UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 25 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 113 140 11 SFC 997 146 15.6 13.8 89 1.8 14.5 140 11 289.0 290.8 287.8 317.0 9.99 2 989 214 15.8 13.3 85 2.5 14.3 142 14 289.9 291.6 287.9 317.3 9.74 3 976 325 15.0 12.8 87 2.2 13.7 146 19 290.2 291.8 287.8 317.1 9.55 4 956 498 13.4 12.4 94 1.0 12.8 154 28 290.3 291.9 287.8 317.1 9.50 5 937 665 13.0 12.7 98 0.3 12.8 168 33 291.5 293.3 288.6 319.6 9.89 6 925 772 13.2 13.2 100 0.0 13.2 185 32 292.8 294.7 289.5 322.3 10.36 7 923 790 13.6 13.6 100 0.0 13.6 186 32 293.4 295.3 289.9 323.8 10.66 8 850 1484 11.0 11.0 100 0.0 11.0 205 34 297.7 299.4 290.6 326.0 9.74 9 812 1865 9.0 9.0 100 0.0 9.0 199 39 299.5 301.1 290.5 325.6 8.91 10 749 2529 4.0 3.9 99 0.1 3.9 196 47 301.0 302.3 289.1 321.2 6.77 11 700 3078 1.0 1.0 100 0.0 1.0 215 50 303.6 304.7 289.2 321.4 5.89 12 673 3394 -0.5 -0.5 100 0.0 -0.5 218 52 305.3 306.4 289.4 322.1 5.49 13 643 3759 -1.1 -1.8 95 0.7 -1.4 221 57 308.7 309.7 290.2 324.8 5.22 14 627 3960 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 222 62 309.3 310.2 290.2 324.6 4.93 15 597 4349 -3.9 -6.1 85 2.2 -4.9 224 73 312.1 312.8 290.2 324.9 4.06 16 572 4686 -6.3 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 222 84 313.1 313.8 290.5 325.6 3.93 17 570 4713 -6.5 -7.3 94 0.8 -6.8 221 85 313.2 313.9 290.4 325.5 3.88 18 567 4755 -6.7 -9.1 83 2.4 -7.7 221 86 313.4 314.0 290.0 324.2 3.39 19 566 4768 -6.9 -8.5 88 1.6 -7.6 221 87 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.7 3.56 20 553 4950 -7.7 -10.6 80 2.9 -8.8 219 89 314.5 315.0 290.1 324.4 3.08 21 531 5266 -9.1 -11.1 85 2.0 -9.9 216 80 316.5 317.0 290.7 326.5 3.09 22 529 5295 -8.9 -11.8 79 2.9 -10.0 215 79 317.0 317.6 290.7 326.6 2.93 23 500 5730 -11.9 -13.3 89 1.4 -12.4 210 66 318.5 319.1 291.0 327.6 2.74 24 479 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-36.5 210 84 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.38 52 321 8964 -36.3 -41.3 60 5.0 -36.8 210 85 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.0 0.32 53 319 9008 -36.7 -41.7 60 5.0 -37.2 210 87 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.0 0.31 54 318 9029 -36.9 -41.9 60 5.0 -37.4 210 87 327.9 327.9 291.5 329.0 0.30 55 316 9073 -37.1 -44.1 48 7.0 -37.7 210 89 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.24 56 300 9430 -39.7 -49.7 34 10.0 -40.4 210 92 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.14 57 250 10650 -48.1 -58.1 31 10.0 -48.4 215 110 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.06 58 200 12080 -59.1 -69.1 26 10.0 -59.2 210 109 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.2 0.02 59 169 13127 -65.1 -74.1 28 9.0 -65.2 210 117 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.01 60 152 13778 -64.0 -79.3 11 15.2 -64.1 210 126 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.00 61 150 13860 -63.9 -79.9 10 16.0 -64.0 210 125 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 62 100 16340 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.8 205 81 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 63 89 17045 -67.7 -87.7 4 20.0 -67.8 210 87 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 64 85 17322 -67.7 -88.7 3 21.0 -67.8 221 77 415.8 415.8 307.2 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-83.5 1 34.0 -55.2 300 30 834.8 834.8 328.1 835.1 0.04 93 9.4 31012 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -56.9 293 31 839.8 839.8 328.2 840.1 0.04 94 8.9 31366 