UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025110900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 9 NOV 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 9 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 117 215 5 SFC 998 146 20.8 12.8 60 8.0 15.8 215 5 294.1 295.8 289.0 320.9 9.34 2 990 214 18.6 13.6 73 5.0 15.4 234 5 292.6 294.4 289.0 320.9 9.93 3 981 291 17.6 13.1 75 4.5 14.8 256 4 292.3 294.1 288.7 319.9 9.70 4 968 402 16.8 12.2 74 4.6 14.0 247 4 292.7 294.3 288.4 319.1 9.26 5 965 428 17.0 11.0 68 6.0 13.4 244 4 293.1 294.7 288.0 317.6 8.57 6 964 437 17.2 11.2 68 6.0 13.6 242 4 293.4 295.0 288.2 318.3 8.69 7 960 472 18.8 2.8 34 16.0 10.3 238 3 295.4 296.3 285.2 309.7 4.87 8 957 498 19.2 -0.8 26 20.0 9.2 234 3 296.0 296.7 284.3 307.3 3.76 9 955 516 19.8 -2.2 23 22.0 9.0 232 3 296.8 297.4 284.2 307.0 3.40 10 949 569 21.2 -2.8 20 24.0 9.4 225 3 298.8 299.4 284.8 308.7 3.27 11 925 787 21.8 0.8 25 21.0 10.6 320 1 301.6 302.4 287.1 314.9 4.38 12 915 881 21.8 -0.2 23 22.0 10.3 37 1 302.5 303.3 287.1 315.1 4.12 13 893 1091 20.2 0.2 26 20.0 9.6 74 3 303.0 303.8 287.5 316.2 4.34 14 881 1208 21.2 -3.8 18 25.0 8.8 79 4 305.2 305.8 287.2 315.4 3.27 15 872 1297 21.2 -0.8 23 22.0 9.6 76 6 306.1 306.9 288.3 318.9 4.13 16 850 1517 19.6 -1.4 24 21.0 8.7 65 10 306.7 307.4 288.5 319.3 4.06 17 769 2366 12.0 -2.0 38 14.0 4.9 107 10 307.4 308.2 288.9 320.7 4.29 18 760 2465 11.8 -3.2 35 15.0 4.4 109 11 308.2 309.0 288.9 320.6 3.97 19 725 2857 8.4 -7.6 31 16.0 1.3 61 4 308.7 309.2 288.1 318.1 2.97 20 714 2983 7.8 -5.2 39 13.0 1.7 32 3 309.4 310.0 289.0 320.8 3.63 21 713 2994 7.8 -6.2 36 14.0 1.3 29 3 309.5 310.1 288.8 320.1 3.37 22 710 3029 7.8 -11.2 25 19.0 -0.1 22 3 309.9 310.3 287.8 317.2 2.29 23 704 3099 7.6 -16.4 16 24.0 -1.3 6 3 310.4 310.7 287.2 315.3 1.51 24 700 3146 7.6 -14.4 19 22.0 -1.0 355 3 310.9 311.2 287.7 316.7 1.79 25 697 3181 7.6 -12.4 23 20.0 -0.6 356 4 311.3 311.7 288.1 318.1 2.11 26 657 3667 7.2 -23.8 9 31.0 -2.9 5 13 316.1 316.3 288.5 319.1 0.85 27 619 4155 4.6 -23.4 11 28.0 -4.6 2 16 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.8 0.94 28 593 4502 1.6 -33.4 5 35.0 -7.3 357 17 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.4 0.39 29 588 4570 1.0 -25.0 12 26.0 -6.9 355 17 319.1 319.3 289.4 322.1 0.85 30 564 4904 -1.3 -34.3 6 33.0 -9.2 350 19 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.6 0.37 31 545 5175 -3.9 -26.9 15 23.0 -10.3 352 19 320.3 320.4 289.7 323.0 0.78 32 544 5190 -4.1 -27.1 15 23.0 -10.4 352 19 320.2 320.4 289.6 322.9 0.76 33 509 5711 -7.3 -44.3 3 37.0 -13.8 351 14 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.15 34 500 5850 -8.3 -41.3 5 33.0 -14.4 340 12 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.21 35 496 5912 -8.7 -32.7 12 24.0 -14.2 339 12 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.0 0.49 36 474 6262 -11.9 -34.9 13 23.0 -16.6 327 11 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.0 0.42 37 462 6458 -13.3 -36.3 13 23.0 -17.7 325 12 324.1 324.1 290.4 325.4 0.37 38 452 6624 -14.3 -36.3 14 22.0 -18.5 341 17 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.38 39 445 6742 -15.1 -31.1 24 16.0 -18.6 350 20 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.64 40 434 6931 -16.7 -31.7 26 15.0 -19.8 351 20 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.8 0.62 41 411 7339 -19.1 -39.1 15 20.0 -22.3 354 20 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.31 42 400 7540 -20.5 -40.5 15 20.0 -23.5 355 20 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.28 43 394 7651 -21.3 -40.3 16 19.0 -24.1 351 19 328.7 328.8 291.7 329.8 0.29 44 369 8130 -25.7 -39.7 26 14.0 -27.6 358 24 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.33 45 364 8228 -26.7 -37.7 35 11.0 -28.3 356 24 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.41 46 357 8368 -27.7 -39.7 31 12.0 -29.3 355 24 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.34 47 354 8428 -28.1 -37.1 42 9.0 -29.4 354 25 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.5 0.45 