UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025052800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 MAY 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 28 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 130 240 5 SFC 999 146 18.4 12.4 68 6.0 14.7 240 5 291.6 293.2 287.9 317.4 9.08 2 995 180 16.8 12.1 74 4.7 14.0 241 6 290.4 291.9 287.3 315.6 8.94 3 994 188 17.0 12.3 74 4.7 14.1 241 6 290.6 292.3 287.5 316.3 9.07 4 956 515 12.6 11.5 93 1.1 12.0 214 8 289.5 291.0 286.9 314.6 8.94 5 955 524 12.6 11.4 92 1.2 11.9 213 8 289.5 291.1 286.9 314.6 8.89 6 936 691 11.8 11.1 95 0.7 11.4 160 5 290.4 292.0 287.3 315.5 8.90 7 925 789 12.6 9.9 84 2.7 11.0 110 2 292.2 293.7 287.4 315.9 8.30 8 922 816 13.0 9.6 80 3.4 11.0 125 2 292.9 294.3 287.5 316.2 8.16 9 910 927 16.4 1.4 36 15.0 8.6 183 3 297.5 298.3 285.8 311.3 4.65 10 909 936 16.6 0.6 34 16.0 8.4 185 3 297.8 298.6 285.6 310.9 4.39 11 885 1164 18.4 -28.6 3 47.0 4.0 229 2 301.9 302.0 282.7 303.3 0.41 12 883 1183 18.4 -22.6 5 41.0 4.4 233 2 302.1 302.2 283.2 304.4 0.70 13 850 1508 16.8 -17.2 8 34.0 4.0 120 4 303.7 304.0 284.4 307.5 1.17 14 832 1690 16.2 -17.8 8 34.0 3.5 126 9 305.0 305.2 284.8 308.7 1.13 15 827 1741 16.4 -18.6 8 35.0 3.5 127 10 305.7 305.9 285.0 309.2 1.06 16 819 1824 17.2 -4.8 22 22.0 6.5 130 13 307.4 308.0 288.0 317.6 3.26 17 767 2378 12.6 -9.4 21 22.0 2.9 142 17 308.3 308.7 287.5 316.1 2.44 18 731 2779 10.2 -24.8 7 35.0 -0.9 159 23 309.9 310.0 286.1 312.3 0.70 19 710 3020 8.4 -23.6 8 32.0 -1.9 150 24 310.5 310.7 286.5 313.2 0.80 20 705 3078 7.8 -16.2 16 24.0 -1.2 147 24 310.5 310.8 287.2 315.5 1.53 21 701 3125 7.2 -6.8 36 14.0 0.8 145 24 310.3 310.9 288.9 320.7 3.27 22 700 3137 7.0 -7.0 36 14.0 0.6 145 24 310.2 310.8 288.9 320.5 3.23 23 698 3160 6.8 -7.2 36 14.0 0.5 145 24 310.3 310.9 288.9 320.4 3.19 24 695 3196 6.4 -10.6 28 17.0 -0.7 145 24 310.2 310.7 288.1 318.1 2.45 25 692 3231 6.4 -22.6 10 29.0 -2.9 145 24 310.6 310.8 286.6 313.6 0.90 26 678 3398 5.4 -28.6 6 34.0 -4.1 148 23 311.3 311.4 286.4 313.1 0.53 27 671 3483 4.8 -12.2 28 17.0 -2.1 155 20 311.5 312.0 288.3 318.8 2.23 28 658 3642 3.4 -10.6 35 14.0 -2.4 168 15 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.1 2.59 29 610 4252 0.0 -20.0 21 20.0 -6.6 139 6 314.6 314.9 288.4 318.9 1.28 30 579 4669 -1.3 -40.3 3 39.0 -9.4 28 8 317.8 317.9 288.3 318.6 0.20 31 500 5820 -9.3 -29.3 18 20.0 -14.2 295 20 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.1 0.68 32 494 5913 -9.9 -27.9 21 18.0 -14.5 297 22 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.8 0.78 33 429 6983 -19.1 -32.1 31 13.0 -21.6 297 30 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.8 0.60 34 426 7035 -19.5 -31.5 34 12.0 -21.8 297 30 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.1 0.64 35 424 7070 -19.9 -28.9 45 9.0 -21.8 297 31 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.83 36 420 7140 -20.5 -30.5 40 10.0 -22.5 296 31 323.8 323.9 290.7 326.4 0.72 37 404 7427 -22.5 -33.5 36 11.0 -24.4 295 33 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.56 38 400 7500 -23.1 -33.1 40 10.0 -24.9 295 33 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.1 0.59 39 391 7666 -24.5 -32.5 47 8.0 -25.9 296 34 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.64 40 374 7987 -26.9 -34.9 47 8.0 -28.1 301 39 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.2 0.53 41 360 8261 -28.1 -44.1 20 16.0 -29.9 305 43 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.21 42 346 8544 -30.7 -41.7 33 11.0 -31.9 310 48 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.28 43 330 8878 -33.1 -48.1 21 15.0 -34.4 305 49 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 44 323 9028 -34.3 -49.3 20 15.0 -35.5 302 49 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.13 45 318 9137 -35.1 -51.1 18 16.0 -36.2 300 49 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 46 314 9225 -35.7 -47.7 28 12.0 -36.7 302 50 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.16 47 309 9336 -36.7 -51.7 20 15.0 -37.7 305 52 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 48 300 9540 -38.1 -49.1 31 11.0 -38.9 310 56 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.15 49 298 9586 -38.5 -50.5 27 12.0 -39.3 309 56 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.13 50 276 10110 -42.9 -54.9 26 12.0 -43.5 303 57 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.08 51 250 10770 -48.9 -57.9 34 9.0 -49.2 295 59 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 52 249 10796 -48.9 -57.9 34 9.0 -49.2 295 59 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.06 53 244 10928 -50.1 -61.1 26 11.0 -50.4 295 60 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.04 54 229 11337 -53.9 -63.9 28 10.0 -54.1 295 62 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.03 55 220 11592 -55.9 -63.9 36 8.0 -56.1 295 63 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.03 56 210 11885 -57.7 -68.4 24 10.7 -57.9 295 64 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.02 57 209 11915 -57.9 -68.9 23 11.0 -58.0 295 63 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.02 58 200 12190 -58.9 -70.9 20 12.0 -59.0 300 57 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.5 0.01 59 180 12847 -62.3 -71.3 29 9.0 -62.4 305 59 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.01 60 150 13980 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 280 41 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 61 100 16490 -60.5 -86.5 2 26.0 -60.8 300 14 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 62 70 18700 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.0 230 9 450.2 450.2 310.9 450.3 0.00 63 60 19646 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 66 10 466.5 466.5 312.3 466.5 0.00 64 54 20294 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.3 21 7 486.8 486.8 314.0 486.8 0.00 65 51 20647 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 46 11 493.9 493.9 314.5 493.9 0.00 66 50 20770 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.8 90 4 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 67 48 21024 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.2 81 6 509.2 509.2 315.6 509.2 0.00 68 45 21427 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -61.1 85 11 516.2 516.2 316.1 516.3 0.00 69 39 22328 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.1 119 8 549.4 549.4 318.1 549.5 0.01 70 37 22663 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.5 98 5 556.7 556.7 318.5 556.8 0.01 71 34 23203 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -55.2 65 12 577.7 577.7 319.6 577.8 0.01 72 31 23798 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -54.5 72 17 595.9 595.9 320.4 596.0 0.01 73 30 24010 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -55.2 165 9 599.3 599.3 320.6 599.4 0.01 74 25 25194 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -53.5 133 14 638.9 638.9 322.3 639.0 0.01 75 21 26331 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.3 167 14 669.7 669.7 323.4 669.9 0.02 76 20 26650 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -53.4 170 16 683.4 683.4 323.9 683.6 0.02 77 19 26986 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -53.5 163 14 693.5 693.5 324.2 693.7 0.02 78 16 28114 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -52.8 115 6 734.3 734.4 325.5 734.6 0.02 79 16 28114 -48.1 -82.1 1 34.0 -52.8 115 6 734.3 734.4 325.5 734.6 0.03 80 15 28539 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -53.5 61 2 745.4 745.4 325.8 745.6 0.03 81 14 28997 -44.7 -81.7 1 37.0 -51.2 36 1 774.5 774.5 326.6 774.8 0.04 82 13 29493 -44.7 -81.7 