UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 21 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 26.6 5.6 26 21.0 14.5 305 10 299.8 300.8 287.6 316.7 5.70 1 996 180 24.4 5.4 29 19.0 13.6 306 10 297.9 298.9 286.9 314.6 5.65 2 965 450 21.8 4.8 33 17.0 12.3 310 7 298.0 299.0 286.9 314.5 5.59 3 959 503 21.4 3.4 31 18.0 11.6 310 6 298.1 299.0 286.5 313.2 5.09 4 958 512 22.6 -3.4 17 26.0 9.9 310 6 299.4 300.0 284.9 308.8 3.10 5 945 628 23.4 -0.6 20 24.0 10.9 311 5 301.4 302.1 286.4 313.1 3.87 6 939 683 23.8 -6.2 13 30.0 9.6 314 4 302.3 302.8 285.4 310.3 2.56 7 925 811 23.0 -7.0 13 30.0 9.0 320 2 302.8 303.3 285.5 310.4 2.44 8 917 886 22.8 -6.2 14 29.0 9.0 69 2 303.4 303.9 285.9 311.5 2.62 9 901 1039 23.2 -14.8 7 38.0 7.5 110 3 305.3 305.6 285.2 309.7 1.34 10 897 1078 23.2 -18.8 5 42.0 7.0 110 3 305.7 305.9 284.9 308.9 0.96 11 869 1353 21.2 -6.8 15 28.0 7.9 123 7 306.4 306.9 287.0 314.7 2.64 12 850 1544 21.2 -17.8 6 39.0 5.9 145 12 308.4 308.6 286.1 312.0 1.11 13 839 1656 20.8 -21.2 5 42.0 5.3 145 12 309.1 309.2 286.0 311.9 0.84 14 817 1884 18.8 -24.2 4 43.0 3.9 147 11 309.3 309.4 285.9 311.6 0.66 15 783 2247 17.2 -24.8 4 42.0 2.9 171 11 311.4 311.5 286.6 313.6 0.65 16 779 2290 17.2 -24.8 4 42.0 2.8 177 10 311.8 312.0 286.8 314.1 0.66 17 765 2444 16.0 -13.0 12 29.0 3.7 200 8 312.2 312.5 288.2 318.2 1.83 18 758 2522 15.2 -3.8 27 19.0 5.6 200 9 312.1 312.9 290.0 324.2 3.81 19 752 2589 14.8 -5.2 25 20.0 4.9 200 9 312.4 313.1 289.8 323.4 3.45 20 749 2623 14.8 -16.2 10 31.0 2.5 200 10 312.8 313.0 287.9 317.5 1.44 21 726 2885 13.4 -21.6 7 35.0 0.9 189 11 314.0 314.2 287.8 317.2 0.94 22 700 3190 10.6 -22.4 8 33.0 -0.7 175 12 314.2 314.4 287.9 317.3 0.90 23 630 4057 3.8 -38.2 3 42.0 -6.0 190 14 316.1 316.1 287.7 316.9 0.22 24 610 4318 1.6 -28.4 9 30.0 -6.8 189 14 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.6 0.60 25 598 4477 0.4 -34.6 5 35.0 -8.0 184 15 316.9 316.9 288.1 318.1 0.34 26 508 5767 -7.7 -30.7 14 23.0 -13.3 188 25 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.3 0.58 27 506 5797 -7.9 -32.9 11 25.0 -13.6 187 25 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.0 0.47 28 502 5859 -8.3 -30.3 15 22.0 -13.6 186 24 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.8 0.61 29 501 5874 -8.5 -25.5 24 17.0 -13.2 185 24 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.9 0.96 30 500 5890 -8.5 -24.5 26 16.0 -13.0 185 24 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.4 1.05 31 491 6030 -9.9 -23.9 31 14.0 -13.9 185 24 322.6 322.9 290.7 326.6 1.13 32 484 6139 -10.9 -26.9 25 16.0 -15.0 186 24 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.8 0.87 33 467 6412 -12.3 -40.3 8 28.0 -17.3 190 23 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.24 34 445 6777 -14.5 -45.5 5 31.0 -19.1 173 20 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.15 35 400 7570 -20.9 -46.9 8 26.0 -24.1 185 27 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.14 36 351 8522 -29.3 -48.3 14 19.0 -31.1 185 27 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.14 37 348 8584 -29.3 -53.3 8 24.0 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351.8 0.01 51 148 14160 -69.3 -77.3 30 8.0 -69.4 200 51 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 52 143 14366 -69.5 -79.5 22 10.0 -69.5 202 56 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 53 139 14536 -68.5 -81.5 14 13.0 -68.6 203 60 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.00 54 133 14802 -66.7 -83.4 8 16.7 -66.8 205 66 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 55 128 15035 -65.1 -85.1 5 20.0 -65.2 207 64 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.00 56 116 15633 -67.1 -86.1 5 19.0 -67.2 216 50 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 57 113 15793 -65.1 -86.1 4 21.0 -65.3 219 46 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 58 100 16530 -69.9 -86.9 7 17.0 -70.0 215 14 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 59 93 16959 -72.9 -86.9 10 14.0 -72.9 217 18 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 60 87 17350 -72.7 -86.7 10 14.0 -72.8 220 29 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 61 81 17774 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.6 255 21 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 62 79 17923 -69.3 -88.3 5 19.0 -69.4 270 17 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 63 75 18235 -66.9 -87.9 4 21.0 -67.1 254 9 432.6 432.6 309.1 432.7 0.00 64 71 18565 -68.9 -88.9 4 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21927 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -57.9 268 13 539.1 539.1 317.5 539.2 0.00 79 40 22084 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.5 272 13 541.5 541.5 317.6 541.5 0.00 80 35 22928 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.6 331 5 562.5 562.5 318.8 562.6 0.01 81 30 23910 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -56.0 270 10 596.6 596.6 320.5 596.7 0.01 82 29 