UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 29 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 17.2 6.2 48 11.0 11.2 40 6 290.4 291.4 284.3 307.4 5.95 1 993 205 25.4 0.4 19 25.0 12.3 67 5 299.2 299.9 285.7 311.1 3.96 2 990 231 26.6 -0.4 17 27.0 12.4 78 5 300.6 301.3 286.0 312.0 3.75 3 975 363 27.8 -3.2 13 31.0 12.1 84 4 303.1 303.7 286.3 312.7 3.09 4 960 497 27.0 -3.0 14 30.0 11.7 25 3 303.7 304.3 286.6 313.5 3.19 5 955 542 27.4 -4.6 12 32.0 11.4 5 3 304.5 305.1 286.5 313.4 2.84 6 928 789 25.8 -7.2 11 33.0 10.1 57 3 305.4 305.9 286.4 313.0 2.39 7 925 817 25.8 -8.2 10 34.0 9.9 70 3 305.7 306.1 286.3 312.7 2.22 8 922 845 26.4 -9.6 9 36.0 9.8 80 3 306.6 307.0 286.4 313.0 2.00 9 871 1343 24.0 -12.0 8 36.0 8.0 113 7 309.1 309.5 287.0 314.8 1.75 10 850 1555 22.0 -13.0 9 35.0 6.9 110 11 309.2 309.5 286.9 314.6 1.65 11 832 1740 20.4 -13.6 9 34.0 6.0 100 10 309.4 309.7 286.9 314.6 1.61 12 814 1927 19.8 -16.2 7 36.0 5.2 104 8 310.7 311.0 287.1 315.1 1.32 13 739 2748 13.8 -13.2 14 27.0 2.5 235 7 312.9 313.2 288.4 319.0 1.87 14 700 3202 11.0 -16.0 13 27.0 0.4 190 5 314.7 315.0 288.7 319.9 1.57 15 673 3529 9.0 -20.0 11 29.0 -1.4 214 4 316.0 316.2 288.7 319.9 1.16 16 545 5230 -5.7 -26.7 17 21.0 -11.3 183 7 318.2 318.3 289.0 320.9 0.79 17 500 5900 -10.9 -27.9 23 17.0 -15.0 180 10 319.7 319.9 289.5 322.5 0.77 18 492 6023 -12.1 -28.1 25 16.0 -15.9 180 12 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.5 0.77 19 488 6085 -12.7 -28.7 25 16.0 -16.4 180 13 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.4 0.73 20 478 6242 -13.7 -32.7 18 19.0 -17.6 174 14 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.3 0.51 21 476 6274 -13.5 -34.5 15 21.0 -17.6 173 14 321.1 321.1 289.6 322.6 0.43 22 460 6531 -15.7 -36.7 15 21.0 -19.4 162 17 321.5 321.5 289.6 322.8 0.36 23 453 6646 -16.3 -40.3 11 24.0 -20.1 158 17 322.1 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.25 24 449 6713 -16.3 -44.3 7 28.0 -20.3 155 18 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.17 25 440 6864 -15.9 -51.9 3 36.0 -20.3 167 17 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.07 26 435 6950 -13.9 -57.9 1 44.0 -19.0 173 17 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.04 27 432 7003 -13.9 -56.9 1 43.0 -19.0 177 17 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.04 28 400 7580 -17.9 -52.9 3 35.0 -22.1 220 14 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 29 399 7599 -18.1 -52.1 3 34.0 -22.2 222 13 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 30 356 8440 -25.9 -53.9 5 28.0 -28.5 212 18 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.07 31 340 8773 -27.9 -58.9 4 31.0 -30.2 216 19 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.04 32 300 9660 -35.5 -59.5 7 24.0 -36.8 250 21 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.04 33 294 9800 -36.9 -59.9 7 23.0 -38.1 253 20 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.04 34 250 10900 -44.3 -68.3 5 24.0 -45.0 255 31 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.02 35 235 11311 -47.3 -70.3 5 23.0 -47.9 262 32 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.01 36 200 12360 -53.7 -74.7 6 21.0 -54.0 270 39 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 37 193 12589 -54.9 -75.9 6 21.0 -55.2 271 42 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 38 171 13353 -60.3 -78.0 8 17.8 -60.4 275 65 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 39 154 13999 -64.9 -79.9 11 15.0 -65.0 278 49 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.00 40 153 14039 -64.7 -80.7 9 16.0 -64.8 279 47 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 41 150 14160 -65.1 -81.1 9 16.0 -65.2 280 40 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.00 42 133 14888 -67.9 -82.9 10 15.0 -67.9 268 30 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 43 121 15451 -71.1 -84.1 13 13.0 -71.2 260 31 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.00 44 100 16580 -70.7 -85.7 9 15.0 -70.8 255 21 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 45 85 17539 -73.1 -87.1 10 14.0 -73.2 252 15 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 46 73 18440 -69.1 -87.1 6 18.0 -69.2 275 20 431.3 431.3 309.0 431.4 0.00 47 70 18690 -70.3 -88.3 5 18.0 -70.4 315 21 434.0 434.0 309.3 434.0 0.00 48 69 18775 -70.7 -88.7 5 18.0 -70.8 315 21 434.9 434.9 309.4 434.9 0.00 49 68 18862 -69.3 -88.3 5 19.0 -69.4 315 21 439.8 439.8 309.8 439.8 0.00 50 61 19509 -70.7 -89.7 4 19.0 -70.8 39 18 450.5 450.5 310.9 450.5 0.00 51 58 19809 -68.7 -89.7 3 21.0 -68.9 5 1 461.6 461.6 311.9 461.6 0.00 52 54 20237 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.2 314 11 470.2 470.2 312.7 470.2 0.00 53 50 20700 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 95 7 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.3 0.00 54 47 21075 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.6 64 10 495.9 495.9 314.7 496.0 0.00 55 42 21763 