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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 La Paz, Mexico (76405), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at La Paz, Mexico (76405), for (4 h 26 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 (49)
La Paz, Mexico (76405): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
1006 mb18 m32.821.8035° 8 kt
1000 mb79 m30.623.6055° 14 kt
925 mb769 m25.020.8115° 18 kt
912 mb894 m23.820.5110° 16 kt
886 mb1149 m21.419.9—
850 mb1511 m19.616.4130° 19 kt
794 mb2093 m16.212.7140° 23 kt
740 mb2694 m12.68.8—
702 mb3136 m10.41.4—
700 mb3160 m10.20.2125° 27 kt
664 mb3592 m7.52.3120° 29 kt
561 mb4968 m-0.7-6.7—
511 mb5708 m-5.1-8.3140° 10 kt
500 mb5880 m-5.5-13.5155° 6 kt
474 mb6296 m-7.7-41.0300° 2 kt
456 mb6592 m-9.7-47.0090° 2 kt
438 mb6898 m-11.8-51.8350° 2 kt
405 mb7495 m-15.8-61.0300° 6 kt
400 mb7590 m-16.5-62.5300° 6 kt
389 mb7798 m-17.9-63.9—
376 mb8051 m-19.1-64.1—
365 mb8270 m-20.7-48.7—
354 mb8495 m-22.3-26.2—
344 mb8704 m-24.0-27.3270° 19 kt
330 mb9006 m-24.9-31.2225° 21 kt
316 mb9319 m-26.9-46.9—
300 mb9690 m-29.9-59.9230° 37 kt
288 mb9981 m-32.3-58.3—
276 mb10281 m-34.5-56.5—
265 mb10565 m-37.1-44.1—
250 mb10970 m-38.7-42.9200° 47 kt
237 mb11336 m-41.9-45.8—
220 mb11839 m-45.5-66.5—
200 mb12470 m-51.3-70.3225° 37 kt
187 mb12893 m-54.6-72.8230° 39 kt
157 mb13993 m-63.3-79.3—
150 mb14270 m-65.9-78.9240° 39 kt
135 mb14903 m-70.3-82.3—
114 mb15893 m-73.6-85.0295° 10 kt
103 mb16487 m-75.5-86.6170° 6 kt
100 mb16660 m-76.1-87.1210° 4 kt
88 mb17396 m-76.9-87.3100° 23 kt
76 mb18240 m-77.9-86.9—
65 mb19163 m-69.8-88.6100° 16 kt
53 mb20354 m-67.9-93.9—
41 mb21949 m-58.9-92.9—
31 mb23723 m-56.2-91.0075° 16 kt
21 mb26241 m-50.2-86.2235° 8 kt
17 mb27781 m-48.3-85.3—
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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