Station: KNKX Date: 00Z 22 NOV 2009 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M 1000 109 - - - - - - - - - - - - SFC 997 146 17.0 12.0 72 5.0 14.0 245 7 290.4 292.0 287.2 315.5 8.86 W 977 305 14.4 10.7 78 3.8 12.2 255 4 289.5 291.0 286.4 312.8 8.27 S 957 480 11.8 9.3 85 2.5 10.4 241 2 288.6 289.9 285.4 310.2 7.70 W 942 610 11.0 8.8 87 2.1 9.7 195 1 289.0 290.3 285.5 310.4 7.58 M 925 764 10.0 8.3 89 1.7 9.0 120 1 289.5 290.8 285.5 310.6 7.44 S 909 909 8.8 7.4 91 1.4 8.0 125 3 289.7 291.0 285.3 309.9 7.12 W 908 914 8.8 7.3 90 1.5 8.0 125 3 289.8 291.1 285.3 309.9 7.08 W 876 1219 9.0 2.5 64 6.4 5.7 135 7 293.1 294.0 284.7 308.3 5.25 S 872 1254 9.0 2.0 61 7.0 5.5 138 7 293.4 294.3 284.7 308.2 5.07 M 850 1465 7.4 1.4 66 6.0 4.4 160 7 293.9 294.8 284.7 308.4 4.98 S 838 1582 6.8 -0.2 61 7.0 3.4 172 6 294.5 295.3 284.4 307.7 4.50 S 823 1730 8.0 -38.0 2 46.0 -2.1 218 4 297.3 297.3 280.4 297.9 0.18 W 813 1829 8.5 -36.4 2 44.9 -1.9 265 3 298.8 298.8 281.1 299.5 0.21 W 784 2134 10.0 -31.4 4 41.4 -1.1 345 5 303.5 303.6 283.3 304.8 0.35 S 764 2346 11.0 -28.0 5 39.0 -0.5 345 7 306.9 307.0 284.8 308.6 0.50 W 755 2438 10.5 -27.1 5 37.6 -0.8 345 8 307.3 307.4 285.0 309.2 0.55 W 728 2743 8.7 -24.3 8 32.9 -1.7 345 11 308.6 308.8 285.7 311.1 0.74 W 702 3048 6.9 -21.4 11 28.3 -2.4 345 12 309.9 310.1 286.5 313.2 0.99 M 700 3068 6.8 -21.2 11 28.0 -2.5 360 12 310.0 310.2 286.5 313.4 1.00 S 688 3209 6.2 -18.8 15 25.0 -2.6 11 13 310.9 311.1 287.1 315.1 1.26 S 663 3511 4.4 -40.6 2 45.0 -5.4 28 16 312.2 312.2 286.3 312.8 0.17 W 651 3658 3.3 -40.7 2 43.9 -6.2 35 17 312.5 312.6 286.4 313.1 0.17 W 603 4267 -1.5 -41.0 3 39.4 -9.4 15 21 314.0 314.0 286.9 314.6 0.18 W 580 4572 -3.9 -41.1 4 37.2 -11.0 15 21 314.6 314.7 287.2 315.3 0.18 W 558 4877 -6.3 -41.2 4 35.0 -12.6 350 23 315.3 315.3 287.4 316.0 0.19 S 549 5010 -7.3 -41.3 5 34.0 -13.4 342 24 315.6 315.6 287.5 316.3 0.19 S 530 5282 -9.1 -21.1 37 12.0 -12.6 327 25 316.6 316.9 289.1 321.2 1.34 M 500 5730 -11.9 -26.9 28 15.0 -15.6 305 28 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.5 0.84 S 483 5995 -13.9 -30.9 22 17.0 -17.5 298 29 319.2 319.4 289.2 321.4 0.60 W 476 6096 -14.7 -31.3 23 16.6 -18.1 295 30 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.6 0.58 M 400 7400 -25.1 -37.1 32 12.0 -26.8 295 39 322.4 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.40 W 388 7620 -27.0 -38.7 32 11.7 -28.5 295 39 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.35 W 312 9144 -40.1 -49.5 36 9.4 -40.7 295 44 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.7 0.13 M 300 9420 -42.5 -51.5 37 9.0 -43.0 295 46 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.11 M 250 10620 -52.1 -60.1 38 8.0 -52.3 295 50 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.05 W 248 10668 -52.5 -60.5 37 8.0 -52.7 295 49 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.04 S 221 11406 -58.3 -66.3 35 8.0 -58.4 290 49 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.02 M 200 12030 -60.3 -68.3 34 8.0 -60.4 285 49 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.02 TRP 192 12285 -61.1 -69.1 34 