UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025072912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 17.2 15.0 87 2.2 15.8 295 3 290.3 292.2 288.9 320.6 10.77 1 1000 147 16.8 15.0 89 1.8 15.7 295 3 290.0 291.9 288.8 320.3 10.78 2 974 371 14.8 14.8 100 0.0 14.8 335 3 290.1 292.1 289.0 320.9 10.93 3 950 582 13.6 13.6 100 0.0 13.6 86 2 291.0 292.8 288.8 320.2 10.35 4 947 609 13.6 13.6 100 0.0 13.6 100 2 291.3 293.1 288.9 320.6 10.39 5 944 636 15.2 13.1 87 2.1 13.9 91 2 293.1 294.9 289.3 321.9 10.08 6 942 654 14.6 11.1 80 3.5 12.5 84 2 292.7 294.3 288.1 317.9 8.84 7 939 681 14.0 9.4 74 4.6 11.3 75 2 292.4 293.8 287.1 315.0 7.90 8 934 726 15.2 9.2 67 6.0 11.7 59 1 294.0 295.4 287.6 316.6 7.84 9 933 735 16.2 10.2 68 6.0 12.6 56 1 295.1 296.7 288.5 319.4 8.40 10 931 753 17.2 7.2 52 10.0 11.4 49 1 296.3 297.6 287.5 316.4 6.85 11 928 781 19.2 4.2 37 15.0 10.9 40 1 298.7 299.7 287.1 315.2 5.57 12 927 790 20.6 4.6 35 16.0 11.6 36 1 300.2 301.2 287.9 317.3 5.74 13 925 809 20.8 4.8 35 16.0 11.7 30 1 300.6 301.6 288.1 318.0 5.83 14 919 865 21.6 -9.4 12 31.0 7.9 9 3 302.0 302.3 284.7 308.3 2.04 15 916 894 21.8 -13.2 8 35.0 7.3 358 3 302.4 302.7 284.3 307.2 1.51 16 909 960 21.4 -14.6 8 36.0 6.9 342 4 302.7 302.9 284.2 307.0 1.35 17 903 1017 21.6 -16.4 7 38.0 6.6 333 3 303.5 303.7 284.3 307.3 1.17 18 900 1046 22.0 -4.0 17 26.0 9.2 328 3 304.2 304.8 286.7 314.0 3.15 19 895 1094 22.2 -10.8 10 33.0 7.7 320 3 304.9 305.2 285.6 310.8 1.87 20 890 1143 21.8 -7.2 14 29.0 8.2 312 2 304.9 305.4 286.3 312.8 2.50 21 883 1211 21.4 -10.6 11 32.0 7.3 301 2 305.2 305.6 285.8 311.4 1.93 22 879 1250 21.8 -16.2 7 38.0 6.6 293 3 306.0 306.3 285.3 310.0 1.23 23 858 1460 24.0 248 8 310.5 24 850 1542 23.8 -19.2 5 43.0 6.8 230 10 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.4 0.98 25 846 1583 23.8 -19.2 5 43.0 6.8 227 10 311.5 311.7 287.0 314.8 0.99 26 819 1864 21.6 -5.4 16 27.0 8.1 208 13 312.1 312.7 289.4 322.0 3.12 27 801 2056 20.6 -15.4 8 36.0 5.6 199 11 313.0 313.3 288.0 317.8 1.44 28 760 2505 17.2 -16.8 8 34.0 3.5 210 13 314.1 314.3 288.3 318.6 1.35 29 728 2870 15.6 -30.4 3 46.0 1.3 230 15 316.2 316.3 288.0 317.7 0.42 30 717 2999 15.0 -27.0 4 42.0 1.1 230 16 316.9 317.0 288.4 319.0 0.58 31 700 3201 13.4 -21.6 7 35.0 0.7 215 17 317.3 317.5 288.9 320.7 0.97 32 681 3432 11.2 -21.8 8 33.0 -0.5 222 15 317.4 317.6 289.0 320.8 0.98 33 595 4542 3.2 -29.8 7 33.0 -6.1 229 26 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.5 0.54 34 531 5455 -2.3 -36.3 5 34.0 -10.2 230 26 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.32 35 500 5930 -6.1 -39.1 5 33.0 -12.9 225 24 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.26 36 460 6576 -10.9 -40.9 6 30.0 -16.4 231 22 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.4 0.23 37 438 6950 -14.5 -34.5 17 20.0 -18.6 241 22 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.47 38 428 7124 -15.7 -42.7 8 27.0 -20.0 242 23 328.2 328.2 291.4 329.0 0.21 39 425 7177 -16.1 -37.1 15 21.0 -20.0 243 24 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.37 40 401 7612 -20.1 -38.1 18 18.0 -23.1 245 26 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.36 41 400 7630 -20.3 -38.3 18 18.0 -23.2 250 31 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.35 42 380 8008 -22.3 -48.3 8 26.0 -25.4 244 36 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.13 43 335 8917 -30.7 -47.7 17 17.0 -32.3 248 41 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 44 319 9262 -33.5 -51.5 15 18.0 -34.8 245 44 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 45 300 9690 -35.7 -58.7 8 23.0 -37.0 245 44 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.05 46 