UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 4 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 4 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 146 17.0 9.0 59 8.0 12.4 310 5 290.1 291.4 285.5 310.6 7.21 1 942 642 12.2 8.4 78 3.8 10.0 347 8 290.3 291.6 285.7 311.2 7.36 2 925 792 11.6 7.4 75 4.2 9.3 45 7 291.2 292.4 285.7 311.1 6.99 3 892 1095 11.2 3.2 58 8.0 7.1 85 9 293.8 294.8 285.1 309.5 5.40 4 861 1390 9.6 0.6 53 9.0 5.1 111 9 295.1 295.9 284.8 308.8 4.64 5 850 1496 8.6 0.6 57 8.0 4.6 115 9 295.2 296.0 284.9 309.0 4.70 6 849 1506 8.4 0.4 57 8.0 4.5 114 9 295.0 295.9 284.8 308.7 4.64 7 834 1653 7.8 -3.2 46 11.0 2.8 106 7 295.9 296.6 284.1 306.7 3.62 8 809 1902 5.4 -4.6 48 10.0 1.0 92 5 296.0 296.6 283.8 306.0 3.36 9 778 2220 2.8 -9.2 41 12.0 -1.9 75 11 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284.7 308.5 0.07 24 614 4103 -2.5 -50.5 1 48.0 -10.1 348 42 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.4 0.06 25 608 4181 -0.9 -44.9 2 44.0 -9.1 347 44 313.9 313.9 286.8 314.3 0.11 26 579 4569 -2.3 -37.3 5 35.0 -9.9 338 45 316.7 316.7 288.0 317.6 0.27 27 500 5710 -12.3 -36.3 12 24.0 -16.8 310 40 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.3 0.34 28 499 5725 -12.5 -36.5 12 24.0 -16.9 310 40 318.0 318.0 288.5 319.2 0.34 29 455 6422 -18.7 -33.7 25 15.0 -21.4 309 43 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.5 0.49 30 437 6722 -20.5 -35.5 25 15.0 -22.9 308 43 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.7 0.42 31 431 6824 -21.1 -41.1 15 20.0 -23.8 307 44 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.6 0.24 32 425 6927 -21.9 -43.9 12 22.0 -24.6 307 44 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.6 0.18 33 400 7370 -26.1 -44.1 17 18.0 -28.1 305 45 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.8 0.19 34 379 7758 -29.7 -45.7 20 16.0 -31.2 300 44 321.3 321.3 289.3 321.9 0.17 35 369 7948 -31.5 -48.5 17 17.0 -32.9 300 43 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.13 36 361 8103 -32.5 -53.5 11 21.0 -33.9 304 43 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.3 0.07 37 316 9027 -40.1 -54.1 21 14.0 -40.8 327 41 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.3 0.08 38 306 9246 -41.3 -56.3 18 15.0 -41.9 324 39 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.5 0.06 39 300 9380 -41.7 -60.7 11 19.0 -42.4 315 37 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.7 0.04 40 291 9585 -42.9 -60.9 12 18.0 -43.5 311 39 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.04 41 259 10359 -48.7 -61.7 21 13.0 -49.0 290 30 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.5 0.04 42 250 10590 -49.9 -65.9 14 16.0 -50.3 275 29 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.02 43 244 10748 -50.7 -69.7 9 19.0 -51.0 275 29 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.01 44 234 11020 -51.9 -71.9 7 20.0 -52.2 273 31 335.2 335.2 293.1 335.2 0.01 45 233 11047 -51.9 -71.9 7 20.0 -52.2 272 32 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.6 0.01 46 200 12020 -58.7 -75.7 9 17.0 -58.9 285 43 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.01 47 199 12052 -59.1 -75.1 11 16.0 -59.3 285 43 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.7 0.01 48 187 12442 -60.7 -77.7 9 17.0 -60.9 289 39 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.2 0.01 49 150 13800 -66.3 -82.3 9 16.0 -66.4 335 43 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.00 50 147 13922 -66.9 -83.9 7 17.0 -67.0 335 44 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 51 127 14807 -65.1 -85.1 5 20.0 -65.2 337 47 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 52 126 14856 -63.3 -85.3 4 22.0 -63.4 337 47 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 53 123 15003 -63.9 -85.9 3 22.0 -64.0 336 45 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 54 122 15053 -62.1 -86.1 3 24.0 -62.3 336 45 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 55 121 15104 -62.5 -85.5 3 23.0 -62.7 336 44 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 56 115 15420 -59.3 -85.3 2 26.0 -59.6 350 26 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 57 100 16280 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 265 15 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 58 99 16341 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 265 15 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 59 97 16466 -64.7 -86.7 3 22.0 -64.8 265 14 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 60 94 16657 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 275 25 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.6 0.00 61 92 16789 -64.7 -86.7 3 22.0 -64.9 282 30 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 62 87 17130 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.5 304 26 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 63 81 17570 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.2 330 26 433.5 433.5 309.2 433.5 0.00 64 72 18296 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.0 -64.3 352 3 443.7 443.7 310.3 443.7 0.00 65 71 18382 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.4 324 6 449.7 449.7 310.8 449.7 0.00 66 70 18470 -62.9 -87.9 2 25.0 -63.2 295 8 449.8 449.8 310.8 449.8 0.00 67 65 18926 -63.9 -87.9 2 24.0 -64.2 310 14 457.3 457.3 311.5 457.3 0.00 68 63 19118 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -63.0 345 15 464.0 464.0 312.1 464.0 0.00 69 59 19519 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -66.0 11 22 466.1 466.1 312.3 466.1 0.00 70 56 19839 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.4 32 11 479.0 479.0 313.4 479.0 0.00 71 55 19950 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.4 39 7 488.8 488.8 314.1 488.8 0.00 72 50 20540 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 60 4 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 73 48 20789 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 57 4 497.3 497.3 314.8 497.3 0.00 74 46 21049 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 54 5 503.3 503.4 315.2 503.4 0.00 75 40 21911 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.8 4 7 534.9 534.9 317.2 534.9 0.00 76 30 23700 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.7 360 14 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 77 29 23909 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.7 351 10 581.5 581.5 319.8 581.5 0.00 78 25 24827 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.7 51 14 610.2 610.2 321.0 610.2 0.01 79 22 25616 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.4 30 10 627.5 627.5 321.8 627.6 0.01 80 20 26210 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -59.0 50 6 660.8 660.8 323.1 660.8 0.01 81 18 26881 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.8 46 10 686.7 686.7 324.0 686.8 0.01 82 13 28956 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -59.3 0 18 749.5 749.5 325.9 749.6 0.02 83 12 29467 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -57.9 4 8 774.6 774.7 326.6 774.8 0.02 84 10 30640 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -57.7 155 6 819.8 819.9 327.7 820.1 0.03 85 10 30640 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -58.0 155 6 817.6 817.6 327.7 817.9 0.03 86 9.1 31250 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -56.2 853.0 853.0 328.5 853.4 0.04 87 8.2 31927 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -57.1 875.6 875.6 329.0 876.0 0.04 TRP 147 13922 -66.9 -83.9 7 17.0 -67.0 335 44 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.00 m Freezing level: 741.00 mb = 2612.00 m = 8569.45 ft Freezing level: 737.00 mb = 2655.33 m = 8711.61 ft Freezing level: 728.80 mb = 2745.41 m = 9007.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 798.03 mb = 2013.43 m = 6605.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.50 % Est. max temperature: 22.00 C = 71.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.27 mb = 1139.48 m = 3738.39 ft T: 10.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.31 C/km ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 849.0- 741.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.56 mb = 1886.61 m = 6189.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.81 C = 73.05 F Cap Strength: 11.22 C Lifted Index: 9.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: 10.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 12.90 C K Index: -10.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 65.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52565.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.75 mb = 1267.20 m = 4157.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 14 at 18 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 1000 146 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 210 17 8.4 14.7 1 981 305 325 8 4.6 -6.6 | 219 15 9.2 11.3 2 946 610 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 217 13 8.0 10.6 3 925 792 45 7 -4.9 -4.9 | 178 13 -0.4 12.9 4 912 914 55 9 -7.4 -5.2 | 168 13 -2.8 12.7 5 879 1219 105 9 -8.7 2.3 | 169 21 -4.1 20.2 6 850 1496 115 9 -8.2 3.8 | 171 22 -3.6 21.7 7 816 1829 95 4 -4.0 0.3 | 182 18 0.6 18.2 8 786 2134 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 165 17 -4.3 16.3 9 757 2438 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 141 13 -8.4 10.4 10 729 2743 50 21 -16.1 -13.5 | 111 12 -11.5 4.4 11 702 3048 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 172 6 -0.9 6.1 12 700 3067 25 18 -7.6 -16.3 | 118 3 -3.0 1.6 13 675 3353 25 22 -9.3 -19.9 | 66 5 -4.7 -2.1 14 649 3658 355 30 2.6 -29.9 | 329 14 7.2 -12.0 15 601 4267 345 47 12.2 -45.4 | 329 32 16.8 -27.5 16 556 4877 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 306 32 25.6 -18.5 17 535 5182 315 40 28.3 -28.3 | 288 34 32.9 -10.4 18 500 5710 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 283 36 35.2 -7.8 19 475 6096 310 42 32.2 -27.0 | 284 38 36.8 -9.1 20 400 7370 305 45 36.9 -25.8 | 281 42 41.5 -7.9 21 386 7620 300 45 39.0 -22.5 | 276 44 43.6 -4.6 22 369 7925 