UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 27 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 126 265 8 SFC 999 146 14.8 8.8 67 6.0 11.4 265 8 288.0 289.3 284.6 308.1 7.12 2 993 196 13.0 8.0 72 5.0 10.2 260 10 286.7 287.9 283.7 305.7 6.78 3 987 246 12.8 6.8 67 6.0 9.6 256 12 287.0 288.1 283.3 304.7 6.28 4 951 551 9.6 7.5 87 2.1 8.5 258 12 286.8 288.0 283.8 306.0 6.85 5 941 637 9.2 6.4 83 2.8 7.7 259 11 287.3 288.4 283.5 305.4 6.41 6 935 690 8.6 7.0 90 1.6 7.8 258 11 287.2 288.4 283.8 306.1 6.73 7 930 733 8.4 5.4 81 3.0 6.8 256 10 287.5 288.5 283.2 304.5 6.05 8 925 777 8.0 5.5 84 2.5 6.7 255 10 287.5 288.6 283.3 304.8 6.13 9 920 822 7.6 5.9 89 1.7 6.7 247 9 287.5 288.6 283.5 305.4 6.33 10 905 957 6.6 4.2 85 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977.3 977.4 330.8 978.7 0.12 95 6.6 33939 -35.1 -78.1 0 43.0 -50.4 1000.6 1000.7 331.2 1002.3 0.14 TRP 193 12155 -58.3 -76.3 8 18.0 -58.5 230 89 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.01 WND 258 10294 -49.1 -63.0 18 13.9 -49.5 235 103 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5484.00 m Freezing level: 792.00 mb = 2037.29 m = 6683.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 844.19 mb = 1524.35 m = 5001.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.14 % Est. max temperature: 15.73 C = 60.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.94 mb = 885.27 m = 2904.38 ft T: 7.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.17 C/km ThetaE index: 3.39 C Layer 993.0- 951.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.62 mb = 1042.70 m = 3420.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.51 C = 58.12 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: 10.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.64 C Showalter Index: 11.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: -4.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 130.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.40 mb = 980.90 m = 3218.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.40 mb = 1118.36 m = 3669.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 807.40 mb = 1882.76 m = 6176.96 ft B at Equ Level: 12.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 747.40 mb = 2499.32 m = 8199.76 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 269 at 25 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 146 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 91 17 -17.0 0.2 1 980 305 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 110 13 -11.8 4.3 2 944 610 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 96 14 -14.1 1.4 3 925 777 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 98 15 -15.3 2.1 4 910 914 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 104 19 -18.8 4.7 5 876 1219 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 110 17 -15.9 5.8 6 850 1469 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 117 14 -12.8 6.5 7 844 1524 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 114 13 -12.3 5.4 8 813 1829 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 142 17 -10.8 13.7 9 782 2134 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 152 20 -9.5 17.9 10 753 2438 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 155 21 -8.9 18.7 11 725 2743 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 156 10 -4.1 9.2 12 700 3019 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 172 6 -0.8 6.0 13 697 3048 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 145 6 -3.7 5.2 14 644 3658 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 163 6 -1.8 5.7 15 619 3962 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 163 6 -1.8 5.7 16 595 4267 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 204 27 11.1 24.7 17 550 4877 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 213 38 20.9 31.6 18 500 5610 240 69 59.8 34.5 | 226 49 34.8 34.0 19 468 6096 235 77 63.1 44.2 | 221 58 38.1 43.7 20 432 6706 230 83 63.6 53.4 | 216 65 38.6 52.9 21 400 7270 230 86 65.9 55.3 | 217 68 40.9 54.8 22 381 7620 230 86 65.9 55.3 | 217 68 40.9 54.8 23 306 9144 235 91 74.5 52.2 | 224 72 49.6 51.7 24 300 9290 230 91 69.7 58.5 | 218 73 44.8 58.0 25 258 10294 235 103 84.4 59.1 | 225 83 59.4 58.6 26 255 10363 235 103 84.4 59.1 | 225 83 59.4 58.6 27 250 10500 230 103 78.9 66.2 | 219 85 53.9 65.7 28 201 11887 225 95 67.2 67.2 | 212 79 42.2 66.7 29 200 11930 230 88 67.4 56.6 | 217 70 