UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 17 DEC 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 17 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 1012 19 23.0 20.5 86 2.5 21.3 345 2 295.1 297.9 294.0 338.7 15.17 1 1000 122 22.6 21.7 95 0.9 22.0 20 10 295.8 298.7 295.1 343.4 16.56 2 925 799 18.6 17.1 91 1.5 17.6 55 12 298.3 300.8 293.6 337.2 13.38 3 850 1521 14.8 12.5 86 2.3 13.3 70 9 301.6 303.6 292.6 333.5 10.78 4 700 3154 10.0 -26.0 6 36.0 -1.4 75 21 313.6 313.7 287.3 315.8 0.66 5 500 5880 -5.1 -35.1 7 30.0 -12.1 65 22 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.3 0.39 6 400 7600 -15.5 -43.5 7 28.0 -20.1 50 14 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.20 7 300 9700 -30.7 -57.7 5 27.0 -32.7 280 12 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.3 0.05 8 250 10970 -41.3 -63.3 7 22.0 -42.2 280 20 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 9 200 12440 -54.1 -61.1 42 7.0 -54.3 220 18 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.05 10 150 14230 -65.7 -75.7 24 10.0 -65.8 270 8 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 11 100 16590 -80.1 -94.1 8 14.0 -80.1 45 6 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.00 m Freezing level: 567.55 mb = 4959.30 m = 16270.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.14 mb = 2985.79 m = 9795.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.97 mb = 333.19 m = 1093.13 ft T: 21.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 27.55 C Layer 925.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.93 mb = 771.54 m = 2531.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.10 C = 78.97 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.60 C K Index: -3.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 190.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.01 mb = 622.32 m = 2041.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.01 mb = 1137.83 m = 3732.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 819.01 mb = 1833.35 m = 6014.84 ft B at Equ Level: 15.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 759.01 mb = 2473.25 m = 8114.23 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 94 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 1012 19 345 2 0.5 -1.9 | 283 13 12.3 -2.8 1 1000 122 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 321 13 8.4 -10.3 2 979 305 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 342 6 1.8 -5.5 3 945 610 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 348 7 1.4 -6.9 4 925 799 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 346 8 2.0 -7.8 5 913 914 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 346 8 2.0 -7.8 6 881 1219 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 340 7 2.3 -6.4 7 850 1521 70 9 -8.5 -3.1 | 320 5 3.4 -4.0 8 819 1829 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 328 4 2.2 -3.5 9 790 2134 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 4 5 -0.4 -5.3 10 762 2438 75 18 -17.4 -4.7 | 45 8 -5.6 -5.5 11 735 2743 80 20 -19.7 -3.5 | 61 9 -7.9 -4.3 12 709 3048 75 20 -19.3 -5.2 | 51 10 -7.5 -6.1 13 700 3154 75 21 -20.3 -5.4 | 53 11 -8.5 -6.3 14 658 3658 70 22 -20.7 -7.5 | 47 12 -8.9 -8.4 15 634 3962 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 17 10 -2.9 -9.4 16 610 4267 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 | 354 12 1.2 -11.5 17 588 4572 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 358 11 0.3 -10.5 18 566 4877 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 7 7 -0.9 -6.8 19 525 5486 55 21 -17.2 -12.0 | 23 14 -5.4 -12.9 20 500 5880 65 22 -19.9 -9.3 | 39 13 -8.1 -10.2 21 486 6096 65 22 -19.9 -9.3 | 39 13 -8.1 -10.2 22 400 7600 50 14 -10.7 -9.0 | 354 10 1.1 -9.9 23 399 7620 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 352 8 1.2 -8.3 24 324 9144 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 313 28 20.3 -19.0 25 300 9700 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 277 24 23.6 -3.0 26 261 10668 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 280 24 23.4 -4.0 27 250 10970 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 278 32 31.5 -4.3 28 208 12192 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 261 26 25.9 4.3 29 200 12440 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 241 27 23.4 12.9 30 163 13716 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 263 27 27.3 3.3 31 150 14230 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 273 20 19.8 -0.9 32 126 15240 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 303 24 20.4 -13.2 33 100 16590 45 6 -4.2 -4.2 | 304 9 7.6 -5.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 94.2 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.9 neg: -8.3 tot: 45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.72 Bulk Shear: 5.82 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 50 10 330 8| 11.7 0.0 11.7| 37.3 0.0 37.3 74.6 0.72| 18.2 13.0 1000 54 11 338 8| 5.9 0.5 6.4| 37.6 -1.1 36.5 36.5 0.63| 10.1 6.3 1500 57 11 338 7| 3.3 0.3 3.6| 37.6 -5.2 32.4 21.6 0.42| 7.9 3.3 2000 61 11 337 7| 3.2 0.3 3.4| 40.5 -5.2 35.4 17.7 0.47| 6.8 3.2 2500 64 12 346 6| 3.9 0.2 4.1| 50.5 -5.2 45.3 18.1 0.55| 6.9 3.8 3000 68 13 1 6| 3.3 0.3 3.6| 53.9 -8.3 45.6 15.2 0.51| 6.3 3.2 4000 69 15 18 7| 2.5 0.9 3.4| 54.1 -30.2 23.9 6.0 0.24| 6.0 1.4 5000 65 15 14 7| 2.2 1.0 3.2| 61.2 -39.7 21.5 4.3 0.19| 5.8 1.1 6000 64 16 17 8| 2.1 1.0 3.1| 78.6 -39.7 38.9 6.5 0.24| 5.6 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20251217.00.gif