UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 20 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 25.0 4.0 26 21.0 13.3 290 11 298.1 299.1 286.5 313.3 5.09 1 986 266 23.0 4.0 29 19.0 12.5 290 9 297.3 298.3 286.2 312.6 5.17 2 969 414 22.0 2.0 27 20.0 11.3 294 9 297.8 298.6 285.8 311.4 4.56 3 966 441 22.0 1.0 25 21.0 11.0 294 9 298.1 298.9 285.6 310.8 4.25 4 954 547 22.8 -2.2 19 25.0 10.3 298 10 300.0 300.6 285.4 310.3 3.40 5 945 627 22.6 -3.4 17 26.0 9.8 300 10 300.6 301.1 285.4 310.2 3.14 6 925 809 21.4 -2.6 20 24.0 9.5 305 10 301.2 301.8 285.9 311.6 3.41 7 912 931 20.2 -0.8 24 21.0 9.4 311 9 301.2 301.9 286.5 313.2 3.95 8 871 1325 17.8 -4.2 22 22.0 7.2 28 6 302.7 303.3 286.2 312.6 3.21 9 850 1533 17.6 -11.4 13 29.0 5.3 135 5 304.6 304.9 285.5 310.6 1.88 10 811 1931 14.8 -16.2 10 31.0 2.9 177 2 305.7 306.0 285.3 310.0 1.33 11 798 2068 15.0 -20.0 7 35.0 2.4 255 3 307.4 307.5 285.5 310.6 0.98 12 778 2282 14.4 -20.6 7 35.0 2.0 243 2 309.0 309.1 286.1 312.1 0.95 13 742 2679 11.6 -19.4 10 31.0 0.5 201 7 310.1 310.3 286.6 313.8 1.11 14 701 3153 10.6 -33.4 3 44.0 -1.6 211 10 314.1 314.2 287.2 315.3 0.33 15 700 3165 10.4 -33.6 3 44.0 -1.7 210 10 314.0 314.1 287.1 315.2 0.32 16 643 3866 6.0 -35.0 3 41.0 -4.6 216 15 316.7 316.8 288.1 317.8 0.30 17 611 4283 4.6 -36.4 3 41.0 -5.7 230 17 319.8 319.8 289.0 320.8 0.28 18 606 4350 4.8 -38.2 3 43.0 -5.7 229 17 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.6 0.23 19 519 5589 -5.7 -36.7 7 31.0 -12.4 207 18 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.8 0.32 20 500 5880 -7.7 -39.7 6 32.0 -13.9 210 24 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.24 21 414 7323 -16.5 -51.5 3 35.0 -20.9 215 17 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 22 400 7580 -18.5 -52.5 3 34.0 -22.5 205 25 330.9 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.07 23 312 9377 -33.9 -56.9 8 23.0 -35.4 200 31 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.06 24 300 9650 -36.1 -58.1 9 22.0 -37.3 200 33 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 25 290 9883 -38.3 -58.3 10 20.0 -39.3 198 34 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 26 273 10293 -41.3 -57.3 16 16.0 -42.1 196 37 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.06 27 256 10723 -45.5 -52.5 45 7.0 -45.9 202 43 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.12 28 250 10880 -46.7 -55.7 35 9.0 -47.1 205 46 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 29 248 10933 -47.1 -56.1 35 9.0 -47.4 205 46 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 30 235 11288 -50.5 -56.5 49 6.0 -50.7 206 49 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 31 230 11429 -51.1 -60.1 33 9.0 -51.4 207 50 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 32 226 11543 -51.5 -58.5 43 7.0 -51.7 207 51 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.06 33 225 11572 -51.7 -62.7 26 11.0 -52.0 207 51 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.4 0.04 34 216 11836 -53.7 -61.7 37 8.0 -53.9 208 53 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.04 35 212 11957 -54.3 -65.3 25 11.0 -54.5 209 53 341.0 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 36 203 12235 -55.7 -66.7 24 11.0 -55.9 210 55 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 37 201 12298 -55.3 -69.3 16 14.0 -55.5 210 56 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 38 200 12330 -55.5 -69.5 16 14.0 -55.7 210 56 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.02 39 172 13280 -61.1 -74.5 15 13.5 -61.2 215 61 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 40 150 14120 -66.1 -79.1 15 13.0 -66.2 220 36 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 41 137 14664 -69.1 -80.1 19 11.0 -69.2 220 42 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 42 136 14708 -69.3 -81.3 16 12.0 -69.4 220 43 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 43 132 14885 -69.1 -82.1 14 13.0 -69.2 220 46 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 44 127 15116 -67.9 -84.9 7 17.0 -68.0 220 50 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 45 119 15504 -70.5 -85.5 9 15.0 -70.6 216 49 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 46 113 15810 -70.9 -85.9 9 15.0 -70.9 211 45 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 47 112 15862 -70.5 -86.5 8 16.0 -70.6 210 44 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 48 106 16187 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.3 220 48 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 49 100 16530 -71.1 -86.1 9 15.0 -71.2 230 36 390.4 390.4 303.8 390.4 0.00 50 93 16962 -68.5 -86.5 6 18.0 -68.6 241 30 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 51 86 17428 -70.5 -87.5 6 17.0 -70.6 265 15 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 52 82 17711 -69.7 -86.7 7 17.0 -69.8 217 11 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 53 72 18483 -71.1 -89.1 5 18.0 -71.2 294 12 428.8 428.8 308.7 428.8 0.00 54 70 18650 