UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 DEC 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:1200Z 28 DEC 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 82 SFC 987 196 20.0 17.9 88 2.1 18.6 180 7 294.2 296.6 292.2 331.9 13.18 2 958 453 19.6 17.9 90 1.7 18.5 199 23 296.4 298.8 293.2 335.6 13.59 3 939 625 18.0 17.5 97 0.5 17.7 211 34 296.4 298.9 293.2 335.4 13.52 4 936 653 18.6 17.3 92 1.3 17.7 213 35 297.3 299.7 293.3 336.1 13.39 5 925 754 18.2 17.1 93 1.1 17.5 220 40 297.9 300.3 293.5 336.7 13.38 6 892 1065 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 235 42 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.9 12.68 7 887 1113 16.2 15.3 94 0.9 15.6 238 42 299.4 301.7 293.3 335.7 12.42 8 863 1347 16.4 13.1 81 3.3 14.3 255 41 302.0 304.0 293.0 334.7 11.04 9 854 1437 17.2 10.2 63 7.0 12.9 262 40 303.8 305.5 292.0 331.2 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1 37.0 -56.3 962.2 962.2 330.5 962.7 0.04 107 5.8 34102 -47.7 -84.7 1 37.0 -56.3 983.4 983.4 330.9 983.9 0.05 108 5.3 34695 -49.5 -85.5 1 36.0 -57.6 1001.0 1001.0 331.2 1001.5 0.05 109 5.1 34949 -45.1 -84.1 0 39.0 -55.7 1032.0 1032.0 331.6 1032.7 0.07 TRP 167 13300 -65.7 -74.7 27 9.0 -65.8 250 67 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.01 WND 150 13950 -66.5 -78.0 18 11.5 -66.6 250 94 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.00 m Freezing level: 614.60 mb = 4172.08 m = 13687.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.82 mb = 3483.09 m = 11427.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.19 mb = 460.33 m = 1510.24 ft T: 19.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 9.65 C Layer 746.0- 584.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.51 mb = 1021.89 m = 3352.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.20 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 26.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 302.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 199.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.60 mb = 804.15 m = 2638.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.60 mb = 3909.39 m = 12825.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.60 mb = 9411.99 m = 30878.85 ft B at Equ Level: 302.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.60 mb = 13387.55 m = 43921.87 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 274 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 196 180 7 0.0 7.0 | 109 26 -24.3 8.6 1 941 610 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 166 31 -7.8 30.2 2 925 754 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 183 32 1.5 32.2 3 908 914 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 189 31 4.7 30.6 4 876 1219 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 217 25 14.7 19.8 5 850 1477 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 251 15 14.6 5.0 6 845 1524 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 239 16 14.1 8.4 7 815 1829 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 278 11 10.6 -1.5 8 786 2134 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 86 3 -3.3 -0.2 9 758 2438 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 172 8 -1.1 7.8 10 731 2743 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 173 17 -2.1 17.1 11 700 3109 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 174 20 -2.0 20.2 12 653 3658 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 183 16 0.9 16.1 13 605 4267 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 180 16 -0.0 15.6 14 561 4877 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 189 17 2.6 17.1 15 500 5790 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 226 24 17.1 16.6 16 480 6096 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 237 25 21.1 13.7 17 400 7470 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 248 27 25.0 10.3 18 392 7620 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 248 27 25.0 10.3 19 360 8230 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 249 30 27.9 10.8 20 316 9144 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 243 38 33.7 17.1 21 300 9520 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 238 49 41.5 25.5 22 277 10058 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 239 51 43.4 26.2 23 250 10750 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 261 52 51.5 8.2 24 200 12190 