UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 APR 25 Searching for KDTX... Searching the city database file for: KDTX ... Date:1200Z 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 70 SFC 970 329 20.4 15.4 73 5.0 17.1 165 11 296.1 298.2 291.5 329.0 11.41 2 944 566 18.8 14.3 75 4.5 15.9 211 32 296.8 298.8 291.3 328.4 10.91 3 936 639 19.2 14.8 76 4.4 16.3 223 38 297.9 300.0 292.0 331.0 11.38 4 925 742 18.4 14.7 79 3.7 16.0 235 45 298.1 300.2 292.1 331.4 11.44 5 901 968 18.0 14.9 82 3.1 16.0 247 48 300.0 302.1 293.0 334.8 11.91 6 900 977 17.8 14.6 82 3.2 15.7 247 48 299.9 302.0 292.8 334.1 11.69 7 898 997 17.8 14.7 82 3.1 15.8 248 49 300.0 302.2 292.9 334.6 11.79 8 879 1180 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.4 254 50 302.3 304.2 292.4 332.5 10.21 9 859 1378 17.6 10.6 64 7.0 13.2 255 44 303.7 305.4 292.2 331.7 9.38 10 851 1458 17.0 10.0 63 7.0 12.6 255 41 303.9 305.5 292.0 331.0 9.09 11 850 1468 17.0 10.0 63 7.0 12.6 255 41 304.0 305.6 292.0 331.2 9.11 12 737 2666 7.8 5.6 86 2.2 6.5 240 47 306.6 308.0 291.7 330.1 7.76 13 733 2711 8.4 3.4 71 5.0 5.6 240 48 307.7 309.0 291.2 328.1 6.68 14 714 2928 7.8 0.8 61 7.0 4.1 240 50 309.4 310.4 290.9 327.0 5.69 15 710 2974 7.4 0.4 61 7.0 3.7 240 50 309.4 310.5 290.7 326.6 5.55 16 700 3091 6.6 0.6 65 6.0 3.4 240 48 309.8 310.9 291.0 327.5 5.72 17 688 3233 5.4 -0.6 65 6.0 2.3 240 49 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.6 5.33 18 671 3437 4.0 -3.0 60 7.0 0.5 240 50 310.7 311.5 290.3 325.0 4.57 19 643 3782 1.4 -2.9 73 4.3 -0.7 239 52 311.5 312.4 290.7 326.6 4.81 20 638 3845 0.8 -4.2 69 5.0 -1.6 239 52 311.5 312.4 290.4 325.4 4.39 21 593 4428 -4.1 -6.7 82 2.6 -5.3 236 55 312.4 313.2 290.2 324.8 3.90 22 578 4629 -5.9 -6.1 98 0.2 -6.0 238 54 312.6 313.4 290.5 325.9 4.20 23 572 4711 -6.3 -6.3 100 0.0 -6.3 238 54 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.3 4.18 24 569 4752 -6.5 -6.5 100 0.0 -6.5 239 54 313.3 314.1 290.7 326.4 4.13 25 565 4808 -6.9 -6.9 100 0.0 -6.9 239 54 313.5 314.2 290.6 326.3 4.04 26 560 4877 -7.5 -7.5 100 0.0 -7.5 240 54 313.6 314.3 290.6 326.0 3.89 27 541 5145 -9.5 -9.5 100 0.0 -9.5 239 56 314.3 315.0 290.4 325.3 3.44 28 538 5188 -9.7 -10.8 92 1.1 -10.1 238 57 314.6 315.2 290.2 324.6 3.12 29 507 5644 -13.1 -13.1 100 0.0 -13.1 236 61 315.8 316.3 290.2 324.8 2.75 30 500 5750 -13.7 -14.4 94 0.7 -13.9 235 62 316.3 316.8 290.2 324.6 2.51 31 499 5765 -13.9 -14.7 94 0.8 -14.2 235 62 316.3 316.7 290.0 324.3 2.45 32 495 5827 -14.1 -16.9 79 2.8 -15.0 235 61 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.6 2.06 33 479 6076 -15.3 -17.9 80 2.6 -16.1 235 58 318.3 318.6 290.2 324.8 1.95 34 474 6156 -15.9 -18.8 78 2.9 -16.8 235 58 318.5 318.8 290.2 324.6 1.83 35 471 6204 -15.9 -20.3 69 4.4 -17.1 235 59 319.1 319.4 290.1 324.5 1.62 36 459 6398 -17.1 -21.2 70 4.1 -18.2 235 60 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.1 1.53 37 456 6448 -17.1 -24.1 55 7.0 -18.8 236 60 320.5 320.8 290.2 324.7 1.19 38 453 6497 -17.3 -30.3 31 13.0 -20.0 237 60 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.3 0.68 39 450 6547 -17.5 -28.5 38 11.0 -19.9 238 61 321.2 321.4 290.0 324.1 0.81 40 438 6749 -19.3 -27.3 49 8.0 -21.1 242 62 321.5 321.6 290.2 324.7 0.93 41 435 6801 -19.5 -25.5 59 6.0 -20.9 243 62 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.7 1.10 42 428 6921 -20.3 -27.3 54 7.0 -21.8 245 63 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.7 0.95 43 408 7275 -23.1 -28.0 64 4.9 -24.1 252 64 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.4 0.94 44 400 7420 -24.1 -31.1 52 7.0 -25.4 255 65 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.2 0.71 45 395 7511 -24.7 -35.7 35 11.0 -26.4 255 65 324.1 