UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 68 80 3 SFC 992 146 16.2 14.0 87 2.2 14.8 80 3 290.0 291.8 288.3 318.7 10.17 2 954 471 13.2 13.2 100 0.0 13.2 181 4 290.2 292.0 288.2 318.5 10.04 3 948 523 12.8 12.7 99 0.1 12.7 201 4 290.4 292.1 288.1 317.9 9.77 4 947 532 12.8 12.4 97 0.4 12.6 205 4 290.4 292.1 287.9 317.5 9.59 5 946 541 13.0 11.8 92 1.2 12.3 208 3 290.7 292.4 287.7 316.8 9.22 6 945 549 14.0 9.1 72 4.9 11.2 212 3 291.8 293.2 286.6 313.8 7.69 7 942 576 16.8 5.8 48 11.0 10.7 222 3 294.9 296.1 286.4 312.8 6.14 8 934 648 17.8 3.8 39 14.0 10.2 256 2 296.7 297.7 286.2 312.5 5.38 9 925 729 17.6 2.6 37 15.0 9.6 300 1 297.3 298.2 286.1 312.1 4.99 10 910 868 17.2 2.2 36 15.0 9.2 30 2 298.3 299.2 286.4 312.9 4.93 11 882 1134 16.8 -12.2 13 29.0 5.0 161 2 300.6 300.9 283.7 305.9 1.70 12 871 1241 18.0 212 2 302.9 13 868 1271 18.2 227 3 303.4 14 850 1450 17.8 320 7 304.8 15 799 1975 15.4 319 5 307.7 16 786 2113 15.8 333 8 309.6 17 765 2342 15.0 322 9 311.1 18 700 3084 9.4 -33.6 3 43.0 -2.2 285 11 312.9 313.0 286.8 314.0 0.32 19 633 3908 3.6 -37.4 3 41.0 -6.0 279 16 315.4 315.5 287.5 316.3 0.24 20 559 4905 -2.7 -50.7 1 48.0 -10.6 270 31 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.6 0.07 21 558 4919 -2.7 -49.7 1 47.0 -10.6 269 31 319.6 319.6 288.7 319.8 0.07 22 540 5178 -3.9 -40.9 4 37.0 -11.3 261 33 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.20 23 510 5626 -7.7 -41.7 5 34.0 -13.9 252 39 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.6 0.19 24 503 5734 -7.7 -39.7 6 32.0 -13.9 254 41 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.24 25 500 5780 -8.1 -39.1 6 31.0 -14.2 255 42 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.1 0.26 26 462 6387 -13.5 -46.5 4 33.0 -18.3 255 47 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.3 0.13 27 445 6671 -14.7 -41.7 8 27.0 -19.1 255 51 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.22 28 431 6912 -15.7 -37.7 13 22.0 -19.7 255 54 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.35 29 416 7178 -18.3 -39.3 14 21.0 -21.7 255 58 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.30 30 413 7232 -18.7 -40.7 13 22.0 -22.1 255 59 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.26 31 411 7268 -18.3 -50.3 4 32.0 -22.2 255 59 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.09 32 400 7470 -19.5 -41.5 12 22.0 -22.8 255 62 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.25 33 385 7752 -21.5 -47.5 8 26.0 -24.7 255 62 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.14 34 354 8361 -27.3 -47.3 13 20.0 -29.4 253 63 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.15 35 318 9123 -32.3 -59.3 5 27.0 -34.0 250 64 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.04 36 300 9530 -35.7 -61.7 5 26.0 -37.0 250 67 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.03 37 262 10456 -44.1 -66.1 7 22.0 -44.7 244 64 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 38 250 10770 -45.5 -64.5 10 19.0 -46.1 235 76 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 39 233 11241 -43.9 -69.9 4 26.0 -44.7 230 106 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 40 232 11270 -44.1 -70.1 4 26.0 -44.9 230 108 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.01 41 200 12250 -50.7 -75.7 4 25.0 -51.1 225 104 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 42 185 12757 -53.5 -77.5 4 24.0 -53.8 229 101 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 43 184 12792 -53.7 -77.7 4 24.0 -54.1 229 101 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 44 166 13448 -59.1 -80.1 5 21.0 -59.3 235 98 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.00 45 150 14080 -62.9 -82.9 5 20.0 -63.0 240 94 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 46 144 14330 -64.5 -83.5 6 19.0 -64.6 239 92 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 47 142 14416 -64.1 -84.1 5 20.0 -64.2 239 91 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 48 140 14502 -64.7 -85.7 4 21.0 -64.8 238 90 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 49 139 14546 -63.5 -85.5 4 22.0 -63.6 238 90 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 50 129 15000 -67.3 -86.3 5 19.0 -67.4 236 86 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 51 123 15286 -68.1 -86.1 6 18.0 -68.2 237 82 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 52 121 15385 -67.9 -84.9 7 17.0 -68.0 242 76 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 53 117 15586 -69.5 -85.5 8 16.0 -69.6 249 66 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 54 114 15741 -69.5 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.6 243 64 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 55 110 15953 -70.9 -86.9 8 16.0 -70.9 235 60 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 56 100 16520 -68.7 -86.7 6 18.0 -68.8 230 44 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 57 95 16826 -69.7 -86.7 7 17.0 -69.8 232 44 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 58 88 17284 -67.3 -87.3 4 20.0 -67.4 268 31 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 59 77 18080 -71.7 -87.7 7 16.0 -71.8 230 17 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 60 76 18157 -70.5 -88.5 5 18.0 -70.6 226 19 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 