UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025103012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 OCT 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 116 55 5 SFC 998 146 16.4 -0.6 31 17.0 8.2 55 5 289.7 290.4 281.5 300.4 3.66 2 990 214 22.4 -1.6 20 24.0 10.4 90 4 296.4 297.0 284.1 306.7 3.43 3 986 248 23.4 -2.6 18 26.0 10.6 107 3 297.7 298.3 284.3 307.4 3.20 4 979 309 24.4 -2.6 17 27.0 10.9 136 2 299.4 299.9 285.0 309.1 3.22 5 973 362 24.2 -1.8 18 26.0 11.0 150 2 299.7 300.3 285.4 310.1 3.44 6 962 459 25.2 -4.8 13 30.0 10.6 176 3 301.7 302.2 285.4 310.2 2.78 7 949 576 24.4 -5.6 13 30.0 10.0 206 4 302.0 302.5 285.4 310.2 2.65 8 939 667 25.6 -4.4 13 30.0 10.7 212 5 304.2 304.7 286.5 313.3 2.93 9 925 796 25.6 -4.4 13 30.0 10.6 205 6 305.5 306.0 287.0 314.8 2.98 10 920 844 25.8 -8.2 10 34.0 9.8 205 5 306.2 306.6 286.5 313.3 2.24 11 907 968 25.4 -7.6 11 33.0 9.7 230 3 307.0 307.4 286.9 314.5 2.38 12 850 1533 21.4 -9.6 12 31.0 7.3 325 4 308.6 309.0 287.2 315.5 2.17 13 831 1728 19.6 -6.4 17 26.0 7.1 299 6 308.7 309.2 288.0 317.7 2.85 14 810 1947 18.0 -11.0 13 29.0 5.3 287 8 309.2 309.6 287.3 315.8 2.04 15 804 2010 18.0 -14.0 10 32.0 4.7 288 8 309.9 310.2 287.1 315.2 1.61 16 783 2235 16.8 -9.2 16 26.0 4.9 288 9 311.0 311.4 288.3 318.8 2.43 17 737 2746 12.0 -8.0 24 20.0 2.8 275 5 311.2 311.7 288.8 320.2 2.84 18 720 2940 10.4 -9.6 23 20.0 1.6 262 8 311.5 312.0 288.6 319.7 2.56 19 714 3010 10.4 -15.6 14 26.0 0.3 258 9 312.2 312.5 287.9 317.5 1.59 20 700 3174 9.6 -18.4 12 28.0 -0.7 260 12 313.1 313.4 287.9 317.4 1.28 21 689 3305 9.0 -21.0 10 30.0 -1.4 263 13 313.9 314.1 287.9 317.4 1.04 22 681 3402 8.4 -26.6 6 35.0 -2.4 265 14 314.3 314.4 287.6 316.5 0.64 23 613 4259 1.2 -28.8 9 30.0 -7.0 271 16 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.6 0.58 24 558 5007 -5.1 -24.1 21 19.0 -10.5 278 19 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.1 0.98 25 555 5049 -5.5 -24.5 21 19.0 -10.9 278 18 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.0 0.95 26 502 5829 -10.7 -37.7 9 27.0 -15.8 296 19 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.7 0.30 27 500 5860 -10.9 -37.9 9 27.0 -15.9 305 18 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.8 0.29 28 491 5999 -11.9 -38.9 9 27.0 -16.7 311 18 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.2 0.27 29 448 6699 -14.1 -46.1 5 32.0 -18.8 330 23 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.14 30 438 6870 -14.7 -44.7 6 30.0 -19.3 334 23 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.16 31 400 7550 -20.5 -49.5 6 29.0 -23.9 345 26 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.8 0.10 32 350 8516 -29.3 -53.3 8 24.0 -31.2 339 26 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.08 33 348 8557 -28.9 -56.9 5 28.0 -31.0 340 27 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.05 34 333 8870 -30.5 -59.5 4 29.0 -32.4 343 23 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04 35 300 9600 -35.9 -63.9 4 28.0 -37.2 295 36 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.02 36 292 9787 -37.3 -63.3 5 26.0 -38.5 294 38 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 37 272 10273 -41.9 -60.9 11 19.0 -42.6 290 42 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.7 0.04 38 250 10840 -45.9 -65.9 9 20.0 -46.4 285 48 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.02 39 234 11279 -48.5 -69.5 7 21.0 -49.0 282 57 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.01 40 226 11507 -50.0 -71.0 7 21.0 -50.4 280 61 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.5 0.01 41 213 11893 -52.5 -73.5 6 21.0 -52.8 278 58 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.4 0.01 42 200 12300 -53.7 -74.7 6 21.0 -54.0 275 55 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 43 199 12332 -53.7 -74.7 6 21.0 -54.0 275 55 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 44 179 13007 -58.1 -77.1 7 19.0 -58.3 278 51 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 45 160 13710 -60.9 -80.9 5 20.0 -61.0 282 46 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.00 46 154 13947 -61.7 -80.7 6 19.0 -61.9 284 44 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 