UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025071912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 19 JUL 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 1000 146 18.8 15.9 83 2.9 16.9 350 2 292.0 294.0 290.0 324.3 11.43 1 959 496 15.4 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 45 2 292.0 294.1 290.0 324.3 11.40 2 934 715 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.3 115 2 293.2 295.2 290.2 324.7 11.03 3 932 733 16.8 14.6 87 2.2 15.4 121 2 295.8 297.9 291.2 328.3 11.28 4 928 769 18.4 15.0 81 3.4 16.2 135 2 297.8 300.0 292.2 331.6 11.63 5 925 796 18.6 15.1 80 3.5 16.3 145 2 298.3 300.5 292.4 332.5 11.74 6 916 880 19.4 14.9 75 4.5 16.4 52 4 300.0 302.1 292.9 334.3 11.71 7 907 965 19.2 14.7 75 4.5 16.3 9 7 300.6 302.8 293.0 334.9 11.67 8 903 1003 20.2 14.2 68 6.0 16.3 5 8 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.6 11.34 9 901 1022 21.8 12.8 57 9.0 16.0 2 9 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.8 10.36 10 898 1051 22.2 12.2 53 10.0 15.7 359 10 304.6 306.4 292.9 334.5 9.99 11 895 1080 22.0 13.0 57 9.0 16.1 356 11 304.7 306.6 293.4 336.3 10.57 12 888 1149 23.0 10.0 44 13.0 14.8 348 13 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.7 8.71 13 878 1248 22.8 6.8 36 16.0 13.1 339 15 307.2 308.5 291.3 328.7 7.07 14 859 1438 23.2 5.2 31 18.0 12.5 329 16 309.5 310.7 291.6 329.4 6.46 15 857 1459 23.2 4.2 29 19.0 12.1 328 17 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.4 6.04 16 850 1530 22.6 6.6 36 16.0 12.9 320 16 309.8 311.2 292.3 332.0 7.21 17 843 1602 22.0 8.0 41 14.0 13.3 321 16 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.5 8.01 18 830 1737 21.4 6.4 38 15.0 12.3 323 15 310.7 312.0 292.6 333.1 7.28 19 736 2763 12.6 5.6 62 7.0 8.4 7 8 311.9 313.4 293.3 336.0 7.77 20 713 3029 10.4 2.4 58 8.0 5.9 47 8 312.4 313.6 292.3 332.3 6.39 21 706 3111 9.8 0.8 53 9.0 4.9 59 8 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.6 5.75 22 702 3158 10.0 -7.0 29 17.0 2.0 66 8 313.3 313.9 289.9 323.6 3.22 23 700 3182 9.8 -7.2 29 17.0 1.9 70 8 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.5 3.18 24 696 3229 9.8 -10.2 23 20.0 1.0 70 8 313.9 314.3 289.4 322.1 2.53 25 694 3253 9.8 -14.2 17 24.0 0.1 70 7 314.1 314.5 288.8 320.2 1.83 26 682 3397 8.6 -16.4 15 25.0 -1.0 70 6 314.3 314.6 288.6 319.5 1.55 27 663 3630 7.0 -19.0 14 26.0 -2.3 70 4 315.1 315.3 288.5 319.4 1.28 28 650 3792 6.2 -14.8 21 21.0 -2.1 83 3 316.0 316.3 289.4 322.2 1.86 29 639 3931 5.0 -13.0 26 18.0 -2.3 99 2 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.4 2.20 30 635 3982 4.8 -14.2 24 19.0 -2.7 105 2 316.5 316.9 289.7 323.2 2.00 31 632 4021 4.4 -10.6 33 15.0 -2.0 103 3 316.5 317.0 290.3 325.3 2.70 32 610 4307 2.0 -11.0 37 13.0 -3.5 84 10 316.9 317.5 290.5 325.8 2.71 33 608 4334 1.6 -11.4 37 13.0 -3.8 82 10 316.8 317.3 290.4 325.4 2.63 34 587 4615 -0.3 -14.3 34 14.0 -5.7 65 12 317.8 318.2 290.2 324.9 2.15 35 536 5332 -7.1 -16.1 49 9.0 -10.2 50 14 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.8 2.03 36 525 5493 -8.3 -17.3 48 9.0 -11.3 31 13 318.4 318.8 290.2 324.7 1.87 37 513 5672 -9.5 -15.5 62 6.0 -11.6 28 17 319.1 319.5 290.7 326.5 2.23 38 512 5687 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434 6956 -14.5 -29.5 27 15.0 -18.0 9 30 328.4 328.5 292.0 331.2 0.76 53 430 7026 -15.1 -25.1 42 10.0 -17.8 9 32 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.6 1.16 54 400 7570 -17.9 -32.9 26 15.0 -21.0 335 23 331.7 331.8 292.8 334.0 0.60 55 300 9670 -30.7 -59.7 4 29.0 -32.7 305 11 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.04 56 250 10940 -40.5 -68.5 3 28.0 -41.5 235 9 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.02 57 200 12420 -52.7 -67.7 15 15.0 -53.0 245 17 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 58 150 14240 -62.5 -80.5 7 18.0 -62.6 210 8 