Upload File Instructions

The Interactive Skew-T can load soundings from text files obtained from the University of Wyoming Upper Air Data website.

Download the sounding data.

1. Go to the sounding website: http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
2. Choose options from the drop-down lists at the top, as follows:
   • Region: Your choice
   • Type of plot: choose "Text: List"
   • Year: Your choice
   • Month: Your choice
   • From/To: Your choice, but "From" and "To" must be the same.
   • Station Number: Selected when you click on the map
3. Click on a location on the selected regional map. A text file will open in a new window or tab. It will look something like this:

72208 CHS Charleston Observations at 12Z 06 Mar 2014

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   PRES   HGHT   TEMP   DWPT   RELH   MIXR   DRCT   SKNT   THTA   THTE   THTV
    hPa     m      C      C      %    g/kg    deg   knot     K      K      K 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1019.0     15    5.2    1.9     79   4.33     35      6  276.9  288.9  277.6
 1000.0    166    3.4    1.9     90   4.41     40     18  276.6  288.7  277.3
  993.0    223    2.8    1.8     93   4.41     52     23  276.5  288.7  277.2
  983.0    305    2.5    2.2     98   4.58     70     31  277.0  289.6  277.8
  (...and so on...)
  110.0  15661  -61.9  -72.9     22   0.02    257     57  396.9  397.0  396.9
  106.7  15850  -62.1  -73.4     21   0.02    255     50  400.0  400.1  400.0
  100.0  16250  -62.5  -74.5     18   0.02    250     60  406.7  406.8  406.7

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: CHS
                             Station number: 72208
                           Observation time: 140306/1200
                           Station latitude: 32.90
(...and so on...)
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 4.78
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5524.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 25.70

4. Save the sounding somewhere on your local drive.
• You may want to create a new directory on your local system where you will save your sounding files.
• In the window where the sounding text data is displayed, right click and select "Save As..."
• Give the file an appropriate name (ex: CHS_20140306_12), select the newly created local directory and click "Save"

Plot the sounding.

• Click "Upload File"
• Navigate to the file you just saved in your local directory, click on the desired file and click "Open".
• Your selected skew-t should now be displayed.