8.0 -61.2 285 53 339.9 340.0 294.3 340.0 0.02 W 186 12497 -61.5 -69.1 36 7.6 -61.6 285 56 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 S 176 12826 -62.1 -69.1 39 7.0 -62.2 285 54 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 S 157 13542 -57.7 -65.7 35 8.0 -57.9 285 48 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.04 M 150 13830 -58.7 -66.7 35 8.0 -58.9 285 46 368.9 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.03 W 119 15240 -63.6 -71.0 36 7.4 -63.7 280 38 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.1 0.02 M 100 16320 -67.3 -74.3 36 7.0 -67.4 275 40 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.8 0.02 W 98 16459 -66.7 -73.7 37 7.0 -66.8 275 40 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.6 0.02 S 95 16631 -65.9 -72.9 37 7.0 -66.0 281 41 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.4 0.02 W 93 16764 -65.8 -72.8 37 7.0 -66.0 285 41 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.1 0.02 S 88 17097 -65.7 -72.7 37 7.0 -65.8 285 39 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.8 0.02 S 84 17384 -61.3 -69.3 34 8.0 -61.5 285 38 430.2 430.2 308.9 430.4 0.04 S 71 18423 -63.9 -71.9 33 8.0 -64.1 285 33 445.9 445.9 310.5 446.0 0.03 M 70 18510 -63.1 -71.1 33 8.0 -63.3 285 33 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.6 0.04 W 69 18593 -62.6 -70.6 33 8.0 -62.9 285 33 452.1 452.1 311.1 452.4 0.04 S 63 19165 -59.3 -67.3 35 8.0 -59.6 279 29 471.5 471.5 312.8 471.9 0.07 M 50 20610 -60.7 -68.7 34 8.0 -61.0 255 20 500.4 500.5 315.0 500.9 0.07 W 49 20726 -60.8 -68.8 34 8.0 -61.2 255 19 502.8 502.8 315.2 503.3 0.07 W 44 21336 -61.5 -69.5 34 8.0 -61.9 265 17 515.5 515.5 316.1 516.0 0.07 S 41 21837 -62.1 -70.1 34 8.0 -62.4 279 16 526.2 526.2 316.7 526.7 0.07 W 37 22555 -57.7 -66.6 31 8.9 -58.3 305 14 555.2 555.3 318.4 556.2 0.14 S 36 22648 -57.1 -66.1 31 9.0 -57.9 306 14 559.1 559.1 318.6 560.1 0.15 M 30 23790 -60.3 -69.3 30 9.0 -60.9 330 8 580.3 580.3 319.7 581.1 0.11 W 29 24079 -60.9 -69.9 29 9.0 -61.6 310 12 586.2 586.3 320.0 587.0 0.11 S 26 24681 -62.3 -71.3 29 9.0 -62.9 323 12 598.8 598.8 320.6 599.5 0.10 S 25 24925 -58.9 -67.9 30 9.0 -59.7 328 13 615.3 615.4 321.3 616.6 0.16 W 24 25298 -59.7 -68.7 30 9.0 -60.6 335 13 623.5 623.5 321.7 624.7 0.16 S 22 25726 -60.7 -69.7 30 9.0 -61.5 325 10 632.9 632.9 322.0 634.0 0.14 M 20 26330 -53.9 -63.9 28 10.0 -55.6 300 7 671.2 671.3 323.6 674.2 0.35 S 17 27380 -52.3 -63.3 25 11.0 -54.6 263 4 708.3 708.4 324.8 712.2 0.45 W 17 27432 -51.8 -63.0 25 11.1 -54.3 260 4 711.4 711.6 324.9 715.6 0.48 S 16 27776 -48.7 -60.7 24 12.0 -52.1 260 7 732.4 732.7 325.6 738.5 0.67 S 13 29143 -48.9 -61.9 21 13.0 -52.8 260 20 776.5 776.8 326.8 783.4 0.71 W 12 29566 -46.5 -61.0 18 14.5 -51.5 260 24 799.3 799.7 327.4 807.8 0.85 S 11 30257 -42.5 -59.5 14 17.0 -49.6 260 35 837.8 838.3 328.4 849.7 1.14 M 10 30900 -43.7 -63.7 9 20.0 -51.1 260 45 856.4 856.8 328.7 864.2 0.73 S 9.0 31612 -41.5 -64.5 7 23.0 -50.6 - - 891.1 891.5 329.4 899.2 0.73 S 7.1 33205 -45.9 -70.9 4 25.0 -54.1 - - 935.5 935.7 330.2 939.9 0.38 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.00 m Freezing level: 617.98 mb = 4069.23 m = 13350.