UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025080300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 3 AUG 25 Searching for KNKX... Searching the city database file for: KNKX ... Date:0000Z 3 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 25.8 13.8 47 12.0 18.0 285 11 298.9 300.7 291.1 327.9 9.95 1 1000 145 25.0 15.0 54 10.0 18.4 285 6 298.1 300.1 291.6 329.5 10.78 2 996 180 23.2 14.2 57 9.0 17.4 293 6 296.7 298.5 290.7 326.4 10.27 3 992 215 23.0 14.0 57 9.0 17.2 300 6 296.8 298.7 290.6 326.3 10.17 4 981 312 22.2 14.2 60 8.0 17.0 319 6 297.0 298.9 290.9 327.2 10.43 5 973 383 21.8 13.8 60 8.0 16.7 310 6 297.3 299.1 290.9 327.0 10.24 6 965 455 21.6 11.6 53 10.0 15.4 300 6 297.8 299.4 289.9 323.8 8.92 7 964 464 22.2 8.2 41 14.0 13.9 299 5 298.5 299.8 288.5 319.3 7.09 8 963 473 24.2 0.2 21 24.0 11.6 298 5 300.6 301.3 286.3 312.8 4.03 9 961 491 25.2 -1.8 17 27.0 11.4 295 5 301.8 302.4 286.2 312.4 3.48 10 959 510 24.6 0.6 21 24.0 11.9 293 5 301.3 302.1 286.7 313.9 4.16 11 954 555 25.4 -3.6 14 29.0 10.9 287 5 302.6 303.2 286.1 312.1 3.07 12 946 629 25.2 -4.8 13 30.0 10.5 275 5 303.1 303.6 286.0 311.9 2.82 13 937 713 26.2 -11.8 7 38.0 9.5 254 4 305.0 305.3 285.4 310.3 1.65 14 925 827 26.8 -14.2 6 41.0 9.3 225 3 306.7 307.0 285.8 311.2 1.37 15 914 932 27.2 -18.8 4 46.0 8.8 209 3 308.2 308.4 285.8 311.3 0.95 16 884 1225 26.4 4 3 310.3 17 850 1568 25.2 -22.8 3 48.0 7.1 315 6 312.5 312.7 287.1 315.0 0.72 18 848 1589 25.2 313 6 312.8 19 844 1630 25.4 310 6 313.4 20 806 2032 23.2 -22.8 3 46.0 5.9 292 7 315.2 315.4 288.1 317.8 0.76 21 800 2097 23.2 -19.8 4 43.0 6.1 291 7 315.9 316.1 288.5 319.3 0.99 22 759 2551 19.4 -11.6 11 31.0 5.4 261 12 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.4 2.07 23 700 3239 14.6 -20.4 7 35.0 1.4 265 12 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.4 1.08 24 692 3336 13.8 -22.2 7 36.0 0.8 264 12 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.0 0.93 25 653 3823 12.2 -33.8 2 46.0 -1.3 255 14 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.34 26 552 5203 0.8 -26.2 11 27.0 -7.5 270 17 324.7 324.9 291.0 327.6 0.82 27 500 5990 -5.1 -33.1 9 28.0 -11.9 280 16 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.6 0.47 28 493 6100 -5.7 -35.7 7 30.0 -12.5 280 17 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.8 0.37 29 477 6358 -6.1 -41.1 4 35.0 -13.2 284 19 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.9 0.22 30 458 6675 -8.1 -41.1 5 33.0 -14.6 263 20 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.23 31 455 6726 -7.7 -47.7 2 40.0 -14.6 260 20 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.11 32 405 7616 -15.3 -41.3 9 26.0 -19.8 250 19 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.9 0.25 33 400 7710 -15.9 -43.9 7 28.0 -20.4 255 19 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.19 34 332 9080 -26.5 -54.5 5 28.0 -29.0 255 21 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.07 35 305 9684 -32.1 -53.1 11 21.0 -33.8 247 24 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.09 36 301 9777 -32.9 -51.9 13 19.0 -34.4 245 25 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.11 37 300 9800 -33.1 -52.1 13 19.0 -34.6 245 25 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.10 38 295 9919 -34.1 -56.1 9 22.0 -35.5 245 25 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.07 39 269 10561 -39.5 -51.5 27 12.0 -40.3 265 23 340.1 340.2 294.5 340.6 0.12 40 267 10612 -39.9 -54.9 19 15.0 -40.8 267 22 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.6 0.08 41 258 10846 -41.9 -53.9 26 12.0 -42.6 276 21 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.10 42 250 11060 -43.1 -57.1 20 14.0 -43.7 285 20 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.3 0.07 43 236 11445 -45.1 -62.1 13 17.0 -45.7 285 22 