UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 8 OCT 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 103 305 3 SFC 996 146 17.0 15.0 88 2.0 15.7 305 3 290.5 292.4 289.0 321.0 10.82 2 970 368 14.8 14.8 100 0.0 14.8 343 5 290.5 292.4 289.2 321.4 10.97 3 942 612 13.6 13.6 100 0.0 13.6 336 6 291.7 293.5 289.1 321.3 10.44 4 939 639 13.4 13.4 100 0.0 13.4 348 6 291.8 293.6 289.0 321.1 10.34 5 938 647 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 352 6 292.0 293.9 289.2 321.6 10.42 6 936 665 15.8 13.2 85 2.6 14.1 0 6 294.5 296.3 289.9 323.8 10.24 7 935 674 16.0 12.9 82 3.1 14.1 4 6 294.8 296.6 289.9 323.6 10.05 8 931 710 17.6 13.1 75 4.5 14.7 21 7 296.8 298.6 290.7 326.4 10.22 9 927 747 18.4 12.4 68 6.0 14.6 37 7 297.9 299.7 290.7 326.5 9.80 10 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288.4 319.0 4.14 25 850 1495 19.2 -0.8 26 20.0 8.7 165 16 306.3 307.1 288.5 319.4 4.24 26 802 1989 14.6 1.6 41 13.0 7.5 183 21 306.5 307.5 289.6 322.9 5.36 27 796 2053 15.6 -18.4 8 34.0 2.9 186 22 308.2 308.4 286.0 311.9 1.12 28 795 2063 15.6 -16.4 10 32.0 3.2 186 22 308.3 308.6 286.3 312.7 1.33 29 737 2703 13.8 -20.2 8 34.0 1.4 195 22 313.1 313.3 287.6 316.6 1.04 30 700 3134 11.4 -25.6 6 37.0 -0.7 200 24 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.5 0.68 31 696 3182 11.2 -26.8 5 38.0 -0.9 200 24 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.5 0.61 32 622 4103 2.8 -25.2 11 28.0 -5.7 194 22 316.1 316.2 288.3 318.8 0.79 33 609 4273 2.2 -33.8 5 36.0 -6.8 199 22 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.6 0.36 34 505 5753 -8.1 -45.1 3 37.0 -14.3 195 20 322.2 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.14 35 500 5830 -7.7 -52.7 1 45.0 -14.3 215 18 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.06 36 494 5924 -7.5 -51.5 2 44.0 -14.2 210 16 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.07 37 463 6425 -10.7 -53.7 2 43.0 -16.6 216 15 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.06 38 419 7183 -17.3 -51.3 3 34.0 -21.4 249 21 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.08 39 405 7437 -18.3 -50.3 4 32.0 -22.2 253 23 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.09 40 400 7530 -18.9 -50.9 4 32.0 -22.7 255 23 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.09 41 354 8429 -26.3 -55.3 5 29.0 -28.8 252 28 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.06 42 300 9610 -33.7 -63.7 3 30.0 -35.3 235 35 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.02 43 278 10141 -37.3 -65.3 4 28.0 -38.5 243 37 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 44 250 10870 -41.3 -68.3 4 27.0 -42.2 240 52 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.02 45 245 11007 -41.9 -69.9 3 28.0 -42.8 240 55 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 46 241 11118 -41.5 -70.5 3 29.0 -42.5 240 57 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 47 234 11318 -41.9 -71.9 2 30.0 -42.9 240 61 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 48 200 12360 -50.5 -73.5 5 23.0 -51.0 240 69 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 49 195 12524 -52.1 -74.1 5 22.0 -52.5 243 71 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 50 191 12657 -52.9 -74.7 5 21.8 -53.2 245 72 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 51 172 13323 -56.9 -77.9 5 21.0 -57.2 245 59 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 52 152 14089 -63.9 -80.9 8 17.0 -64.0 236 61 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.00 53 150 14170 -64.3 -81.3 8 17.0 -64.4 235 62 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 54 143 14462 -65.3 -82.3 8 17.0 -65.4 232 58 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 55 120 15515 -70.9 -85.9 9 15.0 -70.9 239 49 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 56 118 15615 -70.1 -85.1 9 15.0 -70.2 238 46 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.2 0.00 57 109 16085 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.3 235 31 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 58 105 16304 -74.1 -85.1 17 11.0 -74.2 246 33 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 59 104 16359 -74.3 -85.3 17 11.0 -74.3 250 35 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 60 101 16531 -71.5 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.6 235 30 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 61 100 16590 -71.5 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.6 235 26 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 62 94 16955 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.3 236 30 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 