UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100811.upa.cvt Date: 1100Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for VEGT... Searching the city database file for: VEGT ... Date:1100Z 8 OCT 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 1002 54 30.6 24.6 70 6.0 26.1 0 0 303.6 307.2 299.2 362.5 19.79 1 1000 71 29.6 23.6 70 6.0 25.2 140 1 302.8 306.2 298.3 358.0 18.65 2 925 763 24.0 21.2 84 2.8 22.0 355 2 303.8 307.1 297.8 355.6 17.39 3 850 1500 18.6 16.6 88 2.0 17.2 255 8 305.6 308.3 296.2 347.9 14.12 4 700 3148 9.8 7.4 85 2.4 8.3 240 10 313.3 315.1 294.8 342.1 9.27 5 500 5880 -5.1 -9.4 72 4.3 -7.0 240 12 326.8 327.6 294.2 339.4 3.75 6 400 7600 -14.3 -18.9 68 4.6 -15.9 245 16 336.4 336.8 295.3 344.0 2.15 7 300 9730 -28.7 -38.7 38 10.0 -30.2 230 19 344.9 345.0 295.9 346.7 0.45 8 250 11010 -38.3 -59.3 9 21.0 -39.5 235 21 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 9 200 12490 -51.7 -62.7 26 11.0 -52.0 220 18 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.1 0.04 10 150 14290 -66.3 -74.3 32 8.0 -66.4 220 14 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 11 100 16660 -78.7 -85.7 31 7.0 -78.7 180 26 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 12 97 16833 -79.9 -85.9 36 6.0 -79.9 180 31 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 13 92 17131 -80.5 -86.5 36 6.0 -80.5 172 29 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 14 86 17515 -76.3 -85.3 23 9.0 -76.3 162 27 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 15 74 18384 -74.9 -84.9 20 10.0 -74.9 139 21 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 16 70 18710 -70.3 -85.3 9 15.0 -70.4 130 19 434.0 434.0 309.3 434.0 0.00 17 69 18796 -70.1 -86.1 8 16.0 -70.2 127 19 436.2 436.2 309.5 436.2 0.00 18 65 19152 -70.7 -86.7 8 16.0 -70.8 116 19 442.4 442.4 310.1 442.4 0.00 19 57 19945 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 90 18 473.4 473.4 312.9 473.4 0.00 20 50 20750 -63.5 -92.5 1 29.0 -63.9 65 17 493.8 493.8 314.5 493.9 0.00 21 35 22958 -59.3 -93.3 0 34.0 -60.2 75 17 557.8 557.8 318.5 557.8 0.00 22 30 23920 -60.3 -94.3 0 34.0 -61.2 80 17 580.3 580.3 319.7 580.3 0.00 23 21 26185 -51.5 -87.5 1 36.0 -54.5 84 17 669.1 669.1 323.4 669.2 0.01 24 20 26500 -52.7 -88.7 1 36.0 -55.5 85 17 674.9 674.9 323.6 674.9 0.01 25 16 27937 -54.3 -89.3 1 35.0 -57.1 77 19 714.1 714.1 324.8 714.2 0.01 26 14 28795 -53.3 -88.3 1 35.0 -56.7 72 20 745.3 745.3 325.8 745.4 0.01 27 12 29799 -48.9 -85.9 1 37.0 -54.2 67 21 794.5 794.5 327.1 794.7 0.02 28 11 30370 -49.3 -85.3 1 36.0 -54.8 63 21 813.1 813.1 327.5 813.3 0.02 29 10 31000 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -53.2 60 22 848.2 848.2 328.4 848.6 0.04 30 9.7 31203 -44.7 -82.7 1 38.0 -52.7 860.2 860.2 328.6 860.6 0.04 31 8.7 31931 -44.9 -82.9 1 38.0 -53.2 886.6 886.6 329.2 887.0 0.05 TRP 97 16833 -79.9 -85.9 36 6.0 -79.9 180 31 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.00 m Freezing level: 568.46 mb = 4944.89 m = 16223.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.35 mb = 4517.60 m = 14821.35 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.17 mb = 818.11 m = 2684.04 ft T: 23.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 23.11 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.86 mb = 1209.01 m = 3966.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.54 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 37.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1503.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.58 mb = 1025.30 m = 3363.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.58 mb = 1371.98 m = 4501.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 142.58 mb = 14586.65 m = 47855.