UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 27 APR 25 Searching for TXKF... Searching the city database file for: TXKF ... Date:1200Z 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 1015 3 21.4 21.4 100 0.0 21.4 160 12 293.3 296.2 294.0 338.8 16.00 1 1000 162 20.6 19.5 93 1.1 19.9 170 22 293.8 296.3 293.0 334.8 14.41 2 925 833 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.9 185 22 295.7 297.9 292.0 331.0 12.29 3 865 1402 13.0 12.1 94 0.9 12.4 186 19 298.3 300.1 291.2 328.3 10.31 4 850 1549 13.0 11.2 89 1.8 11.9 190 17 299.8 301.6 291.3 328.7 9.88 5 786 2205 11.0 5.0 66 6.0 7.6 196 12 304.4 305.7 290.4 325.4 6.97 6 783 2237 10.8 4.8 66 6.0 7.4 194 12 304.5 305.8 290.4 325.3 6.90 7 700 3161 4.0 1.2 82 2.8 2.5 190 15 306.9 308.0 290.3 325.2 5.97 8 606 4315 -4.5 -5.7 91 1.2 -5.0 210 12 310.0 310.8 289.6 323.0 4.13 9 596 4447 -3.7 -8.2 71 4.5 -5.6 211 13 312.4 313.1 289.8 323.5 3.46 10 541 5204 -9.1 -11.7 81 2.6 -10.1 211 14 314.8 315.3 290.0 324.1 2.89 11 508 5689 -12.1 -18.1 61 6.0 -14.0 234 20 316.8 317.2 289.6 322.9 1.81 12 500 5810 -13.1 -17.4 70 4.3 -14.5 230 22 317.1 317.4 289.8 323.6 1.95 13 477 6168 -15.7 -16.8 91 1.1 -16.0 219 17 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.3 2.15 14 460 6442 -17.1 -22.1 65 5.0 -18.4 183 12 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.6 1.41 15 458 6475 -16.9 -25.9 46 9.0 -19.0 185 12 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.9 1.01 16 448 6641 -18.3 -21.5 76 3.2 -19.1 199 13 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.9 1.53 17 400 7480 -24.5 -28.9 67 4.4 -25.4 210 15 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.3 0.88 18 380 7850 -28.1 -30.4 81 2.3 -28.5 210 16 323.2 323.3 290.6 326.0 0.80 19 331 8824 -35.5 -41.5 54 6.0 -36.1 225 20 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.30 20 326 8930 -36.5 -39.4 74 2.9 -36.8 226 19 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.38 21 323 8994 -37.1 -48.1 31 11.0 -37.9 227 18 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.15 22 300 9500 -40.7 -56.7 16 16.0 -41.4 255 16 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.06 23 287 9801 -43.5 -58.5 18 15.0 -44.0 255 15 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.05 24 272 10161 -45.1 -70.1 4 25.0 -45.7 255 13 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.01 25 250 10720 -49.7 -69.7 8 20.0 -50.1 285 10 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.2 0.01 26 200 12140 -60.9 -72.9 19 12.0 -61.0 315 15 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.01 27 197 12234 -61.5 -72.5 22 11.0 -61.6 313 15 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.01 28 178 12859 -64.5 -73.5 28 9.0 -64.6 288 20 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.01 29 150 13900 -66.7 -79.7 14 13.0 -66.8 250 25 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.00 30 149 13940 -67.1 -80.1 14 13.0 -67.2 255 26 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.00 31 132 14676 -62.3 -83.3 4 21.0 -62.4 278 30 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 32 100 16380 -63.3 -87.3 2 24.0 -63.5 270 34 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 33 73 18288 -68.7 -89.7 3 21.0 -68.8 280 7 432.2 432.2 309.1 432.2 0.00 34 70 18540 -67.1 -90.1 2 23.0 -67.2 295 18 440.8 440.8 310.0 440.8 0.00 35 64 19086 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.8 305 13 460.2 460.2 311.8 460.2 0.00 36 50 20610 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.8 290 5 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 37 48 20865 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.0 278 7 506.8 506.8 315.4 506.8 0.00 38 46 21129 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -63.0 265 10 508.2 508.2 315.5 508.2 0.00 39 30 23820 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -56.7 255 5 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.5 0.01 40 21 26121 -49.1 -85.1 1 36.0 -52.7 246 12 676.4 676.4 323.6 676.5 0.01 41 20 26440 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -53.3 295 11 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.2 0.02 42 15 28319 -50.7 -85.7 1 35.0 -54.7 311 5 739.4 739.4 325.6 739.5 0.02 TRP 149 13940 -67.1 -80.1 14 13.0 -67.2 255 26 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.00 m Freezing level: 655.76 mb = 3704.22 m = 12152.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.42 mb = 3530.53 m = 11582.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.45 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1015.37 mb = 3.00 m = 9.84 ft T: 21.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 10.52 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.10 mb = 584.47 m = 1917.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 34.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 888.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.65 mb = 543.48 m = 1783.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 941.65 mb = 679.50 m = 2229.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 831.65 mb = 1731.99 m = 5682.33 ft B at Equ Level: 31.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.65 mb = 14247.75 m = 46744.01 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 230 at 12 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 1015 3 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 104 14 -13.5 3.3 1 1000 162 170 22 -3.8 21.7 | 136 19 -13.3 13.7 2 984 305 180 24 0.0 24.0 | 149 19 -9.4 16.0 3 949 610 185 24 2.1 23.9 | 155 18 -7.3 15.9 4 925 833 185 22 1.9 21.9 | 152 16 -7.5 13.9 5 916 914 190 22 3.8 21.7 | 158 15 -5.6 13.7 6 884 1219 180 22 0.0 22.0 | 146 17 -9.4 14.0 7 850 1549 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 143 11 -6.5 8.7 8 822 1829 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 151 6 -3.1 5.6 9 792 2134 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 122 6 -5.3 3.3 10 764 2438 180 12 0.0 12.0 | 113 10 -9.4 4.0 11 736 2743 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 115 9 -8.4 4.0 12 710 3048 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 163 8 -2.3 7.4 13 700 3161 190 15 2.6 14.8 | 135 10 -6.8 6.8 14 683 3353 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 