UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:0000Z 25 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 28.6 25.4 83 3.2 26.2 180 2 301.3 305.1 299.2 362.6 20.73 1 1000 57 28.2 24.3 79 3.9 25.3 160 9 301.4 304.9 298.5 358.8 19.47 2 925 746 22.6 21.0 91 1.6 21.5 205 22 302.4 305.6 297.3 353.2 17.17 3 850 1481 23.8 4.8 29 19.0 12.5 245 14 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.8 6.35 4 700 3136 10.8 -9.2 24 20.0 1.8 275 31 314.4 315.0 289.8 323.3 2.72 5 500 5850 -4.9 -28.9 13 24.0 -11.4 270 38 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.6 0.70 6 400 7560 -18.1 -38.1 16 20.0 -21.6 280 47 331.5 331.5 292.5 332.8 0.36 7 300 9670 -28.9 -59.9 3 31.0 -31.3 270 46 344.6 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.04 8 250 10940 -40.7 -63.7 7 23.0 -41.6 260 47 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 9 200 12420 -51.5 -65.5 17 14.0 -51.8 260 50 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.03 10 150 14230 -64.3 -79.3 11 15.0 -64.4 260 41 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 11 110 16064 -78.9 -90.9 12 12.0 -78.9 240 28 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 12 100 16610 -76.9 -88.9 13 12.0 -76.9 230 32 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.2 0.00 TRP 110 16064 -78.9 -90.9 12 12.0 -78.9 240 28 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.00 m Freezing level: 562.42 mb = 5002.96 m = 16413.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.03 mb = 3452.88 m = 11328.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.54 % Est. max temperature: 37.76 C = 99.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.00 mb = 417.77 m = 1370.63 ft T: 25.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 39.30 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.85 mb = 2085.10 m = 6840.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.67 C = 103.41 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 5.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 9.70 C K Index: 13.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 123.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1448.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.47 mb = 845.51 m = 2773.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.47 mb = 2902.13 m = 9521.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.47 mb = 13462.12 m = 44166.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1433.56 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 291 at 21 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 9 180 2 0.0 2.0 | 116 22 -19.4 9.5 1 1000 57 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 125 28 -22.5 16.0 2 939 610 200 21 7.2 19.7 | 156 30 -12.2 27.3 3 925 746 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 160 29 -10.1 27.5 4 876 1219 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 153 28 -12.9 25.4 5 850 1481 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 153 15 -6.7 13.4 6 846 1524 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 153 15 -6.7 13.4 7 816 1829 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 169 8 -1.4 7.5 8 760 2438 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 169 8 -1.4 7.5 9 700 3136 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 247 12 11.5 4.8 10 681 3353 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 267 18 18.0 0.9 11 608 4267 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 254 16 15.5 4.5 12 564 4877 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 224 24 16.3 17.1 13 500 5850 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 248 20 18.6 7.5 14 484 6096 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 258 20 19.4 4.1 15 430 7010 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 240 32 27.9 15.9 16 400 7560 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 271 27 26.9 -0.6 17 397 7620 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 271 27 26.9 -0.6 18 300 9670 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 254 28 26.6 7.5 19 250 10940 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 240 31 26.9 15.7 20 217 11887 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 237 39 32.8 21.5 21 207 12192 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 237 39 32.8 21.5 22 200 12420 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 241 34 29.8 16.2 23 150 14230 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 235 26 21.0 14.6 24 133 14935 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 240 21 18.5 10.8 25 120 15545 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 216 16 9.2 12.6 26 110 16064 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 193 22 4.8 21.5 27 100 16610 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 190 29 5.1 28.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.8 neg: -26.3 tot: 173.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.62 Bulk Rich Number: 13.49 Bulk Shear: 107.39 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 182 13 137 28| 17.4 0.0 17.4|119.3 0.0 119.3 238.6 0.82| 20.2 16.7 1000 196 17 148 28| 9.5 0.0 9.5|158.0 -11.1 146.9 146.9 0.75| 13.5 10.1 1500 201 17 151 27| 4.6 0.0 4.6|169.1 -26.3 142.8 95.2 0.45| 14.3 6.5 2000 215 17 156 23| 4.7 0.0 4.7|178.9 -26.3 152.6 76.3 0.44| 12.8 5.7 2500 228 17 161 20| 4.0 0.0 4.0|181.4 -26.3 155.1 62.1 0.46| 10.5 4.8 3000 239 18 168 17| 4.9 0.0 4.9|199.8 -26.3 173.6 57.9 0.53| 10.4 5.5 4000 257 23 193 13| 4.9 0.3 5.2|224.2 -38.0 186.2 46.5 0.49| 9.4 4.6 5000 260 26 206 13| 3.9 1.5 5.4|229.8 -94.2 135.6 27.1 0.29| 9.0 2.6 6000 261 28 214 14| 3.7 1.2 5.0|287.0 -94.2 192.9 32.1 0.37| 8.4 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20250425.00.gif