24127 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -56.1 222 11 602.4 602.4 320.7 602.5 0.01 83 26 24834 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -52.7 212 10 634.6 634.6 322.1 634.7 0.01 84 22 25921 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -54.9 266 20 657.9 657.9 323.0 658.0 0.01 85 20 26540 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.5 260 16 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.02 86 19 26874 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -53.2 240 16 694.8 694.8 324.3 694.9 0.02 87 18 27226 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.1 267 19 698.0 698.0 324.4 698.2 0.02 88 17 27598 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -53.0 267 22 719.8 719.8 325.1 720.0 0.02 89 16 27994 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.9 278 27 729.1 729.1 325.3 729.3 0.02 90 15 28417 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -53.1 268 23 747.4 747.4 325.8 747.6 0.03 91 14 28868 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -54.4 232 18 756.8 756.8 326.1 757.0 0.02 92 14 28868 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -53.7 232 18 760.2 760.2 326.2 760.4 0.02 93 12 29873 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -55.9 250 19 785.3 785.3 326.9 785.5 0.03 94 11 30440 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -54.8 255 29 813.1 813.1 327.5 813.3 0.03 95 10 31060 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -56.5 260 39 826.6 826.6 327.9 826.8 0.03 96 9.5 31392 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -57.3 835.0 835.0 328.1 835.3 0.03 97 9.1 31671 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -56.2 853.0 853.0 328.5 853.3 0.03 98 8.6 32039 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -56.3 867.7 867.7 328.8 868.0 0.04 99 8.1 32429 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -56.8 880.3 880.3 329.0 880.6 0.03 TRP 148 14160 -69.3 -77.3 30 8.0 -69.4 200 51 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 WND 133 14802 -66.7 -83.4 8 16.7 -66.8 205 66 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.00 m Freezing level: 593.56 mb = 4541.01 m = 14898.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.55 mb = 3053.27 m = 10017.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 10.04 % Est. max temperature: 35.20 C = 95.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.84 mb = 2794.98 m = 9169.78 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 7.88 C Layer 996.0- 945.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 494.45 mb = 5975.84 m = 19605.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.51 C = 121.12 F Cap Strength: 12.79 C Lifted Index: 12.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.14 C Showalter Index: 11.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: -9.30 C K Index: -21.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 48.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53504.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.61 mb = 3616.64 m = 11865.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 214 at 11 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 146 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 351 15 2.2 -14.5 1 982 305 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 356 15 0.9 -14.5 2 947 610 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 10 12 -2.1 -12.0 3 925 811 320 2 1.3 -1.5 | 25 11 -4.7 -10.3 4 914 914 110 2 -1.9 0.7 | 44 11 -7.9 -8.1 5 882 1219 110 4 -3.8 1.4 | 53 12 -9.7 -7.4 6 852 1524 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 85 12 -12.4 -1.1 7 850 1544 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 95 13 -12.9 1.1 8 822 1829 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 91 12 -12.3 0.3 9 793 2134 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 101 11 -11.0 2.1 10 765 2438 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 69 3 -3.2 -1.2 11 738 2743 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 126 3 -2.2 1.6 12 712 3048 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 115 8 -7.0 3.2 13 700 3190 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 115 8 -7.0 3.2 14 686 3353 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 121 10 -8.4 5.0 15 660 3658 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 140 9 -6.0 7.2 16 636 3962 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 145 6 -3.5 5.0 17 612 4267 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 145 6 -3.5 5.0 18 589 4572 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 140 9 -6.0 7.2 19 567 4877 190 22 3.8 21.7 | 171 13 -2.2 12.9 20 526 5486 195 28 7.2 27.0 | 184 18 1.3 18.3 21 500 5890 185 24 2.1 23.9 | 166 16 -3.9 15.2 22 487 6096 185 24 2.1 23.9 | 166 16 -3.9 15.2 23 467 6401 190 23 4.0 22.7 | 172 14 -2.0 13.9 24 449 6706 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 139 14 -9.4 10.9 25 431 7010 185 19 1.7 18.9 | 157 11 -4.3 10.2 26 414 7315 170 21 -3.6 20.7 | 141 15 -9.6 11.9 27 400 7570 185 27 2.4 26.9 | 169 19 -3.6 18.1 28 397 7620 180 24 0.0 24.0 | 159 16 -6.0 15.2 29 381 7925 185 27 2.4 26.9 | 169 19 -3.6 18.1 30 321 9144 185 26 2.3 25.9 | 168 18 -3.7 17.2 31 308 9449 180 29 0.0 29.0 | 164 21 -6.0 20.2 32 300 9630 190 33 5.7 32.5 | 179 24 -0.2 23.7 33 257 10668 210 34 17.0 29.4 | 208 23 11.0 20.7 34 250 10860 215 34 19.5 27.9 | 215 23 13.5 19.1 35 234 11278 220 34 21.9 26.0 | 223 23 15.9 17.3 36 200 12310 220 53 34.1 40.6 | 221 42 28.1 31.9 37 185 12802 220 56 36.0 42.9 | 221 45 30.0 34.1 38 159 13716 215 46 26.4 37.7 | 215 35 20.4 28.9 39 150 14080 200 51 17.4 47.9 | 196 41 11.5 39.2 40 148 14160 200 51 17.4 47.9 | 196 41 11.5 39.2 41 133 14802 205 66 27.9 59.8 | 203 56 21.9 51.1 42 130 14935 205 66 27.9 59.8 | 203 56 21.9 51.1 43 124 15240 210 60 30.0 52.0 | 209 49 24.0 43.2 44 112 15850 220 44 28.3 33.7 | 222 33 22.3 25.0 45 101 16459 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 314 9 6.8 -6.5 46 100 16530 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 217 3 2.1 2.7 47 96 16764 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 218 2 1.5 1.9 48 87 17374 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 223 18 12.7 13.5 49 82 17678 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 265 16 15.8 1.4 50 78 17983 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 316 14 10.0 -10.1 51 74 18288 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 346 6 1.5 -6.0 52 70 18650 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 325 11 6.0 -8.8 53 67 18898 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 283 9 8.5 -2.0 54 64 19202 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 34 11 -6.0 -8.8 55 61 19507 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 315 8 5.6 -5.6 56 58 19812 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 338 10 4.0 -9.6 57 52 20422 290 2 1.9 -0.7 | 23 10 -4.1 -9.4 58 50 20690 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 324 5 2.7 -3.8 59 50 20726 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 335 10 4.0 -8.8 60 45 21336 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 329 7 3.7 -6.2 61 39 22250 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 321 13 8.0 -10.0 62 37 22555 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 354 15 1.7 -15.2 63 35 22860 345 3 0.8 -2.9 | 24 13 -5.2 -11.6 64 34 23165 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 344 13 3.4 -12.2 65 30 23910 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 335 10 4.0 -8.8 66 29 24079 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 232 0 0.3 0.3 67 28 24384 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 337 7 2.7 -6.4 68 27 24689 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 105 4 -3.4 0.9 69 24 25298 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 333 9 4.0 -7.9 70 23 25603 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 316 6 4.0 -4.1 71 22 25908 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 297 16 13.9 -7.0 72 21 26213 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 317 16 10.8 -11.7 73 20 26540 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 301 11 9.8 -6.0 74 19 26822 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 267 7 7.1 0.4 75 18 27127 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 304 13 11.0 -7.3 76 17 27432 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 299 18 16.0 -8.8 77 17 27737 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 293 17 15.9 -6.8 78 16 28042 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 302 26 21.6 -13.6 79 14 28651 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 291 15 13.7 -5.3 80 14 28956 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 229 7 5.0 4.3 81 12 29870 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 281 12 11.9 -2.3 82 10 31060 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 273 32 32.4 -2.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 184.3 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 214.3 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.9 neg: -7.0 tot: 75.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 50.34 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 309 8 0 14| 5.8 0.0 5.8| 17.9 0.0 17.9 35.8 0.87| 6.0 5.2 1000 314 5 10 13| 6.9 0.0 6.9| 42.6 0.0 42.6 42.6 0.91| 7.3 6.7 1500 266 6 360 8| 7.3 0.0 7.3| 74.4 -0.9 73.5 49.0 0.92| 8.4 7.6 2000 150 7 76 10| 5.4 0.0 5.4| 80.4 -2.2 78.2 39.1 0.87| 7.0 6.1 2500 165 8 82 8| 3.3 0.0 3.3| 82.2 -5.5 76.7 30.7 0.61| 7.8 4.8 3000 173 8 87 7| 2.7 0.9 3.6| 82.9 -7.0 75.9 25.3 0.53| 7.5 4.0 4000 177 10 100 7| 2.2 0.7 2.9| 94.6 -7.0 87.6 21.9 0.53| 6.8 3.6 5000 181 12 117 6| 2.5 0.9 3.4|117.3 -8.1 109.2 21.8 0.53| 6.7 3.6 6000 184 14 137 7| 2.0 0.9 3.0|126.2 -31.2 95.0 15.8 0.42| 6.4 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251021.00.gif