UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 APR 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:1200Z 30 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 1006 9 29.0 19.0 55 10.0 22.0 180 2 301.6 304.2 294.9 342.5 13.87 1 1001 17 32.8 24.8 63 8.0 26.7 172 7 305.9 309.6 299.9 366.2 20.06 2 1000 19 31.8 23.8 63 8.0 25.8 170 8 305.0 308.5 299.0 361.4 18.88 3 925 715 25.4 21.1 77 4.3 22.3 155 10 305.3 308.5 298.1 357.0 17.28 4 850 1455 21.0 17.8 82 3.2 18.7 195 6 308.1 311.0 297.5 354.3 15.26 5 847 1486 19.6 8.6 49 11.0 12.8 195 6 307.0 308.5 292.3 332.2 8.30 6 745 2587 10.6 3.6 62 7.0 6.6 202 10 308.7 309.9 291.5 329.1 6.66 7 700 3115 13.2 10.0 81 3.2 11.1 205 12 317.1 319.2 297.0 351.9 11.09 8 642 3848 4.6 -5.4 48 10.0 -0.2 250 10 315.3 316.0 291.2 328.1 3.98 9 639 3887 4.4 -4.6 52 9.0 0.0 252 10 315.5 316.3 291.5 329.1 4.25 10 539 5275 -6.5 -9.6 79 3.1 -7.8 341 7 318.2 318.9 291.5 329.4 3.43 11 500 5880 -0.5 -4.4 75 3.9 -2.6 20 5 332.4 333.5 296.9 351.1 5.53 12 400 7640 -10.5 -13.8 77 3.3 -11.9 65 10 341.3 342.0 297.3 353.1 3.30 13 300 9790 -24.5 -27.8 74 3.3 -25.4 70 30 350.9 351.1 297.8 355.8 1.30 14 250 11100 -33.9 -37.6 69 3.7 -34.5 60 31 355.7 355.8 298.3 358.1 0.60 15 200 12620 -47.7 -51.5 65 3.8 -47.9 85 37 357.2 357.3 298.3 357.9 0.17 16 198 12686 -49.5 -67.5 10 18.0 -50.0 85 38 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 17 150 14450 -62.7 -70.7 33 8.0 -62.8 90 53 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.02 18 123 15644 -70.9 -81.9 18 11.0 -70.9 101 72 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 115 16039 -72.7 -83.1 19 10.4 -72.8 105 78 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 20 110 16298 -73.9 -83.9 20 10.0 -73.9 97 73 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 21 100 16850 -75.9 -86.9 16 11.0 -75.9 80 62 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 TRP WND 115 16039 -72.7 -83.1 19 10.4 -72.8 105 78 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.00 m Freezing level: 598.63 mb = 4446.98 m = 14589.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.10 mb = 3833.23 m = 12576.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.25 % Est. max temperature: 35.29 C = 95.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.08 mb = 1250.65 m = 4103.14 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 37.06 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.31 mb = 1472.38 m = 4830.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.77 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 824.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.30 mb = 1178.35 m = 3865.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.30 mb = 1533.66 m = 5031.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.30 mb = 11034.21 m = 36201.02 ft B at Equ Level: 791.87 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 222 at 6 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 1006 9 180 2 0.0 2.0 | 57 5 -4.3 -2.7 1 1000 19 170 8 -1.4 7.9 | 119 6 -5.7 3.1 2 925 715 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 117 10 -8.5 4.3 3 850 1455 195 6 1.6 5.8 | 111 3 -2.7 1.1 4 700 3115 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 187 6 0.8 6.1 5 500 5880 20 5 -1.7 -4.7 | 32 11 -6.0 -9.4 6 400 7640 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 56 16 -13.4 -9.0 7 300 9790 70 30 -28.2 -10.3 | 65 36 -32.5 -15.0 8 250 11100 60 31 -26.8 -15.5 | 57 37 -31.1 -20.2 9 200 12620 85 37 -36.9 -3.2 | 79 42 -41.2 -8.0 10 150 14450 90 53 -53.0 0.0 | 85 57 -57.3 -4.7 11 115 16039 105 78 -75.3 20.2 | 101 81 -79.6 15.4 12 100 16850 80 62 -61.1 -10.8 | 77 67 -65.4 -15.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.2 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 222.2 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 388.18 Bulk Shear: 2.12 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 165 8 117 7| 0.0 7.8 7.8| 8.2 -0.3 7.9 15.8 0.75| 8.7 6.5 1000 162 9 118 8| 1.0 3.9 4.9| 9.9 -0.7 9.1 9.1 0.56| 6.3 3.5 1500 166 8 118 7| 2.0 2.6 4.5| 10.0 -1.3 8.6 5.8 0.40| 5.5 2.2 2000 173 8 121 6| 1.5 1.9 3.5| 11.4 -1.3 10.1 5.0 0.45| 4.6 2.1 2500 179 8 128 6| 1.4 1.6 3.0| 13.0 -1.3 11.6 4.6 0.49| 4.1 2.0 3000 185 9 137 5| 1.4 1.3 2.7| 14.7 -1.3 13.3 4.4 0.50| 3.7 1.9 4000 196 9 157 4| 1.9 1.0 2.9| 29.5 -1.3 28.2 7.0 0.65| 4.3 2.8 5000 201 9 163 4| 1.7 0.8 2.5| 49.1 -1.3 47.8 9.6 0.71| 4.4 3.1 6000 192 9 145 4| 1.2 0.6 1.8| 68.1 -1.3 66.7 11.1 0.74| 4.2 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20250430.12.gif