UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 22 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 20.8 14.8 69 6.0 17.0 285 11 294.0 295.9 290.1 324.4 10.64 1 994 197 18.6 15.1 80 3.5 16.4 288 11 292.3 294.2 289.8 323.2 10.92 2 985 273 18.0 14.8 82 3.2 16.0 293 10 292.4 294.3 289.7 323.1 10.80 3 978 332 17.4 14.7 84 2.7 15.7 292 9 292.4 294.3 289.7 323.1 10.81 4 976 349 17.6 12.6 72 5.0 14.5 291 9 292.8 294.5 288.6 319.7 9.43 5 973 375 17.6 12.6 72 5.0 14.5 288 8 293.0 294.7 288.8 320.0 9.46 6 962 470 17.6 7.6 52 10.0 11.9 279 5 294.0 295.2 286.6 313.7 6.81 7 961 479 17.8 4.8 42 13.0 10.7 278 5 294.3 295.3 285.5 310.6 5.61 8 952 558 19.2 2.2 32 17.0 10.2 270 2 296.5 297.3 285.5 310.4 4.71 9 945 620 19.6 -0.4 26 20.0 9.5 258 1 297.5 298.2 285.0 309.3 3.93 10 940 664 19.8 3.8 35 16.0 11.0 230 2 298.2 299.2 286.8 314.0 5.35 11 935 710 22.0 -3.0 19 25.0 9.6 202 3 300.9 301.5 285.7 310.9 3.27 12 930 755 22.6 -3.4 17 26.0 9.7 173 4 302.0 302.5 285.9 311.8 3.19 13 925 801 22.2 -3.8 17 26.0 9.5 145 5 302.0 302.6 285.9 311.6 3.12 14 920 848 21.8 -2.2 20 24.0 9.7 141 5 302.1 302.7 286.4 312.9 3.53 15 898 1058 22.2 1.2 25 21.0 10.8 151 6 304.6 305.4 288.3 318.8 4.64 16 875 1282 20.4 1.4 28 19.0 10.1 167 8 305.0 305.9 288.6 319.8 4.84 17 850 1531 19.2 -2.8 22 22.0 8.0 160 9 306.3 306.9 287.9 317.6 3.66 18 791 2144 15.6 -9.4 17 25.0 4.4 140 16 308.8 309.2 287.5 316.3 2.37 19 773 2339 14.0 -6.0 24 20.0 4.5 140 16 309.1 309.7 288.4 319.1 3.16 20 770 2372 14.0 -12.0 15 26.0 3.0 140 16 309.4 309.8 287.3 315.8 1.98 21 759 2493 13.2 -9.8 19 23.0 3.1 141 15 309.8 310.3 287.9 317.5 2.39 22 724 2888 11.2 -14.8 15 26.0 0.8 145 12 311.9 312.2 287.9 317.4 1.67 23 705 3109 9.6 -23.4 8 33.0 -1.3 155 15 312.5 312.6 287.2 315.3 0.82 24 700 3168 9.0 -19.0 12 28.0 -1.1 165 17 312.5 312.7 287.6 316.5 1.22 25 696 3215 8.4 -7.6 31 16.0 1.1 167 17 312.3 312.9 289.4 322.2 3.10 26 689 3299 7.8 -2.2 49 10.0 2.7 171 18 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.4 4.72 27 676 3455 6.4 -1.6 57 8.0 2.2 179 19 312.7 313.6 291.3 328.5 5.04 28 661 3638 4.6 1.7 81 2.9 3.0 188 20 312.7 313.9 292.6 333.1 6.56 29 656 3700 4.0 1.6 84 2.4 2.7 190 20 312.7 313.9 292.6 333.1 6.56 30 640 3900 2.2 -0.4 83 2.6 0.8 194 20 312.8 313.9 292.0 331.1 5.82 31 638 3925 2.2 -2.2 73 4.4 -0.0 194 20 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.11 32 633 3988 1.8 -3.2 69 5.0 -0.7 195 20 313.4 314.3 291.3 328.5 4.77 33 616 4207 0.4 -7.6 55 8.0 -3.1 199 20 314.2 314.9 290.4 325.5 3.50 34 614 4233 0.0 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.8 199 20 314.0 314.8 290.8 326.7 3.98 35 609 4298 -0.3 -7.3 59 7.0 -3.4 200 20 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.1 3.63 36 604 4364 -0.9 -7.9 59 7.0 -4.0 199 21 314.5 315.1 290.5 325.7 3.49 37 600 4417 -1.5 -5.8 72 4.3 -3.5 198 22 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.6 4.14 38 597 4457 -1.7 -7.7 64 6.0 -4.4 197 22 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.1 3.59 39 592 4524 -2.3 -6.5 73 4.2 -4.2 196 23 314.7 315.4 291.0 327.4 3.97 40 587 4591 -2.7 -9.7 59 7.0 -5.6 195 24 315.0 315.6 290.3 325.0 3.12 41 581 4672 -3.3 -9.3 63 6.0 -5.8 194 26 315.2 315.8 290.5 325.7 3.25 42 580 4686 -3.5 -7.5 74 4.0 -5.3 194 26 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.2 3.75 43 575 4754 -3.9 -10.9 58 7.0 -6.7 192 27 315.4 316.0 290.2 324.8 2.89 44 574 4768 -4.1 -10.1 63 6.0 -6.6 192 27 315.3 315.9 290.4 325.4 3.09 45 571 4809 -4.3 -12.3 54 8.0 -7.4 191 28 315.6 316.1 290.0 324.1 2.60 46 556 5018 -6.3 -11.3 68 5.0 -8.3 190 30 315.6 316.2 290.3 325.1 2.90 47 553 5061 -6.7 -8.4 88 1.7 -7.4 190 30 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.5 3.67 48 552 5075 -6.9 -8.8 86 1.9 -7.7 190 30 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.1 