UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 16 APR 25 Searching for VTPS... Searching the city database file for: VTPS ... Date:1200Z 16 APR 25 Station: VTPS WMO ident: 48378 Latitude: 16.82 Longitude: 100.27 Elevation: 45.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 45 32.2 20.2 49 12.0 23.6 190 2 305.1 307.9 296.6 350.0 15.02 1 1000 76 31.2 20.2 52 11.0 23.3 240 8 304.4 307.1 296.5 349.2 15.07 2 925 771 26.2 18.2 61 8.0 20.6 250 9 306.1 308.8 296.4 349.2 14.36 3 850 1511 20.2 15.6 75 4.6 17.1 220 6 307.3 309.8 296.0 347.2 13.23 4 821 1809 17.8 13.7 77 4.1 15.1 220 2 307.8 310.1 295.4 344.4 12.09 5 805 1978 18.0 10.0 59 8.0 12.9 253 2 309.8 311.6 294.1 339.2 9.62 6 700 3160 10.8 2.8 58 8.0 6.2 300 7 314.4 315.7 293.2 335.5 6.70 7 670 3524 8.6 -0.4 53 9.0 3.7 300 6 315.9 317.0 292.7 333.6 5.55 8 549 5140 -1.7 -5.4 76 3.7 -3.5 267 11 322.2 323.1 293.7 337.5 4.66 9 548 5154 -1.7 -5.4 76 3.7 -3.5 268 12 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.7 4.67 10 512 5693 -4.1 -11.1 58 7.0 -7.1 273 13 325.8 326.5 293.4 336.6 3.20 11 500 5880 -5.1 -9.6 71 4.5 -7.1 275 13 326.8 327.6 294.1 339.2 3.69 12 488 6071 -5.7 -9.8 73 4.1 -7.5 266 12 328.4 329.1 294.6 340.9 3.73 13 470 6366 -6.5 -12.5 62 6.0 -9.0 262 12 330.9 331.5 294.7 341.6 3.12 14 400 7610 -14.1 -18.9 67 4.8 -15.7 250 10 336.7 337.1 295.3 344.3 2.15 15 381 7979 -15.9 -21.9 60 6.0 -17.8 240 13 339.0 339.4 295.6 345.3 1.74 16 300 9740 -28.5 -33.5 62 5.0 -29.4 230 17 345.2 345.4 296.2 348.1 0.75 17 250 11010 -38.9 -43.9 59 5.0 -39.4 235 22 348.2 348.3 296.5 349.5 0.31 18 200 12500 -51.7 -57.7 49 6.0 -51.9 225 25 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.2 0.08 19 150 14300 -67.1 -72.1 49 5.0 -67.1 235 27 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 20 142 14630 -68.9 -74.9 42 6.0 -68.9 242 25 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 21 113 15966 -78.3 -82.7 49 4.4 -78.3 284 13 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 22 100 16660 -80.9 -85.3 47 4.4 -80.9 330 14 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 23 96 16889 -82.1 -86.0 51 3.9 -82.1 326 16 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 24 95 16948 -82.7 -86.8 49 4.1 -82.7 325 16 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 25 84 17640 -79.7 -85.7 36 6.0 -79.7 29 13 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.9 0.00 26 82 17776 -80.5 -88.5 25 8.0 -80.5 42 12 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 27 75 18275 -83.9 -88.8 42 4.9 -83.9 89 10 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 28 73 18426 -82.9 -87.5 45 4.6 -82.9 61 11 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 29 70 18660 -82.1 -88.1 35 6.0 -82.1 10 12 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.8 0.00 30 67 18906 -81.5 -88.5 29 7.0 -81.5 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 31 65 19078 -76.1 -86.1 19 10.0 -76.2 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.6 0.00 32 61 19444 -76.3 -86.3 19 10.0 -76.3 438.1 438.1 309.7 438.1 0.00 TRP 95 16948 -82.7 -86.8 49 4.1 -82.7 325 16 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.00 m Freezing level: 568.97 mb = 4873.19 m = 15987.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.69 mb = 4315.69 m = 14158.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.19 % Est. max temperature: 34.37 C = 93.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.57 mb = 1576.27 m = 5171.42 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 16.39 C Layer 1000.0- 549.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.27 mb = 2383.98 m = 7821.