UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 13 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 13 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 50 SFC 990 146 22.6 14.6 61 8.0 17.4 290 3 296.6 298.5 290.9 327.3 10.61 2 981 224 19.6 13.6 68 6.0 15.8 273 5 294.4 296.2 289.7 323.1 10.02 3 972 302 18.6 14.1 75 4.5 15.7 256 7 294.1 296.0 290.0 324.1 10.46 4 945 539 16.4 13.6 83 2.8 14.6 309 5 294.3 296.1 290.0 324.1 10.41 5 936 620 16.0 12.1 78 3.9 13.6 323 4 294.7 296.4 289.3 322.0 9.51 6 930 674 16.6 8.6 59 8.0 11.9 313 5 295.8 297.2 288.0 317.8 7.55 7 928 692 18.0 4.0 39 14.0 10.3 310 5 297.4 298.4 286.6 313.7 5.49 8 925 719 18.4 2.4 34 16.0 9.9 305 5 298.1 299.0 286.3 312.7 4.92 9 915 812 18.4 -0.6 28 19.0 8.8 338 5 299.1 299.8 285.7 311.1 4.00 10 909 868 18.4 -2.6 24 21.0 8.1 358 4 299.6 300.2 285.4 310.1 3.47 11 890 1049 18.0 -6.0 19 24.0 6.9 305 4 301.0 301.5 285.1 309.5 2.74 12 875 1194 18.2 -29.8 2 48.0 3.8 228 4 302.7 302.8 283.0 304.0 0.37 13 859 1351 17.8 197 5 303.9 14 850 1441 17.6 185 6 304.6 15 802 1934 15.4 240 4 307.3 16 747 2531 12.0 -36.0 2 48.0 -0.6 218 8 310.0 310.0 285.6 310.8 0.24 17 700 3069 7.4 -33.6 3 41.0 -3.2 220 15 310.7 310.7 285.9 311.8 0.32 18 692 3163 6.8 -33.2 4 40.0 -3.6 222 16 311.0 311.1 286.1 312.2 0.34 19 637 3835 2.2 -30.8 7 33.0 -6.4 236 21 313.3 313.3 287.1 314.9 0.46 20 610 4182 0.4 -37.6 4 38.0 -8.1 239 20 315.1 315.1 287.4 316.0 0.25 21 607 4221 0.8 239 20 316.0 22 587 4489 0.0 250 22 318.1 23 505 5673 -7.9 -53.9 1 46.0 -14.4 247 32 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.7 0.05 24 502 5719 -7.7 -55.7 1 48.0 -14.3 249 34 323.3 323.3 289.8 323.4 0.04 25 500 5750 -7.9 -55.9 1 48.0 -14.5 250 35 323.4 323.4 289.8 323.6 0.04 26 485 5987 -8.7 -54.7 1 46.0 -15.1 250 36 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.4 0.05 27 451 6546 -12.5 -48.5 3 36.0 -17.8 241 46 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.10 28 448 6597 -12.5 -35.5 13 23.0 -17.2 242 46 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.5 0.41 29 429 6926 -15.7 -34.7 18 19.0 -19.4 245 48 328.0 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.47 30 405 7358 -19.3 -37.3 19 18.0 -22.4 249 51 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.2 0.38 31 400 7450 -19.9 -39.9 15 20.0 -23.0 250 52 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.30 32 396 7525 -20.3 -43.3 11 23.0 -23.5 250 53 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.21 33 376 7908 -23.5 -41.5 18 18.0 -26.0 250 55 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.3 0.27 34 344 8554 -28.5 -53.5 7 25.0 -30.6 250 57 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 35 302 9474 -36.7 -54.7 14 18.0 -37.8 241 62 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 36 300 9520 -36.9 -53.9 16 17.0 -37.9 240 63 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 37 292 9706 -38.3 -51.3 24 13.0 -39.1 239 64 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.12 38 274 10138 -41.5 -59.5 13 18.0 -42.3 238 67 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.05 39 265 10363 -43.9 -59.9 15 16.0 -44.5 237 69 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 40 262 10439 -44.1 -66.1 7 22.0 -44.7 236 70 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 41 258 10541 -44.9 -59.9 17 15.0 -45.4 236 70 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 42 250 10750 -46.7 -60.7 19 14.0 -47.1 235 72 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.04 43 249 10777 -46.9 -60.9 19 14.0 -47.3 235 72 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.04 44 239 11048 -49.1 -62.1 21 13.0 -49.5 235 74 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.04 45 236 11131 -49.5 -64.5 16 15.0 -49.9 235 73 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 46 234 11187 -49.5 -65.5 14 16.0 -49.9 235 73 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.02 47 228 11358 -47.7 -68.7 7 21.0 -48.2 235 77 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 48 200 12220 -50.5 -74.5 4 24.0 -51.0 230 91 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 49 198 12285 -50.5 -75.5 4 25.0 -51.0 230 92 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 50 178 12969 -56.5 -77.5 5 21.0 -56.8 234 103 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 51 174 13113 -57.3 -78.1 5 20.8 -57.5 235 105 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 52 158 13717 -60.5 -80.5 6 20.0 -60.7 237 98 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 53 154 13876 -60.1 -81.1 5 21.0 -60.3 239 94 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 54 150 14040 -61.1 -82.1 5 21.0 -61.3 235 94 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 55 141 14421 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.4 232 96 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 56 126 15102 -68.3 -85.3 7 17.0 -68.4 238 97 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 57 123 15246 -68.9 -85.9 7 17.0 -68.9 245 93 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 58 120 15393 -68.9 -84.9 8 16.0 -69.0 247 89 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 59 116 15598 -65.7 -85.7 5 20.0 -65.8 249 83 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 60 100 16490 -69.7 -86.7 7 17.0 -69.8 235 57 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 61 98 16610 -67.9 -85.9 6 18.0 -68.0 235 57 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 62 91 17052 -70.5 -86.5 8 16.0 -70.6 249 53 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 63 88 17252 -66.9 -86.9 4 20.0 -67.0 244 50 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 64 81 17750 -67.9 -87.9 4 20.0 -68.0 240 42 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 65 72 18460 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.9 261 15 440.3 440.3 309.9 440.3 0.00 66 70 18630 -66.3 -88.3 3 22.0 -66.5 205 15 442.5 442.5 310.1 442.6 0.00 67 68 18806 -67.5 -89.5 3 22.0 -67.7 205 16 443.6 443.6 310.3 443.6 0.00 68 64 19172 -67.3 -90.3 2 23.0 -67.5 214 14 451.8 451.8 311.0 451.8 0.00 69 59 19668 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 259 13 471.0 471.0 312.7 471.0 0.00 70 56 19987 -65.5 -90.5 2 25.0 -65.8 216 10 473.5 473.5 313.0 473.5 0.00 71 50 20680 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.4 285 18 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 72 49 20804 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.3 270 15 495.8 495.8 314.7 495.8 0.00 73 46 21195 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.6 333 15 511.6 511.6 315.8 511.6 0.00 74 43 21614 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.4 71 11 519.5 519.5 316.3 519.6 0.00 75 40 22065 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.0 142 11 534.4 534.4 317.2 534.4 0.00 76 40 22065 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.0 142 11 534.4 534.4 317.2 534.4 0.00 77 34 23092 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -56.9 91 8 572.5 572.5 319.3 572.5 0.01 78 31 23680 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.6 159 11 585.6 585.6 319.9 585.7 0.01 79 30 23890 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -56.2 190 12 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 80 27 24565 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.1 197 10 618.8 618.8 321.5 618.9 0.01 81 25 25060 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.4 195 10 632.0 632.0 322.0 632.1 0.01 82 24 25323 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.0 252 11 644.6 644.6 322.5 644.7 0.01 83 20 26500 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.8 90 6 673.6 673.6 323.6 673.7 0.01 84 18 27183 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -55.4 149 4 696.8 696.8 324.3 696.9 0.02 85 17 27553 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -56.7 164 6 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.2 0.01 86 15 28366 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -54.6 179 10 740.0 740.1 325.7 740.2 0.02 87 14 28816 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -55.2 