UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 DEC 25 Searching for KFWD... Searching the city database file for: KFWD ... Date:0000Z 29 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 157 340 28 SFC 995 196 15.4 3.4 45 12.0 9.2 340 28 289.0 289.8 282.6 303.0 4.91 2 992 222 13.2 1.2 44 12.0 7.4 340 29 287.0 287.7 280.9 299.0 4.20 3 963 471 10.4 0.4 50 10.0 5.7 343 37 286.6 287.3 280.6 298.3 4.08 4 925 806 8.2 0.2 57 8.0 4.5 340 37 287.7 288.4 281.2 299.7 4.19 5 915 896 8.0 1.0 61 7.0 4.6 340 34 288.4 289.2 281.8 301.3 4.49 6 904 996 9.0 1.0 57 8.0 5.1 333 32 290.4 291.2 282.8 303.6 4.55 7 895 1078 8.8 1.8 61 7.0 5.4 326 32 291.0 291.9 283.4 305.1 4.87 8 885 1172 10.8 -1.2 43 12.0 5.1 319 31 294.0 294.8 283.7 305.7 3.95 9 880 1219 10.6 -2.4 40 13.0 4.5 315 31 294.3 295.0 283.4 305.1 3.64 10 870 1314 12.2 -1.8 38 14.0 5.5 305 27 296.9 297.6 284.7 308.4 3.85 11 862 1392 11.8 -2.2 38 14.0 5.1 297 23 297.3 298.0 284.8 308.6 3.77 12 860 1411 12.4 -0.6 41 13.0 5.9 295 22 298.1 298.9 285.6 310.9 4.25 13 850 1509 12.0 -1.0 41 13.0 5.6 285 18 298.7 299.5 285.8 311.2 4.18 14 830 1708 10.8 -1.2 43 12.0 4.9 270 14 299.5 300.3 286.1 312.2 4.22 15 827 1738 11.0 -1.0 43 12.0 5.1 267 14 300.0 300.8 286.4 312.9 4.30 16 795 2066 8.2 -1.8 49 10.0 3.4 256 13 300.4 301.2 286.4 313.1 4.21 17 780 2223 7.0 -2.0 53 9.0 2.7 254 16 300.8 301.6 286.6 313.6 4.23 18 752 2523 5.6 -0.4 65 6.0 2.6 255 26 302.4 303.3 287.9 317.4 4.94 19 750 2545 5.8 0.8 70 5.0 3.2 257 27 302.9 303.9 288.5 319.2 5.41 20 744 2611 6.0 -1.0 61 7.0 2.5 261 30 303.8 304.7 288.2 318.3 4.78 21 742 2633 6.2 -3.8 49 10.0 1.5 263 31 304.2 305.0 287.5 316.2 3.89 22 740 2655 6.6 -7.4 36 14.0 0.5 264 31 304.9 305.5 286.8 314.1 2.96 23 738 2677 7.2 -15.8 18 23.0 -1.2 266 32 305.8 306.1 285.5 310.7 1.51 24 737 2688 7.2 -13.8 21 21.0 -0.8 266 33 305.9 306.3 285.9 311.6 1.78 25 726 2812 6.6 -2.4 53 9.0 2.2 269 37 306.6 307.4 288.8 320.2 4.42 26 721 2869 6.2 -1.8 56 8.0 2.2 268 38 306.7 307.6 289.0 321.1 4.65 27 712 2972 6.2 -2.8 52 9.0 1.8 266 41 307.9 308.7 289.2 321.4 4.37 28 700 3111 5.0 -1.0 65 6.0 2.0 265 45 308.0 309.0 289.9 323.7 5.08 29 697 3146 4.8 -2.2 60 7.0 1.3 265 45 308.2 309.1 289.6 322.7 4.67 30 694 3181 4.6 -0.0 72 4.6 2.2 265 45 308.3 309.4 290.4 325.4 5.52 31 661 3576 1.4 -5.6 60 7.0 -1.8 265 43 309.1 309.8 289.0 321.0 3.81 32 654 3662 0.8 -5.2 64 6.0 -2.0 265 43 309.3 310.1 289.3 321.8 3.97 33 646 3761 0.0 -8.0 55 8.0 -3.4 264 44 309.5 310.1 288.6 319.7 3.24 34 644 3786 0.0 -10.0 47 10.0 -4.1 264 44 309.8 310.3 288.3 318.6 2.77 35 634 3911 -0.9 -6.9 64 6.0 -3.6 263 45 310.1 310.8 289.2 321.5 3.59 36 625 4025 -1.5 -8.5 59 7.0 -4.5 262 46 310.7 311.3 289.0 321.0 3.22 37 591 4468 -5.1 -8.9 75 3.8 -6.7 260 49 311.6 312.2 289.4 322.1 3.30 38 583 4575 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -8.0 260 50 312.1 312.6 288.9 320.7 2.68 39 575 4684 -6.3 -11.3 68 5.0 -8.2 260 51 312.6 313.1 289.2 321.6 2.80 40 572 4725 -6.3 -9.4 79 3.1 -7.6 260 51 313.1 313.7 289.9 323.6 3.28 41 562 4862 -7.1 -10.9 74 3.8 -8.6 260 52 313.7 314.3 289.8 323.3 2.96 42 561 4876 -7.1 -11.4 71 4.3 -8.8 260 52 313.9 314.4 289.7 323.1 2.85 43 559 4904 -7.1 -14.1 57 7.0 -9.6 260 52 314.2 314.6 289.3 321.7 2.30 44 555 4960 -7.3 -15.3 53 8.0 -10.1 259 53 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.5 2.10 45 553 4989 -7.3 -14.3 57 7.0 -9.8 258 53 314.9 315.4 289.5 322.4 2.28 46 551 5017 -7.5 -14.5 57 7.0 -10.0 258 53 315.0 315.5 289.5 322.4 