UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 17 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 17 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 23 28.4 26.8 91 1.6 27.2 170 7 301.1 305.3 300.2 367.9 22.58 1 1000 67 27.4 27.4 100 0.0 27.4 190 10 300.5 304.9 300.6 370.1 23.54 2 925 757 23.4 23.4 100 0.0 23.4 180 16 303.2 306.9 299.2 362.6 19.96 3 850 1497 22.0 18.1 79 3.9 19.2 135 2 309.2 312.1 298.0 356.5 15.56 4 700 3156 10.6 4.6 66 6.0 7.1 15 13 314.2 315.7 293.9 338.0 7.62 5 500 5860 -5.1 -18.1 35 13.0 -9.8 350 9 326.8 327.2 292.6 333.2 1.84 6 400 7590 -15.3 -26.3 38 11.0 -18.3 250 25 335.1 335.3 294.1 339.2 1.12 7 300 9710 -28.3 -48.3 13 20.0 -30.5 250 15 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.2 0.16 8 250 10990 -38.9 -57.9 12 19.0 -40.0 250 19 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.06 9 200 12480 -51.1 -68.1 11 17.0 -51.5 300 12 351.8 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.02 10 150 14300 -63.5 -76.5 16 13.0 -63.6 85 11 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 11 100 16680 -77.7 -88.7 15 11.0 -77.7 75 21 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.00 m Freezing level: 564.97 mb = 4981.63 m = 16343.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.14 mb = 4181.47 m = 13718.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.31 % Est. max temperature: 36.07 C = 96.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.54 mb = 222.89 m = 731.26 ft T: 26.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 36.92 C Layer 925.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.59 mb = 478.32 m = 1569.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 21.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -7.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.89 C Showalter Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 39.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3241.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.51 mb = 488.35 m = 1602.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.51 mb = 534.88 m = 1754.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 888.51 mb = 1109.24 m = 3639.21 ft B at Equ Level: 20.90 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 31 at 9 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 23 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 194 15 3.7 14.9 1 1000 67 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 200 19 6.6 17.9 2 973 305 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 186 30 3.0 30.0 3 941 610 175 18 -1.6 17.9 | 187 26 3.3 26.0 4 925 757 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 191 25 4.9 24.0 5 909 914 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 192 23 4.9 22.0 6 877 1219 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 191 17 3.3 16.9 7 850 1497 135 2 -1.4 1.4 | 200 10 3.5 9.5 8 818 1829 25 4 -1.7 -3.6 | 216 5 3.2 4.4 9 789 2134 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 | 221 7 4.4 5.1 10 761 2438 355 3 0.3 -3.0 | 226 7 5.1 5.1 11 735 2743 355 5 0.4 -5.0 | 240 6 5.3 3.1 12 709 3048 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 305 3 2.3 -1.6 13 700 3156 15 13 -3.4 -12.6 | 341 5 1.5 -4.5 14 658 3658 5 23 -2.0 -22.9 | 349 15 2.9 -14.9 15 633 3962 360 25 -0.0 -25.0 | 344 18 4.9 -17.0 16 610 4267 355 22 1.9 -21.9 | 334 15 6.8 -13.9 17 587 4572 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 314 13 9.5 -9.3 18 565 4877 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 315 11 7.7 -7.7 19 524 5486 5 8 -0.7 -8.0 | 269 4 4.2 0.1 20 500 5860 350 9 1.6 -8.9 | 277 6 6.4 -0.8 21 485 6096 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 279 6 5.7 -0.9 22 400 7590 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 240 33 28.4 16.6 23 398 7620 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 243 32 29.0 14.5 24 324 9144 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 251 21 19.8 6.7 25 300 9710 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 235 23 19.0 13.2 26 262 10668 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 241 28 24.2 13.2 27 250 10990 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 237 27 22.7 14.5 28 209 12192 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 259 21 20.3 3.9 29 200 12480 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 262 15 15.3 2.0 30 150 14300 85 11 -11.0 -1.0 | 139 9 -6.1 7.1 31 128 15240 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 145 9 -5.1 7.2 32 100 16680 75 21 -20.3 -5.4 | 100 16 -15.4 2.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 1.3 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 31.3 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.7 neg: -40.4 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 27.50 Bulk Shear: 117.84 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 177 17 189 26| 12.5 0.0 12.5| 8.7 -34.6 -25.9 -51.7 -0.19| 19.2 -3.6 1000 178 17 190 25| 2.7 0.0 2.7| 25.2 -36.4 -11.3 -11.3 -0.05| 13.4 -0.7 1500 176 13 190 22| 1.8 3.8 5.6| 30.6 -38.8 -8.2 -5.4 -0.00| 12.8 -0.0 2000 174 11 191 19| 1.4 4.0 5.3| 35.0 -40.4 -5.4 -2.7 0.04| 11.3 0.5 2500 173 9 192 18| 1.1 3.2 4.3| 37.1 -40.4 -3.3 -1.3 0.07| 9.4 0.6 3000 171 9 192 17| 0.4 2.7 3.1| 43.7 -40.4 3.3 1.1 0.16| 9.0 1.4 4000 35 12 52 2| 0.3 4.0 4.3| 48.1 -50.0 -1.9 -0.5 0.14| 8.9 1.3 5000 3 13 321 7| 0.6 2.6 3.3| 48.4 -79.3 -30.9 -6.2 0.03| 8.4 0.3 6000 1 13 314 6| 1.0 2.3 3.3| 49.5 -85.3 -35.8 -6.0 -0.01| 7.8 -0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250417.00.gif