UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Searching for SCFA... Searching the city database file for: SCFA ... Date:1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: SCFA WMO ident: 85442 Latitude: -23.43 Longitude: -70.45 Elevation: 120.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 120 15.6 11.0 74 4.6 12.9 160 2 288.6 290.0 285.9 311.8 8.25 1 1000 132 15.0 11.7 81 3.3 13.0 155 1 288.1 289.7 286.2 312.4 8.66 2 925 786 9.4 9.3 99 0.1 9.3 130 7 288.9 290.3 285.8 311.4 7.97 3 907 949 8.4 8.2 99 0.2 8.3 142 7 289.5 290.8 285.6 310.8 7.54 4 904 976 9.0 5.7 80 3.3 7.2 144 8 290.4 291.5 284.8 308.6 6.36 5 900 1013 14.8 -3.2 29 18.0 6.3 146 8 296.8 297.4 284.1 306.8 3.35 6 898 1032 16.2 -4.8 23 21.0 6.5 148 8 298.4 298.9 284.4 307.4 2.98 7 886 1146 16.8 -4.2 23 21.0 6.8 155 8 300.2 300.7 285.2 309.8 3.16 8 875 1253 16.4 -5.6 22 22.0 6.2 163 8 300.8 301.3 285.2 309.6 2.87 9 850 1500 19.2 -6.8 17 26.0 7.0 180 9 306.3 306.8 287.0 314.8 2.70 10 833 1673 20.2 -11.8 10 32.0 6.2 184 8 309.1 309.4 287.1 315.1 1.86 11 807 1946 19.4 -16.6 7 36.0 4.9 189 8 311.1 311.3 287.2 315.3 1.29 12 765 2401 15.2 -9.8 17 25.0 4.0 199 6 311.3 311.8 288.4 319.0 2.37 13 761 2445 15.4 -14.6 11 30.0 3.1 200 6 312.0 312.3 287.9 317.3 1.62 14 719 2924 13.8 -26.2 5 40.0 0.6 210 5 315.3 315.5 287.9 317.5 0.63 15 700 3148 11.8 -24.2 6 36.0 -0.3 215 4 315.6 315.7 288.2 318.2 0.77 16 606 4336 4.2 -21.8 13 26.0 -4.6 241 11 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.9 1.10 17 500 5860 -9.7 -22.7 34 13.0 -13.5 275 20 321.2 321.5 290.4 325.5 1.23 18 485 6095 -11.9 -23.9 36 12.0 -15.2 273 22 321.3 321.5 290.3 325.3 1.14 19 482 6142 -8.9 -45.9 3 37.0 -15.1 273 22 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.13 20 479 6191 -7.9 -50.9 2 43.0 -14.6 272 23 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.07 21 400 7570 -17.1 -50.1 4 33.0 -21.4 260 34 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.10 22 376 8031 -19.9 -53.9 3 34.0 -23.7 266 36 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.07 23 300 9660 -33.3 -58.3 6 25.0 -34.9 290 41 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.05 24 250 10910 -42.9 -63.9 8 21.0 -43.7 280 51 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 25 239 11211 -45.9 -63.9 11 18.0 -46.4 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.03 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.00 m Freezing level: 573.97 mb = 4796.69 m = 15736.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.72 mb = 3067.89 m = 10065.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.37 mb = 692.47 m = 2271.87 ft T: 10.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.93 C/km ThetaE index: 5.61 C Layer 925.0- 898.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.64 mb = 762.12 m = 2500.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.91 C = 60.63 F Cap Strength: 16.01 C Lifted Index: 11.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.12 C Showalter Index: 9.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 2.90 C K Index: -13.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 38.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.28 mb = 747.26 m = 2451.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.28 mb = 882.47 m = 2895.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 904.28 mb = 973.48 m = 3193.79 ft B at Equ Level: -4.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 904.28 mb = 973.48 m = 3193.79 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 272 at 7 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 1002 120 160 2 -0.7 1.9 | 105 8 -7.8 2.2 1 1000 132 155 1 -0.4 0.9 | 99 8 -7.6 1.2 2 925 786 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 111 13 -12.5 4.8 3 850 1500 180 9 0.0 9.0 | 142 12 -7.2 9.3 4 700 3148 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 126 6 -4.9 3.6 5 500 5860 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 277 13 12.8 -1.5 6 400 7570 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 257 27 26.3 6.2 7 300 9660 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 294 34 31.4 -13.7 8 250 10910 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 281 44 43.1 -8.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: -4.5 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 15.20 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 139 3 106 10| 0.0 3.8 3.8| 3.3 -0.7 2.6 5.2 0.24| 4.3 1.0 1000 138 5 111 11| 1.6 1.9 3.5| 14.1 -0.7 13.4 13.4 0.47| 4.5 2.1 1500 153 6 120 12| 2.1 1.3 3.4| 27.0 -0.7 26.3 17.5 0.60| 4.6 2.7 2000 163 7 126 11| 1.6 1.0 2.5| 27.1 -0.9 26.2 13.1 0.52| 4.0 2.1 2500 170 7 129 11| 1.3 0.8 2.0| 27.1 -2.3 24.8 9.9 0.42| 3.6 1.5 3000 173 6 130 10| 1.0 0.6 1.7| 27.1 -4.5 22.6 7.5 0.32| 3.3 1.0 4000 188 6 136 9| 1.5 0.5 2.0| 36.3 -4.5 31.8 8.0 0.48| 3.3 1.6 5000 214 8 156 7| 2.0 0.4 2.4| 49.2 -4.5 44.7 8.9 0.58| 3.4 2.0 6000 242 10 195 5| 2.3 0.3 2.6| 63.9 -7.0 56.9 9.5 0.57| 3.6 2.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SCFA/skewt/SCFA.skewt.20251017.12.gif