UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 17 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 17 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 123 270 10 SFC 999 146 18.8 4.8 40 14.0 11.2 270 10 292.0 293.0 284.4 307.6 5.40 2 992 205 15.8 3.8 45 12.0 9.6 277 9 289.6 290.5 283.1 304.1 5.06 3 925 779 10.4 2.4 58 8.0 6.4 295 7 289.9 290.8 283.0 304.1 4.92 4 914 879 9.6 2.6 62 7.0 6.1 299 7 290.1 291.0 283.2 304.6 5.05 5 886 1136 7.0 2.7 74 4.3 4.8 329 7 290.0 290.9 283.4 305.1 5.25 6 883 1164 6.8 2.7 75 4.1 4.8 332 7 290.1 291.0 283.5 305.2 5.26 7 880 1192 6.4 2.4 76 4.0 4.4 336 7 290.0 290.9 283.3 304.8 5.17 8 878 1211 6.8 1.8 70 5.0 4.4 339 7 290.6 291.4 283.4 304.9 4.96 9 875 1239 6.0 2.6 79 3.4 4.3 339 7 290.0 290.9 283.4 305.1 5.27 10 868 1305 5.6 2.0 78 3.6 3.8 337 6 290.3 291.2 283.4 304.9 5.09 11 861 1371 5.0 1.7 79 3.3 3.4 334 6 290.3 291.2 283.3 304.8 5.02 12 859 1390 5.0 1.4 78 3.6 3.2 333 6 290.5 291.4 283.3 304.7 4.93 13 850 1476 4.0 1.5 84 2.5 2.8 330 5 290.3 291.2 283.3 304.8 5.02 14 834 1630 2.2 2.1 99 0.1 2.1 321 5 290.0 291.0 283.5 305.3 5.34 15 830 1669 2.4 0.9 90 1.5 1.7 319 6 290.6 291.5 283.3 304.8 4.92 16 811 1855 1.0 0.9 99 0.1 1.0 307 7 291.1 292.0 283.7 305.6 5.04 17 778 2189 0.0 -0.5 96 0.5 -0.2 263 13 293.5 294.3 284.3 307.3 4.74 18 773 2241 0.4 -0.9 91 1.3 -0.2 252 13 294.5 295.3 284.6 308.0 4.63 19 770 2272 1.2 -4.8 64 6.0 -1.4 245 13 295.6 296.3 283.8 306.0 3.47 20 764 2335 1.2 -7.8 51 9.0 -2.4 232 14 296.3 296.8 283.2 304.7 2.78 21 761 2366 2.2 -13.8 29 16.0 -3.4 225 14 297.7 298.0 282.6 303.1 1.73 22 757 2409 3.2 -18.8 18 22.0 -3.8 216 15 299.3 299.5 282.5 302.9 1.14 23 750 2485 4.4 -24.6 10 29.0 -3.8 212 15 301.4 301.5 282.8 303.6 0.69 24 736 2638 3.6 -28.4 7 32.0 -4.7 217 16 302.1 302.2 282.9 303.8 0.50 25 715 2872 2.4 -20.6 16 23.0 -4.7 222 15 303.3 303.5 284.1 306.7 1.04 26 706 2974 1.6 -22.4 15 24.0 -5.5 224 14 303.5 303.7 284.0 306.5 0.90 27 700 3043 1.0 -15.0 29 16.0 -4.6 225 14 303.6 303.9 284.9 309.0 1.70 28 697 3077 0.6 -14.4 31 15.0 -4.7 225 15 303.5 303.9 285.0 309.2 1.80 29 684 3228 -0.7 -13.7 37 13.0 -5.3 225 18 303.7 304.1 285.2 309.8 1.94 30 682 3251 -0.9 -16.9 29 16.0 -6.2 225 19 303.7 304.0 284.8 308.5 1.49 31 680 3275 -0.7 -23.7 16 23.0 -7.1 225 19 304.2 304.4 284.2 307.0 0.83 32 674 3345 -0.9 -25.9 13 25.0 -7.5 225 21 304.8 304.9 284.2 307.1 0.69 33 672 3369 -0.7 -30.7 8 30.0 -7.8 225 21 305.3 305.3 284.1 306.8 0.44 34 652 3609 -1.9 -32.9 7 31.0 -8.8 217 25 306.5 306.6 284.5 307.8 0.37 35 649 3646 -2.1 -32.1 8 30.0 -8.9 216 26 306.7 306.8 284.6 308.1 0.40 36 633 3843 -3.7 -27.7 14 24.0 -9.6 212 25 307.1 307.2 285.0 309.2 0.62 37 591 4381 -7.5 -33.5 10 26.0 -12.8 225 26 308.8 308.8 285.4 310.1 0.38 38 561 4785 -9.7 -40.7 6 31.0 -14.9 228 34 310.8 310.8 285.9 311.5 0.19 39 556 4854 -9.3 -45.3 4 36.0 -14.8 229 37 312.1 312.1 286.2 312.5 0.12 40 527 5267 -9.9 -46.9 3 37.0 -15.4 217 45 316.2 316.2 287.6 316.6 0.11 41 506 5579 -12.1 -40.1 8 28.0 -16.8 227 51 317.2 317.2 288.1 318.1 0.23 42 500 5670 -12.7 -35.7 13 23.0 -17.0 230 53 317.6 317.6 288.3 318.9 0.36 43 484 5917 -14.1 -27.1 32 13.0 -17.2 228 59 318.8 319.0 289.3 321.8 0.86 44 471 6122 -15.3 -27.3 35 12.0 -18.1 225 67 319.8 320.0 289.6 322.8 0.86 45 450 6464 -18.3 -26.3 49 8.0 -20.1 225 73 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.7 