UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025080212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 2 AUG 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:1200Z 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 17.2 15.0 87 2.2 15.8 55 3 290.1 292.0 288.8 320.3 10.74 1 1000 161 17.0 15.5 91 1.5 16.1 55 3 290.1 292.1 289.2 321.5 11.14 2 983 307 15.4 15.3 99 0.1 15.4 202 2 290.0 291.9 289.2 321.4 11.18 3 961 498 14.2 14.2 100 0.0 14.2 310 1 290.6 292.5 288.9 320.7 10.65 4 958 525 14.8 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 325 1 291.5 293.4 289.3 321.9 10.75 5 951 587 16.6 10.6 68 6.0 13.0 360 1 293.9 295.5 288.2 318.3 8.46 6 950 596 17.4 11.4 68 6.0 13.7 5 1 294.8 296.4 288.9 320.6 8.94 7 948 614 18.6 11.6 64 7.0 14.3 9 1 296.2 297.9 289.5 322.5 9.08 8 945 642 22.4 6.4 35 16.0 13.1 4 1 300.4 301.5 288.5 319.4 6.38 9 942 669 23.6 -2.4 18 26.0 10.4 360 2 301.9 302.5 286.1 312.3 3.40 10 941 678 23.6 -1.4 19 25.0 10.7 359 2 302.0 302.6 286.4 313.1 3.66 11 935 734 23.4 1.4 23 22.0 11.5 350 2 302.3 303.1 287.4 316.0 4.52 12 925 828 23.6 -4.4 15 28.0 9.8 335 3 303.4 304.0 286.3 312.7 2.98 13 921 866 24.0 -11.0 9 35.0 8.6 337 3 304.2 304.6 285.3 309.9 1.79 14 901 1057 24.2 -15.8 6 40.0 7.8 317 4 306.3 306.6 285.5 310.4 1.24 15 878 1282 24.0 -17.0 5 41.0 7.4 285 7 308.4 308.6 286.1 312.2 1.15 16 850 1564 22.6 -18.4 5 41.0 6.4 265 9 309.8 310.0 286.5 313.3 1.05 17 776 2351 20.2 253 11 315.4 18 746 2689 19.0 -25.0 4 44.0 3.3 254 11 317.7 317.8 288.8 320.1 0.67 19 700 3230 14.8 -19.2 8 34.0 1.7 230 10 318.9 319.1 289.6 323.0 1.19 20 651 3837 10.6 -24.4 7 35.0 -1.4 246 13 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.7 0.81 21 619 4254 8.8 -29.2 5 38.0 -3.0 251 14 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.4 0.55 22 591 4634 5.4 -24.6 9 30.0 -4.5 252 17 323.8 323.9 290.8 326.9 0.88 23 575 4857 3.4 -24.6 11 28.0 -5.7 263 17 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.2 0.91 24 568 4956 3.0 -32.0 6 35.0 -6.7 263 17 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.3 0.46 25 565 4998 2.6 -22.4 14 25.0 -5.9 261 17 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.6 1.12 26 541 5347 -0.5 -23.5 16 23.0 -7.9 246 18 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.8 1.06 27 539 5376 -0.9 -23.9 16 23.0 -8.2 245 19 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.5 1.03 28 533 5465 -1.7 -24.7 15 23.0 -8.8 242 19 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.4 0.97 29 502 5939 -4.7 -34.7 7 30.0 -11.8 227 18 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.4 0.40 30 500 5970 -4.7 -35.7 7 31.0 -11.9 230 18 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.36 31 482 6259 -6.3 -37.3 7 31.0 -13.1 243 21 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.0 0.32 32 466 6523 -6.5 -42.5 4 36.0 -13.6 242 22 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.19 33 465 6540 -6.5 -44.5 3 38.0 -13.7 241 22 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 34 400 7700 -15.9 -46.9 5 31.0 -20.5 260 23 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.14 35 373 8221 -20.3 -48.3 6 28.0 -23.9 258 26 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.13 36 360 8482 -22.5 -43.5 13 21.0 -25.4 262 26 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.6 0.23 37 352 8646 -23.3 -48.3 8 25.0 -26.3 264 27 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.3 0.14 38 300 9790 -33.1 -54.1 10 21.0 -34.7 260 30 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.08 39 290 10027 -34.9 -56.9 9 22.0 -36.3 260 30 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 40 288 10075 -35.3 -52.3 16 17.0 -36.5 260 30 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.0 0.11 41 285 10148 -35.9 -50.9 20 15.0 -37.0 261 30 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.12 42 264 10673 -40.9 -50.9 33 10.0 -41.5 270 31 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.13 43 257 10854 -42.5 -51.5 37 9.0 -43.0 273 31 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.13 44 250 11040 -43.5 -55.5 25 12.0 -44.1 265 32 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.08 45 245 11176 -44.5 -56.5 25 12.0 -45.0 262 32 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.07 46 230 11595 -48.1 -58.1 31 10.0 -48.4 265 34 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.07 47 225 11740 -48.7 -60.7 24 12.0 -49.1 267 34 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 48 220 11888 -47.5 -68.5 7 21.0 -48.0 270 35 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 49 200 12510 -52.9 -67.9 15 15.0 -53.2 265 30 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 50 196 12640 -54.3 -68.3 16 14.0 -54.6 265 30 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 51 188 12906 -55.7 -69.7 16 14.0 -55.9 262 29 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 52 171 13502 -61.1 -71.1 25 10.0 -61.2 248 25 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 53 169 13575 -61.7 -72.7 22 11.0 -61.8 250 25 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 54 164 13761 -62.3 -80.3 7 18.0 -62.4 