UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 23 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 123 270 13 SFC 999 146 23.2 15.2 61 8.0 17.9 270 13 296.4 298.4 291.2 328.0 10.93 2 995 180 20.2 15.6 75 4.6 17.2 275 12 293.8 295.8 290.6 325.9 11.27 3 992 206 19.6 15.7 78 3.9 17.1 279 12 293.4 295.5 290.5 325.9 11.37 4 941 648 15.6 14.7 94 0.9 15.0 299 6 293.8 295.8 290.6 325.9 11.24 5 933 719 15.4 14.3 93 1.1 14.7 287 5 294.3 296.3 290.6 326.0 11.05 6 932 728 15.4 13.5 88 1.9 14.2 285 5 294.4 296.3 290.1 324.5 10.49 7 925 791 19.2 9.2 52 10.0 13.1 275 4 298.9 300.4 289.4 322.2 7.91 8 924 800 19.4 9.4 52 10.0 13.3 277 4 299.2 300.7 289.6 322.9 8.03 9 911 922 19.4 7.4 46 12.0 12.3 300 5 300.5 301.8 289.2 321.5 7.10 10 908 951 20.2 5.2 37 15.0 11.6 299 5 301.6 302.7 288.7 319.8 6.11 11 900 1027 20.2 5.2 37 15.0 11.6 298 6 302.3 303.5 289.0 320.8 6.17 12 896 1065 20.8 0.8 26 20.0 10.1 298 6 303.3 304.2 287.8 317.1 4.52 13 894 1085 20.6 5.6 37 15.0 11.9 297 7 303.3 304.5 289.5 322.5 6.39 14 891 1114 21.0 -8.0 13 29.0 7.7 297 7 304.0 304.5 285.8 311.4 2.34 15 889 1133 20.8 -2.2 21 23.0 9.1 296 7 304.0 304.7 287.2 315.3 3.66 16 886 1162 21.0 -10.0 12 31.0 7.3 296 7 304.5 304.9 285.7 310.9 2.01 17 880 1221 20.2 2.2 30 18.0 10.3 295 8 304.3 305.2 288.6 319.8 5.10 18 878 1241 20.2 -0.8 24 21.0 9.2 295 8 304.5 305.2 287.8 317.1 4.11 19 867 1349 20.8 -9.2 12 30.0 7.2 295 8 306.2 306.6 286.5 313.2 2.19 20 859 1429 20.0 -3.0 21 23.0 8.4 295 9 306.2 306.8 287.8 317.3 3.56 21 850 1520 19.4 -10.6 12 30.0 6.2 295 9 306.5 306.8 286.4 312.9 2.00 22 845 1571 19.4 -13.6 10 33.0 5.6 293 8 307.0 307.3 286.1 312.1 1.58 23 836 1662 18.4 -2.6 24 21.0 7.8 288 7 306.9 307.6 288.3 318.6 3.77 24 804 1994 16.0 -7.0 20 23.0 5.3 280 10 307.8 308.3 287.6 316.6 2.81 25 802 2016 16.4 -17.6 8 34.0 3.4 280 11 308.4 308.6 286.2 312.4 1.19 26 797 2069 16.6 -24.4 5 41.0 2.7 280 13 309.2 309.3 285.8 311.4 0.66 27 796 2079 16.6 -23.4 5 40.0 2.8 280 13 309.3 309.4 285.9 311.8 0.73 28 777 2284 15.8 -11.2 15 27.0 4.1 278 16 310.6 311.0 287.9 317.3 2.09 29 763 2438 15.8 -14.2 11 30.0 3.4 275 18 312.2 312.5 288.0 317.7 1.67 30 736 2742 13.4 -10.6 18 24.0 2.8 265 19 312.8 313.2 288.8 320.3 2.31 31 712 3019 11.4 -17.6 11 29.0 0.4 261 23 313.6 313.8 288.1 318.1 1.35 32 700 3161 10.4 -14.6 16 25.0 0.4 260 23 314.0 314.3 288.7 319.8 1.76 33 696 3209 10.0 -16.0 14 26.0 -0.1 259 22 314.1 314.4 288.5 319.3 1.58 34 655 3708 5.4 -13.6 24 19.0 -2.2 260 20 314.4 314.8 289.1 321.1 2.04 35 630 4025 2.6 -18.4 20 21.0 -4.8 263 21 314.7 315.0 288.6 319.5 1.42 36 612 4258 0.8 -15.2 29 16.0 -5.2 265 21 315.3 315.6 289.2 321.6 1.92 37 603 4377 -0.3 -18.3 24 18.0 -6.5 261 20 315.3 315.6 288.8 320.3 1.50 38 595 4484 -0.9 -27.9 11 27.0 -8.2 255 19 315.8 316.0 288.1 318.1 0.65 39 584 4632 -1.7 -26.7 13 25.0 -8.7 248 18 316.6 316.7 288.5 319.2 0.74 40 580 4687 -0.3 -40.3 3 40.0 -8.8 245 17 318.8 318.9 288.6 319.6 0.20 41 578 4715 -0.3 -41.3 3 41.0 -8.9 244 17 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.8 0.18 42 575 4756 -0.3 -42.3 2 42.0 -8.9 242 16 319.6 319.7 288.8 320.2 0.16 43 558 4996 -1.7 -26.7 13 25.0 -8.9 227 16 320.7 320.9 289.8 323.5 0.77 44 516 5613 -6.3 -32.3 11 26.0 -12.5 213 19 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.2 0.49 45 509 5720 -5.5 -42.5 4 37.0 -12.6 214 19 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.18 46 500 5860 -6.1 -43.1 4 37.0 -13.1 215 19 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.17 