UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:1200Z 8 OCT 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 179 15 4 SFC 998 196 21.0 17.6 81 3.4 18.7 15 4 294.3 296.6 291.9 330.9 12.79 2 969 451 18.8 17.1 90 1.7 17.7 64 10 294.6 296.9 292.0 331.1 12.76 3 962 513 20.4 17.0 81 3.4 18.1 77 11 296.8 299.1 292.7 333.7 12.77 4 957 559 22.6 16.6 69 6.0 18.5 85 12 299.5 301.8 293.3 336.0 12.51 5 948 641 23.0 16.0 65 7.0 18.3 96 13 300.7 302.9 293.4 336.4 12.15 6 933 780 22.4 16.4 69 6.0 18.3 98 11 301.5 303.8 294.0 338.8 12.67 7 928 827 22.4 13.4 57 9.0 16.5 99 10 301.9 303.9 292.5 332.9 10.46 8 925 855 22.2 13.2 57 9.0 16.4 100 10 302.0 303.9 292.4 332.7 10.36 9 880 1287 18.6 14.5 77 4.1 15.9 101 8 302.6 304.8 293.8 337.8 11.88 10 870 1385 18.0 12.0 68 6.0 14.1 96 7 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.2 10.18 11 860 1484 17.0 13.5 80 3.5 14.7 91 6 302.9 305.0 293.5 336.7 11.38 12 850 1584 16.4 12.8 79 3.6 14.1 85 5 303.3 305.4 293.3 336.0 10.99 13 847 1614 16.0 12.5 80 3.5 13.7 79 5 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.3 10.82 14 785 2256 12.2 7.4 72 4.8 9.3 67 5 305.8 307.3 291.9 330.7 8.26 15 766 2461 10.4 6.9 79 3.5 8.3 69 5 306.0 307.5 291.9 330.7 8.18 16 755 2581 9.6 3.6 66 6.0 6.2 59 6 306.4 307.6 290.7 326.4 6.58 17 754 2592 9.6 2.6 62 7.0 5.8 58 6 306.5 307.7 290.3 325.2 6.13 18 752 2614 9.6 -2.4 43 12.0 3.7 56 6 306.8 307.6 288.7 319.9 4.26 19 746 2681 9.8 -8.2 27 18.0 1.8 51 7 307.7 308.2 287.6 316.4 2.76 20 744 2703 9.8 -9.2 25 19.0 1.5 49 7 307.9 308.4 287.4 316.0 2.56 21 738 2771 9.2 -4.8 37 14.0 2.5 42 7 308.0 308.7 288.5 319.3 3.62 22 735 2804 9.4 -9.6 25 19.0 1.2 37 8 308.6 309.0 287.6 316.6 2.51 23 730 2861 9.2 -6.8 32 16.0 1.9 28 9 308.9 309.5 288.3 318.9 3.14 24 727 2895 9.2 -10.8 23 20.0 0.8 23 9 309.3 309.7 287.6 316.7 2.31 25 709 3103 7.6 -7.4 34 15.0 0.8 2 13 309.8 310.3 288.6 319.6 3.09 26 704 3161 7.4 -11.6 24 19.0 -0.4 4 13 310.2 310.6 287.9 317.4 2.23 27 700 3208 6.6 -0.4 61 7.0 2.9 5 14 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.3 5.31 28 698 3231 6.4 1.6 71 4.8 3.8 5 14 309.8 311.0 291.4 328.9 6.17 29 694 3279 6.2 1.4 71 4.8 3.6 5 14 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.0 6.11 30 690 3326 5.8 -0.2 65 6.0 2.7 5 14 310.2 311.2 290.9 327.2 5.47 31 689 3338 5.8 -1.2 61 7.0 2.2 5 14 310.3 311.3 290.6 326.2 5.09 32 687 3362 6.0 -11.0 28 17.0 -1.1 5 14 310.8 311.2 288.3 318.5 2.40 33 685 3385 6.2 -15.8 19 22.0 -2.0 7 13 311.3 311.6 287.6 316.6 1.63 34 683 3409 6.4 -12.6 24 19.0 -1.3 9 13 311.8 312.2 288.3 318.7 2.12 35 682 3421 6.4 -10.6 28 17.0 -0.8 10 13 311.9 312.4 288.7 320.0 2.50 36 680 3445 6.0 -6.0 42 12.0 0.4 12 12 311.7 312.4 289.7 323.1 3.59 37 672 3542 5.2 -2.8 56 8.0 1.2 20 10 311.9 312.7 290.7 326.4 4.63 38 666 3615 4.8 -6.2 45 11.0 -0.3 26 9 312.2 312.9 289.9 323.7 3.61 39 660 3689 4.2 -6.8 45 11.0 -0.8 32 8 312.3 313.0 289.8 323.4 3.48 40 646 3863 2.8 -6.2 52 9.0 -1.4 46 9 312.7 313.4 290.1 324.5 3.72 41 642 3913 2.6 -10.4 38 13.0 -2.9 50 10 313.0 313.5 289.3 321.7 2.70 42 637 3976 2.2 -5.8 55 8.0 -1.5 55 10 313.3 314.0 290.5 325.7 3.89 43 628 4091 1.2 -3.8 69 5.0 -1.2 53 10 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.0 4.60 44 625 4130 1.0 -5.0 64 6.0 -1.9 53 10 313.6 314.4 290.9 327.0 4.22 45 619 4207 0.2 -3.8 74 4.0 -1.7 51 9 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.3 4.67 46 610 4324 -0.3 -4.5 73 4.2 -2.3 49 9 314.3 315.1 