UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 OCT 25 Searching for VH004... Searching the city database file for: VH004 ... Date:0000Z 21 OCT 25 Station: VH004 WMO ident: 45004 Latitude: 22.32 Longitude: 114.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 22.2 16.2 69 6.0 18.2 40 7 294.8 296.9 291.2 328.1 11.58 1 1000 119 22.0 16.0 69 6.0 18.1 50 5 295.1 297.2 291.2 328.2 11.50 2 926 783 17.2 15.5 90 1.7 16.1 64 29 296.8 299.0 292.2 331.6 12.04 3 925 792 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 65 29 296.9 299.1 292.3 332.0 12.14 4 850 1514 15.4 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 85 27 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.4 12.89 5 839 1625 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 87 25 303.2 305.6 294.7 341.4 12.89 6 778 2266 14.4 9.8 74 4.6 11.5 114 20 309.0 310.8 294.0 338.9 9.83 7 702 3128 8.0 7.5 97 0.5 7.7 100 15 311.1 312.9 294.3 339.7 9.31 8 700 3152 8.0 7.3 95 0.7 7.6 100 15 311.3 313.1 294.3 339.7 9.21 9 627 4056 4.8 2.9 87 1.9 3.7 67 15 317.6 319.1 294.7 341.6 7.55 10 576 4743 0.6 0.6 100 0.0 0.6 80 16 320.5 321.9 295.0 342.9 6.96 11 539 5274 -2.1 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 88 20 323.5 324.6 295.0 342.8 5.92 12 500 5870 -3.5 -7.0 77 3.5 -5.2 60 17 328.8 329.7 295.3 344.0 4.53 13 466 6424 -5.9 -10.2 72 4.3 -7.8 60 9 332.5 333.2 295.6 345.4 3.78 14 414 7338 -13.7 -13.9 98 0.2 -13.8 38 1 333.9 334.5 295.5 344.8 3.16 15 407 7468 -12.7 -15.5 80 2.8 -13.8 64 4 336.8 337.4 295.9 346.7 2.81 16 400 7600 -13.3 -15.9 81 2.6 -14.3 90 7 337.7 338.3 296.1 347.5 2.77 17 381 7969 -15.5 -18.7 76 3.2 -16.6 116 9 339.5 340.0 296.1 347.8 2.29 18 349 8626 -20.7 -20.7 100 0.0 -20.7 163 12 341.1 341.6 296.4 348.8 2.11 19 309 9517 -26.5 -26.6 99 0.1 -26.5 184 15 345.1 345.4 296.7 350.4 1.41 20 300 9730 -27.7 -29.0 89 1.3 -28.0 200 17 346.3 346.6 296.8 350.7 1.16 21 292 9925 -29.5 -31.9 80 2.4 -30.0 209 17 346.5 346.7 296.6 349.9 0.90 22 286 10073 -30.5 -38.5 45 8.0 -31.7 216 17 347.1 347.2 296.4 349.0 0.48 23 266 10587 -34.5 -37.9 71 3.4 -35.0 241 17 348.5 348.7 296.8 350.7 0.55 24 250 11020 -38.1 -41.7 69 3.6 -38.5 240 19 349.4 349.5 296.8 351.0 0.39 25 228 11645 -43.7 -46.5 74 2.8 -43.9 213 19 350.2 350.3 296.9 351.3 0.26 26 200 12510 -51.1 -54.9 64 3.8 -51.2 200 36 351.8 351.9 297.1 352.3 0.11 27 183 13079 -56.3 -60.6 58 4.3 -56.4 196 46 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.7 0.06 28 164 13764 -62.1 -70.1 34 8.0 -62.2 191 58 353.9 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.02 29 161 13878 -62.7 -72.7 25 10.0 -62.8 190 60 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.01 30 155 14110 -63.9 -77.9 13 14.0 -64.0 196 53 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 31 150 14310 -65.7 -78.7 15 13.0 -65.8 210 38 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 32 113 15972 -78.5 -85.5 31 7.0 -78.5 272 28 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 33 100 16660 -82.3 -88.3 35 6.0 -82.3 220 21 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 34 96 16888 -82.7 -87.7 42 5.0 -82.7 235 15 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 35 91 17187 -82.3 -87.3 42 5.0 -82.3 251 17 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 36 87 17441 -78.1 -85.1 31 7.0 -78.1 261 11 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.2 0.00 37 80 17919 -79.9 -86.9 30 7.0 -79.9 131 14 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 38 73 18445 -73.9 -85.9 14 12.0 -74.0 86 9 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 39 70 18690 -74.5 -87.5 12 13.0 -74.6 40 19 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 40 61 19497 -73.9 -87.9 10 14.0 -74.0 120 23 443.4 443.4 310.2 443.4 0.00 41 56 20005 -68.3 -88.3 4 20.0 -68.5 115 15 467.1 467.1 312.4 467.2 0.00 42 50 20690 -67.3 -88.3 4 21.0 -67.5 95 9 484.9 484.9 313.8 484.9 0.00 43 43 21607 -64.3 -88.3 2 24.0 -64.7 58 25 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.00 