48 347 8571 -29.7 -37.7 46 8.0 -30.8 352 25 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.43 49 338 8758 -30.9 -41.9 33 11.0 -32.1 350 26 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.29 50 323 9077 -33.7 -47.7 23 14.0 -34.9 346 27 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.16 51 311 9341 -35.9 -48.9 25 13.0 -36.9 345 25 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 52 307 9431 -36.5 -52.5 18 16.0 -37.5 345 24 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 53 300 9590 -38.1 -52.1 22 14.0 -38.9 345 23 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 54 297 9659 -38.7 -51.7 24 13.0 -39.5 345 23 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 55 290 9823 -39.7 -57.7 13 18.0 -40.6 345 22 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.8 0.05 56 258 10611 -46.3 -61.3 17 15.0 -46.8 345 21 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.04 57 250 10820 -47.9 -62.9 16 15.0 -48.3 345 20 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.03 58 200 12260 -57.9 -69.9 20 12.0 -58.0 335 31 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.1 0.02 59 150 14040 -64.1 -80.1 9 16.0 -64.2 285 35 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 60 100 16470 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 290 34 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 61 90 17093 -71.1 -87.1 8 16.0 -71.2 285 31 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 62 79 17862 -72.9 -87.9 9 15.0 -73.0 305 24 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 63 70 18580 -68.7 -88.7 4 20.0 -68.8 290 22 437.4 437.4 309.6 437.4 0.00 64 67 18842 -68.3 -88.3 4 20.0 -68.4 282 20 443.8 443.8 310.3 443.8 0.00 65 63 19210 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 325 19 449.0 449.0 310.8 449.0 0.00 66 60 19503 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.3 320 11 460.7 460.7 311.8 460.7 0.00 67 52 20363 -68.1 -90.1 3 22.0 -68.3 333 19 477.6 477.6 313.2 477.6 0.00 68 50 20600 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.4 335 15 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 69 43 21513 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.2 286 8 507.2 507.3 315.5 507.3 0.00 70 42 21656 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.4 280 10 520.6 520.6 316.4 520.6 0.00 71 39 22114 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.1 280 13 535.3 535.3 317.2 535.3 0.00 72 33 23147 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -63.1 38 10 558.8 558.8 318.6 558.8 0.00 73 30 23740 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -60.1 325 15 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.6 0.01 74 26 24638 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -59.2 326 18 611.3 611.3 321.1 611.4 0.01 75 25 24885 -58.5 -86.5 2 28.0 -59.7 330 18 616.5 616.5 321.3 616.5 0.01 76 22 25695 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -56.6 321 13 651.4 651.4 322.7 651.5 0.01 77 21 25991 -56.5 -85.5 1 29.0 -58.3 317 15 654.0 654.0 322.9 654.1 0.01 78 20 26300 -56.3 -85.3 1 29.0 -58.2 330 16 663.8 663.8 323.2 663.9 0.01 79 19 26624 -57.7 -85.7 2 28.0 -59.5 297 17 669.3 669.3 323.4 669.4 0.01 80 18 26967 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -57.8 305 15 686.7 686.7 324.0 686.8 0.01 81 18 26967 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -56.6 305 15 691.7 691.7 324.1 691.8 0.02 82 17 27332 -55.9 -84.9 1 29.0 -58.2 229 16 696.7 696.7 324.3 696.8 0.02 83 15 28130 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -57.1 230 19 728.1 728.1 325.3 728.2 0.02 84 13 29045 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -58.4 237 24 753.7 753.7 326.0 753.8 0.02 85 12 29556 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -57.8 245 33 775.4 775.4 326.6 775.5 0.02 86 11 30118 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -55.5 254 41 808.7 808.7 327.4 809.0 0.03 87 10 30740 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -55.3 285 47 834.0 834.0 328.1 834.4 0.04 88 9.0 31433 -47.3 -81.3 1 34.0 -54.3 868.8 868.8 328.8 869.4 0.06 TRP 100 16470 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 290 34 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.00 m Freezing level: 577.57 mb = 4715.27 m = 15469.