UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 3 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 3 DEC 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 126 260 7 SFC 999 146 17.6 10.6 64 7.0 13.4 260 7 290.8 292.3 286.6 313.7 8.05 2 991 213 15.6 10.6 72 5.0 12.7 252 7 289.5 290.9 286.2 312.4 8.12 3 938 669 11.6 9.2 85 2.4 10.2 197 6 290.0 291.4 286.1 312.1 7.80 4 925 784 12.6 5.6 62 7.0 8.8 180 9 292.2 293.3 285.3 310.0 6.17 5 922 811 12.8 4.8 58 8.0 8.5 180 9 292.7 293.7 285.2 309.6 5.85 6 913 894 12.2 4.2 58 8.0 7.9 180 10 292.9 293.9 285.1 309.3 5.66 7 906 958 12.4 1.4 47 11.0 6.8 181 10 293.7 294.6 284.3 307.4 4.67 8 892 1088 11.4 2.4 54 9.0 6.8 183 11 294.0 294.9 284.9 308.9 5.10 9 870 1297 10.2 -0.8 46 11.0 4.9 177 11 294.9 295.6 284.2 307.1 4.14 10 863 1364 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321.9 289.8 323.5 0.46 53 361 8130 -32.3 -40.3 45 8.0 -33.1 293 29 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.32 54 356 8228 -32.9 -40.9 45 8.0 -33.7 293 30 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.30 55 351 8327 -33.3 -44.3 32 11.0 -34.3 293 30 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.21 56 300 9410 -41.1 -50.1 37 9.0 -41.6 265 30 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.13 57 250 10630 -51.1 -58.1 43 7.0 -51.3 285 29 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.06 58 200 12040 -61.5 -69.5 34 8.0 -61.6 285 30 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.4 0.02 59 177 12789 -67.1 -74.1 36 7.0 -67.1 270 29 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 60 150 13790 -67.1 -80.1 14 13.0 -67.2 250 25 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.00 61 100 16250 -65.3 -86.3 4 21.0 -65.4 260 30 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 62 94 16626 -65.7 -86.7 4 21.0 -65.8 263 29 407.9 407.9 306.2 408.0 0.00 63 89 16960 -64.3 -87.3 3 23.0 -64.5 268 27 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 64 81 17534 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.7 278 24 426.1 426.1 308.4 426.1 0.00 65 74 18088 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -63.0 273 20 443.1 443.1 310.2 443.2 0.00 66 71 18343 -63.3 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26240 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -56.6 60 25 670.0 670.0 323.4 670.1 0.01 81 19 26569 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -56.3 60 25 681.7 681.7 323.9 681.8 0.02 82 18 26916 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -56.7 60 21 691.1 691.1 324.1 691.2 0.02 83 16 27664 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -60.0 55 30 701.7 701.7 324.5 701.8 0.01 84 15 28073 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -57.7 66 27 725.4 725.4 325.2 725.6 0.02 85 13 28989 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -57.1 63 23 759.9 759.9 326.2 760.1 0.02 86 11 30070 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -55.5 56 25 808.7 808.7 327.4 809.0 0.03 87 11 30070 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -55.9 56 25 806.5 806.5 327.4 806.8 0.03 88 11 30070 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -54.6 56 25 813.8 813.8 327.6 814.1 0.04 89 10 30700 -45.7 -81.7 1 36.0 -53.1 50 29 849.0 849.0 328.4 849.4 0.05 90 9.9 30767 -44.9 -80.9 1 36.0 -52.7 50 29 854.4 854.4 328.5 855.0 0.06 91 9.3 31185 -42.5 -79.5 1 37.0 -51.7 52 27 879.0 879.0 329.0 879.8 0.08 92 7.6 32534 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -54.4 58 22 916.7 916.7 329.8 917.4 0.07 93 7.0 33080 -45.3 -81.3 1 36.0 -54.4 60 20 941.8 941.8 330.2 942.6 0.08 94 6.6 33473 -45.1 -81.1 1 36.0 -54.5 958.6 958.7 330.5 959.5 0.08 TRP 177 12789 -67.1 -74.1 36 7.0 -67.1 270 29 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.1 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.00 m Freezing level: 624.00 mb = 4018.89 m = 13185.