UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 7 OCT 25 Searching for KDTX... Searching the city database file for: KDTX ... Date:0000Z 7 OCT 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 145 SFC 979 329 24.8 12.8 47 12.0 17.1 165 5 299.8 301.5 291.0 327.7 9.52 2 978 338 25.6 11.6 42 14.0 16.7 167 5 300.7 302.3 290.7 326.6 8.80 3 973 383 25.8 11.8 42 14.0 16.9 175 7 301.3 302.9 291.1 327.8 8.96 4 925 828 21.8 10.8 50 11.0 14.9 220 17 301.6 303.2 291.0 327.7 8.82 5 850 1554 15.4 8.4 63 7.0 11.2 225 21 302.3 303.8 290.7 326.6 8.16 6 786 2211 9.4 6.2 80 3.2 7.6 221 24 302.7 304.1 290.4 325.3 7.59 7 749 2609 6.0 3.7 85 2.3 4.7 228 23 303.2 304.4 289.8 323.3 6.68 8 747 2631 6.0 2.4 78 3.6 4.1 228 23 303.4 304.6 289.3 321.8 6.10 9 733 2786 4.4 2.7 89 1.7 3.5 231 23 303.3 304.5 289.5 322.4 6.35 10 725 2875 3.8 1.4 84 2.4 2.5 233 23 303.6 304.7 289.2 321.3 5.85 11 723 2898 3.8 -0.1 76 3.9 1.8 234 23 303.9 304.8 288.7 319.8 5.26 12 718 2954 3.4 0.5 81 2.9 1.9 235 23 304.0 305.1 289.0 320.8 5.53 13 710 3045 2.8 -1.6 73 4.4 0.7 237 24 304.3 305.2 288.4 319.0 4.79 14 708 3068 2.8 -2.2 70 5.0 0.4 238 24 304.6 305.4 288.3 318.7 4.60 15 706 3091 2.6 -2.4 70 5.0 0.2 238 24 304.6 305.5 288.2 318.5 4.54 16 704 3114 2.6 -5.4 56 8.0 -1.0 239 24 304.9 305.5 287.5 316.1 3.63 17 700 3160 2.4 -6.6 51 9.0 -1.5 240 24 305.1 305.8 287.2 315.5 3.33 18 698 3183 2.2 -3.8 64 6.0 -0.6 240 24 305.2 305.9 288.1 317.9 4.14 19 697 3195 2.2 -5.8 55 8.0 -1.4 241 24 305.3 306.0 287.5 316.3 3.56 20 694 3229 1.8 -5.2 60 7.0 -1.4 241 24 305.2 305.9 287.7 316.8 3.74 21 689 3288 2.4 -13.6 30 16.0 -3.6 243 25 306.5 306.9 286.3 312.7 1.94 22 669 3526 2.2 -22.8 14 25.0 -5.4 247 25 308.9 309.1 286.0 312.0 0.91 23 651 3746 1.2 -19.8 19 21.0 -5.7 252 26 310.2 310.4 286.8 314.2 1.22 24 643 3845 0.2 -12.8 37 13.0 -4.8 256 27 310.1 310.6 287.9 317.3 2.22 25 640 3882 0.2 -15.8 29 16.0 -5.5 257 27 310.6 310.9 287.5 316.3 1.74 26 631 3996 -0.3 -9.3 51 9.0 -4.1 260 27 311.3 311.8 289.0 320.8 2.99 27 626 4059 -0.7 -11.7 43 11.0 -5.0 259 28 311.5 312.0 288.6 319.5 2.49 28 606 4318 -2.5 -12.5 46 10.0 -6.4 255 32 312.3 312.8 288.8 320.2 2.41 29 591 4517 -2.9 -17.9 30 15.0 -7.9 253 33 314.1 314.4 288.5 319.4 1.58 30 579 4679 -4.3 -13.3 49 9.0 -7.7 252 33 314.3 314.8 289.4 322.1 2.37 31 569 4816 -5.5 -13.5 53 8.0 -8.5 251 34 314.5 314.9 289.5 322.2 2.37 32 563 4899 -6.1 -17.1 41 11.0 -9.8 250 34 314.7 315.1 288.9 320.6 1.78 33 561 4927 -6.3 -15.3 49 9.0 -9.5 250 35 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.6 2.07 34 557 4983 -6.5 -16.5 45 10.0 -9.9 250 36 315.2 315.6 289.2 321.5 1.89 35 554 5025 -6.1 -22.1 27 16.0 -10.8 250 37 316.2 316.4 288.8 320.2 1.17 36 553 5039 -5.7 -22.7 25 17.0 -10.7 250 37 316.8 317.0 288.9 320.6 1.12 37 513 5623 -10.7 -26.7 26 16.0 -14.7 245 36 317.7 317.8 288.9 320.6 0.84 38 500 5820 -10.9 -37.9 9 27.0 -15.9 245 38 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.8 0.29 39 493 5928 -10.9 -41.9 6 31.0 -16.2 243 38 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.8 0.20 40 477 6181 -11.3 -41.3 6 30.0 -16.6 241 38 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.22 41 400 7500 -22.3 -45.3 10 23.0 -25.1 255 39 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.17 42 379 7893 -26.1 -45.1 15 19.0 -28.2 252 40 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.18 43 300 9540 -38.7 -56.7 13 18.0 -39.6 245 49 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.06 44 289 9796 -40.9 -56.9 16 16.0 -41.6 250 49 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.06 45 285 9891 -41.3 -61.3 10 20.0 -42.1 252 49 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.04 46 280 10011 -42.1 -57.1 18 15.0 -42.8 254 49 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.06 47 278 10059 -42.5 -59.5 14 17.0 -43.2 255 49 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.05 48 276 10108 -42.7 -51.7 37 9.0 -43.2 255 49 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.12 49 275 10133 -42.9 -50.9 41 8.0 -43.3 255 49 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.13 