UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 18 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 1001 26 34.0 29.6 78 4.4 30.5 225 19 307.1 312.1 303.6 389.1 26.86 1 925 731 29.6 19.6 55 10.0 22.3 160 2 309.6 312.5 298.2 357.4 15.71 2 850 1479 24.2 13.2 50 11.0 16.8 315 4 311.5 313.6 295.8 346.2 11.29 3 700 3140 11.0 0.0 47 11.0 5.0 35 6 314.7 315.7 292.3 332.0 5.47 4 500 5870 -4.1 -28.1 13 24.0 -10.9 305 2 328.0 328.2 291.9 330.8 0.76 5 400 7590 -12.7 -50.7 3 38.0 -18.4 20 16 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.09 6 300 9710 -30.1 -61.1 3 31.0 -32.3 315 3 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 7 250 10990 -38.7 -75.7 1 37.0 -39.9 230 5 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 8 200 12480 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.1 300 8 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.00 9 150 14300 -64.9 -93.9 1 29.0 -65.0 65 1 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.00 10 100 16680 -78.9 -103.9 1 25.0 -78.9 50 24 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.37 m Freezing level: 554.30 mb = 5128.74 m = 16826.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.02 mb = 3904.94 m = 12811.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.05 % Est. max temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.47 mb = 582.89 m = 1912.34 ft T: 30.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 58.32 C Layer 925.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1871.17 m = 6138.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.24 C = 102.63 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -6.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.14 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 30.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3769.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.12 mb = 1436.26 m = 4712.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.12 mb = 2114.83 m = 6938.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 109.12 mb = 16167.89 m = 53043.61 ft B at Equ Level: 3726.26 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 41 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 1001 26 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 224 25 17.4 17.9 1 1000 32 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 167 16 -3.5 15.1 2 970 305 130 14 -10.7 9.0 | 153 15 -6.8 13.5 3 938 610 135 5 -3.5 3.5 | 183 8 0.4 8.0 4 925 731 160 2 -0.7 1.9 | 207 7 3.2 6.4 5 906 914 240 2 1.7 1.0 | 226 8 5.7 5.5 6 875 1219 330 1 0.5 -0.9 | 231 6 4.4 3.6 7 850 1479 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 256 7 6.8 1.7 8 816 1829 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 263 8 7.5 1.0 9 787 2134 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 260 6 5.9 1.0 10 760 2438 320 2 1.3 -1.5 | 240 6 5.2 3.0 11 733 2743 340 1 0.3 -0.9 | 230 6 4.3 3.6 12 708 3048 25 4 -1.7 -3.6 | 249 2 2.2 0.9 13 700 3140 35 6 -3.4 -4.9 | 311 1 0.5 -0.4 14 657 3658 40 19 -12.2 -14.6 | 39 13 -8.3 -10.1 15 633 3962 35 18 -10.3 -14.7 | 32 12 -6.4 -10.3 16 609 4267 20 15 -5.1 -14.1 | 7 10 -1.2 -9.6 17 587 4572 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 323 8 4.9 -6.5 18 565 4877 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 303 10 8.6 -5.5 19 524 5486 300 9 7.8 -4.5 | 270 12 11.7 -0.0 20 500 5870 305 2 1.6 -1.1 | 239 6 5.6 3.3 21 486 6096 330 3 1.5 -2.6 | 251 6 5.4 1.9 22 400 7590 20 16 -5.5 -15.0 | 8 11 -1.5 -10.5 23 398 7620 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 349 8 1.7 -8.3 24 324 9144 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 331 6 3.1 -5.5 25 300 9710 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 249 6 6.0 2.4 26 262 10668 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 247 7 6.4 2.8 27 250 10990 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 225 11 7.8 7.7 28 209 12192 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 262 10 10.3 1.5 29 200 12480 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 267 11 10.9 0.5 30 165 13716 5 6 -0.5 -6.0 | 294 4 3.4 -1.5 31 150 14300 65 1 -0.9 -0.4 | 217 5 3.0 4.1 32 128 15240 315 2 1.4 -1.4 | 240 6 5.3 3.1 33 100 16680 50 24 -18.4 -15.4 | 53 18 -14.5 -10.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 11.2 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 41.2 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.1 neg: -103.5 tot: -67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 87.13 Bulk Shear: 43.26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 136 12 161 14| 0.0 21.2 21.2| 11.0 -98.0 -87.0 -174.1 -0.63| 33.0-20.9 1000 139 8 174 10| 4.5 10.6 15.1| 28.3 -98.0 -69.7 -69.7 -0.29| 21.4 -6.2 1500 141 6 181 9| 4.0 7.1 11.0| 33.1 -98.3 -65.2 -43.5 -0.20| 15.8 -3.2 2000 143 6 184 9| 3.0 5.3 8.3| 34.4 -98.5 -64.1 -32.0 -0.18| 12.4 -2.2 2500 141 5 185 8| 1.9 4.2 6.1| 34.4-102.4 -68.0 -27.2 -0.22| 10.5 -2.3 3000 118 4 180 7| 1.6 3.5 5.2| 36.1-103.5 -67.4 -22.5 -0.19| 9.4 -1.8 4000 43 7 55 1| 2.3 2.7 5.0| 39.7-111.6 -71.9 -18.0 -0.10| 9.4 -1.0 5000 25 8 351 3| 1.8 0.6 2.4| 39.7-149.8-110.0 -22.0 -0.25| 9.3 -2.4 6000 11 8 324 4| 1.6 0.2 1.7| 40.7-172.8-132.1 -22.0 -0.31| 8.7 -2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250418.12.gif