UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 OCT 25 Searching for TXKF... Searching the city database file for: TXKF ... Date:1200Z 28 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 1012 3 23.6 21.1 86 2.5 21.9 120 16 295.7 298.6 294.6 341.0 15.75 1 1000 144 22.8 20.4 86 2.4 21.1 115 20 296.0 298.7 294.3 339.9 15.26 2 925 819 18.0 16.7 92 1.3 17.1 145 20 297.7 300.1 293.2 335.5 13.04 3 850 1539 13.0 11.7 92 1.3 12.2 170 22 299.8 301.6 291.6 329.7 10.21 4 838 1658 12.2 11.7 97 0.5 11.9 172 22 300.1 302.0 291.9 330.6 10.36 5 819 1850 11.8 8.9 82 2.9 10.0 175 23 301.7 303.3 291.0 327.7 8.77 6 805 1995 12.4 -1.6 38 14.0 5.4 178 23 303.8 304.6 287.7 316.7 4.22 7 797 2079 12.2 -4.8 30 17.0 4.2 179 23 304.5 305.1 287.1 314.9 3.35 8 726 2857 9.8 -13.2 18 23.0 0.5 193 24 310.1 310.4 287.5 316.3 1.90 9 721 2915 9.2 -2.8 43 12.0 3.2 194 24 310.0 310.9 289.8 323.6 4.32 10 700 3159 7.4 -12.6 23 20.0 -0.7 200 25 310.7 311.1 287.9 317.4 2.07 11 699 3171 7.4 -12.6 23 20.0 -0.7 200 25 310.8 311.2 287.9 317.5 2.07 12 667 3554 4.2 -6.8 45 11.0 -0.8 204 30 311.4 312.1 289.5 322.3 3.44 13 637 3928 2.4 -22.6 14 25.0 -5.5 209 32 313.5 313.7 287.7 316.8 0.98 14 530 5388 -7.5 -11.7 72 4.2 -9.2 217 37 318.5 319.1 291.2 328.2 2.95 15 509 5702 -9.3 -17.3 52 8.0 -12.0 212 42 320.1 320.4 290.7 326.6 1.93 16 500 5840 -10.5 -15.5 67 5.0 -12.3 210 44 320.2 320.7 291.1 327.9 2.29 17 473 6266 -13.3 -16.9 74 3.6 -14.5 213 49 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.2 2.15 18 467 6363 -12.5 -15.2 80 2.7 -13.5 214 50 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.6 2.51 19 449 6662 -14.9 -15.4 96 0.5 -15.1 223 48 324.7 325.2 292.6 333.4 2.57 20 400 7530 -19.7 -20.9 90 1.2 -20.0 250 37 329.4 329.7 293.2 335.7 1.81 21 317 9213 -31.3 -34.6 73 3.3 -31.8 253 48 335.9 336.1 293.9 338.3 0.64 22 300 9600 -34.3 -38.0 69 3.7 -34.8 265 54 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.9 0.48 23 288 9885 -36.5 -40.6 66 4.1 -37.0 264 58 337.8 337.9 294.1 339.3 0.38 24 250 10850 -44.9 -47.0 79 2.1 -45.0 260 70 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.22 25 221 11662 -52.3 -54.8 74 2.5 -52.4 263 73 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.10 26 200 12300 -57.9 -61.8 61 3.9 -58.0 265 74 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 27 196 12426 -59.1 -63.2 59 4.1 -59.2 265 74 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.04 28 172 13230 -64.7 -71.7 38 7.0 -64.8 274 95 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 29 171 13265 -64.2 -72.9 29 8.7 -64.3 275 97 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.01 30 165 13484 -61.1 -80.1 6 19.0 -61.3 277 94 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.00 31 150 14070 -63.3 -79.3 10 16.0 -63.4 290 65 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.00 32 104 16260 -74.3 -85.3 17 11.0 -74.3 270 49 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 33 100 16490 -71.7 -84.7 13 13.0 -71.8 280 44 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 34 79 17894 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 289 27 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 35 70 18620 -68.7 -87.7 5 19.0 -68.8 235 21 437.4 437.4 309.6 437.4 0.00 36 64 19156 -68.5 -88.5 4 20.0 -68.7 266 19 449.2 449.2 310.8 449.2 0.00 37 57 19852 -66.5 -88.5 3 22.0 -66.7 252 20 468.9 468.9 312.5 468.9 0.00 38 54 20183 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.6 251 22 488.6 488.6 314.1 488.6 0.00 39 50 20660 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.6 285 29 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 40 45 21318 -59.1 -86.1 2 27.0 -59.8 294 23 519.6 519.6 316.3 519.7 0.01 41 42 21750 -59.9 -86.9 2 27.0 -60.6 289 21 528.0 