UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:1200Z 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 69 SFC 985 196 23.6 18.8 74 4.8 20.3 180 10 298.0 300.6 294.0 338.7 14.00 2 941 597 20.4 19.3 93 1.1 19.6 199 31 298.7 301.5 295.0 342.8 15.14 3 932 681 21.0 18.6 86 2.4 19.4 203 33 300.1 302.8 295.0 343.0 14.62 4 928 719 20.4 18.4 88 2.0 19.0 204 34 299.9 302.5 294.8 342.3 14.50 5 926 738 21.4 18.6 84 2.8 19.5 205 34 301.1 303.8 295.4 344.4 14.72 6 925 747 21.6 18.2 81 3.4 19.2 205 34 301.4 304.0 295.2 343.7 14.36 7 921 785 22.2 16.2 69 6.0 18.1 205 33 302.4 304.7 294.3 339.9 12.68 8 905 937 21.8 16.8 73 5.0 18.4 206 30 303.5 306.0 295.1 343.3 13.42 9 889 1092 21.2 14.2 64 7.0 16.5 211 29 304.4 306.6 294.0 338.8 11.53 10 850 1480 18.4 12.4 68 6.0 14.5 225 25 305.4 307.4 293.7 337.5 10.70 11 844 1541 18.0 12.0 68 6.0 14.1 230 21 305.6 307.6 293.6 337.1 10.50 12 830 1684 17.4 9.4 59 8.0 12.4 230 17 306.5 308.1 292.7 333.5 8.95 13 800 1998 15.4 12.1 81 3.3 13.3 233 10 307.6 309.7 294.6 341.3 11.16 14 767 2354 12.8 11.0 89 1.8 11.6 217 9 308.5 310.5 294.6 341.3 10.82 15 765 2376 12.6 10.2 85 2.4 11.1 216 9 308.5 310.4 294.3 339.7 10.27 16 760 2431 13.2 0.2 41 13.0 6.2 211 9 309.7 310.7 290.5 325.6 5.11 17 753 2509 13.6 -9.4 19 23.0 3.3 213 11 311.0 311.5 288.4 319.0 2.49 18 749 2554 13.6 -7.4 23 21.0 3.8 215 12 311.5 312.0 289.0 320.8 2.92 19 735 2713 13.2 -2.8 33 16.0 5.0 223 17 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.1 4.23 20 725 2828 12.8 -5.2 28 18.0 3.9 233 17 313.5 314.2 290.3 324.9 3.58 21 716 2933 11.6 2.6 54 9.0 6.5 243 16 313.3 314.5 292.7 333.5 6.46 22 700 3122 10.2 1.2 54 9.0 5.2 250 12 313.8 314.9 292.4 332.6 5.97 23 691 3229 9.4 -1.6 46 11.0 3.7 249 13 314.1 315.0 291.6 329.6 4.93 24 668 3509 7.0 -3.0 49 10.0 2.0 247 14 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.0 4.59 25 638 3885 3.4 -0.1 78 3.5 1.5 248 14 314.5 315.6 292.6 333.3 5.96 26 630 3987 2.8 -2.2 70 5.0 0.3 250 13 314.9 315.9 292.1 331.3 5.17 27 623 4077 2.0 -1.2 79 3.2 0.3 246 14 315.0 316.1 292.5 332.8 5.63 28 616 4168 1.4 -3.4 70 4.8 -1.0 241 15 315.4 316.3 291.9 330.8 4.83 29 613 4208 1.0 -1.9 81 2.9 -0.5 239 16 315.3 316.4 292.4 332.6 5.44 30 607 4287 0.2 -2.2 84 2.4 -1.0 235 17 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.3 5.37 31 592 4487 -0.9 -7.9 59 7.0 -4.0 229 19 316.3 317.0 291.1 327.8 3.56 32 577 4692 -2.5 -8.5 63 6.0 -5.1 222 22 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.1 3.49 33 570 4788 -3.3 -7.0 76 3.7 -5.0 219 23 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.97 34 556 4985 -4.5 -9.5 68 5.0 -6.6 215 25 317.8 318.4 291.3 328.7 3.35 35 523 5463 -9.1 -10.8 87 1.7 -9.8 218 28 317.8 318.5 291.2 328.3 3.21 36 521 5493 -9.3 -12.5 78 3.2 -10.5 218 29 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.2 2.81 37 515 5582 -10.1 -12.0 86 1.9 -10.8 219 29 318.0 318.6 291.0 327.7 2.96 38 510 5658 -10.7 -13.8 78 3.1 -11.8 219 30 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.7 2.58 39 508 5688 -11.1 -13.6 82 2.5 -12.0 219 30 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.7 2.63 40 506 5718 -11.3 -15.2 73 3.9 -12.6 220 30 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.9 2.32 41 503 5764 -10.5 -22.5 37 12.0 -13.9 220 31 319.7 319.9 290.0 324.0 1.25 42 502 5779 -10.7 -23.7 33 13.0 -14.3 220 31 319.6 319.8 289.8 323.5 1.12 43 500 5810 -9.3 -34.3 11 25.0 -14.6 225 31 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.2 0.42 44 499 5826 -9.1 -36.1 9 27.0 -14.6 225 31 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.35 45 493 5919 -8.9 -41.9 5 33.0 -14.9 227 33 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.20 46 488 5998 -9.1 -45.1 4 36.0 -15.2 228 34 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.14 47 478 6158 -10.1 -31.1 16 21.0 -15.0 232 36 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.0 0.60 48 473 6239 -10.5 -39.5 7 29.0 -16.0 234 36 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.26 49 461 