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 59 103 16523 -70.7 -83.7 13 13.0 -70.8 140 15 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.00 60 100 16700 -68.9 -83.9 10 15.0 -69.0 160 12 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 61 93 17132 -69.9 -86.9 7 17.0 -70.0 125 9 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 62 87 17530 -68.7 -88.7 4 20.0 -68.8 15 3 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 63 86 17599 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 21 4 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 64 82 17887 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.9 47 8 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 65 75 18424 -68.9 -88.9 4 20.0 -69.0 77 16 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.5 0.00 66 72 18669 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.8 73 15 436.0 436.0 309.5 436.0 0.00 67 70 18840 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.0 70 14 450.2 450.2 310.9 450.3 0.00 68 69 18929 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.0 103 10 452.1 452.1 311.1 452.1 0.00 69 66 19203 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.0 90 11 455.7 455.7 311.4 455.7 0.00 70 61 19691 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.9 53 17 471.0 471.0 312.7 471.0 0.00 71 58 20004 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.3 74 29 476.9 476.9 313.2 476.9 0.00 72 50 20930 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.5 100 25 502.3 502.3 315.1 502.3 0.00 73 36 23006 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -55.8 109 23 566.3 566.3 319.0 566.3 0.01 74 35 23186 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.5 114 24 568.8 568.8 319.1 568.8 0.01 75 33 23563 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -55.4 103 29 582.2 582.2 319.8 582.2 0.01 76 31 23962 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.6 98 25 585.6 585.6 319.9 585.7 0.01 77 30 24170 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.2 75 30 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 78 27 24843 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.8 77 32 612.6 612.6 321.2 612.7 0.01 79 26 25084 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.2 78 32 614.7 614.7 321.3 614.8 0.01 80 22 26159 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.1 65 42 661.5 661.5 323.1 661.6 0.01 81 20 26780 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.0 90 37 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.1 0.02 82 18 27468 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -53.1 85 34 706.9 706.9 324.7 707.0 0.02 83 16 28239 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -53.6 94 42 730.4 730.4 325.4 730.6 0.02 84 15 28664 -46.5 -83.5 1 37.0 -52.0 109 33 753.3 753.4 326.0 753.6 0.02 85 14 29122 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -51.9 94 30 770.4 770.4 326.5 770.6 0.03 86 13 29615 -45.7 -82.7 1 37.0 -52.1 99 33 787.6 787.6 327.0 787.9 0.03 87 12 30148 -44.9 -81.9 1 37.0 -51.9 86 40 808.7 808.7 327.5 809.0 0.04 88 11 30727 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -53.5 92 47 821.0 821.1 327.7 821.4 0.04 89 10 31360 -44.9 -82.9 1 38.0 -52.7 100 56 851.9 852.0 328.4 852.3 0.04 90 9.5 31706 -41.1 -81.1 1 40.0 -51.0 878.9 879.0 329.0 879.5 0.06 91 9.3 31850 -41.7 -81.7 1 40.0 -51.4 882.0 882.0 329.1 882.5 0.05 92 8.9 32149 -39.9 -80.9 0 41.0 -50.8 900.1 900.1 329.4 900.8 0.06 93 8.8 32227 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -51.0 902.3 902.3 329.5 902.9 0.06 TRP 103 16523 -70.7 -83.7 13 13.0 -70.8 140 15 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.00 m Freezing level: 590.32 mb = 4570.85 m = 14996.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.11 mb = 3263.90 m = 10708.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.74 % Est. max temperature: 36.67 C = 98.