UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 14 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 14 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 77 210 11 SFC 993 146 18.8 10.8 60 8.0 14.0 210 11 292.5 294.0 287.4 316.0 8.21 2 982 240 16.6 10.6 68 6.0 13.0 207 12 291.3 292.7 286.9 314.6 8.19 3 949 526 14.0 9.9 76 4.1 11.6 205 15 291.5 292.9 286.9 314.5 8.09 4 946 553 13.8 10.1 78 3.7 11.6 205 15 291.5 293.0 287.1 315.0 8.22 5 940 605 13.2 9.5 78 3.7 11.0 205 16 291.5 292.9 286.8 314.1 7.95 6 933 668 13.0 7.0 67 6.0 9.6 203 16 291.9 293.1 285.8 311.2 6.74 7 925 739 12.4 6.4 67 6.0 9.1 200 16 292.0 293.1 285.6 310.7 6.52 8 850 1441 6.0 5.0 93 1.0 5.5 190 13 292.4 293.6 285.7 311.0 6.44 9 835 1586 4.8 4.4 97 0.4 4.6 205 11 292.7 293.8 285.6 310.8 6.29 10 833 1606 5.2 2.9 85 2.3 4.0 209 11 293.3 294.3 285.2 309.7 5.66 11 821 1724 4.4 2.7 89 1.7 3.5 228 12 293.7 294.7 285.4 310.1 5.67 12 815 1784 4.4 1.3 80 3.1 2.9 238 12 294.3 295.2 285.1 309.3 5.16 13 812 1814 4.2 1.1 80 3.1 2.7 243 12 294.4 295.3 285.1 309.3 5.10 14 809 1844 5.6 -4.4 49 10.0 1.2 245 12 296.2 296.8 284.0 306.4 3.41 15 805 1885 6.4 -6.6 39 13.0 0.9 244 13 297.4 298.0 283.9 306.2 2.89 16 801 1926 7.0 -5.0 42 12.0 1.7 243 14 298.5 299.1 284.7 308.4 3.29 17 788 2060 6.4 -8.6 33 15.0 0.3 241 16 299.3 299.7 284.2 307.0 2.53 18 785 2091 6.4 -11.6 26 18.0 -0.5 241 16 299.6 300.0 283.7 305.8 2.00 19 784 2102 6.4 -12.6 24 19.0 -0.7 240 17 299.7 300.0 283.6 305.5 1.85 20 782 2123 6.8 -23.2 10 30.0 -2.2 240 17 300.3 300.5 282.5 302.8 0.75 21 781 2133 7.2 -26.8 7 34.0 -2.3 240 17 300.9 301.0 282.5 302.7 0.55 22 776 2186 7.0 -27.0 7 34.0 -2.4 239 18 301.2 301.3 282.6 303.0 0.54 23 770 2250 7.0 -23.0 10 30.0 -2.1 238 19 301.9 302.0 283.2 304.5 0.78 24 763 2325 7.8 237 21 303.5 25 755 2412 8.4 -38.6 2 47.0 -2.4 235 22 305.1 305.1 283.7 305.8 0.18 26 721 2791 6.0 -23.0 10 29.0 -3.0 235 30 306.5 306.7 285.1 309.3 0.83 27 700 3032 4.6 -26.4 8 31.0 -4.3 235 35 307.6 307.7 285.2 309.7 0.63 28 697 3067 4.6 -25.4 9 30.0 -4.2 234 35 308.0 308.1 285.4 310.3 0.69 29 640 3754 -0.9 -29.9 9 29.0 -8.1 236 42 309.3 309.4 285.7 311.0 0.50 30 581 4521 -3.9 -48.9 2 45.0 -11.2 240 46 314.5 314.5 287.0 314.8 0.08 31 578 4561 -3.9 -49.9 1 46.0 -11.2 240 46 315.0 315.0 287.2 315.2 0.07 32 508 5568 -9.9 -55.9 1 46.0 -15.7 227 53 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.7 0.04 33 500 5690 -10.9 -57.9 1 47.0 -16.4 225 53 319.7 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.03 34 421 6984 -20.9 -58.9 2 38.0 -24.2 220 69 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.2 0.03 35 416 7072 -21.5 -44.5 11 23.0 -24.4 220 70 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.18 36 411 7161 -22.1 -27.1 64 5.0 -23.2 220 72 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.3 1.01 37 408 7215 -22.5 -25.0 80 2.5 -23.1 220 73 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.2 1.23 38 402 7324 -23.5 -25.1 87 1.6 -23.9 220 75 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.3 1.24 39 401 7342 -23.7 -25.6 84 1.9 -24.1 220 76 324.0 324.2 291.2 328.1 1.19 40 400 7360 -23.7 -26.4 78 2.7 -24.3 220 76 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.11 41 399 7378 -23.7 -26.8 76 3.1 -24.4 220 76 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.2 1.07 42 393 7489 -24.5 -28.3 71 3.8 -25.3 220 76 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.94 43 381 7714 -26.1 -29.0 77 2.9 -26.6 219 75 325.6 325.7 291.4 328.8 0.91 44 378 7772 -26.5 -31.4 63 4.9 -27.3 218 76 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.4 0.73 45 375 7829 -26.9 -32.9 57 6.0 -27.9 218 76 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.3 0.64 46 374 7848 -26.9 -31.7 64 4.8 -27.8 218 76 326.2 326.4 291.4 328.8 