UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 10 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 10 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 128 295 7 SFC 999 146 25.4 1.4 21 24.0 12.6 295 7 298.6 299.4 285.8 311.3 4.23 2 972 381 22.6 -0.4 22 23.0 10.8 331 7 298.2 298.9 285.2 309.6 3.82 3 966 434 24.2 -9.8 10 34.0 9.2 339 7 300.3 300.6 283.8 306.2 1.88 4 965 443 24.6 -7.4 11 32.0 9.8 340 7 300.8 301.2 284.5 307.8 2.27 5 950 578 24.2 -4.8 14 29.0 10.2 0 8 301.7 302.3 285.5 310.4 2.81 6 925 807 22.8 -6.2 14 29.0 9.1 20 7 302.6 303.1 285.5 310.7 2.60 7 902 1025 21.6 -5.4 16 27.0 8.6 44 8 303.6 304.1 286.2 312.4 2.83 8 850 1536 19.6 -13.4 10 33.0 5.8 70 16 306.7 307.0 286.0 311.8 1.60 9 820 1843 17.4 -21.6 5 39.0 3.5 69 15 307.5 307.7 285.4 310.3 0.83 10 772 2355 15.0 -20.0 7 35.0 2.2 41 13 310.3 310.5 286.6 313.7 1.01 11 747 2632 12.2 -14.8 14 27.0 1.5 37 12 310.2 310.5 287.2 315.5 1.62 12 700 3172 8.6 -16.4 15 25.0 -0.9 45 13 312.0 312.3 287.8 317.0 1.51 13 631 4020 2.4 -16.6 23 19.0 -4.6 47 10 314.3 314.7 288.7 319.8 1.65 14 626 4084 2.0 -24.0 13 26.0 -6.0 50 10 314.6 314.8 287.9 317.6 0.88 15 618 4188 1.2 -18.8 21 20.0 -5.7 55 9 314.8 315.1 288.6 319.5 1.40 16 600 4425 0.0 -27.0 11 27.0 -7.6 62 12 316.1 316.3 288.3 318.6 0.70 17 576 4751 -1.9 -18.9 26 17.0 -7.7 70 16 317.6 317.9 289.6 322.6 1.49 18 575 4764 -2.1 -19.1 26 17.0 -7.8 71 16 317.5 317.8 289.5 322.5 1.47 19 572 4806 -2.1 -19.1 26 17.0 -7.8 72 16 318.0 318.3 289.7 323.0 1.48 20 565 4904 -2.7 -20.7 24 18.0 -8.5 75 16 318.4 318.7 289.6 322.9 1.30 21 500 5860 -9.7 -30.7 16 21.0 -14.6 60 10 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.3 0.59 22 493 5968 -10.5 -35.5 11 25.0 -15.6 56 10 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.9 0.38 23 445 6743 -17.5 -41.5 10 24.0 -21.1 17 10 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.23 24 406 7421 -22.1 -52.1 5 30.0 -25.1 93 11 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.08 25 400 7530 -23.1 -53.1 5 30.0 -25.9 90 12 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.07 26 309 9358 -39.3 -60.3 9 21.0 -40.2 110 19 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.3 0.04 27 300 9560 -40.7 -63.7 7 23.0 -41.5 110 22 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.02 28 268 10315 -47.5 -62.5 16 15.0 -47.9 115 28 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.03 29 263 10439 -48.5 -65.5 12 17.0 -48.9 113 28 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.2 0.02 30 260 10514 -49.1 -62.1 21 13.0 -49.4 111 29 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.03 31 250 10770 -51.3 -67.3 13 16.0 -51.6 105 30 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.02 32 243 10955 -52.9 -66.9 17 14.0 -53.1 103 30 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.02 33 230 11309 -55.7 -71.7 12 16.0 -55.9 98 31 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.1 0.01 34 215 11738 -59.5 -70.5 23 11.0 -59.6 92 33 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.01 35 210 11885 -60.7 -71.7 22 11.0 -60.8 90 33 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.0 0.01 36 206 12005 -61.3 -74.3 16 13.0 -61.4 94 29 332.9 332.9 292.5 332.9 0.01 37 203 12097 -61.3 -75.3 14 14.0 -61.4 97 25 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.3 0.01 38 201 12159 -60.1 -78.1 8 18.0 -60.2 99 23 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.00 39 200 12190 -60.1 -78.1 8 18.0 -60.2 100 22 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.6 0.00 40 181 12804 -64.7 -76.7 18 12.0 -64.8 155 10 339.9 339.9 294.3 339.9 0.01 41 174 13043 -65.5 -77.5 17 12.0 -65.5 95 6 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.4 0.01 42 168 13256 -64.3 -78.3 13 14.0 -64.4 40 3 347.9 347.9 296.1 347.9 0.01 43 155 13743 -67.9 -78.9 19 11.0 -67.9 255 17 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 44 150 13940 -67.1 -81.1 12 14.0 -67.2 285 20 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.00 45 147 14062 -65.7 -83.7 6 18.0 -65.8 288 21 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.00 46 140 14360 -63.9 -84.9 4 21.0 -64.0 295 23 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 47 139 14404 -63.7 -84.7 4 21.0 -63.8 295 22 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 48 100 16400 -68.7 -87.7 5 19.0 -68.8 290 18 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 