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 782.33 mb = 2176.24 m = 7139.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.04 % Est. max temperature: 23.49 C = 74.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.97 mb = 1013.97 m = 3326.62 ft T: 11.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 7.20 C Layer 853.0- 785.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.13 mb = 3455.85 m = 11337.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.57 C = 97.83 F Cap Strength: 9.36 C Lifted Index: 7.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.50 C Showalter Index: 10.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 9.70 C K Index: -9.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49348.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.68 mb = 1242.38 m = 4076.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 329 at 12 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 146 260 7 6.9 1.2 | 183 12 0.6 11.8 1 980 305 240 8 6.9 4.0 | 182 15 0.6 14.6 2 945 610 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 165 16 -4.2 15.1 3 925 784 180 9 0.0 9.0 | 162 21 -6.3 19.6 4 911 914 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 163 22 -6.3 20.6 5 878 1219 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 167 23 -5.3 22.5 6 850 1490 155 7 -3.0 6.3 | 151 19 -9.3 16.9 7 847 1524 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 161 22 -7.2 20.5 8 816 1829 325 4 2.3 -3.3 | 151 8 -4.0 7.3 9 786 2134 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 195 7 1.9 6.8 10 758 2438 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 213 10 5.5 8.5 11 730 2743 325 7 4.0 -5.7 | 155 5 -2.3 4.9 12 700 3090 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 306 3 2.3 -1.7 13 677 3353 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 331 13 6.2 -11.1 14 652 3658 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 314 5 3.5 -3.3 15 603 4267 310 25 19.2 -16.1 | 293 14 12.9 -5.5 16 580 4572 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 289 18 17.5 -6.0 17 558 4877 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 276 15 14.5 -1.4 18 537 5182 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 271 17 17.3 -0.4 19 517 5486 305 25 20.5 -14.3 | 285 15 14.2 -3.8 20 500 5750 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 265 14 13.6 1.3 21 477 6096 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 262 16 16.3 2.4 22 439 6706 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 252 16 15.0 4.9 23 422 7010 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 244 20 17.6 8.5 24 400 7400 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 257 18 17.9 4.1 25 388 7620 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 271 17 17.3 -0.4 26 312 9144 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 273 27 26.6 -1.4 27 300 9410 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 241 27 23.6 13.2 28 298 9449 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 241 27 23.6 13.2 29 250 10630 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 262 22 21.7 3.1 30 237 10973 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 261 21 20.7 3.3 31 215 11582 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 233 21 16.6 12.6 32 200 12040 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 263 23 22.7 2.8 33 195 12192 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 262 22 21.7 3.1 34 177 12789 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 245 25 22.7 10.6 35 168 13106 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 