UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 APR 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:1200Z 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 112 SFC 990 196 22.2 19.9 87 2.3 20.6 155 11 296.2 298.9 294.1 339.2 14.93 2 987 223 22.4 19.0 81 3.4 20.1 157 12 296.7 299.2 293.7 337.5 14.15 3 931 731 18.0 17.5 97 0.5 17.7 187 36 297.2 299.6 293.4 336.6 13.64 4 925 787 17.8 17.2 96 0.6 17.4 190 39 297.5 299.9 293.4 336.5 13.47 5 911 918 17.4 15.8 90 1.6 16.4 195 42 298.4 300.7 293.0 334.7 12.49 6 876 1251 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 198 43 298.9 301.0 292.7 333.7 11.93 7 868 1329 15.4 14.6 95 0.8 14.9 205 41 300.5 302.7 293.3 336.1 12.13 8 862 1388 16.8 14.4 86 2.4 15.2 210 41 302.5 304.8 293.9 338.2 12.05 9 858 1428 18.8 13.8 73 5.0 15.5 213 40 305.0 307.2 294.3 339.8 11.64 10 855 1458 19.0 13.0 68 6.0 15.1 216 40 305.5 307.6 294.0 338.7 11.08 11 850 1509 20.0 7.0 43 13.0 12.1 220 39 307.1 308.5 291.6 329.6 7.41 12 844 1570 20.6 4.6 35 16.0 11.3 221 38 308.3 309.5 291.0 327.7 6.31 13 835 1663 20.4 7.4 43 13.0 12.4 222 38 309.1 310.5 292.5 332.8 7.76 14 823 1787 21.0 -2.0 21 23.0 8.9 224 38 311.0 311.8 289.9 323.6 4.01 15 818 1840 21.2 -2.8 20 24.0 8.7 225 38 311.8 312.5 289.9 323.8 3.80 16 776 2294 19.4 -10.6 12 30.0 5.7 225 37 314.6 315.0 289.3 321.8 2.19 17 712 3026 13.0 -5.0 28 18.0 4.1 215 34 315.3 316.1 290.9 327.2 3.70 18 702 3144 11.8 -1.2 40 13.0 4.9 215 32 315.3 316.3 292.0 331.2 4.99 19 701 3156 11.8 -2.2 38 14.0 4.5 215 32 315.4 316.3 291.7 330.2 4.64 20 700 3168 11.6 -2.4 38 14.0 4.3 215 32 315.3 316.2 291.7 329.9 4.58 21 685 3348 10.8 -7.2 28 18.0 2.2 219 27 316.4 317.0 290.9 326.9 3.25 22 675 3471 10.4 -11.6 20 22.0 0.8 221 24 317.3 317.7 290.3 325.0 2.33 23 616 4220 3.0 -12.0 32 15.0 -3.2 238 20 317.2 317.7 290.4 325.3 2.47 24 548 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327.7 1.23 38 415 7260 -21.5 -26.3 65 4.8 -22.6 238 26 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.4 1.08 39 400 7530 -23.7 -27.9 68 4.2 -24.6 235 25 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.6 0.96 40 392 7678 -24.9 -29.4 66 4.5 -25.8 235 26 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.5 0.85 41 387 7771 -25.7 -28.5 77 2.8 -26.2 235 27 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.0 0.94 42 363 8233 -29.5 -31.5 83 2.0 -29.8 235 30 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.3 0.76 43 359 8312 -30.1 -32.8 77 2.7 -30.5 237 31 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.2 0.67 44 353 8432 -31.3 -33.0 85 1.7 -31.6 241 32 325.7 325.9 291.2 328.2 0.67 45 343 8636 -32.7 -34.5 84 1.8 -33.0 248 33 326.5 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.60 46 325 9014 -35.1 -41.1 54 6.0 -35.7 255 38 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.32 47 321 9101 -35.7 -40.7 60 5.0 -36.2 255 40 328.6 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.34 48 319 9144 -36.1 -39.4 72 3.3 -36.4 255 41 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.1 0.39 49 318 9166 -36.1 -38.1 82 2.0 -36.3 255 41 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.45 50 317 9188 -35.9 -38.2 79 2.3 -36.1 255 42 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.2 0.45 51 316 9210 -36.1 -38.7 77 2.6 -36.4 254 42 329.6 329.6 292.0 331.2 0.43 52 312 9299 -36.3 -42.3 54 6.0 -36.9 253 44 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.30 53 310 9343 -36.9 -41.0 66 4.1 -37.3 253 45 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.5 0.34 54 308 9388 -37.1 -42.1 60 5.0 -37.6 252 46 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.31 55 300 9570 -38.9 -42.6 68 3.7 -39.2 250 50 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.30 56 250 10790 -49.5 -54.3 57 4.8 -49.7 255 57 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 57 200 12220 -60.3 -64.0 62 3.7 -60.3 250 61 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 58 179 12904 -65.3 -70.3 50 5.0 -65.3 250 58 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.0 0.02 59 152 13908 -61.6 -82.3 5 20.7 -61.7 260 78 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 60 150 13990 -61.3 -83.3 4 22.0 -61.4 260 76 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 61 100 16490 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 240 48 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 62 93 16925 -69.9 -88.9 5 19.0 -70.0 243 52 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 63 89 17187 -70.1 -89.1 5 19.0 -70.2 247 54 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 64 85 17462 -67.7 -88.7 3 21.0 -67.8 252 50 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 65 80 17826 -68.5 -88.5 4 20.0 -68.6 245 41 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 66 73 18377 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.1 244 32 436.0 436.0 309.4 436.0 0.00 67 71 18544 -67.5 -89.5 3 22.0 -67.7 241 20 438.2 438.2 309.7 438.2 0.00 68 70 18630 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.3 200 19 443.0 443.0 310.2 443.0 0.00 69 69 18717 