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 828.79 mb = 1672.43 m = 5486.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.04 % Est. max temperature: 20.64 C = 69.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.39 mb = 760.46 m = 2494.91 ft T: 10.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 10.58 C Layer 838.0- 813.2 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.41 mb = 1441.62 m = 4729.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.44 C = 68.80 F Cap Strength: 10.62 C Lifted Index: 9.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.30 C Showalter Index: 11.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.30 C Cross Totals Index: 13.30 C K Index: -7.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 58.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66157.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.95 mb = 909.44 m = 2983.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 15 at 11 knt ----------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ----------------------------------------------------- 1000 109 | 997 146 245 7 6.3 3.0 | 214 16 9.1 13.3 977 305 255 4 3.9 1.0 | 210 13 6.6 11.4 957 480 241 2 2.0 1.1 | 202 12 4.7 11.4 942 610 195 1 0.3 1.0 | 195 12 3.0 11.3 925 764 120 1 -0.9 0.5 | 190 11 1.9 10.8 909 909 125 3 -2.4 1.7 | 182 12 0.3 12.0 908 914 125 3 -2.5 1.7 | 181 12 0.3 12.1 876 1219 135 7 -4.9 4.9 | 172 15 -2.2 15.3 872 1254 138 7 -4.6 5.2 | 173 16 -1.9 15.6 850 1465 160 7 -2.4 6.6 | 181 17 0.3 16.9 838 1582 172 6 -0.8 5.7 | 187 16 1.9 16.0 823 1730 218 4 2.5 3.2 | 201 15 5.2 13.6 813 1829 265 3 3.0 0.3 | 208 12 5.7 10.6 784 2134 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 216 7 4.0 5.5 764 2346 345 7 1.8 -6.8 | 233 6 4.6 3.5 755 2438 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 241 5 4.8 2.6 728 2743 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 273 6 5.6 -0.3 702 3048 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 282 6 5.8 -1.2 700 3068 360 12 0.0 -12.0 | 301 3 2.7 -1.7 688 3209 11 13 -2.4 -13.0 | 353 3 0.3 -2.6 663 3511 28 16 -7.5 -13.8 | 54 6 -4.8 -3.5 651 3658 35 17 -9.8 -13.9 | 63 8 -7.0 -3.6 603 4267 15 21 -5.4 -20.3 | 15 10 -2.7 -9.9 580 4572 15 21 -5.4 -20.3 | 15 10 -2.7 -9.9 558 4877 350 23 4.0 -22.7 | 331 14 6.7 -12.3 549 5010 342 24 7.2 -22.6 | 321 16 9.9 -12.3 530 5282 327 25 14.0 -21.2 | 303 20 16.7 -10.8 500 5730 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 283 26 25.7 -5.7 483 5995 298 29 26.1 -13.7 | 277 29 28.8 -3.3 476 6096 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 274 30 29.9 -2.3 400 7400 295 39 35.3 -16.5 | 279 39 38.1 -6.1 388 7620 295 39 35.3 -16.5 | 279 39 38.1 -6.1 312 9144 295 44 39.9 -18.6 | 281 43 42.6 -8.3 300 9420 295 46 41.7 -19.4 | 282 45 44.4 -9.1 250 10620 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 283 49 48.0 -10.8 248 10668 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 282 48 47.1 -10.4 221 11406 290 49 46.2 -16.5 | 277 49 48.9 -6.1 200 12030 