UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:0000Z 29 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 1009 9 22.4 20.9 91 1.5 21.3 0 0 294.8 297.6 294.2 339.5 15.60 1 1000 86 23.0 18.3 75 4.7 19.8 60 5 296.1 298.6 292.9 334.6 13.35 2 925 761 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.8 165 9 298.9 300.7 290.9 327.3 9.69 3 850 1487 18.4 6.4 45 12.0 11.3 125 15 305.4 306.7 290.8 326.9 7.11 4 700 3118 6.6 -1.4 57 8.0 2.5 350 10 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.2 4.93 5 500 5800 -8.3 -12.3 73 4.0 -9.9 235 35 322.9 323.5 292.5 332.9 2.98 6 400 7500 -17.7 -25.7 50 8.0 -19.8 220 48 332.0 332.2 293.4 336.2 1.18 7 300 9590 -33.3 -34.8 86 1.5 -33.5 225 61 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.0 0.66 8 250 10850 -40.9 -61.9 9 21.0 -41.8 235 76 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.04 9 239 11153 -42.8 -61.4 11 18.6 -43.6 230 81 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 10 200 12330 -50.3 -59.3 34 9.0 -50.6 235 80 353.1 353.1 297.4 353.4 0.06 11 150 14160 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -60.9 255 57 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 12 100 16590 -74.7 -89.7 8 15.0 -74.7 245 17 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 TRP WND 239 11153 -42.8 -61.4 11 18.6 -43.6 230 81 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.00 m Freezing level: 611.41 mb = 4306.00 m = 14127.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.87 mb = 3588.59 m = 11773.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.43 mb = 195.54 m = 641.52 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 14.32 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.23 mb = 2413.57 m = 7918.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.60 C = 96.08 F Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lifted Index: 2.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 4.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 14.70 C K Index: 25.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6538.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.72 mb = 1182.15 m = 3878.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 262 at 13 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 1009 9 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 82 13 -12.7 -1.8 1 1000 86 60 5 -4.3 -2.5 | 76 18 -17.1 -4.3 2 925 761 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 114 17 -15.1 6.9 3 850 1487 125 15 -12.3 8.6 | 105 26 -25.0 6.8 4 700 3118 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 43 16 -11.0 -11.7 5 500 5800 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 221 24 15.9 18.2 6 400 7500 220 48 30.9 36.8 | 207 39 18.1 34.9 7 300 9590 225 61 43.1 43.1 | 216 51 30.4 41.3 8 250 10850 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 230 65 49.5 41.8 9 239 11153 230 81 62.0 52.1 | 224 70 49.3 50.2 10 200 12330 235 80 65.5 45.9 | 230 69 52.8 44.0 11 150 14160 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 253 44 42.3 12.9 12 100 16590 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 207 6 2.7 5.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.8 neg: -191.9 tot: -132.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -44.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 61.21 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 97 6 86 18| 7.7 0.0 7.7| 34.7 -5.5 29.2 58.4 0.45| 12.7 5.7 1000 142 7 103 18| 5.7 0.0 5.7| 59.8 -7.1 52.7 52.7 0.51| 10.6 5.4 1500 137 9 104 20| 3.8 2.5 6.3| 59.8 -31.2 28.6 19.1 0.24| 9.7 2.3 2000 125 10 101 22| 2.8 3.6 6.5| 59.8-103.1 -43.3 -21.6 -0.09| 9.9 -0.9 2500 114 11 97 23| 2.3 3.9 6.2| 59.8-160.2-100.4 -40.2 -0.26| 9.8 -2.5 3000 112 11 96 23| 1.9 3.6 5.5| 59.8-191.9-132.1 -44.0 -0.32| 9.6 -3.1 4000 77 12 80 24| 1.4 3.7 5.1| 59.8-245.4-185.6 -46.4 -0.45| 9.0 -4.0 5000 279 14 345 4| 1.1 3.5 4.7| 59.8-315.0-255.2 -51.0 -0.56| 9.2 -5.2 6000 232 17 185 9| 0.9 3.1 4.1| 59.8-408.7-348.9 -58.2 -0.62| 9.6 -5.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20250429.00.gif