UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 11 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 11 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 25.0 1.0 21 24.0 12.3 315 5 298.1 298.9 285.5 310.4 4.11 1 989 241 23.4 -0.6 20 24.0 11.2 309 7 297.5 298.2 284.8 308.6 3.70 2 975 362 22.8 -1.2 20 24.0 10.7 309 7 298.1 298.8 284.9 308.9 3.59 3 961 486 24.0 -6.0 13 30.0 9.9 317 6 300.6 301.0 284.7 308.4 2.54 4 944 638 23.4 -4.6 15 28.0 9.8 321 5 301.5 302.0 285.4 310.3 2.87 5 928 784 24.2 -9.8 10 34.0 8.9 303 4 303.8 304.1 285.3 310.0 1.95 6 925 812 24.0 -9.0 10 33.0 9.0 300 4 303.8 304.2 285.5 310.4 2.09 7 872 1323 20.6 -5.4 17 26.0 8.0 80 4 305.5 306.0 286.9 314.6 2.93 8 850 1542 18.6 -5.4 19 24.0 7.1 70 6 305.6 306.2 287.1 315.0 3.00 9 822 1827 16.0 -5.0 23 21.0 5.9 80 12 305.8 306.4 287.3 315.8 3.20 10 795 2110 14.6 -7.4 21 22.0 4.5 80 14 307.3 307.8 287.4 316.0 2.75 11 790 2163 14.8 -9.2 18 24.0 4.1 81 14 308.0 308.5 287.3 315.7 2.41 12 709 3068 9.4 -23.6 8 33.0 -1.4 49 11 311.8 311.9 286.9 314.5 0.80 13 703 3138 10.0 -28.0 5 38.0 -1.5 63 10 313.2 313.3 287.1 315.1 0.54 14 700 3174 10.0 -29.0 5 39.0 -1.6 70 10 313.6 313.7 287.2 315.3 0.50 15 693 3257 9.6 -29.4 5 39.0 -1.9 72 10 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.7 0.48 16 625 4101 2.4 -26.6 10 29.0 -6.0 110 7 315.2 315.3 287.9 317.6 0.69 17 599 4443 0.8 -22.2 16 23.0 -6.6 111 5 317.2 317.4 289.0 320.9 1.08 18 553 5077 -4.5 -20.5 27 16.0 -9.6 70 3 318.2 318.5 289.6 322.9 1.35 19 528 5439 -7.5 -24.5 24 17.0 -12.2 70 4 318.9 319.1 289.5 322.3 1.00 20 500 5860 -10.5 -28.5 21 18.0 -14.9 70 5 320.2 320.4 289.6 322.8 0.73 21 427 7057 -19.3 -39.3 15 20.0 -22.4 120 11 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.30 22 403 7485 -22.9 -39.9 20 17.0 -25.3 120 16 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.29 23 400 7540 -23.3 -41.3 18 18.0 -25.7 120 17 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.26 24 377 7970 -26.7 -48.7 11 22.0 -28.8 134 16 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.12 25 362 8261 -29.3 -45.3 20 16.0 -30.9 127 18 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.18 26 334 8830 -33.9 -55.9 9 22.0 -35.3 122 19 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.06 27 313 9280 -38.1 -50.1 27 12.0 -38.9 126 20 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.12 28 300 9570 -40.7 -53.7 23 13.0 -41.3 130 20 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.09 29 297 9638 -41.1 -55.1 21 14.0 -41.8 130 21 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.07 30 294 9707 -41.7 -52.7 29 11.0 -42.3 131 22 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.10 31 291 9776 -42.3 -55.3 23 13.0 -42.9 131 22 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.07 32 266 10375 -47.7 -56.7 35 9.0 -48.0 135 29 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.07 33 258 10575 -49.7 -60.7 26 11.0 -50.0 133 26 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.04 34 250 10780 -51.1 -68.1 11 17.0 -51.4 130 23 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.02 35 246 10885 -51.7 -68.7 11 17.0 -52.0 130 22 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.8 0.01 36 239 11072 -53.3 -65.3 22 12.0 -53.5 129 20 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.02 37 233 11236 -54.7 -68.7 16 14.0 -54.9 128 19 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.4 0.02 38 229 11347 -55.7 -63.7 36 8.0 -55.8 127 17 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.03 39 227 11403 -56.1 -65.1 31 9.0 -56.2 127 17 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.03 40 220 11602 -57.9 -63.9 46 6.0 -58.0 126 15 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.03 41 219 11630 -58.3 -64.3 46 6.0 -58.4 126 15 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.03 42 217 11688 -58.5 -69.5 23 11.0 -58.6 126 14 332.3 332.3 292.3 