UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 OCT 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:0000Z 21 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 72 SFC 986 196 32.8 13.8 32 19.0 20.1 170 8 307.2 309.1 293.7 337.7 10.10 2 985 205 32.2 16.2 38 16.0 21.2 171 8 306.7 308.9 294.8 342.3 11.84 3 925 769 27.4 13.4 42 14.0 18.1 210 19 307.3 309.3 294.1 339.1 10.50 4 894 1069 24.6 12.6 47 12.0 16.7 215 22 307.4 309.4 294.0 338.6 10.31 5 850 1509 20.8 10.8 53 10.0 14.4 230 24 307.9 309.7 293.6 337.1 9.61 6 776 2287 14.0 7.0 63 7.0 9.7 255 29 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.6 8.13 7 763 2429 13.0 4.0 54 9.0 7.8 260 31 309.2 310.4 291.6 329.8 6.69 8 762 2440 13.0 4.0 54 9.0 7.8 260 31 309.3 310.5 291.7 329.9 6.70 9 754 2529 12.6 0.6 44 12.0 6.1 267 32 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.3 5.30 10 753 2540 13.6 -4.4 28 18.0 4.7 268 33 311.0 311.7 289.5 322.6 3.66 11 752 2551 13.8 -6.2 24 20.0 4.2 269 33 311.3 311.9 289.2 321.5 3.20 12 751 2562 14.0 -6.0 24 20.0 4.4 270 33 311.7 312.3 289.3 322.0 3.25 13 742 2664 15.0 -26.0 4 41.0 1.4 278 35 313.8 313.9 287.4 316.0 0.62 14 729 2814 14.8 -32.2 2 47.0 0.8 285 37 315.2 315.3 287.6 316.5 0.35 15 700 3156 12.4 -32.6 3 45.0 -0.6 280 37 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.5 0.35 16 626 4078 4.8 -32.2 5 37.0 -5.2 272 36 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.41 17 609 4302 4.2 -36.8 3 41.0 -5.9 275 36 319.6 319.7 288.9 320.6 0.27 18 554 5062 -2.1 -36.1 5 34.0 -9.9 280 37 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.1 0.32 19 539 5280 -2.9 -39.9 4 37.0 -10.7 284 40 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.22 20 500 5870 -6.9 -40.9 5 34.0 -13.5 280 43 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.21 21 432 6993 -15.3 -45.3 6 30.0 -19.8 274 53 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.15 22 400 7570 -18.9 -50.9 4 32.0 -22.7 270 61 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.09 23 397 7626 -19.3 -51.3 4 32.0 -23.1 270 60 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.09 24 325 9077 -31.3 -56.3 7 25.0 -33.1 270 55 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 25 311 9388 -33.1 -60.1 5 27.0 -34.7 275 56 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.04 26 304 9547 -33.5 -57.5 7 24.0 -35.0 278 57 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 27 300 9640 -34.5 -56.5 9 22.0 -35.9 280 58 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.06 28 275 10239 -39.9 -59.9 10 20.0 -40.8 284 62 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.04 29 265 10490 -42.1 -55.1 23 13.0 -42.8 282 64 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.08 30 253 10800 -44.3 -63.3 10 19.0 -44.9 280 62 339.0 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.03 31 250 10880 -44.9 -62.9 12 18.0 -45.5 280 60 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.4 0.03 32 224 11602 -51.7 -63.7 22 12.0 -52.0 280 57 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 33 211 11988 -53.9 -66.9 19 13.0 -54.1 280 60 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 34 209 12049 -54.1 -69.1 14 15.0 -54.4 280 63 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.8 0.02 35 200 12330 -55.5 -69.5 16 14.0 -55.7 280 75 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.02 36 193 12557 -57.5 -69.5 20 12.0 -57.7 282 78 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 37 182 12928 -59.5 -72.0 18 12.5 -59.7 285 84 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 38 170 13354 -61.9 -74.9 16 13.0 -62.0 285 80 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 39 167 13465 -61.1 -76.1 12 15.0 -61.2 285 78 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 40 154 13968 -63.1 -79.1 10 16.0 -63.2 285 70 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.00 41 151 14089 -63.1 -80.1 8 17.0 -63.2 282 67 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 42 150 14130 -63.3 -80.3 8 17.0 -63.4 280 65 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.00 43 139 14594 -65.7 -82.7 8 17.0 -65.8 269 58 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 44 138 14638 -65.3 -82.3 8 17.0 -65.4 268 57 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 45 132 14907 -67.5 -83.5 9 16.0 -67.6 261 53 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 