UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 23 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 120 305 8 SFC 998 146 17.2 9.2 59 8.0 12.6 305 8 290.5 291.8 285.8 311.4 7.33 2 994 180 14.8 9.8 72 5.0 11.9 303 8 288.4 289.8 285.3 310.0 7.67 3 945 598 10.4 8.6 89 1.8 9.4 276 9 288.2 289.5 284.9 309.1 7.43 4 927 756 9.4 7.3 87 2.1 8.2 306 4 288.7 290.0 284.7 308.3 6.93 5 925 774 9.6 6.8 83 2.8 8.0 310 3 289.1 290.3 284.6 308.1 6.71 6 920 819 10.0 5.8 75 4.2 7.8 320 5 290.0 291.1 284.5 307.9 6.29 7 919 828 10.0 5.4 73 4.6 7.5 322 5 290.1 291.2 284.4 307.5 6.12 8 916 855 12.0 1.0 47 11.0 6.5 328 6 292.4 293.2 283.6 305.5 4.49 9 912 892 12.8 -4.2 30 17.0 5.1 335 7 293.6 294.1 282.5 302.7 3.07 10 908 929 12.8 -7.2 24 20.0 4.3 339 8 294.0 294.4 281.9 301.3 2.45 11 904 966 12.8 -2.2 35 15.0 5.7 337 7 294.3 295.0 283.4 305.0 3.59 12 893 1069 12.2 -2.8 35 15.0 5.2 330 6 294.7 295.4 283.4 305.1 3.48 13 890 1097 12.0 -3.0 35 15.0 5.1 328 6 294.8 295.4 283.4 305.0 3.44 14 887 1125 12.0 0.0 44 12.0 6.1 326 6 295.1 295.9 284.5 307.8 4.31 15 885 1144 12.0 1.0 47 11.0 6.5 325 6 295.3 296.1 284.9 309.0 4.65 16 882 1172 12.8 -5.2 28 18.0 4.7 323 5 296.4 296.9 283.5 305.3 2.94 17 879 1201 12.8 -3.2 33 16.0 5.3 321 5 296.7 297.3 284.2 307.0 3.43 18 875 1239 13.2 -11.8 16 25.0 3.3 322 5 297.5 297.8 282.6 303.0 1.77 19 873 1259 13.0 -9.0 21 22.0 3.8 324 5 297.5 297.9 283.1 304.3 2.21 20 871 1278 13.0 0.0 41 13.0 6.5 326 5 297.7 298.5 285.6 310.8 4.39 21 869 1297 13.2 -7.8 22 21.0 4.2 327 4 298.1 298.5 283.6 305.6 2.44 22 855 1434 13.4 -21.6 7 35.0 1.9 340 3 299.7 299.8 282.3 302.3 0.79 23 851 1473 13.6 -8.4 21 22.0 4.1 344 3 300.3 300.7 284.4 307.6 2.38 24 850 1483 13.6 -9.4 19 23.0 3.9 345 3 300.4 300.8 284.2 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260 43 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.07 53 269 10133 -48.1 -59.1 27 11.0 -48.4 260 43 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.05 54 256 10456 -50.3 -66.3 13 16.0 -50.6 260 46 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.1 0.02 55 251 10584 -51.1 -68.1 11 17.0 -51.4 260 51 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.02 56 250 10610 -51.3 -68.3 11 17.0 -51.6 260 52 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.02 57 227 11235 -55.1 -70.1 14 15.0 -55.3 257 67 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.01 58 200 12040 -58.9 -74.9 11 16.0 -59.0 255 74 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.5 0.01 59 193 12263 -60.3 -75.3 12 15.0 -60.4 255 74 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.01 60 160 13435 -58.8 -82.7 3 23.9 -59.0 255 87 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 61 150 13840 -58.3 -85.3 2 27.0 -58.5 260 77 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 62 100 16360 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 250 62 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 63 92 16866 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.4 251 60 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 64 88 17135 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.8 254 54 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 65 85 17345 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.0 256 50 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 66 84 17417 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 257 48 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 67 81 17640 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -63.9 260 44 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.8 0.00 68 79 17793 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.7 266 41 431.2 431.2 309.0 431.2 0.00 69 78 17871 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.8 270 39 436.9 436.9 309.6 436.9 0.00 70 74 18197 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.6 261 32 446.1 446.1 310.5 446.1 0.00 71 70 18540 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.6 235 20 449.0 449.0 310.7 449.0 0.00 72 69 18628 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 253 18 450.4 450.4 310.9 450.4 0.00 73 61 19386 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -62.9 243 24 468.8 468.8 312.5 468.8 0.00 74 56 19912 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.0 268 21 477.6 477.6 313.2 477.6 0.00 75 51 20487 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 249 22 493.9 493.9 314.5 493.9 0.00 76 50 20610 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.6 240 22 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 77 47 20996 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.4 238 21 514.2 514.2 315.9 514.2 0.00 78 44 21409 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.6 294 24 521.0 521.0 316.4 521.0 0.00 79 43 21553 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.1 310 24 528.4 528.4 316.8 528.4 0.00 80 39 22169 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.3 349 12 545.9 545.9 317.9 545.9 0.00 81 32 23413 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.2 107 11 572.3 572.3 319.3 572.3 0.00 82 30 23820 