UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025052000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 MAY 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 20 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 120 270 7 SFC 998 146 22.6 13.6 57 9.0 16.8 270 7 295.9 297.7 290.1 324.4 9.85 2 995 172 20.4 12.4 60 8.0 15.4 272 7 294.0 295.6 288.8 320.1 9.12 3 992 198 21.0 13.0 60 8.0 16.0 275 7 294.8 296.5 289.4 322.2 9.52 4 977 327 18.4 12.4 68 6.0 14.7 287 8 293.5 295.2 288.8 320.1 9.29 5 974 353 18.6 12.6 68 6.0 14.8 289 8 294.0 295.6 289.0 321.0 9.45 6 973 362 18.0 13.0 73 5.0 14.9 290 8 293.4 295.2 289.1 321.2 9.71 7 954 528 16.4 12.3 77 4.1 13.8 303 9 293.5 295.2 288.9 320.5 9.46 8 951 555 16.2 12.1 77 4.1 13.7 305 9 293.5 295.2 288.8 320.3 9.36 9 950 564 16.4 11.5 73 4.9 13.4 306 9 293.8 295.4 288.6 319.6 9.00 10 949 572 16.4 10.4 68 6.0 12.8 307 9 293.9 295.4 288.1 318.0 8.37 11 948 581 18.0 8.0 52 10.0 12.2 308 9 295.6 296.9 287.5 316.3 7.11 12 947 590 18.2 8.2 52 10.0 12.4 308 9 295.9 297.2 287.7 316.9 7.22 13 940 653 17.8 8.8 56 9.0 12.5 297 9 296.1 297.5 288.2 318.2 7.58 14 934 707 17.6 7.6 52 10.0 11.8 280 10 296.5 297.8 287.8 317.0 7.02 15 927 771 17.8 6.8 48 11.0 11.5 261 10 297.3 298.5 287.8 317.0 6.69 16 926 780 17.8 4.8 42 13.0 10.6 258 10 297.4 298.5 286.9 314.6 5.83 17 925 789 19.8 0.8 28 19.0 9.9 255 10 299.6 300.4 286.3 312.7 4.38 18 924 798 20.6 -0.4 24 21.0 9.7 255 10 300.5 301.2 286.2 312.6 4.02 19 921 826 22.0 -1.0 21 23.0 10.1 254 10 302.2 302.9 286.7 313.9 3.86 20 905 978 22.4 -5.6 15 28.0 8.9 252 10 304.1 304.6 286.3 312.8 2.78 21 850 1518 18.4 -6.6 18 25.0 6.7 300 9 305.4 305.9 286.8 314.0 2.74 22 780 2245 12.2 -8.8 22 21.0 3.0 349 7 306.4 306.8 286.8 314.3 2.52 23 742 2661 9.8 -18.2 12 28.0 -0.3 5 11 308.2 308.4 286.1 312.2 1.23 24 735 2740 9.6 -20.4 10 30.0 -0.7 5 13 308.8 309.0 286.1 312.2 1.03 25 700 3143 8.2 -12.8 21 21.0 -0.3 345 25 311.6 312.0 288.2 318.2 2.04 26 691 3250 8.0 -24.0 8 32.0 -2.3 343 25 312.5 312.6 287.2 315.2 0.79 27 683 3345 7.4 -14.6 19 22.0 -1.2 340 26 312.9 313.2 288.3 318.8 1.80 28 640 3876 3.4 -32.6 5 36.0 -5.8 330 17 314.2 314.3 287.3 315.6 0.39 29 607 4304 1.8 -38.2 3 40.0 -7.3 329 16 317.1 317.2 288.1 318.0 0.23 30 520 5534 -5.5 -49.5 2 44.0 -12.7 321 22 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.0 0.08 31 500 5840 -7.7 -50.7 2 43.0 -14.3 300 23 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.07 32 468 6349 -11.5 -43.5 5 32.0 -16.9 322 30 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.17 33 453 6597 -12.5 -36.5 12 24.0 -17.3 322 31 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.37 34 411 7329 -18.7 -38.7 15 20.0 -22.0 309 32 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.4 0.33 35 400 7530 -19.9 -42.9 11 23.0 -23.2 305 32 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.22 36 389 7736 -21.7 -44.7 11 23.0 -24.7 303 33 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.18 37 340 8711 -30.5 -44.5 24 14.0 -32.0 313 32 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.21 38 339 8732 -30.7 -44.7 24 14.0 -32.1 313 32 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.21 39 300 9590 -36.9 -53.9 16 17.0 -37.9 305 37 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 40 280 10065 -40.5 -58.5 13 18.0 -41.3 315 39 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 41 250 10830 -46.7 -61.7 17 15.0 -47.1 305 38 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.04 42 245 10963 -47.9 -61.9 18 14.0 -48.3 305 39 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.04 43 211 11930 -54.7 -69.7 14 15.0 -54.9 301 43 340.9 340.9 294.6 340.9 0.02 44 200 12270 -56.7 -71.7 13 15.0 -56.9 300 45 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.01 45 172 13211 -62.7 -74.7 18 12.0 -62.8 