256 24 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.00 55 153 14189 -63.3 -78.3 11 15.0 -63.4 256 21 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 56 150 14310 -64.1 -79.1 11 15.0 -64.2 250 18 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 57 143 14601 -66.5 -80.5 12 14.0 -66.6 236 21 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 58 139 14773 -66.9 -79.9 14 13.0 -67.0 228 22 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 59 130 15175 -69.3 -83.3 11 14.0 -69.4 231 25 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 60 109 16221 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.3 310 6 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 61 100 16730 -70.7 -85.7 9 15.0 -70.8 140 9 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 62 97 16911 -70.9 -85.9 9 15.0 -71.0 117 10 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 63 92 17227 -67.7 -87.7 4 20.0 -67.8 188 10 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 64 84 17776 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.0 308 6 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 65 80 18071 -67.9 -88.9 3 21.0 -68.0 4 3 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 66 78 18224 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 33 2 429.9 429.9 308.8 429.9 0.00 67 72 18709 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -66.9 66 10 438.1 438.1 309.7 438.2 0.00 68 70 18880 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 60 11 442.5 442.5 310.1 442.6 0.00 69 67 19146 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.5 65 12 450.3 450.3 310.9 450.3 0.00 70 61 19716 -66.5 -90.5 2 24.0 -66.7 100 10 459.9 459.9 311.8 459.9 0.00 71 55 20350 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -61.9 57 25 485.1 485.1 313.8 485.2 0.00 72 52 20697 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.3 74 31 489.7 489.7 314.2 489.7 0.00 73 50 20940 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.0 90 29 500.9 500.9 315.0 500.9 0.00 74 46 21460 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.5 94 28 514.4 514.4 315.9 514.5 0.00 75 45 21596 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.7 99 26 514.8 514.8 315.9 514.8 0.00 76 44 21736 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -59.8 93 23 523.0 523.0 316.5 523.0 0.00 77 35 23183 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.5 86 33 568.8 568.8 319.1 568.8 0.01 78 30 24170 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.7 90 29 597.7 597.7 320.5 597.8 0.01 79 20 26790 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.5 100 31 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.02 80 19 27125 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.7 87 31 692.9 692.9 324.2 693.0 0.02 TRP 109 16221 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.3 310 6 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.00 m Freezing level: 544.87 mb = 5290.51 m = 17357.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.04 mb = 3558.50 m = 11674.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.58 % Est. max temperature: 36.78 C = 98.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.85 mb = 412.18 m = 1352.28 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 10.28 C Layer 945.0- 941.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 547.09 mb = 5256.81 m = 17246.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 52.06 C = 125.71 F Cap Strength: 16.70 C Lifted Index: 13.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.37 C Showalter Index: 14.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: -13.70 C K Index: -25.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38709.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.42 mb = 2018.50 m = 6622.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 278 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 55 3 -2.5 -1.7 | 87 11 -11.1 -0.5 1 1000 161 55 3 -2.5 -1.7 | 87 11 -11.1 -0.5 2 983 305 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 111 9 -8.0 3.1 3 949 610 10 1 -0.2 -1.0 | 91 9 -8.8 0.2 4 925 828 335 3 1.3 -2.7 | 78 8 -7.4 -1.5 5 916 914 340 3 1.0 -2.8 | 78 8 -7.6 -1.6 6 884 1219 290 6 5.6 -2.1 | 74 3 -3.0 -0.9 7 850 1564 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 189 2 0.3 2.0 8 824 1829 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 199 5 1.7 5.0 9 795 2134 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 215 4 2.2 3.1 10 768 2438 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 199 5 1.7 5.0 11 741 2743 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 206 4 2.0 4.0 12 700 3230 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 173 8 -1.0 7.6 13 690 3353 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 173 8 -1.0 7.6 14 664 3658 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 193 9 2.0 8.7 15 640 3962 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 220 6 3.9 4.6 16 616 4267 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 217 7 4.5 6.0 17 594 4572 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 