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.21 mb = 3026.71 m = 9930.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.83 % Est. max temperature: 33.37 C = 92.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.57 mb = 1153.71 m = 3785.09 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 11.28 C Layer 960.0- 949.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 558.29 mb = 4984.51 m = 16353.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.92 C = 116.46 F Cap Strength: 12.29 C Lifted Index: 10.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.25 C Showalter Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 6.90 C K Index: 4.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59889.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.92 mb = 2465.62 m = 8089.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 40 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 215 5 2.9 4.1 | 218 13 7.9 10.1 1 979 305 260 4 3.9 0.7 | 233 11 8.9 6.6 2 945 610 220 3 1.9 2.3 | 220 11 6.9 8.3 3 925 787 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 227 8 5.6 5.2 4 911 914 65 1 -0.9 -0.4 | 216 7 4.1 5.5 5 880 1219 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 191 5 1.1 5.3 6 850 1517 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 113 4 -4.1 1.7 7 849 1524 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 120 5 -4.4 2.5 8 819 1829 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 124 4 -3.2 2.2 9 790 2134 100 9 -8.9 1.6 | 153 8 -3.9 7.5 10 762 2438 110 11 -10.3 3.8 | 151 11 -5.3 9.7 11 734 2743 85 4 -4.0 -0.3 | 190 6 1.0 5.6 12 700 3146 355 3 0.3 -3.0 | 241 6 5.3 3.0 13 657 3658 5 13 -1.1 -13.0 | 331 8 3.9 -7.0 14 632 3962 5 15 -1.3 -14.9 | 338 10 3.7 -9.0 15 609 4267 360 16 -0.0 -16.0 | 334 11 5.0 -10.0 16 564 4877 350 19 3.3 -18.7 | 327 15 8.3 -12.8 17 523 5486 355 18 1.6 -17.9 | 331 14 6.6 -12.0 18 504 5791 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 313 10 7.3 -6.8 19 500 5850 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 300 11 9.1 -5.3 20 484 6096 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 293 10 9.6 -4.0 21 465 6401 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 282 12 12.1 -2.5 22 447 6706 350 20 3.5 -19.7 | 328 16 8.5 -13.7 23 400 7540 355 20 1.7 -19.9 | 334 16 6.7 -14.0 24 396 7620 350 19 3.3 -18.7 | 327 15 8.3 -12.8 25 379 7925 360 23 -0.0 -23.0 | 344 18 5.0 -17.0 26 319 9144 345 27 7.0 -26.1 | 329 23 12.0 -20.1 27 300 9590 345 23 6.0 -22.2 | 326 20 10.9 -16.3 28 250 10820 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 323 17 10.2 -13.4 29 233 11278 340 17 5.8 -16.0 | 313 15 10.8 -10.0 30 200 12260 335 31 13.1 -28.1 | 321 29 18.1 -22.1 31 192 12497 335 31 13.1 -28.1 | 321 29 18.1 -22.1 32 183 12802 335 28 11.8 -25.4 | 319 26 16.8 -19.4 33 174 13106 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 291 23 21.8 -8.2 34 166 13411 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 267 30 29.6 1.6 35 158 13716 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 288 38 36.2 -12.0 36 150 14040 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 275 39 38.8 -3.1 37 123 15240 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 273 52 52.3 -2.4 38 111 15850 300 47 40.7 -23.5 | 291 49 45.7 -17.5 39 100 16459 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 270 37 37.5 0.2 40 100 16470 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 279 37 36.9 -5.7 41 95 16764 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 279 37 36.9 -5.7 42 86 17374 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 268 34 33.6 0.9 43 82 17678 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 277 32 31.3 -3.6 44 77 17983 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 294 22 19.8 -8.9 45 74 18288 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 