UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 APR 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 13.8 11.5 86 2.3 12.4 185 3 286.9 288.4 285.5 310.7 8.54 1 1000 140 13.6 11.8 89 1.8 12.6 215 2 286.8 288.3 285.7 311.0 8.72 2 970 396 11.2 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 197 2 286.8 288.3 285.6 310.8 8.58 3 925 792 9.2 9.2 100 0.0 9.2 245 3 288.7 290.1 285.7 311.0 7.91 4 923 810 9.0 8.9 99 0.1 8.9 258 4 288.7 290.1 285.5 310.6 7.77 5 920 837 10.2 5.7 74 4.5 7.8 277 4 290.2 291.3 284.5 308.0 6.25 6 919 846 10.2 5.2 71 5.0 7.5 283 5 290.3 291.3 284.4 307.5 6.04 7 917 864 10.0 3.0 62 7.0 6.5 296 5 290.3 291.2 283.4 305.1 5.18 8 913 900 10.6 0.6 50 10.0 5.7 321 7 291.2 292.0 283.0 303.9 4.37 9 895 1068 15.0 -8.0 20 23.0 5.1 320 9 297.4 297.9 283.2 304.6 2.33 10 887 1144 16.0 -3.0 27 19.0 6.8 315 10 299.2 299.9 285.2 309.7 3.45 11 881 1201 15.6 -1.4 31 17.0 7.2 311 11 299.4 300.1 285.8 311.2 3.91 12 875 1259 15.6 -7.4 20 23.0 5.4 311 11 300.0 300.4 284.4 307.7 2.50 13 871 1298 15.4 -2.6 29 18.0 6.6 313 11 300.2 300.8 285.7 311.2 3.62 14 861 1396 14.8 -2.2 31 17.0 6.5 316 12 300.5 301.2 286.0 312.0 3.77 15 850 1504 13.8 -3.2 31 17.0 5.6 320 12 300.6 301.3 285.8 311.4 3.55 16 807 1938 10.2 -2.8 40 13.0 3.9 320 11 301.3 302.0 286.4 313.0 3.85 17 772 2305 7.8 -8.2 31 16.0 1.0 282 5 302.5 303.0 285.6 310.8 2.67 18 754 2500 7.0 -6.0 39 13.0 1.2 233 3 303.7 304.3 286.6 313.7 3.24 19 700 3104 1.2 -7.8 51 9.0 -2.6 180 5 303.8 304.4 286.5 313.2 3.03 20 696 3150 0.8 -10.2 44 11.0 -3.6 193 6 303.9 304.3 285.9 311.8 2.53 21 693 3185 1.0 -12.0 37 13.0 -3.9 202 7 304.5 304.9 285.8 311.4 2.20 22 690 3219 1.6 -19.4 19 21.0 -5.1 212 7 305.5 305.7 285.1 309.4 1.19 23 688 3243 1.6 -21.4 16 23.0 -5.4 218 8 305.8 306.0 284.9 309.1 1.00 24 664 3528 0.4 -27.6 10 28.0 -7.0 280 11 307.5 307.6 285.1 309.6 0.60 25 651 3686 1.2 -38.8 3 40.0 -7.3 305 12 310.2 310.2 285.7 310.9 0.20 26 516 5509 -11.5 -30.5 19 19.0 -15.7 286 24 316.2 316.3 288.2 318.2 0.58 27 508 5629 -12.3 -36.3 12 24.0 -16.7 286 24 316.6 316.7 288.1 317.8 0.34 28 502 5720 -12.9 -34.9 14 22.0 -17.1 285 25 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.4 0.39 29 500 5750 -13.1 -33.1 17 20.0 -17.1 285 25 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.7 0.47 30 493 5858 -13.9 -30.9 22 17.0 -17.5 286 26 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.5 0.59 31 477 6108 -15.9 -45.9 6 30.0 -19.9 270 28 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.4 0.13 32 467 6267 -17.3 -47.3 5 30.0 -21.0 271 30 318.1 318.1 288.3 318.5 0.11 33 452 6512 -19.1 -50.1 5 31.0 -22.5 272 33 318.8 318.8 288.5 319.2 0.09 34 400 7410 -26.5 -54.5 5 28.0 -28.7 270 35 320.5 320.6 289.0 320.8 0.06 35 399 7428 -26.7 -54.7 5 28.0 -28.9 270 35 320.5 320.5 289.0 320.7 0.06 36 396 7482 -27.1 -50.1 9 23.0 -29.1 270 35 320.7 320.7 289.0 321.1 0.10 37 392 7555 -27.7 -38.7 34 11.0 -29.1 270 34 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.1 0.34 38 385 7684 -28.9 -37.9 42 9.0 -30.0 271 34 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.3 0.38 39 376 7852 -30.3 -43.3 27 13.0 -31.6 273 33 321.2 321.3 289.4 322.1 0.22 40 370 7966 -31.3 -44.3 27 13.0 -32.5 274 33 321.4 321.4 289.4 322.2 0.20 41 332 8721 -37.9 -49.9 27 12.0 -38.7 284 30 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.9 0.12 42 300 9410 -42.7 -59.7 14 17.0 -43.3 295 24 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.3 0.04 43 282 9827 -45.7 -61.7 15 16.0 -46.2 288 25 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.03 44 266 10214 -49.3 -60.3 27 11.0 -49.6 287 27 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.04 45 256 10466 -51.1 -63.1 23 12.0 -51.4 286 27 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.0 0.03 46 250 10620 -52.5 -62.5 29 10.0 -52.7 285 28 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.03 47 245 10749 -53.7 -62.7 32 9.0 -53.9 284 29 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.03 48 235 11014 -55.9 -65.9 28 10.0 -56.1 282 30 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.02 49 227 11233 -57.5 -65.5 35 8.0 -57.6 280 30 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.7 0.03 50 223 11344 -58.3 -66.3 35 8.0 -58.4 279 31 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.02 51 216 11543 -59.7 -66.7 40 7.0 -59.8 278 32 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.02 52 215 11572 -59.7 -66.7 40 7.0 -59.8 277 32 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.02 53 212 11659 -60.3 -68.3 34 8.0 -60.4 277 32 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.02 54 205 11867 -61.3 -67.3 45 6.0 -61.4 275 33 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.02 55 201 11989 -60.7 -69.7 30 9.0 -60.8 271 37 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.2 0.02 56 200 12020 -60.9 -69.9 30 9.0 -61.0 270 38 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.02 57 150 13820 -58.7 -84.7 2 26.0 -58.9 285 33 