528.0 316.8 528.0 0.00 42 35 22901 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -57.3 331 30 566.2 566.2 319.0 566.2 0.01 43 30 23870 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.9 230 27 578.1 578.1 319.6 578.1 0.01 44 27 24523 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.9 231 26 592.9 592.9 320.3 593.0 0.01 45 21 26100 -55.7 -84.7 1 29.0 -57.7 258 26 656.5 656.5 322.9 656.6 0.01 TRP 104 16260 -74.3 -85.3 17 11.0 -74.3 270 49 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 WND 171 13265 -64.2 -72.9 29 8.7 -64.3 275 97 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.00 m Freezing level: 611.06 mb = 4281.89 m = 14048.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.71 mb = 3115.30 m = 10220.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.04 mb = 353.99 m = 1161.38 ft T: 21.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 819.0- 726.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.97 mb = 828.44 m = 2717.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.09 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 15.20 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.17 mb = 715.06 m = 2345.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.17 mb = 947.26 m = 3107.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 791.17 mb = 2139.93 m = 7020.70 ft B at Equ Level: 43.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.17 mb = 12579.64 m = 41271.28 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 225 at 21 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 1012 3 120 16 -13.9 8.0 | 76 30 -28.8 -7.1 1 1000 144 115 20 -18.1 8.5 | 79 34 -33.0 -6.6 2 982 305 125 20 -16.4 11.5 | 83 32 -31.3 -3.6 3 948 610 140 22 -14.1 16.9 | 93 29 -29.1 1.8 4 925 819 145 20 -11.5 16.4 | 93 26 -26.4 1.3 5 915 914 145 21 -12.0 17.2 | 94 27 -27.0 2.1 6 883 1219 155 24 -10.1 21.8 | 105 26 -25.1 6.7 7 850 1539 170 22 -3.8 21.7 | 109 20 -18.7 6.6 8 821 1829 175 23 -2.0 22.9 | 115 19 -16.9 7.8 9 792 2134 180 23 0.0 23.0 | 118 17 -14.9 7.9 10 763 2438 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 121 15 -12.9 7.8 11 736 2743 190 24 4.2 23.6 | 129 14 -10.7 8.6 12 700 3159 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 143 11 -6.4 8.4 13 658 3658 205 32 13.5 29.0 | 174 14 -1.4 13.9 14 609 4267 215 31 17.8 25.4 | 196 11 2.9 10.3 15 564 4877 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 202 16 5.7 14.4 16 543 5182 220 34 21.9 26.0 | 212 13 6.9 11.0 17 500 5840 210 44 22.0 38.1 | 197 24 7.1 23.0 18 483 6096 210 46 23.0 39.8 | 198 26 8.1 24.8 19 464 6401 215 51 29.3 41.8 | 208 30 14.3 26.7 20 400 7530 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 277 20 19.9 -2.4 21 395 7620 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 276 21 20.8 -2.1 22 379 7925 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 266 20 20.4 1.4 23 320 9144 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 268 29 29.3 1.0 24 306 9449 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 287 37 35.9 -10.6 25 300 9600 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 285 40 38.9 -10.4 26 250 10850 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 273 54 54.0 -2.9 27 245 10973 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 273 55 55.0 -2.8 28 200 12300 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 278 59 58.8 -8.6 29 184 12802 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 278 60 59.8 -8.5 30 171 13265 275 97 96.6 -8.5 | 286 85 81.7 -23.5 31 167 13411 275 97 96.6 -8.5 | 286 85 81.7 -23.5 32 151 14021 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 308 63 49.9 -38.7 33 150 14070 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 309 59 46.2 -37.3 