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.4 255 14 436.1 436.1 309.5 436.1 0.00 55 69 18736 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.4 255 14 440.1 440.1 309.9 440.1 0.00 56 66 19001 -69.7 -89.7 4 20.0 -69.8 262 13 442.7 442.7 310.1 442.7 0.00 57 62 19377 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.5 257 11 460.4 460.4 311.8 460.4 0.00 58 59 19679 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.2 245 8 467.9 467.9 312.4 467.9 0.00 59 56 19998 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.4 237 6 476.7 476.7 313.2 476.7 0.00 60 54 20222 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.2 228 6 489.5 489.5 314.2 489.6 0.00 61 50 20700 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.6 210 6 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 62 48 20953 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 284 10 502.5 502.5 315.1 502.5 0.00 63 40 22087 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.0 271 12 534.4 534.4 317.2 534.4 0.00 64 38 22410 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -58.0 250 11 551.0 551.0 318.2 551.0 0.00 65 33 23314 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -54.1 228 10 586.4 586.4 320.0 586.5 0.01 66 30 23930 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -55.5 275 5 598.2 598.2 320.5 598.3 0.01 67 28 24373 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -56.4 285 4 607.4 607.4 320.9 607.4 0.01 68 24 25370 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -52.8 229 13 649.3 649.3 322.7 649.4 0.01 69 20 26560 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.3 265 18 679.8 679.8 323.7 679.9 0.01 70 16 27999 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -56.2 276 21 718.0 718.0 325.0 718.1 0.01 71 16 27999 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.6 276 21 725.2 725.2 325.2 725.4 0.02 72 13 29359 -46.7 -82.7 1 36.0 -52.7 253 18 784.1 784.1 326.8 784.4 0.03 73 11 30460 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -54.3 245 29 816.0 816.0 327.6 816.3 0.03 74 10 31080 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -56.9 235 38 824.3 824.3 327.8 824.6 0.03 75 8.7 31981 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -57.3 857.8 857.8 328.5 858.1 0.03 TRP 106 16187 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.3 220 48 381.6 381.6 302.5 381.6 0.00 WND 172 13280 -61.1 -74.5 15 13.5 -61.2 215 61 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.00 m Freezing level: 566.23 mb = 4915.98 m = 16128.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.23 mb = 2789.90 m = 9153.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 9.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.92 mb = 2782.14 m = 9127.66 ft T: 11.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 3.13 C Layer 871.0- 798.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 487.23 mb = 6077.66 m = 19939.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.42 C = 124.55 F Cap Strength: 15.39 C Lifted Index: 13.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.95 C Showalter Index: 14.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: -3.70 C K Index: -30.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59058.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.16 mb = 3378.00 m = 11082.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 254 at 9 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 146 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 342 6 2.0 -6.2 1 982 305 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 358 5 0.2 -5.5 2 947 610 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 357 7 0.4 -7.4 3 925 809 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 1 8 -0.1 -8.1 4 914 914 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 10 8 -1.4 -8.2 5 882 1219 335 6 2.5 -5.4 | 36 10 -5.8 -7.8 6 850 1533 135 5 -3.5 3.5 | 95 12 -11.8 1.1 7 821 1829 120 2 -1.7 1.0 | 82 10 -10.0 -1.4 8 791 2134 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 57 7 -5.6 -3.7 9 763 2438 185 1 0.1 1.0 | 80 8 -8.2 -1.4 10 736 2743 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 142 7 -4.5 5.8 11 710 3048 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 175 7 -0.6 6.8 12 700 3165 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 152 7 -3.3 6.3 13 684 3353 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 155 10 -4.2 8.9 14 659 3658 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 172 10 -1.3 9.7 15 611 4267 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 209 10 4.7 8.5 16 588 4572 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 201 10 3.7 9.6 17 566 4877 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 196 9 2.3 8.2 18 545 5182 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 169 9 -1.8 8.9 19 506 5791 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 181 16 0.2 15.7 20 500 5880 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 191 19 3.7 18.4 21 486 6096 