UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 11 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 11 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 73 335 2 SFC 993 146 17.0 15.9 93 1.1 16.3 335 2 290.7 292.8 289.8 323.2 11.51 2 990 171 17.6 17.6 100 0.0 17.6 329 2 291.6 293.9 291.2 328.0 12.89 3 974 308 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.1 293 2 292.5 294.8 291.3 328.6 12.69 4 972 325 17.2 16.7 97 0.5 16.9 284 2 292.7 294.9 291.1 327.9 12.39 5 970 343 17.6 14.4 82 3.2 15.5 275 2 293.3 295.2 289.9 323.8 10.69 6 963 403 17.8 13.2 74 4.6 14.9 245 2 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.6 9.95 7 957 456 19.6 10.6 56 9.0 14.1 219 3 296.5 298.0 289.0 320.9 8.41 8 954 483 21.4 5.4 35 16.0 12.3 206 3 298.5 299.6 287.4 316.0 5.90 9 953 492 22.0 8.0 41 14.0 13.7 202 3 299.2 300.5 288.8 320.1 7.07 10 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303.1 385.2 0.00 WND 220 11743 -45.5 -73.6 3 28.1 -46.2 235 83 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.00 m Freezing level: 606.00 mb = 4291.40 m = 14079.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.52 mb = 3921.72 m = 12866.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.94 % Est. max temperature: 33.43 C = 92.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.15 mb = 281.00 m = 921.90 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 12.58 C Layer 972.0- 953.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.75 mb = 2821.93 m = 9258.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.67 C = 98.00 F Cap Strength: 7.24 C Lifted Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 35.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60075.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.46 mb = 1496.62 m = 4910.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 268 at 12 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 993 146 335 2 0.8 -1.8 | 79 11 -10.9 -2.2 1 975 305 295 2 1.8 -0.8 | 83 10 -10.0 -1.2 2 940 610 145 3 -1.7 2.5 | 99 14 -13.5 2.1 3 925 747 175 5 -0.4 5.0 | 111 13 -12.2 4.6 4 907 914 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 123 12 -10.0 6.4 5 876 1219 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 114 8 -6.9 3.0 6 850 1481 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 138 7 -4.9 5.4 7 816 1829 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 180 5 -0.0 5.1 8 787 2134 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 195 3 0.8 3.0 9 759 2438 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 197 5 1.4 4.4 10 732 2743 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 171 7 -1.1 7.1 11 706 3048 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 208 8 3.6 6.8 12 700 3122 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 215 9 5.4 7.6 13 655 3658 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 209 15 7.1 12.8 14 630 3962 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 190 22 3.7 21.7 15 607 4267 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 186 19 2.0 19.3 16 584 4572 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 190 11 2.0 11.2 17 562 4877 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 274 6 6.2 -0.4 18 521 5486 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 203 12 4.6 11.1 19 501 5791 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 230 10 8.0 6.8 20 500 5810 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 231 11 8.9 7.1 21 482 6096 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 234 13 10.8 7.8 22 445 6706 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 254 15 14.8 4.3 23 428 7010 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 227 24 17.7 16.6 24 400 7520 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 235 28 22.7 15.7 25 395 7620 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 235 28 22.7 15.7 26 348 8534 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 250 31 28.8 10.5 27 333 8839 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 236 30 24.5 16.5 28 320 9144 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 238 39 33.5 20.7 29 300 9600 235 63 51.6 36.1 | 228 54 39.8 35.7 30 281 10058 230 79 60.5 50.8 | 224 70 48.7 50.4 31 250 10880 225 81 57.3 57.3 | 219 73 45.5 56.9 32 247 10973 225 83 58.7 58.7 | 219 75 46.9 58.3 33 220 11743 235 83 68.0 47.6 | 230 73 56.2 47.2 34 215 11887 235 83 68.0 47.6 | 230 73 56.2 47.2 35 200 12370 230 79 60.5 50.8 | 224 70 48.7 50.4 36 150 14180 230 74 56.7 47.6 | 224 65 44.9 47.2 37 126 15240 230 66 50.6 42.4 | 223 57 38.8 42.0 38 113 15850 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 239 42 36.3 22.0 39 102 16459 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 208 28 13.0 24.3 40 100 16600 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 217 34 20.4 26.6 41 97 16764 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 217 34 20.4 26.6 42 97 16776 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 224 35 24.3 24.8 43 88 17374 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 248 23 21.1 8.4 44 83 17678 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 208 8 3.6 6.8 45 79 17983 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 165 16 -4.2 15.9 46 75 18288 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 198 14 4.3 13.1 47 71 18593 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 142 4 -2.4 3.0 48 70 18700 240 3 2.6 1.5 | 97 9 -9.2 1.1 49 68 18898 105 1 -1.0 0.3 | 89 13 -12.7 -0.1 50 58 19812 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 98 21 -21.2 3.0 51 55 20117 170 16 -2.8 15.8 | 137 21 -14.6 15.4 52 53 20422 150 1 -0.5 0.9 | 92 12 -12.3 0.5 53 50 20726 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 35 4 -2.1 -3.0 54 50 20750 10 8 -1.4 -7.9 | 58 16 -13.2 -8.3 55 46 21336 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 82 18 -17.4 -2.5 56 41 21946 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 88 12 -11.8 -0.4 57 36 22860 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 55 18 -14.4 -10.1 58 34 23165 20 14 -4.8 -13.2 | 51 21 -16.6 -13.6 59 32 23470 25 11 -4.6 -10.0 | 58 19 -16.4 -10.4 60 31 23774 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 77 21 -20.8 -4.6 61 30 23950 50 9 -6.9 -5.8 | 72 20 -18.7 -6.2 62 28 24384 55 9 -7.4 -5.2 | 74 20 -19.2 -5.6 63 24 25298 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 49 16 -11.8 -10.4 64 23 25603 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 55 18 -14.4 -10.1 65 22 25908 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 75 26 -25.4 -6.7 66 20 26518 130 2 -1.5 1.3 | 94 13 -13.3 0.9 67 20 26550 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 41 6 -3.6 -4.2 68 17 27432 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 114 8 -6.9 3.0 69 17 27737 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 15 10 -2.6 -9.6 70 10 31080 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 71 13 -12.5 -4.3 71 7 33450 100 2 -2.0 0.3 | 90 14 -13.8 -0.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.8 neg: -6.3 tot: 45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.90 Bulk Shear: 23.57 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 230 2 96 10| 5.7 0.0 5.7| 11.2 0.0 11.2 22.3 0.53| 8.0 4.2 1000 198 4 109 11| 3.7 0.0 3.7| 27.1 -1.7 25.4 25.4 0.50| 8.3 4.2 1500 218 5 115 9| 3.9 0.0 3.9| 35.6 -2.4 33.3 22.2 0.56| 7.6 4.3 2000 232 7 124 7| 3.3 0.0 3.3| 40.3 -2.4 37.9 19.0 0.59| 6.9 4.1 2500 238 9 132 6| 2.6 0.7 3.4| 40.4 -5.0 35.5 14.2 0.46| 6.4 2.9 3000 239 10 143 6| 3.2 0.6 3.8| 51.8 -6.3 45.6 15.2 0.49| 6.7 3.3 4000 235 13 172 7| 2.4 2.1 4.5| 51.8 -44.5 7.3 1.8 0.20| 7.1 1.4 5000 236 15 182 8| 2.4 1.7 4.0| 78.1 -53.5 24.6 4.9 0.23| 8.2 1.9 6000 238 16 191 8| 2.4 1.7 4.1| 96.0 -65.4 30.7 5.1 0.21| 8.0 1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251011.12.gif