UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:0000Z 24 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 1004 9 28.2 25.0 83 3.2 25.8 180 3 301.0 304.7 298.8 360.7 20.25 1 1000 41 28.2 24.1 78 4.1 25.2 200 8 301.4 304.9 298.3 358.1 19.23 2 925 730 22.6 20.3 87 2.3 21.0 205 29 302.4 305.4 296.8 351.0 16.42 3 850 1471 24.2 8.2 36 16.0 14.2 265 28 311.5 313.0 293.4 336.4 8.05 4 700 3128 11.0 -7.0 28 18.0 2.5 280 32 314.7 315.3 290.3 325.1 3.23 5 500 5850 -4.1 -35.1 7 31.0 -11.5 285 32 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.39 6 400 7570 -17.5 -35.5 19 18.0 -21.0 285 44 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.0 0.46 7 300 9680 -30.3 -60.3 4 30.0 -32.4 280 36 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 8 250 10950 -39.7 -64.7 5 25.0 -40.8 285 49 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.03 9 200 12430 -51.7 -69.7 10 18.0 -52.1 285 41 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 10 150 14240 -64.1 -80.1 9 16.0 -64.2 265 32 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 11 100 16630 -77.5 -89.5 13 12.0 -77.5 285 14 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.00 m Freezing level: 554.30 mb = 5110.91 m = 16767.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.42 mb = 3549.98 m = 11646.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.33 % Est. max temperature: 38.19 C = 100.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.00 mb = 411.02 m = 1348.47 ft T: 25.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 35.64 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.42 mb = 2199.87 m = 7217.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.17 C = 104.31 F Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 12.30 C K Index: 18.50 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1135.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.00 mb = 892.57 m = 2928.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.00 mb = 3091.52 m = 10142.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.00 mb = 12988.95 m = 42614.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1128.88 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 301 at 22 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 1004 9 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 127 24 -19.0 14.3 1 1000 41 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 139 25 -16.2 18.8 2 925 730 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 170 38 -6.7 37.6 3 850 1471 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 213 16 8.9 13.7 4 700 3128 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 245 14 12.5 5.7 5 500 5850 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 256 12 11.9 3.0 6 400 7570 285 44 42.5 -11.4 | 270 24 23.5 -0.1 7 300 9680 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 253 17 16.5 5.0 8 250 10950 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 273 28 28.3 -1.4 9 200 12430 285 41 39.6 -10.6 | 268 21 20.6 0.7 10 150 14240 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 223 19 12.9 14.1 11 100 16630 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 144 9 -5.5 7.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.7 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 300.7 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 346.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.32 Bulk Rich Number: 11.26 Bulk Shear: 100.89 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 202 14 151 28| 20.1 0.0 20.1|120.4 0.0 120.4 240.8 0.85| 20.2 17.2 1000 208 21 163 31| 13.7 0.0 13.7|242.1 0.0 242.1 242.1 0.81| 19.1 15.4 1500 223 23 174 28| 9.6 0.0 9.6|316.4 0.0 316.4 210.9 0.75| 19.1 14.3 2000 237 25 184 25| 7.6 0.0 7.6|326.4 0.0 326.4 163.2 0.76| 15.0 11.4 2500 246 26 192 22| 6.4 0.0 6.4|336.3 0.0 336.3 134.5 0.77| 12.6 9.6 3000 253 27 199 20| 5.5 0.0 5.5|346.3 0.0 346.3 115.4 0.77| 10.9 8.5 4000 261 28 209 18| 4.2 0.0 4.2|351.4 0.0 351.4 87.8 0.78| 8.4 6.5 5000 267 29 217 16| 3.4 0.0 3.4|354.4 0.0 354.4 70.9 0.78| 6.8 5.3 6000 271 29 224 15| 2.9 0.0 2.9|358.6 0.0 358.6 59.8 0.77| 5.9 4.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20250424.00.gif