UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 10 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 146 15.6 -3.4 27 19.0 7.1 50 5 288.8 289.3 280.2 297.4 2.97 1 994 197 21.8 -6.2 15 28.0 9.1 20 2 295.5 295.9 282.5 302.8 2.41 2 992 214 24.0 -6.0 13 30.0 10.0 10 2 297.8 298.3 283.5 305.3 2.46 3 987 258 25.0 -6.0 12 31.0 10.4 345 3 299.3 299.7 284.1 306.9 2.47 4 976 355 24.8 -6.2 12 31.0 10.2 331 3 300.0 300.5 284.4 307.6 2.46 5 955 542 23.4 -5.6 14 29.0 9.6 40 5 300.5 301.0 284.8 308.6 2.63 6 931 761 23.8 -9.2 10 33.0 8.9 58 10 303.1 303.5 285.1 309.5 2.04 7 925 817 23.6 -9.4 10 33.0 8.8 55 12 303.4 303.8 285.2 309.8 2.02 8 869 1357 20.2 -12.8 10 33.0 6.3 53 11 305.4 305.7 285.5 310.6 1.64 9 850 1546 18.6 -10.4 13 29.0 5.9 45 11 305.6 306.0 286.1 312.1 2.03 10 823 1821 16.4 -10.6 15 27.0 4.8 40 10 306.1 306.5 286.3 312.7 2.07 11 776 2318 13.2 -13.8 14 27.0 2.4 24 8 307.9 308.2 286.5 313.4 1.69 12 773 2350 13.6 -14.4 13 28.0 2.4 25 8 308.7 309.0 286.7 313.9 1.62 13 756 2537 12.0 -15.0 14 27.0 1.4 22 9 308.9 309.2 286.8 314.0 1.58 14 725 2886 10.8 -23.2 7 34.0 -0.5 7 6 311.3 311.5 286.8 314.1 0.81 15 700 3177 8.8 -22.2 9 31.0 -1.6 10 3 312.2 312.4 287.2 315.4 0.92 16 662 3635 6.2 -23.8 9 30.0 -3.4 61 10 314.3 314.5 287.8 317.2 0.84 17 614 4245 1.6 -25.4 11 27.0 -6.4 46 14 315.9 316.0 288.3 318.6 0.79 18 593 4524 0.0 -18.0 24 18.0 -6.3 45 15 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.4 1.56 19 562 4950 -3.7 -18.7 30 15.0 -8.7 52 12 317.7 318.0 289.6 323.0 1.55 20 561 4964 -3.9 -18.9 30 15.0 -8.9 52 12 317.7 317.9 289.6 322.8 1.53 21 559 4992 -4.1 -19.1 30 15.0 -9.1 53 12 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.8 1.51 22 549 5133 -5.3 -20.3 30 15.0 -10.1 58 12 318.0 318.2 289.6 322.7 1.39 23 521 5542 -7.3 -26.3 20 19.0 -12.4 80 11 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60 23 561.1 561.1 318.7 561.1 0.00 65 30 23680 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.7 60 20 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 66 29 23892 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.3 57 23 588.7 588.7 320.1 588.7 0.01 67 28 24111 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.3 58 16 591.8 591.8 320.2 591.9 0.01 68 26 24573 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.3 32 14 604.5 604.5 320.8 604.5 0.01 69 25 24819 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -59.1 34 12 618.8 618.8 321.5 618.8 0.01 70 23 25342 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.8 68 5 624.9 624.9 321.7 624.9 0.01 71 21 25912 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -59.2 55 13 651.0 651.0 322.7 651.1 0.01 72 20 26220 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.9 35 21 657.7 657.7 323.0 657.8 0.01 73 18 26886 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.6 39 20 683.5 683.5 323.9 683.6 0.01 74 18 26886 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.7 39 20 682.9 682.9 323.9 683.0 0.01 75 17 27251 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -56.5 50 19 703.8 703.8 324.6 703.9 0.01 76 16 27640 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -57.4 62 18 712.8 712.8 324.8 712.9 0.02 77 14 28500 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -55.4 75 11 751.4 751.4 326.0 751.6 0.02 78 13 28981 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.9 50 14 766.1 766.1 326.4 766.3 0.02 TRP 183 12743 -66.3 -75.3 27 9.0 -66.4 115 16 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.2 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.00 m Freezing level: 593.00 mb = 4523.52 m = 14840.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.14 mb = 2792.77 m = 9162.