UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025080100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 1 AUG 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 1 AUG 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 1000 146 25.6 14.6 51 11.0 18.4 270 8 298.8 300.7 291.5 329.4 10.50 1 950 581 19.2 10.2 56 9.0 13.7 260 2 296.7 298.2 288.9 320.7 8.25 2 949 590 21.6 5.6 35 16.0 12.5 260 2 299.2 300.3 287.8 317.0 6.01 3 948 599 22.6 5.6 33 17.0 12.9 260 2 300.3 301.4 288.2 318.2 6.02 4 943 644 24.2 -0.8 19 25.0 11.2 264 3 302.4 303.1 286.8 314.1 3.82 5 940 671 24.0 0.0 20 24.0 11.3 268 4 302.5 303.2 287.0 314.8 4.06 6 937 698 24.2 2.2 24 22.0 12.1 271 4 302.9 303.8 287.9 317.4 4.78 7 934 726 25.2 -4.8 13 30.0 10.4 275 5 304.2 304.8 286.4 313.1 2.86 8 925 809 25.6 -7.4 11 33.0 9.9 285 7 305.5 305.9 286.4 313.0 2.37 9 911 942 25.2 -11.8 8 37.0 8.9 273 6 306.4 306.7 286.0 311.9 1.70 10 901 1039 25.6 -9.4 9 35.0 9.4 249 5 307.8 308.2 286.9 314.4 2.08 11 896 1088 26.2 -12.8 7 39.0 9.0 237 5 308.9 309.2 286.8 314.1 1.59 12 875 1295 25.4 -11.6 8 37.0 8.7 194 3 310.2 310.5 287.4 316.0 1.80 13 850 1548 23.6 -15.4 6 39.0 7.2 130 2 310.9 311.1 287.2 315.4 1.36 14 819 1870 21.0 -14.0 8 35.0 6.1 159 1 311.4 311.7 287.6 316.6 1.58 15 803 2040 20.4 157 1 312.6 16 788 2202 19.4 -10.6 12 30.0 5.8 172 3 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.2 2.16 17 778 2311 18.6 -14.4 9 33.0 4.7 203 6 313.5 313.8 288.3 318.8 1.61 18 774 2355 19.0 -20.0 6 39.0 4.1 215 7 314.4 314.6 288.0 317.8 1.01 19 751 2613 18.0 -23.0 5 41.0 3.1 229 14 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.8 0.80 20 701 3196 13.2 -21.8 7 35.0 0.6 201 18 317.0 317.2 288.8 320.3 0.95 21 700 3208 13.2 -21.8 7 35.0 0.6 200 18 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.4 0.95 22 681 3438 12.0 -28.0 4 40.0 -0.7 203 19 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.3 0.56 23 652 3800 9.0 -19.0 12 28.0 -1.4 213 17 318.9 319.1 289.8 323.3 1.31 24 639 3967 8.4 -34.6 3 43.0 -3.3 217 17 320.0 320.1 289.1 321.2 0.32 25 594 4565 4.6 -34.4 4 39.0 -5.7 247 22 322.4 322.4 289.9 323.7 0.35 26 517 5677 -4.3 -26.3 16 22.0 -10.6 236 32 324.7 324.8 291.1 327.8 0.86 27 507 5831 -5.1 -31.1 11 26.0 -11.7 239 32 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.6 0.56 28 504 5877 -4.9 -32.9 9 28.0 -11.8 239 32 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.48 29 500 5940 -5.1 -33.1 9 28.0 -11.9 240 32 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.6 0.47 30 480 6259 -7.9 -29.9 15 22.0 -13.5 248 30 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.6 0.67 31 454 6689 -10.5 -41.5 6 31.0 -16.2 250 28 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.22 32 453 6706 -10.7 -41.7 6 31.0 -16.3 250 28 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.22 33 442 6894 -12.3 -38.3 9 26.0 -17.3 262 30 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.32 34 405 7557 -16.1 -42.1 9 26.0 -20.4 261 39 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.23 35 400 7650 -16.9 -40.9 11 24.0 -20.9 265 41 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.27 36 350 8635 -25.3 -46.3 12 21.0 -27.8 257 38 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.17 37 325 9170 -27.9 -56.9 5 29.0 -30.3 261 36 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.05 38 301 9716 -31.3 -58.3 5 27.0 -33.2 289 50 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 39 300 9740 -31.7 -57.7 6 26.0 -33.6 290 51 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 40 250 11000 -41.7 -64.7 6 23.0 -42.6 265 51 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 41 217 11947 -49.7 -68.7 9 19.0 -50.1 254 57 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 42 208 12224 -51.1 -71.1 7 20.0 -51.5 251 59 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 43 206 12287 -51.0 -72.7 6 21.7 -51.4 250 59 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 44 202 12415 -50.9 -75.9 4 25.0 -51.3 250 58 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 