UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 MAR 20 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 20 MAR 20 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 146 9.6 7.6 87 2.0 8.5 80 4 282.4 283.5 281.5 300.4 6.53 1 1000 172 10.4 7.1 80 3.3 8.6 90 6 283.5 284.6 281.8 301.1 6.33 2 992 239 11.2 7.8 80 3.4 9.3 113 7 285.0 286.2 282.8 303.7 6.70 3 925 818 6.6 5.3 91 1.3 5.9 180 8 286.1 287.1 282.6 303.0 6.04 4 850 1508 2.6 -0.2 82 2.8 1.3 240 9 288.9 289.6 282.0 301.6 4.43 5 815 1846 -0.5 -1.1 96 0.6 -0.8 245 13 289.1 289.8 282.0 301.5 4.33 6 808 1915 0.2 -4.8 69 5.0 -1.9 246 13 290.5 291.1 281.4 300.2 3.31 7 789 2106 -0.7 -8.7 55 8.0 -3.7 249 13 291.6 292.0 280.9 299.0 2.51 8 746 2551 -4.1 -10.1 63 6.0 -6.2 263 13 292.6 293.0 281.2 299.7 2.38 9 700 3051 -6.9 -17.9 41 11.0 -10.0 255 17 294.8 295.1 280.9 299.0 1.33 10 694 3118 -7.1 -18.1 41 11.0 -10.2 257 18 295.3 295.6 281.1 299.5 1.32 11 640 3747 -8.3 -37.3 8 29.0 -13.3 274 26 300.9 301.0 282.1 301.7 0.24 12 590 4375 -10.5 -44.5 4 34.0 -15.4 265 36 305.4 305.5 283.7 305.9 0.12 13 581 4493 -10.5 -43.5 5 33.0 -15.4 265 40 306.8 306.8 284.3 307.3 0.14 14 549 4927 -13.1 -41.1 8 28.0 -17.3 270 44 308.7 308.7 285.1 309.4 0.19 15 530 5193 -15.7 -24.7 46 9.0 -17.8 268 46 308.7 308.9 286.0 312.0 0.97 16 521 5322 -16.5 -31.5 26 15.0 -19.3 267 47 309.3 309.4 285.7 311.1 0.53 17 500 5630 -18.7 -27.7 45 9.0 -20.5 265 49 310.2 310.4 286.4 312.9 0.78 18 496 5690 -18.7 -33.7 25 15.0 -21.2 266 49 311.0 311.0 286.2 312.5 0.45 19 488 5810 -19.7 -26.7 54 7.0 -21.1 267 49 311.2 311.3 286.8 314.2 0.88 20 482 5902 -20.1 -28.1 49 8.0 -21.7 268 49 311.8 311.9 286.9 314.5 0.78 21 439 6586 -25.7 -34.7 43 9.0 -27.0 273 52 313.1 313.2 287.0 314.8 0.46 22 412 7041 -30.1 -34.5 65 4.4 -30.7 274 56 313.2 313.3 287.1 315.0 0.50 23 400 7250 -31.9 -37.9 55 6.0 -32.6 270 60 313.5 313.6 287.0 314.8 0.36 24 374 7721 -35.3 -43.3 44 8.0 -36.0 270 72 315.1 315.2 287.4 315.9 0.22 25 362 7947 -37.1 -40.6 70 3.5 -37.4 270 77 315.7 315.7 287.7 316.8 0.31 26 361 7966 -37.3 -41.3 66 4.0 -37.7 270 78 315.6 315.7 287.6 316.7 0.28 27 355 8082 -37.7 -48.7 31 11.0 -38.4 270 80 316.6 316.6 287.8 317.1 0.13 28 353 8120 -37.9 -44.9 48 7.0 -38.4 270 81 316.9 316.9 287.9 317.6 0.20 29 312 8965 -40.9 -63.9 7 23.0 -41.7 270 101 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.02 30 300 9230 -42.9 -62.9 9 20.0 -43.5 275 107 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.03 31 250 10440 -51.3 -66.3 15 15.0 -51.6 275 114 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.02 32 246 10545 -52.1 -68.1 13 16.0 -52.4 275 114 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.02 33 230 10979 -54.0 -70.9 11 16.9 -54.2 275 116 333.6 333.7 292.7 333.7 0.01 34 212 11499 -56.3 -74.3 9 18.0 -56.5 270 102 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.01 35 200 11870 -55.7 -78.7 4 23.0 -55.9 270 92 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.00 36 168 12979 -54.7 -83.7 2 29.0 -55.1 269 70 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.00 37 150 13700 -55.7 -84.7 1 29.0 -56.1 265 57 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 38 134 14411 -59.1 -86.1 2 27.0 -59.3 260 53 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 39 100 16240 -59.9 -86.9 2 27.0 -60.2 265 54 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 40 95 16559 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.0 265 54 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 41 70 18460 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.3 270 14 456.2 456.2 311.4 456.2 0.00 42 61 19317 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.6 225 22 474.1 474.1 313.0 474.1 0.00 43 52 20301 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.2 247 35 485.1 485.1 313.8 485.1 0.00 44 50 20540 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.3 270 41 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 45 48 20790 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.7 273 46 497.7 497.7 314.8 497.7 0.00 46 43 21474 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.2 280 42 530.9 530.9 317.0 530.9 0.00 47 34 22948 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.1 