0.72 47 372 7887 -27.3 -30.9 71 3.6 -27.9 217 76 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.0 0.78 48 368 7965 -28.1 -31.5 73 3.4 -28.7 216 76 326.2 326.3 291.4 328.8 0.75 49 365 8024 -28.7 -33.0 66 4.3 -29.4 216 77 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.5 0.65 50 357 8182 -30.3 -33.5 74 3.2 -30.8 214 77 326.0 326.2 291.2 328.3 0.63 51 352 8282 -31.3 -36.0 63 4.7 -31.9 213 78 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.50 52 351 8303 -31.3 -37.3 55 6.0 -32.1 213 78 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.9 0.44 53 348 8363 -31.7 -36.7 61 5.0 -32.3 212 78 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.3 0.47 54 343 8466 -31.9 -40.9 41 9.0 -32.9 211 79 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.31 55 334 8653 -33.7 -41.7 44 8.0 -34.5 212 80 327.7 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.29 56 300 9400 -38.1 -59.1 9 21.0 -39.1 215 90 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.04 57 250 10640 -40.7 -72.7 2 32.0 -41.7 215 106 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.01 58 200 12140 -49.3 -77.3 2 28.1 -49.8 215 125 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 59 150 13980 -60.3 -83.3 3 23.0 -60.5 230 113 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 60 141 14362 -63.1 -83.1 5 20.0 -63.3 230 104 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 61 100 16460 -65.5 -86.5 4 21.0 -65.7 220 51 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 62 96 16708 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 220 51 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 63 95 16771 -63.9 -86.9 3 23.0 -64.1 220 51 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 64 93 16902 -62.5 -86.5 3 24.0 -62.7 221 47 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 65 81 17743 -67.7 -87.7 4 20.0 -67.8 191 30 421.6 421.6 307.9 421.6 0.00 66 73 18374 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 224 24 442.8 442.8 310.1 442.8 0.00 67 70 18630 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.9 220 5 446.0 446.0 310.5 446.0 0.00 68 63 19271 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 250 10 456.1 456.1 311.4 456.1 0.00 69 61 19467 -64.9 -90.9 2 26.0 -65.1 237 12 463.4 463.4 312.1 463.4 0.00 70 60 19569 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -62.9 240 13 471.0 471.0 312.7 471.0 0.00 71 56 19993 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 200 12 475.8 475.8 313.1 475.8 0.00 72 50 20690 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.1 345 6 498.1 498.1 314.8 498.1 0.00 73 49 20815 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.2 260 11 501.0 501.0 315.0 501.0 0.00 74 47 21075 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.4 186 10 514.2 514.2 315.9 514.2 0.00 75 43 21637 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -57.9 146 11 531.8 531.8 317.1 531.9 0.00 76 41 21938 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.0 200 10 536.1 536.1 317.3 536.2 0.00 77 36 22758 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.0 194 2 556.5 556.5 318.5 556.5 0.00 78 33 23311 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.4 204 5 579.0 579.0 319.6 579.0 0.01 79 32 23507 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -56.9 208 6 582.5 582.5 319.8 582.5 0.01 80 30 23920 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -56.2 215 8 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 81 27 24597 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.1 342 2 618.8 618.8 321.5 618.9 0.01 82 25 25092 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -56.1 38 1 629.1 629.1 321.9 629.2 0.01 83 23 25629 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.2 56 1 648.4 648.4 322.6 648.5 