UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025081516.upa.cvt Date: 1600Z 15 AUG 25 Searching for K1Y8... Searching the city database file for: K1Y8 ... Date:1600Z 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 101 SFC 986 231 32.0 20.0 49 12.0 23.3 125 8 306.4 309.2 297.0 351.7 15.09 2 978 304 30.0 20.0 55 10.0 22.8 145 11 305.1 307.9 296.7 350.6 15.22 3 925 796 25.0 19.0 69 6.0 20.8 165 15 304.9 307.7 296.6 350.0 15.12 4 852 1512 18.0 18.0 100 0.0 18.0 169 19 304.8 307.7 296.8 350.8 15.42 5 850 1532 18.0 17.5 97 0.5 17.7 170 19 305.0 307.8 296.5 349.7 14.97 6 845 1583 17.6 17.2 98 0.4 17.3 173 20 305.1 307.8 296.5 349.2 14.77 7 840 1633 18.8 13.8 73 5.0 15.5 175 21 306.9 309.1 295.0 342.7 11.89 8 830 1736 19.6 10.6 56 9.0 13.8 180 23 308.8 310.6 293.9 338.3 9.72 9 816 1883 19.8 7.8 46 12.0 12.4 186 24 310.5 312.0 293.2 335.6 8.16 10 808 1968 19.8 6.8 43 13.0 11.9 187 22 311.4 312.8 293.1 335.1 7.69 11 794 2118 18.8 6.8 46 12.0 11.4 190 19 311.9 313.3 293.3 336.1 7.83 12 779 2282 18.4 2.4 34 16.0 9.3 190 16 313.1 314.3 292.1 331.5 5.85 13 771 2370 19.0 -7.0 16 26.0 6.3 190 14 314.7 315.3 290.0 324.2 2.93 14 733 2802 15.2 -4.8 25 20.0 5.1 196 15 315.1 315.8 290.8 326.9 3.65 15 725 2895 14.2 3.2 47 11.0 7.8 190 16 315.0 316.3 293.3 336.0 6.66 16 700 3190 12.0 2.0 50 10.0 6.3 185 21 315.8 317.0 293.3 335.8 6.33 17 663 3641 8.0 0.0 57 8.0 3.7 199 19 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.6 5.78 18 659 3691 8.0 -3.0 46 11.0 2.4 201 19 316.8 317.7 292.2 331.7 4.65 19 620 4191 4.4 -15.6 22 20.0 -3.3 212 19 318.2 318.6 290.1 324.3 1.83 20 617 4231 4.2 -11.8 30 16.0 -2.6 211 19 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.7 2.51 21 593 4552 1.4 -7.6 51 9.0 -2.7 202 18 318.8 319.5 291.9 330.7 3.64 22 578 4757 0.0 -9.0 51 9.0 -4.0 211 15 319.5 320.2 291.9 330.5 3.35 23 564 4954 -0.7 -18.7 24 18.0 -7.0 221 13 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.2 1.55 24 508 5777 -8.7 -20.7 37 12.0 -12.4 229 5 321.0 321.3 290.6 325.9 1.45 25 500 5900 -9.7 -22.7 34 13.0 -13.5 230 4 321.2 321.5 290.4 325.5 1.23 26 494 5993 -10.3 -25.3 28 15.0 -14.3 232 4 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.1 0.99 27 490 6055 -9.5 -36.5 9 27.0 -15.0 234 5 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.34 28 457 6588 -13.1 -40.1 8 27.0 -17.9 260 10 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.3 0.25 29 411 7388 -16.9 -52.9 3 36.0 -21.2 262 15 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.07 30 400 7590 -18.3 -52.3 3 34.0 -22.3 265 16 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.08 31 376 8050 -22.5 -43.5 13 21.0 -25.4 264 17 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.22 32 363 8308 -23.9 -48.9 8 25.0 -26.7 255 16 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.12 33 362 8328 -23.7 -52.7 5 29.0 -26.6 255 16 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 34 334 8914 -26.9 -55.9 5 29.0 -29.4 251 20 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 35 300 9680 -33.9 -56.9 8 23.0 -35.4 255 22 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.06 36 297 9750 -34.5 -57.5 8 23.0 -36.0 256 22 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 37 250 10930 -41.7 -65.7 6 24.0 -42.6 230 31 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 38 200 12410 -51.7 -73.7 5 22.0 -52.1 220 32 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 39 196 12541 -52.5 -73.5 6 21.0 -52.8 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.00 m Freezing level: 578.00 mb = 4757.49 m = 15608.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.78 mb = 3895.28 m = 12779.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.41 % Est. max temperature: 33.24 C = 91.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.20 mb = 1744.66 m = 5723.87 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.01 C/km ThetaE index: 15.68 C Layer 850.0- 794.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.62 mb = 1576.17 m = 5171.