UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 APR 25 Searching for KDRT... Searching the city database file for: KDRT ... Date:0000Z 18 APR 25 Station: KDRT WMO ident: 72261 Latitude: 29.37 Longitude: -100.92 Elevation: 313.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 26 SFC 968 313 30.4 15.4 40 15.0 20.2 155 15 306.4 308.5 294.5 340.8 11.44 2 940 576 27.2 14.2 45 13.0 18.5 133 23 305.7 307.7 293.9 338.4 10.89 3 925 719 26.0 14.0 48 12.0 18.0 135 26 305.9 307.9 294.0 338.7 10.92 4 876 1196 21.8 12.8 57 9.0 15.9 144 28 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.4 10.66 5 870 1256 22.4 8.4 41 14.0 13.7 146 27 307.6 309.1 292.2 331.8 7.97 6 865 1306 22.0 9.0 43 13.0 13.9 149 26 307.6 309.2 292.6 333.1 8.36 7 850 1458 21.6 4.6 33 17.0 11.7 155 23 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.0 6.26 8 847 1489 21.6 4.6 33 17.0 11.6 162 20 309.1 310.3 291.3 328.4 6.28 9 822 1750 26.2 -4.8 13 31.0 10.0 188 16 316.6 317.2 290.9 327.2 3.25 10 805 1933 25.0 -6.0 12 31.0 9.2 203 16 317.2 317.8 290.9 327.1 3.03 11 729 2789 17.8 -9.2 15 27.0 5.0 237 18 318.5 319.0 290.9 327.1 2.61 12 700 3133 14.0 -7.0 23 21.0 3.8 245 30 318.0 318.6 291.3 328.5 3.23 13 648 3777 7.8 -8.2 31 16.0 0.4 239 23 318.1 318.7 291.3 328.5 3.18 14 640 3879 7.0 -11.0 26 18.0 -0.9 232 22 318.3 318.8 290.8 326.8 2.58 15 634 3956 6.2 -7.8 36 14.0 -0.3 227 21 318.2 318.9 291.5 329.2 3.35 16 628 4034 5.4 -10.6 30 16.0 -1.6 224 20 318.2 318.7 290.9 327.1 2.71 17 624 4086 4.8 -8.2 38 13.0 -1.2 223 20 318.1 318.7 291.4 328.9 3.30 18 579 4690 -1.1 -10.1 50 9.0 -5.0 221 23 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.1 3.06 19 577 4718 -1.1 -11.1 47 10.0 -5.3 222 25 318.4 318.9 291.0 327.7 2.84 20 572 4787 -2.1 -9.1 59 7.0 -5.1 223 27 318.0 318.7 291.4 329.0 3.36 21 567 4857 -2.7 -9.7 59 7.0 -5.7 224 30 318.1 318.7 291.3 328.7 3.23 22 565 4885 -2.7 -10.7 54 8.0 -6.0 225 31 318.4 319.0 291.2 328.2 2.99 23 562 4927 -3.1 -9.1 63 6.0 -5.7 225 32 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.6 3.42 24 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442 6778 -16.9 -19.1 83 2.2 -17.6 237 41 323.6 324.0 291.7 330.2 1.91 39 413 7284 -20.3 -23.3 77 3.0 -21.1 243 41 325.6 325.9 291.9 330.6 1.42 40 402 7483 -22.1 -25.8 72 3.7 -22.9 245 43 325.8 326.0 291.7 329.9 1.16 41 400 7520 -22.3 -25.7 74 3.4 -23.1 245 43 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.2 1.18 42 377 7952 -26.1 -28.1 83 2.0 -26.5 246 44 326.6 326.8 291.7 330.1 1.00 43 348 8525 -30.9 -33.4 79 2.5 -31.3 248 46 327.6 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.66 44 335 8794 -32.9 -34.7 84 1.8 -33.1 249 48 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.7 0.60 45 332 8858 -33.5 -36.1 77 2.6 -33.8 249 48 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.53 46 327 8964 -34.5 -36.2 84 1.7 -34.7 249 48 328.5 328.7 291.9 330.5 0.53 47 320 9115 -35.7 -38.6 75 2.9 -36.0 250 49 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.5 0.42 48 317 9180 -36.3 -38.6 79 2.3 -36.5 250 49 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.43 49 301 9537 -39.3 -42.8 69 3.5 -39.6 255 49 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.29 50 300 9560 -39.5 -42.8 71 3.3 -39.8 255 49 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.29 51 299 9583 -39.7 -42.7 73 3.0 -39.9 255 49 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.9 0.30 52 298 9606 -39.9 -43.8 66 3.9 -40.2 255 49 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.26 53 297 9629 -40.1 -43.4 71 3.3 -40.4 255 49 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.9 0.28 54 287 9861 -42.3 -47.0 60 4.7 -42.6 255 48 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.19 55 286 9884 -42.5 -46.3 66 3.8 -42.8 255 48 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.21 56 284 9932 -42.9 -48.9 52 6.0 -43.3 255 48 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.16 