2.26 47 548 5059 -7.7 -12.0 71 4.3 -9.4 257 54 315.3 315.8 290.0 324.3 2.78 48 545 5102 -7.9 -15.9 53 8.0 -10.6 257 54 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.2 2.03 49 540 5174 -8.1 -20.1 37 12.0 -11.8 255 55 316.1 316.4 289.0 321.0 1.43 50 538 5203 -8.1 -20.1 37 12.0 -11.8 255 56 316.5 316.7 289.2 321.3 1.44 51 532 5290 -8.1 -16.1 53 8.0 -10.9 253 57 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.3 2.05 52 529 5334 -7.9 -18.9 41 11.0 -11.5 253 57 318.2 318.5 289.9 323.7 1.62 53 519 5482 -9.1 -16.1 57 7.0 -11.5 250 59 318.5 318.9 290.4 325.5 2.10 54 500 5770 -11.1 -18.1 56 7.0 -13.3 245 60 319.5 319.9 290.5 325.7 1.84 55 400 7440 -22.3 -23.8 88 1.5 -22.7 250 66 326.0 326.3 292.0 330.9 1.40 56 300 9490 -37.7 -41.0 71 3.3 -38.0 260 89 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.35 57 250 10720 -48.3 -59.3 27 11.0 -48.7 260 91 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 58 200 12150 -60.1 -67.1 39 7.0 -60.2 265 97 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.02 59 168 13222 -65.9 -74.9 27 9.0 -66.0 240 86 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.01 60 157 13637 -62.2 -80.2 7 18.0 -62.3 250 109 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 61 150 13920 -59.7 -83.7 3 24.0 -59.9 250 102 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 62 100 16410 -69.7 -89.7 4 20.0 -69.8 260 64 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 63 93 16842 -69.9 -89.9 4 20.0 -70.0 258 61 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 64 87 17236 -72.5 -90.5 5 18.0 -72.6 249 43 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 65 85 17373 -72.3 -90.3 5 18.0 -72.3 245 36 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 66 74 18184 -74.1 -90.1 7 16.0 -74.2 258 50 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 67 70 18510 -71.3 -89.3 5 18.0 -71.4 245 35 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.9 0.00 68 67 18769 -70.3 -88.3 5 18.0 -70.4 242 28 439.5 439.5 309.8 439.5 0.00 69 64 19040 -71.5 -89.5 5 18.0 -71.6 244 26 442.6 442.6 310.1 442.6 0.00 70 59 19526 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.7 260 31 464.3 464.3 312.1 464.3 0.00 71 52 20285 -69.5 -89.5 4 20.0 -69.6 315 15 474.4 474.4 313.0 474.4 0.00 72 50 20520 -66.5 -90.5 2 24.0 -66.8 285 9 486.8 486.8 314.0 486.8 0.00 73 49 20643 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.2 288 13 491.0 491.0 314.3 491.0 0.00 74 48 20768 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.6 291 13 495.4 495.4 314.6 495.4 0.00 75 42 21582 -66.1 -90.1 2 24.0 -66.4 323 5 512.7 512.7 315.8 512.7 0.00 76 42 21582 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.7 323 5 517.1 517.1 316.1 517.1 0.00 77 39 22034 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.6 320 7 523.1 523.1 316.5 523.1 0.00 78 37 22354 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.3 318 8 534.7 534.7 317.2 534.7 0.00 79 36 22521 -65.9 -90.9 2 25.0 -66.2 317 9 536.3 536.3 317.3 536.3 0.00 80 36 22521 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.8 317 9 540.4 540.4 317.5 540.4 0.00 81 33 23053 -65.9 -90.9 2 25.0 -66.3 299 12 549.8 549.8 318.1 549.8 0.00 82 32 23241 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.8 298 15 564.8 564.8 318.9 564.8 0.00 83 30 23640 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.7 290 3 572.6 572.6 319.3 572.6 0.00 84 29 23847 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.7 331 14 575.4 