UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:1200Z 12 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 86 SFC 987 196 19.8 11.8 60 8.0 14.9 170 5 294.0 295.6 288.5 319.4 8.84 2 979 267 22.2 12.2 53 10.0 15.9 174 8 297.1 298.8 289.9 323.7 9.15 3 971 339 22.6 11.6 50 11.0 15.7 179 12 298.2 299.9 290.0 324.2 8.86 4 963 411 22.8 10.8 47 12.0 15.4 183 15 299.2 300.7 290.0 324.0 8.47 5 957 466 24.8 9.8 39 15.0 15.5 186 18 301.7 303.2 290.4 325.4 7.97 6 953 503 25.0 9.0 36 16.0 15.2 189 20 302.3 303.7 290.2 324.9 7.57 7 925 765 23.0 10.0 44 13.0 14.9 190 24 302.8 304.4 291.1 327.7 8.36 8 886 1139 20.2 9.2 49 11.0 13.4 196 20 303.7 305.2 291.3 328.4 8.27 9 855 1445 18.2 5.2 42 13.0 10.7 188 14 304.7 305.9 290.1 324.3 6.49 10 850 1495 17.6 6.6 48 11.0 11.1 185 13 304.6 305.9 290.6 326.3 7.21 11 783 2191 13.4 -9.6 19 23.0 3.4 194 11 307.3 307.8 287.0 314.8 2.35 12 756 2485 11.6 -10.4 20 22.0 2.2 220 8 308.5 308.9 287.3 315.8 2.29 13 743 2630 10.2 -1.8 43 12.0 4.1 236 7 308.5 309.3 289.5 322.5 4.51 14 741 2652 10.2 -6.8 30 17.0 2.4 239 7 308.7 309.3 288.2 318.5 3.10 15 731 2765 9.6 -11.4 21 21.0 0.8 248 7 309.3 309.7 287.5 316.3 2.19 16 709 3018 7.8 -9.2 29 17.0 0.4 221 3 310.0 310.5 288.3 318.6 2.68 17 705 3064 7.8 -13.2 21 21.0 -0.6 216 2 310.5 310.9 287.7 316.9 1.96 18 702 3099 7.8 -9.2 29 17.0 0.4 213 1 310.9 311.4 288.6 319.6 2.71 19 700 3123 7.8 -9.2 29 17.0 0.4 210 1 311.1 311.6 288.7 319.8 2.72 20 693 3206 8.4 -14.6 18 23.0 -0.7 263 1 312.7 313.0 288.3 318.5 1.78 21 689 3253 8.6 -14.4 18 23.0 -0.6 294 0 313.4 313.8 288.5 319.4 1.82 22 684 3314 9.8 -25.2 7 35.0 -1.6 332 0 315.4 315.6 288.1 317.9 0.72 23 682 3338 10.0 -21.0 9 31.0 -1.0 348 0 315.9 316.1 288.6 319.5 1.05 24 672 3460 9.2 -12.8 20 22.0 -0.0 41 1 316.3 316.8 289.8 323.4 2.12 25 665 3547 8.8 -12.2 21 21.0 -0.2 76 2 316.8 317.3 290.0 324.3 2.25 26 658 3634 8.6 -20.4 11 29.0 -1.8 111 3 317.6 317.8 289.2 321.5 1.15 27 651 3722 8.2 -14.8 18 23.0 -1.1 132 3 318.1 318.5 290.0 324.3 1.86 28 646 3786 8.2 -22.8 9 31.0 -2.4 139 3 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.1 0.95 29 640 3863 8.4 -33.6 3 42.0 -3.3 149 3 319.9 319.9 289.1 321.2 0.35 30 626 4044 6.8 -17.2 16 24.0 -2.4 171 2 320.1 320.4 290.4 325.5 1.58 31 614 4203 5.8 -20.2 13 26.0 -3.5 190 2 320.7 321.0 290.3 325.0 1.25 32 612 4229 5.8 -29.2 6 35.0 -4.6 193 2 321.0 321.1 289.7 323.0 0.56 33 602 4364 5.0 -15.0 22 20.0 -3.0 212 3 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.3 1.98 34 599 4404 4.6 -4.4 52 9.0 0.0 218 3 321.6 322.5 293.5 336.7 4.61 35 595 4459 4.0 -5.0 52 9.0 -0.5 227 4 321.5 322.4 293.3 336.0 4.43 36 577 4708 3.2 -10.8 35 14.0 -3.0 266 6 323.4 324.0 292.6 333.2 2.91 37 556 5007 1.2 -9.8 44 11.0 -3.7 304 10 324.5 325.1 293.2 335.4 3.27 38 526 5450 -1.9 -7.9 63 6.0 -4.7 312 19 326.0 326.8 294.1 339.4 4.01 39 519 5556 -2.7 -9.7 59 7.0 -5.8 312 19 326.2 327.0 293.9 338.1 3.53 40 500 5850 -4.7 -10.7 63 6.0 -7.3 320 16 327.3 328.0 294.0 338.7 3.38 41 464 6435 -9.3 -12.8 76 3.5 -10.7 312 14 328.6 329.3 294.1 339.1 3.08 42 458 6536 -9.9 -15.9 61 6.0 -12.1 311 14 329.1 329.6 293.7 337.5 2.42 43 452 6638 -10.7 -15.1 70 4.4 -12.3 311 14 329.4 329.9 293.9 338.4 2.62 44 445 6758 -11.7 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.8 313 14 329.6 330.0 293.6 337.0 2.14 45 442 6810 -11.9 -20.9 47 9.0 -14.7 318 14 330.0 330.3 293.3 335.7 1.64 46 435 6932 -12.9 -21.9 47 9.0 -15.6 328 15 330.2 330.5 293.2 335.6 1.52 47 433 6967 -12.7 -25.7 33 13.0 -16.3 331 15 330.9 331.1 293.0 334.8 1.09 48 432 6985 -12.5 -28.5 25 16.0 -16.6 332 15 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.4 0.84 49 429 7039 -12.5 -30.5 21 18.0 -16.9 334 15 332.0 332.2 293.0 334.6 0.70 50 400 7570 -17.1 -26.1 46 9.0 -19.4 330 19 332.8 333.0 293.6 