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.05 mb = 2602.51 m = 8538.31 ft T: 11.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 448.34 mb = 6692.01 m = 21955.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.35 C = 120.83 F Cap Strength: 13.75 C Lifted Index: 13.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.08 C Showalter Index: 10.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: -0.10 C K Index: -12.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47013.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 597.64 mb = 4461.01 m = 14635.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 82 at 7 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 1000 146 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 303 4 3.5 -2.2 1 1000 138 50 2 -1.5 -1.3 | 273 6 5.8 -0.3 2 981 305 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 277 9 9.4 -1.2 3 947 610 65 6 -5.4 -2.5 | 310 2 1.8 -1.6 4 925 817 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 23 6 -2.5 -5.9 5 915 914 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 26 5 -2.2 -4.5 6 883 1219 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 26 5 -2.2 -4.5 7 852 1524 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 358 6 0.2 -6.1 8 850 1546 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 4 7 -0.5 -6.8 9 822 1829 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 353 7 0.9 -6.7 10 793 2134 15 7 -1.8 -6.8 | 317 8 5.5 -5.8 11 764 2438 30 9 -4.5 -7.8 | 338 7 2.8 -6.8 12 737 2743 5 8 -0.7 -8.0 | 317 10 6.6 -7.0 13 700 3177 10 3 -0.5 -3.0 | 286 7 6.8 -2.0 14 659 3658 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 36 5 -2.7 -3.7 15 611 4267 45 14 -9.9 -9.9 | 16 9 -2.6 -8.9 16 588 4572 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 | 19 10 -3.3 -9.6 17 566 4877 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 16 7 -1.9 -6.7 18 544 5182 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 32 6 -3.1 -5.0 19 504 5791 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 124 3 -2.7 1.8 20 500 5860 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 124 5 -4.5 3.1 21 485 6096 110 11 -10.3 3.8 | 147 6 -3.1 4.7 22 447 6706 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 64 5 -4.3 -2.1 23 429 7010 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 52 5 -4.0 -3.1 24 412 7315 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 137 4 -2.6 2.7 25 400 7540 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 92 3 -2.7 0.1 26 395 7620 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 136 2 -1.7 1.8 27 363 8230 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 129 7 -5.3 4.3 28 347 8534 90 20 -20.0 0.0 | 94 13 -12.7 1.0 29 318 9144 105 20 -19.3 5.2 | 117 14 -12.0 6.1 30 300 9560 110 19 -17.9 6.5 | 125 13 -10.6 7.5 31 250 10780 135 23 -16.3 16.3 | 152 19 -9.0 17.2 32 243 10973 130 23 -17.6 14.8 | 147 19 -10.3 15.8 33 210 11887 130 29 -22.2 18.6 | 143 25 -14.9 19.6 34 200 12192 145 26 -14.9 21.3 | 161 24 -7.6 22.3 35 200 12200 130 24 -18.4 15.4 | 146 20 -11.1 16.4 36 183 12743 115 16 -14.5 6.8 | 137 11 -7.2 7.7 37 172 13106 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 154 5 -2.1 4.4 38 164 13411 90 1 -1.0 0.0 | 261 6 6.3 1.0 39 150 13950 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 266 13 13.3 1.0 40 148 14021 260 1 1.0 0.2 | 262 8 8.3 1.1 41 141 14326 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 268 28 28.3 1.0 42 134 14630 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 291 21 19.6 -7.6 43 127 14935 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 