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Severe weather analysis

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 Midland, TX (MAF), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Midland, TX (MAF), 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 (60)
Midland, TX (MAF): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
932 mb872 m13.4-0.6030° 20 kt
925 mb938 m11.6-0.4020° 24 kt
911 mb1064 m10.4-0.1030° 21 kt
896 mb1201 m9.0-0.7020° 23 kt
864 mb1501 m6.0-1.9025° 19 kt
854 mb1597 m5.0-2.3030° 20 kt
850 mb1636 m4.6-2.4025° 22 kt
833 mb1800 m3.3-2.8025° 26 kt
810 mb2027 m1.6-6.4—
796 mb2168 m3.8-13.9040° 32 kt
771 mb2428 m7.3-26.7045° 18 kt
749 mb2665 m5.6-29.4—
736 mb2808 m6.6-30.4070° 22 kt
725 mb2932 m6.2-30.8070° 25 kt
713 mb3068 m5.4-30.6—
701 mb3206 m5.2-30.8035° 20 kt
700 mb3218 m5.2-30.8035° 20 kt
671 mb3562 m3.6-28.4—
660 mb3696 m3.8-29.2—
644 mb3895 m2.4-30.6—
627 mb4111 m2.4-31.4085° 20 kt
613 mb4292 m1.0-30.9085° 20 kt
587 mb4637 m-1.7-28.4060° 11 kt
552 mb5126 m-5.5-24.9055° 9 kt
541 mb5284 m-6.3-27.3—
530 mb5445 m-5.7-29.7—
506 mb5807 m-7.3-22.5075° 1 kt
500 mb5900 m-7.7-20.7060° 3 kt
478 mb6247 m-10.7-20.7—
468 mb6407 m-11.8-20.5005° 14 kt
445 mb6789 m-14.4-20.2000° 16 kt
419 mb7244 m-17.5-19.7275° 3 kt
402 mb7553 m-19.1-20.9215° 14 kt
400 mb7590 m-19.3-21.0215° 16 kt
388 mb7815 m-20.7-22.2—
372 mb8125 m-23.5-24.0—
361 mb8343 m-24.9-26.1260° 23 kt
336 mb8860 m-28.5-31.5—
325 mb9097 m-30.5-33.0270° 21 kt
313 mb9362 m-32.5-34.2255° 24 kt
301 mb9637 m-34.5-35.4—
300 mb9660 m-34.5-35.4245° 28 kt
288 mb9945 m-36.9-38.0250° 32 kt
265 mb10516 m-41.7-42.6245° 38 kt
255 mb10777 m-43.7-45.0—
250 mb10910 m-43.7-47.5255° 44 kt
232 mb11408 m-47.3-55.5265° 48 kt
219 mb11788 m-49.1-59.1—
206 mb12188 m-51.1-62.0270° 45 kt
200 mb12380 m-52.1-62.1270° 49 kt
179 mb13092 m-56.1-66.1265° 50 kt
169 mb13456 m-57.9-67.9255° 38 kt
159 mb13839 m-60.3-69.3—
150 mb14200 m-63.3-72.3255° 37 kt
139 mb14664 m-65.8-74.2240° 38 kt
129 mb15116 m-67.9-75.9—
109 mb16123 m-68.2-81.2265° 27 kt
100 mb16640 m-70.1-87.1260° 19 kt
89 mb17340 m-72.9-96.9—
83 mb17736 m-71.9-81.9—
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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