336.9 1.14 51 397 7626 -17.7 -26.7 45 9.0 -20.0 335 20 332.7 332.9 293.5 336.6 1.08 52 392 7721 -17.9 -28.9 38 11.0 -20.5 336 19 333.6 333.8 293.6 336.9 0.90 53 387 7817 -18.5 -28.5 41 10.0 -20.9 337 19 334.1 334.3 293.7 337.5 0.94 54 362 8314 -20.5 -40.5 15 20.0 -23.8 342 16 337.9 337.9 294.1 339.1 0.31 55 300 9680 -29.9 -59.9 4 30.0 -32.1 325 33 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 56 250 10950 -40.3 -65.3 5 25.0 -41.3 320 35 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 57 200 12430 -51.5 -69.5 10 18.0 -51.9 320 36 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 58 150 14230 -65.9 -69.8 58 3.9 -66.0 335 40 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 59 100 16620 -78.3 -86.3 26 8.0 -78.3 340 17 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.5 0.00 60 96 16852 -79.1 -87.1 26 8.0 -79.1 340 20 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 61 94 16971 -77.3 -86.3 22 9.0 -77.3 340 19 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 62 90 17220 -76.7 -85.7 23 9.0 -76.7 1 14 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.2 0.00 63 87 17414 -77.7 -86.7 22 9.0 -77.7 21 10 392.9 392.9 304.2 393.0 0.00 64 85 17547 -77.5 -86.5 22 9.0 -77.5 24 8 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 65 82 17754 -73.7 -85.7 14 12.0 -73.7 29 7 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 66 79 17972 -72.1 -88.1 7 16.0 -72.2 33 5 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 67 76 18201 -70.5 -88.5 5 18.0 -70.6 38 3 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 68 75 18279 -70.5 -88.5 5 18.0 -70.6 40 2 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 69 72 18522 -68.7 -88.7 4 20.0 -68.8 141 4 433.9 433.9 309.3 433.9 0.00 70 70 18690 -69.1 -89.1 4 20.0 -69.2 210 6 436.6 436.6 309.5 436.6 0.00 71 67 18952 -69.7 -89.7 4 20.0 -69.8 287 3 440.8 440.8 310.0 440.8 0.00 72 54 20252 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -66.0 214 4 478.0 478.0 313.3 478.0 0.00 73 54 20252 -65.5 -90.5 2 25.0 -65.8 214 4 478.5 478.5 313.3 478.5 0.00 74 53 20366 -65.5 -90.5 2 25.0 -65.8 194 5 481.0 481.0 313.5 481.1 0.00 75 51 20600 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.5 152 6 484.5 484.5 313.8 484.5 0.00 76 50 20720 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 130 7 490.1 490.1 314.2 490.1 0.00 77 49 20843 -65.1 -91.1 2 26.0 -65.4 140 8 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 78 48 20970 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -62.6 151 9 503.0 503.0 315.2 503.0 0.00 79 47 21100 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.4 161 10 506.5 506.5 315.4 506.5 0.00 80 42 21793 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -64.0 207 12 519.1 519.1 316.2 519.1 0.00 81 30 23900 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.7 120 7 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.5 0.01 82 29 24116 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -56.4 64 9 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.4 0.01 83 28 24340 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.8 90 6 606.3 606.3 320.9 606.3 0.01 84 25 25065 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.2 189 10 632.6 632.6 322.0 632.6 0.01 85 23 25601 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -56.3 215 10 644.3 644.3 322.4 644.4 0.01 86 21 26186 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -54.9 274 15 667.3 667.3 323.3 667.4 0.01 87 20 26500 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -55.9 305 17 673.0 673.0 323.5 673.1 0.01 88 19 26830 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -56.2 305 17 682.4 682.4 323.9 682.5 0.01 89 18 27180 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.6 315 10 699.9 699.9 324.4 700.1 