226 10 7.3 7.0 18 572 4877 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 252 9 8.3 2.7 19 531 5486 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 216 13 7.8 10.7 20 511 5791 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 188 17 2.2 16.8 21 500 5970 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 202 14 5.1 12.8 22 492 6096 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 208 13 6.1 11.5 23 473 6401 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 235 16 13.0 9.1 24 455 6706 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 207 16 7.4 14.7 25 420 7315 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 246 11 10.0 4.5 26 404 7620 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 266 17 17.3 1.2 27 400 7700 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 250 15 14.0 5.2 28 388 7925 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 244 17 15.5 7.7 29 328 9144 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 266 19 19.3 1.2 30 300 9790 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 253 22 20.9 6.4 31 288 10058 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 253 22 20.9 6.4 32 252 10973 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 274 22 22.2 -1.5 33 250 11040 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 260 24 23.2 4.0 34 241 11278 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 254 24 22.9 6.8 35 220 11887 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 267 26 26.3 1.2 36 200 12510 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 260 22 21.2 3.8 37 191 12802 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 260 22 21.2 3.8 38 173 13411 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 230 18 14.0 11.8 39 157 14021 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 258 16 15.2 3.3 40 150 14310 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 228 11 8.3 7.4 41 135 14935 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 199 21 6.8 19.6 42 128 15240 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 217 20 11.8 15.5 43 122 15545 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 233 14 11.1 8.4 44 110 16154 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 165 15 -3.9 14.4 45 109 16221 310 6 4.6 -3.9 | 57 5 -4.1 -2.7 46 100 16730 140 9 -5.8 6.9 | 119 17 -14.4 8.1 47 99 16764 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 96 19 -18.6 2.1 48 95 17069 140 9 -5.8 6.9 | 119 17 -14.4 8.1 49 90 17374 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 173 8 -1.0 7.6 50 77 18288 45 1 -0.7 -0.7 | 93 9 -9.4 0.5 51 73 18593 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 83 18 -18.1 -2.2 52 70 18880 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 77 19 -18.2 -4.3 53 70 18898 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 94 19 -18.7 1.2 54 66 19202 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 76 20 -19.1 -4.8 55 63 19507 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 99 20 -19.5 3.1 56 60 19812 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 99 19 -18.5 2.9 57 57 20117 45 21 -14.8 -14.8 | 60 27 -23.5 -13.6 58 52 20726 75 31 -29.9 -8.0 | 80 39 -38.6 -6.8 59 50 20940 90 29 -29.0 0.0 | 92 38 -37.7 1.2 60 49 21031 85 23 -22.9 -2.0 | 89 32 -31.6 -0.8 61 47 21336 90 30 -30.0 0.0 | 92 39 -38.7 1.2 62 45 21641 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 99 34 -33.3 5.5 63 43 21946 80 20 -19.7 -3.5 | 85 28 -28.4 -2.3 64 41 22250 75 23 -22.2 -6.0 | 81 31 -30.9 -4.8 65 39 22555 65 22 -19.9 -9.3 | 74 30 -28.6 -8.1 66 37 22860 80 35 -34.5 -6.1 | 84 43 -43.1 -4.9 67 32 23774 95 29 -28.9 2.5 | 96 38 -37.6 3.7 68 30 24079 80 28 -27.6 -4.9 | 84 36 -36.2 -3.7 69 30 24170 90 29 -29.0 0.0 | 92 38 -37.7 1.2 70 29 24384 95 30 -29.9 2.6 | 96 39 -38.5 3.8 71 26 24994 85 29 -28.9 -2.5 | 88 38 -37.6 -1.3 72 23 25908 95 31 -30.9 2.7 | 96 40 -39.5 3.9 73 21 26518 75 30 -29.0 -7.8 | 80 38 -37.6 -6.6 74 20 26790 100 31 -30.5 5.4 | 100 40 -39.2 6.6 75 20 26822 85 25 -24.9 -2.2 | 88 34 -33.6 -1.0 76 18 27127 90 37 -37.0 0.0 | 92 46 -45.7 1.2 77 17 27432 100 27 -26.6 4.7 | 99 36 -35.3 5.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.9 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 277.9 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -16.5 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.13 Bulk Shear: 22.08 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 118 2 101 10| 0.0 2.5 2.5| 11.3 -5.4 6.0 12.0 0.14| 10.5 1.4 1000 328 3 83 7| 0.0 3.6 3.6| 11.3 -10.7 0.7 0.7 -0.08| 8.0 -0.6 1500 288 4 89 5| 0.0 4.3 4.3| 12.9 -10.7 2.2 1.5 0.11| 7.7 0.8 2000 270 6 113 3| 0.0 3.5 3.5| 14.4 -10.7 3.7 1.9 0.14| 6.8 1.0 2500 264 7 136 3| 0.0 2.9 2.9| 15.0 -12.1 2.8 1.1 0.10| 6.0 0.6 3000 260 7 153 3| 0.0 2.3 2.3| 15.2 -16.5 -1.3 -0.4 0.01| 5.7 0.0 4000 252 9 174 4| 0.6 1.7 2.3| 28.2 -17.8 10.4 2.6 0.14| 5.4 0.8 5000 253 10 195 4| 0.9 1.4 2.3| 40.6 -24.5 16.1 3.2 0.16| 5.4 0.9 6000 248 12 201 6| 1.0 1.5 2.5| 60.2 -60.8 -0.6 -0.1 0.05| 6.1 0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250802.12.gif