UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 9 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 9 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 105 355 3 SFC 997 146 15.0 13.9 93 1.1 14.3 355 3 288.4 290.2 287.6 316.5 10.06 2 992 188 16.2 14.9 92 1.3 15.4 352 4 290.0 291.9 288.9 320.4 10.80 3 961 451 15.0 13.9 93 1.1 14.3 340 7 291.4 293.3 289.0 321.0 10.44 4 953 521 16.2 12.6 79 3.6 14.0 338 8 293.4 295.1 289.0 321.0 9.66 5 946 582 16.4 12.3 77 4.1 13.8 336 8 294.2 295.9 289.2 321.5 9.54 6 937 662 17.2 13.2 77 4.0 14.7 277 8 295.8 297.6 290.3 325.3 10.23 7 934 688 17.8 13.2 74 4.6 14.9 248 8 296.7 298.5 290.7 326.4 10.26 8 931 715 18.6 11.6 64 7.0 14.3 219 8 297.8 299.5 290.2 324.7 9.25 9 925 770 21.8 6.8 38 15.0 13.0 160 8 301.6 302.8 289.2 321.6 6.71 10 923 789 22.0 5.0 33 17.0 12.3 161 9 302.0 303.1 288.6 319.8 5.93 11 920 817 22.0 3.0 29 19.0 11.5 163 10 302.3 303.2 288.1 317.8 5.16 12 916 855 22.6 -9.4 11 32.0 8.3 166 11 303.3 303.6 285.2 309.7 2.04 13 891 1095 23.8 -20.2 4 44.0 7.1 173 15 306.9 307.1 285.2 309.8 0.86 14 865 1353 22.6 -13.4 8 36.0 7.2 180 18 308.3 308.6 286.5 313.4 1.57 15 850 1504 21.2 -2.8 20 24.0 8.9 185 20 308.4 309.0 288.7 319.8 3.66 16 846 1545 21.0 0.0 25 21.0 9.7 194 21 308.6 309.4 289.5 322.6 4.52 17 833 1679 20.2 -2.8 21 23.0 8.4 190 22 309.1 309.8 289.0 320.8 3.73 18 821 1804 19.4 -1.6 24 21.0 8.4 186 23 309.5 310.3 289.5 322.5 4.14 19 816 1856 18.8 5.8 42 13.0 11.0 185 23 309.4 310.8 292.0 331.3 7.10 20 804 1983 17.2 10.2 63 7.0 12.7 185 24 309.0 310.9 294.0 338.8 9.77 21 799 2037 16.6 10.6 68 6.0 12.7 185 25 309.0 310.9 294.3 339.7 10.10 22 794 2090 16.4 9.4 63 7.0 12.0 185 25 309.3 311.1 293.8 337.9 9.37 23 784 2198 15.4 9.4 67 6.0 11.6 184 26 309.3 311.1 293.9 338.3 9.49 24 777 2274 14.6 11.0 79 3.6 12.3 183 26 309.3 311.3 294.7 341.8 10.67 25 759 2472 13.2 8.2 72 5.0 10.1 180 26 309.8 311.6 293.7 337.5 9.03 26 755 2516 12.8 10.0 83 2.8 11.0 181 26 309.9 311.8 294.6 341.2 10.27 27 750 2572 12.4 9.7 84 2.7 10.7 182 26 310.0 312.0 294.6 341.0 10.13 28 736 2730 11.4 7.6 77 3.8 9.0 185 27 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.1 8.94 29 731 2787 10.8 8.5 86 2.3 9.4 185 27 310.6 312.4 294.3 339.9 9.58 30 700 3148 9.0 4.2 72 4.8 6.2 190 24 312.5 313.9 293.2 335.5 7.41 31 690 3267 8.2 2.2 66 6.0 4.8 190 24 312.8 314.1 292.6 333.2 6.51 32 669 3521 6.0 2.1 76 3.9 3.8 190 25 313.2 314.4 292.8 334.0 6.67 33 664 3582 6.4 -2.6 53 9.0 1.8 190 26 314.3 315.2 291.5 329.4 4.76 34 660 3632 6.0 -2.0 56 8.0 1.9 190 26 314.4 315.3 291.7 330.2 5.01 35 657 3669 5.8 -3.2 52 9.0 1.3 190 26 314.6 315.4 291.5 329.2 4.60 36 647 3794 4.8 -5.2 48 10.0 -0.0 189 26 314.8 315.6 291.0 327.7 4.01 37 597 4443 -0.9 -5.9 69 5.0 -3.2 185 30 315.5 316.3 291.3 328.8 4.12 38 586 4591 -1.9 -7.9 63 6.0 -4.6 185 33 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.7 3.60 39 564 4894 -4.9 -9.9 68 5.0 -7.0 190 36 316.0 316.6 290.7 326.4 3.20 40 560 4950 -4.3 -19.3 30 15.0 -9.2 194 34 317.3 317.6 289.5 322.3 1.48 41 547 5135 -3.9 -39.9 4 36.0 -11.2 206 29 320.0 320.0 289.0 320.8 0.22 42 517 5579 -5.5 -42.5 4 37.0 -12.5 210 31 323.2 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.17 43 500 5840 -7.5 -43.5 4 36.0 -14.0 210 33 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.5 0.16 44 454 6585 -13.3 -42.3 7 29.0 -18.1 218 35 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.20 45 417 7229 -17.5 -49.5 4 32.0 -21.5 217 40 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.10 46 400 7540 -19.9 -49.9 5 30.0 -23.5 215 43 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.10 47 374 8032 -24.5 -52.5 6 28.0 -27.2 214 41 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.08 48 371 8090 -23.9 -56.9 3 33.0 -26.8 216 42 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.05 49 356 8390 -24.5 -57.5 3 33.0 -27.4 229 43 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.05 50 319 9176 -30.5 -60.5 4 30.0 -32.5 230 49 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.03 51 316 9243 -30.1 -62.1 3 32.0 -32.2 229 50 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.03 52 300 9610 -32.5 -65.5 2 33.0 -34.3 225 53 339.6 339.6 294.2 339.7 0.02 53 279 10119 -36.1 -68.1 2 32.0 -37.5 218 56 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.01 54 252 10816 -42.9 -69.9 4 27.0 -43.7 219 56 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.01 55 250 10870 -43.3 -70.3 4 27.0 -44.1 220 56 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.01 56 242 11090 -44.7 -67.7 6 23.0 -45.4 221 60 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 57 200 12360 -49.5 -75.5 3 26.0 -50.0 225 91 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 58 195 12525 -50.8 -75.9 4 25.1 -51.2 225 92 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 59 150 14180 -64.5 -80.5 9 16.0 -64.6 230 90 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.00 60 132 14949 -70.5 -84.5 11 14.0 -70.5 230 83 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 61 100 16590 -72.1 -86.1 10 14.0 -72.2 225 31 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 62 95 16893 -69.7 -85.7 8 16.0 -69.8 223 31 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 63 86 17479 -72.5 -86.5 10 14.0 -72.6 264 21 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 64 83 17688 -71.3 -87.3 8 16.0 -71.4 268 20 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 65 79 17981 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 230 16 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 66 74 18370 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26858 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.7 170 15 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.01 81 16 27967 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.1 232 5 727.8 727.8 325.3 728.0 0.02 82 15 28385 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -56.3 198 18 731.4 731.4 325.4 731.6 0.02 83 14 28830 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -56.4 217 21 746.7 746.7 325.8 746.8 0.02 84 13 29314 -47.1 -84.1 1 37.0 -52.9 212 19 782.7 782.8 326.8 783.0 0.03 85 11 30414 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -54.8 291 13 813.1 813.1 327.5 813.3 0.03 86 10 31040 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -54.6 275 10 838.5 838.5 328.1 838.9 0.04 87 8.1 32432 -46.5 -83.5 1 37.0 -54.4 263 7 898.5 898.5 329.4 899.0 0.05 88 7.5 32942 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -55.2 259 6 914.5 914.5 329.7 915.0 0.05 89 7.2 33213 -45.3 -83.3 1 38.0 -54.2 257 5 934.2 934.3 330.1 934.8 0.05 90 7.0 33400 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -54.9 255 5 936.8 936.9 330.1 937.5 0.06 91 6.9 33495 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -55.2 939.0 939.1 330.2 939.7 0.06 92 6.6 33791 -44.9 -82.9 1 38.0 -54.4 959.4 959.5 330.5 960.1 0.06 TRP 132 14949 -70.5 -84.5 11 14.0 -70.5 230 83 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 WND 195 12525 -50.8 -75.9 4 25.1 -51.2 225 92 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.00 m Freezing level: 604.89 mb = 4340.41 m = 14240.