UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 APR 25 Searching for KDTX... Searching the city database file for: KDTX ... Date:1200Z 23 APR 25 Station: KDTX WMO ident: 72632 Latitude: 42.70 Longitude: -83.47 Elevation: 329.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 981 329 10.0 2.0 57 8.0 6.2 115 2 284.7 285.5 280.2 297.4 4.50 2 970 424 11.6 2.6 54 9.0 7.1 163 9 287.2 288.1 281.7 300.8 4.75 3 963 485 11.4 3.4 58 8.0 7.3 193 13 287.6 288.5 282.2 302.1 5.07 4 956 547 13.0 5.0 58 8.0 8.8 224 18 289.9 290.9 283.9 306.2 5.72 5 943 663 13.6 6.6 63 7.0 9.7 262 21 291.6 292.8 285.4 310.2 6.49 6 925 827 12.4 7.8 73 4.6 9.8 285 16 292.0 293.3 286.2 312.6 7.19 7 910 964 11.6 8.2 80 3.4 9.7 291 14 292.5 293.9 286.8 314.1 7.51 8 897 1085 12.6 8.8 78 3.8 10.4 281 15 294.8 296.2 288.0 317.7 7.94 9 869 1350 10.2 9.2 94 1.0 9.6 268 18 295.0 296.5 288.5 319.3 8.43 10 850 1534 9.0 6.2 83 2.8 7.5 270 19 295.6 296.8 287.4 315.9 7.01 11 848 1553 8.8 4.6 75 4.2 6.5 271 19 295.6 296.7 286.7 313.9 6.28 12 845 1583 9.0 0.0 53 9.0 4.6 273 19 296.1 296.9 285.1 309.5 4.53 13 842 1612 9.2 -5.8 34 15.0 2.7 275 19 296.6 297.1 283.6 305.5 2.94 14 821 1821 7.8 -15.2 18 23.0 -0.3 289 20 297.3 297.5 282.1 301.7 1.43 15 811 1922 7.0 -11.0 26 18.0 0.0 289 21 297.4 297.8 282.9 303.7 2.03 16 800 2034 6.6 -19.4 14 26.0 -1.7 287 22 298.2 298.4 282.0 301.5 1.03 17 796 2075 6.2 -9.8 31 16.0 -0.2 286 22 298.2 298.6 283.5 305.2 2.28 18 790 2137 5.6 -10.4 31 16.0 -0.6 285 23 298.2 298.6 283.4 304.9 2.19 19 785 2188 5.0 -4.0 52 9.0 1.0 284 23 298.1 298.7 284.9 309.0 3.62 20 784 2199 5.0 -6.0 45 11.0 0.3 284 23 298.2 298.8 284.4 307.6 3.11 21 782 2220 4.8 -4.2 52 9.0 0.8 284 23 298.2 298.9 284.9 309.0 3.58 22 779 2251 4.6 -5.4 48 10.0 0.3 283 23 298.3 298.9 284.7 308.2 3.28 23 777 2272 4.2 -1.8 65 6.0 1.4 283 23 298.1 298.9 285.7 311.0 4.31 24 772 2324 3.8 -4.2 56 8.0 0.3 282 24 298.2 298.9 285.0 309.1 3.63 25 768 2366 3.6 -4.4 56 8.0 0.0 281 24 298.5 299.1 285.0 309.3 3.59 26 764 2409 3.4 -12.6 30 16.0 -2.4 281 24 298.7 299.0 283.2 304.6 1.90 27 753 2526 3.0 -20.0 17 23.0 -4.1 280 23 299.5 299.7 282.5 302.8 1.04 28 744 2623 1.8 -8.2 47 10.0 -2.3 280 23 299.2 299.7 284.4 307.7 2.77 29 740 2667 1.6 -13.4 32 15.0 -3.7 280 23 299.5 299.8 283.5 305.2 1.84 30 739 2678 1.6 -22.4 15 24.0 -5.3 280 22 299.6 299.7 282.3 302.3 0.86 31 722 2865 0.2 -34.8 5 35.0 -7.2 280 23 300.0 300.1 281.7 301.0 0.28 32 701 3101 -1.3 -32.3 7 31.0 -8.1 280 25 300.9 301.0 282.3 302.2 0.36 33 700 3112 -1.3 -29.3 10 28.0 -7.9 280 25 301.0 301.1 282.4 302.7 0.48 34 688 3250 -2.5 -13.5 43 11.0 -6.3 280 28 301.2 301.6 284.3 307.3 1.96 35 683 3307 -2.9 -13.9 42 11.0 -6.7 280 30 301.4 301.7 284.3 307.4 1.91 36 669 3471 -3.7 -10.7 58 7.0 -6.3 273 32 302.3 302.7 285.4 310.1 2.53 37 646 3747 -5.3 -14.3 49 9.0 -8.4 261 34 303.5 303.9 285.2 309.7 1.95 38 645 3759 -5.1 -14.1 49 9.0 -8.2 261 34 303.9 304.2 285.4 310.2 1.99 39 626 3994 -6.9 -13.9 57 7.0 -9.3 263 34 304.4 304.8 285.7 311.0 2.08 40 612 4170 -8.5 -15.5 57 7.0 -10.8 264 34 304.6 304.9 285.5 310.5 1.87 41 597 4361 -10.5 -16.5 61 6.0 -12.3 266 34 304.4 304.7 285.3 310.0 1.76 42 589 4465 -11.3 -17.3 61 6.0 -13.1 266 33 304.6 305.0 285.3 310.0 1.67 43 582 4557 -12.3 -17.3 66 5.0 -13.7 267 33 304.5 304.8 285.3 309.9 1.69 44 571 4703 -13.5 -19.5 61 6.0 -15.1 268 33 304.8 305.0 285.1 309.4 1.43 45 558 4877 -15.1 -18.6 75 3.5 -16.0 270 32 304.9 305.2 285.3 310.0 1.58 46 551 4973 -15.7 -17.9 83 2.2 -16.3 271 33 305.3 305.6 285.6 310.7 1.70 47 537 5167 -17.1 -19.3 83 2.2 -17.7 273 34 305.9 306.2 285.7 310.9 1.55 48 532 5237 -17.3 -20.8 74 3.5 -18.2 274 35 306.5 306.7 285.7 310.9 1.37 49 520 5407 -18.7 -22.3 73 3.6 -19.6 276 36 306.8 307.0 285.6 310.8 1.23 50 518 5436 -18.5 -24.5 59 6.0 -19.8 277 37 307.4 307.5 285.6 310.7 1.01 51 517 5451 -18.3 -27.3 45 9.0 -20.1 277 37 307.8 307.9 285.5 310.4 0.79 52 516 5465 -18.3 -27.3 45 9.0 -20.1 277 37 307.9 308.1 285.5 310.6 0.79 53 500 5700 -19.5 -36.5 21 17.0 -22.0 280 39 309.3 309.3 285.5 310.4 