46 110 15987 -73.3 -85.3 14 12.0 -73.3 277 44 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 47 100 16540 -75.9 -86.9 16 11.0 -75.9 265 47 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 48 99 16598 -75.9 -86.9 16 11.0 -75.9 265 47 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 49 89 17216 -73.1 -86.1 12 13.0 -73.2 262 47 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 50 80 17834 -76.5 -87.5 16 11.0 -76.5 289 42 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 51 76 18131 -73.5 -88.5 8 15.0 -73.6 290 42 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 52 75 18209 -70.5 -87.5 6 17.0 -70.6 287 42 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 53 73 18369 -70.5 -88.5 5 18.0 -70.6 276 37 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.4 0.00 54 72 18451 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.7 268 33 434.3 434.3 309.3 434.3 0.00 55 70 18620 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.9 270 35 441.7 441.7 310.0 441.7 0.00 56 67 18886 -65.7 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.9 270 35 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 57 59 19665 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.2 287 25 470.1 470.1 312.7 470.1 0.00 58 54 20207 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.8 308 12 478.5 478.5 313.3 478.5 0.00 59 50 20680 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.4 260 19 497.6 497.6 314.8 497.6 0.00 60 47 21069 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -56.5 262 18 521.8 521.8 316.4 521.9 0.00 61 45 21345 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.3 166 8 526.4 526.4 316.7 526.5 0.01 62 41 21939 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -55.8 178 6 545.1 545.1 317.8 545.2 0.01 63 37 22595 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -56.9 297 11 558.3 558.3 318.5 558.3 0.01 64 35 22951 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -54.6 314 11 574.5 574.5 319.4 574.6 0.01 65 34 23138 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -55.0 304 11 578.3 578.3 319.6 578.3 0.01 TRP WND 182 12928 -59.5 -72.0 18 12.5 -59.7 285 84 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.00 m Freezing level: 572.33 mb = 4808.83 m = 15776.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.88 mb = 3002.34 m = 9850.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.49 % Est. max temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.79 mb = 2587.37 m = 8488.64 ft T: 14.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 12.55 C Layer 925.0- 762.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.95 mb = 3579.93 m = 11745.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.55 C = 108.58 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.76 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: -6.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 341.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 316.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.07 mb = 2450.48 m = 8039.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 506.07 mb = 5775.20 m = 18947.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.07 mb = 10984.25 m = 36037.11 ft B at Equ Level: 193.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.07 mb = 13134.65 m = 43092.15 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 296 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 196 170 8 -1.4 7.9 | 129 29 -22.9 18.5 1 942 610 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 152 32 -15.0 28.5 2 925 769 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 156 30 -12.0 27.1 3 910 914 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 161 29 -9.5 27.8 4 879 1219 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 163 30 -8.9 28.7 5 850 1509 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 173 26 -3.2 26.1 6 819 1829 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 182 24 1.0 23.6 7 790 2134 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 193 21 4.8 20.2 8 762 2438 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 209 18 9.0 16.0 9 735 2743 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 264 13 13.2 1.3 10 709 3048 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 268 16 16.1 0.5 11 700 3156 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 