UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 20 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 24.0 16.0 61 8.0 18.7 215 4 297.1 299.2 291.9 330.5 11.50 1 994 197 20.8 15.8 73 5.0 17.5 218 5 294.5 296.5 290.9 327.2 11.43 2 983 291 19.8 15.3 75 4.5 16.9 224 8 294.4 296.4 290.7 326.4 11.18 3 944 631 16.6 14.7 89 1.9 15.4 238 1 294.6 296.6 290.7 326.7 11.21 4 930 756 16.8 13.4 80 3.4 14.6 258 2 296.0 297.9 290.6 326.2 10.44 5 925 801 20.6 2.6 30 18.0 10.8 265 2 300.4 301.3 287.2 315.3 4.99 6 924 810 21.0 3.0 30 18.0 11.1 262 2 300.9 301.8 287.5 316.3 5.14 7 918 867 21.4 6.4 38 15.0 12.6 242 2 301.8 303.1 289.2 321.5 6.57 8 913 914 21.8 5.8 35 16.0 12.5 225 2 302.7 303.9 289.3 321.8 6.34 9 912 924 21.8 7.8 41 14.0 13.4 228 2 302.8 304.2 290.2 324.6 7.29 10 905 990 21.0 13.0 60 8.0 15.8 249 4 302.7 304.6 292.7 333.7 10.45 11 903 1010 21.4 9.4 46 12.0 14.0 255 4 303.3 304.8 291.1 327.8 8.22 12 899 1048 21.8 7.8 41 14.0 13.3 267 5 304.1 305.4 290.6 326.3 7.40 13 888 1155 23.0 6.0 33 17.0 12.9 300 8 306.4 307.6 290.7 326.5 6.61 14 880 1234 23.2 6.2 33 17.0 13.0 320 9 307.4 308.7 291.2 328.0 6.77 15 877 1264 23.2 6.2 33 17.0 13.0 321 9 307.7 309.0 291.3 328.4 6.79 16 870 1334 22.8 7.8 38 15.0 13.6 322 8 308.0 309.4 292.1 331.3 7.65 17 851 1526 22.8 7.8 38 15.0 13.5 325 7 309.9 311.4 292.8 334.0 7.82 18 850 1536 22.8 7.8 38 15.0 13.5 325 7 310.0 311.5 292.8 334.1 7.83 19 828 1764 22.2 -0.8 22 23.0 9.7 314 3 311.7 312.6 290.4 325.5 4.36 20 819 1859 21.8 -5.2 16 27.0 8.2 318 2 312.3 312.9 289.5 322.4 3.17 21 805 2008 20.8 -4.2 18 25.0 8.0 3 2 312.8 313.4 289.9 323.9 3.48 22 791 2159 19.2 4.2 37 15.0 10.4 47 2 312.6 313.9 292.5 333.0 6.55 23 748 2636 15.0 5.0 51 10.0 9.0 90 6 313.1 314.5 293.3 335.9 7.33 24 727 2876 13.2 3.2 51 10.0 7.4 76 6 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.5 6.64 25 720 2957 12.6 -1.4 38 14.0 5.2 67 6 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.1 4.80 26 700 3193 10.4 -4.6 34 15.0 3.0 40 7 314.0 314.7 290.7 326.4 3.88 27 695 3253 10.0 -5.0 34 15.0 2.7 39 7 314.2 314.9 290.7 326.3 3.79 28 691 3301 9.6 -4.4 37 14.0 2.7 39 7 314.3 315.0 290.9 327.0 3.99 29 682 3409 8.8 -2.2 46 11.0 3.1 38 8 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.7 4.77 30 676 3482 8.4 -4.6 39 13.0 2.0 37 8 314.9 315.7 291.1 327.8 4.02 31 663 3642 7.0 -7.0 36 14.0 0.5 35 9 315.1 315.7 290.6 326.1 3.41 32 661 3667 6.8 -7.2 36 14.0 0.3 35 9 315.1 315.8 290.6 326.0 3.37 33 654 3755 6.4 -10.6 28 17.0 -0.9 28 10 315.6 316.1 290.0 324.2 2.60 34 649 3818 6.6 -18.4 15 25.0 -2.6 23 11 316.6 316.8 289.1 321.2 1.38 35 598 4482 0.6 -12.4 37 13.0 -4.7 358 13 317.1 317.6 290.3 325.2 2.47 36 592 4563 0.2 -14.8 31 15.0 -5.5 352 12 317.6 318.0 290.1 324.4 2.05 37 523 5541 -8.7 -17.7 48 9.0 -11.7 346 10 318.3 318.7 290.1 324.4 1.82 38 518 5615 -9.3 -19.3 44 10.0 -12.5 349 11 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.9 1.60 39 515 5660 -8.7 -29.7 17 21.0 -13.7 350 11 319.7 319.8 289.3 322.0 0.63 40 510 5736 -7.9 -32.9 11 25.0 -13.6 353 12 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.3 0.47 41 500 5890 -8.3 -30.3 15 22.0 -13.6 340 28 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.62 42 498 5921 -8.3 -28.3 18 20.0 -13.5 340 28 323.3 323.4 290.6 326.0 0.75 43 478 6239 -9.7 -33.7 12 24.0 -15.0 339 30 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.46 44 466 6435 -8.7 -38.7 7 30.0 -14.8 337 29 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.29 45 446 6774 -10.7 -29.7 19 19.0 -15.5 335 28 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.3 0.73 46 410 7414 -16.9 -29.9 31 13.0 -19.8 337 24 330.7 330.8 292.7 333.5 0.78 47 408 7451 -16.1 -52.1 3 36.0 -20.7 339 23 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 