UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 20 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 1002 146 18.6 8.6 52 10.0 12.9 315 12 291.6 292.8 285.9 311.6 7.01 1 1000 149 16.6 8.6 59 8.0 12.0 315 9 289.8 291.0 285.2 309.7 7.02 2 995 192 16.4 9.4 63 7.0 12.3 312 11 290.0 291.3 285.7 311.1 7.45 3 977 346 15.2 9.2 67 6.0 11.7 307 15 290.3 291.6 285.9 311.5 7.49 4 974 372 16.0 5.0 48 11.0 10.1 308 14 291.3 292.3 284.4 307.5 5.61 5 973 381 15.6 4.6 48 11.0 9.7 309 14 291.0 292.0 284.1 306.7 5.46 6 971 399 17.6 -6.4 19 24.0 7.1 310 14 293.2 293.6 281.5 300.5 2.43 7 970 407 18.2 -5.8 19 24.0 7.5 310 13 293.9 294.4 282.0 301.6 2.55 8 954 549 17.8 -10.2 14 28.0 6.2 317 10 294.9 295.2 281.5 300.5 1.84 9 925 812 16.0 -12.0 13 28.0 4.9 305 4 295.7 296.0 281.7 300.7 1.64 10 924 821 16.0 -12.0 13 28.0 4.9 306 4 295.8 296.1 281.7 300.8 1.65 11 915 904 15.6 -2.4 29 18.0 7.0 314 2 296.2 296.8 284.0 306.6 3.50 12 905 997 15.0 -4.0 27 19.0 6.2 336 2 296.5 297.1 283.8 305.9 3.14 13 871 1320 12.4 -2.6 35 15.0 5.3 61 2 297.1 297.7 284.5 307.9 3.62 14 868 1349 12.4 -4.6 30 17.0 4.6 69 3 297.3 297.9 284.1 306.8 3.13 15 850 1524 11.4 -4.6 32 16.0 4.1 115 5 298.1 298.7 284.5 307.7 3.19 16 836 1662 10.6 -7.4 27 18.0 2.9 99 5 298.7 299.1 284.1 306.7 2.62 17 801 2016 7.4 -9.6 29 17.0 0.5 65 7 298.9 299.4 283.8 306.0 2.30 18 795 2078 7.8 -14.2 19 22.0 -0.3 60 7 300.0 300.3 283.4 305.0 1.60 19 774 2297 5.8 -14.2 22 20.0 -1.4 60 8 300.2 300.5 283.5 305.3 1.64 20 766 2382 5.2 -15.8 20 21.0 -2.1 63 8 300.4 300.7 283.4 305.0 1.46 21 748 2576 4.4 -23.6 11 28.0 -3.8 50 8 301.6 301.7 283.0 304.1 0.76 22 719 2898 5.4 -33.6 4 39.0 -4.1 15 13 306.1 306.2 284.2 307.2 0.31 23 700 3116 4.2 -30.8 6 35.0 -4.8 355 16 307.1 307.2 284.8 308.6 0.42 24 664 3542 1.8 -25.2 11 27.0 -6.0 354 20 309.1 309.3 285.9 311.6 0.74 25 641 3826 2.2 -24.8 11 27.0 -5.8 356 22 312.7 312.8 287.2 315.4 0.80 26 616 4145 0.8 -24.2 13 25.0 -6.7 348 21 314.7 314.8 288.0 317.7 0.88 27 500 5780 -11.3 -38.3 9 27.0 -16.2 340 25 319.3 319.3 288.8 320.3 0.28 28 434 6849 -19.7 -46.7 7 27.0 -23.0 319 31 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.13 29 431 6901 -20.1 -41.1 14 21.0 -23.1 318 31 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.24 30 400 7450 -24.3 -44.3 14 20.0 -26.6 320 31 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.19 31 384 7745 -27.1 -44.1 18 17.0 -28.9 322 33 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.3 0.20 32 374 7934 -27.9 -49.9 10 22.0 -29.9 325 35 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.3 0.11 33 370 8011 -27.9 -52.9 7 25.0 -30.0 324 35 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.08 34 338 8653 -32.5 -60.5 4 28.0 -34.1 322 34 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.03 35 300 9480 -39.3 -60.3 9 21.0 -40.2 325 36 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.04 36 262 10399 -46.1 -68.1 7 22.0 -46.6 318 35 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.02 37 250 10710 -48.9 -67.9 9 19.0 -49.3 315 35 333.4 333.4 292.6 333.4 0.02 38 237 11056 -51.9 -68.9 11 17.0 -52.2 310 35 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.0 0.02 39 200 12130 -60.3 -73.3 17 13.0 -60.4 295 36 337.3 337.3 293.6 337.3 0.01 40 194 12319 -61.9 -73.9 19 12.0 -62.0 295 35 337.7 337.7 293.7 337.7 0.01 41 171 13091 -66.9 -76.9 23 10.0 -67.0 290 39 341.8 341.8 294.7 341.8 0.01 42 158 13567 -67.7 -81.7 12 14.0 -67.8 285 41 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.00 43 150 13880 -67.7 -79.7 17 12.0 -67.8 285 45 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.00 44 148 13961 -67.9 -78.9 19 11.0 -67.9 285 45 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 45 146 14043 -67.5 -78.5 19 11.0 -67.5 285 46 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 