UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025080112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 1001 146 17.0 14.8 87 2.2 15.6 125 3 290.1 291.9 288.7 320.0 10.63 1 1000 147 16.8 15.0 89 1.8 15.7 135 4 290.0 291.9 288.8 320.3 10.78 2 976 354 14.6 14.6 100 0.0 14.6 131 3 289.8 291.7 288.7 320.0 10.76 3 950 582 13.4 13.4 100 0.0 13.4 135 3 290.8 292.6 288.6 319.6 10.22 4 948 600 16.0 11.8 76 4.2 13.4 135 3 293.6 295.2 288.7 320.0 9.20 5 944 636 18.6 10.6 60 8.0 13.7 154 3 296.6 298.1 289.2 321.4 8.53 6 938 691 20.4 11.4 56 9.0 14.8 189 3 299.0 300.6 290.4 325.5 9.06 7 936 710 22.2 10.2 46 12.0 14.8 200 3 301.0 302.5 290.5 325.8 8.37 8 934 728 22.8 6.8 36 16.0 13.4 212 3 301.8 303.0 289.2 321.6 6.64 9 932 747 23.8 -6.2 13 30.0 9.5 224 3 303.0 303.5 285.7 311.0 2.58 10 925 813 24.2 -7.8 11 32.0 9.3 265 3 304.1 304.5 285.8 311.3 2.29 11 913 927 24.4 -10.6 9 35.0 8.8 316 3 305.4 305.7 285.8 311.3 1.86 12 863 1416 22.2 -12.8 9 35.0 7.1 269 5 308.1 308.4 286.5 313.4 1.65 13 855 1496 22.4 -18.6 5 41.0 6.3 236 6 309.1 309.3 286.2 312.5 1.03 14 850 1547 22.8 -17.2 6 40.0 6.6 215 7 310.0 310.3 286.7 313.9 1.17 15 839 1660 22.2 -12.8 9 35.0 6.9 219 7 310.6 310.9 287.5 316.1 1.70 16 749 2634 17.4 -19.6 7 37.0 3.2 223 11 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.3 1.08 17 747 2657 17.6 -20.4 6 38.0 3.2 221 11 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.5 1.01 18 700 3207 14.2 -19.8 8 34.0 1.3 235 13 318.2 318.4 289.4 322.1 1.13 19 690 3328 13.6 -17.4 10 31.0 1.3 235 12 318.9 319.1 289.9 323.7 1.41 20 636 4005 8.2 -27.8 6 36.0 -3.0 217 17 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.4 0.61 21 613 4307 6.8 -22.2 10 29.0 -3.3 216 21 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.7 1.05 22 588 4646 3.6 -23.4 12 27.0 -5.3 224 20 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.6 0.99 23 545 5257 0.0 -24.0 14 24.0 -7.7 251 17 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.5 1.01 24 500 5940 -4.3 -32.3 9 28.0 -11.4 250 20 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.51 25 439 6953 -11.1 -38.1 9 27.0 -16.6 241 24 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.33 26 400 7660 -16.7 -40.7 11 24.0 -20.8 270 31 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.27 27 355 8543 -24.3 -45.3 13 21.0 -26.9 267 34 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.19 28 336 8941 -26.9 -50.9 8 24.0 -29.3 266 35 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.11 29 333 9006 -26.7 -51.7 8 25.0 -29.2 266 35 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.10 30 324 9203 -28.1 -55.1 6 27.0 -30.4 265 36 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.07 31 300 9750 -32.5 -56.5 7 24.0 -34.2 270 36 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.06 32 272 10434 -38.7 -57.7 12 19.0 -39.7 270 35 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.06 33 265 10613 -39.9 -59.9 10 20.0 -40.8 270 35 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 34 262 10691 -40.7 -56.7 16 16.0 -41.5 270 35 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.07 35 250 11010 -43.1 -60.1 14 17.0 -43.8 270 33 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 36 238 11338 -45.3 -64.3 10 19.0 -45.9 261 35 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 37 226 11679 -48.3 -61.3 21 13.0 -48.7 266 38 344.0 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.04 38 203 12374 -52.7 -70.7 10 18.0 -53.0 262 44 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 39 200 12470 -52.5 -73.5 6 21.0 -52.8 260 45 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 40 192 12733 -53.7 -74.7 6 21.0 -54.0 260 45 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 41 188 12869 -53.3 -76.3 4 23.0 -53.7 259 44 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 42 180 13148 -54.3 -78.3 4 24.0 -54.6 