UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 28 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 1004 146 7.6 6.1 90 1.5 6.8 35 5 280.4 281.4 279.8 296.6 5.88 1 1000 171 10.4 6.5 77 3.9 8.3 35 5 283.5 284.6 281.5 300.4 6.07 2 997 196 12.0 7.0 71 5.0 9.3 29 5 285.4 286.5 282.6 303.0 6.31 3 994 221 12.2 7.2 71 5.0 9.5 24 5 285.8 287.0 282.9 303.8 6.41 4 982 323 11.6 5.6 67 6.0 8.5 3 5 286.2 287.2 282.4 302.6 5.81 5 973 400 11.2 7.3 77 3.9 9.1 354 7 286.6 287.7 283.4 305.1 6.60 6 958 530 10.6 5.7 72 4.9 8.0 339 9 287.3 288.3 283.1 304.2 6.00 7 953 573 10.2 6.5 78 3.7 8.2 334 9 287.3 288.4 283.5 305.2 6.37 8 950 600 10.0 5.9 76 4.1 7.8 331 10 287.3 288.4 283.2 304.6 6.13 9 947 626 10.2 5.2 71 5.0 7.6 332 10 287.8 288.8 283.1 304.4 5.86 10 943 661 11.2 0.2 47 11.0 5.9 335 9 289.2 289.9 281.8 301.0 4.11 11 942 670 11.4 -0.6 43 12.0 5.8 336 9 289.5 290.1 281.6 300.7 3.88 12 925 822 10.4 -1.6 43 12.0 4.9 350 7 289.9 290.6 281.6 300.6 3.67 13 886 1179 8.2 -4.8 39 13.0 2.6 52 11 291.3 291.8 281.4 300.2 3.02 14 867 1357 7.6 -9.4 29 17.0 1.0 62 9 292.4 292.8 280.8 298.9 2.16 15 862 1405 8.0 -12.0 23 20.0 0.6 63 8 293.3 293.7 280.8 298.7 1.76 16 850 1520 7.4 -14.6 19 22.0 -0.3 65 5 293.9 294.2 280.6 298.4 1.45 17 774 2282 2.4 -29.6 7 32.0 -5.3 48 9 296.5 296.6 280.4 297.9 0.42 18 771 2314 2.4 -32.6 5 35.0 -5.5 46 9 296.8 296.9 280.4 297.9 0.32 19 744 2600 0.0 -34.0 6 34.0 -7.2 30 9 297.3 297.3 280.6 298.2 0.29 20 718 2884 -0.7 -39.7 3 39.0 -8.0 23 12 299.5 299.6 281.4 300.1 0.17 21 700 3086 -2.5 -40.5 4 38.0 -9.3 35 15 299.7 299.7 281.4 300.3 0.16 22 675 3373 -4.1 -38.1 5 34.0 -10.4 34 13 301.1 301.1 282.1 301.8 0.21 23 668 3455 -3.5 -43.5 3 40.0 -10.2 29 12 302.6 302.7 282.6 303.1 0.12 24 628 3940 -5.1 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-72.3 25 10.0 -62.4 260 107 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.2 0.01 52 173 12886 -64.3 -74.3 24 10.0 -64.4 260 81 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.01 53 172 12921 -64.5 -75.5 21 11.0 -64.6 260 79 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.01 54 164 13211 -64.9 -78.9 13 14.0 -65.0 257 71 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.00 55 153 13637 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.1 233 50 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 56 151 13719 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.1 225 46 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 57 150 13760 -59.3 -83.3 3 24.0 -59.5 220 54 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 58 149 13802 -58.7 -83.7 3 25.0 -58.9 220 55 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 59 121 15097 -62.1 -86.1 3 24.0 -62.3 229 70 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.00 60 100 16270 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -63.9 255 44 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 61 95 16583 -65.7 -86.7 4 21.0 -65.8 254 44 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 62 90 16915 -62.3 -86.3 3 24.0 -62.6 250 42 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 63 88 17053 -62.9 -86.9 3 24.0 -63.1 248 42 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 64 82 17491 -60.3 -86.3 2 26.0 -60.6 244 40 435.2 435.2 309.4 435.2 0.00 65 76 17961 -63.5 -87.5 2 24.0 -63.7 239 38 438.1 438.1 309.7 438.1 0.00 66 71 18382 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -61.1 245 33 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.00 67 70 18470 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.4 255 30 453.7 453.7 311.2 453.7 0.00 68 59 19529 -62.9 -87.9 2 25.0 -63.3 230 21 472.4 472.4 312.8 472.4 0.00 69 57 19742 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.1 234 29 477.5 477.5 313.2 477.5 0.00 70 54 20079 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.5 248 27 493.7 493.7 314.5 493.7 0.00 71 50 20560 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.6 250 21 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 72 49 20685 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 249 21 502.9 502.9 315.1 502.9 0.00 73 46 21076 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.1 249 21 507.7 507.7 315.5 507.7 0.00 74 41 21787 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.7 262 22 528.7 528.7 316.8 528.7 0.00 75 37 22420 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.8 274 24 538.8 538.8 317.5 538.8 0.00 76 36 22589 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.5 265 23 546.6 546.6 317.9 546.7 0.00 77 32 23314 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.3 297 23 560.5 560.5 318.6 560.6 0.00 78 31 23509 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.6 304 27 567.8 567.8 319.0 567.8 0.00 79 30 23710 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.3 300 20 