UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 DEC 25 Searching for KILX... Searching the city database file for: KILX ... Date:0000Z 28 DEC 25 Station: KILX WMO ident: 74560 Latitude: 40.15 Longitude: -89.33 Elevation: 178.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 79 SFC 988 178 10.0 8.3 89 1.7 9.1 120 10 284.1 285.3 282.8 303.4 6.96 2 975 288 9.4 7.4 87 2.0 8.3 129 20 284.6 285.8 282.6 303.0 6.63 3 965 374 9.0 7.1 88 1.9 8.0 136 23 285.0 286.2 282.7 303.3 6.56 4 925 729 13.6 13.6 100 0.0 13.6 180 33 293.2 295.1 289.8 323.5 10.64 5 924 738 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.3 180 33 293.1 295.0 289.6 322.9 10.44 6 923 747 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 180 33 293.4 295.3 289.9 323.6 10.59 7 862 1322 11.8 3.8 58 8.0 7.5 197 27 297.3 298.4 286.9 314.5 5.83 8 856 1381 13.0 2.0 47 11.0 7.2 203 25 299.2 300.1 286.9 314.5 5.16 9 850 1440 13.8 2.8 47 11.0 7.9 210 24 300.6 301.6 287.8 317.1 5.51 10 847 1470 14.0 3.0 47 11.0 8.0 212 25 301.1 302.1 288.1 317.9 5.61 11 820 1742 13.2 -5.8 26 19.0 4.5 226 26 303.1 303.6 286.2 312.4 3.02 12 798 1970 11.6 -6.4 28 18.0 3.4 237 29 303.7 304.3 286.4 312.9 2.96 13 792 2033 11.2 -6.8 28 18.0 3.1 240 31 304.0 304.5 286.4 313.0 2.90 14 751 2474 7.8 -4.2 42 12.0 2.1 245 33 304.9 305.6 287.6 316.4 3.73 15 741 2584 7.2 -6.8 36 14.0 1.0 247 33 305.4 306.0 287.1 315.1 3.10 16 728 2730 7.4 -16.6 16 24.0 -1.3 250 34 307.2 307.5 286.0 311.9 1.43 17 723 2787 7.2 -16.8 16 24.0 -1.5 251 35 307.6 307.9 286.1 312.2 1.42 18 700 3052 5.8 -16.2 19 22.0 -2.2 260 42 308.9 309.2 286.7 313.9 1.54 19 696 3099 5.6 -16.4 19 22.0 -2.4 261 43 309.2 309.5 286.8 314.2 1.52 20 690 3170 5.4 -18.6 16 24.0 -2.9 262 44 309.7 310.0 286.7 314.0 1.28 21 671 3397 4.4 -14.6 24 19.0 -2.8 266 47 311.1 311.4 287.8 317.1 1.84 22 556 4893 -7.9 -12.2 71 4.3 -9.5 275 55 313.7 314.3 289.5 322.5 2.70 23 551 4963 -8.5 -13.1 69 4.6 -10.2 275 56 313.8 314.3 289.4 322.1 2.53 24 517 5455 -11.7 -14.3 81 2.6 -12.6 275 62 315.7 316.2 289.9 323.8 2.44 25 506 5619 -12.9 -15.9 78 3.0 -13.9 278 60 316.2 316.7 289.8 323.5 2.19 26 500 5710 -13.3 -16.2 79 2.9 -14.3 280 59 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.0 2.16 27 400 7370 -24.7 -28.4 71 3.7 -25.4 270 64 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.92 28 377 7798 -27.9 -31.6 71 3.7 -28.5 268 66 324.2 324.3 290.8 326.8 0.72 29 368 7971 -28.9 -32.4 72 3.5 -29.5 266 66 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.6 0.68 30 335 8637 -33.9 -37.7 68 3.8 -34.3 261 67 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.8 0.44 31 321 8934 -36.1 -39.7 69 3.6 -36.5 265 69 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.38 32 318 9000 -36.7 -40.4 68 3.7 -37.1 265 69 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.35 33 300 9400 -40.3 -44.2 66 3.9 -40.6 270 68 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.25 34 294 9538 -41.1 -44.8 67 3.7 -41.3 270 69 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.24 35 262 10311 -47.3 -51.7 61 4.4 -47.5 265 72 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 36 250 10620 -49.7 -54.2 59 4.5 -49.8 265 77 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 37 233 11077 -53.7 -58.3 57 4.6 -53.8 268 80 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.06 38 200 12040 -62.1 -66.5 55 4.4 -62.1 265 88 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.02 39 196 12164 -62.9 -67.4 54 4.5 -63.0 265 88 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.02 40 189 12387 -64.1 -68.3 56 4.2 -64.1 268 91 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.7 0.02 41 178 12750 -67.1 -71.8 51 4.7 -67.1 270 98 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.6 0.01 42 174 12887 -67.5 -72.2 51 4.7 -67.5 275 98 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.01 