332.3 0.02 43 216 11717 -58.5 -73.5 13 15.0 -58.6 126 14 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.01 44 214 11776 -58.5 -82.5 3 24.0 -58.7 126 13 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.6 0.00 45 200 12200 -60.9 -76.9 10 16.0 -61.0 95 17 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.3 0.01 46 192 12451 -62.5 -77.5 12 15.0 -62.6 91 22 337.7 337.7 293.7 337.7 0.01 47 189 12548 -62.1 -78.1 10 16.0 -62.2 89 24 339.9 339.9 294.3 339.9 0.00 48 176 12983 -65.1 -78.1 15 13.0 -65.2 98 25 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.01 49 174 13052 -64.7 -77.7 15 13.0 -64.8 103 24 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.01 50 160 13558 -67.5 -78.5 19 11.0 -67.5 180 15 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 51 154 13789 -64.3 -82.3 7 18.0 -64.4 210 17 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 52 150 13950 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.0 230 19 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 53 149 13991 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 233 19 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 54 133 14693 -62.7 -85.7 3 23.0 -62.9 262 19 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 55 117 15474 -68.7 -87.7 5 19.0 -68.8 296 14 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.7 0.00 56 103 16242 -66.9 -87.9 4 21.0 -67.0 277 13 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 57 100 16420 -68.1 -88.1 4 20.0 -68.2 290 14 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 58 85 17385 -72.3 -88.3 7 16.0 -72.3 276 17 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 59 83 17525 -71.1 -88.1 6 17.0 -71.2 302 14 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 60 76 18045 -72.1 -89.1 6 17.0 -72.2 279 9 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 61 70 18530 -70.7 -88.7 5 18.0 -70.8 325 11 433.1 433.1 309.1 433.1 0.00 62 68 18702 -70.5 -89.5 4 19.0 -70.6 339 12 437.2 437.2 309.6 437.2 0.00 63 65 18972 -68.1 -89.1 3 21.0 -68.2 359 13 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 64 61 19352 -69.9 -89.9 4 20.0 -70.0 5 5 452.3 452.3 311.1 452.3 0.00 65 59 19551 -67.9 -89.9 3 22.0 -68.1 357 1 461.1 461.1 311.9 461.1 0.00 66 57 19758 -69.3 -90.3 3 21.0 -69.5 343 5 462.5 462.5 312.0 462.5 0.00 67 51 20429 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 344 11 487.3 487.3 314.0 487.3 0.00 68 50 20550 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.6 40 9 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 69 48 20798 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 36 9 498.2 498.2 314.8 498.2 0.00 70 43 21469 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.3 349 15 512.2 512.2 315.8 512.2 0.00 71 40 21910 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.3 47 29 525.4 525.4 316.6 525.4 0.00 72 38 22225 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.9 60 15 539.8 539.8 317.5 539.8 0.00 73 36 22559 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.8 68 16 543.0 543.0 317.7 543.0 0.00 74 32 23288 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.2 36 26 572.3 572.3 319.3 572.3 0.00 75 30 23690 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.6 50 15 579.2 579.2 319.6 579.2 0.00 76 27 24351 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.2 69 5 601.4 601.4 320.7 601.4 0.01 77 26 24587 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.6 67 3 600.5 600.5 320.6 600.6 0.01 78 23 25353 -59.7 -89.7 1 30.0 -60.9 103 16 627.8 627.8 321.8 627.9 0.01 79 22 25634 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.1 88 17 646.0 646.0 322.5 646.1 0.01 80 21 25929 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.5 37 12 649.8 649.8 322.7 649.9 0.01 81 20 26240 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.1 55 14 668.1 668.1 323.3 668.2 0.01 82 18 26916 