61 75 18236 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.7 222 22 429.3 429.3 308.7 429.3 0.00 62 73 18398 -69.1 -89.1 4 20.0 -69.2 231 22 431.3 431.3 309.0 431.4 0.00 63 71 18565 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.2 247 19 439.0 439.0 309.8 439.1 0.00 64 70 18650 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.5 235 11 440.4 440.4 309.9 440.4 0.00 65 67 18914 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.7 237 11 443.4 443.4 310.2 443.4 0.00 66 64 19190 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 259 11 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.00 67 60 19580 -67.9 -90.9 2 23.0 -68.1 195 14 458.9 458.9 311.7 458.9 0.00 68 57 19892 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.3 220 16 477.0 477.0 313.2 477.1 0.00 69 50 20700 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.5 65 15 494.8 494.8 314.6 494.8 0.00 70 47 21079 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.1 87 14 502.2 502.2 315.1 502.2 0.00 71 41 21926 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.5 285 10 534.7 534.7 317.2 534.7 0.00 72 39 22239 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.3 304 7 540.3 540.3 317.5 540.4 0.00 73 37 22570 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -58.0 324 5 555.2 555.2 318.4 555.2 0.00 74 30 23900 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.3 40 11 592.2 592.2 320.3 592.3 0.01 75 29 24116 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.6 42 10 600.8 600.8 320.6 600.8 0.01 76 26 24812 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.2 61 13 614.7 614.7 321.3 614.8 0.01 77 23 25600 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.1 126 10 652.5 652.5 322.8 652.6 0.01 78 21 26192 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -53.7 218 8 672.2 672.2 323.5 672.3 0.01 79 20 26510 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -54.7 255 3 677.9 677.9 323.7 678.0 0.02 80 19 26841 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.7 251 3 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.3 0.02 81 17 27559 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -54.9 286 6 710.8 710.8 324.8 711.0 0.02 82 15 28367 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -56.5 219 10 730.7 730.7 325.4 730.9 0.02 83 15 28367 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -56.5 219 10 730.7 730.7 325.4 730.9 0.02 84 13 29299 -47.7 -83.7 1 36.0 -53.2 320 11 780.7 780.7 326.8 780.9 0.03 85 12 29828 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -52.9 36 10 802.3 802.3 327.3 802.5 0.03 86 11 30406 -45.3 -82.3 1 37.0 -52.5 337 12 827.6 827.6 327.9 828.0 0.04 87 10 31040 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -53.5 240 6 846.0 846.0 328.3 846.4 0.04 88 10 31040 -46.3 -83.3 1 37.0 -53.4 240 6 846.7 846.7 328.3 847.1 0.04 89 9.8 31174 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -53.9 848.6 848.6 328.4 849.0 0.04 90 9.5 31380 -45.7 -82.7 1 37.0 -53.3 861.5 861.5 328.7 861.9 0.04 91 8.1 32439 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -54.6 896.1 896.2 329.4 896.6 0.05 TRP 110 15953 -70.9 -86.9 8 16.0 -70.9 235 60 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 WND 232 11270 -44.1 -70.1 4 26.0 -44.9 230 108 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.00 m Freezing level: 590.71 mb = 4477.81 m = 14690.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.73 mb = 2444.10 m = 8018.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.09 mb = 418.01 m = 1371.40 ft T: 13.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 7.05 C Layer 882.0- 871.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.61 mb = 4183.91 m = 13726.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.65 C = 108.77 F Cap Strength: 12.64 C Lifted Index: 11.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.20 C Showalter Index: 14.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: -7.52 C K Index: -32.72 Risk: None Sweat Index: 56.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51165.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.63 mb = 1594.62 m = 5231.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 301 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 992 146 80 3 -3.0 -0.5 | 113 15 -13.5 5.7 1 973 305 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 119 17 -15.1 8.3 2 938 610 235 3 2.5 1.7 | 134 11 -8.1 7.9 3 925 729 300 1 0.9 -0.5 | 121 11 -9.7 5.7 4 905 914 60 2 -1.7 -1.0 | 113 13 -12.3 5.2 5 873 1219 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 129 13 -9.8 8.1 6 850 1450 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 98 6 -6.0 0.8 7 813 1829 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 119 9 -8.1 4.5 8 784 2134 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 82 7 -7.1 -1.0 9 756 2438 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 76 4 -3.5 -0.9 10 729 2743 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 146 5 -2.8 4.1 11 700 3084 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 182 3 0.1 3.4 12 677 3353 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 200 2 0.7 2.1 13 652 3658 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 214 6 3.4 5.0 14 604 4267 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 