UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042611.upa.cvt Date: 1100Z 26 APR 25 Searching for VEGT... Searching the city database file for: VEGT ... Date:1100Z 26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 35 0 0 SFC 998 54 33.4 25.4 63 8.0 27.3 0 0 306.7 310.6 300.5 369.8 20.88 2 996 72 32.4 24.4 63 8.0 26.4 358 0 305.9 309.6 299.7 365.1 19.67 3 925 731 26.0 21.4 76 4.6 22.6 300 8 305.9 309.2 298.4 358.7 17.61 4 873 1240 22.4 18.2 77 4.2 19.4 254 17 307.3 310.1 297.3 353.2 15.24 5 859 1382 23.0 14.0 57 9.0 16.9 242 21 309.3 311.5 295.6 345.1 11.78 6 850 1474 22.6 13.6 57 9.0 16.5 235 23 309.8 312.0 295.6 345.2 11.60 7 788 2128 18.2 3.2 37 15.0 9.6 237 29 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.0 6.12 8 775 2270 18.6 -7.4 16 26.0 6.1 241 31 313.8 314.4 289.6 323.0 2.83 9 700 3131 10.6 -12.4 18 23.0 0.9 265 35 314.2 314.6 289.1 321.1 2.11 10 644 3817 4.0 -15.0 24 19.0 -3.3 274 32 314.3 314.7 288.9 320.4 1.85 11 566 4859 0.0 -35.0 5 35.0 -8.5 274 32 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.34 12 500 5840 -6.7 -42.7 4 36.0 -13.5 270 32 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.5 0.18 13 415 7265 -17.7 -40.7 12 23.0 -21.4 270 44 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.26 14 400 7540 -19.3 -43.3 10 24.0 -22.8 260 52 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.7 0.21 15 342 8688 -26.1 -48.1 11 22.0 -28.5 249 60 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.14 16 300 9620 -33.9 -46.9 26 13.0 -35.1 255 70 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.19 17 296 9714 -34.7 -46.7 29 12.0 -35.8 256 71 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.5 0.19 18 250 10870 -42.7 -57.7 18 15.0 -43.4 270 84 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.06 19 237 11232 -43.4 -67.7 5 24.3 -44.2 265 90 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 20 236 11260 -43.5 -68.5 5 25.0 -44.3 265 89 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 21 200 12360 -51.5 -75.5 4 24.0 -51.9 265 80 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 22 150 14170 -64.1 -81.1 8 17.0 -64.2 255 70 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 23 133 14897 -69.3 -83.3 11 14.0 -69.4 260 72 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 TRP WND 237 11232 -43.4 -67.7 5 24.3 -44.2 265 90 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.00 m Freezing level: 566.00 mb = 4858.95 m = 15941.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.90 mb = 3274.42 m = 10742.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.78 % Est. max temperature: 36.56 C = 97.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.97 mb = 1070.79 m = 3513.05 ft T: 23.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 24.74 C Layer 788.0- 566.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.04 mb = 1889.58 m = 6199.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.81 C = 100.07 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -7.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 19.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3247.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.07 mb = 1259.59 m = 4132.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.07 mb = 2706.03 m = 8877.95 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 293 at 20 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 54 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 113 20 -18.3 7.9 1 970 305 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 101 15 -14.8 3.0 2 925 731 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 109 12 -11.3 3.9 3 906 914 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 124 11 -9.4 6.3 4 850 1474 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 182 21 0.6 21.1 5 845 1524 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 182 21 0.6 21.1 6 815 1829 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 184 25 1.6 24.6 7 759 2438 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 208 25 11.6 21.8 8 700 3131 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 237 20 16.6 10.9 9 608 4267 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 257 12 11.3 2.7 10 543 5182 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 242 17 14.7 7.9 11 522 5486 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 226 15 10.6 10.4 12 500 5840 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 240 16 13.7 7.9 13 483 6096 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 234 18 14.6 10.8 14 412 7315 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 254 28 26.7 7.9 15 400 7540 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 243 37 32.9 16.9 16 379 7925 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 236 37 31.0 21.1 17 320 9144 245 66 59.8 27.9 | 229 55 41.5 35.8 18 307 9449 250 69 64.8 23.6 | 236 56 46.6 31.5 19 300 9620 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 242 56 49.3 26.0 20 250 10870 270 84 84.0 -0.0 | 263 66 65.7 7.9 21 246 10973 270 85 85.0 -0.0 | 263 67 66.7 7.9 22 237 11232 265 90 89.7 7.8 | 258 73 71.4 15.7 23 235 11278 265 88 87.7 7.7 | 257 71 69.4 15.5 24 215 11887 260 89 87.6 15.5 | 251 73 69.4 23.3 25 200 12360 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 256 63 61.4 14.8 26 196 12497 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 256 63 61.4 14.8 27 150 14170 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 242 56 49.3 26.0 28 132 14935 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 249 56 52.6 20.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 4.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.5 neg: -17.9 tot: 163.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 41.91 Bulk Shear: 77.49 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 320 5 106 16| 0.0 7.4 7.4| 2.3 -17.9 -15.6 -31.2 -0.37| 8.6 -3.2 1000 299 7 110 13| 0.0 6.4 6.4| 25.2 -17.9 7.3 7.3 0.28| 8.7 2.4 1500 264 11 140 12| 0.0 8.0 8.0| 51.4 -17.9 33.5 22.4 0.39| 11.1 4.3 2000 249 15 161 14| 1.4 6.0 7.4| 80.1 -17.9 62.2 31.1 0.44| 10.0 4.4 2500 246 18 173 15| 2.5 4.8 7.3|135.2 -17.9 117.3 46.9 0.54| 9.8 5.3 3000 249 21 184 15| 3.1 4.0 7.1|181.5 -17.9 163.7 54.6 0.60| 9.7 5.8 4000 257 24 201 14| 2.7 3.0 5.7|207.4 -17.9 189.6 47.4 0.60| 8.5 5.0 5000 262 25 211 13| 2.2 2.7 4.9|210.5 -29.0 181.5 36.3 0.51| 7.5 3.8 6000 263 27 216 14| 1.8 2.5 4.3|223.9 -54.5 169.4 28.2 0.41| 7.2 3.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VEGT/skewt/VEGT.skewt.20250426.11.gif