UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025073000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 30 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 17.9 280 10 296.3 298.2 291.1 327.8 10.91 1 998 171 20.0 15.2 74 4.8 16.9 305 6 293.3 295.3 290.1 324.5 10.94 2 973 385 19.0 14.6 76 4.4 16.2 303 7 294.4 296.4 290.4 325.4 10.79 3 961 489 17.4 13.9 80 3.5 15.2 299 6 293.9 295.7 289.9 323.7 10.44 4 954 550 17.8 11.8 68 6.0 14.1 297 6 294.9 296.5 289.1 321.2 9.15 5 952 568 18.6 8.6 52 10.0 12.7 296 5 295.9 297.2 287.9 317.3 7.38 6 951 577 21.2 4.2 33 17.0 11.7 296 5 298.6 299.6 287.0 314.7 5.44 7 950 585 21.6 3.6 31 18.0 11.7 296 5 299.1 300.1 286.9 314.6 5.21 8 948 603 22.0 6.0 35 16.0 12.8 295 5 299.7 300.8 288.1 318.1 6.19 9 943 648 23.4 -7.6 12 31.0 9.2 293 5 301.6 302.0 284.8 308.7 2.28 10 925 813 23.8 -7.2 12 31.0 9.3 285 4 303.6 304.1 285.7 311.2 2.40 11 923 832 23.8 -8.2 11 32.0 9.0 277 4 303.8 304.2 285.6 310.8 2.23 12 907 985 25.8 246 4 307.4 13 881 1239 24.8 266 2 308.9 14 850 1551 23.2 -13.8 7 37.0 7.3 275 6 310.4 310.7 287.3 315.5 1.55 15 828 1778 21.6 -7.4 14 29.0 7.7 259 7 311.1 311.6 288.6 319.6 2.64 16 805 2021 20.2 -17.8 6 38.0 5.1 255 8 312.1 312.3 287.4 316.0 1.17 17 764 2468 17.4 -17.6 8 35.0 3.6 232 11 313.8 314.0 288.1 318.0 1.25 18 716 3018 14.8 -30.2 3 45.0 0.8 223 20 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.4 0.43 19 715 3030 14.8 -26.2 4 41.0 1.0 222 20 316.9 317.1 288.5 319.2 0.63 20 713 3053 14.6 -18.4 9 33.0 1.8 220 21 317.0 317.2 289.1 321.2 1.26 21 700 3208 13.4 -20.6 8 34.0 0.8 220 20 317.3 317.5 289.0 321.0 1.06 22 686 3377 12.0 -20.0 9 32.0 0.1 220 21 317.6 317.8 289.2 321.5 1.14 23 627 4123 7.8 -32.2 4 40.0 -3.6 212 23 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.6 0.41 24 566 4955 1.2 -35.8 4 37.0 -7.9 234 26 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.32 25 546 5243 -0.5 -23.5 16 23.0 -7.9 231 33 324.2 324.4 291.1 327.9 1.05 26 528 5510 -2.1 -40.1 4 38.0 -10.3 235 30 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.22 27 500 5940 -5.3 -39.3 5 34.0 -12.5 230 29 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.25 28 498 5971 -5.5 -39.5 5 34.0 -12.6 230 29 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.25 29 405 7548 -18.9 -41.9 11 23.0 -22.4 224 29 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.24 30 400 7640 -19.7 -43.7 10 24.0 -23.1 235 25 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.20 31 367 8276 -24.3 -49.3 8 25.0 -27.0 250 24 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.12 32 357 8477 -25.1 -54.1 5 29.0 -27.8 250 27 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.07 33 337 8895 -28.1 -53.1 7 25.0 -30.3 250 32 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 34 300 9720 -35.1 -55.1 11 20.0 -36.4 250 37 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.07 35 297 9789 -35.7 -55.7 11 20.0 -37.0 251 38 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.07 36 285 10073 -36.9 -60.9 7 24.0 -38.1 256 41 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.04 37 250 10960 -43.9 -61.9 12 18.0 -44.6 260 52 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 38 236 11345 -47.3 -63.3 14 16.0 -47.8 260 52 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.03 39 200 12430 -52.9 -73.9 6 21.0 -53.2 260 66 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 40 178 13174 -56.5 -77.5 5 21.0 -56.8 256 79 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 41 174 13318 -57.6 -78.1 6 20.5 -57.8 255 82 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 42 155 14038 -62.9 -80.9 7 18.0 -63.0 260 66 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.00 43 150 14240 -62.1 -83.1 4 21.0 -62.3 270 59 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 44 147 14366 -60.7 -83.7 3 23.0 -60.9 265 62 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 45 121 15569 -64.3 -85.3 4 21.0 -64.4 222 33 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 46 117 15775 -63.7 -85.7 3 22.0 -63.8 245 28 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 47 110 16152 -66.1 -86.1 4 20.0 -66.2 260 22 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 48 102 16610 -66.5 -86.5 4 20.0 -66.6 246 13 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 49 100 16730 -66.1 -87.1 4 21.0 -66.2 230 9 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 50 96 16978 -64.1 -87.1 3 23.0 -64.3 224 10 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 51 90 17370 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.4 292 5 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 52 86 17647 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.7 353 1 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 53 81 18012 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.7 65 10 426.1 426.1 308.4 426.1 0.00 54 70 18900 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.6 