UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122418.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 24 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1800Z 24 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 114 140 11 SFC 998 146 20.8 12.8 60 8.0 15.8 140 11 294.1 295.8 289.0 320.9 9.34 2 990 214 20.8 11.8 56 9.0 15.3 142 15 294.8 296.4 288.8 320.2 8.81 3 925 785 16.6 8.6 59 8.0 11.9 155 36 296.3 297.7 288.2 318.4 7.60 4 870 1304 13.2 5.2 58 8.0 8.8 175 52 298.0 299.1 287.7 316.8 6.38 5 850 1499 11.8 5.8 67 6.0 8.4 175 54 298.5 299.7 288.3 318.6 6.81 6 849 1509 11.8 5.8 67 6.0 8.4 175 54 298.6 299.8 288.3 318.7 6.82 7 795 2055 6.8 6.6 99 0.2 6.7 180 48 298.9 300.3 289.2 321.6 7.71 8 774 2275 5.2 5.2 100 0.0 5.2 187 46 299.5 300.8 289.0 320.7 7.18 9 767 2349 4.8 4.5 98 0.3 4.6 190 46 299.9 301.1 288.8 320.3 6.90 10 760 2424 6.2 6.2 100 0.0 6.2 194 45 302.2 303.6 290.4 325.5 7.85 11 718 2890 3.8 3.8 100 0.0 3.8 197 50 304.5 305.8 290.5 325.6 7.02 12 714 2935 3.8 0.6 80 3.2 2.1 198 51 305.0 306.0 289.3 322.0 5.60 13 700 3096 2.8 1.1 89 1.7 1.9 200 55 305.6 306.7 289.9 323.6 5.93 14 694 3166 2.2 1.5 95 0.7 1.8 201 54 305.7 306.8 290.1 324.4 6.16 15 681 3318 1.2 -2.6 76 3.8 -0.6 202 52 306.2 307.1 288.9 320.5 4.64 16 671 3438 0.4 -4.1 72 4.5 -1.7 203 51 306.6 307.4 288.6 319.6 4.21 17 658 3595 -0.9 -5.9 69 5.0 -3.1 204 49 306.9 307.6 288.2 318.5 3.74 18 654 3643 -1.1 -5.8 70 4.7 -3.2 205 48 307.2 307.9 288.4 319.0 3.79 19 653 3656 -0.9 -5.0 74 4.1 -2.8 205 48 307.5 308.3 288.8 320.1 4.04 20 648 3717 -0.5 -11.5 43 11.0 -4.8 205 48 308.7 309.1 287.6 316.5 2.45 21 643 3779 -0.7 -9.7 51 9.0 -4.4 205 49 309.1 309.7 288.1 318.2 2.85 22 635 3879 -1.5 -12.5 43 11.0 -5.7 205 50 309.3 309.8 287.6 316.7 2.30 23 632 3917 -1.7 -12.7 43 11.0 -5.8 205 50 309.5 309.9 287.7 316.8 2.28 24 628 3968 -1.3 -23.3 17 22.0 -7.7 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55 313.7 314.0 288.2 318.2 1.34 39 563 4832 -6.9 -14.9 53 8.0 -9.7 206 55 313.8 314.2 289.0 320.8 2.14 40 559 4888 -7.3 -8.1 94 0.8 -7.7 205 55 314.0 314.7 290.5 325.8 3.72 41 558 4902 -7.3 -7.8 96 0.5 -7.5 205 55 314.1 314.9 290.6 326.3 3.81 42 553 4972 -7.9 -9.4 89 1.5 -8.5 205 56 314.2 314.9 290.3 325.1 3.39 43 551 5000 -7.9 -11.6 75 3.7 -9.3 205 56 314.5 315.1 289.9 323.8 2.86 44 549 5029 -8.1 -12.4 71 4.3 -9.7 205 56 314.6 315.2 289.8 323.4 2.69 45 546 5071 -7.9 -11.3 77 3.4 -9.2 205 57 315.4 315.9 290.3 325.0 2.95 46 544 5100 -8.1 -12.4 71 4.3 -9.7 205 57 315.5 316.0 290.0 324.3 2.71 47 520 5449 -11.1 -11.3 98 0.2 -11.2 205 61 315.9 316.5 290.6 326.0 3.10 48 500 5750 -13.1 -14.5 89 1.4 -13.6 205 64 317.1 317.5 290.3 325.3 2.49 49 499 5765 -13.1 -14.6 88 1.5 -13.6 205 64 317.2 317.7 290.4 325.4 2.47 50 482 6027 -15.3 -15.8 96 0.5 -15.4 205 70 317.7 318.1 290.4 325.4 2.32 51 479 6074 -14.9 -17.8 78 2.9 -15.8 205 70 318.8 319.1 290.4 325.4 1.97 52 476 6122 -13.7 -22.7 47 9.0 -16.2 205 72 320.8 321.1 290.3 325.3 1.30 53 471 6202 -12.7 -30.7 21 18.0 -16.7 205 74 323.0 323.2 290.3 325.3 0.63 54 444 6648 -16.5 -30.5 29 14.0 -19.5 206 81 323.7 323.9 290.6 326.2 0.68 55 400 7420 -22.9 -26.1 75 3.2 -23.6 210 82 325.2 325.5 291.5 329.2 1.14 56 300 9460 -38.7 -47.7 38 9.0 -39.4 220 97 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.17 57 250 10680 -48.5 -56.5 39 8.0 -48.8 215 102 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 58 200 12110 -59.9 -64.9 52 5.0 -60.0 205 102 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.03 59 175 12941 -64.3 -70.3 44 6.0 -64.4 210 103 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 60 150 13890 -63.7 -80.7 8 17.0 -63.8 210 115 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.00 61 145 14098 -64.0 -81.5 7 17.5 -64.1 215 120 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 62 100 16360 -67.7 -90.7 2 23.0 -67.8 220 82 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 63 97 16544 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.6 220 82 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 64 90 16996 -68.3 -89.3 3 21.0 -68.4 216 78 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 65 85 17341 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.7 210 72 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 