48 400 7600 -17.1 -44.1 8 27.0 -21.2 350 19 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 49 396 7675 -17.7 -42.7 9 25.0 -21.6 347 21 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.22 50 382 7943 -18.7 -56.7 2 38.0 -22.8 332 18 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.3 0.05 51 342 8758 -23.7 -58.7 2 35.0 -26.9 314 14 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 52 300 9700 -31.1 -61.1 4 30.0 -33.1 325 10 341.5 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 53 250 10960 -41.3 -71.3 2 30.0 -42.3 320 4 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 54 244 11125 -42.9 -70.9 3 28.0 -43.7 313 4 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 55 214 11998 -49.1 -71.1 6 22.0 -49.6 275 7 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 56 200 12440 -51.5 -74.5 5 23.0 -51.9 255 8 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 57 150 14250 -63.1 -80.1 8 17.0 -63.2 185 9 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 58 123 15456 -67.9 -81.9 12 14.0 -68.0 175 13 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.8 0.00 59 100 16700 -67.9 -84.9 7 17.0 -68.0 115 8 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 60 98 16822 -66.5 -86.5 4 20.0 -66.6 115 8 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 61 92 17204 -68.3 -87.3 5 19.0 -68.4 118 9 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 62 84 17754 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.5 125 11 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 63 82 17900 -67.1 -88.1 4 21.0 -67.2 115 12 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 64 79 18128 -63.9 -87.9 2 24.0 -64.1 100 13 432.5 432.5 309.1 432.5 0.00 65 77 18285 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 90 14 433.6 433.6 309.2 433.6 0.00 66 75 18446 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.7 95 12 439.8 439.8 309.8 439.8 0.00 67 71 18783 -64.3 -88.3 2 24.0 -64.6 97 14 445.0 445.0 310.4 445.0 0.00 68 70 18870 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.0 95 16 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 69 65 19326 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.1 111 18 462.1 462.1 312.0 462.1 0.00 70 60 19820 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.3 81 12 470.1 470.1 312.7 470.1 0.00 71 50 20950 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.1 65 23 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 72 46 21471 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.5 82 25 514.4 514.4 315.9 514.5 0.00 73 40 22352 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -56.9 88 23 546.0 546.0 317.9 546.0 0.01 74 36 23023 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.3 97 27 564.7 564.7 318.9 564.8 0.01 75 35 23203 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -56.8 104 28 567.7 567.7 319.0 567.8 0.01 76 30 24190 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -55.2 95 28 599.3 599.3 320.6 599.4 0.01 77 29 24409 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -54.9 89 31 606.3 606.3 320.9 606.3 0.01 78 28 24634 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -55.9 84 31 609.1 609.1 321.0 609.1 0.01 79 25 25364 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.2 77 33 632.6 632.6 322.0 632.6 0.01 80 24 25627 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -55.9 78 34 637.7 637.7 322.2 637.7 0.01 81 20 26810 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.2 100 45 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.2 0.02 82 18 27499 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -53.4 97 36 705.6 705.6 324.6 705.7 0.02 83 18 27499 -47.7 -83.7 1 36.0 -52.2 97 36 711.3 711.3 324.8 711.4 