UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 18 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 125 295 4 SFC 999 146 18.0 11.0 64 7.0 13.8 295 4 291.2 292.7 287.0 314.7 8.27 2 983 281 17.0 10.0 63 7.0 12.9 329 3 291.6 293.0 286.7 314.0 7.86 3 981 298 17.2 8.2 55 9.0 12.0 334 3 291.9 293.2 286.0 311.9 6.96 4 976 341 17.2 7.2 52 10.0 11.6 333 4 292.4 293.5 285.7 311.2 6.53 5 972 375 18.2 -0.8 28 19.0 8.9 330 4 293.7 294.4 283.2 304.7 3.71 6 958 497 19.8 -6.2 17 26.0 8.0 322 6 296.6 297.0 283.1 304.2 2.51 7 955 524 19.8 -4.2 19 24.0 8.5 321 7 296.8 297.4 283.7 305.7 2.93 8 941 648 19.2 -0.8 26 20.0 9.2 316 8 297.5 298.2 284.9 308.9 3.83 9 933 720 19.8 -2.2 23 22.0 8.9 318 8 298.8 299.5 285.1 309.3 3.48 10 925 793 20.0 1.0 28 19.0 10.0 320 8 299.8 300.6 286.4 313.1 4.44 11 913 905 20.0 2.0 30 18.0 10.3 334 14 300.9 301.8 287.2 315.4 4.84 12 909 943 20.8 1.8 28 19.0 10.5 334 15 302.1 303.0 287.6 316.6 4.79 13 875 1271 19.0 0.0 28 19.0 9.0 323 25 303.5 304.3 287.7 316.9 4.37 14 873 1291 20.0 -1.0 24 21.0 9.1 323 25 304.8 305.5 287.8 317.3 4.07 15 858 1440 18.8 -0.2 28 19.0 8.8 318 28 305.0 305.8 288.2 318.5 4.39 16 850 1520 18.2 0.2 30 18.0 8.6 315 30 305.2 306.1 288.5 319.2 4.56 17 812 1908 14.6 0.6 38 14.0 7.2 320 30 305.4 306.3 288.9 320.5 4.92 18 809 1940 14.4 0.4 38 14.0 7.0 320 29 305.5 306.4 288.9 320.4 4.87 19 790 2140 13.6 -2.4 33 16.0 5.5 320 26 306.7 307.5 288.5 319.3 4.06 20 780 2247 14.2 -4.8 26 19.0 5.0 318 28 308.5 309.2 288.5 319.3 3.43 21 747 2611 13.2 -17.8 10 31.0 1.5 321 31 311.3 311.5 287.2 315.5 1.26 22 715 2977 10.4 -17.6 12 28.0 -0.0 325 36 312.1 312.4 287.6 316.6 1.34 23 703 3117 10.6 -18.4 11 29.0 -0.2 325 40 313.8 314.1 288.1 318.1 1.27 24 700 3153 10.4 -20.6 9 31.0 -0.6 325 41 314.0 314.2 287.9 317.6 1.06 25 698 3177 10.4 -22.6 8 33.0 -0.9 325 41 314.3 314.4 287.9 317.3 0.89 26 687 3309 9.4 -15.6 15 25.0 -0.4 325 43 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.1 1.65 27 670 3516 8.0 -18.0 14 26.0 -1.6 322 42 315.3 315.5 288.7 319.9 1.38 28 658 3665 8.0 -22.0 10 30.0 -2.3 320 42 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.3 1.00 29 634 3970 6.2 -21.8 11 28.0 -3.4 315 38 318.2 318.4 289.3 321.9 1.05 30 570 4833 0.6 -30.4 8 31.0 -7.8 319 35 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.4 0.53 31 526 5473 -4.3 -31.3 10 27.0 -11.1 323 37 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.53 32 510 5715 -6.3 -25.3 21 19.0 -11.8 325 38 323.5 323.7 290.8 326.9 0.96 33 504 5808 -6.7 -33.7 10 27.0 -12.9 325 38 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.44 34 500 5870 -7.3 -35.3 9 28.0 -13.5 325 37 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.5 0.38 35 488 6058 -8.5 -41.5 5 33.0 -14.6 321 36 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.21 36 464 6446 -11.1 -45.1 4 34.0 -16.7 317 34 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.15 37 400 7560 -21.3 -48.3 7 27.0 -24.5 305 29 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.12 38 386 7821 -23.9 -48.9 8 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334.4 0.10 52 251 10804 -48.1 -54.1 50 6.0 -48.3 305 63 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.10 53 250 10830 -48.3 -54.3 50 6.0 -48.6 305 63 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.10 54 246 10936 -48.9 -55.9 44 7.0 -49.1 305 64 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 55 232 11317 -52.3 -58.3 48 6.0 -52.5 307 67 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.06 