50 273 10182 -43.1 -59.1 16 16.0 -43.7 254 49 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.05 51 272 10207 -43.3 -64.3 8 21.0 -44.0 254 49 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.02 52 258 10561 -45.9 -62.9 13 17.0 -46.4 251 50 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.03 53 250 10770 -47.3 -61.3 19 14.0 -47.7 250 51 335.7 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.04 54 247 10850 -47.9 -57.9 31 10.0 -48.3 250 51 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.06 55 200 12220 -55.5 -72.5 10 17.0 -55.8 250 66 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 56 152 13929 -61.8 -80.7 6 18.9 -62.0 260 69 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.00 57 150 14010 -62.1 -81.1 6 19.0 -62.3 260 66 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 58 125 15130 -66.5 -84.5 6 18.0 -66.6 240 52 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 59 100 16490 -65.3 -85.3 5 20.0 -65.4 275 38 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 60 94 16866 -64.5 -85.5 4 21.0 -64.7 273 35 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 61 82 17691 -67.5 -87.5 4 20.0 -67.7 271 40 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.00 62 70 18650 -63.5 -87.5 2 24.0 -63.8 295 29 448.5 448.5 310.7 448.5 0.00 63 62 19391 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.9 238 15 459.5 459.5 311.7 459.5 0.00 64 58 19800 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.3 237 17 476.9 476.9 313.2 476.9 0.00 65 54 20243 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.1 261 18 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.3 0.00 66 50 20720 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.6 300 24 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 67 48 20974 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 292 23 505.8 505.8 315.4 505.9 0.00 68 44 21519 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.1 285 18 524.9 524.9 316.6 525.0 0.00 69 39 22276 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.8 236 10 538.8 538.8 317.5 538.8 0.00 70 30 23930 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -57.5 275 8 591.7 591.7 320.2 591.8 0.01 71 27 24599 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.2 274 9 608.1 608.1 321.0 608.2 0.01 72 23 25623 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -55.9 269 18 645.5 645.5 322.5 645.6 0.01 73 21 26207 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -56.7 270 16 660.1 660.1 323.0 660.2 0.01 74 20 26520 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -56.2 290 26 671.8 671.8 323.5 671.9 0.02 75 19 26851 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.7 289 26 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.3 0.02 76 18 27200 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -56.1 280 27 693.6 693.6 324.2 693.7 0.02 77 17 27570 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.5 283 33 712.7 712.8 324.8 712.9 0.02 78 16 27965 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -55.2 296 36 722.6 722.6 325.1 722.8 0.02 79 13 29325 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -53.2 256 25 780.7 780.7 326.8 781.0 0.03 80 13 29325 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -53.2 256 25 780.7 780.7 326.8 781.0 0.03 81 11 30429 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -53.7 260 32 819.6 819.6 327.7 820.0 0.04 82 10 31060 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -53.9 255 43 843.0 843.0 328.2 843.4 0.05 83 8.4 32221 -44.5 -81.5 1 37.0 -53.2 897.1 897.1 329.4 897.7 0.06 84 7.9 32630 -46.3 -82.3 1 36.0 -54.3 905.8 905.8 329.5 906.4 0.06 85 7.2 33249 -44.7 -81.7 1 37.0 -53.9 936.7 936.7 330.1 937.4 0.07 TRP 125 15130 -66.5 -84.5 6 18.0 -66.6 240 52 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 WND 152 13929 -61.8 -80.7 6 18.9 -62.0 260 69 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.00 m Freezing level: 636.40 mb = 3927.81 m = 12886.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.67 mb = 3094.69 m = 10153.