UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for TXKF... Searching the city database file for: TXKF ... Date:1200Z 8 OCT 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 1018 3 25.2 20.3 74 4.9 21.8 110 16 296.8 299.5 294.3 339.8 14.89 1 1000 194 23.4 19.0 76 4.4 20.4 105 19 296.5 299.1 293.5 336.8 13.96 2 943 704 18.6 16.2 86 2.4 17.0 105 19 296.7 298.9 292.4 332.4 12.37 3 925 870 17.6 14.4 82 3.2 15.5 105 18 297.3 299.3 291.6 329.8 11.22 4 850 1588 12.6 10.6 88 2.0 11.4 105 14 299.3 301.1 290.9 327.1 9.48 5 843 1657 12.0 10.2 89 1.8 10.9 104 13 299.4 301.1 290.7 326.7 9.31 6 836 1727 11.8 8.8 82 3.0 10.0 102 11 299.9 301.5 290.3 325.0 8.53 7 826 1828 12.4 4.4 58 8.0 7.9 100 9 301.6 302.8 288.9 320.6 6.36 8 793 2169 12.2 -5.8 28 18.0 3.9 106 4 304.9 305.5 286.9 314.6 3.12 9 717 3006 7.4 -11.6 24 19.0 -0.3 120 10 308.6 309.0 287.3 315.6 2.19 10 700 3203 7.4 -21.6 11 29.0 -2.2 155 10 310.7 310.9 286.7 313.9 0.97 11 679 3453 6.8 -27.2 7 34.0 -3.3 155 9 312.7 312.8 287.0 314.8 0.61 12 674 3514 7.0 -33.0 4 40.0 -3.6 155 8 313.6 313.7 287.1 314.9 0.35 13 566 4922 -2.5 -41.5 3 39.0 -10.3 154 12 318.5 318.5 288.5 319.2 0.18 14 500 5890 -10.7 -44.7 4 34.0 -16.1 190 16 320.0 320.0 288.9 320.5 0.14 15 470 6363 -14.9 -37.9 12 23.0 -18.9 161 11 320.5 320.6 289.2 321.6 0.31 16 406 7460 -20.7 -53.7 3 33.0 -24.1 266 9 326.7 326.7 290.9 326.9 0.06 17 400 7570 -21.7 -51.7 5 30.0 -24.9 265 9 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.08 18 344 8655 -31.5 -54.5 8 23.0 -33.1 290 8 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.07 19 314 9294 -34.7 -63.7 4 29.0 -36.1 320 21 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.02 20 300 9610 -36.5 -54.5 14 18.0 -37.6 320 26 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 21 292 9797 -38.1 -55.1 15 17.0 -39.1 325 25 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.07 22 256 10691 -44.5 -64.5 9 20.0 -45.2 310 24 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 23 250 10850 -45.3 -65.3 9 20.0 -45.9 295 24 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 24 202 12246 -53.1 -72.1 8 19.0 -53.4 319 30 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.01 25 200 12310 -52.9 -73.9 6 21.0 -53.2 320 31 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 26 150 14120 -64.5 -80.5 9 16.0 -64.6 310 37 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.00 27 129 15031 -69.7 -83.7 11 14.0 -69.8 333 29 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00 28 123 15315 -70.7 -82.7 15 12.0 -70.8 325 23 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.00 29 100 16540 -71.9 -85.9 11 14.0 -71.9 310 19 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 30 76 18161 -71.3 -88.3 6 17.0 -71.4 297 10 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 31 70 18650 -68.9 -88.9 4 20.0 -69.0 310 5 437.0 437.0 309.6 437.0 0.00 32 51 20596 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -60.9 175 7 498.5 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 33 50 20720 -59.9 -86.9 2 27.0 -60.5 165 8 502.3 502.3 315.1 502.3 0.00 34 39 22267 -58.5 -86.5 2 28.0 -59.3 81 13 542.9 542.9 317.7 542.9 0.01 35 30 23920 -55.3 -85.3 1 30.0 -56.8 120 18 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 36 26 24836 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -55.6 163 9 623.8 623.8 321.6 623.9 0.01 37 20 26520 -53.9 -83.9 1 30.0 -56.3 45 12 671.2 671.2 323.4 671.3 0.02 38 18 27198 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -55.6 40 12 695.5 695.5 324.3 695.7 0.02 39 18 27198 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -55.6 40 12 695.5 695.5 324.3 695.7 0.02 TRP 123 15315 -70.7 -82.7 15 12.0 -70.8 325 23 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.00 m Freezing level: 594.42 mb = 4551.46 m = 14932.