The RAOB 6.9

The RAOB is a professional meteorological application designed for visualizing and analyzing upper‑air soundings (radiosonde/rawinsonde observations). It produces Skew‑T log‑P diagrams, hodographs, and related profiles to help assess atmospheric stability, moisture, wind shear, and severe‑weather potential. The software calculates commonly used thermodynamic and kinematic indices (such as CAPE, CIN, LCL, and helicity), supports interactive parcel analysis, and highlights features like inversions and mixing layers.

RAOB can ingest sounding data from a variety of sources, including operational radiosonde networks and model‑derived soundings, and offers flexible display, annotation, and export options for forecasting, research, and education. Its toolset streamlines quality control and comparative analysis, making it useful for operational meteorologists, students, and atmospheric scientists who need clear, presentation‑ready plots and reproducible workflows.

The RAOB is developed by Environmental Research Services, LLC. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 6.5 and 6.9. The name of the program executable file is RAOB.EXE.