44 36 22713 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -58.3 122 19 558.5 558.5 318.6 558.6 0.01 45 31 23654 -59.3 -86.3 2 27.0 -60.3 94 20 577.5 577.5 319.5 577.6 0.01 46 30 23860 -58.5 -86.5 2 28.0 -59.6 85 23 585.2 585.2 319.9 585.2 0.01 47 20 26460 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.0 90 21 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.1 0.02 48 18 27153 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -51.4 116 27 715.1 715.1 324.9 715.3 0.02 49 14 28805 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -55.2 127 16 752.8 752.8 326.0 752.9 0.02 50 13 29292 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -52.7 153 12 784.1 784.1 326.8 784.4 0.03 51 10 31040 -44.9 -82.9 1 38.0 -52.7 355 7 851.9 852.0 328.4 852.3 0.04 52 9.5 31382 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -53.8 857.7 857.7 328.5 858.1 0.04 TRP 96 16888 -82.7 -87.7 42 5.0 -82.7 235 15 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 WND 161 13878 -62.7 -72.7 25 10.0 -62.8 190 60 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.00 m Freezing level: 567.78 mb = 4861.12 m = 15948.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 568.35 mb = 4850.05 m = 15912.05 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.01 mb = 828.90 m = 2719.44 ft T: 17.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.23 C/km ThetaE index: 2.54 C Layer 778.0- 702.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.46 mb = 2590.91 m = 8500.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.16 C = 98.89 F Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lifted Index: 7.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.53 C Showalter Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.70 C K Index: 33.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40402.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.38 mb = 956.24 m = 3137.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 112 at 14 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 67 40 7 -4.5 -5.4 | 321 14 8.8 -10.7 1 1000 119 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 312 13 9.4 -8.6 2 979 305 30 17 -8.5 -14.7 | 347 21 4.8 -20.1 3 945 610 55 25 -20.5 -14.3 | 20 21 -7.2 -19.7 4 925 792 65 29 -26.3 -12.3 | 36 22 -13.0 -17.6 5 912 914 70 36 -33.8 -12.3 | 49 27 -20.6 -17.7 6 880 1219 85 35 -34.9 -3.1 | 69 23 -21.6 -8.4 7 850 1514 85 27 -26.9 -2.4 | 60 16 -13.6 -7.7 8 819 1829 90 21 -21.0 0.0 | 55 9 -7.7 -5.4 9 790 2134 110 23 -21.6 7.9 | 107 9 -8.3 2.5 10 762 2438 120 15 -13.0 7.5 | 188 2 0.3 2.1 11 735 2743 95 11 -11.0 1.0 | 332 5 2.3 -4.4 12 700 3152 100 15 -14.8 2.6 | 28 3 -1.5 -2.8 13 683 3353 100 17 -16.7 3.0 | 55 4 -3.5 -2.4 14 658 3658 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 356 8 0.5 -7.6 15 633 3962 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 359 13 0.3 -12.9 16 610 4267 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 14 7 -1.7 -6.7 17 587 4572 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 14 7 -1.7 -6.7 18 565 4877 75 17 -16.4 -4.4 | 18 10 -3.1 -9.8 19 524 5486 95 21 -20.9 1.8 | 65 8 -7.6 -3.5 20 500 5870 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 6 14 -1.4 -13.9 21 486 6096 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 2 12 -0.3 -11.7 22 467 6401 60 9 -7.8 -4.5 | 331 11 5.5 -9.9 23 415 7315 35 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 296 14 12.7 -6.2 24 400 7600 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 311 8 6.3 -5.4 25 338 8839 180 13 0.0 13.0 | 240 15 13.3 7.6 26 312 9449 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 234 16 13.3 9.6 27 300 9730 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 241 22 19.1 10.6 28 263 10668 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 266 29 28.7 1.8 29 250 11020 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 262 30 29.7 4.1 30 241 11278 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 