UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 APR 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:0000Z 28 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 113 SFC 990 196 26.4 20.4 70 6.0 22.1 160 11 300.4 303.2 295.7 345.6 15.42 2 925 796 20.4 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 170 20 300.2 302.8 295.0 343.1 14.64 3 913 909 19.2 18.1 93 1.1 18.5 175 22 300.1 302.7 294.9 342.4 14.46 4 909 947 19.2 17.2 88 2.0 17.8 176 23 300.4 302.9 294.5 340.6 13.71 5 884 1187 17.4 16.6 95 0.8 16.9 179 27 301.0 303.5 294.5 340.8 13.57 6 851 1512 15.2 15.2 100 0.0 15.2 185 29 302.0 304.3 294.3 339.9 12.87 7 850 1522 15.2 15.2 100 0.0 15.2 185 29 302.1 304.4 294.3 340.1 12.89 8 802 2013 12.4 12.4 100 0.0 12.4 193 24 304.2 306.3 293.8 338.0 11.36 9 801 2023 12.2 11.7 97 0.5 11.9 193 23 304.0 306.1 293.4 336.4 10.85 10 800 2034 12.2 10.8 91 1.4 11.3 193 23 304.2 306.0 293.0 334.7 10.22 11 798 2055 13.4 7.4 67 6.0 9.8 194 23 305.7 307.2 291.7 330.2 8.12 12 796 2076 14.8 3.8 48 11.0 8.6 194 23 307.4 308.5 290.7 326.7 6.32 13 794 2097 16.2 1.2 36 15.0 8.0 194 22 309.1 310.1 290.4 325.4 5.26 14 784 2205 17.4 -1.6 27 19.0 7.4 196 21 311.5 312.3 290.3 325.2 4.34 15 736 2742 13.4 0.4 41 13.0 6.3 225 17 312.8 313.8 291.6 329.6 5.36 16 718 2950 12.6 -3.4 33 16.0 4.4 237 17 314.1 314.9 291.0 327.4 4.14 17 704 3115 11.8 -12.2 17 24.0 1.5 247 18 315.0 315.4 289.4 322.0 2.13 18 703 3127 11.8 -15.2 14 27.0 0.9 248 18 315.2 315.5 289.0 320.7 1.67 19 702 3139 11.8 -13.2 16 25.0 1.3 249 18 315.3 315.7 289.3 321.8 1.97 20 700 3163 11.6 -11.4 19 23.0 1.6 250 18 315.3 315.8 289.6 322.8 2.28 21 684 3356 9.8 -9.2 25 19.0 1.2 255 19 315.4 316.0 290.1 324.5 2.78 22 665 3589 8.2 -18.8 13 27.0 -1.7 262 15 316.2 316.4 288.9 320.6 1.30 23 552 5091 -5.1 -18.1 35 13.0 -9.5 268 19 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.3 1.67 24 521 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-53.3 57 4.8 -48.7 261 59 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 52 243 10987 -48.9 -54.9 50 6.0 -49.1 262 60 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.09 53 236 11179 -50.5 -55.0 59 4.5 -50.7 264 61 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.09 54 231 11319 -51.7 -58.7 43 7.0 -51.9 265 62 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.06 55 224 11518 -53.5 -58.5 54 5.0 -53.7 265 60 336.9 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 56 220 11634 -54.3 -62.3 37 8.0 -54.5 265 59 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.04 57 219 11663 -54.5 -61.5 42 7.0 -54.6 265 59 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.8 0.04 58 200 12240 -59.1 -63.4 57 4.3 -59.2 265 54 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.04 59 173 13145 -65.1 -71.1 43 6.0 -65.1 265 51 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 60 150 14020 -65.8 -75.7 24 9.9 -65.8 260 76 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 61 100 16520 -67.7 -88.7 3 21.0 -67.8 240 35 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 62 95 16827 -70.3 -89.3 5 19.0 -70.4 239 35 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 63 86 17419 -69.9 -88.9 5 19.0 -70.0 253 25 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 64 80 17847 -72.1 -90.1 5 18.0 -72.2 232 23 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 65 73 18390 -69.7 -89.7 4 20.0 -69.8 228 19 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.1 0.00 66 71 18555 -70.3 -90.3 4 20.0 -70.4 234 20 432.2 432.2 309.1 432.2 0.00 67 70 18640 -68.3 -90.3 3 22.0 -68.4 215 16 438.3 438.3 309.7 438.3 0.00 68 67 18902 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 215 16 441.2 441.2 310.0 441.2 0.00 69 60 19567 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.1 196 18 465.6 465.6 312.3 465.6 0.00 70 58 19772 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.7 216 15 466.5 466.5 312.4 466.6 0.00 71 56 19985 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.1 214 14 472.6 472.6 312.8 472.6 0.00 72 52 20433 -67.5 -90.5 2 23.0 -67.7 243 10 479.0 479.0 313.4 479.0 0.00 73 51 20550 -66.9 -90.9 2 24.0 -67.1 276 6 483.1 483.1 313.7 483.1 0.00 74 50 20670 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.4 310 2 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 75 48 20921 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.6 318 4 503.0 503.0 315.2 503.0 0.00 76 46 21183 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.5 13 2 506.7 506.7 315.4 506.7 0.00 77 38 22366 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.6 85 11 543.3 543.3 317.7 543.4 0.00 78 35 22879 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.1 103 10 555.2 555.2 318.4 555.3 0.00 79 30 23850 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -57.2 95 12 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 80 25 25018 