66 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563.1 318.8 563.1 0.00 80 32 23268 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.4 257 30 565.9 565.9 318.9 565.9 0.00 81 30 23670 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.1 300 20 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.6 0.01 82 28 24098 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -63.0 291 17 586.3 586.3 320.0 586.3 0.00 83 27 24321 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.3 302 12 591.8 591.8 320.2 591.9 0.00 84 26 24554 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -62.2 293 21 601.7 601.7 320.7 601.7 0.00 85 24 25048 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -63.0 275 23 613.3 613.3 321.2 613.3 0.00 86 23 25313 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -60.2 268 19 630.2 630.2 321.9 630.2 0.01 87 22 25591 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.4 260 15 641.2 641.2 322.3 641.3 0.01 88 20 26190 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -60.0 290 16 657.1 657.1 323.0 657.2 0.01 89 19 26514 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -60.1 282 16 666.8 666.8 323.3 666.9 0.01 90 17 27217 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -59.3 302 21 692.2 692.2 324.2 692.3 0.01 91 16 27600 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -61.0 308 16 697.8 697.8 324.4 697.9 0.01 92 11 29986 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -57.3 298 23 798.5 798.5 327.2 798.7 0.02 93 11 29986 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -56.5 298 23 802.9 802.9 327.3 803.1 0.02 94 10 30610 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -54.4 290 24 840.0 840.0 328.2 840.3 0.03 95 10 30610 -47.7 -83.7 1 36.0 -54.2 290 24 841.5 841.5 328.2 841.8 0.04 96 8.5 31686 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -54.2 885.4 885.5 329.1 885.9 0.04 97 7.7 32337 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -56.1 899.6 899.6 329.4 900.0 0.04 TRP 175 12941 -64.3 -70.3 44 6.0 -64.4 210 103 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 WND 145 14098 -64.0 -81.5 7 17.5 -64.1 215 120 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.00 m Freezing level: 667.00 mb = 3485.87 m = 11436.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.30 mb = 3279.44 m = 10759.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.57 mb = 1144.18 m = 3753.82 ft T: 14.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 4.14 C Layer 990.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.54 mb = 2007.78 m = 6587.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.59 C = 78.06 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.78 C Showalter Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 29.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43771.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.43 mb = 1632.82 m = 5356.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 224 at 38 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 61 38 -33.4 -18.5 1 979 305 145 20 -11.5 16.4 | 74 39 -37.8 -10.5 2 944 610 145 29 -16.6 23.8 | 86 43 -42.9 -3.2 3 925 785 155 36 -15.2 32.6 | 98 42 -41.5 5.7 4 911 914 165 41 -10.6 39.6 | 109 39 -36.9 12.7 5 879 1219 175 51 -4.4 50.8 | 128 39 -30.7 23.9 6 850 1499 175 54 -4.7 53.8 | 131 41 -31.0 26.9 7 847 1524 175 55 -4.8 54.8 | 132 42 -31.1 27.9 8 817 1829 180 51 0.0 51.0 | 133 36 -26.3 24.1 9 787 2134 180 47 0.0 47.0 | 127 33 -26.3 20.1 10 758 2438 195 45 11.6 43.5 | 139 22 -14.6 16.6 11 731 2743 195 47 12.2 45.4 | 143 23 -14.1 18.5 12 700 3096 200 55 18.8 51.7 | 163 26 -7.5 24.8 13 652 3658 205 48 20.3 43.5 | 160 18 -6.0 16.6 14 603 4267 205 53 22.4 48.0 | 170 21 -3.9 21.1 15 581 4572 210 54 27.0 46.8 | 182 20 0.7 19.9 16 559 4877 205 55 23.2 49.8 | 172 23 -3.0 22.9 17 500 5750 205 64 27.0 58.0 | 181 31 0.8 31.1 18 477 6096 205 71 30.0 64.3 | 186 38 3.7 37.4 19 458 6401 205 81 34.2 73.4 | 190 47 8.0 46.5 20 400 7420 210 82 41.0 71.0 | 198 46 14.7 44.1 21 389 7620 210 81 40.5 70.1 | 198 46 14.2 43.2 22 314 9144 220 94 60.4 72.0 | 217 57 34.1 45.1 23 300 9449 220 94 60.4 72.0 | 217 57 34.1 45.1 24 300 9460 220 97 62.4 74.3 | 217 60 36.1 47.4 25 250 10680 215 