UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 4 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 1003 146 12.8 -4.2 30 17.0 5.5 115 3 285.7 286.2 278.5 293.8 2.79 1 1000 157 13.8 -5.2 26 19.0 5.7 115 3 287.0 287.4 278.9 294.5 2.59 2 996 191 15.4 -5.6 23 21.0 6.3 131 5 288.9 289.3 279.7 296.3 2.52 3 992 225 15.6 -6.4 21 22.0 6.2 147 7 289.4 289.8 279.7 296.5 2.38 4 967 441 14.4 -0.6 36 15.0 7.2 185 13 290.3 291.0 281.9 301.3 3.78 5 958 519 13.8 -4.2 28 18.0 5.8 185 14 290.5 291.0 280.9 299.1 2.92 6 925 813 11.4 -6.6 28 18.0 3.9 175 12 291.0 291.4 280.7 298.4 2.52 7 917 885 10.8 -8.2 25 19.0 3.1 164 12 291.1 291.5 280.3 297.8 2.24 8 895 1087 10.0 -11.0 22 21.0 2.0 143 13 292.3 292.6 280.4 297.9 1.84 9 893 1106 10.0 -11.0 22 21.0 2.0 141 13 292.5 292.8 280.5 298.1 1.85 10 889 1143 10.0 -12.0 20 22.0 1.8 137 13 292.8 293.1 280.5 298.1 1.71 11 882 1209 11.4 -16.6 12 28.0 1.7 131 13 295.0 295.2 280.7 298.7 1.18 12 850 1516 9.4 -20.6 10 30.0 -0.1 30 7 296.0 296.2 280.8 298.8 0.87 13 731 2750 2.6 -43.4 2 46.0 -6.0 35 8 301.6 301.6 282.2 302.0 0.11 14 728 2783 2.8 -43.2 2 46.0 -5.9 38 8 302.2 302.2 282.4 302.6 0.12 15 700 3099 0.4 -42.6 2 43.0 -7.5 65 4 302.9 303.0 282.7 303.4 0.13 16 648 3714 -3.7 -45.7 2 42.0 -10.5 349 7 305.0 305.1 283.5 305.4 0.10 17 642 3787 -2.7 -48.7 1 46.0 -10.0 346 8 307.0 307.0 284.3 307.3 0.07 18 627 3974 -3.9 -49.9 1 46.0 -10.8 340 9 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.9 0.06 19 614 4140 -3.7 -48.7 2 45.0 -10.8 335 11 309.8 309.8 285.4 310.1 0.07 20 593 4414 -5.9 -45.9 3 40.0 -12.3 332 13 310.3 310.4 285.6 310.7 0.11 21 554 4944 -8.5 -35.5 9 27.0 -13.9 334 11 313.3 313.4 286.9 314.5 0.34 22 538 5171 -10.5 -27.5 23 17.0 -14.5 330 10 313.6 313.7 287.5 316.2 0.74 23 508 5610 -14.1 -30.1 24 16.0 -17.4 317 11 314.4 314.5 287.6 316.6 0.62 24 500 5730 -15.3 -28.3 32 13.0 -18.1 325 9 314.4 314.5 287.8 316.9 0.74 25 499 5745 -15.5 -27.5 35 12.0 -18.1 325 9 314.3 314.5 287.8 317.1 0.80 26 496 5791 -15.9 -28.9 32 13.0 -18.6 325 10 314.4 314.5 287.7 316.8 0.71 27 492 5852 -16.5 -26.5 42 10.0 -18.7 322 11 314.4 314.5 287.9 317.4 0.89 28 483 5990 -17.7 -26.7 45 9.0 -19.7 316 12 314.6 314.7 287.9 317.6 0.89 29 481 6021 -18.1 -28.1 41 10.0 -20.2 314 12 314.4 314.6 287.8 317.1 0.79 30 475 6115 -18.9 -28.9 41 10.0 -20.9 310 13 314.6 314.7 287.8 317.1 0.74 31 472 6162 -19.3 -24.3 65 5.0 -20.5 312 13 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.5 1.13 32 459 6369 -21.1 -25.6 67 4.5 -22.1 319 15 314.9 315.1 288.2 318.5 1.04 33 429 6864 -24.7 -28.8 69 4.1 -25.5 325 19 316.5 316.6 288.5 319.3 0.83 34 413 7140 -26.9 -29.5 79 2.6 -27.3 317 20 317.1 317.3 288.7 319.9 0.80 35 401 7352 -28.1 -31.7 71 3.6 -28.7 311 21 318.2 318.4 288.9 320.6 0.67 36 400 7370 -28.3 -31.8 72 3.5 -28.9 310 21 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.6 0.67 37 384 7661 -30.9 -33.7 76 2.8 -31.3 298 21 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.6 0.58 38 373 7866 -32.3 -36.0 70 3.7 -32.7 289 22 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.0 0.47 39 367 7980 -33.5 -36.5 74 3.0 -33.8 283 23 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.9 0.46 40 365 8019 -33.9 -37.8 68 3.9 -34.3 281 23 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.6 0.40 41 360 8115 -34.7 -37.8 73 3.1 -35.0 276 23 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.9 0.41 42 349 8330 -36.7 -40.9 65 4.2 -37.1 266 23 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.6 0.31 43 344 8430 -37.5 -40.9 70 3.4 -37.8 261 21 319.8 319.8 289.0 320.9 0.31 44 340 8511 -38.1 -42.6 63 4.5 -38.5 257 20 320.0 320.1 289.0 321.0 0.26 45 333 8653 -39.7 -43.8 65 4.1 -40.0 257 19 319.7 319.8 288.9 320.6 0.24 46 324 8840 -40.5 -42.6 80 2.1 -40.6 260 20 321.1 321.2 289.4 322.2 0.28 47 323 8861 -40.9 -43.3 78 2.4 -41.1 260 20 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.26 48 322 8882 -41.1 -45.2 64 4.1 -41.3 261 21 