57 250 10780 -48.1 -65.1 12 17.0 -48.6 255 55 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.02 58 200 12230 -56.9 -76.9 6 20.0 -57.1 255 80 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.7 0.01 59 167 13355 -62.1 -80.1 7 18.0 -62.2 250 83 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.00 60 157 13737 -60.8 -82.3 4 21.5 -61.0 255 99 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.00 61 150 14020 -59.9 -83.9 3 24.0 -60.1 255 84 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 62 100 16500 -72.3 -88.3 7 16.0 -72.3 250 68 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 63 94 16861 -73.5 -89.5 7 16.0 -73.6 254 66 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 64 79 17874 -73.5 -89.5 7 16.0 -73.6 264 59 412.6 412.6 306.8 412.6 0.00 65 76 18099 -74.9 -90.9 7 16.0 -75.0 256 52 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 66 74 18254 -72.3 -90.3 5 18.0 -72.4 251 48 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 67 70 18580 -72.5 -91.5 4 19.0 -72.6 265 20 429.3 429.3 308.7 429.3 0.00 68 65 19016 -73.7 -91.7 5 18.0 -73.7 257 19 435.9 435.9 309.4 435.9 0.00 69 64 19107 -73.5 -92.5 4 19.0 -73.6 251 18 438.2 438.2 309.7 438.2 0.00 70 63 19199 -71.5 -91.5 4 20.0 -71.6 245 18 444.6 444.6 310.3 444.6 0.00 71 61 19390 -72.7 -91.7 4 19.0 -72.8 235 28 446.1 446.1 310.5 446.1 0.00 72 56 19896 -70.7 -92.7 2 22.0 -70.8 247 17 461.7 461.7 311.9 461.7 0.00 73 56 19896 -67.5 -91.5 2 24.0 -67.7 247 17 469.0 469.0 312.5 469.0 0.00 74 52 20349 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.3 246 12 489.7 489.7 314.2 489.7 0.00 75 50 20590 -64.1 -91.1 1 27.0 -64.4 275 20 492.4 492.4 314.4 492.4 0.00 76 49 20713 -64.3 -91.3 1 27.0 -64.7 257 14 494.8 494.8 314.6 494.8 0.00 77 40 21964 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.3 358 4 533.4 533.4 317.1 533.4 0.00 78 38 22283 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.7 347 1 540.3 540.3 317.5 540.3 0.00 79 34 22979 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.2 181 10 568.3 568.3 319.0 568.3 0.00 80 33 23168 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -59.0 167 10 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.0 0.00 81 31 23563 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.8 140 8 585.1 585.1 319.9 585.1 0.00 82 30 23770 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.6 125 7 585.2 585.2 319.9 585.2 0.00 83 29 23984 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.6 141 7 590.9 590.9 320.2 590.9 0.00 84 27 24435 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.8 163 7 605.9 605.9 320.9 605.9 0.00 85 23 25459 -53.3 -87.3 1 34.0 -55.6 46 11 646.7 646.7 322.6 646.7 0.01 86 23 25459 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -56.3 46 11 644.3 644.3 322.4 644.4 0.01 87 20 26360 -52.9 -87.9 1 35.0 -55.6 125 9 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.3 0.01 88 19 26693 -50.3 -86.3 1 36.0 -53.8 96 9 692.3 692.3 324.2 692.4 0.01 89 16 27830 -44.7 -83.7 1 39.0 -50.7 267 11 745.4 745.5 325.8 745.6 0.02 90 15 28261 -45.7 -84.7 0 39.0 -51.5 303 11 756.0 756.0 326.1 756.2 0.02 91 13 29217 -44.9 -83.9 0 39.0 -51.7 278 20 790.4 790.4 327.0 790.6 0.03 92 11 30348 -39.7 -80.7 0 41.0 -49.7 282 36 847.9 847.9 328.4 848.4 0.05 93 10 31000 -39.5 -80.5 0 41.0 -50.1 270 34 872.1 872.1 328.9 872.7 0.06 94 9.1 31644 -40.3 -81.3 0 41.0 -50.9 274 35 892.9 892.9 329.3 893.5 0.06 95 8.1 32448 -33.5 -77.5 0 44.0 -48.7 279 35 950.1 950.1 330.4 951.4 0.12 96 7.0 33470 -34.5 -77.5 0 43.0 -49.9 285 36 986.4 986.5 331.0 988.1 0.14 97 6.2 34316 -36.1 -79.1 0 43.0 -51.2 1014.4 1014.5 331.4 1015.9 0.12 TRP 167 13355 -62.1 -80.1 7 18.0 -62.2 250 83 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.00 WND 157 13737 -60.8 -82.3 4 21.5 -61.0 255 99 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.00 m Freezing level: 587.39 mb = 4577.58 m = 15018.