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.6 17 10 522.6 522.6 316.5 522.6 0.00 56 39 22220 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.4 244 10 531.7 531.7 317.1 531.7 0.00 57 37 22546 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.2 300 14 546.0 546.0 317.9 546.0 0.00 58 33 23255 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -63.0 305 15 559.3 559.3 318.6 559.4 0.00 59 31 23645 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.9 297 17 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 60 30 23850 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.6 300 21 581.9 581.9 319.8 581.9 0.00 61 28 24281 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -61.1 300 20 592.4 592.4 320.3 592.4 0.00 62 27 24509 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.3 311 20 604.2 604.2 320.8 604.2 0.01 63 26 24746 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.7 322 20 609.6 609.6 321.0 609.6 0.01 64 22 25804 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -57.1 270 19 649.6 649.6 322.7 649.6 0.01 65 20 26410 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -58.7 265 23 662.0 662.0 323.2 662.1 0.01 66 18 27079 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -57.5 258 28 687.9 687.9 324.0 688.0 0.01 67 16 27829 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -58.6 252 37 707.6 707.6 324.7 707.7 0.01 68 15 28240 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -57.7 260 45 725.4 725.4 325.2 725.6 0.02 69 12 29662 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -58.9 280 38 769.7 769.7 326.5 769.8 0.02 70 10 30830 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -57.2 280 45 822.8 822.8 327.8 823.1 0.03 71 9.8 30960 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -57.6 825.3 825.4 327.8 825.6 0.03 72 9.0 31513 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -55.9 858.0 858.0 328.5 858.4 0.04 73 8.2 32121 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -56.0 882.7 882.8 329.1 883.2 0.04 TRP 121 15451 -71.1 -84.1 13 13.0 -71.2 260 31 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.00 WND 171 13353 -60.3 -78.0 8 17.8 -60.4 275 65 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.00 m Freezing level: 594.63 mb = 4570.58 m = 14995.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.48 mb = 3267.80 m = 10720.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.30 % Est. max temperature: 36.04 C = 96.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.11 mb = 1574.20 m = 5164.64 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 0.80 C Layer 955.0- 922.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 481.52 mb = 6186.34 m = 20296.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.05 C = 116.68 F Cap Strength: 11.51 C Lifted Index: 9.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.66 C Showalter Index: 8.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 32.90 C Cross Totals Index: -2.10 C K Index: -7.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63781.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 598.80 mb = 4471.00 m = 14668.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 204 at 5 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 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 33 10 -5.7 -8.8 1 982 305 110 4 -3.8 1.4 | 63 6 -5.6 -2.8 2 948 610 335 3 1.3 -2.7 | 5 7 -0.6 -6.9 3 925 817 70 3 -2.8 -1.0 | 42 7 -4.7 -5.2 4 915 914 105 3 -2.9 0.8 | 54 6 -4.8 -3.4 5 883 1219 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 72 7 -6.4 -2.1 6 850 1555 110 11 -10.3 3.8 | 88 12 -12.2 -0.4 7 823 1829 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 74 12 -11.8 -3.3 8 794 2134 125 4 -3.3 2.3 | 70 5 -5.1 -1.9 9 766 2438 200 4 1.4 3.8 | 49 1 -0.5 -0.4 10 739 2743 235 7 5.7 4.0 | 273 4 3.9 -0.2 11 700 3202 190 5 0.9 4.9 | 126 1 -1.0 0.7 12 661 3658 225 4 2.8 2.8 | 325 2 1.0 -1.4 13 613 4267 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 301 3 2.2 -1.3 14 568 4877 185 6 0.5 6.0 | 143 2 -1.3 1.8 15 500 5900 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 162 6 -1.9 5.8 16 487 6096 180 13 0.0 13.0 | 168 9 -1.9 8.8 17 449 6706 155 18 -7.6 16.3 | 142 15 -9.5 12.1 18 400 7580 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 228 10 7.1 6.5 19 398 7620 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 237 8 6.6 4.3 20 366 8230 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 212 13 7.1 11.4 21 322 9144 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 225 15 10.3 10.4 22 300 9660 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 261 18 17.9 3.0 23 271 10363 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 281 14 14.1 -2.8 24 259 10668 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 249 17 15.4 5.8 25 250 10900 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 262 28 28.1 3.8 26 247 10973 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 