UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025073100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 31 JUL 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 31 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 120 295 4 SFC 998 146 25.4 14.4 51 11.0 18.2 295 4 298.7 300.6 291.5 329.0 10.38 2 986 250 22.0 14.0 60 8.0 16.8 302 6 296.3 298.2 290.6 325.9 10.24 3 984 268 22.6 14.6 61 8.0 17.4 303 6 297.1 299.0 291.2 328.1 10.67 4 966 426 20.6 13.6 64 7.0 16.1 297 6 296.7 298.5 290.6 326.1 10.18 5 965 434 20.4 13.4 64 7.0 16.0 296 6 296.6 298.4 290.5 325.7 10.06 6 963 452 20.6 12.6 60 8.0 15.5 295 6 296.9 298.7 290.2 324.7 9.56 7 962 461 20.6 11.6 56 9.0 15.0 295 6 297.0 298.6 289.7 323.0 8.95 8 961 470 23.4 4.4 29 19.0 12.7 294 6 299.9 300.9 287.5 316.2 5.46 9 955 524 24.6 2.6 24 22.0 12.5 291 6 301.7 302.6 287.5 316.3 4.83 10 949 578 24.8 3.8 26 21.0 13.0 287 5 302.4 303.4 288.2 318.4 5.29 11 932 735 24.8 2.8 24 22.0 12.5 269 5 304.0 304.9 288.5 319.3 5.02 12 925 800 25.0 0.0 19 25.0 11.6 260 5 304.9 305.6 287.9 317.6 4.13 13 902 1021 25.6 -17.4 5 43.0 8.2 289 7 307.7 307.9 285.8 311.3 1.08 14 894 1099 25.6 -12.4 7 38.0 8.8 295 8 308.5 308.8 286.7 313.8 1.65 15 873 1306 24.0 -7.0 12 31.0 9.0 296 10 308.9 309.4 287.8 317.2 2.59 16 863 1407 23.8 287 10 309.7 17 850 1539 23.0 -12.0 9 35.0 7.5 280 12 310.2 310.6 287.5 316.1 1.79 18 822 1829 20.8 -7.2 15 28.0 7.3 280 11 310.9 311.4 288.6 319.6 2.71 19 745 2669 16.2 -25.8 4 42.0 2.0 275 11 314.8 314.9 287.8 317.0 0.63 20 700 3194 12.8 -21.2 8 34.0 0.5 265 15 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.1 1.00 21 699 3206 12.8 -22.2 7 35.0 0.4 265 15 316.8 317.0 288.7 320.0 0.92 22 689 3327 13.0 -24.0 6 37.0 0.2 261 17 318.3 318.5 289.1 321.1 0.80 23 668 3586 12.0 -19.0 10 31.0 0.1 238 20 320.0 320.3 290.1 324.4 1.27 24 614 4284 6.0 -22.0 11 28.0 -3.7 230 19 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.7 1.07 25 564 4973 1.0 -25.0 12 26.0 -7.1 263 19 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.89 26 524 5560 -2.7 -35.7 6 33.0 -10.5 250 26 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.35 27 500 5930 -5.9 -33.9 9 28.0 -12.5 250 30 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.43 28 471 6393 -10.1 -32.1 15 22.0 -15.2 250 30 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.3 0.55 29 458 6608 -11.1 -42.1 6 31.0 -16.6 250 31 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.21 30 410 7446 -17.5 -39.5 13 22.0 -21.2 250 33 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.30 31 400 7630 -18.9 -41.9 11 23.0 -22.4 250 35 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.24 32 399 7649 -18.9 -43.9 9 25.0 -22.5 250 35 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.20 33 397 7686 -18.9 -45.9 7 27.0 -22.6 250 35 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 34 370 8207 -22.5 -49.5 7 27.0 -25.6 253 34 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 35 346 8695 -26.9 -46.9 13 20.0 -29.1 255 35 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.16 36 338 8863 -27.1 -52.1 7 25.0 -29.5 255 37 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.09 37 302 9663 -33.9 -55.9 9 22.0 -35.4 260 45 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.07 38 300 9710 -34.1 -57.1 8 23.0 -35.5 260 46 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 39 284 10090 -35.9 -59.9 7 24.0 -37.2 260 51 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 40 269 10463 -39.1 -61.1 8 22.0 -40.1 260 56 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 41 258 10747 -40.1 -66.1 5 26.0 -41.1 260 60 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 42 250 10960 -41.7 -67.7 4 26.0 -42.6 260 63 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.02 43 236 11348 -44.6 -69.2 5 24.6 -45.3 260 67 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 