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.98 mb = 2936.60 m = 9634.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.89 mb = 659.20 m = 2162.71 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 25.18 C Layer 1000.0- 717.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.93 mb = 1056.25 m = 3465.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.19 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 4.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 171.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 236.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.53 mb = 920.32 m = 3019.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.53 mb = 1249.84 m = 4100.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 814.53 mb = 1944.80 m = 6380.50 ft B at Equ Level: 15.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 774.53 mb = 2364.78 m = 7758.39 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 162 at 9 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 1018 3 110 16 -15.0 5.5 | 76 13 -12.3 -3.0 1 1000 194 105 19 -18.4 4.9 | 77 16 -15.7 -3.5 2 987 305 105 19 -18.4 4.9 | 77 16 -15.7 -3.5 3 953 610 105 19 -18.4 4.9 | 77 16 -15.7 -3.5 4 925 870 105 18 -17.4 4.7 | 76 15 -14.7 -3.8 5 920 914 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 74 14 -13.7 -4.0 6 888 1219 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 74 12 -11.4 -3.3 7 850 1588 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 66 12 -10.8 -4.8 8 826 1829 100 9 -8.9 1.6 | 42 9 -6.2 -6.9 9 796 2134 110 4 -3.8 1.4 | 9 7 -1.1 -7.1 10 767 2438 70 3 -2.8 -1.0 | 1 9 -0.1 -9.5 11 740 2743 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 72 8 -7.7 -2.4 12 713 3048 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 60 7 -6.0 -3.4 13 700 3203 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 112 2 -1.5 0.6 14 687 3353 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 112 2 -1.5 0.6 15 661 3658 155 7 -3.0 6.3 | 7 2 -0.3 -2.1 16 613 4267 155 7 -3.0 6.3 | 7 2 -0.3 -2.1 17 568 4877 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 136 3 -2.4 2.4 18 546 5182 145 15 -8.6 12.3 | 123 7 -5.9 3.8 19 506 5791 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 214 10 5.6 8.3 20 500 5890 190 16 2.8 15.8 | 217 9 5.5 7.3 21 487 6096 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 231 8 6.3 5.1 22 467 6401 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 128 2 -2.0 1.5 23 431 7010 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 304 15 12.7 -8.4 24 400 7570 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 303 14 11.7 -7.7 25 397 7620 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 301 15 12.6 -7.6 26 334 8839 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 320 15 9.9 -11.8 27 320 9144 320 17 10.9 -13.0 | 328 25 13.6 -21.5 28 307 9449 320 26 16.7 -19.9 | 326 34 19.4 -28.4 29 300 9610 320 26 16.7 -19.9 | 326 34 19.4 -28.4 30 269 10363 340 23 7.9 -21.6 | 341 32 10.6 -30.1 31 250 10850 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 307 31 24.4 -18.6 32 245 10973 