UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 28 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 110 295 10 SFC 997 146 20.2 13.2 64 7.0 15.8 295 10 293.6 295.3 289.0 321.1 9.60 2 993 180 18.4 13.5 73 4.9 15.3 298 10 292.1 293.9 288.8 320.1 9.83 3 985 248 18.0 13.2 74 4.8 15.0 305 9 292.4 294.1 288.8 320.1 9.72 4 964 430 16.6 12.8 78 3.8 14.3 310 6 292.8 294.5 288.9 320.4 9.67 5 955 508 16.2 12.0 76 4.2 13.6 310 4 293.2 294.8 288.6 319.7 9.26 6 950 552 16.8 10.8 68 6.0 13.1 310 3 294.2 295.8 288.4 318.9 8.59 7 944 606 18.8 6.8 46 12.0 11.9 310 2 296.8 298.0 287.4 316.0 6.57 8 942 624 19.2 6.2 43 13.0 11.8 301 2 297.4 298.5 287.4 316.0 6.32 9 925 778 18.8 4.8 40 14.0 11.0 210 2 298.5 299.6 287.3 315.8 5.83 10 900 1012 18.4 0.4 30 18.0 9.0 134 4 300.5 301.3 286.6 313.6 4.37 11 897 1041 18.4 -0.6 28 19.0 8.7 125 4 300.8 301.5 286.4 313.1 4.08 12 893 1079 18.4 -2.6 24 21.0 8.0 113 5 301.1 301.8 286.0 311.9 3.53 13 889 1118 19.2 -15.8 8 35.0 5.6 101 5 302.4 302.6 284.0 306.4 1.25 14 879 1215 20.0 -22.0 5 42.0 5.2 71 7 304.2 304.3 284.0 306.6 0.75 15 867 1333 20.4 -9.6 12 30.0 7.0 42 9 305.8 306.2 286.2 312.5 2.13 16 862 1383 21.2 -18.8 6 40.0 5.9 30 9 307.1 307.3 285.5 310.4 1.00 17 850 1504 21.0 -20.0 5 41.0 5.6 360 11 308.1 308.3 285.8 311.2 0.92 18 839 1616 20.0 -20.0 5 40.0 5.1 360 10 308.2 308.4 285.8 311.3 0.93 19 822 1792 21.2 -23.8 4 45.0 5.1 360 7 311.3 311.5 286.6 313.7 0.68 20 790 2134 19.0 -17.0 7 36.0 4.6 345 14 312.5 312.8 287.7 316.8 1.28 21 775 2298 18.0 -8.0 16 26.0 5.7 342 11 313.2 313.7 289.3 321.9 2.70 22 756 2509 16.6 -17.4 8 34.0 3.2 339 9 313.9 314.1 288.2 318.2 1.29 23 733 2770 14.4 -11.6 15 26.0 3.0 334 13 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.3 2.14 24 700 3157 11.8 -22.2 7 34.0 -0.1 320 15 315.6 315.7 288.3 318.7 0.92 25 655 3708 8.2 -15.8 16 24.0 -1.3 318 12 317.5 317.9 289.8 323.3 1.70 26 635 3963 6.0 -14.0 22 20.0 -2.1 301 11 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.7 2.04 27 626 4079 5.2 -20.8 13 26.0 -3.8 287 11 318.3 318.5 289.5 322.2 1.16 28 606 4343 3.2 -20.8 15 24.0 -5.0 261 11 318.9 319.1 289.7 323.0 1.20 29 572 4808 -0.7 -13.7 37 13.0 -5.8 268 13 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.4 2.32 30 571 4822 -0.9 -13.9 37 13.0 -6.0 269 13 319.6 320.0 290.9 327.2 2.29 31 557 5019 -1.7 -18.7 26 17.0 -7.7 264 13 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.3 1.57 32 554 5062 -1.5 -22.5 18 21.0 -8.2 262 13 321.6 321.9 290.5 325.6 1.13 33 543 5222 -2.5 -25.5 15 23.0 -9.3 257 14 322.3 322.5 290.4 325.4 0.88 34 540 5265 -2.9 -25.9 15 23.0 -9.6 259 15 322.3 322.5 290.4 325.4 0.86 35 501 5854 -7.1 -35.1 9 28.0 -13.3 250 20 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.39 36 500 5870 -7.1 -37.1 7 30.0 -13.5 250 21 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.6 0.32 37 498 5901 -6.7 -37.7 6 31.0 -13.2 249 20 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.4 0.30 38 483 6140 -7.3 -45.3 3 38.0 -14.0 248 16 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.14 39 448 6722 -10.9 -49.9 2 39.0 -16.8 265 14 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 40 403 7524 -17.7 -41.7 10 24.0 -21.5 3 8 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.24 41 400 7580 -18.1 -42.1 10 24.0 -21.8 15 7 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.4 0.24 42 340 8767 -28.9 -49.9 11 21.0 -30.9 29 11 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.12 43 325 9088 -30.9 -53.9 9 23.0 -32.7 4 6 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.08 44 310 9421 -33.9 -52.9 13 19.0 -35.3 339 7 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.09 45 300 9650 -35.5 -55.5 11 20.0 -36.8 325 9 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.07 46 250 10890 -45.5 -62.5 13 17.0 -46.0 275 13 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.03 47 248 10944 -45.9 -63.9 11 18.0 -46.4 273 14 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 48 225 11586 -50.3 -71.3 7 21.0 -50.7 270 23 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.01 49 224 11616 -49.5 -72.5 5 23.0 -50.0 273 24 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.01 