262 30 29.7 4.1 31 230 11582 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 247 26 24.2 10.2 32 220 11887 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 238 26 22.2 13.7 33 200 12510 200 36 12.3 33.8 | 222 38 25.6 28.5 34 161 13878 190 60 10.4 59.1 | 204 59 23.7 53.7 35 157 14021 190 60 10.4 59.1 | 204 59 23.7 53.7 36 150 14310 210 38 19.0 32.9 | 230 42 32.3 27.5 37 142 14630 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 230 41 31.3 25.8 38 135 14935 220 33 21.2 25.3 | 240 40 34.5 19.9 39 115 15850 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 281 43 42.2 -7.9 40 109 16154 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 275 38 38.2 -3.2 41 104 16459 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 260 23 22.5 3.8 42 100 16660 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 248 29 26.8 10.7 43 96 16888 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 263 26 25.6 3.2 44 93 17069 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 248 29 26.8 10.7 45 88 17374 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 293 25 23.2 -10.0 46 84 17678 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 253 11 10.2 3.1 47 79 17983 125 15 -12.3 8.6 | 197 3 1.0 3.2 48 75 18288 145 9 -5.2 7.4 | 256 8 8.1 2.0 49 71 18593 35 9 -5.2 -7.4 | 328 15 8.1 -12.7 50 70 18690 40 19 -12.2 -14.6 | 357 20 1.1 -19.9 51 68 18898 35 17 -9.8 -13.9 | 350 20 3.5 -19.3 52 64 19202 105 21 -20.3 5.4 | 90 7 -7.0 0.1 53 61 19507 120 23 -19.9 11.5 | 133 9 -6.6 6.1 54 58 19812 105 11 -10.6 2.8 | 314 4 2.7 -2.5 55 55 20117 120 17 -14.7 8.5 | 155 3 -1.4 3.1 56 52 20422 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 328 8 4.4 -6.9 57 50 20690 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 317 6 4.3 -4.6 58 50 20726 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 351 3 0.5 -3.1 59 45 21336 120 17 -14.7 8.5 | 155 3 -1.4 3.1 60 43 21641 55 25 -20.5 -14.3 | 20 21 -7.2 -19.7 61 41 21946 75 33 -31.9 -8.5 | 53 23 -18.6 -13.9 62 39 22250 100 27 -26.6 4.7 | 87 13 -13.3 -0.7 63 37 22555 125 21 -17.2 12.0 | 150 8 -3.9 6.7 64 34 23165 115 13 -11.8 5.5 | 265 2 1.5 0.1 65 30 23860 85 23 -22.9 -2.0 | 53 12 -9.6 -7.4 66 29 24079 80 19 -18.7 -3.3 | 32 10 -5.4 -8.7 67 26 24689 90 27 -27.0 0.0 | 69 15 -13.7 -5.4 68 24 25298 75 35 -33.8 -9.1 | 55 25 -20.5 -14.4 69 21 26213 70 17 -16.0 -5.8 | 14 12 -2.7 -11.2 70 20 26460 90 21 -21.0 0.0 | 55 9 -7.7 -5.4 71 20 26518 60 19 -16.5 -9.5 | 12 15 -3.2 -14.9 72 18 27127 115 27 -24.5 11.4 | 118 13 -11.2 6.0 73 16 28042 145 29 -16.6 23.8 | 170 19 -3.4 18.4 74 15 28346 140 19 -12.2 14.6 | 187 9 1.1 9.2 75 14 28651 115 17 -15.4 7.2 | 130 3 -2.1 1.8 76 13 29261 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 232 11 8.8 6.8 77 12 29566 110 9 -8.5 3.1 | 295 5 4.8 -2.3 78 11 30175 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 280 22 22.1 -3.8 79 10 31040 355 7 0.6 -7.0 | 312 19 13.9 -12.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.0 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 112.0 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.9 neg: -13.8 tot: 229.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 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 41 15 349 17| 17.6 0.0 17.6| 84.5 0.0 84.5 169.0 0.86| 20.8 17.8 1000 58 23 20 19| 15.6 0.0 15.6|193.1 0.0 193.1 193.1 0.88| 20.4 18.0 1500 69 26 37 18| 7.4 0.0 7.4|217.3 -11.7 205.6 137.0 0.69| 18.0 12.5 2000 74 25 42 16| 5.3 0.0 5.3|230.6 -13.8 216.8 108.4 0.66| 16.3 10.7 2500 80 24 47 14| 2.6 0.0 2.6|240.1 -13.8 226.2 90.5 0.67| 15.8 10.6 3000 82 22 45 12| 2.2 0.5 2.6|242.9 -13.8 229.1 76.4 0.65| 14.3 9.4 4000 83 20 40 10| 1.6 1.3 2.9|248.9 -21.8 227.1 56.8 0.53| 12.8 6.8 5000 82 19 36 10| 1.7 1.3 3.0|259.3 -21.8 237.5 47.5 0.52| 11.3 5.9 6000 82 19 35 10| 1.7 1.5 3.1|271.1 -54.8 216.3 36.0 0.39| 11.0 4.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VH004/skewt/VH004.skewt.20251021.00.gif