UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Searching for TXKF... Searching the city database file for: TXKF ... Date:1200Z 17 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 10 310 16 SFC 997 3 15.2 12.9 86 2.3 13.8 310 16 288.6 290.3 287.1 315.0 9.41 2 993 39 18.2 13.2 73 5.0 15.1 309 17 291.9 293.6 288.5 319.3 9.64 3 988 85 18.6 10.6 60 8.0 13.8 307 19 292.8 294.2 287.5 316.1 8.14 4 962 325 16.8 9.8 63 7.0 12.7 300 26 293.2 294.6 287.4 315.9 7.92 5 925 675 13.8 8.9 72 4.9 10.9 300 30 293.4 294.8 287.3 315.7 7.75 6 850 1380 7.6 4.2 79 3.4 5.8 295 31 294.1 295.2 285.9 311.8 6.09 7 813 1745 4.6 3.4 92 1.2 4.0 287 30 294.7 295.8 286.1 312.2 6.02 8 700 2950 -2.9 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.0 280 27 299.3 300.1 286.1 312.2 4.31 9 693 3030 -3.5 -3.5 100 0.0 -3.5 280 28 299.5 300.2 286.1 312.3 4.26 10 634 3728 -7.1 -10.1 79 3.0 -8.2 281 33 303.1 303.6 285.9 311.8 2.80 11 628 3803 -7.1 -15.1 53 8.0 -9.7 282 32 303.9 304.3 285.2 309.9 1.88 12 594 4234 -10.5 -16.5 61 6.0 -12.3 289 30 304.8 305.2 285.5 310.5 1.77 13 563 4645 -13.5 -13.6 99 0.1 -13.5 281 26 306.0 306.5 286.6 313.5 2.38 14 528 5131 -15.5 -18.3 79 2.8 -16.3 271 26 309.3 309.6 287.1 314.9 1.71 15 500 5540 -19.1 -23.3 69 4.2 -20.1 270 31 309.8 310.0 286.6 313.6 1.17 16 467 6042 -23.5 -31.5 48 8.0 -24.8 279 31 310.4 310.5 286.2 312.4 0.59 17 452 6280 -24.5 -33.5 43 9.0 -25.8 274 37 312.0 312.1 286.6 313.8 0.50 18 450 6312 -24.5 -33.5 43 9.0 -25.9 273 39 312.4 312.5 286.8 314.2 0.50 19 448 6345 -24.9 -27.7 77 2.8 -25.4 272 40 312.3 312.5 287.2 315.3 0.88 20 431 6625 -26.3 -28.5 82 2.2 -26.7 270 47 314.0 314.2 287.8 316.9 0.85 21 425 6726 -26.3 -31.3 63 5.0 -27.1 270 50 315.3 315.4 287.9 317.6 0.66 22 411 6966 -28.9 -30.5 86 1.6 -29.2 270 56 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.5 0.73 23 408 7018 -29.1 -31.8 77 2.7 -29.5 269 57 315.4 315.5 288.0 317.7 0.65 24 407 7036 -29.1 -33.2 68 4.1 -29.7 268 59 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.6 0.57 25 406 7053 -28.1 -74.1 0 46.0 -30.2 266 60 317.1 317.1 287.8 317.1 0.00 26 400 7160 -28.5 -57.5 4 29.0 -30.4 255 67 317.9 318.0 288.1 318.1 0.04 27 325 8627 -34.3 -65.3 3 31.0 -35.7 260 81 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.02 28 305 9067 -38.1 -65.1 4 27.0 -39.2 260 84 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.02 29 300 9180 -39.1 -65.1 5 26.0 -40.1 260 83 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.3 0.02 30 291 9390 -40.1 -66.1 5 26.0 -41.0 264 80 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.02 31 271 9882 -36.7 -70.7 2 34.0 -38.1 272 73 343.5 343.5 295.1 343.5 0.01 32 250 10440 -39.3 -70.3 2 31.0 -40.5 265 56 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.01 33 227 11092 -43.9 -73.9 2 30.0 -44.7 267 59 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 34 214 11487 -43.3 -76.3 1 33.0 -44.2 268 62 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 35 200 11940 -44.9 -76.9 2 32.0 -45.7 265 56 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 36 151 13778 -55.1 -81.1 3 26.0 -55.5 270 59 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 37 150 13820 -55.1 -82.1 2 27.0 -55.5 270 59 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.00 38 128 14828 -57.9 -83.9 2 26.0 -58.2 260 57 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 39 100 16370 -62.7 -85.7 3 23.0 -62.9 255 31 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 40 89 17083 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.5 280 35 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 41 83 17509 -62.7 -86.7 3 24.0 -63.0 273 29 428.8 428.8 308.7 428.8 0.00 42 74 18211 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.7 258 25 437.3 437.3 309.6 437.3 0.00 43 70 18550 -63.9 -87.9 2 24.0 -64.1 250 30 447.7 447.7 310.6 447.7 0.00 44 62 19297 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.2 272 17 470.6 470.6 312.7 470.6 0.00 45 56 19926 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.5 284 13 481.3 481.3 313.5 481.3 0.00 46 50 20630 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.7 260 13 504.2 504.2 315.2 504.2 0.00 47 40 22038 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.8 232 21 543.5 543.5 317.7 543.5 0.01 48 39 22199 -57.1 -86.1 1 29.0 -58.1 230 20 546.4 546.4 317.9 546.4 0.01 49 36 22712 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -53.6 254 15 573.0 573.0 319.3 573.1 0.01 50 30 23890 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -55.6 230 12 597.7 597.7 320.5 597.8 0.01 51 28 24334 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -56.3 223 9 607.9 607.9 321.0 608.0 0.01 52 20 26510 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -54.7 235 27 677.9 677.9 323.7 678.1 0.02 53 18 27197 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -53.4 239 26 705.6 705.6 324.6 705.8 0.02 54 14 28838 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -55.0 304 24 753.4 753.5 326.0 753.7 0.03 TRP 89 17083 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.5 280 35 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 WND 305 9067 -38.1 -65.1 4 27.0 -39.2 260 84 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5530.00 m Freezing level: 743.69 mb = 2484.16 m = 8150.