UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025103012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 OCT 25 Searching for TXKF... Searching the city database file for: TXKF ... Date:1200Z 30 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 1011 3 23.2 22.5 96 0.7 22.7 160 4 295.4 298.5 295.5 344.9 17.22 1 1010 15 24.0 22.2 90 1.8 22.8 161 5 296.3 299.4 295.6 345.1 16.91 2 1000 131 23.6 21.5 88 2.1 22.1 170 12 296.8 299.7 295.3 344.0 16.35 3 925 810 19.2 19.1 99 0.1 19.1 180 15 298.9 301.7 295.1 343.3 15.22 4 850 1535 15.0 14.2 95 0.8 14.5 200 13 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.5 12.07 5 839 1645 14.0 14.0 100 0.0 14.0 193 13 301.9 304.2 293.7 337.5 12.07 6 823 1809 14.8 12.7 87 2.1 13.4 182 13 304.4 306.5 293.9 338.1 11.29 7 700 3166 8.2 5.3 82 2.9 6.5 210 9 311.6 313.1 293.4 336.3 8.01 8 677 3442 7.0 2.2 71 4.8 4.3 205 9 313.2 314.5 292.8 334.0 6.64 9 652 3750 5.0 0.1 71 4.9 2.4 199 10 314.3 315.5 292.5 333.0 5.92 10 580 4697 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.2 183 15 317.9 319.1 293.6 337.1 6.01 11 555 5047 -3.3 -4.2 93 0.9 -3.7 184 17 319.3 320.3 293.2 335.7 5.05 12 500 5870 -6.3 -7.4 92 1.1 -6.8 210 30 325.4 326.2 294.3 339.9 4.39 13 456 6583 -10.3 -10.3 100 0.0 -10.3 216 33 329.0 329.8 294.8 342.0 3.83 14 410 7394 -14.7 -15.2 96 0.5 -14.9 227 39 333.5 334.1 295.1 343.5 2.86 15 400 7580 -16.1 -16.2 99 0.1 -16.2 230 40 334.1 334.6 295.1 343.5 2.70 16 300 9690 -31.9 -32.2 97 0.3 -32.0 235 49 340.4 340.6 295.2 343.6 0.86 17 298 9737 -32.5 -32.9 96 0.4 -32.6 235 48 340.2 340.4 295.1 343.3 0.80 18 282 10126 -33.5 -37.8 65 4.3 -34.1 241 59 344.2 344.3 295.8 346.2 0.52 19 250 10960 -39.9 -42.0 80 2.1 -40.1 260 47 346.7 346.8 296.3 348.3 0.38 20 249 10987 -40.1 -41.6 85 1.5 -40.2 260 47 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.4 0.40 21 247 11042 -40.5 -44.5 65 4.0 -40.9 261 48 347.0 347.1 296.3 348.2 0.30 22 225 11668 -44.5 -46.2 83 1.7 -44.6 270 58 350.3 350.4 297.0 351.4 0.27 23 223 11727 -45.1 -51.1 51 6.0 -45.4 270 58 350.3 350.3 296.8 350.9 0.16 24 219 11847 -46.1 -48.9 73 2.8 -46.3 270 59 350.6 350.6 297.0 351.4 0.20 25 200 12440 -51.3 -55.5 61 4.2 -51.5 270 63 351.5 351.6 297.1 352.0 0.10 26 155 14042 -65.5 -70.0 53 4.5 -65.6 265 85 353.8 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.02 27 154 14081 -65.9 -70.4 53 4.5 -66.0 266 84 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 28 150 14240 -67.1 -73.1 42 6.0 -67.1 270 81 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 29 137 14783 -70.9 -76.9 41 6.0 -70.9 277 79 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 30 129 15139 -72.5 -79.5 34 7.0 -72.5 287 74 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 31 126 15278 -70.3 -80.3 22 10.0 -70.4 290 71 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.01 32 100 16620 -80.3 -84.9 46 4.6 -80.3 250 21 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 33 96 16850 -82.1 -86.0 51 3.9 -82.1 265 23 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 34 89 17281 -76.3 -83.3 32 7.0 -76.3 287 24 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 35 85 17545 -77.3 -84.3 32 7.0 -77.3 288 27 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 36 70 18680 -70.5 -82.5 15 12.0 -70.6 145 10 433.6 433.6 309.2 433.6 0.01 37 68 18851 -69.9 -82.9 13 13.0 -70.0 145 10 438.5 438.5 309.7 438.5 0.01 38 50 20690 -65.7 -80.7 11 15.0 -66.0 320 22 488.7 488.7 314.1 488.7 0.01 39 31 23635 -60.1 -78.1 8 18.0 -60.9 334 19 575.4 575.4 319.5 575.6 0.03 40 30 23840 -60.3 -79.3 7 19.0 -61.2 260 15 580.3 580.3 319.7 580.4 0.02 41 28 24270 -60.7 -81.7 5 21.0 -61.6 251 16 590.7 590.7 320.2 590.8 0.02 TRP 96 16850 -82.1 -86.0 51 3.9 -82.1 265 23 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 WND 155 14042 -65.5 -70.0 53 4.5 -65.6 265 85 353.8 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.00 m Freezing level: 592.98 mb = 4525.94 m = 14848.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.39 mb = 4363.53 m = 14315.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.13 mb = 117.83 m = 386.57 ft T: 23.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 7.61 C Layer 1000.0- 839.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.69 mb = 709.90 m = 2329.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 32.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 256.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.93 mb = 615.15 m = 2018.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.93 mb = 847.83 m = 2781.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.93 mb = 7376.64 m = 24201.28 ft B at Equ Level: 241.