344.6 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.04 44 234 11502 -44.9 -63.9 10 19.0 -45.6 283 22 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 45 218 11970 -48.7 -65.7 12 17.0 -49.1 269 25 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 46 213 12121 -49.3 -72.3 5 23.0 -49.8 266 24 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 47 200 12530 -52.3 -70.3 10 18.0 -52.7 275 19 349.9 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 48 171 13524 -61.1 -71.1 25 10.0 -61.2 252 17 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 49 166 13708 -61.9 -75.9 14 14.0 -62.0 241 17 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 50 165 13746 -61.7 -76.7 12 15.0 -61.9 240 17 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 51 161 13897 -62.9 -78.9 10 16.0 -63.0 240 18 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.00 52 153 14210 -65.5 -77.5 17 12.0 -65.6 240 19 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 53 150 14330 -65.9 -77.9 17 12.0 -66.0 255 19 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 54 148 14411 -66.1 -79.1 15 13.0 -66.2 258 19 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 55 137 14875 -68.9 -79.9 19 11.0 -68.9 253 15 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 56 136 14919 -69.3 -80.3 19 11.0 -69.4 251 14 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 57 129 15233 -70.3 -81.3 18 11.0 -70.4 274 11 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 58 125 15419 -69.7 -81.7 16 12.0 -69.8 249 11 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 59 115 15912 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.3 210 5 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 60 100 16740 -68.5 -85.5 7 17.0 -68.6 50 6 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 61 91 17301 -71.3 -87.3 8 16.0 -71.3 88 15 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 62 70 18870 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 105 17 442.5 442.5 310.1 442.6 0.00 63 65 19321 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -65.9 110 17 453.3 453.3 311.1 453.3 0.00 64 64 19415 -66.1 -90.1 2 24.0 -66.3 115 19 454.5 454.5 311.3 454.5 0.00 65 61 19709 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.0 79 13 468.3 468.3 312.5 468.3 0.00 66 59 19914 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.0 73 13 470.6 470.6 312.7 470.6 0.00 67 50 20940 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.7 50 22 501.9 501.9 315.1 501.9 0.00 68 49 21066 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.7 68 21 504.8 504.8 315.3 504.8 0.00 69 46 21457 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.2 59 25 510.1 510.1 315.7 510.1 0.00 70 38 22652 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.6 70 27 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.0 0.00 71 30 24160 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.2 90 30 599.3 599.3 320.6 599.4 0.01 72 28 24605 -52.7 -86.7 1 34.0 -54.8 91 31 612.9 612.9 321.2 613.0 0.01 73 26 25082 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.9 84 32 622.7 622.7 321.6 622.7 0.01 74 20 26780 -50.7 -85.7 1 35.0 -54.0 100 41 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.1 0.01 75 18 27466 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -54.8 108 36 699.3 699.3 324.4 699.4 0.01 76 17 27839 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -53.0 96 31 719.8 719.8 325.1 719.9 0.02 77 14 29119 -47.5 -84.5 1 37.0 -52.9 90 38 765.0 765.0 326.4 765.2 0.02 78 14 29119 -47.5 -84.5 1 37.0 -52.9 90 38 765.0 765.0 326.4 765.2 0.02 79 13 29612 -44.7 -83.7 1 39.0 -51.5 99 35 791.0 791.1 327.0 791.3 0.03 80 10 31380 -41.7 -82.7 0 41.0 -51.1 85 50 863.9 863.9 328.7 864.3 0.04 81 9.5 31727 -42.5 -82.5 0 40.0 -51.7 873.6 873.6 328.9 874.1 0.05 82 8.8 32245 -41.9 -82.9 0 41.0 -51.8 895.3 895.3 329.3 895.8 0.05 83 8.3 32644 -38.9 -80.9 0 42.0 -50.7 922.2 922.2 329.8 922.9 0.07 84 7.5 33340 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -51.1 950.9 951.0 330.4 951.8 0.08 TRP 115 15912 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.3 210 5 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.00 m Freezing level: 544.95 mb = 5309.70 m = 17420.