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -56.8 287 31 855.3 855.4 328.5 855.7 0.04 95 8.6 31588 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -57.8 283 31 858.3 858.3 328.6 858.6 0.03 96 7.8 32225 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -54.9 272 32 905.1 905.1 329.5 905.6 0.05 97 7.0 32940 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -55.2 260 33 934.3 934.4 330.1 934.9 0.06 98 6.9 33035 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -55.2 939.0 939.1 330.2 939.7 0.06 TRP 169 13127 -65.1 -74.1 28 9.0 -65.2 210 117 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.01 WND 152 13778 -64.0 -79.3 11 15.2 -64.1 210 126 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.00 m Freezing level: 682.00 mb = 3288.74 m = 10789.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.00 mb = 3287.40 m = 10785.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.35 % Est. max temperature: 24.40 C = 75.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.81 mb = 369.20 m = 1211.26 ft T: 14.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 4.83 C Layer 812.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.11 mb = 1316.21 m = 4318.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.80 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: 4.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49150.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.19 mb = 698.61 m = 2292.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 240 at 40 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 146 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 75 44 -42.1 -11.4 1 978 305 145 18 -10.3 14.7 | 84 46 -45.4 -5.1 2 943 610 160 34 -11.6 31.9 | 105 48 -46.7 12.1 3 925 772 185 32 2.8 31.9 | 110 34 -32.3 12.0 4 909 914 190 30 5.2 29.5 | 108 31 -29.9 9.7 5 877 1219 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 104 21 -20.6 5.3 6 850 1484 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 118 23 -20.7 11.0 7 815 1829 200 38 13.0 35.7 | 126 27 -22.1 15.9 8 785 2134 195 44 11.4 42.5 | 134 33 -23.7 22.6 9 757 2438 195 47 12.2 45.4 | 138 34 -22.9 25.5 10 729 2743 200 47 16.1 44.2 | 142 31 -19.0 24.3 11 700 3078 215 50 28.7 41.0 | 163 22 -6.4 21.1 12 650 3658 220 54 34.7 41.4 | 179 22 -0.4 21.5 13 602 4267 225 71 50.2 50.2 | 207 34 15.1 30.3 14 557 4877 220 91 58.5 69.7 | 205 55 23.4 49.9 15 500 5730 210 66 33.0 57.2 | 177 37 -2.1 37.3 16 496 5791 210 65 32.5 56.3 | 176 37 -2.6 36.4 17 476 6096 205 70 29.6 63.4 | 173 44 -5.5 43.6 18 421 7010 205 91 38.5 82.5 | 183 63 3.4 62.6 19 400 7400 210 88 44.0 76.2 | 189 57 8.9 56.4 20 388 7620 210 88 44.0 76.2 | 189 57 8.9 56.4 21 326 8839 210 82 41.0 71.0 | 187 52 5.9 51.2 22 312 9144 210 91 45.5 78.8 | 190 60 10.4 59.0 23 300 9430 210 92 46.0 79.7 | 190 61 10.9 59.8 24 250 10650 215 110 63.1 90.1 | 202 76 28.0 70.2 25 249 10668 210 112 56.0 97.0 | 195 80 20.9 77.1 26 206 11887 220 112 72.0 85.8 | 209 76 36.9 65.9 27 200 12080 210 109 54.5 94.4 | 195 77 19.4 74.5 28 178 12802 210 108 54.0 93.5 | 194 76 18.9 73.7 29 169 13127 210 117 58.5 101.3 | 196 85 23.4 81.5 30 152 13778 210 126 63.0 109.1 | 197 94 27.9 89.3 31 150 13860 210 125 62.5 108.3 | 197 93 27.4 88.4 32 146 14021 210 126 63.0 109.1 | 197 94 27.9 89.3 33 132 14630 220 95 61.1 72.8 | 206 59 26.0 52.9 34 120 15240 205 76 32.1 68.9 | 177 49 -2.9 49.0 35 103 16154 210 90 45.0 77.9 | 190 59 9.9 58.1 36 100 16340 205 81 34.2 73.4 | 179 54 -0.8 53.6 37 98 16459 210 81 40.5 70.1 | 186 51 5.4 50.3 38 89 17069 210 87 