UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 29 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 22.6 14.6 61 8.0 17.4 280 11 295.7 297.6 290.5 325.9 10.49 1 1000 143 20.8 14.8 69 6.0 17.0 280 11 294.0 295.9 290.1 324.4 10.64 2 986 264 18.2 14.5 79 3.7 15.8 280 11 292.5 294.4 289.5 322.6 10.58 3 972 387 17.2 14.4 84 2.8 15.4 303 9 292.7 294.6 289.7 323.1 10.66 4 950 582 15.4 14.0 91 1.4 14.5 358 4 292.8 294.7 289.7 323.1 10.63 5 948 600 15.4 13.2 87 2.2 14.0 3 3 293.0 294.8 289.3 321.8 10.11 6 944 636 20.2 10.2 53 10.0 14.1 3 3 298.2 299.7 289.5 322.5 8.30 7 941 664 21.0 11.0 53 10.0 14.8 1 3 299.3 300.9 290.3 325.1 8.79 8 937 700 21.4 10.4 49 11.0 14.6 358 3 300.1 301.6 290.3 325.1 8.48 9 927 793 20.8 9.8 49 11.0 14.1 351 2 300.4 301.9 290.2 324.7 8.23 10 925 812 20.6 9.6 49 11.0 13.8 350 2 300.4 301.9 290.1 324.4 8.13 11 908 972 19.6 9.6 52 10.0 13.5 36 2 300.9 302.5 290.4 325.5 8.29 12 902 1029 20.4 4.4 35 16.0 11.3 66 3 302.3 303.4 288.7 319.8 5.82 13 897 1077 21.8 -17.2 6 39.0 6.6 91 3 304.3 304.5 284.5 307.9 1.10 14 895 1096 22.0 -18.0 6 40.0 6.6 101 3 304.7 304.9 284.6 308.1 1.03 15 893 1116 22.2 -14.8 7 37.0 7.1 111 3 305.1 305.3 285.1 309.5 1.36 16 877 1272 22.8 -21.2 4 44.0 6.5 174 4 307.3 307.4 285.3 310.0 0.80 17 850 1544 22.6 -23.4 3 46.0 5.9 220 3 309.8 309.9 286.1 312.1 0.68 18 825 1802 21.4 256 5 311.2 19 787 2207 18.6 -25.4 4 44.0 3.5 238 12 312.4 312.6 286.9 314.6 0.62 20 719 2975 15.0 -33.0 2 48.0 0.8 216 16 316.7 316.7 288.1 317.9 0.33 21 700 3200 13.2 -33.8 2 47.0 -0.3 220 19 317.1 317.2 288.2 318.2 0.31 22 663 3652 9.8 -21.2 9 31.0 -1.3 220 22 318.2 318.4 289.3 321.9 1.06 23 614 4284 6.2 -20.8 12 27.0 -3.4 205 28 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.3 1.19 24 565 4957 0.4 -21.6 17 22.0 -7.0 219 26 322.1 322.3 290.6 326.2 1.20 25 534 5405 -3.9 -17.9 33 14.0 -8.8 215 30 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.1 1.75 26 501 5904 -7.5 -21.5 32 14.0 -11.9 210 36 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.5 1.37 27 500 5920 -7.7 -21.7 32 14.0 -12.1 210 36 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.3 1.35 28 467 6447 -12.3 -23.3 39 11.0 -15.4 206 38 324.3 324.6 291.3 328.7 1.25 29 454 6662 -14.1 -27.1 32 13.0 -17.3 212 39 324.7 324.9 291.1 327.9 0.91 30 448 6763 -14.9 -24.9 42 10.0 -17.5 215 40 324.9 325.1 291.4 328.9 1.13 31 443 6848 -15.7 -29.7 29 14.0 -18.8 217 40 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.6 0.74 32 434 7002 -17.1 -34.1 21 17.0 -20.4 221 41 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.9 0.49 33 423 7194 -18.3 -42.3 10 24.0 -21.8 226 42 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.22 34 410 7427 -19.5 -45.5 8 26.0 -22.9 235 43 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.16 35 401 7592 -20.5 -48.5 6 28.0 -23.9 244 43 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.12 36 400 7610 -20.7 -47.7 7 27.0 -24.0 245 43 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.13 37 390 7797 -21.9 -41.9 15 20.0 -24.7 241 41 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.8 0.25 38 380 7988 -23.3 -40.3 20 17.0 -25.8 244 47 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.30 39 369 8202 -25.3 -34.3 43 9.0 -26.8 241 53 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.7 0.57 40 344 8706 -30.1 -36.1 56 6.0 -30.9 237 57 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.7 0.51 41 329 9022 -32.7 -41.7 40 9.0 -33.7 236 58 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.30 42 328 9044 -32.9 -42.9 36 10.0 -33.9 236 58 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.26 43 326 9087 -32.3 -53.3 11 21.0 -33.8 235 59 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 44 325 9108 -32.1 -52.1 12 20.0 -33.7 235 59 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.8 0.10 45 319 9240 -32.5 -55.5 