UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 13 OCT 25 Searching for TXKF... Searching the city database file for: TXKF ... Date:1200Z 13 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 1009 3 25.6 25.3 98 0.3 25.4 250 4 298.0 301.7 298.2 357.7 20.52 1 1000 117 25.2 24.5 96 0.7 24.7 260 6 298.4 301.9 297.8 355.8 19.71 2 925 801 22.0 18.0 78 4.0 19.2 280 17 301.8 304.4 295.2 343.6 14.18 3 859 1442 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.7 279 22 305.3 307.3 293.5 336.7 10.45 4 850 1533 18.6 13.6 73 5.0 15.3 280 22 305.6 307.8 294.4 340.4 11.60 5 811 1935 16.0 12.8 81 3.2 13.9 273 24 307.0 309.2 294.7 341.8 11.53 6 700 3176 9.8 4.8 71 5.0 6.8 260 24 313.3 314.8 293.7 337.4 7.73 7 638 3941 5.2 0.3 71 4.9 2.5 246 23 316.5 317.7 293.3 336.0 6.14 8 570 4855 0.4 -4.6 69 5.0 -2.1 241 25 321.3 322.2 293.5 336.8 4.77 9 558 5026 0.0 -11.0 43 11.0 -4.7 244 25 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.6 2.96 10 536 5348 -1.5 -15.5 34 14.0 -6.9 255 25 324.7 325.1 292.3 332.0 2.13 11 503 5853 -4.1 -16.1 39 12.0 -8.7 264 22 327.5 327.9 293.0 334.9 2.16 12 500 5900 -3.9 -19.9 28 16.0 -9.5 265 22 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.8 1.58 13 498 5932 -4.1 -21.1 25 17.0 -9.8 264 22 328.4 328.7 292.6 333.4 1.43 14 441 6878 -10.5 -29.5 19 19.0 -15.4 264 19 331.9 332.1 293.0 334.7 0.75 15 415 7342 -14.3 -26.3 35 12.0 -17.5 240 14 332.9 333.1 293.5 336.8 1.08 16 404 7545 -16.1 -18.9 79 2.8 -17.0 240 17 333.1 333.5 294.4 340.6 2.13 17 400 7620 -16.7 -19.8 77 3.1 -17.7 240 18 333.3 333.7 294.4 340.3 1.99 18 386 7887 -17.7 -28.7 38 11.0 -20.4 242 17 335.4 335.6 294.0 338.8 0.93 19 380 8003 -18.5 -24.5 59 6.0 -20.1 241 17 335.8 336.1 294.5 340.9 1.38 20 371 8182 -19.5 -30.5 37 11.0 -22.0 239 16 336.8 337.0 294.3 339.9 0.81 21 354 8528 -22.3 -27.3 64 5.0 -23.5 235 16 337.6 337.8 294.8 341.8 1.15 22 300 9720 -31.3 -38.3 50 7.0 -32.3 250 17 341.3 341.4 295.1 343.1 0.47 23 287 10033 -33.3 -44.3 32 11.0 -34.5 255 17 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.8 0.26 24 285 10083 -33.1 -45.1 29 12.0 -34.4 256 16 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.7 0.24 25 260 10721 -39.1 -43.7 62 4.6 -39.5 255 15 344.1 344.1 295.6 345.3 0.31 26 256 10828 -39.9 -44.9 59 5.0 -40.4 245 15 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.5 0.27 27 254 10882 -39.9 -51.9 27 12.0 -40.7 240 14 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.7 0.12 28 253 10909 -40.1 -46.1 53 6.0 -40.6 238 14 345.3 345.3 295.8 346.3 0.24 29 250 10990 -40.9 -47.9 47 7.0 -41.4 230 14 345.3 345.3 295.7 346.1 0.20 30 238 11323 -43.5 -53.5 32 10.0 -44.0 233 14 346.2 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.11 31 200 12470 -53.3 -61.3 37 8.0 -53.5 255 22 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.05 32 186 12931 -57.5 -63.5 46 6.0 -57.6 259 21 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 33 158 13937 -65.9 -69.1 64 3.2 -66.0 269 17 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.02 34 150 14250 -67.9 -74.9 36 7.0 -67.9 260 20 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 35 149 14290 -68.3 -76.3 31 8.0 -68.4 260 20 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 36 133 14964 -73.5 -77.5 54 4.0 -73.5 268 26 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01 37 112 15967 -75.1 -83.1 28 8.0 -75.1 299 13 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 38 102 16506 -77.7 -85.7 26 8.0 -77.7 315 11 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 39 100 16620 -77.5 -85.5 26 8.0 -77.5 280 11 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 40 91 17159 -77.9 -85.9 26 8.0 -77.9 275 14 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 41 70 18680 -72.3 -88.3 7 16.0 -72.4 25 10 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 42 57 19898 -69.3 -89.3 4 20.0 -69.5 63 10 462.5 462.5 312.0 462.5 0.00 43 50 20690 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.0 -64.4 30 5 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 44 47 21072 -60.9 -86.9 2 26.0 -61.4 52 11 508.9 508.9 315.6 508.9 0.00 45 44 21481 -62.3 -87.3 2 25.0 -62.8 5 10 515.2 515.2 316.0 515.2 0.00 46 42 21771 -59.3 -86.3 2 27.0 -60.0 10 11 529.5 529.5 316.9 529.5 0.01 47 38 22396 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -61.4 