UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 23 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 1001 146 18.6 8.6 52 10.0 12.9 235 5 291.7 292.9 285.9 311.7 7.01 1 1000 147 17.2 8.2 55 9.0 12.1 235 7 290.4 291.6 285.2 309.8 6.83 2 993 207 15.8 7.8 59 8.0 11.3 233 8 289.5 290.7 284.8 308.5 6.69 3 925 804 10.4 6.5 77 3.9 8.3 210 9 289.9 291.1 284.8 308.6 6.57 4 922 831 10.2 6.4 77 3.8 8.1 209 9 290.0 291.2 284.8 308.6 6.55 5 902 1014 9.6 3.6 66 6.0 6.5 205 10 291.2 292.2 284.2 307.0 5.49 6 881 1209 8.0 6.3 89 1.7 7.1 205 10 291.5 292.7 285.7 311.0 6.81 7 850 1504 6.6 3.5 81 3.1 5.0 200 12 293.1 294.1 285.2 309.8 5.79 8 844 1562 6.2 3.8 85 2.4 4.9 199 12 293.2 294.3 285.5 310.5 5.96 9 826 1738 5.2 -1.8 61 7.0 2.0 196 11 294.0 294.7 283.8 305.9 4.05 10 803 1968 3.6 -0.2 76 3.8 1.8 195 10 294.7 295.5 284.7 308.5 4.69 11 772 2287 2.2 -14.8 27 17.0 -3.6 205 9 296.5 296.8 281.9 301.4 1.57 12 766 2350 2.2 -7.8 48 10.0 -1.9 209 10 297.2 297.7 283.6 305.6 2.77 13 757 2446 1.2 -1.9 80 3.1 -0.2 215 10 297.1 297.9 285.4 310.1 4.39 14 748 2542 0.4 -1.7 86 2.1 -0.6 215 10 297.2 298.1 285.5 310.6 4.51 15 718 2869 -1.5 -5.7 73 4.2 -3.3 211 10 298.6 299.3 285.0 309.2 3.48 16 700 3071 -2.7 -5.9 79 3.2 -4.0 205 10 299.5 300.1 285.4 310.1 3.51 17 682 3277 -4.3 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 217 15 299.9 300.7 286.0 312.0 3.98 18 613 4110 -9.7 -9.7 100 0.0 -9.7 244 34 303.0 303.6 286.1 312.3 2.99 19 596 4327 -9.9 -22.9 34 13.0 -13.2 245 40 305.2 305.4 284.8 308.6 1.02 20 590 4405 -10.1 -27.1 23 17.0 -14.0 244 44 305.9 306.0 284.7 308.3 0.70 21 578 4564 -9.9 -42.9 5 33.0 -15.0 243 52 307.9 308.0 284.7 308.5 0.15 22 555 4878 -9.3 -53.3 1 44.0 -14.9 240 67 312.2 312.2 286.2 312.4 0.05 23 500 5680 -12.7 -47.7 4 35.0 -17.6 240 85 317.6 317.6 288.1 317.9 0.10 24 492 5803 -13.7 -46.7 4 33.0 -18.3 240 85 317.8 317.8 288.2 318.2 0.12 25 487 5880 -14.3 -31.3 22 17.0 -17.8 240 85 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.0 0.57 26 484 5927 -14.5 -45.5 5 31.0 -18.8 240 86 318.3 318.3 288.3 318.8 0.14 27 480 5989 -14.7 -29.7 27 15.0 -18.0 240 86 318.8 318.9 289.1 321.2 0.68 28 477 6037 -14.7 -44.7 6 30.0 -19.0 240 86 319.4 319.4 288.7 320.0 0.15 29 462 6277 -16.1 -42.1 9 26.0 -20.0 240 85 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.3 0.20 30 460 6310 -15.7 -21.7 60 6.0 -17.4 240 85 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.5 1.46 31 456 6376 -15.9 -26.9 38 11.0 -18.5 240 85 322.0 322.2 290.3 325.3 0.93 32 437 6694 -18.3 -24.3 59 6.0 -19.8 240 83 322.9 323.2 290.9 327.2 1.22 33 434 6746 -18.1 -29.1 38 11.0 -20.5 240 83 323.8 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.79 34 424 6919 -19.1 -25.1 59 6.0 -20.5 240 85 324.7 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.17 35 409 7186 -20.5 -33.5 30 13.0 -22.9 240 87 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.3 0.55 36 400 7350 -21.7 -25.1 74 3.4 -22.5 240 89 326.8 327.0 292.0 331.2 1.24 37 399 7368 -21.7 -24.6 77 2.9 -22.4 240 89 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.6 1.31 38 376 7803 -23.9 -29.9 58 6.0 -25.1 244 92 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.8 0.85 39 324 8871 -31.9 -34.3 79 2.4 -32.3 241 108 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.4 0.65 40 300 9410 -35.3 -45.3 35 10.0 -36.2 245 116 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.22 41 299 9433 -35.3 -46.3 32 11.0 -36.2 245 116 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.20 42 290 9646 -36.7 -45.7 39 9.0 -37.5 245 119 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.8 0.22 43 273 10063 -40.5 -43.0 77 2.5 -40.7 245 125 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.5 0.31 44 265 10266 -41.7 -48.7 47 7.0 -42.2 245 128 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.17 45 254 10553 -43.5 -47.0 68 3.5 -43.7 245 132 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.7 0.22 46 250 10660 -44.3 -49.3 57 5.0 -44.6 245 134 340.2 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.17 47 233 11129 -48.1 -58.1 31 10.0 -48.4 245 136 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.06 48 225 11359 -49.9 -55.3 53 5.4 -50.1 245 140 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.09 49 224 11388 -50.1 -54.9 57 4.8 -50.3 245 140 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.6 0.10 50 206 11931 -54.3 -64.3 28 10.0 -54.5 245 139 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 51 200 12120 -55.9 -62.9 41 7.0 -56.1 245 138 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 52 189 12477 -59.1 -62.8 62 3.7 -59.2 245 136 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 53 184 12644 -60.3 -65.1 53 4.8 -60.4 246 132 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.03 54 183 12678 -60.7 -67.7 39 7.0 -60.8 246 131 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 55 180 12781 -59.5 -72.5 17 13.0 -59.6 246 128 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 56 157 13623 -65.5 -80.5 11 15.0 -65.6 250 103 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.00 57 150 13900 -64.7 -82.7 7 18.0 -64.8 255 100 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.00 