UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:1200Z 23 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 1001 9 33.2 26.2 67 7.0 27.9 180 3 306.3 310.3 300.9 372.3 21.86 1 1000 14 33.0 26.0 67 7.0 27.7 185 5 306.1 310.2 300.8 371.4 21.62 2 925 714 26.6 24.1 86 2.5 24.7 200 24 306.5 310.4 300.5 369.4 20.84 3 850 1458 22.2 18.4 79 3.8 19.5 250 27 309.4 312.4 298.2 357.6 15.86 4 700 3118 14.2 -16.8 10 31.0 1.7 280 45 318.2 318.5 289.7 323.2 1.46 5 500 5860 -2.9 -40.9 3 38.0 -11.1 275 38 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.21 6 400 7580 -17.5 -35.5 19 18.0 -21.0 285 43 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.0 0.46 7 300 9690 -28.9 -58.9 4 30.0 -31.3 290 42 344.6 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.05 8 250 10970 -39.5 -64.5 5 25.0 -40.6 290 38 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.03 9 200 12460 -49.9 -73.9 4 24.0 -50.4 280 35 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 10 150 14280 -64.3 -79.3 11 15.0 -64.4 270 26 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 11 111 16068 -74.9 -86.9 14 12.0 -74.9 265 8 371.7 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 12 100 16670 -76.5 -89.5 11 13.0 -76.5 300 8 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 TRP 111 16068 -74.9 -86.9 14 12.0 -74.9 265 8 371.7 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.00 m Freezing level: 533.92 mb = 5394.98 m = 17699.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.08 mb = 3437.52 m = 11277.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.54 % Est. max temperature: 36.30 C = 97.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.61 mb = 900.45 m = 2954.20 ft T: 25.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 49.09 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.36 mb = 1310.64 m = 4299.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.77 C = 96.39 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -6.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 12.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 390.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3892.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 88.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.97 mb = 1014.22 m = 3327.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.97 mb = 1775.95 m = 5826.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 108.97 mb = 16174.73 m = 53066.04 ft B at Equ Level: 3836.88 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 298 at 26 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 1001 9 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 124 28 -23.1 15.5 1 1000 14 185 5 0.4 5.0 | 128 29 -22.6 17.5 2 925 714 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 157 38 -14.9 35.1 3 850 1458 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 186 22 2.3 21.7 4 700 3118 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 258 22 21.2 4.7 5 500 5860 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 238 17 14.8 9.2 6 400 7580 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 266 19 18.4 1.4 7 300 9690 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 276 16 16.4 -1.9 8 250 10970 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 272 13 12.6 -0.5 9 200 12460 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 241 13 11.4 6.4 10 150 14280 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 193 13 2.9 12.5 11 111 16068 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 131 20 -15.1 13.2 12 100 16670 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 118 18 -16.2 8.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.4 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 298.4 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 420.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 420.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.09 Bulk Rich Number: 25.54 Bulk Shear: 152.40 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 193 12 139 31| 16.0 0.0 16.0|114.3 0.0 114.3 228.6 0.88| 16.1 14.2 1000 203 17 150 33| 11.8 0.0 11.8|225.3 0.0 225.3 225.3 0.85| 15.4 13.1 1500 218 20 160 31| 9.2 0.0 9.2|293.0 0.0 293.0 195.3 0.79| 15.2 12.0 2000 231 23 169 28| 8.4 0.0 8.4|332.7 0.0 332.7 166.3 0.81| 13.3 10.8 2500 241 25 178 25| 7.9 0.0 7.9|374.5 0.0 374.5 149.8 0.84| 12.2 10.2 3000 251 28 189 22| 7.6 0.0 7.6|420.1 0.0 420.1 140.0 0.86| 11.6 10.0 4000 262 32 206 19| 5.7 0.2 5.9|429.9 -10.6 419.3 104.8 0.80| 9.3 7.5 5000 266 34 216 18| 4.6 0.4 5.0|429.9 -22.9 407.0 81.4 0.74| 7.7 5.7 6000 268 35 222 18| 3.8 0.5 4.3|432.6 -32.3 400.3 66.7 0.70| 6.7 4.6 Wrote GIF file: 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