UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 24 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 24 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 1001 146 23.2 15.2 61 8.0 17.9 315 9 296.3 298.2 291.1 327.8 10.91 1 1000 141 21.6 15.6 69 6.0 17.7 315 9 294.8 296.8 290.8 326.9 11.21 2 996 176 20.6 15.9 74 4.7 17.5 310 10 294.1 296.1 290.8 326.9 11.48 3 958 510 17.4 15.1 86 2.3 15.9 290 9 294.1 296.2 290.7 326.5 11.33 4 954 546 17.2 14.5 84 2.7 15.5 290 8 294.3 296.2 290.5 325.6 10.94 5 950 582 19.0 5.0 40 14.0 11.2 290 7 296.5 297.5 286.5 313.4 5.76 6 949 591 21.8 -8.2 13 30.0 8.4 290 7 299.4 299.8 283.8 306.1 2.17 7 948 600 22.8 -12.2 9 35.0 8.1 290 7 300.5 300.8 283.6 305.5 1.58 8 943 646 23.6 -13.4 7 37.0 8.2 297 7 301.8 302.0 284.0 306.4 1.44 9 928 786 23.6 -9.4 10 33.0 8.8 320 5 303.2 303.5 285.1 309.5 2.02 10 925 814 23.4 -0.6 20 24.0 10.8 325 5 303.2 304.0 287.2 315.3 3.95 11 924 823 23.4 1.4 23 22.0 11.4 324 5 303.3 304.2 287.8 317.3 4.58 12 919 871 23.0 2.0 25 21.0 11.5 317 6 303.4 304.3 288.1 318.0 4.81 13 898 1071 22.8 -18.2 5 41.0 6.9 302 7 305.2 305.4 284.8 308.5 1.01 14 875 1296 21.8 -19.2 5 41.0 6.2 289 8 306.4 306.6 285.2 309.6 0.96 15 872 1326 22.0 -20.0 5 42.0 6.2 287 8 306.9 307.1 285.3 309.9 0.89 16 850 1547 20.6 -10.4 11 31.0 6.8 270 7 307.7 308.1 286.8 314.3 2.03 17 785 2226 15.4 -13.6 12 29.0 3.5 230 13 309.2 309.6 287.0 314.8 1.70 18 779 2291 15.0 -8.0 20 23.0 4.4 223 13 309.5 310.0 288.1 318.0 2.68 19 758 2521 13.4 -17.6 10 31.0 1.7 210 14 310.2 310.4 286.9 314.4 1.26 20 724 2905 10.8 -15.2 15 26.0 0.6 225 14 311.4 311.7 287.7 316.8 1.62 21 700 3184 8.0 -14.0 19 22.0 -0.7 225 15 311.3 311.7 287.9 317.4 1.85 22 667 3580 4.4 -15.6 22 20.0 -3.0 233 14 311.6 312.0 287.8 317.2 1.70 23 663 3629 4.4 -23.6 11 28.0 -4.3 234 14 312.2 312.3 287.1 315.1 0.86 24 661 3653 4.2 -22.8 12 27.0 -4.4 235 14 312.2 312.4 287.2 315.3 0.92 25 633 4004 3.0 -28.0 8 31.0 -5.8 245 18 314.7 314.8 287.7 316.8 0.60 26 559 4998 -4.3 -31.3 10 27.0 -10.8 233 16 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.3 0.50 27 527 5461 -6.7 -35.7 8 29.0 -12.9 239 16 320.0 320.1 289.1 321.3 0.35 28 520 5565 -6.9 -42.9 4 36.0 -13.4 238 17 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.6 0.17 29 500 5870 -8.9 -38.9 7 30.0 -14.7 245 20 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.2 0.26 30 485 6105 -10.3 -38.3 8 28.0 -15.7 255 22 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.4 0.29 31 465 6427 -13.3 -38.3 10 25.0 -17.8 240 23 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.6 0.30 32 439 6861 -16.7 -46.7 6 30.0 -20.8 252 24 324.5 324.6 290.3 325.0 0.13 33 427 7068 -18.5 -42.5 10 24.0 -22.0 257 25 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.21 34 420 7191 -19.5 -34.5 25 15.0 -22.2 260 25 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.9 0.49 35 400 7550 -23.3 -35.3 32 12.0 -25.2 270 26 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.4 0.47 36 385 7828 -25.9 -37.9 32 12.0 -27.6 269 25 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.38 37 383 7866 -25.9 -46.9 12 21.0 -28.1 269 24 325.3 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.15 38 333 8862 -33.5 -56.5 8 23.0 -34.9 255 20 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.05 39 312 9318 -34.9 -62.9 4 28.0 -36.3 241 22 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.03 40 300 9590 -36.7 -63.7 4 27.0 -37.9 235 24 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.02 41 263 10490 -43.7 -63.7 9 20.0 -44.4 219 26 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.03 42 250 10830 -45.9 -64.9 10 19.0 -46.4 215 29 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.02 43 225 11520 -50.1 -70.1 8 20.0 -50.5 224 31 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.01 44 200 12280 -52.5 -71.5 8 19.0 -52.8 235 27 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 45 180 12963 -51.7 -78.7 3 27.0 -52.1 216 22 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.00 46 155 13930 -53.7 -81.7 2 28.0 -54.1 224 20 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 47 150 14140 -55.1 -82.1 2 27.0 -55.5 215 21 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.00 48 118 15647 -61.5 -84.5 3 23.0 -61.7 190 21 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 49 112 15971 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.2 197 27 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 50 100 16670 -63.5 -86.5 3 23.0 -63.7 145 11 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 51 97 16858 -62.5 -86.5 3 24.0 -62.7 189 18 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 52 92 17184 -64.9 -86.9 3 22.0 -65.1 159 14 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.1 0.00 53 86 17597 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.7 183 20 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 54 70 18860 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.4 125 16 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 55 69 18949 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.4 106 10 451.2 451.2 311.0 451.3 0.00 56 64 19415 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -60.9 86 10 466.8 466.8 312.4 466.8 0.00 57 58 20025 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.9 71 23 475.6 475.6 313.1 475.6 0.00 58 56 20243 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.8 87 28 485.4 485.4 313.9 485.4 0.00 59 53 20586 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 114 27 491.7 491.7 314.4 491.7 0.00 60 50 20950 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.1 100 13 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 61 46 21469 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -61.1 101 15 513.0 513.0 315.8 513.0 0.00 62 41 22188 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.2 105 25 535.6 535.6 317.3 535.7 0.00 63 38 22664 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.9 90 27 545.4 545.4 317.8 545.4 0.01 64 34 23365 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.2 94 33 571.4 571.4 319.2 571.5 0.01 65 30 24160 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -57.2 85 38 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 66 29 24376 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -57.1 80 37 599.1 599.1 320.6 599.2 0.01 67 25 25335 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -53.3 95 39 639.5 639.5 322.3 639.6 0.01 68 20 26800 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -52.0 90 31 689.6 689.6 324.1 689.7 0.02 69 19 27138 -47.7 -81.7 1 34.0 -52.0 86 31 700.4 700.4 324.4 700.6 0.03 70 16 28264 -51.1 -83.1 1 32.0 -54.8 98 35 724.6 724.6 325.2 724.8 0.02 71 15 28689 -44.5 -81.5 1 37.0 -50.8 90 33 760.0 760.0 326.2 760.3 0.03 72 14 29152 -43.7 -80.7 1 37.0 -50.7 86 35 777.8 777.9 326.7 778.2 0.04 73 13 29650 -43.1 -80.1 1 37.0 -50.6 80 44 796.6 796.6 327.2 797.1 0.05 74 11 30769 -45.5 -81.5 1 36.0 -52.6 85 34 826.9 826.9 327.9 827.3 0.05 75 10 31410 -41.7 -79.7 1 38.0 -51.0 80 39 863.9 863.9 328.7 864.6 0.07 76 9.3 31901 -42.3 -80.3 1 38.0 -51.7 879.7 879.8 329.0 880.4 0.07 77 8.6 32431 -41.9 -79.9 1 38.0 -51.8 901.2 901.2 329.5 902.0 0.08 78 8.1 32840 -38.5 -78.5 1 40.0 -50.7 930.2 930.3 330.0 931.4 0.10 TRP 200 12280 -52.5 -71.5 8 19.0 -52.8 235 27 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.00 m Freezing level: 602.59 mb = 4412.74 m = 14477.