UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 19 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 146 14.6 3.6 48 11.0 9.0 50 5 287.8 288.6 282.1 301.9 4.95 1 970 402 21.6 -0.4 23 22.0 10.4 27 1 297.3 298.0 284.8 308.8 3.82 2 969 411 21.8 -0.2 23 22.0 10.5 25 1 297.6 298.3 285.0 309.2 3.89 3 935 715 22.4 -4.6 16 27.0 9.3 268 2 301.3 301.8 285.4 310.2 2.90 4 925 807 21.4 -4.6 17 26.0 8.9 205 3 301.2 301.7 285.4 310.2 2.93 5 850 1530 16.0 -12.0 13 28.0 4.5 315 4 302.9 303.2 284.8 308.6 1.79 6 840 1630 15.4 -15.6 10 31.0 3.5 310 5 303.3 303.6 284.4 307.6 1.35 7 832 1711 15.4 -16.6 10 32.0 3.3 306 5 304.1 304.4 284.7 308.2 1.25 8 826 1772 15.8 -20.2 7 36.0 3.0 303 6 305.2 305.4 284.7 308.2 0.93 9 815 1886 14.4 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-53.7 850.1 850.1 328.4 850.5 0.04 92 9.1 31605 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -53.8 869.1 869.1 328.8 869.7 0.06 93 8.2 32291 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -56.2 881.2 881.2 329.1 881.6 0.05 94 7.6 32788 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -56.4 901.3 901.3 329.5 901.8 0.05 95 7.4 32963 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -55.6 914.7 914.8 329.7 915.4 0.06 TRP 102 16413 -73.1 -87.1 10 14.0 -73.2 220 31 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 WND 195 12470 -57.5 -68.5 23 11.0 -57.6 225 61 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.00 m Freezing level: 568.68 mb = 4850.95 m = 15915.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.66 mb = 2551.82 m = 8372.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 9.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.16 mb = 1558.31 m = 5112.49 ft T: 15.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 2.66 C Layer 796.0- 742.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 461.23 mb = 6485.85 m = 21278.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 53.38 C = 128.09 F Cap Strength: 16.40 C Lifted Index: 16.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.52 C Showalter Index: 16.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: -5.30 C K Index: -23.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52479.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.15 mb = 3440.20 m = 11286.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 223 at 8 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 1000 146 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 45 13 -9.1 -8.9 1 1000 135 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 51 9 -7.3 -5.9 2 946 610 340 1 0.3 -0.9 | 36 8 -4.9 -6.7 3 925 807 205 3 1.3 2.7 | 53 5 -4.0 -3.0 4 913 914 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 73 7 -6.6 -2.0 5 881 1219 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 73 8 -7.3 -2.3 6 850 1530 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 16 9 -2.4 -8.6 7 820 1829 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 0 9 -0.1 -8.7 8 791 2134 245 2 1.8 0.8 | 35 6 -3.5 -4.9 9 763 2438 175 3 -0.3 3.0 | 64 6 -5.5 -2.7 10 735 2743 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 100 7 -6.5 1.2 11 709 3048 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 154 5 -2.4 4.9 12 700 3155 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 146 8 -4.2 6.2 13 683 3353 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 146 8 -4.2 6.2 14 658 3658 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 176 7 -0.5 7.4 15 633 3962 185 22 1.9 21.9 | 168 17 -3.3 16.2 16 610 4267 185 17 1.5 16.9 | 161 12 -3.8 11.2 17 565 4877 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 164 7 -1.9 6.8 18 544 5182 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 188 8 1.1 7.9 19 504 5791 190 19 3.3 18.7 | 171 13 -2.0 13.0 20 500 5860 190 19 3.3 18.7 | 171 13 -2.0 13.0 21 485 6096 190 19 3.3 18.7 | 171 13 -2.0 13.0 22 448 6706 200 26 8.9 24.4 | 191 19 3.6 18.7 23 414 7315 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 178 13 -0.3 12.6 24 400 7570 190 21 3.6 20.7 | 174 15 -1.6 14.9 25 397 7620 190 20 3.5 19.7 | 173 14 -1.8 14.0 26 350 8534 195 28 7.2 27.0 | 185 21 2.0 21.3 27 321 9144 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 219 21 13.4 16.5 28 308 9449 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 226 23 16.7 16.2 29 