215 25 14.3 20.5 | 198 19 6.0 18.1 22 467 6401 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 201 15 5.2 13.7 23 449 6706 195 21 5.4 20.3 | 171 18 -2.9 17.9 24 414 7315 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 187 12 1.5 11.5 25 400 7580 205 25 10.6 22.7 | 186 20 2.3 20.3 26 398 7620 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 180 20 -0.1 20.2 27 322 9144 200 30 10.3 28.2 | 184 26 2.0 25.8 28 300 9650 200 33 11.3 31.0 | 186 29 3.0 28.6 29 270 10363 195 37 9.6 35.7 | 182 33 1.3 33.3 30 250 10880 205 46 19.4 41.7 | 196 41 11.1 39.3 31 200 12330 210 56 28.0 48.5 | 203 50 19.7 46.1 32 172 13280 215 61 35.0 50.0 | 209 55 26.7 47.6 33 168 13411 215 61 35.0 50.0 | 209 55 26.7 47.6 34 150 14120 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 211 29 14.8 25.2 35 145 14326 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 211 29 14.8 25.2 36 124 15240 220 52 33.4 39.8 | 214 45 25.1 37.4 37 107 16154 205 40 16.9 36.3 | 194 35 8.6 33.9 38 106 16187 220 48 30.9 36.8 | 213 41 22.6 34.4 39 100 16530 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 223 28 19.3 20.7 40 96 16764 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 217 29 17.2 23.1 41 87 17374 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 296 9 7.6 -3.8 42 82 17678 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 163 7 -2.0 6.6 43 78 17983 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 209 6 3.2 5.6 44 74 18288 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 290 4 3.7 -1.4 45 71 18593 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 355 10 0.9 -10.1 46 70 18650 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 257 5 5.2 1.2 47 67 18898 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 257 5 5.2 1.2 48 64 19202 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 313 5 3.7 -3.4 49 61 19507 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 217 3 1.7 2.3 50 58 19812 245 6 5.4 2.5 | 93 3 -2.9 0.1 51 50 20700 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 118 6 -5.3 2.8 52 50 20726 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 353 7 0.8 -6.6 53 45 21336 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 313 2 1.7 -1.5 54 43 21641 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 342 9 3.0 -8.9 55 34 23165 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 149 8 -4.1 6.7 56 31 23774 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 342 6 2.0 -6.2 57 30 23930 275 5 5.0 -0.4 | 49 4 -3.3 -2.8 58 28 24384 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 52 6 -4.4 -3.4 59 25 24994 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 152 7 -3.3 6.3 60 24 25298 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 190 5 0.9 5.3 61 22 25908 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 201 10 3.7 9.6 62 21 26213 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 256 13 13.0 3.3 63 20 26518 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 231 14 10.8 8.6 64 20 26560 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 275 10 9.6 -0.8 65 19 26822 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 275 10 9.6 -0.8 66 18 27127 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 247 10 9.6 4.1 67 17 27432 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 281 13 12.7 -2.4 68 17 27737 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 271 16 15.6 -0.3 69 15 28346 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 317 11 7.7 -8.2 70 15 28651 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 192 8 1.6 7.5 71 14 28956 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 201 15 5.2 13.7 72 13 29261 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 219 10 6.4 7.9 73 13 29566 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 308 12 9.1 -7.1 74 12 29870 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 313 13 9.6 -8.9 75 11 30175 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 248 16 15.2 6.2 76 10 31080 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 230 30 22.8 19.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.5 neg: -16.7 tot: 72.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 19.90 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 294 10 355 6| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 2.9 -0.1 2.7 5.4 0.46| 3.8 1.8 1000 302 9 3 7| 3.7 0.0 3.7| 14.1 -0.1 14.0 14.0 0.73| 4.7 3.4 1500 304 8 14 7| 5.0 0.0 5.0| 59.8 -3.0 56.8 37.8 0.76| 8.9 6.8 2000 304 7 24 7| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 62.0 -12.5 49.5 24.7 0.46| 8.9 4.1 2500 298 6 31 6| 1.7 1.5 3.1| 77.1 -12.5 64.6 25.8 0.54| 9.1 4.9 3000 269 7 37 3| 1.2 1.2 2.4| 89.5 -16.7 72.9 24.3 0.53| 9.1 4.8 4000 237 8 150 3| 0.6 1.3 2.0|110.0 -17.1 93.0 23.2 0.56| 8.2 4.6 5000 232 10 172 4| 0.5 1.1 1.6|112.8 -30.8 82.0 16.4 0.44| 7.4 3.2 6000 224 12 177 6| 0.9 1.4 2.3|145.9 -31.0 114.9 19.2 0.45| 7.4 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251020.00.gif