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.93 mb = 11788.98 m = 38677.27 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 224 at 11 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 1011 3 160 4 -1.4 3.8 | 66 10 -9.0 -4.1 1 1000 131 170 12 -2.1 11.8 | 112 11 -9.7 4.0 2 980 305 175 15 -1.3 14.9 | 128 11 -9.0 7.1 3 947 610 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 137 11 -7.6 8.2 4 925 810 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 133 10 -7.6 7.2 5 914 914 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 138 10 -6.3 7.1 6 882 1219 185 16 1.4 15.9 | 142 10 -6.3 8.1 7 851 1524 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 144 5 -3.2 4.4 8 850 1535 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 144 5 -3.2 4.4 9 821 1829 180 13 0.0 13.0 | 124 9 -7.6 5.2 10 792 2134 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 118 6 -5.7 3.0 11 763 2438 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 110 9 -8.6 3.1 12 736 2743 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 107 3 -2.6 0.8 13 710 3048 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 60 4 -3.6 -2.1 14 700 3166 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 89 3 -3.1 -0.0 15 658 3658 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 98 5 -4.6 0.6 16 634 3962 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 130 6 -4.5 3.8 17 610 4267 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 167 8 -1.8 8.1 18 566 4877 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 125 11 -8.9 6.1 19 524 5486 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 199 14 4.4 12.9 20 500 5870 210 30 15.0 26.0 | 202 20 7.4 18.1 21 485 6096 210 30 15.0 26.0 | 202 20 7.4 18.1 22 400 7580 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 232 29 23.0 17.9 23 398 7620 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 232 30 23.8 18.5 24 323 9144 230 47 36.0 30.2 | 232 36 28.4 22.4 25 300 9690 235 49 40.1 28.1 | 238 38 32.5 20.3 26 297 9754 235 47 38.5 27.0 | 238 36 30.9 19.1 27 285 10058 240 60 52.0 30.0 | 243 50 44.3 22.2 28 261 10668 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 257 36 35.6 7.9 29 250 10960 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 270 39 38.6 0.3 30 228 11582 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 279 50 49.4 -7.8 31 200 12440 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 278 56 55.4 -7.8 32 155 14042 265 85 84.7 7.4 | 270 77 77.0 -0.4 33 150 14240 270 81 81.0 -0.0 | 276 74 73.4 -7.8 34 148 14326 265 85 84.7 7.4 | 270 77 77.0 -0.4 35 127 15240 290 72 67.7 -24.6 | 298 68 60.0 -32.5 36 114 15850 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 317 37 25.3 -26.8 37 103 16459 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 311 17 13.0 -11.5 38 100 16620 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 273 12 12.1 -0.7 39 97 16764 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 273 12 12.1 -0.7 40 96 16850 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 291 16 15.3 -5.8 41 92 17069 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 279 14 13.6 -2.1 42 88 17374 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 325 25 14.0 -20.3 43 83 17678 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 302 25 20.9 -12.9 44 79 17983 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 355 17 1.5 -17.0 45 75 18288 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 327 5 2.7 -4.1 46 71 18593 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 338 5 1.7 -4.4 47 70 18680 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 92 13 -13.4 0.4 48 67 18898 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 92 13 -13.4 0.4 49 61 19507 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 245 4 3.8 1.8 50 58 19812 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 242 5 4.6 2.4 51 55 20117 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 343 12 3.6 -11.9 52 52 20422 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 340 13 4.6 -12.3 53 50 20690 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 345 26 6.5 -24.7 54 47 21031 320 19 12.2 -14.6 | 348 23 4.6 -22.4 55 45 21336 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 336 14 5.5 -12.6 56 43 21641 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 341 21 6.9 -20.1 57 41 21946 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 332 24 11.2 -21.0 58 39 22250 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 297 17 15.4 -7.8 59 35 22860 320 38 24.4 -29.1 | 336 41 16.8 -37.0 60 32 23470 340 23 7.9 -21.6 | 360 29 0.2 -29.5 61 30 23774 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 359 22 0.4 -21.7 62 30 23840 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 306 9 7.1 -5.2 63 28 24079 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 288 8 7.4 -2.4 64 26 24384 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 285 11 10.7 -2.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 224.3 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.1 neg: -12.8 tot: 27.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 74.98 Bulk Shear: 3.42 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 174 13 120 10| 12.3 0.0 12.3| 32.6 0.0 32.6 65.1 0.98| 12.9 12.7 1000 178 14 128 10| 6.1 0.0 6.1| 37.1 -1.8 35.2 35.2 0.86| 8.0 6.9 1500 182 15 133 10| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 39.2 -1.9 37.3 24.8 0.68| 7.1 4.8 2000 183 14 132 9| 2.7 0.8 3.5| 39.2 -7.6 31.6 15.8 0.43| 6.7 2.9 2500 183 13 129 9| 2.1 0.9 3.0| 39.6 -10.3 29.3 11.7 0.33| 6.3 2.1 3000 186 13 128 8| 1.8 0.7 2.5| 40.1 -12.8 27.3 9.1 0.19| 6.5 1.3 4000 189 12 124 7| 1.3 0.8 2.1| 46.7 -12.8 33.9 8.5 0.29| 5.8 1.7 5000 189 13 130 7| 1.1 1.1 2.2| 59.2 -27.5 31.7 6.3 0.22| 6.0 1.3 6000 194 15 147 7| 2.0 1.2 3.1|101.6 -27.5 74.1 12.3 0.34| 6.5 2.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TXKF/skewt/TXKF.skewt.20251030.12.gif