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -55.6 197 10 630.8 630.8 321.9 630.9 0.01 81 23 25554 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -56.4 207 10 643.7 643.7 322.4 643.8 0.01 82 20 26460 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -53.1 285 14 684.7 684.7 323.9 684.8 0.02 83 18 27148 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.4 303 9 701.2 701.2 324.5 701.3 0.02 84 17 27522 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -53.3 258 4 718.5 718.5 325.0 718.7 0.02 85 16 27919 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -54.0 309 2 728.5 728.5 325.3 728.6 0.02 86 11 30409 -42.7 -80.7 1 38.0 -51.1 254 22 837.0 837.1 328.1 837.5 0.05 87 10 31050 -44.5 -81.5 1 37.0 -52.4 305 26 853.4 853.5 328.5 853.9 0.05 88 9.9 31117 -44.5 -81.5 1 37.0 -52.5 304 26 855.9 855.9 328.5 856.4 0.05 89 8.6 32063 -42.9 -80.9 1 38.0 -52.3 292 24 897.3 897.3 329.4 898.0 0.07 90 7.0 33470 -36.5 -79.5 0 43.0 -50.7 275 21 978.2 978.2 330.8 979.3 0.10 91 6.9 33570 -35.1 -78.1 0 43.0 -50.2 988.0 988.1 331.0 989.5 0.13 92 6.1 34431 -33.9 -76.9 1 43.0 -50.5 1028.6 1028.7 331.6 1030.8 0.18 93 5.7 34911 -30.1 -75.1 0 45.0 -49.6 1065.4 1065.6 332.2 1068.7 0.25 94 5.5 35165 -29.7 -74.7 0 45.0 -49.7 1078.1 1078.3 332.3 1081.8 0.28 TRP 173 13145 -65.1 -71.1 43 6.0 -65.1 265 51 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 WND 150 14020 -65.8 -75.7 24 9.9 -65.8 260 76 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.00 m Freezing level: 595.33 mb = 4515.23 m = 14813.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.11 mb = 3451.83 m = 11324.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.28 mb = 963.22 m = 3160.14 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 14.95 C Layer 802.0- 736.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.62 mb = 1113.05 m = 3651.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.70 C K Index: 18.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 504.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1738.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.02 mb = 1051.46 m = 3449.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.02 mb = 1196.36 m = 3925.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 793.02 mb = 2107.89 m = 6915.58 ft B at Equ Level: 21.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 773.02 mb = 2325.17 m = 7628.41 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 261 at 16 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 196 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 113 21 -19.2 8.0 1 945 610 165 20 -5.2 19.3 | 129 27 -20.6 16.9 2 925 796 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 132 26 -18.9 17.3 3 912 914 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 138 26 -17.4 19.5 4 881 1219 180 28 0.0 28.0 | 149 30 -15.4 25.6 5 850 1522 185 29 2.5 28.9 | 154 30 -12.9 26.5 6 850 1524 185 29 2.5 28.9 | 154 30 -12.9 26.5 7 820 1829 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 155 26 -10.9 23.2 8 791 2134 195 22 5.7 21.3 | 153 21 -9.8 18.9 9 763 2438 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 145 17 -9.6 13.6 10 736 2743 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 160 10 -3.4 9.7 11 700 3163 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 201 4 1.5 3.8 12 684 3353 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 229 4 2.9 2.5 13 658 3658 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 53 2 -1.5 -1.1 14 610 4267 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 255 4 4.2 1.1 15 565 4877 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 282 4 3.5 -0.7 16 544 5182 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 304 4 3.6 -2.4 17 500 5860 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 294 11 10.5 -4.6 18 484 6096 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 288 16 15.4 -5.1 19 465 6401 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 300 24 20.3 -11.9 20 429 7010 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 268 17 17.4 0.5 21 412 7315 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 241 20 17.4 9.6 22 400 7530 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 268 19 19.4 0.7 23 395 7620 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 268 20 20.4 0.8 24 319 9144 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 267 28 28.4 1.5 25 300 9570 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 259 34 33.8 6.3 26 250 10800 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 260 42 41.7 7.7 27 232 11278 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 266 46 46.3 3.0 28 200 12240 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 267 38 38.3 2.3 29 174 13106 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 267 33 33.4 1.9 30 173 13145 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 