UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025052100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 MAY 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 21 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 102 295 7 SFC 996 146 27.4 8.4 30 19.0 15.9 295 7 300.9 302.2 289.2 321.6 6.95 2 987 225 24.8 7.8 34 17.0 14.7 295 8 299.1 300.3 288.4 319.0 6.73 3 951 544 22.0 7.0 38 15.0 13.2 291 7 299.4 300.6 288.4 319.0 6.61 4 942 626 23.4 1.4 23 22.0 11.6 290 7 301.7 302.5 287.2 315.2 4.49 5 925 782 23.0 0.0 22 23.0 10.9 285 8 302.8 303.6 287.2 315.4 4.13 6 919 839 23.2 0.2 22 23.0 11.0 285 8 303.6 304.4 287.6 316.5 4.22 7 912 905 23.4 -5.6 14 29.0 9.4 285 7 304.5 305.0 286.4 313.1 2.76 8 887 1147 22.8 -3.2 17 26.0 9.6 232 10 306.3 306.9 287.7 316.9 3.40 9 850 1515 19.8 -4.2 19 24.0 7.9 205 12 306.9 307.5 287.8 317.2 3.29 10 840 1617 19.0 -4.0 21 23.0 7.6 193 11 307.1 307.7 288.0 317.7 3.38 11 796 2075 16.4 -16.6 9 33.0 3.5 155 9 309.1 309.3 286.5 313.4 1.31 12 794 2097 16.4 -13.6 12 30.0 4.0 154 9 309.3 309.6 287.0 314.8 1.68 13 785 2193 15.6 -6.4 21 22.0 5.2 151 10 309.4 310.0 288.4 319.0 3.01 14 772 2334 14.4 -6.6 23 21.0 4.5 153 11 309.6 310.2 288.5 319.2 3.02 15 762 2444 13.8 -13.2 14 27.0 2.7 155 12 310.1 310.5 287.4 316.0 1.81 16 731 2792 11.0 -27.0 5 38.0 -0.7 161 4 310.8 310.9 286.3 312.8 0.57 17 725 2861 10.8 -28.2 5 39.0 -0.9 179 4 311.3 311.4 286.4 313.1 0.52 18 700 3152 9.2 -18.8 12 28.0 -0.9 255 5 312.7 312.9 287.7 316.8 1.24 19 693 3235 8.6 -16.4 15 25.0 -0.9 273 7 312.9 313.2 288.1 318.0 1.53 20 680 3392 7.6 -27.4 6 35.0 -2.9 299 10 313.5 313.6 287.3 315.6 0.59 21 668 3538 7.0 -15.0 19 22.0 -1.6 297 10 314.4 314.8 288.8 320.3 1.78 22 660 3637 6.4 -25.6 8 32.0 -3.5 296 10 314.8 315.0 287.9 317.3 0.72 23 643 3851 5.6 304 11 316.3 24 639 3902 5.4 -18.6 16 24.0 -3.3 306 11 316.6 316.9 289.1 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196 12408 -58.3 -68.3 27 10.0 -58.5 295 49 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.02 53 192 12538 -58.7 -71.7 17 13.0 -58.9 295 49 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.01 54 185 12771 -59.9 -69.9 26 10.0 -60.0 294 47 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 55 183 12839 -60.3 -71.3 22 11.0 -60.4 294 47 345.9 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.01 56 181 12908 -59.9 -73.9 14 14.0 -60.0 293 47 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 57 180 12943 -59.9 -73.9 14 14.0 -60.0 293 46 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 58 175 13119 -61.1 -73.1 19 12.0 -61.2 292 45 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 59 150 14070 -65.1 -80.1 11 15.0 -65.2 275 42 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.00 60 126 15122 -68.5 -84.5 8 16.0 -68.6 265 40 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 61 100 16510 -66.9 -87.9 4 21.0 -67.0 265 21 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 62 89 17210 -70.3 -89.3 5 19.0 -70.4 262 18 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 63 85 17485 -68.1 -89.1 3 21.0 -68.2 239 26 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 64 79 17923 -70.3 -90.3 4 20.0 -70.4 265 29 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 65 72 18480 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 272 19 437.7 437.7 309.6 437.7 0.00 66 70 18650 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 280 17 441.3 441.3 310.0 441.3 0.00 67 66 19009 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.4 276 18 457.0 457.0 311.5 457.0 0.00 68 61 19494 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 257 13 469.2 469.2 312.5 469.2 0.00 69 59 19699 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 249 11 471.0 471.0 312.7 471.0 0.00 70 58 19805 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -60.8 245 10 480.5 480.5 313.5 480.6 0.00 71 56 20024 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.4 257 8 486.3 486.3 314.0 486.3 0.00 72 54 20250 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.6 269 6 488.6 488.6 314.1 488.6 0.00 73 50 20730 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.1 295 2 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 74 47 21119 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.2 31 1 514.6 514.6 315.9 514.7 0.00 75 45 21392 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.3 103 3 518.2 518.2 316.2 518.2 0.00 76 42 21825 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.1 87 3 532.0 532.0 317.1 532.0 0.00 77 40 22132 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.9 75 2 537.4 537.4 317.3 537.5 0.00 78 38 22457 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -56.9 