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 748.85 mb = 2406.90 m = 7896.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.40 % Est. max temperature: 20.75 C = 69.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.38 mb = 312.16 m = 1024.12 ft T: 16.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.55 C Layer 988.0- 813.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.25 mb = 1338.43 m = 4391.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.67 C = 69.21 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 30.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.17 mb = 1222.90 m = 4012.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.17 mb = 1465.72 m = 4808.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 531.17 mb = 5085.91 m = 16685.85 ft B at Equ Level: 135.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 371.17 mb = 7688.47 m = 25224.32 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 314 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 3 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 146 6 -3.2 4.7 1 964 305 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 254 7 7.1 2.0 2 932 610 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 267 10 9.7 0.5 3 925 675 300 30 26.0 -15.0 | 270 11 10.5 0.0 4 899 914 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 281 8 8.3 -1.6 5 867 1219 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 272 11 11.4 -0.5 6 850 1380 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 261 13 12.6 1.9 7 804 1829 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 242 15 13.5 7.3 8 774 2134 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 236 14 11.6 7.8 9 746 2438 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 220 20 12.5 15.0 10 718 2743 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 230 16 12.1 10.2 11 700 2950 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 227 15 11.1 10.3 12 639 3658 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 241 19 17.0 9.3 13 590 4267 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 249 14 12.7 4.8 14 545 4877 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 213 15 8.5 12.9 15 503 5486 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 217 22 13.4 17.6 16 500 5540 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 226 22 15.5 15.0 17 463 6096 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 237 18 15.1 9.6 18 444 6401 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 240 31 26.5 15.0 19 408 7010 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 250 44 41.5 15.0 20 400 7160 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 237 59 49.3 32.4 21 391 7315 255 70 67.6 18.1 | 238 62 52.2 33.1 22 375 7620 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 244 64 57.4 27.9 23 344 8230 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 245 68 61.4 28.6 24 305 9067 260 84 82.7 14.6 | 246 73 67.3 29.6 25 302 9144 260 84 82.7 14.6 | 246 73 67.3 29.6 26 300 9180 260 83 81.7 14.4 | 246 73 66.3 29.4 27 264 10058 275 70 69.7 -6.1 | 261 55 54.3 8.9 28 250 10440 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 244 45 40.3 19.9 29 242 10668 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 244 45 40.3 19.9 30 202 11887 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 253 52 49.5 15.0 31 200 11940 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 244 45 40.3 19.9 32 192 12192 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 243 43 38.3 19.7 33 184 12497 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 234 51 41.5 30.3 34 150 13820 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 251 46 43.5 15.0 35 145 14021 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 252 48 45.5 15.0 36 138 14326 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 241 54 47.6 26.1 37 126 14935 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 238 46 38.7 24.6 38 120 15240 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 