UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 22 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 34.8 28.8 71 6.0 30.1 130 9 307.5 312.3 303.1 385.3 25.49 1 1000 60 34.6 21.6 47 13.0 25.0 120 13 307.8 310.8 298.2 357.5 16.46 2 925 762 32.2 1.2 14 31.0 14.5 180 3 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.5 4.51 3 850 1511 26.2 -8.8 9 35.0 9.3 30 5 313.6 314.0 289.1 321.1 2.31 4 700 3177 12.8 -3.2 33 16.0 4.5 65 24 316.7 317.5 291.9 330.5 4.31 5 500 5900 -3.9 -45.9 2 42.0 -11.8 105 23 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.13 6 400 7630 -13.7 -31.7 20 18.0 -18.0 90 10 337.2 337.3 294.3 339.7 0.67 7 300 9750 -28.7 -62.7 2 34.0 -31.2 65 9 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.1 0.03 8 250 11030 -39.1 -56.1 15 17.0 -40.1 110 15 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 9 200 12520 -51.1 -80.1 2 29.0 -51.5 135 23 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.00 10 150 14330 -65.1 -94.1 1 29.0 -65.2 110 26 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 11 101 16644 -81.7 -105.7 1 24.0 -81.7 60 18 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 12 100 16700 -82.1 -106.1 1 24.0 -82.1 60 20 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 TRP 101 16644 -81.7 -105.7 1 24.0 -81.7 60 18 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.00 m Freezing level: 546.71 mb = 5264.09 m = 17270.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.82 mb = 3841.48 m = 12603.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.44 % Est. max temperature: 40.80 C = 105.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.90 mb = 782.14 m = 2566.06 ft T: 32.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 64.22 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.16 mb = 4288.67 m = 14070.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.81 C = 119.85 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: 2.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.10 C Showalter Index: 11.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: -4.90 C K Index: 5.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3884.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.35 mb = 3063.09 m = 10049.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 115 at 13 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 15 130 9 -6.9 5.8 | 264 4 4.4 0.4 1 1000 60 120 13 -11.3 6.5 | 184 1 0.1 1.2 2 973 305 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 234 5 4.3 3.1 3 941 610 145 4 -2.3 3.3 | 283 9 9.0 -2.1 4 925 762 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 282 12 11.3 -2.3 5 909 914 215 2 1.1 1.6 | 287 13 12.5 -3.7 6 878 1219 350 2 0.3 -2.0 | 302 14 11.7 -7.3 7 850 1511 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 318 13 8.8 -9.7 8 819 1829 65 8 -7.3 -3.4 | 335 10 4.1 -8.7 9 791 2134 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 357 10 0.5 -10.4 10 763 2438 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 360 9 0.1 -9.4 11 736 2743 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 23 10 -4.1 -9.5 12 711 3048 70 23 -21.6 -7.9 | 38 17 -10.3 -13.2 13 700 3177 65 24 -21.8 -10.1 | 34 19 -10.4 -15.5 14 660 3658 65 23 -20.8 -9.7 | 32 18 -9.5 -15.1 15 635 3962 75 21 -20.3 -5.4 | 40 14 -8.9 -10.8 16 612 4267 90 22 -22.0 0.0 | 63 12 -10.7 -5.3 17 589 4572 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 77 14 -13.6 -3.2 18 567 4877 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 77 14 -13.6 -3.2 19 526 5486 95 27 -26.9 2.4 | 79 16 -15.6 -3.0 20 500 5900 105 23 -22.2 6.0 | 93 11 -10.9 0.6 21 488 6096 105 21 -20.3 5.4 | 91 9 -8.9 0.1 22 401 7620 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 8 4 -0.6 -4.3 23 400 7630 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 346 6 1.3 -5.3 24 326 9144 45 5 -3.5 -3.5 | 319 12 7.8 -8.9 25 300 9750 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 341 10 3.2 -9.1 26 263 10668 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 44 1 -0.9 -0.9 27 250 11030 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 86 3 -2.8 -0.2 28 210 12192 125 20 -16.4 11.5 | 141 8 -5.0 6.1 29 200 12520 135 23 -16.3 16.3 | 156 12 -4.9 10.9 30 165 13716 120 19 -16.5 9.5 | 129 7 -5.1 4.2 31 150 14330 110 26 -24.4 8.9 | 105 14 -13.1 3.6 32 128 15240 90 25 -25.0 0.0 | 69 15 -13.7 -5.3 33 101 16644 60 18 -15.6 -9.0 | 17 15 -4.2 -14.3 34 100 16700 60 20 -17.3 -10.0 | 21 16 -6.0 -15.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.2 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 115.2 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.4 neg: -2.7 tot: 82.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 20.26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 133 10 244 4| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 8.0 -2.0 6.1 12.1 0.21| 12.7 2.6 1000 140 7 271 7| 5.3 0.0 5.3| 18.4 -2.7 15.7 15.7 0.29| 10.3 3.0 1500 131 5 283 7| 3.8 0.0 3.8| 42.8 -2.7 40.1 26.8 0.46| 9.3 4.3 2000 103 6 306 7| 2.7 0.0 2.7| 59.7 -2.7 57.0 28.5 0.53| 8.8 4.7 2500 87 7 324 7| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 67.3 -2.7 64.6 25.8 0.56| 7.8 4.4 3000 81 9 339 7| 1.9 1.6 3.5| 85.4 -2.7 82.6 27.5 0.58| 8.1 4.7 4000 74 13 5 9| 0.9 1.3 2.2| 97.2 -9.5 87.6 21.9 0.51| 7.2 3.7 5000 80 15 23 9| 1.0 1.1 2.1|123.0 -9.5 113.5 22.7 0.56| 6.7 3.7 6000 85 17 38 9| 0.7 0.9 1.6|136.1 -10.1 126.0 21.0 0.54| 6.3 3.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250422.12.gif