UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122819.upa.cvt Date: 1900Z 28 DEC 25 Searching for KILX... Searching the city database file for: KILX ... Date:1900Z 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 -34 SFC 976 178 20.8 17.0 79 3.8 18.2 200 11 296.0 298.3 292.3 332.2 12.58 2 964 285 19.6 15.7 78 3.9 17.0 208 20 295.8 297.9 291.6 329.6 11.71 3 963 294 19.4 15.5 78 3.9 16.8 209 21 295.7 297.8 291.5 329.0 11.57 4 925 639 16.2 13.6 85 2.6 14.6 215 37 295.9 297.8 290.7 326.6 10.64 5 867 1187 12.2 10.9 92 1.3 11.4 239 46 297.2 299.0 290.2 324.8 9.49 6 861 1245 11.6 9.5 87 2.1 10.3 241 47 297.2 298.8 289.5 322.5 8.69 7 855 1304 11.4 9.4 87 2.0 10.2 243 50 297.6 299.2 289.6 322.9 8.69 8 850 1353 11.6 9.5 87 2.1 10.3 245 52 298.3 299.9 290.0 324.0 8.80 9 836 1492 11.0 8.3 83 2.7 9.4 245 54 299.1 300.6 289.8 323.3 8.24 10 787 1993 7.0 6.0 93 1.0 6.4 245 53 300.0 301.4 289.4 322.1 7.47 11 770 2172 5.6 2.8 82 2.8 4.1 245 53 300.4 301.5 288.2 318.5 6.09 12 762 2257 5.6 3.1 84 2.5 4.2 245 53 301.3 302.4 288.8 320.1 6.29 13 735 2552 5.0 1.7 79 3.3 3.2 245 54 303.8 304.8 289.2 321.6 5.89 14 721 2709 4.4 1.8 83 2.6 3.0 245 56 304.8 305.9 289.7 323.1 6.05 15 708 2858 3.8 0.3 78 3.5 2.0 240 59 305.7 306.7 289.5 322.6 5.53 16 701 2938 4.0 -0.8 71 4.8 1.5 236 62 306.8 307.8 289.6 322.6 5.15 17 700 2950 4.2 -0.8 70 5.0 1.7 235 62 307.1 308.1 289.7 323.0 5.16 18 672 3281 2.2 -6.8 51 9.0 -1.8 235 66 308.5 309.1 288.5 319.2 3.42 19 653 3512 1.6 -19.4 19 21.0 -5.3 237 68 310.4 310.6 286.9 314.5 1.26 20 637 3711 0.2 -23.8 14 24.0 -6.9 240 70 311.0 311.1 286.7 314.0 0.88 21 626 3850 -0.7 -21.7 19 21.0 -7.2 240 69 311.5 311.7 287.1 315.1 1.08 22 614 4005 -1.7 -26.7 13 25.0 -8.5 240 68 312.1 312.2 286.9 314.5 0.70 23 602 4161 -2.9 -29.9 10 27.0 -9.6 240 67 312.5 312.6 286.8 314.3 0.53 24 591 4307 -4.1 -25.1 18 21.0 -9.9 240 66 312.7 312.9 287.3 315.6 0.84 25 575 4523 -6.1 -23.1 25 17.0 -10.9 240 66 312.8 313.0 287.5 316.3 1.04 26 565 4660 -7.3 -25.3 22 18.0 -12.1 239 66 313.0 313.2 287.4 316.0 0.87 27 554 4813 -8.3 -19.3 41 11.0 -11.7 236 66 313.6 313.9 288.3 318.6 1.50 28 549 4883 -8.7 -23.7 29 15.0 -12.8 235 66 313.9 314.1 287.9 317.4 1.03 29 519 5316 -12.1 -15.7 75 3.6 -13.3 235 72 314.9 315.3 289.4 322.0 2.17 30 514 5390 -12.7 -16.7 72 4.0 -14.0 235 71 315.1 315.4 289.3 321.7 2.01 31 500 5600 -14.1 -17.2 77 3.1 -15.1 235 75 315.8 316.2 289.5 322.4 1.98 32 486 5814 -15.9 -17.2 90 1.3 -16.3 240 78 316.2 316.6 289.6 323.0 2.04 33 478 5938 -17.1 -18.8 87 1.7 -17.6 238 77 316.2 316.6 289.5 322.3 1.81 34 453 6339 -18.7 -23.0 69 4.3 -19.8 239 80 319.1 319.4 289.9 323.7 1.33 35 446 6454 -19.7 -23.5 72 3.8 -20.6 240 81 319.3 319.5 289.9 323.7 1.29 36 439 6571 -20.7 -24.7 70 4.0 -21.6 240 80 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.5 1.18 37 427 6774 -22.3 -24.9 79 2.6 -22.9 240 79 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.1 1.19 38 405 7160 -24.7 -28.9 68 4.2 -25.5 240 79 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.8 0.87 39 402 7214 -25.3 -29.5 68 4.2 -26.1 240 80 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.6 0.83 40 400 7250 -25.5 -29.5 69 4.0 -26.2 240 80 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.8 0.83 41 388 7471 -27.7 -30.9 74 3.2 -28.3 240 83 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.4 0.75 42 383 7564 -28.7 -31.5 77 2.8 -29.2 243 83 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.2 0.72 43 377 7678 -29.3 245 84 322.3 44 359 8027 -31.5 -36.5 61 5.0 -32.1 245 88 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.47 45 344 8329 -33.3 -43.3 36 10.0 -34.3 245 93 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.24 46 324 8749 -36.7 -41.7 60 5.0 -37.2 248 100 