UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 DEC 25 Searching for VO243... Searching the city database file for: VO243 ... Date:0000Z 20 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 1009 18 22.0 18.8 82 3.2 19.8 300 3 294.4 296.8 292.6 333.4 13.66 1 1000 95 22.0 18.9 83 3.1 19.9 260 10 295.1 297.6 293.0 334.9 13.87 2 925 770 18.2 13.3 73 4.9 15.1 40 7 297.9 299.8 291.2 328.3 10.43 3 850 1487 11.8 10.5 92 1.3 11.0 70 6 298.5 300.2 290.6 326.0 9.42 4 700 3125 14.0 65 21 318.0 5 500 5860 -3.7 -49.7 1 46.0 -11.8 95 23 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.08 6 400 7580 -16.7 -60.7 1 44.0 -21.3 75 19 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 7 300 9680 -31.5 -57.5 6 26.0 -33.4 315 5 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 8 250 10950 -41.9 -48.9 46 7.0 -42.4 250 16 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.5 0.18 9 200 12420 -53.7 -59.7 48 6.0 -53.9 250 30 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.06 10 150 14200 -69.3 -77.3 30 8.0 -69.4 260 20 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 11 100 16570 -79.1 -88.1 21 9.0 -79.1 245 8 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.00 m Freezing level: 541.81 mb = 5288.28 m = 17349.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.76 mb = 3351.51 m = 10995.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.32 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.83 mb = 422.94 m = 1387.57 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.88 C Layer 925.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.25 mb = 1161.61 m = 3811.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.87 C = 78.57 F Cap Strength: 9.23 C Lifted Index: 6.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.23 C Showalter Index: 9.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.50 C Cross Totals Index: 14.20 C K Index: 0.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 161.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.59 mb = 959.19 m = 3146.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.59 mb = 1293.79 m = 4244.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.59 mb = 1692.05 m = 5551.27 ft B at Equ Level: 10.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 799.59 mb = 2002.78 m = 6570.74 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 105 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 1009 18 300 3 2.6 -1.5 | 288 15 14.3 -4.6 1 1000 95 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 274 22 21.6 -1.4 2 976 305 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 285 14 13.7 -3.6 3 942 610 40 5 -3.2 -3.8 | 309 11 8.5 -6.9 4 925 770 40 7 -4.5 -5.4 | 319 11 7.2 -8.5 5 909 914 40 7 -4.5 -5.4 | 319 11 7.2 -8.5 6 877 1219 50 6 -4.6 -3.9 | 314 10 7.1 -7.0 7 850 1487 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 310 8 6.1 -5.2 8 816 1829 65 7 -6.3 -3.0 | 318 8 5.4 -6.1 9 787 2134 85 7 -7.0 -0.6 | 308 6 4.8 -3.7 10 759 2438 115 11 -10.0 4.6 | 229 2 1.8 1.5 11 732 2743 95 14 -13.9 1.2 | 49 3 -2.2 -1.9 12 706 3048 65 19 -17.2 -8.0 | 26 12 -5.5 -11.1 13 700 3125 65 21 -19.0 -8.9 | 31 14 -7.3 -12.0 14 656 3658 75 22 -21.3 -5.7 | 47 13 -9.5 -8.8 15 631 3962 75 26 -25.1 -6.7 | 54 17 -13.4 -9.8 16 608 4267 70 27 -25.4 -9.2 | 48 18 -13.6 -12.4 17 586 4572 65 28 -25.4 -11.8 | 42 20 -13.6 -15.0 18 564 4877 65 25 -22.7 -10.6 | 39 18 -10.9 -13.7 19 524 5486 90 23 -23.0 0.0 | 75 12 -11.3 -3.1 20 500 5860 95 23 -22.9 2.0 | 84 11 -11.2 -1.1 21 485 6096 90 23 -23.0 0.0 | 75 12 -11.3 -3.1 22 400 7580 75 19 -18.4 -4.9 | 39 10 -6.6 -8.0 23 398 7620 70 19 -17.9 -6.5 | 32 11 -6.1 -9.6 24 323 9144 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 308 18 13.8 -10.8 25 300 9680 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 294 17 15.3 -6.7 26 260 10668 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 273 24 23.6 -1.0 27 250 10950 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 265 27 26.8 2.4 28 207 12192 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 265 36 35.9 3.4 29 200 12420 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 260 41 39.9 7.1 30 162 13716 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 265 36 35.9 3.4 31 150 14200 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 269 31 31.4 0.4 32 100 16570 245 8 7.3 3.4 | 269 19 19.0 0.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.9 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 104.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.3 neg: -31.9 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 56.46 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 281 5 284 17| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 30.7 -18.0 12.6 25.3 0.18| 19.4 3.5 1000 5 6 307 14| 4.1 0.0 4.1| 41.2 -18.8 22.4 22.4 0.27| 12.5 3.4 1500 32 6 312 12| 2.9 0.0 2.9| 41.2 -21.9 19.3 12.9 0.20| 9.4 1.9 2000 47 6 314 10| 2.4 0.0 2.4| 43.3 -23.0 20.3 10.1 0.20| 7.7 1.5 2500 65 7 315 8| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 43.3 -26.6 16.7 6.7 0.03| 7.8 0.3 3000 74 8 322 7| 2.5 2.1 4.7| 43.3 -31.9 11.5 3.8 -0.08| 8.8 -0.7 4000 73 12 355 7| 2.9 1.6 4.5| 64.4 -32.3 32.1 8.0 0.02| 7.9 0.2 5000 71 15 15 8| 2.2 1.7 3.9| 72.3 -53.4 18.9 3.8 -0.01| 7.3 -0.1 6000 75 16 28 8| 2.2 1.4 3.6|102.5 -56.6 45.8 7.6 0.08| 7.1 0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VO243/skewt/VO243.skewt.20251220.00.gif