UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 28 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 1003 146 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.3 175 3 284.7 286.1 284.3 307.3 8.18 1 1000 156 11.4 10.7 95 0.7 11.0 135 2 284.5 286.0 284.1 306.9 8.10 2 980 325 10.6 9.1 90 1.5 9.7 176 2 285.4 286.7 283.8 306.0 7.41 3 931 751 7.6 7.6 100 0.0 7.6 278 4 286.5 287.8 283.9 306.3 7.04 4 925 804 7.4 7.2 99 0.2 7.3 285 4 286.9 288.1 283.9 306.2 6.90 5 892 1102 5.6 5.6 100 0.0 5.6 301 8 288.0 289.1 283.8 306.1 6.40 6 869 1316 4.6 3.9 95 0.7 4.2 308 8 289.1 290.2 283.7 305.7 5.83 7 867 1335 4.6 3.6 93 1.0 4.1 309 8 289.3 290.3 283.7 305.6 5.72 8 866 1344 4.6 3.6 93 1.0 4.1 309 8 289.4 290.4 283.7 305.8 5.72 9 863 1372 4.6 3.2 91 1.4 3.9 311 8 289.7 290.7 283.7 305.7 5.58 10 850 1496 3.6 2.7 94 0.9 3.2 315 7 289.9 290.9 283.6 305.6 5.47 11 834 1650 2.2 1.8 97 0.4 2.0 321 10 290.0 290.9 283.4 305.0 5.23 12 813 1856 2.0 0.1 87 1.9 1.1 329 16 291.9 292.8 283.7 305.7 4.74 13 800 1986 1.0 -0.8 88 1.8 0.2 322 19 292.2 293.0 283.5 305.3 4.51 14 779 2201 3.0 -7.0 48 10.0 -1.1 316 23 296.6 297.1 283.5 305.3 2.90 15 763 2369 3.0 -10.0 38 13.0 -2.0 319 27 298.4 298.8 283.6 305.5 2.34 16 758 2422 3.0 -13.0 30 16.0 -2.8 320 28 298.9 299.3 283.2 304.7 1.85 17 747 2541 3.8 -19.2 17 23.0 -3.6 315 27 301.0 301.3 283.2 304.6 1.12 18 746 2552 4.0 -18.0 18 22.0 -3.3 314 27 301.4 301.6 283.5 305.4 1.24 19 744 2574 4.0 -19.0 17 23.0 -3.4 313 26 301.6 301.8 283.5 305.3 1.14 20 738 2639 3.4 -16.6 21 20.0 -3.4 310 25 301.7 301.9 283.8 306.2 1.41 21 731 2717 3.4 -26.6 9 30.0 -4.7 306 24 302.5 302.6 283.2 304.5 0.59 22 700 3067 1.2 -19.8 19 21.0 -5.4 295 25 303.8 304.0 284.4 307.5 1.13 23 692 3159 0.8 -17.2 25 18.0 -5.2 298 24 304.4 304.6 284.9 309.0 1.43 24 649 3672 -2.1 -27.1 13 25.0 -8.5 305 23 306.7 306.8 284.9 308.9 0.64 25 622 4008 -5.1 -24.1 21 19.0 -10.2 300 21 307.0 307.2 285.3 310.0 0.88 26 580 4553 -9.3 -30.3 16 21.0 -13.8 312 17 308.3 308.4 285.4 310.2 0.53 27 539 5115 -14.5 -30.5 24 16.0 -17.6 286 19 308.7 308.8 285.5 310.6 0.56 28 500 5680 -18.5 -40.5 13 22.0 -21.5 275 15 310.5 310.5 285.8 311.3 0.22 29 497 5725 -18.9 -40.9 12 22.0 -21.8 275 15 310.5 310.6 285.8 311.3 0.22 30 441 6597 -26.9 -40.9 25 14.0 -28.4 270 20 311.2 311.3 286.1 312.1 0.24 31 434 6711 -27.7 -45.7 16 18.0 -29.3 268 20 311.6 311.7 286.1 312.2 0.15 32 419 6962 -29.7 -48.7 14 19.0 -31.2 266 21 312.2 312.2 286.2 312.6 0.11 33 414 7047 -30.5 -48.5 16 18.0 -31.9 266 22 312.3 312.3 286.3 312.7 0.11 34 412 7081 -30.7 -51.7 11 21.0 -32.1 266 23 312.4 312.5 286.3 312.7 0.08 35 410 7116 -30.5 -55.5 7 25.0 -32.0 267 24 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.3 0.05 36 400 7290 -31.7 -50.7 14 19.0 -33.0 270 28 313.8 313.8 286.8 314.1 0.09 37 399 7308 -31.7 -51.7 12 20.0 -33.0 277 25 314.0 314.0 286.8 314.3 0.08 38 395 7379 -31.9 -46.9 21 15.0 -33.1 278 24 314.7 314.7 287.2 315.2 0.14 39 384 7578 -33.7 -42.7 40 9.0 -34.5 272 28 314.8 314.9 287.3 315.7 0.23 40 347 8280 -39.5 -49.5 34 10.0 -40.1 266 33 316.3 316.3 287.6 316.7 0.12 41 342 8379 -40.3 -55.3 19 15.0 -40.9 265 34 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.7 0.06 42 310 9042 -45.7 -57.7 25 12.0 -46.1 260 38 317.9 318.0 288.1 318.1 0.05 43 307 9106 -46.1 -59.1 22 13.0 -46.5 260 38 318.3 318.3 288.2 318.4 0.04 44 301 9238 -45.7 -64.7 10 19.0 -46.2 257 43 320.6 320.6 289.0 320.7 0.02 45 300 9260 -45.9 -64.9 10 19.0 -46.4 255 45 320.7 320.7 289.0 320.7 0.02 46 291 9462 -45.3 -69.3 5 24.0 -45.9 253 45 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.4 0.01 47 250 10470 -46.9 -73.9 3 27.0 -47.4 245 57 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.01 48 235 10880 -48.1 -75.1 3 27.0 -48.6 260 63 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.6 0.01 49 227 11109 -48.7 -75.7 3 27.0 -49.2 259 60 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.01 50 223 11227 -48.3 -76.3 2 28.0 -48.8 257 57 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.01 51 200 11940 -51.9 -76.9 3 25.0 -52.3 250 39 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 52 190 12269 -54.1 -78.1 4 24.0 -54.4 246 46 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.00 