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.30 mb = 3790.39 m = 12435.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.23 % Est. max temperature: 35.09 C = 95.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.95 mb = 280.66 m = 920.80 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 16.68 C Layer 931.0- 891.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.53 mb = 3913.13 m = 12838.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.54 C = 106.76 F Cap Strength: 12.40 C Lifted Index: 9.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.98 C Showalter Index: 9.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 4.70 C K Index: 21.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61953.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.47 mb = 1715.32 m = 5627.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 222 at 18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 146 355 3 0.3 -3.0 | 36 20 -12.0 -16.4 1 978 305 345 7 1.8 -6.8 | 27 23 -10.4 -20.2 2 943 610 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 23 22 -8.9 -20.6 3 925 770 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 69 16 -15.0 -5.9 4 910 914 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 88 15 -14.5 -0.6 5 878 1219 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 101 14 -13.6 2.5 6 850 1504 185 20 1.7 19.9 | 122 12 -10.5 6.5 7 848 1524 195 21 5.4 20.3 | 135 10 -6.8 6.9 8 818 1829 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 133 14 -10.2 9.5 9 789 2134 185 26 2.3 25.9 | 141 16 -10.0 12.5 10 761 2438 180 26 0.0 26.0 | 136 18 -12.2 12.6 11 734 2743 185 27 2.4 26.9 | 144 17 -9.9 13.5 12 700 3148 190 24 4.2 23.6 | 142 13 -8.1 10.2 13 657 3658 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 148 14 -7.7 12.2 14 609 4267 185 27 2.4 26.9 | 144 17 -9.9 13.5 15 586 4572 185 33 2.9 32.9 | 154 22 -9.4 19.5 16 564 4877 190 36 6.3 35.5 | 165 23 -6.0 22.1 17 543 5182 210 27 13.5 23.4 | 187 10 1.3 10.0 18 500 5840 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 196 16 4.3 15.2 19 483 6096 210 32 16.0 27.7 | 195 15 3.8 14.3 20 446 6706 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 218 18 10.9 14.2 21 400 7540 215 43 24.7 35.2 | 210 25 12.4 21.8 22 396 7620 215 42 24.1 34.4 | 209 24 11.8 21.0 23 379 7925 210 41 20.5 35.5 | 200 24 8.3 22.1 24 348 8534 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 244 27 23.8 11.8 25 320 9144 230 49 37.5 31.5 | 234 31 25.3 18.1 26 300 9610 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 226 35 25.2 24.1 27 269 10363 215 58 33.3 47.5 | 212 40 21.0 34.1 28 250 10870 220 56 36.0 42.9 | 219 38 23.8 29.5 29 246 10973 220 56 36.0 42.9 | 219 38 23.8 29.5 30 215 11887 230 86 65.9 55.3 | 232 68 53.6 41.9 31 200 12360 225 91 64.3 64.3 | 226 73 52.1 51.0 32 195 12525 225 92 65.1 65.1 | 226 74 52.8 51.7 33 187 12802 225 92 65.1 65.1 | 226 74 52.8 51.7 34 150 14180 230 90 68.9 57.9 | 232 72 56.7 44.5 35 132 14949 230 83 63.6 53.4 | 232 65 51.3 40.0 36 126 15240 230 82 62.8 52.7 | 232 64 50.6 39.3 37 113 15850 235 47 38.5 27.0 | 243 30 26.3 13.6 38 100 16590 