UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101811.upa.cvt Date: 1100Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for VEGT... Searching the city database file for: VEGT ... Date:1100Z 18 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 23.6 66 7.0 25.4 0 0 303.6 307.0 298.5 358.9 18.61 1 1000 75 30.0 22.0 62 8.0 24.2 0 0 303.1 306.3 297.3 353.2 16.87 2 925 769 24.8 20.0 75 4.8 21.3 70 5 304.7 307.7 297.2 352.7 16.11 3 894 1066 22.8 19.2 80 3.6 20.2 154 5 305.6 308.5 297.3 353.1 15.86 4 850 1502 21.0 9.0 46 12.0 13.5 230 5 308.1 309.7 292.8 334.0 8.50 5 814 1876 19.4 -1.6 24 21.0 8.3 258 8 310.3 311.1 289.8 323.4 4.18 6 700 3152 8.6 -3.4 43 12.0 2.6 310 9 312.0 312.8 290.4 325.4 4.25 7 681 3379 6.2 -3.8 49 10.0 1.3 317 9 311.8 312.6 290.3 325.2 4.24 8 676 3439 7.0 -13.0 22 20.0 -1.1 338 8 313.3 313.7 288.8 320.1 2.08 9 662 3611 7.0 -23.0 10 30.0 -2.9 36 7 315.2 315.4 288.2 318.3 0.91 10 651 3748 6.0 -13.0 24 19.0 -1.7 55 8 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.7 2.16 11 602 4385 2.4 -42.6 2 45.0 -7.1 338 8 318.6 318.6 288.5 319.2 0.15 12 577 4728 2.2 292 8 322.2 13 551 5099 0.0 282 10 323.9 14 500 5870 -4.9 265 13 327.1 15 400 7580 -16.9 -56.9 2 40.0 -21.4 255 21 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.04 16 382 7926 -18.3 -58.3 2 40.0 -22.5 250 26 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.04 17 300 9690 -31.1 -62.1 3 31.0 -33.1 250 38 341.5 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 18 265 10552 -37.7 -53.7 17 16.0 -38.8 257 39 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.10 19 257 10762 -38.7 -66.7 4 28.0 -39.9 258 40 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 20 250 10950 -40.5 -72.5 2 32.0 -41.5 260 40 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 21 200 12430 -51.9 -76.9 3 25.0 -52.3 250 43 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 22 171 13429 -59.5 -80.5 5 21.0 -59.7 250 40 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.00 23 150 14240 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.4 260 39 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 24 127 15237 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.5 264 34 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 25 100 16630 -75.7 -86.7 16 11.0 -75.7 240 16 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 26 92 17109 -78.1 -88.1 18 10.0 -78.1 275 12 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 27 81 17835 -79.1 -89.1 18 10.0 -79.1 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 28 71 18595 -73.3 -87.3 10 14.0 -73.3 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.9 0.00 TRP 92 17109 -78.1 -88.1 18 10.0 -78.1 275 12 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.00 m Freezing level: 551.00 mb = 5098.84 m = 16728.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.28 mb = 3411.42 m = 11192.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.22 % Est. max temperature: 35.05 C = 95.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.90 mb = 950.59 m = 3118.70 ft T: 23.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 29.68 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.30 mb = 2051.33 m = 6730.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.58 C = 99.64 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: 4.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 13.90 C K Index: 22.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1287.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.69 mb = 1274.26 m = 4180.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.69 mb = 2482.32 m = 8143.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.69 mb = 13184.13 m = 43254.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1282.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 97.69 mb = 16764.58 m = 55001.25 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 324 at 6 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 | 144 6 -3.6 5.0 1 1000 75 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 144 6 -3.6 5.0 2 975 305 45 7 -4.9 -4.9 | 90 9 -8.5 0.0 3 942 610 50 6 -4.6 -3.9 | 98 8 -8.2 1.1 4 925 769 70 5 -4.7 -1.7 | 111 9 -8.3 3.2 5 910 914 95 5 -5.0 0.4 | 122 10 -8.6 5.4 6 878 1219 215 5 2.9 4.1 | 175 9 -0.7 9.1 7 850 1502 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 182 8 0.2 8.2 8 818 1829 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 214 8 4.3 6.3 9 789 2134 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 188 7 0.9 7.1 10 709 3048 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 267 6 6.4 0.3 11 700 3152 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 284 3 3.3 -0.8 12 683 3353 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 284 3 3.3 -0.8 13 658 3658 55 6 -4.9 -3.4 | 100 9 -8.5 1.5 14 633 3962 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 82 14 -13.4 -1.9 15 610 4267 360 8 -0.0 -8.0 | 50 5 -3.6 -3.0 16 587 4572 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 234 3 2.7 2.0 17 544 5182 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 247 8 7.2 3.0 18 505 5791 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 239 12 10.4 6.2 19 500 5870 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 237 11 9.4 6.1 20 448 6706 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 231 14 10.9 8.8 21 400 7580 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 238 20 16.7 10.4 22 382 7925 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 236 25 20.8 13.9 23 351 8534 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 233 28 22.7 17.2 24 300 9690 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 241 37 32.1 18.0 25 250 10950 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 252 38 35.8 11.9 26 200 12430 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 242 42 36.8 19.7 27 171 13411 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 241 39 34.0 18.6 28 150 14240 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 251 37 34.8 11.7 29 133 14935 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 246 38 35.0 15.3 30 127 15240 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 255 31 30.3 7.9 31 120 15545 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 258 24 23.4 5.0 32 100 16630 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 218 17 10.3 13.0 33 98 16764 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 216 19 11.1 15.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.0 neg: -13.7 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 80.19 Bulk Shear: 16.06 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 46 5 102 7| 6.4 0.0 6.4| 1.6 -8.0 -6.3 -12.7 -0.56| 8.6 -4.8 1000 62 5 108 9| 2.6 0.0 2.6| 24.2 -8.0 16.2 16.2 0.23| 9.0 2.1 1500 79 5 115 9| 1.9 0.0 1.9| 41.6 -8.0 33.7 22.4 0.43| 8.6 3.7 2000 234 6 186 8| 1.5 0.0 1.5| 49.1 -12.4 36.7 18.3 0.39| 8.0 3.1 2500 253 6 195 7| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 55.6 -13.7 41.9 16.8 0.42| 7.3 3.1 3000 274 6 211 5| 1.9 0.0 1.9| 65.0 -13.7 51.3 17.1 0.50| 7.0 3.5 4000 310 7 255 2| 1.4 0.0 1.4| 78.9 -30.1 48.7 12.2 0.43| 8.7 3.8 5000 313 7 271 2| 1.1 1.8 2.9| 79.8 -39.6 40.2 8.0 0.23| 9.0 2.1 6000 294 8 247 4| 0.9 1.9 2.9| 79.8 -45.5 34.3 5.7 0.19| 8.0 1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VEGT/skewt/VEGT.skewt.20251018.11.gif