50 207 12129 -53.5 -73.5 7 20.0 -53.8 302 32 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.01 51 200 12350 -54.5 -73.5 8 19.0 -54.8 295 34 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.01 52 193 12577 -56.1 -75.1 8 19.0 -56.3 293 35 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 53 180 13016 -59.5 -76.5 9 17.0 -59.7 300 33 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 54 163 13631 -62.5 -78.5 10 16.0 -62.6 292 30 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 55 150 14140 -65.3 -81.3 9 16.0 -65.4 290 31 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 56 135 14773 -68.3 -82.3 12 14.0 -68.4 281 34 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 57 134 14818 -67.9 -81.9 12 14.0 -67.9 282 34 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 58 127 15137 -69.7 -82.7 13 13.0 -69.8 295 35 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 59 100 16560 -68.5 -85.5 7 17.0 -68.6 275 31 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 60 76 18180 -75.7 -87.7 14 12.0 -75.7 297 20 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 61 70 18660 -73.1 -89.1 7 16.0 -73.2 310 15 428.0 428.0 308.6 428.0 0.00 62 68 18830 -71.9 -87.9 7 16.0 -72.0 303 17 434.1 434.1 309.3 434.2 0.00 63 67 18917 -72.5 -89.5 6 17.0 -72.6 300 18 434.7 434.7 309.3 434.7 0.00 64 65 19096 -70.1 -89.1 5 19.0 -70.2 303 21 443.7 443.7 310.3 443.7 0.00 65 59 19673 -68.1 -90.1 3 22.0 -68.3 338 21 460.7 460.7 311.8 460.7 0.00 66 56 19988 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.8 336 20 473.5 473.5 313.0 473.5 0.00 67 50 20680 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.3 275 16 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.00 68 47 21063 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.6 284 16 506.0 506.0 315.4 506.0 0.00 69 43 21611 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.7 312 11 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.00 70 42 21756 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.4 293 11 523.1 523.1 316.5 523.1 0.00 71 39 22220 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.0 326 12 543.9 543.9 317.8 543.9 0.01 72 33 23269 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.1 295 17 564.6 564.7 318.9 564.7 0.00 73 30 23870 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.9 265 26 590.6 590.6 320.2 590.7 0.01 74 29 24085 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.2 265 26 595.3 595.3 320.4 595.3 0.01 75 26 24780 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -55.9 278 33 622.7 622.7 321.6 622.7 0.01 76 22 25844 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.4 281 25 644.8 644.8 322.5 644.9 0.01 77 21 26139 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -58.2 282 27 654.6 654.6 322.9 654.7 0.01 78 20 26450 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -57.0 285 30 668.7 668.7 323.4 668.8 0.01 79 19 26778 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -56.3 288 32 681.7 681.7 323.9 681.8 0.02 80 18 27125 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -57.2 292 33 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.3 0.01 81 13 29213 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -56.6 274 47 762.7 762.7 326.3 762.8 0.02 82 12 29726 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -58.0 272 47 773.9 773.9 326.6 774.1 0.02 83 10 30900 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -56.5 265 40 826.6 826.6 327.9 826.9 0.04 84 9.4 31300 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -57.5 836.8 836.8 328.1 837.0 0.03 85 8.7 31803 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -56.0 866.4 866.4 328.8 866.8 0.05 86 8.5 31955 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -56.2 871.4 871.4 328.8 871.8 0.05 TRP 127 15137 -69.7 -82.7 13 13.0 -69.8 295 35 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.00 m Freezing level: 578.10 mb = 4724.27 m = 15499.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.04 mb = 3144.60 m = 10316.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.35 % Est. max temperature: 34.76 C = 94.