UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 1001 146 10.0 9.4 96 0.6 9.7 340 5 283.1 284.3 282.8 303.5 7.41 1 1000 143 11.8 11.4 97 0.4 11.6 350 4 285.0 286.4 284.7 308.4 8.49 2 995 185 14.6 14.2 97 0.4 14.4 346 3 288.2 290.0 287.7 316.9 10.28 3 992 211 16.8 6.8 52 10.0 11.3 344 3 290.6 291.7 284.7 308.5 6.25 4 989 237 17.6 4.6 42 13.0 10.6 341 2 291.7 292.6 284.2 307.2 5.37 5 986 263 19.6 4.6 37 15.0 11.4 339 2 293.9 294.9 285.2 309.6 5.39 6 959 503 22.4 -0.6 22 23.0 10.6 80 1 299.1 299.8 285.5 310.6 3.81 7 947 612 22.0 2.0 27 20.0 11.2 135 1 299.8 300.6 286.6 313.8 4.66 8 944 639 22.4 3.4 29 19.0 11.9 133 2 300.5 301.4 287.4 316.0 5.17 9 925 816 22.4 -2.6 19 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27969 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.1 272 16 727.8 727.8 325.3 728.0 0.02 93 14 28837 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.8 293 24 749.4 749.4 325.9 749.5 0.02 94 12 29838 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -55.6 285 32 786.7 786.7 326.9 786.9 0.03 95 11 30401 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -57.2 280 36 799.3 799.3 327.3 799.5 0.03 96 10 31020 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -55.2 275 41 834.8 834.8 328.1 835.1 0.04 97 9.4 31425 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -55.9 846.6 846.7 328.3 847.0 0.03 TRP 135 14708 -68.3 -82.3 12 14.0 -68.4 215 57 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 WND 227 11464 -50.7 -65.7 15 15.0 -51.0 215 75 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.00 m Freezing level: 605.83 mb = 4365.09 m = 14320.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.09 mb = 3366.49 m = 11044.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.64 % Est. max temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.01 mb = 210.69 m = 691.24 ft T: 16.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 9.68 C Layer 992.0- 986.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 528.00 mb = 5447.50 m = 17872.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.02 C = 116.64 F Cap Strength: 12.61 C Lifted Index: 11.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.34 C Showalter Index: 11.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: -4.90 C K Index: -2.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48713.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.62 mb = 3099.66 m = 10169.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 204 at 10 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 1001 146 340 5 1.7 -4.7 | 10 14 -2.5 -14.2 1 1000 143 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 15 14 -3.5 -13.4 2 981 305 335 1 0.4 -0.9 | 20 11 -3.8 -10.4 3 947 610 135 1 -0.7 0.7 | 29 10 -4.9 -8.7 4 925 816 120 7 -6.1 3.5 | 60 12 -10.3 -6.0 5 915 914 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 71 14 -12.9 -4.5 6 883 1219 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 76 12 -11.9 -3.0 7 850 1548 155 8 -3.4 7.3 | 74 8 -7.6 -2.2 8 822 1829 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 85 9 -9.2 -0.8 9 793 2134 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 55 4 -3.6 -2.5 10 765 2438 190 6 1.0 5.9 | 42 5 -3.2 -3.5 11 738 2743 175 8 -0.7 8.0 | 73 5 -4.9 -1.5 12 700 3190 190 9 1.6 8.9 | 77 3 -2.7 -0.6 13 686 3353 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 99 3 -3.3 0.5 14 660 3658 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 94 6 -6.0 0.4 15 611 4267 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 154 10 -4.2 8.5 16 588 4572 185 27 2.4 26.9 | 174 18 -1.9 17.4 17 566 4877 185 25 2.2 24.9 | 172 16 -2.0 15.5 18 500 5870 170 25 -4.3 24.6 | 151 17 -8.6 15.2 19 485 6096 175 26 -2.3 25.9 | 158 18 -6.5 16.4 20 447 6706 170 30 -5.2 29.5 | 155 22 -9.4 20.1 21 413 7315 195 29 7.5 28.0 | 190 19 3.3 18.6 22 400 7550 195 33 8.5 31.9 | 191 23 4.3 22.4 23 396 7620 195 32 8.3 30.9 | 191 22 4.1 21.5 24 334 8839 190 43 7.5 42.3 | 186 33 3.3 32.9 25 320 9144 195 39 10.1 37.7 | 192 29 5.9 28.2 26 300 9600 200 45 15.4 42.3 | 199 35 11.2 32.8 27 268 10363 205 47 19.9 42.6 | 205 37 15.6 33.1 28 256 10668 210 44 22.0 38.1 | 212 34 17.8 28.7 29 250 10830 210 53 26.5 45.9 | 211 43 22.3 36.4 30 227 11464 215 75 43.0 61.4 | 217 65 38.8 52.0 31 223 11582 215 75 43.0 61.4 | 217 65 38.8 52.0 32 200 12280 215 73 41.9 59.8 | 217 63 37.7 50.3 33 