UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 125 260 2 SFC 999 146 13.2 10.2 82 3.0 11.5 260 2 286.4 287.8 284.7 308.3 7.84 2 994 187 13.4 10.5 83 2.9 11.7 260 3 287.0 288.4 285.1 309.5 8.04 3 968 405 11.4 9.8 90 1.6 10.5 257 4 287.2 288.6 285.0 309.2 7.87 4 941 637 9.4 7.6 89 1.8 8.4 251 5 287.5 288.7 284.2 307.1 6.97 5 925 776 8.6 5.5 81 3.1 7.0 255 7 288.1 289.2 283.5 305.4 6.13 6 921 812 8.4 5.2 80 3.2 6.7 252 7 288.3 289.3 283.5 305.3 6.02 7 900 1002 6.8 4.5 85 2.3 5.6 242 9 288.5 289.5 283.5 305.2 5.87 8 884 1150 6.2 1.2 70 5.0 3.8 237 12 289.4 290.2 282.5 302.9 4.72 9 850 1470 3.2 0.1 80 3.1 1.8 230 11 289.5 290.3 282.4 302.5 4.53 10 807 1888 -0.7 -0.8 99 0.1 -0.7 251 10 289.7 290.5 282.4 302.6 4.47 11 797 1987 -0.9 -0.9 100 0.0 -0.9 269 10 290.5 291.3 282.8 303.5 4.49 12 777 2190 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.2 286 11 291.3 292.1 282.7 303.3 4.12 13 775 2210 -1.9 -4.0 86 2.1 -2.8 283 12 291.8 292.4 282.4 302.5 3.67 14 774 2221 0.6 -11.4 40 12.0 -3.7 282 12 294.6 294.9 281.7 300.8 2.06 15 773 2231 1.2 -12.8 34 14.0 -3.7 280 12 295.3 295.6 281.7 301.0 1.85 16 767 2294 3.4 -38.6 3 42.0 -5.2 271 14 298.3 298.4 280.9 299.0 0.18 17 765 2315 3.4 -38.6 3 42.0 -5.2 268 14 298.6 298.6 281.0 299.2 0.18 18 744 2541 3.6 -36.4 3 40.0 -5.1 255 17 301.2 301.2 282.1 302.0 0.23 19 739 2596 3.6 -21.4 14 25.0 -4.0 258 18 301.8 301.9 283.3 304.8 0.94 20 727 2728 3.2 -24.8 11 28.0 -4.7 264 18 302.7 302.9 283.4 305.1 0.70 21 700 3034 1.6 -30.4 7 32.0 -6.2 255 17 304.3 304.3 283.7 305.7 0.44 22 678 3290 -0.5 -17.5 26 17.0 -6.1 263 19 304.7 305.0 285.1 309.3 1.43 23 655 3565 -2.9 -19.9 26 17.0 -8.0 262 20 305.0 305.2 284.9 308.9 1.20 24 650 3625 -3.1 -23.1 20 20.0 -8.7 261 20 305.5 305.6 284.7 308.5 0.92 25 632 3847 -5.3 -19.3 32 14.0 -9.5 261 19 305.4 305.7 285.2 309.7 1.31 26 583 4474 -10.9 -23.9 33 13.0 -14.1 253 21 306.0 306.2 285.0 309.2 0.95 27 579 4527 -10.7 -31.7 16 21.0 -14.9 249 22 306.8 306.9 284.7 308.4 0.46 28 548 4948 -13.1 -42.1 7 29.0 -17.4 235 26 308.9 308.9 285.1 309.5 0.17 29 540 5060 -13.5 -40.5 8 27.0 -17.6 236 28 309.7 309.7 285.5 310.4 0.21 30 500 5640 -18.3 -42.3 10 24.0 -21.4 240 37 310.7 310.8 285.8 311.4 0.18 31 490 5791 -18.5 -49.5 5 31.0 -21.8 238 41 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.6 0.09 32 484 5883 -18.3 -54.3 3 36.0 -21.8 237 43 313.6 313.6 286.7 313.8 0.05 33 483 5899 -18.1 -49.1 5 31.0 -21.6 237 44 314.1 314.1 286.9 314.4 0.09 34 479 5961 -18.5 -41.5 11 23.0 -21.7 237 45 314.3 314.4 287.1 315.1 0.21 35 468 6134 -20.1 -42.1 12 22.0 -22.9 235 49 314.4 314.5 287.1 315.2 0.20 36 400 7280 -28.7 -51.7 9 23.0 -30.4 230 57 317.7 317.7 288.1 318.0 0.08 37 376 7718 -32.3 -61.3 4 29.0 -33.8 235 58 318.6 318.6 288.3 318.7 0.03 38 354 8139 -35.5 -60.5 6 25.0 -36.7 233 63 319.8 319.8 288.7 320.0 0.03 39 329 8644 -38.5 -63.5 5 25.0 -39.4 232 68 322.5 322.5 289.5 322.6 0.02 40 300 9270 -43.5 -64.5 8 21.0 -44.1 235 70 324.0 324.1 290.0 324.1 0.02 41 299 9292 -43.7 -64.7 8 21.0 -44.3 235 70 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.02 42 265 10096 -47.5 -68.5 7 21.0 -48.0 230 84 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.01 43 260 10222 -46.9 -67.9 7 21.0 -47.4 230 88 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.02 44 257 10298 -47.6 -68.3 8 20.7 -48.0 230 91 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.02 45 250 10480 -49.1 -69.1 8 20.0 -49.5 230 89 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.1 0.01 46 249 10506 -49.3 -68.3 9 19.0 -49.7 230 89 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.2 0.02 47 244 10639 -49.3 -71.3 6 22.0 -49.7 229 88 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.1 0.01 48 228 11081 -52.3 -74.3 5 22.0 -52.6 225 86 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.01 49 226 11138 -52.3 -73.3 6 21.0 -52.6 224 85 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.01 50 223 11224 -52.3 -73.3 6 21.0 -52.6 223 85 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.01 51 217 11401 -51.1 -75.1 4 24.0 -51.5 222 84 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.01 52 209 11645 -51.3 -75.3 4 24.0 -51.7 221 82 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.01 53 200 11930 -53.1 -76.1 4 23.0 -53.4 225 79 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 54 178 12673 -58.3 -79.3 5 21.0 -58.5 228 70 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.00 55 176 12745 -57.7 -80.7 4 23.0 -57.9 228 69 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.00 56 172 12890 -57.9 -80.9 4 23.0 -58.1 229 67 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.00 57 165 13151 -59.5 -82.5 4 23.0 -59.7 220 69 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 58 150 13750 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -58.5 235 76 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 59 100 16310 -58.5 -86.5 2 28.0 -58.9 255 30 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 60 98 16437 -56.9 -85.9 1 29.0 -57.3 255 30 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 61 82 17541 -64.5 -87.5 3 23.0 -64.7 199 20 426.6 426.6 308.4 426.7 0.00 62 79 17769 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -63.0 212 24 434.9 434.9 309.4 434.9 0.00 63 74 18169 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.3 234 29 440.2 440.2 309.9 440.2 0.00 64 70 18510 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.2 240 28 452.0 452.0 311.0 452.0 0.00 65 66 18873 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.0 236 29 455.7 455.7 311.4 455.7 0.00 66 65 18967 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.5 229 30 463.4 463.4 312.1 463.4 0.00 67 63 19161 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -60.9 214 36 468.9 468.9 312.5 468.9 0.00 68 57 19778 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.8 187 7 471.1 471.1 312.7 471.2 0.00 69 56 19886 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.6 191 6 476.3 476.3 313.1 476.3 0.00 70 53 20222 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -66.0 220 15 480.6 480.6 313.5 480.6 0.00 71 52 20338 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.5 232 20 489.3 489.3 314.2 489.3 0.00 72 51 20457 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.1 242 23 490.6 490.6 314.2 490.6 0.00 73 50 20580 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -60.9 250 18 501.4 501.4 315.1 501.4 0.00 74 49 20706 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -59.9 228 17 506.7 506.7 315.4 506.7 0.00 75 46 21100 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.9 268 17 511.1 511.1 315.7 511.1 0.00 76 45 21237 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.2 284 17 518.7 518.7 316.2 518.7 0.00 77 41 21819 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.0 280 8 533.2 533.2 317.1 533.2 0.00 78 33 23188 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -57.6 263 10 575.3 575.3 319.4 575.3 0.01 79 31 23583 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.0 247 10 581.3 581.3 319.8 581.4 0.01 80 30 23790 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.2 285 13 586.2 586.3 320.0 586.3 0.01 81 28 24225 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.3 276 16 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.3 0.01 82 24 25197 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.5 31 7 624.9 624.9 321.7 624.9 0.01 83 23 25466 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.3 82 8 636.7 636.7 322.2 636.7 0.01 84 22 25747 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.9 119 11 643.0 643.0 322.4 643.1 0.01 85 21 26044 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -55.6 136 14 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.4 0.01 86 20 26360 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -53.5 200 11 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.01 87 19 26698 -47.7 -83.7 1 36.0 -52.1 195 13 700.4 700.4 324.4 700.5 0.02 88 18 27055 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -52.1 241 11 711.9 711.9 324.8 712.1 0.02 89 16 27829 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.6 307 13 725.2 725.2 325.2 725.4 0.02 90 14 28704 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -53.6 260 11 760.9 760.9 326.3 761.1 0.03 91 14 28704 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -52.5 260 11 767.0 767.0 326.4 767.3 0.03 92 12 29729 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -52.5 208 12 805.1 805.1 327.4 805.4 0.03 93 12 29729 -46.7 -82.7 1 36.0 -52.9 208 12 802.3 802.3 327.3 802.6 0.04 94 11 30310 -44.3 -82.3 1 38.0 -52.0 189 13 831.2 831.2 328.0 831.6 0.04 95 10 30950 -43.7 -81.7 1 38.0 -52.0 250 28 856.4 856.4 328.5 856.9 0.05 96 10 30950 -44.3 -82.3 1 38.0 -52.4 250 28 854.2 854.2 328.5 854.6 0.05 97 9.6 31224 -43.1 -82.1 1 39.0 -51.9 253 28 868.7 868.8 328.8 869.2 0.05 98 8.7 31896 -37.3 -79.3 0 42.0 -49.8 260 28 916.1 916.1 329.7 917.0 0.09 99 7.7 32736 -39.1 -80.1 1 41.0 -51.2 268 28 941.4 941.4 330.2 942.3 0.09 100 7.0 33390 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -51.4 275 28 970.7 970.8 330.7 971.7 0.09 101 6.4 34007 -37.5 -79.5 0 42.0 -51.5 999.3 999.4 331.2 1000.6 0.11 TRP 165 13151 -59.5 -82.5 4 23.0 -59.7 220 69 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 WND 257 10298 -47.6 -68.3 8 20.7 -48.0 230 91 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5515.00 m Freezing level: 814.72 mb = 1812.73 m = 5947.21 ft Freezing level: 774.24 mb = 2218.04 m = 7276.96 ft Freezing level: 683.24 mb = 3229.17 m = 10594.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 819.66 mb = 1762.43 m = 5782.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.62 % Est. max temperature: 16.27 C = 61.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.94 mb = 516.35 m = 1694.05 ft T: 10.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 6.97 C Layer 968.0- 807.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.92 mb = 957.23 m = 3140.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.22 C = 59.40 F Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lifted Index: 5.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.03 C Showalter Index: 8.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: -10.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.33 mb = 853.81 m = 2801.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.33 mb = 1361.84 m = 4467.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.33 mb = 2248.35 m = 7376.39 ft B at Equ Level: 48.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 741.33 mb = 2569.94 m = 8431.46 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 277 at 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 146 260 2 2.0 0.3 | 100 13 -12.4 2.2 1 980 305 260 4 3.9 0.7 | 104 11 -10.4 2.5 2 944 610 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 110 10 -9.7 3.6 3 925 776 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 116 8 -7.6 3.7 4 910 914 245 7 6.3 3.0 | 121 9 -8.0 4.8 5 876 1219 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 164 10 -2.9 9.9 6 850 1470 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 146 11 -5.9 8.9 7 844 1524 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 146 11 -5.9 8.9 8 813 1829 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 140 9 -5.7 6.8 9 783 2134 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 66 6 -5.3 -2.4 10 754 2438 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 192 8 1.6 7.7 11 726 2743 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 226 5 3.6 3.4 12 700 3034 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 198 7 2.1 6.2 13 672 3353 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 233 6 4.6 3.5 14 646 3658 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 225 8 5.3 5.3 15 597 4267 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 226 5 3.6 3.4 16 574 4572 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 209 13 6.5 11.6 17 552 4877 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 201 17 6.1 16.2 18 500 5640 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 221 27 17.7 20.3 19 470 6096 235 49 40.1 28.1 | 221 40 25.8 30.0 20 400 7280 230 57 43.7 36.6 | 217 48 29.3 38.5 21 381 7620 235 57 46.7 32.7 | 223 47 32.3 34.5 22 306 9144 230 74 56.7 47.6 | 221 65 42.3 49.4 23 300 9270 235 70 57.3 40.2 | 226 60 43.0 42.0 24 279 9754 230 72 55.2 46.3 | 220 63 40.8 48.1 25 257 10298 230 91 69.7 58.5 | 223 82 55.4 60.3 26 254 10363 230 91 69.7 58.5 | 223 82 55.4 60.3 27 250 10480 230 89 68.2 57.2 | 222 80 53.8 59.1 28 211 11582 220 83 53.4 63.6 | 211 76 39.0 65.4 29 200 11930 225 79 55.9 55.9 | 216 71 41.5 57.7 30 166 13106 230 64 49.0 41.1 | 219 55 34.7 43.0 31 165 13151 220 69 44.4 52.9 | 209 62 30.0 54.7 32 158 13411 220 75 48.2 57.5 | 210 68 33.9 59.3 33 151 13716 230 81 62.0 52.1 | 221 72 47.7 53.9 34 150 13750 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 227 66 47.9 45.4 35 118 15240 245 75 68.0 31.7 | 238 63 53.6 33.5 36 113 15545 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 241 44 38.3 