UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 29 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 22 34.4 27.4 67 7.0 29.0 110 4 307.4 311.8 302.1 378.8 23.50 1 1000 40 33.2 22.2 53 11.0 25.1 120 15 306.4 309.5 298.2 357.7 17.09 2 925 740 30.0 22.0 62 8.0 24.0 170 4 310.0 313.4 299.8 365.8 18.28 3 850 1489 24.6 13.6 50 11.0 17.1 295 5 311.9 314.1 296.1 347.6 11.60 4 700 3156 12.8 -2.2 35 15.0 4.9 50 18 316.7 317.6 292.2 331.6 4.65 5 500 5880 -3.5 -38.5 5 35.0 -11.3 295 13 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.8 0.27 6 400 7610 -13.7 -42.7 7 29.0 -18.8 285 16 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.1 0.22 7 300 9730 -29.9 -49.9 13 20.0 -31.9 300 33 343.2 343.3 295.2 343.8 0.13 8 250 11000 -38.5 -59.5 9 21.0 -39.6 270 38 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.05 9 200 12490 -51.5 -70.5 9 19.0 -51.9 265 36 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 10 150 14300 -64.1 -93.1 1 29.0 -64.2 230 19 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 11 100 16700 -77.1 -102.1 1 25.0 -77.1 140 10 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.00 m Freezing level: 542.94 mb = 5295.09 m = 17372.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.83 mb = 3883.65 m = 12741.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.05 % Est. max temperature: 38.89 C = 102.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.79 mb = 916.15 m = 3005.70 ft T: 28.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 35.99 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.68 mb = 2363.64 m = 7754.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.49 C = 106.69 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.10 C K Index: 26.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2234.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.66 mb = 1665.92 m = 5465.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.66 mb = 2942.02 m = 9652.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.66 mb = 14807.96 m = 48581.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2215.00 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 61 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 1002 22 110 4 -3.8 1.4 | 217 8 4.6 6.0 1 1000 40 120 15 -13.0 7.5 | 159 13 -4.7 12.1 2 971 305 120 15 -13.0 7.5 | 159 13 -4.7 12.1 3 939 610 130 8 -6.1 5.1 | 193 10 2.2 9.8 4 925 740 170 4 -0.7 3.9 | 222 11 7.6 8.6 5 907 914 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 237 14 12.1 7.8 6 876 1219 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 250 17 16.2 6.0 7 850 1489 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 259 13 12.8 2.5 8 817 1829 35 7 -4.0 -5.7 | 284 4 4.3 -1.1 9 789 2134 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 342 4 1.2 -3.8 10 761 2438 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 40 4 -2.3 -2.8 11 734 2743 60 13 -11.3 -6.5 | 58 3 -2.9 -1.9 12 709 3048 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 32 6 -3.2 -5.0 13 700 3156 50 18 -13.8 -11.6 | 38 9 -5.5 -6.9 14 658 3658 45 24 -17.0 -17.0 | 35 15 -8.7 -12.3 15 634 3962 45 23 -16.3 -16.3 | 34 14 -8.0 -11.6 16 610 4267 40 18 -11.6 -13.8 | 20 10 -3.3 -9.2 17 588 4572 5 8 -0.7 -8.0 | 294 8 7.6 -3.3 18 566 4877 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 271 17 17.0 -0.4 19 525 5486 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 277 18 18.1 -2.2 20 500 5880 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 272 20 20.1 -0.9 21 486 6096 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 271 19 19.2 -0.4 22 400 7610 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 269 24 23.8 0.5 23 399 7620 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 275 23 22.8 -2.1 24 325 9144 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 301 39 33.1 -20.1 25 300 9730 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 288 39 36.9 -11.9 26 262 10668 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 268 43 43.2 1.6 27 250 11000 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 264 47 46.3 4.6 28 209 12192 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 260 45 44.2 7.8 29 200 12490 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 260 45 44.2 7.8 30 165 13716 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 255 39 37.9 9.8 31 150 14300 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 234 28 22.9 16.8 32 128 15240 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 259 25 24.3 4.6 33 100 16700 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 189 12 1.9 12.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 30.9 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 60.9 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.9 neg: -24.2 tot: 71.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 48.17 Bulk Shear: 46.39 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 121 14 164 12| 6.5 0.0 6.5| 14.5 -22.0 -7.5 -15.1 -0.34| 17.5 -5.9 1000 132 10 185 11| 4.7 0.0 4.7| 52.2 -22.0 30.1 30.1 0.21| 15.8 3.3 1500 152 9 199 13| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 76.5 -22.0 54.5 36.3 0.31| 13.5 4.2 2000 127 8 190 10| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 90.0 -22.0 68.0 34.0 0.36| 13.3 4.8 2500 83 9 170 4| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 95.2 -22.0 73.2 29.3 0.42| 11.8 5.0 3000 71 10 149 2| 1.9 0.4 2.3| 95.9 -24.2 71.8 23.9 0.38| 10.4 4.0 4000 56 13 43 3| 1.4 1.3 2.7| 96.9 -29.0 67.9 17.0 0.31| 9.2 2.9 5000 47 13 16 4| 1.1 2.0 3.2| 98.2 -83.4 14.8 3.0 0.02| 10.2 0.2 6000 31 13 344 7| 1.0 1.8 2.8|104.1 -92.0 12.1 2.0 0.02| 8.9 0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250429.12.gif