UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 APR 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:1200Z 17 APR 25 Station: KFWD WMO ident: 72249 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -97.30 Elevation: 196.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 86 SFC 987 196 20.2 17.0 82 3.2 18.1 175 10 294.4 296.7 291.7 330.0 12.44 2 984 222 20.2 16.2 78 4.0 17.5 176 11 294.7 296.8 291.3 328.7 11.85 3 925 756 15.4 15.0 97 0.4 15.1 200 33 295.1 297.2 291.3 328.5 11.67 4 922 784 15.0 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 200 34 294.9 297.0 291.2 328.3 11.63 5 916 839 14.8 14.8 100 0.0 14.8 200 35 295.3 297.4 291.3 328.7 11.63 6 894 1045 13.8 13.8 100 0.0 13.8 215 39 296.3 298.3 291.3 328.5 11.16 7 889 1092 15.4 12.7 84 2.7 13.7 221 40 298.4 300.3 291.4 328.8 10.43 8 883 1150 15.8 12.6 81 3.2 13.8 227 41 299.4 301.3 291.7 330.0 10.44 9 882 1159 16.0 11.8 76 4.2 13.4 228 41 299.7 301.5 291.4 328.8 9.90 10 881 1169 18.0 12.0 68 6.0 14.2 230 41 301.9 303.7 292.2 331.6 10.05 11 879 1189 18.6 11.6 64 7.0 14.1 232 42 302.7 304.5 292.2 331.8 9.81 12 861 1367 19.6 9.6 52 10.0 13.4 241 33 305.6 307.2 292.2 331.9 8.75 13 852 1458 22.2 2.2 27 20.0 10.9 244 28 309.2 310.2 290.4 325.5 5.26 14 850 1478 22.4 2.4 27 20.0 11.1 245 27 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.2 5.35 15 845 1529 22.6 0.6 23 22.0 10.4 248 26 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.1 4.73 16 834 1643 24.4 -4.6 14 29.0 9.5 254 23 313.4 314.0 289.9 323.9 3.25 17 758 2468 17.4 -10.6 14 28.0 4.7 280 20 314.5 314.9 289.3 321.9 2.25 18 700 3139 11.2 -7.8 26 19.0 2.3 265 28 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.7 3.03 19 693 3223 10.0 -8.0 27 18.0 1.7 266 29 314.5 315.0 290.0 324.2 3.02 20 645 3813 4.8 -16.2 20 21.0 -3.1 271 32 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.7 1.67 21 639 3889 4.6 -22.4 12 27.0 -4.3 272 32 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.1 0.99 22 575 4739 -1.7 -35.7 5 34.0 -9.5 271 34 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.2 0.32 23 574 4753 -1.9 -35.9 5 34.0 -9.6 271 35 317.9 318.0 288.4 319.1 0.31 24 500 5830 -12.1 -39.1 9 27.0 -16.8 255 33 318.3 318.3 288.5 319.2 0.26 25 472 6267 -16.3 -40.3 11 24.0 -20.0 265 26 318.4 318.4 288.5 319.3 0.24 26 460 6461 -15.5 -49.5 4 34.0 -19.8 269 22 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.1 0.09 27 407 7373 -22.3 -55.3 3 33.0 -25.4 262 30 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.6 0.05 28 400 7500 -23.3 -53.3 5 30.0 -26.1 265 32 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.0 0.07 29 395 7592 -23.9 -51.9 6 28.0 -26.6 265 32 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.4 0.08 30 346 8542 -32.1 -56.1 7 24.0 -33.7 271 39 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.06 31 321 9066 -36.9 -50.9 22 14.0 -37.8 274 42 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.11 32 307 9373 -39.7 -54.7 19 15.0 -40.5 269 44 327.2 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.07 33 300 9530 -40.7 -57.7 14 17.0 -41.5 265 44 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.05 34 297 9598 -41.1 -57.1 16 16.0 -41.8 265 43 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.06 35 295 9644 -41.3 -59.3 13 18.0 -42.1 265 43 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.04 36 293 9690 -41.1 -62.1 9 21.0 -41.9 265 42 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.03 37 250 10750 -48.9 -66.9 11 18.0 -49.3 260 45 333.4 333.4 292.6 333.4 0.02 38 222 11519 -54.5 -69.5 14 15.0 -54.7 263 55 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.3 0.01 39 200 12180 -58.1 -75.1 10 17.0 -58.3 270 70 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.8 0.01 40 196 12307 -58.9 -74.9 11 16.0 -59.0 271 70 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.5 0.01 41 172 13120 -62.3 -75.3 16 13.0 -62.4 275 73 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 42 150 13970 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 265 65 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 43 148 14054 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.5 