UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 5 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 5 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 9.6 -3.4 40 13.0 4.1 45 5 282.5 283.0 277.1 290.9 2.96 1 1000 161 11.4 -5.6 30 17.0 4.4 55 4 284.5 285.0 277.6 291.8 2.51 2 997 186 15.0 -7.0 21 22.0 5.8 51 4 288.4 288.8 279.1 295.1 2.26 3 993 220 15.6 -6.4 21 22.0 6.2 45 4 289.3 289.8 279.7 296.4 2.38 4 970 418 14.0 -5.0 26 19.0 5.7 37 4 289.7 290.1 280.3 297.6 2.71 5 940 683 13.0 -10.0 19 23.0 3.9 41 6 291.3 291.6 280.0 297.0 1.90 6 933 746 14.0 -13.0 14 27.0 3.8 34 8 292.9 293.2 280.3 297.5 1.50 7 925 818 13.4 -12.6 15 26.0 3.5 25 9 293.0 293.3 280.4 297.8 1.57 8 898 1066 11.0 -10.0 22 21.0 2.7 8 10 293.0 293.4 280.9 299.0 1.99 9 852 1502 8.2 -9.8 27 18.0 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22748 -63.5 -90.5 1 27.0 -64.0 15 14 546.9 546.9 317.9 546.9 0.00 80 33 23107 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.7 10 6 551.4 551.4 318.2 551.4 0.00 81 30 23690 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.7 180 2 572.6 572.6 319.3 572.6 0.00 82 26 24574 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -63.1 34 5 598.8 598.8 320.6 598.8 0.00 83 26 24574 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.4 34 5 597.7 597.7 320.5 597.7 0.00 84 20 26210 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -60.0 340 7 657.1 657.1 323.0 657.2 0.01 85 19 26532 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -60.1 332 11 666.8 666.8 323.3 666.9 0.01 86 18 26873 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.4 6 9 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.2 0.01 87 17 27234 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.9 41 8 689.7 689.7 324.1 689.7 0.01 88 13 28933 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -58.1 269 10 755.0 755.0 326.1 755.2 0.02 89 12 29442 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -59.0 217 13 769.0 769.0 326.4 769.1 0.02 90 12 29442 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -56.9 217 13 779.6 779.6 326.7 779.8 0.02 91 10 30610 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -58.9 230 29 813.1 813.1 327.5 813.3 0.02 92 9.9 30674 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -58.5 817.7 817.7 327.7 817.9 0.03 TRP 246 10755 -51.1 -61.1 29 10.0 -51.4 20 70 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.04 WND 276 9994 -45.1 -56.8 26 11.7 -45.5 20 105 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.00 m Freezing level: 657.08 mb = 3618.63 m = 11872.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 838.47 mb = 1633.55 m = 5359.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.37 % Est. max temperature: 21.61 C = 70.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.94 mb = 1797.45 m = 5897.09 ft T: 7.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 1.41 C Layer 850.0- 806.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 457.41 mb = 6422.48 m = 21070.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.00 C = 116.60 F Cap Strength: 18.30 C Lifted Index: 18.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.17 C Showalter Index: 15.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.50 C Cross Totals Index: 2.50 C K Index: -6.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62831.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.50 mb = 3324.68 m = 10907.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 38 at 14 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 45 5 -3.5 -3.5 | 214 9 4.9 7.1 1 1000 161 55 4 -3.3 -2.3 | 212 10 5.1 8.3 2 983 305 30 3 -1.5 -2.6 | 221 11 6.9 8.0 3 948 610 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 212 9 4.6 7.4 4 925 818 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 242 5 4.6 2.5 5 914 914 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 261 6 5.8 1.0 6 881 1219 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 273 8 8.4 -0.4 7 850 1521 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 260 9 9.2 1.7 8 850 1524 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 266 9 9.3 0.7 9 819 1829 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 292 3 2.9 -1.2 10 789 2134 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 270 6 5.6 -0.0 11 760 2438 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 339 3 0.9 -2.4 12 732 2743 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 281 6 6.3 -1.2 13 705 3048 35 11 -6.3 -9.0 | 232 3 2.1 1.6 14 700 3109 30 13 -6.5 -11.3 | 289 2 1.9 -0.6 15 653 3658 20 18 -6.2 -16.9 | 340 7 2.2 -6.3 16 628 3962 360 23 -0.0 -23.0 | 326 15 8.4 -12.4 17 604 4267 360 23 -0.0 -23.0 | 326 15 8.4 -12.4 18 559 4877 360 