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 58 100 16350 -62.3 -87.3 2 25.0 -62.5 275 21 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 59 91 16932 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.5 281 19 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 60 75 18123 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.0 267 19 441.4 441.5 310.0 441.5 0.00 61 70 18550 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 275 15 452.4 452.4 311.1 452.4 0.00 62 64 19107 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.4 269 13 468.1 468.1 312.5 468.1 0.00 63 59 19613 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.9 234 13 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 64 50 20640 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.2 50 4 500.4 500.4 315.0 500.5 0.00 65 46 21160 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.8 272 4 516.4 516.4 316.1 516.4 0.00 66 41 21877 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.9 69 16 528.2 528.2 316.8 528.2 0.00 67 37 22518 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -58.9 198 11 552.6 552.6 318.2 552.7 0.00 68 32 23439 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.6 27 2 583.6 583.6 319.8 583.6 0.01 69 32 23439 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.4 27 2 584.1 584.1 319.9 584.1 0.01 70 30 23850 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.2 45 3 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 71 28 24292 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.8 16 2 609.6 609.6 321.0 609.7 0.01 72 20 26470 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.0 310 11 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.1 0.02 73 18 27158 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -53.7 287 12 704.3 704.3 324.6 704.5 0.02 74 17 27531 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -54.1 306 11 714.7 714.7 324.9 714.8 0.02 75 16 27929 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -53.1 305 10 733.0 733.1 325.4 733.2 0.02 76 15 28353 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -53.8 289 7 744.0 744.0 325.8 744.2 0.02 77 13 29295 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -53.0 229 6 782.0 782.1 326.8 782.3 0.03 78 13 29295 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -53.5 229 6 779.3 779.3 326.7 779.5 0.03 79 10 31050 -41.5 -81.5 1 40.0 -51.0 285 17 864.6 864.7 328.7 865.1 0.05 80 9.0 31766 -40.5 -80.5 1 40.0 -51.0 894.9 895.0 329.3 895.6 0.07 81 8.9 31843 -40.7 -80.7 1 40.0 -51.1 897.0 897.1 329.4 897.7 0.07 TRP 205 11867 -61.3 -67.3 45 6.0 -61.4 275 33 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.00 m Freezing level: 638.24 mb = 3858.56 m = 12659.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 736.84 mb = 2686.82 m = 8814.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.59 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.09 mb = 421.05 m = 1381.37 ft T: 11.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 7.07 C Layer 923.0- 895.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.07 mb = 2695.33 m = 8842.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 9.40 C Lifted Index: 9.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.52 C Showalter Index: 8.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 9.90 C K Index: 14.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 49.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48920.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.27 mb = 852.55 m = 2797.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 318 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 1001 146 185 3 0.3 3.0 | 149 12 -6.2 10.3 1 1000 140 215 2 1.1 1.6 | 149 10 -5.4 9.0 2 980 305 225 2 1.4 1.4 | 150 10 -5.1 8.8 3 945 610 130 3 -2.3 1.9 | 137 13 -8.8 9.3 4 925 792 245 3 2.7 1.3 | 156 9 -3.8 8.6 5 912 914 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 113 3 -3.0 1.3 6 879 1219 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 262 2 1.9 0.3 7 850 1504 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 327 2 1.2 -1.8 8 848 1524 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 327 2 1.2 -1.8 9 817 1829 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 325 3 1.9 -2.6 10 787 2134 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 135 3 -2.0 2.0 11 759 2438 250 3 2.8 1.0 | 156 9 -3.7 8.4 12 731 2743 150 5 -2.5 4.3 | 142 15 -9.0 11.7 13 700 3104 180 5 0.0 5.0 | 152 14 -6.5 12.3 14 678 3353 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 195 11 2.9 10.8 15 652 3658 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 262 3 3.3 0.5 16 628 3962 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 290 9 8.2 -3.0 17 604 4267 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 249 12 11.2 4.2 18 581 4572 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 249 12 11.2 4.2 19 559 4877 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 269 13 13.2 0.2 20 500 5750 