UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025050200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 2 MAY 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 2 MAY 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 1006 16 30.0 28.0 89 2.0 28.5 135 6 302.6 307.1 301.4 375.1 24.27 1 1000 69 29.0 27.9 94 1.1 28.2 145 10 302.1 306.6 301.4 374.4 24.27 2 925 764 28.0 13.0 40 15.0 18.1 165 12 307.9 309.9 294.0 338.9 10.22 3 850 1506 21.4 17.8 80 3.6 18.8 180 6 308.6 311.4 297.7 354.8 15.26 4 500 5890 -2.5 -28.5 12 26.0 -10.0 270 5 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.7 0.73 5 400 7610 -16.1 -47.1 5 31.0 -20.6 275 16 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.14 6 300 9720 -30.5 -47.5 17 17.0 -32.3 275 27 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.17 7 250 10990 -40.7 -44.5 67 3.8 -41.1 250 31 345.6 345.6 295.9 346.7 0.29 8 200 12470 -52.5 -58.5 48 6.0 -52.7 235 30 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.07 9 150 14280 -65.3 -73.3 32 8.0 -65.4 280 22 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 10 111 16055 -77.5 -85.5 26 8.0 -77.5 190 23 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 11 100 16650 -78.5 -86.5 26 8.0 -78.5 195 8 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 TRP 111 16055 -77.5 -85.5 26 8.0 -77.5 190 23 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.00 m Freezing level: 536.61 mb = 5431.42 m = 17819.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.41 mb = 4094.05 m = 13431.76 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.16 % Est. max temperature: 35.90 C = 96.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.96 mb = 267.65 m = 878.11 ft T: 28.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 36.12 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.93 mb = 2216.77 m = 7272.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.48 C = 103.06 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 29.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1164.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.94 mb = 1444.92 m = 4740.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.94 mb = 4100.29 m = 13452.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.94 mb = 13837.19 m = 45397.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1149.02 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 20 at 9 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 1006 16 135 6 -4.2 4.2 | 175 13 -1.2 12.5 1 1000 69 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 171 17 -2.7 16.5 2 974 305 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 178 23 -0.8 22.8 3 941 610 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 180 20 -0.0 19.9 4 925 764 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 180 20 -0.0 19.9 5 909 914 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 176 21 -1.4 20.5 6 878 1219 170 11 -1.9 10.8 | 183 19 1.2 19.1 7 850 1506 180 6 0.0 6.0 | 192 15 3.1 14.3 8 817 1829 95 3 -3.0 0.3 | 181 9 0.1 8.6 9 788 2134 45 7 -4.9 -4.9 | 151 4 -1.9 3.4 10 759 2438 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 203 1 0.3 0.8 11 732 2743 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 290 2 1.5 -0.6 12 655 3658 340 18 6.2 -16.9 | 313 13 9.2 -8.6 13 631 3962 340 21 7.2 -19.7 | 318 15 10.3 -11.4 14 609 4267 340 21 7.2 -19.7 | 318 15 10.3 -11.4 15 586 4572 345 19 4.9 -18.4 | 322 13 8.0 -10.0 16 565 4877 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 322 9 5.8 -7.5 17 525 5486 335 6 2.5 -5.4 | 243 6 5.6 2.9 18 500 5890 270 5 5.0 -0.0 | 224 12 8.1 8.3 19 487 6096 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 222 13 8.9 9.9 20 400 7610 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 250 20 19.0 6.9 21 399 7620 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 249 19 18.0 7.0 22 325 9144 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 274 31 31.3 -2.0 23 300 9720 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 259 31 30.0 6.0 24 262 10668 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 252 36 34.0 11.0 25 250 10990 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 240 37 32.2 18.9 26 209 12192 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 227 37 26.8 24.9 27 200 12470 235 30 24.6 17.2 | 227 38 27.6 25.5 28 164 13716 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 238 32 27.5 17.2 29 150 14280 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 260 25 24.7 4.5 30 127 15240 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 260 17 17.2 3.2 31 111 16055 190 23 4.0 22.7 | 193 32 7.1 31.0 32 100 16650 195 8 2.1 7.7 | 198 17 5.1 16.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.3 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 20.3 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.1 neg: -25.5 tot: 16.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 14.86 Bulk Shear: 78.35 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 160 13 176 20| 8.5 0.0 8.5| 15.0 -3.1 11.9 23.8 0.15| 13.0 2.0 1000 162 13 178 20| 4.3 0.4 4.6| 21.0 -10.1 10.9 10.9 0.11| 8.2 0.9 1500 164 12 180 19| 1.6 0.2 1.9| 40.0 -10.1 29.9 19.9 0.25| 8.0 2.0 2000 161 10 180 17| 1.2 2.6 3.8| 40.5 -24.2 16.4 8.2 0.02| 8.6 0.2 2500 150 9 175 16| 1.0 3.0 4.0| 41.1 -25.5 15.6 6.2 0.04| 8.2 0.3 3000 136 9 168 15| 0.8 3.1 3.9| 42.1 -25.5 16.6 5.5 0.08| 7.6 0.6 4000 26 11 46 2| 0.6 3.5 4.1| 46.1 -28.4 17.7 4.4 0.07| 7.2 0.5 5000 356 13 318 6| 0.9 2.8 3.7| 49.6 -33.1 16.4 3.3 0.04| 6.6 0.3 6000 350 12 303 6| 0.7 1.3 2.1| 49.6 -55.3 -5.8 -1.0 -0.11| 6.8 -0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250502.00.gif