UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 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 15 35.4 30.4 76 5.0 31.4 120 4 308.1 313.4 304.4 394.4 28.06 1 1000 60 33.4 22.4 53 11.0 25.3 115 12 306.5 309.8 298.4 358.6 17.30 2 925 761 30.4 14.4 38 16.0 19.5 145 3 310.4 312.5 295.4 344.7 11.22 3 850 1510 24.6 0.6 21 24.0 11.2 180 2 311.9 312.8 290.7 326.7 4.70 4 700 3172 12.8 -7.2 24 20.0 3.2 60 18 316.7 317.3 290.9 327.0 3.18 5 500 5900 -1.9 110 21 330.7 6 400 7630 -13.9 -58.9 1 45.0 -19.3 75 14 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.03 7 300 9750 -28.9 -63.9 2 35.0 -31.3 90 7 344.6 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 8 250 11030 -37.9 -74.9 1 37.0 -39.2 85 8 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 9 200 12530 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -51.4 90 9 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.00 10 150 14340 -65.1 -94.1 1 29.0 -65.2 130 21 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 11 100 16710 -78.5 -103.5 1 25.0 -78.5 110 29 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.00 m Freezing level: 525.85 mb = 5547.40 m = 18199.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.21 mb = 3683.36 m = 12084.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.09 % Est. max temperature: 39.11 C = 102.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.34 mb = 651.41 m = 2137.15 ft T: 30.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 67.69 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.88 mb = 3088.22 m = 10131.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.73 C = 110.72 F Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: 10.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 2.50 C K Index: 7.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 378.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.87 mb = 2192.43 m = 7192.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 459.87 mb = 6548.69 m = 21484.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.87 mb = 10758.25 m = 35295.67 ft B at Equ Level: 144.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.87 mb = 13197.56 m = 43298.54 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 115 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 15 120 4 -3.5 2.0 | 291 7 6.6 -2.6 1 1000 60 115 12 -10.9 5.1 | 120 1 -0.9 0.5 2 973 305 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 230 4 2.9 2.5 3 941 610 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 276 7 6.8 -0.8 4 925 761 145 3 -1.7 2.5 | 284 9 8.3 -2.1 5 909 914 185 3 0.3 3.0 | 279 10 10.3 -1.6 6 878 1219 235 3 2.5 1.7 | 283 13 12.5 -2.9 7 850 1510 180 2 0.0 2.0 | 284 10 10.0 -2.6 8 819 1829 115 4 -3.6 1.7 | 294 7 6.4 -2.9 9 790 2134 90 5 -5.0 0.0 | 312 7 5.0 -4.6 10 763 2438 105 9 -8.7 2.3 | 329 3 1.3 -2.3 11 736 2743 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 40 5 -2.9 -3.4 12 710 3048 75 15 -14.5 -3.9 | 28 10 -4.5 -8.5 13 700 3172 60 18 -15.6 -9.0 | 22 15 -5.6 -13.6 14 659 3658 55 26 -21.3 -14.9 | 30 23 -11.3 -19.5 15 635 3962 65 27 -24.5 -11.4 | 42 22 -14.4 -16.0 16 612 4267 65 25 -22.7 -10.6 | 40 20 -12.6 -15.1 17 589 4572 65 23 -20.8 -9.7 | 37 18 -10.8 -14.3 18 567 4877 85 20 -19.9 -1.7 | 57 12 -9.9 -6.3 19 526 5486 110 21 -19.7 7.2 | 105 10 -9.7 2.6 20 500 5900 110 21 -19.7 7.2 | 105 10 -9.7 2.6 21 488 6096 110 21 -19.7 7.2 | 105 10 -9.7 2.6 22 401 7620 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 40 8 -4.9 -5.9 23 400 7630 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 23 9 -3.5 -8.2 24 326 9144 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 332 1 0.6 -1.2 25 300 9750 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 327 5 3.0 -4.6 26 263 10668 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 69 1 -1.3 -0.5 27 250 11030 85 8 -8.0 -0.7 | 339 6 2.1 -5.3 28 210 12192 75 5 -4.8 -1.3 | 319 8 5.2 -5.9 29 200 12530 90 9 -9.0 0.0 | 347 5 1.0 -4.6 30 166 13716 85 9 -9.0 -0.8 | 349 5 1.1 -5.4 31 150 14340 130 21 -16.1 13.5 | 146 11 -6.1 8.9 32 129 15240 140 21 -13.5 16.1 | 163 12 -3.5 11.5 33 100 16710 110 29 -27.3 9.9 | 107 18 -17.2 5.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 84.6 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 114.6 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 10.86 Bulk Shear: 13.63 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 10 242 3| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 4.5 -1.9 2.6 5.2 -0.19| 17.3 -3.3 1000 135 7 268 5| 2.4 0.0 2.4| 7.8 -3.2 4.6 4.6 -0.08| 11.9 -1.0 1500 145 5 271 7| 1.6 0.5 2.1| 11.7 -3.9 7.8 5.2 -0.03| 9.4 -0.3 2000 141 5 277 7| 1.2 1.5 2.7| 17.0 -4.4 12.6 6.3 0.05| 8.4 0.4 2500 129 5 282 6| 0.5 1.2 1.7| 21.1 -4.4 16.6 6.7 0.13| 8.0 1.1 3000 115 7 295 4| 0.4 2.2 2.6| 22.8 -6.5 16.3 5.4 0.14| 8.0 1.1 4000 81 11 6 6| 0.8 3.0 3.8| 58.9 -10.1 48.8 12.2 0.18| 8.3 1.5 5000 77 13 22 8| 1.5 2.1 3.6| 84.4 -17.4 67.0 13.4 0.22| 8.1 1.8 6000 85 15 38 8| 1.8 1.7 3.6|103.3 -17.4 85.9 14.3 0.28| 7.3 2.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250421.12.gif