1 37.0 -51.5 17 1 791.0 791.1 327.0 791.4 0.04 83 12 30032 -42.1 -80.1 1 38.0 -50.4 3 0 818.6 818.6 327.7 819.1 0.05 84 10 31270 -40.5 -79.5 1 39.0 -50.5 25 2 868.4 868.4 328.8 869.1 0.07 85 9.9 31338 -40.5 -79.5 1 39.0 -50.5 870.9 870.9 328.8 871.6 0.07 86 7.9 32895 -34.9 -77.9 0 43.0 -49.4 951.3 951.4 330.4 952.6 0.12 TRP 180 12847 -62.3 -71.3 29 9.0 -62.4 305 59 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.01 WND 210 11885 -57.7 -68.4 24 10.7 -57.9 295 64 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.00 m Freezing level: 610.00 mb = 4252.09 m = 13950.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.54 mb = 2681.83 m = 8798.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.75 mb = 892.03 m = 2926.57 ft T: 15.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 12.94 C Layer 910.0- 883.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.95 mb = 3519.99 m = 11548.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.35 C = 101.02 F Cap Strength: 11.97 C Lifted Index: 10.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.97 C Showalter Index: 14.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: -7.90 C K Index: -5.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 28.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57934.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.90 mb = 1184.35 m = 3885.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 212 at 10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 146 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 9 6 -0.9 -5.7 1 980 305 245 9 8.2 3.8 | 327 5 2.9 -4.4 2 945 610 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 74 3 -2.5 -0.7 3 925 789 110 2 -1.9 0.7 | 43 10 -7.1 -7.5 4 911 914 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 45 7 -5.2 -5.2 5 879 1219 240 2 1.7 1.0 | 26 8 -3.5 -7.2 6 850 1508 120 4 -3.5 2.0 | 54 11 -8.7 -6.2 7 818 1829 130 13 -10.0 8.4 | 90 15 -15.2 0.1 8 789 2134 130 15 -11.5 9.6 | 95 17 -16.7 1.4 9 761 2438 145 17 -9.8 13.9 | 111 16 -15.0 5.7 10 734 2743 160 23 -7.9 21.6 | 136 19 -13.1 13.4 11 700 3137 145 24 -13.8 19.7 | 121 22 -19.0 11.4 12 681 3353 145 24 -13.8 19.7 | 121 22 -19.0 11.4 13 656 3658 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 126 9 -7.7 5.6 14 631 3962 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 114 7 -6.2 2.7 15 607 4267 135 5 -3.5 3.5 | 62 10 -8.8 -4.7 16 563 4877 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 358 16 0.5 -16.4 17 542 5182 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 345 15 3.8 -14.5 18 521 5486 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 318 20 13.5 -15.1 19 500 5820 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 322 21 12.9 -16.7 20 482 6096 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 322 26 16.4 -20.7 21 400 7500 295 33 29.9 -13.9 | 312 33 24.7 -22.2 22 393 7620 295 33 29.9 -13.9 | 312 33 24.7 -22.2 23 346 8534 310 48 36.8 -30.9 | 321 50 31.5 -39.1 24 317 9144 300 49 42.4 -24.5 | 311 50 37.2 -32.7 25 300 9540 310 56 42.9 -36.0 | 320 58 37.7 -44.2 26 250 10770 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 305 59 48.2 -33.2 27 210 11885 295 64 58.0 -27.0 | 304 63 52.8 -35.3 28 200 12190 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 310 57 44.1 -36.7 29 200 12192 295 64 58.0 -27.0 | 304 63 52.8 -35.3 30 180 12847 305 59 48.3 -33.8 | 314 60 43.1 -42.1 31 173 13106 305 59 48.3 -33.8 | 314 60 43.1 -42.1 32 164 13411 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 310 37 28.3 -23.9 33 150 13980 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 294 38 35.1 -15.4 34 149 14021 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 286 30 28.8 -8.2 35 135 14630 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 293 40 37.1 -15.7 36 122 15240 