167 13411 225 61 43.1 43.1 | 229 51 38.9 33.7 34 150 14070 220 48 30.9 36.8 | 224 38 26.6 27.3 35 144 14326 220 48 30.9 36.8 | 224 38 26.6 27.3 36 135 14708 215 57 32.7 46.7 | 217 47 28.5 37.2 37 130 14935 215 57 32.7 46.7 | 217 47 28.5 37.2 38 123 15240 215 44 25.2 36.0 | 218 34 21.0 26.6 39 117 15545 210 52 26.0 45.0 | 211 42 21.8 35.6 40 112 15850 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 244 34 30.2 14.6 41 100 16500 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 256 22 20.9 5.0 42 96 16764 235 30 24.6 17.2 | 249 22 20.4 7.8 43 82 17678 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 209 3 1.3 2.3 44 74 18288 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 249 9 8.5 3.3 45 71 18593 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 322 11 6.7 -8.5 46 70 18640 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 293 9 8.5 -3.5 47 67 18898 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 315 6 4.4 -4.5 48 64 19202 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 338 17 6.2 -15.5 49 58 19812 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 359 12 0.1 -12.0 50 55 20117 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 326 10 5.7 -8.6 51 52 20422 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 4 23 -1.8 -23.2 52 50 20680 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 336 5 1.9 -4.3 53 50 20726 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 315 1 0.8 -0.8 54 45 21336 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 335 11 4.8 -10.2 55 41 21946 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 320 14 8.7 -10.6 56 39 22250 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 341 17 5.6 -16.3 57 37 22555 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 317 17 11.5 -12.2 58 35 22860 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 338 15 5.8 -14.1 59 34 23165 270 5 5.0 -0.0 | 355 9 0.8 -9.5 60 30 23900 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 275 11 10.5 -1.0 61 29 24079 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 313 18 13.5 -12.6 62 28 24384 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 290 12 10.8 -4.0 63 27 24689 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 312 27 20.2 -18.3 64 25 24994 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 327 27 14.6 -22.6 65 24 25298 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 325 24 14.0 -20.0 66 23 25603 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 340 27 9.3 -25.5 67 22 25908 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 336 20 8.1 -18.1 68 21 26213 330 13 6.5 -11.3 | 354 21 2.3 -20.7 69 20 26520 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 295 12 11.2 -5.3 70 19 26822 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 322 11 6.7 -8.5 71 18 27127 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 290 14 13.2 -4.8 72 17 27432 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 304 14 11.7 -8.1 73 17 27737 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 321 15 9.6 -11.9 74 16 28042 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 306 16 12.8 -9.5 75 15 28346 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 305 19 15.7 -11.2 76 14 28651 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 319 25 16.6 -19.2 77 10 31020 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 290 39 36.6 -13.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.0 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 204.0 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.9 neg: -6.4 tot: 37.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.74 Bulk Shear: 30.97 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 359 2 21 12| 5.9 0.0 5.9| 11.9 0.0 11.9 23.9 0.66| 6.3 4.1 1000 118 5 49 11| 2.9 4.1 7.0| 35.4 0.0 35.4 35.4 0.77| 7.9 6.1 1500 131 6 58 10| 2.5 2.7 5.2| 38.1 -1.0 37.1 24.7 0.60| 7.1 4.3 2000 141 7 64 9| 2.3 2.0 4.3| 40.4 -5.2 35.1 17.6 0.38| 7.1 2.7 2500 150 7 65 8| 1.8 1.8 3.6| 42.5 -6.4 36.1 14.4 0.37| 6.3 2.3 3000 157 7 67 8| 1.8 1.5 3.3| 43.9 -6.4 37.5 12.5 0.37| 5.8 2.1 4000 165 8 76 6| 2.1 1.5 3.6| 55.6 -6.8 48.8 12.2 0.44| 5.7 2.5 5000 174 11 109 6| 2.8 1.3 4.1| 74.1 -15.4 58.7 11.7 0.40| 5.9 2.4 6000 174 14 127 7| 2.4 1.4 3.8| 84.3 -34.8 49.5 8.2 0.32| 5.5 1.8 Wrote GIF file: 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