UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025110500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 5 NOV 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 5 NOV 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 1002 146 19.0 14.0 73 5.0 15.8 295 5 292.0 293.8 288.9 320.6 10.07 1 1000 152 19.0 14.0 73 5.0 15.8 295 6 292.1 293.9 289.0 320.8 10.09 2 958 519 15.8 12.3 80 3.5 13.7 211 5 292.5 294.2 288.5 319.3 9.42 3 952 572 16.0 11.5 75 4.5 13.3 186 5 293.2 294.9 288.4 318.9 8.98 4 951 581 16.4 10.4 68 6.0 12.8 182 5 293.7 295.2 288.0 317.7 8.35 5 949 599 18.2 3.2 37 15.0 10.2 174 5 295.7 296.7 285.5 310.7 5.07 6 946 626 20.4 -1.6 23 22.0 9.4 167 5 298.2 298.9 284.9 309.1 3.59 7 943 654 21.4 -3.6 18 25.0 9.3 162 5 299.5 300.1 284.9 309.0 3.10 8 942 663 21.6 -3.4 18 25.0 9.4 161 5 299.8 300.4 285.1 309.4 3.15 9 935 728 22.2 -7.8 13 30.0 8.6 150 4 301.1 301.5 284.6 308.1 2.27 10 926 812 22.2 -4.8 16 27.0 9.2 137 4 301.9 302.4 285.6 310.8 2.89 11 925 821 22.2 -4.8 16 27.0 9.2 135 4 302.0 302.5 285.7 310.9 2.89 12 903 1029 20.4 -1.6 23 22.0 9.2 134 5 302.2 302.9 286.6 313.7 3.76 13 850 1546 16.2 -4.8 23 21.0 6.2 160 8 303.1 303.7 286.4 312.8 3.14 14 835 1697 15.0 -4.0 27 19.0 5.9 168 10 303.4 304.0 286.7 313.9 3.40 15 834 1707 15.0 -4.0 27 19.0 5.8 168 10 303.5 304.1 286.8 314.0 3.41 16 830 1747 14.6 -4.4 27 19.0 5.5 171 11 303.5 304.1 286.6 313.7 3.32 17 825 1798 14.4 -6.6 23 21.0 4.8 173 12 303.8 304.3 286.2 312.6 2.82 18 823 1819 14.4 -11.6 15 26.0 3.7 174 12 304.0 304.4 285.4 310.1 1.91 19 816 1891 14.4 -12.6 14 27.0 3.4 176 13 304.8 305.1 285.5 310.4 1.78 20 808 1974 14.4 -17.6 9 32.0 2.5 177 14 305.6 305.8 285.1 309.5 1.19 21 752 2575 10.0 -12.0 20 22.0 1.0 190 18 307.2 307.6 286.6 313.7 2.02 22 744 2664 9.8 -18.2 12 28.0 -0.2 190 17 307.9 308.2 286.0 311.9 1.22 23 739 2720 10.2 -21.8 9 32.0 -0.6 190 17 309.0 309.1 286.0 312.0 0.90 24 732 2799 10.0 -28.0 5 38.0 -1.3 189 17 309.6 309.7 285.8 311.4 0.52 25 718 2959 9.6 -31.4 4 41.0 -1.8 186 16 310.9 310.9 286.1 312.2 0.39 26 700 3169 8.8 -29.2 5 38.0 -2.3 195 13 312.2 312.3 286.7 313.9 0.49 27 688 3312 8.6 -30.4 4 39.0 -2.5 201 13 313.6 313.6 287.1 315.1 0.44 28 650 3778 6.4 -35.6 3 42.0 -4.3 210 12 316.2 316.3 287.8 317.2 0.28 29 625 4098 5.0 -26.0 8 31.0 -4.6 202 10 318.2 318.3 289.0 320.7 0.73 30 544 5205 -5.7 -21.7 27 16.0 -10.6 210 4 318.3 318.6 289.5 322.6 1.24 31 532 5380 -6.5 -37.5 6 31.0 -12.8 228 11 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.4 0.29 32 528 5439 -6.9 -35.9 8 29.0 -13.0 234 13 319.6 319.7 289.0 320.8 0.34 33 500 5860 -10.7 -32.7 15 22.0 -15.4 250 16 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.49 34 455 6575 -16.9 -32.9 24 16.0 -20.0 240 21 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.9 0.53 35 423 7118 -20.9 -39.9 16 19.0 -23.7 241 19 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.7 0.28 36 421 7153 -20.7 -44.7 10 24.0 -23.8 240 19 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.17 37 400 7530 -21.5 -50.5 5 29.0 -24.6 225 17 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.09 38 396 7604 -21.5 -49.5 6 28.0 -24.6 225 17 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.11 39 332 8880 -31.5 -55.5 8 24.0 -33.2 236 27 331.2 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.06 40 300 9590 -37.7 -53.7 17 16.0 -38.7 245 34 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.09 41 296 9682 -38.5 -53.5 19 15.0 -39.4 244 34 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 42 290 9822 -39.7 -59.7 10 20.0 -40.6 243 34 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.04 43 284 9965 -40.9 -59.9 11 19.0 -41.7 241 33 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.04 44 250 10820 -46.9 -63.9 13 17.0 -47.4 235 40 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.03 45 218 11717 -52.9 -66.9 17 14.0 -53.2 247 47 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.02 46 200 12270 -56.3 -70.3 16 14.0 -56.5 255 52 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.01 47 182 12862 -59.3 -74.3 13 15.0 -59.5 249 47 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 48 161 13624 -60.9 -80.9 5 20.0 -61.0 242 43 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.00 49 152 13979 -62.5 -81.5 6 19.0 -62.6 244 48 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.00 50 150 14060 -62.5 -81.5 6 19.0 -62.6 245 49 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 51 139 14529 -63.9 -82.9 6 19.0 -64.0 241 51 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 52 134 14754 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.0 240 51 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 53 122 15330 -64.3 -86.3 3 22.0 -64.4 238 48 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.00 54 119 15482 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 234 47 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 55 116 15637 -65.7 -86.7 4 21.0 -65.8 231 46 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 56 111 15904 -67.5 -86.5 5 19.0 -67.6 227 44 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 57 101 16471 -69.3 -87.3 6 18.0 -69.4 252 42 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 58 100 16530 -69.3 -87.3 6 18.0 -69.4 255 42 