47 475 6259 -8.7 -44.7 4 36.0 -15.0 207 18 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.15 48 403 7505 -19.7 -47.7 6 28.0 -23.2 185 30 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.13 49 400 7560 -20.3 -47.3 7 27.0 -23.7 185 30 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.13 50 342 8697 -31.1 -43.1 30 12.0 -32.4 186 32 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.25 51 340 8738 -31.3 -45.3 24 14.0 -32.7 185 32 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.20 52 337 8801 -30.7 -54.7 8 24.0 -32.5 185 32 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.07 53 308 9436 -34.3 -60.3 5 26.0 -35.8 202 33 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 54 300 9620 -35.7 -60.7 6 25.0 -37.0 200 35 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.04 55 286 9950 -37.9 -61.9 6 24.0 -39.0 197 35 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.03 56 250 10860 -45.7 -63.7 11 18.0 -46.3 190 34 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 57 241 11102 -47.9 -64.9 12 17.0 -48.4 190 36 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 58 200 12310 -54.5 -72.5 9 18.0 -54.8 195 46 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.01 59 150 14140 -58.5 -82.5 3 24.0 -58.7 190 25 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 60 132 14938 -61.5 -82.5 5 21.0 -61.7 170 32 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 61 100 16650 -63.9 -85.9 3 22.0 -64.1 175 11 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 62 93 17093 -64.7 -87.7 3 23.0 -64.9 156 16 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 63 88 17431 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.7 110 6 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 64 78 18167 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.7 155 15 430.7 430.7 308.9 430.7 0.00 65 70 18830 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.2 155 11 452.0 452.0 311.0 452.0 0.00 66 67 19101 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.7 160 17 459.0 459.0 311.7 459.0 0.00 67 59 19886 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.3 157 10 472.4 472.4 312.8 472.4 0.00 68 50 20910 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.9 100 14 501.4 501.4 315.1 501.4 0.00 69 47 21297 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.8 100 15 513.2 513.2 315.8 513.2 0.00 70 45 21570 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.3 96 13 515.7 515.7 316.0 515.8 0.00 71 34 23324 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.6 88 36 564.1 564.1 318.9 564.1 0.00 72 32 23708 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.5 91 38 580.9 580.9 319.7 580.9 0.01 73 30 24120 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -56.2 100 32 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 74 29 24337 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -56.2 96 33 601.9 601.9 320.7 601.9 0.01 75 26 25035 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.2 97 41 618.1 618.1 321.4 618.2 0.01 76 21 26412 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.9 82 30 671.5 671.6 323.5 671.7 0.01 77 20 26730 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -53.7 100 31 682.2 682.2 323.9 682.3 0.02 78 14 29073 -46.7 -82.7 1 36.0 -52.4 91 37 767.7 767.7 326.4 767.9 0.03 79 14 29073 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -52.9 91 37 765.0 765.0 326.4 765.2 0.03 80 13 29566 -43.7 -81.7 1 38.0 -51.0 