95 25 446.8 446.8 310.6 446.8 0.00 55 68 19077 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 89 24 452.3 452.3 311.1 452.3 0.00 56 65 19353 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.6 103 26 456.4 456.4 311.4 456.4 0.00 57 61 19743 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.4 116 18 469.7 469.7 312.6 469.7 0.00 58 54 20495 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -62.9 103 19 485.4 485.4 313.9 485.4 0.00 59 50 20970 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.8 90 28 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 60 40 22370 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -57.9 94 34 543.0 543.0 317.7 543.0 0.00 61 38 22694 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.4 95 25 546.9 546.9 317.9 546.9 0.00 62 30 24190 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -57.5 85 36 591.7 591.7 320.2 591.7 0.01 63 27 24863 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.2 88 34 611.5 611.5 321.1 611.5 0.01 64 26 25105 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.4 92 32 624.4 624.4 321.7 624.4 0.01 65 24 25622 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.2 100 26 640.0 640.0 322.3 640.1 0.01 66 22 26188 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -53.6 105 30 663.3 663.3 323.2 663.4 0.01 67 21 26492 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.2 82 29 670.3 670.3 323.4 670.4 0.01 68 20 26810 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.0 85 28 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.1 0.02 69 16 28272 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -53.5 91 38 731.1 731.1 325.4 731.3 0.02 70 15 28700 -45.5 -83.5 1 38.0 -51.4 98 41 756.7 756.7 326.1 756.9 0.02 71 13 29652 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -52.8 71 39 783.4 783.4 326.8 783.7 0.03 72 12 30187 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -51.5 75 43 811.5 811.5 327.5 811.9 0.04 73 11 30770 -45.1 -83.1 1 38.0 -52.4 80 48 828.3 828.3 327.9 828.6 0.04 74 10 31410 -43.1 -82.1 1 39.0 -51.7 85 53 858.7 858.7 328.6 859.1 0.05 75 9.8 31546 -43.1 -82.1 1 39.0 -51.8 863.6 863.7 328.7 864.1 0.05 76 8.8 32275 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -51.1 900.7 900.7 329.4 901.3 0.06 77 7.5 33368 -39.3 -80.3 1 41.0 -51.4 947.7 947.7 330.3 948.6 0.08 TRP 155 14038 -62.9 -80.9 7 18.0 -63.0 260 66 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.00 WND 174 13318 -57.6 -78.1 6 20.5 -57.8 255 82 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.53 m Freezing level: 551.88 mb = 5158.34 m = 16923.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.85 mb = 3403.21 m = 11165.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 12.73 % Est. max temperature: 37.34 C = 99.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.90 mb = 1151.07 m = 3776.42 ft T: 25.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 10.75 C Layer 961.0- 948.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 534.61 mb = 5410.96 m = 17752.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.87 C = 125.37 F Cap Strength: 14.16 C Lifted Index: 12.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.73 C Showalter Index: 13.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: -8.50 C K Index: -19.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65618.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.49 mb = 2518.10 m = 8261.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 262 at 13 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 10 9.8 -1.7 | 38 5 -2.8 -3.6 1 1000 140 305 6 4.9 -3.4 | 56 9 -7.7 -5.3 2 981 305 305 8 6.6 -4.6 | 44 9 -6.1 -6.4 3 947 610 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 64 9 -8.1 -3.9 4 925 813 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 72 9 -8.8 -2.9 5 914 914 240 4 3.5 2.0 | 91 9 -9.2 0.2 6 883 1219 265 2 2.0 0.2 | 81 11 -10.7 -1.6 7 850 1551 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 71 7 -6.7 -2.3 8 823 1829 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 90 6 -5.9 -0.0 9 794 2134 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 97 4 -4.0 0.5 10 766 2438 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 141 7 -4.2 5.3 11 739 2743 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 149 3 -1.4 2.3 12 713 3048 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 183 14 0.8 14.3 13 700 3208 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 181 14 0.2 13.5 14 662 3658 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 188 16 2.1 15.8 15 638 3962 205 25 10.6 22.7 | 174 21 -2.1 20.8 16 614 4267 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 181 14 0.2 13.5 17 570 4877 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 210 14 7.0 11.9 18 549 5182 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 214 24 13.4 20.0 19 509 5791 