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.30 47 317 8900 -37.3 -43.3 54 6.0 -37.8 249 103 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.26 48 309 9077 -38.9 -44.9 53 6.0 -39.4 250 106 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.23 49 300 9280 -40.3 -49.3 38 9.0 -40.9 255 112 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.14 50 296 9371 -41.1 -50.1 37 9.0 -41.6 255 112 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.13 51 288 9555 -42.7 -50.7 41 8.0 -43.1 255 113 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.13 52 254 10387 -49.5 -54.5 56 5.0 -49.7 250 111 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.09 53 250 10490 -50.3 -55.3 55 5.0 -50.5 250 116 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.08 54 244 10649 -51.5 -56.5 55 5.0 -51.7 250 116 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.07 55 222 11256 -57.5 -60.7 67 3.2 -57.6 255 113 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 56 212 11546 -60.1 -63.8 62 3.7 -60.2 255 117 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.03 57 210 11605 -60.5 -64.2 62 3.7 -60.6 255 115 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.03 58 207 11695 -60.7 -64.7 59 4.0 -60.7 255 115 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.5 0.03 59 200 11910 -59.7 -64.3 55 4.6 -59.7 245 102 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.03 60 198 11973 -59.5 -64.2 54 4.7 -59.6 245 102 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.03 61 150 13710 -59.1 -69.1 26 10.0 -59.3 260 67 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.02 62 100 16210 -65.9 -81.9 9 16.0 -66.0 255 70 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 210 11605 -60.5 -64.2 62 3.7 -60.6 255 115 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.03 WND 388 7471 -27.7 -30.9 74 3.2 -28.3 240 83 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.4 0.75 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.00 m Freezing level: 634.56 mb = 3742.13 m = 12277.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.55 mb = 3107.13 m = 10193.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.85 % Est. max temperature: 24.05 C = 75.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.93 mb = 657.98 m = 2158.70 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 9.75 C Layer 964.0- 855.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.65 mb = 1083.66 m = 3555.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.78 C = 71.21 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 191.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.71 mb = 977.70 m = 3207.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.71 mb = 1218.89 m = 3998.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.71 mb = 1415.11 m = 4642.69 ft B at Equ Level: 4.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 613.71 mb = 4008.56 m = 13151.30 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 268 at 45 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 976 178 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 102 42 -40.8 8.6 1 962 305 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 117 38 -33.6 17.3 2 928 610 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 139 37 -23.9 27.8 3 925 639 215 37 21.2 30.3 | 141 37 -23.4 28.6 4 895 914 230 44 33.7 28.3 | 158 29 -10.9 26.6 5 864 1219 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 167 22 -4.8 21.3 6 850 1353 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 187 20 2.5 20.2 7 833 1524 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 194 22 5.3 21.5 8 802 1829 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 189 21 3.4 20.7 9 773 2134 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 