UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025081515.upa.cvt Date: 1500Z 15 AUG 25 Searching for K1Y8... Searching the city database file for: K1Y8 ... Date:1500Z 15 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 102 SFC 986 231 31.2 19.2 49 12.0 22.6 105 10 305.6 308.2 296.3 348.5 14.34 2 971 367 29.2 19.2 55 10.0 22.1 141 13 304.9 307.6 296.3 348.4 14.57 3 925 795 25.0 19.0 69 6.0 20.8 150 18 304.9 307.7 296.6 350.0 15.12 4 900 1035 22.8 19.1 80 3.7 20.2 158 20 305.0 307.9 297.0 351.7 15.65 5 871 1321 20.8 16.5 76 4.3 17.8 172 19 305.8 308.3 295.9 346.8 13.68 6 860 1432 23.0 8.0 38 15.0 13.7 173 18 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.2 7.85 7 852 1513 23.8 7.8 36 16.0 13.8 175 17 310.9 312.3 293.0 335.0 7.81 8 850 1534 23.6 7.6 36 16.0 13.7 175 17 310.9 312.3 293.0 334.7 7.72 9 842 1616 23.2 5.2 31 18.0 12.4 179 16 311.3 312.5 292.2 331.8 6.60 10 782 2254 17.8 4.8 42 13.0 10.1 196 17 312.1 313.5 292.7 333.6 6.91 11 757 2532 16.4 -2.6 27 19.0 6.5 193 15 313.5 314.3 290.8 326.8 4.17 12 753 2577 16.6 -8.4 17 25.0 4.9 194 15 314.2 314.8 289.6 323.0 2.69 13 719 2968 13.8 -4.2 28 18.0 4.7 195 19 315.3 316.1 291.1 327.8 3.89 14 706 3122 12.2 3.2 54 9.0 7.0 192 22 315.2 316.5 293.5 336.8 6.84 15 700 3193 11.6 2.6 54 9.0 6.5 190 23 315.3 316.6 293.3 336.2 6.61 16 689 3325 10.4 3.4 62 7.0 6.3 190 22 315.4 316.8 293.8 337.8 7.11 17 654 3756 7.0 0.0 61 7.0 3.2 208 24 316.3 317.5 293.0 334.9 5.86 18 631 4049 5.6 -11.4 28 17.0 -1.7 213 23 318.0 318.5 290.7 326.3 2.53 19 608 4351 3.2 -6.8 48 10.0 -1.5 208 17 318.6 319.3 292.0 330.9 3.78 20 587 4635 1.4 -11.6 37 13.0 -4.1 222 12 319.7 320.3 291.3 328.6 2.68 21 537 5343 -4.5 -18.5 33 14.0 -9.3 246 9 320.9 321.3 290.7 326.6 1.65 22 504 5838 -9.3 -19.3 44 10.0 -12.5 250 7 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.6 1.65 23 500 5900 -9.5 -22.5 34 13.0 -13.3 250 7 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.8 1.26 24 488 6088 -10.7 -29.7 19 19.0 -15.2 259 6 322.2 322.4 290.2 324.6 0.67 25 485 6135 -9.7 -40.7 6 31.0 -15.4 260 6 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.23 26 423 7180 -16.1 -50.1 4 34.0 -20.5 253 12 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.09 27 413 7360 -16.5 -51.5 3 35.0 -20.9 259 13 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 28 400 7600 -18.3 -54.3 3 36.0 -22.4 285 16 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.06 29 374 8097 -22.7 -43.7 13 21.0 -25.5 281 17 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 30 355 8477 -24.7 -50.7 7 26.0 -27.4 261 15 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.10 31 353 8518 -24.5 -53.5 5 29.0 -27.3 258 15 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 32 344 8705 -25.5 -53.5 5 28.0 -28.2 256 17 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 33 300 9680 -33.9 -57.9 7 24.0 -35.4 270 21 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 34 294 9822 -35.1 -58.1 8 23.0 -36.5 265 22 337.8 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 35 252 10886 -41.7 -64.7 6 23.0 -42.6 222 29 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 36 250 10940 -42.1 -65.1 6 23.0 -42.9 220 31 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 37 200 12410 -52.3 -73.3 6 21.0 -52.7 225 33 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 38 193 12639 -54.3 -74.3 7 20.0 -54.6 228 35 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 39 170 13446 -58.1 -78.1 6 20.0 -58.3 252 32 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.00 m Freezing level: 575.14 mb = 4802.95 m = 15757.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.94 mb = 3946.45 m = 12947.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.02 % Est. max temperature: 36.97 C = 98.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.91 mb = 1751.61 m = 5746.67 ft T: 22.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 18.50 C Layer 871.0- 852.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.66 mb = 2762.49 m = 9063.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.35 C = 104.63 F Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lifted Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.10 C K Index: 31.