34 137 14630 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 309 45 35.3 -28.5 35 130 14935 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 300 30 26.1 -15.1 36 123 15240 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 290 33 30.9 -11.1 37 111 15850 290 58 54.5 -19.8 | 311 53 39.6 -34.9 38 106 16154 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 298 32 28.1 -15.1 39 104 16260 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 294 37 34.1 -15.1 40 101 16459 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 281 34 33.3 -6.6 41 100 16490 280 44 43.3 -7.6 | 309 36 28.4 -22.7 42 96 16764 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 308 37 29.4 -22.9 43 86 17374 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 296 27 23.9 -11.7 44 82 17678 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 308 30 23.9 -18.5 45 78 17983 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 347 26 5.9 -24.8 46 74 18288 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 352 14 2.0 -13.6 47 70 18593 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 356 8 0.5 -7.9 48 70 18620 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 323 4 2.3 -3.0 49 67 18898 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 323 4 2.3 -3.0 50 64 19202 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 345 16 4.1 -15.1 51 55 20117 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 326 7 4.1 -6.2 52 50 20660 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 330 26 13.1 -22.6 53 49 20726 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 311 23 17.1 -15.1 54 45 21336 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 347 26 5.9 -24.8 55 43 21641 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 359 22 0.5 -22.3 56 41 21946 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 329 23 11.7 -19.8 57 37 22555 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 352 29 3.9 -28.3 58 35 22860 330 33 16.5 -28.6 | 358 44 1.6 -43.7 59 34 23165 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 21 29 -10.5 -27.3 60 32 23470 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 72 17 -15.8 -5.1 61 30 23870 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 249 6 5.8 2.3 62 29 24079 220 26 16.7 19.9 | 200 5 1.8 4.8 63 26 24384 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 272 6 6.4 -0.2 64 25 24689 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 276 3 2.7 -0.3 65 20 25603 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 321 19 12.1 -15.1 66 18 25908 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 308 24 19.1 -15.1 67 16 26518 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 309 16 12.7 -10.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.7 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 224.7 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.4 neg: -1.3 tot: 156.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 2.85 Bulk Shear: 108.99 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 124 20 83 32| 7.3 0.0 7.3| 62.5 0.0 62.5 124.9 0.72| 10.7 7.7 1000 134 21 88 30| 5.5 0.0 5.5| 91.4 -1.3 90.1 90.1 0.65| 8.8 5.8 1500 143 21 94 28| 5.7 0.0 5.7|125.7 -1.3 124.3 82.9 0.62| 9.0 5.6 2000 151 22 99 26| 5.1 0.0 5.1|138.5 -1.3 137.2 68.6 0.63| 7.8 4.9 2500 158 22 103 24| 4.6 0.0 4.6|145.7 -1.3 144.4 57.8 0.61| 6.9 4.2 3000 164 22 107 22| 4.5 0.0 4.5|157.4 -1.3 156.1 52.0 0.63| 6.5 4.1 4000 177 24 119 18| 4.6 0.0 4.6|190.1 -1.3 188.8 47.2 0.68| 6.4 4.4 5000 188 26 133 16| 4.2 0.0 4.2|205.2 -1.3 203.8 40.8 0.66| 6.0 4.0 6000 195 28 148 15| 3.5 1.0 4.4|211.4 -23.8 187.6 31.3 0.49| 6.2 3.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TXKF/skewt/TXKF.skewt.20251028.12.gif