8 23.0 -34.1 236 60 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.06 46 310 9441 -33.9 -54.9 10 21.0 -35.3 240 61 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.07 47 300 9670 -35.7 -55.7 11 20.0 -37.0 235 57 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.07 48 263 10571 -43.1 -61.1 12 18.0 -43.8 235 56 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.04 49 250 10910 -45.7 -59.7 19 14.0 -46.2 235 55 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.05 50 242 11125 -47.5 -59.5 24 12.0 -47.9 234 54 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 51 240 11180 -47.9 -59.9 24 12.0 -48.3 234 54 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 52 222 11690 -51.3 -66.3 15 15.0 -51.6 231 51 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 53 216 11867 -52.5 -65.5 19 13.0 -52.8 230 50 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 54 200 12360 -55.5 -66.5 24 11.0 -55.7 225 54 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 55 193 12586 -56.7 -67.7 24 11.0 -56.9 225 56 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 56 189 12718 -57.3 -69.3 20 12.0 -57.5 225 58 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 57 187 12785 -56.7 -72.7 12 16.0 -56.9 225 58 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 58 177 13131 -58.9 -73.9 13 15.0 -59.1 225 62 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 59 175 13202 -58.8 -74.5 12 15.7 -59.0 230 63 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 60 150 14170 -57.5 -82.5 3 25.0 -57.8 240 46 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 61 100 16690 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 200 12 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 62 96 16939 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -63.9 200 12 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 63 91 17266 -64.9 -86.9 3 22.0 -65.1 154 11 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 64 84 17759 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -60.6 175 11 432.2 432.2 309.1 432.3 0.00 65 71 18793 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.5 124 13 442.9 442.9 310.1 442.9 0.00 66 70 18880 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.6 95 14 449.0 449.0 310.7 449.0 0.00 67 69 18969 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.6 106 11 453.0 453.0 311.1 453.0 0.00 68 61 19730 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 108 27 466.5 466.5 312.4 466.6 0.00 69 56 20257 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.4 115 29 479.0 479.0 313.4 479.0 0.00 70 50 20960 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.4 100 25 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 71 46 21481 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.0 98 28 518.3 518.3 316.2 518.3 0.00 72 42 22054 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.4 94 28 533.9 534.0 317.2 534.0 0.00 73 39 22521 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -58.8 90 21 544.4 544.4 317.8 544.4 0.01 74 35 23203 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -58.7 86 29 562.0 562.0 318.8 562.0 0.01 75 33 23577 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.5 92 31 581.6 581.6 319.8 581.7 0.01 76 30 24190 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.0 80 38 599.9 599.9 320.6 599.9 0.01 77 27 24870 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -54.5 91 34 620.5 620.5 321.5 620.6 0.01 78 23 25905 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.5 82 37 647.2 647.2 322.6 647.3 0.01 79 20 26810 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.0 105 42 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.1 0.02 80 18 27501 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -52.6 105 41 709.4 709.4 324.7 709.6 0.02 81 15 28705 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -52.4 