UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 25 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 1004 20 29.0 27.4 91 1.6 27.8 160 2 301.8 306.1 300.8 371.5 23.45 1 1000 55 29.2 22.2 66 7.0 24.1 165 9 302.4 305.5 297.3 352.9 17.09 2 925 744 26.2 12.2 42 14.0 17.1 175 17 306.1 307.9 293.2 335.3 9.69 3 850 1485 25.2 115 12 312.5 4 700 3152 12.6 -4.4 30 17.0 4.0 85 15 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.1 3.94 5 500 5870 -4.9 75 7 327.1 6 400 7590 -14.9 -59.9 1 45.0 -20.0 225 4 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.7 0.03 7 300 9710 -29.5 -69.5 1 40.0 -31.9 205 8 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.8 0.01 8 250 10980 -40.3 -76.3 1 36.0 -41.3 235 8 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.00 9 200 12470 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -51.7 205 9 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.00 10 150 14280 -66.3 -94.3 1 28.0 -66.4 185 7 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.00 11 100 16650 -81.3 -105.3 1 24.0 -81.3 140 17 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.00 m Freezing level: 556.00 mb = 5108.96 m = 16761.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.00 mb = 3750.68 m = 12305.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.20 % Est. max temperature: 39.39 C = 102.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.61 mb = 219.06 m = 718.69 ft T: 28.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 42.32 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.43 mb = 3263.20 m = 10705.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.10 C = 111.38 F Cap Strength: 8.15 C Lifted Index: 0.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.03 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 12.06 C K Index: 20.26 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2924.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.06 mb = 1824.33 m = 5985.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 115 at 10 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 1004 20 160 2 -0.7 1.9 | 286 9 8.2 -2.3 1 1000 55 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 235 8 6.5 4.5 2 972 305 160 18 -6.2 16.9 | 192 13 2.7 12.7 3 939 610 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 206 16 7.2 14.7 4 925 744 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 210 15 7.4 12.7 5 907 914 170 12 -2.1 11.8 | 222 10 6.8 7.6 6 876 1219 130 8 -6.1 5.1 | 251 3 2.7 1.0 7 850 1485 115 12 -10.9 5.1 | 114 2 -2.0 0.9 8 817 1829 95 14 -13.9 1.2 | 60 6 -5.1 -3.0 9 788 2134 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 21 9 -3.3 -8.6 10 761 2438 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 21 11 -3.8 -10.1 11 734 2743 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 31 9 -4.7 -7.8 12 709 3048 85 14 -13.9 -1.2 | 43 7 -5.1 -5.4 13 700 3152 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 48 8 -6.1 -5.5 14 658 3658 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 21 11 -3.8 -10.1 15 633 3962 40 16 -10.3 -12.3 | 5 17 -1.4 -16.4 16 524 5486 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 4 8 -0.5 -7.6 17 500 5870 75 7 -6.8 -1.8 | 341 6 2.1 -6.0 18 400 7590 225 4 2.8 2.8 | 277 12 11.7 -1.4 19 398 7620 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 276 11 11.4 -1.1 20 324 9144 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 256 11 10.7 2.6 21 300 9710 205 8 3.4 7.3 | 256 13 12.3 3.1 22 261 10668 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 244 13 11.5 5.5 23 250 10980 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 269 15 15.4 0.4 24 209 12192 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 260 14 13.5 2.4 25 200 12470 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 253 13 12.7 4.0 26 150 14280 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 254 10 9.5 2.8 27 127 15240 150 5 -2.5 4.3 | 269 6 6.4 0.1 28 100 16650 140 17 -10.9 13.0 | 167 9 -2.1 8.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.3 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 115.3 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 4.4 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -47.1 tot: -11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 42.02 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 164 15 204 11| 17.2 0.0 17.2| 8.8 -32.1 -23.3 -46.6 -0.64| 20.5-13.0 1000 168 15 208 12| 8.6 4.5 13.2| 25.4 -32.7 -7.3 -7.3 -0.27| 16.1 -4.3 1500 159 13 206 9| 5.7 5.5 11.2| 27.8 -34.4 -6.7 -4.4 -0.25| 14.3 -3.6 2000 144 13 189 7| 4.3 6.0 10.3| 27.8 -43.0 -15.3 -7.6 -0.33| 12.9 -4.3 2500 129 13 160 5| 3.4 5.3 8.7| 29.0 -47.1 -18.1 -7.2 -0.33| 11.2 -3.7 3000 118 14 127 4| 3.6 4.4 8.0| 35.9 -47.1 -11.3 -3.8 -0.26| 10.0 -2.6 4000 102 14 74 5| 2.7 4.5 7.1| 37.1 -71.0 -33.8 -8.5 -0.32| 9.1 -2.9 5000 89 14 48 7| 2.8 3.6 6.3| 40.4 -71.2 -30.8 -6.2 -0.28| 7.9 -2.2 6000 85 13 38 7| 2.8 3.0 5.7| 40.4 -78.5 -38.1 -6.4 -0.31| 7.2 -2.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250425.00.gif