0.34 54 400 7320 -31.7 -45.7 24 14.0 -32.9 280 46 313.8 313.8 286.9 314.4 0.16 55 300 9290 -47.7 -53.7 50 6.0 -47.9 285 58 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.5 0.09 56 250 10460 -57.3 -60.6 66 3.3 -57.3 275 60 320.9 320.9 289.0 321.1 0.04 57 223 11177 -62.3 -71.3 29 9.0 -62.4 280 58 323.9 323.9 289.9 323.9 0.01 58 200 11850 -62.9 -72.9 25 10.0 -63.0 280 64 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.2 0.01 59 197 11944 -62.7 -73.5 22 10.8 -62.7 285 65 335.0 335.0 293.0 335.0 0.01 60 150 13650 -58.5 -84.5 2 26.0 -58.7 270 42 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 61 100 16200 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.0 270 30 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 62 87 17066 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -62.9 290 20 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 63 77 17829 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.1 270 24 451.0 451.0 311.0 451.1 0.00 64 70 18430 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.2 255 10 458.8 458.8 311.7 458.8 0.00 65 68 18612 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.0 268 7 460.9 460.9 311.8 460.9 0.00 66 63 19091 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.0 268 17 471.1 471.1 312.7 471.1 0.00 67 60 19398 -57.7 -86.7 1 29.0 -58.3 270 21 481.7 481.7 313.6 481.7 0.00 68 56 19833 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.1 281 21 489.5 489.5 314.2 489.5 0.00 69 55 19947 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.5 287 21 496.2 496.2 314.7 496.2 0.00 70 50 20550 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -58.8 345 11 506.6 506.6 315.4 506.6 0.00 71 49 20677 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -58.8 350 11 509.5 509.5 315.6 509.5 0.00 72 44 21357 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -56.4 288 5 532.3 532.3 317.1 532.3 0.01 73 39 22123 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.6 339 3 547.9 547.9 318.0 547.9 0.01 74 37 22458 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -56.1 301 9 560.8 560.9 318.7 560.9 0.01 75 31 23582 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.2 286 5 584.0 584.0 319.9 584.1 0.01 76 30 23790 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.3 285 4 592.2 592.2 320.3 592.3 0.01 77 26 24703 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -56.1 102 6 622.1 622.1 321.6 622.2 0.01 78 24 25215 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -57.0 90 14 633.6 633.6 322.0 633.7 0.01 79 20 26390 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.1 140 14 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.01 80 19 26724 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -53.9 136 13 691.7 691.7 324.1 691.8 0.02 81 18 27077 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.2 134 12 701.8 701.8 324.5 701.9 0.02 82 14 28725 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -53.2 161 5 762.9 762.9 326.3 763.1 0.02 83 12 29740 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -54.4 72 12 793.8 793.8 327.1 794.0 0.03 84 10 30950 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -52.2 115 4 854.9 855.0 328.5 855.4 0.05 85 10 30950 -43.5 -82.5 1 39.0 -52.0 115 4 857.2 857.2 328.5 857.6 0.04 86 9.7 31154 -44.3 -82.3 1 38.0 -52.5 119 5 861.7 861.7 328.7 862.1 0.05 87 9.3 31437 -42.7 -81.7 1 39.0 -51.9 125 6 878.2 878.2 329.0 878.7 0.05 88 8.2 32287 -42.3 -82.3 0 40.0 -52.2 143 10 912.0 912.0 329.7 912.5 0.06 89 8.1 32370 -42.3 -82.3 0 40.0 -52.3 145 10 915.2 915.2 329.7 915.8 0.06 90 8.0 32454 -42.3 -82.3 0 40.0 -52.4 146 11 918.4 918.5 329.8 919.0 0.06 91 7.6 32802 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -51.8 153 12 939.3 939.3 330.2 940.0 0.07 92 7.3 33075 -42.1 -82.1 0 40.0 -52.7 159 14 943.6 943.7 330.2 944.3 0.06 93 7.0 33360 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -52.4 165 15 960.0 960.0 330.5 960.7 0.07 94 6.5 33869 -36.3 -79.3 0 43.0 -51.0 1000.0 1000.0 331.2 1001.3 0.11 95 6.2 34197 -36.9 -78.9 0 42.0 -51.4 1011.0 1011.1 331.4 1012.5 0.13 96 5.9 34541 -35.1 -78.1 0 43.0 -51.1 1033.2 1033.3 331.7 1035.1 0.15 97 5.6 34907 -32.9 -76.9 0 44.0 -50.6 1058.5 1058.6 332.1 1060.9 0.19 TRP 223 11177 -62.3 -71.3 29 9.0 -62.4 280 58 323.9 323.9 289.9 323.9 0.01 WND 197 11944 -62.7 -73.5 22 10.8 -62.7 285 65 335.0 335.0 293.0 335.