UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:1200Z 17 APR 25 Station: VGTJ WMO ident: 41923 Latitude: 23.77 Longitude: 90.38 Elevation: 9.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 9 24.2 21.9 87 2.3 22.6 90 7 296.9 299.9 295.6 345.2 16.68 1 1000 52 25.4 19.4 69 6.0 21.2 135 12 298.5 301.2 294.4 340.2 14.32 2 925 733 22.6 12.6 53 10.0 16.1 130 17 302.4 304.3 292.2 331.9 9.96 3 850 1466 20.8 4.8 35 16.0 11.4 315 12 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.4 6.35 4 700 3110 8.4 -0.6 53 9.0 3.7 305 21 311.8 312.8 291.2 328.2 5.23 5 500 5810 -8.9 -18.9 44 10.0 -12.2 330 25 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.1 1.72 6 400 7510 -17.7 -20.1 81 2.4 -18.4 250 22 332.0 332.4 294.0 338.8 1.94 7 300 9610 -29.9 -34.5 64 4.6 -30.7 230 48 343.2 343.4 295.7 345.9 0.68 8 250 10880 -36.5 -61.5 6 25.0 -37.9 275 58 351.8 351.8 297.1 352.0 0.04 9 220 11755 -43.4 -66.1 6 22.7 -44.2 285 64 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 10 200 12390 -48.5 -69.5 7 21.0 -49.0 280 63 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.02 11 150 14230 -62.1 -79.1 9 17.0 -62.3 285 47 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 12 100 16640 -76.9 -95.9 3 19.0 -76.9 205 22 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 TRP WND 220 11755 -43.4 -66.1 6 22.7 -44.2 285 64 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.00 m Freezing level: 602.89 mb = 4420.98 m = 14504.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.82 mb = 3657.60 m = 11999.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.42 % Est. max temperature: 34.84 C = 94.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.19 mb = 298.32 m = 978.74 ft T: 24.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 17.76 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.74 mb = 2688.33 m = 8819.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.14 C = 100.66 F Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.23 C Showalter Index: 3.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 13.70 C K Index: 25.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 430.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.37 mb = 1502.29 m = 4928.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 521.37 mb = 5474.23 m = 17959.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 481.37 mb = 6099.36 m = 20010.78 ft B at Equ Level: 14.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 441.37 mb = 6760.29 m = 22179.15 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 347 at 14 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 9 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 144 17 -10.2 14.1 1 1000 52 135 12 -8.5 8.5 | 153 25 -11.7 22.6 2 925 733 130 17 -13.0 10.9 | 147 30 -16.3 25.0 3 850 1466 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 223 8 5.2 5.6 4 700 3110 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 262 14 14.0 2.1 5 500 5810 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 309 12 9.3 -7.5 6 400 7510 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 219 28 17.4 21.6 7 300 9610 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 217 56 33.5 45.0 8 250 10880 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 261 55 54.5 9.1 9 220 11755 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 272 59 58.6 -2.5 10 200 12390 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 267 59 58.8 3.2 11 150 14230 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 267 42 42.2 1.9 12 100 16640 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 190 35 6.1 34.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.1 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 347.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 6.1 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -125.8 tot: -89.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -29.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 140.49 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 132 13 150 27| 11.5 0.0 11.5| 16.7 -11.2 5.6 11.1 0.12| 12.3 1.5 1000 123 15 145 27| 5.7 8.7 14.4| 16.7-111.8 -95.1 -95.1 -0.43| 16.5 -7.0 1500 129 14 148 27| 3.8 9.5 13.3| 21.4-125.8-104.4 -69.6 -0.16| 20.2 -3.2 2000 124 14 146 27| 2.9 7.8 10.7| 26.9-125.8 -98.9 -49.4 -0.11| 15.9 -1.8 2500 318 15 243 7| 2.3 6.8 9.1| 32.1-125.8 -93.7 -37.5 -0.08| 13.3 -1.0 3000 309 15 243 10| 1.9 6.1 8.0| 36.7-125.8 -89.1 -29.7 -0.05| 11.6 -0.6 4000 309 17 250 11| 1.1 4.6 5.7| 49.2-125.8 -76.6 -19.1 0.00| 9.2 0.0 5000 313 18 260 10| 0.8 3.7 4.4| 62.2-125.8 -63.5 -12.7 0.05| 7.8 0.4 6000 317 19 270 10| 0.7 3.1 3.8| 72.9-138.4 -65.5 -10.9 0.04| 7.1 0.3 Wrote GIF file: 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