292 9877 -36.7 -59.7 7 23.0 -37.9 244 44 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.04 47 250 10930 -45.1 -62.1 13 17.0 -45.7 245 43 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 48 243 11120 -46.9 -60.9 19 14.0 -47.4 245 44 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 49 211 12045 -53.3 -67.3 17 14.0 -53.6 245 46 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 50 210 12076 -53.3 -67.3 17 14.0 -53.6 245 46 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 51 200 12390 -54.3 -70.3 12 16.0 -54.6 245 47 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 52 196 12519 -54.5 -72.5 9 18.0 -54.8 246 49 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.01 53 185 12886 -56.5 -72.5 12 16.0 -56.7 248 53 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 54 173 13308 -58.1 -73.1 13 15.0 -58.3 253 53 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 55 162 13720 -59.5 -76.5 9 17.0 -59.7 260 47 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 56 157 13916 -58.9 -78.9 6 20.0 -59.1 247 41 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 57 150 14200 -60.3 -80.3 6 20.0 -60.5 225 49 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 58 149 14242 -60.3 -81.3 5 21.0 -60.5 225 48 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 59 120 15582 -64.1 -85.1 4 21.0 -64.3 225 25 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 60 100 16700 -64.3 -86.3 3 22.0 -64.5 185 9 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 61 88 17480 -65.9 -87.9 3 22.0 -66.1 182 4 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 62 84 17764 -64.3 -87.3 3 23.0 -64.5 153 4 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 63 77 18297 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.9 111 15 434.0 434.0 309.3 434.0 0.00 64 70 18880 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 145 8 447.3 447.3 310.6 447.3 0.00 65 55 20369 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 100 24 486.5 486.5 314.0 486.5 0.00 66 51 20838 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -62.9 92 23 493.4 493.4 314.5 493.4 0.00 67 50 20960 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.4 90 22 497.6 497.6 314.8 497.6 0.00 68 35 23200 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.3 80 36 569.3 569.3 319.1 569.4 0.01 69 33 23574 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.8 83 37 574.7 574.7 319.4 574.8 0.01 70 30 24180 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -56.8 75 23 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 71 24 25620 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -54.2 94 37 644.1 644.1 322.4 644.2 0.01 72 24 25620 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.5 94 37 642.9 642.9 322.4 643.0 0.01 73 20 26810 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.2 80 33 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.2 0.02 74 19 27145 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -53.2 80 32 694.8 694.8 324.3 694.9 0.02 75 18 27499 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -53.8 81 32 703.7 703.7 324.6 703.9 0.02 76 14 29152 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -52.2 90 35 768.4 768.4 326.4 768.7 0.04 77 12 30170 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -54.0 90 50 795.9 795.9 327.1 796.2 0.04 78 10 31380 -44.3 -81.3 1 37.0 -52.3 75 47 854.2 854.2 328.5 854.7 0.05 79 8.8 32241 -42.3 -80.3 1 38.0 -51.9 893.7 893.8 329.3 894.5 0.07 80 8.7 32318 -42.5 -80.5 1 38.0 -52.1 895.9 895.9 329.4 896.6 0.07 81 8.5 32476 -40.9 -79.9 1 39.0 -51.4 908.1 908.2 329.6 909.0 0.08 82 7.8 33063 -38.5 -78.5 1 40.0 -50.8 940.3 940.4 330.2 941.5 0.11 83 7.7 33152 -38.5 -78.5 1 40.0 -50.9 943.8 943.9 330.2 945.0 0.11 84 7.6 33242 -38.9 -78.9 1 40.0 -51.1 945.7 945.8 330.3 946.9 0.10 TRP 120 15582 -64.1 -85.1 4 21.0 -64.3 225 25 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.00 m Freezing level: 557.76 mb = 5073.45 m = 16644.