UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 28 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 20 28.8 26.6 88 2.2 27.1 160 2 301.5 305.6 300.1 367.6 22.31 1 1000 64 27.6 22.6 74 5.0 24.0 155 10 300.8 304.0 297.1 352.2 17.52 2 925 752 23.8 13.8 54 10.0 17.2 170 13 303.6 305.6 293.3 335.7 10.78 3 850 1487 22.0 -9.0 12 31.0 7.6 30 4 309.2 309.6 287.6 316.5 2.27 4 700 3140 11.6 -6.4 28 18.0 2.9 25 10 315.3 316.0 290.6 326.2 3.38 5 500 5860 -4.9 -14.9 45 10.0 -8.8 225 7 327.1 327.5 293.2 335.3 2.41 6 400 7590 -13.5 -26.5 33 13.0 -17.1 280 15 337.4 337.7 294.7 341.5 1.10 7 300 9700 -30.5 -36.5 56 6.0 -31.4 260 16 342.4 342.5 295.4 344.6 0.56 8 250 10970 -40.1 -46.1 53 6.0 -40.6 250 22 346.4 346.5 296.1 347.4 0.24 9 200 12460 -51.5 -58.5 43 7.0 -51.7 225 25 351.2 351.2 297.0 351.5 0.07 10 150 14270 -62.5 -72.5 25 10.0 -62.6 255 27 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 11 102 16538 -78.9 -92.9 8 14.0 -78.9 30 4 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 12 100 16650 -79.3 -93.3 8 14.0 -79.3 50 5 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 TRP 102 16538 -78.9 -92.9 8 14.0 -78.9 30 4 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.00 m Freezing level: 559.39 mb = 5052.24 m = 16575.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.66 mb = 3743.28 m = 12280.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.77 % Est. max temperature: 36.10 C = 96.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.06 mb = 295.96 m = 970.98 ft T: 26.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 51.13 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.83 mb = 2878.59 m = 9444.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.67 C = 107.01 F Cap Strength: 6.22 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 13.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: -4.10 C K Index: -0.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 15.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3674.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.18 mb = 1474.96 m = 4839.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 80 at 6 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 20 160 2 -0.7 1.9 | 242 6 5.5 2.9 1 1000 64 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 191 10 2.0 10.1 2 973 305 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 200 18 6.2 17.0 3 940 610 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 198 16 5.0 15.0 4 925 752 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 196 14 4.0 13.9 5 908 914 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 196 12 3.4 11.7 6 877 1219 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 223 6 4.2 4.5 7 850 1487 30 4 -2.0 -3.5 | 300 5 4.2 -2.4 8 817 1829 70 5 -4.7 -1.7 | 293 2 1.5 -0.7 9 788 2134 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 79 4 -3.6 -0.7 10 760 2438 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 37 6 -3.3 -4.5 11 733 2743 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 7 7 -0.8 -7.4 12 708 3048 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 351 8 1.2 -7.6 13 700 3140 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 346 8 2.0 -8.0 14 609 4267 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 322 10 6.2 -8.0 15 586 4572 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 301 9 7.8 -4.7 16 565 4877 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 292 10 9.7 -3.9 17 524 5486 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 256 10 10.0 2.4 18 500 5860 225 7 4.9 4.9 | 242 13 11.2 6.0 19 485 6096 225 8 5.7 5.7 | 241 14 11.9 6.7 20 400 7590 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 274 21 21.0 -1.6 21 398 7620 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 278 21 20.7 -2.8 22 300 9700 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 260 22 22.0 3.8 23 261 10668 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 249 27 25.3 9.9 24 250 10970 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 252 28 26.9 8.6 25 200 12460 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 232 30 23.9 18.7 26 150 14270 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 256 33 32.3 8.0 27 102 16538 30 4 -2.0 -3.5 | 300 5 4.2 -2.4 28 100 16650 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 312 3 2.4 -2.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.4 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 80.4 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -33.4 tot: -11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 49.37 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 174 13 198 15| 13.0 0.0 13.0| 8.8 -16.9 -8.1 -16.3 -0.35| 18.4 -6.4 1000 172 13 198 14| 6.5 3.5 10.0| 11.0 -20.1 -9.1 -9.1 -0.25| 12.8 -3.2 1500 168 10 201 12| 4.3 6.2 10.5| 20.3 -20.1 0.2 0.1 0.03| 12.9 0.4 2000 158 9 197 10| 3.9 4.6 8.6| 21.2 -20.3 0.9 0.5 0.09| 11.4 1.0 2500 137 9 179 8| 3.1 4.6 7.8| 21.7 -25.4 -3.7 -1.5 0.01| 10.4 0.1 3000 116 9 156 6| 2.6 4.2 6.9| 21.7 -33.4 -11.7 -3.9 -0.07| 9.5 -0.6 4000 79 10 77 3| 2.0 3.3 5.3| 21.7 -42.4 -20.7 -5.2 -0.13| 7.7 -1.0 5000 55 9 17 4| 1.6 2.3 3.9| 21.7 -62.6 -40.9 -8.2 -0.22| 7.0 -1.6 6000 50 8 4 4| 1.3 1.4 2.7| 21.7 -86.4 -64.7 -10.8 -0.30| 6.6 -2.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250428.00.gif