UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 26 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 26 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 4 SFC 998 146 11.6 7.5 76 4.1 9.4 305 4 284.9 286.0 282.6 303.1 6.52 2 995 171 12.0 7.5 74 4.5 9.6 302 5 285.6 286.7 282.9 303.8 6.54 3 940 637 8.2 6.8 91 1.4 7.5 267 9 286.4 287.5 283.4 304.9 6.60 4 925 768 7.2 4.9 85 2.3 6.0 255 10 286.7 287.7 282.7 303.2 5.87 5 922 795 6.8 4.2 83 2.6 5.5 255 10 286.5 287.5 282.3 302.3 5.61 6 916 848 6.4 4.8 89 1.6 5.6 255 9 286.7 287.7 282.7 303.2 5.89 7 905 947 5.6 2.5 80 3.1 4.1 256 9 286.8 287.7 281.8 301.2 5.06 8 892 1066 4.6 3.7 94 0.9 4.2 257 9 287.0 288.0 282.5 302.8 5.60 9 887 1112 4.2 2.4 88 1.8 3.3 258 10 287.0 287.9 282.0 301.6 5.13 10 866 1306 2.6 2.3 98 0.3 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-46.1 24 14.0 -33.3 225 57 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.17 39 327 8720 -36.9 -54.9 14 18.0 -37.9 229 53 325.2 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.07 40 305 9198 -41.1 -53.1 26 12.0 -41.7 233 54 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.09 41 300 9310 -41.7 -54.7 23 13.0 -42.3 230 55 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.08 42 279 9799 -46.3 -54.3 40 8.0 -46.6 230 55 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.09 43 277 9846 -46.7 -57.7 27 11.0 -47.1 230 55 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.06 44 274 9919 -47.1 -60.1 21 13.0 -47.5 230 55 327.3 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.04 45 250 10520 -52.7 -60.7 37 8.0 -52.9 230 56 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.04 46 242 10729 -54.5 -62.5 37 8.0 -54.6 230 59 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.2 0.04 47 225 11191 -57.7 -66.7 31 9.0 -57.8 230 65 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.02 48 219 11361 -58.3 -68.3 27 10.0 -58.4 232 67 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.02 49 216 11448 -57.9 -68.9 23 11.0 -58.0 234 69 333.6 333.7 292.7 333.7 0.02 50 208 11685 -59.5 -69.5 26 10.0 -59.6 239 73 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.8 0.02 51 206 11745 -59.9 -69.9 26 10.0 -60.0 240 74 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.1 0.02 52 200 11930 -59.5 -71.5 20 12.0 -59.6 245 69 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.01 53 198 11993 -59.3 -71.3 20 12.0 -59.5 245 69 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.01 54 196 12056 -59.7 -71.7 20 12.0 -59.8 245 70 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.2 0.01 55 189 12282 -59.1 -77.1 8 18.0 -59.3 243 71 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 56 181 12552 -58.7 -78.7 6 20.0 -58.9 236 70 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.00 57 150 13730 -57.7 -83.7 2 26.0 -58.0 240 74 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 58 139 14214 -57.9 -84.1 2 26.2 -58.2 240 78 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 59 100 16300 -58.9 -85.9 2 27.0 -59.2 230 23 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 60 91 16887 -62.5 -87.5 2 25.0 -62.7 193 18 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 61 83 17458 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.9 219 41 433.3 433.3 309.2 433.3 0.00 62 82 17534 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.1 217 42 438.5 438.5 309.7 438.5 0.00 63 79 17768 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.4 221 43 440.3 440.3 309.9 440.3 0.00 64 78 17848 -58.3 -86.3 2 28.0 -58.7 226 44 445.7 445.7 310.4 445.7 0.00 65 74 18180 -57.1 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36 22678 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.3 97 12 558.5 558.5 318.6 558.6 0.01 80 34 23039 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -58.9 112 11 566.2 566.2 319.0 566.2 0.01 81 32 23421 -57.7 -86.7 