56 230 11373 -52.7 -58.7 48 6.0 -52.9 307 67 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.06 57 225 11514 -53.7 -60.7 42 7.0 -53.9 307 68 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.05 58 200 12260 -59.5 -64.4 53 4.9 -59.6 310 74 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.03 59 187 12681 -62.5 -67.3 52 4.8 -62.6 310 68 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 60 178 12988 -62.6 -71.3 30 8.6 -62.7 300 79 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 61 150 14050 -63.1 -85.1 4 22.0 -63.2 280 76 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 62 100 16510 -72.3 -90.3 5 18.0 -72.3 270 39 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 63 94 16871 -74.5 -90.5 7 16.0 -74.5 271 39 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 64 84 17526 -73.9 -89.9 7 16.0 -73.9 274 42 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 65 78 17955 -75.9 -90.9 8 15.0 -75.9 288 41 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.2 0.00 66 70 18580 -75.5 -89.5 9 14.0 -75.6 285 23 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 67 67 18833 -76.7 -89.7 11 13.0 -76.7 285 22 425.6 425.6 308.3 425.6 0.00 68 65 19009 -75.3 -90.3 8 15.0 -75.3 283 25 432.4 432.4 309.1 432.4 0.00 69 64 19099 -73.1 -89.1 7 16.0 -73.2 281 27 439.1 439.1 309.8 439.1 0.00 70 60 19481 -70.5 -89.5 4 19.0 -70.6 275 36 453.1 453.1 311.1 453.1 0.00 71 58 19684 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.3 294 27 465.2 465.2 312.3 465.2 0.00 72 57 19789 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -66.9 304 22 468.4 468.4 312.5 468.4 0.00 73 50 20580 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.3 355 22 483.0 483.0 313.7 483.0 0.00 74 50 20580 -68.1 -91.1 2 23.0 -68.3 355 22 483.0 483.0 313.7 483.0 0.00 75 48 20824 -68.7 -91.7 2 23.0 -68.9 355 22 487.3 487.3 314.0 487.3 0.00 76 45 21212 -66.5 -90.5 2 24.0 -66.8 349 11 501.7 501.7 315.1 501.7 0.00 77 43 21486 -67.3 -91.3 2 24.0 -67.5 351 5 506.3 506.3 315.4 506.3 0.00 78 41 21776 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.1 3 6 522.2 522.2 316.4 522.2 0.00 79 37 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93 12 29437 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -61.4 260 4 757.6 757.6 326.1 757.7 0.01 94 12 29437 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -59.6 260 4 766.1 766.1 326.4 766.2 0.01 95 11 29990 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -58.9 217 13 789.8 789.8 327.0 789.9 0.02 96 11 29990 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -58.8 217 13 790.5 790.5 327.0 790.7 0.02 97 11 29990 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -59.2 217 13 788.4 788.4 327.0 788.5 0.02 98 10 30600 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -57.7 290 18 819.8 819.9 327.7 820.0 0.02 99 8.7 31502 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -56.1 865.6 865.6 328.7 865.9 0.04 100 8.4 31731 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -56.6 872.0 872.0 328.8 872.3 0.03 101 8.3 31810 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -55.1 886.0 886.0 329.1 886.4 0.04 102 8.2 31890 -47.5 -84.5 1 37.0 -54.8 891.4 891.4 329.2 891.8 0.04 103 7.5 32474 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -57.5 897.4 897.5 329.4 897.8 0.04 104 7.3 32650 -51.1 -86.1 1 35.0 -57.2 906.9 906.9 329.5 907.2 0.03 TRP 187 12681 -62.5 -67.3 52 4.8 -62.6 310 68 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 WND 178 12988 -62.6 -71.3 30 8.6 -62.7 300 79 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.00 m Freezing level: 564.61 mb = 4911.72 m = 16114.