0.99 46 426 6870 -21.1 -31.1 40 10.0 -23.0 223 77 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.1 0.67 47 423 6922 -21.5 -31.5 40 10.0 -23.4 222 78 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.2 0.65 48 415 7062 -22.7 -37.7 24 15.0 -24.9 221 80 322.1 322.1 289.8 323.4 0.36 49 410 7150 -23.3 -35.3 32 12.0 -25.2 221 81 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.46 50 401 7312 -24.9 -38.9 26 14.0 -26.8 220 83 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.6 0.33 51 400 7330 -25.1 -37.1 32 12.0 -26.8 220 83 322.4 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.40 52 392 7477 -26.5 -36.5 38 10.0 -27.9 220 82 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.43 53 376 7778 -28.7 -42.7 25 14.0 -30.2 220 84 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.24 54 363 8030 -31.1 -39.1 45 8.0 -32.0 220 88 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.36 55 360 8089 -31.3 -37.3 55 6.0 -32.0 220 88 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.5 0.43 56 300 9360 -40.7 -52.7 26 12.0 -41.3 220 92 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.10 57 250 10570 -50.1 -62.1 23 12.0 -50.4 225 96 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.04 58 224 11277 -55.2 -67.2 21 12.0 -55.4 230 99 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.02 59 200 11990 -60.5 -72.5 19 12.0 -60.6 230 97 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.0 0.01 60 150 13790 -59.9 -84.9 2 25.0 -60.1 230 69 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 61 100 16310 -62.9 -87.9 2 25.0 -63.1 240 51 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 62 97 16497 -61.7 -87.7 2 26.0 -62.0 239 51 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 63 79 17758 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.3 229 41 432.0 432.0 309.0 432.1 0.00 64 77 17915 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.8 233 39 438.6 438.6 309.7 438.6 0.00 65 73 18242 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.1 218 43 442.3 442.3 310.1 442.3 0.00 66 71 18413 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0.01 80 20 26350 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.1 275 9 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.01 81 17 27413 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -53.6 311 4 717.2 717.2 325.0 717.4 0.02 82 16 27812 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -52.7 294 10 735.0 735.0 325.5 735.2 0.02 83 14 28692 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -53.9 282 11 759.5 759.6 326.2 759.7 0.02 84 12 29710 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -53.1 283 10 801.6 801.6 327.3 801.9 0.03 85 12 29710 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -53.4 283 10 799.4 799.5 327.3 799.7 0.03 86 10 30930 -42.3 -81.3 1 39.0 -51.4 245 7 861.6 861.7 328.7 862.2 0.05 87 8.0 32453 -37.9 -79.9 0 42.0 -50.5 935.9 936.0 330.1 936.9 0.08 88 7.9 32540 -38.1 -80.1 0 42.0 -50.7 938.5 938.6 330.1 939.4 0.08 TRP 200 11990 -60.5 -72.5 19 12.0 -60.6 230 97 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.0 0.01 WND 224 11277 -55.2 -67.2 21 12.0 -55.4 230 99 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5547.00 m Freezing level: 691.00 mb = 3146.89 m = 10324.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.04 mb = 2126.78 m = 6977.