UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 26 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 26 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 10.2 6.9 80 3.3 8.5 65 4 283.1 284.2 281.5 300.3 6.22 1 1000 162 12.6 5.6 62 7.0 8.9 65 4 285.8 286.7 282.1 301.8 5.70 2 998 179 13.4 5.4 58 8.0 9.2 76 5 286.7 287.7 282.4 302.6 5.63 3 994 213 15.2 6.2 55 9.0 10.3 99 6 288.8 289.9 283.7 305.8 5.98 4 991 238 15.2 6.2 55 9.0 10.3 116 7 289.1 290.2 283.8 306.2 6.00 5 986 281 15.0 7.0 59 8.0 10.6 144 8 289.3 290.4 284.4 307.4 6.38 6 976 368 14.4 8.4 67 6.0 11.0 164 9 289.6 290.8 285.2 309.7 7.10 7 948 613 12.4 8.3 76 4.1 10.1 181 7 289.9 291.2 285.5 310.5 7.26 8 925 819 11.6 5.6 67 6.0 8.3 235 12 291.2 292.3 284.9 308.9 6.17 9 909 965 10.6 4.6 66 6.0 7.4 229 15 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304.2 392.8 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.00 m Freezing level: 679.33 mb = 3339.77 m = 10957.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 805.88 mb = 1953.35 m = 6408.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.91 % Est. max temperature: 19.72 C = 67.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.00 mb = 559.81 m = 1836.62 ft T: 12.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 4.80 C Layer 813.0- 802.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.85 mb = 1646.93 m = 5403.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.80 C = 67.63 F Cap Strength: 7.90 C Lifted Index: 10.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.98 C Showalter Index: 11.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.10 C Cross Totals Index: 14.60 C K Index: -16.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 209.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57644.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.16 mb = 1317.50 m = 4322.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 259 at 28 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 65 4 -3.6 -1.7 | 78 32 -31.0 -6.8 1 1000 162 65 4 -3.6 -1.7 | 78 32 -31.0 -6.8 2 983 305 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 96 31 -30.4 3.4 3 948 610 180 7 0.0 7.0 | 94 27 -27.3 1.9 4 925 819 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 96 18 -17.5 1.8 5 914 914 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 106 16 -15.9 4.6 6 881 1219 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 108 18 -16.7 5.5 7 850 1520 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 119 24 -21.2 11.8 8 850 1524 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 119 24 -21.2 11.8 9 818 1829 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 119 24 -21.2 11.8 10 788 2134 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 100 12 -11.9 2.1 11 759 2438 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 138 18 -11.9 13.3 12 731 2743 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 163 12 -3.6 11.6 13 704 3048 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 185 8 0.7 8.0 14 700 3095 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 208 11 5.3 10.1 15 651 3658 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 205 23 9.5 20.7 16 627 3962 230 51 39.1 32.8 | 203 30 11.7 27.7 17 603 4267 225 53 37.5 37.5 | 197 34 10.1 32.4 18 558 4877 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 214 33 18.5 27.0 19 500 5730 230 66 50.6 42.4 | 212 44 23.2 37.3 20 476 6096 225 71 50.2 50.2 | 207 51 22.9 45.1 21 400 7400 225 79 55.9 55.9 | 209 58 28.5 50.8 22 388 7620 225 80 56.6 56.6 | 210 59 29.2 51.5 23 356 8230 225 81 57.3 57.3 | 210 60 29.9 52.2 24 312 9144 230 80 61.3 51.4 | 216 57 33.9 46.3 25 300 9430 225 81 57.3 57.3 | 210 60 29.9 52.2 26 250 10650 230 83 63.6 53.4 | 217 60 36.2 48.3 27 200 12080 225 92 65.1 65.1 | 212 71 37.7 60.0 28 196 12192 225 92 65.1 65.1 | 212 71 37.7 60.0 29 173 12965 225 85 60.1 60.1 | 211 64 32.8 55.0 30 150 13830 230 76 58.2 48.9 | 215 54 30.9 43.8 31 145 14021 230 76 58.2 48.9 | 215 54 30.9 43.8 32 132 14630 230 94 72.0 60.4 | 219 71 44.7 55.3 33 