UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025080200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 2 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 1003 146 24.8 15.8 57 9.0 18.8 245 9 297.7 299.7 291.9 330.6 11.32 1 998 189 21.6 14.6 64 7.0 17.1 264 5 294.9 296.8 290.3 325.1 10.52 2 996 206 21.0 15.0 69 6.0 17.1 264 6 294.5 296.4 290.4 325.5 10.82 3 962 498 18.4 13.7 74 4.7 15.4 260 5 294.8 296.6 290.1 324.4 10.29 4 958 533 19.0 13.0 68 6.0 15.2 260 4 295.8 297.5 290.0 324.2 9.87 5 955 559 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.3 260 4 295.4 297.2 290.2 324.7 10.16 6 950 603 20.4 6.4 40 14.0 12.4 260 3 297.9 299.0 287.6 316.6 6.35 7 949 612 22.6 -1.4 20 24.0 10.4 260 3 300.2 300.9 285.8 311.2 3.63 8 948 621 23.6 -4.4 15 28.0 10.0 262 3 301.3 301.9 285.4 310.3 2.90 9 936 730 25.2 -10.8 8 36.0 9.2 287 4 304.0 304.4 285.2 309.7 1.79 10 925 832 25.0 -11.0 8 36.0 9.0 310 5 304.9 305.2 285.5 310.6 1.78 11 886 1208 24.4 -12.6 8 37.0 8.2 272 3 308.0 308.3 286.5 313.3 1.64 12 850 1569 23.2 -20.8 4 44.0 6.4 205 4 310.4 310.6 286.5 313.3 0.86 13 812 1966 22.0 -25.0 3 47.0 5.2 222 8 313.3 313.4 287.2 315.4 0.62 14 739 2773 16.4 -16.6 9 33.0 3.1 218 9 315.7 316.0 288.9 320.5 1.41 15 700 3231 14.0 -17.0 10 31.0 1.6 230 13 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.9 1.44 16 636 4030 9.0 -35.0 3 44.0 -3.0 234 13 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.31 17 616 4293 8.0 -24.0 8 32.0 -2.9 230 16 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.89 18 567 4968 2.4 -25.6 11 28.0 -6.4 236 18 324.1 324.3 290.9 327.1 0.84 19 500 5970 -4.3 -40.3 4 36.0 -11.9 245 25 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.23 20 499 5986 -4.3 -40.3 4 36.0 -11.9 245 25 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.23 21 488 6161 -5.3 -38.3 5 33.0 -12.5 246 25 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.29 22 461 6605 -8.1 -44.1 4 36.0 -14.7 249 22 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.17 23 400 7690 -16.7 -46.7 6 30.0 -21.0 260 21 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.14 24 386 7957 -18.5 -48.5 5 30.0 -22.5 269 24 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.12 25 382 8035 -18.3 -48.3 5 30.0 -22.4 267 24 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.13 26 348 8724 -23.9 -39.9 21 16.0 -26.3 251 28 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.4 0.34 27 327 9176 -27.7 -46.7 15 19.0 -29.8 256 29 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.18 28 300 9790 -32.9 -45.9 26 13.0 -34.2 275 30 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.21 29 293 9955 -34.3 -46.3 29 12.0 -35.4 275 30 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.20 30 284 10172 -35.9 -50.9 20 15.0 -37.0 271 30 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.6 0.13 31 260 10776 -41.7 -49.7 42 8.0 -42.2 252 31 340.2 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.16 32 255 10907 -42.7 -49.7 46 7.0 -43.2 247 31 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.16 33 250 11040 -43.9 -51.9 41 8.0 -44.3 245 31 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.13 34 241 11285 -45.9 -53.9 40 8.0 -46.3 247 32 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.8 0.10 35 238 11369 -46.3 -56.3 31 10.0 -46.7 248 32 342.0 342.0 294.9 342.3 0.08 36 236 11425 -46.5 -56.5 31 10.0 -46.9 249 33 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.9 0.08 37 233 11510 -46.1 -61.1 17 15.0 -46.6 250 33 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.04 38 229 11625 -46.7 -62.7 15 16.0 -47.2 251 33 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.04 39 208 12256 -52.1 -64.1 22 12.0 -52.4 257 36 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 40 202 12446 -52.5 -66.5 17 14.0 -52.8 259 37 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02 41 201 12478 -52.5 -67.5 15 15.0 -52.8 260 37 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.02 42 200 12510 -52.1 -70.1 10 18.0 -52.5 265 33 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.02 43 199 12542 -51.9 -70.9 8 19.0 -52.2 265 33 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 44 162 13839 -62.1 -80.1 7 18.0 -62.2 234 28 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.00 45 152 14229 -64.1 -81.1 8 17.0 -64.2 243 29 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.00 46 150 14310 -63.9 -81.9 7 18.0 -64.0 245 29 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 47 139 14775 -65.3 -84.3 6 19.0 -65.4 249 22 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00 48 137 14863 -65.1 -84.1 6 19.0 -65.2 249 21 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 49 118 15759 -70.5 -86.5 8 16.0 -70.6 195 8 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 50 114 15964 -69.7 -86.7 7 17.0 -69.8 174 11 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 51 100 16740 -71.9 -84.9 13 13.0 -71.9 