1 29.0 -58.8 97 10 576.6 576.6 319.5 576.6 0.01 82 30 23830 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.7 45 8 591.2 591.2 320.2 591.2 0.01 83 29 24046 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.7 71 5 600.2 600.2 320.6 600.3 0.01 84 26 24743 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.9 84 12 615.9 615.9 321.3 615.9 0.01 85 20 26430 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -54.4 55 6 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.3 0.02 86 19 26764 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -54.1 69 10 691.0 691.1 324.1 691.2 0.02 TRP 206 11745 -59.9 -69.9 26 10.0 -60.0 240 74 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.1 0.02 WND 139 14214 -57.9 -84.1 2 26.2 -58.2 240 78 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5520.00 m Freezing level: 814.34 mb = 1814.77 m = 5953.88 ft Freezing level: 662.00 mb = 3446.83 m = 11308.35 ft Freezing level: 662.00 mb = 3446.83 m = 11308.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 815.38 mb = 1789.26 m = 5870.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.58 % Est. max temperature: 14.81 C = 58.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.99 mb = 654.54 m = 2147.41 ft T: 8.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.55 C/km ThetaE index: 9.83 C Layer 741.0- 724.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.55 mb = 978.70 m = 3210.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.55 C = 56.38 F Cap Strength: 12.28 C Lifted Index: 11.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.86 C Showalter Index: 12.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.30 C K Index: 1.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 95.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.88 mb = 903.31 m = 2963.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.88 mb = 1130.93 m = 3710.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.88 mb = 1992.60 m = 6537.34 ft B at Equ Level: 14.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 714.88 mb = 2835.29 m = 9302.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 265 at 22 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 4 3.3 -2.3 | 78 19 -18.8 -4.0 1 979 305 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 73 14 -13.4 -4.1 2 943 610 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 82 13 -13.1 -1.8 3 925 768 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 94 12 -12.4 0.8 4 909 914 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 92 13 -13.4 0.6 5 875 1219 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 90 12 -12.2 -0.0 6 850 1457 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 100 10 -9.5 1.6 7 811 1829 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 81 11 -11.1 -1.8 8 781 2134 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 86 9 -9.1 -0.6 9 751 2438 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 74 6 -6.1 -1.8 10 723 2743 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 215 15 8.7 12.6 11 700 3002 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 206 23 9.9 20.6 12 696 3048 240 39 33.8 19.5 | 213 21 11.7 17.7 13 644 3658 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 208 25 11.5 21.8 14 596 4267 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 198 25 7.8 23.3 15 551 4877 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 194 28 6.9 27.2 16 530 5182 220 43 27.6 32.9 | 190 32 5.6 31.2 17 500 5640 225 48 33.9 33.9 | 200 34 11.9 32.2 18 470 6096 230 50 38.3 32.1 | 208 34 16.2 30.4 19 400 7290 225 55 38.9 38.9 | 204 41 16.8 37.1 20 382 7620 225 55 38.9 38.9 | 204 41 16.8 37.1 21 350 8230 225 57 40.3 40.3 | 205 43 18.2 38.5 22 321 8839 230 52 39.8 33.4 | 209 36 17.8 31.7 23 307 9144 235 54 44.2 31.0 | 217 37 22.2 29.2 24 300 9310 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 