264 64 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 44 140 14398 -62.1 -85.1 3 23.0 -62.3 259 69 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 45 132 14760 -62.5 -85.5 3 23.0 -62.7 257 72 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 46 120 15343 -65.2 -86.7 4 21.5 -65.3 265 77 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 47 109 15923 -67.9 -87.9 4 20.0 -68.0 271 66 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 48 103 16262 -67.9 -88.9 3 21.0 -68.0 277 57 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 49 100 16440 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.2 280 52 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 50 99 16501 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.4 280 52 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 51 85 17414 -72.1 -90.1 5 18.0 -72.2 276 55 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 52 78 17922 -71.3 -90.3 4 19.0 -71.4 283 47 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 53 72 18394 -73.3 -91.3 5 18.0 -73.3 283 30 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 54 70 18560 -71.1 -91.1 4 20.0 -71.2 265 24 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.3 0.00 55 69 18645 -70.9 -90.9 4 20.0 -71.0 292 22 434.5 434.5 309.3 434.5 0.00 56 66 18907 -71.7 -91.7 4 20.0 -71.8 253 19 438.3 438.3 309.7 438.3 0.00 57 65 18997 -69.9 -90.9 3 21.0 -70.0 239 18 444.2 444.2 310.3 444.2 0.00 58 62 19277 -71.1 -91.1 4 20.0 -71.2 211 19 447.5 447.5 310.6 447.5 0.00 59 56 19881 -69.3 -91.3 3 22.0 -69.5 238 26 464.9 464.9 312.2 464.9 0.00 60 55 19988 -69.7 -91.7 3 22.0 -69.8 245 26 466.4 466.4 312.3 466.4 0.00 61 54 20098 -67.5 -90.5 2 23.0 -67.7 251 25 473.9 473.9 313.0 473.9 0.00 62 54 20098 -67.7 -91.7 2 24.0 -67.9 251 25 473.4 473.4 312.9 473.4 0.00 63 53 20211 -64.1 -91.1 1 27.0 -64.4 258 25 484.3 484.3 313.8 484.3 0.00 64 50 20570 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.6 300 15 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 65 48 20825 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -60.0 300 14 509.7 509.7 315.6 509.7 0.00 66 46 21091 -60.3 -90.3 1 30.0 -60.9 312 9 513.5 513.5 315.9 513.5 0.00 67 45 21228 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.6 274 7 520.1 520.1 316.3 520.1 0.00 68 42 21660 -60.5 -90.5 1 30.0 -61.2 248 8 526.5 526.5 316.7 526.5 0.00 69 33 23177 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.6 352 10 575.3 575.3 319.4 575.3 0.00 70 30 23780 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.2 45 11 586.2 586.3 320.0 586.3 0.00 71 26 24680 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.4 100 14 607.3 607.3 320.9 607.4 0.01 72 24 25183 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -59.3 131 11 625.5 625.5 321.7 625.5 0.00 73 22 25737 -53.9 -87.9 1 34.0 -56.2 190 8 653.1 653.1 322.8 653.2 0.01 74 21 26036 -54.5 -88.5 1 34.0 -56.8 181 4 660.1 660.1 323.0 660.1 0.01 75 20 26350 -52.3 -87.3 1 35.0 -55.2 90 7 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.01 76 19 26683 -51.7 -86.7 1 35.0 -54.8 90 6 687.9 687.9 324.0 688.0 0.01 77 18 27034 -52.5 -87.5 1 35.0 -55.5 158 13 696.1 696.1 324.3 696.2 0.01 78 17 27406 -50.3 -87.3 0 37.0 -54.1 214 11 714.7 714.7 324.9 714.8 0.01 79 15 28228 -48.3 -86.3 0 38.0 -53.2 322 13 747.4 747.4 325.8 747.5 0.02 80 14 28681 -49.5 -86.5 1 37.0 -54.1 327 17 758.2 758.2 326.1 758.3 0.02 81 13 29173 -44.3 -84.3 0 40.0 -51.3 323 13 792.4 792.4 327.1 792.7 0.02 82 12 29710 -45.1 -85.1 0 40.0 -52.1 267 17 807.9 808.0 327.4 808.2 0.02 83 10 30940 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -50.7 255 25 866.9 866.9 328.8 867.4 0.05 84 10 30940 -41.7 -82.7 0 41.0 -51.1 255 25 863.9 863.9 328.7 864.3 0.04 85 9.6 31219 -38.7 -80.7 0 42.0 -49.9 885.4 885.4 329.1 886.0 0.06 86 8.8 31817 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -50.2 909.2 909.3 329.6 910.0 0.07 87 7.7 32732 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -51.6 937.4 937.4 330.1 938.2 0.07 88 7.2 33191 -39.5 -81.5 0 42.0 -51.7 958.0 958.0 330.5 958.8 0.07 TRP 172 13120 -62.3 -75.3 16 13.0 -62.4 275 73 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 WND 120 15343 -65.2 -86.7 4 21.5 -65.3 265 77 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.00 m Freezing level: 592.27 mb = 4509.80 m = 14795.