UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025052200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 MAY 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 22 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 103 250 7 SFC 996 146 25.2 14.2 50 11.0 18.0 250 7 298.7 300.6 291.3 328.7 10.27 2 991 189 22.6 13.6 57 9.0 16.8 254 7 296.5 298.3 290.3 325.2 9.92 3 967 399 20.6 13.6 64 7.0 16.1 260 6 296.6 298.4 290.6 326.0 10.17 4 963 434 20.4 12.4 60 8.0 15.4 259 6 296.7 298.4 290.0 324.1 9.43 5 957 487 21.8 4.8 33 17.0 12.3 256 5 298.7 299.7 287.2 315.4 5.63 6 955 505 23.4 0.4 22 23.0 11.3 255 5 300.5 301.2 286.4 312.9 4.12 7 951 541 24.0 -1.0 19 25.0 11.1 253 5 301.5 302.1 286.3 312.8 3.73 8 925 780 23.2 -4.8 15 28.0 9.6 260 5 303.0 303.6 286.0 312.0 2.89 9 920 827 23.2 -5.8 14 29.0 9.3 248 5 303.5 304.0 286.0 311.9 2.69 10 908 941 22.6 -2.4 19 25.0 9.9 221 4 304.0 304.7 287.1 314.9 3.53 11 893 1086 22.4 -14.6 7 37.0 7.2 197 5 305.3 305.5 285.2 309.7 1.38 12 868 1332 22.0 -17.0 6 39.0 6.5 179 6 307.3 307.6 285.7 311.2 1.16 13 863 1382 22.2 -20.8 4 43.0 6.1 181 6 308.1 308.2 285.7 310.9 0.84 14 850 1513 21.4 -23.6 4 45.0 5.4 185 7 308.6 308.7 285.6 310.8 0.67 15 797 2065 18.0 -17.0 8 35.0 4.2 198 8 310.7 310.9 287.1 314.9 1.26 16 773 2325 16.6 224 6 311.9 17 701 3146 10.8 -20.2 10 31.0 -0.3 302 4 314.3 314.5 288.1 318.0 1.09 18 700 3158 10.6 -20.4 9 31.0 -0.5 305 4 314.2 314.4 288.1 317.9 1.08 19 672 3496 8.4 -28.6 5 37.0 -2.6 305 8 315.4 315.6 287.9 317.3 0.54 20 653 3732 6.2 -20.8 12 27.0 -3.1 304 10 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.4 1.12 21 633 3986 5.0 -34.0 4 39.0 -5.1 297 11 317.0 317.1 288.2 318.2 0.34 22 609 4300 3.8 -42.2 2 46.0 -6.3 289 12 319.2 319.2 288.6 319.7 0.15 23 589 4571 2.2 -30.8 7 33.0 -6.8 271 18 320.4 320.5 289.4 322.1 0.50 24 555 5047 -1.3 -31.3 8 30.0 -9.1 264 19 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.5 0.50 25 500 5870 -7.1 -42.1 4 35.0 -13.7 275 20 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.1 0.19 26 403 7505 -19.7 -52.7 4 33.0 -23.4 275 32 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.07 27 400 7560 -20.1 -54.1 3 34.0 -23.7 275 32 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.06 28 386 7824 -21.9 -59.9 2 38.0 -25.2 275 33 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.03 29 300 9630 -35.7 -66.7 3 31.0 -37.1 275 38 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.1 0.02 30 268 10403 -42.3 -65.3 6 23.0 -43.1 275 37 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.02 31 266 10454 -42.5 -68.5 4 26.0 -43.3 275 37 336.9 336.9 293.6 336.9 0.01 32 263 10530 -43.1 -61.1 12 18.0 -43.8 275 37 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.04 33 259 10633 -43.5 -67.5 5 24.0 -44.2 275 36 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.0 0.02 34 250 10870 -45.3 -67.3 7 22.0 -45.9 275 36 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 35 219 11740 -52.1 -66.1 17 14.0 -52.4 272 40 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 36 213 11919 -53.7 -65.7 22 12.0 -53.9 271 41 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 37 209 12040 -54.5 -63.5 32 9.0 -54.7 271 42 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.04 38 203 12226 -56.3 -64.3 36 8.0 -56.5 270 43 342.1 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.03 39 200 12320 -57.3 -62.3 53 5.0 -57.4 270 43 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.04 40 197 12415 -58.3 -62.8 56 4.5 -58.4 269 43 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 41 190 12642 -59.1 -67.1 35 8.0 -59.2 268 45 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 42 183 12876 -60.9 -66.9 45 6.0 -61.0 267 46 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 43 174 13187 -62.9 -68.9 44 6.0 -63.0 264 47 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 44 171 13294 -63.1 -74.1 21 11.0 -63.2 263 47 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 45 168 13403 -62.3 -81.3 6 19.0 -62.4 262 47 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.00 46 166 13477 -62.1 -81.1 6 19.0 -62.2 261 47 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.00 47 150 14100 -63.7 -80.7 8 17.0 -63.8 255 47 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.00 48 137 14654 -64.9 -83.9 6 19.0 -65.0 255 45 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 49 124 15256 -68.9 -84.9 8 16.0 -68.9 270 42 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 50 103 16363 -69.9 -87.9 6 18.0 -70.0 261 27 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 51 100 16540 -68.3 -88.3 4 20.0 -68.4 250 29 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 52 94 16908 -70.3 -89.3 5 19.0 -70.4 257 27 