85 Longitude: -32.42 Elevation: 56.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 56 28.2 21.2 66 7.0 23.2 130 14 300.6 303.5 296.0 347.2 15.90 1 1000 139 25.6 19.6 69 6.0 21.4 115 15 298.8 301.4 294.6 341.0 14.50 2 990 227 24.4 19.4 74 5.0 20.9 115 17 298.4 301.0 294.4 340.5 14.47 3 925 819 19.6 15.0 75 4.6 16.5 120 24 299.4 301.5 292.6 333.4 11.67 4 850 1542 14.2 13.2 94 1.0 13.6 130 29 301.0 303.1 292.9 334.3 11.29 5 844 1602 13.6 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 131 28 301.0 303.1 292.9 334.3 11.30 6 819 1855 13.2 8.2 72 5.0 10.2 133 24 303.2 304.7 291.2 328.1 8.36 7 800 2053 16.0 -5.0 23 21.0 5.8 134 21 308.2 308.8 288.3 318.6 3.29 8 718 2962 10.8 -13.2 17 24.0 1.0 59 11 312.2 312.5 288.2 318.5 1.92 9 712 3032 10.0 -1.0 46 11.0 4.2 52 10 312.0 313.0 291.0 327.7 5.00 10 701 3161 9.6 -17.4 13 27.0 -0.5 55 12 313.0 313.3 287.9 317.6 1.39 11 700 3173 9.6 -17.4 13 27.0 -0.5 55 12 313.1 313.4 288.0 317.8 1.39 12 685 3352 8.2 -12.8 21 21.0 -0.4 55 13 313.5 313.9 288.8 320.3 2.08 13 669 3547 7.8 -22.2 10 30.0 -2.3 55 15 315.2 315.4 288.2 318.5 0.96 14 648 3809 7.0 -21.0 11 28.0 -2.7 46 16 317.2 317.4 289.0 320.9 1.10 15 643 3873 6.4 -3.6 49 10.0 1.3 42 15 317.2 318.1 292.2 331.8 4.56 16 634 3988 6.4 -11.6 26 18.0 -1.3 35 15 318.5 318.9 290.7 326.7 2.48 17 618 4197 4.2 -0.8 70 5.0 1.5 35 18 318.3 319.4 293.6 337.0 5.85 18 571 4835 -0.5 -8.5 55 8.0 -4.1 29 21 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.6 3.53 19 558 5019 -1.5 -15.5 34 14.0 -6.8 24 17 321.0 321.4 291.1 327.9 2.05 20 550 5134 -1.1 -34.1 6 33.0 -9.2 18 13 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.39 21 504 5827 -3.7 -41.7 3 38.0 -11.5 102 11 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.20 22 500 5890 -3.9 -42.9 3 39.0 -11.8 105 13 328.3 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.17 23 406 7498 -15.5 -35.5 16 20.0 -19.6 112 6 333.4 333.5 293.1 335.2 0.46 24 400 7610 -15.5 -43.5 7 28.0 -20.1 115 5 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.20 25 392 7763 -15.3 -46.3 5 31.0 -20.1 107 7 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.15 26 300 9720 -32.3 -49.3 17 17.0 -33.8 75 12 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.14 27 282 10153 -35.9 -52.9 16 17.0 -37.1 55 11 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.2 0.10 28 259 10739 -39.7 -58.7 11 19.0 -40.7 46 11 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 29 250 10980 -41.7 -59.7 12 18.0 -42.5 30 6 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 30 215 11982 -49.7 -68.7 9 19.0 -50.1 326 10 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 31 200 12450 -54.1 -68.1 16 14.0 -54.4 335 13 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 32 198 12514 -54.5 -67.5 19 13.0 -54.8 335 12 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 33 150 14230 -69.1 -73.1 56 4.0 -69.1 325 18 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 34 128 15170 -72.7 -81.7 24 9.0 -72.8 340 17 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 35 100 16600 -78.5 -85.5 31 7.0 -78.5 235 13 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 36 81 17814 -72.7 -86.7 10 14.0 -72.8 219 10 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 37 74 18339 -75.5 -87.5 14 12.0 -75.6 256 38 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.2 0.00 38 70 18660 -74.9 -88.9 10 14.0 -75.0 230 23 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.2 0.00 39 59 19664 -71.3 -89.3 5 18.0 -71.4 131 13 453.5 453.5 311.2 453.5 0.00 40 50 20640 -73.3 -91.3 5 18.0 -73.4 75 22 470.8 470.8 312.7 470.8 0.00 41 47 21002 -73.1 -92.1 4 19.0 -73.2 80 26 479.6 479.6 313.4 479.7 0.00 42 46 21130 -68.5 -91.5 2 23.0 -68.7 89 28 493.7 493.7 314.5 493.7 0.00 43 42 21678 -66.5 -90.5 2 24.0 -66.8 90 37 511.7 511.7 315.8 511.7 0.00 TRP 100 16600 -78.5 -85.5 31 7.0 -78.5 235 13 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.00 m Freezing level: 576.00 mb = 4767.09 m = 15639.