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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 Amarillo, TX (AMA), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Amarillo, TX (AMA), for (3 h 50 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 (57)
Amarillo, TX (AMA): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
909 mb1099 m11.2-1.8025° 11 kt
897 mb1209 m10.0-3.0—
880 mb1367 m8.3-3.6020° 21 kt
866 mb1499 m6.9-4.2020° 22 kt
850 mb1652 m5.2-4.8020° 23 kt
835 mb1796 m3.9-5.3025° 22 kt
812 mb2022 m1.8-6.0020° 24 kt
799 mb2153 m0.6-6.4—
785 mb2294 m-0.5-9.1020° 23 kt
748 mb2684 m4.0-24.9045° 32 kt
737 mb2803 m5.6-29.9045° 35 kt
726 mb2926 m5.9-30.7045° 36 kt
714 mb3062 m5.3-28.9045° 36 kt
703 mb3188 m4.8-27.2—
700 mb3223 m4.8-27.2040° 35 kt
671 mb3566 m3.6-25.8025° 24 kt
661 mb3687 m3.1-25.0035° 20 kt
650 mb3823 m2.6-23.9025° 18 kt
640 mb3948 m2.2-22.8—
620 mb4203 m0.5-23.0015° 17 kt
590 mb4597 m-1.8-26.3000° 14 kt
571 mb4857 m-3.3-29.1330° 17 kt
537 mb5338 m-7.1-30.1—
525 mb5513 m-8.2-31.2005° 10 kt
501 mb5875 m-10.5-33.5—
500 mb5890 m-10.7-33.7015° 12 kt
475 mb6282 m-12.8-37.8005° 18 kt
464 mb6461 m-13.7-39.7—
444 mb6794 m-16.1-39.9030° 17 kt
421 mb7191 m-19.5-42.5040° 17 kt
403 mb7515 m-22.3-45.3—
400 mb7570 m-22.9-45.9040° 13 kt
378 mb7982 m-25.9-46.9—
365 mb8234 m-27.5-49.0150° 2 kt
352 mb8495 m-29.1-51.1—
340 mb8740 m-30.8-52.0260° 12 kt
325 mb9060 m-33.1-53.1—
314 mb9301 m-34.0-53.4290° 32 kt
303 mb9550 m-35.5-53.8290° 42 kt
300 mb9620 m-35.9-53.9285° 42 kt
274 mb10237 m-40.9-53.8265° 54 kt
257 mb10673 m-44.4-53.7265° 59 kt
250 mb10860 m-45.9-53.9265° 56 kt
238 mb11186 m-47.9-56.1265° 59 kt
225 mb11556 m-50.2-59.0275° 51 kt
215 mb11852 m-52.1-61.1275° 49 kt
200 mb12320 m-54.1-63.1270° 54 kt
189 mb12680 m-55.5-64.9275° 61 kt
179 mb13025 m-56.7-66.7—
169 mb13387 m-58.3-68.3280° 58 kt
157 mb13846 m-60.1-70.1280° 47 kt
150 mb14130 m-61.3-71.3270° 36 kt
139 mb14602 m-63.1-72.3285° 37 kt
128 mb15107 m-66.0-75.0260° 38 kt
118 mb15598 m-68.7-77.7260° 40 kt
107 mb16185 m-68.9-79.9265° 38 kt
100 mb16590 m-70.7-81.7270° 36 kt
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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