Soundings

Plot model forecast soundings from BUFKIT files or observed upper air soundings from the University of Wyoming as Skew-T diagrams.

Temperature
Dew point
Wet-bulb
Parcel
CAPE
CIN

Precipitation type: partial thickness

From the Keeter et al. nomogram used in BUFKIT, built from Southeast US winter cases. Thickness can miss a shallow warm or cold layer, so check the profile too.

Hodograph

0–1 km
1–3
3–6
6–9
9–12

Rings in knots. RM and LM are the Bunkers right and left mover motions; the square is the 0–6 km mean wind.

Parcels

	CAPE	CIN	LCL	LI

CAPE and CIN in J/kg, LCL in m AGL. Select a row to draw that parcel.

Indices

Show wet-bulb

Sounding data

Click a value to change it. Press Enter to save, Tab to move to the next value, or Escape to cancel. Leave a value blank to mark it missing. Every change recalculates the diagram and indices, and heights above an edited level are recomputed from the temperatures so thickness follows your edits.

Pressure hPa	Height m	Temp °C	Dew pt °C	Wind dir °	Speed kt	Delete