189 21 3.4 20.7 10 745 2438 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 189 21 3.4 20.7 11 718 2743 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 196 23 6.2 21.9 12 700 2950 235 62 50.8 35.6 | 190 34 6.2 33.8 13 665 3353 235 67 54.9 38.4 | 196 38 10.3 36.7 14 640 3658 240 70 60.6 35.0 | 206 37 16.0 33.3 15 592 4267 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 202 34 12.6 31.3 16 570 4572 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 202 34 12.6 31.3 17 548 4877 235 66 54.1 37.9 | 195 37 9.5 36.1 18 527 5182 235 72 59.0 41.3 | 200 42 14.4 39.6 19 507 5486 235 71 58.2 40.7 | 199 41 13.6 39.0 20 500 5600 235 75 61.4 43.0 | 202 45 16.8 41.3 21 487 5791 240 78 67.5 39.0 | 212 44 23.0 37.3 22 468 6096 235 75 61.4 43.0 | 202 45 16.8 41.3 23 449 6401 240 81 70.1 40.5 | 213 46 25.6 38.8 24 413 7010 240 77 66.7 38.5 | 211 43 22.1 36.8 25 400 7250 240 80 69.3 40.0 | 213 46 24.7 38.3 26 396 7315 240 80 69.3 40.0 | 213 46 24.7 38.3 27 388 7471 240 83 71.9 41.5 | 214 48 27.3 39.8 28 380 7620 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 223 45 30.6 33.3 29 364 7925 245 86 77.9 36.3 | 224 48 33.4 34.6 30 348 8230 245 91 82.5 38.5 | 226 53 37.9 36.7 31 306 9144 250 107 100.5 36.6 | 238 66 56.0 34.9 32 300 9280 255 112 108.2 29.0 | 247 69 63.6 27.3 33 279 9754 255 113 109.1 29.2 | 247 70 64.6 27.5 34 255 10363 250 110 103.4 37.6 | 239 69 58.8 35.9 35 250 10490 250 116 109.0 39.7 | 239 75 64.4 37.9 36 243 10668 250 116 109.0 39.7 | 239 75 64.4 37.9 37 232 10973 250 113 106.2 38.6 | 239 72 61.6 36.9 38 221 11278 255 113 109.1 29.2 | 247 70 64.6 27.5 39 211 11582 255 117 113.0 30.3 | 247 74 68.4 28.6 40 210 11605 255 115 111.1 29.8 | 247 72 66.5 28.0 41 201 11887 255 116 112.0 30.0 | 247 73 67.5 28.3 42 200 11910 245 102 92.4 43.1 | 229 63 47.9 41.4 43 191 12192 245 102 92.4 43.1 | 229 63 47.9 41.4 44 182 12497 245 112 101.5 47.3 | 231 73 56.9 45.6 45 173 12802 260 127 125.1 22.1 | 256 83 80.5 20.3 46 165 13106 270 112 112.0 -0.0 | 271 67 67.4 -1.7 47 150 13710 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 245 24 21.4 9.9 48 143 14021 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 245 23 20.4 9.7 49 136 14326 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 225 33 23.1 22.9 50 129 14630 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 234 27 22.1 16.1 51 123 14935 245 74 67.1 31.3 | 217 37 22.5 29.5 52 117 15240 250 93 87.4 31.8 | 235 52 42.8 30.1 53 106 15850 255 86 83.1 22.3 | 242 44 38.5 20.5 54 101 16154 260 80 78.8 13.9 | 250 36 34.2 12.2 55 100 16210 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 235 28 23.0 16.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 59.5 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 44.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 10.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.9 neg: -23.9 tot: 428.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 180.61 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 213 27 125 37| 28.5 0.0 28.5|271.8 0.0 271.8 543.5 0.97| 28.8 27.9 1000 223 35 139 31| 19.4 0.0 19.4|367.7 0.0 367.7 367.7 0.85| 23.6 20.1 1500 232 41 152 26| 16.1 0.0 16.1|424.1 -3.0 421.1 280.7 0.85| 19.7 16.7 2000 236 44 160 24| 12.1 0.3 12.3|424.1 -7.5 416.6 208.3 0.82| 15.0 12.3 2500 238 46 166 23| 9.6 0.3 9.9|434.9 -7.5 427.4 170.9 0.82| 12.5 10.2 3000 238 48 172 24| 8.0 2.6 10.6|451.9 -23.9 428.0 142.7 0.65| 13.0 8.5 4000 238 53 182 26| 6.9 1.6 8.5|530.1 -42.0 488.2 122.0 0.63| 11.3 7.1 5000 238 56 187 28| 5.5 2.1 7.7|567.9 -86.9 481.0 96.2 0.54| 10.3 5.6 6000 238 59 191 31| 5.0 1.9 6.9|694.7-166.7 527.9 88.0 0.49| 10.3 5.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KILX/skewt/KILX.skewt.20251228.19.gif