6437 -11.7 -42.7 6 31.0 -17.0 240 36 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.0 0.19 50 460 6454 -11.9 -42.9 6 31.0 -17.1 240 36 326.2 326.3 290.9 326.9 0.19 51 443 6741 -13.1 -45.1 5 32.0 -18.1 239 39 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.15 52 400 7510 -19.9 -46.9 7 27.0 -23.4 235 47 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.14 53 392 7659 -21.3 -46.3 9 25.0 -24.4 235 47 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.15 54 330 8902 -30.5 -54.5 8 24.0 -32.3 243 58 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.5 0.07 55 300 9570 -35.7 -51.7 18 16.0 -36.8 245 65 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 56 250 10810 -45.7 -58.7 22 13.0 -46.2 250 69 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.06 57 200 12280 -51.3 -75.3 4 24.0 -51.7 255 80 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 58 198 12345 -51.7 -75.5 4 23.8 -52.1 255 80 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 59 150 14090 -64.1 -81.1 8 17.0 -64.2 245 66 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 60 100 16520 -72.7 -85.7 12 13.0 -72.8 230 33 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 61 97 16699 -73.9 -86.9 12 13.0 -73.9 235 39 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 62 93 16946 -71.1 -86.1 9 15.0 -71.2 239 39 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.6 0.00 63 83 17615 -74.3 -87.3 12 13.0 -74.3 279 30 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 64 79 17905 -71.9 -86.9 9 15.0 -72.0 257 27 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 65 74 18291 -72.3 -88.3 7 16.0 -72.4 255 20 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 66 71 18536 -70.1 -88.1 5 18.0 -70.2 259 12 432.7 432.7 309.1 432.7 0.00 67 70 18620 -70.7 -88.7 5 18.0 -70.8 255 5 433.1 433.1 309.1 433.1 0.00 68 69 18705 -70.5 -89.5 4 19.0 -70.6 257 5 435.3 435.3 309.4 435.4 0.00 69 66 18971 -67.7 -88.7 3 21.0 -67.9 243 7 447.0 447.0 310.6 447.0 0.00 70 65 19062 -68.1 -89.1 3 21.0 -68.2 223 10 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 71 52 20419 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.1 265 13 490.2 490.2 314.2 490.2 0.00 72 50 20660 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.4 340 8 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 73 45 21311 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.4 127 3 515.3 515.3 316.0 515.3 0.00 74 34 23069 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.6 351 4 567.2 567.2 319.0 567.2 0.01 75 32 23452 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.3 203 10 575.0 575.0 319.4 575.0 0.00 76 30 23860 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.9 190 5 590.6 590.6 320.2 590.6 0.01 77 29 24075 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.4 192 5 598.0 598.0 320.5 598.1 0.01 78 27 24531 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -54.9 160 3 619.4 619.4 321.5 619.4 0.01 79 27 24531 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -55.7 160 3 616.5 616.5 321.3 616.6 0.01 80 24 25291 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -53.3 210 17 647.5 647.6 322.6 647.6 0.01 81 22 25855 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.1 279 15 657.3 657.3 323.0 657.4 0.01 82 21 26155 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -54.5 272 17 669.1 669.1 323.4 669.2 0.01 83 20 26470 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.5 255 20 674.9 674.9 323.6 675.0 0.01 84 18 27148 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -56.9 254 21 690.5 690.5 324.1 690.6 0.01 85 17 27517 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.6 256 22 712.1 712.1 324.8 712.2 0.02 86 15 28334 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -53.9 266 23 743.4 743.4 325.7 743.5 0.02 87 14 28786 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -54.1 285 22 758.2 758.2 326.1 758.4 0.02 88 13 29269 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -55.6 305 21 767.5 767.5 326.4 767.7 0.02 89 12 29789 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -55.8 296 13 786.0 786.0 326.9 786.2 0.02 TRP 97 16699 -73.9 -86.9 12 13.0 -73.9 235 39 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 WND 198 12345 -51.7 -75.5 4 23.8 -52.1 255 80 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.00 m Freezing level: 604.27 mb = 4323.15 m = 14183.