UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 12 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 69 240 2 SFC 992 146 23.4 15.4 61 8.0 18.1 240 2 297.2 299.3 291.6 329.6 11.15 2 988 181 21.4 15.4 69 6.0 17.5 242 3 295.6 297.6 291.1 327.8 11.20 3 952 497 18.8 14.8 78 4.0 16.2 209 4 296.1 298.1 291.2 328.3 11.18 4 943 578 18.0 14.2 78 3.8 15.5 192 4 296.1 298.0 291.0 327.4 10.85 5 941 596 17.8 13.5 76 4.3 15.1 188 4 296.1 297.9 290.6 326.0 10.39 6 938 623 19.8 0.8 28 19.0 9.9 186 4 298.4 299.1 285.8 311.3 4.32 7 936 641 21.0 -2.0 21 23.0 9.5 187 4 299.8 300.4 285.5 310.4 3.52 8 925 742 21.0 -4.0 18 25.0 8.9 195 3 300.8 301.3 285.4 310.2 3.07 9 912 864 21.4 -12.6 9 34.0 7.2 199 5 302.4 302.7 284.4 307.5 1.59 10 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591.1 0.01 79 30 23940 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.7 25 8 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.5 0.01 80 27 24611 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -58.0 60 9 608.7 608.7 321.0 608.7 0.01 81 22 25919 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -55.7 307 10 654.9 654.9 322.9 655.0 0.01 82 20 26530 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.6 50 10 666.3 666.3 323.3 666.4 0.01 83 19 26858 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.9 12 10 675.5 675.5 323.6 675.6 0.01 84 17 27576 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.6 89 8 712.1 712.1 324.8 712.2 0.02 85 16 27972 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -55.1 120 10 723.3 723.3 325.1 723.4 0.02 86 16 27972 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -52.8 120 10 734.3 734.4 325.5 734.5 0.02 87 15 28398 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -53.0 104 7 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.2 0.03 88 14 28853 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -54.0 87 5 758.9 758.9 326.2 759.1 0.03 89 10 31080 -46.1 -83.1 1 37.0 -53.3 210 10 847.5 847.5 328.4 847.8 0.04 90 9.8 31214 -46.1 -83.1 1 37.0 -53.4 852.4 852.4 328.4 852.8 0.04 91 9.3 31564 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -52.5 872.9 872.9 328.9 873.4 0.05 92 8.6 32088 -45.3 -82.3 1 37.0 -53.5 887.9 888.0 329.2 888.5 0.05 93 7.6 32919 -42.1 -81.1 1 39.0 -52.5 932.8 932.9 330.1 933.6 0.07 TRP 96 16828 -73.7 -86.7 12 13.0 -73.7 235 43 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 WND 211 11979 -48.8 -73.9 4 25.1 -49.3 230 92 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.00 m Freezing level: 589.14 mb = 4523.92 m = 14842.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.49 mb = 2622.90 m = 8605.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.02 C = 89.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.95 mb = 1152.64 m = 3781.59 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 20.87 C Layer 943.0- 910.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.81 mb = 4248.93 m = 13939.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.87 C = 109.17 F Cap Strength: 10.72 C Lifted Index: 10.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.35 C Showalter Index: 12.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 1.10 C K Index: -14.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59984.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.28 mb = 2196.67 m = 7206.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 279 at 16 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 992 146 240 2 1.7 1.0 | 104 14 -14.0 3.4 1 974 305 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 110 12 -11.1 4.1 2 939 610 185 4 0.3 4.0 | 113 17 -15.4 6.4 3 925 742 195 3 0.8 2.9 | 110 16 -15.0 5.3 4 907 914 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 120 16 -13.7 8.1 5 875 1219 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 105 11 -10.8 2.9 6 850 1470 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 143 7 -4.2 5.5 7 845 1524 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 135 9 -6.7 6.6 8 815 1829 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 146 8 -4.5 6.5 9 786 2134 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 193 9 2.1 8.9 10 758 2438 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 214 10 5.5 8.1 11 731 2743 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 210 12 5.9 10.3 12 700 3104 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 205 14 6.0 12.6 13 653 3658 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 210 12 5.9 10.3 14 605 4267 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 206 11 4.9 9.9 15 561 4877 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 221 22 14.1 16.4 16 540 5182 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 221 22 14.1 16.4 17 520 5486 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 240 25 21.9 12.5 18 500 5800 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 231 23 18.1 14.7 19 481 6096 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 238 21 18.0 