159 5 -1.9 5.0 15 657 3658 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 160 9 -3.3 8.9 16 632 3962 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 127 8 -6.1 4.6 17 608 4267 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 125 4 -3.4 2.4 18 563 4877 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 169 4 -0.8 4.3 19 542 5182 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 149 5 -2.4 4.1 20 521 5486 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 270 4 4.4 -0.0 21 500 5810 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 230 10 7.4 6.1 22 481 6096 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 231 7 5.1 4.2 23 462 6401 180 12 0.0 12.0 | 113 10 -9.4 4.0 24 444 6706 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 134 5 -3.9 3.8 25 400 7480 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 159 5 -1.9 5.0 26 392 7620 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 159 5 -1.9 5.0 27 359 8230 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 177 8 -0.4 7.6 28 344 8534 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 208 10 4.7 8.9 29 316 9144 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 231 5 3.6 2.9 30 302 9449 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 315 8 5.3 -5.4 31 300 9500 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 303 7 6.0 -3.9 32 276 10058 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 309 7 5.1 -4.1 33 264 10363 255 8 7.7 2.1 | 16 6 -1.7 -5.9 34 250 10720 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 359 11 0.2 -10.6 35 240 10973 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 359 11 0.2 -10.6 36 229 11278 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 339 10 3.5 -9.1 37 208 11887 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 332 16 7.5 -14.2 38 200 12140 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 356 19 1.2 -18.6 39 198 12192 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 356 19 1.2 -18.6 40 179 12802 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 325 16 8.9 -12.9 41 171 13106 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 329 24 12.2 -20.5 42 155 13716 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 313 22 15.7 -14.7 43 150 13900 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 268 14 14.1 0.5 44 149 13940 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 275 16 15.7 -1.3 45 147 14021 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 268 14 14.1 0.5 46 140 14326 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 272 31 30.9 -0.9 47 133 14630 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 302 25 21.1 -13.4 48 127 14935 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 293 20 18.6 -8.0 49 120 15240 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 263 19 18.8 2.3 50 104 16154 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 265 30 30.2 2.6 51 100 16380 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 288 26 24.6 -8.0 52 94 16764 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 288 26 24.6 -8.0 53 85 17374 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 321 32 20.0 -25.0 54 81 17678 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 342 17 5.3 -16.5 55 77 17983 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 17 18 -5.2 -17.1 56 73 18288 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 15 10 -2.5 -9.2 57 70 18540 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 336 17 6.9 -15.6 58 66 18898 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 334 18 7.8 -16.0 59 63 19202 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 7 15 -1.8 -14.4 60 57 19812 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 15 3 -0.8 -3.0 61 54 20117 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 5 14 -1.2 -13.7 62 52 20422 285 2 1.9 -0.5 | 41 11 -7.5 -8.5 63 50 20610 290 5 4.7 -1.7 | 26 11 -4.7 -9.7 64 45 21336 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 336 5 2.2 -4.9 65 42 21641 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 350 15 2.7 -15.0 66 40 21946 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 340 7 2.5 -7.0 67 30 23774 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 50 12 -9.4 -8.0 68 30 23820 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 34 8 -4.6 -6.7 69 27 24384 310 6 4.6 -3.9 | 22 13 -4.8 -11.9 70 24 25298 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 112 5 -4.8 2.0 71 21 26213 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 335 4 1.8 -3.9 72 20 26440 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 358 13 0.5 -12.7 73 20 26518 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 1 16 -0.2 -15.7 74 18 26822 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 2 12 -0.4 -12.2 75 17 27127 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 9 15 -2.4 -15.1 76 15 27432 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 27 13 -5.9 -11.5 77 13 28042 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 1 5 -0.0 -4.6 78 12 28346 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 3 8 -0.4 -8.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.7 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 229.7 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.1 neg: -25.3 tot: 63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 77.35 Bulk Shear: 11.49 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 176 22 142 17| 14.2 0.0 14.2| 65.4 0.0 65.4 130.9 0.92| 16.5 15.1 1000 181 22 148 17| 6.5 0.0 6.5| 73.3 -6.7 66.7 66.7 0.71| 10.8 7.7 1500 182 22 148 16| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 73.3 -17.4 55.9 37.3 0.43| 9.8 4.2 2000 185 20 148 14| 2.4 0.0 2.4| 75.4 -20.4 55.0 27.5 0.32| 9.2 3.0 2500 186 19 144 13| 1.9 1.0 2.9| 75.4 -25.3 50.1 20.0 0.22| 8.4 1.8 3000 187 18 142 12| 2.7 0.8 3.5| 89.1 -25.3 63.7 21.2 0.32| 8.2 2.6 4000 190 17 144 11| 2.1 1.1 3.2| 93.9 -41.0 52.9 13.2 0.17| 8.0 1.4 5000 194 16 144 10| 2.1 0.9 3.0| 97.1 -41.7 55.3 11.1 0.19| 7.0 1.3 6000 200 16 153 8| 2.2 0.6 2.8|102.8 -49.7 53.0 8.8 0.18| 7.3 1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TXKF/skewt/TXKF.skewt.20250427.12.gif