UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025051900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 MAY 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 19 MAY 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 118 255 3 SFC 998 146 18.4 11.4 64 7.0 14.1 255 3 291.7 293.2 287.4 315.9 8.51 2 995 171 17.0 11.0 68 6.0 13.4 259 4 290.6 292.0 286.8 314.1 8.30 3 986 247 17.0 11.0 68 6.0 13.4 271 7 291.3 292.8 287.1 315.1 8.38 4 925 777 10.8 10.2 96 0.6 10.4 280 6 290.4 291.9 286.9 314.3 8.47 5 917 850 10.2 10.2 100 0.0 10.2 272 5 290.5 292.0 286.9 314.6 8.55 6 916 859 10.0 10.0 100 0.0 10.0 271 5 290.3 291.8 286.8 314.2 8.44 7 868 1306 7.6 7.6 100 0.0 7.6 23 9 292.4 293.7 286.8 314.0 7.56 8 866 1325 7.4 6.9 97 0.5 7.1 17 10 292.3 293.6 286.4 313.0 7.22 9 863 1353 9.0 2.0 61 7.0 5.5 9 10 294.3 295.2 285.0 309.3 5.12 10 861 1373 11.6 -1.4 40 13.0 5.3 3 10 297.2 297.9 285.0 309.2 4.01 11 860 1382 12.4 -2.6 35 15.0 5.2 360 11 298.1 298.8 285.0 309.2 3.67 12 857 1412 13.2 -2.8 33 16.0 5.5 351 11 299.3 299.9 285.4 310.2 3.63 13 850 1481 12.8 -3.2 33 16.0 5.2 330 12 299.6 300.2 285.4 310.3 3.55 14 838 1600 12.0 -4.0 32 16.0 4.5 339 11 299.9 300.6 285.4 310.2 3.39 15 796 2028 9.6 -11.4 21 21.0 1.2 346 11 301.8 302.2 284.6 308.1 2.01 16 787 2123 10.0 -17.0 13 27.0 0.3 336 11 303.2 303.5 284.3 307.4 1.28 17 776 2239 9.2 -19.8 11 29.0 -0.6 335 13 303.6 303.8 284.1 306.9 1.02 18 770 2304 9.4 -25.6 6 35.0 -1.1 335 14 304.5 304.6 284.0 306.6 0.62 19 755 2466 8.6 -34.4 3 43.0 -2.2 333 17 305.3 305.4 283.9 306.3 0.27 20 721 2846 7.6 -14.4 19 22.0 -0.9 312 19 308.3 308.6 286.7 313.9 1.74 21 700 3089 6.0 -12.0 26 18.0 -1.3 320 19 309.1 309.5 287.5 316.1 2.17 22 677 3361 4.0 -11.0 33 15.0 -2.1 335 22 309.9 310.3 288.0 317.7 2.44 23 655 3629 2.8 -19.2 18 22.0 -4.6 326 27 311.4 311.7 287.3 315.7 1.28 24 644 3765 1.6 -18.4 21 20.0 -5.2 325 30 311.6 311.9 287.5 316.2 1.39 25 616 4122 -0.7 -32.7 7 32.0 -8.4 325 35 312.9 313.0 286.9 314.3 0.40 26 606 4252 0.4 -47.6 1 48.0 -8.4 325 38 315.7 315.7 287.4 316.0 0.09 27 582 4576 0.2 315 42 319.1 28 500 5770 -9.7 -50.7 2 41.0 -15.6 315 36 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.5 0.07 29 484 6020 -11.5 -50.5 2 39.0 -16.9 319 40 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.08 30 458 6440 -14.9 -38.9 11 24.0 -19.0 320 44 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.29 31 419 7107 -19.3 -43.3 10 24.0 -22.7 320 51 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.20 32 400 7450 -22.3 -43.3 13 21.0 -25.1 320 55 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.21 33 381 7806 -25.1 -44.1 15 19.0 -27.3 322 58 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.20 34 353 8357 -28.3 -48.3 13 20.0 -30.2 328 65 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 35 317 9118 -34.9 -50.9 18 16.0 -36.1 325 67 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.11 36 309 9296 -36.3 -55.3 12 19.0 -37.4 327 66 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.07 37 300 9500 -38.1 -53.1 19 15.0 -39.0 330 64 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.09 38 256 10565 -47.7 -56.7 35 9.0 -48.0 330 68 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.07 39 250 10720 -48.9 -57.9 34 9.0 -49.2 330 69 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 40 234 11151 -52.5 -59.5 43 7.0 -52.7 330 73 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 41 226 11375 -54.3 -62.3 37 8.0 -54.5 330 75 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.04 42 213 11753 -56.4 -66.1 28 9.7 -56.5 330 78 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.02 43 211 11812 -56.7 -66.7 27 10.0 -56.9 330 78 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.02 44 200 12150 -58.9 -68.9 26 10.0 -59.0 325 72 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 45 198 12213 -59.1 -69.1 26 10.0 -59.2 325 71 