267 35 35.4 2.1 31 158 13716 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 253 58 56.0 16.8 32 150 14020 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 260 60 59.4 10.8 33 143 14326 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 260 60 59.4 10.8 34 129 14935 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 246 47 42.8 18.8 35 123 15240 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 253 51 49.3 15.0 36 111 15850 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 266 44 44.3 2.9 37 101 16459 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 238 15 12.7 7.9 38 100 16520 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 224 21 14.9 15.1 39 96 16764 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 224 21 14.9 15.1 40 91 17069 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 218 24 14.9 18.9 41 87 17374 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 245 10 8.7 4.1 42 78 17983 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 180 13 0.1 13.2 43 74 18288 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 170 11 -2.0 11.1 44 71 18593 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 186 9 0.9 9.1 45 70 18640 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 150 12 -6.3 10.7 46 67 18898 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 150 12 -6.3 10.7 47 64 19202 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 147 14 -7.4 11.5 48 61 19507 190 19 3.3 18.7 | 143 20 -12.2 16.3 49 58 19812 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 148 11 -5.8 9.1 50 55 20117 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 135 13 -8.9 8.9 51 52 20422 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 111 7 -6.8 2.6 52 50 20670 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 75 14 -13.9 -3.7 53 50 20726 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 111 7 -6.8 2.6 54 47 21031 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 81 16 -15.4 -2.4 55 45 21336 25 3 -1.3 -2.7 | 73 17 -16.7 -5.1 56 43 21641 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 77 26 -24.8 -5.8 57 41 21946 135 13 -9.2 9.2 | 105 26 -24.6 6.8 58 37 22555 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 75 25 -24.5 -6.6 59 33 23165 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 102 23 -22.5 4.7 60 32 23470 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 74 28 -27.2 -7.9 61 30 23774 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 94 32 -31.9 2.0 62 30 23850 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 87 27 -27.4 -1.3 63 29 24079 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 85 26 -25.4 -2.4 64 28 24384 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 96 24 -24.1 2.6 65 26 24689 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 119 16 -13.7 7.5 66 21 26213 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 120 10 -9.0 5.3 67 20 26460 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 18 6 -1.9 -6.0 68 20 26518 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 124 8 -7.0 4.7 69 19 26822 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 18 6 -1.9 -6.0 70 18 27127 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 42 12 -7.8 -8.8 71 17 27432 245 4 3.6 1.7 | 87 12 -11.8 -0.7 72 15 28346 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 81 16 -15.4 -2.4 73 14 28956 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 121 8 -6.4 3.9 74 13 29261 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 130 5 -3.7 3.1 75 13 29566 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 131 9 -7.0 6.1 76 12 29870 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 339 4 1.5 -3.9 77 11 30175 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 190 10 1.8 9.7 78 10 31050 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 341 18 5.8 -17.3 79 7 33470 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 308 7 5.5 -4.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.9 neg: -16.0 tot: 137.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 29.94 Bulk Shear: 58.06 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 164 16 124 24| 9.5 0.0 9.5| 47.8 0.0 47.8 95.6 0.78| 10.0 7.8 1000 170 20 132 25| 9.0 0.0 9.0|106.3 0.0 106.3 106.3 0.82| 9.9 8.1 1500 176 23 140 26| 6.3 0.0 6.3|132.2 0.0 132.2 88.1 0.78| 8.4 6.5 2000 180 23 143 26| 3.5 0.0 3.5|132.8 -7.5 125.3 62.7 0.57| 8.1 4.6 2500 184 22 145 24| 3.1 0.0 3.1|142.9 -16.0 126.9 50.7 0.45| 8.6 3.9 3000 191 21 148 22| 3.7 0.0 3.7|152.9 -16.0 137.0 45.7 0.48| 8.7 4.2 4000 205 20 157 17| 2.6 0.7 3.2|154.7 -16.9 137.8 34.4 0.41| 8.2 3.4 5000 218 20 167 14| 2.3 0.5 2.8|157.9 -17.0 140.9 28.2 0.43| 7.0 3.0 6000 231 21 184 11| 3.1 0.4 3.5|163.9 -23.6 140.3 23.4 0.34| 7.1 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20250428.00.gif