UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 7 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 7 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 19.8 7.8 46 12.0 12.9 250 3 292.9 294.1 286.0 312.0 6.64 1 1000 141 19.6 7.6 46 12.0 12.7 245 3 292.8 293.9 285.9 311.6 6.55 2 993 201 18.2 7.2 49 11.0 12.0 249 4 291.9 293.1 285.4 310.4 6.42 3 948 596 14.6 6.6 59 8.0 10.2 307 4 292.2 293.3 285.6 310.7 6.45 4 946 614 15.6 -0.4 33 16.0 7.8 310 4 293.4 294.1 283.4 304.9 3.92 5 940 668 16.2 -3.8 25 20.0 6.9 310 3 294.5 295.1 282.8 303.7 3.07 6 933 731 15.8 -4.2 25 20.0 6.6 310 3 294.7 295.3 282.9 303.7 3.00 7 925 804 15.4 -5.6 23 21.0 6.0 310 2 295.1 295.5 282.7 303.2 2.72 8 915 896 15.6 -14.4 11 30.0 4.3 37 2 296.2 296.4 281.5 300.4 1.37 9 907 970 15.4 -6.6 21 22.0 5.7 45 3 296.7 297.2 283.2 304.5 2.57 10 887 1159 14.6 -6.4 23 21.0 5.3 11 5 297.8 298.3 283.8 305.9 2.67 11 867 1351 13.8 -17.2 10 31.0 2.7 338 8 298.9 299.1 282.4 302.5 1.14 12 850 1517 13.0 -3.0 33 16.0 5.4 310 10 299.8 300.4 285.5 310.7 3.60 13 842 1596 12.8 -7.2 24 20.0 4.0 311 11 300.4 300.8 284.8 308.5 2.64 14 812 1900 11.8 -2.2 38 14.0 4.9 312 13 302.4 303.2 286.9 314.6 4.00 15 809 1931 12.4 -2.6 35 15.0 5.1 310 12 303.4 304.1 287.2 315.3 3.90 16 807 1952 13.2 -6.8 24 20.0 4.1 309 12 304.5 305.0 286.5 313.3 2.84 17 796 2067 14.4 -12.6 14 27.0 3.2 303 10 306.9 307.3 286.3 312.8 1.82 18 792 2110 14.6 -12.4 14 27.0 3.4 301 9 307.6 307.9 286.6 313.6 1.86 19 778 2260 13.6 -10.4 18 24.0 3.2 302 10 308.1 308.5 287.2 315.2 2.22 20 764 2413 13.2 -16.8 11 30.0 1.8 305 12 309.3 309.5 286.6 313.7 1.34 21 700 3139 6.4 -14.6 21 21.0 -1.6 305 11 309.6 309.9 287.2 315.3 1.76 22 691 3245 5.4 -14.6 22 20.0 -2.2 322 13 309.6 309.9 287.2 315.4 1.78 23 625 4055 -1.1 -16.1 31 15.0 -6.4 357 17 311.2 311.5 287.7 316.9 1.74 24 611 4235 -1.9 -23.9 17 22.0 -8.3 352 21 312.3 312.5 287.2 315.4 0.91 25 596 4432 -3.3 -24.3 18 21.0 -9.2 351 26 312.9 313.1 287.4 316.0 0.90 26 591 4499 -2.9 -34.9 6 32.0 -10.0 352 28 314.1 314.2 287.2 315.3 0.33 27 552 5038 -5.1 -37.1 6 32.0 -11.8 355 34 317.7 317.8 288.3 318.8 0.29 28 539 5225 -4.9 -43.9 3 39.0 -12.1 352 29 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.7 0.14 29 500 5810 -9.7 -37.7 8 28.0 -15.2 335 32 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.3 0.30 30 456 6514 -15.9 -36.9 15 21.0 -19.6 347 29 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.3 0.35 31 411 7290 -21.7 -42.7 13 21.0 -24.5 343 26 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.22 32 405 7399 -22.5 -39.5 20 17.0 -24.9 341 26 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.31 33 400 7490 -23.1 -42.1 16 19.0 -25.6 340 26 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.24 34 395 7582 -23.7 -44.7 13 21.0 -26.2 340 26 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.18 35 384 7786 -25.5 -43.5 17 18.0 -27.6 337 25 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.21 36 381 7843 -25.9 -47.9 11 22.0 -28.2 336 25 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.3 0.13 37 373 7996 -26.9 -45.9 15 19.0 -28.9 335 25 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.17 38 326 8947 -35.3 -55.3 11 20.0 -36.5 343 44 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.06 39 314 9207 -36.9 -59.9 7 23.0 -38.0 344 50 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.04 40 300 9520 -39.1 -57.1 13 18.0 -40.0 340 60 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.06 41 298 9566 -39.5 -52.5 24 13.0 -40.2 340 60 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.10 42 297 9589 -39.7 -55.7 17 16.0 -40.5 340 60 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.07 43 287 9823 -41.5 -60.5 11 19.0 -42.2 340 60 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.04 44 250 10750 -48.3 -63.5 16 15.2 -48.7 340 64 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 45 223 11492 -53.9 -65.9 22 12.0 -54.1 337 59 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.02 46 211 11847 -53.5 -70.5 11 17.0 -53.8 335 56 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.8 0.01 47 200 12190 -54.1 -74.1 7 20.0 -54.4 335 37 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 48 199 12222 -54.3 -74.3 7 20.0 -54.6 335 37 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.01 49 184 12721 -57.7 -76.7 7 19.0 -57.9 335 32 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 50 176 13001 -58.7 -78.7 6 20.0 -58.9 310 30 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.00 51 167 13330 -58.9 -82.9 3 24.0 -59.1 309 30 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.00 52 165 13406 -58.5 -83.5 3 25.0 -58.7 314 30 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.00 53 150 14000 -62.1 -86.1 3 24.0 -62.3 295 35 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 54 142 14336 -64.3 -88.3 2 24.0 -64.4 300 38 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 55 125 15109 -67.5 -90.5 2 23.0 -67.6 306 33 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 56 123 15206 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.6 305 32 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 57 115 15611 -67.5 -88.5 4 21.0 -67.6 290 34 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 58 100 16440 -73.1 -89.1 7 16.0 -73.2 290 30 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 59 99 16499 -73.3 -89.3 7 16.0 -73.3 290 30 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.2 0.00 60 91 16993 -71.9 -88.9 6 17.0 -72.0 283 26 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 61 77 17968 -75.7 -88.7 11 13.0 -75.7 304 16 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 62 74 18197 -75.9 -88.9 11 13.0 -75.9 284 15 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 63 70 18520 -73.7 -88.7 8 15.0 -73.7 265 28 426.7 426.7 308.5 426.7 0.00 64 65 18953 -72.9 -89.9 6 17.0 -73.0 278 31 437.6 437.6 309.6 437.6 0.00 65 63 19138 -70.1 -89.1 5 19.0 -70.2 287 30 447.7 447.7 310.6 447.7 0.00 66 60 19429 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.7 292 25 457.6 457.6 311.5 457.6 0.00 67 51 20393 -72.3 -91.3 4 19.0 -72.4 314 26 470.4 470.4 312.7 470.5 0.00 68 50 20510 -70.1 -91.1 3 21.0 -70.2 330 28 478.3 478.3 313.3 478.3 0.00 69 47 20879 -67.9 -89.9 3 22.0 -68.1 325 24 492.1 492.1 314.4 492.1 0.00 70 45 21140 -69.1 -91.1 3 22.0 -69.3 309 15 495.4 495.4 314.6 495.4 0.00 71 40 21851 -64.5 -90.5 2 26.0 -64.9 318 10 523.9 523.9 316.5 523.9 0.00 72 36 22492 -65.5 -90.5 2 25.0 -65.9 12 12 537.3 537.3 317.3 537.3 0.00 73 33 23022 -64.5 -90.5 2 26.0 -65.0 342 12 553.5 553.5 318.3 553.5 0.00 74 31 23407 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.3 307 12 571.6 571.6 319.2 571.6 0.00 75 30 23610 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.7 295 7 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 76 29 23821 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -62.9 293 9 581.0 581.0 319.7 581.0 0.00 77 28 24040 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.6 290 12 590.7 590.7 320.2 590.7 0.01 78 26 24502 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.4 313 7 601.1 601.1 320.6 601.1 0.00 79 23 25273 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.9 286 10 634.9 634.9 322.1 634.9 0.01 80 20 26160 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.7 340 12 662.0 662.0 323.2 662.1 0.01 81 18 26823 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -59.5 353 7 679.7 679.7 323.7 679.8 0.01 82 17 27186 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -56.8 14 3 702.5 702.5 324.5 702.6 0.01 83 16 27572 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -58.0 3 6 710.2 710.2 324.7 710.3 0.01 84 13 28903 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -55.8 199 11 766.8 766.8 326.4 767.0 0.02 85 12 29420 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -56.5 239 10 781.7 781.7 326.8 782.0 0.03 86 12 29420 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -55.2 239 10 788.8 788.8 327.0 789.0 0.03 87 10 30610 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -54.9 265 12 836.3 836.3 328.1 836.6 0.03 88 9.4 31019 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -54.1 257 12 858.8 858.8 328.6 859.2 0.04 89 8.5 31686 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -54.9 244 12 880.7 880.8 329.1 881.2 0.05 90 8.3 31844 -46.7 -82.7 1 36.0 -54.4 241 11 891.5 891.5 329.2 892.0 0.05 91 7.0 32970 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -56.5 220 11 924.4 924.5 329.9 925.0 0.05 92 6.5 33455 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -56.9 942.5 942.6 330.2 943.1 0.05 TRP 99 16499 -73.3 -89.3 7 16.0 -73.3 290 30 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.2 0.00 WND 250 10750 -48.3 -63.5 16 15.2 -48.7 340 64 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.00 m Freezing level: 636.17 mb = 3917.79 m = 12853.