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 301 25 21.3 -12.9 37 116 15545 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 310 29 22.0 -18.2 38 111 15850 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 295 20 17.8 -8.2 39 106 16154 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 301 20 16.7 -10.1 40 100 16490 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 336 17 6.9 -15.2 41 96 16764 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 328 14 7.3 -11.6 42 91 17069 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 330 17 8.4 -14.6 43 87 17374 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 262 6 5.5 0.8 44 83 17678 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 249 9 8.5 3.3 45 79 17983 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 349 17 3.2 -16.7 46 75 18288 310 1 0.8 -0.6 | 27 10 -4.5 -8.9 47 70 18700 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 326 3 1.6 -2.4 48 61 19507 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 41 20 -12.9 -14.7 49 58 19812 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 59 18 -15.2 -9.1 50 56 20117 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 32 10 -5.2 -8.2 51 53 20422 35 12 -6.9 -9.8 | 34 22 -12.1 -18.1 52 50 20726 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 41 20 -12.9 -14.7 53 50 20770 90 4 -4.0 0.0 | 48 12 -9.2 -8.2 54 46 21336 70 9 -8.5 -3.1 | 50 18 -13.7 -11.3 55 44 21641 115 15 -13.6 6.3 | 84 19 -18.8 -1.9 56 42 21946 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 69 16 -14.9 -5.6 57 40 22250 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 79 14 -13.4 -2.5 58 38 22555 105 4 -3.9 1.0 | 52 12 -9.1 -7.2 59 33 23470 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 43 24 -16.7 -17.9 60 31 23774 60 18 -15.6 -9.0 | 50 27 -20.8 -17.2 61 30 24010 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 93 8 -7.6 0.5 62 30 24079 125 19 -15.6 10.9 | 97 21 -20.8 2.7 63 28 24384 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 100 8 -7.8 1.4 64 27 24689 120 13 -11.3 6.5 | 84 17 -16.5 -1.7 65 26 24994 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 72 19 -18.0 -6.0 66 25 25298 150 15 -7.5 13.0 | 110 14 -12.7 4.8 67 23 25603 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 98 9 -8.7 1.2 68 20 26650 170 16 -2.8 15.8 | 133 11 -8.0 7.5 69 19 26822 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 85 12 -12.3 -1.2 70 19 27127 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 159 10 -3.7 9.7 71 18 27432 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 176 3 -0.2 2.6 72 15 28651 50 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 34 11 -6.0 -8.9 73 13 29566 15 1 -0.3 -1.0 | 31 11 -5.5 -9.2 74 12 29870 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 32 10 -5.2 -8.2 75 10 31270 25 2 -0.8 -1.8 | 31 12 -6.1 -10.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.5 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 212.5 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.1 neg: -45.2 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.11 Bulk Shear: 11.39 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 227 8 348 3| 0.0 6.1 6.1| 2.5 -5.0 -2.5 -5.0 0.07| 12.9 0.9 1000 217 6 27 4| 2.8 3.1 5.8| 2.5 -17.1 -14.6 -14.6 -0.23| 11.8 -2.7 1500 203 5 42 5| 1.9 4.9 6.7| 20.1 -17.3 2.8 1.8 0.05| 11.2 0.6 2000 162 7 77 8| 0.9 3.6 4.6| 41.8 -17.3 24.5 12.2 0.19| 10.3 1.9 2500 153 9 89 9| 2.0 2.9 4.9| 83.3 -17.3 66.0 26.4 0.34| 10.2 3.5 3000 153 11 100 11| 1.6 3.2 4.9| 95.1 -45.2 49.9 16.6 0.24| 10.0 2.4 4000 154 13 107 11| 1.4 2.3 3.7|105.3 -59.6 45.7 11.4 0.12| 10.3 1.2 5000 156 12 104 10| 1.1 1.5 2.6|105.3-160.3 -55.0 -11.0 -0.14| 11.2 -1.5 6000 182 13 136 7| 1.2 1.3 2.4|111.9-202.2 -90.2 -15.0 -0.18| 10.8 -1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250528.00.gif