296 48 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 46 168 13355 -63.1 -74.1 21 11.0 -63.2 296 49 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 47 164 13503 -63.9 -75.9 18 12.0 -64.0 295 49 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 48 150 14050 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.0 -63.2 295 40 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 49 149 14091 -63.1 -82.1 6 19.0 -63.2 295 40 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 50 122 15313 -66.5 -85.5 5 19.0 -66.6 282 26 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 51 119 15465 -65.3 -86.3 4 21.0 -65.4 274 27 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 52 100 16510 -71.3 -88.3 6 17.0 -71.3 290 18 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 53 98 16630 -71.5 -88.5 6 17.0 -71.6 290 18 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 54 93 16942 -67.9 -88.9 3 21.0 -68.0 275 17 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 55 89 17206 -69.5 -88.5 5 19.0 -69.6 256 16 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 56 84 17553 -67.5 -88.5 4 21.0 -67.7 254 16 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 57 78 17998 -69.1 -89.1 4 20.0 -69.2 274 18 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 58 70 18650 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.7 285 20 442.1 442.1 310.1 442.1 0.00 59 64 19197 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.2 310 19 461.5 461.5 311.9 461.5 0.00 60 61 19492 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.8 334 17 466.5 466.5 312.4 466.6 0.00 61 56 20020 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.4 11 12 484.0 484.0 313.8 484.0 0.00 62 52 20477 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 56 9 488.3 488.3 314.1 488.3 0.00 63 51 20597 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.6 68 8 496.7 496.7 314.7 496.7 0.00 64 50 20720 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.4 80 7 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 65 49 20846 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.0 98 5 503.8 503.8 315.2 503.8 0.00 66 46 21238 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 114 5 512.0 512.0 315.8 512.1 0.00 67 43 21659 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.5 129 8 527.4 527.4 316.8 527.4 0.00 68 42 21806 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.6 138 9 528.0 528.0 316.8 528.0 0.00 69 38 22436 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.6 97 10 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.0 0.01 70 37 22605 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.6 56 10 556.2 556.2 318.5 556.3 0.01 71 34 23140 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.2 78 11 568.3 568.3 319.0 568.3 0.01 72 30 23940 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -54.5 85 11 601.5 601.5 320.7 601.6 0.01 73 29 24160 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.1 87 12 609.0 609.0 321.0 609.1 0.01 74 27 24623 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -54.9 92 16 619.4 619.4 321.5 619.4 0.01 75 25 25122 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -54.9 106 12 633.7 633.7 322.0 633.8 0.01 76 20 26580 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -52.4 360 1 687.7 687.7 324.0 687.9 0.02 77 19 26918 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -52.6 305 2 697.9 697.9 324.4 698.0 0.02 78 16 28064 -43.9 -80.9 1 37.0 -50.3 273 3 748.1 748.1 325.9 748.4 0.04 79 15 28499 -42.9 -80.9 1 38.0 -50.0 305 2 765.3 765.3 326.4 765.6 0.04 80 11 30588 -44.3 -81.3 1 37.0 -52.0 331 10 831.2 831.2 328.0 831.7 0.05 81 10 31230 -42.7 -80.7 1 38.0 -51.5 35 4 860.2 860.2 328.6 860.7 0.06 82 8.4 32410 -40.7 -79.7 1 39.0 -51.4 45 7 912.0 912.0 329.7 912.9 0.08 83 7.2 33473 -34.3 -77.3 0 43.0 -49.7 53 10 979.3 979.4 330.9 981.0 0.14 84 7.0 33670 -34.5 -77.5 0 43.0 -49.9 55 10 986.4 986.5 331.0 988.1 0.14 85 6.9 33770 -35.3 -78.3 0 43.0 -50.3 987.2 987.2 331.0 988.6 0.13 86 6.5 34188 -33.5 -77.5 0 44.0 -50.0 1011.8 1011.9 331.4 1013.6 0.15 TRP 164 13503 -63.9 -75.9 18 12.0 -64.0 295 49 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.00 m Freezing level: 585.55 mb = 4607.18 m = 15115.