UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 21 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 1005 18 29.6 27.6 89 2.0 28.1 160 4 302.3 306.7 301.1 372.9 23.71 1 1000 62 28.8 25.4 82 3.4 26.3 170 14 302.0 305.8 299.4 363.7 20.84 2 925 755 26.8 18.8 62 8.0 21.1 170 11 306.7 309.5 297.0 351.6 14.93 3 850 1502 26.4 -4.6 13 31.0 10.3 130 6 313.8 314.4 290.0 324.1 3.19 4 700 3168 12.2 -0.8 41 13.0 5.2 50 14 316.0 317.0 292.4 332.4 5.16 5 500 5880 -5.9 -28.9 14 23.0 -12.0 75 14 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.4 0.70 6 400 7610 -14.1 -41.1 8 27.0 -19.0 90 16 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.7 0.26 7 300 9730 -29.7 -48.7 14 19.0 -31.7 135 5 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.15 8 250 11000 -39.3 -57.3 13 18.0 -40.3 200 6 347.6 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.07 9 200 12490 -51.9 -64.9 20 13.0 -52.2 200 6 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.03 10 150 14290 -67.1 -84.1 7 17.0 -67.2 155 15 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.00 11 100 16650 -77.3 -102.3 1 25.0 -77.3 90 28 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.00 m Freezing level: 565.19 mb = 4995.98 m = 16390.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.70 mb = 3894.04 m = 12775.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.74 % Est. max temperature: 40.60 C = 105.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.96 mb = 269.23 m = 883.29 ft T: 28.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 48.85 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.17 mb = 2539.75 m = 8332.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.56 C = 108.60 F Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: 8.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 32.30 C Cross Totals Index: 1.30 C K Index: 14.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1412.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 325.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.49 mb = 1291.56 m = 4237.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.49 mb = 3220.09 m = 10564.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.49 mb = 14467.65 m = 47465.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1404.27 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 112 at 11 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 1005 18 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 273 9 9.2 -0.5 1 1000 62 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 221 13 8.2 9.5 2 973 305 170 19 -3.3 18.7 | 207 16 7.3 14.4 3 940 610 175 15 -1.3 14.9 | 221 14 9.3 10.7 4 925 755 170 11 -1.9 10.8 | 233 11 8.7 6.5 5 908 914 160 7 -2.4 6.6 | 254 9 8.2 2.3 6 878 1219 145 4 -2.3 3.3 | 277 8 8.3 -1.0 7 850 1502 130 6 -4.6 3.9 | 274 6 6.0 -0.4 8 818 1829 115 9 -8.2 3.8 | 281 3 2.5 -0.5 9 790 2134 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 250 2 2.0 0.7 10 762 2438 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 96 2 -1.6 0.2 11 736 2743 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 38 5 -3.4 -4.3 12 710 3048 60 14 -12.1 -7.0 | 8 11 -1.5 -11.3 13 700 3168 50 14 -10.7 -9.0 | 0 13 -0.1 -13.3 14 659 3658 40 16 -10.3 -12.3 | 359 17 0.3 -16.5 15 634 3962 50 21 -16.1 -13.5 | 17 19 -5.5 -17.8 16 611 4267 55 25 -20.5 -14.3 | 28 21 -9.9 -18.6 17 588 4572 55 27 -22.1 -15.5 | 30 23 -11.5 -19.8 18 566 4877 65 25 -22.7 -10.6 | 39 19 -12.0 -14.8 19 525 5486 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 55 5 -4.3 -3.0 20 500 5880 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 20 8 -2.9 -7.9 21 486 6096 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 16 9 -2.5 -9.1 22 400 7610 90 16 -16.0 0.0 | 52 7 -5.4 -4.3 23 399 7620 85 16 -15.9 -1.4 | 43 8 -5.3 -5.7 24 325 9144 105 12 -11.6 3.1 | 40 2 -1.0 -1.2 25 300 9730 135 5 -3.5 3.5 | 276 7 7.1 -0.7 26 262 10668 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 274 13 12.9 -1.0 27 250 11000 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 264 13 12.7 1.4 28 209 12192 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 269 16 16.0 0.2 29 200 12490 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 264 13 12.7 1.4 30 164 13716 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 214 9 5.1 7.5 31 150 14290 155 15 -6.3 13.6 | 205 10 4.3 9.3 32 127 15240 135 23 -16.3 16.3 | 155 13 -5.7 12.0 33 100 16650 90 28 -28.0 0.0 | 76 18 -17.4 -4.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.0 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 112.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.7 neg: -48.9 tot: -10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 21.92 Bulk Shear: 64.41 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 171 16 214 14| 12.7 0.0 12.7| 10.0 -36.4 -26.4 -52.7 -0.60| 18.8-11.4 1000 170 14 222 12| 6.4 5.5 11.9| 33.8 -36.4 -2.6 -2.6 -0.09| 15.0 -1.4 1500 166 11 233 10| 4.2 4.3 8.5| 38.3 -37.1 1.2 0.8 -0.03| 11.6 -0.3 2000 157 10 233 8| 3.2 3.4 6.6| 38.7 -37.6 1.0 0.5 -0.03| 9.8 -0.3 2500 147 10 229 7| 2.5 3.5 6.0| 38.7 -38.9 -0.2 -0.1 -0.12| 9.0 -1.1 3000 134 11 220 4| 2.1 4.3 6.4| 38.7 -48.9 -10.2 -3.4 -0.21| 9.2 -1.9 4000 102 12 41 2| 1.6 3.7 5.2| 67.7 -56.7 11.0 2.7 -0.11| 8.6 -0.9 5000 82 15 34 8| 2.1 3.0 5.0|113.9 -56.7 57.2 11.4 0.02| 8.3 0.1 6000 82 15 35 8| 2.1 2.9 5.0|121.1 -65.0 56.1 9.4 -0.01| 8.3 -0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250421.00.gif