UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 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 1001 20 35.4 29.4 71 6.0 30.7 140 4 308.5 313.4 303.8 390.0 26.54 1 1000 29 34.8 20.8 44 14.0 24.6 105 14 308.0 310.9 297.7 355.3 15.65 2 925 729 31.4 16.4 41 15.0 20.9 175 1 311.4 313.8 296.8 350.6 12.78 3 850 1479 24.2 12.2 47 12.0 16.3 280 10 311.5 313.5 295.3 344.0 10.56 4 700 3144 13.2 -4.8 28 18.0 4.1 50 15 317.1 317.8 291.6 329.5 3.82 5 500 5870 -2.9 -16.9 33 14.0 -8.2 335 10 329.5 329.9 293.4 336.6 2.04 6 400 7600 -13.3 -51.3 2 38.0 -18.8 55 8 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.08 7 300 9730 -29.7 -52.7 9 23.0 -31.8 30 5 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.10 8 250 11000 -38.9 -50.9 27 12.0 -39.8 285 9 348.2 348.3 296.4 348.8 0.14 9 200 12490 -50.9 -65.9 15 15.0 -51.3 40 9 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.03 10 150 14300 -65.1 -94.1 1 29.0 -65.2 65 8 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 11 100 16690 -79.3 -104.3 1 25.0 -79.3 100 17 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.00 m Freezing level: 536.02 mb = 5378.98 m = 17647.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3954.90 m = 12975.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.55 % Est. max temperature: 38.44 C = 101.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.34 mb = 783.46 m = 2570.38 ft T: 30.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 60.49 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.46 mb = 3126.07 m = 10256.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.98 C = 111.17 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: 2.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 15.10 C K Index: 21.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 390.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 244.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.80 mb = 2306.67 m = 7567.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.80 mb = 4998.32 m = 16398.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.80 mb = 12266.85 m = 40245.08 ft B at Equ Level: 388.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.80 mb = 15290.56 m = 50165.27 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 76 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 1001 20 140 4 -2.6 3.1 | 227 7 5.4 5.0 1 1000 29 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 135 8 -5.5 5.6 2 970 305 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 152 7 -3.3 6.1 3 937 610 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 220 5 3.5 4.1 4 925 729 175 1 -0.1 1.0 | 249 8 7.9 3.0 5 906 914 265 4 4.0 0.3 | 259 12 12.0 2.3 6 875 1219 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 265 16 16.0 1.3 7 850 1479 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 269 18 17.8 0.2 8 816 1829 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 273 16 15.5 -0.8 9 788 2134 305 6 4.9 -3.4 | 277 13 12.9 -1.5 10 760 2438 65 1 -0.9 -0.4 | 258 7 7.1 1.5 11 733 2743 85 6 -6.0 -0.5 | 235 2 2.0 1.4 12 708 3048 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 20 5 -1.8 -4.9 13 700 3144 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 24 8 -3.5 -7.7 14 657 3658 55 20 -16.4 -11.5 | 41 13 -8.4 -9.5 15 633 3962 55 22 -18.0 -12.6 | 43 15 -10.0 -10.7 16 609 4267 45 21 -14.8 -14.8 | 28 15 -6.8 -12.9 17 587 4572 55 16 -13.1 -9.2 | 35 9 -5.1 -7.2 18 565 4877 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 47 5 -3.8 -3.5 19 524 5486 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 302 5 4.1 -2.6 20 500 5870 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 300 14 12.2 -7.1 21 486 6096 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 299 15 13.5 -7.6 22 400 7600 55 8 -6.6 -4.6 | 331 3 1.4 -2.6 23 399 7620 70 7 -6.6 -2.4 | 287 1 1.4 -0.4 24 325 9144 50 11 -8.4 -7.1 | 5 5 -0.4 -5.1 25 300 9730 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 293 6 5.5 -2.4 26 262 10668 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 256 13 12.8 3.3 27 250 11000 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 271 17 16.7 -0.4 28 209 12192 25 2 -0.8 -1.8 | 269 7 7.2 0.2 29 200 12490 40 9 -5.8 -6.9 | 336 5 2.2 -4.9 30 165 13716 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 293 6 5.5 -2.4 31 150 14300 65 8 -7.3 -3.4 | 332 2 0.8 -1.4 32 128 15240 85 14 -13.9 -1.2 | 97 6 -5.9 0.7 33 100 16690 100 17 -16.7 3.0 | 119 10 -8.7 4.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.2 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 76.2 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -22.2 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 21.72 Bulk Shear: 17.97 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 109 11 153 6| 0.0 4.0 4.0| 9.4 -14.7 -5.3 -10.6 -0.30| 18.3 -5.5 1000 114 8 192 5| 6.3 2.0 8.3| 26.3 -14.7 11.6 11.6 0.09| 15.7 1.5 1500 147 8 204 9| 5.7 1.3 7.1| 36.5 -14.7 21.8 14.6 0.15| 12.1 1.8 2000 259 8 258 16| 3.5 1.0 4.6| 43.2 -14.7 28.5 14.3 0.17| 10.1 1.8 2500 277 7 266 15| 1.1 0.8 2.0| 48.2 -21.0 27.2 10.9 0.11| 10.3 1.1 3000 332 7 291 12| 1.0 2.2 3.1| 48.4 -22.2 26.2 8.7 0.12| 10.5 1.2 4000 49 10 354 5| 0.7 2.9 3.7| 58.5 -24.8 33.7 8.4 0.14| 9.4 1.3 5000 51 11 10 5| 1.3 2.4 3.6| 64.4 -37.5 26.8 5.4 0.09| 9.0 0.8 6000 46 11 359 6| 1.1 1.4 2.5| 65.3 -51.2 14.1 2.4 0.01| 8.9 0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250419.12.gif