UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 1002 146 18.4 15.5 83 2.9 16.5 310 2 291.4 293.4 289.6 322.8 11.11 1 1000 153 18.2 15.5 84 2.7 16.5 310 2 291.4 293.3 289.6 322.8 11.14 2 952 573 14.4 14.4 100 0.0 14.4 347 6 291.6 293.6 289.5 322.5 10.89 3 947 617 14.2 13.7 97 0.5 13.9 350 6 291.9 293.7 289.2 321.5 10.46 4 944 644 15.4 11.8 79 3.6 13.2 349 7 293.3 295.0 288.6 319.8 9.24 5 942 662 17.2 11.2 68 6.0 13.5 349 7 295.4 297.0 289.0 321.0 8.90 6 938 699 18.4 11.4 64 7.0 14.1 348 8 296.9 298.6 289.8 323.2 9.06 7 935 726 19.4 8.4 49 11.0 12.9 347 8 298.2 299.6 288.7 320.0 7.41 8 933 745 19.4 7.4 46 12.0 12.4 347 9 298.4 299.7 288.3 318.8 6.93 9 929 782 19.6 5.6 40 14.0 11.6 346 9 299.0 300.1 287.8 317.2 6.14 10 925 819 19.6 4.6 37 15.0 11.2 345 10 299.4 300.4 287.6 316.4 5.75 11 912 940 19.2 6.2 43 13.0 11.7 339 8 300.2 301.3 288.6 319.5 6.53 12 899 1064 19.4 1.4 30 18.0 9.8 311 8 301.6 302.5 287.3 315.8 4.71 13 895 1102 19.2 6.2 43 13.0 11.6 302 7 301.8 303.0 289.2 321.6 6.65 14 892 1131 19.8 -7.2 15 27.0 7.4 295 7 302.7 303.1 285.5 310.4 2.49 15 891 1140 20.0 -9.0 13 29.0 7.1 293 7 303.0 303.4 285.2 309.8 2.17 16 876 1287 20.6 -17.4 6 38.0 5.9 271 9 305.1 305.3 284.8 308.7 1.11 17 873 1316 20.8 -13.2 9 34.0 6.5 269 9 305.6 305.9 285.5 310.7 1.58 18 866 1386 20.6 -8.4 13 29.0 7.3 265 11 306.1 306.5 286.6 313.5 2.34 19 861 1435 20.4 -6.6 16 27.0 7.6 262 12 306.4 306.9 287.1 314.9 2.70 20 856 1486 19.8 2.8 32 17.0 10.3 259 14 306.3 307.3 289.7 323.0 5.47 21 850 1546 19.2 1.2 30 18.0 9.4 255 15 306.3 307.2 289.2 321.3 4.91 22 827 1781 17.8 -5.2 20 23.0 6.6 255 18 307.2 307.8 287.8 317.0 3.14 23 807 1989 16.0 -4.0 25 20.0 6.1 255 18 307.4 308.1 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-52.2 89 44 768.4 768.4 326.4 768.6 0.03 93 12 30176 -44.3 -81.3 1 37.0 -51.6 85 41 810.8 810.8 327.5 811.2 0.04 94 11 30759 -45.3 -81.3 1 36.0 -52.5 87 51 827.6 827.6 327.9 828.0 0.05 95 10 31400 -42.1 -80.1 1 38.0 -51.2 90 61 862.4 862.4 328.7 863.1 0.07 96 9.0 32111 -43.5 -80.9 1 37.4 -52.4 95 63 883.3 883.3 329.1 883.9 0.06 97 8.5 32495 -44.3 -81.3 1 37.0 -53.0 894.8 894.9 329.3 895.5 0.06 98 8.1 32818 -43.3 -81.3 1 38.0 -52.8 911.2 911.2 329.7 911.9 0.07 TRP 199 12332 -55.3 -70.3 14 15.0 -55.5 250 29 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.01 WND 9.0 32111 -43.5 -80.9 1 37.4 -52.4 95 63 883.3 883.3 329.1 883.9 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.00 m Freezing level: 594.13 mb = 4512.01 m = 14802.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.66 mb = 2835.69 m = 9303.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.94 mb = 501.78 m = 1646.26 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 12.93 C Layer 892.0- 873.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.12 mb = 3488.49 m = 11445.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.12 C = 104.22 F Cap Strength: 10.60 C Lifted Index: 7.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.36 C Showalter Index: 7.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 9.10 C K Index: -3.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 61.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56695.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.61 mb = 1320.02 m = 4330.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 268 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 1002 146 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 77 7 -6.8 -1.5 1 1000 153 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 77 7 -6.8 -1.5 2 982 305 325 3 1.7 -2.5 | 68 7 -6.6 -2.7 3 948 610 350 6 1.0 -5.9 | 50 10 -7.3 -6.2 4 925 819 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 30 11 -5.8 -9.9 5 915 914 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 38 10 -6.3 -8.0 6 883 1219 275 7 7.0 -0.6 | 58 2 -1.4 -0.9 7 850 1546 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 239 7 6.1 3.6 8 822 1829 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 245 11 10.0 4.7 9 793 2134 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 244 10 9.0 4.4 10 765 2438 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 209 8 3.8 6.7 11 737 2743 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 193 7 1.5 6.6 12 711 3048 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 134 5 -3.8 3.6 13 700 3181 220 6 3.9 4.6 | 134 6 -4.5 4.3 14 659 3658 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 147 10 -5.3 8.2 15 611 4267 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 205 7 2.9 6.2 16 588 4572 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 184 5 0.3 4.7 17 566 4877 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 156 8 -3.2 7.1 18 525 5486 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 189 