UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 19 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 113 320 6 SFC 998 146 22.4 12.4 53 10.0 16.1 320 6 295.7 297.4 289.3 322.0 9.09 2 995 171 21.4 12.4 56 9.0 15.8 323 6 295.0 296.6 289.1 321.3 9.12 3 980 300 20.0 11.0 56 9.0 14.5 339 6 294.8 296.4 288.5 319.2 8.43 4 974 351 20.6 7.6 43 13.0 13.1 328 6 296.0 297.2 287.3 315.6 6.73 5 973 360 20.6 6.6 40 14.0 12.6 326 6 296.1 297.2 286.9 314.4 6.29 6 970 386 23.4 1.4 23 22.0 11.7 320 5 299.1 299.9 286.1 312.2 4.36 7 959 483 23.2 1.2 23 22.0 11.5 296 5 299.9 300.7 286.4 313.0 4.35 8 952 545 23.4 0.4 22 23.0 11.3 280 4 300.8 301.5 286.5 313.2 4.13 9 948 581 24.8 -1.2 18 26.0 11.3 272 4 302.5 303.2 286.7 313.8 3.69 10 939 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304 41 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 52 261 10544 -46.1 -49.9 65 3.8 -46.3 303 39 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.15 53 256 10673 -46.7 -51.7 57 5.0 -46.9 302 37 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 54 250 10830 -48.1 -52.9 58 4.8 -48.3 300 34 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 55 230 11374 -52.7 -55.9 68 3.2 -52.8 306 34 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.09 56 204 12136 -59.5 -64.1 55 4.6 -59.6 314 34 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.03 57 200 12260 -60.3 -65.3 52 5.0 -60.4 315 34 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 58 199 12291 -60.5 -65.5 52 5.0 -60.6 315 34 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.03 59 176 13045 -65.9 -69.3 62 3.4 -66.0 290 46 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 60 150 14020 -63.1 -82.1 6 19.0 -63.2 300 63 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 61 142 14360 -64.2 -83.2 6 19.0 -64.3 310 66 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 62 100 16490 -70.9 -89.9 4 19.0 -71.0 295 34 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 63 89 17168 -76.7 -90.7 9 14.0 -76.7 292 39 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 64 83 17567 -78.1 -91.1 10 13.0 -78.1 309 50 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 65 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541.3 317.6 541.4 0.00 79 33 23100 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.3 338 13 555.6 555.6 318.4 555.6 0.00 80 30 23690 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.7 15 10 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 81 25 24816 -64.5 -90.5 2 26.0 -65.1 12 10 599.2 599.3 320.6 599.3 0.00 82 25 24816 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -62.6 12 10 607.3 607.3 320.9 607.3 0.00 83 24 25069 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -63.1 4 10 612.7 612.7 321.2 612.7 0.00 84 24 25069 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.6 4 10 617.9 617.9 321.4 617.9 0.01 85 22 25610 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.7 347 15 629.9 629.9 321.9 629.9 0.01 86 22 25610 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -62.1 347 15 631.7 631.7 322.0 631.7 0.01 87 21 25902 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -59.5 30 1 649.8 649.8 322.7 649.8 0.01 88 21 25902 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.8 30 1 652.2 652.2 322.7 652.3 0.01 89 20 26210 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.7 325 6 658.3 658.3 323.0 658.4 0.01 90 18 26872 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -60.7 320 7 675.3 675.3 323.6 675.4 0.01 91 17 27232 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -59.5 306 5 691.6 691.6 324.1 691.6 0.01 92 17 27232 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.9 306 5 689.7 689.7 324.1 689.7 0.01 93 16 27617 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -57.2 292 2 713.5 713.5 324.8 713.5 0.01 94 14 28463 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -61.0 239 5 725.6 725.6 325.2 725.7 0.01 95 13 28929 -57.7 -88.7 1 31.0 -60.1 211 11 746.0 746.0 325.8 746.1 0.01 96 12 29440 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -57.1 216 17 778.9 778.9 326.7 779.1 0.02 97 11 29999 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -57.6 219 21 797.1 797.1 327.2 797.3 0.02 TRP 176 13045 -65.9 -69.3 62 3.4 -66.0 290 46 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 WND 142 14360 -64.2 -83.2 6 19.0 -64.3 310 66 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.00 m Freezing level: 579.35 mb = 4719.78 m = 15484.