211 39 20.1 33.6 25 250 10520 230 56 42.9 36.0 | 211 40 20.8 34.2 26 222 11278 230 66 50.6 42.4 | 215 50 28.5 40.7 27 206 11745 240 74 64.1 37.0 | 230 55 42.0 35.2 28 200 11930 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 236 49 40.5 27.4 29 192 12192 245 71 64.3 30.0 | 236 51 42.3 28.3 30 174 12802 230 70 53.6 45.0 | 216 54 31.5 43.2 31 150 13730 240 74 64.1 37.0 | 230 55 42.0 35.2 32 139 14214 240 78 67.5 39.0 | 231 59 45.5 37.2 33 137 14326 240 78 67.5 39.0 | 231 59 45.5 37.2 34 118 15240 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 226 39 28.2 27.2 35 107 15850 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 221 19 12.4 14.3 36 100 16300 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 161 14 -4.5 13.0 37 97 16459 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 161 14 -4.5 13.0 38 93 16764 195 16 4.1 15.5 | 127 23 -17.9 13.7 39 88 17069 190 21 3.6 20.7 | 136 26 -18.4 18.9 40 84 17374 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 187 29 3.6 28.9 41 80 17678 215 43 24.7 35.2 | 184 34 2.6 33.5 42 76 17983 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 211 27 14.0 23.5 43 73 18288 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 171 8 -1.2 8.0 44 70 18530 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 106 23 -22.1 6.2 45 69 18593 175 6 -0.5 6.0 | 101 23 -22.6 4.2 46 63 19202 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 138 23 -15.2 17.0 47 60 19507 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 131 22 -16.3 14.2 48 54 20117 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 121 16 -13.7 8.2 49 52 20422 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 85 22 -22.1 -1.8 50 50 20620 255 1 1.0 0.3 | 86 21 -21.1 -1.5 51 49 20726 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 107 27 -25.5 7.6 52 45 21336 85 5 -5.0 -0.4 | 85 27 -27.1 -2.2 53 43 21641 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 86 12 -12.1 -0.9 54 40 21946 355 17 1.5 -16.9 | 48 28 -20.6 -18.7 55 39 22250 15 17 -4.4 -16.4 | 56 32 -26.5 -18.2 56 37 22555 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 83 35 -34.9 -4.0 57 35 22860 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 97 32 -31.6 3.7 58 32 23470 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 88 32 -32.0 -0.9 59 30 23830 45 8 -5.7 -5.7 | 75 29 -27.7 -7.4 60 29 24079 75 5 -4.8 -1.3 | 84 27 -26.9 -3.0 61 28 24384 55 17 -13.9 -9.8 | 72 38 -36.0 -11.5 62 26 24689 85 12 -12.0 -1.0 | 85 34 -34.0 -2.8 63 24 25298 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 81 32 -31.5 -5.2 64 23 25603 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 90 32 -31.9 -0.0 65 22 25908 70 2 -1.9 -0.7 | 84 24 -24.0 -2.4 66 21 26213 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 68 28 -26.3 -10.8 67 20 26430 55 6 -4.9 -3.4 | 79 27 -27.0 -5.2 68 19 26518 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 81 32 -31.5 -5.2 69 16 27127 60 8 -6.9 -4.0 | 79 30 -29.0 -5.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 6.1 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.0 neg: -32.7 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 78.67 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 280 8 77 14| 0.0 6.8 6.8| 9.0 -5.7 3.3 6.5 0.16| 8.5 1.3 1000 268 9 84 13| 0.0 3.9 3.9| 15.2 -7.6 7.6 7.6 0.22| 6.0 1.3 1500 264 10 87 12| 0.8 2.6 3.4| 19.6 -12.2 7.4 4.9 0.14| 5.8 0.8 2000 265 10 86 12| 0.9 1.9 2.9| 21.8 -16.2 5.6 2.8 0.09| 5.3 0.5 2500 264 12 87 10| 0.7 4.8 5.5| 26.4 -19.1 7.4 3.0 0.26| 8.1 2.2 3000 255 16 109 7| 0.6 6.1 6.7| 38.0 -32.7 5.3 1.8 0.17| 9.5 1.6 4000 246 22 165 8| 0.5 4.7 5.2| 38.0 -65.2 -27.2 -6.8 0.07| 8.0 0.6 5000 239 26 181 11| 0.4 4.3 4.6| 38.0 -98.8 -60.8 -12.2 -0.00| 7.3 -0.0 6000 235 30 189 15| 1.2 3.5 4.7|128.6 -98.8 29.8 5.0 0.12| 7.0 0.9 Wrote GIF file: 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