300 9630 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 219 28 17.9 21.8 30 269 10363 210 49 24.5 42.4 | 208 41 19.2 36.7 31 250 10870 215 51 29.3 41.8 | 214 43 24.0 36.0 32 204 12192 230 61 46.7 39.2 | 231 53 41.5 33.5 33 200 12310 225 61 43.1 43.1 | 225 53 37.9 37.4 34 195 12470 225 61 43.1 43.1 | 225 53 37.9 37.4 35 185 12802 225 61 43.1 43.1 | 225 53 37.9 37.4 36 160 13716 230 50 38.3 32.1 | 231 42 33.0 26.4 37 150 14100 210 37 18.5 32.0 | 207 29 13.2 26.3 38 144 14326 210 34 17.0 29.4 | 206 26 11.7 23.7 39 124 15240 220 47 30.2 36.0 | 219 39 24.9 30.3 40 118 15545 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 232 30 23.8 18.7 41 106 16154 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 199 22 7.0 20.5 42 102 16413 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 219 23 14.7 18.0 43 100 16530 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 233 21 17.0 12.9 44 96 16764 215 30 17.2 24.6 | 212 22 11.9 18.8 45 82 17678 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 298 6 5.4 -2.9 46 78 17983 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 219 14 8.9 11.1 47 74 18288 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 260 7 6.9 1.3 48 71 18593 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 264 9 9.2 1.0 49 70 18640 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 207 7 3.3 6.6 50 67 18898 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 193 6 1.2 5.5 51 64 19202 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 254 2 2.4 0.7 52 55 20117 15 1 -0.3 -1.0 | 39 9 -5.5 -6.7 53 50 20690 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 323 6 3.7 -5.0 54 47 21031 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 320 7 4.7 -5.7 55 45 21336 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 359 8 0.2 -8.3 56 32 23470 50 2 -1.5 -1.3 | 44 10 -6.8 -7.0 57 31 23774 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 139 5 -3.5 4.1 58 30 23890 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 228 7 5.3 4.9 59 29 24079 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 243 4 3.9 2.0 60 28 24384 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 228 6 4.6 4.2 61 27 24689 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 259 12 12.0 2.3 62 24 25298 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 245 10 8.7 4.0 63 23 25603 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 291 9 8.5 -3.3 64 22 25908 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 288 13 12.7 -4.2 65 21 26213 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 217 6 3.7 5.0 66 20 26510 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 326 12 7.0 -10.2 67 20 26518 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 314 14 10.2 -9.9 68 18 27127 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 325 8 4.7 -6.6 69 17 27432 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 285 2 2.1 -0.6 70 15 28346 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 162 5 -1.5 4.6 71 14 28956 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 264 15 14.5 1.4 72 12 29566 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 304 16 13.4 -9.0 73 12 29870 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 266 22 21.8 1.5 74 10 30980 240 39 33.8 19.5 | 244 32 28.5 13.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.5 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 222.5 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.5 neg: -19.5 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.72 Bulk Shear: 17.80 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 48 1 43 9| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 0.0 -6.7 -6.7 -13.4 -0.82| 3.5 -2.9 1000 151 2 60 7| 0.0 2.0 2.0| 5.8 -6.8 -1.0 -1.0 0.11| 5.7 0.6 1500 169 3 64 6| 2.9 1.3 4.3| 6.6 -15.0 -8.3 -5.6 -0.20| 7.9 -1.5 2000 262 3 20 6| 2.2 2.1 4.3| 12.9 -18.2 -5.4 -2.7 -0.07| 7.7 -0.5 2500 227 3 39 4| 1.8 2.7 4.5| 21.2 -18.2 2.9 1.2 0.09| 7.3 0.7 3000 199 4 66 4| 1.3 2.3 3.6| 31.5 -19.5 12.0 4.0 0.21| 7.6 1.6 4000 192 7 110 4| 1.4 2.5 4.0| 38.9 -29.0 9.9 2.5 0.17| 7.7 1.3 5000 192 9 130 5| 1.6 2.0 3.7| 45.3 -31.1 14.2 2.8 0.19| 7.1 1.3 6000 193 10 146 5| 1.4 2.2 3.6| 47.1 -38.8 8.2 1.4 0.14| 6.5 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251019.12.gif