UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 121 25 4 SFC 998 146 14.0 6.0 58 8.0 9.7 25 4 287.3 288.3 283.0 303.9 5.88 2 992 197 17.2 5.2 45 12.0 10.7 56 5 291.0 292.0 284.2 307.1 5.59 3 987 239 18.6 4.6 40 14.0 11.0 81 5 292.8 293.8 284.7 308.5 5.39 4 981 291 18.4 4.4 40 14.0 10.9 112 6 293.2 294.1 284.8 308.7 5.34 5 976 334 19.8 3.8 35 16.0 11.2 111 6 295.0 295.9 285.4 310.1 5.15 6 964 440 21.4 1.4 27 20.0 10.9 82 5 297.7 298.5 285.6 310.7 4.39 7 940 655 20.4 2.4 30 18.0 10.7 75 3 298.8 299.7 286.5 313.2 4.84 8 927 774 20.8 -0.2 25 21.0 9.9 179 3 300.4 301.1 286.3 312.7 4.06 9 925 792 20.8 -0.2 25 21.0 9.9 195 3 300.6 301.3 286.4 312.9 4.07 10 918 857 20.4 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52 173 13161 -58.7 -79.7 5 21.0 -58.9 224 22 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.00 53 154 13887 -61.5 -81.5 5 20.0 -61.7 204 23 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 54 150 14050 -61.7 -81.7 5 20.0 -61.9 220 35 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 55 142 14388 -62.7 -82.7 5 20.0 -62.9 222 35 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 56 131 14880 -65.7 -83.7 6 18.0 -65.8 222 28 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 57 126 15115 -66.1 -84.1 6 18.0 -66.2 228 26 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 58 119 15459 -68.1 -85.1 7 17.0 -68.2 211 18 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 59 116 15613 -66.5 -85.5 5 19.0 -66.6 203 14 382.6 382.6 302.7 382.7 0.00 60 100 16500 -70.7 -86.7 8 16.0 -70.8 260 9 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 61 90 17124 -72.5 -86.5 10 14.0 -72.6 250 15 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 62 86 17391 -72.5 -87.5 9 15.0 -72.6 252 12 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 63 85 17461 -71.1 -87.1 8 16.0 -71.2 242 13 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 64 80 17820 -71.5 -88.5 6 17.0 -71.6 224 17 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 65 78 17970 -69.5 -88.5 5 19.0 -69.6 239 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-51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -56.3 275 38 803.6 803.6 327.3 803.8 0.03 94 10 30900 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -56.4 275 27 827.3 827.3 327.9 827.6 0.03 95 9.9 30965 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -56.3 830.4 830.5 328.0 830.7 0.03 TRP 90 17124 -72.5 -86.5 10 14.0 -72.6 250 15 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.00 m Freezing level: 577.00 mb = 4709.14 m = 15449.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 764.33 mb = 2400.56 m = 7875.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.65 mb = 1173.18 m = 3848.98 ft T: 17.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 2.61 C Layer 811.0- 743.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 523.61 mb = 5470.57 m = 17947.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.04 C = 118.47 F Cap Strength: 13.66 C Lifted Index: 12.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.38 C Showalter Index: 11.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 5.70 C K Index: -23.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 23.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53741.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.11 mb = 2848.38 m = 9344.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 116 at 7 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 25 4 -1.7 -3.6 | 324 8 4.9 -6.8 1 980 305 120 6 -5.2 3.0 | 277 1 1.4 -0.2 2 945 610 35 3 -1.7 -2.5 | 319 7 4.9 -5.6 3 925 792 195 3 0.8 2.9 | 272 7 7.4 -0.3 4 912 914 175 4 -0.3 4.0 | 263 6 6.3 0.8 5 880 1219 140 7 -4.5 5.4 | 224 3 2.1 2.2 6 850 1514 155 4 -1.7 3.6 | 265 5 4.9 0.4 7 818 1829 95 3 -3.0 0.3 | 309 5 3.6 -2.9 8 789 2134 50 9 -6.9 -5.8 | 2 9 -0.3 -9.0 9 761 2438 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 27 9 -4.3 -8.3 10 733 2743 85 6 -6.0 -0.5 | 350 4 0.6 -3.7 11 700 3129 60 6 -5.2 -3.0 | 347 6 1.4 -6.2 12 655 3658 120 14 -12.1 7.0 | 125 7 -5.5 3.8 13 607 4267 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 31 10 -5.2 -8.7 14 585 4572 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 69 9 -8.4 -3.2 15 563 4877 85 13 -13.0 -1.1 | 56 8 -6.3 -4.3 16 522 5486 75 15 -14.5 -3.9 | 48 11 -7.9 -7.1 17 502 5791 70 16 -15.0 -5.5 | 44 12 -8.4 -8.7 18 500 5830 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 42 11 -7.5 -8.3 19 483 6096 85 14 -13.9 -1.2 | 59 9 -7.3 -4.4 20 464 6401 125 17 -13.9 9.8 | 132 10 -7.3 6.6 21 428 7010 90 21 -21.0 0.0 | 78 15 -14.4 -3.2 22 411 7315 95 23 -22.9 2.0 | 86 16 -16.3 -1.2 23 400 7520 80 20 -19.7 -3.5 | 63 15 -13.1 -6.7 24 394 7620 80 20 -19.7 -3.5 | 63 15 -13.1 -6.7 25 378 7925 95 22 -21.9 1.9 | 85 15 -15.3 -1.3 26 362 8230 90 21 -21.0 0.0 | 78 15 -14.4 -3.2 27 332 8839 100 28 -27.6 4.9 | 95 21 -21.0 1.7 28 318 9144 105 26 -25.1 6.7 | 101 19 -18.5 3.5 29 305 9449 100 21 -20.7 3.6 | 92 14 -14.1 0.5 30 300 9560 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 131 11 -8.1 7.1 31 279 10058 130 16 -12.3 10.3 | 142 9 -5.6 7.1 32 266 10363 120 17 -14.7 8.5 | 123 10 -8.1 5.3 33 250 10790 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 207 8 3.8 7.4 34 243 10973 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 212 8 4.0 6.5 35 232 11278 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 235 11 9.2 6.5 36 221 11582 190 16 2.8 15.8 | 217 16 9.4 12.6 37 211 11887 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 242 16 14.1 7.5 38 201 12192 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 209 11 5.5 9.8 39 200 12240 185 13 1.1 13.0 | 218 12 7.8 9.8 40 192 12497 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 231 14 11.1 9.0 41 183 12802 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 228 10 7.5 6.8 42 174 13106 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 241 25 22.2 12.4 43 151 14021 200 23 7.9 21.6 | 218 23 14.5 18.4 44 150 14050 220 35 22.5 26.8 | 231 37 29.1 23.6 45 143 14326 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 231 38 29.8 24.4 46 136 14630 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 242 33 28.8 15.5 47 130 14935 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 233 31 24.6 18.3 48 123 15240 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 248 29 27.1 11.2 49 117 15545 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 227 16 11.7 10.9 50 101 16459 240 7 6.1 3.5 | 269 13 12.7 0.3 51 100 16500 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 276 16 15.5 -1.6 52 96 16764 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 276 16 15.5 -1.6 53 91 17069 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 259 18 17.9 3.3 54 90 17124 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 265 21 20.7 1.9 55 86 17374 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 270 18 18.2 -0.1 56 82 17678 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 233 19 15.1 11.5 57 78 17983 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 255 23 22.2 5.8 58 74 18288 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 275 21 20.6 -2.0 59 70 18593 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 275 17 16.5 -1.4 60 70 18620 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 316 18 12.1 -12.7 61 64 19202 20 12 -4.1 -11.3 | 350 15 2.5 -14.5 62 50 20660 30 2 -1.0 -1.7 | 311 7 5.6 -4.9 63 45 21336 80 1 -1.0 -0.2 | 301 7 5.6 -3.4 64 30 23850 215 2 1.1 1.6 | 281 8 7.8 -1.5 65 28 24384 150 2 -1.0 1.7 | 285 6 5.6 -1.5 66 24 25298 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 231 11 8.4 6.7 67 20 26430 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 258 19 18.7 3.8 68 20 26518 235 4 3.3 2.3 | 275 10 9.9 -0.9 69 19 26822 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 259 18 17.9 3.3 70 17 27432 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 242 16 14.1 7.5 71 16 28042 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 262 25 24.5 3.3 72 15 28346 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 249 27 25.5 10.0 73 12 29566 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 279 37 36.5 -5.8 74 11 30175 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 278 47 46.5 -6.7 75 10 30900 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 279 34 33.5 -5.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.7 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 115.7 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -19.2 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.09 Bulk Shear: 3.65 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 89 5 328 4| 2.7 0.0 2.7| 2.9 -2.9 -0.0 -0.0 -0.00| 13.3 -0.1 1000 127 4 280 3| 4.7 0.0 4.7| 2.9 -14.0 -11.1 -11.1 -0.34| 12.0 -4.1 1500 135 5 268 3| 3.1 1.1 4.2| 6.9 -14.5 -7.5 -5.0 -0.16| 9.8 -1.6 2000 117 5 293 3| 2.3 3.0 5.4| 15.3 -14.5 0.8 0.4 0.05| 9.8 0.5 2500 93 6 345 3| 2.8 2.4 5.2| 24.6 -17.0 7.6 3.0 0.09| 9.6 0.9 3000 89 6 348 3| 2.3 2.2 4.5| 24.8 -19.2 5.7 1.9 0.05| 8.8 0.4 4000 94 7 17 3| 3.1 2.9 6.0| 40.9 -37.6 3.3 0.8 0.07| 9.5 0.6 5000 90 9 33 4| 2.9 2.5 5.4| 54.4 -46.4 8.1 1.6 0.08| 8.7 0.7 6000 86 10 39 5| 2.8 2.3 5.1| 65.4 -51.3 14.1 2.3 0.10| 8.1 0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251018.12.gif