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lifted Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 27.20 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1402.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.11 mb = 1561.20 m = 5122.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.11 mb = 3527.84 m = 11574.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.11 mb = 12340.55 m = 40486.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1394.11 J/kg Wind level data Storm motion: 222 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 231 125 8 -6.6 4.6 | 75 15 -14.2 -3.8 1 978 305 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 93 14 -13.9 0.7 2 945 610 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 105 14 -13.1 3.4 3 925 796 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 118 13 -11.5 6.1 4 913 914 165 16 -4.1 15.5 | 121 14 -11.7 7.1 5 881 1219 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 105 14 -13.1 3.4 6 850 1532 170 19 -3.3 18.7 | 134 15 -10.9 10.4 7 821 1829 185 25 2.2 24.9 | 162 17 -5.4 16.6 8 792 2134 190 19 3.3 18.7 | 157 11 -4.3 10.4 9 764 2438 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 130 7 -5.3 4.5 10 738 2743 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 150 6 -2.8 4.8 11 712 3048 180 19 0.0 19.0 | 144 13 -7.6 10.7 12 700 3190 185 21 1.8 20.9 | 155 14 -5.8 12.6 13 661 3658 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 173 10 -1.1 9.5 14 636 3962 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 207 11 5.0 9.7 15 612 4267 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 191 7 1.4 7.2 16 590 4572 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 170 9 -1.4 8.6 17 568 4877 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 205 2 0.8 1.6 18 500 5900 230 4 3.1 2.6 | 38 7 -4.5 -5.8 19 487 6096 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 33 7 -3.5 -5.5 20 468 6401 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 340 10 3.4 -9.3 21 450 6706 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 340 5 1.8 -4.9 22 400 7590 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 310 11 8.3 -6.9 23 398 7620 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 318 10 6.3 -7.1 24 382 7925 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 312 13 9.4 -8.3 25 366 8230 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 298 9 7.9 -4.2 26 323 9144 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 275 12 12.1 -1.2 27 300 9680 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 281 14 13.6 -2.6 28 272 10363 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 286 16 15.0 -4.3 29 260 10668 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 238 11 9.2 5.8 30 250 10930 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 234 20 16.1 11.6 31 237 11278 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 235 18 14.6 10.3 32 216 11887 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 271 15 14.9 -0.1 33 200 12410 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 219 21 13.0 16.2 34 197 12497 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 227 17 12.2 11.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.3 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 222.3 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.3 neg: -28.0 tot: 84.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 106.82 Bulk Shear: 13.13 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 151 12 99 14| 9.5 0.0 9.5| 33.8 0.0 33.8 67.6 0.99| 9.6 9.5 1000 157 13 107 13| 4.7 0.9 5.7| 39.5 -12.4 27.0 27.0 0.51| 7.6 3.8 1500 162 15 116 14| 7.3 0.6 7.9| 87.3 -12.4 74.9 49.9 0.72| 9.3 6.7 2000 170 17 128 13| 4.4 0.5 4.9| 99.4 -19.2 80.2 40.1 0.53| 9.8 5.2 2500 174 16 130 12| 3.3 0.4 3.6|102.6 -25.5 77.1 30.8 0.43| 9.2 3.9 3000 177 16 133 12| 2.7 1.2 3.9|112.3 -28.0 84.3 28.1 0.39| 9.4 3.6 4000 185 17 146 11| 2.6 0.9 3.5|136.8 -32.0 104.8 26.2 0.41| 8.8 3.6 5000 190 17 150 10| 1.9 0.6 2.5|139.4 -37.9 101.5 20.3 0.32| 8.5 2.7 6000 192 15 145 8| 1.7 0.5 2.2|139.8 -44.1 95.7 15.9 0.24| 7.9 1.9 Wrote GIF file: K1Y8.skewt.16.GIF