UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 30 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 1001 146 18.0 12.0 68 6.0 14.3 270 8 291.1 292.6 287.5 316.1 8.83 1 1000 139 17.2 12.2 72 5.0 14.1 255 5 290.4 291.9 287.3 315.7 8.96 2 998 156 15.8 11.9 78 3.9 13.4 256 5 289.1 290.7 286.7 313.9 8.80 3 950 573 12.4 10.9 91 1.5 11.5 264 4 289.8 291.3 286.8 314.2 8.65 4 939 671 12.8 10.3 85 2.5 11.3 286 4 291.1 292.6 287.1 315.0 8.40 5 934 716 14.2 9.2 72 5.0 11.3 302 5 293.0 294.4 287.2 315.5 7.84 6 925 798 15.0 8.0 63 7.0 11.0 330 5 294.6 296.0 287.3 315.7 7.29 7 922 826 15.6 7.6 59 8.0 11.0 329 6 295.5 296.8 287.5 316.2 7.11 8 919 853 16.0 7.0 55 9.0 10.9 328 7 296.2 297.5 287.5 316.2 6.85 9 917 872 15.8 6.8 55 9.0 10.7 327 8 296.2 297.4 287.4 316.0 6.77 10 912 918 16.0 7.0 55 9.0 10.9 325 9 296.9 298.1 287.8 317.0 6.90 11 897 1060 18.8 -3.2 22 22.0 8.0 313 11 301.2 301.8 285.8 311.4 3.36 12 850 1518 14.6 -1.4 33 16.0 6.6 290 12 301.4 302.2 286.6 313.8 4.06 13 802 2005 10.2 -3.8 37 14.0 3.6 301 10 301.8 302.5 286.3 312.8 3.60 14 782 2214 8.4 -5.6 37 14.0 2.1 307 8 302.1 302.7 286.0 311.9 3.22 15 771 2331 7.8 -8.2 31 16.0 1.0 311 7 302.6 303.1 285.7 310.9 2.67 16 753 2525 6.4 -8.6 33 15.0 0.1 327 4 303.2 303.7 285.8 311.4 2.65 17 749 2569 6.0 -5.0 45 11.0 1.0 333 4 303.2 303.9 286.8 314.0 3.52 18 734 2734 4.6 -9.4 35 14.0 -1.2 358 3 303.4 303.9 285.8 311.4 2.55 19 730 2779 4.2 -5.8 48 10.0 -0.2 0 3 303.5 304.1 286.7 313.9 3.40 20 725 2834 3.6 -6.4 48 10.0 -0.8 1 3 303.4 304.0 286.6 313.5 3.26 21 719 2902 3.0 -7.0 48 10.0 -1.3 3 3 303.5 304.1 286.5 313.2 3.14 22 716 2936 2.8 -10.2 38 13.0 -2.4 3 3 303.6 304.1 285.8 311.3 2.46 23 707 3038 1.8 -10.2 41 12.0 -3.0 5 3 303.6 304.1 285.8 311.4 2.49 24 700 3118 1.2 -10.8 40 12.0 -3.5 30 5 303.8 304.3 285.8 311.3 2.39 25 685 3292 0.0 -13.0 37 13.0 -4.8 16 10 304.4 304.7 285.6 310.8 2.05 26 678 3374 0.2 -15.8 29 16.0 -5.3 9 12 305.5 305.8 285.6 310.8 1.64 27 649 3723 -1.5 -22.5 18 21.0 -7.6 356 16 307.4 307.6 285.5 310.6 0.97 28 629 3972 -3.5 -23.5 20 20.0 -9.1 338 18 307.9 308.1 285.7 310.9 0.91 29 615 4150 -4.1 -35.1 7 31.0 -10.6 325 20 309.2 309.2 285.4 310.3 0.31 30 578 4636 -7.3 -40.3 5 33.0 -13.2 332 24 311.0 311.0 285.9 311.7 0.20 31 566 4800 -6.5 -52.5 1 46.0 -13.0 341 26 313.8 313.8 286.7 314.0 0.05 32 541 5152 -7.7 -49.7 2 42.0 -13.9 352 28 316.4 316.5 287.6 316.7 0.08 33 500 5760 -12.5 -43.5 6 31.0 -17.3 355 34 317.8 317.8 288.2 318.4 0.16 34 451 6534 -19.1 -45.1 8 26.0 -22.4 343 38 319.0 319.1 288.6 319.6 0.15 35 435 6801 -21.5 -43.5 12 22.0 -24.2 339 40 319.3 319.3 288.8 320.0 0.19 36 430 6885 -22.3 -38.3 22 16.0 -24.6 337 41 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.5 0.33 37 412 7197 -24.9 -48.9 9 24.0 -27.2 335 38 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.3 0.11 38 400 7410 -26.9 -47.9 12 21.0 -28.9 335 34 320.0 320.1 288.9 320.5 0.13 39 376 7852 -31.1 -50.1 14 19.0 -32.6 334 36 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.6 0.10 40 362 8120 -33.5 -45.5 29 12.0 -34.5 332 37 320.5 320.5 289.1 321.2 0.18 41 355 8256 -34.9 -44.9 35 10.0 -35.7 331 37 320.4 320.4 289.1 321.1 0.20 42 350 8355 -35.3 -50.3 20 15.0 -36.3 330 37 321.1 321.2 289.2 321.6 0.11 43 344 8475 -36.3 -52.3 18 16.0 -37.2 329 38 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.7 0.09 44 300 9410 -43.5 -59.5 15 16.0 -44.0 325 44 324.0 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.04 45 289 9660 -45.5 -62.5 13 17.0 -46.0 327 44 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.8 0.03 46 268 10159 -49.5 -65.5 14 16.0 -49.8 327 44 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.02 47 250 10610 -53.7 -67.7 16 14.0 -53.9 315 43 326.2 326.2 290.6 326.3 0.02 48 249 10636 -53.9 -66.9 19 13.0 -54.1 315 43 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.4 0.02 49 225 11281 -58.5 -70.5 20 12.0 -58.6 305 45 328.9 328.9 291.4 328.9 0.01 50 217 11508 -60.1 -70.1 26 10.0 -60.2 315 45 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.01 51 201 11989 -58.3 -76.3 8 18.0 -58.5 312 48 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.0 0.01 52 200 12020 -58.5 -76.5 8 18.0 -58.7 310 49 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.1 0.01 53 185 12508 -59.1 -77.1 8 18.0 -59.3 315 43 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 54 179 12715 -56.9 -81.9 3 25.0 -57.2 322 40 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.00 55 171 13002 -58.3 -82.3 3 24.0 -58.5 305 39 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.00 56 162 13344 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -56.0 271 41 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 57 150 13830 -57.9 -84.9 2 27.0 -58.2 280 29 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 58 139 14308 -59.5 -85.5 2 26.0 -59.7 285 26 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 59 134 14537 -59.1 -86.1 2 27.0 -59.3 285 33 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 60 100 16350 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.0 -64.3 270 24 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 61 89 17069 -61.7 -87.7 2 26.0 -62.0 275 26 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 62 82 17576 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -63.0 283 17 430.3 430.3 308.9 430.3 0.00 63 71 18471 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.5 230 13 454.0 454.0 311.2 454.0 0.00 64 70 18560 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.6 225 13 457.9 457.9 311.6 458.0 0.00 65 68 18741 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.9 228 15 458.7 458.7 311.7 458.8 0.00 66 66 18927 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.0 233 16 464.9 464.9 312.2 464.9 0.00 67 56 19947 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.5 355 7 481.3 481.3 313.5 481.3 0.00 68 50 20650 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.5 340 4 502.3 502.3 315.1 502.3 0.00 69 45 21308 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.8 52 9 519.6 519.6 316.3 519.7 0.00 70 41 21890 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.4 123 10 532.2 532.2 317.1 532.2 0.00 71 33 23256 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.4 290 3 575.8 575.8 319.5 575.8 0.01 72 30 23860 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.5 65 10 588.4 588.4 320.0 588.5 0.01 73 22 25857 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.2 6 1 660.9 660.9 323.1 661.0 0.01 74 20 26480 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.0 310 4 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.1 0.02 75 19 26814 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.1 278 9 691.0 691.1 324.1 691.2 0.02 76 17 27543 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -52.1 236 9 724.3 724.3 325.2 724.5 0.02 77 15 28370 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -52.4 237 18 751.4 751.4 326.0 751.6 0.03 78 15 28370 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -52.4 237 18 751.4 751.4 326.0 751.6 0.03 79 13 29325 -43.3 -81.3 1 38.0 -50.7 240 21 795.9 795.9 327.1 796.3 0.04 80 12 29864 -42.9 -80.9 1 38.0 -50.8 266 26 815.7 815.8 327.6 816.2 0.05 81 10 31100 -40.1 -80.1 1 40.0 -50.3 270 28 869.9 869.9 328.8 870.5 0.07 82 9.4 31524 -40.1 -80.1 1 40.0 -50.6 270 28 885.4 885.4 329.1 886.1 0.07 83 8.9 31898 -40.5 -80.5 1 40.0 -51.1 270 28 897.8 897.8 329.4 898.5 0.07 84 7.9 32712 -40.3 -81.3 0 41.0 -51.5 270 29 929.7 929.8 330.0 930.5 0.07 85 7.6 32979 -37.1 -79.1 0 42.0 -50.4 270 29 953.0 953.1 330.4 954.1 0.10 86 7.1 33451 -36.1 -79.1 0 43.0 -50.4 270 29 975.8 975.9 330.8 977.1 0.11 87 7.0 33550 -36.1 -79.1 0 43.0 -50.5 270 29 979.8 979.9 330.9 981.1 0.11 88 6.9 33650 -36.1 -79.1 0 43.0 -50.6 983.9 983.9 330.9 985.1 0.11 TRP 217 11508 -60.1 -70.1 26 10.0 -60.2 315 45 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.00 m Freezing level: 674.59 mb = 3415.26 m = 11204.