63 2 554.0 554.0 318.3 554.1 0.00 79 36 22802 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.1 68 9 565.3 565.3 318.9 565.3 0.01 80 36 22802 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.1 68 9 565.3 565.3 318.9 565.3 0.01 81 35 22983 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -56.8 87 15 567.7 567.7 319.0 567.8 0.01 82 30 23970 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.7 100 6 597.7 597.7 320.5 597.8 0.01 83 25 25156 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -51.7 31 3 645.8 645.8 322.5 645.9 0.02 84 21 26300 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -53.3 117 11 674.0 674.0 323.6 674.1 0.02 85 20 26620 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -52.3 125 2 688.3 688.3 324.0 688.5 0.02 86 18 27315 -46.3 -83.3 1 37.0 -51.3 160 3 715.7 715.7 324.9 715.9 0.02 87 17 27693 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -52.0 189 6 724.9 724.9 325.2 725.1 0.02 88 14 28984 -44.3 -82.3 1 38.0 -51.0 305 13 775.8 775.8 326.6 776.1 0.03 89 11 30590 -46.3 -83.3 1 37.0 -53.0 158 11 823.9 824.0 327.8 824.3 0.03 90 10 31230 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -50.7 215 9 866.9 866.9 328.8 867.4 0.05 91 9.3 31728 -37.5 -79.5 0 42.0 -49.6 194 10 898.0 898.1 329.4 898.8 0.08 92 7.4 33299 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -51.8 126 13 948.1 948.1 330.3 948.9 0.08 93 7.0 33680 -39.1 -81.1 0 42.0 -51.7 110 14 967.4 967.5 330.7 968.3 0.08 94 6.9 33779 -37.5 -79.5 0 42.0 -51.1 978.0 978.1 330.8 979.2 0.10 TRP 126 15122 -68.5 -84.5 8 16.0 -68.6 265 40 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.00 m Freezing level: 571.00 mb = 4812.31 m = 15788.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.34 mb = 2719.70 m = 8922.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.85 % Est. max temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.60 mb = 2537.13 m = 8323.80 ft T: 13.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 6.45 C Layer 762.0- 725.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 532.59 mb = 5361.80 m = 17591.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.23 C = 118.81 F Cap Strength: 10.96 C Lifted Index: 9.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.06 C Showalter Index: 9.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 4.30 C K Index: -3.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 43.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59578.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.21 mb = 3137.65 m = 10294.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 323 at 8 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 996 146 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 204 4 1.5 3.5 1 978 305 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 232 4 3.3 2.6 2 944 610 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 204 4 1.8 4.0 3 925 782 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 214 5 2.9 4.3 4 911 914 285 7 6.8 -1.8 | 203 5 1.9 4.6 5 880 1219 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 186 15 1.5 15.4 6 850 1515 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 181 17 0.3 17.3 7 849 1524 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 178 18 -0.7 17.7 8 819 1829 175 8 -0.7 8.0 | 159 15 -5.5 14.4 9 790 2134 150 9 -4.5 7.8 | 147 17 -9.3 14.2 10 762 2438 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 150 20 -9.9 17.3 11 735 2743 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 145 12 -6.8 9.9 12 700 3152 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 180 8 0.0 7.7 13 683 3353 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 250 4 3.8 1.4 14 657 3658 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 243 5 4.2 2.2 15 633 3962 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 280 4 3.6 -0.7 16 609 4267 315 6 4.2 -4.2 | 165 2 -0.6 2.2 17 587 4572 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 358 8 0.3 -7.7 18 565 4877 330 13 6.5 -11.3 | 341 5 1.7 -4.8 19 544 5182 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 306 7 5.8 -4.2 20 524 5486 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 339 6 2.2 -5.7 21 500 5860 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 301 11 9.7 -5.8 22 485 6096 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 286 13 12.5 -3.6 23 465 6401 315 23 16.3 -16.3 | 311 15 11.4 -9.9 24 429 7010 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 273 15 14.9 -0.8 25 412 7315 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 303 14 12.0 -7.7 26 400 7540 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 294 14 12.4 -5.6 27 396 7620 