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.2 0.02 46 195 12309 -59.3 -71.3 20 12.0 -59.5 324 72 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.01 47 189 12504 -59.3 -73.3 15 14.0 -59.5 323 74 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.4 0.01 48 180 12811 -57.7 -76.7 7 19.0 -57.9 320 77 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 49 177 12918 -55.5 -77.5 5 22.0 -55.8 321 73 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 50 164 13400 -58.3 -81.3 4 23.0 -58.5 325 55 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 51 150 13960 -59.7 -83.7 3 24.0 -59.9 310 52 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 52 133 14708 -62.1 -85.1 3 23.0 -62.3 306 49 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 53 131 14802 -62.1 -85.1 3 23.0 -62.3 306 48 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 54 121 15289 -65.1 -86.1 4 21.0 -65.2 290 42 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 55 119 15391 -64.3 -86.3 3 22.0 -64.4 289 43 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 56 100 16450 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.4 280 33 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 57 98 16572 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 283 32 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 58 89 17156 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.5 306 33 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 59 84 17507 -66.5 -87.5 4 21.0 -66.7 302 22 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 60 73 18362 -63.9 -87.9 2 24.0 -64.1 276 23 442.3 442.3 310.1 442.3 0.00 61 72 18446 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.0 -64.3 277 21 443.7 443.7 310.3 443.7 0.00 62 70 18620 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.4 280 18 453.7 453.7 311.2 453.7 0.00 63 69 18710 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.3 283 20 456.0 456.0 311.4 456.0 0.00 64 65 19083 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -60.7 278 19 465.1 465.1 312.2 465.2 0.00 65 56 20008 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.8 303 15 478.1 478.1 313.3 478.1 0.00 66 52 20465 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 326 10 491.1 491.1 314.3 491.1 0.00 67 51 20586 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.7 328 11 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 68 50 20710 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.1 330 12 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 69 49 20836 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.4 266 10 508.1 508.1 315.5 508.1 0.00 70 46 21231 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.3 45 5 512.5 512.5 315.8 512.5 0.00 71 43 21652 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -58.7 78 6 529.4 529.4 316.9 529.4 0.00 72 41 21952 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.3 85 9 535.1 535.2 317.2 535.2 0.00 73 37 22598 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.5 83 12 553.7 553.7 318.3 553.7 0.01 74 35 22950 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -56.6 27 4 568.3 568.3 319.0 568.3 0.01 75 34 23134 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -57.3 78 10 570.9 570.9 319.2 570.9 0.01 76 30 23930 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -57.0 90 8 593.3 593.3 320.3 593.4 0.01 77 26 24844 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.2 102 6 618.1 618.1 321.4 618.2 0.01 78 25 25097 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -53.8 109 5 637.7 637.7 322.2 637.8 0.01 79 23 25644 -48.1 -82.1 1 34.0 -51.8 123 3 661.9 662.0 323.2 662.1 0.02 80 20 26570 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -51.1 60 7 693.8 693.9 324.3 694.1 0.03 81 12 29989 -43.5 -80.5 1 37.0 -51.2 177 12 813.6 813.6 327.6 814.1 0.05 82 11 30574 -44.3 -80.3 1 36.0 -52.0 242 12 831.2 