UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 DEC 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 29 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 7.4 2.9 73 4.5 5.3 60 5 280.2 281.0 278.2 293.2 4.69 1 1000 166 12.4 1.4 47 11.0 7.1 50 2 285.5 286.3 280.3 297.5 4.23 2 998 183 14.2 2.2 44 12.0 8.2 35 2 287.5 288.3 281.5 300.3 4.49 3 989 259 14.6 1.6 41 13.0 8.2 326 3 288.7 289.4 281.8 301.1 4.34 4 980 336 15.0 -4.0 27 19.0 6.5 270 3 289.8 290.3 280.6 298.3 2.90 5 958 528 13.8 -5.2 26 19.0 5.5 179 2 290.5 291.0 280.7 298.5 2.70 6 941 678 13.8 -7.2 23 21.0 4.9 129 3 292.0 292.4 280.9 299.0 2.36 7 925 822 12.6 -7.4 24 20.0 4.2 105 6 292.2 292.6 281.0 299.3 2.37 8 901 1042 10.8 -9.2 24 20.0 2.8 138 6 292.5 292.9 280.8 298.9 2.11 9 885 1191 11.2 -12.8 17 24.0 2.2 207 4 294.5 294.7 281.1 299.4 1.61 10 877 1267 12.2 -17.8 11 30.0 1.9 197 5 296.3 296.5 281.2 299.7 1.07 11 876 1276 12.2 -17.8 11 30.0 1.9 192 5 296.4 296.6 281.2 299.8 1.08 12 850 1528 11.4 -20.6 9 32.0 1.0 75 11 298.1 298.2 281.7 300.9 0.87 13 847 1557 11.4 -20.6 9 32.0 1.0 76 11 298.4 298.5 281.8 301.2 0.87 14 840 1627 11.0 -22.0 8 33.0 0.5 80 12 298.7 298.8 281.8 301.2 0.78 15 829 1736 11.2 -26.8 5 38.0 0.1 85 14 300.0 300.1 282.1 301.7 0.51 16 720 2889 1.0 -31.0 7 32.0 -6.5 48 16 301.2 301.2 282.4 302.5 0.40 17 700 3115 -0.5 -34.5 6 34.0 -7.8 45 21 301.9 302.0 282.5 302.9 0.29 18 686 3276 -1.3 -40.3 3 39.0 -8.6 57 19 302.8 302.8 282.7 303.4 0.17 19 632 3925 -3.9 -47.9 2 44.0 -10.8 64 13 307.0 307.0 284.3 307.3 0.08 20 565 4797 -10.9 -50.9 2 40.0 -15.9 66 13 308.8 308.8 284.9 309.0 0.06 21 559 4879 -10.3 -52.3 2 42.0 -15.6 61 12 310.4 310.4 285.5 310.6 0.05 22 540 5144 -10.5 -46.5 3 36.0 -15.7 27 11 313.3 313.3 286.6 313.7 0.11 23 500 5730 -15.9 -43.9 7 28.0 -19.7 310 7 313.7 313.7 286.8 314.2 0.16 24 474 6130 -19.5 -40.5 14 21.0 -22.4 269 7 314.0 314.1 287.1 314.9 0.24 25 424 6949 -25.3 -54.3 5 29.0 -27.6 236 34 316.8 316.8 287.8 317.0 0.06 26 400 7370 -27.9 -58.9 4 31.0 -29.9 230 54 318.7 318.7 288.3 318.9 0.03 27 387 7606 -29.5 -60.5 3 31.0 -31.3 230 55 319.7 319.7 288.6 319.8 0.03 28 357 8179 -32.1 -57.1 7 25.0 -33.6 239 64 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.8 0.05 29 348 8359 -32.9 -50.9 15 18.0 -34.2 238 68 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.10 30 346 8399 -32.7 -48.7 19 16.0 -34.0 238 69 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.13 31 330 8731 -35.5 -47.5 28 12.0 -36.4 237 76 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.16 32 328 8773 -35.7 -48.7 25 13.0 -36.7 237 77 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.14 33 323 8880 -36.1 -48.1 28 12.0 -37.0 236 79 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.15 34 314 9076 -36.7 -53.7 16 17.0 -37.7 235 83 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.08 35 312 9120 -36.9 -52.9 17 16.0 -37.9 235 84 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.09 36 303 9322 -38.3 -49.3 31 11.0 -39.1 239 89 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 37 301 9367 -38.5 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335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02 51 205 11885 -59.5 -68.5 30 9.0 -59.6 237 92 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.2 0.02 52 203 11947 -59.5 -71.5 20 12.0 -59.6 236 92 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.01 53 200 12040 -59.7 -70.7 23 11.0 -59.8 235 90 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.01 54 199 12071 -59.9 -70.9 22 11.0 -60.0 234 89 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.01 55 195 12198 -59.1 -74.1 13 15.0 -59.3 230 86 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.01 56 194 12230 -58.3 -74.3 11 16.0 -58.5 231 85 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.01 57 180 12695 -61.7 -76.7 12 15.0 -61.8 240 72 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 