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.7 0.21 49 321 8903 -40.9 -49.9 37 9.0 -41.4 261 22 321.4 321.5 289.3 321.9 0.12 50 320 8925 -40.7 -51.7 30 11.0 -41.3 261 22 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.4 0.10 51 319 8946 -40.9 -52.9 26 12.0 -41.5 262 23 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.4 0.09 52 314 9053 -41.9 -49.9 41 8.0 -42.3 263 26 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.6 0.13 53 302 9315 -43.9 -50.9 46 7.0 -44.2 257 31 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.12 54 300 9360 -44.3 -52.3 41 8.0 -44.7 255 32 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.10 55 296 9449 -44.9 -53.9 36 9.0 -45.3 255 32 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.6 0.08 56 291 9562 -45.1 -61.1 15 16.0 -45.6 262 33 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.7 0.04 57 250 10560 -50.1 -72.1 6 22.0 -50.5 350 28 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.01 58 200 12010 -52.9 -78.9 3 26.0 -53.2 330 20 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.00 59 150 13840 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.1 20 30 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 60 116 15422 -66.5 -86.5 4 20.0 -66.6 30 29 382.6 382.6 302.7 382.7 0.00 61 100 16320 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.4 15 31 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 62 89 17031 -63.1 -87.1 3 24.0 -63.3 24 23 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 63 87 17171 -60.5 -86.5 2 26.0 -60.8 27 22 427.5 427.5 308.6 427.5 0.00 64 79 17769 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.2 47 17 436.6 436.6 309.6 436.6 0.00 65 70 18510 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 40 9 443.4 443.4 310.2 443.4 0.00 66 68 18687 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -65.0 67 9 449.7 449.7 310.8 449.7 0.00 67 66 18869 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.7 61 6 451.8 451.8 311.0 451.8 0.00 68 61 19349 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.5 34 11 462.5 462.5 312.0 462.5 0.00 69 61 19349 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 34 11 463.9 463.9 312.1 463.9 0.00 70 60 19451 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.1 33 12 472.8 472.8 312.8 472.8 0.00 71 54 20099 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 39 24 479.4 479.4 313.4 479.4 0.00 72 51 20448 -64.5 -90.5 2 26.0 -64.8 58 16 488.7 488.7 314.1 488.7 0.00 73 50 20570 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.5 65 13 494.8 494.8 314.6 494.8 0.00 74 43 21491 -66.1 -91.1 2 25.0 -66.4 39 13 509.2 509.2 315.6 509.2 0.00 75 42 21634 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.5 30 14 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.00 76 40 21932 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.5 40 10 522.4 522.4 316.5 522.4 0.00 77 37 22412 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.8 45 9 544.4 544.4 317.8 544.4 0.00 78 35 22755 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.3 24 5 549.0 549.0 318.1 549.0 0.00 79 31 23506 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.7 6 3 573.2 573.2 319.3 573.2 0.00 80 30 23710 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.3 10 5 577.0 577.0 319.5 577.0 0.00 81 24 25087 -63.3 -91.3 1 28.0 -64.1 344 15 609.8 609.8 321.0 609.8 0.00 82 22 25625 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.6 35 16 633.5 633.5 322.0 633.5 0.01 83 20 26220 -59.7 -89.7 1 30.0 -61.0 40 3 653.4 653.4 322.8 653.5 0.01 84 19 26541 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.6 44 2 661.2 661.2 323.1 661.3 0.01 85 16 27620 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -60.0 38 13 701.7 701.7 324.5 701.8 0.01 86 13 28926 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -61.6 187 9 739.1 739.1 325.6 739.2 0.01 87 10 30590 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -58.1 170 5 817.6 817.6 327.7 817.8 0.02 88 8.5 31636 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -57.6 862.0 862.0 328.7 862.3 0.03 TRP 116 15422 -66.5 -86.5 4 20.0 -66.6 30 29 382.6 382.6 302.7 382.7 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.00 m Freezing level: 694.93 mb = 3158.97 m = 10363.