291.3 328.6 4.49 47 604 4403 -0.7 -7.7 59 7.0 -3.8 46 8 314.7 315.4 290.6 326.1 3.55 48 572 4836 -3.9 -8.9 68 5.0 -6.0 32 5 315.9 316.5 290.8 326.9 3.41 49 569 4877 -4.1 -8.3 73 4.2 -5.9 31 5 316.1 316.8 291.1 327.7 3.59 50 568 4891 -4.1 -7.3 78 3.2 -5.5 30 5 316.3 317.0 291.4 328.8 3.89 51 566 4919 -3.9 -9.9 63 6.0 -6.4 28 5 316.8 317.5 290.9 327.2 3.18 52 565 4933 -3.3 -21.3 23 18.0 -9.0 27 5 317.7 318.0 289.3 321.9 1.23 53 500 5890 -8.7 -15.7 57 7.0 -11.2 295 8 322.4 322.9 291.7 330.0 2.25 54 400 7600 -17.3 -39.3 13 22.0 -21.1 265 30 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.32 55 300 9680 -33.3 -36.6 72 3.3 -33.7 270 51 338.4 338.6 294.4 340.6 0.55 56 250 10940 -40.5 -67.5 4 27.0 -41.5 275 66 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.02 57 200 12420 -50.7 -71.7 7 21.0 -51.1 280 69 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 58 185 12925 -54.4 -74.0 7 19.6 -54.7 285 73 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 59 150 14240 -64.3 -80.3 9 16.0 -64.4 295 58 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 60 108 16186 -76.1 -85.1 23 9.0 -76.1 270 40 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 61 100 16630 -75.1 -85.1 20 10.0 -75.2 290 34 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 62 86 17505 -75.1 -86.1 16 11.0 -75.2 298 24 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 63 81 17855 -72.7 -86.7 10 14.0 -72.8 312 21 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 64 74 18384 -73.9 -87.9 10 14.0 -74.0 301 6 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 65 72 18544 -73.3 -88.3 8 15.0 -73.3 269 11 424.1 424.1 308.2 424.1 0.00 66 70 18710 -70.7 -87.7 6 17.0 -70.8 10 15 433.1 433.1 309.1 433.1 0.00 67 68 18882 -69.9 -87.9 6 18.0 -70.0 314 19 438.5 438.5 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609.2 321.0 609.3 0.01 82 26 24820 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -57.7 2 11 616.4 616.4 321.3 616.5 0.01 83 24 25332 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -55.4 104 11 639.4 639.4 322.3 639.5 0.01 84 20 26500 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -57.8 120 9 665.7 665.7 323.3 665.8 0.01 85 19 26827 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -58.0 120 13 674.9 674.9 323.6 675.0 0.01 86 17 27539 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -56.7 89 6 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.3 0.02 87 16 27932 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.6 22 3 725.2 725.2 325.2 725.4 0.02 88 15 28356 -47.3 -81.3 1 34.0 -52.5 63 8 750.7 750.7 326.0 751.0 0.04 89 14 28810 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -54.2 122 14 757.5 757.5 326.1 757.8 0.03 90 13 29298 -47.7 -81.7 1 34.0 -53.2 186 11 780.7 780.7 326.8 781.0 0.04 91 11 30400 -48.9 -81.9 1 33.0 -54.5 323 6 814.5 814.5 327.6 814.9 0.04 92 11 30400 -47.7 -81.7 1 34.0 -53.8 323 6 818.9 818.9 327.7 819.3 0.05 93 10 31030 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -53.9 350 1 843.0 843.0 328.2 843.4 0.05 94 9.1 31657 -45.3 -80.3 1 35.0 -53.2 873.7 873.7 328.9 874.4 0.07 TRP 108 16186 -76.1 -85.1 23 9.0 -76.1 270 40 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 WND 185 12925 -54.4 -74.0 7 19.6 -54.7 285 73 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.00 m Freezing level: 615.40 mb = 4253.88 m = 13956.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.74 mb = 3140.71 m = 10304.