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 307 32 25.3 -19.0 33 234 11278 305 20 16.4 -11.5 | 316 28 19.1 -19.9 34 200 12310 320 31 19.9 -23.7 | 325 39 22.6 -32.2 35 176 13106 330 44 22.0 -38.1 | 332 53 24.7 -46.6 36 160 13716 305 48 39.3 -27.5 | 311 55 42.0 -36.0 37 152 14021 320 42 27.0 -32.2 | 324 50 29.7 -40.6 38 150 14120 310 37 28.3 -23.8 | 316 45 31.0 -32.2 39 145 14326 310 37 28.3 -23.8 | 316 45 31.0 -32.2 40 131 14935 335 27 11.4 -24.5 | 337 36 14.1 -32.9 41 125 15240 330 32 16.0 -27.7 | 333 41 18.7 -36.2 42 123 15315 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 330 32 15.9 -27.3 43 112 15850 325 30 17.2 -24.6 | 329 39 19.9 -33.0 44 107 16154 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 344 27 7.3 -25.8 45 101 16459 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 328 24 13.0 -20.7 46 100 16540 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 320 27 17.2 -20.7 47 96 16764 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 320 27 17.2 -20.7 48 87 17374 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 344 22 6.1 -21.0 49 82 17678 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 329 20 10.4 -17.6 50 78 17983 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 328 18 9.8 -15.5 51 74 18288 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 312 17 12.3 -11.0 52 70 18650 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 331 13 6.5 -11.7 53 55 20117 215 1 0.6 0.8 | 337 8 3.3 -7.6 54 50 20720 165 8 -2.1 7.7 | 319 1 0.6 -0.7 55 48 21031 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 230 2 1.8 1.5 56 45 21336 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 317 2 1.5 -1.6 57 41 21946 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 10 17 -3.0 -16.6 58 39 22250 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 43 15 -10.1 -10.7 59 36 22860 115 21 -19.0 8.9 | 91 16 -16.3 0.4 60 32 23470 85 11 -11.0 -1.0 | 41 13 -8.3 -9.4 61 30 23920 120 18 -15.6 9.0 | 92 13 -12.9 0.6 62 29 24079 120 18 -15.6 9.0 | 92 13 -12.9 0.6 63 28 24384 125 17 -13.9 9.8 | 97 11 -11.2 1.3 64 27 24689 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 73 5 -4.4 -1.4 65 23 25603 305 1 0.8 -0.6 | 339 10 3.5 -9.0 66 20 26520 45 12 -8.5 -8.5 | 19 18 -5.8 -16.9 67 18 26822 40 12 -7.7 -9.2 | 16 18 -5.0 -17.6 68 17 27127 40 13 -8.4 -10.0 | 17 19 -5.7 -18.4 69 16 27432 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 34 15 -8.6 -12.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.4 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 162.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -34.4 tot: -9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.66 Bulk Shear: 12.04 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 106 18 77 16| 0.0 3.5 3.5| 0.7 0.0 0.7 1.5 0.06| 3.5 0.2 1000 105 18 77 15| 1.3 1.7 3.1| 0.7 -3.7 -3.0 -3.0 -0.12| 3.1 -0.4 1500 106 17 75 14| 0.9 0.6 1.5| 0.8 -7.7 -6.9 -4.6 -0.22| 3.1 -0.7 2000 106 15 71 13| 0.7 1.9 2.6| 0.8 -26.0 -25.1 -12.6 -0.52| 4.4 -2.3 2500 105 13 63 11| 0.5 2.0 2.5| 5.3 -32.3 -27.0 -10.8 -0.44| 4.8 -2.1 3000 107 13 63 10| 1.0 1.7 2.7| 25.3 -34.4 -9.1 -3.0 -0.08| 5.8 -0.5 4000 115 11 65 9| 1.2 1.4 2.6| 28.1 -35.3 -7.2 -1.8 -0.05| 5.5 -0.3 5000 122 11 68 7| 0.9 0.5 1.5| 29.5 -35.7 -6.2 -1.2 0.02| 5.1 0.1 6000 132 12 85 6| 1.5 0.4 2.0| 56.8 -36.2 20.6 3.4 0.21| 5.7 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TXKF/skewt/TXKF.skewt.20251008.12.gif