UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 116 40 2 SFC 998 146 12.8 11.4 91 1.4 12.0 40 2 286.1 287.6 285.2 309.8 8.51 2 995 171 16.0 12.8 81 3.2 14.0 37 2 289.6 291.2 287.4 315.9 9.37 3 987 238 16.6 12.8 78 3.8 14.3 28 3 290.8 292.5 287.9 317.6 9.45 4 975 341 19.0 12.0 64 7.0 14.7 12 3 294.3 295.9 288.8 320.3 9.07 5 971 376 20.0 10.0 53 10.0 14.0 4 3 295.6 297.1 288.3 318.7 7.96 6 967 410 20.0 11.0 56 9.0 14.5 357 4 296.0 297.5 289.0 320.7 8.55 7 963 446 20.2 10.2 53 10.0 14.1 349 4 296.5 298.0 288.8 320.2 8.13 8 960 472 21.2 10.2 49 11.0 14.5 344 4 297.8 299.3 289.2 321.7 8.16 9 958 490 23.0 6.0 33 17.0 13.2 340 4 299.8 300.9 288.1 318.0 6.12 10 956 508 23.8 5.8 31 18.0 13.4 336 4 300.8 301.9 288.3 318.8 6.05 11 954 526 24.2 5.2 29 19.0 13.3 332 4 301.4 302.4 288.3 318.8 5.81 12 929 753 23.4 2.4 25 21.0 11.9 315 3 302.9 303.8 288.0 317.7 4.89 13 925 790 23.2 2.2 25 21.0 11.7 315 2 303.0 303.9 288.0 317.7 4.85 14 891 1115 21.2 1.2 26 20.0 10.4 114 15 304.2 305.1 288.2 318.5 4.68 15 880 1222 23.4 -3.6 16 27.0 9.7 100 21 307.6 308.2 288.1 318.0 3.33 16 862 1402 22.2 -4.8 16 27.0 8.8 103 19 308.2 308.7 288.1 317.9 3.10 17 850 1523 21.4 -5.6 16 27.0 8.2 105 18 308.6 309.1 288.1 317.9 2.96 18 798 2065 17.4 -6.6 19 24.0 5.9 97 10 309.9 310.5 288.5 319.2 2.92 19 789 2162 17.8 -7.2 17 25.0 5.9 91 9 311.4 311.9 288.9 320.4 2.82 20 700 3171 10.8 -9.2 24 20.0 1.8 175 4 314.4 315.0 289.8 323.3 2.72 21 672 3509 8.4 -13.6 19 22.0 -0.6 212 5 315.4 315.8 289.3 322.0 1.99 22 659 3670 7.4 -9.6 29 17.0 -0.2 230 5 316.1 316.6 290.3 325.2 2.80 23 655 3720 7.0 -11.0 26 18.0 -0.7 235 6 316.2 316.7 290.1 324.5 2.52 24 646 3834 6.4 -14.6 21 21.0 -2.0 247 8 316.8 317.1 289.7 323.1 1.91 25 634 3987 5.2 -10.8 30 16.0 -1.7 263 10 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.8 2.64 26 613 4262 4.2 -23.8 11 28.0 -4.8 292 15 319.0 319.2 289.4 322.2 0.91 27 500 5880 -8.7 -36.7 8 28.0 -14.4 250 15 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.7 0.33 28 491 6020 -9.5 -38.5 7 29.0 -15.1 247 16 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.28 29 485 6115 -8.7 -44.7 4 36.0 -14.9 245 16 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.15 30 412 7359 -16.9 -50.9 4 34.0 -21.2 215 9 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.09 31 409 7413 -16.7 -52.7 3 36.0 -21.1 215 8 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.07 32 400 7580 -18.1 -54.1 3 36.0 -22.2 215 5 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.06 33 300 9660 -35.3 -58.3 8 23.0 -36.6 90 7 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 34 294 9800 -36.5 -58.5 8 22.0 -37.7 121 5 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 35 250 10900 -45.7 -62.7 13 17.0 -46.3 220 8 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.03 36 247 10980 -46.5 -62.5 15 16.0 -47.0 223 9 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 37 222 11679 -51.1 -73.1 6 22.0 -51.5 251 20 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.5 0.01 38 200 12350 -54.3 -75.3 6 21.0 -54.6 270 31 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 39 197 12447 -54.9 -75.9 6 21.0 -55.2 270 31 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 40 184 12881 -58.1 -77.1 7 19.0 -58.3 272 31 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 41 161 13714 -62.3 -79.3 9 17.0 -62.4 289 28 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.00 42 157 13870 -62.7 -79.7 8 17.0 -62.9 300 28 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.00 43 150 14150 -64.7 -79.7 11 15.0 -64.8 300 21 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.00 44 142 14482 -66.5 -80.5 12 14.0 -66.6 288 22 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.00 45 140 14568 -66.1 -81.1 11 15.0 -66.2 281 23 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 46 132 14923 -66.9 -82.9 9 16.0 -67.0 275 28 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 47 123 15345 -70.5 -84.5 11 14.0 -70.6 276 34 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 48 121 15442 -70.1 -85.1 9 15.0 -70.2 278 34 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 49 111 15952 -71.7 -84.7 13 13.0 -71.8 296 24 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 50 107 16167 -73.7 -85.7 