UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:0000Z 19 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 1007 9 24.4 20.3 78 4.1 21.5 0 0 297.0 299.7 294.4 340.4 15.05 1 1000 66 23.8 20.2 80 3.6 21.3 110 4 297.0 299.7 294.4 340.5 15.07 2 925 748 22.6 15.6 65 7.0 17.9 230 8 302.4 304.7 293.9 338.3 12.14 3 850 1480 18.2 11.2 64 7.0 13.7 270 8 305.2 307.0 293.0 334.8 9.88 4 700 3110 6.6 5.5 93 1.1 5.9 280 13 309.8 311.3 293.0 334.7 8.12 5 500 5810 -7.9 -14.9 57 7.0 -10.5 330 23 323.4 323.9 292.2 331.5 2.41 6 400 7510 -19.7 -29.7 41 10.0 -21.9 325 30 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.3 0.81 7 300 9600 -27.7 -66.7 1 39.0 -30.4 300 46 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 8 250 10890 -37.3 -72.3 1 35.0 -38.7 290 54 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 9 200 12390 -49.5 -73.5 4 24.0 -50.0 290 51 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 10 150 14220 -62.5 -82.5 5 20.0 -62.6 270 41 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 11 100 16620 -78.9 -92.9 8 14.0 -78.9 270 13 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.00 m Freezing level: 608.97 mb = 4338.97 m = 14235.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.87 mb = 3982.59 m = 13066.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.27 % Est. max temperature: 32.40 C = 90.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.61 mb = 527.54 m = 1730.74 ft T: 22.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 8.94 C Layer 925.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.59 mb = 1940.94 m = 6367.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.01 C = 93.22 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.47 mb = 1155.49 m = 3790.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.47 mb = 2786.87 m = 9143.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 377.47 mb = 7931.22 m = 26020.73 ft B at Equ Level: 211.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 297.47 mb = 9659.97 m = 31692.44 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 329 at 10 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 1007 9 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 149 10 -5.2 8.7 1 1000 66 110 4 -3.8 1.4 | 138 14 -9.0 10.1 2 925 748 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 184 14 0.9 13.9 3 850 1480 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 198 9 2.8 8.7 4 700 3110 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 230 10 7.6 6.5 5 500 5810 330 23 11.5 -19.9 | 331 13 6.3 -11.2 6 400 7510 325 30 17.2 -24.6 | 323 20 12.0 -15.8 7 300 9600 300 46 39.8 -23.0 | 292 37 34.6 -14.3 8 250 10890 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 282 47 45.5 -9.7 9 200 12390 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 282 44 42.7 -8.7 10 150 14220 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 256 37 35.8 8.7 11 100 16620 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 222 12 7.8 8.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.2 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 329.2 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.3 neg: -6.0 tot: 62.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 5.13 Bulk Shear: 41.26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 157 5 152 15| 0.0 6.8 6.8| 26.6 -6.0 20.6 41.3 0.41| 11.6 4.7 1000 216 6 174 14| 3.6 3.4 7.0| 51.4 -6.0 45.4 45.4 0.58| 9.7 5.7 1500 236 7 182 13| 3.3 2.3 5.6| 56.2 -6.0 50.2 33.5 0.57| 7.7 4.3 2000 249 7 188 11| 2.9 1.7 4.6| 60.1 -6.0 54.1 27.1 0.59| 6.2 3.7 2500 257 8 194 11| 2.6 1.4 4.0| 64.2 -6.0 58.2 23.3 0.62| 5.3 3.3 3000 263 9 199 10| 2.5 1.1 3.6| 68.3 -6.0 62.3 20.8 0.64| 4.7 3.0 4000 273 10 211 10| 2.5 0.8 3.4| 83.0 -6.0 77.0 19.2 0.70| 4.3 3.0 5000 286 12 228 8| 2.5 0.7 3.2|100.8 -6.0 94.8 19.0 0.75| 4.1 3.1 6000 299 14 252 7| 2.5 0.6 3.1|118.6 -6.8 111.7 18.6 0.76| 4.0 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20250419.00.gif