UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 18 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 98 285 6 SFC 996 146 24.2 9.2 39 15.0 15.2 285 6 297.7 299.0 288.5 319.2 7.34 2 991 189 22.2 8.2 41 14.0 14.0 294 8 296.1 297.4 287.5 316.2 6.89 3 979 292 21.4 8.4 43 13.0 13.7 317 13 296.3 297.6 287.8 317.0 7.07 4 972 353 21.0 8.0 43 13.0 13.4 320 14 296.5 297.8 287.7 316.8 6.93 5 970 371 21.0 7.0 40 14.0 12.9 320 14 296.7 297.9 287.3 315.7 6.48 6 969 379 21.0 5.0 35 16.0 12.1 320 14 296.8 297.8 286.5 313.4 5.64 7 965 414 22.4 0.4 23 22.0 10.9 320 14 298.6 299.3 285.6 310.8 4.08 8 964 423 22.6 0.6 23 22.0 11.1 320 14 298.9 299.6 285.8 311.3 4.14 9 925 774 20.6 -3.4 20 24.0 8.9 320 11 300.4 301.0 285.4 310.2 3.21 10 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612.4 321.2 612.5 0.01 80 25 24994 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.5 125 10 628.0 628.0 321.8 628.0 0.01 81 23 25529 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -55.8 165 10 646.1 646.1 322.5 646.1 0.01 82 21 26110 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -58.0 207 11 655.2 655.3 322.9 655.3 0.01 83 20 26420 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.9 230 11 665.1 665.1 323.3 665.1 0.01 84 18 27093 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.8 239 8 686.7 686.7 324.0 686.7 0.01 85 17 27461 -52.7 -86.7 1 34.0 -55.8 249 13 707.0 707.0 324.7 707.1 0.01 86 17 27461 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.8 249 13 707.0 707.0 324.7 707.1 0.01 87 16 27853 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -56.2 264 18 718.0 718.0 325.0 718.1 0.01 88 15 28272 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.7 266 17 739.4 739.4 325.6 739.5 0.02 89 13 29202 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.3 264 27 764.0 764.0 326.3 764.2 0.02 90 12 29724 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -54.8 248 27 790.9 791.0 327.0 791.2 0.02 91 11 30291 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -56.3 259 32 803.6 803.6 327.3 803.8 0.03 92 10 30910 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -56.4 270 38 827.3 827.3 327.9 827.5 0.03 93 9.5 31243 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -56.8 838.0 838.0 328.1 838.3 0.03 94 8.6 31891 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -55.9 870.0 870.0 328.8 870.3 0.03 95 8.2 32202 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -56.6 878.8 878.8 329.0 879.1 0.04 96 7.8 32529 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -55.6 899.5 899.5 329.4 899.8 0.04 TRP 90 17115 -72.1 -87.1 9 15.0 -72.2 220 27 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.00 m Freezing level: 584.00 mb = 4572.20 m = 15000.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.19 mb = 2712.80 m = 8900.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.26 mb = 2018.67 m = 6622.86 ft T: 10.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 6.17 C Layer 972.0- 964.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 503.86 mb = 5739.64 m = 18830.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.96 C = 121.93 F Cap Strength: 13.30 C Lifted Index: 13.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.43 C Showalter Index: 11.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 6.70 C K Index: -16.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58464.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.57 mb = 3085.56 m = 10123.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 71 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 996 146 285 6 5.8 -1.6 | 262 18 17.4 2.4 1 978 305 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 288 22 20.6 -6.8 2 943 610 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 288 22 20.6 -6.8 3 925 774 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 283 19 18.6 -4.5 4 910 914 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 272 17 16.9 -0.5 5 878 1219 335 3 1.3 -2.7 | 264 13 12.8 1.2 6 850 1496 75 6 -5.8 -1.6 | 247 6 5.8 2.4 7 817 1829 85 8 -8.0 -0.7 | 228 5 3.6 3.3 8 787 2134 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 148 5 -2.4 4.0 9 759 2438 90 16 -16.0 0.0 | 132 6 -4.4 4.0 10 731 2743 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 101 5 -5.2 1.0 11 705 3048 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 359 6 0.1 -5.7 12 700 3104 50 16 -12.3 -10.3 | 6 6 -0.7 -6.3 13 679 3353 50 11 -8.4 -7.1 | 315 4 3.1 -3.1 14 653 3658 50 19 -14.6 -12.2 | 20 9 -3.0 -8.2 15 629 3962 30 27 -13.5 -23.4 | 6 20 -1.9 -19.4 16 605 4267 35 33 -18.9 -27.0 | 18 24 -7.4 -23.1 17 583 4572 30 36 -18.0 -31.2 | 13 28 -6.4 -27.2 18 561 4877 45 22 -15.6 -15.6 | 19 12 -4.0 -11.6 19 540 5182 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 359 6 0.1 -5.7 20 501 5791 40 14 -9.0 -10.7 | 339 7 2.6 -6.8 21 500 5800 40 15 -9.6 -11.5 | 346 8 1.9 -7.5 22 481 6096 25 19 -8.0 -17.2 | 345 14 3.5 -13.3 23 462 6401 50 21 -16.1 -13.5 | 25 11 -4.5 -9.5 24 426 7010 40 21 -13.5 -16.1 | 9 12 -1.9 -12.1 25 400 7490 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 35 6 -3.2 -4.5 26 393 7620 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 35 6 -3.2 -4.5 27 376 7925 80 20 -19.7 -3.5 | 