UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 OCT 25 Searching for SCFA... Searching the city database file for: SCFA ... Date:1200Z 21 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 1003 120 16.0 9.0 63 7.0 12.0 210 6 288.9 290.2 285.0 309.2 7.19 1 1000 140 15.8 9.8 67 6.0 12.3 210 5 289.0 290.3 285.5 310.4 7.62 2 925 795 9.0 8.3 95 0.7 8.6 185 4 288.5 289.8 285.1 309.5 7.44 3 915 885 8.0 8.0 100 0.0 8.0 206 4 288.4 289.7 285.0 309.1 7.37 4 897 1049 6.8 5.8 93 1.0 6.3 245 4 288.8 289.9 284.2 307.1 6.45 5 888 1132 11.0 -4.0 35 15.0 4.2 265 4 294.0 294.5 282.8 303.5 3.20 6 886 1151 15.8 -10.2 16 26.0 4.9 269 3 299.1 299.5 283.5 305.3 1.98 7 874 1268 20.2 -15.8 8 36.0 5.9 296 3 304.9 305.1 284.9 309.0 1.27 8 850 1507 19.6 -25.4 3 45.0 4.5 350 3 306.7 306.8 284.8 308.6 0.57 9 764 2416 16.2 -23.8 5 40.0 2.3 6 5 312.5 312.6 287.1 315.0 0.73 10 700 3151 11.8 -32.2 3 44.0 -0.9 20 6 315.6 315.6 287.7 316.9 0.37 11 609 4298 5.2 330 11 320.8 12 500 5870 -6.7 -45.7 3 39.0 -13.5 260 17 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.13 13 412 7350 -18.7 -40.7 13 22.0 -22.1 260 31 327.9 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.27 14 400 7570 -19.7 -48.7 6 29.0 -23.3 260 33 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.8 0.11 15 373 8085 -22.3 -55.3 3 33.0 -25.5 259 33 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.8 0.06 16 300 9640 -35.7 -56.7 10 21.0 -37.0 255 33 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.06 17 270 10363 -42.3 -59.3 14 17.0 -43.0 255 38 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 18 250 10880 -45.5 -65.5 9 20.0 -46.1 255 42 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.02 19 200 12340 -54.3 -73.3 8 19.0 -54.6 260 58 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 20 194 12535 -55.6 -74.3 8 18.7 -55.8 255 62 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 21 181 12974 -58.5 -76.5 8 18.0 -58.7 258 57 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 22 150 14140 -64.5 -80.5 9 16.0 -64.6 265 42 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.00 23 131 14956 -69.5 -82.5 13 13.0 -69.6 262 36 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 24 106 16201 -74.7 -86.7 14 12.0 -74.7 256 27 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 25 100 16540 -73.5 -86.5 12 13.0 -73.5 255 24 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.00 TRP WND 194 12535 -55.6 -74.3 8 18.7 -55.8 255 62 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.00 m Freezing level: 561.37 mb = 4985.12 m = 16355.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.06 mb = 2936.88 m = 9635.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.49 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.17 mb = 992.09 m = 3254.86 ft T: 7.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 6.97 C Layer 925.0- 886.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.95 mb = 867.24 m = 2845.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.51 C = 59.91 F Cap Strength: 16.64 C Lifted Index: 15.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.06 C Showalter Index: 14.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 7.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: -18.70 C K Index: -43.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 23.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.32 mb = 899.98 m = 2952.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.32 mb = 945.20 m = 3101.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 898.32 mb = 1036.37 m = 3400.13 ft B at Equ Level: 0.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 888.32 mb = 1129.00 m = 3704.01 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 315 at 6 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 1003 120 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 172 10 -1.3 9.5 1 1000 140 210 5 2.5 4.3 | 168 9 -1.8 8.7 2 925 795 185 4 0.3 4.0 | 154 9 -4.0 8.3 3 850 1507 350 3 0.5 -3.0 | 110 4 -3.8 1.4 4 700 3151 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 79 7 -6.4 -1.3 5 500 5870 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 240 14 12.4 7.3 6 400 7570 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 250 30 28.2 10.1 7 300 9640 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 245 30 27.5 12.9 8 250 10880 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 247 39 36.2 15.2 9 200 12340 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 255 55 52.8 14.4 10 194 12535 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 250 59 55.5 20.4 11 150 14140 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 258 38 37.5 8.0 12 100 16540 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 241 22 18.8 10.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.0 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 315.0 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -12.6 tot: -8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 10.54 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 202 5 163 9| 0.0 2.4 2.4| 0.0 -5.5 -5.5 -11.0 -0.90| 2.6 -2.3 1000 204 4 163 9| 2.3 1.2 3.5| 4.0 -6.3 -2.3 -2.3 -0.08| 3.9 -0.3 1500 205 4 161 8| 2.5 0.8 3.3| 4.0 -9.7 -5.7 -3.8 -0.34| 4.5 -1.5 2000 230 4 169 7| 2.1 0.6 2.8| 4.0 -10.8 -6.8 -3.4 -0.39| 3.6 -1.4 2500 313 4 140 2| 1.9 0.5 2.4| 4.0 -11.8 -7.8 -3.1 -0.41| 3.1 -1.3 3000 358 4 91 4| 1.7 0.4 2.2| 4.0 -12.6 -8.6 -2.9 -0.41| 2.8 -1.2 4000 355 5 79 4| 1.3 0.8 2.1| 4.0 -22.6 -18.6 -4.6 -0.58| 3.0 -1.8 5000 324 7 30 1| 1.0 1.3 2.4| 4.0 -37.3 -33.3 -6.7 -0.68| 3.5 -2.3 6000 285 8 238 4| 0.9 1.8 2.6| 6.5 -59.3 -52.8 -8.8 -0.65| 3.9 -2.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//SCFA/skewt/SCFA.skewt.20251021.12.gif