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.83 mb = 1023.64 m = 3358.37 ft T: 18.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 14.01 C Layer 955.0- 879.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.44 mb = 4484.68 m = 14713.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.72 C = 114.29 F Cap Strength: 14.58 C Lifted Index: 10.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.37 C Showalter Index: 13.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: -12.90 C K Index: -25.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 43.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55257.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.96 mb = 1792.86 m = 5882.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 328 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 146 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 235 5 4.5 3.1 1 978 305 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 216 3 1.6 2.2 2 944 610 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 153 7 -3.0 6.0 3 925 778 210 2 1.0 1.7 | 158 10 -3.6 9.0 4 910 914 165 2 -0.5 1.9 | 151 11 -5.1 9.2 5 879 1219 70 7 -6.6 -2.4 | 114 12 -11.2 4.9 6 850 1504 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 51 6 -4.6 -3.7 7 848 1524 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 51 6 -4.6 -3.7 8 818 1829 360 6 -0.0 -6.0 | 106 5 -4.6 1.3 9 789 2134 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 9 6 -1.0 -6.2 10 762 2438 340 8 2.7 -7.5 | 84 2 -1.8 -0.2 11 735 2743 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 348 5 0.9 -4.5 12 709 3048 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 299 7 6.0 -3.3 13 700 3157 320 15 9.6 -11.5 | 310 7 5.1 -4.2 14 683 3353 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 332 9 4.4 -8.3 15 658 3658 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 301 4 3.1 -1.9 16 633 3962 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 250 5 4.9 1.8 17 610 4267 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 210 10 5.3 9.1 18 587 4572 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 228 13 9.4 8.5 19 566 4877 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 225 10 7.4 7.3 20 545 5182 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 219 14 8.9 10.9 21 524 5486 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 245 14 12.4 5.8 22 505 5791 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 222 18 12.3 13.5 23 500 5870 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 226 21 15.2 14.5 24 485 6096 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 215 17 9.9 14.1 25 467 6401 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 237 14 11.4 7.3 26 431 7010 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 218 12 7.2 9.4 27 400 7580 15 7 -1.8 -6.8 | 95 6 -6.4 0.6 28 398 7620 15 4 -1.0 -3.9 | 122 7 -5.6 3.5 29 381 7925 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 79 9 -8.8 -1.7 30 350 8534 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 72 8 -7.2 -2.3 31 336 8839 35 11 -6.3 -9.0 | 81 11 -10.9 -1.7 32 322 9144 355 4 0.3 -4.0 | 128 5 -4.2 3.3 33 300 9650 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 276 1 0.6 -0.1 34 295 9754 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 281 2 1.9 -0.3 35 270 10363 280 2 2.0 -0.3 | 159 7 -2.6 7.0 36 250 10890 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 234 10 8.4 6.2 37 236 11278 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 236 19 16.1 11.0 38 225 11582 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 248 20 18.4 7.3 39 215 11887 310 29 22.2 -18.6 | 303 21 17.6 -11.3 40 200 12350 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 285 27 26.2 -7.1 41 186 12802 290 36 33.8 -12.3 | 280 30 29.3 -5.0 42 177 13106 305 32 26.2 -18.4 | 297 24 21.6 -11.0 43 161 13716 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 277 24 23.6 -2.9 44 150 14140 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 278 25 24.6 -3.3 45 145 14326 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 278 26 25.5 -3.6 46 138 14630 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 262 30 29.3 4.4 47 