UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:1200Z 22 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 31.4 25.4 71 6.0 26.9 30 2 304.1 308.0 299.8 366.1 20.73 1 1000 54 32.2 24.2 63 8.0 26.2 160 8 305.4 308.9 299.4 363.4 19.35 2 925 751 25.8 21.9 79 3.9 22.9 195 17 305.7 309.1 298.7 360.2 18.17 3 850 1493 22.4 16.4 69 6.0 18.2 250 13 309.6 312.2 297.1 352.0 13.94 4 700 3154 10.2 0.2 50 10.0 4.8 305 21 313.8 314.8 292.0 331.3 5.55 5 500 5890 -4.3 -37.3 6 33.0 -11.8 290 33 327.8 327.9 291.4 329.0 0.31 6 400 7610 -17.7 -35.7 19 18.0 -21.1 295 24 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.46 7 300 9710 -28.7 -64.7 2 36.0 -31.2 275 44 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 8 250 10990 -39.3 -65.3 5 26.0 -40.4 270 46 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 9 200 12480 -50.7 -71.7 7 21.0 -51.1 285 34 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 10 150 14300 -63.5 -77.5 13 14.0 -63.6 295 25 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 11 100 16700 -78.3 -88.3 18 10.0 -78.3 350 20 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.5 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.00 m Freezing level: 559.31 mb = 5078.63 m = 16661.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.31 mb = 3853.33 m = 12642.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.21 % Est. max temperature: 36.63 C = 97.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.09 mb = 778.65 m = 2554.58 ft T: 25.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 37.09 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.05 mb = 1768.67 m = 5802.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.63 C = 99.73 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -5.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.30 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2504.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.90 mb = 1189.65 m = 3903.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.90 mb = 2174.68 m = 7134.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.90 mb = 14504.84 m = 47587.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2495.34 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 314 at 16 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 30 2 -1.0 -1.7 | 127 16 -12.5 9.3 1 1000 54 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 143 23 -14.2 18.5 2 925 751 195 17 4.4 16.4 | 166 28 -7.1 27.4 3 850 1493 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 183 15 0.7 15.5 4 700 3154 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 280 6 5.7 -1.0 5 500 5890 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 271 20 19.5 -0.3 6 400 7610 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 265 10 10.3 0.9 7 300 9710 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 257 33 32.4 7.2 8 250 10990 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 252 36 34.5 11.0 9 200 12480 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 264 21 21.4 2.2 10 150 14300 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 268 11 11.2 0.5 11 100 16700 350 20 3.5 -19.7 | 43 12 -8.0 -8.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.8 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 313.8 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.47 Bulk Rich Number: 26.66 Bulk Shear: 93.95 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 174 10 149 25| 16.1 0.0 16.1| 67.6 0.0 67.6 135.3 0.69| 17.3 11.9 1000 190 13 159 26| 9.1 0.0 9.1|124.9 0.0 124.9 124.9 0.74| 13.7 10.1 1500 203 14 165 24| 5.0 0.0 5.0|143.6 0.0 143.6 95.8 0.64| 12.4 7.9 2000 218 14 172 22| 4.3 0.0 4.3|157.5 0.0 157.5 78.8 0.66| 10.5 6.9 2500 233 14 180 20| 3.8 0.0 3.8|169.3 0.0 169.3 67.7 0.67| 9.5 6.4 3000 249 15 189 17| 3.5 0.0 3.5|179.4 0.0 179.4 59.8 0.69| 9.0 6.2 4000 271 17 207 12| 2.9 0.3 3.2|182.3 -0.6 181.8 45.4 0.65| 7.5 4.9 5000 280 19 224 10| 2.3 0.8 3.1|182.3 -3.4 178.9 35.8 0.58| 6.5 3.8 6000 284 21 237 11| 1.9 1.0 2.9|182.3 -8.9 173.5 28.9 0.52| 5.9 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20250422.12.gif