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.83 mb = 3429.08 m = 11250.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.59 % Est. max temperature: 38.25 C = 100.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.59 mb = 602.59 m = 1976.99 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.38 C Layer 852.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.97 mb = 848.49 m = 2783.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.06 C = 69.90 F Cap Strength: 13.31 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.37 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.50 C Cross Totals Index: 14.50 C K Index: 17.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.30 mb = 845.39 m = 2773.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.30 mb = 891.75 m = 2925.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 890.30 mb = 1079.81 m = 3542.65 ft B at Equ Level: 5.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 880.30 mb = 1175.91 m = 3857.92 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 287 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 196 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 126 27 -22.1 16.3 1 941 610 185 31 2.7 30.9 | 154 42 -18.6 37.2 2 925 756 200 33 11.3 31.0 | 165 39 -10.0 37.4 3 908 914 200 37 12.7 34.8 | 168 42 -8.6 41.1 4 876 1219 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 203 33 13.1 30.4 5 850 1478 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 190 18 3.2 17.8 6 816 1829 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 164 8 -2.3 8.0 7 787 2134 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 176 5 -0.3 4.5 8 760 2438 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 152 3 -1.6 2.9 9 733 2743 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 201 5 1.7 4.3 10 707 3048 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 213 10 5.6 8.7 11 700 3139 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 217 11 6.6 8.8 12 656 3658 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 239 12 10.7 6.4 13 608 4267 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 253 12 11.6 3.5 14 563 4877 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 245 15 13.7 6.4 15 500 5830 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 215 18 10.6 14.9 16 483 6096 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 218 15 9.3 11.7 17 463 6401 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 187 6 0.7 6.4 18 445 6706 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 171 8 -1.3 8.1 19 427 7010 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 193 13 2.9 12.8 20 400 7500 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 229 14 10.6 9.1 21 393 7620 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 229 14 10.6 9.1 22 317 9144 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 263 22 21.6 2.6 23 300 9530 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 246 25 22.6 10.2 24 265 10363 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 237 17 14.6 9.5 25 250 10750 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 238 27 23.1 14.2 26 230 11278 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 242 32 28.0 15.0 27 200 12180 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 263 49 48.7 6.4 28 172 13120 275 73 72.7 -6.4 | 270 51 51.5 -0.0 29 164 13411 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 270 53 53.5 -0.2 30 150 13970 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 255 45 43.5 12.0 31 149 14021 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 254 44 42.5 11.9 32 135 14630 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 243 54 48.3 25.0 33 122 15240 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 256 51 49.5 12.5 34 120 15343 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 257 57 55.4 13.1 35 116 15545 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 257 57 55.4 13.1 36 