UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 23 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 1006 19 28.2 26.6 91 1.6 27.0 160 4 300.8 304.9 299.9 366.7 22.29 1 1000 72 27.2 27.2 100 0.0 27.2 185 8 300.4 304.6 300.4 369.0 23.26 2 925 767 29.2 15.2 43 14.0 19.6 165 9 309.2 311.4 295.6 345.1 11.82 3 850 1517 26.4 8.4 32 18.0 15.0 75 7 313.8 315.4 294.1 339.2 8.16 4 700 3186 11.2 5.2 67 6.0 7.6 70 17 314.9 316.4 294.3 339.8 7.95 5 500 5920 -5.5 -11.5 63 6.0 -8.0 110 12 326.3 327.0 293.6 337.0 3.17 6 400 7630 -14.3 -23.3 46 9.0 -17.0 135 14 336.4 336.7 294.7 341.7 1.46 7 300 9760 -29.5 -41.5 30 12.0 -31.1 105 10 343.8 343.9 295.6 345.1 0.34 8 250 11030 -38.5 -50.5 27 12.0 -39.4 110 8 348.8 348.9 296.5 349.5 0.15 9 200 12520 -51.3 -62.3 26 11.0 -51.6 85 7 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.7 0.04 10 150 14330 -65.9 -74.9 27 9.0 -66.0 110 20 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 11 100 16700 -78.5 -88.5 18 10.0 -78.5 80 31 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.00 m Freezing level: 565.87 mb = 5019.58 m = 16468.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.75 mb = 4401.34 m = 14439.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.03 % Est. max temperature: 40.80 C = 105.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.50 mb = 220.29 m = 722.74 ft T: 27.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 29.74 C Layer 925.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.47 mb = 2519.09 m = 8264.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.94 C = 107.50 F Cap Strength: 7.45 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.90 C Cross Totals Index: 13.90 C K Index: 34.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1218.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 324.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.62 mb = 1427.50 m = 4683.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.62 mb = 3141.65 m = 10307.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.62 mb = 13783.16 m = 45219.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1216.66 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 123 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 1006 19 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 278 6 5.9 -0.9 1 1000 72 185 8 0.7 8.0 | 247 9 7.9 3.4 2 941 610 170 12 -2.1 11.8 | 215 9 5.1 7.2 3 925 767 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 230 6 4.9 4.1 4 910 914 145 7 -4.0 5.7 | 251 3 3.2 1.1 5 879 1219 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 347 6 1.3 -5.7 6 850 1517 75 7 -6.8 -1.8 | 356 6 0.5 -6.4 7 820 1829 100 9 -8.9 1.6 | 28 3 -1.6 -3.1 8 791 2134 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 36 5 -2.7 -3.7 9 764 2438 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 15 8 -2.2 -8.0 10 711 3048 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 35 12 -6.9 -9.7 11 700 3186 70 17 -16.0 -5.8 | 40 14 -8.8 -10.4 12 661 3658 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 52 12 -9.5 -7.6 13 636 3962 80 16 -15.8 -2.8 | 49 11 -8.5 -7.4 14 613 4267 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 39 9 -5.6 -6.9 15 590 4572 85 11 -11.0 -1.0 | 34 7 -3.7 -5.6 16 527 5486 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 53 5 -3.6 -2.7 17 500 5920 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 83 4 -4.1 -0.5 18 489 6096 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 88 5 -5.0 -0.2 19 400 7630 135 14 -9.9 9.9 | 153 6 -2.7 5.3 20 326 9144 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 36 5 -2.7 -3.7 21 300 9760 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 50 3 -2.4 -2.0 22 250 11030 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 9 2 -0.3 -1.9 23 210 12192 120 8 -6.9 4.0 | 335 1 0.3 -0.6 24 200 12520 85 7 -7.0 -0.6 | 357 5 0.2 -5.2 25 165 13716 95 14 -13.9 1.2 | 63 8 -6.7 -3.4 26 150 14330 110 20 -18.8 6.8 | 101 12 -11.6 2.2 27 100 16700 80 31 -30.5 -5.4 | 67 25 -23.3 -10.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.6 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 122.6 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -21.0 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 46.50 Bulk Shear: 26.21 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 178 9 236 8| 7.7 0.0 7.7| 0.0 -15.6 -15.6 -31.2 -0.91| 8.9 -8.1 1000 169 9 231 7| 3.8 4.5 8.3| 6.5 -17.3 -10.9 -10.9 -0.16| 9.5 -1.5 1500 152 8 231 4| 2.6 4.8 7.4| 9.5 -17.3 -7.8 -5.2 0.01| 8.4 0.1 2000 135 8 225 2| 2.8 3.6 6.4| 13.4 -17.3 -3.9 -2.0 0.12| 7.5 0.9 2500 121 9 54 0| 2.2 3.9 6.1| 14.4 -21.0 -6.6 -2.6 0.05| 7.1 0.4 3000 107 9 42 3| 1.9 3.7 5.5| 21.8 -21.0 0.8 0.3 0.12| 6.6 0.8 4000 93 11 44 6| 1.7 2.8 4.5| 34.2 -23.0 11.2 2.8 0.17| 5.8 1.0 5000 90 11 43 6| 1.6 2.2 3.8| 35.5 -28.0 7.6 1.5 0.12| 5.2 0.6 6000 93 11 46 6| 1.7 1.8 3.5| 39.6 -28.0 11.6 1.9 0.18| 4.7 0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250423.00.gif