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5527.00 m Freezing level: 719.20 mb = 2896.20 m = 9501.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.33 mb = 1797.35 m = 5896.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.42 % Est. max temperature: 22.16 C = 71.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.46 mb = 1355.40 m = 4446.81 ft T: 10.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 850.0- 811.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.25 mb = 2269.26 m = 7445.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.35 C = 74.03 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 2.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.70 C K Index: 6.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 255.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72789.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.10 mb = 1464.87 m = 4805.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 304 at 21 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 981 329 115 2 -1.8 0.8 | 123 23 -19.3 12.6 1 949 610 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 192 18 3.8 17.5 2 925 827 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 165 8 -2.0 7.7 3 915 914 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 141 8 -4.8 5.9 4 883 1219 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 173 12 -1.5 11.8 5 851 1524 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 190 14 2.5 13.5 6 850 1534 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 187 12 1.5 11.8 7 820 1829 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 195 5 1.3 5.0 8 790 2134 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 219 8 4.8 5.8 9 760 2438 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 219 10 6.2 7.6 10 732 2743 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 208 9 4.2 8.0 11 700 3112 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 224 10 7.2 7.5 12 678 3353 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 244 15 13.1 6.4 13 652 3658 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 222 24 16.0 17.7 14 602 4267 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 228 22 16.4 14.8 15 556 4877 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 231 19 14.5 11.8 16 500 5700 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 257 22 21.0 5.0 17 473 6096 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 258 23 22.9 4.7 18 454 6401 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 251 25 23.4 8.2 19 400 7320 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 262 28 27.8 3.8 20 383 7620 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 264 31 30.8 3.3 21 306 9144 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 274 37 36.6 -2.7 22 300 9290 285 58 56.0 -15.0 | 275 39 38.6 -3.2 23 279 9754 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 269 45 44.6 0.9 24 250 10460 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 261 43 42.3 6.6 25 223 11177 280 58 57.1 -10.1 | 268 40 39.7 1.7 26 200 11850 280 64 63.0 -11.1 | 269 46 45.6 0.7 27 197 11944 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 276 46 45.3 -5.0 28 189 12192 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 276 46 45.3 -5.0 29 180 12497 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 259 24 23.9 4.5 30 172 12802 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 212 28 14.5 23.4 31 156 13411 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 237 37 30.8 20.3 32 150 13650 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 244 27 24.5 11.8 33 128 14630 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 244 