UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 3 DEC 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 3 DEC 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 1008 22 23.6 22.4 93 1.2 22.8 355 4 296.1 299.2 295.6 345.5 17.16 1 1000 91 22.8 22.2 96 0.6 22.4 10 15 296.0 299.0 295.6 345.1 17.09 2 925 773 21.2 20.2 94 1.0 20.5 75 16 301.0 304.0 296.4 349.0 16.32 3 850 1503 17.0 17.0 100 0.0 17.0 85 15 304.0 306.6 296.0 347.0 14.49 4 700 3143 9.4 9.4 100 0.0 9.4 105 14 312.9 314.9 295.7 345.8 10.65 5 500 5860 -6.5 -7.9 90 1.4 -7.1 185 9 325.1 326.0 294.1 339.1 4.22 6 400 7570 -16.7 -25.7 46 9.0 -19.1 285 19 333.3 333.5 293.7 337.6 1.18 7 300 9670 -31.7 -34.4 77 2.7 -32.1 235 31 340.7 340.8 295.1 343.3 0.69 8 250 10940 -40.1 -42.7 76 2.6 -40.4 190 29 346.4 346.5 296.1 347.9 0.35 9 200 12420 -53.3 -56.5 68 3.2 -53.4 200 31 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.8 0.09 10 150 14200 -69.3 -73.5 54 4.2 -69.4 215 49 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.00 m Freezing level: 581.76 mb = 4749.28 m = 15581.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.29 mb = 4574.48 m = 15007.94 ft Precipitable water: 2.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.59 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.89 mb = 171.05 m = 561.19 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 11.40 C Layer 850.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.54 mb = 947.01 m = 3106.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 40.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 589.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.81 mb = 578.39 m = 1897.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.81 mb = 1494.79 m = 4904.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.81 mb = 10917.51 m = 35818.17 ft B at Equ Level: 584.68 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 110 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 1008 22 355 4 0.3 -4.0 | 308 12 9.4 -7.3 1 1000 91 10 15 -2.6 -14.8 | 340 19 6.4 -18.1 2 976 305 35 20 -11.5 -16.4 | 7 20 -2.4 -19.7 3 942 610 65 18 -16.3 -7.6 | 34 13 -7.3 -10.9 4 925 773 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 41 10 -6.4 -7.4 5 910 914 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 41 10 -6.4 -7.4 6 878 1219 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 44 8 -5.7 -5.9 7 850 1503 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 52 8 -5.9 -4.6 8 818 1829 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 61 7 -6.0 -3.3 9 789 2134 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 61 7 -6.0 -3.3 10 761 2438 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 71 6 -5.9 -2.0 11 734 2743 105 16 -15.5 4.1 | 97 6 -6.4 0.8 12 708 3048 105 15 -14.5 3.9 | 96 5 -5.5 0.6 13 700 3143 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 94 5 -4.5 0.3 14 657 3658 85 12 -12.0 -1.0 | 34 5 -2.9 -4.4 15 632 3962 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 27 9 -4.1 -8.1 16 609 4267 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 0 8 -0.0 -7.5 17 586 4572 50 9 -6.9 -5.8 | 347 9 2.1 -9.1 18 565 4877 30 9 -4.5 -7.8 | 338 12 4.5 -11.1 19 524 5486 120 5 -4.3 2.5 | 280 5 4.7 -0.8 20 500 5860 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 240 11 9.8 5.7 21 400 7570 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 287 29 27.4 -8.2 22 397 7620 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 283 29 27.7 -6.6 23 322 9144 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 250 30 27.9 9.9 24 300 9670 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 247 37 34.4 14.5 25 260 10668 205 33 13.9 29.9 | 221 35 23.0 26.6 26 250 10940 190 29 5.0 28.6 | 209 29 14.1 25.3 27 207 12192 195 29 7.5 28.0 | 214 30 16.5 24.7 28 200 12420 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 217 32 19.6 25.8 29 162 13716 210 39 19.5 33.8 | 223 42 28.5 30.5 30 150 14200 215 49 28.1 40.1 | 225 52 37.1 36.8 31 125 15240 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 244 48 43.4 20.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.1 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 110.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 125.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 28.17 Bulk Shear: 20.93 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 33 17 1 18| 17.5 0.0 17.5|101.6 0.0 101.6 203.3 0.85| 28.2 23.9 1000 52 17 17 14| 8.0 0.0 8.0|114.0 0.0 114.0 114.0 0.78| 17.7 13.9 1500 61 16 26 12| 5.3 0.0 5.3|117.1 0.0 117.1 78.1 0.77| 12.6 9.7 2000 68 16 32 11| 4.1 0.0 4.1|119.1 0.0 119.1 59.6 0.77| 9.8 7.6 2500 73 16 38 10| 3.4 0.0 3.4|122.4 0.0 122.4 49.0 0.78| 8.3 6.5 3000 78 16 45 9| 2.9 0.0 2.9|125.8 -0.1 125.7 41.9 0.78| 7.4 5.7 4000 81 15 46 8| 2.2 1.1 3.3|125.8 -9.6 116.2 29.1 0.50| 6.8 3.4 5000 77 14 36 8| 1.7 1.3 3.0|126.9 -24.4 102.5 20.5 0.32| 6.6 2.1 6000 80 13 33 7| 2.0 1.0 3.0|128.3 -36.1 92.2 15.4 0.15| 7.1 1.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20251203.00.gif