43 163 13282 -64.7 -70.7 43 6.0 -64.8 272 98 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 44 160 13395 -64.9 -70.9 43 6.0 -65.0 270 97 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 45 156 13549 -63.9 -70.7 39 6.8 -64.0 265 106 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 46 150 13790 -62.3 -70.3 33 8.0 -62.4 280 99 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.02 47 148 13873 -62.1 -70.1 34 8.0 -62.2 280 97 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.02 48 144 14042 -62.1 -70.1 34 8.0 -62.2 281 92 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.02 49 140 14216 -62.1 -71.1 29 9.0 -62.2 283 86 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.02 50 109 15742 -66.9 -79.9 14 13.0 -67.0 279 78 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.01 51 100 16260 -68.7 -82.7 12 14.0 -68.8 270 66 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 52 96 16503 -69.7 -84.7 9 15.0 -69.8 271 71 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 53 95 16566 -69.7 -84.7 9 15.0 -69.8 272 69 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 54 85 17231 -67.1 -84.1 7 17.0 -67.2 268 55 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 55 81 17522 -67.1 -85.1 6 18.0 -67.2 277 48 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.8 0.00 56 76 17904 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.6 278 44 427.7 427.7 308.6 427.7 0.00 57 70 18400 -65.5 -86.5 4 21.0 -65.7 295 35 444.3 444.3 310.3 444.3 0.00 58 63 19043 -63.5 -86.5 3 23.0 -63.8 285 17 462.3 462.3 312.0 462.3 0.00 59 60 19342 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -64.0 267 12 468.3 468.3 312.5 468.3 0.00 60 54 19984 -66.5 -90.5 2 24.0 -66.7 193 12 476.2 476.2 313.1 476.2 0.00 61 50 20450 -65.9 -90.9 2 25.0 -66.2 275 13 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 62 47 20827 -64.9 -90.9 2 26.0 -65.3 283 14 499.3 499.3 314.9 499.3 0.00 63 44 21229 -65.9 -92.9 1 27.0 -66.2 290 10 506.4 506.4 315.4 506.4 0.00 64 42 21511 -65.7 -93.7 1 28.0 -66.0 277 12 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.00 65 41 21658 -65.5 -93.5 1 28.0 -65.8 271 15 517.7 517.7 316.1 517.7 0.00 66 38 22119 -67.1 -94.1 1 27.0 -67.4 317 22 525.0 525.0 316.6 525.0 0.00 67 37 22280 -67.5 -94.5 1 27.0 -67.8 328 23 528.0 528.0 316.8 528.0 0.00 68 34 22791 -66.3 -94.3 1 28.0 -66.7 291 19 544.1 544.1 317.8 544.1 0.00 69 31 23351 -66.5 -93.5 1 27.0 -66.9 276 11 558.1 558.1 318.5 558.1 0.00 70 31 23351 -66.1 -94.1 1 28.0 -66.5 276 11 559.2 559.2 318.6 559.2 0.00 71 30 23550 -65.7 -92.7 1 27.0 -66.1 255 23 565.5 565.5 318.9 565.5 0.00 72 29 23756 -65.7 -93.7 1 28.0 -66.2 249 18 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.1 0.00 73 28 23969 -66.1 -94.1 1 28.0 -66.5 248 15 575.7 575.7 319.5 575.7 0.00 74 25 24658 -65.3 -93.3 1 28.0 -65.9 265 20 597.0 597.0 320.5 597.0 0.00 75 23 25165 -65.3 -93.3 1 28.0 -65.9 276 23 611.4 611.4 321.1 611.4 0.00 76 23 25165 -65.1 276 23 611.9 TRP 174 12887 -67.5 -72.2 51 4.7 -67.5 275 98 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.01 WND 156 13549 -63.9 -70.7 39 6.8 -64.0 265 106 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.00 m Freezing level: 629.86 mb = 3932.41 m = 12901.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.55 mb = 2645.13 m = 8678.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.79 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.85 mb = 392.86 m = 1288.89 ft T: 9.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 9.14 C Layer 862.0- 856.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 988.00 mb = 178.00 m = 583.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.07 C = 51.93 F Cap Strength: 8.72 C Lifted Index: 6.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.07 C Showalter Index: 4.