UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 24 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 21 35.0 29.0 71 6.0 30.3 140 6 308.0 312.8 303.3 387.2 25.88 1 1000 39 33.4 22.4 53 11.0 25.3 100 11 306.5 309.8 298.4 358.6 17.30 2 925 739 31.4 17.4 43 14.0 21.5 195 5 311.4 314.0 297.3 353.2 13.64 3 850 1490 26.8 -18.2 4 45.0 8.2 130 15 314.2 314.4 288.1 317.9 1.07 4 700 3161 14.0 -3.0 31 17.0 5.1 70 20 318.0 318.8 292.3 332.1 4.38 5 500 5890 -2.5 15 4 330.0 6 400 7620 -13.5 -42.5 7 29.0 -18.7 300 5 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.23 7 300 9740 -29.3 -57.3 5 28.0 -31.6 200 5 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.3 0.06 8 250 11010 -39.5 -67.5 4 28.0 -40.6 165 7 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 9 200 12500 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.1 170 9 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.00 10 150 14310 -65.5 -94.5 1 29.0 -65.6 100 6 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.00 11 106 16349 -78.7 -103.7 1 25.0 -78.7 100 12 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 12 100 16680 -78.5 -103.5 1 25.0 -78.5 60 17 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 TRP 106 16349 -78.7 -103.7 1 25.0 -78.7 100 12 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.00 m Freezing level: 530.30 mb = 5476.51 m = 17967.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.05 mb = 3938.07 m = 12920.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.99 % Est. max temperature: 41.17 C = 106.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.18 mb = 785.39 m = 2576.71 ft T: 31.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 69.34 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.29 mb = 3204.11 m = 10512.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.22 C = 113.39 F Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: 12.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: -15.70 C K Index: -5.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 520.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 410.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.31 mb = 2193.26 m = 7195.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 538.31 mb = 5291.28 m = 17359.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.31 mb = 12553.53 m = 41185.61 ft B at Equ Level: 519.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.31 mb = 16222.39 m = 53222.43 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 113 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 21 140 6 -3.9 4.6 | 257 5 4.7 1.1 1 1000 39 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 55 3 -2.3 -1.6 2 971 305 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 153 2 -1.0 2.0 3 938 610 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 264 6 5.7 0.6 4 925 739 195 5 1.3 4.8 | 263 10 9.8 1.3 5 907 914 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 253 11 10.3 3.2 6 876 1219 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 211 8 3.9 6.4 7 850 1490 130 15 -11.5 9.6 | 154 7 -3.0 6.1 8 817 1829 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 105 5 -4.6 1.2 9 789 2134 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 30 7 -3.3 -5.6 10 761 2438 55 15 -12.3 -8.6 | 17 13 -3.8 -12.1 11 735 2743 60 16 -13.9 -8.0 | 25 13 -5.3 -11.5 12 709 3048 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 41 13 -8.4 -9.7 13 700 3161 70 20 -18.8 -6.8 | 45 15 -10.3 -10.4 14 658 3658 60 22 -19.1 -11.0 | 36 18 -10.5 -14.5 15 634 3962 60 20 -17.3 -10.0 | 33 16 -8.8 -13.5 16 611 4267 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 29 10 -4.6 -8.3 17 588 4572 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 22 4 -1.5 -3.5 18 567 4877 100 7 -6.9 1.2 | 325 3 1.6 -2.3 19 526 5486 75 7 -6.8 -1.8 | 342 6 1.8 -5.4 20 500 5890 15 4 -1.0 -3.9 | 315 11 7.5 -7.4 21 487 6096 20 4 -1.4 -3.8 | 316 10 7.2 -7.3 22 400 7620 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 295 14 12.9 -6.0 23 400 7620 280 3 3.0 -0.5 | 289 12 11.5 -4.1 24 325 9144 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 233 9 7.0 5.3 25 300 9740 200 5 1.7 4.7 | 264 10 10.2 1.2 26 263 10668 165 2 -0.5 1.9 | 281 8 8.0 -1.6 27 250 11010 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 244 7 6.7 3.2 28 209 12192 185 13 1.1 13.0 | 226 13 9.7 9.4 29 200 12500 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 233 9 7.0 5.3 30 165 13716 105 9 -8.7 2.3 | 7 1 -0.2 -1.2 31 150 14310 100 6 -5.9 1.0 | 314 4 2.6 -2.5 32 128 15240 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 197 3 0.9 2.9 33 106 16349 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 66 4 -3.3 -1.5 34 100 16680 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 27 14 -6.2 -12.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 82.5 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 112.5 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.5 neg: -54.2 tot: -32.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 82.71 Bulk Shear: 6.29 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 117 10 156 1| 0.0 0.8 0.8| 4.1 0.0 4.1 8.2 0.94| 19.5 18.4 1000 138 8 232 4| 3.0 0.4 3.4| 5.6 -10.4 -4.9 -4.9 0.52| 14.8 7.8 1500 142 9 217 5| 2.0 4.3 6.3| 5.6 -33.6 -28.0 -18.7 0.08| 14.2 1.2 2000 131 11 191 3| 1.5 4.0 5.5| 5.6 -45.4 -39.9 -19.9 -0.11| 13.0 -1.4 2500 116 11 132 2| 1.2 4.4 5.6| 6.4 -54.2 -47.7 -19.1 -0.16| 12.3 -2.0 3000 102 12 72 3| 1.0 3.7 4.6| 21.5 -54.2 -32.7 -10.9 -0.08| 11.0 -0.9 4000 85 14 50 7| 0.7 3.0 3.7| 25.0 -67.5 -42.5 -10.6 -0.10| 9.4 -0.9 5000 84 14 45 7| 1.9 2.4 4.3| 25.3 -72.5 -47.1 -9.4 -0.12| 9.1 -1.1 6000 83 12 36 6| 1.6 2.1 3.7| 26.2 -81.5 -55.3 -9.2 -0.15| 8.3 -1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250424.12.gif