11.5 20 427 7010 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 249 27 25.6 9.7 21 400 7510 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 236 31 25.6 17.5 22 394 7620 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 236 31 25.6 17.5 23 333 8839 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 232 41 32.3 24.8 24 319 9144 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 226 42 30.1 28.9 25 306 9449 230 58 44.4 37.3 | 216 49 28.7 39.7 26 300 9580 230 61 46.7 39.2 | 217 52 31.0 41.6 27 256 10668 235 85 69.6 48.8 | 226 74 53.9 51.2 28 250 10840 235 87 71.3 49.9 | 227 76 55.5 52.3 29 211 11979 230 92 70.5 59.1 | 222 82 54.7 61.6 30 204 12192 230 92 70.5 59.1 | 222 82 54.7 61.6 31 200 12330 235 89 72.9 51.0 | 227 78 57.1 53.5 32 150 14150 240 86 74.5 43.0 | 232 74 58.7 45.4 33 146 14326 235 86 70.4 49.3 | 227 75 54.7 51.8 34 125 15240 245 71 64.3 30.0 | 236 58 48.6 32.4 35 113 15850 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 238 36 30.3 19.2 36 108 16154 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 213 30 16.2 24.8 37 102 16459 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 203 34 13.2 31.4 38 100 16590 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 206 40 17.5 35.7 39 97 16764 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 206 40 17.5 35.7 40 96 16828 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 216 33 19.5 27.1 41 92 17069 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 214 31 17.8 25.9 42 88 17374 205 37 15.6 33.5 | 180 36 -0.1 36.0 43 83 17678 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 220 29 18.9 22.4 44 79 17983 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 225 26 18.7 18.5 45 75 18288 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 231 7 5.2 4.3 46 71 18593 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 62 10 -8.7 -4.6 47 70 18690 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 113 14 -13.2 5.5 48 68 18898 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 66 8 -7.6 -3.3 49 64 19202 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 136 10 -7.1 7.4 50 61 19507 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 168 4 -0.8 3.7 51 58 19812 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 48 4 -2.6 -2.4 52 55 20117 120 2 -1.7 1.0 | 101 18 -17.5 3.4 53 53 20422 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 113 25 -22.8 9.5 54 50 20726 155 15 -6.3 13.6 | 126 27 -22.1 16.0 55 50 20740 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 142 19 -11.3 14.6 56 48 21031 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 142 19 -11.3 14.6 57 45 21336 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 85 5 -5.1 -0.4 58 43 21641 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 61 15 -13.2 -7.2 59 39 22250 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 90 25 -25.4 -0.2 60 36 22860 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 99 16 -15.8 2.4 61 34 23165 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 61 15 -13.2 -7.2 62 32 23470 25 14 -5.9 -12.7 | 65 24 -21.7 -10.3 63 31 23774 30 12 -6.0 -10.4 | 70 23 -21.8 -8.0 64 30 23940 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 76 20 -19.1 -4.8 65 29 24079 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 61 18 -15.8 -8.6 66 28 24384 35 8 -4.6 -6.6 | 79 21 -20.3 -4.1 67 24 25298 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 113 25 -22.8 9.5 68 22 25908 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 66 8 -7.6 -3.3 69 21 26213 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 49 15 -11.3 -9.8 70 20 26530 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 80 24 -23.4 -4.0 71 19 26822 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 67 19 -17.5 -7.4 72 17 27432 40 4 -2.6 -3.1 | 88 18 -18.3 -0.6 73 17 27737 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 111 26 -24.2 9.5 74 13 29566 60 1 -0.9 -0.5 | 97 17 -16.6 1.9 75 11 30175 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 138 20 -13.5 15.2 76 10 31080 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 136 15 -10.8 11.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.6 neg: -21.0 tot: 35.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 40.49 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 227 4 112 14| 0.0 3.0 3.0| 8.8 -3.3 5.5 11.0 0.24| 7.5 1.8 1000 217 4 115 14| 2.5 1.5 4.0| 20.9 -12.6 8.3 8.3 0.13| 7.9 1.1 1500 236 6 118 12| 1.6 2.2 3.8| 31.8 -15.8 16.0 10.7 0.23| 8.8 2.0 2000 243 8 125 11| 3.2 1.6 4.8| 48.5 -15.8 32.7 16.3 0.40| 8.8 3.5 2500 247 11 138 9| 3.3 1.3 4.6| 56.6 -17.3 39.3 15.7 0.42| 8.0 3.4 3000 247 13 152 8| 2.7 1.5 4.3| 56.6 -21.0 35.6 11.9 0.37| 7.1 2.6 4000 248 15 170 8| 1.9 1.1 3.1| 59.5 -22.6 36.9 9.2 0.35| 5.7 2.0 5000 247 18 186 9| 1.6 2.0 3.5| 74.4 -22.9 51.5 10.3 0.34| 5.8 2.0 6000 249 21 202 11| 1.7 1.7 3.4|132.8 -40.9 91.9 15.3 0.37| 6.0 2.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251012.00.gif