UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for TXKF... Searching the city database file for: TXKF ... Date:1200Z 12 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 1006 3 24.8 24.5 98 0.3 24.6 140 13 297.4 301.0 297.5 354.3 19.59 1 1000 88 24.6 24.0 96 0.6 24.2 145 11 297.8 301.2 297.3 353.3 19.11 2 978 283 23.0 23.0 100 0.0 23.0 158 20 298.0 301.4 297.0 351.5 18.38 3 925 770 21.0 21.0 100 0.0 21.0 160 16 300.8 303.9 296.9 351.2 17.17 4 850 1501 18.2 16.6 90 1.6 17.1 175 11 305.2 307.8 296.1 347.4 14.12 5 762 2434 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.7 179 11 310.1 312.6 296.6 350.0 13.05 6 733 2762 12.8 9.2 79 3.6 10.5 186 12 312.5 314.4 295.1 343.4 10.02 7 700 3148 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 215 7 313.3 315.2 295.1 343.1 9.60 8 694 3220 9.2 7.3 88 1.9 8.0 219 7 313.4 315.2 294.8 342.3 9.29 9 665 3574 8.4 -0.6 53 9.0 3.5 240 5 316.4 317.5 292.8 333.9 5.51 10 611 4270 4.6 -4.4 52 9.0 0.1 245 10 319.8 320.7 292.9 334.4 4.52 11 608 4311 4.6 -4.4 52 9.0 0.1 247 10 320.2 321.1 293.0 335.0 4.54 12 549 5137 -0.5 -11.5 43 11.0 -5.2 263 13 323.7 324.2 292.6 333.3 2.89 13 516 5631 -3.5 -9.5 63 6.0 -6.2 255 13 325.8 326.5 293.8 337.9 3.61 14 503 5833 -4.3 -15.3 42 11.0 -8.5 239 11 327.2 327.7 293.1 335.2 2.31 15 500 5880 -4.7 -13.7 49 9.0 -8.3 225 10 327.3 327.8 293.4 336.4 2.65 16 485 6119 -6.7 -11.2 70 4.5 -8.6 236 9 327.7 328.4 294.1 339.1 3.35 17 461 6513 -8.7 -19.7 41 11.0 -12.4 259 12 330.0 330.4 293.3 336.1 1.74 18 453 6649 -9.3 -16.3 57 7.0 -11.9 266 13 330.9 331.4 294.1 339.1 2.36 19 419 7248 -12.7 -26.7 30 14.0 -16.5 270 16 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.8 1.03 20 400 7600 -15.7 -24.7 46 9.0 -18.2 270 17 334.6 334.8 294.1 339.3 1.29 21 391 7771 -16.3 -35.3 18 19.0 -20.2 275 17 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.8 0.48 22 378 8023 -18.5 -29.5 37 11.0 -21.1 275 17 336.3 336.5 294.2 339.6 0.88 23 367 8241 -19.7 -46.7 7 27.0 -23.4 263 16 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 24 343 8737 -23.7 -37.7 26 14.0 -26.1 251 16 338.8 338.8 294.4 340.4 0.43 25 340 8801 -23.9 -51.9 6 28.0 -26.9 253 17 339.3 339.4 294.3 339.7 0.09 26 307 9536 -28.7 -50.7 10 22.0 -30.9 270 18 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.12 27 300 9700 -30.1 -52.1 10 22.0 -32.1 270 18 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.10 28 253 10889 -40.5 -54.5 21 14.0 -41.3 269 20 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.1 0.09 29 250 10970 -41.1 -53.1 26 12.0 -41.8 270 21 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.11 30 234 11418 -44.7 -58.7 19 14.0 -45.3 271 22 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.06 31 221 11798 -48.3 -58.3 31 10.0 -48.7 274 24 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.07 32 219 11858 -48.7 -52.2 67 3.5 -48.8 275 24 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.1 0.14 33 200 12450 -53.7 -57.3 65 3.6 -53.8 280 28 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.08 34 176 13257 -61.1 -62.8 80 1.7 -61.2 280 27 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.05 35 161 13804 -65.5 -70.5 50 5.0 -65.5 292 26 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 36 150 14230 -68.9 -73.3 53 4.4 -68.9 285 24 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 37 142 14555 -71.7 -75.0 61 3.3 -71.7 285 23 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 38 134 14896 -73.1 -77.7 49 4.6 -73.1 287 28 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 39 128 15165 -71.3 -81.3 21 10.0 -71.3 289 33 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 40 121 15496 -72.5 -84.5 15 12.0 -72.5 298 29 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 41 112 15946 -75.9 -84.9 23 9.0 -75.9 265 24 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 42 100 16600 -75.7 -85.7 19 10.0 -75.7 305 24 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 43 91 17143 -77.1 -86.1 22 9.0 -77.1 317 17 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 44 70 18670 -71.7 -88.7 6 17.0 -71.8 255 3 431.0 431.0 308.9 431.0 0.00 45 66 19019 -71.9 -88.9 6 17.0 -72.0 242 10 437.9 437.9 309.7 437.9 0.00 46 53 20350 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -63.1 320 8 487.5 487.5 314.0 487.6 0.00 47 50 20710 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 320 4 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 48 42 21791 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.7 267 9 530.5 530.5 316.9 530.5 0.00 49 37 22586 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -60.1 43 17 549.0 549.0 318.1 549.1 0.01 TRP 112 15946 -75.9 -84.9 23 9.0 -75.9 265 24 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.00 m Freezing level: 554.78 mb = 5055.66 m = 16586.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.12 mb = 4322.27 m = 14180.49 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.78 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.10 mb = 58.19 m = 190.92 ft T: 24.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 16.02 C Layer 733.0- 611.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.30 mb = 470.33 m = 1543.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.45 C = 79.61 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1037.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.89 mb = 501.44 m = 1645.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.89 mb = 547.33 m = 1795.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 868.89 mb = 1310.96 m = 4301.01 ft B at Equ Level: 21.