3.56 49 550 5103 -6.9 -13.9 57 7.0 -9.5 190 30 315.9 316.4 289.9 323.7 2.37 50 546 5160 -7.1 -18.1 41 11.0 -10.7 190 31 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.9 1.68 51 541 5232 -7.5 -21.5 32 14.0 -11.7 190 31 316.7 316.9 289.0 321.0 1.27 52 500 5840 -11.7 -28.7 23 17.0 -15.7 190 35 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.3 0.72 53 400 7520 -22.1 -44.1 12 22.0 -24.9 205 55 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.0 0.19 54 300 9560 -39.1 -51.1 27 12.0 -39.8 200 62 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.12 55 250 10790 -47.5 -57.5 31 10.0 -47.9 205 74 335.4 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.06 56 206 12042 -55.0 -66.7 22 11.7 -55.2 215 87 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 57 200 12230 -56.1 -68.1 21 12.0 -56.3 215 86 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 58 150 14030 -63.9 -79.9 10 16.0 -64.0 210 58 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 59 141 14409 -65.5 -80.5 11 15.0 -65.6 205 53 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 60 100 16490 -68.5 -86.5 6 18.0 -68.6 230 39 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 61 95 16796 -69.9 -86.9 7 17.0 -70.0 230 38 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 62 88 17251 -70.1 -87.1 7 17.0 -70.2 232 30 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 63 81 17746 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 245 23 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 64 71 18535 -69.3 -88.3 5 19.0 -69.4 248 10 434.4 434.4 309.3 434.4 0.00 65 70 18620 -67.3 -88.3 4 21.0 -67.5 265 9 440.4 440.4 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-56.6 289 11 634.8 634.8 322.1 634.9 0.01 80 21 26163 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -53.7 304 21 672.2 672.2 323.5 672.3 0.02 81 20 26480 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -54.4 320 23 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.3 0.02 82 19 26812 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -55.7 314 24 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.4 0.02 83 17 27531 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -55.4 298 15 708.9 708.9 324.7 709.1 0.02 84 16 27922 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -56.6 289 21 716.1 716.1 325.0 716.2 0.02 85 15 28339 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -54.6 280 27 740.0 740.1 325.7 740.3 0.02 86 14 28789 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -55.3 284 20 752.1 752.1 326.0 752.3 0.03 87 13 29272 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -54.6 300 27 773.0 773.1 326.5 773.3 0.03 88 11 30359 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -56.2 266 28 804.3 804.4 327.4 804.6 0.03 89 11 30359 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -55.7 266 28 807.2 807.3 327.4 807.6 0.04 90 10 30980 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -55.9 270 41 830.3 830.3 328.0 830.6 0.04 91 9.9 31046 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -55.7 834.2 834.2 328.1 834.5 0.04 92 9.5 31314 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -56.5 839.5 839.6 328.2 839.9 0.04 93 8.7 31886 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -56.5 863.3 863.3 328.7 863.6 0.04 94 8.4 32115 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -55.4 880.6 880.6 329.1 881.1 0.05 95 8.2 32274 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -55.6 885.1 885.1 329.1 885.6 0.05 96 7.5 32863 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -54.6 918.5 918.6 329.8 919.3 0.07 TRP 141 14409 -65.5 -80.5 11 15.0 -65.6 205 53 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 WND 206 12042 -55.0 -66.7 22 11.7 -55.2 215 87 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.00 m Freezing level: 614.00 mb = 4233.10 m = 13887.