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.97 mb = 2645.86 m = 8680.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.49 mb = 885.67 m = 2905.71 ft T: 15.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 5.61 C Layer 897.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.25 mb = 2544.28 m = 8347.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Cap Strength: 8.91 C Lifted Index: 6.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.06 C Showalter Index: 7.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 11.10 C K Index: 13.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 58.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58006.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.01 mb = 1203.26 m = 3947.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 8 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 1001 146 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 219 15 9.7 11.9 1 1000 139 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 206 15 6.5 13.2 2 981 305 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 210 15 7.6 12.9 3 946 610 265 4 4.0 0.3 | 205 13 5.7 12.2 4 925 798 330 5 2.5 -4.3 | 209 9 4.2 7.6 5 912 914 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 237 8 6.8 4.5 6 880 1219 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 247 14 12.9 5.4 7 850 1518 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 239 15 12.9 7.8 8 849 1524 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 234 18 14.6 10.7 9 819 1829 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 238 14 11.6 7.2 10 789 2134 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 233 11 9.0 6.7 11 760 2438 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 212 10 5.2 8.3 12 733 2743 360 3 -0.0 -3.0 | 191 9 1.7 8.9 13 706 3048 5 3 -0.3 -3.0 | 189 9 1.4 8.9 14 700 3118 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 174 8 -0.8 7.6 15 679 3353 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 99 0 -0.4 0.1 16 654 3658 360 16 -0.0 -16.0 | 338 4 1.7 -4.1 17 605 4267 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 280 17 16.5 -3.0 18 560 4877 345 27 7.0 -26.1 | 329 17 8.7 -14.2 19 518 5486 360 30 -0.0 -30.0 | 355 18 1.7 -18.1 20 500 5760 355 34 3.0 -33.9 | 348 22 4.6 -22.0 21 478 6096 350 35 6.1 -34.5 | 341 24 7.7 -22.6 22 422 7010 335 42 17.7 -38.1 | 323 33 19.4 -26.2 23 400 7410 335 34 14.4 -30.8 | 320 25 16.0 -18.9 24 388 7620 335 35 14.8 -31.7 | 320 26 16.5 -19.8 25 312 9144 325 40 22.9 -32.8 | 310 32 24.6 -20.9 26 300 9410 325 44 25.2 -36.0 | 312 36 26.9 -24.2 27 272 10058 330 44 22.0 -38.1 | 318 35 23.7 -26.2 28 250 10610 315 43 30.4 -30.4 | 300 37 32.1 -18.5 29 225 11278 305 45 36.9 -25.8 | 290 41 38.5 -13.9 30 217 11508 315 45 31.8 -31.8 | 301 39 33.5 -19.9 31 204 11887 320 44 28.3 -33.7 | 306 37 30.0 -21.8 32 200 12020 310 49 37.5 -31.5 | 297 44 39.2 -19.6 33 195 12192 305 49 40.1 -28.1 | 291 45 41.8 -16.2 34 177 12802 325 38 21.8 -31.1 | 309 30 23.5 -19.2 35 160 13411 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 250 45 42.5 15.5 36 153 13716 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 260 36 35.2 6.0 37 150 13830 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 257 31 30.2 6.8 38 139 14326 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 259 27 26.8 5.2 39 132 14630 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 266 37 36.4 2.6 40 126 14935 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 270 22 22.5 -0.1 41 120 15240 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 239 26 22.6 13.7 42 108 15850 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 