93 8 -8.1 0.5 28 345 8534 70 33 -31.0 -11.3 | 69 21 -19.4 -7.3 29 331 8839 80 26 -25.6 -4.5 | 88 14 -14.0 -0.5 30 317 9144 70 20 -18.8 -6.8 | 68 8 -7.2 -2.9 31 303 9449 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 68 6 -5.4 -2.2 32 300 9530 50 16 -12.3 -10.3 | 6 6 -0.7 -6.3 33 290 9754 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 306 7 5.8 -4.2 34 277 10058 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 305 9 7.3 -5.1 35 265 10363 20 20 -6.8 -18.8 | 342 16 4.7 -14.8 36 250 10760 40 27 -17.4 -20.7 | 19 18 -5.8 -16.7 37 242 10973 45 27 -19.1 -19.1 | 26 17 -7.5 -15.1 38 220 11582 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 68 6 -5.4 -2.2 39 210 11887 75 8 -7.7 -2.1 | 244 4 3.8 1.9 40 200 12210 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 298 4 3.4 -1.8 41 191 12497 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 12 7 -1.5 -7.0 42 182 12802 55 16 -13.1 -9.2 | 17 5 -1.5 -5.2 43 165 13411 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 196 8 2.2 7.4 44 150 14021 35 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 254 11 11.0 3.1 45 150 14030 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 255 20 19.4 5.4 46 129 14935 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 242 27 23.9 12.6 47 123 15240 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 250 36 34.1 12.2 48 117 15545 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 257 41 40.1 9.0 49 111 15850 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 269 31 31.3 0.5 50 101 16459 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 244 30 27.2 13.0 51 100 16490 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 248 29 27.0 11.2 52 95 16764 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 248 29 27.0 11.2 53 91 17069 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 230 36 27.6 23.1 54 90 17115 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 230 38 28.9 24.7 55 86 17374 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 230 38 28.9 24.7 56 78 17983 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 268 27 27.3 1.2 57 74 18288 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 262 20 19.4 2.6 58 70 18593 195 1 0.3 1.0 | 247 13 11.8 4.9 59 70 18610 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 226 25 17.9 17.6 60 67 18898 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 233 27 21.8 16.2 61 64 19202 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 280 21 20.8 -3.7 62 60 19507 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 290 16 15.0 -5.4 63 50 20660 25 5 -2.1 -4.5 | 273 9 9.5 -0.6 64 45 21336 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 264 8 7.7 0.8 65 43 21641 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 304 10 8.1 -5.4 66 41 21946 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 315 6 4.5 -4.5 67 39 22250 60 2 -1.7 -1.0 | 253 10 9.8 3.0 68 32 23470 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 207 3 1.6 3.1 69 30 23774 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 166 8 -2.0 7.6 70 30 23840 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 234 2 1.9 1.4 71 29 24079 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 256 2 2.2 0.5 72 28 24384 80 8 -7.9 -1.4 | 235 4 3.7 2.6 73 25 24994 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 199 10 3.4 9.7 74 20 26420 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 241 23 20.0 11.0 75 19 26822 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 242 22 19.2 10.4 76 18 27127 240 8 6.9 4.0 | 247 20 18.5 8.0 77 17 27432 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 248 24 22.4 9.0 78 16 27737 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 265 28 27.5 2.6 79 16 28042 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 250 32 30.4 10.8 80 15 28346 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 262 28 27.6 4.0 81 14 28651 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 250 29 27.5 9.8 82 13 29261 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 261 40 39.5 6.4 83 12 29566 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 247 38 35.1 15.0 84 10 30910 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 265 50 49.6 4.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.1 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 71.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.8 neg: -61.3 tot: -11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 50.36 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 318 13 285 21| 9.4 0.0 9.4| 47.2 -2.0 45.2 90.3 0.81| 11.0 9.0 1000 318 10 281 19| 2.2 0.0 2.2| 47.2 -30.7 16.5 16.5 0.13| 10.6 1.4 1500 327 9 281 17| 4.3 0.0 4.3| 49.7 -38.5 11.2 7.5 -0.02| 10.5 -0.2 2000 357 9 292 13| 5.1 0.0 5.1| 49.7 -45.7 4.0 2.0 -0.19| 9.8 -1.9 2500 39 10 308 6| 4.1 0.7 4.8| 49.7 -50.6 -0.9 -0.4 -0.25| 8.6 -2.2 3000 50 11 318 4| 3.4 1.7 5.1| 49.8 -61.3 -11.5 -3.8 -0.38| 8.9 -3.4 4000 45 13 339 6| 2.6 3.3 5.9| 72.1 -77.8 -5.7 -1.4 -0.23| 10.1 -2.3 5000 41 16 355 8| 2.3 2.7 5.0| 93.8 -93.5 0.3 0.1 -0.17| 11.0 -1.9 6000 41 16 354 8| 2.0 2.8 4.7| 99.2 -98.5 0.8 0.1 -0.16| 10.0 -1.6 Wrote GIF 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