UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 APR 25 Searching for VEGT... Searching the city database file for: VEGT ... Date:0000Z 25 APR 25 Station: VEGT WMO ident: 42410 Latitude: 26.10 Longitude: 91.58 Elevation: 54.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 54 23.4 21.6 90 1.8 22.1 0 0 296.5 299.5 295.3 344.0 16.46 1 978 249 22.2 20.5 90 1.7 21.0 43 5 297.2 300.1 295.0 342.7 15.71 2 953 475 22.4 18.7 80 3.7 19.8 5 9 299.6 302.3 294.7 341.7 14.38 3 933 660 24.4 17.4 65 7.0 19.5 319 10 303.5 306.0 295.2 343.7 13.52 4 925 736 23.6 16.6 65 7.0 18.8 310 7 303.4 305.8 294.8 341.9 12.95 5 860 1373 19.8 13.8 68 6.0 15.8 222 17 305.9 308.0 294.5 340.7 11.61 6 850 1475 19.4 13.4 68 6.0 15.4 220 21 306.5 308.6 294.6 340.9 11.44 7 807 1921 17.8 6.8 48 11.0 11.2 232 23 309.4 310.8 292.5 333.0 7.70 8 741 2645 11.4 3.4 58 8.0 6.9 252 27 310.0 311.3 291.8 330.4 6.61 9 700 3119 7.8 -2.2 49 10.0 2.7 265 37 311.1 312.0 290.5 325.7 4.65 10 669 3490 4.8 -6.2 45 11.0 -0.3 271 39 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.2 3.59 11 642 3825 4.0 -22.0 13 26.0 -4.5 273 41 314.6 314.8 288.1 318.1 1.02 12 630 3978 3.4 -18.6 18 22.0 -4.4 274 42 315.6 315.9 288.8 320.3 1.40 13 584 4589 0.0 -37.0 4 37.0 -8.5 278 45 318.6 318.6 288.6 319.6 0.27 14 510 5665 -4.7 -51.7 1 47.0 -12.3 272 50 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.06 15 500 5820 -5.9 -47.9 2 42.0 -13.1 275 50 325.8 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.10 16 401 7501 -18.3 -54.3 3 36.0 -22.4 270 60 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.06 17 400 7520 -18.5 -54.5 3 36.0 -22.5 270 60 330.9 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.06 18 371 8079 -20.1 -58.1 2 38.0 -23.9 270 64 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.04 19 300 9620 -30.7 -65.7 2 35.0 -32.8 275 71 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 20 290 9860 -31.9 -61.9 3 30.0 -33.8 271 76 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 21 287 9933 -32.5 -62.0 4 29.5 -34.3 270 77 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.03 22 250 10890 -40.1 -63.1 7 23.0 -41.1 255 75 346.4 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.03 23 200 12370 -50.7 -73.7 5 23.0 -51.1 260 69 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 24 182 12979 -55.3 -73.3 9 18.0 -55.6 260 67 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 25 150 14190 -64.1 -81.1 8 17.0 -64.2 260 61 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 26 132 14964 -68.7 -82.7 12 14.0 -68.8 253 55 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.00 27 107 16199 -76.1 -87.1 16 11.0 -76.2 268 39 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 28 100 16590 -75.9 -86.9 16 11.0 -75.9 260 42 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 29 72 18453 -83.3 -91.3 24 8.0 -83.3 300 35 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 30 70 18610 -82.9 -90.9 24 8.0 -82.9 305 31 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 31 67 18856 -81.3 -90.3 20 9.0 -81.3 289 29 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 32 65 19027 -79.7 -89.7 18 10.0 -79.7 279 28 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.8 0.00 33 64 19116 -74.3 -88.3 10 14.0 -74.3 273 27 436.5 436.5 309.5 436.5 0.00 34 60 19495 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 250 25 450.4 450.4 310.9 450.4 0.00 35 58 19699 -66.5 -87.5 4 21.0 -66.7 238 23 466.5 466.5 312.4 466.6 0.00 36 54 20131 -67.1 -88.1 4 21.0 -67.3 212 20 474.8 474.8 313.0 474.8 0.00 37 52 20359 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.1 199 19 480.4 480.4 313.5 480.4 0.00 38 50 20600 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.8 185 17 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 39 43 21534 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.0 166 18 518.1 518.1 316.2 518.1 0.00 40 37 22471 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.6 147 19 550.6 550.6 318.1 550.6 0.00 41 34 23001 -60.1 -90.1 1 30.0 -60.9 136 20 560.4 560.4 318.6 560.4 0.00 42 30 23790 -55.9 -90.9 0 35.0 -57.3 120 21 592.2 592.2 320.3 592.3 0.00 43 23 25493 -50.9 -86.9 1 36.0 -53.8 110 16 653.7 653.7 322.8 653.8 0.01 44 21 26083 -51.1 -87.1 1 36.0 -54.2 107 14 670.3 670.3 323.4 670.4 0.01 45 20 26400 -49.5 -85.5 1 36.0 -53.1 105 13 684.7 684.7 323.9 684.8 0.01 46 17 27479 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -51.2 127 13 728.8 728.8 325.3 729.0 0.02 47 13 29270 -46.3 -83.3 1 37.0 -52.4 164 12 785.5 785.5 326.9 785.8 0.03 48 13 29270 -43.7 -81.7 1 38.0 -51.0 164 12 794.5 794.5 327.1 794.9 0.04 49 11 30399 -42.9 -80.9 1 38.0 -51.2 187 11 836.3 836.3 328.1 836.8 0.05 50 11 30399 -40.5 -79.5 1 39.0 -50.0 187 11 845.0 845.0 328.3 845.7 0.07 51 10 31050 -40.7 -79.7 1 39.0 -50.6 200 11 867.6 867.7 328.8 868.3 0.07 52 9.7 31258 -39.5 -85.5 0 46.0 -50.3 879.7 879.7 329.0 880.0 0.03 TRP 72 18453 -83.3 -91.3 24 8.0 -83.3 300 35 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 WND 287 9933 -32.5 -62.0 4 29.5 -34.3 270 77 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.00 m Freezing level: 584.00 mb = 4589.15 m = 15056.