UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 25 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 146 15.2 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 155 3 288.1 289.9 287.9 317.3 10.47 1 1000 162 15.2 14.7 97 0.5 14.9 155 3 288.4 290.2 288.1 317.9 10.57 2 997 188 15.4 14.9 97 0.5 15.1 159 4 288.8 290.7 288.3 318.9 10.74 3 982 316 14.6 14.3 98 0.3 14.4 175 9 289.2 291.1 288.3 318.7 10.49 4 951 587 12.8 11.5 92 1.3 12.0 184 11 290.1 291.7 287.2 315.5 8.99 5 925 820 12.0 7.0 71 5.0 9.2 185 9 291.6 292.8 285.7 311.0 6.80 6 911 948 11.0 6.8 75 4.2 8.7 188 10 291.8 293.0 285.8 311.3 6.81 7 896 1086 9.8 5.1 73 4.7 7.3 199 12 292.0 293.1 285.2 309.7 6.15 8 893 1114 9.8 2.8 62 7.0 6.2 201 12 292.3 293.2 284.4 307.4 5.24 9 891 1133 9.8 2.8 62 7.0 6.2 203 12 292.4 293.4 284.4 307.7 5.25 10 887 1170 9.4 4.4 71 5.0 6.8 206 12 292.4 293.5 285.1 309.5 5.91 11 883 1207 8.8 6.9 88 1.9 7.8 209 13 292.2 293.4 286.2 312.4 7.08 12 881 1226 8.6 6.7 88 1.9 7.5 210 13 292.1 293.4 286.1 312.2 7.00 13 859 1435 7.4 3.4 76 4.0 5.4 206 17 293.0 294.0 285.1 309.5 5.69 14 851 1512 7.0 0.0 61 7.0 3.7 205 18 293.4 294.2 284.0 306.5 4.49 15 850 1522 7.0 0.0 61 7.0 3.7 205 18 293.5 294.3 284.0 306.6 4.50 16 840 1619 6.4 -1.6 57 8.0 2.7 207 19 293.8 294.6 283.7 305.7 4.05 17 839 1629 6.4 -1.6 57 8.0 2.7 207 19 293.9 294.7 283.7 305.9 4.05 18 837 1648 6.4 -3.6 49 10.0 2.0 207 19 294.1 294.8 283.2 304.5 3.50 19 821 1806 5.4 -7.6 39 13.0 0.1 210 20 294.7 295.2 282.4 302.6 2.63 20 814 1876 4.8 -6.2 45 11.0 0.2 211 20 294.8 295.3 282.8 303.6 2.95 21 796 2058 3.6 -11.4 32 15.0 -1.9 214 21 295.4 295.8 282.0 301.5 2.01 22 770 2327 1.6 -8.4 47 10.0 -2.3 218 24 296.1 296.5 283.0 304.0 2.63 23 767 2358 1.4 -9.6 44 11.0 -2.8 219 24 296.2 296.6 282.8 303.5 2.40 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324.3 697.2 0.01 93 15 27999 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -59.3 300 22 718.1 718.1 325.0 718.2 0.01 94 14 28436 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -59.9 314 21 730.4 730.4 325.4 730.5 0.01 95 14 28436 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -58.3 314 21 737.8 737.9 325.6 738.0 0.02 96 13 28909 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -58.3 290 31 754.3 754.4 326.1 754.5 0.02 97 12 29418 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -60.1 270 24 764.0 764.0 326.3 764.1 0.02 98 12 29418 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -58.2 270 24 773.2 773.2 326.5 773.4 0.02 99 12 29418 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -58.3 270 24 772.5 772.5 326.5 772.7 0.02 100 11 29974 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -58.5 282 33 792.0 792.0 327.0 792.2 0.02 101 11 29974 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -57.2 282 33 799.3 799.3 327.3 799.4 0.02 102 10 30590 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -56.8 295 23 825.1 825.1 327.8 825.3 0.03 103 10 30590 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -56.2 295 23 828.8 828.8 327.9 829.1 0.03 104 9.9 30655 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -56.8 827.4 827.5 327.9 827.7 0.03 105 9.5 30924 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -55.6 845.6 845.6 328.3 845.9 0.04 TRP 151 13779 -61.9 -82.9 4 21.0 -62.0 220 124 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 WND 250 10550 -50.3 -67.1 12 16.8 -50.7 220 128 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5548.00 m Freezing level: 748.28 mb = 2558.93 m = 8395.33 ft Freezing level: 712.31 mb = 2949.61 m = 9677.08 ft Freezing level: 668.39 mb = 3463.26 m = 11362.