63 91 17147 -70.1 -86.1 8 16.0 -70.2 228 28 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 64 86 17485 -69.3 -86.3 7 17.0 -69.4 242 22 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 65 77 18142 -71.3 -88.3 6 17.0 -71.4 203 12 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 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316.9 530.2 0.00 80 38 22445 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.4 56 2 543.8 543.8 317.8 543.9 0.00 81 36 22783 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.4 29 1 549.7 549.7 318.1 549.8 0.00 82 34 23141 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.1 1 0 565.6 565.6 318.9 565.7 0.00 83 30 23930 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.7 335 6 587.9 587.9 320.0 587.9 0.01 84 28 24364 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.7 316 8 596.8 596.8 320.5 596.9 0.01 85 21 26196 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.4 323 6 665.5 665.5 323.3 665.6 0.01 86 20 26510 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -55.9 300 2 673.0 673.0 323.5 673.1 0.01 87 19 26839 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -56.3 349 1 681.7 681.7 323.9 681.8 0.01 88 16 27944 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.4 201 10 721.9 722.0 325.1 722.1 0.02 89 15 28361 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -56.1 194 10 732.7 732.7 325.4 732.9 0.02 90 12 29810 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -54.4 267 13 793.8 793.8 327.1 794.1 0.03 91 10 31000 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -55.8 300 20 831.0 831.1 328.0 831.3 0.03 92 9.4 31406 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -54.3 857.3 857.3 328.5 857.7 0.05 93 8.1 32387 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -55.5 889.8 889.8 329.2 890.2 0.04 TRP 104 16359 -74.3 -85.3 17 11.0 -74.3 250 35 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 WND 191 12657 -52.9 -74.7 5 21.8 -53.2 245 72 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.00 m Freezing level: 586.79 mb = 4588.96 m = 15055.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.97 mb = 2991.96 m = 9816.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.94 mb = 394.19 m = 1293.26 ft T: 14.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 15.74 C Layer 910.0- 902.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.56 mb = 3798.01 m = 12460.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.38 C = 108.29 F Cap Strength: 10.79 C Lifted Index: 8.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.68 C Showalter Index: 9.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 6.90 C K Index: -10.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 170.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50155.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.49 mb = 1349.62 m = 4427.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 224 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 996 146 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 31 13 -6.9 -11.4 1 977 305 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 29 17 -8.0 -14.5 2 942 610 335 6 2.5 -5.4 | 24 17 -6.8 -15.1 3 925 765 45 7 -4.9 -4.9 | 44 20 -14.3 -14.7 4 909 914 95 5 -5.0 0.4 | 57 17 -14.3 -9.3 5 878 1219 160 6 -2.1 5.6 | 70 12 -11.4 -4.1 6 850 1495 165 16 -4.1 15.5 | 113 15 -13.5 5.8 7 817 1829 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 130 14 -11.0 9.2 8 788 2134 190 23 4.0 22.7 | 158 14 -5.3 12.9 9 760 2438 195 25 6.5 24.1 | 169 15 -2.9 14.4 10 733 2743 195 21 5.4 20.3 | 160 11 -3.9 10.6 11 700 3134 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 175 13 -1.1 12.8 12 656 3658 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 184 12 0.8 12.0 13 631 3962 190 22 3.8 21.7 | 155 13 -5.5 12.0 14 608 4267 200 22 7.5 20.7 | 171 11 -1.8 11.0 15 585 4572 185 21 1.8 20.9 | 146 13 -7.5 11.2 16 563 4877 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 165 9 -2.5 9.1 17 502 5791 195 20 5.2 19.3 | 157 10 -4.2 9.6 18 500 5830 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 191 5 1.0 5.0 19 483 6096 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 117 5 -4.9 2.5 20 464 6401 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 164 3 -0.7 2.6 21 446 6706 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 272 7 7.1 -0.2 22 400 7530 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 286 13 12.9 -3.8 23 395 7620 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 286 13 12.9 -3.8 24 379 7925 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 289 16 15.3 -5.4 25 320 9144 