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 294 14 12.4 -5.6 28 348 8534 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 272 22 22.2 -0.8 29 334 8839 305 27 22.1 -15.5 | 298 20 17.3 -9.1 30 320 9144 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 292 23 21.2 -8.6 31 300 9600 300 42 36.4 -21.0 | 295 35 31.6 -14.6 32 268 10363 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 283 36 34.6 -8.0 33 250 10840 290 46 43.2 -15.7 | 284 40 38.4 -9.3 34 200 12280 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 290 42 39.6 -14.3 35 193 12497 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 290 42 39.6 -14.3 36 159 13716 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 283 36 34.6 -8.0 37 150 14070 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 266 37 37.0 2.8 38 137 14630 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 254 34 33.0 9.7 39 130 14935 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 272 38 37.5 -1.1 40 126 15122 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 254 36 35.0 9.9 41 124 15240 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 259 33 32.2 6.4 42 117 15545 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 254 35 34.0 9.8 43 112 15850 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 276 33 32.9 -3.7 44 100 16510 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 243 18 16.1 8.2 45 96 16764 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 241 22 18.8 10.6 46 91 17069 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 255 10 9.7 2.5 47 87 17374 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 215 23 13.2 19.0 48 82 17678 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 230 31 24.2 19.9 49 78 17983 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 255 24 23.2 6.4 50 74 18288 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 254 17 16.1 4.6 51 71 18593 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 244 15 13.2 6.4 52 70 18650 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 254 12 11.9 3.5 53 67 18898 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 257 14 13.9 3.1 54 58 19812 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 202 11 4.2 10.6 55 50 20730 295 2 1.8 -0.8 | 152 6 -3.0 5.6 56 48 21031 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 143 8 -4.8 6.4 57 45 21336 105 3 -2.9 0.8 | 133 11 -7.7 7.2 58 37 22555 60 2 -1.7 -1.0 | 130 8 -6.6 5.4 59 36 22860 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 102 15 -14.2 3.0 60 34 23165 110 21 -19.7 7.2 | 119 28 -24.6 13.6 61 32 23470 120 19 -16.5 9.5 | 127 27 -21.3 15.9 62 31 23774 125 4 -3.3 2.3 | 137 12 -8.1 8.7 63 30 23970 100 6 -5.9 1.0 | 125 13 -10.7 7.5 64 30 24079 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 118 18 -15.7 8.3 65 28 24384 100 5 -4.9 0.9 | 127 12 -9.7 7.3 66 27 24689 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 143 8 -4.8 6.4 67 21 26213 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 119 17 -14.7 8.1 68 20 26518 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 154 21 -9.3 18.6 69 20 26620 125 2 -1.6 1.1 | 139 10 -6.5 7.6 70 18 27432 165 3 -0.8 2.9 | 149 11 -5.6 9.3 71 15 28346 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 208 13 6.1 11.5 72 15 28651 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 255 10 9.7 2.5 73 13 29261 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 314 4 2.9 -2.8 74 12 29870 120 14 -12.1 7.0 | 128 22 -16.9 13.4 75 12 30175 120 13 -11.3 6.5 | 129 21 -16.1 12.9 76 10 31230 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 181 14 0.3 13.8 77 7 33680 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 122 21 -18.0 11.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.1 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 323.1 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.5 neg: -70.2 tot: -44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 29.82 Bulk Shear: 1.01 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 8 217 4| 0.0 0.8 0.8| 1.7 -1.8 -0.1 -0.3 0.01| 3.6 0.0 1000 283 8 212 6| 0.0 4.8 4.8| 2.3 -8.4 -6.0 -6.0 -0.17| 6.6 -1.1 1500 251 9 202 10| 0.0 4.8 4.8| 2.3 -37.0 -34.6 -23.1 -0.41| 7.4 -3.1 2000 230 9 190 12| 0.0 4.0 4.0| 2.3 -64.9 -62.6 -31.3 -0.53| 7.4 -4.0 2500 209 9 178 14| 0.5 3.2 3.7| 7.4 -69.2 -61.8 -24.7 -0.41| 7.6 -3.2 3000 207 8 176 14| 1.9 2.6 4.6| 25.5 -70.2 -44.7 -14.9 -0.19| 8.2 -1.6 4000 241 9 195 11| 2.2 2.0 4.2| 38.2 -71.6 -33.5 -8.4 -0.03| 7.9 -0.3 5000 276 9 220 7| 2.4 1.5 4.0| 39.7 -79.8 -40.1 -8.0 -0.04| 8.2 -0.3 6000 293 11 246 5| 2.2 1.3 3.5| 45.6 -99.2 -53.7 -8.9 -0.08| 8.0 -0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250521.00.gif