46 128 14841 -65.5 -83.5 6 18.0 -65.6 278 33 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 47 112 15651 -67.3 -87.3 4 20.0 -67.4 279 39 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.00 48 106 15985 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.4 287 39 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 49 100 16340 -65.9 -87.9 3 22.0 -66.0 295 40 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 50 95 16652 -63.9 -87.9 2 24.0 -64.1 293 39 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 51 90 16980 -66.3 -88.3 3 22.0 -66.4 289 37 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 52 75 18086 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 289 30 436.8 436.8 309.6 436.8 0.00 53 74 18168 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.2 289 30 442.7 442.7 310.1 442.7 0.00 54 70 18510 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 275 22 452.4 452.4 311.1 452.4 0.00 55 69 18599 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.7 260 21 455.1 455.1 311.3 455.1 0.00 56 63 19163 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.2 262 14 463.6 463.6 312.1 463.6 0.00 57 62 19262 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.9 265 15 468.8 468.8 312.5 468.8 0.00 58 60 19465 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.0 282 17 470.5 470.5 312.7 470.6 0.00 59 56 19894 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.4 239 17 486.3 486.3 314.0 486.3 0.00 60 55 20006 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.6 237 14 486.1 486.1 313.9 486.1 0.00 61 50 20600 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.0 255 18 500.9 500.9 315.0 500.9 0.00 62 46 21118 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.9 272 19 513.5 513.5 315.9 513.5 0.00 63 45 21256 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.3 267 15 521.1 521.1 316.4 521.1 0.00 64 40 21997 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.3 279 13 542.0 542.0 317.6 542.0 0.00 65 39 22157 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.1 303 14 549.4 549.4 318.1 549.5 0.01 66 36 22664 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.2 122 2 559.1 559.1 318.6 559.1 0.01 67 35 22843 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -56.8 132 3 567.7 567.7 319.0 567.8 0.01 68 31 23612 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.5 176 9 582.9 582.9 319.8 583.0 0.01 69 30 23820 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.7 225 9 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.5 0.01 70 28 24263 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.8 222 9 609.6 609.6 321.0 609.7 0.01 71 25 24989 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.8 240 3 623.4 623.4 321.6 623.4 0.01 72 24 25251 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -54.8 244 1 641.7 641.7 322.4 641.8 0.01 73 22 25815 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -54.8 273 4 658.5 658.5 323.0 658.6 0.01 74 20 26440 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -51.6 305 7 691.4 691.4 324.1 691.6 0.02 75 17 27510 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -53.5 323 3 717.2 717.2 325.0 717.4 0.02 76 11 30396 -43.9 -81.9 1 38.0 -51.7 267 15 832.7 832.7 328.0 833.1 0.04 77 11 30396 -44.7 -81.7 1 37.0 -52.1 267 15 829.8 829.8 328.0 830.2 0.05 78 11 30396 -42.9 -81.9 1 39.0 -51.2 267 15 836.3 836.3 328.1 836.7 0.04 79 10 31040 -42.1 -81.1 1 39.0 -51.2 300 29 862.4 862.4 328.7 862.9 0.06 80 8.7 31988 -39.3 -80.3 1 41.0 -50.7 908.3 908.4 329.6 909.1 0.07 81 8.6 32067 -39.3 -80.3 1 41.0 -50.7 911.3 911.4 329.7 912.1 0.07 TRP 171 13091 -66.9 -76.9 23 10.0 -67.0 290 39 341.8 341.8 294.7 341.8 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.00 m Freezing level: 608.33 mb = 4253.44 m = 13954.