UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 15 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 15 APR 25 Station: VO243 WMO ident: 43243 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 22 33.8 23.8 56 10.0 26.3 110 8 306.7 310.2 299.4 363.4 18.82 1 1000 49 31.0 21.0 55 10.0 23.8 115 19 304.1 307.1 296.9 351.3 15.85 2 925 745 26.0 24.9 94 1.1 25.2 125 5 305.9 310.0 300.9 371.9 21.90 3 850 1492 23.0 20.7 87 2.3 21.3 260 6 310.2 313.7 299.9 366.4 18.37 4 700 3154 11.6 3.6 58 8.0 6.9 30 9 315.3 316.7 293.7 337.7 7.10 5 500 5870 -4.7 -21.7 25 17.0 -10.3 250 21 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.1 1.35 6 400 7590 -14.3 -29.3 27 15.0 -18.1 260 29 336.4 336.6 294.2 339.5 0.85 7 300 9710 -28.1 -47.1 15 19.0 -30.3 230 44 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.5 0.18 8 250 10990 -37.3 -74.3 1 37.0 -38.7 265 17 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 9 200 12500 -47.5 -81.5 1 34.0 -48.1 310 16 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 10 150 14340 -61.9 -91.9 1 30.0 -62.1 10 19 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 11 100 16750 -77.9 -102.9 1 25.0 -77.9 80 23 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.00 m Freezing level: 557.67 mb = 5086.86 m = 16688.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.50 mb = 4140.16 m = 13583.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.79 % Est. max temperature: 37.17 C = 98.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.00 mb = 1296.65 m = 4254.06 ft T: 23.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 39.87 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.17 mb = 1776.98 m = 5829.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.26 C = 100.86 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -6.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 40.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2163.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.12 mb = 1064.79 m = 3493.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.12 mb = 2370.27 m = 7776.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.12 mb = 14455.43 m = 47425.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2154.54 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 343 at 8 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 1003 22 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 136 14 -9.8 10.2 1 1000 49 115 19 -17.2 8.0 | 128 25 -19.5 15.5 2 972 305 115 16 -14.5 6.8 | 130 22 -16.8 14.2 3 939 610 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 136 16 -11.3 11.7 4 925 745 125 5 -4.1 2.9 | 148 12 -6.4 10.3 5 907 914 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 168 11 -2.3 10.4 6 877 1219 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 194 11 2.6 10.9 7 850 1492 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 203 9 3.6 8.5 8 817 1829 280 4 3.9 -0.7 | 194 7 1.7 6.7 9 789 2134 345 2 0.5 -1.9 | 162 6 -1.8 5.5 10 761 2438 35 2 -1.1 -1.6 | 149 7 -3.4 5.8 11 734 2743 40 4 -2.6 -3.1 | 132 7 -4.8 4.4 12 709 3048 40 8 -5.1 -6.1 | 100 8 -7.4 1.3 13 700 3154 30 9 -4.5 -7.8 | 87 7 -6.8 -0.4 14 658 3658 15 12 -3.1 -11.6 | 52 7 -5.4 -4.1 15 633 3962 15 14 -3.6 -13.5 | 44 8 -5.9 -6.1 16 610 4267 25 14 -5.9 -12.7 | 57 10 -8.2 -5.2 17 587 4572 15 9 -2.3 -8.7 | 75 5 -4.6 -1.2 18 565 4877 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 216 14 8.1 11.2 19 524 5486 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 239 21 18.4 11.1 20 500 5870 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 230 23 17.5 14.6 21 486 6096 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 227 24 17.7 16.7 22 400 7590 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 245 29 26.3 12.5 23 398 7620 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 243 27 24.3 12.1 24 324 9144 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 221 45 29.1 33.8 25 300 9710 230 44 33.7 28.3 | 221 48 31.4 35.7 26 262 10668 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 226 32 22.8 21.9 27 250 10990 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 239 17 14.7 8.9 28 209 12192 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 241 8 7.1 4.0 29 200 12500 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 286 10 10.0 -2.8 30 165 13716 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 359 6 0.2 -6.3 31 150 14340 10 19 -3.3 -18.7 | 26 13 -5.6 -11.3 32 129 15240 40 27 -17.4 -20.7 | 56 24 -19.6 -13.2 33 100 16750 80 23 -22.7 -4.0 | 98 25 -24.9 3.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.0 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 343.0 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.1 neg: -30.4 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 24.61 Bulk Shear: 87.90 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 115 16 130 22| 3.9 0.0 3.9| 9.8 -11.3 -1.4 -2.9 -0.04| 17.1 -0.6 1000 119 11 137 17| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 40.7 -11.3 29.5 29.5 0.29| 15.0 4.4 1500 133 9 147 16| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 56.1 -11.3 44.8 29.9 0.39| 12.2 4.7 2000 142 8 153 15| 2.7 0.0 2.7| 56.1 -16.9 39.2 19.6 0.26| 10.5 2.7 2500 138 7 151 14| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 56.1 -21.6 34.5 13.8 0.17| 9.1 1.6 3000 118 6 143 13| 1.5 0.0 1.5| 56.1 -30.4 25.6 8.5 0.05| 8.5 0.4 4000 52 8 108 9| 1.2 1.0 2.1| 56.7 -43.2 13.5 3.4 -0.07| 7.4 -0.5 5000 33 8 93 7| 0.9 2.1 3.0| 67.9 -63.8 4.1 0.8 -0.20| 9.3 -1.8 6000 313 10 266 5| 1.2 1.9 3.1| 92.0 -88.0 4.1 0.7 -0.17| 8.8 -1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250415.12.gif