UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 21 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 1003 146 13.0 11.7 92 1.3 12.3 325 1 285.9 287.4 285.2 309.9 8.63 1 1000 158 13.0 12.1 94 0.9 12.5 150 1 286.1 287.7 285.6 310.9 8.90 2 982 310 11.6 11.6 100 0.0 11.6 277 2 286.2 287.8 285.5 310.6 8.76 3 965 456 10.8 10.8 100 0.0 10.8 222 6 286.9 288.3 285.5 310.4 8.45 4 964 465 10.6 9.8 95 0.8 10.2 218 6 286.7 288.1 284.9 308.8 7.91 5 962 482 11.2 6.2 71 5.0 8.5 212 7 287.5 288.6 283.4 305.0 6.18 6 961 491 12.0 4.0 58 8.0 7.9 209 7 288.4 289.3 282.8 303.5 5.30 7 958 517 14.4 1.4 41 13.0 7.9 199 8 291.1 291.9 283.0 303.9 4.42 8 956 535 16.4 2.4 39 14.0 9.2 192 8 293.3 294.1 284.2 307.2 4.76 9 954 553 17.4 2.4 37 15.0 9.6 185 9 294.5 295.3 284.7 308.5 4.77 10 946 625 18.0 1.0 32 17.0 9.3 165 10 295.8 296.6 284.8 308.7 4.34 11 930 771 18.6 -4.4 21 23.0 7.8 169 7 297.9 298.4 284.1 306.8 2.96 12 925 817 18.8 2.8 34 16.0 10.2 170 6 298.5 299.5 286.6 313.6 5.06 13 922 845 18.8 4.8 40 14.0 11.0 174 5 298.8 299.9 287.5 316.1 5.85 14 913 929 19.2 -1.8 24 21.0 8.7 190 2 300.1 300.7 285.7 311.2 3.67 15 903 1024 18.8 4.8 40 14.0 10.9 224 4 300.6 301.7 288.2 318.4 5.98 16 891 1138 18.0 5.0 42 13.0 10.6 265 6 300.9 302.0 288.5 319.3 6.14 17 886 1186 18.2 5.2 42 13.0 10.8 283 6 301.6 302.8 288.8 320.4 6.27 18 850 1540 15.8 3.8 45 12.0 9.1 275 10 302.7 303.8 288.9 320.5 5.92 19 846 1580 15.6 4.6 48 11.0 9.4 275 11 302.9 304.1 289.3 321.8 6.29 20 841 1630 15.4 3.4 45 12.0 8.8 275 12 303.2 304.3 289.0 320.7 5.81 21 836 1681 16.0 -9.0 17 25.0 5.0 275 12 304.3 304.8 285.9 311.6 2.31 22 835 1691 16.0 -6.0 21 22.0 5.7 275 13 304.5 305.0 286.6 313.5 2.92 23 828 1762 15.4 2.4 42 13.0 8.3 275 14 304.6 305.6 289.1 321.3 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31 16.0 0.6 255 18 311.5 312.1 289.0 321.0 2.95 39 667 3560 4.4 -10.6 33 15.0 -1.9 255 17 311.6 312.1 288.7 319.9 2.55 40 651 3758 4.0 -27.0 8 31.0 -5.0 256 17 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.6 0.64 41 636 3947 2.6 -22.4 14 25.0 -5.4 259 19 313.9 314.0 287.8 317.2 1.00 42 598 4443 0.8 -32.2 6 33.0 -7.6 268 25 317.3 317.4 288.4 318.9 0.43 43 577 4729 -1.3 -35.3 5 34.0 -9.2 272 29 318.2 318.2 288.5 319.3 0.33 44 500 5850 -10.7 -34.7 12 24.0 -15.6 265 34 320.0 320.1 289.2 321.5 0.40 45 490 6005 -12.1 -34.1 14 22.0 -16.6 265 35 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.7 0.44 46 469 6338 -14.3 -40.3 9 26.0 -18.6 265 35 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.24 47 463 6435 -15.1 -38.1 12 23.0 -19.1 265 35 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.8 0.31 48 460 6484 -15.5 -29.5 29 14.0 -18.6 265 35 321.7 321.9 290.0 324.3 0.72 49 452 6616 -16.9 -27.9 38 11.0 -19.4 265 36 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.6 0.85 50 447 6699 -17.5 -29.5 34 12.0 -20.1 265 36 321.9 322.0 290.1 324.5 0.74 51 443 6767 -17.7 -34.7 21 17.0 -20.8 265 36 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.45 52 440 6817 -18.1 -32.1 28 14.0 -20.8 265 36 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.7 0.59 53 436 6885 -18.7 -35.7 21 17.0 -21.7 265 36 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.2 0.42 54 432 6954 -19.3 -30.3 37 11.0 -21.5 265 36 322.7 322.9 290.3 325.3 0.71 55 400 7520 -24.3 -34.3 39 10.0 -25.9 260 33 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.52 56 300 9550 -40.3 -49.3 38 9.0 -40.9 255 39 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.14 57 250 10770 -49.3 -55.3 49 6.0 -49.5 265 38 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.08 58 200 12210 -52.9 -75.9 5 23.0 -53.2 275 57 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 59 150 14040 -60.3 -86.3 2 26.0 -60.5 270 53 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 60 100 16500 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 280 37 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 61 95 16804 -70.9 -89.9 4 19.0 -71.0 283 36 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 62 92 16994 -70.1 -90.1 4 20.0 -70.2 295 30 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 63 85 17461 -72.9 -90.9 5 18.0 -73.0 290 27 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 64 82 17672 -71.1 -90.1 4 19.0 -71.2 285 27 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 65 76 18118 -74.3 -90.3 7 16.0 -74.3 310 20 415.5 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26.0 -64.1 328 10 525.9 525.9 316.6 525.9 0.00 80 38 22221 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.7 277 10 529.6 529.6 316.9 529.6 0.00 81 38 22221 -64.9 -90.9 2 26.0 -65.3 277 10 530.6 530.6 316.9 530.6 0.00 82 37 22386 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.6 250 10 544.9 544.9 317.8 545.0 0.00 83 32 