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.83 mb = 3455.42 m = 11336.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.53 % Est. max temperature: 33.32 C = 91.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.40 mb = 280.75 m = 921.09 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 22.82 C Layer 807.0- 630.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.64 mb = 2181.37 m = 7156.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.46 C = 97.62 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 28.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 216.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.63 mb = 1077.13 m = 3533.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.63 mb = 2946.75 m = 9667.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.63 mb = 5592.87 m = 18349.08 ft B at Equ Level: 119.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.63 mb = 10762.89 m = 35310.89 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 297 at 24 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 1000 54 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 117 24 -21.1 10.9 1 972 305 55 6 -4.9 -3.4 | 106 27 -26.1 7.5 2 938 610 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 94 14 -14.3 1.1 3 925 736 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 112 17 -15.8 6.4 4 906 914 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 118 19 -16.6 8.8 5 875 1219 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 147 23 -12.7 19.4 6 850 1475 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 164 28 -7.6 27.0 7 732 2743 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 198 19 5.9 18.2 8 700 3119 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 228 21 15.7 14.1 9 680 3353 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 237 20 16.9 10.9 10 562 4877 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 264 25 25.1 2.8 11 541 5182 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 242 32 28.7 15.3 12 521 5486 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 255 27 25.7 6.8 13 502 5791 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 251 33 30.9 10.9 14 500 5820 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 257 29 28.7 6.6 15 400 7520 270 60 60.0 -0.0 | 254 40 38.9 10.9 16 348 8534 270 68 68.0 -0.0 | 257 48 46.9 10.9 17 334 8839 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 271 47 46.8 -1.1 18 300 9620 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 265 50 49.6 4.7 19 287 9933 270 77 77.0 -0.0 | 259 57 55.9 10.9 20 250 10890 255 75 72.4 19.4 | 239 60 51.3 30.3 21 200 12370 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 244 52 46.8 22.9 22 187 12802 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 244 52 46.8 22.9 23 170 13411 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 242 46 40.9 21.9 24 150 14190 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 241 44 38.9 21.5 25 126 15240 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 224 40 27.7 28.7 26 119 15545 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 233 32 25.1 19.1 27 113 15850 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 244 18 15.7 7.7 28 100 16590 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 228 27 20.2 18.2 29 97 16764 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 220 35 22.1 26.6 30 72 18453 300 35 30.3 -17.5 | 306 11 9.2 -6.6 31 70 18610 305 31 25.4 -17.8 | 328 8 4.3 -6.9 32 50 20600 185 17 1.5 16.9 | 145 34 -19.7 27.9 33 30 23790 120 21 -18.2 10.5 | 119 45 -39.3 21.4 34 20 26400 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 113 37 -33.7 14.3 35 10 31050 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 141 27 -17.4 21.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.3 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 297.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.8 neg: -68.0 tot: 192.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 1.33 Bulk Shear: 156.21 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 20 6 104 24| 0.0 11.2 11.2| 0.0 -68.0 -68.0 -136.0 -0.62| 17.7-11.0 1000 331 7 106 19| 0.0 4.2 4.2| 53.8 -68.0 -14.2 -14.2 0.04| 16.2 0.7 1500 259 9 137 17| 0.0 7.4 7.4|134.7 -68.0 66.7 44.5 0.30| 16.7 5.0 2000 241 13 150 20| 1.6 5.5 7.1|171.1 -68.0 103.1 51.6 0.36| 14.1 5.1 2500 243 15 158 19| 2.6 4.4 7.0|204.3 -68.0 136.3 54.5 0.41| 12.7 5.2 3000 248 18 166 18| 4.1 3.7 7.8|260.8 -68.0 192.8 64.3 0.50| 12.5 6.2 4000 259 23 187 16| 4.3 2.8 7.1|315.3 -68.0 247.3 61.8 0.55| 10.7 5.9 5000 266 28 208 15| 3.9 2.9 6.7|349.5-112.4 237.1 47.4 0.47| 10.0 4.7 6000 267 32 220 16| 3.5 2.4 5.9|416.7-154.7 262.0 43.7 0.41| 10.2 4.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VEGT/skewt/VEGT.skewt.20250425.00.gif