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.59 mb = 3807.26 m = 12490.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.81 % Est. max temperature: 40.67 C = 105.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.47 mb = 2221.94 m = 7289.73 ft T: 22.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 6.89 C Layer 876.0- 865.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.09 mb = 3698.49 m = 12134.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.97 C = 107.54 F Cap Strength: 10.83 C Lifted Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.80 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.50 C Cross Totals Index: 14.50 C K Index: 15.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 866.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 688.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.74 mb = 2308.12 m = 7572.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 575.74 mb = 4735.18 m = 15535.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.74 mb = 11443.18 m = 37542.79 ft B at Equ Level: 863.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.74 mb = 14196.04 m = 46574.38 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 246 at 20 knt ---------------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL LEV P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 968 313 155 15 -6.3 13.6 | 102 25 -24.6 5.4 1 936 610 130 24 -18.4 15.4 | 101 37 -36.7 7.2 2 925 719 135 26 -18.4 18.4 | 105 38 -36.7 10.2 3 905 914 130 27 -20.7 17.4 | 103 40 -39.0 9.1 4 874 1219 145 28 -16.1 22.9 | 113 37 -34.4 14.7 5 850 1458 155 23 -9.7 20.8 | 114 31 -28.0 12.6 6 844 1524 170 17 -3.0 16.7 | 112 23 -21.3 8.5 7 814 1829 195 15 3.9 14.5 | 113 16 -14.4 6.3 8 786 2134 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 123 9 -7.4 4.8 9 759 2438 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 121 7 -6.3 3.8 10 732 2743 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 100 5 -5.2 1.0 11 707 3048 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 258 11 10.8 2.4 12 700 3133 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 243 10 8.9 4.5 13 656 3658 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 242 5 4.4 2.3 14 631 3962 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 145 7 -4.2 5.9 15 608 4267 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 142 9 -5.4 7.1 16 585 4572 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 142 9 -5.4 7.1 17 564 4877 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 197 15 4.3 14.4 18 503 5791 225 45 31.8 31.8 | 210 27 13.5 23.6 19 500 5840 225 44 31.1 31.1 | 209 26 12.8 22.9 20 483 6096 230 45 34.5 28.9 | 218 26 16.2 20.7 21 428 7010 240 39 33.8 19.5 | 234 19 15.5 11.3 22 400 7520 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 244 23 20.7 9.9 23 394 7620 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 244 23 20.7 9.9 24 318 9144 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 253 29 27.7 8.5 25 300 9560 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 261 29 29.0 4.5 26 266 10363 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 262 27 27.1 3.9 27 250 10780 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 260 35 34.8 6.0 28 200 12230 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 258 60 59.0 12.5 29 192 12497 255 83 80.2 21.5 | 258 63 61.9 13.3 30 174 13106 250 78 73.3 26.7 | 251 58 55.0 18.5 31 167 13355 250 83 78.0 28.4 | 251 63 59.7 20.2 32 157 13737 255 99 95.6 25.6 | 257 79 77.3 17.4 33 150 14020 255 84 81.1 21.7 | 258 64 62.8 13.5 34 150 14021 255 99 95.6 25.6 | 257 79 77.3 17.4 35 143 14326 250 74 69.5 25.3 | 252 54 51.2 17.1 36 123 15240 255 85 82.1 22.0 | 258 65 63.8 13.8 37 117 15545 260 90 88.6 15.6 | 264 71 70.3 7.4 38 101 16459 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 259 42 41.6 7.8 39 100 16500 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 252 48 45.6 15.0 