257 42 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.00 43 152 14209 -63.5 -80.5 8 17.0 -63.6 246 31 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 44 150 14290 -63.9 -81.9 7 18.0 -64.0 245 30 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 45 142 14623 -66.5 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.6 240 31 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.2 0.00 46 135 14928 -67.3 -85.3 6 18.0 -67.4 250 26 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 47 130 15156 -66.7 -85.7 5 19.0 -66.8 257 23 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 48 119 15684 -70.9 -85.9 9 15.0 -70.9 221 19 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 49 114 15938 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 223 24 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 50 109 16201 -73.1 -87.1 10 14.0 -73.2 250 16 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 51 106 16365 -73.1 -87.1 10 14.0 -73.2 250 15 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 52 104 16477 -70.9 -86.9 8 16.0 -70.9 243 14 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 53 100 16710 -69.1 -86.1 7 17.0 -69.2 160 8 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 54 89 17414 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.9 234 10 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 55 77 18293 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.2 66 5 429.0 429.0 308.7 429.0 0.00 56 70 18870 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.3 75 9 443.0 443.0 310.2 443.0 0.00 57 69 18958 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 126 10 444.4 444.4 310.3 444.4 0.00 58 67 19138 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.2 85 10 455.5 455.5 311.4 455.5 0.00 59 64 19419 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 88 12 454.9 454.9 311.3 454.9 0.00 60 61 19711 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.5 112 14 460.3 460.3 311.8 460.3 0.00 61 60 19812 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.1 120 15 465.6 465.6 312.3 465.6 0.00 62 58 20018 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 93 17 467.0 467.0 312.4 467.0 0.00 63 54 20454 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.6 89 22 478.9 478.9 313.4 479.0 0.00 64 52 20686 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.0 81 16 493.0 493.0 314.4 493.0 0.00 65 50 20930 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.0 95 31 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 66 47 21315 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.3 100 29 511.8 511.8 315.8 511.8 0.00 67 45 21586 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.9 87 28 516.7 516.7 316.1 516.7 0.00 68 41 22168 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.0 103 31 536.1 536.1 317.3 536.2 0.00 69 39 22485 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.2 97 23 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.0 0.01 70 36 22995 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -57.3 82 30 561.6 561.6 318.7 561.7 0.01 71 33 23550 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -55.7 87 26 581.1 581.1 319.7 581.2 0.01 72 30 24160 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.5 100 28 595.0 595.0 320.4 595.0 0.01 73 27 24831 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.5 98 31 610.4 610.4 321.1 610.4 0.01 74 25 25324 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -54.9 109 28 633.7 633.7 322.0 633.8 0.01 75 23 25860 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -56.4 100 32 643.7 643.7 322.4 643.8 0.01 76 20 26760 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -54.5 85 38 678.5 678.5 323.7 678.7 0.02 77 17 27823 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -52.8 87 41 721.1 721.1 325.1 721.3 0.03 78 16 28220 