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.14 mb = 3518.43 m = 11543.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 11.27 % Est. max temperature: 39.42 C = 102.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.52 mb = 1676.36 m = 5499.82 ft T: 25.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 14.78 C Layer 973.0- 959.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 469.58 mb = 6480.28 m = 21260.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 57.49 C = 135.48 F Cap Strength: 16.28 C Lifted Index: 12.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.61 C Showalter Index: 11.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 12.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.30 C Cross Totals Index: -17.70 C K Index: -27.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 28.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56371.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.18 mb = 3443.77 m = 11298.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 298 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 146 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 245 3 2.8 1.3 1 1000 145 285 6 5.8 -1.6 | 143 3 -2.0 2.6 2 982 305 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 84 4 -3.9 -0.4 3 948 610 280 5 4.9 -0.9 | 139 4 -2.9 3.3 4 925 827 225 3 2.1 2.1 | 138 8 -5.7 6.3 5 916 914 200 3 1.0 2.8 | 136 10 -6.8 7.0 6 885 1219 5 3 -0.3 -3.0 | 99 8 -8.1 1.2 7 850 1568 315 6 4.2 -4.2 | 89 4 -3.5 -0.0 8 825 1829 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 146 1 -0.5 0.8 9 796 2134 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 146 2 -1.2 1.8 10 768 2438 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 217 5 3.2 4.2 11 742 2743 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 206 11 4.9 10.1 12 716 3048 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 218 7 4.2 5.2 13 700 3239 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 218 7 4.2 5.2 14 665 3658 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 222 9 6.0 6.6 15 641 3962 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 214 11 6.3 9.3 16 617 4267 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 244 14 12.1 5.9 17 595 4572 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 214 14 7.6 11.4 18 573 4877 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 238 11 9.1 5.7 19 532 5486 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 251 9 8.1 2.8 20 500 5990 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 260 8 8.0 1.4 21 493 6096 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 262 9 9.0 1.2 22 474 6401 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 274 11 10.6 -0.7 23 456 6706 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 237 14 11.9 7.7 24 405 7620 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 223 15 10.1 10.7 25 400 7710 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 229 14 10.6 9.1 26 328 9144 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 232 16 12.5 9.6 27 300 9800 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 225 21 14.9 14.8 28 289 10058 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 225 21 14.9 14.8 29 250 11060 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 275 12 11.5 -1.0 30 242 11278 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 284 12 11.9 -3.0 31 220 11887 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 256 18 17.2 4.2 32 211 12192 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 249 17 16.1 6.3 33 200 12530 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 257 11 11.1 2.5 34 182 13106 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 253 10 9.1 2.7 35 165 13716 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 209 14 6.9 12.7 36 150 14326 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 212 16 8.7 13.7 37 150 14330 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 229 14 10.6 9.1 38 143 14630 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 244 14 12.1 5.9 39 136 14935 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 211 10 5.4 9.0 40 129 15240 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 224 5 3.2 3.2 41 116 15850 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 154 16 -6.9 14.2 42 115 15912 210 5 2.5 4.3 | 148 10 -5.3 8.5 43 110 16154 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 159 15 -5.2 13.9 44 105 16459 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 140 18 -11.2 13.6 45 100 16740 50 6 -4.6 -3.9 | 92 12 -12.4 0.3 46 95 17069 50 6 -4.6 -3.9 | 92 12 -12.4 0.3 47 90 17374 100 18 -17.7 3.1 | 106 27 -25.5 7.3 48 85 17678 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 154 16 -6.9 14.2 49 81 17983 335 2 0.8 -1.8 | 109 7 -6.9 2.4 50 77 18288 85 6 -6.0 -0.5 | 105 14 -13.8 3.7 51 70 18870 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 110 26 -24.2 8.6 52 70 18898 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 101 18 -17.8 3.3 53 63 19507 120 20 -17.3 10.0 | 119 29 -25.1 14.2 54 60 19812 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 87 16 -16.5 -0.8 55 57 20117 95 18 -17.9 1.6 | 103 26 -25.7 5.8 56 54 20422 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 95 21 -20.6 1.9 57 52 20726 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 84 18 -18.2 -1.8 58 50 20940 50 22 -16.9 -14.1 | 68 27 -24.6 -9.9 59 49 21031 70 21 -19.7 -7.2 | 84 28 -27.5 -3.0 60 47 21336 55 22 -18.0 -12.6 | 72 27 -25.8 -8.4 61 45 21641 65 28 -25.4 -11.8 | 77 34 -33.2 -7.6 62 41 22250 80 29 -28.6 -5.0 | 89 36 -36.4 -0.8 63 37 22860 65 26 -23.6 -11.0 | 78 32 -31.4 -6.8 64 35 23165 90 28 -28.0 0.0 | 97 36 -35.8 4.2 65 33 23470 80 29 -28.6 -5.0 | 89 36 -36.4 -0.8 66 30 24079 100 35 -34.5 6.1 | 104 43 -42.3 10.3 67 30 24160 90 30 -30.0 0.0 | 96 38 -37.8 4.2 68 29 24384 95 30 -29.9 2.6 | 100 38 -37.7 6.8 69 24 25603 75 33 -31.9 -8.5 | 84 40 -39.7 -4.3 70 23 25908 90 34 -34.0 0.0 | 96 42 -41.8 4.2 71 20 26780 100 41 -40.4 7.1 | 103 49 -48.2 11.3 72 19 27127 95 42 -41.8 3.7 | 99 50 -49.6 7.9 73 18 27432 110 37 -34.8 12.7 | 112 46 -42.6 16.8 74 17 28042 90 28 -28.0 0.0 | 97 36 -35.8 4.2 75 14 28956 85 40 -39.8 -3.5 | 91 48 -47.6 0.7 76 13 29566 100 34 -33.5 5.9 | 104 42 -41.3 10.1 77 10 31380 85 50 -49.8 -4.4 | 90 58 -57.6 -0.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -17.9 tot: -7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.59 Bulk Shear: 7.75 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 300 6 115 3| 0.0 1.9 1.9| 3.3 -2.3 1.0 2.0 0.07| 7.6 0.5 1000 286 4 131 5| 2.0 1.0 2.9| 3.3 -10.0 -6.8 -6.8 -0.23| 8.6 -2.0 1500 302 4 115 4| 1.3 0.8 2.1| 3.4 -14.0 -10.6 -7.1 -0.25| 8.3 -2.0 2000 299 5 117 4| 1.0 1.1 2.1| 4.0 -14.0 -10.0 -5.0 -0.16| 7.1 -1.1 2500 288 6 141 3| 0.8 2.6 3.3| 6.2 -15.8 -9.6 -3.8 -0.06| 7.5 -0.4 3000 277 7 172 3| 1.1 2.1 3.2| 10.9 -17.9 -7.0 -2.3 -0.02| 7.5 -0.2 4000 269 9 197 5| 0.8 2.4 3.2| 23.4 -21.4 1.9 0.5 0.04| 6.7 0.2 5000 266 11 211 6| 1.2 1.9 3.1| 47.9 -43.1 4.8 1.0 0.05| 7.0 0.4 6000 268 12 221 6| 1.2 1.6 2.8| 55.2 -43.1 12.2 2.0 0.09| 6.2 0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KNKX/skewt/KNKX.skewt.20250803.00.gif