102 58.5 83.6 | 210 65 32.2 56.6 26 200 12110 205 102 43.1 92.4 | 194 68 16.8 65.5 27 188 12497 210 110 55.0 95.3 | 203 74 28.7 68.4 28 175 12941 210 103 51.5 89.2 | 202 67 25.2 62.3 29 162 13411 205 101 42.7 91.5 | 194 67 16.4 64.6 30 150 13890 210 115 57.5 99.6 | 203 79 31.2 72.7 31 145 14098 215 120 68.8 98.3 | 211 83 42.5 71.4 32 140 14326 215 120 68.8 98.3 | 211 83 42.5 71.4 33 133 14630 220 101 64.9 77.4 | 217 64 38.6 50.5 34 120 15240 205 78 33.0 70.7 | 189 44 6.7 43.8 35 100 16360 220 82 52.7 62.8 | 216 45 26.4 35.9 36 94 16764 220 82 52.7 62.8 | 216 45 26.4 35.9 37 80 17678 205 67 28.3 60.7 | 183 34 2.0 33.8 38 76 17983 215 65 37.3 53.2 | 203 29 11.0 26.3 39 73 18288 215 51 29.3 41.8 | 191 15 3.0 14.9 40 70 18520 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 44 18 -12.1 -12.8 41 69 18593 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 51 15 -11.5 -9.3 42 62 19202 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 36 21 -12.4 -17.2 43 56 19812 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 29 23 -10.9 -19.7 44 54 20117 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 50 16 -12.1 -10.1 45 51 20422 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 301 8 6.5 -4.0 46 50 20540 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 348 8 1.6 -7.4 47 49 20726 220 43 27.6 32.9 | 193 6 1.4 6.0 48 44 21336 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 14 31 -7.6 -30.2 49 40 21946 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 26 37 -15.9 -32.9 50 38 22250 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 37 26 -15.9 -20.9 51 34 22860 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 39 28 -17.6 -21.9 52 33 23165 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 344 13 3.6 -13.0 53 30 23670 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 14 38 -9.0 -36.9 54 30 23774 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 7 29 -3.4 -28.9 55 27 24384 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 27 37 -17.3 -33.2 56 25 24689 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 357 34 1.7 -34.4 57 22 25603 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 25 27 -11.5 -24.3 58 21 25908 250 6 5.6 2.1 | 40 32 -20.6 -24.9 59 20 26190 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 19 34 -11.2 -32.4 60 20 26213 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 36 29 -16.9 -23.5 61 18 26822 315 22 15.6 -15.6 | 14 44 -10.7 -42.5 62 17 27127 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 12 38 -8.1 -37.4 63 16 27432 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 12 40 -8.3 -39.5 64 16 27737 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 26 39 -17.1 -34.6 65 15 28042 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 27 32 -14.5 -29.0 66 13 28956 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 360 36 0.0 -36.5 67 12 29261 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 356 25 1.6 -24.5 68 12 29566 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 3 27 -1.3 -26.9 69 11 29870 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 9 39 -6.4 -38.4 70 10 30610 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 6 35 -3.7 -35.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.3 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 224.3 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 632.9 neg: -25.3 tot: 607.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 207.62 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 145 22 77 40| 20.1 0.0 20.1|200.3 0.0 200.3 400.6 0.96| 20.3 19.5 1000 156 31 92 39| 20.5 0.0 20.5|463.4 0.0 463.4 463.4 0.97| 23.1 22.4 1500 165 38 105 37| 15.5 0.0 15.5|529.0 0.0 529.0 352.7 0.93| 18.4 17.1 2000 170 41 112 36| 10.1 0.0 10.1|530.3 -25.3 505.0 252.5 0.77| 15.8 12.1 2500 174 42 116 34| 8.4 0.0 8.4|573.8 -25.3 548.5 219.4 0.72| 15.3 11.0 3000 179 44 122 32| 8.6 0.0 8.6|632.9 -25.3 607.7 202.6 0.74| 14.4 10.7 4000 186 45 130 28| 6.2 0.0 6.2|646.0 -30.9 615.1 153.8 0.67| 12.3 8.3 5000 191 47 139 26| 5.3 0.5 5.8|678.5 -47.0 631.5 126.3 0.62| 11.1 6.9 6000 194 50 147 26| 4.4 1.6 6.0|727.4 -47.0 680.4 113.4 0.59| 10.5 6.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251224.18.gif