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.30 mb = 4099.24 m = 13448.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.22 mb = 811.03 m = 2660.83 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 22.32 C Layer 765.0- 749.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.97 mb = 2008.60 m = 6589.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.12 C = 91.61 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 31.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 710.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 231.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.62 mb = 1164.38 m = 3820.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.62 mb = 3774.83 m = 12384.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.62 mb = 11172.26 m = 36653.96 ft B at Equ Level: 702.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.62 mb = 13818.42 m = 45335.47 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 253 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 196 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 110 16 -14.8 5.3 1 940 610 200 32 10.9 30.1 | 171 26 -3.8 25.4 2 925 747 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 179 26 -0.4 26.2 3 907 914 205 30 12.7 27.2 | 175 23 -2.1 22.5 4 876 1219 215 28 16.1 22.9 | 184 18 1.3 18.3 5 850 1480 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 193 13 2.9 13.0 6 846 1524 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 188 9 1.3 8.8 7 816 1829 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 127 6 -4.8 3.7 8 787 2134 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 90 8 -8.2 -0.1 9 759 2438 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 107 11 -10.3 3.1 10 732 2743 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 166 8 -2.1 8.1 11 706 3048 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 51 2 -1.3 -1.0 12 700 3122 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 81 4 -3.5 -0.6 13 655 3658 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 145 2 -1.2 1.7 14 630 3962 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 85 3 -2.6 -0.2 15 607 4267 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 170 5 -0.9 5.1 16 562 4877 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 176 15 -1.0 15.0 17 501 5791 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 195 20 5.1 19.1 18 500 5810 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 202 19 7.1 17.3 19 482 6096 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 215 22 12.8 18.5 20 463 6401 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 231 21 16.4 13.3 21 400 7510 235 47 38.5 27.0 | 227 33 23.7 22.3 22 394 7620 235 47 38.5 27.0 | 227 33 23.7 22.3 23 318 9144 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 242 45 39.6 20.7 24 300 9570 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 243 50 44.1 22.8 25 250 10810 250 69 64.8 23.6 | 249 54 50.1 18.9 26 222 11582 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 256 56 53.8 13.7 27 212 11887 245 76 68.9 32.1 | 243 61 54.1 27.5 28 200 12280 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 256 65 62.5 16.0 29 198 12345 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 256 65 62.5 16.0 30 193 12497 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 256 65 62.5 16.0 31 150 14090 245 66 59.8 27.9 | 243 51 45.0 23.2 32 137 14630 240 63 54.6 31.5 | 236 48 39.8 26.8 33 124 15240 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 256 36 34.5 8.5 34 106 16154 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 265 24 23.6 2.1 35 100 16520 