UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025050300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 3 MAY 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 3 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 1004 16 30.0 27.0 84 3.0 27.7 160 4 302.8 307.0 300.8 371.0 22.88 1 1000 51 28.2 24.8 82 3.4 25.7 160 8 301.4 305.0 298.8 360.7 20.08 2 925 745 26.4 19.4 65 7.0 21.4 210 11 306.3 309.2 297.3 352.9 15.51 3 850 1488 22.6 17.6 73 5.0 19.1 195 3 309.8 312.7 297.8 355.7 15.07 4 700 3149 11.8 -0.2 44 12.0 5.2 30 10 315.6 316.6 292.4 332.7 5.39 5 500 5860 -5.9 -10.9 68 5.0 -8.0 10 7 325.8 326.5 293.6 337.0 3.33 6 400 7580 -16.5 -32.5 24 16.0 -20.0 265 17 333.5 333.7 293.3 335.9 0.62 7 300 9690 -30.3 -35.3 62 5.0 -31.1 260 29 342.7 342.8 295.6 345.1 0.63 8 250 10970 -32.1 -38.1 55 6.0 -33.0 255 29 358.3 358.5 298.8 360.7 0.57 9 150 14260 -66.5 -75.5 27 9.0 -66.5 250 18 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 10 100 16630 -77.9 -86.9 22 9.0 -77.9 90 16 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.00 m Freezing level: 566.67 mb = 4956.33 m = 16260.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.11 mb = 4112.34 m = 13491.78 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.25 % Est. max temperature: 36.83 C = 98.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.00 mb = 395.90 m = 1298.87 ft T: 27.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 23.05 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.60 mb = 2075.32 m = 6808.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.09 C = 102.36 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 34.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1235.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.94 mb = 1163.88 m = 3818.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.94 mb = 2944.45 m = 9660.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.94 mb = 10509.74 m = 34480.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1232.90 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 36 at 8 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 16 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 199 11 3.4 10.3 1 1000 51 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 188 14 2.1 14.1 2 972 305 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 191 25 4.8 24.5 3 939 610 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 206 21 9.3 18.8 4 925 745 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 213 19 10.3 16.1 5 907 914 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 210 18 9.0 15.6 6 876 1219 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 201 19 6.7 17.4 7 850 1488 195 3 0.8 2.9 | 211 11 5.6 9.4 8 817 1829 80 2 -2.0 -0.3 | 205 7 2.8 6.2 9 788 2134 70 5 -4.7 -1.7 | 181 5 0.1 4.8 10 761 2438 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 | 230 6 4.3 3.6 11 734 2743 15 3 -0.8 -2.9 | 228 5 4.0 3.6 12 708 3048 35 7 -4.0 -5.7 | 225 1 0.8 0.8 13 700 3149 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 5 2 -0.2 -2.1 14 657 3658 20 18 -6.2 -16.9 | 7 10 -1.3 -10.4 15 633 3962 15 20 -5.2 -19.3 | 2 13 -0.4 -12.8 16 609 4267 360 19 -0.0 -19.0 | 339 13 4.8 -12.5 17 587 4572 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 325 14 7.9 -11.2 18 565 4877 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 325 14 7.9 -11.2 19 524 5486 350 7 1.2 -6.9 | 273 6 6.0 -0.3 20 500 5860 10 7 -1.2 -6.9 | 276 4 3.6 -0.3 21 485 6096 10 7 -1.2 -6.9 | 276 4 3.6 -0.3 22 400 7580 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 250 23 21.8 8.0 23 398 7620 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 250 23 21.8 8.0 24 323 9144 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 246 31 28.0 12.8 25 300 9690 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 251 35 33.4 11.6 26 261 10668 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 242 31 27.4 14.8 27 250 10970 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 247 36 32.8 14.1 28 208 12192 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 256 41 39.7 9.6 29 200 12460 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 251 36 34.4 11.8 30 164 13716 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 238 30 25.7 16.3 31 150 14260 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 240 25 21.7 12.7 32 127 15240 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 226 31 22.4 21.3 33 100 16630 90 16 -16.0 0.0 | 120 13 -11.2 6.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.4 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 36.4 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.1 neg: -32.9 tot: 36.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 15.34 Bulk Shear: 80.52 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 180 14 193 21| 11.8 0.0 11.8| 36.3 -9.5 26.8 53.5 0.16| 20.4 3.3 1000 190 13 200 20| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 55.7 -16.3 39.5 39.5 0.20| 13.8 2.7 1500 191 11 202 19| 2.6 2.6 5.2| 63.4 -25.6 37.8 25.2 0.14| 12.7 1.8 2000 188 9 201 17| 2.0 3.3 5.3| 64.4 -31.5 32.9 16.5 0.07| 11.1 0.8 2500 184 8 200 15| 1.6 2.7 4.3| 68.6 -32.6 36.0 14.4 0.12| 10.0 1.2 3000 181 7 200 15| 0.7 2.3 2.9| 69.1 -32.9 36.3 12.1 0.11| 9.1 1.0 4000 71 9 131 5| 0.5 3.5 4.0| 69.8 -40.4 29.4 7.4 0.10| 8.8 0.9 5000 11 11 329 5| 0.4 2.3 2.7| 69.8 -70.9 -1.1 -0.2 -0.02| 8.1 -0.2 6000 6 11 319 6| 1.0 1.9 2.9| 70.1 -84.1 -14.0 -2.3 -0.09| 7.7 -0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20250503.00.gif