UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 26 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 26 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 1003 21 34.0 28.0 71 6.0 29.3 130 10 306.9 311.4 302.4 380.9 24.34 1 1000 48 34.6 22.6 50 12.0 25.7 140 15 307.8 311.0 298.8 360.7 17.52 2 925 746 29.2 15.2 43 14.0 19.6 145 10 309.2 311.4 295.6 345.1 11.82 3 850 1493 24.2 13.2 50 11.0 16.8 175 2 311.5 313.6 295.8 346.2 11.29 4 700 3164 13.4 -2.6 33 16.0 4.9 90 18 317.3 318.2 292.2 331.8 4.51 5 500 5890 -3.3 -34.3 7 31.0 -10.9 270 4 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.42 6 400 7620 -14.7 -39.7 10 25.0 -19.3 240 8 335.9 335.9 293.6 337.1 0.30 7 300 9740 -29.5 -53.5 8 24.0 -31.6 230 11 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.2 0.09 8 250 11020 -38.7 -60.7 8 22.0 -39.8 210 14 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.04 9 200 12510 -50.3 -69.3 9 19.0 -50.7 250 14 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 10 150 14320 -65.5 -83.5 6 18.0 -65.6 275 20 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.00 11 104 16477 -78.7 -103.7 1 25.0 -78.7 295 9 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 12 100 16700 -79.3 -104.3 1 25.0 -79.3 165 5 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 TRP 104 16477 -78.7 -103.7 1 25.0 -78.7 295 9 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.00 m Freezing level: 539.52 mb = 5351.33 m = 17556.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.76 mb = 3918.44 m = 12855.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.29 % Est. max temperature: 38.52 C = 101.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.91 mb = 785.14 m = 2575.90 ft T: 28.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 35.76 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.39 mb = 3110.14 m = 10203.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.27 C = 111.68 F Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 24.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 403.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 307.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.91 mb = 2102.20 m = 6896.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.91 mb = 5016.62 m = 16458.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.91 mb = 11666.98 m = 38277.03 ft B at Equ Level: 400.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.91 mb = 15304.29 m = 50210.31 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 129 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 1003 21 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 135 1 -0.8 0.8 1 1000 48 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 155 6 -2.7 5.8 2 972 305 140 21 -13.5 16.1 | 148 12 -6.6 10.4 3 939 610 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 174 5 -0.6 5.0 4 925 746 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 205 3 1.2 2.5 5 908 914 150 8 -4.0 6.9 | 246 3 2.9 1.3 6 877 1219 210 4 2.0 3.5 | 284 9 8.9 -2.2 7 850 1493 175 2 -0.2 2.0 | 299 8 6.7 -3.7 8 817 1829 115 9 -8.2 3.8 | 34 2 -1.3 -1.9 9 789 2134 105 11 -10.6 2.8 | 53 5 -3.7 -2.8 10 762 2438 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 70 5 -4.4 -1.6 11 735 2743 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 68 6 -5.7 -2.3 12 709 3048 95 16 -15.9 1.4 | 65 10 -9.0 -4.3 13 700 3164 90 18 -18.0 0.0 | 63 12 -11.1 -5.7 14 659 3658 75 24 -23.2 -6.2 | 54 20 -16.3 -11.9 15 634 3962 70 24 -22.6 -8.2 | 48 21 -15.7 -13.9 16 611 4267 75 17 -16.4 -4.4 | 43 14 -9.5 -10.1 17 588 4572 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 22 8 -3.0 -7.4 18 567 4877 65 6 -5.4 -2.5 | 350 8 1.5 -8.2 19 526 5486 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 341 4 1.3 -3.6 20 500 5890 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 297 12 10.9 -5.7 21 487 6096 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 294 13 11.9 -5.2 22 400 7620 240 8 6.9 4.0 | 277 14 13.8 -1.7 23 400 7620 245 7 6.3 3.0 | 282 14 13.2 -2.7 24 325 9144 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 275 16 16.0 -1.4 25 300 9740 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 265 15 15.3 1.4 26 263 10668 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 254 16 15.2 4.3 27 250 11020 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 245 15 13.9 6.5 28 210 12192 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 250 12 11.5 4.3 29 200 12510 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 272 20 20.0 -0.9 30 165 13716 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 292 28 26.2 -10.8 31 150 14320 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 285 28 26.8 -7.4 32 128 15240 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 286 18 16.9 -4.8 33 104 16477 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 302 18 15.0 -9.5 34 100 16700 165 5 -1.3 4.8 | 278 6 5.6 -0.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.4 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 129.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -3.8 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 21.93 Bulk Shear: 18.38 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 141 18 151 9| 6.2 0.0 6.2| 5.9 -1.4 4.4 8.9 0.18| 16.8 3.0 1000 143 14 165 6| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 12.7 -1.4 11.3 11.3 0.36| 13.8 4.9 1500 147 11 200 3| 2.3 1.4 3.7| 22.3 -1.4 20.9 13.9 0.42| 11.7 4.9 2000 142 10 204 2| 1.7 2.4 4.1| 24.5 -2.7 21.8 10.9 0.41| 11.5 4.7 2500 134 10 163 1| 1.4 2.2 3.6| 26.4 -2.7 23.7 9.5 0.42| 9.7 4.1 3000 127 11 114 2| 1.1 2.6 3.8| 26.4 -3.8 22.6 7.5 0.37| 8.9 3.3 4000 106 14 72 6| 0.9 3.2 4.0| 26.4 -27.9 -1.5 -0.4 0.22| 8.5 1.8 5000 99 13 60 7| 1.8 2.1 3.9| 26.7 -53.5 -26.8 -5.4 0.06| 8.6 0.5 6000 99 12 52 6| 2.4 1.7 4.2| 37.5 -60.2 -22.7 -3.8 0.03| 8.8 0.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250426.12.gif