UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 16 OCT 25 Searching for KDTX... Searching the city database file for: KDTX ... Date:1200Z 16 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 205 SFC 985 329 2.0 1.7 98 0.3 1.9 295 3 276.3 277.1 275.7 288.3 4.39 2 981 362 8.6 2.6 66 6.0 5.7 306 4 283.3 284.1 279.7 296.5 4.70 3 963 516 8.2 4.1 75 4.1 6.2 355 11 284.4 285.3 281.0 299.3 5.33 4 958 559 8.0 3.0 71 5.0 5.5 9 13 284.6 285.5 280.7 298.5 4.95 5 925 849 5.8 1.0 71 4.8 3.5 40 15 285.2 286.0 280.4 297.8 4.44 6 920 893 5.6 0.7 71 4.9 3.3 40 15 285.5 286.2 280.4 297.9 4.37 7 915 938 5.4 -0.6 65 6.0 2.7 38 15 285.7 286.4 280.0 297.1 4.00 8 909 992 5.8 -9.2 33 15.0 0.2 34 15 286.7 287.0 278.0 292.8 2.09 9 894 1128 5.4 -10.6 30 16.0 -0.4 22 16 287.6 288.0 278.3 293.3 1.90 10 888 1183 5.8 -10.2 31 16.0 -0.1 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0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5555.00 m Freezing level: 723.00 mb = 2853.64 m = 9362.23 ft Freezing level: 691.24 mb = 3212.53 m = 10539.67 ft Freezing level: 650.62 mb = 3701.57 m = 12144.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 903.99 mb = 1036.81 m = 3401.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.06 % Est. max temperature: 18.67 C = 65.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.32 mb = 368.22 m = 1208.06 ft T: 8.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.31 C/km ThetaE index: 5.05 C Layer 915.0- 894.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 546.09 mb = 5079.88 m = 16666.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.13 C = 106.04 F Cap Strength: 19.38 C Lifted Index: 18.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.36 C Showalter Index: 17.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.70 C Cross Totals Index: 1.70 C K Index: -2.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 78.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55908.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.44 mb = 1673.45 m = 5490.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 10 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 329 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 197 24 6.8 22.9 1 952 610 25 15 -6.3 -13.6 | 168 11 -2.3 10.5 2 925 849 40 15 -9.6 -11.5 | 156 14 -5.6 12.6 3 918 914 40 15 -9.6 -11.5 | 156 14 -5.6 12.6 4 884 1219 15 16 -4.1 -15.5 | 180 9 -0.1 8.7 5 852 1524 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 201 14 5.0 13.2 6 850 1542 355 12 1.0 -12.0 | 203 13 5.1 12.2 7 820 1829 35 11 -6.3 -9.0 | 172 15 -2.2 15.1 8 790 2134 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 219 11 6.8 8.4 9 761 2438 345 22 5.7 -21.3 | 254 10 9.8 2.9 10 733 2743 345 26 6.7 -25.1 | 275 11 10.8 -1.0 11 700 3112 335 29 12.3 -26.3 | 278 16 16.3 -2.2 12 679 3353 330 29 14.5 -25.1 | 273 19 18.6 -1.0 13 653 3658 340 44 15.0 -41.3 | 312 26 19.1 -17.2 14 628 3962 335 49 20.7 -44.4 | 309 32 24.8 -20.3 15 604 4267 335 47 19.9 -42.6 | 308 30 23.9 -18.5 16 559 4877 335 46 19.4 -41.7 | 307 29 23.5 -17.6 17 538 5182 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 296 28 25.1 -12.3 18 500 5760 335 54 22.8 -48.9 | 313 37 26.9 -24.8 19 498 5791 335 54 22.8 -48.9 | 313 37 26.9 -24.8 20 478 6096 330 52 26.0 -45.0 | 305 37 30.1 -20.9 21 406 7315 330 81 40.5 -70.1 | 316 64 44.6 -46.0 22 400 7430 330 81 40.5 -70.1 | 316 64 44.6 -46.0 23 389 7620 325 81 46.5 -66.4 | 310 66 50.5 -42.2 24 314 9144 325 90 51.6 -73.7 | 312 75 55.7 -49.6 25 300 9470 320 86 55.3 -65.9 | 305 73 59.3 -41.8 26 263 10363 320 97 62.4 -74.3 | 307 83 66.4 -50.2 27 250 10710 320 95 61.1 -72.8 | 307 81 65.1 -48.7 28 216 11672 320 106 68.1 -81.2 | 308 92 72.2 -57.1 29 209 11887 320 106 68.1 -81.2 | 308 92 72.2 -57.1 30 200 12170 320 100 64.3 -76.6 | 308 86 68.3 -52.5 31 156 13716 315 100 70.7 -70.7 | 302 88 74.8 -46.6 32 150 13980 315 89 62.9 -62.9 | 300 77 67.0 -38.8 33 135 14630 315 73 51.6 -51.6 | 296 62 55.7 -27.5 34 122 15240 320 70 45.0 -53.6 | 301 57 49.1 -29.5 35 120 15345 310 69 52.9 -44.4 | 290 60 56.9 -20.2 36 100 16440 310 57 43.7 -36.6 | 285 49 47.7 -12.5 37 100 16459 315 54 38.2 -38.2 | 288 45 42.2 -14.1 38 95 16764 310 57 43.7 -36.6 | 285 49 47.7 -12.5 39 86 17374 335 44 18.6 -39.9 | 305 28 22.7 -15.8 40 82 17678 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 271 29 28.8 -0.6 41 78 17983 320 40 25.7 -30.6 | 282 30 29.8 -6.5 42 74 18288 315 37 26.2 -26.2 | 274 30 30.2 -2.0 43 70 18600 340 31 10.6 -29.1 | 289 15 14.7 -5.0 44 63 19202 355 27 2.4 -26.9 | 293 7 6.4 -2.8 45 60 19507 355 31 2.7 -30.9 | 315 10 6.8 -6.8 46 57 19812 5 32 -2.8 -31.9 | 351 8 1.3 -7.8 47 55 20117 25 16 -6.8 -14.5 | 164 10 -2.7 9.6 48 52 20422 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 213 20 11.1 17.1 49 50 20650 360 13 -0.0 -13.0 | 200 12 4.1 11.1 50 49 20726 360 14 -0.0 -14.0 | 202 11 4.1 10.1 51 45 21336 305 5 4.1 -2.9 | 201 23 8.2 21.3 52 43 21641 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 241 16 13.6 7.7 53 40 21946 355 20 1.7 -19.9 | 234 7 5.8 4.2 54 37 22555 355 8 0.7 -8.0 | 196 17 4.8 16.2 55 35 22860 340 17 5.8 -16.0 | 230 13 9.9 8.1 56 33 23165 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 220 12 7.9 9.6 57 32 23470 5 21 -1.8 -20.9 | 215 4 2.2 3.2 58 30 23774 30 11 -5.5 -9.5 | 174 15 -1.4 14.6 59 30 23790 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 182 17 0.7 16.9 60 27 24384 70 4 -3.8 -1.4 | 181 23 0.3 22.8 61 24 25298 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 213 28 15.0 23.2 62 22 25603 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 203 35 14.0 32.5 63 20 26213 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 238 36 30.7 19.4 64 20 26340 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 224 33 23.1 24.1 65 19 26822 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 224 33 23.1 24.1 66 18 27127 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 221 49 32.2 37.2 67 17 27432 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 233 51 40.5 30.5 68 15 28042 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 241 57 49.9 28.1 69 15 28346 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 245 49 44.9 20.5 70 14 28651 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 238 46 39.1 24.1 71 13 28956 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 215 45 25.7 36.6 72 13 29261 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 229 60 45.4 39.2 73 12 29870 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 222 52 34.9 38.5 74 10 30840 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 216 67 39.3 53.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.6 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 9.6 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 5.8 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.8 neg: -64.5 tot: 30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 87.79 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 25 12 177 14| 16.4 0.0 16.4| 16.2 -33.5 -17.3 -34.6 -0.34| 22.7 -7.8 1000 25 13 172 12| 8.2 4.0 12.2| 32.7 -33.7 -0.9 -0.9 -0.04| 16.0 -0.7 1500 20 13 178 12| 5.9 2.7 8.6| 38.8 -58.8 -20.1 -13.4 -0.15| 14.8 -2.2 2000 14 14 184 11| 4.5 5.7 10.2| 76.5 -58.8 17.7 8.8 0.11| 15.2 1.7 2500 5 16 198 9| 3.6 5.9 9.5| 93.9 -58.8 35.1 14.0 0.20| 13.7 2.7 3000 357 18 219 8| 3.0 5.8 8.7| 94.8 -64.5 30.3 10.1 0.17| 12.5 2.1 4000 347 24 267 10| 3.4 4.5 7.9|175.6 -80.9 94.8 23.7 0.25| 12.4 3.1 5000 342 29 284 13| 2.7 3.6 6.3|188.4-118.9 69.6 13.9 0.20| 10.8 2.2 6000 340 33 293 17| 2.9 3.5 6.4|263.3-159.9 103.4 17.2 0.20| 10.6 2.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDTX/skewt/KDTX.skewt.20251016.12.gif