44 230 11520 -45.9 -69.9 5 24.0 -46.6 260 67 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.01 45 200 12440 -51.3 -74.3 5 23.0 -51.7 265 60 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 46 177 13229 -55.9 -79.9 3 24.0 -56.2 264 57 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.00 47 162 13790 -59.9 -81.9 4 22.0 -60.1 257 54 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 48 152 14188 -61.5 -83.5 4 22.0 -61.7 251 51 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 49 150 14270 -62.1 -83.1 4 21.0 -62.3 250 51 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 50 140 14691 -65.7 -83.7 6 18.0 -65.8 254 52 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 51 124 15421 -68.5 -86.5 6 18.0 -68.6 235 36 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 52 115 15874 -66.1 -87.1 4 21.0 -66.2 246 34 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.3 0.00 53 104 16476 -69.7 -86.7 7 17.0 -69.8 205 10 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 54 100 16710 -68.5 -86.5 6 18.0 -68.6 280 6 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 55 99 16770 -68.7 -87.7 5 19.0 -68.8 221 12 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 56 97 16893 -68.1 -87.1 5 19.0 -68.2 235 12 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 57 95 17020 -64.5 -87.5 3 23.0 -64.7 250 11 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 58 92 17217 -63.3 -87.3 2 24.0 -63.5 228 11 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 59 86 17630 -65.3 -88.3 3 23.0 -65.5 153 10 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 60 83 17848 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.6 114 10 427.6 427.6 308.6 427.6 0.00 61 73 18634 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.1 104 23 438.1 438.1 309.7 438.1 0.00 62 70 18890 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.7 100 11 446.4 446.4 310.5 446.4 0.00 63 65 19345 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -62.9 117 12 460.3 460.3 311.8 460.3 0.00 64 59 19942 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -62.7 109 19 473.7 473.7 313.0 473.7 0.00 65 53 20602 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.0 47 16 485.2 485.2 313.8 485.2 0.00 66 50 20960 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.1 90 19 495.7 495.7 314.7 495.7 0.00 67 48 21211 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.3 88 18 501.1 501.1 315.0 501.1 0.00 68 48 21211 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.4 88 18 505.8 505.8 315.4 505.9 0.00 69 46 21475 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.0 93 22 510.6 510.6 315.7 510.6 0.00 70 44 21750 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.9 93 22 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.00 71 42 22039 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.0 102 16 529.5 529.5 316.9 529.5 0.00 72 41 22190 -59.9 -89.9 1 30.0 -60.6 97 18 531.7 531.7 317.0 531.7 0.00 73 38 22667 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.0 84 26 551.0 551.0 318.2 551.0 0.00 74 30 24170 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.3 100 41 595.5 595.5 320.4 595.6 0.01 75 29 24387 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.6 85 37 600.8 600.8 320.6 600.8 0.01 76 23 25876 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.6 86 24 646.7 646.7 322.6 646.7 0.01 77 22 26162 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.5 77 26 651.9 652.0 322.7 652.0 0.01 78 20 26780 -49.9 -85.9 1 36.0 -53.4 80 38 683.4 683.4 323.9 683.5 0.01 79 19 27115 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -53.7 77 34 692.9 692.9 324.2 693.0 0.01 80 13 29635 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -50.7 76 35 796.6 796.6 327.1 796.9 0.03 81 12 30173 -44.3 -83.3 1 39.0 -51.6 70 43 810.8 810.8 327.5 811.1 0.03 82 10 31400 -42.7 -82.7 0 40.0 -51.5 95 39 860.2 860.2 328.6 860.6 0.04 83 9.8 31536 -42.7 -82.7 0 40.0 -51.7 865.1 865.2 328.7 865.6 0.04 84 8.7 32343 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -51.4 902.1 902.1 329.5 902.7 0.06 85 8.1 32828 -42.1 -83.1 0 41.0 -52.2 916.0 916.0 329.7 916.5 0.05 TRP 124 15421 -68.5 -86.5 6 18.0 -68.6 235 36 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 WND 236 11348 -44.6 -69.2 5 24.6 -45.3 260 67 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.00 m Freezing level: 553.19 mb = 5131.73 m = 16836.