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 797.00 mb = 2057.04 m = 6748.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.55 % Est. max temperature: 25.03 C = 77.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.20 mb = 1395.09 m = 4577.03 ft T: 12.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 11.02 C Layer 974.0- 970.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 518.58 mb = 5494.17 m = 18025.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.53 C = 113.96 F Cap Strength: 14.43 C Lifted Index: 14.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.98 C Showalter Index: 12.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 6.70 C K Index: -16.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 35.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51197.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.95 mb = 2797.10 m = 9176.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 13 at 12 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 1002 146 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 255 11 11.1 3.0 1 1000 149 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 240 10 9.0 5.1 2 982 305 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 262 16 15.7 2.3 3 947 610 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 235 9 7.7 5.4 4 925 812 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 213 11 5.9 9.2 5 914 914 315 2 1.4 -1.4 | 202 11 4.0 10.1 6 881 1219 35 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 191 11 2.0 10.7 7 850 1524 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 172 14 -1.9 13.6 8 819 1829 80 5 -4.9 -0.9 | 168 11 -2.3 10.6 9 789 2134 55 8 -6.6 -4.6 | 150 8 -4.0 6.9 10 760 2438 65 8 -7.3 -3.4 | 150 9 -4.7 8.1 11 733 2743 30 8 -4.0 -6.9 | 163 5 -1.4 4.6 12 706 3048 360 18 -0.0 -18.0 | 338 7 2.6 -6.5 13 700 3116 355 16 1.4 -15.9 | 318 6 4.0 -4.5 14 679 3353 345 16 4.1 -15.5 | 301 8 6.7 -4.0 15 654 3658 360 22 -0.0 -22.0 | 346 11 2.6 -10.5 16 605 4267 345 21 5.4 -20.3 | 318 12 8.0 -8.8 17 560 4877 325 27 15.5 -22.1 | 300 21 18.1 -10.6 18 539 5182 330 28 14.0 -24.2 | 308 21 16.6 -12.8 19 519 5486 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 289 23 21.7 -7.6 20 500 5780 340 25 8.6 -23.5 | 317 16 11.1 -12.0 21 499 5791 340 25 8.6 -23.5 | 317 16 11.1 -12.0 22 479 6096 335 25 10.6 -22.7 | 310 17 13.2 -11.2 23 424 7010 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 294 28 25.2 -11.1 24 400 7450 320 31 19.9 -23.7 | 299 26 22.5 -12.3 25 390 7620 320 31 19.9 -23.7 | 299 26 22.5 -12.3 26 374 7925 325 35 20.1 -28.7 | 307 28 22.7 -17.2 27 343 8534 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 296 30 27.3 -13.3 28 329 8839 335 33 13.9 -29.9 | 318 25 16.5 -18.4 29 315 9144 330 34 17.0 -29.4 | 313 27 19.6 -18.0 30 300 9480 325 36 20.6 -29.5 | 308 29 23.2 -18.0 31 250 10710 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 296 30 27.3 -13.3 32 200 12130 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 276 35 35.2 -3.7 33 179 12802 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 274 32 31.6 -2.0 34 171 13091 290 39 36.6 -13.3 | 273 39 39.2 -1.8 35 171 13106 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 266 36 35.4 2.7 36 150 13880 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 270 46 46.1 -0.2 37 139 14326 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 271 48 48.0 -0.7 38 133 14630 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 274 32 31.6 -2.0 39 126 14935 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 253 38 36.6 11.5 40 120 15240 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 254 42 40.6 11.5 41 100 16340 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 278 39 38.8 -5.4 42 98 16459 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 