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.45 C = 81.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.70 mb = 1848.43 m = 6064.32 ft T: 12.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 6.00 C Layer 925.0- 733.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.39 mb = 2376.64 m = 7797.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 2.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 25.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.14 mb = 2220.12 m = 7283.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.14 mb = 2596.54 m = 8518.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 680.14 mb = 3392.43 m = 11129.90 ft B at Equ Level: 26.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 600.14 mb = 4395.11 m = 14419.47 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 270 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 979 329 165 5 -1.3 4.8 | 102 22 -21.8 4.8 1 948 610 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 139 17 -11.3 13.1 2 925 828 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 144 16 -9.6 13.0 3 916 914 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 147 16 -8.9 13.7 4 884 1219 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 151 19 -9.0 16.3 5 850 1554 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 159 16 -5.6 14.8 6 822 1829 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 165 19 -5.1 18.3 7 792 2134 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 165 19 -5.1 18.3 8 764 2438 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 168 17 -3.5 16.9 9 736 2743 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 169 15 -2.9 14.7 10 700 3160 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 181 12 0.3 11.9 11 657 3658 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 204 10 3.9 8.8 12 632 3962 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 233 8 6.1 4.6 13 609 4267 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 232 13 10.4 8.2 14 563 4877 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 225 16 11.5 11.6 15 542 5182 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 231 22 17.1 13.6 16 522 5486 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 217 19 11.2 14.7 17 500 5820 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 221 21 13.9 16.0 18 482 6096 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 213 23 12.4 18.9 19 427 7010 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 240 20 17.2 10.0 20 400 7500 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 240 20 17.2 10.0 21 393 7620 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 240 20 17.2 10.0 22 317 9144 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 221 31 20.2 23.4 23 304 9449 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 221 31 20.2 23.4 24 300 9540 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 229 32 23.9 20.7 25 278 10058 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 245 30 26.8 12.6 26 250 10770 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 238 32 27.4 17.4 27 231 11278 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 236 30 24.6 16.4 28 200 12220 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 242 47 41.5 22.5 29 182 12802 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 242 49 43.4 23.2 30 173 13106 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 255 43 41.5 10.9 31 165 13411 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 233 42 33.9 25.3 32 152 13929 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 256 49 47.5 11.9 33 150 14010 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 256 46 44.5 11.4 34 150 14021 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 256 49 47.5 11.9 35 125 15130 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 223 36 24.5 25.9 36 123 15240 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 231 36 28.4 22.8 37 111 15850 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 242 48 42.5 22.9 38 100 16490 