50 19 541.3 541.3 317.6 541.3 0.01 48 35 22912 -57.9 -85.9 2 28.0 -58.9 30 11 561.5 561.5 318.7 561.5 0.01 49 32 23475 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -60.4 75 10 571.8 571.8 319.3 571.8 0.01 50 30 23880 -58.7 -85.7 2 27.0 -59.7 55 14 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.7 0.01 51 21 26155 -52.5 -82.5 1 30.0 -55.2 60 11 666.1 666.1 323.3 666.3 0.02 52 20 26470 -53.1 -83.1 1 30.0 -55.7 350 17 673.6 673.6 323.6 673.8 0.02 53 16 27902 -55.1 -84.1 2 29.0 -57.7 51 18 711.5 711.5 324.8 711.7 0.02 54 15 28316 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -56.1 77 18 732.7 732.7 325.4 732.9 0.02 TRP 102 16506 -77.7 -85.7 26 8.0 -77.7 315 11 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.00 m Freezing level: 558.00 mb = 5026.09 m = 16489.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.70 mb = 4429.79 m = 14533.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.53 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.12 mb = 52.02 m = 170.67 ft T: 25.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 21.06 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.70 mb = 1374.96 m = 4510.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.60 C = 90.68 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 2.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 31.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 619.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.27 mb = 789.00 m = 2588.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.27 mb = 2250.10 m = 7382.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.27 mb = 13089.86 m = 42945.20 ft B at Equ Level: 616.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.27 mb = 16004.67 m = 52508.11 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 292 at 16 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 1009 3 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 123 14 -11.4 7.4 1 1000 117 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 128 12 -9.2 7.1 2 979 305 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 141 7 -4.2 5.1 3 945 610 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 174 3 -0.3 3.4 4 925 801 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 208 3 1.6 3.1 5 913 914 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 251 3 3.2 1.1 6 881 1219 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 239 8 6.8 4.1 7 850 1533 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 251 7 6.6 2.2 8 821 1829 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 246 10 8.8 3.9 9 792 2134 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 239 12 9.9 6.0 10 764 2438 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 234 7 5.8 4.2 11 737 2743 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 227 12 8.8 8.1 12 700 3176 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 220 13 8.5 10.2 13 660 3658 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 202 15 5.6 13.6 14 635 3962 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 200 17 5.7 15.8 15 612 4267 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 197 16 4.8 15.3 16 589 4572 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 205 15 6.5 13.9 17 567 4877 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 199 20 6.5 18.5 18 526 5486 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 222 14 9.5 10.4 19 500 5900 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 221 10 6.8 7.9 20 487 6096 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 214 12 6.6 9.9 21 433 7010 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 206 9 3.8 7.7 22 416 7315 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 167 13 -3.0 13.0 23 400 7620 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 182 15 0.5 15.0 24 400 7620 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 181 13 0.3 13.2 25 353 8534 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 172 15 -2.0 15.2 26 338 8839 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 180 12 -0.1 11.5 27 325 9144 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 175 14 -1.3 14.0 28 311 9449 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 171 14 -2.1 13.5 29 300 9720 