278 39 38.8 -5.4 43 84 17374 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 266 36 36.4 2.4 44 73 18288 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 267 30 29.8 1.6 45 70 18510 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 249 26 24.5 9.6 46 69 18593 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 237 28 23.3 15.1 47 66 18898 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 248 22 20.3 8.4 48 63 19202 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 230 21 16.4 13.9 49 60 19507 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 250 20 19.0 7.1 50 57 19812 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 222 28 19.0 21.0 51 54 20117 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 214 22 12.4 18.4 52 51 20422 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 231 30 23.3 19.0 53 50 20600 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 231 26 20.0 16.1 54 49 20726 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 215 28 16.4 23.1 55 47 21031 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 248 25 23.5 9.7 56 44 21336 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 231 20 15.5 12.6 57 40 21946 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 234 19 15.6 11.5 58 38 22250 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 263 13 12.5 1.6 59 37 22555 115 1 -0.9 0.4 | 188 12 1.7 11.9 60 30 23774 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 189 22 3.5 21.5 61 30 23820 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 207 20 9.0 17.9 62 29 24079 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 201 24 8.6 21.9 63 27 24384 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 206 18 8.0 16.0 64 24 25298 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 196 12 3.5 11.9 65 20 26440 305 7 5.7 -4.0 | 228 11 8.3 7.5 66 20 26518 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 238 22 18.6 11.5 67 19 26822 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 236 14 12.0 8.1 68 17 27432 330 2 1.0 -1.7 | 200 10 3.6 9.8 69 16 28042 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 232 16 12.4 9.8 70 15 28346 320 15 9.6 -11.5 | 270 12 12.2 -0.0 71 14 28651 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 229 19 14.5 12.5 72 14 28956 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 245 11 9.7 4.4 73 13 29261 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 247 14 13.0 5.5 74 12 29566 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 244 11 10.3 5.1 75 12 29870 260 4 3.9 0.7 | 208 14 6.5 12.2 76 11 30175 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 221 19 12.2 14.1 77 10 31040 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 276 28 27.7 -3.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.7 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 12.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -66.4 tot: -59.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: -5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.11 Bulk Shear: 9.75 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 310 12 251 12| 4.9 0.0 4.9| 4.5 -16.7 -12.1 -24.3 -0.38| 12.0 -4.5 1000 312 8 232 10| 5.9 0.0 5.9| 4.5 -36.0 -31.5 -31.5 -0.61| 9.7 -5.9 1500 318 6 224 10| 5.6 0.0 5.6| 4.5 -49.2 -44.7 -29.8 -0.62| 8.8 -5.4 2000 345 6 216 7| 4.2 1.5 5.7| 4.5 -57.8 -53.3 -26.6 -0.61| 8.1 -4.9 2500 14 6 191 5| 3.4 1.4 4.8| 5.5 -57.9 -52.4 -21.0 -0.52| 7.4 -3.9 3000 12 8 194 4| 2.8 3.1 5.9| 6.6 -66.4 -59.8 -19.9 -0.55| 9.2 -5.0 4000 1 11 251 3| 2.0 2.5 4.4| 22.6 -82.2 -59.5 -14.9 -0.42| 8.7 -3.7 5000 349 14 289 5| 1.6 2.9 4.5| 33.6-105.5 -71.9 -14.4 -0.40| 8.3 -3.3 6000 343 16 296 8| 1.5 2.3 3.8| 75.6-147.3 -71.7 -12.0 -0.32| 8.5 -2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250420.00.gif