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 812.33 mb = 1893.05 m = 6210.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.11 % Est. max temperature: 20.39 C = 68.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.25 mb = 210.93 m = 692.01 ft T: 15.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 7.81 C Layer 982.0- 911.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.09 mb = 1029.51 m = 3377.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.02 C = 66.23 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: 8.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: -22.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 185.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.06 mb = 828.55 m = 2718.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.06 mb = 1339.04 m = 4393.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.06 mb = 2986.40 m = 9797.79 ft B at Equ Level: 51.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 669.06 mb = 3451.85 m = 11324.84 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 256 at 29 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 146 155 3 -1.3 2.7 | 81 30 -29.6 -4.5 1 1000 162 155 3 -1.3 2.7 | 81 30 -29.6 -4.5 2 983 305 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 93 29 -29.1 1.7 3 948 610 185 11 1.0 11.0 | 98 28 -27.4 3.7 4 925 820 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 94 28 -27.6 1.7 5 915 914 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 96 28 -27.5 2.7 6 882 1219 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 100 22 -21.8 4.0 7 850 1522 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 114 23 -20.7 9.1 8 818 1829 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 119 21 -18.3 10.1 9 788 2134 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 124 19 -15.7 10.8 10 759 2438 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 134 17 -12.3 11.9 11 731 2743 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 131 17 -12.9 11.1 12 704 3048 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 154 10 -4.6 9.4 13 700 3090 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 197 23 6.9 22.3 14 677 3353 220 50 32.1 38.3 | 187 31 3.8 31.0 15 651 3658 220 49 31.5 37.5 | 186 30 3.2 30.3 16 626 3962 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 197 23 6.9 22.3 17 602 4267 235 54 44.2 31.0 | 214 29 15.9 23.7 18 579 4572 235 60 49.1 34.4 | 217 34 20.8 27.2 19 556 4877 235 57 46.7 32.7 | 216 31 18.4 25.4 20 535 5182 235 58 47.5 33.3 | 216 32 19.2 26.0 21 500 5710 230 72 55.2 46.3 | 214 47 26.8 39.0 22 475 6096 220 82 52.7 62.8 | 204 61 24.4 55.6 23 402 7315 235 93 76.2 53.3 | 226 66 47.8 46.1 24 400 7360 235 93 76.2 53.3 | 226 66 47.8 46.1 25 385 7620 230 94 72.0 60.4 | 219 69 43.7 53.2 26 338 8534 225 100 70.7 70.7 | 214 76 42.4 63.5 27 323 8839 225 98 69.3 69.3 | 213 74 41.0 62.0 28 309 9144 225 101 71.4 71.4 | 214 77 43.1 64.2 29 300 9350 220 102 65.6 78.1 | 208 80 37.2 70.9 30 269 10058 220 101 64.9 77.4 | 208 79 36.6 70.1 31 250 10550 220 128 82.3 98.1 | 211 106 53.9 90.8 32 246 10668 220 128 82.3 98.1 | 211 106 53.9 90.8 33 234 10973 210 120 60.0 103.9 | 198 102 31.7 96.7 34 200 12010 220 111 71.3 85.0 | 209 89 43.0 77.8 35 194 12192 220 110 70.7 84.3 | 209 88 42.4 77.0 36 153 13716 215 127 72.8 104.0 | 205 107 44.5 96.8 37 151 13779 220 124 79.7 95.0 | 210 102 51.4 87.7 38 150 13820 220 122 78.4 93.5 | 210 100 50.1 86.2 39 132 14630 225 113 79.9 79.9 | 215 89 51.6 72.6 