UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 123 290 4 SFC 999 146 18.4 14.5 78 3.9 15.9 290 4 291.6 293.5 289.1 321.2 10.44 2 925 786 12.8 12.7 99 0.1 12.7 85 1 292.4 294.2 289.0 320.9 10.02 3 923 804 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.3 73 1 292.2 293.9 288.7 320.0 9.78 4 899 1025 11.2 10.9 98 0.3 11.0 321 3 293.1 294.8 288.5 319.3 9.14 5 896 1053 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.8 311 4 294.0 295.4 287.5 316.2 7.68 6 894 1072 13.8 5.8 58 8.0 9.3 305 5 296.3 297.5 287.2 315.2 6.48 7 892 1091 16.0 5.0 48 11.0 9.9 298 5 298.8 299.9 287.7 316.9 6.14 8 888 1129 17.8 3.8 39 14.0 10.0 285 6 301.0 302.0 288.1 317.9 5.66 9 884 1168 18.4 4.4 40 14.0 10.5 272 8 302.0 303.1 288.7 319.8 5.93 10 880 1207 18.4 8.4 52 10.0 12.4 258 9 302.4 303.9 290.5 325.9 7.88 11 875 1255 18.8 4.8 40 14.0 10.8 258 10 303.3 304.5 289.3 321.9 6.17 12 850 1504 18.4 1.4 32 17.0 9.2 280 13 305.4 306.3 288.9 320.7 4.98 13 849 1514 18.4 1.4 32 17.0 9.2 281 13 305.5 306.5 289.0 320.8 4.99 14 828 1728 17.0 -1.0 29 18.0 7.6 297 14 306.2 307.0 288.6 319.5 4.29 15 794 2084 15.2 1.2 39 14.0 7.6 301 12 308.0 309.0 290.0 324.2 5.26 16 793 2094 15.0 1.0 39 14.0 7.4 301 12 307.9 308.9 289.9 323.9 5.19 17 787 2159 16.0 -13.0 12 29.0 3.8 298 11 309.7 310.0 287.2 315.5 1.78 18 778 2256 16.6 -26.4 4 43.0 2.4 288 12 311.3 311.4 286.5 313.3 0.57 19 720 2909 11.4 -25.6 6 37.0 -0.5 247 12 312.6 312.7 287.1 314.9 0.66 20 710 3026 11.8 -35.2 2 47.0 -1.0 241 12 314.3 314.3 287.2 315.3 0.27 21 700 3144 11.2 -31.8 3 43.0 -1.2 270 17 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.2 0.38 22 687 3300 10.6 -37.4 2 48.0 -1.9 274 18 315.9 316.0 287.6 316.7 0.22 23 665 3570 8.0 -28.0 6 36.0 -2.9 272 15 315.9 316.1 288.1 318.0 0.57 24 626 4065 4.8 -32.2 5 37.0 -5.2 265 11 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.41 25 621 4131 4.8 -35.2 4 40.0 -5.4 260 11 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.7 0.31 26 582 4655 0.4 -35.6 5 36.0 -8.2 217 12 319.4 319.4 288.9 320.5 0.32 27 557 5007 -0.9 -38.9 4 38.0 -9.3 218 11 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.7 0.24 28 500 5860 -6.5 -41.5 4 35.0 -13.3 200 11 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.20 29 484 6113 -7.7 -42.7 4 35.0 -14.2 191 14 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.18 30 474 6275 -9.1 -35.1 10 26.0 -14.7 203 13 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.4 0.41 31 464 6439 -10.9 -36.9 10 26.0 -16.2 215 13 326.7 326.7 291.2 328.0 0.35 32 443 6793 -12.7 -46.7 4 34.0 -17.9 229 12 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.13 33 400 7560 -19.9 -45.9 8 26.0 -23.3 235 14 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.16 34 353 8472 -28.5 -46.5 16 18.0 -30.3 246 24 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.17 35 351 8512 -28.9 -46.9 16 18.0 -30.7 248 25 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 36 335 8845 -31.1 -53.1 10 22.0 -32.8 235 27 330.9 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.08 37 300 9620 -35.7 -57.7 9 22.0 -37.0 205 31 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 38 291 9830 -36.9 -62.9 5 26.0 -38.1 201 33 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.03 39 265 10469 -40.9 -64.9 6 24.0 -41.8 204 37 339.6 339.6 294.2 339.7 0.02 40 250 10860 -44.5 -62.5 12 18.0 -45.1 200 39 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.03 41 243 11050 -46.1 -60.1 19 14.0 -46.6 198 39 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 42 237 11217 -47.1 -64.1 13 17.0 -47.6 196 38 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 43 233 11330 -47.5 -63.5 14 16.0 -48.0 194 39 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 44 217 