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.06 mb = 3610.33 m = 11844.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.06 % Est. max temperature: 36.96 C = 98.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.34 mb = 1545.70 m = 5071.13 ft T: 22.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 11.83 C Layer 966.0- 955.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 528.53 mb = 5491.63 m = 18016.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.74 C = 125.13 F Cap Strength: 13.62 C Lifted Index: 10.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.25 C Showalter Index: 12.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 22.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: -6.10 C K Index: -17.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53891.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.99 mb = 2910.04 m = 9547.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 146 295 4 3.6 -1.7 | 98 8 -7.6 1.1 1 980 305 305 7 5.7 -4.0 | 77 6 -5.5 -1.2 2 946 610 285 5 4.8 -1.3 | 103 7 -6.4 1.5 3 925 800 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 120 7 -6.3 3.7 4 913 914 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 108 6 -5.3 1.8 5 882 1219 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 58 5 -3.8 -2.4 6 851 1524 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 172 2 -0.3 1.8 7 850 1539 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 220 1 0.6 0.7 8 822 1829 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 156 1 -0.4 0.9 9 793 2134 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 176 4 -0.3 3.8 10 765 2438 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 163 5 -1.4 4.5 11 738 2743 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 156 1 -0.4 0.9 12 712 3048 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 175 5 -0.4 4.7 13 700 3194 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 222 6 3.7 4.1 14 686 3353 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 228 9 6.5 5.9 15 661 3658 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 197 17 4.9 16.3 16 613 4267 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 193 15 3.3 15.0 17 591 4572 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 180 14 0.1 14.1 18 569 4877 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 237 8 6.7 4.4 19 509 5791 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 225 21 15.1 15.1 20 500 5930 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 232 21 17.0 13.1 21 489 6096 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 232 20 16.0 12.7 22 401 7620 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 235 25 20.7 14.4 23 400 7630 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 236 26 21.7 14.8 24 353 8534 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 242 25 21.6 11.6 25 324 9144 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 244 29 26.4 12.9 26 300 9710 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 252 36 34.1 10.8 27 250 10960 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 255 53 50.8 13.7 28 236 11348 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 255 57 54.8 14.4 29 228 11582 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 255 