268 28 27.7 1.0 27 200 12360 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 276 37 37.1 -4.2 28 196 12497 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 276 37 37.1 -4.2 29 171 13353 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 279 64 62.9 -9.9 30 161 13716 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 279 64 62.9 -9.9 31 150 14160 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 287 39 37.5 -11.1 32 139 14630 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 287 35 33.6 -10.4 33 125 15240 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 260 19 18.8 3.3 34 121 15451 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 268 29 28.7 1.2 35 119 15545 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 273 30 30.0 -1.4 36 107 16154 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 250 32 29.8 10.6 37 102 16459 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 241 22 19.4 10.7 38 100 16580 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 266 18 18.4 1.2 39 97 16764 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 266 18 18.4 1.2 40 87 17374 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 273 17 16.8 -0.9 41 83 17678 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 267 8 8.1 0.5 42 79 17983 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 234 11 8.7 6.4 43 75 18288 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 275 22 22.0 -2.1 44 71 18593 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 301 17 14.5 -8.6 45 70 18690 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 326 23 13.0 -19.0 46 68 18898 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 326 23 13.0 -19.0 47 61 19507 40 18 -11.6 -13.8 | 37 22 -13.4 -18.0 48 58 19812 5 1 -0.1 -1.0 | 21 6 -2.0 -5.2 49 55 20117 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 313 12 8.5 -8.0 50 52 20422 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 1 14 -0.1 -14.0 51 50 20700 95 7 -7.0 0.6 | 68 10 -8.8 -3.6 52 50 20726 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 58 17 -14.1 -8.6 53 47 21031 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 63 13 -11.7 -5.9 54 45 21336 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 358 13 0.5 -12.9 55 41 21946 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 28 15 -6.9 -12.9 56 39 22250 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 256 7 6.3 1.5 57 37 22555 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 318 15 10.3 -11.2 58 35 22860 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 324 18 10.4 -14.5 59 34 23165 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 318 15 10.3 -11.2 60 32 23470 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 327 20 10.9 -16.9 61 30 23774 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 302 16 13.6 -8.3 62 30 23850 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 312 22 16.3 -14.7 63 28 24384 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 313 21 15.4 -14.2 64 26 24689 325 21 12.0 -17.2 | 335 24 10.2 -21.4 65 25 24994 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 325 17 9.6 -13.8 66 23 25603 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 261 17 16.9 2.6 67 22 25908 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 295 17 15.9 -7.3 68 20 26410 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 276 21 21.0 -2.2 69 19 26822 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 286 22 21.0 -6.2 70 18 27127 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 263 26 26.1 3.3 71 17 27432 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 264 22 22.3 2.3 72 15 28042 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 255 41 39.5 10.9 73 14 28651 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 286 46 44.4 -12.4 74 11 30175 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 288 32 30.6 -9.9 75 10 30830 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 286 44 42.4 -12.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.0 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 204.0 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: -23.3 tot: 6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.41 Bulk Shear: 9.69 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 59 4 40 8| 0.0 4.7 4.7| 8.2 -11.4 -3.2 -6.4 -0.20| 11.7 -2.3 1000 75 4 47 7| 3.4 2.4 5.7| 20.6 -11.4 9.1 9.1 0.24| 9.6 2.3 1500 98 5 63 8| 2.3 1.1 3.4| 27.0 -14.5 12.5 8.4 0.25| 8.9 2.2 2000 100 6 67 8| 1.3 0.8 2.1| 28.5 -21.5 6.9 3.5 0.13| 8.9 1.1 2500 110 6 72 7| 2.4 0.7 3.1| 29.5 -21.8 7.7 3.1 0.06| 8.9 0.6 3000 127 6 83 6| 2.0 1.0 3.0| 29.7 -23.3 6.5 2.2 -0.00| 8.4 -0.0 4000 152 5 97 4| 1.7 0.7 2.4| 29.8 -23.7 6.0 1.5 -0.04| 6.9 -0.3 5000 169 5 112 3| 1.3 1.1 2.5| 30.0 -25.2 4.8 1.0 -0.09| 6.1 -0.6 6000 174 6 127 3| 1.1 1.4 2.5| 31.9 -25.7 6.2 1.0 -0.07| 5.7 -0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251029.12.gif