119 15240 230 80 61.3 51.4 | 216 57 33.9 46.3 34 108 15832 230 98 75.1 63.0 | 219 75 47.7 57.9 35 108 15850 225 91 64.3 64.3 | 212 70 37.0 59.3 36 102 16154 230 98 75.1 63.0 | 219 75 47.7 57.9 37 100 16300 250 73 68.6 25.0 | 244 46 41.2 19.9 38 97 16459 250 73 68.6 25.0 | 244 46 41.2 19.9 39 93 16764 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 223 32 22.0 23.4 40 88 17069 235 63 51.6 36.1 | 218 39 24.3 31.1 41 76 17983 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 261 15 15.0 2.4 42 72 18288 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 247 15 14.2 6.0 43 70 18480 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 219 9 5.5 6.9 44 65 18898 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 205 6 2.7 5.9 45 59 19507 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 217 24 14.2 18.9 46 56 19812 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 192 22 4.8 21.9 47 51 20422 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 116 6 -5.7 2.8 48 50 20550 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 75 16 -15.4 -4.0 49 49 20726 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 93 15 -14.7 0.8 50 46 21031 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 72 16 -15.3 -5.1 51 44 21336 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 49 24 -18.3 -15.8 52 42 21641 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 359 10 0.2 -9.9 53 36 22555 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 41 26 -17.0 -19.8 54 34 22860 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 46 16 -11.4 -10.9 55 31 23470 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 42 20 -13.4 -14.8 56 30 23660 305 20 16.4 -11.5 | 34 20 -11.0 -16.6 57 29 23774 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 39 15 -9.5 -11.6 58 27 24384 315 22 15.6 -15.6 | 30 24 -11.8 -20.6 59 24 24994 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 67 16 -14.4 -6.2 60 23 25298 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 43 9 -6.4 -6.9 61 22 25603 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 43 19 -12.6 -13.6 62 20 26160 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 39 20 -12.6 -15.4 63 20 26213 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 15 12 -3.2 -11.6 64 19 26518 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 31 20 -10.1 -17.1 65 18 26822 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 28 20 -9.3 -17.7 66 17 27127 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 34 13 -7.1 -10.5 67 16 27432 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 25 20 -8.5 -18.3 68 16 27737 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 10 28 -4.7 -27.7 69 15 28042 330 29 14.5 -25.1 | 23 33 -12.8 -30.2 70 14 28346 305 20 16.4 -11.5 | 34 20 -11.0 -16.6 71 13 28651 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 37 23 -13.9 -18.5 72 13 28956 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 28 14 -6.7 -12.6 73 12 29261 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 7 17 -2.0 -16.9 74 12 29566 315 26 18.4 -18.4 | 21 25 -9.0 -23.5 75 10 30520 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 347 17 3.7 -16.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.3 neg: -24.3 tot: 184.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 161.92 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 162 7 94 30| 11.0 0.0 11.0| 91.7 -5.6 86.1 172.3 0.65| 16.2 10.5 1000 206 10 100 23| 9.7 0.0 9.7|111.1 -5.8 105.3 105.3 0.50| 14.5 7.2 1500 208 12 105 22| 6.5 2.8 9.2|132.0 -5.8 126.2 84.1 0.50| 12.4 6.2 2000 210 14 108 22| 6.2 2.1 8.2|132.4 -24.3 108.0 54.0 0.27| 12.8 3.5 2500 216 16 112 20| 4.9 3.4 8.3|180.6 -24.3 156.3 62.5 0.40| 13.6 5.4 3000 223 18 118 17| 6.2 2.8 9.0|208.3 -24.3 184.0 61.3 0.45| 13.8 6.2 4000 229 25 143 14| 4.6 4.7 9.3|208.3 -50.5 157.8 39.4 0.32| 13.0 4.2 5000 229 31 166 16| 4.7 3.8 8.4|292.7 -62.4 230.3 46.1 0.35| 11.9 4.2 6000 229 37 183 19| 3.9 4.5 8.3|292.7-126.9 165.8 27.6 0.27| 11.3 3.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251226.12.gif