UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 30 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 17 28.4 26.4 89 2.0 26.9 160 3 301.2 305.3 299.9 366.5 22.06 1 1000 52 28.4 25.4 84 3.0 26.2 170 8 301.5 305.4 299.3 363.2 20.84 2 925 745 27.0 20.0 66 7.0 21.9 175 15 306.9 309.9 297.8 355.4 16.11 3 850 1490 25.8 1.8 21 24.0 12.1 130 4 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.3 5.13 4 700 3157 12.8 -1.2 38 14.0 5.2 25 18 316.7 317.6 292.4 332.7 5.01 5 500 5880 -4.3 -19.3 30 15.0 -9.6 315 3 327.8 328.1 292.7 333.6 1.66 6 400 7600 -14.3 -42.3 7 28.0 -19.2 315 19 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.23 7 300 9720 -27.9 -52.9 7 25.0 -30.3 295 24 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.5 0.09 8 250 11000 -39.7 -53.7 21 14.0 -40.6 280 25 347.0 347.1 296.1 347.5 0.10 9 200 12480 -51.3 -59.3 38 8.0 -51.5 255 24 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.8 0.06 10 150 14300 -65.7 -75.7 24 10.0 -65.8 250 25 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 11 109 16188 -78.7 -88.7 18 10.0 -78.7 315 3 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 12 100 16680 -79.1 -90.1 15 11.0 -79.1 35 5 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 TRP 109 16188 -78.7 -88.7 18 10.0 -78.7 315 3 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.00 m Freezing level: 550.29 mb = 5195.27 m = 17044.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.24 mb = 4019.46 m = 13187.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.65 % Est. max temperature: 40.03 C = 104.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.88 mb = 269.03 m = 882.62 ft T: 27.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 37.13 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.33 mb = 2458.53 m = 8065.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.48 C = 108.47 F Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 7.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 6.10 C K Index: 17.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 32.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1447.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 293.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.12 mb = 1203.22 m = 3947.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.12 mb = 3354.52 m = 11005.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 143.12 mb = 14577.52 m = 47825.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1437.08 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 44 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 17 160 3 -1.0 2.8 | 211 12 5.9 9.9 1 1000 52 170 8 -1.4 7.9 | 200 16 5.6 15.0 2 972 305 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 190 29 5.1 29.0 3 939 610 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 192 27 5.3 26.0 4 925 745 175 15 -1.3 14.9 | 194 23 5.7 22.0 5 907 914 170 11 -1.9 10.8 | 196 19 5.1 17.9 6 877 1219 165 6 -1.6 5.8 | 203 14 5.4 12.9 7 850 1490 130 4 -3.1 2.6 | 202 10 3.9 9.7 8 817 1829 100 4 -3.9 0.7 | 201 8 3.0 7.8 9 789 2134 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 | 252 7 6.5 2.1 10 761 2438 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 285 10 9.6 -2.6 11 735 2743 5 12 -1.0 -12.0 | 309 8 5.9 -4.9 12 709 3048 20 17 -5.8 -16.0 | 353 9 1.2 -8.9 13 700 3157 25 18 -7.6 -16.3 | 4 9 -0.6 -9.2 14 634 3962 20 22 -7.5 -20.7 | 2 14 -0.6 -13.6 15 610 4267 15 21 -5.4 -20.3 | 353 13 1.5 -13.2 16 588 4572 360 20 -0.0 -20.0 | 332 15 7.0 -12.9 17 566 4877 345 17 4.4 -16.4 | 309 15 11.4 -9.3 18 525 5486 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 282 11 10.4 -2.3 19 500 5880 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 241 10 9.1 5.0 20 486 6096 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 246 11 10.0 4.5 21 400 7600 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 287 21 20.4 -6.3 22 399 7620 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 283 22 21.5 -5.1 23 324 9144 315 28 19.8 -19.8 | 295 30 26.8 -12.7 24 300 9720 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 276 29 28.7 -3.0 25 262 10668 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 275 34 34.2 -2.8 26 250 11000 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 265 32 31.6 2.8 27 209 12192 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 250 33 30.6 11.3 28 200 12480 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 246 33 30.2 13.3 29 165 13716 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 251 36 33.6 11.8 30 150 14300 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 243 34 30.5 15.6 31 128 15240 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 235 29 23.4 16.6 32 109 16188 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 241 10 9.1 5.0 33 100 16680 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 234 5 4.1 3.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.5 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 44.5 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 5.2 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.6 neg: -32.0 tot: 30.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 12.45 Bulk Shear: 116.23 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 17 192 24| 17.5 0.0 17.5| 3.9 -30.0 -26.1 -52.2 -0.28| 21.7 -6.1 1000 174 16 193 23| 8.8 5.5 14.3| 18.6 -30.0 -11.4 -11.4 -0.11| 16.4 -1.8 1500 172 13 195 20| 5.8 6.0 11.8| 24.9 -31.5 -6.6 -4.4 -0.06| 13.4 -0.8 2000 166 10 195 18| 4.4 6.0 10.4| 29.6 -32.0 -2.4 -1.2 0.01| 11.6 0.1 2500 165 10 195 17| 3.5 6.3 9.8| 44.6 -32.0 12.7 5.1 0.15| 11.2 1.7 3000 151 10 187 16| 2.4 5.2 7.6| 62.6 -32.0 30.6 10.2 0.26| 10.9 2.8 4000 49 13 64 3| 1.8 4.2 6.0| 68.4 -34.3 34.0 8.5 0.26| 9.0 2.4 5000 24 14 348 6| 1.4 3.2 4.6| 68.4 -86.4 -18.0 -3.6 0.05| 8.7 0.5 6000 14 13 328 7| 1.2 1.7 2.9| 69.5-121.6 -52.2 -8.7 -0.07| 8.4 -0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250430.00.gif