UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 16 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 16 APR 25 Station: KNKX WMO ident: 72293 Latitude: 32.87 Longitude: -117.13 Elevation: 146.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 146 15.8 8.8 63 7.0 11.8 310 10 288.9 290.1 284.9 309.0 7.11 1 1000 141 14.8 8.8 67 6.0 11.4 310 10 288.0 289.2 284.5 308.0 7.12 2 998 158 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.9 310 10 287.5 288.7 284.1 306.8 6.84 3 925 794 8.8 6.9 88 1.9 7.8 300 4 288.3 289.5 284.3 307.4 6.75 4 900 1020 6.6 6.6 100 0.0 6.6 317 4 288.3 289.5 284.4 307.5 6.80 5 885 1158 5.6 5.6 100 0.0 5.6 266 5 288.7 289.8 284.1 306.9 6.45 6 882 1186 5.6 4.9 95 0.7 5.2 256 5 288.9 290.0 284.0 306.4 6.16 7 881 1195 5.6 3.9 89 1.7 4.7 253 5 289.0 290.0 283.5 305.4 5.75 8 880 1204 6.2 2.0 74 4.2 4.1 249 5 289.8 290.6 283.1 304.2 5.02 9 876 1242 9.0 -5.0 37 14.0 2.9 241 5 293.0 293.6 282.1 302.0 3.00 10 873 1270 11.6 -17.4 11 29.0 1.6 236 5 296.0 296.2 281.1 299.5 1.12 11 867 1328 12.0 -20.0 9 32.0 1.4 227 5 297.0 297.2 281.3 299.9 0.90 12 862 1376 12.4 -11.6 18 24.0 2.9 219 4 297.9 298.3 282.8 303.6 1.82 13 850 1494 13.0 -12.0 16 25.0 3.1 200 4 299.8 300.1 283.5 305.4 1.79 14 846 1534 13.2 -11.8 16 25.0 3.2 131 10 300.4 300.7 283.8 306.1 1.83 15 834 1654 14.4 -2.6 31 17.0 6.1 141 11 302.9 303.6 286.9 314.5 3.78 16 832 1674 14.8 -3.2 29 18.0 6.0 142 11 303.5 304.2 286.9 314.6 3.63 17 819 1807 14.0 -10.0 18 24.0 3.8 153 12 304.0 304.4 285.7 310.9 2.18 18 813 1869 13.6 -11.4 16 25.0 3.2 150 12 304.2 304.6 285.5 310.5 1.96 19 783 2183 10.8 -4.2 35 15.0 3.7 111 9 304.5 305.2 287.3 315.6 3.57 20 779 2226 10.6 -4.4 35 15.0 3.5 113 9 304.8 305.4 287.3 315.7 3.54 21 760 2431 9.4 -7.6 29 17.0 1.9 120 12 305.6 306.1 286.9 314.5 2.84 22 752 2519 9.2 -24.8 7 34.0 -1.3 126 10 306.3 306.5 284.8 308.6 0.68 23 749 2552 9.4 -31.6 4 41.0 -1.7 129 10 306.9 307.0 284.6 308.2 0.36 24 723 2844 8.0 -21.0 11 29.0 -1.7 150 6 308.5 308.7 285.9 311.8 0.99 25 700 3109 5.6 -21.4 12 27.0 -3.1 165 7 308.7 308.9 286.0 312.0 0.99 26 587 4514 -7.5 -21.5 32 14.0 -11.5 208 16 309.4 309.6 286.5 313.2 1.17 27 577 4648 -8.1 -28.1 18 20.0 -12.8 216 18 310.2 310.3 286.2 312.4 0.66 28 572 4716 -7.9 -32.9 11 25.0 -13.2 220 18 311.2 311.3 286.3 312.7 0.42 29 554 4964 -9.3 -39.3 7 30.0 -14.6 230 19 312.4 312.4 286.5 313.2 0.23 30 544 5104 -10.3 -30.3 18 20.0 -14.7 230 18 312.8 313.0 287.0 314.8 0.57 31 537 5204 -10.9 -31.9 16 21.0 -15.3 230 17 313.3 313.4 287.1 315.0 0.49 32 531 5290 -11.3 -31.3 17 20.0 -15.5 229 20 313.8 313.9 287.3 315.7 0.53 33 523 5407 -11.7 -20.7 47 9.0 -14.3 228 23 314.7 315.0 288.5 319.4 1.41 34 519 5466 -12.3 -21.3 47 9.0 -14.8 228 25 314.7 314.9 288.5 319.2 1.34 35 504 5689 -13.7 -23.7 43 10.0 -16.3 226 31 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.4 1.12 36 500 5750 -14.1 -24.1 42 10.0 -16.6 225 33 315.8 316.1 288.6 319.6 1.09 37 489 5918 -15.3 -27.3 35 12.0 -18.0 228 33 316.4 316.6 288.5 319.3 0.83 38 464 6311 -19.1 -27.1 49 8.0 -20.8 223 34 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.5 0.89 39 448 6571 -20.3 -36.3 23 16.0 -22.8 221 37 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.5 0.38 40 447 6587 -20.1 -41.1 14 21.0 -23.0 221 38 318.6 318.6 288.6 319.4 0.23 41 436 6771 -21.5 -42.5 13 21.0 -24.2 220 40 319.1 319.1 288.7 319.9 0.21 42 418 7080 -23.5 -36.5 29 13.0 -25.4 217 45 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.40 43 417 7098 -23.7 -36.7 29 13.0 -25.6 217 45 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.8 0.40 44 415 7133 -23.9 -37.9 26 14.0 -25.9 217 45 320.5 320.6 289.3 321.8 0.35 45 411 7203 -24.3 -35.3 35 11.0 -26.0 217 46 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.6 0.46 46 409 7239 -24.7 -34.7 39 10.0 -26.2 216 47 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.6 0.49 47 408 7257 -24.9 -36.9 32 12.0 -26.6 