UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025052400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 MAY 25 Searching for VGTJ... Searching the city database file for: VGTJ ... Date:0000Z 24 MAY 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 1002 9 27.2 25.0 88 2.2 25.6 0 0 300.2 303.9 298.7 359.8 20.29 1 1000 30 26.8 23.5 82 3.3 24.4 65 2 300.0 303.3 297.5 354.3 18.53 2 925 719 23.4 20.4 83 3.0 21.2 125 5 303.2 306.3 297.1 352.3 16.53 3 850 1455 19.6 16.0 80 3.6 17.1 90 8 306.7 309.2 296.1 347.5 13.58 4 700 3106 11.8 6.8 71 5.0 8.7 160 6 315.6 317.3 295.1 343.4 8.90 5 500 5850 -2.3 -4.9 82 2.6 -3.6 210 6 330.2 331.3 296.2 348.1 5.32 6 400 7590 -14.1 -16.6 81 2.5 -15.0 270 14 336.7 337.2 295.7 345.9 2.61 7 300 9740 -25.5 -34.5 43 9.0 -27.2 250 30 349.4 349.6 297.1 352.1 0.68 8 250 11040 -34.9 -44.9 35 10.0 -36.0 270 35 354.2 354.2 297.8 355.3 0.28 9 200 12550 -47.7 -56.7 35 9.0 -48.1 255 33 357.2 357.3 298.2 357.6 0.09 10 150 14390 -62.7 -71.7 29 9.0 -62.8 240 38 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.02 11 100 16780 -76.3 -83.3 32 7.0 -76.3 265 15 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.00 m Freezing level: 532.62 mb = 5402.40 m = 17724.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 558.73 mb = 4944.35 m = 16221.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.73 % Est. max temperature: 33.61 C = 92.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.00 mb = 290.08 m = 951.69 ft T: 25.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 16.40 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.93 mb = 1425.05 m = 4675.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.56 C = 92.41 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 190.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.20 mb = 868.93 m = 2850.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.20 mb = 3911.00 m = 12831.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.20 mb = 9160.13 m = 30052.55 ft B at Equ Level: 189.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.20 mb = 11776.96 m = 38637.85 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 181 at 5 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 1002 9 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 1 5 -0.1 -4.5 1 1000 30 65 2 -1.8 -0.8 | 19 6 -1.9 -5.4 2 925 719 125 5 -4.1 2.9 | 68 4 -4.2 -1.7 3 850 1455 90 8 -8.0 0.0 | 61 9 -8.1 -4.5 4 700 3106 160 6 -2.1 5.6 | 118 2 -2.1 1.1 5 500 5850 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 257 3 2.9 0.7 6 400 7590 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 288 15 13.9 -4.5 7 300 9740 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 259 29 28.1 5.7 8 250 11040 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 277 35 34.9 -4.5 9 200 12550 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 263 32 31.8 4.0 10 150 14390 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 246 36 32.9 14.5 11 100 16780 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 282 15 14.9 -3.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 150.7 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 180.7 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -2.0 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 54.79 Bulk Shear: 3.48 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 93 3 35 5| 4.2 0.0 4.2| 6.4 0.0 6.4 12.8 0.92| 5.1 4.7 1000 112 4 52 5| 3.2 0.0 3.2| 8.5 -0.1 8.4 8.4 0.73| 4.3 3.2 1500 104 5 57 6| 2.1 1.0 3.1| 8.7 -2.0 6.7 4.5 0.47| 3.9 1.8 2000 104 6 60 6| 1.7 0.7 2.5| 13.0 -2.0 11.0 5.5 0.52| 3.7 1.9 2500 108 6 65 6| 1.5 0.6 2.1| 15.5 -2.0 13.5 5.4 0.53| 3.5 1.8 3000 113 6 69 6| 1.3 0.5 1.8| 16.8 -2.0 14.8 4.9 0.53| 3.3 1.8 4000 126 6 79 5| 1.0 0.4 1.4| 17.7 -2.0 15.7 3.9 0.55| 2.8 1.5 5000 139 6 90 4| 0.9 0.3 1.2| 18.4 -2.0 16.4 3.3 0.59| 2.4 1.4 6000 151 6 104 3| 0.8 0.2 1.1| 19.2 -2.0 17.2 2.9 0.57| 2.2 1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VGTJ/skewt/VGTJ.skewt.20250524.00.gif