UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 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 1001 22 37.0 30.0 68 7.0 31.4 140 14 310.1 315.3 304.5 395.3 27.51 1 1000 31 34.6 20.6 44 14.0 24.4 125 22 307.8 310.6 297.5 354.4 15.45 2 925 733 30.6 15.6 40 15.0 20.2 140 7 310.6 312.9 296.1 347.7 12.14 3 850 1485 25.4 9.4 36 16.0 15.1 345 2 312.8 314.4 294.3 339.8 8.74 4 700 3154 13.2 -8.8 21 22.0 2.9 65 9 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.3 2.81 5 500 5880 -3.5 -28.5 12 25.0 -10.6 150 4 328.8 328.9 292.1 331.4 0.73 6 400 7620 -14.3 -59.3 1 45.0 -19.6 85 10 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.03 7 300 9740 -28.5 -52.5 8 24.0 -30.8 135 8 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.6 0.10 8 250 11020 -38.1 -75.1 1 37.0 -39.4 250 6 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 9 200 12510 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.0 210 13 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.00 10 150 14320 -65.3 -94.3 1 29.0 -65.4 135 6 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 11 100 16700 -79.5 -104.5 1 25.0 -79.5 100 20 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.00 m Freezing level: 541.92 mb = 5308.68 m = 17416.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.32 mb = 3675.97 m = 12060.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.51 % Est. max temperature: 39.66 C = 103.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.58 mb = 911.93 m = 2991.86 ft T: 29.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 68.96 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.94 mb = 3271.26 m = 10732.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.56 C = 112.21 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 12.90 C K Index: 16.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 154.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 352.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.31 mb = 2331.18 m = 7648.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 535.31 mb = 5327.09 m = 17477.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.31 mb = 10092.37 m = 33111.03 ft B at Equ Level: 154.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.31 mb = 12989.82 m = 42617.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 97 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 22 140 14 -9.0 10.7 | 165 10 -2.7 10.0 1 1000 31 125 22 -18.0 12.6 | 135 17 -11.7 11.9 2 970 305 130 16 -12.3 10.3 | 148 11 -6.0 9.6 3 938 610 130 9 -6.9 5.8 | 173 5 -0.6 5.1 4 925 733 140 7 -4.5 5.4 | 201 5 1.8 4.6 5 906 914 170 6 -1.0 5.9 | 225 7 5.3 5.2 6 876 1219 230 4 3.1 2.6 | 259 10 9.4 1.8 7 850 1485 345 2 0.5 -1.9 | 291 7 6.8 -2.7 8 817 1829 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 | 303 7 5.8 -3.7 9 788 2134 135 2 -1.4 1.4 | 262 5 4.9 0.7 10 761 2438 105 3 -2.9 0.8 | 269 3 3.4 0.1 11 734 2743 60 5 -4.3 -2.5 | 329 4 2.0 -3.2 12 709 3048 75 8 -7.7 -2.1 | 27 3 -1.4 -2.8 13 700 3154 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 22 5 -1.9 -4.5 14 658 3658 55 17 -13.9 -9.8 | 36 13 -7.6 -10.5 15 634 3962 60 20 -17.3 -10.0 | 46 15 -11.0 -10.7 16 610 4267 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 30 13 -6.7 -11.7 17 588 4572 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 343 12 3.4 -11.4 18 566 4877 330 8 4.0 -6.9 | 307 13 10.3 -7.7 19 525 5486 335 3 1.3 -2.7 | 294 8 7.6 -3.4 20 500 5880 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 237 5 4.3 2.7 21 486 6096 135 4 -2.8 2.8 | 239 4 3.5 2.1 22 400 7620 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 66 4 -3.7 -1.6 23 400 7620 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 48 3 -2.6 -2.3 24 325 9144 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 91 3 -2.7 0.1 25 300 9740 135 8 -5.7 5.7 | 187 5 0.6 4.9 26 263 10668 230 4 3.1 2.6 | 259 10 9.4 1.8 27 250 11020 250 6 5.6 2.1 | 264 12 11.9 1.3 28 210 12192 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 237 15 12.6 8.3 29 200 12510 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 231 17 12.8 10.5 30 165 13716 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 254 16 15.0 4.3 31 150 14320 135 6 -4.2 4.2 | 210 4 2.1 3.5 32 128 15240 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 122 7 -5.9 3.7 33 100 16700 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 102 14 -13.4 2.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.6 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 96.6 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -143.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.1 neg: -21.5 tot: 31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.47 Bulk Shear: 28.27 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 128 17 145 12| 0.0 3.8 3.8| 11.6 -17.8 -6.2 -12.4 -0.10| 16.9 -1.7 1000 134 12 163 8| 5.0 1.9 6.9| 24.8 -17.8 7.0 7.0 0.25| 13.6 3.4 1500 139 9 183 6| 4.4 1.3 5.6| 45.4 -17.8 27.6 18.4 0.42| 12.4 5.2 2000 134 7 192 5| 2.4 0.9 3.4| 47.7 -19.8 27.8 13.9 0.35| 10.6 3.8 2500 132 6 203 4| 1.7 0.8 2.5| 48.7 -21.5 27.2 10.9 0.32| 9.3 2.9 3000 122 6 200 3| 1.5 1.2 2.6| 53.1 -21.5 31.6 10.5 0.39| 8.7 3.4 4000 87 8 63 2| 1.2 1.9 3.1| 63.6 -23.4 40.2 10.1 0.36| 8.3 3.0 5000 70 9 32 5| 1.0 1.4 2.4| 63.6 -97.0 -33.4 -6.7 0.01| 9.0 0.1 6000 67 8 20 4| 0.4 1.2 1.6| 66.3-104.6 -38.3 -6.4 -0.03| 8.7 -0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250420.12.gif