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.72 mb = 3034.81 m = 9956.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.35 % Est. max temperature: 34.63 C = 94.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.90 mb = 1150.03 m = 3773.02 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 21.41 C Layer 958.0- 943.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.37 mb = 4230.23 m = 13878.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.32 C = 108.17 F Cap Strength: 10.16 C Lifted Index: 8.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.04 C Showalter Index: 10.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: -1.50 C K Index: -2.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50719.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.14 mb = 2321.86 m = 7617.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 273 at 10 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 1001 146 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 34 7 -3.9 -5.9 1 1000 141 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 34 7 -3.9 -5.9 2 981 305 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 345 4 1.0 -3.6 3 947 610 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 63 4 -3.7 -1.9 4 925 814 325 5 2.9 -4.1 | 64 8 -7.4 -3.6 5 914 914 310 6 4.6 -3.9 | 59 7 -5.7 -3.4 6 883 1219 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 46 4 -3.0 -2.9 7 850 1547 270 7 7.0 -0.0 | 98 3 -3.3 0.5 8 822 1829 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 167 4 -0.9 3.9 9 793 2134 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 188 7 1.0 7.0 10 765 2438 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 162 14 -4.4 13.2 11 738 2743 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 174 10 -1.1 9.7 12 700 3184 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 182 11 0.3 11.1 13 660 3658 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 188 9 1.2 8.5 14 635 3962 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 217 10 6.0 8.1 15 611 4267 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 214 9 5.1 7.7 16 566 4877 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 192 9 2.0 9.1 17 545 5182 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 199 13 4.3 12.7 18 525 5486 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 203 9 3.6 8.5 19 505 5791 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 201 14 5.0 13.3 20 500 5870 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 221 12 7.8 8.9 21 485 6096 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 241 13 11.0 6.2 22 466 6401 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 219 15 9.6 12.0 23 400 7550 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 268 16 15.7 0.5 24 396 7620 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 268 16 15.7 0.5 25 348 8534 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 257 10 9.6 2.2 26 319 9144 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 221 12 7.8 8.9 27 300 9590 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 213 17 9.4 14.2 28 280 10058 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 200 18 6.0 16.7 29 250 10830 215 29 16.6 23.8 | 195 25 6.3 24.2 30 233 11278 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 202 27 10.3 25.0 31 200 12280 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 217 20 11.8 16.0 32 193 12497 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 