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 851.77 mb = 1498.68 m = 4916.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 11.18 % Est. max temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.24 mb = 2279.75 m = 7479.39 ft T: 5.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 3.55 C Layer 958.0- 895.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 517.26 mb = 5471.58 m = 17951.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.29 C = 106.32 F Cap Strength: 15.33 C Lifted Index: 14.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.75 C Showalter Index: 14.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: -5.30 C K Index: -38.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 23.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64808.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.36 mb = 2868.10 m = 9409.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 18 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 1003 146 115 3 -2.7 1.3 | 178 9 -0.3 8.7 1 1000 157 115 3 -2.7 1.3 | 178 9 -0.3 8.7 2 983 305 185 11 1.0 11.0 | 190 19 3.4 18.4 3 948 610 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 189 23 3.7 22.3 4 925 813 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 184 19 1.4 19.4 5 914 914 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 175 19 -1.7 18.7 6 881 1219 130 13 -10.0 8.4 | 154 17 -7.5 15.8 7 850 1516 30 7 -3.5 -6.1 | 141 2 -1.1 1.3 8 849 1524 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 64 3 -2.6 -1.3 9 818 1829 360 14 -0.0 -14.0 | 340 7 2.4 -6.6 10 788 2134 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 0 6 -0.0 -6.4 11 759 2438 5 13 -1.1 -13.0 | 347 6 1.3 -5.6 12 731 2743 35 8 -4.6 -6.6 | 111 2 -2.2 0.8 13 700 3099 65 4 -3.6 -1.7 | 168 6 -1.2 5.7 14 678 3353 65 1 -0.9 -0.4 | 192 7 1.5 7.0 15 652 3658 350 7 1.2 -6.9 | 262 4 3.6 0.5 16 603 4267 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 290 9 8.4 -3.0 17 580 4572 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 302 10 8.3 -5.3 18 558 4877 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 290 8 7.1 -2.6 19 536 5182 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 280 8 7.4 -1.3 20 516 5486 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 272 12 11.6 -0.3 21 500 5730 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 270 8 7.6 0.0 22 496 5791 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 276 8 8.2 -0.8 23 476 6096 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 274 12 12.4 -1.0 24 438 6706 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 306 14 11.4 -8.2 25 400 7370 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 288 19 18.5 -6.1 26 386 7620 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 279 21 20.6 -3.1 27 353 8230 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 254 27 26.4 7.4 28 338 8534 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 239 24 20.8 12.3 29 323 8839 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 244 25 22.1 10.9 30 310 9144 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 252 33 31.3 9.9 31 300 9360 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 245 37 33.3 15.7 32 296 9449 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 245 37 33.3 15.7 33 283 9754 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 263 38 37.3 4.3 34 270 10058 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 262 25 25.1 3.4 35 250 10560 350 28 4.9 -27.6 | 340 21 7.3 -20.2 36 246 10668 350 29 5.0 -28.6 | 341 22 7.5 -21.2 37 224 11278 340 30 10.3 -28.2 | 329 24 12.7 -20.8 38 214 11582 355 24 2.1 -23.9 | 345 17 4.5 -16.5 39 200 12010 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 