0.02 84 16 28276 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -52.3 88 44 737.0 737.0 325.6 737.2 0.02 85 15 28706 -44.3 -82.3 1 38.0 -50.7 94 43 760.7 760.7 326.3 760.9 0.03 86 14 29167 -44.7 -81.7 1 37.0 -51.2 98 42 774.5 774.5 326.6 774.8 0.04 87 12 30205 -41.5 -80.5 1 39.0 -50.1 99 39 820.7 820.7 327.7 821.2 0.05 88 10 31440 -41.9 -80.9 1 39.0 -51.1 80 37 863.1 863.2 328.7 863.7 0.06 89 8.8 32303 -43.5 -81.5 1 38.0 -52.5 889.1 889.1 329.2 889.7 0.06 90 8.4 32616 -42.9 -81.9 1 39.0 -52.4 903.3 903.4 329.5 903.9 0.06 TRP 123 15456 -67.9 -81.9 12 14.0 -68.0 175 13 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.8 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.00 m Freezing level: 590.45 mb = 4585.05 m = 15042.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.22 mb = 3689.25 m = 12103.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.82 % Est. max temperature: 36.88 C = 98.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.23 mb = 1143.05 m = 3750.12 ft T: 22.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.69 C Layer 828.0- 805.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.92 mb = 3544.40 m = 11628.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.83 C = 107.30 F Cap Strength: 12.35 C Lifted Index: 4.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.63 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.10 C Cross Totals Index: 16.10 C K Index: 23.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50746.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.58 mb = 1387.94 m = 4553.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 28 at 6 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 146 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 211 10 5.3 8.9 1 981 305 225 8 5.7 5.7 | 217 14 8.7 11.3 2 946 610 235 1 0.8 0.6 | 212 7 3.8 6.2 3 925 801 265 2 2.0 0.2 | 221 8 5.0 5.8 4 913 914 225 2 1.4 1.4 | 212 8 4.4 7.1 5 882 1219 320 9 5.8 -6.9 | 278 9 8.8 -1.2 6 850 1536 325 7 4.0 -5.7 | 271 7 7.0 -0.1 7 821 1829 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 226 6 4.6 4.4 8 793 2134 45 2 -1.4 -1.4 | 201 5 1.6 4.3 9 765 2438 90 5 -5.0 0.0 | 161 6 -2.0 5.7 10 738 2743 90 6 -6.0 0.0 | 152 6 -3.0 5.7 11 700 3193 40 7 -4.5 -5.4 | 102 2 -1.5 0.3 12 661 3658 35 9 -5.2 -7.4 | 51 3 -2.1 -1.7 13 636 3962 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 356 8 0.6 -8.1 14 612 4267 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 356 8 0.6 -8.1 15 589 4572 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 320 8 5.1 -6.2 16 567 4877 350 7 1.2 -6.9 | 286 4 4.2 -1.2 17 546 5182 355 7 0.6 -7.0 | 290 4 3.6 -1.3 18 526 5486 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 305 7 5.6 -4.0 19 506 5791 355 12 1.0 -12.0 | 327 7 4.1 -6.3 20 500 5890 340 28 9.6 -26.3 | 329 24 12.6 -20.6 21 487 6096 340 30 10.3 -28.2 | 329 26 13.3 -22.5 22 415 7315 330 26 13.0 -22.5 | 316 23 16.0 -16.9 23 400 7600 350 19 3.3 -18.7 | 334 14 6.3 -13.0 24 399 7620 350 21 3.6 -20.7 | 336 16 6.7 -15.0 25 367 8230 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 292 15 14.3 -5.6 26 352 8534 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 273 14 14.3 -0.8 27 338 8839 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 293 13 12.0 -5.1 28 324 9144 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 277 14 13.7 -1.8 29 300 9700 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 286 9 8.8 -2.5 30 285 10058 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 285 10 10.1 -2.8 31 250 10960 320 4 2.6 -3.1 | 245 6 5.6 2.6 32 200 12440 255 8 7.7 2.1 | 234 13 10.7 7.7 33 180 13106 250 1 0.9 0.3 | 213 7 4.0 6.0 34 171 13411 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 185 16 1.3 15.5 