UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025081608.upa.cvt Date: 0800Z 16 AUG 25 Searching for K1Y8... Searching the city database file for: K1Y8 ... Date:0800Z 16 AUG 25 Station: K1Y8 WMO ident: 74005 Latitude: 32.86 Longitude: -114.03 Elevation: 231.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 985 231 28.6 15.6 45 13.0 19.8 45 3 303.1 305.2 293.5 336.8 11.38 2 982 258 29.2 17.2 48 12.0 20.9 71 4 303.9 306.3 294.7 341.6 12.67 3 972 350 28.6 16.6 48 12.0 20.4 121 7 304.2 306.5 294.6 340.9 12.31 4 965 415 29.6 14.6 40 15.0 19.5 129 8 305.9 307.9 294.0 338.5 10.89 5 925 793 26.8 11.8 39 15.0 17.1 170 9 306.7 308.5 293.1 335.2 9.44 6 920 841 26.4 11.4 39 15.0 16.7 174 10 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.7 9.24 7 885 1182 24.4 8.4 36 16.0 14.5 193 21 308.1 309.6 292.3 332.0 7.84 8 876 1271 24.6 4.6 27 20.0 12.9 196 23 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.0 6.07 9 871 1321 25.4 1.4 21 24.0 11.9 197 22 310.6 311.5 290.5 325.8 4.86 10 850 1535 23.6 0.6 22 23.0 10.9 200 20 310.9 311.8 290.5 325.6 4.70 11 833 1711 22.2 2.2 27 20.0 10.9 209 18 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.0 5.39 12 814 1910 21.6 0.6 25 21.0 9.9 215 17 312.6 313.6 291.2 328.1 4.91 13 807 1985 21.6 -1.4 21 23.0 9.2 215 17 313.4 314.2 290.9 327.0 4.28 14 778 2300 18.6 -1.4 26 20.0 7.9 212 15 313.5 314.3 291.0 327.5 4.44 15 723 2923 14.4 -16.6 10 31.0 2.0 193 13 315.5 315.8 288.8 320.3 1.44 16 706 3124 12.6 -16.4 12 29.0 1.1 202 14 315.7 316.0 288.9 320.7 1.50 17 700 3195 12.0 -18.0 11 30.0 0.5 205 14 315.8 316.0 288.8 320.2 1.32 18 677 3473 10.6 -22.4 8 33.0 -0.9 201 14 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.5 0.94 19 624 4143 4.6 -24.4 10 29.0 -4.6 200 19 317.9 318.0 289.0 320.8 0.85 20 532 5415 -5.9 -26.9 17 21.0 -11.6 212 20 320.1 320.3 289.6 322.9 0.79 21 523 5548 -6.7 -30.7 13 24.0 -12.5 225 21 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.7 0.57 22 506 5806 -4.7 -44.7 3 40.0 -12.2 250 22 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.7 0.14 23 500 5900 -5.3 -35.3 7 30.0 -12.2 250 23 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.0 0.38 24 413 7370 -16.5 -41.5 10 25.0 -20.6 236 29 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.24 25 410 7424 -16.3 -46.3 6 30.0 -20.7 237 29 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.15 26 400 7610 -17.3 -47.3 5 30.0 -21.5 240 30 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 27 384 7915 -18.9 -50.9 4 32.0 -22.8 237 28 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.09 28 319 9266 -30.1 -56.1 6 26.0 -32.1 235 38 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 29 300 9700 -33.1 -60.1 5 27.0 -34.8 220 39 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 30 271 10406 -38.7 -63.7 5 25.0 -39.8 224 37 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.00 m Freezing level: 583.70 mb = 4699.87 m = 15419.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.41 mb = 3297.76 m = 10819.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.03 % Est. max temperature: 36.66 C = 98.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.05 mb = 1899.23 m = 6231.00 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 16.02 C Layer 972.0- 833.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.15 mb = 3856.12 m = 12651.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.09 C = 109.57 F Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lifted Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.53 C Showalter Index: 8.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 5.90 C K Index: -0.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 190.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 611.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.29 mb = 2563.23 m = 8409.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 539.29 mb = 5306.05 m = 17408.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 519.29 mb = 5603.53 m = 18384.05 ft B at Equ Level: 13.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 499.29 mb = 5910.97 m = 19392.72 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 236 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 231 45 3 -2.1 -2.1 | 54 16 -12.5 -9.2 1 977 305 115 7 -6.3 3.0 | 76 17 -16.8 -4.1 2 944 610 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 98 15 -14.7 2.0 3 925 793 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 99 12 -12.0 1.8 4 912 914 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 111 11 -10.4 3.9 5 881 1219 195 23 6.0 22.2 | 164 16 -4.5 15.2 6 850 1535 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 163 12 -3.6 11.7 7 821 1829 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 174 7 -0.7 6.9 8 793 2134 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 174 7 -0.7 6.9 9 765 2438 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 146 6 -3.4 5.1 10 738 2743 185 13 1.1 13.0 | 122 11 -9.3 5.9 11 700 3195 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 141 7 -4.5 5.6 12 686 3353 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 141 7 -4.5 5.6 13 661 3658 195 15 3.9 14.5 | 139 10 -6.5 7.4 14 636 3962 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 167 10 -2.4 10.2 15 613 4267 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 154 13 -5.5 11.3 16 568 4877 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 163 10 -2.8 9.3 17 547 5182 190 19 3.3 18.7 | 149 14 -7.1 11.7 18 507 5791 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 267 10 10.2 0.5 19 500 5900 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 266 11 11.2 0.8 20 487 6096 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 269 9 9.3 0.1 21 450 6706 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 214 13 7.3 10.6 22 400 7610 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 243 17 15.6 7.9 23 399 7620 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 234 12 10.1 7.3 24 352 8534 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 242 23 20.8 10.9 25 324 9144 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 235 24 19.9 14.2 26 311 9449 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 235 27 22.3 15.9 27 300 9700 220 39 25.1 29.9 | 213 27 14.6 22.8 28 298 9754 220 38 24.4 29.1 | 212 26 14.0 22.0 29 261 10668 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 219 24 15.0 18.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.2 neg: -13.2 tot: 100.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 30.28 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 142 8 88 16| 11.5 0.0 11.5| 53.5 0.0 53.5 107.0 0.85| 15.3 13.1 1000 171 11 109 13| 13.1 0.0 13.1|101.6 0.0 101.6 101.6 0.88| 15.9 13.9 1500 186 14 129 12| 7.2 0.0 7.2|105.4 -0.5 104.9 69.9 0.74| 13.1 9.7 2000 194 15 139 10| 4.9 0.0 4.9|106.4 -2.2 104.2 52.1 0.68| 10.6 7.2 2500 196 15 139 10| 3.9 1.5 5.4|106.4 -13.2 93.2 37.3 0.46| 10.1 4.6 3000 196 15 138 9| 3.7 1.3 5.0|113.2 -13.2 100.0 33.3 0.47| 9.2 4.3 4000 198 15 142 9| 2.8 1.2 4.0|124.7 -19.3 105.5 26.4 0.43| 8.1 3.5 5000 198 16 145 10| 2.3 1.3 3.5|131.9 -26.5 105.3 21.1 0.39| 7.3 2.8 6000 206 17 159 9| 2.8 1.1 3.8|180.6 -31.9 148.7 24.8 0.47| 8.1 3.8 Wrote GIF file: K1Y8.skewt.08.GIF