575.4 319.5 575.5 0.00 85 27 24284 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -64.1 279 14 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.00 86 26 24517 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -61.0 270 18 605.6 605.6 320.9 605.7 0.01 87 25 24761 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.3 266 19 611.3 611.3 321.1 611.4 0.01 88 22 25561 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.9 271 21 643.0 643.0 322.4 643.1 0.01 89 20 26160 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.6 285 24 655.3 655.3 322.9 655.3 0.01 90 18 26821 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.5 292 25 675.9 676.0 323.6 676.0 0.01 TRP 168 13222 -65.9 -74.9 27 9.0 -66.0 240 86 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.01 WND 157 13637 -62.2 -80.2 7 18.0 -62.3 250 109 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.00 m Freezing level: 644.00 mb = 3785.66 m = 12419.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.42 mb = 2661.40 m = 8731.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.40 mb = 1703.98 m = 5590.42 ft T: 10.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 8.54 C Layer 744.0- 737.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.50 mb = 4595.46 m = 15076.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.58 C = 101.44 F Cap Strength: 17.63 C Lifted Index: 17.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.41 C Showalter Index: 10.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 10.10 C K Index: 16.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47419.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.42 mb = 1804.59 m = 5920.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 298 at 30 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 995 196 340 28 9.6 -26.3 | 54 21 -17.0 -12.1 1 947 610 345 42 10.9 -40.6 | 31 31 -15.7 -26.4 2 925 806 340 37 12.7 -34.8 | 34 25 -13.9 -20.6 3 913 914 340 33 11.3 -31.0 | 42 23 -15.2 -16.8 4 880 1219 315 31 21.9 -21.9 | 31 9 -4.6 -7.7 5 850 1509 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 136 13 -9.1 9.5 6 818 1829 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 138 22 -14.7 16.3 7 788 2134 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 141 22 -14.0 17.6 8 759 2438 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 167 23 -4.9 22.1 9 732 2743 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 211 17 8.5 14.2 10 705 3048 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 222 24 16.3 17.9 11 700 3111 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 225 26 18.3 18.1 12 653 3658 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 222 24 16.3 17.9 13 605 4267 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 223 31 20.7 22.5 14 560 4877 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 227 34 24.7 23.2 15 518 5486 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 220 45 28.9 34.4 16 500 5770 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 215 48 27.8 39.5 17 479 6096 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 215 48 26.9 39.1 18 400 7440 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 224 51 35.5 36.8 19 390 7620 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 229 48 36.3 31.0 20 315 9144 260 81 79.8 14.1 | 242 60 53.2 28.3 21 300 9490 260 89 87.6 15.5 | 244 68 61.1 29.6 22 250 10720 260 91 89.6 15.8 | 245 70 63.1 30.0 23 208 11887 270 102 102.0 -0.0 | 259 77 75.5 