45 200 12480 -51.5 -74.5 5 23.0 -51.9 250 58 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 46 171 13482 -57.7 -79.7 4 22.0 -57.9 258 41 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.00 47 169 13556 -57.3 -80.3 4 23.0 -57.5 256 38 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 48 157 14018 -60.9 -82.9 4 22.0 -61.1 245 38 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 49 150 14300 -62.5 -83.5 4 21.0 -62.6 245 32 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 50 146 14466 -63.3 -84.3 4 21.0 -63.4 243 31 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 51 132 15077 -68.3 -85.3 7 17.0 -68.4 227 33 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 52 122 15548 -69.5 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.6 280 17 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 53 115 15900 -68.5 -86.5 6 18.0 -68.6 278 13 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 54 105 16441 -71.3 -87.3 8 16.0 -71.3 184 12 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 55 100 16730 -69.9 -86.9 7 17.0 -70.0 285 2 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 56 88 17494 -67.9 -88.9 3 21.0 -68.0 117 17 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 57 86 17632 -68.7 -89.7 3 21.0 -68.8 119 18 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 58 85 17703 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.0 122 17 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 59 81 17994 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.1 134 7 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.3 0.00 60 75 18460 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 134 14 432.6 432.6 309.1 432.6 0.00 61 70 18880 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.1 95 2 447.7 447.7 310.6 447.7 0.00 62 67 19148 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.5 80 5 450.3 450.3 310.9 450.3 0.00 63 66 19240 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.4 75 7 457.0 457.0 311.5 457.0 0.00 64 60 19826 -64.5 -90.5 2 26.0 -64.8 94 14 466.5 466.5 312.3 466.5 0.00 65 59 19929 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.0 89 16 472.8 472.8 312.9 472.8 0.00 66 54 20475 -63.5 -90.5 1 27.0 -63.8 69 24 483.1 483.1 313.7 483.1 0.00 67 53 20590 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -62.5 76 21 488.9 488.9 314.1 488.9 0.00 68 50 20950 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.3 85 17 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.00 69 47 21332 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.1 85 16 509.9 509.9 315.7 509.9 0.00 70 44 21740 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.9 57 23 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.00 71 38 22656 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.1 76 32 550.5 550.5 318.1 550.5 0.00 72 37 22824 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -58.9 71 31 552.6 552.6 318.2 552.7 0.00 73 30 24150 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.8 100 33 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 74 25 25318 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.3 86 27 628.5 628.5 321.9 628.6 0.01 75 23 25858 -51.3 -86.3 1 35.0 -54.1 99 30 652.5 652.5 322.8 652.6 0.01 76 22 26147 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.2 84 34 660.9 660.9 323.1 661.0 0.01 77 20 26770 -49.3 -85.3 1 36.0 -53.0 90 36 685.3 685.3 324.0 685.4 0.01 78 18 27462 -48.3 -84.3 1 36.0 -52.6 95 37 709.4 709.4 324.7 709.5 0.02 79 14 29123 -46.9 -83.9 1 37.0 -52.5 78 36 767.0 767.0 326.4 767.2 0.02 80 13 29613 -47.5 -84.5 1 37.0 -53.1 77 37 781.4 781.4 326.8 781.6 0.02 81 12 30146 -44.3 -83.3 1 39.0 -51.6 75 38 810.8 810.8 327.5 811.1 0.03 82 12 30146 -44.7 -83.7 1 39.0 -51.8 75 38 809.4 809.4 327.5 809.6 0.03 83 10 31370 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -51.8 100 41 858.7 858.7 328.6 859.0 0.04 84 9.9 31438 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -51.8 100 41 861.1 861.2 328.7 861.5 0.04 