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 275 42 41.8 -3.6 23 310 9144 330 41 20.5 -35.5 | 305 31 25.1 -17.6 24 300 9380 315 37 26.2 -26.2 | 285 32 30.8 -8.3 25 297 9449 320 43 27.6 -32.9 | 295 36 32.2 -15.1 26 284 9754 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 268 33 33.2 1.4 27 271 10058 310 32 24.5 -20.6 | 275 29 29.1 -2.7 28 250 10590 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 245 37 33.5 15.4 29 236 10973 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 245 37 33.5 15.4 30 225 11278 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 242 54 47.9 25.5 31 204 11887 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 245 66 59.7 27.6 32 200 12020 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 262 47 46.1 6.8 33 185 12497 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 263 41 40.3 4.9 34 176 12802 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 266 45 45.0 3.2 35 168 13106 325 41 23.5 -33.6 | 299 32 28.1 -15.7 36 150 13800 335 43 18.2 -39.0 | 313 31 22.8 -21.1 37 147 13922 335 44 18.6 -39.9 | 313 32 23.2 -22.0 38 138 14326 340 52 17.8 -48.9 | 324 38 22.4 -31.0 39 119 15240 335 43 18.2 -39.0 | 313 31 22.8 -21.1 40 113 15545 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 238 5 4.6 2.9 41 107 15850 355 12 1.0 -12.0 | 224 8 5.6 5.9 42 102 16154 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 212 28 15.0 23.9 43 100 16280 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 226 27 19.5 19.2 44 97 16459 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 224 27 18.5 19.1 45 92 16764 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 250 36 34.1 12.7 46 84 17374 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 269 19 19.4 0.3 47 80 17678 335 28 11.8 -25.4 | 295 18 16.4 -7.5 48 76 17983 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 182 9 0.4 8.8 49 72 18288 355 3 0.3 -3.0 | 198 16 4.9 14.9 50 70 18470 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 219 19 11.8 14.5 51 65 18898 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 238 19 16.1 9.9 52 62 19202 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 238 5 4.6 2.9 53 59 19507 10 23 -4.0 -22.7 | 353 5 0.6 -4.8 54 54 20117 50 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 193 18 3.8 17.2 55 51 20422 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 167 11 -2.5 10.8 56 50 20540 60 4 -3.5 -2.0 | 184 16 1.1 15.9 57 44 21336 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 183 15 0.8 14.7 58 42 21641 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 167 11 -2.5 10.8 59 38 22250 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 203 17 6.7 15.8 60 36 22555 15 13 -3.4 -12.6 | 193 5 1.2 5.3 61 34 22860 360 18 -0.0 -18.0 | 271 5 4.6 -0.1 62 33 23165 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 188 9 1.2 8.5 63 30 23700 360 14 -0.0 -14.0 | 230 6 4.6 3.9 64 30 23774 340 2 0.7 -1.9 | 198 17 5.3 16.0 65 28 24079 5 19 -1.7 -18.9 | 290 3 2.9 -1.0 66 27 24384 15 17 -4.4 -16.4 | 188 1 0.2 1.5 67 26 24689 30 17 -8.5 -14.7 | 129 5 -3.9 3.2 68 24 24994 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 162 16 -5.1 15.3 69 21 25908 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 200 9 2.9 8.0 70 20 26210 50 6 -4.6 -3.9 | 180 14 -0.0 14.0 71 19 26518 60 6 -5.2 -3.0 | 178 15 -0.6 14.9 72 18 26822 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 173 10 -1.1 9.7 73 17 27432 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 174 29 -2.9 28.5 74 16 27737 60 16 -13.9 -8.0 | 137 14 -9.3 9.9 75 15 28042 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 152 22 -10.3 19.2 76 14 28346 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 162 16 -5.1 15.3 77 14 28651 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 210 9 4.6 7.9 78 13 28956 360 18 -0.0 -18.0 | 271 5 4.6 -0.1 79 12 29261 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 205 9 3.7 7.9 80 11 30175 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 194 18 4.6 17.9 81 10 30640 155 6 -2.5 5.4 | 185 23 2.1 23.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.4 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 14.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -112.8 tot: -59.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 40.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 328 8 217 14| 5.2 0.0 5.2| 10.3 -6.2 4.1 8.2 0.10| 6.9 0.7 1000 10 8 198 11| 6.9 0.0 6.9| 12.1 -36.9 -24.8 -24.8 -0.40| 11.2 -4.4 1500 52 8 172 13| 3.9 0.0 3.9| 27.8 -36.9 -9.1 -6.1 -0.21| 9.4 -2.0 2000 65 8 171 15| 3.0 1.1 4.1| 38.6 -60.4 -21.8 -10.9 -0.25| 9.1 -2.2 2500 64 9 166 14| 2.4 3.3 5.6| 38.6-100.3 -61.7 -24.7 -0.41| 9.7 -4.0 3000 55 10 162 13| 2.0 3.3 5.3| 52.9-112.8 -59.9 -20.0 -0.30| 11.4 -3.4 4000 24 16 156 4| 1.5 6.1 7.6| 53.7-142.8 -89.1 -22.3 -0.35| 12.9 -4.5 5000 0 21 308 6| 1.2 4.7 5.9| 53.7-334.0-280.4 -56.1 -0.46| 12.9 -5.9 6000 344 25 297 13| 1.0 4.1 5.1| 60.9-373.0-312.2 -52.0 -0.46| 11.3 -5.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251204.00.gif