14 12.0 -73.7 285 28 377.9 377.9 301.9 378.0 0.00 51 101 16502 -74.9 -85.9 17 11.0 -74.9 305 39 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 52 100 16560 -74.9 -85.9 17 11.0 -74.9 310 39 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 53 98 16677 -75.1 -86.1 16 11.0 -75.2 310 39 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.9 0.00 54 88 17309 -71.1 -86.1 9 15.0 -71.2 309 19 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 55 83 17655 -72.9 -86.9 10 14.0 -73.0 268 16 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 56 75 18250 -73.1 -88.1 8 15.0 -73.2 304 21 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 57 70 18660 -67.7 -86.7 5 19.0 -67.8 5 21 439.5 439.6 309.8 439.6 0.00 58 62 19386 -69.7 -89.7 4 20.0 -69.8 65 12 450.6 450.6 310.9 450.7 0.00 59 60 19583 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.1 116 10 461.2 461.2 311.9 461.2 0.00 60 56 19997 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.5 235 11 467.1 467.1 312.4 467.2 0.00 61 52 20442 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.9 19 13 478.6 478.6 313.3 478.6 0.00 62 51 20560 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.6 347 14 486.8 486.8 314.0 486.9 0.00 63 50 20680 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 315 14 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.3 0.00 64 49 20803 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 321 12 488.6 488.7 314.1 488.7 0.00 65 46 21187 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.3 318 17 502.4 502.4 315.1 502.4 0.00 66 45 21323 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.0 325 18 511.4 511.4 315.7 511.4 0.00 67 42 21751 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.9 322 21 524.5 524.5 316.6 524.6 0.00 68 40 22054 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.2 336 18 528.4 528.4 316.8 528.4 0.00 69 36 22706 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.3 287 12 547.1 547.1 317.9 547.2 0.00 70 35 22882 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -60.0 288 14 558.4 558.4 318.6 558.4 0.00 71 34 23065 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.5 306 11 564.6 564.6 318.9 564.6 0.01 72 32 23445 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -61.0 343 2 570.2 570.2 319.2 570.2 0.01 73 30 23850 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.9 250 11 584.1 584.1 319.9 584.1 0.01 74 26 24751 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.3 262 19 614.1 614.2 321.2 614.2 0.01 75 25 24999 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.9 270 20 619.4 619.4 321.5 619.4 0.01 76 24 25257 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.0 279 21 630.1 630.1 321.9 630.2 0.01 77 24 25257 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -58.0 279 21 630.1 630.1 321.9 630.2 0.01 78 21 26101 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.8 261 26 648.6 648.6 322.6 648.7 0.01 79 20 26410 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.3 265 34 667.5 667.5 323.3 667.6 0.01 80 19 26738 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.8 269 36 683.6 683.6 323.9 683.7 0.01 81 18 27085 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.8 269 42 694.9 694.9 324.3 695.0 0.02 82 17 27452 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -57.0 275 50 701.8 701.8 324.5 702.0 0.02 83 16 27841 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -55.8 282 38 720.0 720.0 325.1 720.1 0.02 84 15 28255 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -57.1 285 37 728.1 728.1 325.3 728.2 0.02 85 14 28698 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -56.1 302 32 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.2 0.02 86 12 29688 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -57.8 265 25 775.4 775.4 326.6 775.5 0.02 87 11 30248 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -56.5 266 34 802.9 802.9 327.3 803.1 0.03 88 10 30860 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -58.5 275 48 815.4 815.4 327.6 815.6 0.03 89 9.5 31188 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -58.5 828.2 828.2 327.9 828.4 0.03 TRP 101 16502 -74.9 -85.9 17 11.0 -74.9 305 39 381.9 381.9 302.6 381.9 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.00 m Freezing level: 576.21 mb = 4788.63 m = 15710.