261 8 7.8 1.3 15 560 4877 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 253 21 20.5 6.2 16 519 5486 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 232 30 23.3 18.5 17 500 5780 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 240 35 30.0 17.1 18 499 5791 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 245 32 28.9 13.2 19 480 6096 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 241 36 31.0 17.3 20 400 7470 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 246 54 49.4 22.3 21 392 7620 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 246 54 49.4 22.3 22 317 9144 250 64 60.1 21.9 | 240 57 49.6 28.1 23 300 9530 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 241 60 52.4 29.1 24 290 9754 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 241 60 52.4 29.1 25 265 10363 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 235 57 46.6 32.8 26 254 10668 240 68 58.9 34.0 | 230 63 48.4 40.2 27 250 10770 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 226 72 51.7 49.8 28 232 11270 230 108 82.7 69.4 | 224 105 72.2 75.6 29 221 11582 230 108 82.7 69.4 | 224 105 72.2 75.6 30 200 12250 225 104 73.5 73.5 | 218 102 63.0 79.8 31 150 14080 240 94 81.4 47.0 | 233 89 70.9 53.2 32 124 15240 235 84 68.8 48.2 | 227 80 58.3 54.4 33 118 15545 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 241 60 52.4 29.1 34 110 15953 235 60 49.1 34.4 | 224 56 38.6 40.6 35 106 16154 230 57 43.7 36.6 | 218 54 33.1 42.9 36 101 16459 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 233 50 40.2 29.9 37 100 16520 230 44 33.7 28.3 | 214 42 23.2 34.5 38 96 16764 230 44 33.7 28.3 | 214 42 23.2 34.5 39 91 17069 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 224 39 27.6 28.2 40 87 17374 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 264 15 15.1 1.7 41 82 17678 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 242 7 6.2 3.3 42 78 17983 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 180 14 0.1 13.7 43 74 18288 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 191 25 4.9 24.6 44 71 18593 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 210 15 7.3 12.7 45 70 18650 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 173 13 -1.5 12.5 46 67 18898 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 173 13 -1.5 12.5 47 64 19202 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 182 8 0.3 8.1 48 61 19507 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 157 19 -7.4 17.8 49 58 19812 195 18 4.7 17.4 | 166 24 -5.9 23.6 50 55 20117 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 171 5 -0.7 4.5 51 50 20700 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 90 24 -24.1 -0.1 52 50 20726 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 67 9 -7.9 -3.4 53 47 21031 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 93 25 -24.6 1.1 54 45 21336 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 137 20 -13.6 14.7 55 43 21641 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 171 13 -2.1 13.3 56 41 21946 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 166 4 -0.9 3.6 57 34 23165 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 121 12 -10.5 6.2 58 31 23774 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 70 11 -10.5 -3.8 59 30 23900 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 83 18 -17.6 -2.2 60 29 24079 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 87 18 -17.6 -0.9 61 28 24384 25 11 -4.6 -10.0 | 76 16 -15.2 -3.8 62 27 24689 50 14 -10.7 -9.0 | 83 21 -21.3 -2.8 63 23 25603 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 123 22 -18.7 11.9 64 22 25908 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 152 20 -9.5 18.2 65 20 26510 255 3 2.9 0.8 | 132 10 -7.6 7.0 66 17 27432 245 2 1.8 0.8 | 129 11 -8.7 7.1 67 17 27737 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 66 7 -6.3 -2.9 68 16 28042 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 147 19 -10.5 16.2 69 13 29261 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 76 4 -3.5 -0.9 70 13 29566 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 45 9 -6.1 -6.0 71 12 29870 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 85 17 -17.0 -1.4 72 11 30175 15 14 -3.6 -13.5 | 63 16 -14.2 -7.3 73 10 31040 240 6 5.2 3.0 | 150 11 -5.3 9.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.5 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 300.5 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.2 neg: -32.2 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 49.71 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 132 4 123 16| 5.5 0.0 5.5| 26.8 -4.0 22.8 45.6 0.42| 12.6 5.3 1000 126 3 122 15| 2.8 1.6 4.4| 38.8 -13.6 25.2 25.2 0.25| 10.6 2.6 1500 317 3 114 9| 3.5 1.1 4.6| 49.0 -22.2 26.8 17.9 0.12| 11.7 1.4 2000 322 4 111 9| 3.2 0.8 3.9| 50.7 -31.4 19.2 9.6 0.00| 10.6 0.0 2500 318 5 109 8| 2.5 1.1 3.6| 53.5 -32.2 21.3 8.5 0.06| 10.0 0.6 3000 306 6 116 7| 2.1 1.2 3.3| 57.2 -32.2 25.0 8.3 0.12| 9.1 1.1 4000 292 8 135 5| 2.2 1.3 3.5| 65.9 -32.2 33.7 8.4 0.20| 8.1 1.6 5000 283 12 192 4| 1.7 2.9 4.6| 68.0 -66.5 1.6 0.3 0.09| 8.5 0.7 6000 271 16 224 8| 1.8 3.1 4.9|126.0-120.2 5.7 1.0 0.07| 8.9 0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251012.12.gif