53 168 13057 -53.3 -82.3 2 29.0 -53.7 259 55 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 54 150 13780 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -56.1 265 37 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 55 140 14216 -57.9 -84.9 2 27.0 -58.2 253 40 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 56 113 15560 -58.9 -85.9 2 27.0 -59.2 255 31 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 57 100 16320 -61.5 -86.5 2 25.0 -61.7 240 27 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 58 79 17791 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.3 235 28 442.8 442.8 310.1 442.8 0.00 59 72 18374 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.4 243 17 454.7 454.7 311.3 454.7 0.00 60 70 18550 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.5 280 12 455.8 455.8 311.4 455.8 0.00 61 67 18823 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.3 284 15 459.8 459.8 311.8 459.8 0.00 62 66 18917 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.5 282 14 463.5 463.5 312.1 463.6 0.00 63 65 19012 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.0 267 13 469.1 469.1 312.5 469.1 0.00 64 61 19409 -61.7 -87.7 2 26.0 -62.1 222 8 470.5 470.5 312.7 470.6 0.00 65 57 19829 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.6 197 4 481.1 481.1 313.5 481.1 0.00 66 53 20279 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.7 248 8 486.1 486.1 314.0 486.2 0.00 67 50 20640 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.3 290 11 502.8 502.8 315.1 502.8 0.00 68 48 20895 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.7 230 11 510.1 510.1 315.7 510.2 0.00 69 41 21875 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.5 137 12 529.2 529.2 316.9 529.2 0.00 70 34 23050 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.2 83 10 571.4 571.4 319.2 571.5 0.01 71 30 23840 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.4 55 10 585.7 585.7 319.9 585.7 0.01 72 25 25000 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -57.1 55 14 625.7 625.7 321.7 625.7 0.01 73 24 25260 -56.7 -85.7 1 29.0 -58.3 51 16 629.0 629.0 321.9 629.0 0.01 74 23 25531 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.2 66 20 637.2 637.2 322.2 637.3 0.01 75 21 26115 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.6 106 11 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.4 0.01 76 20 26430 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.6 115 7 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.4 0.01 77 17 27487 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -53.2 196 5 719.2 719.2 325.0 719.4 0.02 78 16 27886 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -53.1 236 6 733.0 733.1 325.4 733.3 0.03 79 15 28309 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -53.9 329 10 743.4 743.4 325.7 743.6 0.03 80 13 29252 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -52.7 280 10 784.1 784.1 326.8 784.5 0.04 81 12 29782 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -53.2 360 11 800.2 800.2 327.3 800.5 0.04 82 11 30360 -45.1 -81.1 1 36.0 -52.4 103 3 828.3 828.3 327.9 828.8 0.05 83 10 31000 -42.7 -80.7 1 38.0 -51.5 225 10 860.2 860.2 328.6 860.7 0.06 84 9.5 31347 -41.3 -79.3 1 38.0 -51.1 233 13 878.2 878.2 329.0 879.0 0.08 85 9.2 31564 -41.7 -79.7 1 38.0 -51.4 238 15 884.7 884.8 329.1 885.5 0.08 86 8.4 32186 -37.9 -77.9 1 40.0 -50.2 252 21 923.0 923.0 329.9 924.2 0.11 87 7.8 32695 -38.9 -78.9 1 40.0 -51.0 263 25 938.7 938.8 330.2 939.9 0.10 88 7.0 33440 -36.9 -77.9 1 41.0 -50.8 280 32 976.5 976.6 330.8 978.0 0.13 89 6.5 33955 -34.9 -77.9 0 43.0 -50.5 1005.9 1006.0 331.3 1007.6 0.14 TRP 307 9106 -46.1 -59.1 22 13.0 -46.5 260 38 318.3 318.3 288.2 318.4 0.04 WND 235 10880 -48.1 -75.1 3 27.0 -48.6 260 63 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.6 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5524.00 m Freezing level: 680.14 mb = 3300.85 m = 10829.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 797.23 mb = 2013.99 m = 6607.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.03 % Est. max temperature: 16.97 C = 62.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.61 mb = 243.26 m = 798.10 ft T: 10.