UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 27 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 1005 21 29.0 27.4 91 1.6 27.8 185 3 301.7 306.0 300.8 371.3 23.42 1 1000 65 29.0 24.7 78 4.3 25.8 120 2 302.1 305.8 299.0 361.3 19.96 2 925 756 26.0 13.0 45 13.0 17.4 170 16 305.9 307.8 293.5 336.6 10.22 3 850 1498 23.4 8.4 38 15.0 14.0 30 6 310.7 312.2 293.3 335.8 8.16 4 700 3161 12.6 -5.4 28 18.0 3.7 85 15 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.2 3.65 5 500 5880 -5.1 -43.1 3 38.0 -12.5 330 3 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.17 6 400 7600 -14.3 -43.3 7 29.0 -19.3 225 11 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.21 7 300 9720 -30.1 -41.1 33 11.0 -31.6 290 8 343.0 343.0 295.4 344.3 0.35 8 250 11000 -38.7 -57.7 12 19.0 -39.8 200 15 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.06 9 200 12480 -51.1 -64.1 20 13.0 -51.4 245 15 351.8 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.03 10 150 14290 -66.5 -75.5 27 9.0 -66.5 250 14 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 11 109 16154 -80.1 -92.1 12 12.0 -80.1 200 5 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 12 100 16640 -79.9 -93.9 8 14.0 -79.9 175 19 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 TRP 109 16154 -80.1 -92.1 12 12.0 -80.1 200 5 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.00 m Freezing level: 557.63 mb = 5096.56 m = 16720.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.66 mb = 3702.08 m = 12145.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.21 % Est. max temperature: 37.62 C = 99.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.58 mb = 220.72 m = 724.13 ft T: 28.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 43.79 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.53 mb = 2901.49 m = 9519.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.85 C = 109.14 F Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: 3.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 13.50 C K Index: 18.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 424.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.47 mb = 1574.17 m = 5164.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.47 mb = 5000.72 m = 16406.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 397.47 mb = 7646.67 m = 25087.20 ft B at Equ Level: 71.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.47 mb = 11340.91 m = 37207.26 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 133 at 7 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 1005 21 185 3 0.3 3.0 | 286 5 5.1 -1.5 1 1000 65 120 2 -1.7 1.0 | 318 5 3.1 -3.5 2 973 305 170 19 -3.3 18.7 | 186 14 1.5 14.3 3 940 610 175 20 -1.7 19.9 | 191 16 3.1 15.5 4 925 756 170 16 -2.8 15.8 | 190 11 2.0 11.3 5 908 914 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 193 7 1.7 7.1 6 877 1219 130 4 -3.1 2.6 | 317 3 1.7 -1.9 7 850 1498 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 349 10 1.8 -9.7 8 818 1829 50 4 -3.1 -2.6 | 346 7 1.7 -7.0 9 789 2134 110 9 -8.5 3.1 | 69 4 -3.7 -1.4 10 762 2438 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 44 7 -5.2 -5.3 11 735 2743 55 9 -7.4 -5.2 | 15 10 -2.6 -9.6 12 709 3048 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 42 10 -6.8 -7.6 13 700 3161 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 60 12 -10.1 -5.8 14 658 3658 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 73 15 -14.2 -4.5 15 634 3962 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 68 9 -8.1 -3.3 16 610 4267 110 5 -4.7 1.7 | 358 3 0.1 -2.7 17 588 4572 160 1 -0.3 0.9 | 308 6 4.5 -3.5 18 566 4877 30 4 -2.0 -3.5 | 340 8 2.8 -7.9 19 525 5486 5 3 -0.3 -3.0 | 329 9 4.5 -7.4 20 500 5880 330 3 1.5 -2.6 | 318 9 6.3 -7.1 21 486 6096 280 2 2.0 -0.3 | 305 8 6.8 -4.8 22 400 7600 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 255 13 12.6 3.3 23 324 9144 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 302 16 13.9 -8.7 24 300 9720 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 300 14 12.3 -7.2 25 262 10668 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 264 12 11.7 1.3 26 250 11000 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 226 14 9.9 9.6 27 209 12192 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 263 16 16.1 2.0 28 200 12480 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 264 18 18.4 1.9 29 164 13716 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 256 18 17.1 4.1 30 150 14290 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 269 18 18.0 0.3 31 127 15240 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 281 24 23.8 -4.5 32 109 16154 200 5 1.7 4.7 | 268 7 6.5 0.2 33 100 16640 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 192 15 3.2 14.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.8 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 132.8 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: -17.9 tot: 20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.12 Bulk Shear: 22.09 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 169 14 194 9| 0.0 17.3 17.3| 11.6 -0.5 11.1 22.2 -0.18| 27.4 -4.8 1000 170 15 193 10| 0.0 3.5 3.5| 14.1 -1.8 12.3 12.3 -0.12| 19.9 -2.3 1500 165 12 195 7| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 17.2 -4.7 12.4 8.3 0.02| 18.5 0.3 2000 156 10 189 5| 1.6 2.2 3.8| 24.3 -5.6 18.7 9.3 0.08| 15.7 1.3 2500 143 10 161 4| 1.3 2.3 3.6| 27.7 -11.2 16.5 6.6 0.07| 14.3 1.0 3000 128 10 119 3| 1.1 2.3 3.4| 38.2 -17.9 20.3 6.8 0.08| 13.2 1.0 4000 109 11 84 6| 1.4 1.7 3.1| 59.1 -20.7 38.4 9.6 0.12| 11.9 1.5 5000 107 10 72 5| 1.2 1.8 3.0| 63.6 -28.3 35.3 7.1 0.06| 11.3 0.7 6000 103 9 56 4| 1.0 1.2 2.2| 63.6 -39.0 24.5 4.1 0.02| 9.9 0.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250427.00.gif