0.01 84 21 26215 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -56.1 76 1 662.5 662.5 323.2 662.6 0.01 85 20 26530 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -55.1 180 18 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.01 86 17 27585 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.4 219 12 713.4 713.4 324.8 713.5 0.02 87 13 29325 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -56.5 286 5 763.3 763.4 326.3 763.5 0.02 TRP 141 14362 -63.1 -83.1 5 20.0 -63.3 230 104 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 WND 200 12140 -49.3 -77.3 2 28.1 -49.8 215 125 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.00 m Freezing level: 649.33 mb = 3641.48 m = 11946.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 787.00 mb = 2070.41 m = 6792.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.31 % Est. max temperature: 18.80 C = 65.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.57 mb = 1138.26 m = 3734.42 ft T: 8.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 5.75 C Layer 788.0- 776.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.36 mb = 1301.96 m = 4271.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.62 C = 65.52 F Cap Strength: 9.65 C Lifted Index: 9.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.28 C Showalter Index: 10.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.90 C Cross Totals Index: 15.90 C K Index: -9.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 139.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.23 mb = 1226.67 m = 4024.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.23 mb = 1370.69 m = 4496.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 807.23 mb = 1862.16 m = 6109.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 797.23 mb = 1964.42 m = 6444.85 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 260 at 25 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 993 146 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 106 20 -18.9 5.4 1 974 305 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 112 20 -18.9 7.7 2 939 610 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 121 20 -17.6 10.4 3 925 739 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 120 22 -18.9 10.9 4 906 914 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 121 20 -17.6 10.4 5 873 1219 190 15 2.6 14.8 | 116 24 -21.8 10.7 6 850 1441 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 111 24 -22.2 8.7 7 841 1524 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 107 23 -21.6 6.5 8 811 1829 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 94 14 -13.5 1.0 9 781 2134 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 114 11 -9.7 4.4 10 753 2438 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 149 11 -5.6 9.1 11 725 2743 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 177 13 -0.7 12.5 12 700 3032 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 195 17 4.3 16.0 13 672 3353 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 187 19 2.4 18.4 14 647 3658 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 204 21 8.4 18.9 15 622 3962 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 221 27 18.0 20.4 16 599 4267 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 216 22 12.8 17.4 17 554 4877 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 222 28 18.9 20.9 18 500 5690 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 201 36 13.1 33.4 19 474 6096 220 52 33.4 39.8 | 194 37 9.0 35.7 20 400 7360 220 76 48.9 58.2 | 204 59 24.4 54.1 21 386 7620 220 75 48.2 57.5 | 204 58 23.8 53.4 22 339 8534 210 79 39.5 68.4 | 193 66 15.1 64.3 23 311 9144 220 87 55.9 66.6 | 207 70 31.5 62.6 24 300 9400 215 90 51.6 73.7 | 201 75 27.2 69.6 25 250 10640 