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.47 mb = 3517.27 m = 11539.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.94 % Est. max temperature: 34.21 C = 93.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.01 mb = 1414.82 m = 4641.74 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 9.79 C Layer 995.0- 959.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 530.62 mb = 5413.85 m = 17761.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.06 C = 118.51 F Cap Strength: 11.94 C Lifted Index: 9.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.90 C Showalter Index: 9.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 2.10 C K Index: 3.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 32.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43649.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 697.58 mb = 3201.62 m = 10503.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 5 at 12 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 214 9 4.8 7.2 1 980 305 340 6 2.1 -5.6 | 206 7 3.0 6.2 2 945 610 265 4 4.0 0.3 | 202 13 4.9 12.2 3 925 792 215 1 0.6 0.8 | 187 13 1.5 12.6 4 912 914 100 1 -1.0 0.2 | 180 12 -0.0 12.0 5 881 1219 175 6 -0.5 6.0 | 181 18 0.4 17.8 6 850 1524 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 185 12 1.0 11.8 7 850 1526 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 185 12 1.0 11.8 8 820 1829 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 177 7 -0.3 7.0 9 791 2134 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 283 6 5.8 -1.3 10 763 2438 335 23 9.7 -20.8 | 310 14 10.7 -9.0 11 736 2743 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 252 6 5.6 1.8 12 710 3048 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 224 6 4.3 4.6 13 700 3173 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 234 7 5.5 4.0 14 685 3353 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 241 11 10.0 5.5 15 659 3658 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 242 7 6.0 3.1 16 611 4267 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 306 17 13.5 -9.8 17 566 4877 335 28 11.8 -25.4 | 317 19 12.8 -13.6 18 525 5486 345 28 7.2 -27.0 | 332 17 8.2 -15.2 19 500 5880 340 32 10.9 -30.1 | 327 22 11.9 -18.3 20 486 6096 330 34 17.0 -29.4 | 314 25 18.0 -17.6 21 467 6401 325 38 21.8 -31.1 | 310 30 22.8 -19.3 22 400 7560 315 34 24.0 -24.0 | 296 28 25.0 -12.2 23 397 7620 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 297 29 25.7 -12.9 24 380 7925 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 288 35 32.9 -10.6 25 364 8230 320 39 25.1 -29.9 | 305 32 26.0 -18.1 26 320 9144 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 294 35 31.6 -13.9 27 300 9600 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 288 35 32.9 -10.6 28 268 10363 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 289 37 35.4 -12.3 29 250 10830 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 280 31 30.4 -5.2 30 200 12260 315 34 24.0 -24.0 | 296 28 25.0 -12.2 31 192 12497 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 297 29 25.7 -12.9 32 183 12802 305 31 25.4 -17.8 | 283 27 26.4 -6.0 33 176 13045 290 46 43.2 -15.7 | 275 44 44.2 -3.9 34 174 13106 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 269 43 42.5 0.7 35 166 13411 295 46 41.7 -19.4 | 280 43 42.7 -7.6 36 158 13716 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 287 34 32.1 -10.0 37 150 14020 300 63 54.6 -31.5 | 290 59 55.5 -19.7 38 150 14021 300 63 54.6 -31.5 | 290 59 55.5 -19.7 39 142 14360 310 66 50.6 -42.4 | 301 60 51.5 -30.6 40 136 14630 310 66 50.6 -42.4 | 301 60 51.5 -30.6 41 123 15240 310 57 43.7 -36.6 | 299 51 44.6 -24.8 42 106 16154 