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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 Del Rio, TX (DRT), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Del Rio, TX (DRT), for (5 h 27 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 (55)
Del Rio, TX (DRT): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
993 mb313 m18.63.6020° 8 kt
952 mb670 m15.41.4—
925 mb912 m13.01.0355° 22 kt
874 mb1383 m8.4-0.1345° 25 kt
852 mb1595 m6.4-0.6—
850 mb1614 m6.4-0.6355° 28 kt
837 mb1740 m5.4-1.6—
824 mb1868 m5.2-8.8—
811 mb1998 m6.8-18.2—
784 mb2278 m8.0-9.0—
770 mb2427 m8.0-1.0—
748 mb2665 m6.82.7—
737 mb2787 m5.83.7—
715 mb3036 m5.44.4—
705 mb3151 m4.73.9035° 7 kt
700 mb3209 m4.43.6025° 8 kt
669 mb3577 m1.81.8—
655 mb3749 m2.40.0030° 10 kt
637 mb3974 m1.2-1.6010° 11 kt
624 mb4140 m0.4-2.9305° 10 kt
614 mb4270 m-0.1-3.9—
601 mb4442 m0.4-4.5—
578 mb4754 m-1.3-5.0345° 10 kt
565 mb4936 m-2.5-5.3—
536 mb5354 m-4.9-7.5—
520 mb5592 m-5.5-9.6—
500 mb5900 m-6.5-12.5075° 9 kt
470 mb6379 m-10.7-13.0355° 1 kt
456 mb6611 m-11.5-14.7—
446 mb6779 m-13.0-15.3250° 11 kt
433 mb7004 m-15.1-16.1—
400 mb7600 m-17.9-20.3250° 12 kt
388 mb7827 m-18.9-22.4—
364 mb8299 m-21.9-24.8—
346 mb8670 m-24.9-27.2—
336 mb8882 m-26.1-29.2—
321 mb9211 m-28.7-31.3—
310 mb9459 m-30.9-33.5—
300 mb9690 m-32.9-38.9240° 31 kt
290 mb9927 m-34.9-40.9—
280 mb10171 m-36.3-53.3—
268 mb10473 m-37.1-63.1270° 31 kt
250 mb10950 m-41.1-62.1270° 36 kt
237 mb11312 m-44.3-63.3—
226 mb11631 m-45.9-66.9—
205 mb12278 m-49.9-69.9—
200 mb12440 m-51.3-70.3270° 36 kt
188 mb12837 m-54.5-71.5—
162 mb13770 m-62.1-72.1—
151 mb14200 m-65.2-75.7275° 37 kt
150 mb14240 m-65.5-75.5275° 36 kt
133 mb14968 m-68.7-80.7—
118 mb15680 m-72.9-82.9255° 32 kt
108 mb16200 m-73.2-84.9240° 34 kt
100 mb16650 m-75.3-85.3255° 22 kt
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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