UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 6 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 6 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 1001 146 9.6 0.6 53 9.0 5.5 55 5 282.7 283.4 278.6 293.9 3.99 1 1000 142 13.2 -0.8 38 14.0 6.7 80 4 286.4 287.0 279.8 296.7 3.60 2 999 150 13.8 -1.2 35 15.0 6.9 82 4 287.0 287.6 280.0 297.1 3.50 3 992 210 15.4 -3.6 27 19.0 6.9 93 4 289.2 289.7 280.4 297.8 2.95 4 986 261 15.8 -3.2 27 19.0 7.1 102 4 290.1 290.7 280.9 299.1 3.06 5 977 339 16.8 -4.2 23 21.0 7.3 96 4 291.9 292.4 281.5 300.4 2.86 6 964 453 16.6 -1.4 29 18.0 7.9 49 4 292.8 293.4 282.7 303.3 3.58 7 960 489 17.0 -4.0 23 21.0 7.3 34 5 293.6 294.1 282.3 302.4 2.96 8 955 533 17.0 -6.0 20 23.0 6.8 16 5 294.0 294.5 282.0 301.7 2.55 9 953 551 16.8 -1.2 29 18.0 8.0 9 5 294.0 294.6 283.3 304.8 3.67 10 944 632 17.2 -7.8 17 25.0 6.4 343 5 295.2 295.6 282.2 302.0 2.25 11 928 777 16.6 -7.4 19 24.0 6.2 332 4 296.0 296.4 282.7 303.2 2.36 12 925 805 16.4 -6.6 20 23.0 6.2 330 4 296.1 296.5 282.9 303.7 2.52 13 906 981 15.4 -4.6 25 20.0 6.2 321 5 296.8 297.4 283.7 305.8 2.99 14 897 1065 15.0 -7.0 21 22.0 5.4 330 6 297.2 297.7 283.4 304.9 2.52 15 891 1122 14.8 -13.2 13 28.0 3.9 335 7 297.6 297.9 282.4 302.4 1.55 16 872 1304 14.6 -2.4 31 17.0 6.3 346 8 299.2 299.9 285.4 310.3 3.67 17 864 1381 15.0 -3.0 29 18.0 6.3 348 9 300.5 301.1 285.8 311.2 3.54 18 850 1519 14.0 -3.0 31 17.0 5.8 350 9 300.8 301.5 285.9 311.8 3.60 19 806 1965 11.0 -3.0 37 14.0 4.2 324 8 302.2 302.9 286.7 313.8 3.80 20 800 2027 10.8 -3.2 37 14.0 4.1 328 8 302.7 303.4 286.8 314.2 3.77 21 789 2142 11.2 -7.8 26 19.0 2.8 335 9 304.3 304.8 286.3 312.7 2.69 22 762 2432 9.8 -9.2 25 19.0 1.7 349 12 305.8 306.3 286.6 313.7 2.50 23 749 2575 9.2 -10.8 23 20.0 0.9 350 12 306.7 307.1 286.6 313.8 2.24 24 726 2832 7.2 -10.8 26 18.0 -0.2 351 14 307.2 307.7 286.9 314.6 2.31 25 716 2946 7.4 -13.6 21 21.0 -0.8 353 17 308.7 309.0 287.0 314.7 1.87 26 700 3132 6.4 -15.6 19 22.0 -1.8 350 24 309.6 309.9 287.1 314.9 1.62 27 696 3179 6.2 -19.8 13 26.0 -2.6 350 24 309.9 310.1 286.6 313.7 1.14 28 678 3393 5.6 -18.4 16 24.0 -2.9 350 24 311.5 311.8 287.4 315.9 1.32 29 658 3637 4.0 -22.0 13 26.0 -4.4 350 19 312.4 312.6 287.3 315.8 1.00 30 620 4116 0.0 -15.0 31 15.0 -5.5 354 16 313.2 313.5 288.6 319.5 1.92 31 610 4246 -0.5 -13.5 37 13.0 -5.5 355 15 314.1 314.5 289.1 321.3 2.21 32 603 4338 -0.9 -13.9 37 13.0 -5.8 357 16 314.6 315.0 289.3 321.7 2.16 33 597 4418 -0.5 -16.5 29 16.0 -6.2 359 18 316.0 316.3 289.3 321.9 1.76 34 572 4758 -2.5 -19.5 26 17.0 -8.1 360 25 317.5 317.8 289.5 322.4 1.43 35 570 4786 -2.7 -19.7 26 17.0 -8.3 359 25 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.4 1.41 36 505 5733 -9.3 -31.3 15 22.0 -14.3 360 25 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.8 0.55 37 500 5810 -9.9 -30.9 16 21.0 -14.7 360 25 321.0 321.1 289.7 323.1 0.58 38 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329.4 291.6 329.8 0.10 52 297 9598 -40.3 -52.3 27 12.0 -41.0 354 59 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.10 53 292 9714 -40.9 -58.9 13 18.0 -41.6 354 57 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.05 54 286 9854 -41.9 -55.9 20 14.0 -42.5 352 56 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.07 55 283 9925 -42.5 -52.5 33 10.0 -43.0 352 55 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.10 56 281 9973 -42.7 -55.7 23 13.0 -43.3 351 54 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 57 268 10290 -45.1 -54.1 36 9.0 -45.5 349 49 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 58 250 10750 -48.5 -60.5 24 12.0 -48.8 345 43 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.04 59 200 12190 -53.9 -73.9 7 20.0 -54.2 350 27 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.01 60 150 14000 -61.3 -86.3 2 25.0 -61.4 350 34 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 61 100 16470 -71.7 -88.7 6 17.0 -71.8 305 21 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 62 92 16958 -74.3 -89.3 8 15.0 -74.3 310 21 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 63 83 17555 -74.9 -88.9 10 14.0 -74.9 305 23 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 64 77 17993 -71.7 -87.7 7 16.0 -71.8 299 23 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 65 71 18467 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535.7 0.00 79 36 22535 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.7 330 14 546.1 546.1 317.9 546.1 0.00 80 34 22889 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.2 352 10 556.7 556.7 318.5 556.7 0.00 81 31 23458 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.3 310 10 565.7 565.7 318.9 565.7 0.00 82 30 23660 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.6 