93 41 794.5 794.5 327.1 794.9 0.04 81 11 30694 -41.1 -80.1 1 39.0 -50.3 97 43 842.8 842.9 328.2 843.4 0.06 82 10 31340 -41.9 -80.9 1 39.0 -51.1 100 40 863.1 863.2 328.7 863.7 0.06 83 8.8 32206 -41.7 -80.7 1 39.0 -51.7 896.1 896.1 329.4 896.8 0.07 84 7.9 32934 -43.9 -81.9 1 38.0 -53.2 915.4 915.4 329.7 916.0 0.06 85 7.8 33020 -43.9 -81.9 1 38.0 -53.2 918.7 918.7 329.8 919.3 0.06 86 7.3 33468 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -52.0 950.2 950.2 330.4 950.9 0.07 TRP 132 14938 -61.5 -82.5 5 21.0 -61.7 170 32 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.00 m Freezing level: 605.45 mb = 4344.58 m = 14253.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.83 mb = 3198.69 m = 10494.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.25 % Est. max temperature: 33.33 C = 92.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.12 mb = 1141.61 m = 3745.38 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 11.14 C Layer 891.0- 889.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.34 mb = 3432.34 m = 11260.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.98 C = 105.77 F Cap Strength: 9.75 C Lifted Index: 7.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.10 C Showalter Index: 14.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: -4.50 C K Index: -10.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 37.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46310.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.10 mb = 1249.47 m = 4099.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 146 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 214 3 2.0 2.9 1 980 305 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 72 3 -2.9 -0.9 2 945 610 305 6 4.9 -3.4 | 85 6 -6.1 -0.6 3 925 791 275 4 4.0 -0.3 | 110 7 -7.1 2.5 4 912 914 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 93 7 -6.7 0.4 5 880 1219 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 82 4 -3.8 -0.5 6 850 1520 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 72 3 -2.9 -0.9 7 820 1829 280 5 4.9 -0.9 | 108 6 -6.1 2.0 8 790 2134 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 266 4 3.7 0.2 9 762 2438 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 259 7 6.9 1.3 10 735 2743 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 240 9 7.9 4.5 11 709 3048 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 239 13 11.6 6.8 12 700 3161 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 239 13 11.6 6.8 13 683 3353 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 220 10 6.3 7.5 14 658 3658 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 234 11 8.6 6.3 15 610 4267 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 245 11 9.9 4.7 16 565 4877 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 186 12 1.2 11.5 17 544 5182 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 174 19 -2.0 18.4 18 500 5860 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 180 18 -0.1 18.4 19 485 6096 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 170 17 -3.0 16.7 20 413 7315 185 29 2.5 28.9 | 165 33 -8.5 31.7 21 400 7560 185 30 2.6 29.9 | 166 34 -8.4 32.7 22 397 7620 190 30 5.2 29.5 | 170 33 -5.8 32.4 23 335 8839 185 32 2.8 31.9 | 167 36 -8.3 34.7 24 321 9144 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 182 29 1.2 29.1 25 300 9620 200 35 12.0 32.9 | 181 36 0.9 35.7 26 250 10860 190 34 5.9 33.5 | 172 37 -5.1 36.3 27 204 12192 190 47 8.2 46.3 | 