0.02 90 17 27550 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -55.5 37 9 708.3 708.3 324.7 708.4 0.02 91 15 28368 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -53.0 92 16 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.2 0.03 92 12 29831 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -55.2 108 15 788.8 788.8 327.0 789.1 0.03 93 10 31030 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -53.6 120 8 845.2 845.2 328.3 845.6 0.04 94 9.6 31301 -45.5 -82.5 1 37.0 -53.1 859.7 859.7 328.6 860.1 0.05 95 8.8 31881 -46.3 -82.3 1 36.0 -53.9 878.2 878.3 329.0 878.8 0.05 96 8.4 32192 -43.1 -82.1 1 39.0 -52.5 902.6 902.6 329.5 903.1 0.06 97 7.5 32955 -43.7 -81.7 1 38.0 -53.3 929.9 929.9 330.0 930.6 0.07 TRP 96 16852 -79.1 -87.1 26 8.0 -79.1 340 20 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.00 m Freezing level: 544.39 mb = 5178.02 m = 16988.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.27 mb = 3037.76 m = 9966.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.07 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.52 mb = 1231.05 m = 4038.81 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.58 C/km ThetaE index: 11.50 C Layer 783.0- 756.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 575.20 mb = 4732.92 m = 15527.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.16 C = 120.48 F Cap Strength: 9.49 C Lifted Index: 8.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.91 C Showalter Index: 8.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 11.30 C K Index: 11.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42949.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.36 mb = 2251.31 m = 7386.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 262 at 8 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 196 170 5 -0.9 4.9 | 114 10 -8.7 3.9 1 942 610 195 25 6.5 24.1 | 177 23 -1.4 23.1 2 925 765 190 24 4.2 23.6 | 171 23 -3.7 22.6 3 909 914 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 165 23 -5.8 21.9 4 878 1219 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 175 17 -1.3 16.8 5 850 1495 185 13 1.1 13.0 | 151 14 -6.7 11.9 6 847 1524 185 14 1.2 13.9 | 153 15 -6.6 12.9 7 817 1829 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 147 9 -4.8 7.4 8 788 2134 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 152 12 -5.8 10.8 9 760 2438 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 149 6 -3.3 5.5 10 732 2743 250 7 6.6 2.4 | 137 2 -1.3 1.3 11 700 3123 210 1 0.5 0.9 | 89 7 -7.3 -0.2 12 680 3353 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 82 8 -7.8 -1.0 13 655 3658 125 3 -2.5 1.7 | 94 10 -10.3 0.7 14 608 4267 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 97 7 -7.2 0.8 15 564 4877 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 8 4 -0.6 -4.4 16 543 5182 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 354 12 1.2 -11.8 17 523 5486 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 332 16 7.5 -13.9 18 500 5850 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 350 14 2.4 -13.3 19 484 6096 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 347 12 2.8 -11.7 20 447 6706 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 344 10 2.9 -10.0 21 430 7010 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 6 15 -1.5 -14.6 22 413 7315 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 342 18 5.7 -17.1 23 400 7570 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 355 18 1.7 -17.5 24 397 7620 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 358 19 0.6 -19.2 25 351 8534 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 16 15 -4.2 -14.6 26 336 8839 5 13 -1.1 -13.0 | 33 17 -9.0 -14.0 27 323 9144 335 21 8.9 -19.0 | 357 20 1.0 -20.1 28 300 9680 325 33 18.9 -27.0 | 338 30 11.1 -28.1 29 272 10363 315 39 27.6 -27.6 | 325 35 19.7 -28.6 30 250 10950 320 35 22.5 -26.8 | 332 31 14.7 -27.9 31 217 11887 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 314 33 23.3 -22.8 32 200 12430 320 36 23.1 -27.6 | 332 32 15.3 -28.6 33 171 13411 325 44 25.2 -36.0 | 335 41 17.4 -37.1 34 150 14230 335 40 16.9 -36.3 | 346 38 9.1 -37.3 35 133 14935 350 33 5.7 -32.5 | 4 34 -2.1 -33.5 36 126 15240 340 30 10.3 -28.2 | 355 29 2.4 -29.2 37 120 15545 340 26 8.9 -24.4 | 358 25 1.1 -25.5 38 114 15850 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 14 16 -4.0 -15.5 39 108 16154 350 31 5.4 -30.5 | 4 32 -2.5 -31.6 40 100 16620 340 17 5.8 -16.0 | 7 17 -2.0 -17.0 41 97 16764 340 17 5.8 -16.0 | 7 17 -2.0 -17.0 42 96 16852 340 20 6.8 -18.8 | 3 20 -1.0 -19.8 43 92 17069 340 19 6.5 -17.9 | 4 19 -1.3 -18.9 44 88 17374 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 47 15 -11.3 -10.4 45 75 18288 40 2 -1.3 -1.5 | 74 9 -9.1 -2.6 46 70 18690 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 131 6 -4.8 4.1 47 64 19202 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 82 8 -7.8 -1.0 48 61 19507 95 14 -13.9 1.2 | 90 22 -21.8 0.2 49 58 19812 295 2 1.8 -0.8 | 73 6 -6.0 -1.9 50 50 20720 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 105 14 -13.2 3.5 51 45 21336 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 142 13 -7.8 10.0 52 43 21641 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 142 11 -7.0 8.9 53 41 21946 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 189 8 1.4 8.1 54 39 22250 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 223 4 2.5 2.7 55 35 22860 15 15 -3.9 -14.5 | 37 19 -11.7 -15.5 56 34 23165 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 38 14 -8.7 -11.0 57 31 23774 45 19 -13.4 -13.4 | 56 26 -21.3 -14.5 58 30 23900 120 7 -6.1 3.5 | 100 14 -13.9 2.5 59 29 24079 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 70 18 -16.5 -6.0 60 28 24384 95 5 -5.0 0.4 | 87 13 -12.8 -0.6 61 27 24689 135 3 -2.1 2.1 | 96 10 -10.0 1.1 62 25 24994 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 142 11 -7.0 8.9 63 23 25603 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 164 7 -2.1 7.1 64 20 26500 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 331 12 6.1 -10.8 65 19 26822 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 331 12 6.1 -10.8 66 18 27127 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 352 6 0.8 -6.0 67 17 27432 15 9 -2.3 -8.7 | 46 14 -10.2 -9.7 68 16 28042 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 103 17 -16.5 4.0 69 14 28651 70 20 -18.8 -6.8 | 74 28 -26.6 -7.9 70 14 28956 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 95 28 -27.5 2.4 71 13 29566 115 23 -20.8 9.7 | 107 30 -28.7 8.7 72 11 30175 100 6 -5.9 1.0 | 90 14 -13.7 -0.0 73 10 31030 120 8 -6.9 4.0 | 101 15 -14.8 3.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -31.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.3 neg: -58.3 tot: 26.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 16.27 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 192 17 164 16| 20.5 0.0 20.5| 63.5 -4.6 58.9 117.8 0.70| 22.0 15.4 1000 191 19 167 19| 7.8 0.0 7.8| 79.8 -22.8 56.9 56.9 0.49| 15.7 7.7 1500 191 18 165 17| 5.2 2.8 8.0| 81.6 -49.2 32.4 21.6 0.22| 14.0 3.1 2000 192 16 163 15| 3.9 2.1 6.0| 83.9 -50.7 33.2 16.6 0.20| 11.8 2.4 2500 194 15 162 14| 2.5 1.7 4.2| 84.3 -51.7 32.6 13.0 0.16| 11.2 1.8 3000 196 13 159 12| 1.0 1.4 2.4| 84.3 -58.3 26.0 8.7 0.06| 10.6 0.6 4000 194 10 148 10| 1.1 1.1 2.2| 93.3 -59.7 33.6 8.4 0.09| 9.0 0.8 5000 204 9 151 9| 2.0 0.9 2.9| 95.0 -64.6 30.5 6.1 0.02| 9.1 0.2 6000 232 11 185 5| 1.7 0.6 2.3|111.6 -84.9 26.7 4.5 0.00| 8.7 0.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20251012.12.gif