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.38 mb = 628.29 m = 2061.28 ft T: 22.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 20.66 C Layer 850.0- 738.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.74 mb = 2088.38 m = 6851.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.25 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: 0.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.04 mb = 1345.13 m = 4413.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.04 mb = 4206.40 m = 13800.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 559.04 mb = 5015.77 m = 16455.73 ft B at Equ Level: 54.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 449.04 mb = 6713.71 m = 22026.35 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 72 at 6 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 196 15 4 -1.0 -3.9 | 295 5 4.4 -2.0 1 952 610 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 112 8 -7.5 3.0 2 925 855 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 129 6 -4.4 3.6 3 919 914 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 125 7 -5.4 3.7 4 887 1219 105 9 -8.7 2.3 | 142 5 -3.2 4.2 5 850 1584 85 5 -5.0 -0.4 | 200 1 0.5 1.4 6 825 1829 35 3 -1.7 -2.5 | 280 4 3.8 -0.6 7 796 2134 65 5 -4.5 -2.1 | 287 1 0.9 -0.3 8 767 2438 70 5 -4.7 -1.7 | 262 1 0.8 0.1 9 740 2743 45 7 -4.9 -4.9 | 350 3 0.5 -3.1 10 714 3048 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 332 12 5.5 -10.2 11 700 3208 5 14 -1.2 -13.9 | 341 13 4.3 -12.1 12 687 3353 5 14 -1.2 -13.9 | 341 13 4.3 -12.1 13 662 3658 30 8 -4.0 -6.9 | 344 5 1.5 -5.1 14 637 3962 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 35 5 -2.7 -3.9 15 613 4267 50 9 -6.9 -5.8 | 20 4 -1.4 -4.0 16 568 4877 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 310 4 3.0 -2.5 17 506 5791 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 275 9 8.5 -0.7 18 500 5890 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 277 13 12.7 -1.6 19 487 6096 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 284 15 15.0 -3.7 20 450 6706 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 274 25 25.2 -1.7 21 432 7010 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 262 30 29.4 3.9 22 400 7600 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 263 36 35.4 4.4 23 399 7620 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 263 35 34.4 4.3 24 382 7925 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 263 36 35.4 4.4 25 352 8534 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 263 32 31.4 4.1 26 323 9144 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 263 45 44.3 5.2 27 300 9680 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 268 57 56.5 1.8 28 272 10363 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 259 61 59.6 11.4 29 250 10940 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 273 71 71.2 -3.9 30 249 10973 270 68 68.0 -0.0 | 269 73 73.5 1.8 31 238 11278 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 278 68 67.5 -9.1 32 200 12420 280 69 68.0 -12.0 | 278 74 73.4 -10.2 33 185 12925 285 73 70.5 -18.9 | 283 78 76.0 -17.1 34 180 13106 285 73 70.5 -18.9 | 283 78 76.0 -17.1 35 150 14240 295 58 52.6 -24.5 | 291 62 58.0 -22.7 36 148 14326 295 62 56.2 -26.2 | 292 66 61.7 -24.4 37 133 14935 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 290 46 43.5 -15.9 38 127 15240 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 272 43 43.3 -1.5 39 120 