UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025103000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 30 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 111 320 6 SFC 997 146 27.8 1.8 19 26.0 13.6 320 6 301.2 302.0 286.9 314.4 4.37 2 974 349 26.2 -0.8 17 27.0 12.1 309 10 301.6 302.3 286.4 312.9 3.70 3 955 520 29.4 -9.6 7 39.0 11.2 303 11 306.6 306.9 286.3 312.7 1.93 4 945 612 29.2 -9.8 7 39.0 11.0 300 11 307.3 307.6 286.5 313.4 1.92 5 925 799 28.0 -10.0 8 38.0 10.4 310 7 307.9 308.3 286.8 314.1 1.93 6 850 1539 22.4 -8.6 12 31.0 7.9 75 6 309.6 310.1 287.8 317.1 2.35 7 795 2114 17.8 -13.2 11 31.0 4.6 39 5 310.7 311.0 287.5 316.4 1.74 8 751 2598 15.0 -14.0 12 29.0 2.9 310 5 312.7 313.1 288.2 318.4 1.72 9 702 3163 10.0 -9.0 25 19.0 1.5 292 8 313.3 313.8 289.4 322.2 2.75 10 700 3187 10.0 -10.0 23 20.0 1.2 290 8 313.6 314.0 289.3 321.8 2.55 11 698 3211 9.6 -10.4 23 20.0 0.9 288 8 313.4 313.8 289.2 321.4 2.48 12 687 3342 9.4 -17.6 13 27.0 -0.7 276 11 314.6 314.8 288.5 319.3 1.40 13 663 3635 7.2 -19.8 13 27.0 -2.4 271 9 315.3 315.5 288.5 319.4 1.20 14 567 4893 -3.1 -27.1 14 24.0 -9.6 319 7 317.6 317.8 288.8 320.2 0.73 15 500 5870 -12.1 -27.1 28 15.0 -15.7 225 8 318.3 318.4 289.1 321.2 0.83 16 483 6133 -14.5 -28.5 29 14.0 -17.7 217 6 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.1 0.75 17 463 6452 -16.9 -36.9 16 20.0 -20.3 230 5 319.4 319.4 288.9 320.7 0.35 18 459 6517 -16.1 -39.1 12 23.0 -19.9 231 7 321.2 321.2 289.4 322.2 0.28 19 453 6616 -17.1 -39.1 13 22.0 -20.6 232 9 321.1 321.2 289.4 322.2 0.28 20 443 6784 -15.3 -48.3 4 33.0 -19.8 233 13 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.11 21 437 6887 -15.1 -50.1 3 35.0 -19.7 234 15 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.3 0.09 22 400 7550 -19.7 -53.7 3 34.0 -23.4 240 26 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.06 23 363 8265 -24.9 -53.9 5 29.0 -27.6 235 24 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 24 306 9491 -32.9 -62.9 3 30.0 -34.6 262 27 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 25 300 9630 -34.3 -63.3 4 29.0 -35.8 265 26 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 26 250 10870 -44.9 -65.9 8 21.0 -45.5 270 37 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.02 27 200 12330 -53.7 -73.7 7 20.0 -54.0 270 50 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 28 182 12932 -57.7 -75.7 8 18.0 -57.9 266 51 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 29 162 13664 -60.7 -79.7 6 19.0 -60.9 262 52 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.00 30 150 14140 -64.1 -81.1 8 17.0 -64.2 250 59 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 31 144 14389 -65.4 -81.8 9 16.4 -65.5 250 66 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 32 124 15286 -70.3 -84.3 11 14.0 -70.4 280 62 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 33 120 15481 -70.5 -84.5 11 14.0 -70.6 276 64 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 34 113 15839 -68.1 -85.1 7 17.0 -68.2 280 47 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.6 0.00 35 106 16221 -69.7 -86.7 7 17.0 -69.8 279 28 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 36 101 16510 -67.9 -85.9 6 18.0 -68.0 272 26 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 37 100 16570 -68.1 -87.1 5 19.0 -68.2 285 23 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 38 93 17003 -70.9 -86.9 8 16.0 -71.0 291 27 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 39 83 17674 -72.5 -87.5 9 15.0 -72.6 288 24 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 40 79 17966 -70.7 -87.7 6 17.0 -70.8 276 15 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 41 70 18680 -72.3 -89.3 6 17.0 -72.4 245 14 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 42 60 19600 -67.1 -90.1 2 23.0 -67.3 298 26 460.7 460.7 311.8 460.7 0.00 43 56 20015 -68.7 -90.7 3 22.0 -68.9 29 23 466.2 466.2 312.3 466.2 0.00 44 50 20700 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.6 15 5 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 45 48 20948 -65.1 -91.1 2 26.0 -65.4 43 7 495.8 495.8 314.7 495.8 0.00 46 47 21077 -63.5 -90.5 1 27.0 -63.9 57 7 502.7 502.7 315.1 502.7 0.00 47 44 21480 -64.7 -90.7 2 26.0 -65.1 43 5 509.3 509.3 315.6 509.3 0.00 48 39 22221 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.1 350 13 535.3 535.3 317.2 535.3 0.00 49 37 22546 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.7 337 13 541.9 541.9 317.6 541.9 0.00 50 35 22891 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.9 322 14 555.7 555.7 318.4 555.8 0.00 51 32 23448 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.9 296 10 567.5 567.5 319.0 567.5 0.00 52 30 23850 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.9 300 12 584.1 584.1 319.9 584.1 0.00 53 29 24063 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.0 300 