58 174 12904 -60.7 -80.7 6 20.0 -60.9 243 71 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.00 59 150 13820 -62.5 -83.5 4 21.0 -62.6 245 32 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 60 100 16300 -65.1 -87.1 3 22.0 -65.3 260 25 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 61 89 17011 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -63.9 283 24 418.4 418.4 307.5 418.4 0.00 62 82 17512 -64.7 -87.7 3 23.0 -64.9 275 26 426.2 426.2 308.4 426.2 0.00 63 79 17740 -62.9 -86.9 3 24.0 -63.1 273 26 434.5 434.5 309.3 434.5 0.00 64 74 18141 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 250 19 439.4 439.4 309.8 439.4 0.00 65 70 18480 -64.3 -88.3 2 24.0 -64.6 245 23 446.8 446.8 310.6 446.8 0.00 66 68 18658 -62.9 -87.9 2 25.0 -63.2 245 23 453.6 453.6 311.2 453.6 0.00 67 63 19126 -64.3 -88.3 2 24.0 -64.6 255 22 460.5 460.5 311.8 460.5 0.00 68 59 19528 -62.5 -87.5 2 25.0 -62.9 273 22 473.3 473.3 312.9 473.3 0.00 69 52 20301 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.2 274 26 482.7 482.7 313.7 482.8 0.00 70 51 20419 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.6 279 26 489.2 489.2 314.2 489.2 0.00 71 50 20540 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 285 26 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 72 37 22397 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.3 313 10 542.9 542.9 317.7 542.9 0.00 73 31 23489 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.3 342 12 565.7 565.7 318.9 565.7 0.00 74 30 23690 -63.5 -90.5 1 27.0 -64.1 305 15 571.5 571.5 319.2 571.5 0.00 75 28 24114 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.2 313 11 585.7 585.7 319.9 585.7 0.00 76 27 24337 -63.5 -90.5 1 27.0 -64.1 327 11 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.00 77 26 24570 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.9 308 14 602.8 602.8 320.7 602.8 0.00 78 24 25069 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.2 345 15 622.6 622.6 321.6 622.6 0.01 79 21 25904 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -61.0 340 17 644.4 644.4 322.4 644.4 0.01 80 20 26210 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.6 5 11 658.9 658.9 323.0 659.0 0.01 81 19 26533 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -59.5 359 11 669.3 669.3 323.4 669.4 0.01 82 18 26872 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.9 51 11 670.9 670.9 323.4 671.0 0.01 83 17 27229 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.7 30 7 686.4 686.5 324.0 686.5 0.01 84 17 27229 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -61.4 30 7 683.9 683.9 323.9 683.9 0.01 85 16 27610 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.6 30 4 707.6 707.6 324.7 707.7 0.01 86 15 28020 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -58.6 18 6 721.4 721.4 325.1 721.6 0.02 87 14 28458 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.9 354 9 735.1 735.1 325.5 735.2 0.01 88 14 28458 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -57.0 354 9 743.9 744.0 325.8 744.1 0.02 89 14 28458 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.1 354 9 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.2 0.02 90 13 28938 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -55.2 2 21 769.6 769.6 326.5 769.8 0.03 91 12 29457 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -56.5 50 17 781.7 781.7 326.8 782.0 0.03 92 10 30650 -46.7 -82.7 1 36.0 -53.6 35 23 845.2 845.2 328.3 845.6 0.04 93 10 30650 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -53.5 35 23 846.0 846.0 328.3 846.4 0.04 94 9.3 31132 -45.9 -81.9 1 36.0 -53.5 866.0 866.0 328.7 866.5 0.05 95 9.2 31204 -46.1 -82.1 1 36.0 -53.6 867.9 867.9 328.8 868.4 0.05 TRP 180 12695 -61.7 -76.7 12 15.0 -61.8 240 72 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 WND 260 10352 -47.0 -60.2 21 13.2 -47.4 240 108 332.4 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.00 m Freezing level: 706.67 mb = 3039.80 m = 9972.