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.43 mb = 2975.21 m = 9761.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.11 % Est. max temperature: 33.11 C = 91.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.21 mb = 893.20 m = 2930.40 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 10.77 C Layer 962.0- 940.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.84 mb = 4235.13 m = 13894.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.90 C = 105.63 F Cap Strength: 10.98 C Lifted Index: 7.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.33 C Showalter Index: 6.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.90 C Cross Totals Index: 8.90 C K Index: 0.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55315.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.57 mb = 2343.48 m = 7688.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 211 at 14 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 146 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 347 15 3.4 -14.7 1 981 305 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 354 16 1.8 -16.1 2 946 610 265 1 1.0 0.1 | 28 13 -6.2 -11.8 3 925 801 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 52 13 -10.1 -7.8 4 913 914 135 5 -3.5 3.5 | 52 14 -10.8 -8.4 5 881 1219 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 59 10 -8.5 -5.0 6 851 1524 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 76 12 -11.5 -2.8 7 850 1531 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 72 11 -10.3 -3.4 8 821 1829 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 89 17 -16.9 -0.4 9 791 2134 140 16 -10.3 12.3 | 91 18 -17.5 0.4 10 763 2438 140 16 -10.3 12.3 | 91 18 -17.5 0.4 11 736 2743 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 78 14 -13.5 -2.9 12 710 3048 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 85 15 -14.7 -1.3 13 700 3168 165 17 -4.4 16.4 | 111 12 -11.6 4.5 14 658 3658 190 20 3.5 19.7 | 154 9 -3.8 7.8 15 610 4267 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 177 7 -0.4 6.9 16 564 4877 190 29 5.0 28.6 | 172 17 -2.2 16.7 17 500 5840 190 35 6.1 34.5 | 177 23 -1.2 22.6 18 483 6096 190 36 6.3 35.5 | 178 24 -1.0 23.6 19 428 7010 185 44 3.8 43.8 | 174 32 -3.4 31.9 20 400 7520 205 55 23.2 49.8 | 203 41 16.0 37.9 21 394 7620 200 55 18.8 51.7 | 196 41 11.6 39.8 22 362 8230 195 56 14.5 54.1 | 190 43 7.3 42.2 23 318 9144 205 59 24.9 53.5 | 203 45 17.7 41.6 24 300 9560 200 62 21.2 58.3 | 197 48 14.0 46.4 25 250 10790 205 74 31.3 67.1 | 204 60 24.0 55.2 26 206 12042 215 87 49.9 71.3 | 216 73 42.7 59.4 27 201 12192 215 87 49.9 71.3 | 216 73 42.7 59.4 28 200 12230 215 86 49.3 70.4 | 216 72 42.1 58.5 29 158 13716 225 50 35.4 35.4 | 230 37 28.1 23.5 30 150 14030 210 58 29.0 50.2 | 210 44 21.8 38.3 31 141 14409 205 53 22.4 48.0 | 203 39 15.2 36.1 32 136 14630 205 52 22.0 47.1 | 203 38 14.7 35.2 33 123 15240 220 59 37.9 45.2 | 223 45 30.7 33.3 34 117 15545 225 60 42.4 42.4 | 229 47 35.2 30.5 35 106 16154 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 240 26 22.6 13.2 36 101 16459 220 42 27.0 32.2 | 224 28 19.8 20.3 37 100 16490 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 240 26 22.6 13.2 38 96 16764 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 240 26 22.6 13.2 39 91 17069 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 243 19 17.3 8.7 40 82 17678 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 258 14 14.1 3.0 41 78 17983 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 339 15 5.6 -14.2 42 74 18288 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 346 10 2.6 -10.2 43 70 18593 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 347 8 1.8 -7.7 44 70 18620 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 