UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 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 1003 16 33.2 28.8 78 4.4 29.8 10 10 306.1 310.8 302.8 383.6 25.55 1 1000 43 32.6 24.6 63 8.0 26.6 125 14 305.8 309.4 299.7 365.4 19.84 2 925 740 28.8 19.8 58 9.0 22.3 285 2 308.8 311.7 298.1 357.0 15.91 3 250 12140 -47.1 -81.1 1 34.0 -47.6 10 7 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.00 4 150 15380 -70.1 -97.1 1 27.0 -70.2 60 15 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.00 5 100 17730 -78.3 -103.3 1 25.0 -78.3 50 23 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 6057.35 m Freezing level: 668.87 mb = 5065.69 m = 16619.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.80 mb = 3047.34 m = 9997.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.52 % Est. max temperature: 38.19 C = 100.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.23 mb = 575.04 m = 1886.59 ft T: 29.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 47.57 C Layer 1000.0- 150.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.07 mb = 2314.67 m = 7593.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.97 C = 105.74 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 29.74 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4890.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 98.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.18 mb = 1557.31 m = 5109.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.18 mb = 2957.26 m = 9702.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 127.18 mb = 16336.47 m = 53596.71 ft B at Equ Level: 4890.77 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 302 at 6 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 16 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 47 10 -6.9 -6.6 1 1000 43 125 14 -11.5 8.0 | 124 20 -16.7 11.3 2 971 305 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 114 20 -18.4 8.1 3 939 610 110 3 -2.8 1.0 | 118 9 -8.0 4.3 4 925 740 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 130 4 -3.3 2.8 5 907 914 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 196 3 0.8 2.7 6 537 5486 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 243 5 4.8 2.4 7 250 12140 10 7 -1.2 -6.9 | 61 7 -6.4 -3.6 8 248 12192 360 8 -0.0 -8.0 | 48 7 -5.2 -4.7 9 153 15240 55 15 -12.3 -8.6 | 73 18 -17.5 -5.3 10 150 15380 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 77 19 -18.2 -4.2 11 100 17730 50 23 -17.6 -14.8 | 63 26 -22.8 -11.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 13.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: -13.8 tot: 46.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.85 Bulk Rich Number: 91.27 Bulk Shear: 53.59 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 114 12 117 18| 13.1 0.0 13.1| 51.6 -13.8 37.9 75.7 0.54| 32.9 17.9 1000 NO DATA | | | 1500 NO DATA | | | 2000 NO DATA | | | 2500 NO DATA | | | 3000 NO DATA | | | 4000 NO DATA | | | 5000 NO DATA | | | 6000 272 8 225 4| 6.1 0.0 6.1| 64.9 -13.8 51.1 34.1 0.56| 4.3 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250417.12.gif