216 47 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.2 0.40 48 405 7310 -25.3 -35.3 39 10.0 -26.8 216 48 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.47 49 400 7400 -25.9 -34.9 43 9.0 -27.3 215 49 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.1 0.49 50 376 7843 -29.7 -36.7 51 7.0 -30.6 218 53 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.6 0.44 51 365 8054 -31.1 -40.1 41 9.0 -32.1 221 55 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.32 52 361 8132 -31.5 -46.5 21 15.0 -32.8 222 56 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.16 53 350 8349 -33.7 -45.7 29 12.0 -34.7 224 59 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.18 54 346 8429 -34.3 -47.3 26 13.0 -35.3 225 60 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.2 0.15 55 341 8531 -34.5 -58.5 7 24.0 -35.8 227 61 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.8 0.04 56 300 9410 -42.1 -60.1 12 18.0 -42.8 235 71 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.2 0.04 57 250 10630 -49.5 -67.5 10 18.0 -49.9 220 71 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.5 0.02 58 215 11601 -53.7 -73.7 7 20.0 -54.0 220 81 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.01 59 200 12060 -55.7 -76.7 6 21.0 -55.9 230 69 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.01 60 175 12900 -60.5 -77.5 9 17.0 -60.6 230 79 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 61 150 13870 -55.9 -84.9 1 29.0 -56.2 230 68 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 62 100 16390 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.0 230 47 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 63 96 16638 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -66.8 230 47 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 64 94 16766 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.1 230 47 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 65 86 17306 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.8 225 28 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 66 80 17746 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.5 221 41 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.1 0.00 67 70 18560 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -66.9 205 33 441.7 441.7 310.0 441.7 0.00 68 63 19194 -67.9 -90.9 2 23.0 -68.1 208 30 452.6 452.6 311.1 452.6 0.00 69 61 19390 -64.7 -90.7 2 26.0 -65.0 206 27 463.9 463.9 312.1 463.9 0.00 70 56 19909 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -66.9 240 18 470.8 470.8 312.7 470.8 0.00 71 50 20600 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.1 315 4 495.7 495.7 314.7 495.7 0.00 72 47 20979 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.5 270 9 501.2 501.2 315.0 501.2 0.00 73 40 21977 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.7 51 6 537.9 537.9 317.4 538.0 0.00 74 37 22464 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.2 101 11 546.0 546.0 317.9 546.0 0.00 75 33 23177 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.4 51 5 566.8 566.8 319.0 566.8 0.00 76 30 23780 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.0 10 2 596.6 596.6 320.5 596.6 0.01 77 28 24224 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.3 43 6 611.3 611.3 321.1 611.3 0.01 78 23 25480 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -58.9 171 12 634.9 634.9 322.1 634.9 0.01 79 20 26370 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -57.0 345 7 668.7 668.7 323.4 668.8 0.01 80 19 26699 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -56.3 301 10 681.7 681.7 323.9 681.8 0.01 81 18 27046 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.9 307 9 690.5 690.5 324.1 690.5 0.01 82 15 28233 -47.3 -84.3 1 37.0 -52.5 305 11 750.7 750.7 326.0 750.9 0.02 83 14 28691 -45.9 -83.9 1 38.0 -52.0 315 12 770.4 770.4 326.5 770.6 0.02 84 13 29183 -47.1 -84.1 1 37.0 -52.9 331 16 782.7 782.8 