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 267 18 17.6 0.9 21 497 5791 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 274 17 17.0 -1.2 22 477 6096 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 251 23 21.5 7.3 23 405 7315 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 264 36 35.3 3.7 24 400 7410 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 256 29 28.5 7.3 25 388 7620 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 255 28 27.5 7.3 26 312 9144 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 276 20 19.8 -2.2 27 300 9410 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 280 16 15.3 -2.8 28 298 9449 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 273 16 16.1 -0.9 29 250 10620 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 270 21 20.5 0.1 30 205 11867 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 260 27 26.4 4.5 31 200 12020 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 257 32 31.5 7.3 32 195 12192 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 256 30 29.5 7.3 33 185 12497 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 277 39 38.9 -4.8 34 150 13820 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 273 25 25.4 -1.2 35 125 14935 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 276 20 19.8 -2.2 36 119 15240 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 259 24 23.4 4.7 37 108 15850 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 251 23 21.5 7.3 38 103 16154 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 278 14 13.4 -2.0 39 100 16350 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 249 15 14.4 5.5 40 98 16459 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 249 15 14.4 5.5 41 94 16764 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 277 13 12.5 -1.5 42 89 17069 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 235 13 10.5 7.3 43 81 17678 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 231 8 6.3 5.1 44 77 17983 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 236 16 13.4 9.1 45 73 18288 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 237 14 11.5 7.3 46 70 18550 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 234 10 8.4 6.0 47 70 18593 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 221 11 7.4 8.6 48 66 18898 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 243 5 4.4 2.3 49 60 19507 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 189 19 3.1 18.8 50 57 19812 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 200 10 3.3 9.1 51 52 20422 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 226 2 1.7 1.6 52 50 20640 50 4 -3.1 -2.6 | 117 11 -9.6 4.8 53 49 20726 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 83 12 -11.5 -1.3 54 45 21336 225 2 1.4 1.4 | 150 10 -5.1 8.8 55 43 21641 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 81 11 -10.7 -1.7 56 41 21946 80 18 -17.7 -3.1 | 100 25 -24.2 4.2 57 39 22250 115 14 -12.7 5.9 | 125 23 -19.2 13.3 58 37 22555 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 174 17 -1.9 17.3 59 35 22860 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 138 10 -6.5 7.3 60 30 23850 45 3 -2.1 -2.1 | 121 10 -8.6 5.2 61 28 24384 10 2 -0.3 -2.0 | 128 9 -6.8 5.4 62 26 24689 360 13 -0.0 -13.0 | 49 9 -6.5 -5.7 63 25 24994 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 78 10 -9.9 -2.1 64 20 26470 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 262 2 1.9 0.3 65 19 26822 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 262 3 3.3 0.5 66 18 27127 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 230 7 5.1 4.2 67 17 27432 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 239 4 3.0 1.8 68 17 27737 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 244 1 0.6 0.3 69 16 28042 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 223 3 2.2 2.3 70 14 28956 270 1 1.0 -0.0 | 143 9 -5.5 7.3 71 13 29566 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 170 17 -3.1 16.7 72 11 30175 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 213 18 9.8 15.0 73 10 31050 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 253 10 9.9 2.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -23.6 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 25.95 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 180 2 146 12| 0.0 2.8 2.8| 0.8 -5.6 -4.7 -9.4 -0.43| 3.7 -1.6 1000 294 4 155 6| 6.6 1.4 8.1| 12.0 -9.3 2.7 2.7 0.03| 10.6 0.3 1500 311 7 154 3| 5.3 0.9 6.2| 13.1 -9.4 3.7 2.5 0.12| 8.3 1.0 2000 315 8 153 2| 3.9 2.1 6.0| 13.6 -9.4 4.2 2.1 0.21| 8.1 1.7 2500 311 7 157 3| 3.2 3.7 6.9| 15.4 -15.4 -0.0 -0.0 0.14| 8.8 1.2 3000 305 7 164 4| 2.6 3.1 5.7| 30.0 -23.6 6.4 2.1 0.15| 8.5 1.3 4000 297 8 194 4| 3.9 2.0 5.9| 75.2 -34.3 41.0 10.2 0.27| 10.2 2.8 5000 292 11 224 5| 3.5 1.8 5.3| 89.7 -42.7 47.0 9.4 0.26| 9.1 2.4 6000 288 13 242 7| 2.9 2.1 5.1| 93.2 -78.2 15.0 2.5 0.17| 8.6 1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250430.12.gif