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.18 mb = 3147.24 m = 10325.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.64 mb = 943.35 m = 3094.95 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 15.80 C Layer 844.0- 712.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.58 mb = 1307.99 m = 4291.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 3.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.78 C Showalter Index: 5.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.10 C K Index: 4.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 229.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.48 mb = 1125.05 m = 3691.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.48 mb = 1467.13 m = 4813.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 817.48 mb = 1870.28 m = 6136.02 ft B at Equ Level: 4.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 807.48 mb = 1974.22 m = 6477.02 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 118 at 13 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 1009 56 130 14 -10.7 9.0 | 197 3 0.8 2.7 1 1000 139 115 15 -13.6 6.3 | 93 2 -2.0 0.1 2 981 305 115 18 -16.3 7.6 | 106 5 -4.8 1.4 3 947 610 115 22 -19.9 9.3 | 110 9 -8.4 3.0 4 925 819 120 24 -20.8 12.0 | 122 11 -9.2 5.8 5 915 914 115 24 -21.8 10.1 | 111 11 -10.2 3.9 6 852 1524 130 29 -22.2 18.6 | 139 16 -10.7 12.4 7 850 1542 130 29 -22.2 18.6 | 139 16 -10.7 12.4 8 792 2134 135 20 -14.1 14.1 | 162 8 -2.6 7.9 9 764 2438 115 16 -14.5 6.8 | 100 3 -2.9 0.5 10 737 2743 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 8 9 -1.2 -8.5 11 710 3048 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 343 13 3.9 -12.7 12 700 3173 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 353 13 1.7 -13.1 13 659 3658 55 16 -13.1 -9.2 | 6 16 -1.5 -15.4 14 635 3962 35 15 -8.6 -12.3 | 351 19 3.0 -18.5 15 611 4267 35 19 -10.9 -15.6 | 358 22 0.7 -21.8 16 589 4572 25 19 -8.0 -17.2 | 351 24 3.5 -23.5 17 567 4877 30 22 -11.0 -19.1 | 359 25 0.6 -25.3 18 546 5182 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 333 19 8.7 -16.9 19 526 5486 35 7 -4.0 -5.7 | 328 14 7.5 -12.0 20 506 5791 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 339 5 1.7 -4.5 21 500 5890 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 19 3 -1.0 -2.9 22 487 6096 100 15 -14.8 2.6 | 41 5 -3.2 -3.6 23 450 6706 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 355 6 0.6 -6.2 24 400 7610 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 300 8 7.0 -4.1 25 399 7620 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 344 12 3.4 -12.0 26 383 7925 170 4 -0.7 3.9 | 282 11 10.9 -2.3 27 368 8230 135 7 -4.9 4.9 | 281 7 6.6 -1.3 28 338 8839 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 339 5 1.7 -4.5 29 311 9449 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 355 6 0.6 -6.2 30 300 9720 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 0 9 -0.0 -9.4 31 273 10363 