UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 APR 25 Searching for KDTX... Searching the city database file for: KDTX ... Date:0000Z 29 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 133 SFC 977 329 21.0 1.0 26 20.0 10.6 140 13 296.1 296.9 284.8 308.6 4.21 2 975 347 20.8 -0.2 25 21.0 10.2 142 14 296.1 296.8 284.4 307.6 3.86 3 925 802 16.6 -1.4 29 18.0 7.8 180 28 296.3 297.0 284.3 307.4 3.73 4 903 1006 14.6 -2.4 31 17.0 6.5 191 31 296.3 296.9 284.1 306.9 3.55 5 881 1215 13.8 -3.2 31 17.0 5.8 205 34 297.5 298.2 284.5 307.8 3.42 6 879 1234 13.8 -2.2 33 16.0 6.1 206 33 297.7 298.4 284.9 308.8 3.70 7 859 1428 14.2 6.2 59 8.0 9.6 226 25 300.1 301.4 288.9 320.7 6.93 8 850 1517 14.4 7.4 63 7.0 10.3 235 21 301.2 302.6 289.9 323.8 7.62 9 849 1527 14.6 7.6 63 7.0 10.4 235 20 301.5 303.0 290.1 324.5 7.73 10 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-31.9 -44.9 26 13.0 -33.1 284 34 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.20 53 350 8408 -32.1 -41.1 40 9.0 -33.1 284 34 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.6 0.30 54 348 8449 -32.3 -40.3 45 8.0 -33.2 284 34 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.0 0.33 55 344 8531 -33.1 -39.1 55 6.0 -33.8 283 34 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.38 56 300 9480 -40.7 -45.7 59 5.0 -41.1 280 30 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.21 57 250 10690 -50.9 -53.7 72 2.8 -51.0 285 31 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 58 200 12100 -62.5 -68.5 44 6.0 -62.6 255 31 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.02 59 165 13268 -68.7 -73.7 48 5.0 -68.7 270 43 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.3 0.01 60 150 13840 -67.5 -81.5 12 14.0 -67.6 295 36 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.00 61 100 16340 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.2 295 35 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 62 92 16863 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -58.9 308 34 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.7 0.00 63 84 17434 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.1 306 45 435.5 435.5 309.4 435.5 0.00 64 72 18388 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.7 330 27 442.8 442.8 310.1 442.8 0.00 65 70 18560 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.0 320 23 448.1 448.1 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10 663.3 663.3 323.2 663.4 0.01 80 20 26490 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.4 125 2 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.2 0.01 81 16 27933 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -55.5 1 10 721.3 721.3 325.1 721.4 0.02 82 14 28806 -46.1 -83.1 1 37.0 -52.0 6 10 769.7 769.7 326.5 770.0 0.03 83 13 29300 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -51.2 41 12 793.1 793.1 327.1 793.5 0.04 84 10 31060 -43.3 -82.3 1 39.0 -51.8 300 5 857.9 857.9 328.5 858.4 0.05 85 9.7 31266 -41.5 -81.5 1 40.0 -51.1 297 6 872.2 872.2 328.9 872.7 0.05 86 8.9 31854 -39.1 -80.1 1 41.0 -50.4 290 10 903.2 903.2 329.5 904.0 0.07 87 8.8 31932 -39.3 -80.3 1 41.0 -50.6 289 10 905.3 905.4 329.5 906.1 0.07 88 8.5 32171 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -50.4 286 12 918.3 918.3 329.8 919.1 0.07 89 8.2 32418 -39.3 -80.3 1 41.0 -51.0 283 13 923.8 923.9 329.9 924.6 0.08 90 7.7 32852 -36.7 -78.7 0 42.0 -50.2 278 16 951.0 951.1 330.4 952.2 0.11 91 7.0 33510 -38.7 -80.7 0 42.0 -51.5 270 20 969.1 969.1 330.7 970.0 0.08 92 6.5 34018 -38.1 -80.1 0 42.0 -51.7 264 19 992.4 992.4 331.1 993.5 0.10 93 6.3 34234 -36.7 -78.7 0 42.0 -51.3 262 18 1007.2 1007.3 331.3 1008.8 0.13 94 5.9 34686 -37.3 -79.3 0 42.0 -51.8 257 17 1023.7 1023.8 331.6 1025.2 0.13 95 5.3 35430 -34.5 -77.5 0 43.0 -51.5 249 15 1068.1 1068.2 332.2 1070.5 0.19 96 5.0 35840 -30.9 -75.9 0 45.0 -50.7 245 14 1102.4 1102.6 332.7 1105.8 0.25 97 4.9 35984 -29.5 -74.5 0 45.0 -50.4 1115.2 1115.5 332.9 1119.6 0.32 98 4.7 36282 -28.5 -73.5 1 45.0 -50.3 1133.2 1133.5 333.1 1138.7 0.39 TRP 165 13268 -68.7 -73.7 48 5.0 -68.7 270 43 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.3 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.00 m Freezing level: 627.47 mb = 4023.65 m = 13200.