UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 25 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 121 270 10 SFC 998 146 17.4 8.4 55 9.0 12.3 270 10 290.7 291.9 285.5 310.5 6.94 2 993 188 15.0 9.0 67 6.0 11.6 265 10 288.7 290.0 285.0 309.2 7.27 3 925 776 9.4 7.4 87 2.0 8.3 150 3 288.9 290.2 284.8 308.7 6.99 4 922 803 9.2 7.5 89 1.7 8.3 149 3 289.0 290.2 284.9 309.0 7.06 5 911 902 8.8 6.1 83 2.7 7.3 145 5 289.6 290.7 284.5 308.0 6.49 6 907 939 11.2 -1.8 40 13.0 5.1 153 5 292.4 293.1 282.7 303.2 3.69 7 906 948 11.6 -2.4 38 14.0 5.1 157 5 292.9 293.5 282.7 303.3 3.53 8 899 1013 12.6 -10.4 19 23.0 3.4 178 5 294.6 294.9 281.5 300.5 1.92 9 892 1078 12.4 -14.6 14 27.0 2.5 199 4 295.0 295.3 281.0 299.3 1.38 10 888 1116 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330.9 330.9 292.0 330.9 0.02 52 235 11029 -54.7 -61.7 42 7.0 -54.8 235 69 330.5 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.04 53 227 11250 -56.7 -60.4 63 3.7 -56.8 235 70 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.05 54 212 11679 -60.5 -63.6 67 3.1 -60.6 235 73 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.5 0.03 55 205 11888 -62.1 -64.0 78 1.9 -62.1 235 74 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.03 56 203 11948 -62.7 -64.8 76 2.1 -62.7 235 74 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.03 57 200 12040 -63.1 -69.1 44 6.0 -63.1 235 75 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.02 58 191 12322 -63.9 -71.9 33 8.0 -64.0 250 72 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.0 0.01 59 160 13410 -61.6 -82.0 5 20.5 -61.7 240 79 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.00 60 150 13810 -60.7 -85.7 2 25.0 -60.9 240 60 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 61 100 16330 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -61.7 240 44 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 62 92 16850 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.0 236 46 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 63 87 17197 -62.3 -88.3 2 26.0 -62.6 232 48 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 64 79 17795 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.4 240 36 438.2 438.2 309.7 438.3 0.00 65 78 17875 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0.01 79 24 25284 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.8 89 17 630.7 630.7 321.9 630.8 0.01 80 23 25556 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -56.3 94 15 644.3 644.3 322.4 644.4 0.01 81 22 25842 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.8 91 11 650.8 650.8 322.7 650.8 0.01 82 20 26460 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -53.5 50 8 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.01 83 18 27148 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -54.9 151 8 698.7 698.7 324.4 698.8 0.02 84 15 28348 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -51.7 248 14 755.3 755.4 326.1 755.6 0.03 85 14 28808 -46.3 -83.3 1 37.0 -52.1 290 13 769.0 769.0 326.4 769.3 0.03 86 11 30428 -41.9 -81.9 1 40.0 -50.7 345 14 839.9 840.0 328.2 840.4 0.04 87 10 31080 -38.1 -80.1 0 42.0 -49.4 240 14 877.3 877.4 329.0 878.0 0.07 88 9.5 31434 -36.5 -79.5 0 43.0 -49.0 896.3 896.4 329.4 897.1 0.08 89 8.4 32291 -34.5 -77.5 0 43.0 -48.9 936.3 936.4 330.1 937.6 0.12 90 7.9 32720 -34.7 -77.7 0 43.0 -49.3 952.1 952.2 330.4 953.5 0.12 TRP 191 12322 -63.9 -71.9 33 8.0 -64.0 250 72 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.0 0.01 WND 160 13410 -61.6 -82.0 5 20.5 -61.7 240 79 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.00 m Freezing level: 648.00 mb = 3703.67 m = 12151.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 825.68 mb = 1724.65 m = 5658.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.03 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.39 mb = 1264.97 m = 4150.10 ft T: 12.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 5.72 C Layer 911.0- 906.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.22 mb = 3208.44 m = 10526.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Cap Strength: 10.45 C Lifted Index: 10.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.42 C Showalter Index: 15.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 7.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: -17.50 C K Index: -30.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 39.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71784.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.31 mb = 1208.22 m = 3963.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 265 at 10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 6 1 -0.1 -0.8 1 979 305 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 145 3 -1.6 2.3 2 944 610 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 137 7 -4.9 5.3 3 925 776 150 3 -1.5 2.6 | 99 12 -11.6 1.8 4 910 914 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 104 13 -12.9 3.3 5 877 1219 245 4 3.6 1.7 | 98 7 -6.5 0.9 6 850 1483 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 109 6 -6.0 2.1 7 815 1829 225 3 2.1 2.1 | 99 8 -8.0 1.3 8 785 2134 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 107 3 -3.3 1.0 9 757 2438 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 121 7 -5.8 3.4 10 729 2743 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 166 1 -0.2 0.9 11 703 3048 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 163 4 -1.0 3.4 12 700 3083 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 185 3 0.3 3.0 13 676 3353 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 166 1 -0.2 0.9 14 651 3658 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 212 7 3.5 5.5 15 602 4267 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 220 8 5.3 6.4 16 579 4572 