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 345 15 3.8 -14.0 32 262 10668 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 350 14 2.4 -14.0 33 250 10980 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 323 14 8.6 -11.4 34 239 11278 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 326 21 11.6 -17.2 35 208 12192 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 306 23 18.6 -13.3 36 200 12450 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 317 25 17.1 -18.0 37 198 12497 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 316 24 16.6 -17.1 38 180 13106 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 317 25 17.1 -18.0 39 163 13716 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 302 29 24.7 -15.4 40 150 14230 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 314 30 21.9 -21.0 41 133 14935 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 320 25 16.3 -19.4 42 126 15240 340 18 6.2 -16.9 | 323 29 17.7 -23.2 43 120 15545 345 17 4.4 -16.4 | 325 28 16.0 -22.7 44 114 15850 315 17 12.0 -12.0 | 308 30 23.6 -18.3 45 102 16459 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 299 23 20.2 -11.2 46 100 16600 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 267 22 22.2 1.2 47 97 16764 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 267 22 22.2 1.2 48 92 17069 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 257 27 26.1 6.0 49 87 17374 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 251 14 13.5 4.6 50 83 17678 185 5 0.4 5.0 | 276 12 12.0 -1.3 51 79 17983 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 278 27 26.3 -3.6 52 75 18288 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 269 51 51.0 0.7 53 70 18660 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 254 30 29.2 8.5 54 67 18898 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 258 37 35.8 7.8 55 64 19202 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 226 14 10.2 9.7 56 61 19507 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 243 10 8.7 4.4 57 58 19812 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 30 4 -2.2 -3.8 58 52 20422 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 6 14 -1.4 -13.7 59 50 20640 75 22 -21.3 -5.7 | 39 15 -9.7 -11.9 60 49 20726 55 23 -18.8 -13.2 | 21 21 -7.3 -19.4 61 46 21031 90 27 -27.0 0.0 | 68 17 -15.4 -6.2 62 43 21336 80 39 -38.4 -6.8 | 64 30 -26.8 -13.0 63 41 21641 100 35 -34.5 6.1 | 90 23 -22.9 -0.2 64 38 21946 100 43 -42.3 7.5 | 92 31 -30.8 1.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.4 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 118.4 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.6 neg: -33.5 tot: 7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 9.34 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 116 18 109 5| 0.0 8.8 8.8| 1.2 -1.7 -0.5 -1.0 -0.34| 10.9 -3.7 1000 117 21 113 8| 2.1 4.4 6.5| 8.3 -4.7 3.6 3.6 -0.13| 8.3 -1.0 1500 120 23 122 10| 3.4 2.9 6.3| 27.5 -4.7 22.8 15.2 0.14| 7.8 1.1 2000 123 23 130 10| 1.8 2.2 4.0| 39.9 -4.7 35.2 17.6 0.23| 7.9 1.8 2500 123 22 131 9| 1.5 2.9 4.4| 40.6 -13.9 26.7 10.7 -0.03| 8.8 -0.3 3000 119 21 121 7| 1.2 3.7 4.9| 40.6 -33.5 7.1 2.4 -0.18| 9.5 -1.7 4000 107 19 84 7| 0.5 3.3 3.8| 64.1 -53.1 11.0 2.7 -0.12| 8.7 -1.0 5000 91 19 52 9| 0.4 2.8 3.2| 91.0-103.8 -12.8 -2.6 -0.14| 8.6 -1.2 6000 88 18 41 9| 2.0 2.4 4.3|102.9-129.3 -26.4 -4.4 -0.10| 9.2 -0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SBFN/skewt/SBFN.skewt.20251015.12.gif