UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 APR 25 Searching for TXKF... Searching the city database file for: TXKF ... Date:0000Z 27 APR 25 Station: TXKF WMO ident: 78016 Latitude: 32.37 Longitude: -64.68 Elevation: 3.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 3 21.6 19.4 87 2.2 20.1 110 15 294.2 296.7 293.0 334.8 14.22 1 1000 99 20.6 18.6 88 2.0 19.2 125 16 293.8 296.2 292.4 332.6 13.61 2 929 732 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 140 21 295.1 297.3 291.7 330.0 12.16 3 925 769 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 140 21 295.3 297.4 291.7 329.9 12.06 4 872 1270 13.2 13.0 99 0.2 13.1 147 16 297.8 299.8 291.5 329.3 10.86 5 864 1348 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.7 143 16 299.4 301.3 291.6 329.4 10.25 6 850 1486 13.4 11.6 89 1.8 12.3 135 15 300.2 302.0 291.7 330.0 10.15 7 700 3096 3.4 2.8 96 0.6 3.1 175 13 306.2 307.5 290.7 326.6 6.70 8 669 3462 1.6 -0.1 88 1.7 0.7 177 11 308.2 309.3 290.5 325.7 5.68 9 624 4018 -3.1 -4.1 93 1.0 -3.6 193 11 309.0 309.9 289.7 323.1 4.53 10 612 4171 -4.3 -7.0 81 2.7 -5.5 203 11 309.4 310.1 289.0 321.0 3.70 11 610 4197 -3.1 -23.1 20 20.0 -8.9 204 11 311.1 311.2 286.9 314.3 0.98 12 601 4314 -2.7 -33.7 7 31.0 -9.8 209 11 312.8 312.9 286.8 314.2 0.37 13 500 5750 -10.9 -40.9 6 30.0 -16.1 245 9 319.7 319.8 288.9 320.5 0.21 14 472 6189 -13.5 -42.5 7 29.0 -18.1 228 9 321.8 321.9 289.5 322.6 0.19 15 400 7420 -23.7 -42.7 16 19.0 -26.1 225 12 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.0 0.22 16 383 7736 -26.1 -49.1 10 23.0 -28.3 230 11 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.11 17 315 9116 -38.5 -51.5 24 13.0 -39.3 235 9 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.11 18 312 9182 -38.9 -49.9 30 11.0 -39.6 237 9 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.13 19 300 9450 -41.1 -55.1 21 14.0 -41.8 260 9 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.07 20 276 10014 -44.9 -67.9 6 23.0 -45.5 191 2 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.01 21 250 10670 -50.1 -71.1 7 21.0 -50.5 45 7 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.01 22 200 12090 -61.9 -75.9 14 14.0 -62.0 70 6 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.01 23 198 12152 -62.5 -75.5 16 13.0 -62.6 87 6 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.01 24 182 12668 -65.3 -75.3 24 10.0 -65.4 230 8 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.01 25 150 13850 -63.1 -84.1 4 21.0 -63.2 265 22 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 26 138 14359 -64.5 -85.5 4 21.0 -64.6 279 24 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 27 131 14678 -61.7 -85.7 3 24.0 -61.9 268 30 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 28 100 16330 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.8 265 30 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 29 84 17385 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -66.8 300 30 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.3 0.00 30 70 18490 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.7 305 12 444.3 444.3 310.3 444.3 0.00 31 50 20560 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.4 245 5 497.6 497.6 314.8 497.6 0.00 32 30 23780 -53.1 -87.1 1 34.0 -55.0 325 7 599.9 599.9 320.6 599.9 0.01 33 23 25497 -51.9 -86.9 1 35.0 -54.6 255 8 650.8 650.8 322.7 650.8 0.01 TRP 182 12668 -65.3 -75.3 24 10.0 -65.4 230 8 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.00 m Freezing level: 653.68 mb = 3650.99 m = 11978.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.39 mb = 3553.05 m = 11656.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.30 mb = 314.02 m = 1030.24 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 15.83 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.65 mb = 625.09 m = 2050.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.31 C = 72.16 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 326.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.85 mb = 595.85 m = 1954.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 928.85 mb = 733.58 m = 2406.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 868.85 mb = 1300.35 m = 4266.20 ft B at Equ Level: 14.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.85 mb = 13126.21 m = 43064.47 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 199 at 10 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 1007 3 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 76 18 -17.3 -4.4 1 1000 99 125 16 -13.1 9.2 | 89 16 -16.3 -0.3 2 976 305 130 23 -17.6 14.8 | 104 22 -20.9 5.3 3 942 610 140 23 -14.8 17.6 | 114 20 -18.0 8.1 4 925 769 140 21 -13.5 16.1 | 111 18 -16.7 6.6 5 909 914 145 17 -9.8 13.9 | 109 14 -13.0 4.4 6 877 1219 150 16 -8.0 13.9 | 111 12 -11.2 4.3 7 850 1486 135 15 -10.6 10.6 | 95 14 -13.8 1.1 8 846 1524 135 15 -10.6 10.6 | 95 14 -13.8 1.1 9 816 1829 150 13 -6.5 11.3 | 100 10 -9.7 1.8 10 786 2134 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 84 8 -8.2 -0.8 11 758 2438 150 12 -6.0 10.4 | 95 9 -9.2 0.9 12 730 2743 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 105 9 -8.7 2.3 13 704 3048 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 127 7 -5.7 4.3 14 700 3096 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 