58 140 14321 -65.1 -85.1 5 20.0 -65.2 251 91 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 59 128 14873 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -61.5 246 80 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 60 100 16380 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.4 255 55 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 61 96 16624 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 257 53 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 62 93 16814 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.4 255 54 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 63 83 17503 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -65.9 254 42 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 64 78 17877 -68.9 -89.9 3 21.0 -69.0 253 39 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 65 70 18530 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -64.9 265 42 446.0 446.0 310.5 446.0 0.00 66 66 18888 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.1 259 40 450.9 450.9 311.0 450.9 0.00 67 63 19173 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.7 258 32 467.1 467.1 312.4 467.1 0.00 68 58 19681 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.5 256 19 469.3 469.3 312.5 469.3 0.00 69 50 20590 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -62.9 250 19 496.2 496.2 314.7 496.2 0.00 70 47 20972 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.0 265 20 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.5 0.00 71 39 22120 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.6 274 13 528.7 528.7 316.8 528.7 0.00 72 32 23346 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.7 286 22 573.9 573.9 319.3 573.9 0.00 73 30 23750 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.3 260 10 583.0 583.0 319.8 583.0 0.01 74 28 24185 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.2 257 10 598.5 598.5 320.5 598.5 0.01 75 24 25156 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.4 255 24 618.5 618.5 321.4 618.5 0.01 76 20 26300 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.4 275 34 655.9 655.9 322.9 655.9 0.01 77 15 28122 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -59.0 266 45 719.4 719.4 325.0 719.6 0.01 78 12 29565 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -54.6 271 69 792.4 792.4 327.1 792.6 0.03 79 11 30134 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -56.5 271 54 802.9 802.9 327.3 803.2 0.03 80 10 30760 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -53.5 265 80 846.0 846.0 328.3 846.4 0.04 81 8.3 32001 -45.1 -81.1 1 36.0 -53.5 897.8 897.8 329.4 898.5 0.07 TRP 157 13623 -65.5 -80.5 11 15.0 -65.6 250 103 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.00 WND 225 11359 -49.9 -55.3 53 5.4 -50.1 245 140 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.09 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5533.00 m Freezing level: 741.68 mb = 2610.69 m = 8565.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 792.67 mb = 2073.37 m = 6802.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.02 % Est. max temperature: 19.94 C = 67.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.33 mb = 1385.26 m = 4544.75 ft T: 7.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.83 C/km ThetaE index: 7.08 C Layer 772.0- 766.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.48 mb = 1832.93 m = 6013.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.21 C = 70.18 F Cap Strength: 7.97 C Lifted Index: 10.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: 9.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.20 C K Index: 19.60 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63880.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.53 mb = 1316.80 m = 4320.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 266 at 24 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 1001 146 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 93 20 -20.3 1.0 1 1000 147 235 7 5.7 4.0 | 97 19 -18.6 2.2 2 981 305 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 105 17 -16.7 4.6 3 947 610 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 104 21 -20.4 5.1 4 925 804 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 107 21 -19.9 5.9 5 913 914 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 110 21 -20.1 7.2 6 880 1219 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 110 21 -20.1 7.2 7 850 1504 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 115 22 -20.3 9.4 8 816 1829 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 112 23 -21.5 8.8 9 786 2134 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 107 23 -22.0 6.8 10 757 2438 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 109 20 -18.6 6.3 11 729 2743 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 109 20 -18.6 6.3 12 702 3048 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 107 21 -20.6 6.3 13 700 3071 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 110 21 -20.1 7.2 14 649 3658 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 166 11 -2.7 10.6 15 600 4267 