47 150 14110 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.0 -63.2 285 43 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 48 143 14402 -65.1 -82.1 8 17.0 -65.2 286 43 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 49 129 15023 -68.1 -84.1 8 16.0 -68.2 289 44 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 50 117 15607 -68.5 -84.5 8 16.0 -68.6 295 44 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 51 113 15814 -69.3 -85.3 8 16.0 -69.4 295 37 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 52 110 15974 -68.7 -85.7 7 17.0 -68.8 295 31 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 53 100 16540 -71.3 -86.3 9 15.0 -71.3 265 29 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 54 96 16782 -72.3 -87.3 9 15.0 -72.3 266 30 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 55 95 16843 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 269 32 394.9 394.9 304.5 395.0 0.00 56 92 17033 -72.9 -86.9 10 14.0 -72.9 280 39 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 57 86 17429 -72.9 -86.9 10 14.0 -72.9 277 36 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 58 82 17712 -69.7 -86.7 7 17.0 -69.8 266 23 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 59 80 17859 -69.5 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.6 268 25 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 60 78 18010 -70.3 -87.3 7 17.0 -70.4 271 27 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 61 74 18326 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 278 30 432.2 432.2 309.1 432.2 0.00 62 70 18660 -68.7 -87.7 5 19.0 -68.8 335 20 437.4 437.4 309.6 437.4 0.00 63 67 18921 -69.9 -88.9 5 19.0 -70.0 347 16 440.3 440.3 309.9 440.3 0.00 64 62 19384 -67.9 -88.9 3 21.0 -68.1 3 10 454.6 454.6 311.3 454.6 0.00 65 59 19680 -68.9 -89.9 3 21.0 -69.1 294 10 458.9 458.9 311.7 458.9 0.00 66 57 19888 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.3 250 12 469.8 469.8 312.6 469.8 0.00 67 52 20442 -67.1 -90.1 2 23.0 -67.3 338 18 479.9 480.0 313.4 480.0 0.00 68 50 20680 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 315 13 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 69 48 20930 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.3 325 10 498.7 498.7 314.8 498.7 0.00 70 45 21324 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.6 339 24 504.6 504.6 315.2 504.6 0.00 71 42 21746 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.2 7 14 521.1 521.1 316.4 521.1 0.00 72 39 22201 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.9 315 10 527.7 527.7 316.8 527.7 0.00 73 36 22694 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.8 338 10 548.7 548.7 318.0 548.7 0.00 74 35 22868 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.8 326 10 553.1 553.1 318.3 553.2 0.00 75 31 23618 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.7 355 8 567.3 567.3 319.0 567.3 0.00 76 30 23820 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.4 355 4 573.7 573.7 319.3 573.7 0.00 77 29 24029 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.7 351 9 578.2 578.2 319.6 578.2 0.00 78 25 24957 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.7 264 16 619.9 619.9 321.5 620.0 0.01 79 20 26380 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -56.6 265 30 670.0 670.0 323.4 670.0 0.01 80 18 27057 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.9 266 32 694.2 694.3 324.3 694.4 0.02 81 16 27809 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -59.4 278 27 704.3 704.3 324.6 704.4 0.01 82 12 29643 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -57.5 278 37 776.8 776.8 326.7 777.0 0.02 83 12 29643 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -57.9 278 37 774.6 774.7 326.6 774.8 0.02 84 11 30202 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -56.9 265 31 800.7 800.7 327.3 800.9 0.03 85 10 30820 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -56.2 270 50 828.8 828.8 327.9 829.1 0.03 86 9.0 31508 -49.3 -82.3 1 33.0 -55.4 861.1 861.1 328.7 861.6 0.05 87 8.4 31958 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -56.8 870.4 870.4 328.8 870.8 0.05 88 7.4 32788 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -55.4 916.4 916.4 329.7 917.0 0.07 TRP 92 17033 -72.9 -86.9 10 14.0 -72.9 280 39 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 WND 226 11507 -50.0 -71.0 7 21.0 -50.4 280 61 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.00 m Freezing level: 602.52 mb = 4401.69 m = 14441.