13 589.8 589.8 320.2 589.8 0.01 54 27 24510 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.4 275 15 597.4 597.4 320.5 597.5 0.01 55 26 24747 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.9 258 16 612.4 612.4 321.2 612.5 0.01 56 23 25518 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -61.1 273 24 627.2 627.2 321.8 627.3 0.01 57 21 26091 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -58.6 271 25 652.8 652.8 322.8 652.9 0.01 58 21 26091 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -59.2 271 25 651.0 651.0 322.7 651.1 0.01 59 20 26400 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.6 290 23 662.6 662.6 323.2 662.7 0.01 60 19 26724 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -59.0 287 27 671.2 671.2 323.4 671.2 0.01 61 18 27067 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -57.5 273 25 687.9 687.9 324.0 688.0 0.01 62 15 28237 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -55.4 283 31 736.1 736.1 325.6 736.2 0.02 63 12 29679 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -56.4 267 40 782.4 782.5 326.8 782.7 0.03 64 11 30238 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -58.4 278 38 792.7 792.7 327.1 792.9 0.02 65 10 30850 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -56.6 275 34 825.8 825.8 327.8 826.1 0.03 66 8.5 31907 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -56.3 870.6 870.6 328.8 870.9 0.04 67 8.0 32302 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -56.5 885.8 885.8 329.1 886.3 0.05 TRP 124 15286 -70.3 -84.3 11 14.0 -70.4 280 62 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 WND 144 14389 -65.4 -81.8 9 16.4 -65.5 250 66 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.00 m Freezing level: 595.89 mb = 4514.48 m = 14811.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.97 mb = 3282.32 m = 10768.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.36 % Est. max temperature: 36.25 C = 97.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.51 mb = 3432.16 m = 11260.23 ft T: 8.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.24 C/km ThetaE index: 2.95 C Layer 700.0- 663.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 483.00 mb = 6133.27 m = 20122.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.08 C = 113.14 F Cap Strength: 10.04 C Lifted Index: 7.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.09 C Showalter Index: 5.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 34.50 C Cross Totals Index: 3.50 C K Index: 5.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 20.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52691.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 573.42 mb = 4802.67 m = 15756.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 323 at 6 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 146 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 261 0 0.4 0.1 1 979 305 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 293 5 4.2 -1.8 2 945 610 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 278 6 6.1 -0.8 3 925 799 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 265 2 1.9 0.2 4 913 914 310 6 4.6 -3.9 | 235 1 1.1 0.8 5 882 1219 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 129 7 -5.4 4.5 6 850 1539 75 6 -5.8 -1.6 | 109 10 -9.2 3.1 7 821 1829 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 104 13 -12.3 3.1 8 792 2134 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 95 6 -6.3 0.6 9 765 2438 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 160 4 -1.5 4.1 10 738 2743 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 2 3 -0.1 -2.6 11 700 3187 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 245 4 4.1 1.9 12 686 3353 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 244 8 7.5 3.7 13 660 3658 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 230 7 5.6 4.7 14 611 4267 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 225 9 6.4 6.4 15 566 4877 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 304 1 1.0 -0.7 16 545 5182 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 293 5 4.2 -1.8 17 500 5870 225 8 5.7 5.7 | 192 11 2.2 10.3 18 485 6096 215 6 3.4 4.9 | 180 10 -0.0 9.6 19 466 6401 230 4 3.1 2.6 | 177 7 -0.4 7.2 20 430 7010 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 217 19 11.3 15.0 21 400 7550 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 227 26 19.1 17.7 22 396 7620 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 227 25 18.2 17.2 23 364 8230 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 221 25 16.2 18.4 24 321 9144 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 243 26 23.6 11.9 25 300 9630 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 253 23 22.5 6.9 26 258 10668 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 261 29 28.6 4.7 27 250 10870 