UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025103018.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 30 OCT 25 Searching for TXKF... Searching the city database file for: TXKF ... Date:1800Z 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 1008 3 23.0 20.7 87 2.3 21.4 140 14 295.5 298.3 294.3 339.8 15.42 1 1007 16 24.4 22.6 90 1.8 23.1 141 14 297.0 300.1 296.0 347.3 17.39 2 1000 107 24.0 22.4 91 1.6 22.9 150 18 297.1 300.3 296.0 347.2 17.30 3 925 788 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 170 24 300.0 302.8 295.4 344.8 15.31 4 850 1515 16.6 14.8 89 1.8 15.4 185 23 303.5 305.9 294.5 340.8 12.55 5 829 1728 15.8 12.3 80 3.5 13.6 178 22 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.5 10.91 6 806 1967 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 177 23 305.6 308.0 295.1 343.5 12.65 7 750 2575 13.0 6.0 62 7.0 8.8 187 26 310.7 312.2 293.0 334.9 7.84 8 743 2654 12.6 6.6 67 6.0 9.0 188 25 311.1 312.7 293.4 336.5 8.26 9 700 3153 9.2 4.2 71 5.0 6.3 205 20 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.7 7.41 10 630 4017 3.4 0.4 81 3.0 1.8 214 27 315.6 316.8 293.2 335.4 6.27 11 597 4452 0.8 -3.7 72 4.5 -1.4 210 30 317.5 318.4 292.6 333.2 4.88 12 548 5136 -2.3 -13.3 43 11.0 -6.7 211 35 321.7 322.2 291.7 330.1 2.50 13 539 5267 -3.1 -7.8 70 4.7 -5.3 212 36 322.3 323.0 293.1 335.3 3.95 14 530 5401 -3.3 -18.3 30 15.0 -8.6 213 38 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.4 1.71 15 500 5860 -5.7 -19.7 32 14.0 -10.5 215 42 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.7 1.60 16 499 5876 -5.9 -21.9 27 16.0 -11.0 215 42 326.0 326.3 291.9 330.7 1.33 17 490 6018 -6.9 -22.9 27 16.0 -11.8 212 41 326.5 326.8 291.9 330.9 1.24 18 488 6050 -6.9 -14.9 53 8.0 -10.0 211 41 326.9 327.4 293.2 335.3 2.46 19 446 6745 -13.1 -16.1 78 3.0 -14.2 210 40 327.6 328.1 293.3 336.0 2.44 20 435 6934 -15.1 -18.1 78 3.0 -16.1 210 39 327.4 327.8 293.0 334.7 2.11 21 425 7110 -15.3 -16.6 90 1.3 -15.7 212 41 329.3 329.8 293.8 337.8 2.46 22 406 7457 -14.1 -15.5 89 1.4 -14.6 218 48 335.2 335.8 295.6 345.1 2.82 23 400 7570 -14.7 -16.1 89 1.4 -15.2 220 50 335.9 336.4 295.6 345.5 2.72 24 300 9690 -29.3 -32.1 77 2.8 -29.8 235 52 344.1 344.3 296.1 347.4 0.86 25 276 10281 -32.7 -35.7 74 3.0 -33.1 240 48 347.5 347.6 296.7 350.1 0.66 26 250 10970 -38.5 -42.3 67 3.8 -38.9 245 43 348.8 348.9 296.7 350.3 0.37 27 248 11025 -39.1 -43.2 65 4.1 -39.5 245 43 348.7 348.8 296.7 350.1 0.34 28 226 11655 -44.7 -47.1 77 2.4 -44.9 240 48 349.6 349.6 296.7 350.6 0.24 29 207 12236 -49.9 -54.3 60 4.4 -50.1 237 53 350.3 350.3 296.8 350.8 0.12 30 200 12460 -51.9 -55.6 64 3.7 -52.0 235 55 350.6 350.6 296.8 351.0 0.10 31 176 13276 -59.3 -62.1 70 2.8 -59.3 240 59 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.7 0.05 32 166 13640 -62.5 -67.3 52 4.8 -62.6 242 61 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.03 33 157 13982 -64.9 -69.0 57 4.1 -65.0 245 63 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 34 150 14260 -65.7 -75.7 24 10.0 -65.8 260 65 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 35 147 14382 -66.2 -76.8 21 10.6 -66.2 265 67 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.01 36 145 14465 -66.5 -77.5 20 11.0 -66.6 265 67 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 37 140 14677 -66.7 -80.7 12 14.0 -66.8 264 67 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 38 100 16640 -80.3 -86.3 36 6.0 -80.3 235 26 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 39 96 16871 -81.9 -86.8 43 4.9 -81.9 240 29 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 40 72 18533 -71.1 -87.1 8 16.0 -71.2 245 14 428.8 428.8 308.7 428.8 0.00 41 70 18700 -71.5 -87.5 7 16.0 -71.6 215 22 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.4 0.00 42 67 18958 -72.5 -87.5 9 15.0 -72.6 220 21 434.7 