UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 19 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 1000 146 17.0 9.0 59 8.0 12.4 290 11 290.1 291.4 285.5 310.6 7.21 1 993 205 14.0 7.0 63 7.0 10.2 285 10 287.7 288.8 283.7 305.6 6.33 2 986 264 13.8 7.8 67 6.0 10.4 285 12 288.1 289.3 284.2 307.1 6.74 3 977 340 12.4 7.4 72 5.0 9.7 284 13 287.5 288.6 283.8 306.1 6.62 4 945 614 9.4 6.7 83 2.7 7.9 270 8 287.2 288.3 283.6 305.5 6.52 5 937 684 8.8 6.5 85 2.3 7.6 270 9 287.2 288.4 283.6 305.5 6.48 6 925 789 7.8 6.0 88 1.8 6.8 270 10 287.3 288.4 283.5 305.2 6.34 7 899 1024 6.4 5.4 93 1.0 5.9 249 9 288.2 289.3 283.8 305.9 6.26 8 850 1482 3.2 3.2 100 0.0 3.2 235 12 289.5 290.5 283.7 305.7 5.67 9 823 1743 1.4 1.4 100 0.0 1.4 260 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0.67 38 507 5584 -13.5 -29.5 25 16.0 -17.0 314 41 315.3 315.4 287.9 317.6 0.65 39 500 5690 -14.3 -28.3 29 14.0 -17.4 315 42 315.6 315.7 288.2 318.2 0.74 40 479 6012 -17.5 -28.5 38 11.0 -19.8 315 41 315.6 315.7 288.2 318.2 0.76 41 436 6707 -23.3 -34.3 36 11.0 -25.0 310 42 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.5 0.48 42 407 7205 -26.7 -41.7 23 15.0 -28.4 306 44 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.6 0.24 43 400 7330 -27.9 -41.9 25 14.0 -29.5 305 44 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.6 0.24 44 392 7474 -29.1 -43.1 25 14.0 -30.5 307 44 319.0 319.0 288.7 319.8 0.22 45 380 7695 -30.9 -44.9 24 14.0 -32.2 310 44 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.2 0.18 46 366 7961 -32.3 -49.3 17 17.0 -33.6 311 46 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.5 0.12 47 348 8314 -34.9 -49.9 20 15.0 -36.0 312 49 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.7 0.11 48 300 9330 -43.1 -55.1 26 12.0 -43.6 315 58 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.9 0.07 49 254 10437 -52.3 -62.3 29 10.0 -52.5 319 64 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.03 50 250 10540 -52.7 -63.7 25 11.0 -52.9 320 65 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.03 51 246 10643 -53.5 -66.5 19 13.0 -53.7 320 61 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.02 52 241 10774 -53.7 -67.7 17 14.0 -53.9 330 74 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.7 0.02 53 236 10908 -53.9 -68.9 14 15.0 -54.1 330 74 331.3 331.4 292.1 331.4 0.02 54 229 11099 -55.5 -69.5 16 14.0 -55.7 334 72 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.8 0.01 55 209 11675 -57.7 -71.7 15 14.0 -57.9 328 59 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.01 56 200 11950 -59.7 -72.7 17 13.0 -59.8 320 51 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.01 57 182 12536 -63.3 -75.3 18 12.0 -63.4 295 51 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.6 0.01 58 161 13297 -59.7 -83.7 3 24.0 -59.9 288 63 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 59 150 13740 -59.7 -81.7 4 22.0 -59.9 305 57 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 60 100 16260 -60.3 -86.3 2 26.0 -60.6 280 49 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 61 92 16776 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -62.0 283 46 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 62 84 17340 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.4 272 36 432.7 432.7 309.1 432.7 0.00 63 82 17490 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -61.6 278 35 433.2 433.2 309.1 433.2 0.00 64 79 17721 -59.9 -86.9 2 27.0 -60.3 290 34 440.7 440.7 310.0 440.7 0.00 65 70 18470 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.8 260 22 450.7 450.7 310.9 450.7 0.00 66 69 18559 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.8 260 19 452.5 452.5 311.1 452.5 0.00 67 68 18649 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.6 262 20 454.9 454.9 311.3 454.9 0.00 68 66 18836 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -58.6 268 24 467.9 467.9 312.5 467.9 0.00 69 63 19129 -59.9 -86.9 2 27.0 -60.4 255 23 470.2 470.2 312.7 470.2 0.00 70 54 20089 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.1 280 15 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.3 0.00 71 52 20325 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.7 280 14 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 72 50 20570 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.0 210 12 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 73 49 20695 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.0 202 10 501.4 501.4 315.1 501.5 0.00 74 44 21368 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.3 232 15 526.9 526.9 316.7 526.9 0.01 75 39 22132 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.1 272 13 549.4 549.4 318.1 549.5 0.01 76 37 22466 -57.1 -86.1 1 29.0 -58.2 314 10 554.7 554.7 318.3 554.7 0.01 77 30 23800 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -56.3 255 11 595.5 595.5 320.4 595.6 0.01 78 28 24240 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.8 