326.8 783.0 0.03 85 12 29714 -45.5 -83.5 1 38.0 -52.2 349 15 806.5 806.5 327.4 806.8 0.03 86 10 30930 -45.5 -83.5 1 38.0 -52.9 335 11 849.7 849.7 328.4 850.1 0.04 87 9.9 30997 -45.5 -83.5 1 38.0 -53.0 852.1 852.2 328.4 852.5 0.04 88 9.0 31636 -43.3 -83.3 0 40.0 -52.3 884.2 884.2 329.1 884.6 0.04 89 7.6 32794 -35.1 -78.1 0 43.0 -49.7 961.1 961.1 330.5 962.4 0.12 TRP 175 12900 -60.5 -77.5 9 17.0 -60.6 230 79 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 WND 215 11601 -53.7 -73.7 7 20.0 -54.0 220 81 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.00 m Freezing level: 651.69 mb = 3709.77 m = 12171.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.21 mb = 2483.31 m = 8147.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.31 mb = 1007.91 m = 3306.76 ft T: 6.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 885.0- 867.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.88 mb = 1021.01 m = 3349.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.24 C = 59.44 F Cap Strength: 11.91 C Lifted Index: 10.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.15 C Showalter Index: 11.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 2.10 C K Index: -11.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.90 mb = 984.28 m = 3229.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.90 mb = 1121.68 m = 3680.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 878.90 mb = 1214.43 m = 3984.30 ft B at Equ Level: -6.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 878.90 mb = 1214.43 m = 3984.30 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 238 at 10 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 1001 146 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 3 12 -0.6 -11.5 1 1000 141 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 3 12 -0.6 -11.5 2 981 305 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 7 11 -1.3 -10.9 3 946 610 290 5 4.7 -1.7 | 27 8 -3.5 -6.8 4 925 794 300 4 3.5 -2.0 | 34 9 -4.8 -7.1 5 912 914 355 3 0.3 -3.0 | 45 11 -8.0 -8.1 6 879 1219 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 51 5 -3.7 -3.0 7 850 1494 200 4 1.4 3.8 | 79 7 -6.9 -1.4 8 847 1524 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 95 16 -15.9 1.3 9 816 1829 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 113 14 -13.3 5.8 10 787 2134 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 81 16 -15.8 -2.4 11 759 2438 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 93 19 -18.6 0.9 12 731 2743 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 85 11 -11.1 -1.0 13 700 3109 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 99 10 -10.0 1.6 14 653 3658 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 111 10 -9.8 3.7 15 604 4267 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 151 10 -4.6 8.4 16 559 4877 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 222 10 7.1 7.7 17 538 5182 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 219 8 4.8 5.8 18 500 5750 225 33 23.3 23.3 | 220 24 15.1 18.2 19 497 5791 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 227 24 17.8 16.7 20 477 6096 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 219 22 13.7 16.8 21 400 7400 215 49 28.1 40.1 | 210 40 19.9 35.0 22 388 7620 215 50 28.7 41.0 | 210 41 20.4 35.8 23 312 9144 235 69 56.5 39.6 | 234 59 48.3 34.5 24 300 9410 235 71 58.2 40.7 | 235 61 49.9 35.6 25 272 10058 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 235 66 54.0 38.5 26 250 10630 220 71 45.6 54.4 | 217 62 37.4 49.3 27 215 11601 220 81 52.1 62.0 | 218 72 43.8 56.9 28 206 11887 220 81 52.1 62.0 | 218 72 43.8 56.9 29 200 12060 230 69 52.9 44.4 | 229 59 44.6 39.2 30 187 12497 225 65 46.0 46.0 | 223 56 37.7 40.8 31 175 12900 230 79 60.5 50.8 | 229 69 52.3 45.7 32 169 13106 225 80 56.6 56.6 | 223 71 48.3 51.4 33 161 13411 225 64 45.3 45.3 | 223 55 37.0 40.1 34 150 13870 230 68 