324.1 290.5 325.7 0.46 46 394 7530 -24.9 -34.9 39 10.0 -26.5 255 65 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.8 0.50 47 391 7585 -25.5 -36.5 35 11.0 -27.1 255 65 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.5 0.43 48 389 7622 -25.5 -42.5 19 17.0 -27.6 255 65 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.23 49 388 7640 -25.7 -39.7 26 14.0 -27.5 255 65 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.31 50 387 7659 -26.1 -42.1 21 16.0 -28.0 255 65 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.0 0.24 51 385 7696 -26.5 -37.5 35 11.0 -28.0 255 65 324.1 324.1 290.4 325.5 0.39 52 384 7715 -26.7 -39.7 28 13.0 -28.4 255 65 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.32 53 382 7752 -27.1 -35.1 47 8.0 -28.3 255 66 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.9 0.51 54 381 7771 -27.3 -38.3 34 11.0 -28.7 255 66 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.3 0.37 55 380 7790 -27.5 -38.5 34 11.0 -28.9 256 66 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.36 56 314 9128 -37.5 -46.1 40 8.6 -38.2 260 73 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.20 57 300 9440 -39.9 -47.9 42 8.0 -40.4 260 66 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.17 58 250 10660 -50.3 -54.5 61 4.2 -50.4 255 51 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.09 59 200 12080 -60.1 -67.1 39 7.0 -60.2 265 55 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.02 60 160 13435 -69.5 -75.5 41 6.0 -69.5 260 47 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.01 61 150 13820 -68.3 -80.3 16 12.0 -68.4 265 59 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.00 62 100 16350 -57.9 -85.9 2 28.0 -58.3 265 24 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 63 88 17152 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.8 292 27 426.1 426.1 308.4 426.1 0.00 64 87 17224 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.3 294 27 430.7 430.7 308.9 430.8 0.00 65 83 17521 -57.3 -86.3 1 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23850 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.5 60 13 595.0 595.0 320.4 595.0 0.01 80 22 25836 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.7 128 8 654.9 654.9 322.9 655.0 0.01 81 20 26450 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -55.0 90 11 676.7 676.7 323.7 676.8 0.01 82 14 28780 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -53.6 19 10 760.9 760.9 326.3 761.1 0.02 83 13 29267 -48.9 -84.9 1 36.0 -54.0 8 11 776.5 776.5 326.7 776.7 0.02 84 12 29798 -44.9 -82.9 1 38.0 -52.0 64 13 808.7 808.7 327.4 809.0 0.03 85 11 30379 -45.5 -83.5 1 38.0 -52.6 28 10 826.9 826.9 327.9 827.2 0.03 86 11 30379 -42.7 -82.7 0 40.0 -51.1 28 10 837.0 837.0 328.1 837.4 0.04 87 10 31020 -44.9 -83.9 0 39.0 -52.7 310 3 851.9 852.0 328.4 852.3 0.03 88 8.7 31956 -42.5 -82.5 0 40.0 -52.1 263 7 895.9 895.9 329.4 896.4 0.05 89 8.3 32276 -38.7 -80.7 0 42.0 -50.7 247 9 923.0 923.0 329.9 923.7 0.07 90 7.5 32974 -37.1 -79.1 0 42.0 -50.5 213 12 956.6 956.7 330.5 957.8 0.10 91 7.0 33450 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -51.4 190 14 970.7 970.8 330.7 971.7 0.09 92 6.5 33958 -40.7 -81.7 0 41.0 -52.7 207 14 981.4 981.4 330.9 982.2 0.08 93 6.0 34510 -35.1 -78.1 0 43.0 -51.0 224 14 1028.3 1028.4 331.6 1030.1 0.15 94 5.0 35780 -35.9 -78.9 0 43.0 -52.3 265 14 1079.7 1079.8 332.3 1081.7 0.16 95 4.8 36064 -35.9 -78.9 0 43.0 -52.5 1092.4 1092.5 332.5 1094.5 0.17 TRP 160 13435 -69.5 -75.5 41 6.0 -69.5 260 47 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.01 WND 314 9128 -37.5 -46.1 40 8.6 -38.2 260 73 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.20 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.00 m Freezing level: 630.65 mb = 3940.05 m = 12926.