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 212 20 10.5 16.6 36 97 16699 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 224 25 17.2 17.7 37 96 16764 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 212 20 10.5 16.6 38 91 17069 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 241 28 24.2 13.5 39 86 17374 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 291 22 20.1 -7.7 40 82 17678 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 305 17 13.8 -9.7 41 78 17983 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 246 11 9.6 4.2 42 74 18288 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 264 5 4.5 0.5 43 70 18593 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 59 6 -4.9 -2.9 44 70 18620 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 71 11 -10.0 -3.4 45 67 18898 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 69 11 -9.9 -3.8 46 64 19202 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 125 14 -11.4 7.9 47 60 19507 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 160 5 -1.7 4.5 48 58 19812 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 52 6 -4.8 -3.8 49 55 20117 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 104 7 -7.1 1.8 50 52 20422 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 27 4 -1.8 -3.5 51 50 20660 340 8 2.7 -7.5 | 45 17 -12.0 -12.2 52 49 20726 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 13 15 -3.3 -14.3 53 47 21031 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 39 18 -11.4 -14.1 54 45 21336 135 3 -2.1 2.1 | 81 17 -16.9 -2.5 55 37 22555 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 33 13 -7.1 -11.1 56 35 22860 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 25 19 -7.8 -16.8 57 34 23165 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 73 16 -14.8 -4.7 58 32 23470 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 112 13 -12.2 5.0 59 30 23774 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 126 13 -10.3 7.6 60 30 23860 190 5 0.9 4.9 | 91 14 -13.9 0.3 61 28 24384 195 4 1.0 3.9 | 87 14 -13.7 -0.8 62 26 24689 125 2 -1.6 1.1 | 78 17 -16.4 -3.5 63 25 24994 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 110 16 -14.8 5.3 64 24 25298 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 148 12 -6.3 10.1 65 22 25908 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 2 9 -0.3 -8.5 66 20 26470 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 264 5 4.5 0.5 67 20 26518 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 241 5 4.0 2.2 68 15 27432 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 275 8 7.9 -0.7 69 13 28042 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 352 17 2.4 -16.7 70 12 28346 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 16 11 -3.0 -10.2 71 11 28651 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 129 11 -8.3 6.6 72 9 29261 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 162 14 -4.3 13.5 73 7 30175 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 266 4 3.6 0.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -24.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.5 neg: -30.6 tot: 151.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 54.06 Bulk Shear: 13.14 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 197 23 155 19| 25.1 0.0 25.1|123.2 0.0 123.2 246.3 0.91| 26.2 23.8 1000 203 27 168 20| 10.6 0.0 10.6|144.0 -7.2 136.7 136.7 0.75| 17.6 13.2 1500 209 26 173 18| 4.3 0.0 4.3|154.0 -16.6 137.4 91.6 0.48| 16.8 8.1 2000 212 22 167 14| 3.3 2.1 5.4|154.5 -29.1 125.5 62.7 0.28| 14.8 4.2 2500 213 20 161 13| 2.6 0.4 3.0|178.1 -29.1 149.1 59.6 0.38| 14.1 5.4 3000 216 19 161 11| 2.5 0.4 2.9|181.5 -30.6 151.0 50.3 0.31| 13.7 4.2 4000 223 18 161 9| 1.9 0.7 2.6|185.0 -31.3 153.6 38.4 0.32| 11.3 3.6 5000 222 18 165 9| 1.5 1.9 3.4|195.3 -32.7 162.6 32.5 0.31| 10.5 3.2 6000 223 21 176 11| 2.3 1.6 3.9|261.3 -32.7 228.6 38.1 0.38| 10.0 3.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20251018.12.gif