UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for KDTX... Searching the city database file for: KDTX ... Date:0000Z 18 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 103 SFC 974 329 16.2 4.2 45 12.0 9.8 140 3 291.5 292.5 284.1 306.9 5.31 2 925 765 13.8 1.8 44 12.0 7.7 200 24 293.4 294.3 284.2 307.2 4.71 3 905 949 13.2 0.2 41 13.0 6.8 212 26 294.6 295.4 284.3 307.3 4.29 4 897 1024 13.4 1.4 44 12.0 7.3 215 26 295.6 296.4 285.1 309.5 4.72 5 888 1109 14.2 6.2 59 8.0 9.7 220 27 297.3 298.5 287.8 316.9 6.70 6 887 1118 14.4 6.4 59 8.0 9.9 220 27 297.6 298.8 287.9 317.6 6.81 7 875 1233 14.4 4.4 51 10.0 8.9 226 27 298.7 299.8 287.6 316.5 6.00 8 871 1272 14.6 5.6 55 9.0 9.5 228 26 299.3 300.5 288.3 318.7 6.56 9 858 1399 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.6 235 22 300.2 301.7 289.9 323.8 7.97 10 850 1478 14.0 6.0 58 8.0 9.4 240 20 300.8 302.1 289.2 321.4 6.91 11 846 1518 13.8 4.8 55 9.0 8.8 241 20 301.0 302.2 288.8 320.0 6.38 12 834 1638 13.2 7.2 67 6.0 9.7 242 20 301.6 303.0 290.1 324.4 7.66 13 832 1659 13.2 6.2 62 7.0 9.2 243 21 301.8 303.1 289.7 323.2 7.16 14 812 1863 11.8 6.8 71 5.0 8.9 244 21 302.4 303.8 290.3 325.3 7.65 15 809 1894 11.6 5.6 67 6.0 8.2 243 21 302.5 303.8 289.9 323.7 7.06 16 799 1998 11.2 8.0 81 3.2 9.3 240 21 303.2 304.8 291.3 328.4 8.45 17 796 2030 11.2 5.2 67 6.0 7.8 239 21 303.5 304.8 290.1 324.5 6.98 18 786 2136 10.6 4.6 66 6.0 7.2 235 21 304.0 305.2 290.1 324.4 6.78 19 783 2167 10.6 7.4 81 3.2 8.7 236 21 304.3 305.8 291.5 329.1 8.28 20 779 2210 10.6 4.6 66 6.0 7.2 237 21 304.8 306.0 290.4 325.4 6.84 21 769 2318 9.8 7.7 87 2.1 8.5 241 22 305.0 306.6 292.0 330.9 8.61 22 700 3096 6.6 2.9 77 3.7 4.5 270 28 309.8 311.1 291.9 330.6 6.75 23 697 3131 6.6 1.9 72 4.7 4.0 269 28 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.7 6.31 24 695 3155 6.4 3.3 81 3.1 4.6 269 28 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.8 7.00 25 692 3190 6.2 1.4 71 4.8 3.6 268 28 310.4 311.5 291.5 329.4 6.13 26 684 3286 5.6 2.1 78 3.5 3.7 267 29 310.7 312.0 292.0 330.9 6.52 27 667 3491 4.8 -1.2 65 6.0 1.7 263 30 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.6 5.26 28 645 3764 2.8 -2.0 71 4.8 0.4 261 31 312.8 313.8 291.4 329.0 5.13 29 612 4186 -0.3 -1.6 91 1.3 -1.0 268 29 314.0 315.1 292.2 331.5 5.57 30 602 4318 -1.5 -3.6 86 2.1 -2.5 270 29 314.1 315.0 291.6 329.5 4.87 31 582 4586 -3.5 -4.8 91 1.3 -4.1 270 29 314.8 315.7 291.6 329.4 4.60 32 573 4709 -4.1 -6.2 85 2.1 -5.1 270 29 315.5 316.3 291.4 329.0 4.20 33 559 4904 -5.5 -6.3 94 0.8 -5.9 270 29 316.1 316.9 291.6 329.8 4.27 34 556 4946 -5.7 -7.8 85 2.1 -6.6 270 29 316.3 317.1 291.3 328.7 3.82 35 528 5349 -8.9 -9.9 92 1.0 -9.3 273 32 317.2 317.9 291.2 328.3 3.41 36 501 5755 -10.9 -13.5 81 2.6 -11.9 275 34 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.5 2.69 37 500 5770 -11.1 -13.6 82 2.5 -12.0 275 34 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.4 2.68 38 459 6423 -15.7 -17.0 90 1.3 -16.1 274 37 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.1 2.20 39 432 6879 -18.3 -20.5 83 2.2 -18.9 272 37 324.0 324.3 291.7 329.9 1.73 40 400 7450 -22.7 -24.3 87 1.6 -23.1 270 37 325.5 325.8 291.7 330.2 1.34 41 364 8132 -27.9 -29.1 89 1.2 -28.1 270 36 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.8 0.95 42 344 8534 -31.1 -33.2 82 2.1 -31.4 270 34 328.4 328.6 292.0 330.9 0.68 43 335 8721 -32.3 -34.7 79 2.4 -32.6 270 33 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.5 0.60 44 320 9042 -34.3 -36.3 82 2.0 -34.6 270 32 330.9 331.0 292.5 332.9 0.54 45 315 9151 -34.9 -37.8 75 2.9 -35.3 270 31 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.3 0.47 46 307 9330 -35.3 -39.0 69 3.7 -35.7 275 36 333.4 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.42 47 300 9490 -36.5 -40.5 66 4.0 -36.9 280 41 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.37 48 293 9654 -37.9 -42.8 60 4.9 -38.4 280 41 