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 59 98 16651 -69.9 -87.9 6 18.0 -70.0 250 36 394.9 394.9 304.5 395.0 0.00 60 80 17854 -72.1 -88.1 7 16.0 -72.2 248 34 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 61 77 18079 -71.3 -88.3 6 17.0 -71.4 263 23 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 62 71 18557 -73.5 -88.5 8 15.0 -73.6 229 7 425.4 425.4 308.3 425.4 0.00 63 70 18640 -72.3 -88.3 7 16.0 -72.4 205 11 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 64 61 19457 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.9 247 20 457.2 457.2 311.5 457.2 0.00 65 57 19863 -68.9 -89.9 3 21.0 -69.1 278 16 463.4 463.4 312.1 463.4 0.00 66 50 20650 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.5 220 14 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.3 0.00 67 46 21158 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.3 240 12 507.2 507.2 315.5 507.2 0.00 68 43 21573 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.0 258 17 518.1 518.1 316.2 518.1 0.00 69 39 22172 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.6 296 15 528.7 528.7 316.8 528.7 0.00 70 37 22497 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.2 291 16 546.0 546.0 317.9 546.0 0.00 71 30 23800 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.7 280 27 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 72 29 24011 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -62.1 284 27 583.2 583.2 319.8 583.2 0.00 73 25 24943 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -59.1 294 14 618.8 618.8 321.5 618.8 0.01 74 24 25201 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.5 299 17 624.9 624.9 321.7 624.9 0.01 75 20 26360 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -57.5 285 36 666.9 666.9 323.3 667.0 0.01 76 18 27030 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -59.0 281 37 681.6 681.6 323.8 681.7 0.01 77 16 27780 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -57.1 275 21 714.1 714.1 324.9 714.2 0.01 78 14 28635 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -57.8 266 26 739.9 739.9 325.7 740.0 0.02 79 12 29624 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -57.1 270 30 778.9 778.9 326.7 779.1 0.02 80 11 30183 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -57.8 272 32 795.6 795.6 327.1 795.8 0.02 81 10 30797 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -56.9 275 34 824.3 824.3 327.8 824.6 0.03 82 10 30797 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -56.9 275 34 824.3 824.3 327.8 824.6 0.03 TRP 98 16651 -69.9 -87.9 6 18.0 -70.0 250 36 394.9 394.9 304.5 395.0 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.00 m Freezing level: 587.15 mb = 4615.43 m = 15142.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.40 mb = 2648.09 m = 8687.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.43 mb = 770.21 m = 2526.90 ft T: 22.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 958.0- 942.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 584.03 mb = 4638.94 m = 15219.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.33 C = 113.60 F Cap Strength: 12.01 C Lifted Index: 8.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.25 C Showalter Index: 9.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 5.90 C K Index: -15.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45470.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.58 mb = 2188.16 m = 7178.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 234 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 1002 146 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 16 7 -2.0 -6.9 1 1000 152 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 9 7 -1.1 -7.3 2 982 305 310 6 4.6 -3.9 | 13 9 -1.9 -8.6 3 948 610 170 5 -0.9 4.9 | 91 7 -7.4 0.2 4 925 821 135 4 -2.8 2.8 | 78 10 -9.4 -1.9 5 915 914 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 77 11 -11.1 -2.6 6 883 1219 165 5 -1.3 4.8 | 91 8 -7.8 0.1 7 852 1524 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 122 10 -8.3 5.1 8 850 1546 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 107 10 -9.3 2.8 9 822 1829 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 133 10 -7.6 7.2 10 792 2134 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 150 13 -6.5 11.2 11 764 2438 190 18 3.1 17.7 | 165 13 -3.4 13.0 12 737 2743 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 163 13 -3.6 12.0 13 710 3048 185 16 1.4 15.9 | 155 12 -5.1 11.2 14 700 3169 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 158 8 -3.2 7.8 15 659 3658 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 184 5 0.3 5.1 16 634 3962 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 164 8 -2.1 7.5 17 610 4267 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 100 4 -4.0 0.7 18 565 4877 220 7 4.5 5.4 | 107 2 -2.0 0.6 19 544 5182 210 4 2.0 3.5 | 74 5 -4.5 -1.3 20 524 5486 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 247 7 6.4 2.7 21 500 5860 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 265 9 8.5 0.7 22 484 6096 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 262 10 10.4 1.4 23 465 6401 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 251 14 13.4 4.5 24 447 6706 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 236 12 9.8 6.7 25 