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.84 mb = 3335.65 m = 10943.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.00 % Est. max temperature: 37.94 C = 100.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.91 mb = 415.45 m = 1363.00 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 10.94 C Layer 919.0- 903.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 588.75 mb = 4626.77 m = 15179.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.91 C = 118.23 F Cap Strength: 16.10 C Lifted Index: 11.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.14 C Showalter Index: 11.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: -13.10 C K Index: -24.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 44.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59493.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.97 mb = 1521.80 m = 4992.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 257 at 12 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 146 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 66 10 -8.7 -3.9 1 1000 147 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 66 10 -8.7 -3.9 2 982 305 300 3 2.6 -1.5 | 65 10 -8.8 -4.2 3 947 610 100 2 -2.0 0.3 | 80 14 -13.4 -2.3 4 925 809 30 1 -0.5 -0.9 | 73 12 -11.9 -3.5 5 914 914 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 58 13 -10.7 -6.6 6 882 1219 300 2 1.7 -1.0 | 69 10 -9.7 -3.7 7 850 1542 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 135 5 -3.7 3.8 8 822 1829 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 150 10 -4.9 8.6 9 793 2134 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 128 11 -8.8 7.0 10 765 2438 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 142 10 -6.3 8.2 11 739 2743 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 181 7 0.1 7.0 12 713 3048 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 186 8 0.9 7.6 13 700 3201 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 172 11 -1.6 11.3 14 662 3658 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 166 6 -1.4 5.7 15 614 4267 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 201 15 5.6 14.3 16 569 4877 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 221 18 11.5 13.4 17 500 5930 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 201 15 5.6 14.3 18 489 6096 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 198 14 4.2 12.9 19 470 6401 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 193 15 3.4 15.0 20 452 6706 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 221 10 6.8 7.8 21 401 7620 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 236 15 12.2 8.3 22 400 7630 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 246 19 17.7 7.9 23 384 7925 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 232 25 19.8 15.3 24 368 8230 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 254 22 21.4 6.1 25 324 9144 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 241 33 28.5 15.9 26 300 9690 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 241 33 28.5 15.9 27 272 10363 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 234 33 26.7 19.3 28 250 10930 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 241 32 27.6 15.5 29 200 12390 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 241 36 31.2 17.2 30 178 13106 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 248 