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 251 19 18.4 6.3 26 300 9610 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 242 22 19.3 10.4 27 294 9754 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 234 21 16.7 12.2 28 269 10363 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 263 27 26.4 3.3 29 257 10668 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 255 27 26.0 6.8 30 250 10870 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 245 39 35.7 16.3 31 225 11582 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 244 53 47.8 23.3 32 205 12192 235 68 55.7 39.0 | 238 55 46.4 29.3 33 200 12360 240 69 59.8 34.5 | 244 56 50.4 24.8 34 191 12657 245 72 65.3 30.4 | 250 60 55.9 20.7 35 187 12802 245 72 65.3 30.4 | 250 60 55.9 20.7 36 169 13411 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 251 44 41.4 14.0 37 150 14170 235 62 50.8 35.6 | 238 49 41.5 25.9 38 139 14630 230 56 42.9 36.0 | 232 43 33.6 26.3 39 132 14935 230 61 46.7 39.2 | 232 48 37.4 29.5 40 125 15240 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 245 44 40.0 18.8 41 108 16154 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 244 16 14.4 6.9 42 104 16359 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 265 24 23.6 2.3 43 102 16459 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 242 22 19.3 10.4 44 100 16590 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 246 13 12.0 5.2 45 97 16764 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 275 21 20.6 -1.7 46 92 17069 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 226 17 11.9 11.5 47 83 17678 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 295 8 7.6 -3.5 48 79 17983 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 8 5 -0.7 -4.7 49 75 18288 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 105 12 -11.6 3.1 50 71 18593 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 77 3 -3.0 -0.7 51 70 18710 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 56 6 -4.7 -3.2 52 61 19507 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 27 4 -1.7 -3.3 53 56 20117 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 77 18 -17.5 -4.0 54 53 20422 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 93 17 -16.8 0.9 55 50 20726 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 73 19 -18.4 -5.5 56 50 20750 95 5 -5.0 0.4 | 57 17 -14.3 -9.3 57 46 21336 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 65 13 -12.2 -5.6 58 34 23165 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 44 13 -9.3 -9.7 59 30 23930 335 6 2.5 -5.4 | 24 17 -6.8 -15.1 60 28 24384 315 8 5.7 -5.7 | 13 16 -3.7 -15.4 61 24 25298 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 13 19 -4.3 -18.4 62 22 25908 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 19 21 -6.7 -19.4 63 20 26510 300 2 1.7 -1.0 | 35 13 -7.6 -10.7 64 19 26822 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 44 13 -9.3 -9.7 65 18 27127 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 91 8 -7.6 0.1 66 17 27432 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 67 4 -3.6 -1.5 67 15 28346 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 91 8 -7.6 0.1 68 14 28651 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 19 3 -0.9 -2.6 69 14 28956 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 105 1 -1.0 0.3 70 13 29261 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 341 7 2.3 -6.6 71 12 29566 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 314 7 4.8 -4.6 72 11 30175 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 360 13 0.1 -13.1 73 10 31000 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 338 21 8.0 -19.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.9 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 223.9 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.0 neg: -13.2 tot: 148.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 65.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 338 5 27 16| 4.8 0.0 4.8| 3.7 -6.6 -2.8 -5.6 -0.13| 6.0 -0.8 1000 20 5 37 19| 4.4 0.0 4.4| 65.5 -6.6 58.9 58.9 0.55| 11.3 6.2 1500 140 8 75 15| 6.7 0.0 6.7|106.9 -6.6 100.4 66.9 0.69| 12.0 8.2 2000 169 11 94 11| 6.3 0.0 6.3|141.7 -6.6 135.1 67.6 0.75| 11.4 8.6 2500 181 13 112 10| 4.8 0.0 4.8|151.7 -11.1 140.7 56.3 0.70| 10.2 7.1 3000 186 15 123 9| 4.3 0.0 4.3|162.0 -13.2 148.8 49.6 0.68| 9.3 6.4 4000 191 17 140 9| 3.2 0.5 3.7|173.4 -32.6 140.8 35.2 0.54| 8.3 4.5 5000 192 18 145 9| 2.5 0.7 3.2|186.0 -47.9 138.0 27.6 0.45| 7.8 3.5 6000 194 18 147 9| 1.6 0.7 2.3|192.8 -57.1 135.7 22.6 0.36| 7.7 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251008.12.gif