172 11 752.8 752.8 326.0 753.0 0.02 88 10 31030 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.8 250 8 843.7 843.8 328.2 844.2 0.05 89 8.6 32025 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -55.4 873.9 873.9 328.9 874.3 0.04 90 8.0 32501 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -55.2 895.4 895.4 329.4 895.9 0.05 91 7.6 32841 -44.7 -81.7 1 37.0 -53.7 922.3 922.4 329.8 923.0 0.07 TRP 123 15246 -68.9 -85.9 7 17.0 -68.9 245 93 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 WND 174 13113 -57.3 -78.1 5 20.8 -57.5 235 105 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.00 m Freezing level: 587.00 mb = 4489.18 m = 14728.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.71 mb = 2344.88 m = 7693.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.96 mb = 1145.46 m = 3758.01 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 20.15 C Layer 936.0- 859.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.86 mb = 3660.19 m = 12008.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.64 C = 101.55 F Cap Strength: 9.52 C Lifted Index: 9.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.61 C Showalter Index: 15.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 2.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: -23.04 C K Index: -46.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48970.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.15 mb = 1785.65 m = 5858.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 271 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 146 290 3 2.8 -1.0 | 84 9 -8.5 -0.9 1 972 305 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 113 5 -4.6 1.9 2 937 610 325 4 2.3 -3.3 | 71 10 -9.1 -3.2 3 925 719 305 5 4.1 -2.9 | 69 8 -7.3 -2.7 4 904 914 15 4 -1.0 -3.9 | 73 13 -12.4 -3.7 5 872 1219 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 111 10 -9.1 3.4 6 850 1441 185 6 0.5 6.0 | 119 12 -10.8 6.1 7 812 1829 240 4 3.5 2.0 | 105 8 -7.9 2.1 8 783 2134 240 4 3.5 2.0 | 105 8 -7.9 2.1 9 755 2438 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 140 10 -6.2 7.5 10 728 2743 225 7 4.9 4.9 | 128 8 -6.4 5.1 11 702 3048 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 144 11 -6.4 8.8 12 700 3069 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 172 12 -1.7 11.6 13 650 3658 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 206 13 5.8 12.2 14 602 4267 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 210 12 6.0 10.1 15 580 4572 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 241 12 10.9 6.1 16 558 4877 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 215 14 7.7 11.1 17 517 5486 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 218 15 9.4 12.1 18 500 5750 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 241 25 21.5 12.1 19 478 6096 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 241 26 22.5 12.4 20 459 6401 240 45 39.0 22.5 | 231 36 27.6 22.6 21 400 7450 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 244 42 37.5 17.9 22 391 7620 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 245 44 39.4 18.6 23 316 9144 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 245 49 44.1 20.3 24 300 9520 240 63 54.6 31.5 | 234 54 43.2 31.6 25 250 10750 235 72 59.0 41.3 | 229 63 47.6 41.4 26 242 10973 235 74 60.6 42.4 | 229 65 49.3 42.6 27 231 11278 235 72 59.0 41.3 | 229 63 47.6 41.4 28 220 11582 235 90 73.7 51.6 | 230 81 62.4 51.7 29 200 12220 230 91 69.7 58.5 | 225 83 58.3 58.6 30 174 13113 235 105 86.0 60.2 | 231 96 74.6 60.3 31 166 13411 235 105 86.0 60.2 | 231 96 74.6 60.3 32 150 14021 240 91 78.8 45.5 | 236 81 67.4 45.6 33 150 14040 235 94 77.0 53.9 | 231 85 65.6 54.0 34 136 14630 230 97 74.3 62.4 | 225 89 62.9 62.5 35 123 15240 240 97 84.0 48.5 | 236 87 72.6 48.6 36 123 15246 245 93 84.3 39.3 | 242 83 72.9 39.4 37 106 16154 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 252 56 53.4 17.5 38 101 16459 240 56 48.5 28.0 | 233 47 37.1 28.1 39 100 16490 235 57 46.7 32.7 | 