42.5 56.1 30 193 12155 230 89 68.2 57.2 | 217 71 43.2 56.7 31 174 12802 240 87 75.3 43.5 | 230 66 50.4 43.0 32 166 13106 235 67 54.9 38.4 | 218 48 29.9 37.9 33 151 13716 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 221 57 37.3 43.1 34 150 13750 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 223 42 28.7 30.5 35 137 14326 240 55 47.6 27.5 | 220 35 22.7 27.0 36 119 15240 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 214 28 15.7 23.0 37 108 15850 235 59 48.3 33.8 | 215 41 23.4 33.4 38 103 16154 225 50 35.4 35.4 | 197 36 10.4 34.9 39 100 16320 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 208 17 7.7 14.7 40 98 16459 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 208 17 7.7 14.7 41 93 16764 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 107 13 -12.7 4.0 42 89 17069 280 4 3.9 -0.7 | 87 21 -21.0 -1.2 43 85 17374 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 89 25 -25.0 -0.5 44 77 17983 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 112 22 -20.0 8.2 45 73 18288 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 134 20 -14.6 14.3 46 70 18570 235 30 24.6 17.2 | 179 17 -0.4 16.7 47 70 18593 220 37 23.8 28.3 | 178 28 -1.2 27.9 48 63 19202 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 105 18 -17.6 4.7 49 57 19812 120 4 -3.5 2.0 | 93 28 -28.4 1.5 50 55 20117 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 110 30 -27.8 10.1 51 52 20422 165 13 -3.4 12.6 | 113 31 -28.3 12.1 52 50 20660 70 8 -7.5 -2.7 | 84 33 -32.5 -3.2 53 49 20726 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 89 25 -25.0 -0.5 54 45 21336 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 98 34 -33.6 4.5 55 43 21641 150 15 -7.5 13.0 | 111 35 -32.5 12.5 56 41 21946 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 109 28 -26.7 9.4 57 37 22555 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 85 35 -34.6 -3.1 58 34 23165 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 89 25 -25.0 -0.5 59 32 23470 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 71 30 -28.4 -9.9 60 30 23870 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 83 29 -28.8 -3.7 61 29 24079 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 86 36 -35.8 -2.4 62 28 24384 45 9 -6.4 -6.4 | 78 32 -31.3 -6.9 63 26 24689 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 85 35 -34.6 -3.1 64 24 25298 80 23 -22.7 -4.0 | 85 48 -47.6 -4.5 65 23 25603 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 80 38 -37.6 -6.4 66 22 25908 85 16 -15.9 -1.4 | 87 41 -40.9 -1.9 67 21 26213 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 103 32 -31.4 7.2 68 20 26480 135 5 -3.5 3.5 | 96 29 -28.5 3.0 69 17 27432 185 2 0.2 2.0 | 93 25 -24.8 1.5 70 16 28042 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 68 19 -17.3 -6.9 71 15 28346 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 58 19 -15.8 -9.7 72 14 28651 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 88 15 -15.0 -0.5 73 14 28956 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 60 21 -18.1 -10.3 74 13 29261 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 64 11 -9.5 -4.6 75 13 29566 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 32 11 -5.9 -9.4 76 12 29870 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 97 8 -8.0 1.0 77 11 30175 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 28 9 -4.3 -8.0 78 10 31080 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 15 7 -1.8 -6.7 79 7 33530 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 50 10 -8.0 -6.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.2 neg: -14.3 tot: 82.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 64.61 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 255 12 101 14| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 16.3 -9.3 6.9 13.9 0.17| 9.7 1.7 1000 250 11 102 15| 0.0 2.8 2.8| 33.0 -9.3 23.7 23.7 0.32| 8.6 2.7 1500 245 11 106 15| 2.1 1.8 4.0| 51.6 -9.3 42.2 28.2 0.41| 8.3 3.4 2000 237 14 118 15| 1.6 3.9 5.4| 84.4 -9.3 75.1 37.5 0.51| 8.7 4.5 2500 233 16 127 15| 2.1 3.1 5.2| 93.5 -9.3 84.2 33.7 0.46| 8.7 3.9 3000 237 17 130 14| 2.6 2.6 5.2| 97.2 -14.3 82.9 27.6 0.35| 8.8 3.1 4000 242 19 136 12| 1.9 3.7 5.6|115.9 -14.3 101.6 25.4 0.40| 8.6 3.4 5000 240 26 167 13| 2.2 4.6 6.8|194.7 -14.3 180.4 36.1 0.38| 9.6 3.6 6000 239 33 192 17| 2.6 4.7 7.2|259.9 -76.8 183.1 30.5 0.32| 9.7 3.1 Wrote GIF file: 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