UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:0000Z 28 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 1007 9 28.2 24.4 80 3.8 25.4 0 0 300.7 304.3 298.3 358.0 19.45 1 1000 71 27.2 23.5 80 3.7 24.5 210 9 300.4 303.7 297.7 354.8 18.53 2 925 760 24.0 19.2 75 4.8 20.6 245 12 303.8 306.7 296.5 349.4 15.31 3 850 1495 18.6 16.5 88 2.1 17.2 180 11 305.6 308.2 296.1 347.7 14.03 4 700 3134 9.8 1.8 57 8.0 5.4 235 23 313.3 314.5 292.5 332.9 6.24 5 500 5820 -9.7 -11.1 89 1.4 -10.3 240 35 321.2 321.9 292.3 332.0 3.28 6 400 7520 -17.9 -59.9 1 42.0 -22.1 255 38 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.03 7 300 9610 -31.7 -43.7 30 12.0 -33.0 245 65 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.8 0.27 8 250 10880 -41.1 -58.4 14 17.4 -41.9 245 81 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 9 200 12350 -52.5 -76.5 4 24.0 -52.9 250 80 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 10 150 14160 -65.3 -78.3 15 13.0 -65.4 250 66 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 11 100 16570 -73.9 -84.9 17 11.0 -73.9 265 21 384.9 384.9 303.1 385.0 0.00 TRP WND 250 10880 -41.1 -58.4 14 17.4 -41.9 245 81 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.00 m Freezing level: 599.49 mb = 4483.89 m = 14710.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.58 mb = 3955.05 m = 12975.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.92 C = 91.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.51 mb = 491.74 m = 1613.32 ft T: 25.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 26.17 C Layer 1000.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.57 mb = 1377.46 m = 4519.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.81 C = 91.07 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -7.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -5.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 26.20 C K Index: 36.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1657.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.47 mb = 1003.28 m = 3291.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.47 mb = 1959.74 m = 6429.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.47 mb = 12858.57 m = 42186.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1652.85 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 262 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 1007 9 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 82 16 -16.1 -2.1 1 1000 71 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 116 13 -11.6 5.7 2 925 760 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 119 6 -5.3 2.9 3 850 1495 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 119 18 -16.1 8.9 4 700 3134 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 194 11 2.7 11.1 5 500 5820 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 223 21 14.2 15.4 6 400 7520 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 249 22 20.6 7.7 7 300 9610 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 239 50 42.8 25.3 8 250 10880 245 81 73.4 34.2 | 241 66 57.3 32.1 9 200 12350 250 80 75.2 27.4 | 247 64 59.0 25.2 10 150 14160 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 246 50 45.9 20.4 11 100 16570 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 274 5 4.8 -0.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.1 neg: -10.0 tot: 94.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 77.53 Bulk Shear: 21.38 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 221 9 116 11| 0.0 11.2 11.2| 33.1 0.0 33.1 66.2 0.71| 13.7 9.8 1000 231 10 119 9| 0.0 6.0 6.0| 35.2 -0.2 35.0 35.0 0.53| 10.1 5.4 1500 221 11 123 11| 0.0 3.8 3.8| 35.2 -10.0 25.2 16.8 0.29| 9.6 2.8 2000 212 11 126 13| 1.3 2.9 4.2| 58.6 -10.0 48.6 24.3 0.39| 8.5 3.4 2500 211 12 131 13| 2.3 2.3 4.6| 81.6 -10.0 71.6 28.7 0.47| 8.1 3.8 3000 217 14 138 12| 3.0 1.9 4.9|104.1 -10.0 94.1 31.4 0.54| 7.9 4.3 4000 225 16 154 10| 2.9 1.4 4.3|119.2 -10.0 109.2 27.3 0.57| 6.7 3.8 5000 229 19 171 10| 2.8 1.1 3.9|130.9 -10.0 120.9 24.2 0.58| 5.8 3.4 6000 232 22 186 11| 2.7 1.0 3.7|147.3 -10.0 137.3 22.9 0.58| 5.3 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20250428.00.gif