227 48 35.3 32.8 40 96 16764 235 57 46.7 32.7 | 227 48 35.3 32.8 41 91 17069 250 53 49.8 18.1 | 245 43 38.4 18.3 42 82 17678 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 217 34 20.8 27.1 43 78 17983 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 270 29 28.6 0.1 44 74 18288 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 269 9 8.6 0.1 45 70 18593 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 184 3 0.2 3.2 46 70 18630 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 160 15 -5.0 13.7 47 67 18898 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 163 15 -4.6 14.6 48 64 19202 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 164 12 -3.3 11.6 49 61 19507 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 195 10 2.6 9.9 50 58 19812 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 43 2 -1.5 -1.6 51 55 20117 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 127 16 -13.1 10.0 52 50 20680 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 307 8 6.0 -4.5 53 50 20726 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 210 4 2.2 3.7 54 47 21031 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 345 13 3.2 -12.1 55 45 21336 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 38 15 -9.3 -11.7 56 43 21641 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 83 22 -22.0 -2.7 57 41 21946 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 105 22 -20.9 5.6 58 39 22250 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 127 16 -13.1 10.0 59 37 22555 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 129 16 -12.2 10.1 60 35 22860 135 1 -0.7 0.7 | 94 12 -12.1 0.8 61 34 23165 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 86 21 -21.2 -1.6 62 30 23890 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 142 15 -9.3 11.9 63 29 24079 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 134 15 -10.5 10.1 64 28 24384 185 11 1.0 11.0 | 137 15 -10.4 11.1 65 26 24689 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 142 12 -7.1 9.2 66 25 24994 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 132 15 -11.4 10.1 67 24 25298 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 152 5 -2.3 4.4 68 23 25603 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 7 14 -1.6 -13.8 69 22 25908 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 47 14 -10.5 -9.8 70 20 26500 90 6 -6.0 0.0 | 90 17 -17.4 0.1 71 17 27432 170 3 -0.5 3.0 | 105 12 -11.9 3.1 72 17 27737 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 121 18 -15.6 9.2 73 16 28042 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 129 16 -12.2 10.1 74 15 28346 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 132 15 -11.4 10.1 75 13 29261 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 129 19 -14.5 11.7 76 13 29566 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 134 19 -13.6 12.9 77 12 29870 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 171 6 -1.0 6.1 78 11 30175 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 213 9 4.9 7.7 79 10 31030 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 127 5 -3.8 2.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.3 neg: -15.1 tot: 42.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.05 Bulk Shear: 17.11 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 277 5 85 6| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 2.9 -4.5 -1.6 -3.3 -0.13| 10.0 -1.3 1000 295 5 75 7| 1.1 2.3 3.4| 13.8 -5.4 8.4 8.4 0.15| 10.8 1.6 1500 257 5 100 7| 0.8 2.5 3.3| 22.1 -7.0 15.0 10.0 0.20| 10.2 2.0 2000 249 5 104 7| 1.1 1.9 3.0| 22.5 -10.9 11.6 5.8 0.14| 8.3 1.1 2500 238 5 113 8| 0.9 2.3 3.1| 33.2 -13.7 19.4 7.8 0.21| 8.1 1.7 3000 231 6 120 8| 1.1 1.9 3.0| 57.3 -15.1 42.2 14.1 0.33| 8.6 2.8 4000 232 9 147 7| 1.7 1.4 3.1| 81.8 -15.1 66.7 16.7 0.41| 7.5 3.0 5000 237 12 169 7| 1.8 1.5 3.4|101.7 -32.9 68.8 13.8 0.35| 7.3 2.5 6000 241 15 194 8| 2.8 1.3 4.1|145.0 -38.3 106.6 17.8 0.37| 7.4 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251013.00.gif