85 9.2 31934 -40.7 -81.7 0 41.0 -51.0 96 41 888.6 888.6 329.2 889.1 0.05 86 8.3 32634 -41.3 -82.3 0 41.0 -51.8 92 41 912.7 912.8 329.7 913.3 0.05 87 7.0 33800 -37.7 -79.7 0 42.0 -51.1 85 41 973.2 973.3 330.8 974.3 0.10 88 5.8 35110 -32.9 -76.9 0 44.0 -50.4 1047.9 1048.0 331.9 1050.3 0.19 89 5.5 35483 -33.9 -76.9 1 43.0 -51.1 1059.5 1059.6 332.1 1062.0 0.20 TRP 122 15548 -69.5 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.6 280 17 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 WND 206 12287 -51.0 -72.7 6 21.7 -51.4 250 59 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.00 m Freezing level: 554.20 mb = 5139.84 m = 16862.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.46 mb = 3310.80 m = 10862.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 11.67 % Est. max temperature: 37.72 C = 99.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.11 mb = 1536.58 m = 5041.21 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 12.38 C Layer 950.0- 948.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 533.09 mb = 5431.60 m = 17820.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.04 C = 123.88 F Cap Strength: 13.82 C Lifted Index: 11.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.00 C Showalter Index: 13.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: -10.30 C K Index: -21.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73116.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.09 mb = 2886.76 m = 9470.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 260 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 1000 146 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 60 4 -3.8 -2.2 1 982 305 260 7 6.9 1.2 | 79 5 -4.9 -1.0 2 947 610 260 2 2.0 0.3 | 79 10 -9.8 -1.8 3 925 809 285 7 6.8 -1.8 | 52 6 -5.0 -4.0 4 914 914 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 61 7 -5.9 -3.2 5 883 1219 205 4 1.7 3.6 | 98 10 -10.1 1.5 6 852 1524 160 1 -0.3 0.9 | 84 12 -12.1 -1.2 7 850 1548 130 2 -1.5 1.3 | 86 13 -13.3 -0.9 8 823 1829 160 1 -0.3 0.9 | 84 12 -12.1 -1.2 9 794 2134 155 1 -0.4 0.9 | 84 12 -12.2 -1.3 10 766 2438 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 132 4 -3.1 2.8 11 739 2743 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 175 11 -0.9 10.8 12 700 3208 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 159 16 -5.6 14.7 13 688 3353 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 163 17 -5.0 16.6 14 662 3658 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 165 13 -3.3 12.5 15 614 4267 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 185 11 0.9 10.6 16 592 4572 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 240 11 9.8 5.7 17 570 4877 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 219 18 11.1 13.9 18 549 5182 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 215 22 12.7 18.4 19 500 5940 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 229 21 15.9 13.8 20 490 6096 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 229 21 15.9 13.8 21 471 6401 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 252 17 16.2 5.3 22 452 6706 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 243 16 14.5 7.4 23 435 7010 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 276 20 20.2 -2.2 24 402 7620 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 260 28 27.6 4.8 25 400 7650 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 267 29 29.1 1.4 26 385 7925 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 267 30 30.0 1.5 27 369 8230 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 253 28 26.8 8.2 28 326 9144 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 260 24 23.7 4.1 29 300 9740 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 298 41 36.1 -19.6 30 299 9754 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 298 41 36.1 -19.6 31 262 10668 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 267 38 38.0 2.2 32 250 11000 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 267 39 39.0 