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 16.10 C K Index: 7.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 283.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33764.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.82 mb = 794.53 m = 2606.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 287 at 32 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 178 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 110 42 -39.2 14.6 1 973 305 130 21 -16.1 13.5 | 116 52 -46.6 23.1 2 938 610 155 31 -13.1 28.1 | 131 58 -43.7 37.7 3 925 729 180 33 0.0 33.0 | 144 52 -30.6 42.6 4 905 914 185 34 3.0 33.9 | 148 52 -27.6 43.5 5 873 1219 185 29 2.5 28.9 | 144 48 -28.0 38.5 6 850 1440 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 149 36 -18.6 30.4 7 841 1524 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 153 35 -15.6 30.9 8 811 1829 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 158 28 -10.6 26.3 9 782 2134 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 178 24 -0.6 23.6 10 754 2438 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 178 24 -0.6 23.6 11 727 2743 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 184 21 1.4 21.3 12 700 3048 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 213 20 10.8 16.9 13 700 3052 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 213 20 10.8 16.9 14 674 3353 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 230 21 16.3 13.7 15 648 3658 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 238 18 15.4 9.6 16 624 3962 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 249 26 24.4 9.6 17 600 4267 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 249 26 24.4 9.6 18 577 4572 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 245 23 20.4 9.6 19 556 4877 275 55 54.8 -4.8 | 259 25 24.2 4.8 20 514 5486 275 62 61.8 -5.4 | 262 31 31.2 4.2 21 500 5710 280 59 58.1 -10.2 | 271 28 27.5 -0.6 22 495 5791 280 56 55.1 -9.7 | 270 25 24.6 -0.1 23 475 6096 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 259 26 25.2 4.7 24 437 6706 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 254 35 33.4 9.6 25 420 7010 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 254 35 33.4 9.6 26 403 7315 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 246 37 34.2 15.3 27 400 7370 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 254 35 33.4 9.6 28 386 7620 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 255 37 35.4 9.6 29 339 8534 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 239 40 34.4 21.1 30 325 8839 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 248 42 39.2 15.7 31 311 9144 265 68 67.7 5.9 | 247 40 37.2 15.5 32 300 9400 270 68 68.0 -0.0 | 256 39 37.4 9.6 33 298 9449 270 68 68.0 -0.0 | 256 39 37.4 9.6 34 285 9754 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 256 41 39.4 9.6 35 260 10363 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 249 44 41.2 15.9 36 250 10620 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 251 49 46.2 16.3 37 248 10668 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 258 46 45.4 9.6 38 215 11582 265 86 85.7 7.5 | 253 58 55.1 17.1 39 200 12040 265 88 87.7 7.7 | 253 60 57.1 17.3 40 195 12192 265 88 87.7 7.7 | 253 60 57.1 17.3 41 186 12497 270 92 92.0 -0.0 | 261 62 61.4 9.6 42 176 12802 270 99 99.0 -0.0 | 262 69 68.4 9.6 43 174 12887 275 98 97.6 -8.5 | 269 67 67.1 1.1 44 168 13106 275 100 99.6 -8.7 | 269 69 69.1 0.9 45 160 13411 270 97 97.0 -0.0 | 262 67 66.4 9.6 46 156 13549 265 106 105.6 9.2 | 256 77 75.0 18.9 47 152 13716 265 106 105.6 9.2 | 256 77 75.0 18.9 48 150 13790 280 99 97.5 -17.2 | 276 67 66.9 -7.6 49 131 14630 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 283 42 40.9 -9.5 50 118 15240 280 78 76.8 -13.5 | 275 46 46.3 -3.9 51 112 15545 285 85 82.1 -22.0 | 284 53 51.5 -12.4 52 107 15850 275 73 