230 26 559.8 559.9 318.6 559.9 0.00 48 30 23720 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.6 270 33 567.2 567.2 319.0 567.2 0.00 49 29 23926 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -66.2 270 36 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.1 0.00 50 27 24371 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.8 270 43 609.2 609.2 321.0 609.3 0.01 51 25 24861 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -57.1 266 49 625.7 625.7 321.7 625.7 0.01 52 22 25674 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.6 264 50 644.2 644.2 322.4 644.3 0.01 53 20 26280 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.8 265 55 665.7 665.7 323.3 665.8 0.01 54 19 26610 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.2 265 57 690.4 690.4 324.1 690.5 0.02 55 16 27725 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -55.9 265 62 719.3 719.3 325.0 719.5 0.02 56 11 30204 -41.7 -79.7 1 38.0 -50.6 253 56 840.7 840.7 328.2 841.3 0.06 57 10 30852 -40.9 -79.9 1 39.0 -50.7 866.9 866.9 328.8 867.6 0.07 TRP 212 11499 -56.3 -74.3 9 18.0 -56.5 270 102 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.01 WND 230 10979 -54.0 -70.9 11 16.9 -54.2 275 116 333.6 333.7 292.7 333.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5458.00 m Freezing level: 820.65 mb = 1791.77 m = 5878.45 ft Freezing level: 810.00 mb = 1895.70 m = 6219.43 ft Freezing level: 803.78 mb = 1957.79 m = 6423.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 827.98 mb = 1719.23 m = 5640.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.40 % Est. max temperature: 15.89 C = 60.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.96 mb = 390.97 m = 1282.68 ft T: 9.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.58 C/km ThetaE index: 4.64 C Layer 925.0- 746.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.73 mb = 1016.82 m = 3336.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.05 C = 57.29 F Cap Strength: 8.15 C Lifted Index: 8.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 9.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 10.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.89 mb = 854.38 m = 2803.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.89 mb = 1739.58 m = 5707.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 805.89 mb = 1936.43 m = 6353.04 ft B at Equ Level: 4.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 785.89 mb = 2137.43 m = 7012.46 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 292 at 19 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 1004 146 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 106 22 -21.4 6.3 1 1000 172 90 6 -6.0 0.0 | 107 24 -23.5 7.0 2 984 305 135 8 -5.7 5.7 | 119 26 -23.1 12.6 3 949 610 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 130 26 -20.1 16.6 4 925 818 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 131 23 -17.5 15.0 5 914 914 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 131 21 -15.7 13.7 6 881 1219 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 136 19 -13.5 13.9 7 850 1508 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 140 15 -9.7 11.5 8 848 1524 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 144 15 -8.8 12.0 9 816 1829 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 155 14 -5.7 12.5 10 786 2134 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 155 13 -5.3 11.4 11 756 2438 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 137 10 -6.5 7.0 12 728 2743 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 178 13 -0.6 13.1 13 700 3051 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 175 11 -1.0 11.4 14 647 3658 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 237 9 7.4 4.8 15 597 4267 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 237 18 15.4 9.8 16 574 4572 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 247 28 25.4 10.7 17 552 4877 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 255 27 26.5 7.0 18 500 5630 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 250 33 31.3 11.2 19 469 6096 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 258 32 31.5 