UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 19 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 18 29.4 27.2 88 2.2 27.7 160 9 302.3 306.6 300.8 371.3 23.19 1 1000 45 28.4 25.7 85 2.7 26.4 170 12 301.5 305.4 299.5 364.4 21.22 2 925 740 26.8 24.4 87 2.4 25.0 205 14 306.7 310.7 300.7 370.9 21.23 3 850 1487 23.0 18.9 78 4.1 20.1 235 4 310.2 313.3 298.7 360.2 16.38 4 700 3152 12.2 0.2 44 12.0 5.6 45 17 316.0 317.1 292.7 333.6 5.55 5 500 5870 -5.3 -9.2 74 3.9 -7.1 315 3 326.6 327.3 294.1 339.4 3.81 6 400 7590 -11.5 -56.5 1 45.0 -17.7 25 16 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.05 7 300 9720 -28.7 -54.7 6 26.0 -31.0 315 3 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.08 8 250 11000 -39.7 -55.7 17 16.0 -40.6 275 2 347.0 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.08 9 200 12490 -51.5 -56.5 55 5.0 -51.7 305 9 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.6 0.09 10 150 14300 -66.5 -72.5 43 6.0 -66.5 75 5 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 11 100 16670 -80.1 -89.1 21 9.0 -80.1 75 22 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.00 m Freezing level: 560.57 mb = 5046.83 m = 16557.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.72 mb = 4240.89 m = 13913.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.34 % Est. max temperature: 37.21 C = 98.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.18 mb = 296.57 m = 972.98 ft T: 27.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 37.28 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1504.76 m = 4936.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 21.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.41 C = 99.35 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -8.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3769.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.63 mb = 810.69 m = 2659.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.63 mb = 2086.28 m = 6844.66 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 58 at 10 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 18 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 202 15 5.5 13.7 1 1000 45 170 12 -2.1 11.8 | 201 18 6.5 17.1 2 971 305 180 21 0.0 21.0 | 198 28 8.6 26.3 3 939 610 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 214 26 14.4 21.3 4 925 740 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 219 23 14.5 18.0 5 907 914 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 220 21 13.7 16.2 6 876 1219 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 225 18 13.1 13.1 7 850 1487 235 4 3.3 2.3 | 237 14 11.9 7.6 8 817 1829 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 248 11 10.1 4.0 9 761 2438 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 247 5 4.8 2.1 10 734 2743 45 12 -8.5 -8.5 | 358 3 0.1 -3.2 11 709 3048 45 17 -12.0 -12.0 | 27 8 -3.4 -6.7 12 700 3152 45 17 -12.0 -12.0 | 27 8 -3.4 -6.7 13 658 3658 45 20 -14.1 -14.1 | 32 10 -5.6 -8.9 14 633 3962 35 22 -12.6 -18.0 | 18 13 -4.0 -12.7 15 610 4267 20 25 -8.6 -23.5 | 360 18 0.0 -18.2 16 587 4572 15 25 -6.5 -24.1 | 354 19 2.1 -18.9 17 565 4877 10 20 -3.5 -19.7 | 340 15 5.1 -14.4 18 524 5486 330 8 4.0 -6.9 | 277 13 12.6 -1.7 19 500 5870 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 254 11 10.7 3.2 20 486 6096 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 261 10 10.3 1.7 21 400 7590 25 16 -6.8 -14.5 | 349 9 1.8 -9.2 22 324 9144 15 8 -2.1 -7.7 | 291 7 6.5 -2.5 23 300 9720 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 254 11 10.7 3.2 24 262 10668 220 1 0.6 0.8 | 237 11 9.2 6.0 25 250 11000 275 2 2.0 -0.2 | 244 12 10.6 5.1 26 209 12192 275 7 7.0 -0.6 | 253 16 15.6 4.7 27 200 12490 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 270 16 16.0 0.1 28 165 13716 45 5 -3.5 -3.5 | 251 5 5.0 1.7 29 150 14300 75 5 -4.8 -1.3 | 223 5 3.8 4.0 30 128 15240 105 6 -5.8 1.6 | 202 7 2.8 6.8 31 100 16670 75 22 -21.3 -5.7 | 88 13 -12.7 -0.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.4 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 58.4 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -176.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.6 neg: -8.2 tot: 105.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.49 Bulk Rich Number: 31.54 Bulk Shear: 119.51 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 181 17 201 24| 12.2 0.0 12.2| 38.7 -6.4 32.2 64.5 0.23| 18.6 4.3 1000 190 16 209 24| 4.2 0.0 4.2| 72.2 -6.4 65.8 65.8 0.35| 13.7 4.8 1500 195 13 214 22| 3.2 0.0 3.2| 95.3 -6.4 88.9 59.2 0.42| 11.9 5.0 2000 198 10 218 19| 3.1 0.0 3.1|105.8 -6.4 99.4 49.7 0.44| 10.4 4.6 2500 195 9 218 18| 2.7 0.0 2.7|108.0 -8.2 99.8 39.9 0.38| 9.7 3.7 3000 180 10 210 17| 2.3 1.7 3.9|113.6 -8.2 105.4 35.1 0.44| 9.8 4.3 4000 77 12 128 4| 1.7 2.1 3.8|115.6 -20.5 95.1 23.8 0.33| 8.5 2.8 5000 38 14 4 6| 1.4 1.4 2.8|115.6 -81.2 34.4 6.9 0.10| 8.5 0.8 6000 28 13 341 7| 1.1 0.6 1.7|117.4-136.8 -19.4 -3.2 -0.07| 8.6 -0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250419.00.gif