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.0 205 10 590.1 590.1 320.2 590.1 0.01 83 26 24725 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.5 282 2 613.6 613.6 321.2 613.6 0.01 84 23 25508 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.2 319 9 648.4 648.4 322.6 648.5 0.01 85 22 25795 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.7 12 10 654.9 654.9 322.9 655.0 0.01 86 20 26410 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.8 70 13 677.3 677.3 323.7 677.4 0.01 87 17 27471 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.4 40 11 713.4 713.4 324.8 713.5 0.02 88 16 27867 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -55.1 37 10 723.3 723.3 325.1 723.4 0.02 89 16 27867 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -53.7 37 10 729.8 729.8 325.4 729.9 0.02 90 15 28292 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -54.1 318 10 742.7 742.7 325.7 742.9 0.02 91 14 28748 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -52.4 251 11 767.7 767.7 326.4 767.9 0.03 92 13 29240 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -53.4 236 13 780.0 780.0 326.7 780.2 0.03 93 11 30355 -43.9 -81.9 1 38.0 -51.7 274 17 832.7 832.7 328.0 833.1 0.04 94 11 30355 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -51.8 274 17 831.9 832.0 328.0 832.3 0.04 95 10 31000 -41.5 -81.5 1 40.0 -51.0 335 17 864.6 864.7 328.7 865.1 0.05 96 8.8 31866 -41.9 -81.9 1 40.0 -51.8 321 17 895.3 895.3 329.4 895.8 0.06 97 7.6 32860 -41.3 -82.3 0 41.0 -52.2 304 16 936.0 936.1 330.1 936.7 0.06 98 7.0 33420 -39.5 -81.5 0 42.0 -51.8 295 16 965.8 965.8 330.6 966.6 0.07 99 6.8 33619 -38.9 -80.9 0 42.0 -51.7 976.3 976.3 330.8 977.2 0.08 100 6.6 33825 -35.7 -78.7 0 43.0 -50.7 998.1 998.2 331.2 999.6 0.12 101 6.2 34263 -32.3 -76.3 0 44.0 -49.8 1030.7 1030.8 331.7 1033.1 0.19 102 5.3 35373 -30.9 -75.9 0 45.0 -50.3 1084.2 1084.4 332.5 1087.4 0.24 TRP 193 12263 -60.3 -75.3 12 15.0 -60.4 255 74 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.01 WND 160 13435 -58.8 -82.7 3 23.9 -59.0 255 87 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.00 m Freezing level: 645.60 mb = 3759.64 m = 12334.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.21 mb = 2566.87 m = 8421.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.56 mb = 1138.69 m = 3735.83 ft T: 12.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 10.04 C Layer 994.0- 904.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.38 mb = 3413.74 m = 11199.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.75 C = 94.55 F Cap Strength: 10.63 C Lifted Index: 10.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.42 C Showalter Index: 10.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 3.70 C K Index: -5.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 15.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54345.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.91 mb = 1240.21 m = 4068.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 280 at 6 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 305 8 6.6 -4.6 | 343 4 1.1 -3.7 1 979 305 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 317 4 2.7 -2.9 2 944 610 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 268 4 3.5 0.1 3 925 774 310 3 2.3 -1.9 | 72 3 -3.1 -1.0 4 910 914 340 8 2.7 -7.5 | 22 7 -2.7 -6.6 5 877 1219 320 5 3.2 -3.8 | 37 4 -2.2 -2.9 6 850 1483 345 3 0.8 -2.9 | 67 5 -4.7 -2.0 7 815 1829 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 170 8 -1.4 7.9 8 786 2134 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 153 7 -3.4 6.6 9 757 2438 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 140 10 -6.7 7.8 10 730 2743 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 141 12 -7.8 9.6 11 700 3090 175 7 -0.6 7.0 | 143 10 -6.0 7.9 12 651 3658 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 233 1 0.5 0.4 13 627 3962 235 1 0.8 0.6 | 108 5 -4.6 1.5 14 603 4267 260 7 6.9 1.2 | 214 3 1.5 2.1 15 558 4877 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 251 6 5.5 1.9 16 537 5182 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 222 6 4.0 4.4 17 500 5740 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 225 5 3.3 3.3 18 477 6096 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 239 5 4.4 2.7 19 458 6401 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 262 7 6.6 0.9 20 400 7400 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 241 18 16.2 8.8 21 388 7620 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 242 19 17.1 9.1 22 312 9144 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 263 36 35.4 4.5 23 300 9410 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 257 39 37.9 8.6 24 260 10363 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 257 38 36.9 8.4 25 250 10610 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 258 47 45.8 10.0 26 215 11582 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 253 71 68.0 20.6 27 200 12040 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 253 69 66.0 20.1 28 193 12263 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 