127 15137 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 285 28 27.1 -7.5 48 125 15240 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 273 27 27.3 -1.2 49 107 16154 310 36 27.6 -23.1 | 305 28 23.0 -15.8 50 102 16459 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 268 21 20.5 0.6 51 100 16560 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 260 27 26.3 4.6 52 97 16764 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 260 27 26.3 4.6 53 92 17069 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 263 34 34.3 3.9 54 79 17983 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 286 17 16.2 -4.7 55 75 18288 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 271 12 11.7 -0.3 56 70 18660 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 289 7 6.9 -2.3 57 67 18898 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 279 11 11.0 -1.7 58 64 19202 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 292 15 14.3 -5.9 59 61 19507 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 10 10 -1.6 -9.4 60 58 19812 330 23 11.5 -19.9 | 331 14 6.9 -12.6 61 52 20422 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 18 7 -2.1 -6.5 62 50 20680 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 242 13 11.4 5.9 63 50 20726 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 29 5 -2.5 -4.5 64 47 21031 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 245 14 12.4 5.8 65 45 21336 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 29 5 -2.5 -4.5 66 41 21946 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 217 9 5.4 7.3 67 39 22250 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 335 3 1.4 -3.1 68 37 22555 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 343 1 0.4 -1.3 69 32 23470 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 260 14 13.8 2.4 70 30 23774 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 233 18 14.1 10.6 71 30 23870 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 246 23 21.3 9.6 72 28 24384 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 246 23 21.3 9.6 73 26 24689 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 262 30 29.3 4.4 74 25 24994 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 272 25 25.4 -0.7 75 24 25298 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 279 27 26.4 -4.0 76 22 25908 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 261 19 19.1 3.1 77 20 26450 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 271 24 24.4 -0.4 78 17 27432 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 285 28 27.1 -7.5 79 16 27737 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 238 29 24.4 15.1 80 16 28042 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 252 34 32.3 10.5 81 14 28651 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 242 37 33.1 17.4 82 14 28956 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 266 42 42.2 3.2 83 11 30175 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 260 43 42.4 7.3 84 10 30900 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 253 37 35.3 10.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.0 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 328.0 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: -75.5 tot: -65.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: -5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.58 Bulk Shear: 4.10 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 306 6 185 4| 0.0 8.2 8.2| 0.0 -4.7 -4.7 -9.5 -0.53| 9.6 -5.1 1000 302 4 171 5| 4.0 4.1 8.1| 0.7 -26.3 -25.6 -25.6 -0.59| 10.1 -6.0 1500 352 6 110 4| 2.7 2.0 4.7| 2.7 -57.9 -55.2 -36.8 -0.63| 12.2 -7.7 2000 352 7 99 4| 2.0 2.6 4.6| 5.8 -66.4 -60.7 -30.3 -0.59| 11.8 -7.0 2500 348 7 90 3| 1.6 1.6 3.2| 8.3 -68.0 -59.6 -23.9 -0.48| 11.4 -5.5 3000 341 9 67 2| 1.3 2.0 3.3| 10.3 -75.5 -65.2 -21.7 -0.49| 10.8 -5.3 4000 331 10 354 1| 1.3 1.4 2.7| 16.7 -90.4 -73.8 -18.4 -0.46| 10.6 -4.9 5000 315 10 269 3| 1.0 1.5 2.5| 25.9 -99.3 -73.4 -14.7 -0.41| 9.6 -3.9 6000 298 12 251 6| 0.5 1.2 1.7| 45.5-130.6 -85.2 -14.2 -0.36| 9.6 -3.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251028.00.gif