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 826.77 mb = 1758.42 m = 5769.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 8.82 % Est. max temperature: 25.01 C = 77.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.16 mb = 712.45 m = 2337.41 ft T: 13.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 980.0- 958.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 527.81 mb = 5318.16 m = 17447.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.60 C = 105.08 F Cap Strength: 14.47 C Lifted Index: 13.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.50 C Showalter Index: 12.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: -4.70 C K Index: -27.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54863.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.50 mb = 2827.13 m = 9275.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 92 at 8 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 60 5 -4.3 -2.5 | 305 5 3.9 -2.7 1 1000 166 50 2 -1.5 -1.3 | 283 7 6.7 -1.5 2 984 305 285 3 2.9 -0.8 | 275 11 11.1 -1.0 3 949 610 140 2 -1.3 1.5 | 259 7 6.9 1.3 4 925 822 105 6 -5.8 1.6 | 241 3 2.4 1.3 5 915 914 80 8 -7.9 -1.4 | 348 2 0.3 -1.6 6 882 1219 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 255 11 10.8 2.8 7 850 1524 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 18 4 -1.2 -3.6 8 850 1528 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 38 4 -2.4 -3.1 9 819 1829 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 88 7 -6.8 -0.2 10 789 2134 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 41 6 -4.0 -4.7 11 760 2438 60 14 -12.1 -7.0 | 28 8 -3.9 -7.2 12 733 2743 50 11 -8.4 -7.1 | 2 7 -0.2 -7.3 13 706 3048 45 21 -14.8 -14.8 | 24 16 -6.6 -15.1 14 700 3115 45 21 -14.8 -14.8 | 24 16 -6.6 -15.1 15 653 3658 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 77 7 -6.7 -1.5 16 628 3962 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 19 7 -2.2 -6.2 17 604 4267 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 13 6 -1.3 -5.7 18 580 4572 80 16 -15.8 -2.8 | 68 8 -7.5 -3.0 19 558 4877 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 19 7 -2.2 -6.2 20 500 5730 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 289 14 13.6 -4.7 21 476 6096 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 271 14 14.2 -0.2 22 438 6706 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 248 30 28.1 11.3 23 400 7370 230 54 41.4 34.7 | 235 60 49.6 34.5 24 386 7620 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 235 61 50.4 35.1 25 370 7925 240 59 51.1 29.5 | 244 66 59.3 29.3 26 311 9144 235 85 69.6 48.8 | 238 92 77.9 48.5 27 300 9390 240 91 78.8 45.5 | 243 98 87.0 45.3 28 297 9449 240 93 80.5 46.5 | 242 100 88.8 46.3 29 260 10352 240 108 93.5 54.0 | 242 115 101.8 53.8 30 250 10610 240 106 91.8 53.0 | 242 113 100.0 52.8 31 248 10668 240 108 93.5 54.0 | 242 115 101.8 53.8 32 225 11278 245 102 92.4 43.1 | 247 109 100.7 42.9 33 200 12040 235 90 73.7 51.6 | 238 97 82.0 51.4 34 195 12192 230 86 65.9 55.3 | 233 92 74.1 55.1 35 180 12695 240 72 62.4 36.0 | 243 79 70.6 35.8 36 177 12802 240 79 68.4 39.5 | 243 86 76.6 39.3 37 168 13106 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 253 62 59.0 18.2 38 150 13820 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 250 40 37.2 13.3 39 145 14021 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 250 39 36.3 12.9 40 131 14630 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 245 50 45.5 21.3 41 119 15240 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 250 40 37.2 13.3 42 113 15545 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 246 43 39.4 17.8 43 100 16300 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 263 33 32.8 4.1 44 97 16459 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 