UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 20 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 19 29.0 26.8 88 2.2 27.3 160 3 301.9 306.1 300.4 369.1 22.63 1 1000 46 29.0 24.7 78 4.3 25.8 180 11 302.1 305.8 299.0 361.3 19.96 2 925 740 27.0 16.0 51 11.0 19.4 180 16 306.9 309.2 295.4 344.4 12.46 3 850 1485 24.6 12.6 47 12.0 16.5 340 3 311.9 314.0 295.6 345.3 10.85 4 700 3149 11.4 2.4 54 9.0 6.3 75 12 315.1 316.4 293.2 335.6 6.51 5 500 5850 -4.9 -21.9 25 17.0 -10.4 25 9 327.1 327.3 292.2 331.7 1.32 6 400 7580 -14.3 -54.3 2 40.0 -19.6 45 15 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.06 7 300 9700 -29.9 -41.9 30 12.0 -31.4 280 4 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.5 0.32 8 250 10970 -39.7 -55.7 17 16.0 -40.6 185 3 347.0 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.08 9 200 12460 -50.1 -80.1 2 30.0 -50.6 175 22 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.00 10 150 14270 -65.9 -83.9 6 18.0 -66.0 175 14 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.00 m Freezing level: 560.12 mb = 5038.04 m = 16528.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.68 mb = 4062.90 m = 13329.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.68 % Est. max temperature: 38.82 C = 101.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.14 mb = 297.54 m = 976.18 ft T: 28.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 24.63 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.93 mb = 2569.98 m = 8431.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.19 C = 106.14 F Cap Strength: 6.47 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 571.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 294.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.25 mb = 1502.65 m = 4929.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.25 mb = 3581.89 m = 11751.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.25 mb = 11725.62 m = 38469.42 ft B at Equ Level: 569.28 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 93 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 1003 19 160 3 -1.0 2.8 | 255 9 8.3 2.3 1 1000 46 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 222 14 9.3 10.5 2 971 305 190 24 4.2 23.6 | 210 27 13.5 23.1 3 939 610 185 21 1.8 20.9 | 209 23 11.1 20.4 4 925 740 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 211 18 9.3 15.5 5 907 914 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 224 13 9.3 9.5 6 876 1219 185 2 0.2 2.0 | 261 10 9.5 1.5 7 850 1485 340 3 1.0 -2.8 | 288 11 10.3 -3.4 8 817 1829 355 2 0.2 -2.0 | 285 10 9.5 -2.5 9 788 2134 90 3 -3.0 0.0 | 275 6 6.3 -0.5 10 761 2438 65 7 -6.3 -3.0 | 320 5 3.0 -3.5 11 734 2743 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 357 5 0.2 -4.8 12 708 3048 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 21 4 -1.3 -3.4 13 700 3149 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 32 4 -2.3 -3.6 14 657 3658 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 32 4 -2.3 -3.6 15 633 3962 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 25 9 -3.7 -8.0 16 609 4267 50 22 -16.9 -14.1 | 27 17 -7.5 -14.7 17 586 4572 45 24 -17.0 -17.0 | 24 19 -7.7 -17.5 18 564 4877 30 22 -11.0 -19.1 | 5 20 -1.7 -19.6 19 523 5486 20 11 -3.8 -10.3 | 333 12 5.5 -10.9 20 500 5850 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 328 10 5.5 -8.7 21 484 6096 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 329 12 5.9 -9.9 22 400 7580 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 | 7 11 -1.3 -11.1 23 398 7620 45 14 -9.9 -9.9 | 3 10 -0.6 -10.4 24 324 9144 100 6 -5.9 1.0 | 261 3 3.4 0.5 25 300 9700 280 4 3.9 -0.7 | 275 13 13.2 -1.2 26 261 10668 355 1 0.1 -1.0 | 279 10 9.4 -1.5 27 250 10970 185 3 0.3 3.0 | 256 10 9.6 2.5 28 208 12192 160 14 -4.8 13.2 | 200 13 4.5 12.6 29 200 12460 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 199 23 7.4 21.4 30 150 14270 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 211 16 8.1 13.4 31 127 15240 145 9 -5.2 7.4 | 211 8 4.1 6.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.3 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 93.3 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.0 neg: -43.3 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 5.43 Bulk Shear: 105.10 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 187 19 212 22| 19.8 0.0 19.8| 0.0 -38.7 -38.7 -77.4 -0.46| 25.0-11.6 1000 185 17 213 20| 9.9 7.6 17.5| 26.6 -39.5 -12.9 -12.9 -0.12| 20.2 -2.4 1500 186 13 221 16| 3.4 5.0 8.4| 55.4 -39.5 15.9 10.6 0.10| 17.6 1.8 2000 186 10 228 14| 2.6 3.8 6.4| 56.3 -41.3 15.1 7.5 0.09| 14.1 1.3 2500 178 9 227 12| 1.9 3.0 4.9| 61.7 -43.3 18.4 7.4 0.13| 12.7 1.7 3000 160 9 218 10| 1.9 2.5 4.5| 66.0 -43.3 22.7 7.6 0.18| 11.2 2.1 4000 118 10 187 4| 1.5 2.6 4.2| 67.2 -44.5 22.7 5.7 0.17| 9.3 1.6 5000 77 12 41 4| 1.2 2.9 4.2| 67.9 -91.7 -23.8 -4.8 0.03| 9.3 0.3 6000 63 12 16 6| 1.1 1.9 3.0| 68.3-120.4 -52.1 -8.7 -0.04| 8.7 -0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250420.00.gif