100 16440 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 275 30 30.0 -2.7 37 95 16764 280 52 51.2 -9.0 | 275 30 30.0 -2.7 38 81 17678 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 268 35 34.5 1.5 39 73 18288 295 33 29.9 -13.9 | 311 12 8.7 -7.6 40 70 18560 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 197 9 2.7 8.4 41 70 18593 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 15 5 -1.3 -5.1 42 63 19202 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 147 24 -13.3 20.2 43 60 19507 215 28 16.1 22.9 | 170 30 -5.2 29.3 44 51 20422 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 203 7 2.7 6.4 45 50 20570 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 82 8 -8.3 -1.1 46 49 20726 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 111 6 -5.8 2.2 47 46 21031 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 82 16 -16.3 -2.3 48 44 21336 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 117 19 -16.7 8.5 49 40 21946 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 129 15 -11.9 9.8 50 38 22250 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 82 6 -5.8 -0.8 51 36 22555 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 80 24 -24.1 -4.3 52 35 22860 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 98 20 -19.6 2.7 53 33 23165 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 80 20 -19.5 -3.5 54 32 23470 35 15 -8.6 -12.3 | 79 30 -29.9 -5.9 55 30 23774 65 16 -14.5 -6.8 | 89 36 -35.8 -0.4 56 30 23780 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 87 29 -29.0 -1.4 57 29 24079 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 87 29 -29.0 -1.4 58 27 24384 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 93 31 -31.2 1.7 59 26 24689 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 104 36 -35.0 8.8 60 25 24994 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 104 34 -33.1 8.4 61 23 25603 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 131 25 -18.7 16.0 62 20 26213 175 1 -0.1 1.0 | 109 23 -21.3 7.3 63 20 26350 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 103 29 -28.3 6.4 64 20 26518 45 1 -0.7 -0.7 | 104 23 -22.0 5.6 65 19 26822 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 112 32 -29.4 12.1 66 18 27127 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 130 31 -23.7 20.1 67 17 27432 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 136 21 -14.9 15.4 68 16 27737 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 133 19 -13.6 12.8 69 15 28042 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 102 9 -9.0 1.9 70 15 28346 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 71 17 -15.8 -5.4 71 14 28651 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 52 14 -10.9 -8.4 72 13 28956 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 68 17 -15.3 -6.3 73 13 29261 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 74 13 -12.9 -3.6 74 12 29566 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 122 10 -8.3 5.2 75 12 29870 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 177 10 -0.6 10.0 76 11 30175 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 95 10 -9.5 0.9 77 10 30940 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 193 13 2.9 12.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 481.8 neg: -41.4 tot: 440.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 129.14 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 184 22 146 35| 23.6 0.0 23.6|194.6 0.0 194.6 389.2 0.80| 26.7 21.3 1000 200 30 162 36| 19.1 0.0 19.1|464.1 0.0 464.1 464.1 0.86| 28.4 24.4 1500 215 30 172 31| 7.9 0.0 7.9|471.7 -33.7 438.0 292.0 0.53| 27.2 14.3 2000 224 28 176 26| 6.4 0.0 6.4|473.1 -40.4 432.8 216.4 0.46| 22.5 10.3 2500 233 26 179 22| 5.1 0.4 5.4|475.5 -41.4 434.0 173.6 0.45| 18.8 8.5 3000 240 26 184 20| 4.2 1.5 5.8|481.8 -41.4 440.3 146.8 0.45| 17.0 7.6 4000 250 28 196 16| 4.0 1.1 5.1|502.8 -41.4 461.4 115.3 0.48| 13.7 6.6 5000 256 29 207 15| 3.2 1.4 4.6|503.7 -60.4 443.3 88.7 0.41| 11.6 4.8 6000 257 30 210 15| 2.6 1.4 4.0|506.2 -87.4 418.8 69.8 0.33| 10.7 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20250417.12.gif