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -56.1 61 15 693.6 693.6 324.2 693.7 0.02 83 15 28094 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -55.4 70 18 736.1 736.1 325.6 736.2 0.02 84 12 29525 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -59.5 76 21 766.9 766.9 326.4 767.0 0.02 85 11 30077 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -59.6 65 22 786.2 786.2 326.9 786.3 0.02 86 11 30077 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -58.5 65 22 792.0 792.0 327.0 792.2 0.02 87 10 30683 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -60.2 65 21 806.4 806.4 327.4 806.6 0.02 TRP 160 13558 -67.5 -78.5 19 11.0 -67.5 180 15 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.00 m Freezing level: 592.06 mb = 4538.33 m = 14889.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.39 mb = 2830.83 m = 9287.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.55 mb = 3167.50 m = 10391.92 ft T: 10.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 1.88 C Layer 989.0- 975.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 472.48 mb = 6289.34 m = 20634.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.40 C = 119.13 F Cap Strength: 13.03 C Lifted Index: 11.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.16 C Showalter Index: 8.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 5.10 C K Index: -15.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 17.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56911.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.54 mb = 4145.55 m = 13600.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 104 at 5 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 146 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 299 10 8.7 -4.8 1 982 305 305 8 6.6 -4.6 | 296 13 11.8 -5.9 2 947 610 325 5 2.9 -4.1 | 304 10 8.1 -5.4 3 925 812 300 4 3.5 -2.0 | 291 9 8.7 -3.3 4 914 914 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 278 9 9.2 -1.3 5 882 1219 85 3 -3.0 -0.3 | 304 3 2.2 -1.5 6 850 1542 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 7 3 -0.4 -3.3 7 821 1829 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 63 7 -6.6 -3.3 8 792 2134 80 14 -13.8 -2.4 | 67 9 -8.6 -3.7 9 764 2438 95 11 -11.0 1.0 | 87 6 -5.7 -0.3 10 737 2743 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 54 11 -8.9 -6.4 11 711 3048 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 16 9 -2.6 -9.0 12 700 3174 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 42 6 -4.2 -4.7 13 684 3353 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 49 6 -4.4 -3.9 14 659 3658 75 9 -8.7 -2.3 | 44 5 -3.5 -3.6 15 610 4267 125 6 -4.9 3.4 | 188 2 0.3 2.2 16 566 4877 70 3 -2.8 -1.0 | 314 3 2.4 -2.3 17 500 5860 70 5 -4.7 -1.7 | 350 3 0.5 -3.0 18 485 6096 145 1 -0.6 0.8 | 275 5 4.6 -0.4 19 465 6401 70 1 -0.9 -0.3 | 291 5 4.3 -1.6 20 429 7010 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 134 6 -4.3 4.2 21 400 7540 120 17 -14.7 8.5 | 127 12 -9.5 7.2 22 395 7620 120 16 -13.9 8.0 | 128 11 -8.6 6.7 23 379 7925 135 16 -11.3 11.3 | 149 12 -6.1 10.0 24 347 8534 120 19 -16.5 9.5 | 126 14 -11.2 8.2 25 319 9144 125 20 -16.4 11.5 | 132 15 -11.2 10.2 26 300 9570 130 20 -15.3 12.9 | 139 15 -10.1 11.6 27 266 10363 135 29 -20.5 20.5 | 142 25 -15.3 19.2 28 250 10780 130 23 -17.6 14.8 | 137 18 -12.4 13.5 29 210 11887 125 12 -9.8 6.9 | 141 7 -4.6 5.6 30 200 12192 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 88 7 -6.7 -0.2 31 200 12200 95 17 -16.9 1.5 | 91 12 -11.7 0.2 32 181 12802 85 29 -28.9 -2.5 | 81 24 -23.7 -3.8 33 164 13411 130 16 -12.3 10.3 | 142 11 -7.0 9.0 34 160 13558 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 201 15 5.2 13.7 35 150 13950 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 241 23 19.8 10.9 36 141 14326 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 265 23 22.9 1.9 37 134 14630 