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.20 mb = 3053.90 m = 10019.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.77 % Est. max temperature: 35.25 C = 95.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.26 mb = 2351.80 m = 7715.79 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 3.77 C Layer 720.0- 613.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 446.44 mb = 6725.16 m = 22063.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 52.79 C = 127.03 F Cap Strength: 11.45 C Lifted Index: 10.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.67 C Showalter Index: 8.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 32.30 C Cross Totals Index: 1.30 C K Index: -5.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55404.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 612.71 mb = 4263.09 m = 13986.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 311 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 55 5 -4.1 -2.9 | 105 11 -10.5 2.7 1 980 305 135 2 -1.4 1.4 | 132 11 -7.8 7.0 2 945 610 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 155 10 -4.1 8.9 3 925 796 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 161 12 -3.9 11.0 4 913 914 205 3 1.3 2.7 | 148 10 -5.1 8.3 5 881 1219 350 2 0.3 -2.0 | 121 7 -6.1 3.6 6 850 1533 325 4 2.3 -3.3 | 119 5 -4.1 2.3 7 821 1829 285 7 6.8 -1.8 | 185 4 0.3 3.8 8 792 2134 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 219 3 2.0 2.5 9 764 2438 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 200 4 1.3 3.5 10 737 2743 275 5 5.0 -0.4 | 164 5 -1.4 5.2 11 711 3048 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 202 9 3.2 8.2 12 700 3174 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 215 9 5.4 7.7 13 659 3658 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 242 12 10.6 5.6 14 634 3962 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 253 10 9.3 2.8 15 610 4267 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 240 11 9.6 5.6 16 588 4572 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 263 10 10.0 1.2 17 566 4877 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 261 13 13.3 2.1 18 544 5182 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 246 10 9.5 4.2 19 524 5486 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 298 8 6.7 -3.6 20 504 5791 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 268 13 12.9 0.4 21 500 5860 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 300 10 8.3 -4.7 22 485 6096 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 318 10 6.3 -7.1 23 466 6401 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 326 13 7.1 -10.5 24 447 6706 330 23 11.5 -19.9 | 340 15 5.1 -14.3 25 413 7315 345 24 6.2 -23.2 | 1 18 -0.2 -17.6 26 400 7550 345 26 6.7 -25.1 | 359 20 0.3 -19.5 27 396 7620 345 25 6.5 -24.1 | 360 19 0.1 -18.5 28 364 8230 330 22 11.0 -19.1 | 341 14 4.6 -13.5 29 348 8534 340 27 9.2 -25.4 | 352 20 2.8 -19.8 30 334 8839 345 23 6.0 -22.2 | 2 17 -0.5 -16.6 31 320 9144 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 309 13 10.4 -8.5 32 306 9449 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 289 23 21.7 -7.5 33 300 9600 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 290 28 26.2 -9.6 34 250 10840 285 48 46.4 -12.4 | 280 41 39.9 -6.8 35 226 11507 280 61 60.1 -10.6 | 275 54 53.7 -5.0 36 223 11582 280 61 60.1 -10.6 | 275 54 53.7 -5.0 37 200 12300 275 55 54.8 -4.8 | 269 48 48.4 0.8 38 194 12497 275 55 54.8 -4.8 | 269 48 48.4 0.8 39 150 14110 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 279 36 35.1 -5.5 40 124 15240 290 44 41.3 -15.0 | 285 36 34.9 -9.4 41 118 15545 295 46 41.7 -19.4 | 291 38 35.3 -13.8 42 107 16154 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 287 17 16.2 -5.0 43 101 16459 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 