270 78 78.0 -0.0 | 268 54 53.7 1.6 25 200 12192 270 84 84.0 -0.0 | 268 60 59.7 1.6 26 181 12802 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 276 51 50.5 -5.0 27 167 13300 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 238 46 38.7 24.5 28 164 13411 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 251 38 35.8 12.2 29 156 13716 245 75 68.0 31.7 | 233 55 43.7 33.3 30 150 13950 250 94 88.3 32.1 | 242 72 64.1 33.7 31 148 14021 250 94 88.3 32.1 | 242 72 64.1 33.7 32 121 15240 260 80 78.8 13.9 | 254 57 54.5 15.5 33 104 16154 240 71 61.5 35.5 | 225 53 37.2 37.1 34 100 16420 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 258 30 29.5 6.3 35 94 16764 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 258 31 30.5 6.4 36 90 17069 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 250 14 13.6 4.9 37 85 17374 235 30 24.6 17.2 | 181 19 0.3 18.8 38 81 17678 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 188 25 3.3 24.7 39 77 17983 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 210 20 10.2 17.6 40 73 18288 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 218 19 11.4 14.6 41 70 18520 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 127 5 -4.3 3.3 42 66 18898 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 146 4 -2.3 3.5 43 62 19202 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 102 7 -7.3 1.6 44 59 19507 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 62 19 -16.8 -9.1 45 56 19812 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 103 15 -14.4 3.3 46 54 20117 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 120 13 -11.1 6.4 47 51 20422 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 88 12 -12.4 -0.5 48 50 20520 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 58 10 -8.9 -5.6 49 48 20726 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 58 10 -8.9 -5.6 50 46 21031 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 69 22 -20.8 -7.8 51 44 21336 300 3 2.6 -1.5 | 90 22 -21.7 0.1 52 38 22250 320 2 1.3 -1.5 | 90 23 -23.0 0.1 53 34 22860 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 63 25 -22.0 -11.2 54 32 23165 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 82 9 -8.5 -1.2 55 30 23630 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 42 14 -9.7 -10.6 56 29 23774 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 10 17 -2.8 -16.4 57 27 24384 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 50 15 -11.2 -9.3 58 25 24689 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 85 14 -13.6 -1.3 59 22 25603 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 172 8 -1.1 7.8 60 21 25908 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 211 11 5.7 9.6 61 20 26170 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 288 18 17.1 -5.7 62 20 26213 290 39 36.6 -13.3 | 313 17 12.4 -11.8 63 18 26822 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 297 24 21.1 -10.6 64 17 27127 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 312 18 13.3 -12.1 65 16 27432 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 277 15 14.6 -1.8 66 15 28042 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 300 19 16.3 -9.3 67 12 29566 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 239 28 24.0 14.5 68 10 30560 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 267 35 34.7 1.6 69 7 32870 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 250 32 29.9 11.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 498.1 neg: -1.6 tot: 496.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 19.6 stream: 14.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 5.94 Bulk Shear: 50.99 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 207 23 147 26| 32.7 0.0 32.7|252.3 0.0 252.3 504.5 0.98| 34.8 34.2 1000 221 32 173 26| 20.7 0.0 20.7|403.3 0.0 403.3 403.3 0.96| 28.3 27.2 1500 235 35 191 22| 12.8 0.0 12.8|474.5 0.0 474.5 316.3 0.91| 25.4 23.0 2000 244 33 199 17| 5.9 0.0 5.9|488.3 0.0 488.3 244.2 0.84| 24.2 20.4 2500 246 31 197 15| 4.7 3.0 7.7|494.0 -0.9 493.0 197.2 0.77| 22.4 17.2 3000 244 31 192 16| 3.9 3.2 7.1|498.1 -1.6 496.5 165.5 0.74| 19.6 14.5 4000 242 30 189 16| 3.4 2.3 5.7|508.9 -4.5 504.4 126.1 0.72| 15.3 11.1 5000 242 30 189 16| 3.2 2.0 5.2|541.5 -4.5 537.0 107.4 0.73| 13.1 9.6 6000 244 32 197 17| 3.9 1.6 5.6|621.3 -4.5 616.8 102.8 0.75| 12.2 9.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20251228.12.gif