177 49 -2.9 49.1 28 200 12310 195 46 11.9 44.4 | 181 47 0.9 47.3 29 160 13716 200 32 10.9 30.1 | 180 33 -0.1 32.9 30 150 14140 190 25 4.3 24.6 | 166 28 -6.7 27.5 31 146 14326 190 24 4.2 23.6 | 165 27 -6.9 26.5 32 132 14935 165 30 -7.8 29.0 | 149 37 -18.8 31.8 33 132 14938 170 32 -5.6 31.5 | 154 38 -16.6 34.4 34 126 15240 180 31 0.0 31.0 | 162 36 -11.0 33.9 35 120 15545 185 31 2.7 30.9 | 166 35 -8.3 33.7 36 114 15850 185 26 2.3 25.9 | 163 30 -8.8 28.8 37 108 16154 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 191 15 2.7 14.4 38 103 16459 220 9 5.8 6.9 | 152 11 -5.3 9.7 39 100 16650 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 139 18 -12.0 13.8 40 98 16764 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 171 12 -1.9 12.0 41 93 17069 160 17 -5.8 16.0 | 138 25 -16.9 18.8 42 89 17374 105 4 -3.9 1.0 | 105 15 -14.9 3.9 43 80 17983 155 21 -8.9 19.0 | 138 30 -19.9 21.9 44 76 18288 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 129 20 -15.7 12.8 45 73 18593 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 105 21 -20.7 5.4 46 70 18830 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 129 20 -15.7 12.8 47 69 18898 150 21 -10.5 18.2 | 134 30 -21.5 21.0 48 66 19202 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 139 23 -14.9 17.3 49 60 19812 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 128 19 -15.3 11.9 50 57 20117 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 134 19 -13.9 13.5 51 54 20422 125 1 -0.8 0.6 | 106 12 -11.9 3.4 52 52 20726 55 19 -15.6 -10.9 | 73 28 -26.6 -8.0 53 50 20910 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 102 25 -24.8 5.3 54 47 21336 100 15 -14.8 2.6 | 102 26 -25.8 5.5 55 45 21641 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 100 23 -23.0 3.9 56 40 22250 55 17 -13.9 -9.8 | 75 26 -25.0 -6.9 57 38 22555 80 33 -32.5 -5.7 | 86 44 -43.5 -2.9 58 30 24079 95 39 -38.9 3.4 | 97 50 -49.9 6.3 59 30 24120 100 32 -31.5 5.6 | 101 43 -42.6 8.4 60 29 24384 95 33 -32.9 2.9 | 97 44 -43.9 5.7 61 27 24689 90 30 -30.0 0.0 | 94 41 -41.0 2.9 62 26 24994 95 42 -41.8 3.7 | 97 53 -52.9 6.5 63 25 25298 105 38 -36.7 9.8 | 105 49 -47.8 12.7 64 23 25908 90 25 -25.0 0.0 | 95 36 -36.0 2.9 65 21 26518 80 31 -30.5 -5.4 | 87 42 -41.6 -2.5 66 20 26730 100 31 -30.5 5.4 | 101 42 -41.6 8.2 67 18 27432 110 31 -29.1 10.6 | 109 42 -40.2 13.5 68 16 28042 90 34 -34.0 0.0 | 94 45 -45.0 2.9 69 16 28346 105 34 -32.8 8.8 | 105 45 -43.9 11.7 70 14 28956 90 36 -36.0 0.0 | 93 47 -47.0 2.9 71 12 30175 95 46 -45.8 4.0 | 97 57 -56.9 6.9 72 10 31340 100 40 -39.4 6.9 | 101 51 -50.4 9.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: -12.5 tot: -2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.14 Bulk Shear: 12.88 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 292 8 85 3| 8.8 0.0 8.8| 2.2 -1.0 1.2 2.4 -0.34| 11.6 -4.0 1000 292 7 93 5| 4.4 0.9 5.3| 5.0 -4.7 0.3 0.3 -0.26| 8.6 -2.3 1500 293 7 89 4| 2.9 0.7 3.7| 6.3 -5.4 0.8 0.5 -0.19| 6.8 -1.3 2000 290 8 93 4| 2.2 2.6 4.8| 9.9 -5.4 4.5 2.2 0.10| 8.4 0.9 2500 284 10 105 2| 1.8 2.9 4.7| 9.9 -10.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.02| 7.8 0.2 3000 278 12 196 1| 1.5 3.3 4.7| 9.9 -12.5 -2.6 -0.9 -0.00| 7.4 -0.0 4000 271 14 225 4| 1.0 2.1 3.1| 20.8 -23.9 -3.0 -0.8 0.00| 6.8 0.0 5000 265 15 220 5| 0.8 2.0 2.8| 21.8 -66.8 -45.0 -9.0 -0.19| 7.3 -1.4 6000 254 15 208 8| 0.6 1.5 2.1| 30.0 -82.0 -52.0 -8.7 -0.20| 6.6 -1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250723.00.gif