11799 -50.3 -69.3 9 19.0 -50.7 183 45 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.02 45 200 12330 -53.5 -72.5 8 19.0 -53.8 180 77 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 46 199 12362 -54.1 -73.1 8 19.0 -54.4 180 80 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 47 172 13287 -56.9 -76.9 6 20.0 -57.2 188 51 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 48 158 13818 -60.9 -78.9 8 18.0 -61.0 185 41 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 49 150 14140 -60.7 -81.7 5 21.0 -60.9 190 31 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 50 148 14224 -60.1 -82.1 4 22.0 -60.3 192 35 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.00 51 134 14843 -61.5 -81.5 5 20.0 -61.7 210 24 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 52 131 14984 -60.7 -82.7 4 22.0 -60.9 224 22 379.9 379.9 302.2 380.0 0.00 53 120 15526 -63.9 -82.9 6 19.0 -64.0 193 11 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 54 105 16342 -65.5 -85.5 5 20.0 -65.6 206 12 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 55 100 16640 -64.5 -85.5 4 21.0 -64.7 175 12 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 56 89 17347 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.4 137 17 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 57 84 17696 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.9 183 10 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 58 80 17994 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.6 160 13 432.1 432.1 309.1 432.1 0.00 59 70 18810 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.6 60 9 446.8 446.8 310.6 446.8 0.00 60 68 18987 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 78 12 449.2 449.2 310.8 449.3 0.00 61 55 20296 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.6 91 20 488.4 488.4 314.1 488.4 0.00 62 52 20645 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.8 125 20 493.5 493.5 314.5 493.5 0.00 63 50 20890 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.7 100 14 504.2 504.2 315.2 504.2 0.00 64 44 21695 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -57.6 93 21 528.8 528.8 316.9 528.9 0.00 65 43 21841 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.7 94 25 532.3 532.3 317.1 532.4 0.00 66 39 22458 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.0 95 24 543.9 543.9 317.8 543.9 0.00 67 36 22964 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.3 107 25 561.6 561.6 318.7 561.7 0.01 68 33 23515 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.5 108 18 572.6 572.6 319.3 572.6 0.01 69 30 24120 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.0 90 23 593.3 593.3 320.3 593.4 0.01 70 20 26730 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.8 80 30 677.3 677.3 323.7 677.4 0.01 71 18 27419 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.2 80 30 701.8 701.8 324.5 701.9 0.02 72 16 28189 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -55.1 92 37 723.3 723.3 325.1 723.4 0.02 73 13 29552 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -53.9 70 37 776.5 776.5 326.7 776.7 0.03 74 10 31300 -44.1 -81.1 1 37.0 -52.2 90 55 854.9 855.0 328.5 855.5 0.06 75 9.5 31644 -44.5 -81.5 1 37.0 -52.7 92 56 866.0 866.1 328.7 866.6 0.05 76 8.4 32471 -42.9 -80.9 1 38.0 -52.4 97 58 903.3 903.4 329.5 904.1 0.07 77 7.7 33056 -43.9 -80.9 1 37.0 -53.2 101 59 922.1 922.1 329.8 922.9 0.07 78 7.2 33509 -42.5 -81.5 1 39.0 -52.9 104 61 945.7 945.7 330.3 946.5 0.07 79 7.0 33700 -39.6 -80.1 1 40.5 -51.9 105 61 965.2 965.2 330.6 966.2 0.09 80 6.8 33900 -36.7 -78.7 0 42.0 -50.9 985.5 985.5 330.9 986.9 0.12 81 6.6 34107 -35.9 -77.9 1 42.0 -50.7 997.3 997.4 331.2 999.0 0.14 TRP 158 13818 -60.9 -78.9 8 18.0 -61.0 185 41 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 WND 7.0 33700 -39.6 -80.1 1 40.5 -51.9 105 61 965.2 965.2 330.6 966.2 0.09 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.00 m Freezing level: 574.31 mb = 4763.60 m = 15628.