263 33 32.8 4.1 45 88 17069 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 282 32 31.4 -6.4 46 84 17374 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 270 32 32.2 -0.2 47 80 17678 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 278 36 35.8 -5.1 48 76 17983 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 253 27 25.4 7.8 49 72 18288 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 260 27 26.6 4.7 50 70 18480 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 252 31 29.1 9.5 51 65 18898 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 252 30 28.2 9.1 52 56 19812 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 281 30 29.5 -5.9 53 54 20117 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 267 34 34.1 2.0 54 50 20540 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 282 34 33.3 -7.0 55 49 20726 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 270 36 36.2 -0.2 56 46 21031 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 292 29 26.4 -10.7 57 44 21336 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 274 23 23.2 -1.5 58 40 21946 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 281 28 27.5 -5.4 59 38 22250 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 298 20 17.4 -9.4 60 36 22555 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 289 14 13.6 -4.7 61 34 22860 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 283 23 22.3 -5.4 62 33 23165 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 313 24 17.7 -16.7 63 31 23470 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 316 16 11.3 -11.8 64 30 23690 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 293 22 20.5 -8.8 65 30 23774 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 282 18 17.6 -3.6 66 27 24384 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 305 17 13.7 -9.7 67 26 24689 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 287 23 21.8 -6.6 68 24 24994 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 321 19 12.1 -14.7 69 21 25908 340 17 5.8 -16.0 | 319 21 14.0 -16.2 70 20 26210 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 327 13 7.3 -11.2 71 20 26213 15 21 -5.4 -20.3 | 352 21 2.8 -20.5 72 19 26518 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 321 14 9.2 -11.2 73 18 26822 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 13 7 -1.6 -7.1 74 17 27432 20 5 -1.7 -4.7 | 307 8 6.5 -4.9 75 16 27737 35 4 -2.3 -3.3 | 301 7 5.9 -3.5 76 14 28651 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 312 15 10.8 -9.9 77 13 28956 360 21 -0.0 -21.0 | 339 23 8.2 -21.2 78 12 29261 35 16 -9.2 -13.1 | 4 13 -0.9 -13.3 79 12 29566 55 17 -13.9 -9.8 | 30 11 -5.7 -10.0 80 11 29870 30 20 -10.0 -17.3 | 6 18 -1.8 -17.5 81 10 30650 35 23 -13.2 -18.8 | 15 20 -5.0 -19.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 61.6 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 91.6 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.4 neg: -53.1 tot: -24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: -4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 22.66 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 279 3 273 11| 5.1 0.0 5.1| 0.0 -18.3 -18.3 -36.7 -0.54| 14.7 -8.0 1000 108 4 256 4| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 5.5 -20.1 -14.6 -14.6 -0.24| 15.7 -3.7 1500 92 5 271 3| 3.0 5.0 8.1| 11.1 -35.0 -23.9 -15.9 -0.37| 18.5 -6.9 2000 86 8 315 1| 2.3 4.1 6.4| 14.5 -43.2 -28.7 -14.3 -0.37| 15.9 -5.9 2500 77 9 6 2| 1.8 3.2 5.1| 14.5 -51.0 -36.5 -14.6 -0.40| 13.8 -5.5 3000 68 10 14 4| 1.5 4.2 5.7| 28.4 -53.1 -24.7 -8.2 -0.29| 13.5 -4.0 4000 67 11 25 5| 2.6 3.3 5.9| 56.0 -64.6 -8.6 -2.2 -0.21| 12.7 -2.7 5000 66 12 26 5| 2.2 2.9 5.2| 66.1 -88.3 -22.2 -4.4 -0.23| 12.1 -2.7 6000 62 11 15 6| 1.9 1.9 3.8| 66.1-145.2 -79.0 -13.2 -0.31| 11.6 -3.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20251229.12.gif