UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 16 APR 25 Searching for U5403... Searching the city database file for: U5403 ... Date:0000Z 16 APR 25 Station: U5403 WMO ident: 25403 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 44 -2.7 -10.7 54 8.0 -5.1 330 3 270.1 270.3 267.8 274.7 1.68 1 1000 83 -3.5 -13.5 46 10.0 -6.2 345 3 269.6 269.9 267.0 273.4 1.35 2 981 234 -4.9 -13.9 49 9.0 -7.2 27 4 269.7 269.9 267.0 273.4 1.33 3 925 695 -4.9 -12.9 53 8.0 -7.1 155 9 274.3 274.6 270.3 278.6 1.53 4 850 1355 -8.7 -13.3 69 4.6 -9.9 170 15 277.0 277.3 272.1 281.6 1.61 5 799 1832 -11.7 -16.4 68 4.7 -12.8 188 18 278.8 279.0 272.7 282.6 1.33 6 753 2288 -10.3 -13.9 75 3.6 -11.3 204 20 285.1 285.4 276.7 290.2 1.73 7 749 2329 -10.3 -13.9 75 3.6 -11.3 206 20 285.5 285.8 277.0 290.6 1.74 8 700 2848 -12.5 -16.8 70 4.3 -13.6 225 23 288.6 288.9 278.2 293.1 1.46 9 673 3147 -14.1 -18.7 68 4.6 -15.2 224 25 290.1 290.3 278.6 294.1 1.30 10 503 5287 -29.5 -35.5 56 6.0 -30.2 215 36 296.6 296.6 280.4 297.8 0.37 11 500 5330 -29.5 -35.5 56 6.0 -30.2 215 36 297.1 297.1 280.6 298.3 0.37 12 458 5956 -32.5 -38.5 55 6.0 -33.0 217 43 300.9 300.9 282.1 301.9 0.30 13 430 6399 -36.3 -42.3 54 6.0 -36.7 218 48 301.5 301.5 282.3 302.3 0.21 14 400 6900 -39.3 -45.3 53 6.0 -39.6 220 54 303.9 303.9 283.2 304.5 0.17 15 357 7672 -42.1 -48.1 52 6.0 -42.4 228 60 310.2 310.2 285.6 310.7 0.14 16 327 8257 -47.7 -53.7 50 6.0 -47.9 234 65 310.4 310.4 285.5 310.7 0.08 17 300 8820 -51.5 -58.5 43 7.0 -51.7 240 69 312.8 312.8 286.4 312.9 0.05 18 253 9905 -59.5 -66.5 40 7.0 -59.6 240 81 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.6 0.02 19 252 9930 -59.7 -66.7 40 7.0 -59.8 245 79 316.6 316.6 287.6 316.7 0.02 20 250 9980 -59.1 -66.1 40 7.0 -59.2 245 71 318.2 318.2 288.2 318.3 0.02 21 208 11146 -50.5 -59.5 34 9.0 -50.8 241 35 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.06 22 200 11400 -49.9 -58.9 34 9.0 -50.2 240 27 353.8 353.8 297.5 354.0 0.07 23 150 13280 -50.3 -66.3 13 16.0 -50.8 260 23 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.6 0.03 24 102 15782 -52.7 -73.7 6 21.0 -53.4 265 12 423.5 423.5 308.2 423.6 0.02 25 100 15910 -52.7 -73.7 6 21.0 -53.4 265 11 425.9 425.9 308.4 426.0 0.02 26 70 18200 -54.5 -76.5 5 22.0 -55.3 295 13 467.8 467.8 312.4 467.9 0.02 27 50 20340 -57.7 -79.7 4 22.0 -58.4 280 13 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.6 0.01 28 30 23580 -56.1 -78.1 5 22.0 -57.5 255 15 591.7 591.7 320.2 591.9 0.03 29 28 24019 -55.7 -78.7 4 23.0 -57.2 604.6 604.6 320.8 604.8 0.03 TRP 252 9930 -59.7 -66.7 40 7.0 -59.8 245 79 316.6 316.6 287.6 316.7 0.02 WND 253 9905 -59.5 -66.5 40 7.0 -59.6 240 81 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.6 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5247.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.43 % Est. max temperature: 4.09 C = 39.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.80 mb = 1032.95 m = 3388.90 ft T: -6.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 1.30 C Layer 1000.0- 981.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.71 mb = 3753.37 m = 12314.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.31 C = 66.75 F Cap Strength: 17.12 C Lifted Index: 17.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.14 C Showalter Index: 13.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.80 C Cross Totals Index: 16.20 C K Index: 3.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 179.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48296.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.27 mb = 1508.27 m = 4948.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 242 at 18 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 1005 44 330 3 1.5 -2.6 | 53 18 -14.3 -10.9 1 1000 83 345 3 0.8 -2.9 | 53 19 -15.1 -11.2 2 925 695 155 9 -3.8 8.2 | 89 20 -19.6 -0.2 3 850 1355 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 109 20 -18.4 6.4 4 700 2848 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 183 8 0.4 7.9 5 500 5330 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 193 22 4.8 21.1 6 400 6900 220 54 34.7 41.4 | 210 38 18.9 33.0 7 300 8820 240 69 59.8 34.5 | 239 51 43.9 26.2 8 253 9905 240 81 70.1 40.5 | 239 63 54.3 32.2 9 252 9930 245 79 71.6 33.4 | 246 61 55.8 25.0 10 250 9980 245 71 64.3 30.0 | 246 53 48.5 21.7 11 200 11400 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 236 9 7.6 5.2 12 150 13280 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 303 8 6.8 -4.4 13 100 15910 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 33 9 -4.9 -7.4 14 70 18200 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 16 14 -4.0 -13.8 15 50 20340 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 16 11 -3.0 -10.6 16 30 23580 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 17 5 -1.3 -4.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 97.79 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 86 5 67 23| 10.4 0.0 10.4| 58.9 0.0 58.9 117.9 0.73| 13.6 9.9 1000 156 7 85 19| 7.8 0.0 7.8|105.2 0.0 105.2 105.2 0.79| 11.7 9.3 1500 164 10 93 18| 6.4 0.0 6.4|131.2 0.0 131.2 87.4 0.82| 9.7 7.9 2000 174 12 101 17| 5.4 0.0 5.4|152.5 0.0 152.5 76.2 0.81| 8.9 7.2 2500 185 13 109 15| 4.7 0.0 4.7|170.2 0.0 170.2 68.1 0.81| 8.5 6.9 3000 196 15 117 13| 4.3 0.0 4.3|180.7 0.0 180.7 60.2 0.81| 8.1 6.5 4000 207 18 134 11| 3.2 0.7 3.9|184.3 0.0 184.3 46.1 0.74| 6.8 5.0 5000 211 21 151 11| 2.6 1.2 3.7|185.2 -0.1 185.1 37.0 0.67| 6.0 4.0 6000 212 24 165 12| 2.6 1.3 3.9|212.2 -0.4 211.8 35.3 0.63| 5.9 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//U5403/skewt/U5403.skewt.20250416.00.gif