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 223 16 10.7 11.7 20 500 5940 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 210 19 9.6 16.8 21 490 6096 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 210 19 9.6 16.8 22 471 6401 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 188 20 2.8 20.3 23 452 6706 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 207 17 8.0 15.5 24 417 7315 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 198 23 7.3 21.9 25 401 7620 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 202 19 7.1 18.0 26 400 7640 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 212 15 7.8 12.5 27 385 7925 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 210 14 7.0 11.9 28 369 8230 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 237 12 9.9 6.4 29 325 9144 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 243 23 20.2 10.2 30 311 9449 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 228 24 17.7 15.7 31 300 9720 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 244 25 22.1 10.8 32 261 10668 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 266 34 34.2 2.3 33 250 10960 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 259 39 38.6 7.2 34 217 11887 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 259 39 38.6 7.2 35 200 12430 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 260 53 52.3 9.6 36 174 13318 255 82 79.2 21.2 | 254 69 66.5 19.4 37 171 13411 255 82 79.2 21.2 | 254 69 66.5 19.4 38 155 14038 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 260 53 52.3 9.6 39 150 14240 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 272 46 46.3 -1.8 40 148 14326 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 266 52 52.1 3.8 41 141 14630 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 267 25 25.2 1.5 42 127 15240 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 242 19 16.5 8.8 43 121 15545 220 33 21.2 25.3 | 200 25 8.6 23.5 44 115 15850 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 248 13 12.5 4.9 45 105 16459 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 275 4 4.3 -0.3 46 100 16730 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 125 7 -5.8 4.0 47 99 16764 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 133 9 -6.2 5.8 48 95 17069 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 133 8 -5.6 5.3 49 86 17678 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 82 13 -12.7 -1.8 50 81 17983 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 72 22 -21.3 -6.8 51 77 18288 110 9 -8.5 3.1 | 93 21 -21.1 1.3 52 74 18593 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 68 22 -20.3 -8.2 53 70 18898 80 24 -23.6 -4.2 | 81 37 -36.3 -6.0 54 70 18900 95 25 -24.9 2.2 | 91 38 -37.6 0.4 55 67 19202 85 24 -23.9 -2.1 | 84 37 -36.6 -3.9 56 63 19507 120 27 -23.4 13.5 | 108 38 -36.0 11.7 57 60 19812 115 16 -14.5 6.8 | 100 28 -27.2 4.9 58 57 20117 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 81 28 -27.4 -4.4 59 55 20422 105 18 -17.4 4.7 | 95 30 -30.0 2.8 60 50 20970 90 28 -28.0 0.0 | 87 41 -40.7 -1.8 61 50 21031 75 22 -21.3 -5.7 | 78 35 -33.9 -7.5 62 47 21336 90 29 -29.0 0.0 | 88 42 -41.7 -1.8 63 45 21641 80 29 -28.6 -5.0 | 81 42 -41.2 -6.9 64 43 21946 105 35 -33.8 9.1 | 99 47 -46.5 7.2 65 41 22250 90 38 -38.0 0.0 | 88 51 -50.7 -1.8 66 39 22555 100 28 -27.6 4.9 | 94 40 -40.2 3.0 67 37 22860 90 21 -21.0 0.0 | 87 34 -33.7 -1.8 68 34 23470 60 27 -23.4 -13.5 | 67 39 -36.0 -15.3 69 30 24190 85 36 -35.9 -3.1 | 84 49 -48.5 -5.0 70 29 24384 80 40 -39.4 -6.9 | 80 53 -52.1 -8.8 71 24 25603 100 26 -25.6 4.5 | 94 38 -38.3 2.7 72 22 26213 105 30 -29.0 7.8 | 98 42 -41.6 5.9 73 21 26518 80 29 -28.6 -5.0 | 81 42 -41.2 -6.9 74 20 26810 85 28 -27.9 -2.4 | 84 41 -40.6 -4.3 75 20 26822 100 30 -29.5 5.2 | 95 42 -42.2 3.4 76 18 27432 85 32 -31.9 -2.8 | 84 45 -44.5 -4.6 77 17 27737 90 20 -20.0 0.0 | 87 33 -32.7 -1.8 78 17 28042 85 36 -35.9 -3.1 | 84 49 -48.5 -5.0 79 15 28651 100 41 -40.4 7.1 | 96 53 -53.0 5.3 80 13 29566 70 38 -35.7 -13.0 | 73 51 -48.4 -14.8 81 10 31410 85 53 -52.8 -4.6 | 84 66 -65.5 -6.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -14.0 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.08 Bulk Shear: 34.17 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 302 7 53 9| 0.0 1.7 1.7| 6.8 -3.4 3.4 6.8 0.33| 4.7 1.6 1000 290 5 65 9| 0.0 2.4 2.4| 15.8 -6.5 9.3 9.3 0.41| 5.1 2.1 1500 284 5 69 9| 1.3 1.6 3.0| 16.8 -10.5 6.3 4.2 0.20| 5.1 1.0 2000 275 6 72 8| 1.0 1.6 2.6| 20.3 -10.5 9.8 4.9 0.28| 4.8 1.4 2500 263 7 81 6| 0.8 1.9 2.7| 25.3 -10.5 14.8 5.9 0.36| 5.3 1.9 3000 252 8 99 5| 0.7 3.4 4.1| 28.6 -14.0 14.6 4.9 0.28| 6.9 1.9 4000 233 12 150 6| 0.5 2.9 3.4| 40.6 -33.7 6.9 1.7 0.18| 6.9 1.3 5000 231 14 168 7| 1.8 2.3 4.0| 72.7 -33.7 39.0 7.8 0.26| 7.4 1.9 6000 232 17 185 9| 1.4 2.2 3.6| 88.2 -58.0 30.2 5.0 0.19| 7.4 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250730.00.gif