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.0 0.00 80 29 23918 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.3 311 22 582.6 582.6 319.8 582.6 0.00 81 27 24357 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.6 332 7 587.9 587.9 320.0 587.9 0.00 82 26 24589 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -62.2 308 9 601.7 601.7 320.7 601.7 0.01 83 24 25084 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -62.3 312 15 615.6 615.6 321.3 615.6 0.01 84 22 25620 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -64.0 348 16 625.7 625.7 321.7 625.8 0.01 85 22 25620 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -62.3 348 16 631.1 631.1 321.9 631.1 0.01 86 21 25907 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -63.3 355 13 636.5 636.5 322.2 636.6 0.01 87 20 26210 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.7 250 11 654.7 654.7 322.9 654.7 0.01 88 20 26210 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.9 250 11 654.0 654.0 322.9 654.1 0.01 89 19 26532 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -60.3 258 10 666.2 666.2 323.3 666.2 0.01 90 18 26874 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -58.1 301 13 685.4 685.4 324.0 685.5 0.01 91 17 27236 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.7 310 14 686.4 686.5 324.0 686.5 0.01 92 15 28023 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -60.0 329 14 715.5 715.5 324.9 715.5 0.01 93 13 28938 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -56.1 315 17 765.4 765.4 326.4 765.6 0.03 94 12 29454 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -57.8 332 18 775.4 775.4 326.6 775.5 0.02 95 11 30011 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -58.5 350 19 792.0 792.0 327.0 792.2 0.02 96 10 30630 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -54.5 330 11 839.3 839.3 328.2 839.6 0.04 97 9.5 30970 -45.5 -81.5 1 36.0 -53.2 862.3 862.3 328.7 862.8 0.05 TRP 172 12921 -64.5 -75.5 21 11.0 -64.6 260 79 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.01 WND 215 11531 -57.6 -66.2 33 8.6 -57.7 250 129 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5509.00 m Freezing level: 744.00 mb = 2600.06 m = 8530.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 853.73 mb = 1483.97 m = 4868.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.96 % Est. max temperature: 20.90 C = 69.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.23 mb = 329.66 m = 1081.56 ft T: 11.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.33 C Layer 950.0- 744.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.00 mb = 2740.84 m = 8992.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.02 F Cap Strength: 9.01 C Lifted Index: 8.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.57 C Showalter Index: 11.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 4.10 C K Index: -26.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 24.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60139.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.72 mb = 1503.37 m = 4932.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 36 at 9 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 1004 146 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 218 4 2.2 2.8 1 1000 171 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 218 4 2.2 2.8 2 984 305 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 | 248 5 4.7 1.9 3 949 610 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 280 10 10.1 -1.8 4 925 822 350 7 1.2 -6.9 | 270 6 6.3 0.0 5 915 914 5 7 -0.6 -7.0 | 271 4 4.5 -0.1 6 882 1219 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 100 5 -5.3 0.9 7 850 1520 65 5 -4.5 -2.1 | 187 5 0.6 4.8 8 850 1524 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 60 2 -1.3 -0.8 9 818 1829 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 114 7 -6.2 2.8 10 788 2134 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 107 5 -4.4 1.4 11 759 2438 35 7 -4.0 -5.7 | 223 2 1.1 1.2 12 730 2743 25 11 -4.6 -10.0 | 352 3 0.4 -3.1 13 703 3048 20 14 -4.8 -13.2 | 357 6 0.3 -6.3 14 700 3086 35 15 -8.6 -12.3 | 33 6 -3.5 -5.4 15 676 3353 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 32 4 -2.4 -3.8 16 650 3658 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 329 4 2.2 -3.7 17 601 4267 360 17 -0.0 -17.0 | 333 11 5.1 -10.1 18 555 4877 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 304 7 6.0 -4.1 19 533 5182 340 7 2.4 -6.6 | 268 7 7.5 0.3 20 513 5486 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 273 14 14.3 -0.8 21 500 5680 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 253 20 19.0 5.7 22 492 5791 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 238 24 20.1 12.4 23 472 6096 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 243 25 22.5 11.6 24 453 6401 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 