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.52 C = 101.33 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.15 mb = 1672.84 m = 5488.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.15 mb = 3533.91 m = 11594.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.15 mb = 8836.33 m = 28990.22 ft B at Equ Level: 192.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.15 mb = 13548.35 m = 44449.42 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 295 at 6 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 1003 45 190 2 0.3 2.0 | 132 7 -4.9 4.3 1 1000 76 240 8 6.9 4.0 | 195 7 1.7 6.4 2 975 305 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 220 8 5.1 6.1 3 942 610 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 214 8 4.8 7.0 4 925 771 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 211 6 3.3 5.5 5 910 914 245 8 7.3 3.4 | 200 6 2.0 5.8 6 879 1219 245 6 5.4 2.5 | 183 5 0.2 4.9 7 850 1511 220 6 3.9 4.6 | 169 7 -1.3 7.0 8 819 1829 220 2 1.3 1.5 | 135 6 -3.9 3.9 9 790 2134 290 2 1.9 -0.7 | 117 4 -3.3 1.7 10 762 2438 265 3 3.0 0.3 | 140 3 -2.2 2.6 11 735 2743 280 5 4.9 -0.9 | 169 2 -0.3 1.5 12 700 3160 300 7 6.1 -3.5 | 323 1 0.9 -1.1 13 658 3658 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 1 1 -0.0 -0.6 14 610 4267 250 7 6.6 2.4 | 196 5 1.4 4.8 15 566 4877 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 240 7 5.8 3.3 16 500 5880 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 261 8 7.7 1.2 17 486 6096 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 243 8 6.7 3.4 18 400 7610 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 216 7 4.2 5.8 19 399 7620 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 214 8 4.8 7.0 20 325 9144 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 206 17 7.5 15.1 21 300 9740 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 210 15 7.8 13.3 22 263 10668 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 205 21 8.9 19.2 23 250 11010 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 221 20 12.8 15.0 24 209 12192 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 210 21 10.4 17.9 25 200 12500 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 212 24 12.5 20.1 26 165 13716 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 220 30 19.3 22.9 27 150 14300 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 223 25 16.9 17.9 28 128 15240 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 243 18 16.0 8.1 29 104 16459 305 7 5.7 -4.0 | 342 2 0.5 -1.6 30 100 16660 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 350 10 1.8 -9.7 31 95 16948 325 16 9.2 -13.1 | 340 11 4.0 -10.7 32 75 18288 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 99 15 -15.2 2.4 33 70 18660 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 38 12 -7.3 -9.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.8 neg: -16.1 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 112.47 Bulk Shear: 1.71 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 247 10 212 7| 10.3 0.0 10.3| 15.5 -1.2 14.3 28.6 0.87| 11.7 10.2 1000 247 10 210 7| 5.2 2.0 7.1| 15.5 -5.4 10.1 10.1 0.48| 8.0 3.8 1500 244 8 201 6| 3.4 2.2 5.7| 15.5 -9.6 5.9 3.9 0.25| 6.6 1.6 2000 242 7 190 6| 2.1 1.7 3.8| 15.5 -15.5 -0.0 -0.0 0.03| 6.3 0.2 2500 245 6 184 5| 2.1 1.3 3.4| 17.1 -16.1 0.9 0.4 0.07| 5.6 0.4 3000 250 6 185 4| 2.2 1.1 3.3| 17.8 -16.1 1.7 0.6 0.14| 5.3 0.8 4000 262 6 194 3| 1.6 0.8 2.4| 18.1 -16.7 1.4 0.4 0.09| 4.7 0.4 5000 262 7 202 4| 1.6 0.6 2.2| 25.2 -17.5 7.7 1.5 0.17| 4.5 0.7 6000 265 8 218 4| 1.4 0.6 2.0| 29.2 -21.0 8.3 1.4 0.16| 4.1 0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//VTPS/skewt/VTPS.skewt.20250416.12.gif