15 13.1 6.4 34 122 14935 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 215 21 12.1 17.0 35 116 15240 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 236 21 17.5 11.8 36 106 15850 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 240 18 15.4 8.9 37 101 16154 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 211 23 11.5 19.6 38 100 16200 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 227 17 12.5 11.8 39 96 16459 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 227 17 12.5 11.8 40 87 17069 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 195 5 1.3 5.0 41 83 17374 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 205 13 5.5 11.8 42 79 17678 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 219 15 9.5 11.8 43 75 17983 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 201 13 4.5 11.8 44 72 18288 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 132 7 -5.3 4.8 45 70 18430 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 152 16 -7.8 14.4 46 68 18593 270 7 7.0 -0.0 | 138 16 -10.5 11.8 47 65 18898 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 162 18 -5.7 17.3 48 62 19202 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 188 9 1.3 8.5 49 59 19507 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 198 14 4.5 13.7 50 54 20117 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 208 3 1.6 2.9 51 51 20422 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 154 9 -3.9 8.2 52 50 20550 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 95 15 -14.6 1.2 53 46 21031 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 96 18 -18.3 1.8 54 44 21336 285 5 4.8 -1.3 | 130 16 -12.6 10.5 55 40 21946 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 124 21 -17.5 11.8 56 36 22555 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 138 11 -7.1 8.0 57 30 23790 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 128 17 -13.6 10.8 58 27 24384 150 1 -0.5 0.9 | 125 22 -18.0 12.7 59 25 24994 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 105 27 -26.1 6.8 60 24 25298 100 16 -15.8 2.8 | 114 36 -33.2 14.6 61 23 25603 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 109 30 -28.3 9.9 62 21 26213 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 116 35 -31.0 15.4 63 20 26390 140 14 -9.0 10.7 | 130 35 -26.5 22.5 64 20 26518 115 12 -10.9 5.1 | 121 33 -28.3 16.9 65 19 26822 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 132 34 -24.9 22.4 66 17 27432 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 123 32 -27.0 17.3 67 16 28042 115 11 -10.0 4.6 | 121 32 -27.4 16.4 68 15 28346 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 120 31 -26.8 15.2 69 14 28956 190 2 0.3 2.0 | 129 22 -17.1 13.8 70 12 29566 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 103 26 -25.6 6.1 71 11 30175 110 17 -16.0 5.8 | 118 38 -33.4 17.6 72 10 30950 115 4 -3.6 1.7 | 123 25 -21.1 13.5 73 7 33360 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 141 34 -21.3 26.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.1 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 304.1 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.6 neg: -24.1 tot: 208.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 25.37 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 261 15 170 14| 18.4 0.0 18.4|184.9 -13.8 171.1 342.2 0.53| 47.5 25.2 1000 271 15 169 12| 9.2 2.7 11.9|200.7 -19.6 181.0 181.0 0.49| 29.4 14.3 1500 273 17 175 11| 7.7 1.8 9.4|209.6 -19.6 189.9 126.6 0.46| 23.0 10.5 2000 277 18 183 10| 5.7 2.4 8.1|213.7 -19.7 194.0 97.0 0.46| 18.5 8.5 2500 278 19 189 9| 4.6 1.9 6.5|215.1 -24.1 191.0 76.4 0.43| 15.5 6.6 3000 278 20 196 9| 3.8 2.5 6.3|232.6 -24.1 208.5 69.5 0.46| 14.2 6.5 4000 273 24 211 12| 3.1 3.0 6.1|245.8 -56.7 189.2 47.3 0.34| 12.5 4.3 5000 272 26 217 13| 3.0 2.4 5.5|275.7 -56.7 219.0 43.8 0.37| 10.9 4.1 6000 274 28 227 14| 2.9 2.3 5.2|301.7 -71.8 229.9 38.3 0.36| 9.8 3.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDTX/skewt/KDTX.skewt.20250423.12.gif