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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 Chihuahua, Mexico (76225), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Chihuahua, Mexico (76225), for (3 h 56 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 (43)
Chihuahua, Mexico (76225): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
874 mb1372 m9.67.4025° 5 kt
850 mb1628 m7.04.5035° 8 kt
828 mb1842 m4.83.3—
802 mb2101 m3.21.4040° 18 kt
774 mb2388 m1.4-0.8—
757 mb2567 m1.0-2.2—
733 mb2827 m3.81.9—
710 mb3086 m4.42.4—
700 mb3201 m3.82.1100° 21 kt
619 mb4176 m-0.6-2.5125° 21 kt
596 mb4477 m-1.9-3.9115° 16 kt
574 mb4775 m-3.2-5.3160° 6 kt
552 mb5085 m-4.6-6.7180° 2 kt
532 mb5378 m-5.9-8.1345° 2 kt
512 mb5682 m-7.3-9.5020° 4 kt
500 mb5870 m-8.1-10.4115° 4 kt
473 mb6297 m-10.8-13.1210° 10 kt
455 mb6594 m-12.9-14.8225° 18 kt
433 mb6974 m-15.7-17.1—
419 mb7221 m-17.1-21.9—
400 mb7570 m-17.7-22.4210° 25 kt
358 mb8391 m-25.1-28.6—
347 mb8617 m-26.1-30.4—
329 mb9001 m-28.5-40.3205° 19 kt
300 mb9660 m-31.7-51.7235° 33 kt
278 mb10191 m-35.8-54.5240° 39 kt
250 mb10930 m-41.5-58.5245° 37 kt
211 mb12061 m-49.7-65.7—
200 mb12410 m-51.5-66.5250° 47 kt
177 mb13181 m-56.8-70.3255° 53 kt
156 mb13979 m-62.3-74.3—
150 mb14220 m-62.9-75.9255° 33 kt
119 mb15602 m-69.8-80.5255° 12 kt
108 mb16181 m-72.6-82.4180° 23 kt
100 mb16640 m-74.9-83.9215° 16 kt
79 mb18013 m-74.2-83.8255° 18 kt
68 mb18893 m-71.4-82.5035° 8 kt
56 mb20038 m-68.1-80.1—
46 mb21257 m-61.3-75.2160° 2 kt
34 mb23146 m-57.3-71.8100° 10 kt
23 mb25515 m-52.1-68.1—
11 mb30435 m-48.1-70.6265° 35 kt
11 mb30679 m-48.1-71.1—
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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