2.3 33 206 12287 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 248 47 43.7 18.0 34 200 12480 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 248 46 42.7 17.7 35 199 12497 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 248 47 43.7 18.0 36 190 12802 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 267 43 43.0 2.6 37 173 13411 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 260 31 30.6 5.3 38 165 13716 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 244 20 18.3 8.8 39 157 14021 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 238 27 22.6 13.9 40 150 14300 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 237 21 17.2 11.4 41 149 14326 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 244 19 17.3 8.4 42 135 14935 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 201 24 8.8 22.3 43 128 15240 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 223 25 16.9 17.9 44 122 15545 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 245 24 22.0 10.1 45 122 15548 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 316 7 5.0 -5.1 46 116 15850 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 336 7 2.7 -6.1 47 110 16154 240 4 3.5 2.0 | 89 8 -8.3 -0.2 48 105 16459 180 13 0.0 13.0 | 133 16 -11.8 10.8 49 100 16730 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 75 10 -9.9 -2.7 50 95 17069 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 75 10 -9.9 -2.7 51 90 17374 115 17 -15.4 7.2 | 100 28 -27.2 5.0 52 85 17678 120 18 -15.6 9.0 | 104 28 -27.4 6.8 53 81 17983 135 7 -4.9 4.9 | 99 17 -16.7 2.8 54 77 18288 120 15 -13.0 7.5 | 102 25 -24.8 5.3 55 73 18593 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 114 21 -19.2 8.5 56 70 18880 95 2 -2.0 0.2 | 82 14 -13.8 -2.0 57 63 19507 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 71 22 -20.5 -7.2 58 60 19812 95 14 -13.9 1.2 | 88 26 -25.7 -1.0 59 54 20422 65 25 -22.7 -10.6 | 70 37 -34.4 -12.7 60 52 20726 85 18 -17.9 -1.6 | 83 30 -29.7 -3.7 61 50 20950 85 17 -16.9 -1.5 | 83 29 -28.7 -3.7 62 47 21336 85 16 -15.9 -1.4 | 83 28 -27.7 -3.6 63 45 21641 55 22 -18.0 -12.6 | 64 33 -29.8 -14.8 64 41 22250 65 28 -25.4 -11.8 | 69 40 -37.2 -14.0 65 39 22555 80 32 -31.5 -5.6 | 80 44 -43.3 -7.7 66 37 22860 70 31 -29.1 -10.6 | 73 43 -40.9 -12.8 67 33 23470 105 36 -34.8 9.3 | 99 47 -46.6 7.1 68 30 24079 90 41 -41.0 0.0 | 88 53 -52.8 -2.2 69 30 24150 100 33 -32.5 5.7 | 95 44 -44.3 3.6 70 29 24384 120 33 -28.6 16.5 | 110 43 -40.4 14.3 71 28 24689 100 35 -34.5 6.1 | 95 46 -46.3 3.9 72 26 24994 105 29 -28.0 7.5 | 98 40 -39.8 5.3 73 25 25298 85 27 -26.9 -2.4 | 83 39 -38.7 -4.5 74 23 25908 100 30 -29.5 5.2 | 94 41 -41.3 3.0 75 22 26213 80 35 -34.5 -6.1 | 80 47 -46.3 -8.3 76 20 26770 90 36 -36.0 0.0 | 87 48 -47.8 -2.2 77 20 26822 95 36 -35.9 3.1 | 91 48 -47.7 1.0 78 19 27127 85 33 -32.9 -2.9 | 84 45 -44.7 -5.0 79 18 27432 95 37 -36.9 3.2 | 91 49 -48.7 1.1 80 15 28651 80 35 -34.5 -6.1 | 80 47 -46.3 -8.3 81 12 30175 75 38 -36.7 -9.8 | 76 50 -48.5 -12.0 82 10 31370 100 41 -40.4 7.1 | 95 52 -52.2 4.9 83 7 33800 85 41 -40.8 -3.6 | 84 53 -52.6 -5.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.6 neg: -25.8 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.84 Bulk Shear: 18.70 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 262 5 77 7| 0.0 5.3 5.3| 2.0 -0.5 1.5 2.9 0.24| 5.9 1.4 1000 267 5 74 7| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 11.2 -6.3 4.9 4.9 0.22| 8.2 1.8 1500 257 4 81 8| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 11.2 -13.3 -2.1 -1.4 0.06| 7.4 0.4 2000 251 4 83 8| 0.1 2.4 2.5| 12.4 -14.6 -2.3 -1.1 0.05| 5.9 0.3 2500 243 5 89 8| 3.0 1.9 4.9| 37.3 -14.6 22.7 9.1 0.32| 8.3 2.6 3000 229 7 108 7| 2.5 2.6 5.1| 38.6 -25.8 12.8 4.3 0.21| 8.3 1.7 4000 218 10 133 8| 2.3 1.9 4.2| 55.0 -26.6 28.3 7.1 0.24| 7.6 1.9 5000 226 13 158 7| 2.8 2.1 4.9| 82.9 -50.4 32.5 6.5 0.23| 8.4 2.0 6000 230 16 183 8| 2.6 1.8 4.4|119.8 -50.4 69.4 11.6 0.29| 7.6 2.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250801.00.gif