260 35 34.8 6.2 39 114 15545 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 273 31 30.6 -1.7 40 100 16370 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 212 27 14.5 23.1 41 94 16764 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 212 27 14.5 23.1 42 89 17069 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 242 25 22.4 11.7 43 89 17083 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 245 21 19.0 9.0 44 85 17374 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 248 23 21.0 8.6 45 81 17678 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 192 17 3.5 16.7 46 77 17983 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 206 19 8.5 17.1 47 73 18288 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 202 23 8.7 21.5 48 70 18550 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 207 28 12.7 25.3 49 66 18898 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 204 31 12.6 28.1 50 63 19202 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 190 14 2.5 13.5 51 60 19507 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 178 16 -0.5 16.3 52 57 19812 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 150 14 -7.0 12.0 53 54 20117 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 199 14 4.5 13.3 54 52 20422 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 119 9 -8.0 4.4 55 50 20630 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 171 17 -2.7 17.3 56 49 20726 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 162 20 -6.4 19.3 57 47 21031 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 182 16 0.5 16.4 58 45 21336 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 168 31 -6.5 30.6 59 43 21641 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 185 28 2.6 27.7 60 39 22250 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 180 28 -0.1 27.9 61 37 22555 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 184 18 1.3 18.0 62 35 22860 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 171 20 -3.2 19.5 63 34 23165 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 112 11 -10.4 4.2 64 32 23470 80 1 -1.0 -0.2 | 132 22 -16.4 14.9 65 31 23774 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 154 27 -12.0 24.4 66 30 23890 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 165 24 -6.3 22.7 67 29 24079 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 157 36 -13.9 33.0 68 28 24384 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 153 22 -10.1 19.5 69 27 24689 230 4 3.1 2.6 | 145 22 -12.4 17.6 70 25 24994 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 163 27 -8.0 25.7 71 24 25298 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 168 23 -4.8 22.5 72 23 25603 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 154 27 -12.0 24.4 73 22 25908 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 172 29 -3.9 28.8 74 21 26213 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 169 35 -6.6 34.1 75 20 26510 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 192 31 6.7 30.5 76 20 26518 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 186 26 2.7 25.5 77 18 26822 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 191 31 5.8 29.9 78 15 27432 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 239 15 12.6 7.5 79 13 28042 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 93 5 -5.1 0.3 80 12 28346 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 178 14 -0.5 13.7 81 11 28651 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 155 14 -5.8 12.4 82 10 28956 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 147 17 -9.5 14.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.2 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 314.2 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.6 neg: -53.8 tot: -23.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 12.12 Bulk Shear: 12.41 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 302 23 239 5| 0.0 12.9 12.9| 11.9 0.0 11.9 23.7 0.76| 13.3 10.0 1000 302 26 261 7| 1.2 6.4 7.7| 19.0 -0.8 18.2 18.2 0.68| 9.3 6.3 1500 301 28 264 9| 0.8 5.4 6.2| 19.0 -15.7 3.3 2.2 0.31| 8.4 2.6 2000 297 28 258 10| 0.6 4.1 4.7| 19.0 -31.7 -12.8 -6.4 0.11| 7.6 0.9 2500 293 28 250 11| 0.5 3.9 4.4| 19.6 -52.3 -32.7 -13.1 -0.04| 7.6 -0.3 3000 291 28 245 12| 1.0 3.3 4.3| 30.6 -53.8 -23.3 -7.8 0.02| 7.1 0.1 4000 288 29 243 14| 1.2 2.9 4.0| 54.8 -53.8 1.0 0.3 0.12| 6.4 0.8 5000 287 29 241 14| 0.9 2.4 3.3| 59.2 -87.1 -27.9 -5.6 -0.03| 6.4 -0.2 6000 284 29 237 15| 1.3 2.4 3.7| 99.1 -87.1 12.0 2.0 0.07| 6.4 0.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TXKF/skewt/TXKF.skewt.20251017.12.gif