57 54.8 14.4 30 208 12192 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 243 50 44.2 23.0 31 200 12440 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 261 49 48.5 8.0 32 189 12802 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 267 48 47.8 2.8 33 150 14270 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 241 42 36.7 20.2 34 141 14630 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 241 43 37.6 20.6 35 134 14935 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 266 42 41.8 2.8 36 128 15240 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 259 33 32.6 6.6 37 124 15421 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 218 30 18.3 23.4 38 121 15545 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 217 29 17.4 22.9 39 115 15850 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 230 28 21.4 18.0 40 110 16154 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 191 4 0.7 3.8 41 104 16459 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 147 14 -7.8 12.2 42 100 16710 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 108 6 -5.3 1.8 43 99 16764 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 164 12 -3.5 12.0 44 94 17069 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 174 6 -0.6 5.6 45 81 17983 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 98 21 -21.2 2.8 46 77 18288 90 21 -21.0 0.0 | 95 32 -32.2 2.8 47 73 18593 105 25 -24.1 6.5 | 105 37 -35.4 9.3 48 70 18890 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 102 23 -22.1 4.7 49 67 19202 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 108 19 -18.5 6.2 50 63 19507 120 16 -13.9 8.0 | 113 27 -25.1 10.8 51 57 20117 105 20 -19.3 5.2 | 105 32 -30.5 8.0 52 55 20422 50 14 -10.7 -9.0 | 74 23 -21.9 -6.2 53 52 20726 45 18 -12.7 -12.7 | 67 26 -23.9 -9.9 54 50 20960 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 95 30 -30.2 2.8 55 49 21031 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 83 28 -28.1 -3.4 56 47 21336 100 18 -17.7 3.1 | 102 30 -28.9 5.9 57 45 21641 85 27 -26.9 -2.4 | 91 38 -38.1 0.4 58 43 21946 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 105 26 -24.7 6.4 59 35 23165 70 33 -31.0 -11.3 | 79 43 -42.2 -8.5 60 34 23470 80 43 -42.3 -7.5 | 85 54 -53.6 -4.7 61 30 24079 100 36 -35.5 6.3 | 101 48 -46.7 9.0 62 30 24170 100 41 -40.4 7.1 | 101 53 -51.6 9.9 63 29 24384 85 37 -36.9 -3.2 | 89 48 -48.1 -0.4 64 28 24689 100 41 -40.4 7.1 | 101 53 -51.6 9.9 65 25 25298 105 20 -19.3 5.2 | 105 32 -30.5 8.0 66 22 26213 75 26 -25.1 -6.7 | 84 37 -36.3 -3.9 67 21 26518 100 33 -32.5 5.7 | 101 45 -43.7 8.5 68 20 26780 80 38 -37.4 -6.6 | 86 49 -48.6 -3.8 69 20 26822 70 30 -28.2 -10.3 | 79 40 -39.4 -7.5 70 18 27432 85 39 -38.9 -3.4 | 89 50 -50.1 -0.6 71 17 27737 90 40 -40.0 0.0 | 93 51 -51.2 2.8 72 16 28346 75 34 -32.8 -8.8 | 82 44 -44.1 -6.0 73 14 28956 90 36 -36.0 0.0 | 93 47 -47.2 2.8 74 14 29261 80 29 -28.6 -5.0 | 87 40 -39.8 -2.2 75 12 30175 70 43 -40.4 -14.7 | 77 53 -51.6 -11.9 76 10 31400 95 39 -38.9 3.4 | 97 50 -50.1 6.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -10.5 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 18.71 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 297 6 91 6| 0.0 1.6 1.6| 4.1 -3.3 0.9 1.7 0.13| 5.8 0.7 1000 289 6 98 6| 2.0 0.8 2.8| 6.3 -8.1 -1.8 -1.8 -0.15| 6.1 -0.9 1500 289 7 96 4| 1.3 2.1 3.5| 7.4 -9.3 -1.9 -1.3 0.03| 6.4 0.2 2000 284 8 104 3| 1.0 2.0 3.0| 7.6 -9.4 -1.8 -0.9 0.02| 5.7 0.1 2500 279 9 118 3| 1.1 1.6 2.6| 7.7 -10.4 -2.7 -1.1 -0.01| 5.3 -0.1 3000 277 9 128 3| 0.9 1.9 2.8| 11.3 -10.5 0.8 0.3 0.08| 5.8 0.5 4000 262 12 185 5| 0.7 2.7 3.4| 14.5 -37.3 -22.8 -5.7 -0.06| 6.5 -0.4 5000 256 13 194 6| 1.6 2.2 3.8| 42.9 -50.4 -7.5 -1.5 0.06| 7.0 0.4 6000 254 15 207 8| 1.4 2.4 3.9| 56.5 -63.0 -6.5 -1.1 0.04| 7.0 0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250731.00.gif