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 293 33 30.1 -12.6 43 101 16459 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 273 24 23.5 -1.2 44 100 16490 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 275 32 31.8 -2.6 45 95 16764 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 275 32 31.8 -2.6 46 86 17374 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 274 41 40.4 -2.6 47 81 17678 320 54 34.7 -41.4 | 310 46 35.7 -29.6 48 77 17983 340 43 14.7 -40.4 | 331 33 15.7 -28.6 49 73 18288 335 24 10.1 -21.8 | 312 15 11.1 -9.9 50 70 18550 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 287 25 23.9 -7.5 51 69 18593 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 267 24 23.6 1.2 52 66 18898 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 287 25 23.9 -7.5 53 63 19202 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 262 15 14.9 2.1 54 60 19507 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 259 22 21.6 4.3 55 57 19812 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 274 24 24.3 -1.7 56 54 20117 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 325 7 4.1 -5.9 57 51 20422 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 253 9 8.7 2.6 58 50 20550 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 250 14 13.1 4.8 59 49 20726 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 242 8 6.7 3.6 60 46 21031 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 253 13 12.4 3.8 61 44 21336 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 261 6 6.0 0.9 62 40 21946 330 21 10.5 -18.2 | 299 13 11.5 -6.4 63 38 22250 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 242 7 6.0 3.1 64 36 22555 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 251 10 9.4 3.3 65 33 23165 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 274 5 5.4 -0.4 66 30 23690 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 143 3 -1.6 2.2 67 30 23774 20 11 -3.8 -10.3 | 118 3 -2.8 1.5 68 27 24384 15 13 -3.4 -12.6 | 73 3 -2.4 -0.7 69 26 24689 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 183 2 0.1 1.8 70 24 24994 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 134 3 -2.5 2.4 71 23 25298 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 241 8 7.4 4.1 72 22 25603 345 16 4.1 -15.5 | 306 6 5.1 -3.6 73 21 25908 30 1 -0.5 -0.9 | 182 11 0.5 10.9 74 20 26210 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 213 8 4.4 6.9 75 20 26213 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 253 4 3.8 1.2 76 16 27127 285 1 1.0 -0.3 | 189 12 1.9 11.6 77 14 27432 250 3 2.8 1.0 | 196 13 3.8 12.8 78 13 27737 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 196 21 6.0 20.5 79 11 28346 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 208 32 15.1 28.7 80 9 28956 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 196 25 6.9 24.5 81 9 29261 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 207 29 13.2 26.4 82 8 29566 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 244 14 12.7 6.3 83 7 30175 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 238 17 14.8 9.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.7 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 4.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.7 neg: -60.9 tot: -32.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.41 Bulk Shear: 15.89 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 316 5 210 9| 0.0 5.7 5.7| 0.2 -9.2 -8.9 -17.9 -0.36| 8.5 -3.0 1000 303 4 203 11| 0.0 5.5 5.5| 2.8 -28.0 -25.2 -25.2 -0.45| 8.9 -4.0 1500 261 3 199 13| 0.0 1.7 1.7| 12.5 -36.1 -23.6 -15.7 -0.23| 9.8 -2.3 2000 330 4 202 9| 0.0 2.3 2.3| 18.6 -38.1 -19.5 -9.7 -0.01| 11.1 -0.1 2500 334 7 218 7| 0.0 1.9 1.9| 27.2 -50.3 -23.2 -9.3 -0.03| 12.2 -0.3 3000 334 8 222 6| 0.0 0.5 0.5| 28.7 -60.9 -32.2 -10.7 -0.11| 11.5 -1.2 4000 330 9 235 7| 1.5 0.5 2.1| 53.9 -61.1 -7.2 -1.8 0.04| 11.4 0.4 5000 332 13 265 7| 1.9 0.4 2.3| 84.3 -61.1 23.2 4.6 0.10| 10.0 1.0 6000 335 16 288 8| 1.7 1.0 2.7| 95.6-102.1 -6.5 -1.1 0.05| 9.5 0.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251219.00.gif