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.16 mb = 2625.50 m = 8613.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.12 C = 89.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.99 mb = 1278.43 m = 4194.27 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 5.57 C Layer 934.0- 921.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 604.79 mb = 4332.94 m = 14215.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.94 C = 111.10 F Cap Strength: 9.89 C Lifted Index: 9.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.65 C Showalter Index: 12.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 1.10 C K Index: -1.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61361.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.47 mb = 2025.76 m = 6646.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 353 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 270 7 7.0 -0.0 | 207 12 5.6 11.0 1 979 305 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 215 11 6.4 9.0 2 945 610 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 227 8 5.5 5.2 3 925 789 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 211 16 8.3 13.6 4 912 914 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 209 17 8.0 14.4 5 880 1219 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 211 15 7.5 12.6 6 850 1518 300 9 7.8 -4.5 | 225 9 6.4 6.5 7 849 1524 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 234 8 6.3 4.6 8 819 1829 325 8 4.6 -6.6 | 216 6 3.2 4.5 9 790 2134 340 7 2.4 -6.6 | 193 5 1.0 4.4 10 761 2438 5 7 -0.6 -7.0 | 154 5 -2.0 4.1 11 734 2743 5 13 -1.1 -13.0 | 52 3 -2.5 -1.9 12 708 3048 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 54 5 -3.8 -2.8 13 700 3143 345 25 6.5 -24.1 | 339 14 5.1 -13.1 14 682 3353 340 26 8.9 -24.4 | 331 15 7.5 -13.4 15 656 3658 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 301 9 7.6 -4.6 16 608 4267 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 293 7 6.6 -2.8 17 586 4572 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 279 12 11.4 -1.7 18 564 4877 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 280 7 7.3 -1.3 19 503 5791 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 299 17 14.7 -8.1 20 500 5840 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 271 19 18.6 -0.5 21 483 6096 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 284 18 17.0 -4.4 22 464 6401 325 31 17.8 -25.4 | 311 22 16.4 -14.4 23 400 7530 305 32 26.2 -18.4 | 286 26 24.9 -7.3 24 395 7620 305 33 27.0 -18.9 | 287 27 25.7 -7.9 25 379 7925 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 281 28 27.2 -5.5 26 333 8839 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 299 24 21.3 -11.6 27 319 9144 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 294 28 25.5 -11.5 28 306 9449 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 291 34 31.4 -11.9 29 300 9590 305 37 30.3 -21.2 | 289 31 29.0 -10.2 30 280 10058 315 39 27.6 -27.6 | 302 31 26.2 -16.6 31 250 10830 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 290 32 29.8 -10.8 32 200 12270 300 45 39.0 -22.5 | 287 39 37.6 -11.5 33 164 13503 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 283 44 43.1 -9.7 34 158 13716 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 283 46 44.9 -10.5 35 150 14050 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 280 