UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 OCT 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:1200Z 20 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 134 130 6 SFC 992 196 13.8 6.8 63 7.0 10.0 130 6 287.6 288.7 283.5 305.3 6.25 2 980 300 17.2 5.2 45 12.0 10.7 147 16 292.0 293.0 284.7 308.4 5.66 3 966 424 16.8 4.8 45 12.0 10.3 166 27 292.8 293.8 284.9 309.0 5.58 4 957 505 17.4 5.4 45 12.0 10.8 179 35 294.2 295.3 285.8 311.3 5.88 5 947 596 20.2 5.2 37 15.0 11.8 193 43 298.0 299.0 287.2 315.2 5.86 6 928 773 20.4 4.4 35 16.0 11.4 204 44 299.9 300.9 287.6 316.7 5.65 7 925 801 20.4 5.4 37 15.0 11.9 205 44 300.2 301.3 288.2 318.3 6.08 8 907 970 20.0 7.0 43 13.0 12.3 214 37 301.4 302.7 289.4 322.1 6.94 9 904 999 20.0 7.0 43 13.0 12.3 216 37 301.7 303.0 289.5 322.5 6.96 10 898 1056 20.6 0.6 26 20.0 10.0 219 37 302.9 303.7 287.6 316.5 4.45 11 893 1104 20.8 -0.2 25 21.0 9.7 222 36 303.6 304.4 287.6 316.5 4.22 12 891 1124 20.8 -0.2 25 21.0 9.7 224 36 303.8 304.6 287.7 316.7 4.23 13 859 1438 18.2 1.2 32 17.0 9.0 234 32 304.3 305.2 288.5 319.1 4.86 14 850 1528 18.0 -1.0 28 19.0 8.2 235 31 305.0 305.8 288.1 317.9 4.18 15 848 1548 18.0 -1.0 28 19.0 8.2 236 31 305.2 306.0 288.1 318.1 4.19 16 845 1578 18.4 -4.6 21 23.0 7.2 237 31 305.9 306.5 287.4 316.0 3.21 17 816 1876 17.4 -11.6 13 29.0 4.9 246 28 307.9 308.3 286.8 314.1 1.93 18 797 2076 15.4 -6.6 21 22.0 5.1 249 26 307.9 308.4 287.8 317.1 2.92 19 774 2323 14.0 -16.0 11 30.0 2.3 250 23 309.0 309.2 286.6 313.6 1.42 20 736 2744 10.6 -16.4 13 27.0 0.4 250 23 309.7 310.0 286.9 314.5 1.44 21 721 2916 10.8 -24.2 7 35.0 -0.6 256 25 311.8 311.9 286.9 314.4 0.75 22 710 3044 13.0 -30.0 3 43.0 -0.1 260 26 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.2 0.45 23 700 3163 12.8 -30.2 3 43.0 -0.3 255 28 316.7 316.7 288.2 318.2 0.44 24 683 3368 12.4 -33.6 3 46.0 -0.9 240 33 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.33 25 672 3504 11.6 -33.4 3 45.0 -1.3 242 35 319.0 319.1 288.8 320.3 0.34 26 565 4918 -0.5 -34.5 6 34.0 -8.8 250 34 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.36 27 502 5849 -7.5 -41.5 5 34.0 -13.9 269 40 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.3 0.20 28 500 5880 -7.5 -42.5 4 35.0 -13.9 270 40 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.18 29 458 6557 -11.3 -43.3 5 32.0 -16.8 276 42 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.18 30 438 6898 -14.1 -41.1 8 27.0 -18.7 279 41 328.0 328.1 291.4 329.0 0.24 31 421 7197 -15.5 -49.5 4 34.0 -20.1 282 41 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.10 32 400 7580 -19.1 -48.1 6 29.0 -22.8 285 40 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.12 33 389 7787 -20.7 -50.7 5 30.0 -24.1 285 39 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.09 34 340 8768 -29.3 -45.3 20 16.0 -31.0 294 40 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.20 35 328 9024 -31.7 -48.7 17 17.0 -33.2 295 41 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.14 36 315 9309 -33.7 -56.7 8 23.0 -35.1 297 46 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.06 37 300 9650 -36.3 -56.3 11 20.0 -37.5 300 55 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.06 38 288 9932 -38.7 -57.7 12 19.0 -39.6 300 56 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 39 284 10028 -39.5 -53.5 21 14.0 -40.3 300 57 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.09 40 279 10150 -40.7 -54.7 21 14.0 -41.4 300 57 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 41 269 10398 -42.3 -62.3 9 20.0 -43.0 300 58 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 42 258 10679 -44.5 -59.5 17 15.0 -45.1 300 59 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 43 253 10810 -45.3 -64.3 10 19.0 -45.9 300 60 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 44 250 10890 -45.9 -62.9 13 17.0 -46.4 300 60 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.03 45 240 11160 -48.5 -60.5 24 12.0 -48.8 300 64 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 46 239 11188 -48.5 -63.5 16 15.0 -48.9 300 65 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 47 237 11243 -48.7 -64.7 14 16.0 -49.1 300 65 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.03 48 230 11440 -50.3 -61.3 26 11.0 -50.6 300 69 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 49 229 11468 -50.5 -61.6 26 11.1 -50.8 300 69 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.04 50 219 11758 -52.9 -64.9 22 12.0 -53.2 300 68 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 51 200 12340 -55.7 -68.7 18 13.0 -55.9 300 65 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.6 0.02 52 193 12566 -57.1 -71.1 15 14.0 -57.3 299 64 345.8 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 53 180 13004 -59.7 -72.7 17 13.0 -59.9 296 62 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.01 54 169 13397 -60.9 -76.9 10 16.0 -61.0 294 61 