UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for TNCM... Searching the city database file for: TNCM ... Date:1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: TNCM WMO ident: 78866 Latitude: 18.05 Longitude: -63.12 Elevation: 9.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 9 28.8 28.3 97 0.5 28.4 170 6 300.9 305.4 301.2 373.7 24.56 1 1000 116 27.6 23.5 78 4.1 24.6 175 9 300.8 304.1 297.7 355.2 18.53 2 996 151 27.2 23.3 79 3.9 24.3 175 10 300.7 304.1 297.6 354.7 18.38 3 950 567 23.4 21.2 87 2.2 21.8 188 11 300.9 304.0 296.8 350.7 16.92 4 925 800 22.6 18.8 79 3.8 19.9 190 11 302.4 305.2 295.8 346.5 14.93 5 850 1533 18.6 13.6 73 5.0 15.3 205 8 305.6 307.8 294.4 340.4 11.60 6 779 2276 14.4 5.4 55 9.0 9.1 206 7 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.0 7.24 7 750 2596 12.0 7.7 75 4.3 9.3 218 6 309.6 311.3 293.4 336.6 8.83 8 708 3077 9.6 1.6 57 8.0 5.2 215 5 312.1 313.3 292.0 331.1 6.08 9 700 3171 9.0 2.0 61 7.0 5.1 215 5 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.2 6.33 10 695 3230 8.4 1.4 61 7.0 4.5 213 6 312.4 313.6 292.1 331.5 6.10 11 668 3558 7.4 -0.6 57 8.0 3.1 203 10 314.9 315.9 292.3 332.2 5.49 12 597 4473 0.4 -4.5 70 4.9 -2.0 150 5 317.0 317.9 292.2 331.8 4.59 13 592 4541 0.0 -5.0 69 5.0 -2.4 149 6 317.3 318.2 292.2 331.7 4.46 14 587 4609 0.2 -6.8 59 7.0 -3.1 147 7 318.3 319.1 292.0 331.0 3.91 15 557 5029 -2.1 -11.1 50 9.0 -5.9 142 10 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.2 2.94 16 531 5408 -4.7 -10.7 63 6.0 -7.2 149 5 321.7 322.4 292.3 332.3 3.19 17 505 5802 -6.7 -30.7 13 24.0 -12.6 169 1 323.9 324.1 290.6 326.1 0.59 18 500 5880 -7.1 -31.1 13 24.0 -13.0 300 1 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.5 0.57 19 466 6424 -10.3 -23.3 34 13.0 -14.2 334 5 327.0 327.3 292.1 331.4 1.26 20 461 6506 -10.9 -29.9 19 19.0 -15.5 330 5 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.8 0.69 21 413 7340 -15.9 -19.6 73 3.7 -17.1 291 8 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.2 1.96 22 400 7580 -16.5 -26.5 42 10.0 -19.1 280 9 333.5 333.8 293.7 337.5 1.10 23 379 7985 -18.3 -33.3 26 15.0 -21.4 271 8 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.7 0.61 24 344 8702 -23.5 -32.5 43 9.0 -25.3 255 8 338.7 338.9 294.7 341.5 0.72 25 321 9205 -26.7 -40.7 25 14.0 -28.7 266 9 341.1 341.2 294.9 342.4 0.34 26 306 9549 -29.7 -40.7 34 11.0 -31.2 241 10 341.6 341.7 295.0 343.0 0.36 27 300 9690 -30.7 -43.7 27 13.0 -32.2 230 11 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.27 28 291 9904 -32.5 -47.5 21 15.0 -34.0 231 12 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.18 29 261 10657 -39.1 -48.1 38 9.0 -39.8 235 14 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.19 30 254 10843 -40.5 -55.5 18 15.0 -41.3 244 16 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.08 31 250 10950 -41.5 -56.5 18 15.0 -42.3 250 17 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.07 32 233 11426 -45.5 -49.7 63 4.2 -45.7 250 19 345.3 345.3 295.7 346.0 0.18 33 214 11990 -49.9 -55.9 49 6.0 -50.1 250 20 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.4 0.09 34 206 12239 -51.9 -56.2 60 4.3 -52.1 250 21 347.6 347.6 296.2 348.0 0.09 35 202 12366 -53.3 -60.3 42 7.0 -53.5 250 22 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.06 36 200 12430 -53.7 -59.7 48 6.0 -53.9 250 22 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.06 37 193 12657 -55.7 -61.7 47 6.0 -55.8 255 21 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 38 175 13272 -60.9 -68.9 34 8.0 -61.0 260 20 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 39 160 13821 -65.5 -70.5 50 5.0 -65.5 278 21 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 40 154 14052 -67.1 -75.1 31 8.0 -67.1 285 19 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 41 150 14210 -68.5 -74.5 42 6.0 -68.5 290 17 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 42 145 14412 -70.1 -76.1 41 6.0 -70.1 290 15 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 43 143 14494 -70.7 -76.7 41 6.0 -70.7 290 15 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 44 122 15418 -77.5 -81.2 55 3.7 -77.5 295 7 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.00 45 119 15560 -77.7 -82.2 48 4.5 -77.7 300 6 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 46 110 16008 -79.5 -83.7 50 4.2 -79.5 145 2 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 47 104 16326 -78.1 -86.1 26 8.0 -78.1 142 3 