10 1.6 9.6 19 505 5791 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 169 13 -2.4 12.4 20 500 5870 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 181 14 0.2 14.5 21 485 6096 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 184 13 0.8 12.8 22 414 7315 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 213 18 10.0 15.2 23 400 7570 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 201 19 7.1 18.1 24 397 7620 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 206 18 7.9 16.0 25 365 8230 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 196 20 5.4 19.4 26 349 8534 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 219 17 10.5 12.9 27 321 9144 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 213 18 10.0 15.2 28 300 9620 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 229 21 15.9 13.7 29 250 10850 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 241 17 15.1 8.3 30 245 10973 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 242 18 16.1 8.6 31 223 11582 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 222 21 13.8 15.2 32 203 12192 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 238 26 21.6 13.7 33 200 12300 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 243 21 18.9 9.7 34 199 12332 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 243 21 18.9 9.7 35 176 13106 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 242 19 17.0 9.0 36 168 13411 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 210 15 7.7 13.2 37 160 13716 210 31 15.5 26.8 | 195 28 7.2 26.6 38 150 14150 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 227 32 23.6 22.1 39 146 14326 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 221 35 23.1 26.1 40 132 14935 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 242 19 17.0 9.0 41 126 15240 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 217 15 8.9 11.8 42 120 15545 195 20 5.2 19.3 | 171 19 -3.2 19.1 43 109 16154 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 199 18 5.8 16.6 44 103 16459 210 5 2.5 4.3 | 125 7 -5.8 4.1 45 100 16670 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 152 12 -5.5 10.4 46 94 17069 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 163 11 -3.3 10.6 47 85 17678 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 97 18 -18.0 2.3 48 81 17983 135 20 -14.1 14.1 | 122 26 -22.5 13.9 49 77 18288 130 17 -13.0 10.9 | 117 24 -21.4 10.7 50 73 18593 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 128 17 -13.4 10.6 51 70 18850 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 112 18 -16.8 6.8 52 69 18898 135 14 -9.9 9.9 | 118 21 -18.2 9.6 53 66 19202 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 102 22 -21.5 4.5 54 63 19507 105 15 -14.5 3.9 | 99 23 -22.8 3.6 55 60 19812 130 13 -10.0 8.4 | 114 20 -18.3 8.1 56 57 20117 115 12 -10.9 5.1 | 104 20 -19.2 4.8 57 54 20422 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 67 17 -16.0 -6.7 58 52 20726 85 29 -28.9 -2.5 | 86 37 -37.2 -2.8 59 50 20930 95 24 -23.9 2.1 | 93 32 -32.3 1.8 60 49 21031 95 27 -26.9 2.4 | 93 35 -35.2 2.1 61 47 21336 95 26 -25.9 2.3 | 93 34 -34.2 2.0 62 37 22860 90 36 -36.0 0.0 | 90 44 -44.3 -0.3 63 32 23774 105 33 -31.9 8.5 | 102 41 -40.2 8.3 64 30 24180 90 30 -30.0 0.0 | 90 38 -38.3 -0.3 65 29 24384 85 29 -28.9 -2.5 | 86 37 -37.2 -2.8 66 22 26213 115 27 -24.5 11.4 | 109 35 -32.8 11.2 67 20 26800 95 32 -31.9 2.8 | 94 40 -40.2 2.5 68 20 26822 65 33 -29.9 -13.9 | 70 41 -38.3 -14.2 69 19 27127 95 32 -31.9 2.8 | 94 40 -40.2 2.5 70 18 27432 75 36 -34.8 -9.3 | 77 44 -43.1 -9.6 71 17 27737 75 45 -43.5 -11.6 | 77 53 -51.8 -11.9 72 17 28042 95 34 -33.9 3.0 | 94 42 -42.2 2.7 73 13 29870 85 50 -49.8 -4.4 | 85 58 -58.2 -4.6 74 12 30175 85 41 -40.8 -3.6 | 86 49 -49.2 -3.8 75 10 31400 90 61 -61.0 0.0 | 90 69 -69.3 -0.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -44.7 tot: -41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: -4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.66 Bulk Shear: 20.42 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 338 4 60 8| 5.4 0.0 5.4| 0.0 -8.9 -8.9 -17.8 -0.79| 5.5 -4.4 1000 336 6 46 8| 2.7 3.4 6.2| 1.5 -17.8 -16.3 -16.3 -0.44| 8.3 -3.7 1500 300 8 21 4| 1.8 6.2 8.0| 2.5 -19.8 -17.3 -11.5 -0.39| 10.0 -3.9 2000 277 10 307 2| 1.4 5.0 6.4| 3.8 -20.9 -17.1 -8.6 -0.34| 8.4 -2.9 2500 267 11 263 3| 1.1 3.4 4.5| 3.8 -35.3 -31.5 -12.6 -0.44| 8.2 -3.6 3000 262 11 241 3| 0.9 1.9 2.9| 3.8 -44.7 -41.0 -13.7 -0.51| 8.1 -4.1 4000 250 10 204 4| 1.1 1.9 3.1| 21.2 -44.7 -23.5 -5.9 -0.27| 7.5 -2.1 5000 246 10 196 4| 0.9 1.8 2.8| 28.2 -51.7 -23.5 -4.7 -0.25| 7.1 -1.8 6000 238 11 191 6| 0.7 1.8 2.5| 45.2 -60.5 -15.3 -2.6 -0.18| 6.9 -1.2 Wrote GIF file: 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