255 21 20.6 5.6 44 100 16540 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 250 24 22.5 8.1 45 96 16764 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 250 24 22.5 8.1 46 92 17033 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 272 32 32.0 -1.2 47 87 17374 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 272 32 32.0 -1.2 48 83 17678 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 245 18 16.5 7.6 49 75 18288 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 263 24 23.5 3.0 50 71 18593 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 296 24 21.3 -10.4 51 70 18660 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 351 13 2.0 -12.5 52 64 19202 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 50 8 -6.4 -5.4 53 61 19507 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 59 8 -7.3 -4.4 54 58 19812 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 195 10 2.6 9.8 55 55 20117 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 238 14 11.5 7.2 56 52 20422 340 19 6.5 -17.9 | 360 12 0.1 -12.3 57 50 20680 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 322 5 2.8 -3.6 58 50 20726 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 43 6 -3.8 -4.1 59 47 21031 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 336 2 0.7 -1.5 60 45 21336 340 24 8.2 -22.6 | 354 17 1.8 -17.0 61 43 21641 20 15 -5.1 -14.1 | 54 14 -11.5 -8.5 62 39 22250 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 304 1 1.2 -0.8 63 37 22555 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 48 6 -4.7 -4.2 64 35 22860 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 15 3 -0.7 -2.6 65 33 23165 355 17 1.5 -16.9 | 24 12 -4.9 -11.3 66 30 23820 355 4 0.3 -4.0 | 105 6 -6.1 1.6 67 29 24079 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 48 6 -4.7 -4.2 68 27 24384 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 155 10 -4.1 8.9 69 26 24689 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 202 9 3.2 8.2 70 24 25298 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 257 16 15.5 3.7 71 23 25603 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 226 12 8.4 8.2 72 22 25908 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 215 16 9.0 12.8 73 21 26213 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 212 22 11.6 18.2 74 20 26380 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 251 25 23.5 8.2 75 20 26518 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 231 32 25.3 20.4 76 19 26822 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 246 26 24.1 11.0 77 17 27432 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 265 28 27.5 2.6 78 15 28042 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 264 16 16.2 1.6 79 15 28346 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 255 21 20.6 5.6 80 13 29261 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 267 34 34.4 2.0 81 12 29870 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 271 27 27.1 -0.3 82 11 30175 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 251 25 23.5 8.2 83 10 30820 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 263 44 43.6 5.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.1 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 311.1 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.8 neg: -15.6 tot: 30.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 23.03 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 163 3 140 11| 9.5 0.0 9.5| 28.2 0.0 28.2 56.4 0.97| 10.4 10.2 1000 199 4 150 10| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 29.8 -9.1 20.6 20.6 0.34| 9.4 3.2 1500 239 3 155 8| 2.0 1.0 3.0| 30.9 -11.4 19.5 13.0 0.26| 8.1 2.1 2000 274 4 159 6| 1.5 1.8 3.3| 35.2 -11.4 23.8 11.9 0.38| 7.4 2.8 2500 279 5 164 5| 1.2 0.9 2.1| 35.2 -14.6 20.6 8.2 0.25| 6.6 1.6 3000 274 6 170 5| 1.0 1.8 2.8| 45.8 -15.6 30.2 10.1 0.32| 6.9 2.2 4000 272 8 198 6| 1.4 1.3 2.7| 66.6 -19.3 47.3 11.8 0.37| 6.5 2.4 5000 275 10 217 6| 1.3 1.1 2.4| 78.0 -31.3 46.7 9.3 0.31| 6.4 2.0 6000 281 11 234 6| 1.6 0.9 2.5|116.4 -40.5 75.9 12.7 0.37| 7.2 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251030.12.gif