UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025052400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 MAY 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 24 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 116 270 10 SFC 998 146 20.4 12.4 60 8.0 15.4 270 10 293.7 295.3 288.6 319.8 9.09 2 992 197 17.6 12.7 73 4.9 14.6 259 10 291.4 293.1 288.1 317.9 9.33 3 988 231 17.4 12.7 74 4.7 14.5 252 10 291.6 293.2 288.1 318.2 9.37 4 982 282 16.8 12.6 76 4.2 14.2 240 10 291.5 293.1 288.1 318.0 9.37 5 950 558 14.2 12.0 87 2.2 12.9 194 9 291.6 293.2 288.1 318.0 9.31 6 931 725 13.4 10.9 85 2.5 11.9 168 7 292.5 294.0 288.0 317.6 8.82 7 930 734 14.2 7.2 63 7.0 10.3 167 7 293.4 294.6 286.4 313.2 6.86 8 927 761 17.2 -5.8 20 23.0 6.8 163 6 296.7 297.2 283.3 304.8 2.67 9 926 770 17.4 -4.6 22 22.0 7.2 161 6 297.0 297.5 283.7 305.9 2.93 10 925 779 17.4 -3.6 24 21.0 7.5 160 6 297.1 297.7 284.0 306.6 3.16 11 917 853 18.2 0.2 30 18.0 8.9 138 3 298.7 299.4 285.8 311.3 4.23 12 914 881 18.6 -1.4 26 20.0 8.6 130 2 299.4 300.0 285.6 310.7 3.77 13 901 1004 18.0 -2.0 26 20.0 8.1 165 4 300.0 300.6 285.7 311.0 3.66 14 895 1061 18.0 5.0 42 13.0 10.7 195 6 300.5 301.7 288.3 318.8 6.11 15 891 1099 17.8 4.8 42 13.0 10.5 214 7 300.7 301.8 288.3 318.8 6.06 16 884 1166 18.6 0.6 30 18.0 9.1 248 9 302.2 303.1 287.4 315.9 4.52 17 862 1382 18.8 -26.2 3 45.0 4.2 281 11 304.6 304.7 284.0 306.4 0.52 18 855 1452 18.6 -14.4 9 33.0 5.3 283 11 305.1 305.4 285.2 309.8 1.46 19 850 1502 18.2 -14.8 9 33.0 5.0 285 11 305.2 305.5 285.2 309.8 1.42 20 800 2017 14.8 -12.2 14 27.0 3.5 282 11 306.9 307.3 286.4 312.9 1.87 21 783 2197 14.0 -18.0 9 32.0 2.1 277 10 308.0 308.2 286.0 311.9 1.18 22 777 2262 14.2 -24.8 5 39.0 1.4 274 11 308.9 309.0 285.7 311.1 0.66 23 700 3132 8.4 -30.6 4 39.0 -2.6 255 21 311.8 311.9 286.5 313.3 0.43 24 651 3727 4.4 -34.6 4 39.0 -5.3 247 24 313.8 313.9 287.1 314.9 0.31 25 628 4019 3.2 -40.8 2 44.0 -6.4 236 21 315.7 315.7 287.5 316.3 0.17 26 623 4083 3.6 -44.4 2 48.0 -6.3 238 20 316.9 316.9 287.9 317.3 0.12 27 603 4347 2.4 -44.6 2 47.0 -7.2 245 19 318.4 318.5 288.4 318.9 0.12 28 500 5830 -8.5 -45.5 3 37.0 -14.7 240 27 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.2 0.13 29 487 6034 -10.1 -46.1 3 36.0 -15.9 240 29 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.6 0.13 30 464 6405 -11.9 -46.9 4 35.0 -17.3 245 31 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.12 31 417 7212 -19.1 -38.1 17 19.0 -22.2 238 34 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.34 32 405 7428 -20.9 -41.9 13 21.0 -23.9 240 36 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.24 33 400 7520 -21.5 -44.5 11 23.0 -24.5 245 37 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.7 0.18 34 396 7594 -21.7 -46.7 9 25.0 -24.7 245 37 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.14 35 390 7706 -22.5 -42.5 14 20.0 -25.2 245 37 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.0 0.23 36 361 8267 -27.5 -48.5 12 21.0 -29.6 245 37 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.13 37 341 8674 -30.3 -60.3 4 30.0 -32.2 242 39 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.03 38 300 9570 -37.7 -62.7 6 25.0 -38.8 230 53 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.03 39 259 10566 -46.3 -68.3 6 22.0 -46.9 234 60 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.02 40 250 10800 -47.9 -63.9 14 16.0 -48.3 235 62 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.03 41 240 11067 -50.5 -65.5 15 15.0 -50.8 235 62 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.02 42 226 11456 -53.7 -67.7 16 14.0 -53.9 237 63 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.02 43 223 11541 -54.3 -65.3 25 11.0 -54.5 237 63 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.03 44 214 11804 -56.1 -66.1 27 10.0 -56.3 238 63 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.02 45 200 12230 -59.7 -64.7 52 5.0 -59.8 240 64 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.03 46 197 12324 -60.5 -66.5 45 6.0 -60.6 241 64 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 47 189 12580 -62.7 -67.4 53 4.7 -62.7 242 65 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.02 48 182 12812 -63.7 -70.7 38 7.0 -63.8 244 66 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.0 0.02 49 177 12982 -64.3 -72.1 33 7.8 -64.3 245 66 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.01 50 170 13227 -65.1 -74.1 28 9.0 -65.2 245 64 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.01 51 157 13711 -65.1 -78.1 15 13.0 -65.2 248 54 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.3 0.01 52 153 13869 -63.1 -80.1 8 17.0 -63.2 249 51 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.00 53 150 13990 -63.3 -82.3 6 19.0 -63.4 250 49 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 54 140 14415 -61.5 -83.5 4 22.0 -61.7 250 50 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 55 137 14550 