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 262 34 33.6 4.7 28 214 11887 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 260 53 52.3 9.5 29 200 12330 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 264 47 46.6 4.7 30 153 14021 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 254 50 47.8 13.7 31 150 14140 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 244 58 52.0 24.8 32 144 14389 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 245 65 58.6 27.2 33 138 14630 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 245 65 58.6 27.2 34 125 15240 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 271 60 60.3 -0.9 35 124 15286 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 276 58 57.6 -6.1 36 119 15545 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 271 61 61.3 -1.0 37 107 16154 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 276 24 23.6 -2.6 38 102 16459 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 249 27 25.1 9.7 39 100 16570 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 274 19 18.8 -1.3 40 97 16764 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 274 19 18.8 -1.3 41 87 17374 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 295 28 25.1 -11.8 42 79 17983 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 252 11 10.5 3.4 43 75 18288 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 270 7 6.5 0.0 44 71 18593 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 216 10 5.9 8.1 45 70 18680 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 221 14 9.2 10.6 46 68 18898 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 235 16 13.0 9.1 47 64 19202 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 207 15 6.5 13.0 48 61 19507 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 264 24 23.4 2.3 49 58 19812 345 24 6.2 -23.2 | 352 19 2.8 -18.5 50 55 20117 50 22 -16.9 -14.1 | 65 22 -20.3 -9.5 51 50 20700 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 88 5 -4.7 -0.2 52 45 21336 85 9 -9.0 -0.8 | 107 13 -12.4 3.9 53 43 21641 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 143 6 -3.4 4.7 54 39 22250 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 8 8 -1.2 -8.1 55 34 23165 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 301 8 7.3 -4.3 56 32 23470 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 266 6 5.6 0.4 57 30 23774 305 6 4.9 -3.4 | 230 2 1.5 1.2 58 30 23850 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 281 7 6.9 -1.3 59 29 24079 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 283 8 7.8 -1.8 60 28 24384 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 273 11 10.6 -0.5 61 26 24689 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 232 14 11.0 8.5 62 24 25298 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 267 18 18.2 0.8 63 22 25908 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 248 25 23.1 9.3 64 20 26400 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 280 18 18.2 -3.2 65 20 26518 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 273 32 32.0 -1.6 66 19 26822 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 280 18 18.2 -3.2 67 18 27127 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 258 22 21.6 4.7 68 17 27432 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 270 22 22.2 0.1 69 16 27737 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 259 16 15.5 3.0 70 15 28042 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 272 28 28.1 -0.9 71 15 28346 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 277 26 25.5 -3.1 72 14 28651 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 250 31 29.0 10.4 73 13 29261 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 267 32 32.4 1.5 74 12 29566 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 252 37 35.0 11.4 75 12 29870 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 274 37 36.9 -2.5 76 10 30850 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 267 30 30.4 1.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -20.4 tot: -10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 35.27 Bulk Shear: 1.06 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 307 10 285 4| 0.0 5.0 5.0| 0.2 -1.9 -1.7 -3.4 -0.07| 6.7 -0.4 1000 310 8 279 3| 6.0 2.5 8.5| 2.6 -2.8 -0.2 -0.2 -0.15| 10.3 -1.5 1500 322 7 316 1| 5.5 1.7 7.2| 5.0 -10.1 -5.1 -3.4 -0.18| 9.0 -1.6 2000 354 7 52 4| 4.1 2.5 6.7| 5.1 -16.9 -11.8 -5.9 -0.20| 9.0 -1.8 2500 352 6 59 3| 3.3 3.3 6.6| 9.7 -16.9 -7.2 -2.9 0.00| 9.6 0.0 3000 341 7 42 2| 2.8 3.3 6.0| 10.0 -20.4 -10.4 -3.5 -0.04| 9.6 -0.4 4000 308 7 266 2| 2.1 2.8 4.8| 10.0 -26.4 -16.4 -4.1 -0.09| 8.2 -0.7 5000 302 8 258 3| 1.9 2.2 4.1| 17.0 -27.0 -10.0 -2.0 -0.01| 7.8 -0.1 6000 293 8 247 4| 1.6 1.9 3.5| 17.0 -55.6 -38.6 -6.4 -0.16| 7.9 -1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251030.00.gif