31 -0.0 -31.0 | 338 22 8.4 -20.4 19 500 5750 5 29 -2.5 -28.9 | 342 19 5.9 -18.3 20 497 5791 360 27 -0.0 -27.0 | 333 18 8.4 -16.4 21 477 6096 5 36 -3.1 -35.9 | 348 26 5.3 -25.2 22 458 6401 360 44 -0.0 -44.0 | 346 34 8.4 -33.4 23 405 7315 360 38 -0.0 -38.0 | 343 29 8.4 -27.4 24 400 7410 15 36 -9.3 -34.8 | 2 24 -0.9 -24.2 25 388 7620 15 38 -9.8 -36.7 | 3 26 -1.4 -26.1 26 372 7925 25 53 -22.4 -48.0 | 21 40 -14.0 -37.4 27 312 9144 20 82 -28.0 -77.1 | 16 69 -19.6 -66.4 28 300 9430 20 94 -32.1 -88.3 | 17 81 -23.7 -77.7 29 276 9994 20 105 -35.9 -98.7 | 17 92 -27.5 -88.0 30 273 10058 20 105 -35.9 -98.7 | 17 92 -27.5 -88.0 31 250 10650 20 77 -26.3 -72.4 | 16 64 -17.9 -61.7 32 246 10755 20 70 -23.9 -65.8 | 16 57 -15.5 -55.2 33 227 11278 15 61 -15.8 -58.9 | 9 49 -7.4 -48.3 34 217 11582 10 59 -10.2 -58.1 | 2 48 -1.8 -47.5 35 207 11887 30 50 -25.0 -43.3 | 27 37 -16.6 -32.7 36 200 12110 20 45 -15.4 -42.3 | 12 32 -7.0 -31.7 37 197 12192 20 45 -15.4 -42.3 | 12 32 -7.0 -31.7 38 180 12802 10 47 -8.2 -46.3 | 360 36 0.2 -35.7 39 164 13411 15 55 -14.2 -53.1 | 8 43 -5.8 -42.5 40 150 13970 50 31 -23.7 -19.9 | 59 18 -15.3 -9.3 41 149 14021 45 33 -23.3 -23.3 | 50 20 -14.9 -12.7 42 142 14326 55 31 -25.4 -17.8 | 67 18 -17.0 -7.2 43 128 14935 55 22 -18.0 -12.6 | 78 10 -9.6 -2.0 44 122 15240 25 27 -11.4 -24.5 | 12 14 -3.0 -13.8 45 116 15545 30 39 -19.5 -33.8 | 26 26 -11.1 -23.2 46 105 16154 15 34 -8.8 -32.8 | 1 22 -0.4 -22.2 47 100 16460 40 29 -18.6 -22.2 | 41 15 -10.2 -11.6 48 95 16764 35 30 -17.2 -24.6 | 32 16 -8.8 -14.0 49 86 17374 50 18 -13.8 -11.6 | 80 5 -5.4 -0.9 50 77 17983 40 30 -19.3 -23.0 | 41 16 -10.9 -12.4 51 74 18288 55 22 -18.0 -12.6 | 78 10 -9.6 -2.0 52 70 18580 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 156 6 -2.5 5.5 53 70 18593 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 133 11 -8.3 7.7 54 66 18898 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 157 5 -2.0 4.6 55 63 19202 55 6 -4.9 -3.4 | 206 8 3.5 7.2 56 60 19507 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 261 6 5.8 1.0 57 57 19812 15 22 -5.7 -21.3 | 346 11 2.7 -10.6 58 54 20117 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 157 5 -2.0 4.6 59 51 20422 70 16 -15.0 -5.5 | 128 8 -6.6 5.1 60 50 20590 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 164 8 -2.2 7.8 61 49 20726 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 158 14 -5.4 13.1 62 46 21031 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 339 3 0.9 -2.4 63 44 21336 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 145 4 -2.2 3.2 64 42 21641 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 172 7 -1.0 7.2 65 38 22250 75 3 -2.9 -0.8 | 209 11 5.5 9.8 66 36 22555 25 19 -8.0 -17.2 | 357 7 0.4 -6.6 67 34 22860 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 281 6 6.3 -1.2 68 33 23165 10 5 -0.9 -4.9 | 233 9 7.5 5.7 69 30 23690 180 2 0.0 2.0 | 214 15 8.4 12.6 70 27 24384 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 217 8 4.5 6.0 71 22 25603 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 218 14 8.4 10.6 72 20 26210 340 7 2.4 -6.6 | 249 12 10.8 4.0 73 19 26518 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 265 14 13.9 1.1 74 16 27432 60 7 -6.1 -3.5 | 198 7 2.3 7.1 75 16 27737 185 1 0.1 1.0 | 216 14 8.5 11.6 76 14 28651 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 234 22 18.1 13.2 77 13 28956 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 240 21 18.4 10.6 78 12 29261 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 221 24 15.5 17.7 79 11 29870 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 208 31 14.6 27.5 80 11 30175 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 200 22 7.5 20.6 81 10 30610 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 226 42 30.6 29.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 8.3 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 38.3 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.9 neg: -14.4 tot: 8.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 29.75 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 44 4 216 10| 0.7 0.0 0.7| 2.5 -2.8 -0.4 -0.7 -0.04| 4.9 -0.2 1000 25 7 230 7| 0.4 3.9 4.2| 12.2 -2.8 9.4 9.4 0.45| 6.8 3.1 1500 14 8 245 7| 0.5 2.6 3.1| 16.0 -5.9 10.1 6.7 0.35| 6.2 2.2 2000 16 9 251 6| 0.7 1.9 2.7| 17.9 -7.4 10.5 5.2 0.26| 6.4 1.6 2500 18 10 256 6| 0.8 1.6 2.4| 21.6 -10.0 11.6 4.6 0.22| 6.9 1.5 3000 19 10 259 5| 1.1 1.3 2.4| 22.9 -14.4 8.5 2.8 0.15| 7.4 1.1 4000 17 12 283 5| 0.8 2.7 3.5| 25.1 -22.4 2.7 0.7 0.10| 7.3 0.8 5000 11 15 309 7| 0.8 2.6 3.4| 45.8 -22.4 23.5 4.7 0.15| 6.8 1.0 6000 8 18 321 9| 0.8 2.8 3.6| 79.6 -32.8 46.8 7.8 0.17| 6.8 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251205.12.gif