44 41.2 16.5 31 162 13716 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 261 35 34.9 5.5 32 154 14021 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 233 27 21.5 16.3 33 150 14200 225 49 34.6 34.6 | 216 40 23.3 32.0 34 147 14326 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 216 38 21.8 30.6 35 140 14630 235 50 41.0 28.7 | 229 39 29.6 26.0 36 133 14935 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 254 24 23.4 6.7 37 127 15240 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 236 15 12.2 8.3 38 121 15545 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 221 10 6.8 7.8 39 120 15582 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 203 16 6.3 15.0 40 115 15850 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 203 16 6.3 15.0 41 109 16154 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 178 13 -0.5 12.9 42 104 16459 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 263 11 11.3 1.3 43 100 16700 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 121 12 -10.6 6.3 44 99 16764 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 300 5 4.6 -2.7 45 94 17069 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 121 12 -10.6 6.3 46 85 17678 180 1 0.0 1.0 | 82 12 -11.4 -1.7 47 81 17983 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 81 22 -21.4 -3.5 48 77 18288 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 96 26 -25.5 2.5 49 73 18593 135 24 -17.0 17.0 | 117 32 -28.4 14.3 50 70 18880 145 8 -4.6 6.6 | 104 16 -16.0 3.9 51 70 18898 160 16 -5.5 15.0 | 126 21 -16.9 12.4 52 66 19202 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 110 17 -16.4 6.0 53 63 19507 85 14 -13.9 -1.2 | 81 26 -25.3 -3.9 54 60 19812 85 26 -25.9 -2.3 | 82 38 -37.3 -4.9 55 57 20117 100 21 -20.7 3.6 | 92 32 -32.1 1.0 56 55 20422 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 93 36 -36.0 1.7 57 50 20960 90 22 -22.0 0.0 | 85 34 -33.4 -2.7 58 47 21336 90 20 -20.0 0.0 | 85 32 -31.4 -2.7 59 41 22250 90 34 -34.0 0.0 | 87 45 -45.4 -2.7 60 37 22860 100 29 -28.6 5.0 | 93 40 -40.0 2.4 61 35 23165 80 36 -35.5 -6.3 | 79 48 -46.8 -8.9 62 32 23774 85 37 -36.9 -3.2 | 83 49 -48.3 -5.9 63 30 24180 75 23 -22.2 -6.0 | 76 35 -33.6 -8.6 64 29 24384 90 23 -23.0 0.0 | 86 34 -34.4 -2.7 65 28 24689 70 25 -23.5 -8.6 | 72 37 -34.9 -11.2 66 26 24994 80 37 -36.4 -6.4 | 79 49 -47.8 -9.1 67 23 25908 100 37 -36.4 6.4 | 94 48 -47.8 3.8 68 20 26810 80 33 -32.5 -5.7 | 79 45 -43.9 -8.4 69 18 27432 80 31 -30.5 -5.4 | 79 43 -41.9 -8.0 70 17 28042 85 40 -39.8 -3.5 | 83 52 -51.2 -6.1 71 15 28651 105 38 -36.7 9.8 | 98 49 -48.1 7.2 72 14 28956 100 30 -29.5 5.2 | 94 41 -40.9 2.5 73 14 29261 85 37 -36.9 -3.2 | 83 49 -48.3 -5.9 74 13 29566 95 40 -39.8 3.5 | 91 51 -51.2 0.8 75 12 30175 90 50 -50.0 0.0 | 88 61 -61.4 -2.7 76 10 31380 75 47 -45.4 -12.2 | 75 59 -56.8 -14.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.2 neg: -30.3 tot: 17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.16 Bulk Shear: 31.90 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 310 3 65 10| 4.8 0.0 4.8| 12.1 -1.3 10.9 21.7 0.45| 6.9 3.1 1000 336 3 64 12| 2.4 2.0 4.5| 16.1 -15.8 0.2 0.2 0.00| 7.0 0.0 1500 267 4 72 8| 1.6 4.3 5.9| 25.7 -16.5 9.2 6.1 0.27| 9.1 2.5 2000 227 6 100 7| 1.2 2.8 4.0| 26.8 -26.8 -0.0 -0.0 0.12| 8.7 1.0 2500 218 7 112 8| 0.6 2.2 2.8| 42.9 -26.8 16.1 6.4 0.25| 8.4 2.1 3000 222 8 122 7| 0.5 2.3 2.8| 48.2 -30.3 17.8 5.9 0.24| 8.0 2.0 4000 223 10 139 7| 0.3 2.8 3.2| 58.9 -34.0 24.9 6.2 0.24| 7.9 1.9 5000 226 14 167 7| 0.7 2.3 3.0| 84.0 -39.3 44.7 8.9 0.27| 7.3 2.0 6000 227 16 180 8| 0.6 1.6 2.2| 84.0 -61.0 23.0 3.8 0.18| 6.6 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250729.12.gif