93 28 751.4 751.4 326.0 751.6 0.03 82 14 29160 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -53.7 82 32 760.2 760.2 326.2 760.5 0.03 83 11 30765 -43.3 -81.3 1 38.0 -51.4 101 44 834.8 834.9 328.1 835.3 0.05 84 11 30765 -43.5 -81.5 1 38.0 -51.5 101 44 834.1 834.1 328.1 834.6 0.05 85 10 31410 -40.5 -79.5 1 39.0 -50.5 110 49 868.4 868.4 328.8 869.1 0.07 86 9.1 32054 -39.7 -79.7 1 40.0 -50.6 895.2 895.2 329.4 896.0 0.08 87 8.6 32441 -39.1 -79.1 1 40.0 -50.6 912.1 912.1 329.7 913.1 0.09 88 7.9 33020 -41.7 -80.7 1 39.0 -52.1 924.1 924.2 329.9 924.9 0.08 TRP 177 13131 -58.9 -73.9 13 15.0 -59.1 225 62 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 WND 175 13202 -58.8 -74.5 12 15.7 -59.0 230 63 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.00 m Freezing level: 562.12 mb = 4998.62 m = 16399.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.82 mb = 3130.38 m = 10270.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.05 % Est. max temperature: 36.66 C = 97.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.73 mb = 1147.31 m = 3764.10 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 902.0- 895.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.83 mb = 4352.43 m = 14279.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.20 C = 118.77 F Cap Strength: 12.42 C Lifted Index: 6.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.25 C Showalter Index: 11.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.30 C Cross Totals Index: -15.70 C K Index: -40.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 42.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62358.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.85 mb = 1443.90 m = 4737.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 249 at 14 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 146 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 15 7 -1.8 -6.8 1 1000 143 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 15 7 -1.8 -6.8 2 981 305 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 15 7 -1.8 -6.8 3 947 610 5 3 -0.3 -3.0 | 59 15 -12.9 -7.8 4 925 812 350 2 0.3 -2.0 | 61 14 -12.3 -6.8 5 914 914 5 2 -0.2 -2.0 | 62 15 -12.8 -6.8 6 882 1219 165 4 -1.0 3.9 | 86 14 -13.7 -1.0 7 850 1544 220 3 1.9 2.3 | 77 11 -10.7 -2.6 8 822 1829 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 63 9 -7.7 -4.0 9 793 2134 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 102 3 -3.1 0.6 10 765 2438 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 166 5 -1.2 4.8 11 739 2743 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 142 3 -2.0 2.6 12 713 3048 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 157 11 -4.2 9.9 13 700 3200 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 177 10 -0.4 9.7 14 661 3658 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 187 12 1.5 12.0 15 637 3962 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 201 14 5.0 12.8 16 613 4267 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 178 21 -0.8 20.5 17 569 4877 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 193 15 3.4 14.3 18 500 5920 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 191 27 5.3 26.3 19 489 6096 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 191 27 5.3 26.3 20 469 6401 205 38 16.1 34.4 | 187 30 3.4 29.6 21 416 7315 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 222 31 20.3 22.8 22 400 7610 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 243 29 26.3 13.3 23 399 7620 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 227 24 17.6 16.4 24 383 7925 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 243 31 28.1 14.2 25 367 8230 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 237 41 34.1 22.1 26 323 9144 235 59 48.3 33.8 | 231 46 35.7 29.0 27 309 9449 240 61 52.8 30.5 | 237 48 40.2 25.6 28 300 9670 235 57 46.7 32.7 | 231 44 34.0 27.8 29 250 10910 235 55 45.1 31.5 | 231 42 32.4 26.7 30 215 11887 230 50 38.3 32.1 | 223 37 25.6 27.3 31 200 12360 225 54 38.2 38.2 | 217 42 25.5 33.3 32 177 13131 225 62 43.8 43.8 | 219 50 31.2 39.0 33 175 13202 230 63 48.3 40.5 | 225 50 35.6 35.6 34 169 13411 230 63 48.3 40.5 | 225 50 35.6 35.6 35 150 14170 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 236 33 27.2 18.1 36 139 14630 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 243 22 20.0 10.4 37 133 14935 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 208 19 9.3 17.1 38 126 15240 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 211 14 7.3 11.9 39 120 15545 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 166 2 -0.5 2.1 40 114 15850 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 121 14 -11.6 7.1 41 109 16154 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 133 22 -16.1 14.8 42 104 16459 190 28 4.9 27.6 | 161 24 -7.8 22.7 43 100 16690 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 127 11 -8.6 6.4 44 94 17069 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 127 11 -8.6 6.4 45 89 17374 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 94 20 -20.3 1.6 46 85 17678 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 116 14 -12.7 6.1 47 81 17983 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 106 17 -16.1 4.5 48 77 18288 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 128 18 -14.1 11.1 49 73 18593 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 115 12 -10.9 5.0 50 70 18880 95 14 -13.9 1.2 | 82 27 -26.6 -3.6 51 70 18898 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 86 22 -22.1 -1.4 52 66 19202 95 14 -13.9 1.2 | 82 27 -26.6 -3.6 53 63 19507 90 23 -23.0 0.0 | 82 36 -35.7 -4.9 54 60 19812 115 29 -26.3 12.3 | 101 40 -38.9 7.4 55 52 20726 115 30 -27.2 12.7 | 101 41 -39.9 7.8 56 50 20960 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 89 37 -37.3 -0.5 57 49 21031 95 14 -13.9 1.2 | 82 27 -26.6 -3.6 58 47 21336 100 26 -25.6 4.5 | 89 38 -38.3 -0.3 59 45 21641 95 31 -30.9 2.7 | 87 44 -43.5 -2.2 60 43 21946 100 29 -28.6 5.0 | 90 41 -41.2 0.2 61 41 22250 85 26 -25.9 -2.3 | 80 39 -38.6 -7.1 62 39 22555 90 21 -21.0 0.0 | 82 34 -33.7 -4.9 63 37 22860 80 27 -26.6 -4.7 | 76 40 -39.3 -9.5 64 32 23774 95 32 -31.9 2.8 | 87 45 -44.5 -2.1 65 30 24190 80 38 -37.4 -6.6 | 77 51 -50.1 -11.5 66 29 24384 75 36 -34.8 -9.3 | 73 50 -47.4 -14.2 67 26 24994 95 34 -33.9 3.0 | 88 47 -46.5 -1.9 68 25 25298 80 35 -34.5 -6.1 | 77 48 -47.1 -10.9 69 21 26518 85 39 -38.9 -3.4 | 81 52 -51.5 -8.3 70 20 26810 105 42 -40.6 10.9 | 96 54 -53.2 6.0 71 19 27127 100 46 -45.3 8.0 | 93 58 -58.0 3.1 72 18 27432 105 42 -40.6 10.9 | 96 54 -53.2 6.0 73 16 28346 105 30 -29.0 7.8 | 94 42 -41.6 2.9 74 15 28651 95 27 -26.9 2.4 | 86 40 -39.6 -2.5 75 14 29261 80 33 -32.5 -5.7 | 77 46 -45.2 -10.6 76 10 31410 110 49 -46.0 16.8 | 101 60 -58.7 11.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.9 neg: -13.5 tot: 61.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 38.69 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 289 8 34 9| 11.3 0.0 11.3| 30.8 0.0 30.8 61.7 0.71| 13.6 9.6 1000 300 5 47 11| 7.3 0.0 7.3| 54.5 0.0 54.5 54.5 0.74| 10.5 7.8 1500 274 5 57 10| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 60.2 -6.9 53.2 35.5 0.52| 9.4 4.9 2000 261 5 62 9| 2.0 0.0 2.0| 63.9 -11.4 52.5 26.2 0.43| 9.3 4.0 2500 247 7 71 7| 1.6 0.6 2.2| 67.2 -12.5 54.7 21.9 0.43| 8.7 3.8 3000 238 8 86 6| 1.3 1.6 2.9| 74.9 -13.5 61.4 20.5 0.40| 9.1 3.6 4000 228 12 129 5| 1.3 1.9 3.2| 94.0 -29.9 64.1 16.0 0.35| 8.5 3.0 5000 223 15 157 7| 1.1 1.5 2.6|114.2 -41.5 72.7 14.5 0.32| 8.1 2.6 6000 219 18 172 9| 0.9 2.1 3.0|114.2 -50.4 63.8 10.6 0.27| 7.6 2.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250729.00.gif