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 48 101 16493 -78.3 -86.3 26 8.0 -78.3 193 4 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 49 100 16550 -78.1 -85.1 31 7.0 -78.1 210 4 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 50 97 16723 -77.9 -84.9 31 7.0 -77.9 177 9 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 51 94 16902 -78.1 -85.1 31 7.0 -78.1 213 8 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 52 91 17087 -77.9 -84.9 31 7.0 -77.9 259 5 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 53 71 18535 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.4 66 9 436.5 436.5 309.5 436.5 0.00 54 70 18620 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.7 140 16 437.8 437.8 309.7 437.8 0.00 55 65 19065 -69.1 -91.1 3 22.0 -69.2 155 17 445.9 445.9 310.4 445.9 0.00 56 60 19544 -68.7 -91.7 2 23.0 -68.9 101 10 457.1 457.1 311.5 457.1 0.00 57 58 19748 -68.5 -91.5 2 23.0 -68.7 66 6 462.0 462.0 312.0 462.0 0.00 58 54 20176 -69.5 -92.5 2 23.0 -69.6 24 12 469.3 469.3 312.5 469.3 0.00 59 50 20640 -65.9 -90.9 2 25.0 -66.2 85 27 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 60 47 21016 -65.3 -91.3 2 26.0 -65.6 85 28 498.3 498.3 314.8 498.4 0.00 61 41 21851 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.4 79 32 524.2 524.2 316.6 524.2 0.00 62 30 23800 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.4 80 48 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.01 63 22 25781 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -55.4 84 57 656.1 656.1 322.9 656.2 0.02 64 20 26400 -49.5 -81.5 1 32.0 -53.1 90 59 684.7 684.7 323.9 684.9 0.03 65 19 26737 -48.6 -80.8 1 32.2 -52.7 100 62 697.4 697.4 324.4 697.7 0.03 66 15 28305 -44.7 -77.7 1 33.0 -50.9 108 52 759.3 759.4 326.2 759.9 0.06 67 13 29258 -46.9 -79.9 1 33.0 -52.7 106 42 783.4 783.5 326.8 783.9 0.05 68 12 29790 -45.5 -78.5 1 33.0 -52.2 108 40 806.5 806.6 327.4 807.2 0.07 TRP 110 16008 -79.5 -83.7 50 4.2 -79.5 145 2 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 WND 19 26737 -48.6 -80.8 1 32.2 -52.7 100 62 697.4 697.4 324.4 697.7 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.00 m Freezing level: 584.39 mb = 4645.45 m = 15240.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.47 mb = 4106.78 m = 13473.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.99 C = 91.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.31 mb = 68.47 m = 224.64 ft T: 28.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 42.69 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.93 mb = 1213.30 m = 3980.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.12 C = 89.82 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 32.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1570.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.33 mb = 843.87 m = 2768.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.33 mb = 1783.90 m = 5852.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.33 mb = 14398.34 m = 47238.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1562.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 85.33 mb = 17462.01 m = 57289.36 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 215 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 1012 9 170 6 -1.0 5.9 | 106 5 -4.4 1.2 1 1000 116 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 136 6 -4.1 4.3 2 979 305 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 152 9 -4.5 8.3 3 945 610 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 167 6 -1.4 6.2 4 925 800 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 167 6 -1.4 6.2 5 913 914 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 181 5 0.1 4.7 6 881 1219 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 163 8 -2.3 7.3 7 850 1533 205 8 3.4 7.3 | 181 3 0.1 2.6 8 821 1829 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 184 6 0.4 5.7 9 792 2134 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 166 4 -1.0 4.0 10 764 2438 220 5 3.2 3.8 | 7 1 -0.1 -0.8 11 736 2743 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 213 1 0.7 1.1 12 700 3171 215 5 2.9 4.1 | 38 1 -0.5 -0.6 13 659 3658 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 184 6 0.4 5.7 14 611 4267 155 2 -0.8 1.8 | 56 5 -4.2 -2.9 15 566 4877 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 110 11 -10.4 3.8 16 506 5791 155 1 -0.4 0.9 | 45 5 -3.7 -3.8 17 500 5880 300 1 0.9 -0.5 | 25 6 -2.5 -5.2 18 486 6096 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 15 5 -1.4 -5.2 19 467 6401 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 7 9 -1.2 -9.2 20 400 7580 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 318 8 5.5 -6.2 21 398 7620 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 327 8 4.4 -6.7 22 351 8534 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 295 5 4.2 -1.9 23 323 9144 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 309 7 5.7 -4.7 24 300 9690 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 245 6 5.1 2.4 25 260 10668 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 248 9 8.1 3.4 26 250 10950 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 265 13 12.7 1.1 27 200 12430 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 261 18 17.4 2.8 28 198 12497 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 267 18 17.9 1.0 29 179 13106 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 268 16 16.0 0.5 30 162 13716 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 290 20 18.6 -6.6 31 150 14210 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 310 16 12.7 -10.5 32 126 15240 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 326 9 5.1 -7.8 33 113 15850 310 3 2.3 -1.9 | 9 7 -1.0 -6.6 34 110 16008 145 2 -1.1 1.6 | 56 5 -4.5 -3.0 35 107 16154 90 2 -2.0 0.0 | 49 7 -5.3 -4.7 36 100 16550 210 4 2.0 3.5 | 47 2 -1.3 -1.2 37 96 16764 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 136 7 -5.1 5.2 38 91 17069 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 337 4 1.6 -3.8 39 87 17374 245 3 2.7 1.3 | 10 3 -0.6 -3.4 40 82 17678 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 266 12 11.7 0.8 41 78 17983 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 305 8 6.7 -4.7 42 74 18288 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 317 15 10.3 -11.0 43 70 18593 95 8 -8.0 0.7 | 71 12 -11.3 -4.0 44 70 18620 140 16 -10.3 12.3 | 119 16 -13.6 7.6 45 64 19202 160 17 -5.8 16.0 | 141 15 -9.1 11.3 46 57 19812 55 5 -4.1 -2.9 | 45 11 -7.4 -7.5 47 55 20117 20 13 -4.4 -12.2 | 25 19 -7.8 -16.9 48 52 20422 40 8 -5.1 -6.1 | 38 14 -8.5 -10.8 49 50 20640 85 27 -26.9 -2.4 | 77 31 -30.2 -7.0 50 49 20726 90 32 -32.0 0.0 | 82 36 -35.3 -4.7 51 47 21031 85 28 -27.9 -2.4 | 77 32 -31.2 -7.1 52 45 21336 90 37 -37.0 0.0 | 83 41 -40.3 -4.7 53 43 21641 90 30 -30.0 0.0 | 82 34 -33.3 -4.7 54 40 21946 75 33 -31.9 -8.5 | 69 38 -35.2 -13.2 55 39 22250 85 37 -36.9 -3.2 | 79 41 -40.2 -7.9 56 37 22555 85 40 -39.8 -3.5 | 79 44 -43.2 -8.2 57 35 22860 90 40 -40.0 0.0 | 84 44 -43.3 -4.7 58 33 23165 85 40 -39.8 -3.5 | 79 44 -43.2 -8.2 59 30 23774 90 44 -44.0 0.0 | 84 48 -47.3 -4.7 60 30 23800 80 48 -47.3 -8.3 | 76 52 -50.6 -13.0 61 29 24079 80 41 -40.4 -7.1 | 75 45 -43.7 -11.8 62 27 24384 85 51 -50.8 -4.4 | 80 55 -54.1 -9.1 63 25 24994 75 54 -52.2 -14.0 | 71 59 -55.5 -18.7 64 22 25908 85 57 -56.8 -5.0 | 81 61 -60.1 -9.6 65 21 26213 85 52 -51.8 -4.5 | 81 56 -55.1 -9.2 66 20 26400 90 59 -59.0 0.0 | 86 62 -62.3 -4.7 67 19 26737 100 62 -61.1 10.8 | 95 65 -64.4 6.1 68 17 27127 100 62 -61.1 10.8 | 95 65 -64.4 6.1 69 16 27432 105 54 -52.2 14.0 | 100 56 -55.5 9.3 70 14 27737 110 50 -47.0 17.1 | 104 52 -50.3 12.4 71 13 28042 105 42 -40.6 10.9 | 98 44 -43.9 6.2 72 11 28651 110 39 -36.6 13.3 | 102 41 -40.0 8.7 73 9 29566 100 32 -31.5 5.6 | 91 35 -34.8 0.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.4 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 215.4 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -5.0 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 1006.83 Bulk Shear: 1.56 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 177 11 147 7| 6.2 0.0 6.2| 10.8 0.0 10.8 21.5 0.65| 9.9 6.4 1000 184 11 158 7| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 13.8 -0.7 13.1 13.1 0.56| 7.1 3.9 1500 187 11 161 6| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 15.9 -3.0 12.9 8.6 0.37| 7.2 2.7 2000 190 11 165 6| 1.2 0.5 1.7| 16.1 -4.2 11.9 6.0 0.29| 6.3 1.9 2500 192 10 166 5| 1.2 0.4 1.6| 16.4 -4.8 11.6 4.6 0.15| 6.4 1.0 3000 195 9 167 4| 1.0 0.4 1.4| 16.4 -5.0 11.4 3.8 0.09| 5.8 0.5 4000 196 9 167 4| 0.8 0.7 1.5| 16.5 -12.4 4.1 1.0 -0.04| 6.0 -0.3 5000 190 8 151 4| 0.6 1.1 1.7| 25.6 -17.2 8.4 1.7 -0.01| 6.1 -0.1 6000 185 8 138 4| 1.4 0.9 2.4| 25.6 -30.9 -5.3 -0.9 -0.13| 6.1 -0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TNCM/skewt/TNCM.skewt.20251018.12.gif