UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 20 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 21.4 12.4 56 9.0 15.8 190 4 294.5 296.2 288.9 320.7 9.08 1 998 163 20.4 12.4 60 8.0 15.4 189 4 293.7 295.3 288.6 319.8 9.09 2 980 316 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.8 181 4 294.0 295.7 288.8 320.3 9.14 3 972 385 19.0 11.0 60 8.0 14.1 188 5 294.5 296.1 288.4 319.0 8.50 4 968 419 19.4 9.4 52 10.0 13.4 191 5 295.3 296.7 287.9 317.5 7.66 5 967 428 20.2 5.2 37 15.0 11.9 192 5 296.2 297.2 286.4 313.0 5.74 6 961 481 21.2 1.2 26 20.0 10.7 197 6 297.7 298.5 285.5 310.7 4.34 7 959 498 21.4 -0.6 23 22.0 10.2 199 6 298.1 298.8 285.1 309.5 3.81 8 949 587 22.4 -2.6 19 25.0 10.0 208 7 300.0 300.6 285.4 310.1 3.32 9 947 605 22.6 -2.4 19 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333.8 0.04 51 249 10826 -48.9 -60.9 23 12.0 -49.3 290 28 333.7 333.8 292.8 333.9 0.04 52 245 10932 -49.9 -57.9 38 8.0 -50.1 290 27 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.06 53 244 10958 -49.9 -57.9 38 8.0 -50.1 290 26 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.06 54 236 11174 -51.1 -61.1 29 10.0 -51.4 288 27 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.04 55 225 11481 -53.5 -60.5 42 7.0 -53.7 284 29 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 56 217 11712 -54.9 -64.9 28 10.0 -55.1 281 30 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.03 57 200 12230 -55.5 -75.5 7 20.0 -55.8 285 42 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 58 150 14040 -60.9 -85.9 2 25.0 -61.1 300 54 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 59 106 16129 -75.5 -88.5 11 13.0 -75.5 285 56 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 60 100 16470 -71.7 -90.7 4 19.0 -71.8 295 41 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 61 94 16833 -73.3 -91.3 5 18.0 -73.3 296 42 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 62 91 17024 -71.1 -91.1 4 20.0 -71.2 299 46 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 63 76 18079 -74.5 -90.5 7 16.0 -74.6 322 28 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 64 70 18560 -72.3 -89.3 6 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325.2 725.6 0.02 92 15 28041 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -56.3 255 26 731.4 731.4 325.4 731.6 0.02 93 14 28485 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -56.5 289 16 746.0 746.0 325.8 746.1 0.02 94 12 29473 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -59.0 258 17 769.0 769.0 326.4 769.1 0.02 95 12 29473 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -57.6 258 17 776.1 776.1 326.7 776.2 0.02 96 10 30640 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -58.7 265 23 813.9 813.9 327.6 814.1 0.02 97 9.8 30769 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -59.2 816.3 816.3 327.7 816.5 0.02 98 8.8 31464 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -55.9 864.3 864.3 328.7 864.7 0.04 99 8.7 31538 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -56.0 866.4 866.4 328.7 866.7 0.04 TRP 106 16129 -75.5 -88.5 11 13.0 -75.5 285 56 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.00 m Freezing level: 600.52 mb = 4411.56 m = 14473.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.56 mb = 2891.89 m = 9487.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.69 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.37 mb = 1280.59 m = 4201.36 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 10.74 C Layer 972.0- 949.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 542.28 mb = 5217.77 m = 17118.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.67 C = 116.01 F Cap Strength: 11.30 C Lifted Index: 10.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.98 C Showalter Index: 12.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: -5.70 C K Index: -11.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 76.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50965.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.79 mb = 2889.24 m = 9479.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 307 at 20 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 146 190 4 0.7 3.9 | 136 22 -15.0 15.6 1 981 305 180 4 0.0 4.0 | 135 22 -15.7 15.7 2 947 610 210 7 3.5 6.1 | 145 22 -12.2 17.8 3 925 805 195 3 0.8 2.9 | 134 21 -15.0 14.6 4 913 914 245 4 3.6 1.7 | 138 18 -12.1 13.4 5 882 1219 300 9 7.8 -4.5 | 132 11 -7.9 7.2 6 851 1524 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 122 9 -7.3 4.6 7 850 1533 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 137 3 -1.8 1.9 8 821 1829 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 244 3 2.5 1.2 9 791 2134 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 256 6 6.0 1.5 10 763 2438 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 252 9 8.7 2.8 11 736 2743 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 261 12 11.5 1.8 12 710 3048 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 251 13 12.3 4.2 13 700 3167 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 240 14 11.8 6.8 14 658 3658 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 219 22 13.8 16.9 15 610 4267 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 228 22 16.2 14.5 16 587 4572 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 231 23 18.1 14.7 17 565 4877 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 255 20 19.7 5.4 18 544 5182 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 245 28 25.3 11.7 19 504 5791 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 266 22 21.9 1.6 20 500 5850 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 253 27 26.1 