UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:0000Z 18 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 58 SFC 984 196 31.0 15.0 38 16.0 20.2 160 13 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.4 10.96 2 925 750 24.8 14.8 54 10.0 18.1 175 18 304.7 306.8 294.1 339.1 11.52 3 850 1484 17.8 12.8 73 5.0 14.6 190 17 304.8 306.8 293.7 337.7 10.99 4 820 1790 14.8 12.0 83 2.8 13.0 190 18 304.8 306.8 293.6 337.1 10.81 5 816 1831 14.4 11.7 84 2.7 12.7 190 18 304.8 306.7 293.4 336.6 10.65 6 794 2062 12.8 9.5 80 3.3 10.7 213 17 305.5 307.2 292.7 333.8 9.43 7 791 2094 12.8 8.4 75 4.4 10.1 216 17 305.8 307.4 292.3 332.2 8.78 8 788 2126 14.0 3.0 47 11.0 7.9 219 17 307.4 308.5 290.5 325.9 6.03 9 787 2136 14.4 0.4 38 14.0 6.9 220 17 307.9 308.9 289.8 323.4 5.01 10 780 2212 15.2 -11.8 14 27.0 3.7 229 16 309.6 310.0 287.4 316.0 1.98 11 778 2234 15.8 -22.2 6 38.0 2.4 231 15 310.5 310.6 286.5 313.3 0.83 12 776 2256 16.4 -15.6 10 32.0 3.5 234 15 311.3 311.6 287.5 316.2 1.46 13 771 2311 16.2 -12.8 12 29.0 3.9 240 14 311.7 312.0 288.0 317.7 1.85 14 770 2322 16.2 -6.8 20 23.0 5.2 241 14 311.8 312.4 289.2 321.3 2.98 15 765 2377 16.0 -1.0 31 17.0 6.9 248 13 312.2 313.1 290.8 326.8 4.65 16 735 2716 14.0 4.0 51 10.0 8.2 264 5 313.6 314.9 293.2 335.3 6.95 17 721 2878 12.8 0.8 44 12.0 6.2 279 4 314.0 315.1 292.2 331.7 5.63 18 712 2984 12.4 -3.6 33 16.0 4.2 290 4 314.7 315.5 291.1 327.8 4.12 19 706 3055 11.8 -3.2 35 15.0 4.1 297 4 314.8 315.6 291.3 328.4 4.28 20 700 3126 11.0 1.0 50 10.0 5.5 305 4 314.7 315.8 292.6 333.2 5.89 21 693 3210 10.2 3.2 62 7.0 6.2 307 4 314.7 316.0 293.4 336.6 6.97 22 671 3477 7.6 3.2 74 4.4 5.1 303 4 314.7 316.1 293.6 337.3 7.20 23 663 3575 7.0 0.0 61 7.0 3.2 296 5 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.4 5.78 24 653 3700 5.8 0.9 71 4.9 3.1 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331.4 3.62 39 568 4828 -1.3 -10.3 50 9.0 -5.1 246 20 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.7 3.07 40 553 5040 -3.1 -11.1 54 8.0 -6.4 255 19 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.96 41 536 5287 -4.7 -21.7 25 17.0 -10.1 259 17 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.2 1.26 42 529 5390 -5.5 -23.5 23 18.0 -10.9 257 17 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.9 1.09 43 522 5495 -6.1 -24.1 23 18.0 -11.3 255 18 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.3 1.04 44 500 5830 -8.9 -23.9 29 15.0 -13.2 250 20 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.1 1.11 45 494 5923 -9.5 -24.5 28 15.0 -13.7 250 20 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.3 1.06 46 489 6002 -10.3 -21.3 40 11.0 -13.6 250 21 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.5 1.43 47 486 6049 -10.7 -21.7 40 11.0 -14.0 250 21 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.4 1.39 48 478 6177 -11.5 -24.5 33 13.0 -15.0 248 21 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.0 1.10 49 465 6388 -13.7 -20.7 55 7.0 -15.8 243 22 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.4 1.58 50 464 6404 -13.7 -24.7 39 11.0 -16.6 243 22 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.1 1.11 51 463 6421 -13.7 -23.7 43 10.0 -16.4 242 22 323.4 323.6 291.0 327.6 1.22 52 459 6487 -13.7 -27.7 30 14.0 -17.1 241 22 324.2 324.3 290.9 327.2 0.86 53 458 6503 -14.1 -23.1 46 9.0 -16.6 240 22 323.9 324.1 291.3 328.4 1.30 54 449 6654 -15.5 -22.5 55 7.0 -17.4 236 23 324.0 324.2 291.4 328.8 1.40 55 400 7520 -19.7 -50.7 5 31.0 -23.3 265 37 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.09 56 300 9590 -34.5 -59.5 6 25.0 -36.0 265 42 336.7 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.04 57 250 10830 -44.1 -65.1 8 21.0 -44.8 265 43 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.02 58 200 12300 -52.9 -73.9 6 21.0 -53.2 250 53 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 59 150 14110 -63.1 -82.1 6 19.0 -63.2 265 50 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 60 106 16189 -74.5 -86.5 14 12.0 -74.5 250 36 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.00 61 100 16530 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.3 265 24 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 62 93 16957 -74.1 -87.1 12 13.0 -74.2 243 21 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 63 88 17281 -72.5 -86.5 10 14.0 -72.6 251 17 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 64 82 17696 -74.3 -87.3 12 13.0 -74.3 236 17 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 65 78 17990 -71.7 -87.7 7 16.0 -71.8 246 22 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 66 75 18221 -72.3 -88.3 7 16.0 -72.4 265 16 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 67 72 18463 -70.7 -88.7 5 18.0 -70.8 261 16 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 68 70 18630 -71.9 -88.9 6 17.0 -72.0 225 7 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.6 