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.12 mb = 3581.55 m = 11750.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.98 mb = 968.20 m = 3176.46 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 737.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.89 mb = 2137.09 m = 7011.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 34.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 466.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.27 mb = 1355.18 m = 4446.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.27 mb = 3866.56 m = 12685.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.27 mb = 10494.34 m = 34429.82 ft B at Equ Level: 465.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.27 mb = 13202.09 m = 43313.43 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 270 at 37 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 970 329 165 11 -2.8 10.6 | 105 41 -39.8 10.5 1 939 610 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 153 31 -13.8 27.4 2 925 742 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 180 26 -0.1 25.6 3 907 914 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 198 21 6.5 20.1 4 875 1219 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 222 17 11.3 12.8 5 850 1468 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 194 11 2.6 10.4 6 814 1829 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 178 10 -0.3 9.7 7 785 2134 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 178 17 -0.7 16.7 8 757 2438 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 173 20 -2.3 19.8 9 730 2743 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 193 25 5.5 24.3 10 704 3048 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 194 26 6.3 24.8 11 700 3091 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 191 24 4.6 23.8 12 652 3658 240 51 44.2 25.5 | 196 26 7.2 25.3 13 603 4267 235 55 45.1 31.5 | 194 32 8.1 31.4 14 558 4877 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 200 29 9.8 26.8 15 500 5750 235 62 50.8 35.6 | 201 38 13.8 35.4 16 477 6096 235 58 47.5 33.3 | 198 35 10.5 33.1 17 458 6401 235 60 49.1 34.4 | 200 36 12.2 34.2 18 400 7420 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 237 31 25.8 16.7 19 389 7620 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 237 31 25.8 16.7 20 314 9128 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 250 37 34.9 12.5 21 313 9144 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 250 37 34.9 12.5 22 300 9440 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 248 30 28.0 11.3 23 274 10058 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 241 20 17.2 9.4 24 250 10660 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 223 18 12.3 13.0 25 200 12080 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 255 18 17.8 4.6 26 196 12192 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 257 23 22.8 5.1 27 161 13411 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 199 16 5.3 15.2 28 160 13435 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 229 12 9.3 8.0 29 150 13820 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 257 22 21.8 5.0 30 138 14326 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 259 29 28.8 5.6 31 132 14630 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 30 7 -3.5 -6.1 32 125 14935 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 67 16 -14.8 -6.1 33 119 15240 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 79 19 -18.3 -3.5 34 114 15545 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 96 23 -23.2 2.3 35 100 16350 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 98 13 -13.1 