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -54.2 93 43 727.2 727.2 325.3 727.4 0.02 79 14 29094 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -54.0 103 38 758.9 758.9 326.2 759.1 0.03 80 13 29583 -46.3 -82.3 1 36.0 -52.4 103 33 785.5 785.5 326.9 785.8 0.04 81 11 30704 -41.7 -79.7 1 38.0 -50.6 91 43 840.7 840.7 328.2 841.3 0.06 82 10 31350 -41.7 -79.7 1 38.0 -51.0 70 50 863.9 863.9 328.7 864.6 0.07 83 9.2 31916 -40.7 -79.7 1 39.0 -51.0 888.6 888.6 329.2 889.3 0.08 TRP 109 16201 -73.1 -87.1 10 14.0 -73.2 250 16 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.00 m Freezing level: 545.00 mb = 5256.82 m = 17246.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.73 mb = 3525.95 m = 11567.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.22 % Est. max temperature: 36.78 C = 98.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.89 mb = 415.62 m = 1363.56 ft T: 14.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 934.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 557.26 mb = 5077.89 m = 16659.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 51.06 C = 123.91 F Cap Strength: 15.12 C Lifted Index: 13.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.65 C Showalter Index: 14.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: -12.90 C K Index: -24.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48337.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.96 mb = 1877.86 m = 6160.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 259 at 9 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 146 125 3 -2.5 1.7 | 90 11 -11.5 0.0 1 1000 147 135 4 -2.8 2.8 | 95 12 -11.8 1.1 2 982 305 130 3 -2.3 1.9 | 91 11 -11.3 0.2 3 947 610 135 3 -2.1 2.1 | 92 11 -11.1 0.4 4 925 813 265 3 3.0 0.3 | 77 6 -6.0 -1.4 5 914 914 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 61 8 -6.9 -3.8 6 883 1219 350 2 0.3 -2.0 | 67 9 -8.6 -3.7 7 850 1547 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 129 6 -5.0 4.0 8 822 1829 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 118 5 -4.8 2.5 9 794 2134 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 169 4 -0.8 4.0 10 766 2438 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 155 4 -1.6 3.5 11 739 2743 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 165 8 -2.1 8.1 12 713 3048 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 153 7 -3.3 6.5 13 700 3207 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 196 6 1.7 5.8 14 688 3353 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 189 5 0.8 5.2 15 662 3658 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 170 8 -1.3 7.5 16 614 4267 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 191 16 3.0 15.5 17 592 4572 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 204 14 5.9 13.2 18 570 4877 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 192 12 2.6 12.1 19 549 5182 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 249 7 6.5 2.4 20 529 5486 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 218 13 8.2 10.3 21 500 5940 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 242 11 9.8 5.1 22 490 6096 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 242 11 9.8 5.1 23 435 7010 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 229 16 11.8 10.3 24 418 7315 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 272 8 7.9 -0.2 25 402 7620 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 276 17 17.0 -1.7 26 400 7660 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 274 22 22.0 -1.7 27 326 9144 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 267 27 26.9 1.4 28 300 9750 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 274 27 27.0 -1.7 29 251 10973 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 274 26 26.0 -1.7 30 250 11010 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 