295 10 575.9 575.9 319.5 575.9 0.00 83 29 23870 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.3 339 3 582.6 582.6 319.8 582.6 0.01 84 27 24312 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -63.1 276 6 592.4 592.4 320.3 592.4 0.00 85 22 25585 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.9 291 10 635.9 635.9 322.2 635.9 0.01 86 21 25875 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.9 312 11 641.4 641.4 322.3 641.4 0.01 87 20 26180 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.4 315 8 655.9 655.9 322.9 655.9 0.01 88 19 26502 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -60.3 293 10 666.2 666.2 323.3 666.3 0.01 89 18 26845 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -57.2 263 11 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.3 0.01 90 18 26845 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -57.0 263 11 689.8 689.8 324.1 689.9 0.01 91 17 27211 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -57.4 233 12 699.9 699.9 324.4 700.0 0.01 92 15 28015 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -55.8 215 20 734.1 734.1 325.5 734.2 0.02 93 12 29450 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -58.3 262 13 772.5 772.5 326.5 772.7 0.02 94 12 29450 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -57.5 262 13 776.8 776.8 326.7 777.0 0.02 TRP 92 16958 -74.3 -89.3 8 15.0 -74.3 310 21 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 WND 316 9172 -36.5 -53.9 15 17.5 -37.5 355 62 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.00 m Freezing level: 620.00 mb = 4116.05 m = 13503.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.43 mb = 2781.94 m = 9127.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.57 mb = 1298.09 m = 4258.78 ft T: 14.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 3.40 C Layer 897.0- 872.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 469.79 mb = 6287.59 m = 20628.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.14 C = 120.46 F Cap Strength: 17.52 C Lifted Index: 17.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.34 C Showalter Index: 11.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 6.90 C K Index: -1.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 43.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57408.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.99 mb = 3214.27 m = 10545.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 23 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 1001 146 55 5 -4.1 -2.9 | 184 8 0.6 8.0 1 1000 142 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 184 10 0.7 10.2 2 981 305 110 4 -3.8 1.4 | 184 12 0.9 12.2 3 946 610 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 224 8 5.9 6.0 4 925 805 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 222 10 6.6 7.4 5 913 914 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 223 11 7.5 8.1 6 881 1219 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 245 7 6.7 3.2 7 850 1519 350 9 1.6 -8.9 | 252 7 6.2 2.0 8 849 1524 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 260 7 7.2 1.2 9 819 1829 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 238 11 9.6 5.9 10 789 2134 335 9 3.8 -8.2 | 252 9 8.5 2.7 11 761 2438 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 278 7 6.7 -0.9 12 734 2743 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 278 7 6.7 -0.9 13 707 3048 355 19 1.7 -18.9 | 322 10 6.3 -8.0 14 700 3132 350 24 4.2 -23.6 | 325 16 8.8 -12.8 15 681 3353 350 25 4.3 -24.6 | 327 16 9.0 -13.7 16 655 3658 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 311 10 7.8 -6.8 17 607 4267 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 304 7 6.0 -4.1 18 584 4572 5 22 -1.9 -21.9 | 346 11 2.7 -11.0 19 562 4877 355 27 2.4 -26.9 | 336 17 7.0 -16.0 20 500 5810 360 25 -0.0 -25.0 | 342 15 4.6 -14.1 21 481 6096 350 22 3.8 -21.7 | 322 14 8.5 -10.8 22 462 6401 355 18 1.6 -17.9 | 319 9 6.2 -7.1 23 426 7010 345 27 7.0 -26.1 | 323 19 11.6 -15.2 24 400 7490 15 33 -8.5 -31.9 | 11 21 -3.9 -21.0 25 393 7620 15 33 -8.5 -31.9 | 11 21 -3.9 -21.0 26 317 9144 355 59 5.1 -58.8 | 348 49 9.8 -47.9 27 316 9172 355 62 5.4 -61.8 | 349 52 10.1 -50.9 28 304 9449 355 62 5.4 -61.8 | 349 52 10.1 -50.9 29 300 9530 355 60 5.2 -59.8 | 349 50 9.9 -48.9 30 250 10750 345 43 11.1 -41.5 | 333 34 15.8 -30.7 31 242 10973 345 43 11.1 -41.5 | 333 34 15.8 -30.7 32 210 11887 350 54 9.4 -53.2 | 342 45 14.0 -42.3 33 200 12190 350 27 4.7 -26.6 | 329 18 9.3 -15.7 34 200 12192 360 37 -0.0 -37.0 | 350 27 4.6 -26.1 35 190 12497 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 308 10 7.6 -5.9 36 165 13411 335 25 10.6 -22.7 | 308 19 15.2 -11.8 37 150 14000 350 34 5.9 -33.5 | 335 25 10.6 -22.6 38 142 14326 350 34 5.9 -33.5 | 335 25 10.6 -22.6 39 129 14935 320 29 18.6 -22.2 | 296 26 23.3 -11.3 40 122 15240 330 31 15.5 -26.8 | 308 26 20.1 -16.0 41 116 15545 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 294 16 14.6 -6.4 42 105 16154 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 247 16 14.6 6.2 43 100 16470 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 273 22 21.8 -1.2 44 95 16764 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 273 22 21.8 -1.2 45 92 16958 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 277 21 20.7 -2.6 46 90 17069 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 280 19 18.8 -3.3 47 86 17374 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 274 23 22.7 -1.7 48 81 17678 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 277 24 24.3 -2.9 49 77 17983 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 271 25 24.6 -0.6 50 73 18288 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 244 22 19.6 9.6 51 70 18550 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 237 12 10.0 6.4 52 69 18593 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 280 12 12.1 -2.1 53 66 18898 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 229 19 14.5 12.6 54 63 19202 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 257 16 15.3 3.4 55 60 19507 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 269 27 27.3 0.3 56 57 19812 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 281 29 28.4 -5.8 57 54 20117 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 250 3 2.9 1.0 58 51 20422 105 1 -1.0 0.3 | 198 12 3.7 11.1 59 50 20550 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 230 20 15.5 12.8 60 49 20726 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 228 21 15.3 13.7 61 44 21336 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 215 13 7.6 10.9 62 42 21641 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 266 15 14.5 1.0 63 40 21946 320 15 9.6 -11.5 | 272 14 14.3 -0.6 64 36 22555 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 276 12 11.6 -1.2 65 34 22860 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 261 6 5.5 0.9 66 30 23660 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 244 15 13.7 6.7 67 29 23774 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 203 12 4.6 10.9 68 28 24079 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 244 15 13.7 6.7 69 27 24384 270 5 5.0 -0.0 | 222 15 9.6 10.9 70 25 24689 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 256 19 18.2 4.5 71 24 24994 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 255 11 10.4 2.7 72 22 25603 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 242 16 14.0 7.5 73 21 25908 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 256 13 12.4 3.1 74 20 26180 315 8 5.7 -5.7 | 243 12 10.3 5.2 75 20 26213 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 252 12 11.7 3.8 76 16 26822 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 209 24 11.5 20.7 77 15 27127 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 211 32 16.1 27.3 78 14 27432 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 224 25 17.6 18.4 79 12 27737 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 220 25 16.1 18.9 80 11 28042 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 252 16 15.0 4.9 81 10 28346 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 278 7 6.7 -0.9 82 9 28651 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 247 16 14.6 6.2 83 9 28956 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 245 23 20.6 9.5 84 8 29261 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 256 21 20.6 5.1 85 7 29870 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 227 14 10.6 9.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.1 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 23.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.6 neg: -9.5 tot: 44.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 27.04 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 56 4 187 8| 0.0 6.9 6.9| 12.2 -0.7 11.5 22.9 0.53| 10.8 5.8 1000 355 5 219 8| 0.0 4.5 4.5| 19.6 -1.4 18.2 18.2 0.51| 8.2 4.2 1500 349 6 229 8| 0.0 3.7 3.7| 24.5 -4.0 20.5 13.7 0.44| 7.4 3.3 2000 341 6 235 8| 0.1 2.8 2.9| 30.9 -9.5 21.4 10.7 0.36| 7.1 2.5 2500 343 7 241 8| 0.9 2.2 3.1| 37.8 -9.5 28.3 11.3 0.42| 6.5 2.7 3000 346 9 251 7| 0.8 3.7 4.5| 53.6 -9.5 44.1 14.7 0.46| 7.6 3.5 4000 348 12 275 7| 0.5 2.1 2.6| 55.1 -23.2 31.9 8.0 0.30| 7.0 2.1 5000 352 14 293 7| 1.1 2.1 3.2| 70.4 -30.9 39.5 7.9 0.30| 7.2 2.1 6000 353 16 306 8| 0.9 1.6 2.6| 74.5 -49.1 25.4 4.2 0.22| 6.6 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251206.12.gif