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 184 12 0.9 11.8 30 274 10363 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 184 9 0.6 8.8 31 262 10668 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 178 9 -0.3 8.6 32 250 10990 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 164 16 -4.4 15.0 33 239 11278 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 164 16 -4.4 15.0 34 229 11582 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 187 11 1.3 10.4 35 200 12470 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 208 13 6.1 11.7 36 156 14021 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 197 6 1.9 6.0 37 150 14250 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 206 11 4.6 9.5 38 141 14630 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 220 13 8.5 10.2 39 127 15240 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 254 13 12.8 3.6 40 120 15545 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 241 12 10.9 6.0 41 114 15850 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 122 2 -2.0 1.2 42 108 16154 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 70 7 -6.6 -2.5 43 102 16506 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 77 8 -7.3 -1.7 44 100 16620 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 134 6 -4.3 4.1 45 98 16764 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 48 10 -7.6 -7.0 46 93 17069 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 171 7 -1.2 7.3 47 75 18288 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 83 20 -20.1 -2.6 48 71 18593 50 4 -3.1 -2.6 | 101 19 -18.2 3.5 49 70 18680 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 81 20 -19.3 -3.0 50 67 18898 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 81 20 -19.3 -3.0 51 61 19507 25 21 -8.9 -19.0 | 62 27 -24.0 -13.0 52 58 19812 40 13 -8.4 -10.0 | 81 24 -23.5 -3.9 53 55 20117 115 3 -2.7 1.3 | 112 19 -17.8 7.3 54 52 20422 5 14 -1.2 -13.9 | 64 18 -16.3 -7.9 55 50 20690 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 96 18 -17.6 1.7 56 47 21031 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 91 25 -24.6 0.5 57 45 21336 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 73 17 -16.1 -4.9 58 43 21641 5 8 -0.7 -8.0 | 83 16 -15.8 -1.9 59 41 21946 15 14 -3.6 -13.5 | 68 20 -18.7 -7.5 60 39 22250 40 23 -14.8 -17.6 | 69 32 -29.9 -11.6 61 37 22555 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 87 28 -28.1 -1.5 62 35 22860 25 11 -4.6 -10.0 | 79 20 -19.8 -3.9 63 32 23470 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 98 25 -24.8 3.4 64 31 23774 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 87 26 -25.8 -1.4 65 30 23880 55 14 -11.5 -8.0 | 86 27 -26.6 -2.0 66 29 24079 30 14 -7.0 -12.1 | 75 23 -22.1 -6.1 67 28 24384 60 13 -11.3 -6.5 | 89 26 -26.4 -0.5 68 26 24689 45 14 -9.9 -9.9 | 81 25 -25.0 -3.9 69 24 25298 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 90 28 -27.8 0.1 70 21 26213 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 91 25 -24.6 0.5 71 20 26470 350 17 3.0 -16.7 | 49 16 -12.2 -10.7 72 20 26518 5 16 -1.4 -15.9 | 59 19 -16.5 -9.9 73 18 26822 345 17 4.4 -16.4 | 46 15 -10.7 -10.4 74 15 27432 70 18 -16.9 -6.2 | 90 32 -32.0 -0.1 75 14 27737 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 100 35 -34.1 6.0 76 13 28042 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 107 29 -27.9 8.3 77 12 28346 30 11 -5.5 -9.5 | 80 21 -20.6 -3.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -14.2 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 30.14 Bulk Shear: 20.56 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 272 10 135 8| 10.5 0.0 10.5| 10.6 0.0 10.6 21.2 0.45| 10.7 4.8 1000 278 13 154 5| 8.5 0.0 8.5| 15.4 -0.0 15.4 15.4 0.58| 9.0 5.2 1500 278 16 192 4| 5.7 0.8 6.5| 18.1 -1.3 16.9 11.2 0.48| 7.6 3.7 2000 277 18 216 5| 4.3 1.6 5.8| 18.1 -4.7 13.4 6.7 0.36| 6.7 2.4 2500 276 19 224 6| 2.9 1.2 4.1| 18.1 -8.4 9.7 3.9 0.25| 6.5 1.6 3000 274 20 225 7| 2.4 1.8 4.2| 18.1 -14.2 4.0 1.3 0.16| 6.3 1.0 4000 268 21 219 9| 1.8 1.9 3.7| 18.1 -35.2 -17.0 -4.3 0.01| 5.6 0.0 5000 263 21 214 11| 1.5 1.8 3.4| 31.0 -43.2 -12.2 -2.4 0.03| 5.3 0.1 6000 262 22 215 11| 1.7 1.5 3.2| 53.9 -46.5 7.4 1.2 0.09| 5.4 0.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TXKF/skewt/TXKF.skewt.20251013.12.gif