UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 9.2 8.1 93 1.1 8.6 75 3 282.2 283.4 281.7 300.8 6.77 1 1000 152 10.4 8.7 89 1.7 9.5 120 2 283.5 284.8 282.6 303.1 7.07 2 996 186 12.4 10.0 85 2.4 11.0 81 2 285.9 287.2 284.4 307.5 7.75 3 988 253 12.2 11.6 96 0.6 11.9 4 1 286.3 287.9 285.5 310.6 8.71 4 980 321 11.8 10.8 94 1.0 11.2 308 1 286.6 288.1 285.2 309.8 8.32 5 973 381 12.4 8.9 79 3.5 10.4 320 2 287.8 289.1 284.8 308.5 7.37 6 970 407 12.2 9.4 83 2.8 10.6 325 2 287.8 289.2 285.1 309.3 7.65 7 966 442 12.8 7.8 72 5.0 10.0 332 2 288.8 290.0 284.7 308.2 6.88 8 961 486 12.8 8.4 75 4.4 10.3 341 3 289.2 290.5 285.2 309.6 7.21 9 955 538 13.4 5.4 58 8.0 9.1 351 3 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-51.3 957.5 957.5 330.5 958.4 0.08 TRP 172 13038 -66.3 -78.3 17 12.0 -66.4 270 32 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.2 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.00 m Freezing level: 638.89 mb = 3859.55 m = 12662.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.72 mb = 2255.42 m = 7399.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.26 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.50 mb = 274.45 m = 900.43 ft T: 12.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 5.08 C Layer 955.0- 929.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.72 mb = 3972.87 m = 13034.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.98 C = 100.36 F Cap Strength: 12.56 C Lifted Index: 12.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.75 C Showalter Index: 12.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 5.70 C K Index: -4.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67800.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.26 mb = 1625.05 m = 5331.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 330 at 8 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 75 3 -2.9 -0.8 | 132 9 -6.9 6.2 1 1000 152 120 2 -1.7 1.0 | 144 10 -5.7 8.0 2 982 305 305 1 0.8 -0.6 | 154 7 -3.2 6.4 3 947 610 5 4 -0.3 -4.0 | 125 5 -4.4 3.0 4 925 808 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 39 4 -2.3 -2.8 5 913 914 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 59 4 -3.2 -1.9 6 881 1219 5 7 -0.6 -7.0 | 91 5 -4.6 0.0 7 850 1519 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 137 13 -8.5 9.1 8 819 1829 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 172 10 -1.4 10.1 9 789 2134 50 2 -1.5 -1.3 | 136 8 -5.5 5.7 10 760 2438 260 1 1.0 0.2 | 157 8 -3.0 7.2 11 733 2743 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 129 3 -2.7 2.2 12 700 3119 305 7 5.7 -4.0 | 210 3 1.7 3.0 13 654 3658 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 261 4 3.7 0.6 14 629 3962 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 341 6 1.9 -5.7 15 605 4267 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 286 7 6.7 -2.0 16 583 4572 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 252 13 12.7 4.1 17 560 4877 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 256 15 14.7 3.7 18 500 5780 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 268 19 19.2 0.8 19 499 5791 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 281 19 18.6 -3.5 20 479 6096 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 268 14 13.8 0.5 21 460 6401 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 258 22 21.9 4.8 22 407 7315 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 288 20 19.4 -6.5 23 400 7450 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 277 22 22.3 -2.6 24 390 7620 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 271 23 23.0 -0.2 25 315 9144 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 262 30 29.9 4.1 26 300 9480 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 257 32 31.0 7.0 27 275 10058 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 252 33 31.9 10.2 28 250 10690 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 257 32 31.0 7.0 29 217 11582 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 270 35 35.4 0.1 30 200 12110 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 253 36 34.8 10.4 31 179 12802 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 249 40 37.4 14.3 32 172 13038 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 256 29 28.0 7.0 33 162 