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.3 250 50 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 56 123 15215 -63.3 -86.3 3 23.0 -63.4 242 26 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 57 119 15419 -61.3 -86.3 2 25.0 -61.5 243 30 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 58 111 15850 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.1 230 36 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 59 101 16429 -65.1 -88.1 3 23.0 -65.3 254 44 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 60 100 16490 -64.3 -87.3 3 23.0 -64.5 260 36 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 61 78 18007 -65.1 -89.1 2 24.0 -65.3 274 26 431.5 431.5 309.0 431.6 0.00 62 73 18413 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.8 264 17 443.2 443.2 310.2 443.2 0.00 63 70 18670 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.1 330 1 447.7 447.7 310.6 447.7 0.00 64 64 19217 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 318 2 454.0 454.0 311.3 454.0 0.00 65 57 19928 -60.9 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25712 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -54.5 125 11 650.8 650.8 322.7 650.9 0.02 80 20 26630 -46.7 -82.7 1 36.0 -51.2 295 2 693.2 693.2 324.2 693.4 0.02 81 19 26970 -46.1 -82.1 1 36.0 -51.0 242 2 705.3 705.3 324.6 705.5 0.02 82 17 27709 -45.3 -81.3 1 36.0 -50.9 177 6 730.7 730.7 325.4 731.0 0.03 83 15 28540 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -52.4 218 13 751.4 751.4 326.0 751.6 0.03 84 13 29490 -45.1 -82.1 1 37.0 -51.7 235 12 789.7 789.7 327.0 790.0 0.04 85 12 30027 -42.5 -80.5 1 38.0 -50.7 217 13 817.2 817.2 327.7 817.6 0.05 86 11 30614 -42.5 -80.5 1 38.0 -51.0 194 14 837.8 837.8 328.1 838.3 0.06 87 10 31260 -40.3 -79.3 1 39.0 -50.4 170 15 869.1 869.2 328.8 869.9 0.07 88 9.3 31757 -38.3 -78.3 1 40.0 -49.8 895.0 895.0 329.4 896.0 0.09 89 8.9 32059 -39.1 -79.1 1 40.0 -50.4 903.2 903.2 329.5 904.1 0.09 90 8.5 32375 -37.5 -78.5 1 41.0 -50.0 921.4 921.5 329.8 922.5 0.10 TRP 170 13227 -65.1 -74.1 28 9.0 -65.2 245 64 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.01 WND 177 12982 -64.3 -72.1 33 7.8 -64.3 245 66 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.00 m Freezing level: 580.32 mb = 4673.83 m = 15333.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 749.44 mb = 2563.20 m = 8409.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.95 C = 89.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.46 mb = 1142.62 m = 3748.71 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 13.35 C Layer 982.0- 926.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.48 mb = 4393.73 m = 14414.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.25 C = 113.45 F Cap Strength: 11.29 C Lifted Index: 10.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.90 C Showalter Index: 13.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: -6.30 C K Index: -27.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 49.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55215.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.86 mb = 1563.52 m = 5129.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 277 at 13 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 10 10.0 -0.0 | 117 3 -3.1 1.6 1 979 305 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 146 9 -4.9 7.3 2 944 610 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 131 16 -12.3 10.6 3 925 779 160 6 -2.1 5.6 | 116 17 -15.1 7.2 4 910 914 120 1 -0.9 0.5 | 99 14 -14.0 2.1 5 879 1219 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 106 2 -2.1 0.6 6 850 1502 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 63 3 -2.5 -1.3 7 818 1829 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 348 2 0.4 -2.0 8 788 2134 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 90 4 -4.2 0.0 9 760 2438 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 177 3 -0.1 2.7 10 733 2743 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 224 7 4.6 4.7 11 707 3048 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 229 7 5.6 4.9 12 700 3132 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 226 10 7.2 7.0 13 681 3353 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 218 15 9.6 12.2 14 656 3658 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 226 15 10.4 10.1 15 631 3962 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 197 14 4.1 13.6 16 608 4267 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 203 10 4.1 9.6 17 563 4877 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 208 15 6.8 13.1 18 522 5486 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 195 17 4.5 16.4 19 500 5830 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 214 18 10.3 15.1 20 483 6096 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 218 21 12.9 16.6 21 445 6706 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 234 21 17.0 12.5 22 411 7315 