49 95 16706 -70.3 -88.3 5 18.0 -70.4 274 18 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 50 92 16897 -69.1 -88.1 5 19.0 -69.2 284 19 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 51 87 17229 -71.1 -89.1 5 18.0 -71.2 307 16 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 52 80 17727 -70.1 -88.1 5 18.0 -70.2 281 17 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 53 76 18031 -71.5 -89.5 5 18.0 -71.6 311 23 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 54 72 18352 -69.1 -89.1 4 20.0 -69.2 319 18 433.1 433.1 309.1 433.1 0.00 55 70 18520 -69.7 -89.7 4 20.0 -69.8 330 16 435.3 435.3 309.4 435.3 0.00 56 61 19335 -70.7 -89.7 4 19.0 -70.8 3 10 450.5 450.5 310.9 450.5 0.00 57 59 19533 -70.3 -90.3 4 20.0 -70.4 359 8 455.7 455.7 311.4 455.7 0.00 58 55 19953 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.1 12 11 475.1 475.1 313.1 475.1 0.00 59 53 20178 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -66.0 33 18 480.6 480.6 313.5 480.6 0.00 60 50 20530 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -67.0 40 7 486.3 486.3 314.0 486.3 0.00 61 49 20652 -66.9 -90.9 2 24.0 -67.1 45 10 488.6 488.7 314.1 488.7 0.00 62 47 20905 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.6 57 13 498.3 498.3 314.8 498.4 0.00 63 43 21444 -67.3 -91.3 2 24.0 -67.5 89 8 506.3 506.3 315.4 506.3 0.00 64 42 21587 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.7 88 8 517.1 517.1 316.1 517.1 0.00 65 39 22041 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.8 35 12 530.7 530.7 316.9 530.7 0.00 66 38 22200 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.6 44 12 532.6 532.6 317.1 532.7 0.00 67 34 22883 -63.1 -91.1 1 28.0 -63.7 59 11 552.5 552.5 318.2 552.5 0.00 68 33 23068 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.5 48 10 563.6 563.6 318.8 563.6 0.00 69 31 23456 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.3 54 14 571.6 571.6 319.2 571.6 0.00 TRP 155 13743 -67.9 -78.9 19 11.0 -67.9 255 17 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.00 m Freezing level: 600.00 mb = 4424.79 m = 14516.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.23 mb = 2969.87 m = 9743.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.63 % Est. max temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.10 mb = 3170.79 m = 10402.73 ft T: 8.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 5.14 C Layer 972.0- 965.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 477.62 mb = 6207.80 m = 20366.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.55 C = 119.38 F Cap Strength: 12.40 C Lifted Index: 12.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.81 C Showalter Index: 11.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: -3.70 C K Index: -9.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 42.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26775.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 630.88 mb = 4021.31 m = 13193.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 82 at 9 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 146 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 276 15 15.0 -1.7 1 981 305 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 285 13 12.5 -3.3 2 947 610 5 8 -0.7 -8.0 | 310 10 8.0 -6.7 3 925 807 20 7 -2.4 -6.6 | 310 8 6.3 -5.3 4 914 914 30 6 -3.0 -5.2 | 305 7 5.7 -3.9 5 882 1219 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 43 4 -2.6 -2.8 6 850 1536 70 16 -15.0 -5.5 | 57 8 -6.4 -4.2 7 821 1829 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 55 7 -5.4 -3.9 8 792 2134 45 14 -9.9 -9.9 | 8 9 -1.2 -8.6 9 764 2438 40 13 -8.4 -10.0 | 358 9 0.3 -8.7 10 737 2743 35 12 -6.9 -9.8 | 348 9 1.8 -8.6 11 710 3048 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 | 12 10 -1.9 -9.3 12 700 3172 45 13 -9.2 -9.2 | 4 8 -0.5 -7.9 13 684 3353 30 11 -5.5 -9.5 | 339 9 3.2 -8.3 14 659 3658 35 12 -6.9 -9.8 | 348 9 1.8 -8.6 15 634 3962 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 345 6 1.6 -5.8 16 610 4267 60 9 -7.8 -4.5 | 345 3 0.9 -3.2 17 587 4572 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 44 7 -4.9 -5.1 18 565 4877 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 67 7 -6.8 -2.9 19 544 5182 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 30 4 -2.2 -3.8 20 500 5860 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 