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 273 50 50.1 -2.3 192 12285 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 274 54 53.9 -3.4 186 12497 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 274 57 56.8 -4.2 176 12826 285 54 51.7 -13.8 | 274 55 54.4 -3.5 157 13542 285 48 46.5 -12.5 | 272 49 49.2 -2.1 150 13830 285 46 44.4 -11.9 | 272 47 47.2 -1.6 119 15240 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 265 40 40.2 3.7 100 16320 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 261 43 42.6 6.9 98 16459 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 261 43 42.6 6.9 95 16631 281 41 39.9 -7.5 | 266 43 42.6 2.8 93 16764 285 41 39.6 -10.6 | 270 42 42.3 -0.3 88 17097 285 39 38.1 -10.2 | 270 41 40.8 0.1 84 17384 285 38 36.8 -9.9 | 269 40 39.6 0.5 71 18423 285 33 32.3 -8.6 | 267 35 35.0 1.7 70 18510 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 267 35 34.6 1.8 69 18593 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 267 35 34.6 1.8 63 19165 279 29 28.9 -4.7 | 260 32 31.6 5.6 50 20610 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 235 27 22.0 15.5 49 20726 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 234 26 21.1 15.3 44 21336 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 239 23 19.7 11.8 41 21837 279 16 15.5 -2.6 | 247 20 18.3 7.8 37 22555 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 261 14 14.2 2.3 36 22648 306 14 11.0 -8.0 | 260 14 13.7 2.4 30 23790 330 8 4.0 -6.9 | 243 8 6.7 3.4 29 24079 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 258 12 11.9 2.6 26 24681 323 12 7.5 -10.0 | 268 10 10.3 0.4 25 24925 328 13 6.8 -10.8 | 272 9 9.5 -0.4 24 25298 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 280 8 8.2 -1.4 22 25726 325 10 6.0 -8.6 | 259 9 8.7 1.7 20 26330 300 7 6.1 -3.5 | 232 11 8.8 6.8 17 27380 263 4 4.1 0.5 | 212 13 6.8 10.8 17 27432 260 4 3.9 0.7 | 211 13 6.7 11.0 16 27776 260 7 7.1 1.3 | 220 15 9.9 11.6 13 29143 260 20 19.8 3.5 | 238 26 22.5 13.8 12 29566 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 241 30 26.4 14.5 11 30257 260 35 34.4 6.1 | 246 41 37.1 16.4 10 30900 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 249 50 47.0 18.2 9 31612 | 7 33205 | Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.8 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 14.8 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.5 neg: -30.8 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 30.49 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 246 3 206 25| 0.0 6.9 6.9| 0.0 -16.1 -16.1 -32.2 -0.67| 7.2 -4.9 1000 194 3 195 27| 0.0 5.6 5.6| 0.0 -29.9 -29.9 -29.9 -0.69| 6.7 -4.6 1500 167 4 187 28| 1.9 3.7 5.6| 25.7 -30.4 -4.7 -3.1 -0.15| 7.0 -1.1 2000 181 4 191 29| 2.8 2.8 5.5| 44.9 -30.8 14.0 7.0 0.07| 8.2 0.6 2500 244 5 210 28| 2.2 2.1 4.3| 51.8 -30.8 21.0 8.4 0.19| 7.5 1.4 3000 337 6 227 14| 2.1 1.7 3.8| 57.5 -30.8 26.7 8.9 0.28| 7.4 2.1 4000 13 9 201 4| 1.9 1.4 3.3| 64.2 -43.8 20.4 5.1 0.22| 7.5 1.6 5000 7 11 309 3| 1.5 1.6 3.2| 64.2 -98.7 -34.5 -6.9 -0.05| 7.8 -0.4 6000 345 14 298 14| 1.3 2.4 3.6| 64.2-191.6-127.4 -21.2 -0.19| 8.2 -1.6