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.03 mb = 3132.59 m = 10277.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.68 mb = 2848.27 m = 9344.60 ft T: 6.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 6.79 C Layer 812.0- 780.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 554.91 mb = 4990.02 m = 16371.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.20 C = 100.76 F Cap Strength: 12.07 C Lifted Index: 10.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.57 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 20.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61334.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.84 mb = 3111.48 m = 10208.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 291 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 977 329 140 13 -8.4 10.0 | 122 32 -27.2 17.3 1 946 610 175 30 -2.6 29.9 | 150 43 -21.5 37.2 2 925 802 180 28 0.0 28.0 | 152 40 -18.9 35.3 3 913 914 185 30 2.6 29.9 | 156 41 -16.3 37.2 4 880 1219 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 173 38 -4.5 38.1 5 850 1517 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 175 19 -1.7 19.4 6 849 1524 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 172 19 -2.5 18.8 7 819 1829 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 187 17 2.0 17.0 8 789 2134 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 190 15 2.7 15.2 9 761 2438 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 198 14 4.3 13.5 10 734 2743 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 187 15 1.8 14.8 11 700 3133 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 212 11 6.0 9.5 12 655 3658 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 220 10 6.1 7.3 13 630 3962 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 216 12 7.0 9.6 14 606 4267 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 217 7 4.0 5.3 15 561 4877 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 324 8 4.5 -6.2 16 500 5790 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 277 15 14.9 -1.7 17 500 5791 305 31 25.4 -17.8 | 328 12 6.5 -10.5 18 480 6096 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 268 20 19.5 0.5 19 424 7010 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 279 20 19.7 -3.0 20 400 7450 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 278 18 17.8 -2.5 21 390 7620 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 278 18 17.8 -2.5 22 374 7925 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 288 14 13.1 -4.3 23 315 9144 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 255 17 16.0 4.3 24 301 9449 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 269 8 8.2 0.1 25 300 9480 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 259 11 10.7 2.1 26 250 10690 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 274 11 11.1 -0.7 27 228 11278 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 269 8 8.2 0.1 28 200 12100 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 216 19 11.1 15.3 29 187 12497 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 214 18 10.1 15.1 30 169 13106 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 265 33 32.9 2.8 31 165 13268 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 253 25 24.1 7.3 32 153 13716 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 242 23 20.0 10.7 33 150 13840 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 300 16 13.7 -7.9 34 146 14021 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 300 17 14.6 -8.3 35 139 14326 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 278 17 16.8 -2.3 36 132 14630 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 289 29 27.2 -9.4 37 