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.07 mb = 503.81 m = 1652.90 ft T: 15.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 7.55 C Layer 888.0- 859.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.58 mb = 560.24 m = 1838.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.22 C = 66.60 F Cap Strength: 11.40 C Lifted Index: 2.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.38 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 22.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42796.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.78 mb = 854.02 m = 2801.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 54 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 1000 146 350 2 0.3 -2.0 | 249 7 6.5 2.5 1 981 305 355 2 0.2 -2.0 | 248 7 6.3 2.5 2 946 610 75 2 -1.9 -0.5 | 227 6 4.2 4.0 3 925 796 145 2 -1.1 1.6 | 219 8 5.0 6.1 4 912 914 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 274 5 4.9 -0.3 5 881 1219 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 310 15 11.3 -9.6 6 851 1524 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 301 18 15.9 -9.4 7 850 1530 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 295 18 16.4 -7.8 8 821 1829 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 298 17 14.7 -7.8 9 792 2134 355 13 1.1 -13.0 | 319 11 7.3 -8.5 10 764 2438 350 8 1.4 -7.9 | 294 8 7.5 -3.4 11 737 2743 5 8 -0.7 -8.0 | 303 6 5.4 -3.5 12 700 3182 70 8 -7.5 -2.7 | 142 2 -1.4 1.8 13 660 3658 70 4 -3.8 -1.4 | 217 4 2.4 3.1 14 635 3962 105 2 -1.9 0.5 | 220 7 4.2 5.0 15 611 4267 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 133 5 -3.8 3.6 16 588 4572 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 83 5 -4.7 -0.6 17 566 4877 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 95 3 -2.9 0.3 18 545 5182 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 78 7 -6.5 -1.4 19 525 5486 30 13 -6.5 -11.3 | 3 7 -0.4 -6.8 20 500 5870 25 21 -8.9 -19.0 | 11 15 -2.7 -14.5 21 485 6096 20 24 -8.2 -22.6 | 7 18 -2.1 -18.1 22 448 6706 5 24 -2.1 -23.9 | 348 20 4.1 -19.4 23 430 7010 10 32 -5.6 -31.5 | 359 27 0.6 -27.0 24 400 7570 335 23 9.7 -20.8 | 316 23 15.9 -16.4 25 397 7620 340 24 8.2 -22.6 | 322 23 14.4 -18.1 26 381 7925 320 17 10.9 -13.0 | 297 19 17.1 -8.5 27 365 8230 335 21 8.9 -19.0 | 314 21 15.0 -14.5 28 336 8839 325 20 11.5 -16.4 | 304 21 17.6 -11.9 29 322 9144 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 292 24 22.2 -9.0 30 309 9449 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 281 21 20.9 -4.0 31 300 9670 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 277 15 15.2 -1.8 32 296 9754 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 277 15 15.2 -1.8 33 284 10058 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 263 14 13.7 1.8 34 272 10363 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 257 20 19.1 4.5 35 260 10668 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 256 19 18.1 4.5 36 250 10940 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 234 17 13.5 9.6 37 238 11278 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 232 18 13.8 10.9 38 207 12192 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 247 19 17.7 7.6 39 200 12420 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 242 25 21.6 11.7 40 188 12802 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 235 28 22.5 16.0 41 179 13106 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 238 23 19.1 12.0 42 171 13411 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 231 25 19.2 15.4 43 155 14021 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 257 21 20.1 4.5 44 150 14240 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 222 15 10.1 11.4 45 148 14326 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 254 17 16.1 4.5 46 141 14630 185 14 1.2 13.9 | 202 20 7.4 18.4 47 134 14935 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 235 19 15.2 10.8 48 127 15240 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 216 19 11.2 15.4 49 115 15850 90 1 -1.0 0.0 | 229 7 5.1 4.5 50 109 16154 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 127 7 -5.9 4.5 51 104 16459 100 15 -14.8 2.6 | 129 11 -8.6 7.1 52 103 16523 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 168 16 -3.5 16.0 53 100 16700 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 187 16 2.0 15.8 54 94 17069 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 187 16 2.0 15.8 55 89 17374 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 234 8 6.1 4.5 56 81 17983 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 59 2 -2.0 -1.2 57 77 18288 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 98 11 -10.6 1.5 58 70 18840 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 88 7 -7.0 -0.3 59 69 18898 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 154 8 -3.5 7.1 60 66 19202 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 133 7 -4.9 4.5 61 63 19507 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 88 4 -3.8 -0.2 62 60 19812 45 20 -14.1 -14.1 | 40 13 -8.0 -9.7 63 57 20117 90 34 -34.0 0.0 | 99 28 -27.9 4.5 64 54 20422 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 116 20 -18.5 8.8 65 52 20726 90 21 -21.0 0.0 | 107 16 -14.9 4.5 66 50 20930 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 116 20 -18.5 8.8 67 49 21031 90 26 -26.0 0.0 | 103 20 -19.9 4.5 68 47 21336 110 23 -21.6 7.9 | 129 20 -15.5 12.4 69 45 21641 110 30 -28.2 10.3 | 124 27 -22.0 14.7 70 43 21946 120 27 -23.4 13.5 | 136 25 -17.2 18.0 71 39 22555 90 18 -18.0 0.0 | 111 13 -11.9 4.5 72 35 23165 115 24 -21.8 10.1 | 133 21 -15.6 14.6 73 34 23470 100 26 -25.6 4.5 | 115 21 -19.5 9.0 74 32 23774 110 34 -31.9 11.6 | 122 30 -25.8 16.1 75 30 24079 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 109 14 -12.9 4.5 76 30 24170 75 30 -29.0 -7.8 | 82 23 -22.8 -3.3 77 29 24384 65 24 -21.8 -10.1 | 70 17 -15.6 -5.7 78 28 24689 85 31 -30.9 -2.7 | 94 25 -24.7 1.8 79 26 24994 70 32 -30.1 -10.9 | 75 25 -23.9 -6.5 80 25 25298 95 31 -30.9 2.7 | 106 26 -24.7 7.2 81 24 25603 70 36 -33.8 -12.3 | 74 29 -27.7 -7.8 82 22 26213 65 43 -39.0 -18.2 | 67 36 -32.8 -13.7 83 21 26518 85 54 -53.8 -4.7 | 90 48 -47.6 -0.2 84 20 26780 90 37 -37.0 0.0 | 98 31 -30.9 4.5 85 20 26822 90 49 -49.0 0.0 | 96 43 -42.9 4.5 86 18 27432 85 34 -33.9 -3.0 | 93 28 -27.7 1.5 87 17 28042 80 36 -35.5 -6.3 | 87 29 -29.3 -1.8 88 16 28346 100 44 -43.3 7.6 | 108 39 -37.2 12.1 89 15 28651 110 33 -31.0 11.3 | 122 29 -24.9 15.8 90 14 29261 90 29 -29.0 0.0 | 101 23 -22.9 4.5 91 13 29870 105 36 -34.8 9.3 | 116 32 -28.6 13.8 92 12 30175 85 40 -39.8 -3.5 | 92 34 -33.7 1.0 93 10 31360 100 56 -55.1 9.7 | 106 51 -49.0 14.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 23.9 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 53.9 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.1 neg: -37.4 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.55 Bulk Shear: 8.78 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 23 2 244 6| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 0.0 -4.2 -4.2 -8.3 -0.78| 3.5 -2.7 1000 11 4 261 6| 1.6 6.7 8.3| 12.7 -6.1 6.6 6.6 0.29| 10.8 3.1 1500 340 8 287 9| 1.0 5.8 6.8| 14.0 -27.4 -13.4 -9.0 0.05| 10.5 0.5 2000 337 9 293 11| 2.8 4.3 7.1| 34.8 -27.4 7.4 3.7 0.18| 10.1 1.8 2500 341 9 295 10| 2.8 3.5 6.3| 36.3 -37.4 -1.1 -0.5 0.08| 9.4 0.8 3000 347 9 298 9| 3.8 2.9 6.7| 39.1 -37.4 1.7 0.6 0.17| 9.5 1.6 4000 359 8 299 7| 3.1 2.2 5.2| 42.0 -44.0 -2.0 -0.5 0.13| 8.6 1.1 5000 20 9 318 5| 2.4 2.0 4.4| 42.5 -54.7 -12.2 -2.4 0.00| 8.2 0.0 6000 24 10 337 5| 2.0 3.2 5.2| 44.8 -74.9 -30.2 -5.0 -0.08| 8.5 -0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250719.12.gif