434.7 309.3 434.7 0.00 43 50 20710 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.8 20 7 489.1 489.1 314.1 489.1 0.00 44 49 20833 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -65.0 334 13 493.9 493.9 314.5 493.9 0.00 45 44 21487 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.2 285 11 506.4 506.4 315.4 506.4 0.00 46 30 23840 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -61.2 270 26 580.3 580.3 319.7 580.3 0.01 47 28 24272 -58.3 -86.3 2 28.0 -59.5 262 30 597.4 597.4 320.5 597.4 0.01 48 25 24985 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.9 292 32 615.9 615.9 321.3 616.0 0.01 TRP 96 16871 -81.9 -86.8 43 4.9 -81.9 240 29 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 WND 147 14382 -66.2 -76.8 21 10.6 -66.2 265 67 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.00 m Freezing level: 584.35 mb = 4628.22 m = 15184.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.80 mb = 4253.83 m = 13955.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.98 mb = 328.36 m = 1077.30 ft T: 22.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 9.77 C Layer 1000.0- 806.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.02 mb = 834.42 m = 2737.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 32.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 315.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.70 mb = 650.23 m = 2133.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.70 mb = 1367.53 m = 4486.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 784.70 mb = 2193.34 m = 7195.90 ft B at Equ Level: 19.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.70 mb = 11692.75 m = 38361.59 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 227 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 1008 3 140 14 -9.0 10.7 | 82 24 -24.0 -3.4 1 1000 107 150 18 -9.0 15.6 | 94 24 -24.0 1.5 2 978 305 155 25 -10.6 22.7 | 108 27 -25.6 8.6 3 944 610 165 23 -6.0 22.2 | 111 22 -21.0 8.1 4 925 788 170 24 -4.2 23.6 | 116 21 -19.2 9.5 5 912 914 170 24 -4.2 23.6 | 116 21 -19.2 9.5 6 880 1219 180 25 0.0 25.0 | 126 19 -15.0 10.9 7 850 1515 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 124 16 -13.0 8.8 8 819 1829 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 115 19 -16.9 7.8 9 790 2134 180 24 0.0 24.0 | 123 18 -15.0 9.9 10 762 2438 185 28 2.4 27.9 | 138 19 -12.6 13.8 11 735 2743 190 23 4.0 22.7 | 128 14 -11.0 8.5 12 700 3153 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 122 8 -6.6 4.0 13 657 3658 205 26 11.0 23.6 | 157 10 -4.0 9.5 14 633 3962 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 183 8 0.5 8.0 15 609 4267 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 177 11 -0.5 11.0 16 565 4877 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 186 15 1.5 14.5 17 500 5860 215 42 24.1 34.4 | 204 22 9.1 20.3 18 485 6096 210 41 20.5 35.5 | 194 22 5.5 21.4 19 430 7010 210 39 19.5 33.8 | 193 20 4.5 19.7 20 400 7570 220 50 32.1 38.3 | 215 30 17.1 24.2 21 397 7620 220 52 33.4 39.8 | 216 32 18.4 25.7 22 366 8230 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 223 21 14.7 15.6 23 323 9144 225 48 33.9 33.9 | 224 27 18.9 19.8 24 300 9690 235 52 42.6 29.8 | 240 32 27.6 15.7 25 285 10058 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 248 33 30.9 12.4 26 261 10668 240 39 33.8 19.5 | 254 20 18.8 5.4 27 250 10970 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 260 24 24.0 4.1 28 200 12460 235 55 45.1 31.5 | 240 35 30.0 17.4 29 156 14021 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 253 44 42.1 12.5 30 150 14260 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 273 49 49.0 -2.8 31 147 14382 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 279 52 51.7 -8.3 32 141 14630 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 279 52 51.7 -8.3 33 127 