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 196 11 2.9 10.1 17 557 4877 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 193 16 3.4 15.3 18 536 5182 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 193 16 3.4 15.3 19 516 5486 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 218 17 10.4 13.5 20 500 5730 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 221 21 13.7 15.8 21 476 6096 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 217 26 16.0 21.1 22 439 6706 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 212 29 15.4 24.7 23 400 7390 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 226 34 24.3 23.3 24 387 7620 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 227 37 26.8 25.0 25 325 8839 220 51 32.8 39.1 | 211 44 22.7 38.3 26 312 9144 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 217 46 27.4 36.7 27 300 9410 230 53 40.6 34.1 | 223 45 30.5 33.3 28 260 10363 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 236 57 47.1 32.2 29 250 10630 235 67 54.9 38.4 | 230 59 44.8 37.6 30 200 12040 235 75 61.4 43.0 | 231 66 51.4 42.2 31 195 12192 230 75 57.5 48.2 | 225 67 47.4 47.4 32 191 12322 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 248 62 57.6 23.8 33 186 12497 250 71 66.7 24.3 | 247 61 56.6 23.5 34 168 13106 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 235 48 39.3 27.7 35 160 13410 240 79 68.4 39.5 | 236 70 58.3 38.7 36 152 13716 240 79 68.4 39.5 | 236 70 58.3 38.7 37 150 13810 240 60 52.0 30.0 | 235 51 41.9 29.2 38 145 14021 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 241 51 44.3 24.6 39 138 14326 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 241 54 47.0 25.8 40 119 15240 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 241 46 39.8 22.4 41 108 15850 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 239 34 28.9 17.4 42 103 16154 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 233 34 27.2 20.7 43 100 16330 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 233 35 28.0 21.2 44 98 16459 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 233 35 28.0 21.2 45 85 17374 230 49 37.5 31.5 | 222 41 27.5 30.7 46 77 17983 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 236 22 18.0 12.3 47 73 18288 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 237 27 22.5 14.4 48 70 18550 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 165 3 -0.7 2.6 49 70 18593 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 258 27 26.4 5.6 50 66 18898 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 264 5 4.9 0.5 51 63 19202 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 154 19 -8.5 17.1 52 60 19507 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 180 17 -0.1 16.5 53 57 19812 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 223 6 4.0 4.3 54 54 20117 190 16 2.8 15.8 | 154 17 -7.3 15.0 55 50 20640 350 3 0.5 -3.0 | 69 10 -9.6 -3.8 56 49 20726 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 315 3 1.9 -1.8 57 47 21031 355 3 0.3 -3.0 | 69 11 -9.8 -3.8 58 45 21336 150 7 -3.5 6.1 | 111 15 -13.6 5.3 59 41 21946 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 38 14 -8.3 -10.6 60 39 22250 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 83 20 -19.9 -2.5 61 37 22555 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 95 20 -19.7 1.8 62 35 22860 155 15 -6.3 13.6 | 128 21 -16.4 12.8 63 33 23165 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 140 12 -7.5 8.9 64 32 23470 165 1 -0.3 1.0 | 91 10 -10.3 0.2 65 30 23774 260 1 1.0 0.2 | 86 9 -9.1 -0.6 66 30 23850 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 57 7 -6.3 -4.0 67 28 24384 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 50 16 -12.7 -10.5 68 26 24689 25 18 -7.6 -16.3 | 46 25 -17.7 -17.1 69 24 25298 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 88 27 -27.1 -0.8 70 23 25603 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 91 25 -25.0 0.5 71 22 25908 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 88 20 -20.1 -0.8 72 20 26460 50 8 -6.1 -5.1 | 70 17 -16.2 -5.9 73 20 26518 260 2 2.0 0.3 | 87 8 -8.1 -0.5 74 17 27432 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 95 20 -19.7 1.8 75 16 28042 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 161 4 -1.4 4.2 76 15 28346 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 207 6 2.6 5.1 77 14 28651 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 4 2 -0.1 -1.7 78 14 28956 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 341 9 2.9 -8.3 79 13 29261 350 15 2.6 -14.8 | 26 17 -7.5 -15.6 80 13 29566 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 5 6 -0.6 -6.3 81 12 29870 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 359 13 0.2 -13.1 82 11 30175 30 14 -7.0 -12.1 | 53 21 -17.1 -12.9 83 10 31080 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 198 7 2.0 6.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 178.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -21.6 tot: -7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.35 Bulk Shear: 3.25 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 243 9 144 4| 0.0 9.8 9.8| 0.3 -3.9 -3.6 -7.3 0.07| 11.3 0.8 1000 224 7 126 7| 1.6 4.9 6.5| 6.6 -17.6 -11.0 -11.0 -0.10| 11.9 -1.2 1500 228 6 119 7| 1.3 3.3 4.5| 8.2 -20.4 -12.2 -8.1 -0.11| 9.2 -1.0 2000 231 6 115 6| 1.5 2.4 3.9| 9.9 -21.5 -11.6 -5.8 -0.08| 8.2 -0.7 2500 233 6 116 6| 1.2 1.9 3.1| 13.1 -21.5 -8.4 -3.3 0.00| 8.1 0.0 3000 239 7 120 5| 1.2 1.6 2.9| 14.3 -21.6 -7.3 -2.4 0.04| 7.8 0.3 4000 243 8 139 4| 0.9 1.4 2.4| 16.4 -21.8 -5.4 -1.3 0.07| 7.0 0.5 5000 238 10 166 5| 0.7 2.1 2.9| 16.7 -34.4 -17.6 -3.5 -0.01| 6.6 -0.1 6000 235 13 189 7| 1.3 2.3 3.6| 52.6 -45.0 7.7 1.3 0.07| 7.0 0.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250425.00.gif