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.82 mb = 2967.10 m = 9734.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.00 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.07 mb = 1028.16 m = 3373.20 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 10.57 C Layer 983.0- 955.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 512.25 mb = 5680.69 m = 18637.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.21 C = 122.38 F Cap Strength: 14.88 C Lifted Index: 14.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.01 C Showalter Index: 9.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 7.50 C K Index: -5.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 99.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47659.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.44 mb = 2729.68 m = 8955.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 350 at 23 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 4 3.6 -1.7 | 179 21 -0.2 20.8 1 980 305 335 3 1.3 -2.7 | 173 20 -2.5 19.7 2 945 610 315 8 5.7 -5.7 | 186 17 1.9 16.8 3 925 793 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 185 16 1.3 16.3 4 912 914 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 192 10 2.1 9.8 5 880 1219 325 24 13.8 -19.7 | 254 10 10.0 2.8 6 850 1520 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 266 17 17.4 1.3 7 850 1524 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 266 17 17.4 1.3 8 819 1829 320 31 19.9 -23.7 | 275 16 16.1 -1.3 9 790 2134 320 26 16.7 -19.9 | 259 13 12.9 2.5 10 762 2438 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 270 19 18.8 -0.2 11 735 2743 325 30 17.2 -24.6 | 279 14 13.4 -2.1 12 700 3153 325 41 23.5 -33.6 | 299 23 19.7 -11.1 13 683 3353 325 43 24.7 -35.2 | 301 24 20.9 -12.8 14 658 3658 320 42 27.0 -32.2 | 293 25 23.2 -9.7 15 610 4267 310 33 25.3 -21.2 | 267 22 21.5 1.3 16 565 4877 320 35 22.5 -26.8 | 283 19 18.7 -4.3 17 505 5791 325 38 21.8 -31.1 | 296 20 18.0 -8.7 18 500 5870 325 37 21.2 -30.3 | 294 19 17.4 -7.8 19 485 6096 320 36 23.1 -27.6 | 285 20 19.3 -5.1 20 400 7560 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 254 21 19.9 5.8 21 397 7620 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 251 23 22.2 7.5 22 380 7925 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 245 22 19.6 9.0 23 364 8230 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 249 26 24.3 9.4 24 320 9144 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 270 28 28.1 0.1 25 300 9600 310 50 38.3 -32.1 | 286 36 34.5 -9.7 26 293 9754 315 49 34.6 -34.6 | 292 33 30.8 -12.2 27 256 10668 305 60 49.1 -34.4 | 285 47 45.3 -12.0 28 250 10830 305 63 51.6 -36.1 | 286 50 47.8 -13.7 29 200 12260 310 74 56.7 -47.6 | 295 59 52.9 -25.1 30 187 12681 310 68 52.1 -43.7 | 294 53 48.3 -21.2 31 183 12802 315 71 50.2 -50.2 | 301 54 46.4 -27.7 32 178 12988 300 79 68.4 -39.5 | 285 67 64.6 -17.0 33 175 13106 300 79 68.4 -39.5 | 285 67 64.6 -17.0 34 158 13716 285 66 63.8 -17.1 | 265 60 59.9 5.4 35 151 14021 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 261 65 64.1 10.5 36 150 14050 280 76 74.8 -13.2 | 263 72 71.0 9.3 37 143 14326 285 76 73.4 -19.7 | 268 70 69.6 2.8 38 123 15240 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 269 54 54.5 1.3 39 111 15850 295 52 47.1 -22.0 | 269 43 43.3 0.5 40 101 16459 