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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 Fort Worth, TX (FWD), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Fort Worth, TX (FWD), 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 (56)
Fort Worth, TX (FWD): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
1007 mb171 m16.83.8345° 11 kt
1000 mb258 m15.62.6010° 16 kt
960 mb600 m12.11.8010° 24 kt
925 mb911 m9.01.0000° 22 kt
892 mb1210 m6.00.8350° 21 kt
861 mb1500 m3.20.4—
851 mb1594 m2.8-0.9—
850 mb1604 m2.8-0.6000° 29 kt
837 mb1728 m1.6-1.7—
827 mb1825 m1.0-2.2—
792 mb2178 m5.2-24.8—
773 mb2375 m3.8-29.7020° 25 kt
757 mb2544 m3.4-39.6—
741 mb2718 m6.0-43.0—
728 mb2863 m8.6-40.4—
716 mb3001 m10.2-38.8—
700 mb3188 m9.0-40.0015° 32 kt
658 mb3691 m5.7-40.6345° 26 kt
633 mb4006 m3.6-40.9355° 24 kt
599 mb4454 m0.6-41.4—
589 mb4589 m1.0-45.0335° 23 kt
548 mb5163 m-3.5-49.5—
535 mb5352 m-4.3-52.3340° 23 kt
518 mb5605 m-6.1-54.1—
500 mb5880 m-8.7-53.7005° 19 kt
485 mb6115 m-10.7-53.7—
475 mb6273 m-11.7-53.7020° 18 kt
445 mb6766 m-14.9-53.7015° 22 kt
430 mb7025 m-16.6-53.7355° 17 kt
411 mb7366 m-18.9-53.7305° 18 kt
401 mb7551 m-19.3-43.3—
400 mb7570 m-19.3-42.3305° 27 kt
390 mb7758 m-19.9-34.9—
356 mb8430 m-25.3-27.5—
345 mb8658 m-25.9-30.7—
334 mb8893 m-27.1-33.1—
324 mb9112 m-28.5-34.5—
313 mb9359 m-30.5-38.5—
302 mb9613 m-32.5-44.5—
300 mb9660 m-32.9-43.9275° 51 kt
290 mb9897 m-34.9-46.9—
277 mb10214 m-37.9-46.9—
251 mb10883 m-44.1-51.1—
250 mb10910 m-44.3-50.3270° 57 kt
239 mb11209 m-46.9-50.7—
229 mb11490 m-48.5-60.5—
219 mb11782 m-50.5-65.5—
204 mb12242 m-52.3-75.3275° 47 kt
200 mb12370 m-53.1-75.1275° 47 kt
174 mb13256 m-57.7-77.7—
159 mb13820 m-61.7-78.7—
150 mb14180 m-62.9-80.9265° 52 kt
138 mb14691 m-64.3-82.3—
126 mb15243 m-66.5-82.5—
112 mb15948 m-70.3-86.3265° 43 kt
100 mb16620 m-70.7-85.7260° 34 kt
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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