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 53 92 17036 -68.9 -88.9 4 20.0 -69.0 264 25 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 54 86 17438 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.4 272 20 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 55 78 18025 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.1 249 21 429.9 429.9 308.8 429.9 0.00 56 73 18426 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -65.9 238 11 438.5 438.5 309.7 438.5 0.00 57 70 18680 -67.1 -90.1 2 23.0 -67.2 245 25 440.8 440.8 310.0 440.8 0.00 58 69 18767 -67.3 -90.3 2 23.0 -67.5 245 25 442.2 442.2 310.1 442.2 0.00 59 62 19419 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 244 14 464.4 464.4 312.1 464.4 0.00 60 60 19620 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 248 13 466.5 466.5 312.3 466.5 0.00 61 58 19828 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.0 262 18 472.9 472.9 312.9 472.9 0.00 62 55 20157 -60.3 -90.3 1 30.0 -60.8 285 12 487.9 487.9 314.1 487.9 0.00 63 50 20750 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.0 125 9 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 64 49 20875 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.2 153 8 501.0 501.0 315.0 501.0 0.00 65 36 22815 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -55.9 40 10 565.8 565.8 318.9 565.8 0.01 66 35 22994 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.0 42 10 567.2 567.2 319.0 567.3 0.01 67 32 23566 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -55.9 48 10 585.7 585.7 319.9 585.7 0.01 68 31 23769 -54.9 -87.9 1 33.0 -56.5 50 10 589.4 589.4 320.1 589.5 0.01 69 30 23980 -52.5 -87.5 1 35.0 -54.5 45 10 601.5 601.5 320.7 601.6 0.01 70 26 24906 -51.9 -86.9 1 35.0 -54.3 58 14 628.3 628.4 321.8 628.4 0.01 71 20 26620 -48.5 -85.5 1 37.0 -52.5 50 6 687.7 687.7 324.0 687.8 0.01 72 17 27698 -45.7 -84.7 0 39.0 -51.1 7 1 729.4 729.4 325.3 729.6 0.02 73 13 29482 -46.9 -84.9 1 38.0 -52.8 20 6 783.4 783.4 326.8 783.6 0.02 74 12 30014 -46.7 -84.7 1 38.0 -52.9 26 7 802.3 802.3 327.3 802.5 0.03 75 11 30596 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -51.2 33 9 836.3 836.3 328.1 836.6 0.04 76 10 31240 -42.5 -82.5 0 40.0 -51.5 40 11 860.9 860.9 328.7 861.3 0.04 77 8.9 32034 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -50.2 905.5 905.6 329.5 906.2 0.07 TRP 124 15256 -68.9 -84.9 8 16.0 -68.9 270 42 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.00 m Freezing level: 567.63 mb = 4870.38 m = 15978.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.06 mb = 3061.98 m = 10045.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 11.11 % Est. max temperature: 35.22 C = 95.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.57 mb = 1537.55 m = 5044.41 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 14.14 C Layer 963.0- 908.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 535.23 mb = 5333.28 m = 17497.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.13 C = 120.43 F Cap Strength: 11.80 C Lifted Index: 10.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.28 C Showalter Index: 12.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 12.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: -16.50 C K Index: -26.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57779.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.10 mb = 2897.03 m = 9504.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 293 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 996 146 250 7 6.6 2.4 | 174 6 -0.6 5.5 1 978 305 265 6 6.0 0.5 | 162 4 -1.2 3.6 2 944 610 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 153 5 -2.5 4.8 3 925 780 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 151 5 -2.2 4.0 4 911 914 225 4 2.8 2.8 | 144 7 -4.3 5.9 5 879 1219 175 5 -0.4 5.0 | 137 11 -7.6 8.1 6 850 1513 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 147 12 -6.6 10.1 7 819 1829 190 6 1.0 5.9 | 146 11 -6.1 9.0 8 790 2134 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 157 12 -4.4 10.6 9 762 2438 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 153 6 -2.8 5.6 10 735 2743 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 167 8 -1.8 7.6 11 709 3048 275 3 3.0 -0.3 | 124 5 -4.2 2.8 12 700 3158 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 102 4 -3.9 0.8 13 658 3658 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 339 3 1.0 -2.6 14 610 4267 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 284 4 4.1 -1.0 15 587 4572 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 255 12 11.8 3.1 16 566 4877 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 249 14 12.8 4.8 17 524 5486 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 236 10 8.6 5.9 18 505 