216 19 11.0 15.4 33 184 12802 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 187 19 2.3 18.5 34 153 14021 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 195 15 3.9 14.6 35 150 14140 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 186 18 1.8 17.7 36 139 14630 205 23 9.7 20.8 | 178 21 -0.6 21.3 37 126 15240 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 177 17 -0.8 16.9 38 120 15545 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 157 19 -7.3 17.2 39 114 15850 190 31 5.4 30.5 | 171 31 -4.9 31.0 40 109 16154 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 181 19 0.2 18.7 41 103 16459 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 167 18 -4.1 17.4 42 100 16670 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 120 19 -16.6 9.5 43 98 16764 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 181 19 0.2 18.7 44 94 17069 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 117 20 -17.4 8.9 45 89 17374 190 18 3.1 17.7 | 159 20 -7.2 18.2 46 85 17678 180 21 0.0 21.0 | 154 24 -10.3 21.5 47 81 17983 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 151 21 -10.3 18.5 48 77 18288 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 152 13 -6.2 11.8 49 70 18860 125 16 -13.1 9.2 | 112 25 -23.4 9.7 50 70 18898 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 96 20 -20.1 2.2 51 66 19202 135 11 -7.8 7.8 | 115 20 -18.1 8.3 52 63 19507 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 79 20 -19.3 -3.7 53 60 19812 55 18 -14.7 -10.3 | 69 27 -25.0 -9.8 54 54 20422 100 32 -31.5 5.6 | 98 42 -41.8 6.0 55 52 20726 125 22 -18.0 12.6 | 115 31 -28.3 13.1 56 50 20950 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 97 23 -23.1 2.7 57 47 21336 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 97 23 -23.1 2.7 58 41 22250 105 26 -25.1 6.7 | 102 36 -35.4 7.2 59 39 22555 80 25 -24.6 -4.3 | 84 35 -34.9 -3.9 60 37 22860 105 29 -28.0 7.5 | 102 39 -38.3 8.0 61 32 23774 85 37 -36.9 -3.2 | 87 47 -47.1 -2.7 62 30 24160 85 38 -37.9 -3.3 | 87 48 -48.1 -2.8 63 29 24384 80 37 -36.4 -6.4 | 83 47 -46.7 -5.9 64 25 25298 95 40 -39.8 3.5 | 95 50 -50.1 4.0 65 23 25908 100 26 -25.6 4.5 | 98 36 -35.9 5.0 66 20 26800 90 31 -31.0 0.0 | 91 41 -41.3 0.5 67 20 26822 115 36 -32.6 15.2 | 110 46 -42.9 15.7 68 19 27127 85 31 -30.9 -2.7 | 87 41 -41.2 -2.2 69 18 27432 100 34 -33.5 5.9 | 98 44 -43.8 6.4 70 17 27737 110 42 -39.5 14.4 | 107 52 -49.8 14.8 71 15 28651 90 31 -31.0 0.0 | 91 41 -41.3 0.5 72 14 28956 90 42 -42.0 0.0 | 91 52 -52.3 0.5 73 14 29261 85 32 -31.9 -2.8 | 87 42 -42.2 -2.3 74 13 29566 75 41 -39.6 -10.6 | 79 51 -49.9 -10.1 75 13 29870 90 49 -49.0 0.0 | 90 59 -59.3 0.5 76 12 30175 90 30 -30.0 0.0 | 91 40 -40.3 0.5 77 10 31410 80 39 -38.4 -6.8 | 83 49 -48.7 -6.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -19.6 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.26 Bulk Shear: 15.23 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 294 10 23 4| 0.0 3.5 3.5| 3.5 -4.8 -1.3 -2.6 0.04| 10.3 0.4 1000 299 8 45 5| 0.5 1.8 2.2| 3.9 -7.0 -3.0 -3.0 -0.04| 8.3 -0.4 1500 293 8 50 4| 0.3 2.8 3.1| 7.4 -7.0 0.3 0.2 0.16| 7.4 1.2 2000 279 9 66 2| 0.2 3.7 3.9| 11.5 -7.0 4.5 2.3 0.27| 7.2 1.9 2500 261 10 156 2| 0.2 3.6 3.8| 17.1 -19.6 -2.5 -1.0 0.12| 8.1 1.0 3000 252 10 172 4| 0.5 3.0 3.5| 22.7 -19.6 3.1 1.0 0.16| 7.3 1.2 4000 246 12 184 5| 1.1 2.2 3.4| 36.8 -20.0 16.8 4.2 0.24| 6.5 1.6 5000 244 13 190 6| 0.9 2.2 3.2| 39.5 -28.5 11.0 2.2 0.17| 5.9 1.0 6000 243 14 196 7| 1.5 1.9 3.4| 67.9 -29.5 38.4 6.4 0.25| 6.3 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250724.00.gif