15240 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 260 47 46.1 8.1 34 114 15850 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 259 27 26.7 5.3 35 109 16154 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 304 20 16.9 -11.3 36 103 16459 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 326 8 4.7 -6.9 37 100 16640 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 263 6 6.3 0.8 38 98 16764 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 263 6 6.3 0.8 39 96 16871 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 268 10 10.1 0.4 40 93 17069 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 284 15 14.1 -3.5 41 84 17678 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 356 13 0.9 -12.7 42 79 17983 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 4 20 -1.4 -20.4 43 75 18288 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 322 7 4.0 -5.2 44 71 18593 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 21 9 -3.2 -8.6 45 70 18700 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 149 5 -2.4 3.9 46 68 18898 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 123 4 -3.5 2.3 47 61 19507 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 308 19 14.9 -11.5 48 58 19812 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 329 19 9.9 -16.3 49 55 20117 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 21 17 -6.1 -15.7 50 52 20422 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 12 20 -4.1 -19.2 51 50 20710 20 7 -2.4 -6.6 | 40 27 -17.4 -20.7 52 50 20726 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 12 25 -5.1 -24.0 53 47 21031 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 35 29 -16.7 -24.0 54 45 21336 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 22 16 -6.0 -14.9 55 43 21641 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 12 20 -4.1 -19.2 56 41 21946 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 12 20 -4.1 -19.2 57 37 22555 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 352 23 3.1 -22.6 58 35 22860 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 28 27 -12.4 -23.8 59 33 23165 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 19 16 -5.0 -15.0 60 32 23470 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 19 16 -5.0 -15.0 61 30 23774 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 347 8 1.9 -7.9 62 30 23840 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 322 18 11.0 -14.1 63 28 24079 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 301 17 14.5 -8.9 64 26 24384 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 318 22 14.9 -16.7 65 24 24689 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 336 33 13.6 -30.6 66 21 25298 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 314 25 17.9 -17.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.8 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 226.8 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.8 neg: -23.8 tot: 120.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 6.96 Bulk Shear: 45.31 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 155 22 103 25| 12.2 0.0 12.2| 81.3 0.0 81.3 162.5 0.82| 15.5 12.7 1000 162 23 109 23| 7.5 0.0 7.5|100.3 0.0 100.3 100.3 0.78| 10.4 8.1 1500 168 23 114 22| 5.6 0.0 5.6|111.9 -1.8 110.1 73.4 0.67| 8.9 6.0 2000 171 23 115 21| 4.2 0.7 4.9|118.4 -13.5 104.9 52.4 0.52| 8.0 4.2 2500 174 24 118 20| 4.5 0.6 5.0|143.8 -13.5 130.3 52.1 0.58| 7.7 4.4 3000 176 24 120 19| 3.6 0.5 4.1|143.8 -23.8 120.0 40.0 0.41| 7.8 3.2 4000 184 24 126 16| 3.8 0.4 4.2|165.0 -24.8 140.2 35.1 0.48| 7.4 3.5 5000 191 25 136 15| 3.4 0.5 3.9|174.1 -26.7 147.4 29.5 0.45| 6.7 3.0 6000 197 27 150 14| 3.2 0.6 3.8|196.6 -38.2 158.4 26.4 0.42| 6.5 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//TXKF/skewt/TXKF.skewt.20251030.18.gif