52.1 43.7 | 229 58 43.9 38.6 35 146 14021 230 76 58.2 48.9 | 229 66 50.0 43.7 36 133 14630 220 68 43.7 52.1 | 217 59 35.5 47.0 37 126 14935 230 71 54.4 45.6 | 229 61 46.2 40.5 38 120 15240 235 52 42.6 29.8 | 234 42 34.4 24.7 39 115 15545 220 46 29.6 35.2 | 215 37 21.3 30.1 40 109 15850 210 49 24.5 42.4 | 204 41 16.3 37.3 41 100 16390 230 47 36.0 30.2 | 228 37 27.8 25.1 42 94 16764 230 47 36.0 30.2 | 228 37 27.8 25.1 43 89 17069 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 248 23 21.7 8.8 44 85 17374 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 210 18 9.1 15.6 45 81 17678 220 43 27.6 32.9 | 215 34 19.4 27.8 46 73 18288 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 225 17 12.4 12.2 47 70 18560 205 33 13.9 29.9 | 193 25 5.7 24.8 48 70 18593 200 26 8.9 24.4 | 182 19 0.7 19.3 49 66 18898 210 35 17.5 30.3 | 200 27 9.3 25.2 50 60 19507 205 25 10.6 22.7 | 188 18 2.3 17.5 51 57 19812 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 229 5 4.1 3.5 52 54 20117 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 258 15 14.3 3.1 53 51 20422 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 323 8 4.7 -6.3 54 50 20600 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 34 10 -5.4 -7.9 55 49 20726 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 317 1 0.8 -0.9 56 44 21336 305 7 5.7 -4.0 | 15 9 -2.5 -9.1 57 42 21641 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 58 10 -8.2 -5.1 58 38 22250 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 74 19 -18.2 -5.1 59 37 22555 105 11 -10.6 2.8 | 83 19 -18.9 -2.3 60 30 23774 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 58 10 -8.2 -5.1 61 30 23780 10 2 -0.3 -2.0 | 50 11 -8.6 -7.1 62 27 24384 55 7 -5.7 -4.0 | 57 17 -14.0 -9.1 63 26 24689 125 12 -9.8 6.9 | 96 18 -18.1 1.8 64 25 24994 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 79 18 -18.1 -3.4 65 24 25298 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 107 16 -15.1 4.7 66 23 25603 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 137 9 -6.2 6.7 67 20 26213 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 228 4 3.2 2.9 68 20 26370 345 7 1.8 -6.8 | 28 14 -6.4 -11.9 69 20 26518 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 255 6 6.3 1.6 70 19 26822 335 6 2.5 -5.4 | 28 12 -5.7 -10.6 71 18 27127 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 358 10 0.4 -10.1 72 17 27432 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 322 12 7.2 -9.3 73 16 27737 275 4 4.0 -0.3 | 38 7 -4.3 -5.5 74 15 28346 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 356 13 1.0 -12.8 75 14 28651 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 356 13 1.0 -12.8 76 13 28956 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 11 16 -3.2 -16.0 77 13 29261 330 17 8.5 -14.7 | 359 20 0.3 -19.8 78 12 29566 360 17 -0.0 -17.0 | 20 24 -8.2 -22.1 79 12 29870 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 11 19 -3.4 -18.3 80 10 30930 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 13 16 -3.6 -15.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.2 neg: -42.2 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 33.04 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 305 8 12 10| 0.0 5.8 5.8| 10.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 0.71| 5.9 4.2 1000 305 6 23 9| 0.0 3.6 3.6| 15.5 -3.3 12.3 12.3 0.35| 7.5 2.6 1500 283 6 21 7| 0.0 7.1 7.1| 36.5 -3.3 33.2 22.2 0.45| 10.8 4.9 2000 206 7 103 5| 0.0 4.6 4.6| 46.5 -35.9 10.6 5.3 0.21| 10.9 2.3 2500 152 8 98 12| 0.8 3.7 4.4| 62.2 -38.1 24.0 9.6 0.23| 10.6 2.4 3000 152 7 97 12| 1.2 3.1 4.3| 70.2 -42.2 28.1 9.4 0.23| 9.8 2.3 4000 164 8 104 11| 1.8 2.3 4.1| 90.3 -42.2 48.1 12.0 0.32| 8.3 2.7 5000 190 10 125 8| 2.3 1.8 4.2|123.6 -42.9 80.7 16.1 0.42| 8.3 3.5 6000 208 13 161 7| 1.9 1.9 3.8|139.0 -61.2 77.8 13.0 0.33| 8.7 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250416.00.gif