UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 16 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 16 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 1005 24 29.6 26.8 85 2.8 27.5 160 4 302.3 306.5 300.5 369.5 22.58 1 1000 68 29.4 29.0 98 0.4 29.1 70 4 302.5 307.3 302.3 380.1 25.94 2 925 760 23.0 23.0 100 0.0 23.0 155 13 302.8 306.4 298.8 360.6 19.46 3 850 1496 19.8 19.8 100 0.0 19.8 135 8 306.9 310.1 298.5 359.2 17.35 4 700 3151 11.0 4.0 62 7.0 6.9 35 5 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.6 7.30 5 500 5860 -3.9 -24.9 18 21.0 -10.4 290 11 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.9 1.01 6 400 7580 -15.9 -25.9 42 10.0 -18.6 275 16 334.3 334.6 294.0 338.5 1.16 7 300 9690 -28.9 -45.9 18 17.0 -30.9 225 43 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.5 0.21 8 250 10970 -38.3 -62.3 6 24.0 -39.5 230 27 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.04 9 200 12480 -49.7 -66.7 12 17.0 -50.1 340 14 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 10 150 14300 -63.7 -81.7 7 18.0 -63.8 30 15 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.00 11 100 16690 -77.9 -90.9 10 13.0 -77.9 50 24 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.00 m Freezing level: 552.35 mb = 5150.93 m = 16899.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.18 mb = 4125.78 m = 13535.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.89 C = 93.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.70 mb = 377.77 m = 1239.39 ft T: 26.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 48.22 C Layer 925.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.30 mb = 483.23 m = 1585.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 22.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.02 C = 86.03 F Cap Strength: -0.08 C Lifted Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.14 C Showalter Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -5.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3799.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.84 mb = 487.46 m = 1599.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.84 mb = 534.11 m = 1752.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 118.84 mb = 15672.46 m = 51418.20 ft B at Equ Level: 3778.06 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 7 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 1005 24 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 178 11 -0.4 11.4 1 1000 68 70 4 -3.8 -1.4 | 156 7 -2.8 6.3 2 974 305 150 13 -6.5 11.3 | 164 20 -5.5 18.9 3 941 610 155 14 -5.9 12.7 | 166 21 -4.9 20.3 4 925 760 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 167 20 -4.5 19.4 5 909 914 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 171 19 -3.1 18.9 6 877 1219 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 169 17 -3.2 16.7 7 850 1496 135 8 -5.7 5.7 | 161 14 -4.7 13.3 8 817 1829 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 148 12 -6.5 10.4 9 789 2134 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 149 10 -5.0 8.2 10 761 2438 135 3 -2.1 2.1 | 173 10 -1.1 9.8 11 734 2743 145 2 -1.1 1.6 | 179 9 -0.1 9.3 12 700 3151 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 152 4 -1.9 3.5 13 657 3658 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 308 5 3.9 -3.0 14 633 3962 345 16 4.1 -15.5 | 327 9 5.1 -7.8 15 609 4267 340 19 6.5 -17.9 | 324 13 7.5 -10.2 16 587 4572 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 310 14 10.5 -8.8 17 565 4877 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 287 10 10.0 -3.1 18 524 5486 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 238 12 9.9 6.1 19 500 5860 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 251 12 11.3 3.9 20 485 6096 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 258 9 9.2 1.9 21 400 7580 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 250 18 16.9 6.2 22 398 7620 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 252 17 15.8 5.0 23 300 9690 225 43 30.4 30.4 | 220 49 31.4 38.0 24 261 10668 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 218 38 23.6 30.3 25 250 10970 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 221 33 21.7 25.0 26 209 12192 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 262 12 11.4 1.6 27 200 12480 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 314 8 5.8 -5.5 28 165 13716 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 308 5 3.9 -3.0 29 150 14300 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 51 8 -6.5 -5.3 30 128 15240 50 19 -14.6 -12.2 | 71 14 -13.6 -4.6 31 100 16690 50 24 -18.4 -15.4 | 66 19 -17.4 -7.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.5 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 7.5 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -22.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -44.8 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 69.20 Bulk Shear: 54.90 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 145 10 163 17| 0.0 10.0 10.0| 24.3 -14.7 9.6 19.2 -0.01| 20.0 -0.1 1000 151 12 166 18| 1.4 5.0 6.4| 33.4 -15.7 17.7 17.7 0.06| 11.8 0.7 1500 151 11 166 18| 0.9 2.5 3.4| 33.4 -27.5 5.8 3.9 -0.05| 9.7 -0.5 2000 144 10 163 17| 0.7 1.8 2.5| 33.5 -37.2 -3.7 -1.8 -0.13| 8.6 -1.1 2500 141 9 162 15| 1.4 1.5 2.9| 45.9 -37.2 8.7 3.5 0.01| 8.0 0.1 3000 139 8 163 14| 1.2 1.7 2.9| 47.4 -44.8 2.6 0.9 -0.05| 7.5 -0.4 4000 117 8 150 13| 0.9 2.4 3.3| 50.6 -47.1 3.5 0.9 -0.10| 8.0 -0.8 5000 24 10 62 4| 0.7 1.2 1.9| 50.6 -81.8 -31.1 -6.2 -0.22| 7.8 -1.7 6000 337 10 291 5| 0.7 0.5 1.2| 60.9-101.3 -40.4 -6.7 -0.23| 7.5 -1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250416.00.gif