21.0 37 102 16154 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 224 32 22.0 22.8 38 100 16310 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 237 17 14.6 9.6 39 98 16459 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 237 17 14.6 9.6 40 88 17069 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 152 16 -7.4 14.0 41 84 17374 190 18 3.1 17.7 | 150 23 -11.2 19.6 42 76 17983 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 193 21 4.7 20.9 43 73 18288 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 215 20 11.6 16.8 44 70 18510 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 212 19 9.9 15.8 45 69 18593 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 229 29 21.9 18.8 46 66 18898 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 206 20 8.6 17.9 47 63 19202 210 37 18.5 32.0 | 187 34 4.1 33.9 48 57 19812 185 5 0.4 5.0 | 116 16 -13.9 6.8 49 54 20117 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 138 14 -9.4 10.5 50 51 20422 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 205 15 6.4 13.8 51 50 20580 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 198 8 2.6 8.0 52 49 20726 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 170 14 -2.3 13.9 53 44 21336 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 349 5 1.0 -5.3 54 42 21641 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 54 12 -9.4 -6.8 55 38 22250 165 3 -0.8 2.9 | 107 16 -15.1 4.7 56 37 22555 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 139 16 -10.6 12.2 57 35 22860 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 153 17 -8.0 15.4 58 33 23165 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 122 5 -4.4 2.7 59 32 23470 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 139 8 -5.3 6.1 60 30 23774 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 144 7 -4.0 5.6 61 30 23790 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 50 2 -1.8 -1.5 62 29 24079 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 335 7 2.9 -6.2 63 27 24384 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 151 6 -2.8 5.0 64 25 24994 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 60 17 -14.4 -8.2 65 24 25298 45 5 -3.5 -3.5 | 85 18 -17.9 -1.7 66 23 25603 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 103 24 -23.8 5.3 67 20 26213 145 15 -8.6 12.3 | 122 27 -23.0 14.1 68 20 26360 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 139 16 -10.6 12.2 69 20 26518 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 137 17 -11.5 12.5 70 19 26822 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 145 19 -10.7 15.4 71 18 27127 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 133 6 -4.7 4.4 72 17 27432 335 7 3.0 -6.3 | 68 12 -11.4 -4.5 73 16 27737 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 14 6 -1.4 -5.7 74 16 28042 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 54 10 -7.9 -5.8 75 15 28346 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 137 7 -5.0 5.3 76 14 28651 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 119 4 -3.4 1.8 77 14 28956 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 141 12 -7.3 8.9 78 13 29261 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 175 8 -0.8 8.2 79 11 30175 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 128 19 -15.2 11.8 80 10 30950 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 226 17 12.0 11.4 81 7 33390 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 273 14 13.5 -0.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.5 neg: -23.9 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 30.88 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 255 4 105 11| 0.0 3.6 3.6| 6.1 0.0 6.1 12.2 0.59| 3.7 2.2 1000 249 6 115 10| 0.0 5.4 5.4| 22.3 0.0 22.3 22.3 0.80| 5.8 4.6 1500 241 8 128 9| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 25.4 -8.8 16.6 11.1 0.43| 5.6 2.4 2000 245 9 130 9| 2.7 2.3 4.9| 25.4 -20.0 5.3 2.7 -0.02| 6.9 -0.2 2500 250 10 136 7| 2.1 4.0 6.1| 33.0 -20.0 13.0 5.2 0.19| 8.8 1.7 3000 252 11 145 6| 1.8 3.4 5.2| 36.5 -23.9 12.7 4.2 0.17| 8.3 1.4 4000 256 13 163 5| 1.5 2.5 4.1| 40.4 -25.2 15.2 3.8 0.18| 7.1 1.3 5000 253 15 182 6| 1.2 3.5 4.8| 53.4 -39.7 13.7 2.7 0.11| 7.5 0.8 6000 247 19 200 10| 1.1 4.0 5.2| 84.2 -44.3 39.9 6.6 0.13| 8.0 1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250417.12.gif