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.7 202 19 446.1 446.1 310.5 446.1 0.00 70 65 19078 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.3 220 14 452.5 452.5 311.1 452.5 0.00 71 61 19459 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.2 204 6 454.1 454.1 311.3 454.1 0.00 72 59 19658 -68.5 -90.5 3 22.0 -68.7 184 8 459.8 459.8 311.7 459.8 0.00 73 58 19761 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.2 174 9 470.2 470.2 312.7 470.2 0.00 74 56 19974 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.8 167 14 475.8 475.8 313.1 475.8 0.00 75 55 20084 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -65.0 165 17 477.8 477.8 313.2 477.8 0.00 76 51 20547 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.6 149 16 496.7 496.7 314.7 496.7 0.00 77 50 20670 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.6 145 15 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 78 46 21187 -62.3 -87.3 2 25.0 -62.8 172 13 508.7 508.7 315.5 508.7 0.00 79 45 21324 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 203 13 515.3 515.3 316.0 515.3 0.00 80 42 21752 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.6 36 11 522.6 522.6 316.5 522.6 0.00 81 36 22715 -58.3 -86.3 2 28.0 -59.2 87 10 555.9 555.9 318.4 556.0 0.01 82 33 23261 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -61.1 49 10 564.6 564.7 318.9 564.7 0.01 83 30 23860 -57.1 -86.1 1 29.0 -58.3 330 7 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.01 84 28 24297 -55.9 -84.9 1 29.0 -57.4 334 12 604.0 604.1 320.8 604.1 0.01 85 26 24768 -56.3 -85.3 1 29.0 -57.9 33 11 615.9 615.9 321.3 615.9 0.01 86 24 25280 -53.1 -84.1 1 31.0 -55.4 21 5 639.4 639.4 322.3 639.5 0.01 87 22 25838 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -56.9 314 2 650.2 650.2 322.7 650.3 0.01 88 20 26450 -52.5 -83.5 1 31.0 -55.3 195 7 675.5 675.5 323.6 675.6 0.02 89 19 26783 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -54.5 220 9 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.3 0.02 90 18 27135 -51.9 -82.9 1 31.0 -55.1 248 10 698.0 698.0 324.4 698.2 0.02 91 13 29283 -44.5 -79.5 1 35.0 -51.4 202 13 791.7 791.8 327.0 792.3 0.06 92 12 29819 -45.3 -80.3 1 35.0 -52.1 194 11 807.2 807.3 327.4 807.7 0.05 93 10 31040 -44.5 -79.5 1 35.0 -52.4 230 9 853.4 853.5 328.5 854.2 0.07 94 9.2 31600 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -52.2 877.9 877.9 329.0 878.7 0.08 TRP 179 12904 -65.3 -70.3 50 5.0 -65.3 250 58 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.0 0.02 WND 152 13908 -61.6 -82.3 5 20.7 -61.7 260 78 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.00 m Freezing level: 593.08 mb = 4534.23 m = 14875.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.74 mb = 3620.91 m = 11879.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.40 % Est. max temperature: 34.64 C = 94.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.49 mb = 486.94 m = 1597.54 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.95 C/km ThetaE index: 12.11 C Layer 855.0- 835.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.21 mb = 990.87 m = 3250.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Cap Strength: 8.77 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.13 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 25.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 817.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.59 mb = 855.90 m = 2808.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.59 mb = 1091.60 m = 3581.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 862.59 mb = 1382.60 m = 4536.04 ft B at Equ Level: 3.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 852.59 mb = 1482.76 m = 4864.65 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 253 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 196 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 98 26 -25.3 3.8 1 944 610 180 29 0.0 29.0 | 138 31 -20.7 22.8 2 925 787 190 39 6.8 38.4 | 157 35 -13.9 32.2 3 911 914 195 42 10.9 40.6 | 164 36 -9.8 34.4 4 879 1219 195 43 11.1 41.5 | 165 37 -9.5 35.3 5 850 1509 220 39 25.1 29.9 | 191 24 4.4 23.7 6 849 1524 220 38 24.4 29.1 | 189 23 3.8 22.9 7 819 1829 225 38 26.9 26.9 | 197 22 6.2 20.7 8 790 2134 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 204 19 7.7 17.6 9 762 2438 220 37 23.8 28.3 | 188 22 3.1 22.1 10 736 2743 215 35 20.1 28.7 | 179 22 -0.6 22.5 11 710 3048 215 34 19.5 27.9 | 177 22 -1.2 21.6 12 700 3168 215 32 18.4 26.2 | 173 20 -2.3 20.0 13 658 3658 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 135 10 -7.2 7.2 14 610 4267 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 139 5 -3.3 3.8 15 587 4572 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 111 6 -5.9 2.3 16 565 4877 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 167 3 -0.7 3.1 17 500 5860 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 289 5 4.9 -1.7 18 484 6096 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 276 9 8.9 -1.0 19 465 6401 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 291 10 9.2 -3.6 20 429 