UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 22 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 120 260 7 SFC 998 146 23.0 14.0 57 9.0 17.2 260 7 296.3 298.1 290.5 325.6 10.11 2 992 198 20.0 14.0 68 6.0 16.2 257 7 293.8 295.6 289.6 322.9 10.17 3 990 215 19.4 14.4 73 5.0 16.2 256 7 293.4 295.3 289.8 323.3 10.47 4 925 787 14.0 13.0 94 1.0 13.4 190 3 293.6 295.5 289.6 322.9 10.22 5 919 842 13.6 12.8 95 0.8 13.1 173 6 293.8 295.6 289.6 322.8 10.16 6 916 869 14.0 12.2 89 1.8 12.9 164 7 294.4 296.2 289.5 322.5 9.79 7 915 879 14.2 11.8 85 2.4 12.7 161 7 294.7 296.5 289.4 322.2 9.54 8 913 897 16.2 10.2 68 6.0 12.6 155 8 297.0 298.5 289.3 322.0 8.58 9 911 916 17.6 6.6 48 11.0 11.3 150 9 298.6 299.8 288.2 318.4 6.72 10 909 935 18.0 6.0 45 12.0 11.2 153 9 299.2 300.4 288.2 318.3 6.46 11 897 1048 18.2 -1.8 26 20.0 8.2 170 10 300.5 301.2 286.0 311.9 3.73 12 892 1096 18.6 7.6 49 11.0 12.1 177 10 301.4 302.8 289.8 323.3 7.36 13 875 1261 19.2 5.2 40 14.0 11.2 196 11 303.7 304.9 289.6 322.9 6.34 14 868 1330 18.8 6.8 46 12.0 11.7 197 10 304.0 305.3 290.4 325.5 7.15 15 867 1340 19.0 7.0 46 12.0 11.9 197 10 304.3 305.7 290.6 326.2 7.26 16 858 1430 20.6 2.6 30 18.0 10.5 199 10 306.9 307.9 289.8 323.4 5.38 17 854 1470 21.4 -11.6 10 33.0 6.9 199 9 308.1 308.5 286.8 314.1 1.84 18 850 1511 21.2 -9.8 12 31.0 7.2 200 9 308.4 308.8 287.2 315.2 2.13 19 844 1572 21.2 -8.8 12 30.0 7.3 205 8 309.0 309.4 287.6 316.4 2.33 20 835 1664 20.4 -1.6 23 22.0 8.8 212 8 309.1 309.9 289.3 321.8 4.07 21 823 1789 19.6 -4.4 19 24.0 7.6 222 6 309.5 310.2 288.8 320.1 3.35 22 810 1925 19.6 -22.4 4 42.0 4.4 223 7 310.9 311.1 286.6 313.6 0.78 23 796 2075 19.0 -18.0 7 37.0 4.5 221 8 311.8 312.1 287.3 315.7 1.16 24 700 3160 11.0 -22.0 8 33.0 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-30.3 53 7.0 -24.7 192 27 332.5 332.7 293.2 335.6 0.84 39 366 8236 -23.5 -33.5 39 10.0 -25.4 190 28 332.8 332.9 293.1 335.1 0.62 40 364 8276 -23.7 -32.7 43 9.0 -25.4 190 28 333.0 333.2 293.2 335.5 0.67 41 363 8296 -23.9 -36.9 29 13.0 -26.0 189 29 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.44 42 362 8316 -23.7 -41.7 17 18.0 -26.2 189 29 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.6 0.27 43 356 8438 -23.9 -48.9 8 25.0 -26.8 188 30 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.13 44 352 8520 -24.3 -44.3 14 20.0 -26.9 187 31 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.21 45 344 8687 -25.7 -38.7 29 13.0 -27.6 185 32 335.8 335.8 293.6 337.3 0.39 46 335 8878 -27.3 -38.3 34 11.0 -28.9 183 34 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.7 0.42 47 334 8900 -27.5 -38.5 34 11.0 -29.1 183 34 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.7 0.41 48 320 9206 -30.3 -41.3 33 11.0 -31.7 180 37 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.7 0.32 49 300 9660 -34.7 -41.7 49 7.0 -35.4 175 40 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.7 0.33 50 298 9707 -35.1 -42.1 49 7.0 -35.8 175 40 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.8 0.32 51 297 9730 -35.3 -48.3 25 13.0 -36.4 175 41 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.16 52 295 9777 -35.3 -55.3 11 20.0 -36.6 176 40 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.07 53 276 10237 -37.9 -61.9 6 24.0 -39.1 188 28 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 54 250 10910 -43.3 -63.3 9 20.0 -44.0 180 30 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.03 55 230 11468 -48.1 -64.1 14 16.0 -48.6 182 