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 215 17 10.1 14.2 16 555 4877 240 67 58.0 33.5 | 227 46 33.7 31.6 17 500 5680 240 85 73.6 42.5 | 230 64 49.3 40.6 18 473 6096 240 86 74.5 43.0 | 231 65 50.1 41.1 19 436 6706 240 83 71.9 41.5 | 230 62 47.5 39.6 20 400 7350 240 89 77.1 44.5 | 231 68 52.7 42.6 21 385 7620 245 90 81.6 38.0 | 238 68 57.2 36.2 22 311 9144 240 112 97.0 56.0 | 233 91 72.6 54.1 23 300 9410 245 116 105.1 49.0 | 240 94 80.8 47.2 24 250 10660 245 134 121.4 56.6 | 241 111 97.1 54.8 25 250 10668 245 129 116.9 54.5 | 240 106 92.6 52.7 26 225 11359 245 140 126.9 59.2 | 241 117 102.5 57.3 27 217 11582 245 140 126.9 59.2 | 241 117 102.5 57.3 28 200 12120 245 138 125.1 58.3 | 241 115 100.7 56.5 29 188 12497 245 136 123.3 57.5 | 241 113 98.9 55.6 30 157 13623 250 103 96.8 35.2 | 245 80 72.4 33.4 31 150 13900 255 100 96.6 25.9 | 252 76 72.2 24.0 32 127 14935 245 79 71.6 33.4 | 236 57 47.2 31.5 33 120 15240 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 250 48 45.2 16.8 34 100 16380 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 247 31 28.8 12.4 35 99 16459 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 255 26 24.9 6.8 36 94 16764 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 247 31 28.8 12.4 37 85 17374 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 229 19 14.2 12.2 38 81 17678 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 253 20 19.0 5.8 39 77 17983 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 224 15 10.4 10.8 40 73 18288 245 41 37.2 17.3 | 220 20 12.8 15.5 41 70 18530 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 264 18 17.5 1.8 42 69 18593 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 254 24 22.9 6.5 43 57 19812 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 102 10 -9.9 2.0 44 54 20117 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 117 7 -6.0 3.1 45 51 20422 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 355 9 0.8 -8.6 46 50 20590 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 126 8 -6.5 4.6 47 49 20726 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 47 10 -7.0 -6.5 48 47 21031 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 109 5 -4.7 1.6 49 44 21336 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 55 18 -14.4 -10.2 50 42 21641 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 86 12 -12.4 -0.8 51 40 21946 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 90 3 -3.4 -0.0 52 38 22250 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 79 17 -16.5 -3.2 53 36 22555 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 163 2 -0.7 2.3 54 33 23165 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 358 6 0.3 -6.2 55 31 23470 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 33 10 -5.6 -8.7 56 30 23750 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 90 15 -14.5 -0.1 57 28 24079 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 93 15 -14.7 0.7 58 27 24384 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 90 14 -13.5 0.1 59 26 24689 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 120 12 -10.5 6.1 60 25 24994 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 199 5 1.7 5.1 61 23 25298 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 141 5 -3.1 3.8 62 22 25603 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 34 7 -3.7 -5.5 63 20 26213 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 264 12 11.5 1.3 64 20 26300 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 297 11 9.5 -4.8 65 19 26518 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 313 11 8.1 -7.6 66 18 26822 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 264 12 11.5 1.3 67 17 27432 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 280 11 10.6 -1.9 68 15 28346 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 264 24 23.5 2.3 69 14 28651 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 264 21 20.5 2.1 70 12 29566 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 272 45 44.6 -1.9 71 11 29870 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 289 40 37.7 -12.8 72 11 30175 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 274 29 28.6 -1.9 73 10 30760 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 265 56 55.3 5.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.0 neg: -22.7 tot: 37.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 76.77 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 224 9 104 19| 0.0 4.3 4.3| 20.1 -1.6 18.4 36.9 0.46| 8.4 3.9 1000 215 9 106 20| 0.0 3.2 3.2| 30.7 -1.6 29.0 29.0 0.56| 5.2 2.9 1500 210 10 109 21| 0.0 2.8 2.8| 41.4 -3.7 37.7 25.2 0.56| 4.4 2.5 2000 206 10 109 21| 0.0 1.6 1.6| 41.4 -19.3 22.1 11.0 0.30| 4.0 1.2 2500 207 10 109 21| 0.7 1.2 1.9| 44.5 -19.3 25.2 10.1 0.27| 3.9 1.1 3000 207 10 109 21| 0.6 1.4 2.0| 60.0 -22.7 37.2 12.4 0.31| 4.1 1.3 4000 222 14 118 17| 3.8 1.0 4.9|147.2 -22.7 124.5 31.1 0.60| 6.5 3.9 5000 232 22 149 14| 3.0 4.3 7.3|208.3 -22.7 185.5 37.1 0.43| 9.1 4.0 6000 236 33 189 17| 2.5 4.6 7.2|244.2 -23.1 221.1 36.8 0.40| 8.7 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20200323.00.gif