8.0 21 484 6096 280 44 43.3 -7.6 | 262 28 27.6 4.1 22 400 7530 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 257 33 32.1 7.5 23 395 7620 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 257 33 32.1 7.5 24 378 7925 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 262 29 28.6 3.9 25 333 8839 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 247 30 27.3 11.7 26 319 9144 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 255 30 29.1 7.8 27 305 9449 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 257 34 33.1 7.4 28 300 9570 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 253 27 26.1 8.0 29 279 10058 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 245 15 13.8 6.5 30 250 10800 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 259 11 10.6 2.1 31 243 10973 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 252 9 8.7 2.8 32 201 12192 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 243 19 17.1 8.8 33 200 12230 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 268 25 24.8 0.8 34 183 12802 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 285 22 21.4 -5.6 35 158 13716 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 265 34 33.5 3.0 36 150 14040 300 54 46.8 -27.0 | 296 35 31.0 -15.3 37 143 14326 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 304 36 30.1 -20.4 38 136 14630 310 48 36.8 -30.9 | 312 28 21.0 -19.2 39 123 15240 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 259 16 16.1 3.2 40 117 15545 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 241 24 21.3 11.7 41 106 16129 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 274 38 38.4 -2.8 42 100 16459 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 274 38 38.4 -2.8 43 100 16470 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 285 22 21.4 -5.6 44 95 16764 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 285 22 21.4 -5.6 45 90 17069 300 47 40.7 -23.5 | 295 28 25.0 -11.8 46 81 17678 325 42 24.1 -34.4 | 340 24 8.4 -22.7 47 77 17983 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 5 10 -0.8 -9.6 48 73 18288 315 33 23.3 -23.3 | 327 14 7.6 -11.6 49 70 18560 320 34 21.9 -26.0 | 337 16 6.1 -14.4 50 70 18593 320 46 29.6 -35.2 | 330 27 13.8 -23.5 51 66 18898 310 33 25.3 -21.2 | 315 13 9.6 -9.5 52 57 19812 350 23 4.0 -22.7 | 47 16 -11.7 -11.0 53 54 20117 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 33 3 -1.6 -2.4 54 51 20422 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 325 5 2.7 -3.7 55 50 20560 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 143 10 -6.3 8.3 56 49 20726 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 45 8 -5.7 -5.6 57 46 21031 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 181 12 0.3 11.7 58 44 21336 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 222 6 4.0 4.5 59 42 21641 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 137 3 -1.8 1.9 60 40 21946 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 71 3 -3.0 -1.0 61 34 22860 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 273 5 5.1 -0.3 62 33 23165 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 60 8 -6.7 -3.9 63 31 23470 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 93 15 -14.8 0.7 64 30 23700 345 4 1.0 -3.9 | 118 17 -14.7 7.8 65 30 23774 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 89 14 -13.6 -0.1 66 27 24384 180 4 0.0 4.0 | 135 22 -15.7 15.7 67 24 24994 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 154 21 -9.3 19.4 68 23 25298 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 168 14 -2.9 13.9 69 22 25603 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 212 9 5.0 8.0 70 21 25908 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 218 15 9.3 11.7 71 20 26210 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 125 15 -11.9 8.5 72 20 26213 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 85 15 -14.6 -1.3 73 19 26518 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 96 17 -16.6 1.7 74 18 26822 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 155 14 -5.8 12.6 75 17 27127 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 157 16 -6.3 15.1 76 17 27432 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 192 19 4.0 18.9 77 16 27737 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 211 26 13.4 22.3 78 15 28042 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 207 21 9.4 18.4 79 14 28346 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 196 12 3.3 11.7 80 14 28651 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 121 8 -6.5 4.0 81 13 28956 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 131 6 -4.3 3.7 82 12 29566 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 181 18 0.2 17.5 83 10 30640 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 208 15 7.2 13.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.9 neg: -40.3 tot: -7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 87.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 197 5 139 22| 2.8 0.0 2.8| 17.9 -1.6 16.3 32.6 0.70| 4.1 2.9 1000 218 5 141 20| 4.7 0.0 4.7| 24.7 -18.1 6.6 6.6 0.07| 7.8 0.6 1500 270 7 144 14| 7.0 0.0 7.0| 26.7 -25.0 1.7 1.1 0.04| 9.5 0.4 2000 287 11 147 10| 5.3 1.6 6.9| 28.6 -25.0 3.6 1.8 0.13| 8.8 1.1 2500 289 14 160 8| 4.2 2.2 6.4| 31.5 -25.8 5.7 2.3 0.13| 8.0 1.0 3000 288 16 178 7| 3.5 2.2 5.7| 32.9 -40.3 -7.4 -2.5 0.03| 7.7 0.2 4000 279 20 205 9| 3.0 2.6 5.6| 47.4 -70.7 -23.3 -5.8 -0.05| 7.4 -0.4 5000 276 23 218 12| 3.3 2.1 5.5|105.2 -87.8 17.4 3.5 0.06| 7.8 0.5 6000 277 26 230 13| 3.1 2.1 5.2|183.2-116.6 66.7 11.1 0.12| 8.2 1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251220.00.gif