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 1.33 C Layer 1000.0- 931.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.85 mb = 680.96 m = 2234.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.46 C = 56.22 F Cap Strength: 7.84 C Lifted Index: 6.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.22 C Showalter Index: 6.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 3.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 61.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.84 mb = 645.69 m = 2118.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.84 mb = 1048.75 m = 3440.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 877.84 mb = 1233.13 m = 4045.65 ft B at Equ Level: 9.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 787.84 mb = 2109.60 m = 6921.18 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 330 at 12 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 1003 146 175 3 -0.3 3.0 | 155 15 -6.5 13.8 1 1000 156 135 2 -1.4 1.4 | 148 14 -7.6 12.2 2 982 305 170 2 -0.3 2.0 | 153 14 -6.6 12.8 3 947 610 260 3 3.0 0.5 | 164 12 -3.3 11.3 4 925 804 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 166 10 -2.3 9.7 5 913 914 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 175 8 -0.8 8.2 6 879 1219 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 192 6 1.2 5.6 7 850 1496 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 168 6 -1.3 5.8 8 847 1524 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 168 6 -1.3 5.8 9 816 1829 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 330 3 1.3 -2.2 10 786 2134 315 22 15.6 -15.6 | 297 10 9.4 -4.8 11 757 2438 320 28 18.0 -21.4 | 312 16 11.8 -10.7 12 729 2743 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 282 14 13.5 -3.0 13 702 3048 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 259 16 15.4 2.9 14 700 3067 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 269 16 16.5 0.2 15 675 3353 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 281 13 12.6 -2.4 16 649 3658 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 281 13 12.6 -2.4 17 600 4267 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 259 12 11.9 2.3 18 577 4572 315 17 12.0 -12.0 | 282 6 5.8 -1.2 19 554 4877 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 253 13 12.6 3.9 20 500 5680 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 223 13 8.7 9.5 21 492 5791 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 223 13 8.7 9.5 22 472 6096 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 232 15 11.7 9.2 23 416 7010 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 229 19 14.7 12.6 24 400 7290 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 244 24 21.8 10.8 25 399 7315 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 248 18 16.4 6.8 26 381 7620 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 245 25 22.8 10.8 27 307 9106 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 241 36 31.2 17.4 28 305 9144 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 244 32 28.7 13.8 29 300 9260 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 239 43 37.3 22.4 30 278 9754 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 234 45 36.1 26.2 31 250 10470 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 233 57 45.5 34.9 32 243 10668 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 232 56 44.5 34.5 33 235 10880 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 249 60 55.8 21.7 34 232 10973 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 249 60 55.8 21.7 35 200 11940 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 232 39 30.4 24.1 36 192 12192 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 229 46 34.6 29.8 37 167 13106 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 247 53 48.9 20.5 38 159 13411 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 261 43 42.6 6.5 39 152 13716 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 247 36 32.6 14.2 40 150 13780 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 245 34 30.7 14.0 41 137 14326 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 232 41 32.3 24.8 42 119 15240 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 