429 7010 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 252 12 11.6 3.7 26 400 7530 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 217 9 5.5 7.3 27 395 7620 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 217 9 5.5 7.3 28 363 8230 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 246 8 7.3 3.2 29 348 8534 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 218 10 6.2 8.0 30 319 9144 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 248 27 25.2 10.0 31 306 9449 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 241 33 29.0 15.7 32 300 9590 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 248 26 24.3 9.6 33 280 10058 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 242 25 22.0 11.7 34 256 10668 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 235 34 27.9 19.3 35 250 10820 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 235 32 26.2 18.2 36 200 12270 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 259 45 43.7 8.7 37 193 12497 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 259 45 43.7 8.7 38 166 13411 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 242 32 28.1 15.2 39 150 14060 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 247 41 37.9 16.0 40 137 14630 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 241 44 38.5 21.2 41 124 15240 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 241 41 35.9 19.7 42 112 15850 225 44 31.1 31.1 | 223 36 24.6 26.4 43 100 16530 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 260 35 34.0 6.1 44 98 16651 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 255 28 27.3 7.6 45 96 16764 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 260 35 34.0 6.1 46 91 17069 215 32 18.4 26.2 | 209 24 11.8 21.5 47 82 17678 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 223 33 22.4 24.2 48 78 17983 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 276 22 22.3 -2.2 49 74 18288 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 304 5 4.3 -2.8 50 71 18593 225 7 4.9 4.9 | 97 2 -1.6 0.2 51 70 18640 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 160 6 -1.9 5.2 52 67 18898 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 164 8 -2.1 7.5 53 64 19202 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 226 9 6.5 6.2 54 61 19507 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 260 12 12.3 2.1 55 58 19812 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 301 12 10.4 -6.2 56 55 20117 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 341 9 2.9 -8.2 57 52 20422 255 3 2.9 0.8 | 42 5 -3.6 -4.0 58 50 20650 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 202 6 2.5 6.0 59 49 20726 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 177 4 -0.2 4.3 60 45 21336 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 278 5 4.7 -0.7 61 43 21641 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 278 11 11.2 -1.6 62 41 21946 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 335 13 5.6 -11.8 63 37 22555 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 320 13 8.5 -10.2 64 35 22860 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 236 8 6.6 4.4 65 33 23165 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 282 3 2.5 -0.5 66 30 23774 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 249 21 19.7 7.5 67 30 23800 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 295 22 20.0 -9.4 68 29 24079 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 301 23 19.5 -11.7 69 27 24384 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 302 16 13.2 -8.2 70 25 24994 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 330 12 6.1 -10.7 71 24 25298 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 327 16 9.0 -13.8 72 23 25603 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 304 15 12.2 -8.1 73 21 25908 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 292 19 17.4 -6.8 74 20 26360 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 296 32 28.2 -14.1 75 17 26822 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 291 32 29.9 -11.2 76 16 27127 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 295 16 14.4 -6.6 77 15 27432 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 278 19 18.4 -2.6 78 7 30175 285 44 42.5 -11.4 | 294 39 36.0 -16.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.0 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 234.0 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.8 neg: -16.9 tot: 37.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.20 Bulk Shear: 15.14 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 278 6 10 6| 0.0 9.2 9.2| 5.2 -2.5 2.7 5.5 0.32| 15.2 4.8 1000 176 5 93 7| 0.0 4.9 4.9| 9.8 -6.5 3.3 3.3 0.22| 11.0 2.4 1500 169 6 98 8| 1.6 3.2 4.8| 22.6 -9.7 12.9 8.6 0.31| 10.0 3.1 2000 173 8 111 8| 3.1 2.4 5.5| 41.7 -9.7 32.0 16.0 0.42| 9.4 4.0 2500 179 10 126 8| 2.8 1.9 4.8| 53.6 -10.7 42.9 17.1 0.46| 8.3 3.8 3000 182 11 134 9| 1.8 1.6 3.4| 54.8 -16.9 37.9 12.6 0.38| 7.9 2.9 4000 189 11 142 8| 1.4 1.4 2.8| 60.1 -24.5 35.6 8.9 0.26| 7.5 2.0 5000 192 10 140 7| 1.0 1.2 2.2| 60.4 -28.7 31.6 6.3 0.17| 6.7 1.2 6000 204 11 157 6| 2.2 1.0 3.2| 71.4 -30.8 40.6 6.8 0.27| 7.1 1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251105.00.gif