234 26 21.3 15.4 36 152 13716 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 234 22 17.6 12.7 37 150 13790 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 222 26 17.2 19.1 38 144 14021 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 224 28 19.1 19.8 39 131 14630 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 239 25 21.6 13.0 40 118 15240 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 236 23 18.6 12.8 41 112 15545 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 251 19 18.3 6.2 42 100 16250 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 236 28 23.2 15.8 43 97 16459 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 236 28 23.2 15.8 44 79 17678 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 248 18 16.4 6.6 45 72 18288 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 228 16 11.7 10.6 46 70 18430 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 224 17 11.6 12.2 47 68 18593 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 203 18 7.3 16.9 48 62 19202 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 253 2 2.1 0.6 49 59 19507 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 223 11 7.5 8.2 50 56 19812 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 240 8 7.3 4.2 51 51 20422 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 99 14 -13.4 2.2 52 50 20510 5 4 -0.3 -4.0 | 135 9 -6.6 6.6 53 48 20726 360 4 -0.0 -4.0 | 136 9 -6.3 6.6 54 44 21336 40 9 -5.8 -6.9 | 107 13 -12.1 3.7 55 42 21641 80 14 -13.8 -2.4 | 112 22 -20.1 8.2 56 40 21946 35 12 -6.9 -9.8 | 93 13 -13.2 0.8 57 38 22250 65 20 -18.1 -8.5 | 95 25 -24.4 2.1 58 31 23470 55 21 -17.2 -12.0 | 86 24 -23.5 -1.5 59 30 23710 60 23 -19.9 -11.5 | 88 26 -26.2 -0.9 60 30 23774 30 26 -13.0 -22.5 | 58 23 -19.3 -11.9 61 28 24079 60 22 -19.1 -11.0 | 89 25 -25.3 -0.4 62 27 24384 65 25 -22.7 -10.6 | 90 29 -29.0 0.0 63 26 24689 60 25 -21.7 -12.5 | 86 28 -27.9 -1.9 64 24 24994 80 23 -22.7 -4.0 | 103 30 -28.9 6.6 65 22 25603 70 21 -19.7 -7.2 | 97 26 -26.0 3.4 66 21 25908 90 18 -18.0 0.0 | 114 27 -24.3 10.6 67 20 26213 80 14 -13.8 -2.4 | 112 22 -20.1 8.2 68 20 26240 60 25 -21.7 -12.5 | 86 28 -27.9 -1.9 69 19 26518 60 26 -22.5 -13.0 | 85 29 -28.8 -2.4 70 17 27127 60 18 -15.6 -9.0 | 94 22 -21.9 1.6 71 17 27432 35 33 -18.9 -27.0 | 57 30 -25.2 -16.4 72 16 27737 60 29 -25.1 -14.5 | 83 32 -31.4 -3.9 73 14 28346 70 25 -23.5 -8.6 | 94 30 -29.8 2.0 74 14 28651 50 18 -13.8 -11.6 | 87 20 -20.1 -1.0 75 13 28956 70 24 -22.6 -8.2 | 95 29 -28.8 2.4 76 13 29261 30 17 -8.5 -14.7 | 74 15 -14.8 -4.1 77 12 29566 60 22 -19.1 -11.0 | 89 25 -25.3 -0.4 78 11 30175 55 26 -21.3 -14.9 | 81 28 -27.6 -4.3 79 10 30700 50 29 -22.2 -18.6 | 74 30 -28.5 -8.1 80 7 33080 60 20 -17.3 -10.0 | 91 24 -23.6 0.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.3 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 329.3 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.1 neg: -70.4 tot: -2.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 29.74 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 233 7 177 15| 0.0 6.7 6.7| 0.2 -19.6 -19.4 -38.9 -0.61| 8.1 -4.9 1000 203 8 170 18| 0.0 6.2 6.2| 7.7 -23.6 -15.9 -15.9 -0.30| 7.5 -2.2 1500 194 9 168 19| 3.1 4.1 7.2| 50.9 -50.8 0.2 0.1 -0.01| 10.9 -0.1 2000 204 8 170 18| 4.4 3.1 7.5| 60.4 -61.4 -1.0 -0.5 0.01| 12.1 0.1 2500 228 9 180 16| 3.7 2.5 6.2| 65.5 -67.2 -1.7 -0.7 -0.01| 11.7 -0.1 3000 252 9 189 14| 4.7 2.1 6.7| 68.1 -70.4 -2.3 -0.8 0.04| 12.0 0.5 4000 297 12 220 7| 3.5 1.1 4.6| 71.8 -80.9 -9.1 -2.3 -0.00| 12.0 -0.0 5000 300 15 245 7| 2.8 1.6 4.4| 71.8-109.5 -37.7 -7.5 -0.07| 11.0 -0.7 6000 299 16 252 8| 2.3 1.6 3.9| 84.9-130.4 -45.5 -7.6 -0.08| 10.1 -0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251203.00.gif