0.00 69 67 18889 -71.9 -88.9 6 17.0 -72.0 225 10 436.0 436.0 309.4 436.0 0.00 70 57 19852 -67.9 -89.9 3 22.0 -68.1 39 2 465.7 465.7 312.3 465.7 0.00 71 54 20180 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.6 62 4 481.2 481.2 313.5 481.3 0.00 72 50 20650 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -66.0 95 7 488.7 488.7 314.1 488.7 0.00 73 47 21026 -65.1 -91.1 2 26.0 -65.4 106 7 498.8 498.8 314.9 498.8 0.00 74 40 22023 -57.7 -88.7 1 31.0 -58.6 110 3 541.0 541.0 317.6 541.0 0.00 75 33 23237 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.3 355 1 573.1 573.1 319.3 573.2 0.00 76 32 23431 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.3 342 4 575.0 575.0 319.4 575.0 0.00 77 32 23431 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -58.0 342 4 579.3 579.3 319.6 579.3 0.00 78 30 23840 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.2 230 8 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 79 27 24509 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.2 237 10 608.1 608.1 321.0 608.2 0.01 80 22 25823 -51.1 -86.1 1 35.0 -54.1 286 8 661.5 661.5 323.1 661.6 0.01 81 20 26440 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -55.3 275 15 675.5 675.5 323.6 675.6 0.01 82 18 27126 -50.3 -85.3 1 35.0 -53.9 275 12 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.2 0.02 83 12 29765 -52.7 -86.7 1 34.0 -56.6 262 21 781.0 781.0 326.8 781.2 0.02 84 12 29765 -51.1 -86.1 1 35.0 -55.6 262 21 786.7 786.7 326.9 786.9 0.02 85 11 30331 -51.7 -86.7 1 35.0 -56.2 262 16 804.3 804.3 327.4 804.5 0.02 86 10 30960 -44.9 -83.9 0 39.0 -52.7 250 27 851.9 852.0 328.4 852.3 0.03 87 9.2 31520 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -52.1 879.4 879.4 329.0 879.8 0.04 88 8.3 32209 -46.1 -84.1 1 38.0 -54.1 893.9 893.9 329.3 894.2 0.04 89 7.8 32624 -44.3 -83.3 1 39.0 -53.4 917.1 917.1 329.8 917.6 0.05 TRP 106 16189 -74.5 -86.5 14 12.0 -74.5 250 36 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.00 m Freezing level: 578.00 mb = 4688.17 m = 15380.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.35 mb = 3936.38 m = 12914.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.06 mb = 2211.39 m = 7255.12 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 25.80 C Layer 850.0- 776.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.14 mb = 3219.91 m = 10563.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.09 C = 104.15 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.71 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 29.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 226.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 253.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.38 mb = 2078.96 m = 6820.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.38 mb = 4977.59 m = 16330.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.38 mb = 9415.11 m = 30889.09 ft B at Equ Level: 224.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.38 mb = 11751.02 m = 38552.74 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 258 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 984 196 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 124 18 -14.8 10.1 1 940 610 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 141 19 -11.9 14.8 2 925 750 175 18 -1.6 17.9 | 143 20 -11.9 15.8 3 908 914 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 145 18 -10.4 14.9 4 876 1219 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 145 16 -9.1 12.8 5 850 1484 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 153 16 -7.4 14.6 6 816 1829 190 18 3.1 17.7 | 155 17 -7.3 15.6 7 787 2134 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 183 11 0.5 10.9 8 759 2438 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 231 2 1.2 1.0 9 732 2743 265 4 4.0 0.3 | 74 7 -6.4 -1.8 10 700 3126 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 58 8 -7.1 -4.4 11 681 3353 310 3 2.3 -1.9 | 63 9 -8.1 -4.1 12 655 3658 290 6 5.6 -2.1 | 49 6 -4.7 -4.2 13 631 3962 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 203 4 1.4 3.4 14 607 4267 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 203 4 1.4 3.4 15 585 4572 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 205 8 3.5 7.6 16 563 4877 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 242 11 9.4 5.1 17 542 5182 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 263 5 5.4 0.7 18 500 5830 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 241 10 8.4 4.7 19 483 6096 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 242 11 9.4 5.1 20 445 6706 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 217 14 8.5 11.1 21 411 7315 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 268 27 26.5 1.1 22 400 7520 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 268 27 26.5 1.1 23 394 7620 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 