1.9 36 98 16459 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 98 13 -13.1 1.9 37 85 17374 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 42 19 -12.7 -14.2 38 77 17983 295 46 41.7 -19.4 | 346 20 4.7 -19.6 39 73 18288 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 18 26 -7.9 -24.6 40 70 18590 320 27 17.4 -20.7 | 43 29 -19.6 -20.9 41 67 18898 320 28 18.0 -21.4 | 41 29 -19.0 -21.6 42 63 19202 305 20 16.4 -11.5 | 61 24 -20.6 -11.6 43 57 19812 320 30 19.3 -23.0 | 37 29 -17.7 -23.2 44 55 20117 330 23 11.5 -19.9 | 52 32 -25.5 -20.1 45 52 20422 300 7 6.1 -3.5 | 83 31 -30.9 -3.7 46 50 20650 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 57 16 -13.5 -8.7 47 49 20726 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 85 20 -20.0 -1.7 48 47 21031 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 65 15 -13.8 -6.4 49 45 21336 355 27 2.4 -26.9 | 52 44 -34.6 -27.1 50 41 21946 360 19 -0.0 -19.0 | 63 42 -37.0 -19.2 51 39 22250 50 20 -15.3 -12.9 | 76 54 -52.3 -13.0 52 35 22860 40 14 -9.0 -10.7 | 77 47 -46.0 -10.9 53 33 23165 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 71 36 -33.9 -11.8 54 32 23470 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 77 42 -40.4 -9.6 55 30 23774 40 13 -8.4 -10.0 | 77 46 -45.3 -10.1 56 30 23850 60 13 -11.3 -6.5 | 82 49 -48.2 -6.7 57 29 24079 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 83 49 -48.8 -5.7 58 28 24384 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 92 47 -46.8 1.6 59 26 24689 200 1 0.3 0.9 | 91 37 -36.6 0.8 60 20 26450 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 90 48 -48.0 -0.2 61 20 26518 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 77 42 -40.4 -9.6 62 19 26822 30 12 -6.0 -10.4 | 76 44 -43.0 -10.6 63 18 27127 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 96 46 -45.6 4.8 64 17 27432 175 7 -0.6 7.0 | 100 38 -37.6 6.8 65 16 27737 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 112 32 -30.0 12.0 66 16 28042 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 90 27 -27.0 -0.2 67 14 28651 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 74 35 -33.6 -9.6 68 14 28956 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 84 46 -45.6 -5.2 69 13 29261 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 75 39 -37.8 -10.1 70 12 29566 35 18 -10.3 -14.7 | 72 50 -47.3 -14.9 71 12 29870 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 85 48 -48.3 -4.3 72 11 30175 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 81 48 -47.6 -7.6 73 10 31020 310 3 2.3 -1.9 | 87 35 -34.7 -2.1 74 7 33450 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 112 37 -34.5 13.6 75 5 35780 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 93 23 -23.0 1.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 539.7 neg: -44.9 tot: 494.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.2 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 58.28 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 223 32 147 28| 46.2 0.0 46.2|426.8 0.0 426.8 853.7 0.93| 53.6 49.7 1000 240 40 174 20| 24.3 0.0 24.3|486.5 -9.0 477.5 477.5 0.83| 35.4 29.5 1500 245 40 179 17| 16.2 2.8 19.0|486.5 -29.0 457.5 305.0 0.66| 26.3 17.4 2000 246 40 178 16| 12.2 3.0 15.1|486.7 -34.2 452.5 226.2 0.58| 22.2 12.7 2500 244 41 180 18| 9.7 2.6 12.4|531.4 -36.5 494.9 198.0 0.59| 19.9 11.7 3000 244 42 183 19| 8.1 2.2 10.3|539.7 -44.9 494.8 164.9 0.57| 17.2 9.7 4000 242 45 187 21| 6.1 2.5 8.6|549.9 -49.8 500.0 125.0 0.53| 13.9 7.4 5000 241 47 190 23| 5.0 2.4 7.4|575.9 -49.8 526.1 105.2 0.52| 12.0 6.2 6000 240 49 193 25| 4.2 2.2 6.4|584.4 -70.9 513.6 85.6 0.47| 10.8 5.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDTX/skewt/KDTX.skewt.20250429.12.gif