7.0 20 413 7010 275 55 54.8 -4.8 | 267 37 37.3 2.2 21 400 7250 270 60 60.0 -0.0 | 261 43 42.5 7.0 22 379 7620 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 262 53 52.5 7.0 23 304 9144 270 105 105.0 -0.0 | 265 88 87.5 7.0 24 300 9230 275 107 106.6 -9.3 | 272 89 89.1 -2.4 25 253 10363 275 115 114.6 -10.0 | 272 97 97.1 -3.1 26 250 10440 275 114 113.6 -9.9 | 272 96 96.1 -3.0 27 241 10668 275 114 113.6 -9.9 | 272 96 96.1 -3.0 28 230 10979 275 116 115.6 -10.1 | 272 98 98.1 -3.1 29 219 11278 275 116 115.6 -10.1 | 272 98 98.1 -3.1 30 212 11499 270 102 102.0 -0.0 | 265 85 84.5 7.0 31 200 11870 270 92 92.0 -0.0 | 265 75 74.5 7.0 32 173 12802 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 263 56 55.5 7.0 33 150 13700 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 253 41 39.3 11.9 34 136 14326 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 245 37 33.7 16.0 35 117 15240 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 247 44 40.6 17.2 36 106 15850 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 248 48 44.6 17.9 37 100 16240 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 252 38 36.3 11.7 38 97 16459 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 252 38 36.3 11.7 39 79 17678 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 258 32 31.5 7.0 40 72 18288 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 300 11 9.7 -5.7 41 70 18460 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 154 8 -3.5 7.0 42 69 18593 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 275 2 2.3 -0.2 43 65 18898 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 148 11 -5.7 9.1 44 62 19202 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 169 19 -3.7 18.5 45 59 19507 215 28 16.1 22.9 | 177 30 -1.4 29.9 46 54 20117 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 214 21 11.7 17.6 47 51 20422 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 215 28 16.1 22.6 48 50 20540 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 254 25 23.5 7.0 49 46 21031 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 266 33 33.3 2.5 50 44 21336 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 272 28 27.8 -1.0 51 40 21946 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 263 13 13.1 1.6 52 38 22250 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 184 12 0.9 11.9 53 36 22555 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 200 14 4.7 12.9 54 34 22860 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 182 25 0.9 25.4 55 31 23470 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 223 16 11.1 12.0 56 30 23720 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 246 17 15.5 7.0 57 26 24689 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 257 30 29.5 7.0 58 23 25298 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 238 40 33.7 20.7 59 21 25908 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 257 31 30.5 7.0 60 20 26280 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 253 39 37.3 11.8 61 15 27127 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 255 47 45.3 12.5 62 14 27432 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 253 39 37.3 11.8 63 11 28042 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 245 38 34.7 16.2 64 10 28346 240 63 54.6 31.5 | 224 53 37.1 38.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.2 neg: -11.0 tot: 117.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 118.52 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 143 8 121 26| 10.6 0.0 10.6| 71.9 0.0 71.9 143.7 0.83| 13.1 10.9 1000 166 8 127 24| 5.5 0.0 5.5| 81.9 0.0 81.9 81.9 0.65| 9.8 6.4 1500 189 8 133 22| 5.2 0.0 5.2| 98.3 0.0 98.3 65.5 0.62| 8.9 5.5 2000 211 9 140 20| 4.3 0.0 4.3|104.9 -0.5 104.4 52.2 0.61| 7.5 4.6 2500 226 10 144 17| 4.1 0.0 4.1|118.3 -9.1 109.1 43.7 0.51| 8.0 4.1 3000 234 11 149 16| 3.8 0.0 3.8|128.2 -11.0 117.2 39.1 0.50| 7.8 3.9 4000 252 15 164 12| 3.7 1.0 4.7|151.3 -11.7 139.6 34.9 0.51| 8.0 4.1 5000 259 20 192 11| 3.2 2.0 5.2|200.1 -17.7 182.4 36.5 0.48| 8.1 3.9 6000 262 25 215 13| 2.8 1.9 4.7|237.5 -31.1 206.4 34.4 0.47| 7.5 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20200320.12.gif