831.2 328.0 831.8 0.06 83 10 31220 -39.5 -78.5 1 39.0 -50.0 260 15 872.1 872.1 328.9 873.0 0.08 84 9.8 31358 -39.1 -78.1 1 39.0 -50.0 878.7 878.7 329.0 879.6 0.09 85 9.3 31717 -39.7 -78.7 1 39.0 -50.5 889.6 889.7 329.2 890.6 0.09 TRP 198 12213 -59.1 -69.1 26 10.0 -59.2 325 71 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.2 0.02 WND 213 11753 -56.4 -66.1 28 9.7 -56.5 330 78 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.00 m Freezing level: 624.52 mb = 4013.19 m = 13166.46 ft Freezing level: 609.64 mb = 4204.89 m = 13795.40 ft Freezing level: 580.34 mb = 4600.25 m = 15092.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 783.09 mb = 2163.93 m = 7099.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.73 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.27 mb = 1011.68 m = 3319.13 ft T: 9.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 5.49 C Layer 916.0- 860.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.75 mb = 879.09 m = 2884.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.12 C = 62.82 F Cap Strength: 11.37 C Lifted Index: 9.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.91 C Showalter Index: 12.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 6.50 C K Index: 1.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.06 mb = 921.82 m = 3024.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.06 mb = 967.62 m = 3174.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 864.06 mb = 1343.21 m = 4406.82 ft B at Equ Level: -4.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 864.06 mb = 1343.21 m = 4406.82 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 350 at 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 255 3 2.9 0.8 | 180 18 0.1 17.7 1 979 305 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 201 16 6.0 15.3 2 944 610 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 201 17 6.1 16.1 3 925 777 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 191 16 3.1 15.9 4 910 914 265 4 4.0 0.3 | 184 17 1.1 17.3 5 877 1219 50 8 -6.1 -5.1 | 143 15 -9.0 11.8 6 850 1481 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 206 7 3.2 6.5 7 846 1524 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 200 8 2.7 7.4 8 815 1829 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 147 7 -3.8 5.9 9 786 2134 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 195 7 1.8 6.9 10 757 2438 335 17 7.2 -15.4 | 251 5 4.3 1.5 11 730 2743 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 256 12 11.3 2.8 12 703 3048 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 241 14 11.9 6.6 13 700 3089 320 19 12.2 -14.6 | 256 10 9.4 2.3 14 677 3353 335 22 9.3 -19.9 | 295 7 6.5 -3.0 15 652 3658 325 28 16.1 -22.9 | 295 15 13.2 -6.0 16 604 4267 325 38 21.8 -31.1 | 307 24 19.0 -14.2 17 581 4572 315 42 29.7 -29.7 | 295 30 26.9 -12.8 18 559 4877 310 36 27.6 -23.1 | 284 26 24.7 -6.2 19 518 5486 320 31 19.9 -23.7 | 292 18 17.1 -6.8 20 500 5770 315 36 25.5 -25.5 | 291 24 22.6 -8.6 21 479 6096 320 41 26.4 -31.4 | 302 28 23.5 -14.5 22 400 7450 320 55 35.4 -42.1 | 308 41 32.5 -25.2 23 391 7620 320 55 35.4 -42.1 | 308 41 32.5 -25.2 24 344 8534 330 68 34.0 -58.9 | 323 52 31.2 -42.0 25 315 9144 325 67 38.4 -54.9 | 317 52 35.6 -38.0 26 300 9500 330 64 32.0 -55.4 | 323 48 29.2 -38.5 27 250 10720 330 69 34.5 -59.8 | 324 53 31.7 -42.9 28 213 11753 330 78 39.0 -67.5 | 324 62 36.2 -50.6 29 209 11887 330 78 39.0 -67.5 | 324 62 36.2 -50.6 30 200 12150 325 72 41.3 -59.0 | 318 57 38.5 -42.1 31 198 12213 325 71 40.7 -58.2 | 317 56 37.9 -41.3 32 180 12802 320 77 49.5 -59.0 | 312 63 46.7 -42.1 33 164 13411 325 55 31.5 -45.1 | 314 40 28.7 -28.2 34 156 13716 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 283 32 31.6 -7.2 35 150 13960 310 52 39.8 -33.4 | 294 41 37.0 -16.5 36 149 14021 310 53 40.6 -34.1 | 294 41 37.8 -17.2 37 128 14935 305 47 38.5 -27.0 | 286 37 35.7 -10.1 38 122 15240 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 265 36 35.7 2.9 39 110 15850 285 50 48.3 -12.9 | 265 46 45.5 4.0 40 105 16154 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 270 33 33.4 -0.0 41 100 16450 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 249 32 29.7 11.2 42 100 16459 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 253 29 28.1 8.6 43 95 16764 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 249 32 29.7 11.2 44 90 17069 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 272 28 28.3 -1.1 45 86 17374 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 280 13 13.2 -2.2 46 82 17678 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 227 20 14.9 13.8 47 78 17983 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 240 29 25.0 14.5 48 74 18288 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 235 26 21.1 14.8 49 70 18620 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 227 20 14.9 13.8 50 67 18898 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 244 21 18.8 9.0 51 64 19202 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 218 21 13.2 16.9 52 61 19507 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 205 12 4.8 10.5 53 58 19812 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 213 15 8.4 12.8 54 55 20117 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 235 12 9.4 6.6 55 52 20422 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 198 9 2.9 8.7 56 50 20710 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 206 7 3.2 6.5 57 50 20726 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 187 25 2.9 25.1 58 48 21031 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 164 7 -2.0 6.9 59 45 21336 70 3 -2.8 -1.0 | 160 17 -5.7 15.9 60 37 22555 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 139 26 -16.6 19.3 61 36 22860 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 170 17 -2.8 16.9 62 34 23165 85 11 -11.0 -1.0 | 139 21 -13.8 15.9 63 32 23470 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 127 15 -12.0 9.2 64 30 23930 90 8 -8.0 0.0 | 147 20 -10.8 16.9 65 29 24079 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 128 28 -21.8 16.9 66 28 24384 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 150 20 -9.8 16.9 67 20 26518 145 1 -0.6 0.8 | 169 18 -3.4 17.7 68 20 26570 60 7 -6.1 -3.5 | 146 16 -8.9 13.4 69 18 27127 120 1 -0.9 0.5 | 168 18 -3.7 17.4 70 18 27432 120 5 -4.3 2.5 | 160 21 -7.2 19.4 71 16 28042 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 182 27 0.9 27.2 72 14 28956 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 170 17 -2.8 16.9 73 12 29870 140 13 -8.4 10.0 | 157 29 -11.2 26.9 74 12 30175 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 192 24 4.8 23.3 75 10 31220 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 211 23 11.9 19.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.4 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 350.4 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.5 neg: -70.2 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 42.70 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 276 8 198 17| 5.8 0.0 5.8| 28.9 -3.4 25.6 51.1 0.73| 7.9 5.8 1000 283 7 194 16| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 28.9 -39.9 -10.9 -10.9 -0.21| 11.1 -2.4 1500 310 8 195 12| 3.1 2.1 5.2| 42.8 -52.7 -9.9 -6.6 -0.05| 13.9 -0.7 2000 326 9 192 10| 2.3 1.9 4.2| 51.6 -58.6 -7.0 -3.5 -0.01| 12.8 -0.1 2500 328 10 196 9| 1.8 3.3 5.1| 59.7 -58.6 1.1 0.4 0.09| 12.4 1.1 3000 324 12 208 9| 1.7 2.7 4.4| 71.5 -70.2 1.3 0.4 0.08| 12.4 1.0 4000 325 16 237 7| 2.0 3.1 5.1| 96.6 -71.3 25.3 6.3 0.15| 11.9 1.8 5000 322 20 264 10| 1.3 3.1 4.4|106.3-144.6 -38.3 -7.7 0.05| 11.5 0.5 6000 320 23 274 12| 1.7 2.6 4.3|148.9-146.6 2.4 0.4 0.09| 10.9 1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250519.00.gif