14.2 24 200 12150 265 97 96.6 8.5 | 252 74 70.1 22.6 25 168 13222 240 86 74.5 43.0 | 220 75 47.9 57.2 26 163 13411 240 82 71.0 41.0 | 219 71 44.5 55.2 27 157 13637 250 109 102.4 37.3 | 236 92 75.9 51.5 28 155 13716 250 109 102.4 37.3 | 236 92 75.9 51.5 29 150 13920 250 102 95.8 34.9 | 235 85 69.3 49.1 30 121 15240 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 226 55 39.2 38.1 31 100 16410 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 235 44 36.5 25.3 32 94 16764 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 235 44 36.5 25.3 33 85 17374 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 192 30 6.1 29.4 34 77 17983 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 221 36 23.7 27.6 35 73 18288 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 224 31 21.7 22.7 36 70 18510 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 190 29 5.2 29.0 37 66 18898 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 168 27 -5.7 26.2 38 59 19507 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 189 22 3.4 22.2 39 56 19812 315 25 17.7 -17.7 | 68 10 -8.9 -3.5 40 51 20422 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 108 19 -18.0 5.7 41 50 20520 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 124 21 -17.8 11.9 42 48 20726 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 126 15 -12.4 9.1 43 46 21031 295 2 1.8 -0.8 | 118 28 -24.7 13.3 44 44 21336 325 4 2.3 -3.3 | 114 27 -24.2 10.9 45 34 22860 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 110 21 -19.5 7.1 46 32 23165 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 124 17 -14.3 9.7 47 31 23470 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 82 13 -13.0 -1.9 48 30 23640 290 3 2.8 -1.0 | 119 27 -23.7 13.2 49 29 23774 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 86 24 -23.8 -1.6 50 28 24079 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 129 21 -16.6 13.3 51 27 24384 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 137 16 -10.8 11.4 52 25 24689 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 159 19 -6.8 17.7 53 24 24994 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 139 15 -9.8 11.2 54 22 25603 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 159 15 -5.5 14.2 55 20 26160 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 157 9 -3.3 8.0 56 20 26213 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 130 6 -4.8 4.0 57 15 27127 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 184 7 0.5 6.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 8.0 tot: 12.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.3 neg: -77.5 tot: 139.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 285.83 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 343 36 38 26| 12.3 0.0 12.3| 2.4 -64.7 -62.3 -124.5 -0.60| 16.6 -9.9 1000 339 35 37 23| 6.1 9.3 15.4| 27.3 -75.6 -48.3 -48.3 -0.23| 18.5 -4.3 1500 330 31 42 17| 4.1 13.0 17.1| 51.4 -75.6 -24.2 -16.2 0.09| 21.0 1.8 2000 322 26 58 12| 3.1 10.9 13.9| 70.0 -77.5 -7.5 -3.8 0.12| 17.4 2.1 2500 310 26 71 7| 5.2 8.7 13.9|177.6 -77.5 100.1 40.0 0.32| 18.3 5.8 3000 298 28 116 2| 4.3 8.0 12.3|217.3 -77.5 139.8 46.6 0.35| 17.3 6.1 4000 284 32 218 8| 3.2 6.5 9.8|218.5 -84.8 133.7 33.4 0.32| 13.9 4.5 5000 276 36 222 14| 2.6 6.1 8.7|236.8-105.1 131.8 26.4 0.29| 12.2 3.6 6000 268 40 221 21| 2.2 5.9 8.1|244.3-187.6 56.7 9.5 0.22| 11.3 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KFWD/skewt/KFWD.skewt.20251229.00.gif