40 119 15240 225 82 58.0 58.0 | 210 59 29.6 50.7 41 100 16340 225 95 67.2 67.2 | 213 71 38.8 59.9 42 98 16459 225 95 67.2 67.2 | 213 71 38.8 59.9 43 80 17678 235 70 57.3 40.2 | 221 44 29.0 32.9 44 77 17983 215 42 24.1 34.4 | 171 27 -4.2 27.2 45 73 18288 190 35 6.1 34.5 | 141 35 -22.3 27.2 46 70 18540 175 30 -2.6 29.9 | 126 38 -30.9 22.6 47 66 18898 180 27 0.0 27.0 | 125 35 -28.3 19.7 48 57 19812 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 186 6 0.7 6.3 49 50 20580 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 307 18 14.5 -11.0 50 49 20726 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 267 19 18.9 1.1 51 46 21031 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 307 18 14.5 -11.0 52 44 21336 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 347 7 1.7 -7.3 53 38 22250 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 355 7 0.7 -7.3 54 36 22555 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 143 10 -6.2 8.2 55 34 22860 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 248 3 2.6 1.0 56 33 23165 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 24 19 -7.5 -17.0 57 31 23470 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 25 10 -4.4 -9.3 58 30 23690 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 45 23 -16.0 -15.9 59 30 23774 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 18 12 -3.7 -11.6 60 28 24079 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 40 22 -14.4 -17.0 61 27 24384 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 21 14 -5.2 -13.5 62 24 24994 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 32 28 -14.8 -23.3 63 23 25298 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 45 28 -19.7 -19.5 64 22 25603 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 65 19 -17.4 -8.2 65 21 25908 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 52 24 -19.1 -15.0 66 20 26200 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 31 17 -8.6 -14.4 67 18 26822 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 39 14 -8.6 -10.7 68 16 27432 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 11 24 -4.6 -23.9 69 15 28042 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 27 20 -9.3 -18.3 70 14 28346 325 20 11.5 -16.4 | 36 29 -16.9 -23.6 71 14 28651 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 21 19 -6.6 -17.4 72 13 28956 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 355 18 1.7 -18.2 73 12 29566 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 50 8 -6.4 -5.3 74 11 29870 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 335 15 6.1 -13.3 75 10 30590 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 24 19 -7.5 -17.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.5 neg: -14.2 tot: 199.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 150.76 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 9 93 29| 8.4 0.0 8.4| 62.8 0.0 62.8 125.5 0.92| 9.1 8.3 1000 185 9 95 28| 5.4 0.0 5.4| 80.3 -10.1 70.3 70.3 0.61| 7.8 4.7 1500 195 12 99 26| 5.9 0.0 5.9|117.2 -10.1 107.1 71.4 0.69| 7.7 5.3 2000 201 14 104 24| 5.3 0.0 5.3|134.8 -10.1 124.7 62.4 0.70| 6.9 4.8 2500 207 16 108 22| 4.8 0.0 4.8|148.7 -13.0 135.7 54.3 0.68| 6.4 4.3 3000 212 18 114 20| 7.9 0.0 7.9|213.5 -14.2 199.3 66.4 0.66| 10.1 6.7 4000 218 26 137 18| 6.4 0.9 7.3|280.8 -47.2 233.6 58.4 0.55| 10.4 5.7 5000 224 32 160 17| 6.0 0.7 6.7|318.9 -53.4 265.5 53.1 0.52| 9.6 5.0 6000 226 39 179 20| 5.0 3.0 8.0|318.9-197.9 121.0 20.2 0.30| 10.7 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251225.12.gif