28 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.03 56 223 11672 -49.7 -64.7 16 15.0 -50.1 183 28 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 57 200 12380 -54.1 -69.1 14 15.0 -54.4 175 33 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 58 150 14190 -62.7 -81.7 6 19.0 -62.9 180 25 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 59 130 15065 -66.3 -82.3 9 16.0 -66.4 205 15 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.00 60 100 16660 -65.1 -86.1 4 21.0 -65.3 180 12 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 61 80 18017 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 173 10 426.8 426.8 308.5 426.8 0.00 62 76 18329 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 122 8 436.0 436.0 309.5 436.0 0.00 63 71 18744 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -65.9 137 15 442.0 442.0 310.1 442.0 0.00 64 70 18830 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.3 140 17 445.1 445.1 310.4 445.1 0.00 65 63 19476 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -61.9 117 11 466.7 466.7 312.4 466.7 0.00 66 59 19880 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.3 131 14 472.4 472.4 312.8 472.4 0.00 67 57 20093 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.4 139 16 483.8 483.8 313.8 483.9 0.00 68 54 20431 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.3 139 16 491.8 491.8 314.4 491.9 0.00 69 52 20666 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.0 116 5 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.00 70 50 20910 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -59.9 55 14 503.7 503.7 315.2 503.8 0.00 71 46 21431 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -60.9 78 18 513.5 513.5 315.9 513.5 0.00 72 44 21710 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.3 103 19 524.4 524.5 316.6 524.5 0.00 73 43 21854 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.3 98 16 527.9 527.9 316.8 527.9 0.00 74 38 22630 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.1 63 20 544.9 544.9 317.8 544.9 0.00 75 34 23332 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.2 89 24 571.4 571.4 319.2 571.5 0.01 76 30 24130 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.8 75 31 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 77 21 26432 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.2 89 38 666.1 666.1 323.3 666.2 0.01 78 20 26750 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -53.5 95 40 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.01 79 15 28648 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -51.7 100 31 755.3 755.4 326.1 755.6 0.03 80 13 29599 -46.9 -83.9 1 37.0 -52.8 96 30 783.4 783.4 326.8 783.7 0.03 81 10 31350 -43.9 -81.9 1 38.0 -52.1 100 32 855.7 855.7 328.5 856.2 0.05 82 9.7 31554 -44.1 -83.1 1 39.0 -52.4 862.4 862.4 328.7 862.8 0.04 83 8.2 32687 -41.9 -81.9 1 40.0 -52.1 913.5 913.6 329.7 914.2 0.06 84 7.6 33201 -42.3 -82.3 0 40.0 -52.6 932.0 932.0 330.0 932.6 0.06 85 7.1 33663 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -52.2 957.7 957.8 330.5 958.5 0.07 TRP 130 15065 -66.3 -82.3 9 16.0 -66.4 205 15 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.00 m Freezing level: 573.71 mb = 4782.53 m = 15690.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.27 mb = 3048.87 m = 10002.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.09 % Est. max temperature: 35.24 C = 95.