23283 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.9 274 21 561.6 561.6 318.7 561.6 0.00 84 31 23478 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.9 293 24 566.7 566.7 319.0 566.8 0.00 85 30 23680 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.7 265 11 572.6 572.6 319.3 572.6 0.00 86 29 23889 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.7 287 13 581.5 581.5 319.8 581.5 0.00 87 27 24329 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.6 242 14 590.7 590.7 320.2 590.7 0.00 88 26 24562 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -62.2 267 18 601.7 601.7 320.7 601.7 0.01 89 24 25057 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.8 289 14 613.8 613.8 321.2 613.9 0.01 90 23 25322 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -60.0 267 19 630.8 630.8 321.9 630.8 0.01 91 22 25601 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -59.4 245 23 641.2 641.2 322.3 641.3 0.01 92 20 26200 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.4 300 25 655.9 655.9 322.9 655.9 0.01 93 16 27608 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -57.9 272 19 710.9 710.9 324.8 711.0 0.01 94 13 28921 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -60.5 285 22 744.0 744.0 325.8 744.1 0.01 95 10 30600 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -55.5 280 21 832.5 832.6 328.0 832.8 0.03 96 9.8 30732 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -54.9 841.9 841.9 328.2 842.3 0.04 97 8.8 31434 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -57.3 855.0 855.0 328.5 855.4 0.04 98 7.9 32137 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -55.8 894.6 894.6 329.3 895.1 0.05 TRP 76 18118 -74.3 -90.3 7 16.0 -74.3 310 20 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.00 m Freezing level: 590.00 mb = 4551.74 m = 14933.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.62 mb = 3287.53 m = 10785.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.77 mb = 295.24 m = 968.61 ft T: 11.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.19 C Layer 841.0- 835.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 578.48 mb = 4708.28 m = 15446.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.21 C = 113.39 F Cap Strength: 12.79 C Lifted Index: 11.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.91 C Showalter Index: 5.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 14.50 C K Index: 13.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 99.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55200.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.29 mb = 1820.89 m = 5973.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 294 at 15 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 1003 146 325 1 0.6 -0.8 | 112 14 -12.7 5.1 1 1000 158 150 1 -0.5 0.9 | 116 15 -13.8 6.8 2 983 305 280 2 2.0 -0.3 | 116 13 -11.3 5.6 3 948 610 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 135 22 -15.9 15.6 4 925 817 170 6 -1.0 5.9 | 130 19 -14.3 11.9 5 915 914 185 2 0.2 2.0 | 121 15 -13.1 7.9 6 882 1219 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 113 8 -6.9 3.0 7 852 1524 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 151 7 -3.3 5.9 8 850 1540 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 147 6 -3.3 5.1 9 821 1829 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 200 5 1.7 4.6 10 792 2134 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 210 5 2.7 4.5 11 763 2438 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 218 4 2.5 3.2 12 736 2743 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 218 8 4.7 5.9 13 700 3165 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 201 11 4.1 10.6 14 684 3353 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 201 11 4.1 10.6 15 658 3658 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 192 10 2.2 10.1 16 610 4267 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 230 12 9.6 7.9 17 565 4877 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 260 18 17.6 3.2 18 523 5486 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 235 27 22.5 15.5 19 500 5850 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 247 22 20.6 8.9 20 484 6096 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 247 23 21.6 9.0 21 428 7010 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 248 24 22.6 9.1 22 400 7520 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 239 22 19.2 11.7 23 394 7620 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 238 22 18.2 11.5 24 346 8534 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 246 34 31.0 13.8 25 332 8839 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 232 24 18.6 14.5 26 318 9144 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 