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 229 13 9.7 8.5 39 97 16764 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 229 13 9.7 8.5 40 92 17069 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 217 14 8.3 11.1 41 88 17374 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 315 13 9.4 -9.6 42 83 17678 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 330 15 7.8 -13.4 43 79 17983 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 360 3 0.0 -3.1 44 75 18288 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 79 16 -16.0 -3.1 45 70 18700 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 37 6 -3.8 -4.9 46 68 18898 185 21 1.8 20.9 | 126 13 -10.4 7.5 47 64 19202 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 0 9 -0.0 -8.9 48 55 20117 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 67 23 -21.3 -9.2 49 50 20726 150 2 -1.0 1.7 | 49 18 -13.2 -11.7 50 50 20740 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 62 22 -19.8 -10.7 51 48 21031 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 65 24 -21.6 -10.0 52 45 21336 150 17 -8.5 14.7 | 94 21 -20.7 1.3 53 43 21641 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 75 14 -13.1 -3.4 54 34 23165 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 42 18 -12.2 -13.4 55 30 23940 30 7 -3.5 -6.1 | 39 25 -15.7 -19.5 56 28 24384 15 7 -1.8 -6.8 | 35 25 -14.1 -20.2 57 24 25298 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 42 18 -12.2 -13.4 58 20 26530 160 6 -2.1 5.6 | 62 16 -14.3 -7.8 59 19 26822 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 101 14 -13.6 2.5 60 18 27127 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 72 20 -19.3 -6.3 61 17 27432 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 83 11 -11.2 -1.4 62 17 27737 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 66 10 -8.8 -4.0 63 16 28042 240 4 3.5 2.0 | 38 14 -8.8 -11.4 64 15 28346 195 17 4.4 16.4 | 111 8 -7.8 3.0 65 14 28651 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 174 7 -0.7 6.5 66 14 28956 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 198 2 0.6 1.9 67 13 29261 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 150 5 -2.2 3.9 68 13 29566 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 60 2 -2.0 -1.1 69 12 29870 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 360 22 0.0 -22.0 70 10 31040 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 9 14 -2.3 -14.3 71 7 33400 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 32 14 -7.4 -12.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 222.4 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.4 neg: -50.0 tot: 69.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 119.76 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 340 7 27 22| 0.0 7.2 7.2| 0.0 -40.2 -40.2 -80.3 -0.66| 11.3 -7.4 1000 188 9 68 12| 0.0 9.4 9.4| 74.3 -40.2 34.1 34.1 0.40| 17.4 7.0 1500 184 12 84 11| 2.9 6.3 9.2|100.9 -40.5 60.4 40.3 0.49| 15.3 7.4 2000 185 15 99 11| 2.2 5.9 8.1|108.9 -41.4 67.5 33.8 0.47| 12.9 6.0 2500 184 17 109 12| 1.7 4.9 6.7|116.0 -48.1 67.9 27.1 0.44| 11.1 4.8 3000 185 19 116 12| 1.5 4.1 5.6|119.4 -50.0 69.3 23.1 0.41| 10.0 4.1 4000 186 21 125 12| 1.3 3.3 4.6|124.4 -53.3 71.1 17.8 0.39| 8.0 3.1 5000 187 23 135 13| 2.0 2.6 4.6|190.5 -54.1 136.4 27.3 0.44| 8.8 3.8 6000 192 24 146 12| 2.0 2.2 4.2|200.5 -54.9 145.6 24.3 0.43| 8.0 3.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251009.12.gif