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.05 mb = 2792.02 m = 9160.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.87 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.89 mb = 626.70 m = 2056.09 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 793.0- 720.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.56 mb = 789.98 m = 2591.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.12 C = 66.41 F Cap Strength: 11.19 C Lifted Index: 9.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.48 C Showalter Index: 9.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 7.90 C K Index: -16.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.03 mb = 767.80 m = 2518.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.03 mb = 813.02 m = 2667.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 892.03 mb = 1090.41 m = 3577.42 ft B at Equ Level: -6.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 892.03 mb = 1090.41 m = 3577.42 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 146 290 4 3.8 -1.4 | 97 4 -4.0 0.5 1 980 305 250 2 1.9 0.7 | 113 6 -5.9 2.6 2 945 610 30 3 -1.5 -2.6 | 86 9 -9.3 -0.7 3 925 786 85 1 -1.0 -0.1 | 101 9 -8.8 1.8 4 911 914 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 104 8 -7.8 1.9 5 879 1219 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 192 4 0.9 4.2 6 850 1504 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 274 5 5.0 -0.4 7 818 1829 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 326 8 4.5 -6.7 8 789 2134 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 335 4 1.7 -3.6 9 761 2438 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 250 6 5.2 1.9 10 734 2743 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 217 6 3.8 5.0 11 708 3048 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 198 8 2.6 7.9 12 700 3144 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 258 9 9.2 1.9 13 682 3353 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 269 11 11.1 0.2 14 657 3658 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 250 6 5.2 1.9 15 633 3962 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 246 5 4.2 1.9 16 609 4267 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 188 5 0.7 5.0 17 586 4572 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 175 12 -0.9 11.7 18 565 4877 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 180 10 -0.0 9.7 19 544 5182 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 162 12 -3.6 10.9 20 524 5486 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 180 11 -0.1 11.1 21 500 5860 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 162 13 -4.0 12.2 22 485 6096 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 161 17 -5.4 15.7 23 447 6706 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 193 9 2.0 8.8 24 430 7010 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 172 12 -1.8 12.3 25 400 7560 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 200 11 3.7 9.9 26 397 7620 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 209 11 5.2 9.4 27 364 8230 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 215 18 10.2 14.5 28 349 8534 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 236 19 15.7 10.4 29 321 9144 220 30 19.3 23.0 | 205 27 11.5 24.9 30 300 9620 205 31 13.1 28.1 | 190 30 5.3 30.0 31 294 9754 200 33 11.3 31.0 | 186 33 3.5 32.9 32 269 10363 205 36 15.2 32.6 | 192 35 7.4 34.5 33 250 10860 200 39 13.3 36.6 | 188 39 5.5 38.5 34 234 11278 195 38 9.8 