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.11 mb = 1270.15 m = 4167.11 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 12.10 C Layer 858.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.95 mb = 3694.69 m = 12121.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.58 C = 108.64 F Cap Strength: 12.07 C Lifted Index: 9.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.69 C Showalter Index: 13.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: -3.90 C K Index: -15.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 28.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51944.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.62 mb = 1167.55 m = 3830.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 275 at 7 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 260 7 6.9 1.2 | 170 2 -0.3 1.8 1 979 305 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 185 3 0.3 3.3 2 945 610 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 170 2 -0.4 2.4 3 925 787 190 3 0.5 3.0 | 118 8 -6.7 3.5 4 911 914 150 9 -4.5 7.8 | 126 14 -11.7 8.4 5 879 1219 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 159 12 -4.4 11.2 6 850 1511 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 156 10 -4.1 9.1 7 819 1829 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 149 6 -3.0 4.8 8 790 2134 220 9 5.8 6.9 | 169 8 -1.4 7.5 9 762 2438 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 183 10 0.5 9.8 10 735 2743 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 170 10 -1.7 10.1 11 709 3048 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 197 9 2.8 9.0 12 700 3160 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 200 10 3.5 9.6 13 683 3353 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 216 5 3.1 4.4 14 658 3658 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 209 5 2.2 4.0 15 634 3962 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 229 4 2.6 2.3 16 610 4267 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 303 4 3.4 -2.3 17 587 4572 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 322 4 2.2 -2.8 18 566 4877 255 8 7.7 2.1 | 191 3 0.5 2.7 19 505 5791 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 315 4 3.1 -3.2 20 500 5870 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 309 3 2.5 -2.0 21 485 6096 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 229 4 2.6 2.3 22 467 6401 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 235 4 3.6 2.5 23 448 6706 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 195 6 1.5 5.6 24 431 7010 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 210 8 4.1 7.1 25 414 7315 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 181 11 0.3 11.2 26 400 7580 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 188 17 2.3 17.0 27 398 7620 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 193 17 3.7 16.2 28 366 8230 190 28 4.9 27.6 | 175 28 -2.3 28.2 29 322 9144 180 37 0.0 37.0 | 169 38 -7.2 37.6 30 300 9660 175 40 -3.5 39.8 | 165 42 -10.7 40.4 31 296 9754 175 41 -3.6 40.8 | 165 43 -10.8 41.4 32 283 10058 190 28 4.9 27.6 | 175 28 -2.3 28.2 33 250 10910 180 30 0.0 30.0 | 167 31 -7.2 30.6 34 206 12192 185 26 2.3 25.9 | 169 27 -4.9 26.5 35 200 12380 175 33 -2.9 32.9 | 163 35 -10.1 33.5 36 187 12802 180 33 0.0 33.0 | 168 34 -7.2 33.6 37 178 13106 190 29 5.0 28.6 | 176 29 -2.2 29.2 38 162 13716 165 27 -7.0 26.1 | 152 30 -14.2 26.7 39 150 14190 180 25 0.0 25.0 | 164 27 -7.2 25.6 40 147 14326 180 27 0.0 27.0 | 165 29 -7.2 27.6 41 140 14630 170 22 -3.8 21.7 | 154 25 -11.0 22.3 42 133 14935 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 159 20 -7.2 18.6 43 130 15065 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 177 14 -0.9 14.2 44 126 15240 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 181 17 0.4 16.9 45 120 15545 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 154 16 -7.2 14.6 46 114 15850 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 167 10 -2.2 9.3 47 109 16154 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 143 13 -8.1 10.6 48 100 16660 180 12 0.0 12.0 | 150 15 -7.2 12.6 49 98 16764 200 7 2.4 6.6 | 146 9 -4.8 7.2 50 94 17069 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 154 14 -6.2 12.5 51 89 17374 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 225 5 3.4 3.4 52 85 17678 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 146 13 -7.2 10.6 53 80 17983 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 146 13 -7.2 10.6 54 77 18288 120 7 -6.1 3.5 | 107 14 -13.3 4.1 55 70 18830 140 17 -10.9 13.0 | 127 23 -18.1 13.6 56 69 18898 140 14 -9.0 10.7 | 125 20 -16.2 11.3 57 66 19202 140 18 -11.6 13.8 | 127 24 -18.8 14.4 58 63 19507 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 107 17 -16.3 4.8 59 57 20117 140 16 -10.3 12.3 | 126 22 -17.5 12.9 60 54 20422 140 17 -10.9 13.0 | 127 23 -18.1 13.6 61 52 20726 110 2 -1.9 0.7 | 98 9 -9.1 1.3 62 50 20910 55 14 -11.5 -8.0 | 68 20 -18.7 -7.4 63 49 21031 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 60 15 -12.9 -7.6 64 47 21336 65 16 -14.5 -6.8 | 74 23 -21.7 -6.2 65 45 21641 105 21 -20.3 5.4 | 102 28 -27.5 6.0 66 42 21946 95 14 -13.9 1.2 | 95 21 -21.1 1.8 67 40 22250 90 16 -16.0 0.0 | 91 23 -23.2 0.6 68 39 22555 55 18 -14.7 -10.3 | 66 24 -21.9 -9.7 69 37 22860 85 24 -23.9 -2.1 | 87 31 -31.1 -1.5 70 33 23470 90 24 -24.0 0.0 | 91 31 -31.2 0.6 71 32 23774 80 36 -35.5 -6.3 | 82 43 -42.7 -5.7 72 30 24130 75 31 -29.9 -8.0 | 79 38 -37.1 -7.4 73 29 24384 75 32 -30.9 -8.3 | 79 39 -38.1 -7.7 74 25 25298 95 35 -34.9 3.1 | 95 42 -42.1 3.6 75 24 25603 85 37 -36.9 -3.2 | 87 44 -44.1 -2.6 76 23 25908 105 36 -34.8 9.3 | 103 43 -42.0 9.9 77 22 26213 85 36 -35.9 -3.1 | 87 43 -43.1 -2.5 78 20 26750 95 40 -39.8 3.5 | 95 47 -47.0 4.1 79 19 27127 95 40 -39.8 3.5 | 95 47 -47.0 4.1 80 18 27432 100 38 -37.4 6.6 | 99 45 -44.6 7.2 81 17 27737 110 35 -32.9 12.0 | 107 42 -40.1 12.6 82 15 28651 100 31 -30.5 5.4 | 99 38 -37.7 6.0 83 14 28956 115 24 -21.8 10.1 | 110 31 -29.0 10.7 84 14 29261 85 28 -27.9 -2.4 | 87 35 -35.1 -1.8 85 12 29870 105 32 -30.9 8.3 | 103 39 -38.1 8.9 86 10 31350 100 32 -31.5 5.6 | 99 39 -38.7 6.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.4 neg: -12.8 tot: 33.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 28.95 Bulk Shear: 0.83 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 253 7 178 3| 0.0 2.3 2.3| 0.3 -1.3 -1.0 -2.0 -0.27| 4.2 -1.1 1000 218 7 158 7| 0.0 5.7 5.7| 19.1 -4.6 14.6 14.6 0.08| 10.6 0.9 1500 209 8 157 8| 1.7 3.8 5.5| 25.2 -6.1 19.1 12.8 0.11| 9.1 1.0 2000 212 8 158 8| 1.6 2.9 4.4| 29.2 -7.2 21.9 11.0 0.15| 8.2 1.2 2500 214 9 162 8| 1.3 2.7 4.0| 33.5 -11.1 22.4 9.0 0.14| 7.5 1.1 3000 216 9 167 8| 1.8 2.2 4.0| 46.4 -12.8 33.6 11.2 0.22| 7.3 1.6 4000 226 10 178 7| 2.2 1.7 3.8| 54.6 -13.5 41.1 10.3 0.29| 6.8 1.9 5000 237 10 188 6| 1.7 1.6 3.4| 58.1 -16.1 42.1 8.4 0.23| 6.5 1.5 6000 245 10 198 5| 1.8 1.7 3.5| 60.9 -19.5 41.3 6.9 0.19| 6.3 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250722.00.gif