UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 APR 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:1200Z 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 1002 15 35.0 27.0 63 8.0 28.8 130 6 308.0 312.3 301.9 377.8 22.93 1 1000 33 32.0 18.0 43 14.0 22.2 120 16 305.1 307.6 295.3 344.3 13.09 2 925 732 31.4 2.4 16 29.0 14.6 155 9 311.4 312.3 290.8 326.8 4.92 3 850 1479 24.4 13.4 50 11.0 17.0 255 10 311.7 313.9 295.9 346.9 11.44 4 700 3148 12.8 1.8 47 11.0 6.5 5 22 316.7 317.9 293.4 336.4 6.24 5 500 5870 -2.9 -37.9 5 35.0 -10.9 320 15 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.29 6 400 7590 -15.1 -47.1 5 32.0 -20.0 280 12 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 7 300 9720 -27.9 -56.9 5 29.0 -30.4 270 31 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.06 8 250 10990 -39.5 -61.5 8 22.0 -40.6 250 27 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 9 200 12480 -51.3 -72.3 6 21.0 -51.7 245 30 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 10 150 14290 -65.3 -94.3 1 29.0 -65.4 250 23 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 11 100 16660 -78.7 -103.7 1 25.0 -78.7 90 15 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.00 m Freezing level: 536.94 mb = 5367.21 m = 17608.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.28 mb = 4061.22 m = 13324.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.63 % Est. max temperature: 38.73 C = 101.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.95 mb = 1033.64 m = 3391.18 ft T: 28.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 50.97 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.02 mb = 4866.75 m = 15966.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.87 C = 125.36 F Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lifted Index: 6.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.86 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.30 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6042.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.43 mb = 3142.72 m = 10310.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 21 at 12 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 15 130 6 -4.6 3.9 | 178 15 -0.5 14.7 1 1000 33 120 16 -13.9 8.0 | 153 21 -9.7 18.9 2 970 305 130 15 -11.5 9.6 | 160 22 -7.4 20.5 3 938 610 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 175 19 -1.6 19.1 4 925 732 155 9 -3.8 8.2 | 181 19 0.3 19.0 5 906 914 170 8 -1.4 7.9 | 188 19 2.7 18.7 6 875 1219 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 205 20 8.1 17.8 7 850 1479 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 226 19 13.8 13.5 8 816 1829 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 257 15 14.8 3.4 9 788 2134 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 289 10 9.3 -3.2 10 760 2438 355 18 1.6 -17.9 | 321 9 5.7 -7.1 11 734 2743 360 21 -0.0 -21.0 | 338 11 4.1 -10.1 12 708 3048 360 22 -0.0 -22.0 | 340 12 4.1 -11.1 13 700 3148 5 22 -1.9 -21.9 | 349 11 2.2 -11.0 14 657 3658 360 19 -0.0 -19.0 | 333 9 4.1 -8.1 15 633 3962 10 15 -2.6 -14.8 | 339 4 1.5 -3.9 16 610 4267 20 16 -5.5 -15.0 | 18 4 -1.3 -4.2 17 587 4572 5 19 -1.7 -18.9 | 343 8 2.5 -8.1 18 565 4877 345 19 4.9 -18.4 | 310 12 9.1 -7.5 19 524 5486 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 260 14 14.1 2.5 20 500 5870 320 15 9.6 -11.5 | 273 14 13.8 -0.6 21 486 6096 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 275 14 14.4 -1.4 22 400 7590 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 241 18 16.0 8.8 23 398 7620 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 244 16 14.5 7.1 24 324 9144 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 253 37 35.1 10.9 25 300 9720 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 253 37 35.1 10.9 26 262 10668 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 248 37 34.0 13.5 27 250 10990 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 236 36 29.5 20.1 28 209 12192 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 240 37 32.1 18.4 29 200 12480 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 233 39 31.3 23.5 30 164 13716 235 30 24.6 17.2 | 226 40 28.7 28.1 31 150 14290 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 234 32 25.7 18.7 32 127 15240 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 253 25 23.8 7.4 33 100 16660 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 135 15 -10.9 10.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.8 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 20.8 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.8 neg: -32.8 tot: 184.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 102.97 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 129 14 160 21| 5.9 0.0 5.9| 32.3 -32.8 -0.5 -1.1 -0.10| 16.5 -1.6 1000 139 12 170 20| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 71.3 -32.8 38.5 38.5 0.26| 12.4 3.2 1500 157 11 180 21| 5.1 0.0 5.1|132.9 -32.8 100.1 66.8 0.50| 12.4 6.2 2000 183 11 192 22| 5.2 0.0 5.2|187.3 -32.8 154.5 77.3 0.61| 13.1 7.9 2500 260 12 231 21| 4.8 0.0 4.8|210.0 -32.8 177.2 70.9 0.66| 12.4 8.2 3000 347 14 288 8| 4.5 0.0 4.5|216.8 -32.8 184.0 61.3 0.66| 11.0 7.2 4000 358 15 312 6| 2.4 0.0 2.4|222.8 -38.6 184.2 46.0 0.57| 9.5 5.5 5000 360 16 319 6| 1.9 1.0 3.0|224.8 -67.7 157.2 31.4 0.36| 9.3 3.4 6000 351 16 304 8| 1.9 1.2 3.1|237.3 -96.1 141.3 23.5 0.27| 8.8 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250430.12.gif