13411 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 258 23 22.9 4.7 34 154 13716 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 235 32 26.1 18.0 35 150 13870 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 243 39 34.6 17.4 36 146 14021 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 239 41 35.5 21.4 37 120 15240 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 249 41 38.3 14.5 38 108 15850 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 255 43 41.8 11.0 39 100 16340 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 259 38 37.0 7.0 40 98 16459 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 259 38 37.0 7.0 41 80 17678 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 265 38 37.8 3.4 42 76 17983 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 290 24 22.8 -8.5 43 73 18288 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 267 18 18.2 1.1 44 70 18510 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 238 21 17.7 10.8 45 69 18593 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 237 15 12.9 8.5 46 66 18898 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 223 27 18.5 20.0 47 63 19202 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 252 17 15.9 5.3 48 60 19507 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 226 25 17.7 17.2 49 57 19812 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 270 8 8.1 0.0 50 54 20117 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 237 20 16.7 10.7 51 51 20422 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 232 7 5.7 4.4 52 50 20600 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 199 18 5.9 16.9 53 49 20726 265 7 7.0 0.6 | 201 8 3.0 7.6 54 47 21031 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 197 19 5.6 18.5 55 44 21336 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 217 11 6.8 8.9 56 42 21641 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 210 13 6.3 10.8 57 40 21946 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 185 19 1.5 18.8 58 38 22250 200 22 7.5 20.7 | 187 28 3.5 27.7 59 35 22860 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 250 16 14.9 5.4 60 33 23165 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 228 8 5.8 5.3 61 30 23820 35 3 -1.7 -2.5 | 129 7 -5.7 4.6 62 27 24384 200 4 1.4 3.8 | 166 11 -2.6 10.8 63 26 24689 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 178 16 -0.6 16.4 64 23 25603 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 246 5 4.7 2.0 65 22 25908 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 262 5 5.0 0.7 66 20 26410 150 2 -1.0 1.7 | 150 10 -5.0 8.8 67 20 26518 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 150 8 -4.0 7.0 68 17 27432 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 127 13 -10.0 7.5 69 16 27737 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 128 17 -13.4 10.4 70 16 28042 155 19 -8.0 17.2 | 154 27 -12.0 24.2 71 15 28346 185 1 0.1 1.0 | 154 9 -3.9 8.0 72 14 28651 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 178 16 -0.6 16.4 73 12 29566 325 5 2.9 -4.1 | 159 3 -1.1 2.9 74 12 29870 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 241 6 5.1 2.8 75 11 30175 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 235 18 14.7 10.3 76 10 31020 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 259 8 7.8 1.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.3 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 330.3 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: -28.7 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.43 Bulk Shear: 13.07 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 3 2 139 6| 0.0 5.2 5.2| 5.7 -4.9 0.8 1.6 -0.08| 8.7 -0.7 1000 357 5 115 4| 1.2 2.6 3.8| 8.4 -9.2 -0.8 -0.8 -0.17| 8.2 -1.4 1500 9 5 108 5| 3.2 1.7 5.0| 40.6 -9.2 31.4 21.0 0.29| 10.9 3.1 2000 8 5 114 5| 2.4 2.7 5.1| 50.8 -26.0 24.7 12.4 0.14| 11.3 1.6 2500 4 4 122 5| 1.9 2.7 4.7| 57.1 -26.6 30.6 12.2 0.18| 10.5 1.9 3000 352 5 127 4| 1.6 2.8 4.4| 59.6 -28.7 30.9 10.3 0.19| 10.0 1.9 4000 332 6 144 2| 0.4 2.1 2.5| 68.5 -33.9 34.6 8.7 0.23| 9.1 2.1 5000 310 8 236 3| 0.5 2.0 2.5| 75.4 -52.9 22.5 4.5 0.12| 8.8 1.0 6000 300 11 253 6| 0.3 1.6 2.0|104.5 -67.2 37.3 6.2 0.13| 8.4 1.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250420.12.gif