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.37 % Est. max temperature: 17.08 C = 62.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.26 mb = 1862.84 m = 6111.61 ft T: 0.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 5.15 C Layer 770.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.14 mb = 1973.71 m = 6475.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.69 C = 65.65 F Cap Strength: 13.19 C Lifted Index: 13.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.01 C Showalter Index: 13.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.70 C Cross Totals Index: 14.20 C K Index: 2.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 81.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59684.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.73 mb = 1739.70 m = 5707.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 259 at 18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 146 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 66 8 -7.3 -3.2 1 980 305 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 59 11 -9.8 -6.0 2 944 610 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 53 10 -7.6 -5.8 3 925 779 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 61 13 -11.0 -6.2 4 910 914 300 7 6.1 -3.5 | 59 13 -11.2 -6.7 5 877 1219 340 7 2.4 -6.6 | 57 18 -14.9 -9.8 6 850 1476 330 5 2.5 -4.3 | 63 17 -14.8 -7.6 7 814 1829 310 6 4.6 -3.9 | 61 15 -12.7 -7.1 8 783 2134 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 51 7 -5.3 -4.3 9 754 2438 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 135 14 -9.8 9.8 10 726 2743 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 142 11 -7.0 9.0 11 700 3043 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 132 10 -7.4 6.7 12 673 3353 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 168 12 -2.5 11.6 13 647 3658 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 172 18 -2.4 18.1 14 622 3962 210 25 12.5 21.7 | 165 19 -4.8 18.4 15 598 4267 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 181 14 0.4 14.4 16 576 4572 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 186 16 1.8 15.9 17 553 4877 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 209 24 11.8 21.2 18 532 5182 215 44 25.2 36.0 | 194 34 7.9 32.8 19 500 5670 230 53 40.6 34.1 | 217 39 23.3 30.8 20 492 5791 230 53 40.6 34.1 | 217 39 23.3 30.8 21 472 6096 225 67 47.4 47.4 | 214 53 30.1 44.1 22 453 6401 225 72 50.9 50.9 | 215 58 33.6 47.7 23 400 7330 220 83 53.4 63.6 | 211 70 36.0 60.3 24 384 7620 220 81 52.1 62.0 | 211 68 34.8 58.8 25 368 7925 220 88 56.6 67.4 | 211 75 39.3 64.2 26 309 9144 220 91 58.5 69.7 | 212 78 41.2 66.5 27 300 9360 220 92 59.1 70.5 | 212 79 41.8 67.2 28 250 10570 225 96 67.9 67.9 | 218 82 50.6 64.6 29 224 11277 230 99 75.8 63.6 | 224 84 58.5 60.4 30 213 11582 230 99 75.8 63.6 | 224 84 58.5 60.4 31 200 11990 230 97 74.3 62.4 | 224 82 57.0 59.1 32 167 13106 225 90 63.6 63.6 | 217 76 46.3 60.4 33 152 13716 240 67 58.0 33.5 | 233 51 40.7 30.3 34 150 13790 230 69 52.9 44.4 | 221 54 35.6 41.1 35 145 14021 230 76 58.2 48.9 | 222 61 40.9 45.6 36 119 15240 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 239 42 36.2 21.7 37 113 15545 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 238 36 30.7 19.2 38 108 15850 235 55 45.1 31.5 | 224 40 27.8 28.3 39 100 