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1342.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 229.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.36 mb = 1592.06 m = 5223.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.36 mb = 3563.89 m = 11692.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.36 mb = 12430.72 m = 40782.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1336.65 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 226 at 12 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 231 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 73 19 -17.9 -5.5 1 978 305 140 12 -7.7 9.2 | 94 16 -16.0 1.1 2 945 610 145 16 -9.2 13.1 | 106 18 -17.5 5.1 3 925 795 150 18 -9.0 15.6 | 114 19 -17.3 7.5 4 912 914 150 20 -10.0 17.3 | 117 20 -18.3 9.3 5 881 1219 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 135 17 -11.8 11.6 6 850 1534 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 132 13 -9.8 8.9 7 821 1829 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 134 8 -5.8 5.7 8 792 2134 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 167 9 -2.1 8.9 9 765 2438 190 15 2.6 14.8 | 140 9 -5.7 6.7 10 738 2743 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 152 7 -3.1 6.0 11 700 3193 190 23 4.0 22.7 | 164 15 -4.3 14.6 12 686 3353 190 22 3.8 21.7 | 162 14 -4.5 13.6 13 661 3658 205 23 9.7 20.8 | 186 13 1.4 12.8 14 636 3962 215 25 14.3 20.5 | 206 14 6.1 12.4 15 613 4267 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 175 8 -0.7 8.3 16 568 4877 235 7 5.7 4.0 | 32 5 -2.5 -4.0 17 526 5486 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 346 5 1.1 -4.6 18 500 5900 250 7 6.6 2.4 | 17 6 -1.7 -5.7 19 487 6096 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 19 7 -2.4 -7.0 20 432 7010 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 346 5 1.1 -4.6 21 415 7315 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 318 6 4.3 -4.7 22 400 7600 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 330 14 7.2 -12.2 23 399 7620 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 333 13 6.2 -11.9 24 367 8230 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 322 14 8.5 -11.0 25 352 8534 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 304 7 6.2 -4.2 26 323 9144 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 290 13 12.4 -4.4 27 300 9680 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 302 15 12.7 -8.0 28 297 9754 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 300 16 13.7 -8.0 29 284 10058 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 266 11 10.8 0.8 30 272 10363 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 277 11 10.5 -1.2 31 260 10668 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 235 11 8.6 6.1 32 250 10940 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 217 20 11.6 15.7 33 249 10973 215 29 16.6 23.8 | 208 18 8.4 15.7 34 200 12410 225 33 23.3 23.3 | 225 21 15.1 15.3 35 188 12802 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 232 25 20.1 15.7 36 163 13716 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 278 21 21.3 -2.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.8 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 225.8 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.5 neg: -12.0 tot: 98.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 56.10 Bulk Shear: 23.93 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 14 100 17| 12.5 0.0 12.5| 52.7 0.0 52.7 105.5 0.92| 13.0 11.9 1000 150 17 112 18| 9.3 0.0 9.3| 90.8 0.0 90.8 90.8 0.87| 11.4 9.9 1500 159 17 119 16| 5.7 0.0 5.7| 92.3 -2.3 90.0 60.0 0.66| 9.9 6.6 2000 168 17 125 15| 5.2 0.0 5.2|102.9 -5.4 97.5 48.8 0.62| 9.4 5.8 2500 173 17 129 13| 3.8 0.0 3.8|106.1 -11.7 94.4 37.8 0.51| 8.6 4.4 3000 177 17 134 13| 3.2 1.4 4.6|110.5 -12.0 98.5 32.8 0.46| 8.6 4.0 4000 186 19 149 12| 3.1 0.7 3.8|145.2 -26.1 119.1 29.8 0.42| 8.7 3.6 5000 191 17 149 10| 2.2 0.6 2.8|145.5 -30.0 115.5 23.1 0.27| 8.6 2.3 6000 196 15 149 8| 1.8 0.5 2.2|149.1 -32.0 117.1 19.5 0.26| 7.6 2.0 Wrote GIF file: K1Y8.skewt.15.GIF