266 18 18.1 1.2 46 70 18580 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 273 26 25.7 -1.6 47 66 18898 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 264 25 24.7 2.5 48 63 19202 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 301 19 15.9 -9.6 49 60 19507 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 282 12 12.1 -2.5 50 57 19812 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 266 18 18.1 1.2 51 54 20117 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 279 17 17.3 -2.6 52 52 20422 340 20 6.8 -18.8 | 317 17 11.8 -12.8 53 50 20600 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 304 14 11.3 -7.6 54 49 20726 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 311 11 8.6 -7.6 55 47 21031 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 304 14 11.3 -7.6 56 44 21336 295 4 3.6 -1.7 | 244 10 8.6 4.3 57 42 21641 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 254 15 14.8 4.2 58 40 21946 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 256 16 15.8 4.0 59 38 22250 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 259 19 18.8 3.5 60 36 22555 355 23 2.0 -22.9 | 338 18 7.0 -17.0 61 35 22860 350 20 3.5 -19.7 | 328 16 8.5 -13.7 62 33 23165 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 40 2 -1.4 -1.7 63 31 23470 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 250 7 7.0 2.5 64 30 23740 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 295 15 13.6 -6.3 65 30 23774 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 292 20 18.4 -7.5 66 28 24079 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 293 14 13.0 -5.5 67 27 24384 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 266 14 13.7 1.0 68 26 24689 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 306 18 14.5 -10.5 69 23 25298 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 301 15 13.0 -7.9 70 22 25603 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 283 15 14.2 -3.2 71 21 25908 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 302 13 10.9 -6.7 72 20 26213 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 255 23 22.0 6.0 73 20 26300 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 301 15 13.0 -7.9 74 19 26518 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 260 24 23.9 4.3 75 18 26822 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 302 13 10.9 -6.7 76 18 27127 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 257 20 19.9 4.6 77 17 27432 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 213 25 13.5 20.7 78 16 27737 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 227 26 18.8 17.5 79 15 28042 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 220 28 17.8 21.3 80 15 28346 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 240 23 20.0 11.4 81 14 28651 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 227 26 18.8 17.5 82 11 30175 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 250 49 45.6 16.8 83 10 30740 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 277 51 50.4 -6.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 10.0 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 40.0 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -19.2 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.45 Bulk Shear: 22.83 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 239 4 226 11| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 10.4 -5.1 5.3 10.7 0.27| 6.1 1.6 1000 237 3 224 10| 1.5 3.0 4.5| 12.3 -11.1 1.2 1.2 -0.09| 6.6 -0.6 1500 78 4 189 5| 1.0 4.2 5.2| 12.4 -18.6 -6.2 -4.1 -0.37| 6.9 -2.5 2000 77 5 176 5| 0.6 3.1 3.8| 17.5 -18.6 -1.2 -0.6 -0.16| 6.7 -1.1 2500 89 6 168 6| 0.5 2.2 2.7| 22.7 -19.2 3.5 1.4 -0.06| 6.9 -0.4 3000 86 6 171 6| 0.4 1.7 2.1| 31.3 -19.2 12.1 4.0 0.11| 7.1 0.8 4000 46 7 166 1| 1.0 1.6 2.6| 47.8 -20.2 27.6 6.9 0.26| 7.0 1.8 5000 20 9 328 3| 0.8 1.6 2.3| 49.4 -26.1 23.2 4.6 0.22| 6.2 1.3 6000 10 10 323 5| 0.4 0.9 1.3| 51.3 -48.7 2.6 0.4 0.08| 6.0 0.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251109.00.gif