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 261 24 23.6 3.7 38 128 14935 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 292 22 20.6 -8.4 39 121 15240 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 296 20 18.2 -8.8 40 115 15545 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 292 18 17.0 -6.8 41 110 15850 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 260 17 16.5 2.8 42 100 16420 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 288 19 18.4 -6.1 43 94 16764 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 298 17 15.0 -8.1 44 90 17069 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 274 17 17.2 -1.3 45 85 17374 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 277 22 22.1 -2.7 46 81 17678 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 314 14 10.2 -9.9 47 73 18288 245 9 8.2 3.8 | 259 14 13.4 2.5 48 70 18530 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 312 15 11.5 -10.3 49 66 18898 355 14 1.2 -13.9 | 337 17 6.4 -15.2 50 63 19202 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 343 12 3.5 -11.1 51 59 19507 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 284 5 5.2 -1.3 52 54 20117 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 308 16 12.3 -9.7 53 51 20422 340 11 3.8 -10.3 | 322 15 9.0 -11.6 54 50 20550 40 9 -5.8 -6.9 | 4 8 -0.6 -8.2 55 49 20726 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 29 7 -3.4 -6.3 56 46 21031 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 304 12 9.7 -6.6 57 44 21336 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 315 15 10.7 -10.8 58 42 21641 10 20 -3.5 -19.7 | 355 21 1.7 -21.0 59 40 21946 50 30 -23.0 -19.3 | 41 27 -17.8 -20.5 60 38 22250 60 14 -12.1 -7.0 | 40 11 -6.9 -8.3 61 34 22860 75 17 -16.4 -4.4 | 63 13 -11.2 -5.7 62 33 23165 30 22 -11.0 -19.1 | 16 21 -5.8 -20.3 63 31 23470 45 31 -21.9 -21.9 | 36 29 -16.7 -23.2 64 30 23690 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 30 13 -6.3 -10.9 65 27 24384 70 5 -4.7 -1.7 | 350 3 0.5 -3.0 66 26 24689 65 2 -1.8 -0.8 | 302 4 3.4 -2.1 67 24 24994 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 57 6 -4.6 -3.0 68 23 25298 105 16 -15.5 4.1 | 106 11 -10.2 2.9 69 22 25603 95 18 -17.9 1.6 | 91 13 -12.7 0.3 70 21 25908 40 12 -7.7 -9.2 | 13 11 -2.5 -10.5 71 20 26213 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 339 12 4.3 -11.2 72 20 26240 55 14 -11.5 -8.0 | 34 11 -6.3 -9.3 73 19 26518 45 17 -12.0 -12.0 | 27 15 -6.8 -13.3 74 17 26822 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 78 6 -5.8 -1.3 75 16 27127 70 17 -16.0 -5.8 | 57 13 -10.8 -7.1 76 14 27432 70 19 -17.9 -6.5 | 58 15 -12.6 -7.8 77 12 28042 80 21 -20.7 -3.6 | 72 16 -15.5 -4.9 78 11 28346 65 22 -19.9 -9.3 | 54 18 -14.7 -10.6 79 10 28956 65 21 -19.0 -8.9 | 54 17 -13.8 -10.1 80 9 29261 85 22 -21.9 -1.9 | 79 17 -16.7 -3.2 81 8 29566 50 26 -19.9 -16.7 | 39 23 -14.7 -18.0 82 7 30175 35 28 -16.1 -22.9 | 24 27 -10.8 -24.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.6 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 103.6 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: -36.1 tot: -4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 18.50 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 312 6 299 11| 0.5 0.0 0.5| 3.1 -1.3 1.8 3.5 0.09| 6.2 0.5 1000 311 5 297 10| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 12.3 -7.7 4.6 4.6 0.17| 8.0 1.3 1500 338 5 310 9| 3.9 0.0 3.9| 16.0 -8.3 7.7 5.1 0.28| 7.9 2.2 2000 46 7 357 6| 4.4 0.0 4.4| 21.4 -8.3 13.1 6.5 0.34| 7.4 2.5 2500 66 8 25 5| 3.6 0.1 3.7| 26.2 -14.1 12.1 4.9 0.25| 7.7 1.9 3000 64 9 28 6| 3.0 0.9 3.8| 31.9 -36.1 -4.2 -1.4 0.07| 8.6 0.6 4000 70 9 35 5| 2.1 0.6 2.7| 37.7 -36.7 1.0 0.2 0.16| 7.6 1.2 5000 74 8 34 4| 1.7 1.0 2.6| 38.9 -36.9 2.1 0.4 0.19| 6.8 1.3 6000 74 7 27 4| 1.3 0.8 2.0| 40.5 -38.8 1.7 0.3 0.15| 6.3 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251211.00.gif