257 11 602.9 602.9 320.7 603.0 0.01 79 24 25232 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.0 299 11 644.6 644.6 322.5 644.7 0.01 80 22 25795 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -56.3 215 10 652.5 652.5 322.8 652.6 0.01 81 21 26094 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -55.9 157 10 663.1 663.1 323.2 663.2 0.01 82 20 26410 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.1 215 9 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.02 83 19 26746 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -52.3 223 10 699.1 699.1 324.4 699.3 0.02 84 17 27482 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -52.1 245 12 724.3 724.3 325.2 724.5 0.03 85 15 28316 -44.3 -81.3 1 37.0 -50.7 245 21 760.7 760.7 326.3 761.0 0.04 86 13 29273 -45.7 -81.7 1 36.0 -52.1 283 15 787.6 787.6 327.0 787.9 0.04 87 12 29809 -43.9 -80.9 1 37.0 -51.4 258 21 812.2 812.2 327.5 812.7 0.05 88 11 30392 -44.9 -80.9 1 36.0 -52.2 258 28 829.0 829.1 328.0 829.5 0.05 89 10 31040 -37.7 -78.7 1 41.0 -49.3 265 22 878.8 878.9 329.0 879.7 0.08 90 9.9 31109 -37.7 -78.7 1 41.0 -49.3 881.3 881.4 329.1 882.2 0.08 91 9.1 31689 -39.1 -79.1 1 40.0 -50.3 897.5 897.5 329.4 898.4 0.08 92 7.5 33021 -36.7 -78.7 0 42.0 -50.4 958.2 958.3 330.5 959.5 0.11 TRP 182 12536 -63.3 -75.3 18 12.0 -63.4 295 51 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.6 0.01 WND 241 10774 -53.7 -67.7 17 14.0 -53.9 330 74 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.7 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.00 m Freezing level: 686.00 mb = 3215.16 m = 10548.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 816.19 mb = 1809.93 m = 5938.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.54 % Est. max temperature: 16.35 C = 61.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.27 mb = 1131.26 m = 3711.44 ft T: 5.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 5.04 C Layer 993.0- 986.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.05 mb = 1114.94 m = 3657.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.30 C = 59.54 F Cap Strength: 10.70 C Lifted Index: 10.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.39 C Showalter Index: 10.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 0.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 104.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.45 mb = 1010.66 m = 3315.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.45 mb = 1429.75 m = 4690.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 815.45 mb = 1817.22 m = 5961.95 ft B at Equ Level: 3.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 805.45 mb = 1917.17 m = 6289.85 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 334 at 20 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 1000 146 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 186 14 1.5 14.4 1 1000 137 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 176 16 -1.1 16.1 2 980 305 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 194 15 3.7 14.8 3 945 610 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 177 18 -0.8 18.1 4 925 789 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 184 18 1.2 18.1 5 911 914 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 177 20 -1.0 19.5 6 878 1219 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 177 25 -1.2 24.6 7 850 1482 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 182 25 1.0 25.0 8 846 1524 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 178 24 -0.6 23.9 9 814 1829 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 187 18 2.2 18.1 10 784 2134 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 195 10 2.6 10.1 11 755 2438 315 28 19.8 -19.8 | 279 11 11.0 -1.7 12 727 2743 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 275 14 14.1 -1.2 13 700 3053 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 260 17 17.1 3.1 14 674 3353 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 246 14 12.8 5.6 15 648 3658 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 284 18 18.0 -4.4 16 623 3962 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 275 27 26.7 -2.4 17 600 4267 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 279 23 22.3 -3.7 18 555 4877 310 36 27.6 -23.1 | 285 19 18.7 -5.0 19 500 5690 315 42 29.7 -29.7 | 299 24 20.9 -11.6 20 473 6096 315 41 29.0 -29.0 | 298 23 20.2 -10.9 21 400 7330 305 44 36.0 -25.2 | 285 28 27.2 -7.1 22 384 7620 310 43 32.9 -27.6 | 292 26 24.1 -9.5 23 308 9144 315 57 40.3 -40.3 | 305 38 31.5 -22.2 24 300 9330 315 58 41.0 -41.0 | 305 39 32.2 -22.9 25 281 9754 315 60 42.4 -42.4 | 306 41 33.6 -24.3 26 250 10540 320 65 41.8 -49.8 | 314 46 32.9 -31.7 27 245 10668 320 60 38.6 -46.0 | 313 41 29.7 -27.8 28 241 10774 330 74 37.0 -64.1 | 329 54 28.2 -46.0 29 234 10973 330 74 37.0 -64.1 | 329 54 28.2 -46.0 30 223 11278 340 70 23.9 -65.8 | 342 50 15.1 -47.6 31 200 11950 320 51 32.8 -39.1 | 311 32 23.9 -20.9 32 183 12497 305 48 39.3 -27.5 | 287 32 30.5 -9.4 33 182 12536 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 275 38 37.4 -3.4 34 166 13106 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 267 49 49.1 2.6 35 151 13716 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 281 54 52.8 -10.6 36 150 13740 305 57 46.7 -32.7 | 291 41 37.9 -14.6 37 137 14326 305 68 55.7 -39.0 | 294 51 46.9 -20.9 38 130 14630 310 46 35.2 -29.6 | 293 29 26.4 -11.4 39 124 14935 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 248 31 28.6 11.5 40 118 15240 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 251 33 31.5 11.0 41 112 15545 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 235 46 37.4 26.3 42 102 16154 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 260 48 47.3 8.2 43 100 16260 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 256 41 39.4 9.6 44 97 16459 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 256 41 39.4 9.6 45 88 17069 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 258 33 32.7 7.0 46 84 17374 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 235 32 26.2 18.1 47 80 17678 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 256 25 24.0 6.2 48 72 18288 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 231 14 11.1 8.8 49 70 18470 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 210 25 12.8 21.9 50 69 18593 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 203 23 8.9 21.3 51 65 18898 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 223 25 17.2 18.1 52 62 19202 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 205 28 11.8 25.7 53 56 19812 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 208 17 7.9 15.2 54 51 20422 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 194 16 4.0 15.9 55 50 20570 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 174 29 -2.8 28.5 56 49 20726 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 169 28 -5.4 27.5 57 46 21031 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 182 25 1.0 25.0 58 44 21336 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 189 28 4.3 27.3 59 42 21641 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 175 27 -2.5 27.1 60 40 21946 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 197 25 7.1 23.9 61 38 22250 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 183 16 0.8 15.5 62 37 22555 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 163 10 -3.1 9.9 63 35 22860 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 136 11 -8.0 8.2 64 32 23470 165 2 -0.5 1.9 | 155 22 -9.4 20.1 65 30 23800 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 185 21 1.8 21.0 66 29 24079 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 178 24 -0.6 23.9 67 27 24384 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 190 17 3.1 17.1 68 26 24689 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 197 18 5.1 16.9 69 25 24994 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 192 22 4.7 21.8 70 24 25298 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 174 12 -1.2 11.7 71 21 26213 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 148 30 -15.9 25.2 72 20 26410 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 172 26 -3.7 25.5 73 19 26822 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 176 25 -1.8 25.2 74 18 27127 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 177 30 -1.8 30.3 75 17 27432 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 184 24 1.6 24.1 76 16 27737 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 186 19 2.1 19.1 77 15 28346 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 201 29 10.2 27.0 78 14 28956 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 192 9 1.9 9.1 79 12 29566 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 196 22 5.9 20.7 80 11 30175 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 218 33 20.1 25.9 81 10 31040 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 213 24 13.1 20.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.1 neg: -57.0 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 42.15 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 281 10 185 16| 0.0 2.2 2.2| 16.5 -17.1 -0.6 -1.1 0.02| 8.9 0.2 1000 271 10 183 18| 0.0 3.8 3.8| 23.1 -25.4 -2.3 -2.3 -0.01| 8.0 -0.1 1500 258 10 183 20| 0.8 2.5 3.3| 41.4 -32.4 8.9 6.0 0.08| 7.7 0.6 2000 264 10 185 19| 3.6 1.9 5.5| 60.3 -32.4 27.8 13.9 0.17| 9.0 1.5 2500 283 13 195 16| 5.8 1.5 7.3| 92.1 -34.2 57.9 23.2 0.37| 10.5 3.9 3000 290 16 206 14| 4.9 2.2 7.1| 92.1 -57.0 35.1 11.7 0.23| 10.1 2.3 4000 296 21 227 13| 4.7 2.1 6.7|139.4 -83.7 55.6 13.9 0.22| 10.8 2.4 5000 300 24 243 13| 3.9 1.6 5.6|164.5 -83.7 80.8 16.2 0.26| 9.4 2.4 6000 304 27 257 14| 3.6 1.4 5.0|184.9 -86.7 98.2 16.4 0.27| 8.3 2.3 Wrote GIF file: 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