7010 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 201 8 2.7 7.3 21 400 7530 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 179 8 -0.2 8.1 22 395 7620 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 184 9 0.6 8.7 23 362 8230 235 30 24.6 17.2 | 200 12 3.9 11.0 24 333 8839 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 258 13 13.1 2.8 25 319 9144 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 257 19 18.9 4.4 26 300 9570 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 248 28 26.3 10.9 27 250 10790 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 256 35 34.4 8.5 28 200 12220 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 248 39 36.7 14.6 29 182 12802 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 241 43 37.3 20.8 30 179 12904 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 248 36 33.8 13.6 31 165 13411 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 264 33 32.5 3.2 32 152 13908 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 263 57 56.2 7.3 33 150 13990 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 263 55 54.2 7.0 34 149 14021 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 263 57 56.2 7.3 35 135 14630 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 256 40 39.2 9.8 36 122 15240 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 256 50 48.9 12.4 37 111 15850 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 256 31 30.5 7.5 38 106 16154 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 201 17 6.2 16.3 39 100 16490 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 230 27 20.9 17.8 40 96 16764 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 230 27 20.9 17.8 41 91 17069 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 240 34 29.2 17.0 42 82 17678 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 256 26 25.7 6.2 43 78 17983 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 208 15 7.2 13.3 44 74 18288 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 234 17 13.8 9.8 45 70 18593 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 111 6 -5.9 2.3 46 70 18630 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 129 18 -14.2 11.6 47 67 18898 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 131 17 -12.6 11.0 48 64 19202 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 91 13 -13.0 0.2 49 61 19507 200 5 1.7 4.7 | 85 19 -18.9 -1.5 50 58 19812 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 99 23 -22.4 3.6 51 55 20117 165 18 -4.7 17.4 | 114 28 -25.3 11.2 52 50 20670 145 15 -8.6 12.3 | 102 30 -29.3 6.1 53 50 20726 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 99 16 -15.7 2.4 54 47 21031 135 14 -9.9 9.9 | 97 31 -30.6 3.7 55 45 21336 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 110 16 -15.2 5.6 56 43 21641 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 56 28 -23.2 -15.9 57 41 21946 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 72 35 -32.9 -10.7 58 39 22250 115 11 -10.0 4.6 | 87 31 -30.6 -1.6 59 34 23165 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 69 31 -29.3 -11.2 60 30 23774 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 51 26 -19.8 -16.2 61 30 23860 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 54 21 -17.2 -12.3 62 28 24384 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 40 24 -15.2 -18.0 63 26 24689 30 11 -5.5 -9.5 | 59 31 -26.2 -15.7 64 25 24994 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 63 30 -27.1 -13.9 65 23 25603 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 73 22 -20.7 -6.2 66 20 26450 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 92 19 -18.8 0.5 67 18 27127 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 80 12 -11.6 -2.0 68 17 27432 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 67 19 -17.9 -7.5 69 14 28651 230 2 1.5 1.3 | 76 20 -19.1 -4.9 70 12 29566 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 121 21 -17.7 10.5 71 12 29870 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 101 18 -18.1 3.4 72 10 31040 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 88 14 -13.8 -0.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 418.6 neg: -63.1 tot: 355.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.14 Bulk Rich Number: 13.44 Bulk Shear: 60.80 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 176 22 125 27| 25.7 0.0 25.7|188.2 0.0 188.2 376.5 0.96| 26.4 25.3 1000 187 31 146 30| 18.1 0.0 18.1|285.8 0.0 285.8 285.8 0.95| 19.1 18.2 1500 197 34 158 29| 12.1 0.0 12.1|399.6 0.0 399.6 266.4 0.86| 19.8 17.1 2000 205 35 167 26| 9.1 0.0 9.1|418.6 -4.6 414.0 207.0 0.83| 16.2 13.5 2500 208 35 171 25| 7.3 1.6 8.9|418.6 -47.8 370.7 148.3 0.63| 14.7 9.2 3000 209 35 172 25| 6.1 1.6 7.7|418.6 -63.1 355.5 118.5 0.56| 13.0 7.2 4000 212 32 170 21| 4.0 1.2 5.2|419.6 -92.6 327.0 81.7 0.37| 12.0 4.4 5000 217 29 170 18| 3.7 1.0 4.7|425.1 -96.1 329.0 65.8 0.36| 10.6 3.9 6000 223 29 176 15| 3.8 0.8 4.6|429.9 -98.4 331.5 55.2 0.36| 9.7 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20250428.12.gif