120 15240 295 45 40.8 -19.0 | 298 25 21.9 -11.7 38 114 15545 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 298 27 23.7 -12.5 39 108 15850 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 324 15 9.0 -12.2 40 103 16154 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 316 11 8.0 -8.2 41 100 16340 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 300 15 12.8 -7.5 42 98 16459 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 300 15 12.8 -7.5 43 89 17069 315 34 24.0 -24.0 | 343 17 5.1 -16.7 44 85 17374 305 46 37.7 -26.4 | 315 27 18.8 -19.1 45 77 17983 320 35 22.5 -26.8 | 350 20 3.6 -19.5 46 73 18288 335 29 12.3 -26.3 | 19 20 -6.6 -19.0 47 70 18560 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 22 11 -4.1 -10.3 48 66 18898 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 22 11 -4.1 -10.3 49 63 19202 305 32 26.2 -18.4 | 326 13 7.3 -11.0 50 60 19507 305 33 27.0 -18.9 | 325 14 8.1 -11.6 51 57 19812 325 33 18.9 -27.0 | 360 20 0.0 -19.7 52 55 20117 355 20 1.7 -19.9 | 54 21 -17.1 -12.6 53 52 20422 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 67 19 -17.6 -7.6 54 50 20660 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 85 17 -16.6 -1.4 55 49 20726 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 79 10 -9.7 -1.9 56 47 21031 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 75 17 -16.8 -4.5 57 45 21336 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 129 10 -7.9 6.4 58 43 21641 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 64 13 -11.4 -5.7 59 41 21946 5 17 -1.5 -16.9 | 65 23 -20.4 -9.6 60 39 22250 25 15 -6.3 -13.6 | 76 26 -25.2 -6.3 61 37 22555 40 4 -2.6 -3.1 | 101 22 -21.5 4.3 62 35 22860 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 93 7 -6.8 0.3 63 34 23165 360 16 -0.0 -16.0 | 65 21 -18.9 -8.7 64 32 23470 30 12 -6.0 -10.4 | 83 25 -24.9 -3.1 65 30 23870 80 7 -6.9 -1.2 | 103 26 -25.8 6.1 66 28 24384 80 7 -6.9 -1.2 | 103 26 -25.8 6.1 67 26 24689 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 80 20 -19.9 -3.6 68 25 24994 55 11 -9.0 -6.3 | 92 28 -27.9 1.0 69 21 26213 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 133 12 -8.9 8.2 70 20 26490 125 2 -1.6 1.1 | 112 22 -20.5 8.5 71 18 27127 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 111 20 -18.9 7.3 72 17 27432 305 2 1.6 -1.1 | 110 18 -17.3 6.2 73 16 28042 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 80 21 -20.8 -3.5 74 14 28956 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 82 20 -19.8 -2.6 75 13 29261 30 13 -6.5 -11.3 | 81 26 -25.4 -3.9 76 13 29566 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 101 29 -28.7 5.6 77 12 29870 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 159 12 -4.4 11.2 78 11 30175 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 122 7 -6.3 4.0 79 10 31060 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 108 15 -14.6 4.8 80 7 33510 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 189 7 1.1 7.3 81 5 35840 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 155 15 -6.2 13.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 433.2 neg: -20.7 tot: 412.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 176.63 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 172 25 145 39| 21.2 0.0 21.2|209.7 0.0 209.7 419.4 0.83| 25.5 21.2 1000 186 28 156 39| 14.9 0.0 14.9|376.9 0.0 376.9 376.9 0.79| 24.0 18.9 1500 199 26 162 34| 10.0 0.0 10.0|400.8 -10.9 389.8 259.9 0.62| 21.8 13.6 2000 211 26 169 30| 8.0 0.0 8.0|410.0 -10.9 399.1 199.6 0.62| 17.3 10.8 2500 220 25 174 27| 6.2 0.0 6.2|416.5 -20.7 395.8 158.3 0.57| 14.8 8.4 3000 227 25 179 24| 5.9 0.0 5.9|433.2 -20.7 412.5 137.5 0.59| 13.4 7.9 4000 239 25 187 20| 4.4 0.0 4.4|437.4 -22.3 415.1 103.8 0.54| 11.2 6.1 5000 252 25 199 16| 4.0 0.5 4.5|450.5 -31.8 418.7 83.7 0.51| 10.6 5.4 6000 261 27 214 14| 3.5 1.6 5.2|485.9 -97.9 388.0 64.7 0.34| 11.4 3.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDTX/skewt/KDTX.skewt.20250429.00.gif