UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 16 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 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 1004 21 32.8 25.8 67 7.0 27.4 120 10 305.6 309.6 300.5 369.6 21.27 1 1000 57 33.2 22.2 53 11.0 25.1 130 10 306.4 309.5 298.2 357.7 17.09 2 925 752 28.8 7.8 27 21.0 15.8 135 9 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.8 7.19 3 850 1496 22.8 13.8 57 9.0 16.7 270 11 310.0 312.2 295.7 345.9 11.75 4 700 3161 12.0 3.0 54 9.0 6.8 360 11 315.8 317.1 293.6 337.2 6.80 5 500 5880 -4.5 -15.5 42 11.0 -8.7 255 15 327.6 328.0 293.2 335.4 2.29 6 400 7600 -13.5 -46.5 4 33.0 -18.8 235 26 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.0 0.15 7 334 8968 -22.3 -64.3 1 42.0 -25.9 245 33 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.3 0.02 8 300 9800 -1.7 255 30 383.0 9 250 11250 -1.7 255 24 403.5 TRP 334 8968 -22.3 -64.3 1 42.0 -25.9 245 33 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.3 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.00 m Freezing level: 554.55 mb = 5138.45 m = 16858.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.58 mb = 4239.06 m = 13907.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.43 % Est. max temperature: 37.17 C = 98.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.23 mb = 913.03 m = 2995.46 ft T: 27.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 38.80 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.95 mb = 3527.69 m = 11573.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.61 C = 112.30 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 30.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.60 C Showalter Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 32.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3079.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.44 mb = 2417.04 m = 7929.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 21 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 1004 21 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 156 14 -5.6 12.8 1 1000 57 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 162 15 -4.6 14.2 2 973 305 120 16 -13.9 8.0 | 146 19 -10.8 15.8 3 940 610 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 158 17 -6.2 15.5 4 925 752 135 9 -6.4 6.4 | 167 15 -3.3 14.2 5 908 914 140 7 -4.5 5.4 | 174 13 -1.5 13.2 6 877 1219 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 212 13 6.9 11.0 7 850 1496 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 241 16 14.0 7.8 8 818 1829 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 266 13 12.9 0.9 9 789 2134 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 286 8 7.7 -2.2 10 762 2438 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 296 7 5.9 -2.8 11 735 2743 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 302 6 4.9 -3.0 12 709 3048 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 309 5 4.0 -3.2 13 700 3161 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 317 4 3.0 -3.2 14 658 3658 360 13 -0.0 -13.0 | 330 6 3.0 -5.2 15 634 3962 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 351 5 0.8 -5.0 16 610 4267 25 14 -5.9 -12.7 | 31 6 -2.9 -4.9 17 588 4572 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 32 5 -2.5 -4.0 18 566 4877 15 9 -2.3 -8.7 | 323 1 0.7 -0.9 19 525 5486 305 8 6.6 -4.6 | 252 10 9.6 3.2 20 500 5880 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 236 21 17.5 11.7 21 486 6096 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 230 23 17.5 14.6 22 400 7600 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 227 33 24.3 22.7 23 399 7620 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 230 31 23.8 19.8 24 334 8968 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 237 39 32.9 21.7 25 327 9144 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 241 39 34.0 19.1 26 300 9800 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 244 36 32.0 15.6 27 269 10668 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 244 36 32.0 15.6 28 250 11250 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 242 30 26.2 14.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.2 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 21.2 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.8 neg: -15.8 tot: 120.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 67.19 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 124 13 152 17| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 14.1 -15.8 -1.7 -3.5 -0.05| 10.0 -0.5 1000 129 11 158 16| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 47.5 -15.8 31.7 31.7 0.41| 10.2 4.2 1500 143 10 169 16| 7.0 0.0 7.0| 99.2 -15.8 83.4 55.6 0.64| 11.8 7.5 2000 167 10 182 18| 5.4 0.0 5.4|128.8 -15.8 113.0 56.5 0.67| 11.5 7.7 2500 263 11 236 16| 4.0 0.0 4.0|134.2 -15.8 118.4 47.4 0.66| 10.1 6.7 3000 342 11 290 7| 3.2 0.0 3.2|135.8 -15.8 120.0 40.0 0.66| 8.7 5.8 4000 356 11 310 5| 2.4 0.0 2.4|142.3 -15.8 126.5 31.6 0.68| 7.3 4.9 5000 6 11 332 4| 1.8 0.7 2.5|146.4 -18.2 128.3 25.7 0.56| 6.9 3.8 6000 351 11 304 6| 1.5 2.3 3.8|146.4 -55.8 90.7 15.1 0.31| 7.6 2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250416.12.gif