254 29 27.7 7.8 43 113 15545 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 232 30 23.7 18.8 44 108 15850 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 233 26 20.4 15.5 45 100 16320 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 215 30 17.2 24.3 46 98 16459 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 215 30 17.2 24.3 47 84 17374 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 224 35 24.6 25.2 48 77 17983 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 207 31 13.7 27.5 49 73 18288 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 197 25 7.2 24.2 50 70 18550 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 213 10 5.6 8.7 51 70 18593 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 236 14 11.5 7.7 52 66 18898 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 226 10 7.3 7.2 53 63 19202 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 187 17 2.0 16.5 54 57 19812 195 4 1.0 3.9 | 161 16 -5.2 14.6 55 50 20640 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 210 8 4.1 7.0 56 49 20726 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 163 22 -6.2 20.8 57 47 21031 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 208 12 5.8 10.8 58 45 21336 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 77 9 -8.5 -2.0 59 43 21641 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 127 24 -18.8 14.1 60 41 21946 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 148 24 -13.1 20.6 61 39 22250 105 1 -1.0 0.3 | 147 13 -7.2 11.0 62 37 22555 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 155 22 -9.6 20.2 63 32 23470 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 98 10 -9.6 1.4 64 30 23774 60 18 -15.6 -9.0 | 95 22 -21.8 1.8 65 30 23840 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 109 15 -14.4 5.0 66 28 24384 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 113 17 -15.3 6.6 67 24 25298 50 16 -12.3 -10.3 | 92 18 -18.5 0.5 68 23 25603 70 21 -19.7 -7.2 | 98 26 -25.9 3.6 69 22 25908 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 123 24 -20.0 13.2 70 20 26430 115 7 -6.3 3.0 | 138 19 -12.5 13.7 71 20 26518 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 119 18 -16.1 9.0 72 18 27127 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 141 23 -14.6 17.9 73 17 27432 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 169 16 -3.2 16.0 74 16 27737 150 1 -0.5 0.9 | 150 13 -6.7 11.7 75 16 28042 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 211 4 2.2 3.7 76 15 28346 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 150 2 -1.2 2.1 77 14 28651 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 202 10 3.6 9.0 78 14 28956 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 131 3 -2.0 1.7 79 13 29261 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 202 10 3.6 9.0 80 12 29566 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 244 9 8.3 4.0 81 12 29870 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 98 10 -9.6 1.4 82 11 30175 65 1 -0.9 -0.4 | 146 13 -7.1 10.4 83 10 31000 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 183 18 0.9 17.9 84 7 33440 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 258 26 25.3 5.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.1 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 330.1 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.8 neg: -63.0 tot: -16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 37.76 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 207 2 158 14| 4.5 0.0 4.5| 11.9 -4.0 7.9 15.8 0.37| 6.3 2.3 1000 278 4 167 11| 5.3 0.0 5.3| 19.1 -4.0 15.1 15.1 0.45| 6.3 2.8 1500 297 5 170 8| 4.4 0.0 4.4| 20.5 -6.9 13.7 9.1 0.27| 6.1 1.7 2000 312 8 179 5| 3.3 3.1 6.4| 22.0 -11.5 10.5 5.2 0.21| 8.3 1.8 2500 314 12 219 3| 2.6 3.2 5.8| 32.6 -31.4 1.2 0.5 0.11| 9.0 1.0 3000 310 14 245 5| 2.2 2.7 4.9| 46.8 -63.0 -16.2 -5.4 0.00| 9.5 0.0 4000 307 16 260 7| 1.7 1.9 3.6| 54.6 -75.6 -21.0 -5.2 -0.03| 8.1 -0.2 5000 305 17 260 8| 1.5 2.0 3.5| 62.1 -97.3 -35.3 -7.1 -0.08| 8.3 -0.6 6000 300 17 253 9| 1.2 1.8 3.1| 70.1-112.4 -42.3 -7.0 -0.09| 7.5 -0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250428.12.gif