UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025052212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 MAY 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 107 95 3 SFC 997 146 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 95 3 288.0 289.8 287.6 316.4 10.19 2 968 390 13.2 13.2 100 0.0 13.2 97 3 289.0 290.8 287.7 316.8 9.89 3 966 407 14.0 13.6 97 0.4 13.7 88 3 290.0 291.8 288.3 318.7 10.18 4 962 441 16.8 12.7 77 4.1 14.3 71 3 293.2 294.9 288.9 320.7 9.63 5 956 494 19.2 6.2 43 13.0 11.9 45 4 296.1 297.3 286.9 314.3 6.22 6 954 512 19.6 7.6 46 12.0 12.6 37 4 296.7 298.0 287.7 316.8 6.87 7 948 565 20.6 0.6 26 20.0 10.2 11 5 298.3 299.0 285.7 310.9 4.21 8 942 619 21.0 -3.0 20 24.0 9.2 350 5 299.2 299.8 284.9 309.1 3.25 9 940 637 21.0 -1.0 23 22.0 9.8 350 5 299.4 300.1 285.6 310.8 3.78 10 932 709 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-73.5 21 11.0 -62.6 250 46 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.00 m Freezing level: 571.65 mb = 4810.13 m = 15781.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.70 mb = 2946.73 m = 9667.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.60 % Est. max temperature: 34.20 C = 93.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.75 mb = 206.29 m = 676.79 ft T: 14.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 7.73 C Layer 948.0- 940.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.02 mb = 5092.91 m = 16708.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.82 C = 118.08 F Cap Strength: 15.24 C Lifted Index: 13.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.30 C Showalter Index: 14.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: -8.02 C K Index: -20.82 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69391.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.66 mb = 2248.91 m = 7378.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 285 at 9 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 146 95 3 -3.0 0.3 | 102 12 -11.3 2.4 1 978 305 140 2 -1.3 1.5 | 111 10 -9.6 3.7 2 943 610 350 5 0.9 -4.9 | 70 8 -7.4 -2.8 3 925 773 350 6 1.0 -5.9 | 63 8 -7.3 -3.7 4 910 914 335 5 2.1 -4.5 | 69 7 -6.2 -2.4 5 878 1219 340 2 0.7 -1.9 | 92 8 -7.6 0.3 6 850 1499 290 6 5.6 -2.1 | 92 3 -2.7 0.1 7 818 1829 290 6 5.6 -2.1 | 92 3 -2.7 0.1 8 789 2134 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 115 3 -2.4 1.1 9 761 2438 270 7 7.0 -0.0 | 149 3 -1.3 2.2 10 734 2743 275 7 7.0 -0.6 | 139 2 -1.3 1.6 11 700 3145 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 189 4 0.6 3.7 12 682 3353 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 231 3 2.7 2.2 13 657 3658 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 193 3 0.7 3.0 14 633 3962 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 176 9 -0.6 8.6 15 609 4267 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 181 9 0.1 9.2 16 587 4572 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 194 10 2.3 9.6 17 565 4877 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 244 13 11.4 5.6 18 524 5486 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 214 19 10.5 15.4 19 504 5791 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 236 21 17.1 11.4 20 500 5860 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 231 23 18.0 14.4 21 485 6096 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 232 24 18.9 14.8 22 447 6706 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 253 29 28.1 8.6 23 400 7550 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 249 38 35.2 13.8 24 396 7620 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 248 37 34.2 13.6 25 321 9144 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 241 31 27.4 15.2 26 300 9620 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 254 34 33.1 9.5 27 269 10363 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 249 38 35.2 13.8 28 250 10860 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 254 36 35.0 9.8 29 200 12300 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 243 40 35.9 18.2 30 185 12802 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 237 40 33.4 21.6 31 175 13137 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 243 39 34.9 17.9 32 152 14021 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 250 46 42.9 15.9 33 150 14090 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 249 42 39.0 14.8 34 124 15240 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 241 32 28.3 15.5 35 118 15545 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 242 33 29.3 15.8 36 112 15850 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 225 38 26.9 26.8 37 106 16154 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 239 25 21.8 13.1 38 100 16530 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 239 25 21.8 13.1 39 96 16764 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 239 25 21.8 13.1 40 83 17678 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 239 10 8.4 5.1 41 78 17983 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 227 17 12.5 11.9 42 75 18288 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 255 16 15.6 4.3 43 71 18593 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 277 12 12.4 -1.5 44 70 18670 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 194 10 2.3 9.6 45 67 18898 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 189 11 1.7 10.5 46 64 19202 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 189 8 1.2 7.7 47 61 19507 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 170 13 -2.3 12.6 48 55 20117 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 135 16 -11.7 11.6 49 53 20422 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 146 15 -8.3 12.2 50 50 20730 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 27 13 -5.9 -11.6 51 48 21031 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 20 9 -3.2 -8.7 52 45 21336 60 7 -6.1 -3.5 | 85 14 -14.4 -1.3 53 43 21641 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 105 9 -8.3 2.2 54 36 22860 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 86 18 -17.7 -1.3 55 31 23774 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 36 11 -6.4 -8.7 56 30 23970 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 110 17 -15.6 5.5 57 29 24079 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 68 17 -15.4 -6.3 58 28 24384 110 7 -6.6 2.4 | 107 16 -14.9 4.6 59 27 24689 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 47 11 -8.3 -7.8 60 26 24994 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 61 23 25603 95 17 -16.9 1.5 | 98 26 -25.2 3.6 62 22 25908 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 108 24 -22.4 7.3 63 20 26600 105 3 -2.9 0.8 | 105 12 -11.2 2.9 64 18 27127 135 2 -1.4 1.4 | 110 10 -9.7 3.6 65 18 27432 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 75 12 -11.3 -3.0 66 17 27737 50 18 -13.8 -11.6 | 67 24 -22.1 -9.4 67 16 28042 45 17 -12.0 -12.0 | 64 23 -20.3 -9.9 68 15 28346 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 91 18 -18.2 0.4 69 13 29261 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 67 15 -14.0 -6.0 70 13 29566 90 20 -20.0 0.0 | 94 28 -28.3 2.2 71 12 29870 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 105 22 -20.9 5.5 72 10 31210 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 95 27 -27.3 2.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.6 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 284.6 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -23.1 tot: -9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.83 Bulk Shear: 26.32 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 34 3 87 10| 0.0 6.9 6.9| 3.8 -20.3 -16.6 -33.2 -0.60| 10.6 -6.3 1000 353 4 77 8| 0.0 2.5 2.5| 9.1 -21.6 -12.5 -12.5 -0.26| 7.6 -2.0 1500 331 4 77 6| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 10.2 -22.8 -12.7 -8.4 -0.19| 6.9 -1.3 2000 313 5 79 5| 0.0 2.3 2.3| 10.9 -22.8 -11.9 -6.0 -0.13| 5.4 -0.7 2500 300 5 85 4| 0.0 2.1 2.1| 11.9 -23.0 -11.1 -4.5 -0.06| 4.7 -0.3 3000 291 5 93 3| 0.0 2.0 2.0| 13.3 -23.1 -9.8 -3.3 0.02| 4.5 0.1 4000 275 7 133 2| 0.1 1.7 1.8| 16.4 -27.3 -10.9 -2.7 -0.01| 4.8 -0.0 5000 263 8 182 3| 1.2 1.4 2.6| 47.9 -36.8 11.1 2.2 0.16| 5.4 0.9 6000 255 11 208 6| 1.5 1.5 3.0| 83.0 -57.7 25.3 4.2 0.15| 5.9 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250522.12.gif