128 6 -4.4 3.4 15 678 3353 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 115 4 -3.2 1.5 16 652 3658 170 11 -1.9 10.8 | 104 5 -5.2 1.3 17 603 4267 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 269 2 2.3 0.0 18 581 4572 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 212 1 0.5 0.8 19 559 4877 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 235 5 3.8 2.6 20 517 5486 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 315 11 7.6 -7.6 21 500 5750 245 9 8.2 3.8 | 319 8 4.9 -5.7 22 477 6096 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 316 5 3.7 -3.7 23 406 7315 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 176 2 -0.1 2.1 24 400 7420 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 281 5 5.2 -1.0 25 389 7620 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 281 5 5.2 -1.0 26 372 7925 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 310 7 5.4 -4.5 27 313 9144 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 316 6 4.1 -4.3 28 300 9449 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 317 9 6.4 -6.9 29 300 9450 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 325 10 5.6 -7.9 30 274 10058 185 1 0.1 1.0 | 20 9 -3.2 -8.5 31 250 10670 45 7 -4.9 -4.9 | 30 17 -8.2 -14.5 32 200 12090 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 38 15 -8.9 -11.6 33 182 12668 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 327 5 2.9 -4.4 34 178 12802 160 3 -1.0 2.8 | 33 8 -4.3 -6.7 35 161 13411 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 317 13 8.8 -9.5 36 153 13716 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 282 15 14.6 -3.0 37 150 13850 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 292 20 18.7 -7.6 38 139 14326 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 305 24 19.4 -13.5 39 126 14935 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 276 31 31.2 -3.4 40 120 15240 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 304 30 24.8 -17.0 41 114 15545 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 300 23 19.7 -11.5 42 108 15850 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 273 27 26.7 -1.5 43 100 16330 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 285 28 26.6 -6.9 44 98 16459 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 285 28 26.6 -6.9 45 93 16764 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 269 24 24.0 0.4 46 84 17374 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 317 33 22.7 -24.5 47 80 17678 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 324 24 14.1 -19.5 48 72 18288 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 291 27 24.8 -9.5 49 70 18490 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 338 18 6.6 -16.4 50 69 18593 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 333 20 9.0 -18.1 51 66 18898 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 315 15 10.7 -10.7 52 62 19202 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 322 26 15.8 -20.5 53 59 19507 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 341 21 6.7 -19.4 54 56 19812 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 320 10 6.6 -7.8 55 54 20117 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 325 17 9.9 -14.3 56 51 20422 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 330 13 6.6 -11.2 57 50 20560 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 350 8 1.3 -7.4 58 44 21336 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 344 3 0.8 -2.6 59 42 21641 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 322 11 6.7 -8.6 60 38 22250 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 14 11 -2.6 -10.3 61 33 23165 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 333 20 9.0 -18.1 62 32 23470 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 345 18 4.5 -17.3 63 30 23774 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 343 17 5.2 -16.6 64 30 23780 325 7 4.0 -5.7 | 357 15 0.8 -15.2 65 28 24079 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 349 17 3.2 -17.2 66 26 24384 265 6 6.0 0.5 | 343 9 2.7 -9.0 67 21 25298 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 312 8 5.8 -5.3 68 19 25603 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 310 7 5.4 -4.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.8 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 198.8 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.5 neg: -24.8 tot: 54.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 14.17 Bulk Shear: 23.07 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 129 20 100 19| 12.0 0.0 12.0| 55.5 0.0 55.5 111.0 0.81| 14.3 11.6 1000 135 20 106 18| 5.2 0.0 5.2| 62.1 -6.7 55.4 55.4 0.50| 11.3 5.7 1500 138 19 106 16| 3.4 1.2 4.7| 63.2 -19.5 43.7 29.1 0.28| 9.3 2.6 2000 139 17 104 15| 3.3 0.9 4.2| 66.9 -22.8 44.0 22.0 0.23| 8.5 1.9 2500 141 16 103 14| 2.7 0.7 3.4| 71.0 -24.8 46.2 18.5 0.23| 7.4 1.7 3000 143 16 103 13| 2.9 0.6 3.6| 79.5 -24.8 54.7 18.2 0.30| 6.9 2.1 4000 150 15 106 11| 2.6 0.5 3.0| 81.9 -26.7 55.1 13.8 0.26| 6.4 1.7 5000 159 14 114 9| 2.6 0.4 3.0| 86.2 -27.2 59.0 11.8 0.29| 6.2 1.8 6000 169 13 122 7| 2.2 0.4 2.7|102.0 -27.6 74.4 12.4 0.34| 6.3 2.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TXKF/skewt/TXKF.skewt.20250427.00.gif