230 14 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 52 95 17043 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.3 247 10 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 53 91 17299 -69.7 -87.7 6 18.0 -69.8 140 10 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 54 83 17852 -67.9 -88.9 3 21.0 -68.0 124 11 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 55 81 18000 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 119 12 427.3 427.3 308.6 427.3 0.00 56 72 18718 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.5 139 11 439.0 439.0 309.8 439.0 0.00 57 70 18890 -65.3 -90.3 2 25.0 -65.5 145 10 444.7 444.7 310.3 444.7 0.00 58 60 19836 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -61.9 108 20 473.2 473.2 312.9 473.2 0.00 59 55 20372 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.0 98 17 480.1 480.1 313.5 480.1 0.00 60 50 20960 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.0 80 21 500.9 500.9 315.0 500.9 0.00 61 46 21480 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.8 75 17 516.4 516.4 316.1 516.4 0.00 62 40 22352 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.6 82 26 532.9 532.9 317.1 532.9 0.00 63 36 23008 -59.7 -89.7 1 30.0 -60.5 88 26 552.3 552.3 318.2 552.3 0.00 64 30 24160 -54.9 -87.9 1 33.0 -56.5 90 36 595.0 595.0 320.4 595.0 0.01 65 25 25338 -51.3 -86.3 1 35.0 -53.9 90 45 637.2 637.2 322.2 637.2 0.01 66 22 26174 -49.3 -85.3 1 36.0 -52.8 103 37 666.8 666.8 323.3 666.9 0.01 67 20 26800 -48.9 -84.9 1 36.0 -52.7 95 26 686.5 686.5 324.0 686.6 0.01 68 17 27871 -46.7 -84.7 1 38.0 -51.8 79 29 726.2 726.2 325.3 726.4 0.02 69 15 28697 -48.1 -85.1 1 37.0 -53.0 94 36 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.2 0.02 70 14 29154 -45.5 -84.5 0 39.0 -51.7 83 33 771.7 771.8 326.5 771.9 0.02 71 11 30775 -41.3 -82.3 0 41.0 -50.5 88 31 842.1 842.1 328.2 842.5 0.04 72 10 31420 -42.7 -82.7 0 40.0 -51.5 95 32 860.2 860.2 328.6 860.6 0.04 73 7.9 33024 -39.1 -81.1 0 42.0 -51.1 934.5 934.6 330.1 935.3 0.07 74 7.6 33289 -39.5 -81.5 0 42.0 -51.4 943.3 943.3 330.2 944.0 0.07 75 7.2 33660 -37.7 -79.7 0 42.0 -51.0 965.4 965.4 330.6 966.5 0.10 TRP 118 15759 -70.5 -86.5 8 16.0 -70.6 195 8 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.48 m Freezing level: 543.00 mb = 5327.05 m = 17477.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.85 mb = 3498.79 m = 11478.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 12.00 % Est. max temperature: 37.36 C = 99.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.03 mb = 1276.72 m = 4188.66 ft T: 24.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 14.95 C Layer 950.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 520.41 mb = 5651.21 m = 18540.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 53.77 C = 128.78 F Cap Strength: 14.46 C Lifted Index: 13.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.33 C Showalter Index: 14.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 11.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: -16.50 C K Index: -24.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61589.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.99 mb = 2634.88 m = 8644.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 264 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 1003 146 245 9 8.2 3.8 | 160 3 -1.0 2.8 1 1000 157 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 82 4 -4.2 -0.6 2 983 305 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 105 1 -1.3 0.3 3 949 610 260 3 3.0 0.5 | 85 6 -6.2 -0.5 4 925 832 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 51 7 -5.3 -4.3 5 916 914 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 59 7 -6.3 -3.9 6 885 1219 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 80 6 -6.1 -1.0 7 850 1569 205 4 1.7 3.6 | 109 8 -7.5 2.6 8 825 1829 220 9 5.8 6.9 | 150 7 -3.4 5.9 9 796 2134 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 123 6 -4.9 3.2 10 768 2438 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 165 6 -1.5 5.4 11 741 2743 220 9 5.8 6.9 | 150 7 -3.4 5.9 12 715 3048 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 157 12 -4.7 11.2 13 700 3231 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 186 7 0.8 7.3 14 664 3658 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 174 10 -1.1 10.4 15 640 3962 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 187 6 0.7 5.8 16 616 4267 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 199 10 3.1 9.2 17 594 4572 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 174 10 -1.1 10.4 18 572 4877 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 211 11 5.6 9.3 19 500 5970 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 235 17 13.5 9.5 20 492 6096 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 235 17 13.5 9.5 21 454 6706 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 240 12 10.6 6.1 22 