274 24 24.0 -1.7 31 240 11278 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 260 25 24.5 4.2 32 219 11887 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 273 31 31.0 -1.7 33 200 12470 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 260 36 35.3 6.1 34 190 12802 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 260 36 35.3 6.1 35 150 14290 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 239 21 18.2 11.0 36 142 14630 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 232 23 17.9 13.8 37 128 15240 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 261 12 11.7 1.9 38 122 15545 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 190 11 1.9 11.3 39 110 16154 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 211 21 10.8 18.1 40 109 16201 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 238 7 6.0 3.8 41 104 16459 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 236 6 5.1 3.4 42 100 16710 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 116 13 -11.7 5.8 43 99 16764 170 2 -0.3 2.0 | 92 9 -9.3 0.3 44 94 17069 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 213 2 1.3 2.1 45 90 17374 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 217 1 0.7 0.9 46 85 17678 105 12 -11.6 3.1 | 94 21 -20.6 1.4 47 81 17983 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 80 20 -19.8 -3.6 48 77 18288 65 5 -4.5 -2.1 | 74 14 -13.5 -3.8 49 73 18593 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 95 18 -18.4 1.7 50 70 18870 75 9 -8.7 -2.3 | 77 18 -17.7 -4.0 51 70 18898 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 111 17 -15.4 6.0 52 66 19202 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 74 19 -18.4 -5.1 53 60 19812 120 15 -13.0 7.5 | 105 23 -22.0 5.8 54 57 20117 80 18 -17.7 -3.1 | 80 27 -26.7 -4.8 55 54 20422 90 23 -23.0 0.0 | 87 32 -32.0 -1.7 56 52 20726 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 80 24 -23.8 -4.3 57 50 20930 95 31 -30.9 2.7 | 91 40 -39.9 1.0 58 47 21336 100 29 -28.6 5.0 | 95 38 -37.6 3.3 59 45 21641 85 28 -27.9 -2.4 | 84 37 -36.9 -4.1 60 43 21946 95 35 -34.9 3.1 | 92 44 -43.9 1.4 61 41 22250 105 30 -29.0 7.8 | 99 38 -38.0 6.1 62 39 22555 95 21 -20.9 1.8 | 90 30 -29.9 0.1 63 37 22860 70 26 -24.4 -8.9 | 72 35 -33.4 -10.6 64 35 23165 95 34 -33.9 3.0 | 92 43 -42.9 1.3 65 33 23470 90 25 -25.0 0.0 | 87 34 -34.0 -1.7 66 30 24079 70 32 -30.1 -10.9 | 72 41 -39.1 -12.6 67 30 24160 100 28 -27.6 4.9 | 95 37 -36.6 3.2 68 29 24384 105 29 -28.0 7.5 | 99 37 -37.0 5.8 69 26 24994 95 32 -31.9 2.8 | 92 41 -40.9 1.1 70 25 25298 110 28 -26.3 9.6 | 103 36 -35.3 7.9 71 20 26760 85 38 -37.9 -3.3 | 84 47 -46.9 -5.0 72 20 26822 85 40 -39.8 -3.5 | 84 49 -48.8 -5.2 73 18 27432 80 39 -38.4 -6.8 | 80 48 -47.4 -8.5 74 15 28651 100 45 -44.3 7.8 | 97 54 -53.3 6.1 75 13 29566 105 32 -30.9 8.3 | 99 40 -39.9 6.6 76 13 29870 95 38 -37.9 3.3 | 92 47 -46.9 1.6 77 12 30175 110 37 -34.8 12.7 | 104 45 -43.8 11.0 78 10 31350 70 50 -47.0 -17.1 | 71 59 -56.0 -18.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -16.4 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.27 Bulk Shear: 22.07 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 134 3 92 11| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 4.2 -0.9 3.3 6.6 0.49| 2.4 1.2 1000 147 3 94 11| 0.9 2.7 3.6| 5.5 -8.5 -2.9 -2.9 -0.21| 6.0 -1.3 1500 203 4 102 8| 0.6 2.0 2.6| 12.8 -11.3 1.5 1.0 0.10| 8.0 0.8 2000 220 5 106 6| 1.4 1.5 2.9| 17.2 -12.1 5.2 2.6 0.20| 7.3 1.4 2500 226 6 113 5| 1.2 1.4 2.5| 18.4 -13.0 5.4 2.1 0.17| 6.6 1.2 3000 222 6 124 6| 1.2 1.1 2.3| 23.3 -16.4 6.9 2.3 0.18| 6.7 1.2 4000 223 8 143 6| 0.9 1.8 2.7| 34.9 -20.5 14.4 3.6 0.18| 6.7 1.2 5000 223 11 164 6| 1.4 1.5 2.9| 68.0 -28.3 39.6 7.9 0.27| 7.1 1.9 6000 229 12 182 6| 1.4 1.7 3.2| 81.9 -38.2 43.7 7.3 0.24| 6.9 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250801.12.gif