15545 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 255 44 42.2 11.7 40 109 16154 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 264 54 53.3 6.0 41 108 16186 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 268 46 45.5 1.8 42 100 16630 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 285 39 37.4 -9.8 43 98 16764 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 285 39 37.4 -9.8 44 84 17678 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 291 26 24.5 -9.2 45 79 17983 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 306 23 18.3 -13.5 46 75 18288 320 3 1.9 -2.3 | 274 7 7.4 -0.5 47 71 18593 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 257 19 18.3 4.1 48 70 18710 10 15 -2.6 -14.8 | 347 13 2.9 -13.0 49 68 18898 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 297 23 20.0 -10.4 50 64 19202 60 13 -11.3 -6.5 | 51 7 -5.8 -4.7 51 58 19812 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 239 7 6.2 3.7 52 55 20117 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 260 16 15.4 2.7 53 53 20422 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 322 10 6.3 -8.1 54 50 20726 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 25 5 -2.2 -4.6 55 50 20730 40 16 -10.3 -12.3 | 25 11 -4.8 -10.4 56 48 21031 40 16 -10.3 -12.3 | 25 11 -4.8 -10.4 57 45 21336 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 54 3 -2.7 -2.0 58 43 21641 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 91 4 -4.4 0.1 59 30 23910 255 2 1.9 0.5 | 252 8 7.4 2.3 60 28 24384 340 1 0.3 -0.9 | 261 6 5.8 0.9 61 27 24689 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 322 10 6.3 -8.1 62 25 24994 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 341 11 3.4 -10.0 63 24 25298 105 11 -10.6 2.8 | 132 7 -5.1 4.7 64 22 25908 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 114 7 -6.5 2.9 65 21 26213 125 11 -9.0 6.3 | 157 9 -3.5 8.1 66 20 26500 120 9 -7.8 4.5 | 160 7 -2.3 6.3 67 18 27127 120 16 -13.9 8.0 | 140 13 -8.4 9.8 68 17 27432 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 184 12 0.8 11.8 69 17 27737 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 252 6 5.5 1.8 70 14 28651 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 106 7 -6.5 1.8 71 14 28956 145 15 -8.6 12.3 | 168 14 -3.1 14.1 72 13 29261 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 199 14 4.5 12.8 73 12 29870 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 283 14 14.1 -3.2 74 10 31030 350 1 0.2 -1.0 | 262 6 5.7 0.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.6 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 71.6 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.3 neg: -5.0 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.03 Bulk Shear: 5.06 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 83 9 102 4| 12.4 0.0 12.4| 16.3 0.0 16.3 32.7 0.90| 16.4 14.8 1000 93 10 119 5| 5.1 0.0 5.1| 20.5 0.0 20.5 20.5 0.88| 9.9 8.7 1500 94 9 126 4| 3.4 2.3 5.7| 22.4 0.0 22.4 15.0 0.81| 9.0 7.3 2000 89 8 129 3| 2.7 1.7 4.5| 23.0 -0.0 22.9 11.5 0.72| 7.8 5.6 2500 84 7 126 2| 2.2 1.7 3.9| 23.4 -0.1 23.3 9.3 0.69| 6.9 4.7 3000 70 8 63 2| 1.8 3.1 4.9| 27.3 -5.0 22.3 7.4 0.50| 7.6 3.8 4000 55 8 25 3| 2.6 2.3 5.0| 36.1 -5.9 30.2 7.5 0.46| 7.3 3.4 5000 51 8 14 3| 2.1 2.2 4.3| 36.1 -12.3 23.8 4.8 0.32| 6.6 2.1 6000 42 8 355 4| 1.8 2.7 4.4| 43.1 -19.2 23.9 4.0 0.25| 6.6 1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20251008.12.gif