UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 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 1002 23 36.8 29.8 68 7.0 31.3 130 5 309.8 314.9 304.3 393.7 27.16 1 1000 41 35.2 23.2 50 12.0 26.2 120 13 308.4 311.8 299.4 363.5 18.19 2 925 745 31.4 7.4 22 24.0 16.5 150 4 311.4 312.7 292.6 333.1 6.99 3 850 1496 26.6 -6.4 11 33.0 10.0 105 8 314.0 314.5 289.7 323.0 2.78 4 700 3164 12.8 -3.2 33 16.0 4.5 60 19 316.7 317.5 291.9 330.5 4.31 5 500 5900 -3.1 -40.1 4 37.0 -11.2 125 10 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.23 6 400 7630 -14.1 -31.1 22 17.0 -18.2 60 3 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.3 0.71 7 300 9740 -29.5 -49.5 13 20.0 -31.5 105 11 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.4 0.14 8 250 11010 -39.7 -60.7 9 21.0 -40.7 130 8 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.04 9 200 12500 -50.9 -76.9 3 26.0 -51.3 80 11 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 10 150 14320 -65.3 -94.3 1 29.0 -65.4 110 23 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 11 101 16634 -80.3 -104.3 1 24.0 -80.3 110 20 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 12 100 16690 -80.5 -104.5 1 24.0 -80.5 115 21 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 TRP 101 16634 -80.3 -104.3 1 24.0 -80.3 110 20 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.00 m Freezing level: 538.99 mb = 5366.57 m = 17606.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.55 mb = 3860.32 m = 12664.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.17 % Est. max temperature: 40.97 C = 105.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.44 mb = 915.24 m = 3002.71 ft T: 30.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 70.68 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.09 mb = 3815.62 m = 12518.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.74 C = 116.14 F Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lifted Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Showalter Index: 11.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: -3.30 C K Index: 7.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2753.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.30 mb = 2752.98 m = 9031.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 118 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 1002 23 130 5 -3.8 3.2 | 283 4 4.0 -0.9 1 1000 41 120 13 -11.3 6.5 | 125 4 -3.4 2.4 2 971 305 130 9 -6.9 5.8 | 210 2 1.0 1.7 3 939 610 135 5 -3.5 3.5 | 278 4 4.3 -0.6 4 925 745 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 276 6 5.9 -0.7 5 908 914 175 2 -0.2 2.0 | 286 8 7.7 -2.1 6 877 1219 120 4 -3.5 2.0 | 296 5 4.4 -2.1 7 850 1496 105 8 -7.7 2.1 | 356 2 0.1 -2.1 8 818 1829 95 7 -7.0 0.6 | 346 4 0.9 -3.5 9 789 2134 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 348 4 0.9 -4.1 10 762 2438 75 13 -12.6 -3.4 | 32 9 -4.7 -7.5 11 735 2743 65 20 -18.1 -8.5 | 39 16 -10.3 -12.6 12 710 3048 60 21 -18.2 -10.5 | 35 18 -10.3 -14.6 13 700 3164 60 19 -16.5 -9.5 | 32 16 -8.6 -13.6 14 659 3658 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 41 14 -9.1 -10.3 15 635 3962 75 18 -17.4 -4.7 | 47 13 -9.5 -8.8 16 611 4267 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 43 11 -7.6 -8.3 17 589 4572 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 60 8 -7.1 -4.1 18 567 4877 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 63 4 -4.0 -2.0 19 526 5486 130 9 -6.9 5.8 | 210 2 1.0 1.7 20 500 5900 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 168 2 -0.3 1.6 21 488 6096 125 9 -7.4 5.2 | 205 1 0.5 1.0 22 401 7620 95 4 -4.0 0.3 | 314 5 3.9 -3.8 23 400 7630 60 3 -2.6 -1.5 | 317 8 5.3 -5.6 24 325 9144 140 7 -4.5 5.4 | 250 4 3.4 1.2 25 300 9740 105 11 -10.6 2.8 | 65 3 -2.8 -1.3 26 263 10668 115 7 -6.3 3.0 | 308 2 1.5 -1.2 27 250 11010 130 8 -6.1 5.1 | 240 2 1.7 1.0 28 209 12192 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 53 5 -4.1 -3.1 29 200 12500 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 26 7 -3.0 -6.0 30 165 13716 95 17 -16.9 1.5 | 74 9 -9.1 -2.6 31 150 14320 110 23 -21.6 7.9 | 105 14 -13.8 3.7 32 128 15240 95 22 -21.9 1.9 | 81 14 -14.1 -2.2 33 101 16634 110 20 -18.8 6.8 | 104 11 -10.9 2.7 34 100 16690 115 21 -19.0 8.9 | 113 12 -11.2 4.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.7 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 117.7 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -7.7 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.51 Bulk Shear: 7.30 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 127 9 191 2| 1.2 0.0 1.2| 3.0 -2.0 1.0 2.1 -0.25| 15.5 -3.9 1000 132 7 265 3| 1.4 0.0 1.4| 5.7 -2.4 3.2 3.2 -0.11| 10.8 -1.2 1500 127 6 279 3| 1.0 2.3 3.2| 9.4 -2.4 6.9 4.6 0.06| 9.5 0.6 2000 118 6 296 3| 0.7 1.6 2.3| 9.5 -2.8 6.7 3.3 0.04| 7.6 0.3 2500 107 7 332 2| 0.6 3.1 3.6| 17.3 -2.8 14.5 5.8 0.16| 7.9 1.3 3000 91 9 18 4| 0.5 3.7 4.1| 19.5 -7.7 11.8 3.9 0.12| 7.9 1.0 4000 81 12 31 7| 0.8 2.7 3.6| 31.9 -10.8 21.1 5.3 0.16| 6.8 1.1 5000 82 12 36 7| 1.7 2.2 3.9| 40.4 -12.9 27.5 5.5 0.18| 6.6 1.2 6000 88 12 41 6| 1.8 1.9 3.7| 42.0 -13.4 28.6 4.8 0.21| 6.0 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250423.12.gif