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1479.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 82.58 mb = 17750.15 m = 58234.71 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 279 at 5 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 1002 54 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 99 5 -4.7 0.8 1 1000 71 140 1 -0.6 0.8 | 106 6 -5.3 1.5 2 925 763 355 2 0.2 -2.0 | 75 5 -4.5 -1.2 3 909 914 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 | 67 6 -5.2 -2.2 4 878 1219 300 2 1.7 -1.0 | 85 3 -2.9 -0.2 5 850 1500 255 8 7.7 2.1 | 227 4 3.1 2.8 6 818 1829 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 232 5 4.0 3.1 7 789 2134 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 236 6 5.0 3.3 8 761 2438 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 193 7 1.7 7.1 9 708 3048 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 211 6 3.1 5.3 10 700 3148 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 215 7 4.0 5.8 11 610 4267 215 2 1.1 1.6 | 124 4 -3.5 2.4 12 587 4572 265 4 4.0 0.3 | 148 1 -0.7 1.1 13 525 5486 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 257 3 3.3 0.8 14 505 5791 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 224 8 5.3 5.4 15 500 5880 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 220 9 5.7 6.8 16 467 6401 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 175 8 -0.7 7.7 17 449 6706 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 202 13 5.0 12.2 18 400 7600 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 233 12 9.8 7.5 19 383 7925 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 228 15 10.9 9.8 20 300 9730 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 217 16 9.9 13.0 21 274 10363 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 217 16 9.9 13.0 22 250 11010 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 224 18 12.5 12.8 23 200 12490 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 205 16 6.9 14.5 24 190 12802 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 210 15 7.3 12.8 25 173 13411 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 242 9 7.9 4.1 26 150 14290 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 201 12 4.3 11.5 27 142 14630 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 201 12 4.3 11.5 28 103 16459 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 216 15 9.1 12.3 29 100 16660 180 26 0.0 26.0 | 170 27 -4.7 26.8 30 98 16764 180 20 0.0 20.0 | 167 21 -4.7 20.8 31 97 16833 180 31 0.0 31.0 | 172 32 -4.7 31.8 32 70 18710 130 19 -14.6 12.2 | 124 23 -19.2 13.0 33 50 20750 65 17 -15.4 -7.2 | 72 21 -20.1 -6.4 34 30 23920 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 84 22 -21.4 -2.2 35 20 26500 85 17 -16.9 -1.5 | 88 22 -21.6 -0.7 36 10 31000 60 22 -19.1 -11.0 | 67 26 -23.7 -10.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 6.3 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: -14.0 tot: -8.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 195.26 Bulk Shear: 7.70 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 73 1 94 6| 1.7 0.0 1.7| 0.6 -3.2 -2.6 -5.2 -0.49| 3.3 -1.6 1000 8 2 78 5| 0.9 1.2 2.0| 0.6 -5.5 -4.8 -4.8 -0.48| 3.5 -1.6 1500 303 3 74 3| 0.6 3.3 3.9| 1.3 -5.8 -4.5 -3.0 0.02| 5.9 0.1 2000 269 4 155 1| 0.4 2.9 3.3| 2.1 -5.8 -3.7 -1.8 0.05| 4.8 0.2 2500 257 5 195 2| 0.3 2.2 2.5| 2.8 -14.0 -11.2 -4.5 -0.15| 5.0 -0.7 3000 250 6 198 3| 0.5 1.8 2.3| 5.7 -14.0 -8.3 -2.8 -0.07| 4.5 -0.3 4000 245 6 196 4| 0.4 0.8 1.1| 6.4 -22.6 -16.3 -4.1 -0.23| 4.4 -1.0 5000 247 6 192 3| 0.7 0.6 1.3| 8.0 -24.2 -16.2 -3.2 -0.15| 4.2 -0.6 6000 249 6 202 3| 0.6 1.1 1.7| 8.5 -35.0 -26.4 -4.4 -0.21| 4.4 -0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VEGT/skewt/VEGT.skewt.20251008.11.gif