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.76 mb = 3426.41 m = 11241.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.53 % Est. max temperature: 35.29 C = 95.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.38 mb = 320.39 m = 1051.14 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 3.66 C Layer 958.0- 956.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 569.85 mb = 4841.43 m = 15883.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.99 C = 116.57 F Cap Strength: 12.17 C Lifted Index: 8.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.04 C Showalter Index: 8.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 3.10 C K Index: 4.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 51.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52637.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.83 mb = 2446.16 m = 8025.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 285 at 8 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 40 2 -1.3 -1.5 | 93 9 -8.8 0.5 1 979 305 20 3 -1.0 -2.8 | 85 9 -8.5 -0.8 2 945 610 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 69 4 -4.0 -1.5 3 925 790 315 2 1.4 -1.4 | 96 6 -6.1 0.6 4 912 914 140 3 -1.9 2.3 | 115 10 -9.4 4.3 5 880 1219 100 21 -20.7 3.6 | 101 29 -28.2 5.7 6 850 1523 105 18 -17.4 4.7 | 105 26 -24.9 6.7 7 820 1829 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 105 21 -20.1 5.4 8 791 2134 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 100 17 -16.5 2.8 9 763 2438 45 2 -1.4 -1.4 | 94 9 -8.9 0.6 10 736 2743 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 146 9 -5.0 7.5 11 700 3171 175 4 -0.3 4.0 | 127 10 -7.9 6.0 12 659 3658 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 145 6 -3.7 5.2 13 611 4267 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 305 7 6.1 -4.3 14 588 4572 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 296 6 5.6 -2.8 15 566 4877 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 285 1 1.2 -0.3 16 525 5486 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 261 14 13.5 2.0 17 500 5880 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 223 10 6.6 7.2 18 486 6096 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 219 11 7.0 8.8 19 467 6401 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 222 13 8.8 9.6 20 449 6706 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 250 10 9.4 3.5 21 431 7010 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 245 3 2.5 1.2 22 414 7315 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 170 10 -1.8 10.2 23 400 7580 215 5 2.9 4.1 | 143 8 -4.6 6.1 24 398 7620 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 156 9 -3.5 7.8 25 381 7925 175 1 -0.1 1.0 | 112 8 -7.6 3.0 26 351 8534 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 164 15 -4.1 14.6 27 322 9144 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 142 17 -10.6 13.6 28 300 9660 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 98 15 -14.5 2.0 29 283 10058 180 2 0.0 2.0 | 118 9 -7.5 4.0 30 250 10900 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 164 8 -2.4 8.2 31 215 11887 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 248 16 15.1 6.0 32 200 12350 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 265 24 23.5 2.0 33 186 12802 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 265 25 24.5 2.0 34 177 13106 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 278 18 18.1 -2.5 35 169 13411 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 264 20 19.5 2.0 36 153 14021 310 29 22.2 -18.6 | 318 22 14.7 -16.6 37 150 14150 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 308 14 10.7 -8.5 38 146 14326 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 308 14 10.7 -8.5 39 138 14630 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 270 16 16.4 -0.1 40 125 15240 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 272 25 25.4 -0.9 41 119 15545 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 279 27 27.0 -4.1 42 113 15850 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 308 15 11.5 -9.0 43 107 16154 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 285 20 19.5 -5.2 44 