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.52 mb = 2784.75 m = 9136.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.24 mb = 1643.88 m = 5393.24 ft T: 12.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 7.06 C Layer 946.0- 933.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 530.16 mb = 5353.61 m = 17564.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.30 C = 117.15 F Cap Strength: 14.77 C Lifted Index: 14.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.89 C Showalter Index: 12.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 6.70 C K Index: -1.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 52.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49647.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.96 mb = 2391.30 m = 7845.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 7 at 13 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 146 250 3 2.8 1.0 | 198 14 4.4 13.8 1 1000 141 245 3 2.7 1.3 | 197 15 4.3 14.0 2 981 305 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 207 16 7.3 14.3 3 946 610 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 204 11 4.6 10.2 4 925 804 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 195 12 3.1 11.5 5 913 914 55 2 -1.6 -1.1 | 180 12 -0.1 11.6 6 881 1219 360 6 -0.0 -6.0 | 193 7 1.5 6.7 7 850 1517 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 236 11 9.2 6.3 8 819 1829 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 256 12 11.4 2.8 9 790 2134 300 9 7.8 -4.5 | 229 12 9.3 8.2 10 761 2438 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 243 13 11.4 5.9 11 734 2743 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 226 16 11.4 11.0 12 708 3048 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 233 15 11.9 9.0 13 700 3139 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 239 12 10.6 6.4 14 681 3353 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 281 7 6.7 -1.3 15 656 3658 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 308 4 2.9 -2.2 16 631 3962 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 326 3 1.5 -2.3 17 607 4267 350 22 3.8 -21.7 | 329 10 5.4 -8.9 18 562 4877 355 39 3.4 -38.9 | 349 27 4.9 -26.1 19 541 5182 355 29 2.5 -28.9 | 346 17 4.1 -16.1 20 521 5486 325 30 17.2 -24.6 | 302 22 18.8 -11.8 21 500 5810 335 32 13.5 -29.0 | 317 22 15.1 -16.3 22 481 6096 340 32 10.9 -30.1 | 324 21 12.5 -17.3 23 444 6706 350 27 4.7 -26.6 | 336 15 6.2 -13.8 24 400 7490 340 26 8.9 -24.4 | 318 16 10.4 -11.7 25 393 7620 340 26 8.9 -24.4 | 318 16 10.4 -11.7 26 376 7925 335 24 10.1 -21.8 | 308 15 11.7 -9.0 27 316 9144 345 48 12.4 -46.4 | 337 36 14.0 -33.6 28 300 9520 340 60 20.5 -56.4 | 333 49 22.1 -43.6 29 290 9754 340 60 20.5 -56.4 | 333 49 22.1 -43.6 30 250 10750 340 64 21.9 -60.1 | 334 53 23.4 -47.4 31 242 10973 340 64 21.9 -60.1 | 334 53 23.4 -47.4 32 210 11887 335 56 23.7 -50.8 | 326 46 25.2 -38.0 33 200 12190 335 37 15.6 -33.5 | 320 27 17.2 -20.8 34 181 12802 335 31 13.1 -28.1 | 316 21 14.6 -15.3 35 173 13106 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 269 28 27.8 0.5 36 165 13411 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 290 24 22.8 -8.5 37 150 14000 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 274 33 33.3 -2.0 38 149 14021 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 268 34 33.5 1.1 39 135 14630 310 41 31.4 -26.4 | 292 36 33.0 -13.6 40 122 15240 305 31 25.4 -17.8 | 281 27 26.9 -5.0 41 110 15850 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 