309 16 12.4 -9.9 40 194 12192 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 309 16 12.4 -9.9 41 177 12802 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 318 9 6.3 -7.1 42 153 13716 355 39 3.4 -38.9 | 350 32 5.8 -31.5 43 150 13840 20 30 -10.3 -28.2 | 21 22 -7.8 -20.8 44 146 14021 20 31 -10.6 -29.1 | 21 23 -8.2 -21.7 45 119 15240 30 35 -17.5 -30.3 | 33 27 -15.1 -22.9 46 116 15422 30 29 -14.5 -25.1 | 34 21 -12.1 -17.7 47 114 15545 35 33 -18.9 -27.0 | 40 26 -16.5 -19.6 48 103 16154 15 21 -5.4 -20.3 | 13 13 -3.0 -12.9 49 100 16320 15 31 -8.0 -29.9 | 14 23 -5.6 -22.5 50 98 16459 15 31 -8.0 -29.9 | 14 23 -5.6 -22.5 51 84 17374 30 19 -9.5 -16.5 | 38 11 -7.1 -9.1 52 80 17678 45 18 -12.7 -12.7 | 63 12 -10.3 -5.3 53 73 18288 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 100 8 -8.0 1.4 54 70 18510 40 9 -5.8 -6.9 | 99 3 -3.4 0.5 55 69 18593 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 120 8 -7.0 4.0 56 66 18898 60 6 -5.2 -3.0 | 148 5 -2.8 4.4 57 63 19202 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 77 3 -3.3 -0.8 58 57 19812 30 16 -8.0 -13.9 | 41 9 -5.6 -6.5 59 54 20117 40 24 -15.4 -18.4 | 50 17 -13.0 -11.0 60 50 20570 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 101 10 -9.4 1.9 61 49 20726 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 104 11 -10.7 2.6 62 46 21031 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 124 9 -7.2 4.8 63 44 21336 50 11 -8.4 -7.1 | 93 6 -6.0 0.3 64 42 21641 30 14 -7.0 -12.1 | 44 7 -4.6 -4.7 65 40 21946 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 86 4 -4.0 -0.3 66 38 22250 55 11 -9.0 -6.3 | 99 7 -6.6 1.1 67 33 23165 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 198 8 2.4 7.4 68 30 23710 10 5 -0.9 -4.9 | 212 3 1.6 2.5 69 30 23774 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 27 2 -1.0 -2.0 70 27 24384 60 1 -0.9 -0.5 | 193 7 1.6 6.9 71 26 24689 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 272 9 8.8 -0.3 72 24 24994 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 330 11 5.4 -9.3 73 23 25298 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 290 9 8.4 -3.0 74 22 25603 35 16 -9.2 -13.1 | 50 9 -6.8 -5.7 75 21 25908 40 19 -12.2 -14.6 | 54 12 -9.8 -7.2 76 20 26213 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 100 8 -8.0 1.4 77 20 26220 40 3 -1.9 -2.3 | 186 5 0.5 5.1 78 19 26518 45 2 -1.4 -1.4 | 190 6 1.0 6.0 79 17 27127 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 344 3 0.7 -2.5 80 17 27432 20 15 -5.1 -14.1 | 22 7 -2.7 -6.7 81 15 28042 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 124 9 -7.2 4.8 82 14 28346 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 198 8 2.4 7.4 83 14 28651 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 194 18 4.2 17.2 84 10 30590 170 5 -0.9 4.9 | 187 12 1.6 12.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.1 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 18.1 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 4.9 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -4.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.1 neg: -94.8 tot: -65.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 59.06 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 182 11 189 19| 14.0 0.0 14.0| 16.3 -4.2 12.1 24.2 0.20| 15.5 3.0 1000 172 12 182 19| 7.0 5.5 12.5| 16.3 -52.4 -36.1 -36.1 -0.25| 13.4 -3.4 1500 156 11 173 18| 4.7 8.9 13.5| 16.3 -88.5 -72.2 -48.1 -0.45| 17.0 -7.6 2000 126 12 153 16| 3.5 7.3 10.8| 20.1 -92.9 -72.8 -36.4 -0.41| 14.5 -6.0 2500 71 12 111 10| 3.8 5.8 9.6| 23.3 -94.8 -71.5 -28.6 -0.33| 13.0 -4.3 3000 62 11 106 8| 4.4 4.9 9.3| 29.1 -94.8 -65.7 -21.9 -0.20| 12.2 -2.4 4000 35 10 80 3| 3.3 4.8 8.0| 39.0 -95.9 -56.9 -14.2 -0.07| 11.1 -0.8 5000 4 10 329 3| 2.4 3.5 5.9| 43.9-102.1 -58.2 -11.6 -0.07| 9.6 -0.7 6000 348 10 301 5| 2.0 3.0 5.0| 46.6-106.4 -59.8 -10.0 -0.07| 9.1 -0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251204.12.gif