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 232 37 29.2 22.5 41 100 16510 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 237 42 35.2 22.5 42 96 16764 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 237 42 35.2 22.5 43 82 17678 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 244 43 39.0 18.7 44 74 18288 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 269 27 27.3 0.7 45 70 18580 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 228 25 18.4 16.5 46 66 18898 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 226 24 17.4 16.8 47 60 19507 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 239 37 32.1 19.3 48 57 19812 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 235 17 14.2 9.8 49 54 20117 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 207 21 9.7 18.8 50 51 20422 340 24 8.2 -22.6 | 271 4 4.4 -0.1 51 50 20580 355 22 1.9 -21.9 | 106 2 -1.9 0.5 52 46 21031 355 22 1.9 -21.9 | 106 2 -1.9 0.5 53 44 21336 345 4 1.0 -3.9 | 172 19 -2.8 18.6 54 33 23165 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 136 21 -14.5 15.0 55 31 23470 65 16 -14.5 -6.8 | 131 24 -18.3 15.7 56 30 23710 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 134 28 -20.5 19.5 57 30 23774 75 21 -20.3 -5.4 | 125 30 -24.1 17.0 58 27 24384 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 149 24 -12.7 20.9 59 24 24994 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 147 25 -13.7 20.7 60 23 25298 40 12 -7.7 -9.2 | 139 18 -11.5 13.3 61 22 25603 35 23 -13.2 -18.8 | 102 17 -17.0 3.6 62 21 25908 45 19 -13.4 -13.4 | 118 19 -17.2 9.0 63 20 26213 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 145 23 -13.2 19.0 64 20 26230 325 3 1.7 -2.5 | 174 20 -2.1 20.0 65 19 26518 35 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 169 22 -4.4 21.6 66 17 27432 360 6 -0.0 -6.0 | 167 17 -3.8 16.5 67 16 27737 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 188 14 1.9 14.3 68 14 28346 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 185 14 1.2 13.8 69 14 28651 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 162 8 -2.5 7.5 70 13 28956 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 151 14 -6.7 11.8 71 12 29261 280 1 1.0 -0.2 | 173 22 -2.8 22.3 72 11 29870 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 184 31 1.9 30.7 73 11 30175 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 192 37 7.8 36.3 74 10 30600 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 219 21 13.1 16.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.4 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 350.4 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.0 neg: -25.7 tot: 91.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 84.94 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 318 5 179 19| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 17.8 -10.8 7.1 14.1 0.25| 7.4 1.8 1000 325 9 185 15| 9.4 0.0 9.4| 41.7 -11.9 29.8 29.8 0.49| 11.4 5.6 1500 322 15 208 12| 6.3 3.4 9.7| 60.7 -11.9 48.8 32.5 0.50| 11.4 5.7 2000 321 19 225 11| 3.8 2.6 6.4| 66.5 -25.7 40.8 20.4 0.37| 10.1 3.7 2500 320 21 236 12| 4.0 2.0 6.0| 86.3 -25.7 60.6 24.2 0.39| 10.1 3.9 3000 321 23 248 12| 5.1 1.7 6.8|117.0 -25.7 91.3 30.4 0.42| 10.6 4.4 4000 321 28 266 14| 3.8 1.7 5.5|122.5-102.7 19.7 4.9 0.19| 9.9 1.9 5000 320 29 269 15| 3.4 1.3 4.8|158.1-112.6 45.5 9.1 0.23| 8.8 2.0 6000 320 30 273 16| 3.0 1.4 4.4|172.8-132.8 40.0 6.7 0.20| 8.0 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251218.00.gif