254 15 14.9 4.2 12 658 3658 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 224 19 13.3 13.7 13 610 4267 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 242 16 14.3 7.5 14 566 4877 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 238 15 12.3 7.7 15 545 5182 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 269 17 17.1 0.3 16 500 5870 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 261 21 20.8 3.2 17 485 6096 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 260 20 19.8 3.3 18 400 7570 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 255 41 39.5 10.6 19 397 7620 270 60 60.0 -0.0 | 255 40 38.5 10.6 20 365 8230 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 255 42 40.5 10.6 21 321 9144 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 252 34 32.5 10.6 22 300 9640 280 58 57.1 -10.1 | 269 36 35.6 0.6 23 282 10058 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 278 37 36.4 -4.9 24 258 10668 280 66 65.0 -11.5 | 271 43 43.5 -0.8 25 250 10880 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 270 38 37.5 0.2 26 214 11887 280 56 55.1 -9.7 | 268 34 33.6 0.9 27 200 12330 280 75 73.9 -13.0 | 273 52 52.3 -2.4 28 182 12928 285 84 81.1 -21.7 | 281 61 59.6 -11.1 29 177 13106 285 84 81.1 -21.7 | 281 61 59.6 -11.1 30 153 14021 285 69 66.6 -17.9 | 279 46 45.1 -7.2 31 150 14130 280 65 64.0 -11.3 | 271 42 42.5 -0.7 32 131 14935 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 236 36 29.7 19.7 33 124 15240 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 241 30 26.3 14.8 34 118 15545 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 235 25 20.3 14.3 35 101 16459 290 47 44.2 -16.1 | 284 23 22.6 -5.4 36 100 16540 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 240 29 25.3 14.7 37 96 16764 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 240 29 25.3 14.7 38 91 17069 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 227 34 24.8 23.1 39 78 17983 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 293 17 15.6 -6.7 40 74 18288 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 271 19 19.0 -0.2 41 70 18593 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 192 18 3.6 17.4 42 70 18620 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 232 17 13.5 10.6 43 67 18898 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 232 17 13.5 10.6 44 58 19812 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 181 3 0.1 2.8 45 55 20117 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 90 14 -14.1 -0.0 46 52 20422 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 133 16 -11.5 10.6 47 50 20680 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 169 14 -2.8 13.9 48 50 20726 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 178 20 -0.7 20.4 49 47 21031 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 159 13 -4.6 12.1 50 44 21336 95 1 -1.0 0.1 | 115 25 -22.5 10.7 51 39 21946 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 140 19 -12.5 14.9 52 37 22250 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 105 14 -13.1 3.6 53 34 22555 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 102 14 -13.8 2.9 54 32 22860 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 137 17 -11.7 12.4 55 29 23470 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 105 6 -6.0 1.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.3 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 296.3 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.9 neg: -18.3 tot: 309.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 126.36 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 194 14 144 31| 13.7 0.0 13.7|114.9 0.0 114.9 229.8 0.94| 15.2 14.3 1000 206 18 152 30| 8.9 0.0 8.9|148.9 0.0 148.9 148.9 0.92| 10.1 9.4 1500 214 20 159 29| 7.9 0.0 7.9|203.2 0.0 203.2 135.5 0.89| 9.9 8.8 2000 224 21 166 27| 7.4 0.0 7.4|244.7 0.0 244.7 122.4 0.88| 9.6 8.4 2500 235 24 175 24| 8.0 0.0 8.0|315.6 0.0 315.6 126.2 0.89| 11.3 10.1 3000 247 26 186 21| 6.7 0.4 7.0|327.9 -18.3 309.6 103.2 0.75| 11.0 8.2 4000 256 28 199 19| 5.4 1.2 6.6|349.0 -53.7 295.3 73.8 0.58| 10.0 5.8 5000 261 30 208 17| 5.0 1.0 6.0|385.5 -57.5 328.0 65.6 0.59| 9.1 5.4 6000 266 32 219 16| 4.1 1.2 5.3|385.5 -72.1 313.3 52.2 0.52| 8.2 4.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20251021.00.gif