35 156 14021 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 200 16 5.6 15.3 36 150 14250 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 195 15 3.8 14.6 37 141 14630 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 181 16 0.2 16.3 38 127 15240 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 174 16 -1.6 15.6 39 123 15456 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 186 19 1.9 18.6 40 121 15545 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 159 18 -6.6 17.2 41 115 15850 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 190 17 3.0 16.7 42 100 16700 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 155 10 -4.2 9.0 43 94 17069 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 155 10 -4.2 9.0 44 85 17678 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 157 14 -5.4 12.7 45 77 18288 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 117 12 -11.0 5.7 46 73 18593 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 137 10 -6.8 7.4 47 70 18870 95 16 -15.9 1.4 | 119 15 -12.9 7.1 48 70 18898 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 131 14 -10.5 9.3 49 66 19202 95 16 -15.9 1.4 | 119 15 -12.9 7.1 50 63 19507 135 20 -14.1 14.1 | 151 23 -11.1 19.8 51 60 19812 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 112 9 -8.8 3.6 52 57 20117 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 149 12 -6.0 9.9 53 54 20422 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 89 5 -5.2 -0.1 54 52 20726 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 97 13 -12.4 1.5 55 50 20950 65 23 -20.8 -9.7 | 77 18 -17.8 -4.1 56 47 21336 70 25 -23.5 -8.6 | 82 21 -20.5 -2.9 57 45 21641 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 110 23 -21.9 7.8 58 41 22250 75 20 -19.3 -5.2 | 92 16 -16.3 0.5 59 39 22555 110 29 -27.3 9.9 | 123 29 -24.2 15.6 60 37 22860 90 26 -26.0 0.0 | 104 24 -23.0 5.7 61 34 23470 115 29 -26.3 12.3 | 128 29 -23.3 17.9 62 31 24079 110 30 -28.2 10.3 | 122 30 -25.2 15.9 63 30 24190 95 28 -27.9 2.4 | 108 26 -24.9 8.1 64 29 24384 90 31 -31.0 0.0 | 101 29 -28.0 5.7 65 26 24994 75 31 -29.9 -8.0 | 85 27 -26.9 -2.4 66 23 25908 80 35 -34.5 -6.1 | 89 31 -31.4 -0.4 67 22 26213 70 33 -31.0 -11.3 | 79 29 -28.0 -5.6 68 20 26810 100 45 -44.3 7.8 | 108 43 -41.3 13.5 69 19 27127 100 45 -44.3 7.8 | 108 43 -41.3 13.5 70 18 27432 100 38 -37.4 6.6 | 110 37 -34.4 12.3 71 17 27737 90 30 -30.0 0.0 | 102 28 -27.0 5.7 72 17 28042 80 45 -44.3 -7.8 | 87 41 -41.3 -2.1 73 16 28346 90 44 -44.0 0.0 | 98 41 -41.0 5.7 74 13 29870 105 40 -38.6 10.4 | 114 39 -35.6 16.0 75 10 31440 80 37 -36.4 -6.4 | 89 33 -33.4 -0.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.1 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 28.1 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -24.1 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.18 Bulk Shear: 20.04 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 225 5 215 11| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 4.8 -1.9 2.9 5.8 0.08| 9.6 0.7 1000 242 4 221 10| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 23.2 -2.4 20.8 20.8 0.43| 9.4 4.1 1500 286 5 242 9| 2.5 0.0 2.5| 31.4 -7.8 23.6 15.7 0.33| 8.8 2.9 2000 293 4 241 8| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 31.4 -15.8 15.6 7.8 0.10| 8.3 0.8 2500 307 4 246 7| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 31.4 -20.6 10.8 4.3 -0.02| 7.6 -0.1 3000 349 5 256 4| 1.5 0.8 2.3| 31.4 -24.1 7.3 2.4 -0.08| 7.2 -0.6 4000 15 6 281 1| 1.1 1.8 2.9| 31.4 -31.3 0.1 0.0 -0.20| 6.7 -1.3 5000 7 7 302 2| 0.9 1.3 2.3| 31.6 -46.8 -15.1 -3.0 -0.30| 6.4 -1.9 6000 358 9 311 4| 0.8 3.1 3.9| 43.4 -53.5 -10.1 -1.7 -0.16| 7.4 -1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250720.00.gif