260 38 37.0 6.5 42 100 16440 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 265 30 29.7 2.5 43 99 16499 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 265 30 29.7 2.5 44 95 16764 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 265 30 29.7 2.5 45 90 17069 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 251 27 25.2 8.6 46 85 17374 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 241 38 33.1 18.3 47 77 17983 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 253 14 13.8 4.1 48 73 18288 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 235 20 16.5 11.4 49 70 18520 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 243 33 29.4 15.2 50 66 18898 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 253 35 33.4 10.0 51 62 19202 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 264 29 28.8 2.8 52 56 19812 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 256 19 18.8 4.7 53 53 20117 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 245 26 23.5 10.8 54 50 20510 330 28 14.0 -24.2 | 306 19 15.5 -11.5 55 48 20726 325 31 17.8 -25.4 | 303 23 19.3 -12.6 56 46 21031 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 280 12 11.9 -2.0 57 44 21336 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 231 16 12.2 9.9 58 41 21641 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 238 9 7.3 4.6 59 39 21946 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 237 10 8.6 5.7 60 38 22250 360 18 -0.0 -18.0 | 344 5 1.5 -5.3 61 36 22555 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 148 2 -1.3 2.1 62 34 22860 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 238 9 7.3 4.6 63 32 23165 355 14 1.2 -13.9 | 293 3 2.8 -1.2 64 31 23470 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 235 14 11.5 8.1 65 30 23610 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 219 13 7.9 9.8 66 28 24079 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 236 15 12.8 8.6 67 27 24384 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 212 9 5.0 7.8 68 24 24994 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 220 18 11.5 13.6 69 22 25603 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 236 11 9.2 6.3 70 21 25908 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 236 15 12.8 8.6 71 20 26160 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 255 6 5.6 1.5 72 20 26213 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 253 16 15.4 4.7 73 19 26518 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 265 6 6.0 0.5 74 17 27127 5 2 -0.2 -2.0 | 187 11 1.4 10.8 75 16 27432 40 5 -3.2 -3.8 | 169 9 -1.7 8.9 76 15 28042 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 218 18 11.4 14.5 77 14 28346 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 224 17 11.5 11.9 78 14 28651 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 188 24 3.5 23.6 79 12 29261 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 197 22 6.5 21.4 80 12 29566 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 218 18 11.4 14.5 81 10 30610 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 224 19 13.5 13.8 82 7 32970 220 11 7.1 8.4 | 202 23 8.6 21.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 336.9 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 6.9 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.9 neg: -51.1 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 33.15 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 270 5 206 14| 3.7 0.0 3.7| 12.5 -4.2 8.3 16.6 0.23| 8.0 1.8 1000 298 4 204 12| 3.8 0.0 3.8| 14.3 -18.5 -4.2 -4.2 -0.14| 8.3 -1.2 1500 314 5 211 10| 2.5 3.5 6.0| 32.9 -18.5 14.4 9.6 0.23| 9.4 2.2 2000 313 7 220 10| 1.9 2.3 4.2| 39.1 -35.6 3.5 1.8 0.09| 8.9 0.8 2500 309 8 224 11| 1.5 2.3 3.9| 48.8 -45.7 3.0 1.2 0.08| 8.5 0.6 3000 304 8 226 12| 1.8 2.0 3.8| 61.9 -51.1 10.7 3.6 0.11| 8.2 0.9 4000 322 10 238 9| 2.8 1.6 4.4| 82.4 -51.1 31.3 7.8 0.24| 8.5 2.0 5000 337 14 273 7| 2.1 2.2 4.3|108.0 -56.2 51.8 10.4 0.22| 9.6 2.1 6000 337 17 290 9| 2.3 2.5 4.8|152.8-124.5 28.2 4.7 0.12| 10.0 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251207.00.gif