40 96 16764 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 259 48 47.4 9.4 41 86 17374 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 252 36 34.3 10.9 42 82 17678 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 280 46 45.7 -8.2 43 74 18288 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 253 27 25.9 7.8 44 70 18580 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 346 7 1.6 -6.5 45 66 18898 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 355 7 0.6 -6.6 46 63 19202 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 73 2 -2.0 -0.6 47 60 19507 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 210 16 7.7 13.6 48 57 19812 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 325 3 2.0 -2.8 49 54 20117 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 80 11 -10.6 -1.8 50 51 20422 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 58 7 -6.1 -3.8 51 50 20590 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 351 10 1.6 -10.0 52 49 20726 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 46 7 -4.8 -4.6 53 47 21031 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 348 16 3.3 -16.1 54 44 21336 320 17 10.9 -13.0 | 19 22 -7.4 -21.2 55 42 21641 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 44 25 -17.4 -18.2 56 38 22250 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 66 20 -18.3 -8.2 57 35 22860 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 99 17 -16.4 2.6 58 30 23770 125 7 -5.7 4.0 | 80 24 -24.0 -4.2 59 27 24384 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 86 20 -19.5 -1.3 60 23 25603 30 11 -5.5 -9.5 | 53 30 -23.8 -17.8 61 21 25908 45 16 -11.3 -11.3 | 57 35 -29.6 -19.5 62 20 26213 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 71 33 -31.1 -10.5 63 20 26360 125 9 -7.4 5.2 | 83 26 -25.7 -3.1 64 20 26518 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 64 30 -27.0 -13.2 65 17 27432 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 70 14 -13.4 -4.8 66 16 27737 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 62 10 -8.9 -4.8 67 16 28042 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 25 15 -6.5 -13.7 68 15 28346 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 36 17 -10.1 -14.0 69 14 28651 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 45 15 -10.8 -11.0 70 14 28956 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 34 2 -1.4 -2.1 71 13 29261 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 353 12 1.4 -11.7 72 11 30175 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 316 25 17.4 -17.8 73 10 31000 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 298 18 15.7 -8.2 74 7 33470 285 36 34.8 -9.3 | 317 24 16.5 -17.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 10.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.0 neg: -40.8 tot: 83.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 6.68 Bulk Shear: 129.79 m/s Storm Parameters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depth Mean Inflow| Shear | Helicity | Vorticity AGL Dir Spd Dir Spd| Pos Neg Tot| Pos Neg Tot Ave Rel | Hor Strm m knt knt| 10^-3/s | m^2/s^2 m/s^2 | 10^-3/s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 136 22 103 34| 0.0 14.2 14.2| 30.6 -18.5 12.1 24.2 0.08| 16.7 1.3 1000 137 25 106 36| 3.8 7.1 11.0|104.1 -27.1 77.0 77.0 0.28| 14.1 3.9 1500 145 23 109 33| 8.0 4.7 12.7|108.1 -32.6 75.5 50.3 0.16| 15.8 2.6 2000 157 21 113 29| 8.1 3.6 11.7|114.9 -32.8 82.1 41.1 0.17| 14.0 2.4 2500 169 20 118 25| 7.6 2.8 10.4|117.0 -36.2 80.8 32.3 0.16| 12.7 2.0 3000 187 21 130 20| 7.8 2.4 10.2|124.0 -40.8 83.2 27.7 0.21| 13.2 2.8 4000 204 22 141 15| 5.9 3.5 9.3|124.0 -53.0 71.0 17.8 0.08| 11.7 0.9 5000 210 23 151 14| 6.1 2.8 8.9|165.7 -53.0 112.7 22.5 0.18| 11.3 2.1 6000 216 27 169 14| 5.3 2.1 7.5|214.7 -53.0 161.8 27.0 0.22| 10.5 2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDRT/skewt/KDRT.skewt.20250418.00.gif