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Observations and analyses of the atmosphere now, from NWS, WPC and SPC. Not a forecast and not a warning: for those, see the Briefing and the Live tracker.

SPC soundings: feeds current

SPC soundings: Feed current; checked .

Checked means retrieved, not newly issued. Each graphic retains its issue, observation, initialization or valid time. Site publishing status is separate.

Soundings: what weather balloons measured

SPC’s skew-T diagram and hodograph of the sounding at Zacatecas, Mexico (76526), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Zacatecas, Mexico (76526), for (3 h 52 min ago). SPC’s graphic; the values in its panels (CAPE, shear, the indices) are SPC’s computations from these levels. Data: NOAA/SPC.

A balloon launched about an hour before the time named, measuring as it rose and drifted with the wind: the atmosphere above one place, at one time. Model soundings, which are forecasts, are not shown here.

The levels this sounding was drawn from (47)
Zacatecas, Mexico (76526): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
780 mb2265 m16.213.2035° 3 kt
767 mb2406 m14.113.2030° 16 kt
740 mb2705 m12.011.4075° 21 kt
700 mb3169 m8.88.8080° 25 kt
617 mb4199 m2.72.7120° 16 kt
595 mb4495 m0.90.9110° 18 kt
580 mb4703 m-0.3-0.3—
560 mb4983 m-2.7-4.9—
542 mb5242 m-2.1-5.4—
531 mb5405 m-2.5-7.1165° 8 kt
511 mb5708 m-4.7-10.8125° 6 kt
500 mb5880 m-5.9-12.9125° 10 kt
486 mb6102 m-7.5-13.5—
474 mb6296 m-8.1-17.2145° 10 kt
463 mb6479 m-8.7-20.7—
441 mb6854 m-10.3-33.3—
429 mb7066 m-11.5-43.5—
419 mb7247 m-12.5-38.5—
404 mb7524 m-13.5-48.5—
400 mb7600 m-14.1-47.1200° 18 kt
387 mb7849 m-15.5-27.5—
374 mb8105 m-17.8-24.6210° 18 kt
363 mb8328 m-19.7-22.6—
353 mb8535 m-19.9-35.9—
331 mb9009 m-22.5-46.5—
301 mb9696 m-28.5-43.5—
300 mb9720 m-28.7-43.7215° 21 kt
284 mb10110 m-31.3-53.3—
269 mb10489 m-34.1-56.5220° 16 kt
250 mb11000 m-37.9-60.9235° 18 kt
236 mb11394 m-41.2-57.1240° 19 kt
219 mb11900 m-45.7-59.7—
200 mb12500 m-50.9-59.9250° 16 kt
179 mb13209 m-57.1-64.1—
163 mb13789 m-61.4-70.3290° 16 kt
150 mb14300 m-66.3-72.3290° 12 kt
133 mb15016 m-71.4-78.4235° 19 kt
121 mb15576 m-75.1-83.1—
100 mb16670 m-80.3-85.2165° 14 kt
88 mb17383 m-81.7-86.1175° 6 kt
71 mb18609 m-71.9-84.2080° 16 kt
61 mb19513 m-68.2-87.3140° 16 kt
50 mb20730 m-61.9-88.9105° 6 kt
39 mb22220 m-57.3-89.3—
28 mb24294 m-53.9-88.9—
18 mb27221 m-50.0-86.3125° 12 kt
14 mb29113 m-46.9-85.9—
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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