43.5 75.3 | 189 56 8.4 55.5 39 80 17678 235 64 52.4 36.7 | 226 24 17.4 16.9 40 76 17983 215 48 27.5 39.3 | 159 21 -7.5 19.5 41 73 18288 215 47 27.0 38.5 | 157 20 -8.1 18.6 42 70 18520 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 74 28 -26.5 -7.6 43 66 18898 215 5 2.9 4.1 | 64 36 -32.2 -15.8 44 57 19812 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 75 34 -33.2 -9.0 45 54 20117 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 28 5 -2.4 -4.6 46 50 20550 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 339 10 3.6 -9.5 47 49 20726 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 293 4 3.9 -1.7 48 44 21336 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 30 27 -13.4 -23.7 49 40 21946 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 54 28 -22.5 -16.5 50 36 22555 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 61 15 -13.4 -7.4 51 34 22860 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 351 24 3.8 -23.3 52 31 23470 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 30 42 -20.9 -36.7 53 30 23680 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 31 33 -16.9 -28.3 54 30 23774 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 35 26 -15.1 -21.6 55 28 24079 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 39 36 -22.8 -28.5 56 27 24384 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 50 36 -27.8 -23.2 57 26 24689 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 14 33 -7.9 -32.5 58 23 25298 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 20 18 -6.2 -17.3 59 20 26200 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 35 41 -23.5 -33.6 60 19 26518 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 36 33 -19.7 -27.0 61 18 26822 320 17 10.9 -13.0 | 36 41 -24.1 -32.9 62 17 27127 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 41 26 -17.1 -19.9 63 16 27432 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 29 37 -17.9 -31.9 64 16 27737 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 18 31 -9.7 -29.1 65 14 28651 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 31 28 -14.4 -23.5 66 12 29261 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 36 35 -20.3 -28.4 67 12 29566 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 17 26 -7.5 -24.7 68 11 30175 290 44 41.3 -15.0 | 350 35 6.3 -34.9 69 10 30610 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 15 36 -9.1 -34.9 70 7 32940 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 10 14 -2.6 -14.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 53.7 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 40.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 531.9 neg: -15.4 tot: 516.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 274.74 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 153 23 91 45| 24.8 0.0 24.8|308.7 0.0 308.7 617.4 0.96| 27.2 26.0 1000 173 27 100 39| 13.7 0.0 13.7|336.4 -14.4 322.0 322.0 0.54| 25.0 13.4 1500 186 29 105 33| 9.1 2.3 11.4|374.9 -15.4 359.5 239.7 0.55| 20.0 11.1 2000 190 31 111 31| 6.8 4.2 11.0|420.1 -15.4 404.7 202.3 0.56| 17.5 9.8 2500 192 34 116 31| 6.3 3.3 9.6|455.1 -15.4 439.8 175.9 0.57| 15.2 8.7 3000 195 37 122 30| 7.0 2.8 9.8|531.9 -15.4 516.5 172.2 0.60| 15.2 9.1 4000 204 42 136 26| 7.7 2.1 9.8|634.2 -15.4 618.8 154.7 0.64| 13.9 8.9 5000 210 50 157 25| 6.2 3.5 9.7|654.3-124.6 529.8 106.0 0.45| 14.5 6.5 6000 210 54 164 28| 5.2 3.1 8.3|656.5-323.7 332.8 55.5 0.27| 14.5 3.9 Wrote GIF file: 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