UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 15 JAN 26 Searching for U3472... Searching the city database file for: U3472 ... Date:0000Z 15 JAN 26 Station: U3472 WMO ident: 23472 Latitude: 65.78 Longitude: 87.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1040 46 -40.3 -44.5 64 4.2 -40.4 50 3 230.3 230.3 230.2 230.4 0.07 1 1034 85 -39.5 -45.5 53 6.0 -39.6 52 3 231.4 231.4 231.3 231.6 0.06 2 1033 92 -37.3 -43.3 54 6.0 -37.5 53 3 233.7 233.7 233.6 233.9 0.08 3 1027 132 -32.3 -38.3 55 6.0 -32.6 55 3 239.0 239.0 238.8 239.4 0.14 4 1011 243 -31.9 -37.9 55 6.0 -32.2 61 3 240.5 240.5 240.2 240.9 0.14 5 1002 306 -29.1 -35.1 56 6.0 -29.5 64 3 243.9 243.9 243.6 244.4 0.19 6 1000 320 -28.9 -34.9 56 6.0 -29.3 65 3 244.2 244.3 243.9 244.8 0.20 7 990 392 -29.1 -35.1 56 6.0 -29.5 59 3 244.8 244.8 244.3 245.3 0.20 8 977 487 -26.1 -32.1 57 6.0 -26.6 52 4 248.7 248.7 248.1 249.4 0.27 9 966 569 -26.3 -32.3 57 6.0 -26.8 45 4 249.3 249.3 248.6 250.0 0.26 10 939 776 -22.9 -28.9 58 6.0 -23.5 29 5 254.8 254.9 253.7 255.8 0.37 11 925 886 -22.9 -28.9 58 6.0 -23.5 20 5 255.9 256.0 254.6 257.0 0.38 12 887 1193 -22.5 -29.5 53 7.0 -23.2 20 7 259.4 259.5 257.5 260.5 0.37 13 850 1505 -23.5 -31.5 48 8.0 -24.3 20 9 261.5 261.6 259.0 262.5 0.32 14 700 2912 -28.3 -42.3 25 14.0 -29.2 35 23 271.1 271.2 265.7 271.6 0.13 15 652 3417 -30.7 -45.7 22 15.0 -31.5 38 32 274.0 274.0 267.5 274.3 0.10 16 614 3841 -32.5 -47.5 21 15.0 -33.3 41 39 276.7 276.7 269.2 277.0 0.09 17 536 4786 -37.9 -45.9 43 8.0 -38.3 47 56 281.2 281.2 272.1 281.6 0.12 18 500 5260 -41.3 -48.3 47 7.0 -41.6 50 64 282.7 282.7 272.9 283.0 0.10 19 461 5807 -45.5 -52.5 45 7.0 -45.7 48 67 284.1 284.1 273.6 284.3 0.06 20 400 6740 -52.1 -58.1 48 6.0 -52.2 45 71 287.3 287.3 275.3 287.4 0.04 21 394 6838 -53.1 -59.1 48 6.0 -53.2 45 72 287.2 287.2 275.3 287.3 0.03 22 300 8560 -61.8 -67.8 45 6.0 -61.8 40 81 298.3 298.3 280.6 298.3 0.01 23 277 9052 -64.3 -70.3 44 6.0 -64.3 40 79 301.5 301.5 282.0 301.5 0.01 24 250 9680 -64.9 -70.9 43 6.0 -65.0 40 68 309.6 309.6 285.2 309.6 0.01 25 204 10919 -64.9 -70.9 43 6.0 -65.0 35 50 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.01 26 200 11040 -64.1 -70.1 44 6.0 -64.1 35 48 331.2 331.3 292.1 331.3 0.02 27 150 12800 -65.1 -71.1 43 6.0 -65.1 25 35 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.02 28 136 13395 -64.7 -71.7 38 7.0 -64.8 21 32 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.02 29 100 15250 -68.5 -75.5 36 7.0 -68.6 10 21 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.01 30 70 17370 -71.9 -79.9 29 8.0 -72.0 350 13 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.6 0.01 31 55 18788 -72.9 -80.9 29 8.0 -73.0 459.0 459.0 311.7 459.1 0.01 TRP 277 9052 -64.3 -70.3 44 6.0 -64.3 40 79 301.5 301.5 282.0 301.5 0.01 WND 300 8560 -61.8 -67.8 45 6.0 -61.8 40 81 298.3 298.3 280.6 298.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 4940.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.00 % Est. max temperature: -11.12 C = 11.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.04 mb = 568.83 m = 1866.22 ft T: -26.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 1034.00 mb = 85.26 m = 279.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.22 g/kg Conv temperature: -33.23 C = -27.82 F Cap Strength: 29.81 C Lifted Index: 30.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 37.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 23.21 C Showalter Index: 16.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.80 C Cross Totals Index: 9.80 C K Index: -27.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38748.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 30.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.30 mb = 1035.63 m = 3397.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 74 at 23 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 1040 46 50 3 -2.3 -1.9 | 258 21 20.1 4.3 1 1000 320 65 3 -2.7 -1.3 | 256 20 19.6 5.0 2 925 886 20 5 -1.7 -4.7 | 266 21 20.7 1.6 3 850 1505 20 9 -3.1 -8.5 | 276 19 19.3 -2.2 4 700 2912 35 23 -13.2 -18.8 | 324 16 9.2 -12.6 5 500 5260 50 64 -49.0 -41.1 | 37 44 -26.7 -34.9 6 400 6740 45 71 -50.2 -50.2 | 32 52 -27.8 -43.9 7 300 8560 40 81 -52.1 -62.0 | 28 63 -29.7 -55.8 8 277 9052 40 79 -50.8 -60.5 | 28 61 -28.4 -54.3 9 250 9680 40 68 -43.7 -52.1 | 25 51 -21.3 -45.8 10 200 11040 35 48 -27.5 -39.3 | 9 33 -5.2 -33.1 11 150 12800 25 35 -14.8 -31.7 | 343 27 7.6 -25.5 12 100 15250 10 21 -3.6 -20.7 | 308 24 18.7 -14.4 13 70 17370 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 285 25 24.6 -6.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 44.4 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 74.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 107.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 102.79 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 56 3 257 20| 0.0 0.8 0.8| 6.1 -3.3 2.8 5.6 0.28| 2.0 0.6 1000 38 4 261 20| 0.0 1.9 1.9| 23.1 -3.3 19.8 19.8 0.71| 2.7 1.9 1500 29 5 265 20| 1.2 1.3 2.4| 39.8 -3.3 36.5 24.3 0.80| 3.0 2.4 2000 27 7 269 19| 2.2 1.0 3.1| 62.9 -3.3 59.6 29.8 0.85| 3.5 3.0 2500 28 9 275 18| 2.8 0.8 3.5| 85.2 -3.3 81.9 32.8 0.88| 3.9 3.4 3000 31 11 281 17| 3.4 0.6 4.0|111.0 -3.3 107.7 35.9 0.91| 4.3 3.9 4000 35 17 300 15| 4.8 0.5 5.3|188.9 -3.3 185.6 46.4 0.87| 5.5 4.8 5000 41 24 331 13| 5.7 0.4 6.0|288.9 -3.3 285.6 57.1 0.79| 6.3 5.0 6000 44 31 357 16| 5.2 0.6 5.7|313.0 -27.9 285.1 47.5 0.70| 6.0 4.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//U3472/skewt/U3472.skewt.20260115.00.gif