UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 25 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:1200Z 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 1003 9 32.8 24.8 63 8.0 26.7 0 0 305.7 309.4 299.8 365.8 20.02 1 926 725 25.8 22.7 83 3.1 23.5 195 19 305.6 309.1 299.2 362.9 19.08 2 925 735 25.8 22.7 83 3.1 23.5 195 19 305.7 309.2 299.3 363.1 19.10 3 876 1213 23.0 19.3 80 3.7 20.4 256 16 307.6 310.6 298.1 356.8 16.30 4 875 1223 22.8 19.0 79 3.8 20.1 257 16 307.5 310.5 297.8 355.8 16.00 5 855 1426 26.0 -4.0 14 30.0 10.4 283 15 312.9 313.5 289.8 323.5 3.32 6 850 1478 26.0 -9.0 9 35.0 9.2 290 15 313.4 313.8 289.0 320.8 2.27 7 849 1488 26.0 -9.0 9 35.0 9.2 290 15 313.5 313.9 289.0 320.9 2.28 8 833 1655 24.6 -11.4 8 36.0 8.1 288 16 313.7 314.1 288.8 320.0 1.92 9 700 3138 11.6 -13.4 16 25.0 1.1 275 26 315.3 315.7 289.3 321.8 1.94 10 630 4005 3.4 -13.6 28 17.0 -3.3 273 28 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.6 2.12 11 627 4044 4.4 -31.6 5 36.0 -5.3 273 28 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.7 0.43 12 612 4241 5.2 -35.8 3 41.0 -5.3 273 29 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.4 0.29 13 564 4902 1.0 -43.0 2 44.0 -8.3 272 30 322.9 323.0 289.8 323.5 0.15 14 500 5860 -4.9 -46.9 2 42.0 -12.5 270 33 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.11 15 475 6261 -6.5 -34.5 9 28.0 -13.1 270 36 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.5 0.43 16 400 7570 -18.1 -43.1 9 25.0 -21.9 270 44 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.21 17 384 7874 -20.7 -40.7 15 20.0 -23.8 269 46 331.9 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.28 18 346 8642 -23.9 -59.9 2 36.0 -27.0 267 50 337.6 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.03 19 300 9670 -31.7 -61.7 4 30.0 -33.6 265 55 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.03 20 274 10302 -36.7 -57.7 10 21.0 -37.9 260 55 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.06 21 250 10930 -40.3 -60.3 10 20.0 -41.3 255 56 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.05 22 226 11613 -45.1 -65.5 8 20.5 -45.8 255 58 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 23 200 12420 -50.9 -71.9 7 21.0 -51.3 265 55 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 24 164 13685 -60.3 -75.3 12 15.0 -60.4 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 TRP WND 226 11613 -45.1 -65.5 8 20.5 -45.8 255 58 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.13 m Freezing level: 553.15 mb = 5064.76 m = 16616.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.19 mb = 3350.07 m = 10990.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.14 % Est. max temperature: 40.19 C = 104.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.27 mb = 1031.80 m = 3385.12 ft T: 24.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 42.28 C Layer 876.0- 849.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.53 mb = 2154.95 m = 7069.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.45 C = 106.62 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: 11.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: -4.10 C K Index: -3.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 63.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3146.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.22 mb = 1111.22 m = 3645.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.22 mb = 2650.02 m = 8694.17 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 297 at 18 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 1003 9 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 117 18 -16.1 8.4 1 1000 0 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 148 26 -13.7 22.2 2 925 735 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 157 29 -11.2 26.7 3 850 1478 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 148 4 -2.0 3.2 4 700 3138 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 238 12 9.8 6.1 5 500 5860 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 244 19 16.9 8.4 6 400 7570 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 253 29 27.9 8.4 7 300 9670 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 251 41 38.7 13.2 8 250 10930 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 239 44 38.0 22.9 9 226 11613 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 240 46 39.9 23.4 10 200 12420 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 251 41 38.7 13.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 85.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 37.11 Bulk Shear: 84.80 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 192 16 152 27| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 20.9 0.0 20.9 41.8 0.83| 3.6 3.0 1000 198 17 156 27| 5.8 0.0 5.8| 73.0 0.0 73.0 73.0 0.66| 8.3 5.5 1500 212 17 162 24| 7.7 0.0 7.7| 81.7 -4.1 77.6 51.7 0.30| 11.4 3.4 2000 233 17 172 19| 5.8 0.9 6.7| 84.8 -4.1 80.7 40.3 0.36| 9.5 3.4 2500 248 17 180 15| 4.6 1.5 6.1| 87.7 -4.1 83.5 33.4 0.38| 8.4 3.2 3000 256 19 188 13| 3.8 1.9 5.7| 89.7 -4.1 85.6 28.5 0.37| 7.6 2.8 4000 263 21 202 12| 2.9 1.8 4.7| 92.2 -4.1 88.1 22.0 0.36| 6.1 2.2 5000 266 22 212 12| 2.3 1.8 4.1| 94.2 -4.1 90.0 18.0 0.35| 5.2 1.8 6000 267 24 220 12| 1.9 1.7 3.7| 97.4 -4.1 93.3 15.5 0.34| 4.6 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20250425.12.gif