16310 240 51 44.2 25.5 | 230 35 26.9 22.3 40 98 16459 240 51 44.2 25.5 | 230 35 26.9 22.3 41 84 17374 220 47 30.2 36.0 | 202 35 12.9 32.8 42 76 17983 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 217 23 13.8 18.6 43 72 18288 215 44 25.2 36.0 | 194 34 7.9 32.8 44 70 18500 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 235 25 20.8 14.5 45 69 18593 220 53 34.1 40.6 | 204 41 16.8 37.4 46 62 19202 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 51 7 -5.3 -4.3 47 57 19812 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 268 1 1.4 0.1 48 54 20117 190 1 0.2 1.0 | 83 17 -17.1 -2.3 49 50 20570 250 6 5.6 2.1 | 84 12 -11.7 -1.2 50 44 21336 140 12 -7.7 9.2 | 103 26 -25.0 6.0 51 42 21641 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 138 17 -11.5 12.7 52 38 22250 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 174 8 -0.9 8.2 53 33 23165 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 32 10 -5.5 -8.7 54 30 23770 75 6 -5.8 -1.6 | 78 24 -23.1 -4.8 55 29 24079 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 74 27 -26.4 -7.5 56 27 24384 190 7 1.2 6.9 | 103 16 -16.1 3.7 57 25 24994 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 114 15 -13.9 6.2 58 22 25603 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 91 8 -7.9 0.2 59 21 25908 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 129 8 -5.8 4.8 60 20 26213 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 108 10 -9.6 3.2 61 20 26350 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 64 9 -8.3 -4.0 62 19 26822 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 39 17 -10.4 -13.1 63 18 27127 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 50 20 -15.6 -13.1 64 17 27432 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 68 15 -14.2 -5.8 65 15 28042 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 29 8 -3.8 -6.9 66 15 28346 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 45 15 -10.9 -10.9 67 13 28956 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 87 7 -6.7 -0.4 68 13 29261 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 56 9 -7.5 -5.0 69 12 29566 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 77 15 -14.3 -3.2 70 12 29870 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 16 10 -2.8 -10.0 71 11 30175 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 45 16 -11.6 -11.4 72 10 30930 245 7 6.3 3.0 | 89 11 -11.0 -0.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.7 neg: -22.2 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 51.59 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 285 9 57 10| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 0.2 -5.4 -5.2 -10.4 -0.38| 5.4 -2.1 1000 293 8 57 12| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 3.4 -8.7 -5.3 -5.3 -0.15| 6.2 -0.9 1500 303 7 57 13| 3.1 0.6 3.7| 11.9 -9.5 2.4 1.6 -0.01| 5.4 -0.1 2000 300 8 57 13| 2.3 2.6 4.9| 12.7 -17.2 -4.4 -2.2 -0.08| 6.6 -0.5 2500 279 9 62 10| 1.8 4.0 5.9| 30.2 -17.2 13.1 5.2 0.19| 8.8 1.7 3000 262 10 76 8| 1.4 3.4 4.8| 37.7 -22.2 15.5 5.2 0.19| 8.3 1.5 4000 238 13 123 7| 1.2 3.8 5.0| 66.4 -32.9 33.6 8.4 0.23| 8.4 1.9 5000 232 17 153 8| 0.8 4.6 5.4|115.2 -78.9 36.3 7.3 0.21| 9.4 2.0 6000 229 23 182 12| 1.5 5.2 6.7|246.9-105.2 141.7 23.6 0.25| 10.5 2.6 Wrote GIF file: 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