243 26 23.4 11.8 25 400 7310 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 246 62 56.8 25.7 26 383 7620 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 246 70 64.3 28.4 27 351 8230 260 89 87.6 15.5 | 256 95 92.7 22.4 28 322 8839 255 100 96.6 25.9 | 252 107 101.7 32.8 29 309 9144 250 98 92.1 33.5 | 247 105 97.2 40.4 30 300 9350 245 106 96.1 44.8 | 243 114 101.2 51.7 31 258 10363 235 114 93.4 65.4 | 234 122 98.5 72.3 32 250 10560 235 115 94.2 66.0 | 234 123 99.3 72.9 33 215 11531 250 129 121.2 44.1 | 248 136 126.3 51.0 34 213 11582 250 129 121.2 44.1 | 248 136 126.3 51.0 35 200 11990 260 115 113.3 20.0 | 257 121 118.3 26.9 36 184 12497 260 108 106.4 18.8 | 257 114 111.4 25.7 37 172 12921 260 79 77.8 13.7 | 256 85 82.9 20.6 38 159 13411 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 251 72 67.9 23.7 39 151 13716 225 45 31.8 31.8 | 224 53 36.9 38.7 40 150 13760 220 54 34.7 41.4 | 220 63 39.8 48.3 41 118 15240 230 72 55.2 46.3 | 229 80 60.2 53.2 42 100 16270 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 249 51 47.6 18.3 43 97 16459 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 249 51 47.6 18.3 44 72 18288 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 232 45 35.4 28.1 45 70 18470 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 247 37 34.1 14.7 46 69 18593 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 227 45 33.4 30.7 47 65 18898 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 258 34 33.1 6.9 48 62 19202 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 251 26 25.0 8.6 49 59 19507 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 226 28 20.4 19.8 50 56 19812 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 231 39 30.5 24.7 51 51 20422 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 252 28 27.0 8.8 52 50 20560 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 240 29 24.8 14.1 53 46 21031 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 237 29 24.1 15.8 54 44 21336 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 254 25 24.1 6.9 55 42 21641 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 244 29 26.3 12.6 56 38 22250 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 268 27 27.3 0.9 57 36 22555 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 253 31 30.0 9.1 58 34 22860 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 243 17 15.0 7.8 59 33 23165 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 268 22 22.0 0.7 60 31 23470 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 288 29 28.0 -9.2 61 30 23710 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 278 23 22.4 -3.1 62 30 23774 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 297 22 19.2 -10.0 63 28 24079 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 279 24 23.3 -3.6 64 27 24384 335 6 2.5 -5.4 | 259 8 7.6 1.5 65 26 24689 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 259 14 14.2 2.7 66 24 24994 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 269 16 16.3 0.4 67 23 25298 340 20 6.8 -18.8 | 315 17 11.9 -11.9 68 21 25908 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 314 9 6.2 -6.1 69 20 26210 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 235 19 15.4 10.7 70 20 26213 300 2 1.7 -1.0 | 229 9 6.8 5.9 71 19 26518 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 237 18 14.7 9.5 72 18 26822 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 269 16 16.3 0.4 73 17 27432 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 281 15 15.0 -3.0 74 16 27737 340 25 8.6 -23.5 | 321 21 13.6 -16.6 75 15 28042 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 293 13 12.1 -5.2 76 14 28346 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 252 22 21.1 6.9 77 13 28956 315 17 12.0 -12.0 | 287 18 17.1 -5.1 78 11 30175 355 19 1.7 -18.9 | 331 14 6.7 -12.0 79 10 30630 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 284 11 10.6 -2.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.4 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 36.4 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.06 Bulk Shear: 3.62 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 350 7 269 6| 0.0 8.6 8.6| 7.5 0.0 7.5 15.0 0.64| 8.7 5.6 1000 359 8 277 5| 6.3 4.3 10.6| 10.1 -2.3 7.9 7.9 0.50| 11.4 5.7 1500 23 8 289 2| 4.4 2.9 7.3| 17.2 -4.2 13.0 8.6 0.37| 12.7 4.6 2000 38 9 60 0| 3.6 2.1 5.7| 19.4 -5.2 14.2 7.1 0.34| 11.0 3.7 2500 39 9 80 1| 2.8 2.9 5.7| 20.8 -5.2 15.7 6.3 0.39| 10.6 4.1 3000 35 10 25 1| 3.0 2.4 5.4| 27.2 -5.2 22.1 7.4 0.41| 10.3 4.2 4000 30 10 2 2| 2.2 2.9 5.1| 27.8 -10.2 17.6 4.4 0.28| 9.2 2.6 5000 21 11 341 4| 1.8 2.3 4.1| 27.8 -29.7 -1.8 -0.4 0.14| 8.5 1.2 6000 6 11 319 6| 1.5 3.3 4.8| 39.5 -88.6 -49.1 -8.2 0.02| 9.2 0.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251228.12.gif