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 55 165 13545 -62.3 -77.3 12 15.0 -62.4 293 60 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 56 150 14130 -64.3 -80.3 9 16.0 -64.4 290 58 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.00 57 144 14379 -64.9 -80.9 9 16.0 -65.0 290 57 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 58 120 15472 -72.1 -84.1 15 12.0 -72.2 272 41 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 59 119 15521 -72.1 -84.1 15 12.0 -72.2 272 43 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 60 116 15671 -71.7 -83.7 15 12.0 -71.8 273 47 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 61 104 16311 -74.3 -86.3 14 12.0 -74.3 270 41 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 62 100 16540 -73.9 -85.9 14 12.0 -73.9 290 40 384.9 384.9 303.1 385.0 0.00 63 93 16962 -75.1 -86.1 16 11.0 -75.2 285 43 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 64 89 17219 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.3 293 41 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 65 82 17697 -75.7 -87.7 14 12.0 -75.7 315 31 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.8 0.00 66 81 17768 -75.1 -88.1 11 13.0 -75.2 315 29 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 67 79 17915 -71.1 -87.1 8 16.0 -71.2 315 26 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 68 72 18463 -71.7 -88.7 6 17.0 -71.8 255 14 427.5 427.5 308.6 427.5 0.00 69 70 18630 -70.3 -88.3 5 18.0 -70.4 245 20 434.0 434.0 309.3 434.0 0.00 70 63 19260 -66.3 -88.3 3 22.0 -66.5 220 9 456.1 456.1 311.4 456.1 0.00 71 62 19356 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.3 220 10 456.4 456.4 311.4 456.4 0.00 72 58 19760 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 220 16 472.0 472.0 312.8 472.0 0.00 73 53 20312 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.5 257 15 486.6 486.6 314.0 486.6 0.00 74 50 20670 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.9 225 8 496.2 496.2 314.7 496.2 0.00 75 49 20795 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.9 248 10 499.1 499.1 314.9 499.1 0.00 76 45 21328 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.2 235 12 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.0 0.00 77 43 21616 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -57.1 250 8 533.8 533.8 317.2 533.8 0.01 78 40 22075 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -58.3 258 5 542.0 542.0 317.6 542.0 0.01 79 35 22930 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -54.3 282 10 575.6 575.6 319.5 575.6 0.01 80 30 23930 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -53.6 320 7 604.8 604.8 320.8 604.9 0.01 81 28 24379 -50.5 -82.5 1 32.0 -53.1 296 12 619.1 619.1 321.5 619.2 0.02 82 25 25114 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -55.5 295 12 631.4 631.4 322.0 631.5 0.01 83 23 25652 -52.3 -83.3 1 31.0 -54.8 269 20 649.6 649.6 322.7 649.7 0.02 TRP 104 16311 -74.3 -86.3 14 12.0 -74.3 270 41 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 WND 229 11468 -50.5 -61.6 26 11.1 -50.8 300 69 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.00 m Freezing level: 569.42 mb = 4859.53 m = 15943.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.41 mb = 2807.81 m = 9211.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.70 mb = 1107.22 m = 3632.57 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 6.05 C Layer 898.0- 893.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 546.54 mb = 5179.51 m = 16992.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.84 C = 118.12 F Cap Strength: 15.60 C Lifted Index: 12.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.83 C Showalter Index: 10.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 6.50 C K Index: -18.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 198.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39199.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.18 mb = 2419.06 m = 7936.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 274 at 25 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 992 196 130 6 -4.6 3.9 | 101 30 -29.5 5.6 1 946 610 195 44 11.4 42.5 | 163 46 -13.5 44.3 2 925 801 205 44 18.6 39.9 | 171 42 -6.3 41.6 3 913 914 210 38 19.0 32.9 | 170 35 -5.9 34.7 4 881 1219 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 184 24 1.9 24.3 5 850 1528 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 181 20 0.5 19.5 6 820 1829 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 182 14 0.5 13.6 7 791 2134 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 172 10 -1.4 10.3 8 763 2438 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 155 10 -4.2 9.3 9 736 2743 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 161 10 -3.3 9.6 10 710 3048 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 186 6 0.7 6.3 11 700 3163 