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Date:0000Z 22 APR 25 Station: VI622 WMO ident: 42622 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 160 24.2 23.0 93 1.2 23.3 0 0 298.1 301.4 296.8 350.8 18.13 1 925 762 26.2 17.2 58 9.0 19.9 205 16 306.1 308.6 295.8 346.5 13.47 2 850 1502 21.0 15.0 69 6.0 16.9 225 22 308.1 310.5 295.9 346.6 12.72 3 700 3143 8.8 8.8 100 0.0 8.8 300 16 312.2 314.2 295.2 343.7 10.22 4 500 5860 -5.9 -8.0 85 2.1 -6.9 295 30 325.8 326.7 294.3 339.8 4.19 5 400 7580 -15.1 -20.1 66 5.0 -16.7 285 26 335.4 335.8 294.8 342.3 1.94 6 300 9700 -29.3 -34.3 62 5.0 -30.2 275 35 344.1 344.2 295.9 346.8 0.70 7 250 10970 -38.9 -44.9 53 6.0 -39.5 265 32 348.2 348.3 296.5 349.4 0.28 8 200 12470 -50.1 -63.1 20 13.0 -50.5 255 37 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.6 0.04 9 150 14300 -60.9 -70.9 26 10.0 -61.0 270 35 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.02 10 100 16720 -76.3 -85.3 23 9.0 -76.3 265 17 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.29 m Freezing level: 580.27 mb = 4769.50 m = 15647.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.81 mb = 4553.54 m = 14939.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.82 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 93.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.22 mb = 308.95 m = 1013.62 ft T: 24.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.48 mb = 2137.03 m = 7011.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.83 C = 96.50 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 41.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 391.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.61 mb = 1403.62 m = 4605.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.61 mb = 2735.12 m = 8973.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.61 mb = 9587.63 m = 31455.11 ft B at Equ Level: 391.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.61 mb = 13333.63 m = 43744.99 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 304 at 15 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 991 160 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 124 15 -12.5 8.6 1 975 305 180 9 0.0 9.0 | 144 22 -12.5 17.6 2 941 610 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 159 22 -8.1 20.8 3 925 762 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 166 24 -5.8 23.1 4 909 914 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 163 25 -7.1 23.6 5 878 1219 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 179 26 -0.5 25.8 6 850 1502 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 187 24 3.0 24.1 7 818 1829 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 216 13 7.4 10.3 8 789 2134 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 216 15 9.1 12.4 9 761 2438 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 222 14 9.4 10.5 10 734 2743 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 251 13 12.1 4.2 11 708 3048 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 262 13 12.6 1.8 12 700 3143 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 247 1 1.3 0.6 13 657 3658 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 44 3 -1.9 -2.0 14 632 3962 315 17 12.0 -12.0 | 9 3 -0.5 -3.5 15 609 4267 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 227 3 2.0 1.8 16 586 4572 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 259 7 7.2 1.4 17 565 4877 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 242 10 9.1 4.7 18 524 5486 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 260 12 11.6 2.1 19 500 5860 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 286 15 14.6 -4.1 20 485 6096 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 286 16 15.5 -4.5 21 400 7580 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 262 13 12.6 1.8 22 398 7620 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 270 11 10.9 0.0 23 324 9144 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 251 27 25.5 8.6 24 300 9700 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 256 23 22.3 5.5 25 261 10668 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 264 23 22.9 2.3 26 250 10970 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 240 22 19.3 11.4 27 208 12192 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 244 27 24.3 11.8 28 200 12470 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 232 29 23.2 18.1 29 164 13716 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 239 30 25.9 15.3 30 150 14300 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 249 24 22.5 8.6 31 100 16720 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 204 11 4.4 10.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 237.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 6.56 Bulk Shear: 59.64 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 191 9 149 21| 0.0 14.4 14.4| 80.0 -0.1 79.9 159.8 0.69| 21.0 14.4 1000 200 13 159 22| 3.5 7.2 10.7|125.3 -4.3 121.0 121.0 0.71| 14.8 10.5 1500 211 16 169 23| 4.9 4.8 9.7|185.9 -4.3 181.6 121.1 0.73| 14.1 10.3 2000 226 17 179 21| 4.9 3.6 8.5|204.9 -4.3 200.6 100.3 0.68| 13.1 8.9 2500 236 18 188 19| 5.0 2.9 7.9|226.9 -4.3 222.6 89.0 0.71| 11.8 8.4 3000 247 19 198 17| 3.9 2.4 6.3|242.2 -5.2 237.0 79.0 0.60| 12.5 7.5 4000 262 18 207 13| 3.1 2.2 5.3|242.8 -8.0 234.8 58.7 0.50| 10.7 5.3 5000 268 19 214 11| 2.5 2.6 5.1|249.1 -14.0 235.1 47.0 0.43| 9.8 4.2 6000 274 20 227 10| 2.8 2.2 5.0|276.1 -15.0 261.2 43.5 0.46| 9.1 4.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VI622/skewt/VI622.skewt.20250422.00.gif