270 19 19.2 -0.1 44 121 15240 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 271 22 22.2 -0.3 45 115 15545 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 264 23 23.2 2.4 46 104 16154 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 284 21 20.0 -4.9 47 100 16400 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 272 26 26.2 -0.7 48 99 16459 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 271 21 21.2 -0.3 49 94 16764 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 272 26 26.2 -0.7 50 85 17374 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 305 14 11.5 -8.1 51 81 17678 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 282 18 17.3 -3.7 52 77 17983 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 270 17 17.2 0.1 53 73 18288 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 297 16 14.4 -7.5 54 70 18520 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 294 17 15.1 -6.8 55 69 18593 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 294 17 15.1 -6.8 56 66 18898 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 281 22 21.4 -4.2 57 62 19202 325 20 11.5 -16.4 | 309 24 18.8 -15.4 58 59 19507 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 327 19 10.2 -15.8 59 54 20117 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 335 11 4.4 -9.7 60 51 20422 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 294 17 15.1 -6.8 61 50 20530 25 15 -6.3 -13.6 | 356 13 0.9 -12.6 62 48 20726 15 14 -3.6 -13.5 | 344 13 3.7 -12.6 63 46 21031 30 8 -4.0 -6.9 | 331 7 3.3 -6.0 64 44 21336 60 18 -15.6 -9.0 | 46 12 -8.3 -8.0 65 42 21641 55 22 -18.0 -12.6 | 43 16 -10.7 -11.7 66 40 21946 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 48 7 -5.4 -4.9 67 36 22555 35 22 -12.6 -18.0 | 17 18 -5.3 -17.1 68 33 23165 60 24 -20.8 -12.0 | 51 17 -13.5 -11.0 69 30 23680 60 20 -17.3 -10.0 | 48 14 -10.0 -9.0 70 30 23774 55 27 -22.1 -15.5 | 46 21 -14.8 -14.5 71 28 24079 60 16 -13.9 -8.0 | 43 10 -6.6 -7.0 72 27 24384 45 14 -9.9 -9.9 | 16 9 -2.6 -8.9 73 26 24689 25 14 -5.9 -12.7 | 353 12 1.4 -11.7 74 22 25603 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 261 5 5.3 0.8 75 21 25908 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 27 7 -3.4 -6.5 76 20 26213 55 19 -15.6 -10.9 | 40 13 -8.3 -9.9 77 20 26220 35 21 -12.0 -17.2 | 16 17 -4.8 -16.2 78 18 26518 35 20 -11.5 -16.4 | 15 16 -4.2 -15.4 79 15 27127 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 62 11 -9.6 -5.2 80 14 27432 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 61 4 -3.3 -1.9 81 13 27737 45 14 -9.9 -9.9 | 16 9 -2.6 -8.9 82 10 28651 75 24 -23.2 -6.2 | 72 17 -15.9 -5.2 83 8 29261 75 29 -28.0 -7.5 | 72 22 -20.7 -6.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 52.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 82.4 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -29.2 tot: -10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.03 Bulk Shear: 5.13 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 31 4 295 6| 5.3 0.0 5.3| 9.8 0.0 9.8 19.6 0.50| 12.6 6.3 1000 53 7 337 4| 2.6 2.0 4.7| 12.9 0.0 12.9 12.9 0.52| 9.3 4.9 1500 53 8 352 4| 1.8 1.6 3.4| 12.9 -3.8 9.1 6.0 0.31| 7.5 2.4 2000 48 9 349 5| 1.3 1.5 2.8| 12.9 -14.1 -1.2 -0.6 0.05| 7.0 0.4 2500 43 9 344 6| 1.1 1.4 2.4| 18.3 -18.6 -0.3 -0.1 0.06| 6.7 0.4 3000 38 8 337 6| 0.9 1.0 1.9| 18.3 -29.2 -10.9 -3.6 -0.07| 6.6 -0.5 4000 43 8 344 5| 1.8 0.9 2.7| 31.7 -31.9 -0.2 -0.0 0.10| 6.8 0.7 5000 45 10 354 6| 1.4 0.8 2.2| 35.2 -33.7 1.5 0.3 0.11| 6.1 0.7 6000 52 10 5 5| 1.5 0.6 2.1| 44.6 -33.7 10.8 1.8 0.21| 6.0 1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251210.12.gif