5791 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 280 12 12.2 -2.1 19 500 5870 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 264 13 12.8 1.4 20 485 6096 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 248 13 11.8 4.8 21 466 6401 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 273 16 15.5 -0.9 22 400 7560 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 269 25 24.7 0.3 23 397 7620 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 269 25 24.7 0.3 24 380 7925 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 270 27 26.7 0.1 25 321 9144 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 277 30 30.3 -3.5 26 300 9630 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 270 31 30.7 -0.2 27 250 10870 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 270 29 28.7 -0.0 28 200 12320 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 265 36 35.8 3.1 29 176 13106 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 260 40 39.7 7.2 30 150 14100 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 248 41 38.2 15.3 31 124 15240 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 247 36 33.4 14.0 32 124 15256 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 265 35 34.8 3.1 33 118 15545 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 271 32 31.7 -0.3 34 112 15850 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 244 26 23.7 11.4 35 107 16154 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 282 20 19.9 -4.1 36 101 16459 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 236 22 18.2 12.3 37 100 16540 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 237 24 20.1 13.0 38 96 16764 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 237 24 20.1 13.0 39 87 17374 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 272 13 12.5 -0.4 40 83 17678 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 223 16 11.0 11.6 41 79 17983 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 232 17 13.5 10.6 42 75 18288 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 208 10 4.6 8.6 43 71 18593 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 173 8 -1.0 8.2 44 70 18680 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 229 21 15.5 13.7 45 68 18898 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 229 21 15.5 13.7 46 64 19202 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 240 19 16.0 9.3 47 61 19507 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 190 8 1.5 8.1 48 58 19812 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 239 12 10.6 6.2 49 55 20117 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 270 4 4.4 -0.0 50 53 20422 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 258 3 2.5 0.5 51 50 20726 305 1 0.8 -0.6 | 112 7 -6.3 2.5 52 50 20750 125 9 -7.4 5.2 | 120 17 -14.5 8.3 53 46 21336 255 3 2.9 0.8 | 132 6 -4.3 3.9 54 41 21946 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 65 13 -12.2 -5.6 55 31 23774 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 77 15 -14.8 -3.3 56 30 23980 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 74 15 -14.2 -4.0 57 30 24079 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 92 17 -16.8 0.5 58 28 24384 40 9 -5.8 -6.9 | 74 13 -12.9 -3.8 59 27 24689 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 62 13 -11.4 -6.0 60 26 24994 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 85 21 -21.3 -2.0 61 25 25298 75 18 -17.4 -4.7 | 86 25 -24.6 -1.6 62 23 25603 140 13 -8.4 10.0 | 130 20 -15.5 13.1 63 20 26620 50 6 -4.6 -3.9 | 86 12 -11.8 -0.8 64 18 27432 60 5 -4.3 -2.5 | 93 12 -11.5 0.6 65 17 27737 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 113 8 -7.2 3.1 66 10 31240 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 69 15 -14.2 -5.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 293.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.2 neg: -15.7 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.74 Bulk Shear: 2.92 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 257 6 161 5| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 0.0 -2.1 -2.1 -4.2 -0.52| 3.4 -1.8 1000 246 5 155 6| 1.0 2.7 3.7| 0.0 -5.2 -5.2 -5.2 -0.35| 4.9 -1.7 1500 222 5 154 8| 0.6 1.8 2.4| 5.7 -6.6 -0.9 -0.6 -0.15| 4.4 -0.7 2000 213 6 153 9| 0.5 1.4 1.8| 12.4 -6.8 5.6 2.8 0.02| 4.1 0.1 2500 215 6 154 9| 0.7 1.1 1.7| 15.4 -8.3 7.1 2.8 0.04| 4.6 0.2 3000 220 6 155 8| 1.3 0.9 2.2| 16.2 -15.7 0.6 0.2 -0.13| 5.2 -0.7 4000 250 7 169 5| 1.6 0.6 2.2| 16.2 -20.5 -4.3 -1.1 -0.29| 5.1 -1.5 5000 260 9 198 5| 1.3 1.3 2.6| 16.2 -38.3 -22.1 -4.4 -0.35| 5.4 -1.9 6000 263 10 216 5| 1.3 1.3 2.6| 37.4 -58.6 -21.1 -3.5 -0.26| 5.8 -1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250522.00.gif