268 27 26.5 1.1 24 362 8230 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 261 30 30.0 5.0 25 319 9144 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 261 30 30.0 5.0 26 300 9590 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 267 31 31.5 1.5 27 250 10830 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 267 32 32.5 1.6 28 245 10973 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 267 32 32.5 1.6 29 200 12300 250 53 49.8 18.1 | 248 43 39.4 16.0 30 194 12497 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 241 40 34.9 19.0 31 152 14021 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 254 45 43.7 12.4 32 150 14110 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 267 39 39.4 2.2 33 138 14630 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 273 40 39.6 -2.1 34 124 15240 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 260 33 33.0 5.5 35 118 15545 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 274 28 27.6 -2.1 36 112 15850 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 238 21 17.7 11.0 37 106 16189 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 247 26 23.4 10.2 38 100 16530 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 270 14 13.5 -0.0 39 96 16764 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 270 15 14.5 0.1 40 91 17069 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 202 11 4.2 10.1 41 87 17374 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 263 5 5.4 0.7 42 82 17678 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 205 8 3.5 7.6 43 78 17983 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 233 12 9.6 7.2 44 74 18288 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 300 4 3.6 -2.1 45 70 18593 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 249 6 6.0 2.3 46 70 18630 225 7 4.9 4.9 | 118 6 -5.4 2.8 47 67 18898 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 146 6 -3.3 4.9 48 64 19202 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 163 7 -1.9 6.4 49 60 19507 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 300 4 3.6 -2.1 50 57 19812 35 2 -1.1 -1.6 | 72 12 -11.5 -3.8 51 50 20650 95 7 -7.0 0.6 | 85 17 -17.4 -1.5 52 49 20726 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 55 19 -15.4 -10.8 53 45 21336 180 5 0.0 5.0 | 105 11 -10.4 2.9 54 33 23165 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 78 11 -10.4 -2.1 55 30 23774 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 22 11 -4.0 -9.8 56 30 23840 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 125 5 -4.3 3.0 57 28 24384 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 116 2 -1.9 1.0 58 26 24689 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 159 8 -2.7 7.1 59 25 24994 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 172 13 -1.9 12.6 60 24 25298 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 288 7 6.6 -2.1 61 23 25603 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 199 1 0.2 0.7 62 21 26213 340 2 0.7 -1.9 | 68 10 -9.7 -4.0 63 20 26440 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 307 6 4.6 -3.4 64 19 26822 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 277 6 5.6 -0.7 65 18 27127 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 334 4 1.6 -3.2 66 17 27432 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 64 5 -4.4 -2.1 67 15 28346 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 130 12 -9.5 7.8 68 14 28651 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 242 12 10.3 5.4 69 14 28956 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 219 15 9.3 11.6 70 12 29566 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 229 9 6.8 5.9 71 12 29870 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 280 12 11.6 -2.1 72 11 30175 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 291 3 2.6 -1.0 73 10 30960 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 245 17 15.0 7.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -4.3 tot: 72.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 8.13 Bulk Shear: 27.85 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 170 15 135 18| 6.3 0.0 6.3| 28.7 0.0 28.7 57.4 0.95| 6.4 6.0 1000 175 16 140 18| 3.3 0.0 3.3| 33.4 -0.4 32.9 32.9 0.66| 5.2 3.4 1500 180 16 143 18| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 44.8 -0.4 44.4 29.6 0.71| 4.5 3.2 2000 186 17 149 17| 4.2 0.0 4.2| 73.1 -0.4 72.7 36.3 0.69| 6.4 4.4 2500 194 15 152 15| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 76.6 -0.8 75.8 30.3 0.40| 8.3 3.3 3000 197 14 149 13| 2.8 0.0 2.8| 76.9 -4.3 72.7 24.2 0.32| 7.6 2.5 4000 207 12 150 10| 2.1 1.5 3.6| 77.8 -9.8 68.0 17.0 0.09| 7.7 0.7 5000 219 13 165 8| 2.2 1.8 4.0| 98.1 -9.8 88.3 17.7 0.19| 7.9 1.5 6000 228 14 182 7| 1.9 2.0 3.9| 98.4 -17.6 80.8 13.5 0.13| 7.1 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20251018.00.gif