437 7010 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 204 12 4.6 10.5 23 404 7620 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 257 13 12.5 2.8 24 400 7690 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 257 12 11.5 2.6 25 387 7925 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 274 15 14.9 -1.0 26 356 8534 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 243 18 16.2 8.2 27 328 9144 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 251 20 18.9 6.5 28 300 9790 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 280 21 20.7 -3.7 29 288 10058 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 280 21 20.7 -3.7 30 252 10973 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 238 22 18.9 12.1 31 250 11040 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 238 22 18.9 12.1 32 200 12497 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 259 28 27.3 5.4 33 200 12510 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 266 24 23.7 1.8 34 191 12802 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 266 24 23.7 1.8 35 182 13106 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 266 20 19.7 1.5 36 173 13411 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 210 22 10.7 18.8 37 150 14310 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 237 20 17.1 11.2 38 135 14935 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 239 11 9.6 5.8 39 129 15240 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 197 12 3.6 11.7 40 122 15545 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 161 10 -3.1 9.4 41 118 15759 195 8 2.1 7.7 | 133 10 -7.1 6.7 42 110 16154 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 126 18 -14.6 10.7 43 105 16459 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 160 13 -4.4 12.1 44 100 16740 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 191 8 1.6 8.0 45 100 16764 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 165 14 -3.7 14.0 46 95 17069 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 186 2 0.3 2.4 47 90 17374 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 97 19 -18.5 2.4 48 86 17678 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 108 18 -16.8 5.4 49 77 18288 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 99 22 -21.4 3.4 50 74 18593 135 12 -8.5 8.5 | 113 19 -17.6 7.4 51 70 18890 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 116 17 -14.9 7.2 52 70 18898 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 100 23 -22.3 3.7 53 67 19202 135 12 -8.5 8.5 | 113 19 -17.6 7.4 54 63 19507 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 71 19 -17.8 -6.0 55 60 19812 110 21 -19.7 7.2 | 102 30 -28.9 6.1 56 57 20117 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 88 24 -24.1 -1.0 57 55 20422 100 17 -16.7 3.0 | 94 26 -25.9 1.9 58 52 20726 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 114 18 -16.2 7.4 59 50 20960 80 21 -20.7 -3.6 | 81 30 -29.8 -4.7 60 49 21031 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 79 19 -18.8 -3.6 61 47 21336 85 19 -18.9 -1.7 | 85 28 -28.1 -2.7 62 45 21641 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 72 24 -22.7 -7.4 63 43 21946 75 29 -28.0 -7.5 | 77 38 -37.2 -8.5 64 39 22555 85 24 -23.9 -2.1 | 85 33 -33.1 -3.1 65 37 22860 75 23 -22.2 -6.0 | 77 32 -31.4 -7.0 66 35 23165 100 29 -28.6 5.0 | 96 38 -37.7 4.0 67 30 24079 85 22 -21.9 -1.9 | 85 31 -31.1 -3.0 68 30 24160 90 36 -36.0 0.0 | 89 45 -45.1 -1.0 69 29 24384 75 36 -34.8 -9.3 | 77 45 -43.9 -10.4 70 25 25298 90 45 -45.0 0.0 | 89 54 -54.1 -1.0 71 23 25908 90 40 -40.0 0.0 | 89 49 -49.1 -1.0 72 22 26213 105 37 -35.7 9.6 | 101 46 -44.9 8.5 73 21 26518 90 35 -35.0 0.0 | 89 44 -44.1 -1.0 74 20 26800 95 26 -25.9 2.3 | 92 35 -35.0 1.2 75 19 27127 100 30 -29.5 5.2 | 96 39 -38.7 4.2 76 18 27432 90 25 -25.0 0.0 | 88 34 -34.1 -1.0 77 17 28042 75 30 -29.0 -7.8 | 77 39 -38.1 -8.8 78 15 28651 95 36 -35.9 3.1 | 93 45 -45.0 2.1 79 13 29566 75 30 -29.0 -7.8 | 77 39 -38.1 -8.8 80 10 31420 95 32 -31.9 2.8 | 92 41 -41.0 1.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.6 neg: -14.4 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.92 Bulk Shear: 7.71 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 260 6 89 4| 6.3 0.0 6.3| 0.2 -3.0 -2.8 -5.7 -0.51| 8.4 -4.3 1000 276 5 70 5| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 4.7 -7.7 -3.0 -3.0 -0.32| 7.4 -2.3 1500 265 4 82 5| 2.3 1.9 4.1| 14.1 -7.7 6.3 4.2 0.04| 7.0 0.3 2000 248 5 102 4| 1.5 1.4 2.9| 20.6 -11.9 8.7 4.3 0.06| 6.9 0.4 2500 241 6 114 4| 1.2 1.6 2.8| 26.2 -13.5 12.6 5.0 0.14| 6.6 0.9 3000 232 7 129 5| 1.0 2.0 3.0| 35.6 -14.4 21.1 7.0 0.18| 7.1 1.3 4000 229 8 148 5| 0.9 1.7 2.6| 46.3 -18.7 27.6 6.9 0.20| 7.1 1.4 5000 229 10 164 6| 1.1 1.6 2.7| 69.5 -29.0 40.5 8.1 0.22| 7.1 1.6 6000 234 12 187 6| 1.3 1.3 2.6| 85.8 -29.0 56.7 9.5 0.26| 6.5 1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250802.00.gif