72.7 -6.4 | 266 42 42.2 3.3 53 102 16154 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 248 42 39.2 15.7 54 100 16260 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 255 37 35.4 9.6 55 97 16459 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 257 44 42.4 9.6 56 92 16764 275 61 60.8 -5.3 | 262 31 30.2 4.3 57 87 17069 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 238 27 23.2 14.3 58 83 17374 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 249 26 24.4 9.6 59 79 17678 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 275 8 8.1 -0.7 60 75 17983 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 248 15 14.3 5.7 61 71 18288 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 256 21 20.2 5.2 62 70 18400 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 347 5 1.2 -5.2 63 68 18593 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 340 6 2.1 -5.6 64 65 18898 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 104 14 -13.6 3.5 65 61 19202 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 115 16 -14.8 6.8 66 58 19507 250 6 5.6 2.1 | 115 28 -24.9 11.7 67 56 19812 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 126 35 -28.6 20.5 68 53 20117 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 129 35 -27.2 22.2 69 50 20422 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 114 17 -15.8 7.0 70 50 20450 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 116 20 -17.6 8.5 71 48 20726 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 117 19 -16.6 8.4 72 45 21031 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 99 20 -19.3 3.1 73 43 21336 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 108 24 -22.8 7.6 74 41 21641 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 122 18 -15.6 9.6 75 37 22250 330 24 12.0 -20.8 | 59 22 -18.6 -11.2 76 35 22555 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 88 18 -18.3 -0.7 77 34 22860 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 112 12 -11.2 4.4 78 32 23165 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 120 19 -16.6 9.6 79 30 23470 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 110 23 -21.7 8.1 80 30 23550 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 152 18 -8.3 15.6 81 28 23774 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 133 23 -17.0 16.0 82 26 24079 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 130 15 -11.6 9.6 83 24 24384 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 143 17 -9.9 13.3 84 22 24689 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 100 8 -8.0 1.4 85 20 24994 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 143 9 -5.7 7.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.5 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 287.5 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 713.6 neg: -28.0 tot: 685.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 228.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.3 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 422.03 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 145 24 124 53| 27.5 0.0 27.5|372.9 0.0 372.9 745.8 0.77| 34.9 27.0 1000 167 28 135 52| 13.9 0.0 13.9|484.1 -28.0 456.1 456.1 0.68| 24.1 16.5 1500 179 28 140 48| 10.2 0.0 10.2|558.3 -28.0 530.3 353.5 0.60| 22.4 13.5 2000 194 28 147 44| 10.2 0.0 10.2|631.5 -28.0 603.5 301.7 0.63| 20.3 12.8 2500 207 29 154 39| 8.4 0.0 8.4|641.3 -28.0 613.3 245.3 0.63| 16.8 10.6 3000 219 31 161 35| 9.0 0.0 9.0|713.6 -28.0 685.6 228.5 0.68| 16.3 11.1 4000 239 36 180 28| 7.1 1.1 8.2|771.2 -28.0 743.2 185.8 0.68| 14.3 9.7 5000 250 39 196 24| 6.1 0.9 7.0|812.6 -37.5 775.1 155.0 0.64| 12.8 8.3 6000 257 43 211 22| 5.2 0.7 5.9|851.8 -72.3 779.5 129.9 0.56| 12.2 6.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KILX/skewt/KILX.skewt.20251228.00.gif