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 193 9 2.1 9.0 12 684 3353 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 191 19 3.7 18.3 13 658 3658 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 206 19 8.6 17.4 14 611 4267 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 221 21 13.6 15.8 15 566 4877 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 208 15 7.0 13.4 16 545 5182 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 210 16 8.0 13.7 17 500 5880 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 263 15 15.1 1.8 18 486 6096 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 264 17 17.1 1.8 19 467 6401 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 276 17 16.9 -1.9 20 400 7580 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 302 16 13.7 -8.6 21 398 7620 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 304 14 11.8 -8.1 22 365 8230 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 299 19 16.6 -9.4 23 336 8839 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 323 19 11.3 -15.1 24 322 9144 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 321 21 13.2 -16.0 25 300 9650 300 55 47.6 -27.5 | 319 34 22.7 -25.7 26 250 10890 300 60 52.0 -30.0 | 316 39 27.1 -28.2 27 229 11468 300 69 59.8 -34.5 | 313 48 34.8 -32.7 28 225 11582 300 69 59.8 -34.5 | 313 48 34.8 -32.7 29 200 12340 300 65 56.3 -32.5 | 314 44 31.4 -30.7 30 150 14130 290 58 54.5 -19.8 | 301 35 29.6 -18.1 31 145 14326 290 58 54.5 -19.8 | 301 35 29.6 -18.1 32 131 14935 290 39 36.6 -13.3 | 315 16 11.7 -11.6 33 124 15240 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 260 10 10.1 1.8 34 112 15850 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 276 28 27.9 -2.9 35 107 16154 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 298 21 18.6 -9.9 36 104 16311 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 264 16 16.1 1.8 37 101 16459 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 263 14 14.1 1.8 38 100 16540 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 313 17 12.7 -11.9 39 96 16764 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 302 16 13.7 -8.6 40 91 17069 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 298 21 18.6 -9.9 41 82 17678 315 31 21.9 -21.9 | 8 20 -3.0 -20.2 42 78 17983 315 25 17.7 -17.7 | 24 17 -7.2 -15.9 43 74 18288 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 98 17 -16.9 2.5 44 70 18630 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 146 12 -6.8 10.2 45 67 18898 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 146 12 -6.8 10.2 46 64 19202 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 112 21 -19.8 7.9 47 58 19812 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 137 20 -14.0 14.8 48 52 20422 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 105 11 -11.0 3.0 49 50 20670 225 8 5.7 5.7 | 111 21 -19.3 7.4 50 50 20726 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 106 16 -15.3 4.3 51 47 21031 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 116 20 -17.8 8.8 52 45 21336 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 120 17 -15.1 8.6 53 41 21946 265 3 3.0 0.3 | 95 22 -21.9 2.0 54 37 22555 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 114 18 -16.7 7.5 55 35 22860 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 87 15 -15.3 -0.8 56 32 23470 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 100 15 -14.9 2.6 57 31 23774 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 82 15 -14.6 -2.0 58 30 23930 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 80 21 -20.4 -3.6 59 29 24079 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 76 10 -9.5 -2.4 60 27 24384 315 6 4.2 -4.2 | 83 21 -20.7 -2.5 61 23 24994 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 132 5 -4.0 3.6 62 18 25908 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 52 12 -9.3 -7.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 615.6 neg: -22.4 tot: 593.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 197.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.6 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 103.25 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 191 28 146 35| 43.5 0.0 43.5|509.1 0.0 509.1 1018.3 0.92| 52.9 48.5 1000 203 34 161 35| 18.8 0.0 18.8|601.1 -3.7 597.5 597.5 0.76| 38.3 29.2 1500 214 33 167 30| 11.0 0.0 11.0|603.4 -8.1 595.3 396.8 0.68| 28.6 19.3 2000 221 32 171 26| 7.2 0.0 7.2|603.4 -16.4 587.0 293.5 0.59| 23.2 13.8 2500 225 30 171 23| 5.7 0.3 6.1|605.2 -22.4 582.8 233.1 0.56| 19.2 10.7 3000 230 29 173 21| 5.8 0.3 6.1|615.6 -22.4 593.2 197.7 0.56| 17.6 9.8 4000 235 31 181 19| 4.9 1.0 5.9|661.4 -23.1 638.3 159.6 0.55| 15.3 8.4 5000 239 32 188 19| 3.4 0.8 4.2|667.4 -40.9 626.4 125.3 0.50| 13.1 6.5 6000 244 33 197 17| 3.7 0.7 4.4|727.1 -40.9 686.2 114.4 0.54| 12.4 6.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20251020.12.gif