221 27 17.5 20.3 27 300 9550 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 237 29 24.4 16.0 28 250 10770 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 249 26 24.6 9.3 29 242 10973 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 256 25 24.7 5.9 30 220 11582 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 239 22 19.2 11.7 31 200 12210 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 269 44 43.5 1.0 32 191 12497 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 269 45 44.5 0.9 33 174 13106 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 259 30 29.7 5.9 34 150 14040 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 261 40 39.7 5.9 35 143 14326 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 261 40 39.7 5.9 36 123 15240 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 243 28 25.1 12.7 37 117 15545 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 238 32 27.3 16.8 38 100 16500 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 271 23 23.2 -0.5 39 96 16764 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 271 23 23.2 -0.5 40 91 17069 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 307 13 10.1 -7.6 41 82 17678 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 275 13 12.8 -1.0 42 76 18118 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 344 7 2.0 -6.9 43 74 18288 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 334 10 4.3 -8.8 44 70 18593 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 218 8 4.7 5.9 45 70 18600 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 89 3 -2.9 -0.1 46 67 18898 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 227 6 4.6 4.4 47 63 19202 230 1 0.8 0.6 | 118 14 -12.5 6.6 48 60 19507 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 142 20 -12.4 15.9 49 51 20422 315 25 17.7 -17.7 | 339 13 4.4 -11.7 50 50 20570 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 59 10 -8.2 -4.9 51 49 20726 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 71 12 -11.5 -3.9 52 44 21336 345 23 6.0 -22.2 | 24 18 -7.3 -16.3 53 42 21641 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 77 16 -15.9 -3.7 54 36 22555 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 154 14 -6.2 13.0 55 34 22860 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 165 16 -4.1 15.1 56 31 23470 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 296 10 9.4 -4.6 57 30 23680 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 161 7 -2.3 6.9 58 30 23774 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 54 4 -3.3 -2.4 59 28 24079 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 174 10 -1.1 10.4 60 27 24384 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 175 13 -1.2 12.9 61 26 24689 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 266 7 7.0 0.5 62 24 24994 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 107 2 -1.5 0.4 63 22 25603 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 206 17 7.6 15.7 64 21 25908 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 210 19 9.4 16.5 65 20 26200 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 308 11 8.4 -6.6 66 20 26213 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 251 19 17.7 5.9 67 18 26822 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 321 10 6.4 -7.8 68 17 27127 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 299 3 3.0 -1.7 69 16 27432 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 219 6 3.7 4.5 70 15 28042 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 233 13 10.6 8.0 71 13 28956 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 268 8 8.0 0.2 72 12 29566 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 224 11 7.6 7.8 73 11 30175 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 325 8 4.7 -6.7 74 10 30600 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 253 8 7.4 2.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: -38.4 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.53 Bulk Shear: 51.26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 178 5 128 17| 0.0 10.5 10.5| 22.8 -10.9 11.9 23.7 0.27| 17.1 4.5 1000 184 5 130 17| 6.2 5.3 11.4| 28.9 -27.2 1.7 1.7 0.09| 15.4 1.3 1500 238 6 139 12| 5.9 3.5 9.4| 37.4 -31.6 5.9 3.9 0.15| 13.3 2.0 2000 260 8 146 9| 5.4 2.6 8.0| 42.7 -31.6 11.1 5.6 0.23| 11.0 2.5 2500 267 10 153 7| 4.3 2.1 6.5| 43.5 -31.6 12.0 4.8 0.23| 9.6 2.2 3000 266 11 163 7| 3.6 2.7 6.3| 43.5 -38.4 5.2 1.7 0.15| 9.0 1.3 4000 263 13 177 8| 3.5 2.0 5.5| 60.6 -43.4 17.2 4.3 0.20| 7.8 1.5 5000 265 16 201 8| 3.5 1.9 5.4| 93.4 -62.5 31.0 6.2 0.22| 7.9 1.7 6000 264 19 217 10| 3.1 2.0 5.0|122.7 -92.9 29.8 5.0 0.19| 7.7 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251221.12.gif