101 16502 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 310 32 24.4 -20.3 45 100 16560 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 316 32 22.4 -23.0 46 97 16764 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 316 32 22.4 -23.0 47 92 17069 325 27 15.5 -22.1 | 338 22 8.0 -20.1 48 87 17374 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 320 10 6.4 -7.7 49 83 17678 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 248 9 8.4 3.4 50 79 17983 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 309 13 9.8 -8.0 51 75 18288 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 316 14 9.7 -10.0 52 71 18593 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 316 14 9.7 -10.0 53 70 18660 5 21 -1.8 -20.9 | 26 21 -9.3 -18.9 54 67 18898 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 335 17 7.3 -15.6 55 64 19202 50 16 -12.3 -10.3 | 67 21 -19.8 -8.3 56 61 19507 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 88 17 -17.2 -0.6 57 58 19812 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 185 8 0.7 7.8 58 55 20117 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 190 8 1.5 8.3 59 52 20422 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 53 16 -13.0 -9.8 60 50 20680 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 343 8 2.4 -7.9 61 50 20726 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 16 6 -1.8 -6.2 62 47 21031 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 330 10 4.7 -8.3 63 45 21336 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 348 13 2.8 -12.7 64 43 21641 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 328 10 5.5 -8.9 65 41 21946 340 26 8.9 -24.4 | 356 22 1.4 -22.4 66 39 22250 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 55 6 -4.5 -3.2 67 37 22555 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 307 2 1.9 -1.4 68 35 22860 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 285 6 6.0 -1.6 69 34 23165 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 70 32 23470 345 1 0.3 -1.0 | 98 7 -7.2 1.1 71 30 23850 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 206 6 2.8 5.8 72 29 24079 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 325 3 1.6 -2.2 73 28 24384 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 227 12 8.5 7.8 74 23 25603 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 293 15 14.1 -5.8 75 22 25908 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 278 21 21.1 -3.0 76 21 26213 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 237 19 16.0 10.6 77 20 26410 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 259 27 26.4 5.0 78 20 26518 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 279 29 28.9 -4.4 79 19 26822 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 259 28 27.4 5.1 80 17 27432 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 273 43 43.3 -2.4 81 16 28042 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 285 23 22.4 -6.0 82 15 28346 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 285 31 30.2 -8.1 83 14 28651 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 311 27 20.3 -17.5 84 13 28956 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 285 14 13.7 -3.7 85 12 29870 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 250 19 18.1 6.5 86 10 30860 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 273 40 40.3 -2.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: -71.5 tot: -24.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 16.32 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 347 4 78 7| 0.0 4.8 4.8| 0.7 -6.7 -5.9 -11.9 -0.43| 6.3 -2.7 1000 59 5 88 12| 10.7 2.4 13.1| 7.3 -24.8 -17.5 -17.5 -0.07| 15.3 -1.0 1500 95 9 100 17| 7.1 1.9 9.0| 18.6 -45.5 -27.0 -18.0 -0.09| 13.7 -1.2 2000 98 10 101 18| 5.3 3.4 8.7| 18.6 -55.7 -37.1 -18.6 -0.11| 12.3 -1.4 2500 98 9 101 17| 3.6 2.7 6.3| 36.3 -64.1 -27.8 -11.1 -0.02| 12.8 -0.3 3000 105 8 105 16| 2.8 2.3 5.0| 46.9 -71.5 -24.6 -8.2 -0.00| 12.0 -0.0 4000 119 8 112 16| 0.8 1.7 2.5| 65.8 -71.5 -5.7 -1.4 0.15| 11.1 1.7 5000 187 9 149 13| 0.5 1.5 1.9| 70.2 -74.4 -4.2 -0.8 0.14| 10.3 1.4 6000 255 10 208 5| 0.4 1.3 1.7| 70.2-103.8 -33.6 -5.6 0.03| 10.0 0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251028.12.gif