351 11 1.7 -11.1 45 67 18898 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 346 10 2.6 -10.2 46 64 19202 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 35 4 -2.2 -3.2 47 61 19507 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 341 12 3.7 -10.9 48 58 19812 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 12 11 -2.3 -11.0 49 55 20117 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 334 10 4.4 -8.8 50 52 20422 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 339 20 7.3 -18.7 51 50 20670 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 357 24 1.4 -24.2 52 50 20726 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 338 23 8.4 -20.9 53 47 21031 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 357 24 1.4 -24.2 54 45 21336 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 330 14 6.8 -11.9 55 43 21641 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 321 12 7.5 -9.3 56 41 21946 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 340 18 5.9 -16.7 57 35 22860 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 4 20 -1.5 -20.1 58 34 23165 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 356 20 1.2 -20.4 59 32 23470 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 355 17 1.4 -16.9 60 31 23774 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 353 18 2.3 -17.4 61 30 23880 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 341 19 6.4 -18.2 62 29 24079 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 342 12 3.8 -11.9 63 28 24384 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 338 18 6.9 -17.0 64 26 24689 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 333 15 6.7 -13.1 65 24 25298 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 349 16 3.1 -15.7 66 23 25603 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 311 16 11.7 -10.2 67 22 25908 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 330 21 10.6 -18.4 68 20 26480 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 346 30 7.5 -29.5 69 20 26518 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 320 23 15.0 -17.9 70 19 26822 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 341 30 9.7 -28.9 71 18 27127 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 349 22 4.3 -21.5 72 17 27432 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 348 19 4.0 -18.4 73 15 28346 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 311 25 19.4 -16.6 74 14 28956 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 328 19 10.1 -16.6 75 13 29261 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 328 30 16.1 -25.4 76 12 29566 305 32 26.2 -18.4 | 328 36 19.0 -30.3 77 11 30175 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 300 19 16.7 -9.8 78 10 30980 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 289 36 33.8 -11.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.3 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 211.3 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.7 neg: -14.4 tot: 88.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 62.73 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 291 7 4 14| 0.0 10.1 10.1| 35.0 0.0 35.0 70.0 0.89| 11.1 9.9 1000 250 6 10 10| 0.0 8.0 8.0| 55.3 0.0 55.3 55.3 0.79| 10.4 8.3 1500 187 7 51 8| 0.0 7.0 7.0| 67.9 0.0 67.9 45.3 0.78| 9.0 7.0 2000 159 9 70 11| 0.0 6.6 6.6| 78.2 0.0 78.2 39.1 0.72| 8.2 5.9 2500 151 10 76 12| 0.7 5.3 6.0| 78.2 -9.6 68.6 27.4 0.59| 7.3 4.3 3000 150 10 77 13| 1.0 4.4 5.4|102.7 -14.4 88.2 29.4 0.59| 7.6 4.5 4000 166 13 93 10| 2.3 3.3 5.6|132.6 -14.4 118.2 29.5 0.66| 7.3 4.8 5000 177 15 113 9| 1.8 3.5 5.3|135.6 -17.6 118.0 23.6 0.55| 7.1 3.9 6000 181 19 134 10| 1.5 3.3 4.8|142.5 -17.8 124.6 20.8 0.52| 6.4 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251022.00.gif