35 34.9 -5.9 36 130 14935 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 281 27 26.4 -5.0 37 123 15240 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 260 24 23.8 4.3 38 117 15545 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 247 28 25.6 11.0 39 106 16154 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 245 33 29.5 13.7 40 101 16459 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 257 34 33.5 8.0 41 100 16510 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 253 16 15.6 4.9 42 96 16764 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 253 16 15.6 4.9 43 91 17069 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 230 19 14.6 12.4 44 87 17374 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 215 21 12.2 17.4 45 78 17983 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 240 19 16.6 9.5 46 74 18288 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 230 23 17.4 14.3 47 71 18593 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 229 25 18.9 16.5 48 70 18650 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 252 19 18.0 5.8 49 67 18898 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 248 24 22.6 8.9 50 64 19202 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 275 13 13.2 -1.2 51 61 19507 335 17 7.2 -15.4 | 307 7 5.8 -4.4 52 58 19812 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 339 3 1.1 -2.8 53 50 20720 80 7 -6.9 -1.2 | 140 13 -8.2 9.8 54 48 21031 125 2 -1.6 1.1 | 166 13 -3.0 12.2 55 45 21336 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 152 15 -7.0 13.1 56 41 21946 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 160 20 -7.1 19.2 57 39 22250 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 179 21 -0.5 21.0 58 37 22555 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 117 10 -9.0 4.6 59 36 22860 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 124 16 -13.2 8.9 60 32 23470 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 127 14 -11.0 8.4 61 31 23774 105 15 -14.5 3.9 | 133 22 -15.8 14.9 62 30 23940 85 11 -11.0 -1.0 | 129 16 -12.3 10.1 63 29 24079 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 130 17 -13.4 11.0 64 28 24384 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 124 16 -13.2 8.9 65 27 24689 95 17 -16.9 1.5 | 124 22 -18.3 12.5 66 26 24994 115 14 -12.7 5.9 | 140 22 -14.0 16.9 67 24 25298 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 136 16 -11.3 11.9 68 20 26580 360 1 -0.0 -1.0 | 172 10 -1.4 10.0 69 18 27432 225 4 2.8 2.8 | 186 14 1.5 13.9 70 13 29261 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 173 11 -1.4 11.0 71 12 30175 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 242 13 11.8 6.2 72 10 31230 35 4 -2.3 -3.3 | 155 9 -3.6 7.7 73 7 33670 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 119 11 -9.5 5.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.0 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 353.0 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.9 neg: -42.7 tot: -18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 10.10 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 293 8 218 10| 4.7 0.0 4.7| 9.6 0.0 9.6 19.1 0.55| 6.4 3.5 1000 275 9 216 13| 2.3 3.3 5.7| 10.9 -13.2 -2.3 -2.3 -0.00| 8.0 -0.0 1500 278 9 218 12| 4.5 2.2 6.7| 23.8 -14.3 9.5 6.3 0.15| 8.7 1.3 2000 290 9 220 11| 3.7 1.7 5.3| 23.8 -19.1 4.7 2.4 0.01| 7.6 0.1 2500 302 9 222 9| 4.0 1.3 5.4| 23.8 -24.7 -0.9 -0.4 -0.16| 7.5 -1.2 3000 319 10 232 6| 3.4 1.8 5.2| 23.9 -42.7 -18.8 -6.3 -0.36| 9.5 -3.4 4000 327 12 263 5| 2.5 1.4 3.9| 23.9 -71.4 -47.5 -11.9 -0.42| 8.8 -3.7 5000 326 13 269 6| 2.2 1.5 3.7| 27.6 -77.2 -49.6 -9.9 -0.37| 8.1 -3.0 6000 323 15 276 8| 1.9 1.9 3.7| 59.9-113.4 -53.5 -8.9 -0.30| 8.6 -2.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250520.00.gif