270 22 22.5 -0.1 43 103 16154 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 244 27 24.7 11.9 44 100 16350 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 245 28 25.7 11.9 45 98 16459 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 245 28 25.7 11.9 46 94 16764 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 259 27 26.8 5.2 47 89 17069 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 251 29 27.6 9.6 48 81 17678 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 244 18 16.2 8.0 49 77 17983 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 223 21 14.2 15.2 50 73 18288 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 216 23 13.8 18.9 51 70 18560 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 207 24 10.9 21.1 52 66 18898 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 212 26 13.9 22.2 53 60 19507 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 249 20 19.1 7.2 54 57 19812 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 251 3 2.6 0.9 55 54 20117 355 1 0.1 -1.0 | 189 11 1.8 10.9 56 50 20650 340 4 1.4 -3.8 | 201 9 3.0 8.1 57 45 21336 55 9 -7.4 -5.2 | 140 9 -5.7 6.7 58 43 21641 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 147 19 -10.5 16.3 59 41 21946 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 160 19 -6.5 17.6 60 39 22250 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 200 21 7.4 20.1 61 32 23470 305 2 1.6 -1.1 | 197 11 3.3 10.7 62 30 23774 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 115 13 -11.9 5.5 63 30 23860 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 136 11 -7.4 7.7 64 28 24384 75 7 -6.8 -1.8 | 153 11 -5.1 10.1 65 25 24994 125 16 -13.1 9.2 | 151 24 -11.4 21.1 66 22 25908 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 188 12 1.7 11.9 67 21 26213 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 227 16 11.6 11.0 68 20 26480 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 207 10 4.7 9.3 69 20 26518 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 238 12 9.9 6.1 70 17 27432 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 200 17 5.9 16.1 71 17 27737 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 220 21 13.9 16.3 72 16 28042 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 197 25 7.2 23.7 73 15 28346 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 219 26 16.4 20.4 74 14 28651 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 211 30 15.8 26.0 75 14 28956 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 226 31 22.5 21.6 76 13 29261 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 214 30 17.0 24.7 77 13 29566 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 242 30 26.6 14.1 78 10 31100 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 248 32 29.7 11.9 79 7 33550 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 249 33 30.7 11.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.0 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 8.0 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -44.8 tot: -20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.33 Bulk Shear: 32.41 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 261 5 208 14| 2.0 0.0 2.0| 4.2 -3.4 0.9 1.7 0.06| 3.4 0.2 1000 294 6 219 12| 5.0 0.0 5.0| 19.6 -3.4 16.3 16.3 0.43| 7.9 3.4 1500 293 9 228 13| 3.3 1.7 5.0| 22.1 -17.6 4.5 3.0 0.15| 8.2 1.3 2000 294 9 230 13| 2.8 1.2 4.0| 24.3 -21.2 3.1 1.5 0.10| 7.6 0.8 2500 297 8 228 12| 2.3 1.0 3.3| 24.3 -36.9 -12.7 -5.1 -0.08| 7.4 -0.6 3000 301 8 225 11| 2.5 0.8 3.3| 24.3 -44.8 -20.6 -6.9 -0.17| 7.0 -1.2 4000 322 9 239 9| 1.9 2.3 4.2| 24.3 -63.9 -39.7 -9.9 -0.30| 8.3 -2.5 5000 328 13 262 8| 2.9 1.8 4.8| 98.1 -70.6 27.5 5.5 -0.05| 8.7 -0.4 6000 338 16 291 8| 2.9 2.0 4.9|116.6-101.0 15.6 2.6 -0.05| 8.3 -0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250430.00.gif