215 106 60.8 86.8 | 204 90 36.4 82.7 26 200 12140 215 125 71.7 102.4 | 206 109 47.3 98.3 27 198 12192 215 125 71.7 102.4 | 206 109 47.3 98.3 28 150 13980 230 113 86.6 72.6 | 222 93 62.2 68.5 29 141 14362 230 104 79.7 66.8 | 221 84 55.3 62.8 30 135 14630 230 106 81.2 68.1 | 222 86 56.8 64.0 31 122 15240 215 89 51.0 72.9 | 201 74 26.6 68.8 32 111 15850 220 87 55.9 66.6 | 207 70 31.5 62.6 33 100 16459 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 220 40 25.6 30.9 34 100 16460 220 51 32.8 39.1 | 193 36 8.4 35.0 35 95 16764 220 51 32.8 39.1 | 193 36 8.4 35.0 36 86 17374 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 175 19 -1.8 18.5 37 82 17678 190 29 5.0 28.6 | 142 31 -19.4 24.5 38 78 17983 195 35 9.1 33.8 | 153 33 -15.3 29.7 39 74 18288 215 29 16.6 23.8 | 158 21 -7.8 19.7 40 70 18593 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 91 15 -15.3 0.1 41 70 18630 220 5 3.2 3.8 | 89 21 -21.2 -0.3 42 67 18898 235 4 3.3 2.3 | 85 21 -21.1 -1.8 43 64 19202 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 84 15 -14.7 -1.5 44 61 19507 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 101 15 -14.6 2.8 45 58 19812 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 81 10 -9.6 -1.5 46 55 20117 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 101 28 -27.8 5.3 47 52 20422 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 124 16 -13.5 8.9 48 50 20690 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 67 25 -22.9 -9.9 49 50 20726 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 63 15 -13.8 -6.9 50 45 21336 115 9 -8.2 3.8 | 89 33 -32.6 -0.3 51 43 21641 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 99 31 -30.7 4.9 52 41 21946 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 104 22 -21.0 5.3 53 39 22250 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 100 18 -17.3 3.0 54 37 22555 190 1 0.2 1.0 | 83 24 -24.2 -3.1 55 30 23920 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 97 20 -19.8 2.5 56 29 24079 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 110 30 -28.3 10.4 57 28 24384 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 85 20 -20.1 -1.6 58 27 24689 25 1 -0.4 -0.9 | 79 25 -24.8 -5.0 59 21 26213 75 1 -1.0 -0.3 | 80 26 -25.4 -4.3 60 20 26530 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 120 28 -24.4 13.9 61 18 26822 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 120 30 -26.1 14.8 62 17 27127 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 103 17 -16.6 3.7 63 15 27432 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 93 16 -15.7 0.9 64 14 27737 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 100 18 -17.3 3.0 65 12 28346 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 80 25 -24.4 -4.1 66 9 29261 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 59 27 -23.5 -14.1 67 8 29870 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 96 18 -17.5 1.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.3 neg: -50.8 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 59.92 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 206 14 114 20| 0.0 5.4 5.4| 27.2 0.0 27.2 54.5 0.95| 5.5 5.2 1000 203 15 117 21| 0.0 2.9 2.9| 27.9 -7.8 20.1 20.1 0.39| 5.1 2.0 1500 200 14 116 22| 2.1 1.9 4.1| 27.9 -35.0 -7.1 -4.7 -0.03| 6.4 -0.2 2000 209 14 115 19| 3.3 1.4 4.8| 41.0 -47.6 -6.6 -3.3 0.02| 7.7 0.2 2500 217 16 119 17| 2.6 2.7 5.4| 68.4 -47.6 20.8 8.3 0.26| 8.2 2.1 3000 222 18 129 15| 2.2 3.6 5.8| 90.3 -50.8 39.5 13.2 0.32| 8.4 2.7 4000 228 24 152 14| 3.0 2.7 5.6|161.8 -63.3 98.5 24.6 0.37| 8.9 3.3 5000 232 29 173 14| 2.4 2.9 5.2|176.0 -96.4 79.6 15.9 0.29| 8.4 2.4 6000 230 33 184 17| 2.0 3.1 5.1|176.0-203.8 -27.8 -4.6 0.12| 8.3 1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251014.00.gif