36.7 | 183 39 2.0 38.6 35 213 11887 180 47 0.0 47.0 | 171 49 -7.8 48.9 36 194 12497 180 92 0.0 92.0 | 175 94 -7.8 93.9 37 176 13106 180 63 0.0 63.0 | 173 65 -7.8 64.9 38 168 13411 195 41 10.6 39.6 | 184 42 2.8 41.5 39 161 13716 180 38 0.0 38.0 | 169 41 -7.8 39.9 40 158 13818 185 41 3.6 40.8 | 174 43 -4.2 42.7 41 150 14140 190 31 5.4 30.5 | 176 32 -2.4 32.4 42 146 14326 195 39 10.1 37.7 | 183 40 2.3 39.5 43 139 14630 180 27 0.0 27.0 | 165 30 -7.8 28.9 44 132 14935 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 205 20 8.5 18.1 45 125 15240 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 183 12 0.6 11.8 46 119 15545 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 155 14 -5.9 12.7 47 114 15850 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 181 13 0.2 13.3 48 108 16154 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 184 10 0.7 10.4 49 100 16640 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 147 16 -8.9 13.8 50 98 16764 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 147 16 -8.9 13.8 51 89 17374 135 17 -12.0 12.0 | 125 24 -19.8 13.9 52 84 17678 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 150 14 -6.9 11.8 53 80 17983 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 139 19 -12.3 14.1 54 76 18288 170 16 -2.8 15.8 | 149 21 -10.6 17.6 55 73 18593 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 111 5 -4.8 1.9 56 70 18810 60 9 -7.8 -4.5 | 80 16 -15.6 -2.6 57 66 19202 100 16 -15.8 2.8 | 101 24 -23.6 4.7 58 63 19507 125 12 -9.8 6.9 | 116 20 -17.6 8.8 59 60 19812 100 8 -7.9 1.4 | 102 16 -15.7 3.3 60 57 20117 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 93 18 -17.8 1.0 61 54 20422 95 26 -25.9 2.3 | 97 34 -33.7 4.1 62 51 20726 135 18 -12.7 12.7 | 125 25 -20.5 14.6 63 50 20890 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 101 22 -21.6 4.3 64 49 21031 100 16 -15.8 2.8 | 101 24 -23.6 4.7 65 47 21336 90 13 -13.0 0.0 | 95 21 -20.8 1.9 66 42 21946 95 27 -26.9 2.4 | 97 35 -34.7 4.2 67 40 22250 105 21 -20.3 5.4 | 105 29 -28.1 7.3 68 38 22555 90 25 -25.0 0.0 | 93 33 -32.8 1.9 69 37 22860 100 24 -23.6 4.2 | 101 32 -31.4 6.0 70 35 23165 120 27 -23.4 13.5 | 116 35 -31.2 15.4 71 33 23470 110 17 -16.0 5.8 | 108 25 -23.8 7.7 72 32 23774 95 21 -20.9 1.8 | 97 29 -28.7 3.7 73 30 24079 105 25 -24.1 6.5 | 105 33 -32.0 8.3 74 30 24120 90 23 -23.0 0.0 | 93 31 -30.8 1.9 75 29 24384 90 24 -24.0 0.0 | 93 32 -31.8 1.9 76 20 26730 80 30 -29.5 -5.2 | 85 37 -37.3 -3.3 77 18 27432 80 30 -29.5 -5.2 | 85 37 -37.3 -3.3 78 17 27737 80 33 -32.5 -5.7 | 85 40 -40.3 -3.9 79 16 28042 95 36 -35.9 3.1 | 97 44 -43.7 5.0 80 14 28956 80 43 -42.3 -7.5 | 84 50 -50.2 -5.6 81 14 29261 85 34 -33.9 -3.0 | 89 42 -41.7 -1.1 82 13 29566 70 37 -34.8 -12.7 | 76 44 -42.6 -10.8 83 12 29870 90 48 -48.0 0.0 | 92 56 -55.8 1.9 84 10 31300 90 55 -55.0 0.0 | 92 63 -62.8 1.9 85 7 33700 105 61 -58.9 15.8 | 105 69 -66.7 17.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.3 neg: -25.4 tot: 18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 12.33 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 314 3 90 6| 5.7 0.0 5.7| 3.8 -5.2 -1.5 -2.9 -0.11| 8.6 -1.0 1000 306 2 94 6| 2.8 4.4 7.2| 9.2 -9.2 0.0 0.0 0.04| 9.9 0.4 1500 277 5 117 3| 1.5 2.9 4.4| 20.1 -9.2 10.9 7.2 0.39| 11.1 4.3 2000 289 7 57 1| 1.4 2.2 3.5| 26.4 -9.2 17.2 8.6 0.40| 10.3 4.1 2500 285 8 313 0| 1.1 2.8 3.9| 26.4 -19.2 7.2 2.9 0.16| 10.0 1.6 3000 277 9 236 1| 1.3 2.3 3.6| 44.3 -25.4 18.9 6.3 0.22| 10.7 2.3 4000 275 10 248 3| 0.9 1.7 2.6| 49.1 -34.6 14.4 3.6 0.13| 9.6 1.2 5000 265 11 223 4| 0.7 1.8 2.5| 50.5 -48.9 1.7 0.3 0.04| 9.0 0.4 6000 254 11 207 5| 0.5 1.8 2.3| 60.7 -59.5 1.2 0.2 0.04| 8.4 0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250722.12.gif