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 281 18 17.4 -3.4 39 96 16764 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 281 18 17.4 -3.4 40 86 17374 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 193 2 0.4 1.8 41 82 17678 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 270 20 19.5 -0.1 42 78 17983 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 311 12 9.4 -8.1 43 74 18288 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 271 4 3.5 -0.1 44 70 18650 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 335 14 5.8 -12.3 45 67 18898 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 301 19 16.2 -9.9 46 64 19202 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 29 9 -4.2 -7.7 47 61 19507 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 131 19 -14.6 12.6 48 55 20117 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 84 0 -0.5 -0.1 49 52 20422 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 135 8 -5.5 5.4 50 50 20720 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 359 12 0.3 -12.1 51 50 20726 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 137 6 -4.1 4.3 52 48 21031 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 359 12 0.3 -12.1 53 45 21336 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 57 7 -6.0 -3.9 54 43 21641 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 13 5 -1.2 -5.2 55 41 21946 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 45 18 -13.0 -13.0 56 39 22250 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 115 14 -12.3 5.7 57 36 22860 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 101 10 -9.7 1.9 58 34 23165 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 89 3 -3.5 -0.1 59 32 23470 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 66 10 -9.2 -4.2 60 31 23774 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 69 11 -10.2 -3.8 61 30 23930 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 87 13 -12.5 -0.7 62 29 24079 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 114 10 -9.2 4.1 63 28 24384 275 7 7.0 -0.6 | 87 14 -13.5 -0.7 64 23 25603 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 89 3 -3.5 -0.1 65 22 25908 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 233 8 6.1 4.6 66 21 26213 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 89 4 -4.5 -0.1 67 20 26518 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 282 15 14.4 -3.1 68 20 26520 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 336 10 3.9 -8.9 69 19 26822 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 336 10 3.9 -8.9 70 17 27432 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 291 7 6.4 -2.4 71 17 27737 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 311 20 15.2 -13.0 72 15 28346 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 339 21 7.4 -19.6 73 14 28651 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 323 5 3.1 -4.2 74 14 28956 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 297 5 4.4 -2.2 75 13 29261 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 215 8 4.6 6.7 76 12 29870 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 217 2 1.4 1.9 77 10 31060 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 242 24 21.0 11.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 37.96 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 212 13 129 18| 15.1 0.0 15.1| 76.9 0.0 76.9 153.9 0.90| 16.6 14.9 1000 215 16 139 17| 7.6 1.7 9.3| 90.6 0.0 90.6 90.6 0.84| 10.7 9.0 1500 218 18 146 17| 6.3 1.2 7.5|105.3 0.0 105.3 70.2 0.78| 9.1 7.1 2000 219 20 152 17| 4.8 0.9 5.7|109.0 0.0 109.0 54.5 0.77| 7.2 5.5 2500 221 20 155 17| 3.9 0.7 4.6|114.1 0.0 114.1 45.6 0.72| 6.5 4.7 3000 224 21 159 16| 3.8 0.6 4.3|126.3 0.0 126.3 42.1 0.72| 6.3 4.5 4000 233 23 170 14| 3.3 1.1 4.4|144.0 -1.3 142.6 35.7 0.66| 6.4 4.3 5000 239 25 185 13| 2.6 1.6 4.2|152.4 -18.3 134.1 26.8 0.52| 6.2 3.2 6000 240 27 193 14| 2.2 1.4 3.6|170.0 -45.5 124.5 20.8 0.42| 6.1 2.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDTX/skewt/KDTX.skewt.20251007.00.gif