0 4 -0.0 -3.7 21 484 6096 50 9 -6.9 -5.8 | 339 5 1.8 -4.5 22 465 6401 50 7 -5.4 -4.5 | 314 5 3.3 -3.2 23 447 6706 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 324 10 6.1 -8.4 24 429 7010 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 353 9 1.2 -9.4 25 412 7315 95 11 -11.0 1.0 | 134 3 -2.3 2.2 26 400 7530 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 111 4 -3.3 1.3 27 395 7620 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 111 4 -3.3 1.3 28 362 8230 85 17 -16.9 -1.5 | 89 8 -8.3 -0.2 29 347 8534 115 15 -13.6 6.3 | 147 9 -4.9 7.6 30 332 8839 130 15 -11.5 9.6 | 165 11 -2.8 10.9 31 318 9144 110 17 -16.0 5.8 | 134 10 -7.3 7.1 32 300 9560 110 22 -20.7 7.5 | 126 15 -12.0 8.8 33 266 10363 115 28 -25.4 11.8 | 128 21 -16.7 13.1 34 250 10770 105 30 -29.0 7.8 | 114 22 -20.3 9.0 35 210 11887 90 33 -33.0 0.0 | 93 24 -24.3 1.3 36 200 12190 100 22 -21.7 3.8 | 111 14 -13.0 5.1 37 200 12192 85 32 -31.9 -2.8 | 86 23 -23.2 -1.5 38 181 12802 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 203 11 4.4 10.3 39 164 13411 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 262 9 8.7 1.3 40 155 13743 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 257 26 25.1 5.7 41 150 13940 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 278 28 28.0 -3.9 42 141 14326 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 286 31 29.5 -8.4 43 134 14630 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 285 28 26.8 -7.2 44 127 14935 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 272 34 33.6 -0.9 45 121 15240 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 286 32 30.4 -8.9 46 115 15545 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 276 36 36.2 -3.6 47 104 16154 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 275 31 31.3 -2.7 48 100 16400 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 281 26 25.6 -4.9 49 99 16459 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 295 26 23.2 -10.9 50 94 16764 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 264 27 26.6 2.8 51 89 17069 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 296 27 24.0 -11.6 52 85 17374 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 288 20 19.3 -6.2 53 81 17678 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 270 25 24.6 -0.1 54 77 17983 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 298 31 27.0 -14.2 55 73 18288 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 299 25 22.1 -12.2 56 70 18520 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 307 21 16.7 -12.6 57 69 18593 325 22 12.6 -18.0 | 308 27 21.3 -16.8 58 66 18898 335 19 8.0 -17.2 | 314 23 16.7 -15.9 59 62 19202 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 322 12 7.7 -9.7 60 56 19812 355 6 0.5 -6.0 | 297 10 9.2 -4.7 61 54 20117 30 17 -8.5 -14.7 | 359 13 0.2 -13.5 62 51 20422 45 21 -14.8 -14.8 | 25 15 -6.2 -13.6 63 50 20530 40 7 -4.5 -5.4 | 315 6 4.2 -4.1 64 48 20726 50 14 -10.7 -9.0 | 15 8 -2.1 -7.7 65 42 21336 95 7 -7.0 0.6 | 222 3 1.7 1.9 66 40 21641 30 12 -6.0 -10.4 | 344 10 2.7 -9.1 67 35 22250 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 43 4 -2.6 -2.8 68 33 22555 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 345 6 1.6 -5.8 69 31 22860 55 14 -11.5 -8.0 | 23 7 -2.8 -6.8 70 29 23165 35 12 -6.9 -9.8 | 348 9 1.8 -8.6 71 27 23470 70 22 -20.7 -7.5 | 63 14 -12.0 -6.3 72 25 23774 80 24 -23.6 -4.2 | 79 15 -15.0 -2.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 51.7 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 81.7 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.3 neg: -22.0 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 19.12 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 336 7 294 13| 9.1 0.0 9.1| 24.2 0.0 24.2 48.5 0.81| 9.3 7.6 1000 7 7 307 10| 8.1 0.0 8.1| 31.2 -0.6 30.6 30.6 0.68| 9.4 6.4 1500 42 10 338 6| 7.3 0.0 7.3| 35.5 -0.8 34.8 23.2 0.65| 8.5 5.5 2000 50 11 357 6| 5.4 1.7 7.2| 35.5 -13.1 22.4 11.2 0.31| 8.2 2.5 2500 48 11 357 6| 4.4 1.8 6.1| 35.5 -18.8 16.7 6.7 0.21| 7.1 1.5 3000 46 12 358 7| 4.0 1.5 5.5| 44.3 -22.0 22.4 7.5 0.24| 6.9 1.6 4000 44 12 355 7| 3.1 1.4 4.5| 47.4 -31.0 16.4 4.1 0.14| 6.4 0.9 5000 50 12 4 6| 3.1 1.4 4.5| 57.8 -35.4 22.5 4.5 0.18| 6.5 1.1 6000 52 12 5 6| 2.6 1.5 4.2| 57.8 -40.3 17.5 2.9 0.10| 5.8 0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251210.00.gif