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 215 26 14.8 21.1 23 400 7520 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 230 27 20.4 17.2 24 394 7620 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 230 27 20.4 17.2 25 347 8534 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 230 27 20.4 17.2 26 318 9144 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 216 40 23.7 32.4 27 300 9570 230 53 40.6 34.1 | 218 45 27.5 35.7 28 250 10800 235 62 50.8 35.6 | 225 53 37.7 37.2 29 243 10973 235 62 50.8 35.6 | 225 53 37.7 37.2 30 200 12230 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 232 54 42.3 33.6 31 177 12982 245 66 59.8 27.9 | 238 55 46.7 29.5 32 173 13106 245 66 59.8 27.9 | 238 55 46.7 29.5 33 170 13227 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 237 53 44.9 28.6 34 150 13990 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 241 38 32.9 18.4 35 135 14630 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 241 39 33.9 18.7 36 129 14935 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 250 23 21.4 7.7 37 122 15240 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 211 16 8.6 14.1 38 117 15545 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 228 24 17.7 16.0 39 111 15850 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 210 29 14.5 24.7 40 101 16459 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 246 32 29.4 13.0 41 100 16490 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 251 24 22.4 7.8 42 96 16764 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 251 25 23.3 8.0 43 91 17069 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 241 12 10.5 5.8 44 87 17374 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 195 17 4.5 16.4 45 82 17678 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 229 25 18.6 16.4 46 78 17983 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 273 14 13.8 -0.8 47 75 18288 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 219 6 3.6 4.5 48 71 18593 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 252 5 4.9 1.6 49 70 18670 330 1 0.5 -0.9 | 93 13 -12.6 0.7 50 67 18898 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 64 4 -3.7 -1.8 51 64 19202 325 1 0.6 -0.8 | 94 13 -12.5 0.8 52 61 19507 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 159 14 -5.1 13.1 53 58 19812 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 199 19 6.1 17.7 54 55 20117 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 49 11 -8.1 -7.1 55 53 20422 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 83 10 -10.3 -1.2 56 50 20726 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 141 5 -3.4 4.2 57 50 20740 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 24 10 -4.1 -9.1 58 48 21031 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 30 12 -6.1 -10.5 59 46 21336 15 12 -3.1 -11.6 | 58 19 -16.2 -10.0 60 41 21946 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 96 23 -23.1 2.5 61 39 22250 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 92 23 -23.1 0.7 62 36 22860 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 92 12 -11.6 0.3 63 30 23980 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 111 22 -20.8 8.0 64 28 24384 135 11 -7.8 7.8 | 114 23 -20.9 9.4 65 27 24689 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 115 22 -19.5 9.3 66 26 24994 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 85 23 -22.5 -1.8 67 22 25908 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 116 23 -20.2 10.0 68 20 26518 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 48 8 -6.0 -5.5 69 20 26630 295 2 1.8 -0.8 | 94 11 -11.3 0.7 70 18 27432 170 2 -0.3 2.0 | 105 14 -13.4 3.6 71 16 28042 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 133 17 -12.2 11.6 72 15 28346 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 156 15 -6.1 13.7 73 14 28956 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 146 9 -4.9 7.3 74 13 29566 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 159 9 -3.3 8.5 75 10 31260 170 15 -2.6 14.8 | 136 23 -15.7 16.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: -53.4 tot: -15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.66 Bulk Shear: 12.23 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 223 10 143 11| 0.0 13.4 13.4| 2.9 -16.1 -13.2 -26.3 -0.12| 15.8 -1.9 1000 213 7 131 12| 4.2 6.7 11.0| 29.0 -46.9 -17.9 -17.9 -0.04| 17.6 -0.6 1500 249 9 133 7| 5.7 4.5 10.2| 29.0 -51.4 -22.4 -14.9 -0.16| 15.1 -2.4 2000 263 9 127 5| 4.3 4.2 8.5| 31.0 -52.0 -21.0 -10.5 -0.10| 13.0 -1.2 2500 264 10 131 4| 3.4 3.1 6.5| 35.9 -52.0 -16.1 -6.5 0.03| 12.1 0.3 3000 262 11 151 4| 2.8 3.0 5.8| 37.9 -53.4 -15.5 -5.2 0.03| 11.0 0.4 4000 255 15 190 5| 2.1 2.8 4.9| 46.9 -84.1 -37.2 -9.3 -0.05| 10.4 -0.5 5000 251 16 196 7| 1.8 2.5 4.3| 51.3 -90.0 -38.7 -7.7 -0.04| 9.0 -0.4 6000 247 18 200 9| 1.9 2.2 4.1| 86.0 -97.0 -11.0 -1.8 0.02| 8.5 0.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250524.00.gif