253 69 66.0 20.1 29 186 12497 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 253 62 59.3 18.3 30 169 13106 245 79 71.6 33.4 | 243 75 66.2 34.3 31 160 13435 255 87 84.0 22.5 | 253 82 78.6 23.4 32 153 13716 255 87 84.0 22.5 | 253 82 78.6 23.4 33 150 13840 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 259 72 70.4 14.3 34 139 14326 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 258 65 63.5 13.1 35 126 14935 250 83 78.0 28.4 | 248 78 72.6 29.3 36 120 15240 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 264 59 58.3 6.5 37 109 15850 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 247 60 55.6 23.2 38 103 16154 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 247 46 42.5 18.4 39 100 16360 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 247 57 52.8 22.1 40 94 16764 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 247 57 52.8 22.1 41 81 17678 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 257 38 36.9 8.4 42 77 17983 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 274 32 31.4 -2.3 43 73 18288 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 250 25 23.5 8.7 44 70 18540 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 221 17 10.9 12.4 45 69 18593 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 245 13 12.0 5.6 46 66 18898 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 222 18 11.8 13.0 47 63 19202 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 212 19 10.1 16.5 48 60 19507 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 248 20 18.7 7.4 49 57 19812 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 260 17 16.5 2.8 50 54 20117 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 273 15 14.5 -0.8 51 50 20610 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 229 18 13.6 11.9 52 49 20726 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 260 16 15.5 2.8 53 47 21031 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 222 18 11.8 13.0 54 45 21336 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 286 20 18.7 -5.5 55 42 21641 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 331 19 9.3 -16.7 56 40 21946 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 317 11 7.7 -8.2 57 39 22250 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 35 11 -6.3 -9.0 58 37 22555 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 39 11 -7.2 -8.9 59 35 22860 70 16 -15.0 -5.5 | 77 21 -20.5 -4.5 60 33 23165 95 18 -17.9 1.6 | 96 24 -23.4 2.5 61 32 23470 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 106 15 -14.8 4.4 62 30 23774 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 154 12 -5.4 10.9 63 30 23820 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 173 10 -1.2 10.0 64 29 24079 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 177 10 -0.4 9.6 65 27 24384 245 4 3.6 1.7 | 145 3 -1.8 2.6 66 25 24994 310 1 0.8 -0.6 | 94 5 -4.7 0.3 67 23 25603 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 352 7 1.0 -6.7 68 22 25908 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 60 14 -11.9 -6.7 69 21 26213 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 31 15 -7.9 -12.9 70 20 26410 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 79 18 -17.7 -3.5 71 20 26518 35 16 -9.2 -13.1 | 50 19 -14.6 -12.2 72 19 26822 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 83 17 -17.0 -2.2 73 18 27127 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 46 12 -8.9 -8.5 74 17 27432 35 11 -6.3 -9.0 | 55 14 -11.7 -8.1 75 16 27737 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 77 15 -14.5 -3.3 76 14 28651 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 230 5 4.2 3.5 77 13 29261 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 212 10 5.2 8.4 78 12 29566 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 348 10 2.0 -9.7 79 12 29870 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 272 9 8.5 -0.3 80 11 30175 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 244 12 11.0 5.3 81 10 31000 335 17 7.2 -15.4 | 353 15 1.7 -14.5 82 7 33420 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 303 11 9.1 -5.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 165.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -19.4 tot: -9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.13 Bulk Shear: 4.16 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 289 9 304 3| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 0.4 -4.1 -3.7 -7.3 -0.64| 5.8 -3.7 1000 302 7 344 3| 2.6 1.6 4.2| 2.5 -6.6 -4.1 -4.1 -0.01| 9.4 -0.1 1500 306 6 6 3| 1.8 2.4 4.2| 5.3 -7.3 -2.0 -1.3 0.07| 9.0 0.6 2000 285 7 309 1| 1.3 3.4 4.7| 5.5 -14.7 -9.2 -4.6 0.06| 10.1 0.6 2500 261 7 209 2| 1.1 3.4 4.4| 6.1 -19.4 -13.3 -5.3 0.02| 9.0 0.1 3000 235 7 182 5| 0.8 2.8 3.6| 9.6 -19.4 -9.8 -3.3 0.04| 8.3 0.3 4000 237 6 178 4| 1.5 2.4 3.9| 20.0 -21.4 -1.4 -0.4 0.10| 8.6 0.8 5000 247 7 194 4| 1.5 2.1 3.6| 24.0 -25.2 -1.2 -0.2 0.12| 7.8 0.9 6000 250 7 203 4| 1.4 1.8 3.2| 26.3 -25.6 0.7 0.1 0.13| 6.8 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250423.00.gif