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 98.89 mb = 16664.19 m = 54671.88 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 234 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 1006 3 140 13 -8.4 10.0 | 108 16 -15.3 4.9 1 1000 88 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 107 14 -13.2 4.0 2 976 305 160 21 -7.2 19.7 | 136 20 -14.1 14.7 3 942 610 160 17 -5.8 16.0 | 131 17 -12.7 11.0 4 925 770 160 16 -5.5 15.0 | 129 16 -12.4 10.0 5 910 914 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 135 11 -8.1 7.9 6 878 1219 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 135 11 -8.1 7.9 7 850 1501 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 127 10 -7.9 5.9 8 848 1524 185 13 1.1 13.0 | 144 10 -5.8 7.9 9 818 1829 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 113 11 -10.3 4.4 10 789 2134 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 116 13 -12.0 5.9 11 761 2438 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 131 9 -6.9 6.0 12 734 2743 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 140 9 -5.9 6.9 13 700 3148 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 104 3 -2.9 0.7 14 657 3658 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 39 4 -2.4 -2.9 15 610 4267 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 290 2 2.1 -0.8 16 587 4572 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 321 6 4.1 -5.0 17 566 4877 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 308 6 5.0 -4.0 18 525 5486 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 291 7 6.9 -2.6 19 505 5791 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 282 4 4.4 -0.9 20 500 5880 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 184 2 0.2 2.1 21 486 6096 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 252 0 0.5 0.1 22 449 6706 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 305 9 7.1 -5.0 23 400 7600 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 296 11 10.1 -5.0 24 399 7620 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 296 11 10.1 -5.0 25 383 7925 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 307 14 10.8 -8.1 26 352 8534 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 261 6 5.8 0.9 27 324 9144 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 283 14 14.0 -3.2 28 311 9449 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 294 12 11.1 -5.0 29 300 9700 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 294 12 11.1 -5.0 30 273 10363 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 282 10 9.8 -2.1 31 250 10970 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 290 15 14.1 -5.0 32 239 11278 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 290 15 14.1 -5.0 33 200 12450 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 296 23 20.7 -9.9 34 198 12497 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 296 23 20.7 -9.9 35 171 13411 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 296 22 19.7 -9.7 36 155 14021 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 319 24 15.6 -18.0 37 150 14230 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 305 20 16.3 -11.2 38 140 14630 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 306 19 15.3 -11.0 39 126 15240 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 303 31 26.0 -17.0 40 120 15545 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 318 26 17.3 -19.0 41 114 15850 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 286 12 12.0 -3.4 42 112 15946 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 280 17 17.0 -2.9 43 100 16600 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 326 23 12.7 -18.8 44 97 16764 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 321 22 13.9 -17.0 45 92 17069 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 346 19 4.6 -18.8 46 88 17374 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 343 15 4.6 -14.7 47 83 17678 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 343 13 3.7 -12.5 48 79 17983 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 25 17 -6.9 -15.0 49 75 18288 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 21 11 -3.9 -10.2 50 71 18593 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 19 16 -5.2 -14.9 51 70 18670 255 3 2.9 0.8 | 43 6 -4.0 -4.2 52 64 19202 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 237 4 3.7 2.4 53 61 19507 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 344 9 2.5 -8.4 54 58 19812 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 339 17 6.1 -15.9 55 55 20117 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 2 13 -0.5 -12.7 56 50 20710 320 4 2.6 -3.1 | 28 9 -4.3 -8.1 57 50 20726 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 54 9 -6.9 -5.0 58 44 21336 175 7 -0.6 7.0 | 105 8 -7.5 2.0 59 41 21641 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 356 11 0.7 -11.4 60 39 21946 30 21 -10.5 -18.2 | 37 29 -17.4 -23.2 61 36 22250 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 51 24 -18.4 -14.7 62 34 22555 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 36 18 -10.3 -14.4 63 32 22860 30 11 -5.5 -9.5 | 40 19 -12.4 -14.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.1 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 234.1 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.2 neg: -25.0 tot: 33.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 49.00 Bulk Shear: 21.18 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 156 17 128 17| 7.8 0.0 7.8| 37.4 -5.3 32.1 64.2 0.51| 14.8 7.5 1000 160 16 130 16| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 41.5 -9.6 31.9 31.9 0.35| 11.1 3.9 1500 164 15 131 14| 2.6 0.0 2.6| 41.5 -12.8 28.7 19.1 0.27| 8.0 2.2 2000 165 14 129 13| 2.0 0.9 2.9| 45.2 -23.8 21.3 10.7 0.13| 7.6 1.0 2500 165 13 128 13| 2.5 0.7 3.3| 55.4 -23.8 31.5 12.6 0.20| 7.3 1.5 3000 169 13 129 12| 2.7 0.6 3.3| 58.2 -25.0 33.2 11.1 0.18| 7.1 1.3 4000 176 11 129 10| 2.6 0.5 3.0| 58.2 -30.1 28.1 7.0 0.02| 6.4 0.1 5000 191 11 141 8| 2.5 0.2 2.7| 60.2 -33.8 26.4 5.3 -0.02| 6.0 -0.1 6000 204 11 157 6| 2.1 0.7 2.7| 60.3 -40.7 19.6 3.3 -0.12| 6.0 -0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TXKF/skewt/TXKF.skewt.20251012.12.gif