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.4 0.30 49 275 10089 -41.5 -46.5 58 5.0 -41.9 278 44 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.21 50 264 10365 -43.7 -47.6 65 3.9 -43.9 277 47 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.6 0.20 51 263 10391 -44.1 -49.1 57 5.0 -44.4 277 47 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.17 52 261 10442 -44.5 -48.5 64 4.0 -44.7 276 47 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.5 0.18 53 250 10730 -46.9 -53.9 45 7.0 -47.2 275 50 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.10 54 248 10783 -47.3 -55.3 39 8.0 -47.6 274 51 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.09 55 232 11221 -51.1 -57.1 49 6.0 -51.3 270 57 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.07 56 220 11564 -54.1 -59.1 54 5.0 -54.2 266 61 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.06 57 218 11622 -54.5 -59.9 51 5.4 -54.6 265 62 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 58 205 12014 -56.9 -64.9 36 8.0 -57.1 269 56 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 59 200 12170 -58.1 -65.1 40 7.0 -58.2 275 49 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 60 150 13970 -62.3 -82.3 5 20.0 -62.4 285 50 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 61 117 15480 -69.3 -84.3 10 15.0 -69.4 275 33 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.6 0.00 62 100 16420 -68.1 -86.1 6 18.0 -68.2 305 21 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 63 96 16665 -66.5 -85.5 5 19.0 -66.6 300 22 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 64 89 17120 -67.7 -86.7 5 19.0 -67.8 251 13 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 65 86 17327 -65.9 -85.9 5 20.0 -66.1 254 19 418.0 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.00 66 83 17541 -66.7 -86.7 4 20.0 -66.8 258 19 420.7 420.7 307.8 420.7 0.00 67 81 17689 -64.7 -86.7 3 22.0 -64.9 261 19 427.7 427.7 308.6 427.7 0.00 68 72 18408 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 307 16 444.5 444.5 310.3 444.5 0.00 69 70 18580 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 325 17 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 70 58 19734 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 314 15 470.6 470.6 312.7 470.6 0.00 71 54 20174 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.5 331 12 486.3 486.3 314.0 486.3 0.00 72 50 20650 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.7 320 18 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 73 48 20900 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.7 327 17 497.7 497.7 314.8 497.8 0.00 74 42 21721 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.4 273 14 523.1 523.1 316.5 523.1 0.00 75 39 22179 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.7 305 23 533.8 533.8 317.2 533.8 0.00 76 37 22507 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.3 314 17 548.5 548.5 318.0 548.5 0.00 77 33 23224 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.7 323 15 568.9 568.9 319.1 568.9 0.01 78 30 23820 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -61.0 280 15 580.8 580.8 319.7 580.8 0.00 79 26 24717 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -59.0 261 13 611.9 611.9 321.2 611.9 0.01 80 25 24963 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.3 265 17 614.8 614.8 321.3 614.8 0.01 81 23 25487 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -58.9 250 19 634.9 634.9 322.1 634.9 0.01 82 21 26066 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -56.1 236 28 662.5 662.5 323.2 662.6 0.01 83 21 26066 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -56.4 236 28 661.3 661.3 323.1 661.4 0.01 84 20 26380 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.6 245 39 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.3 0.01 85 18 27062 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.4 270 37 701.2 701.2 324.5 701.3 0.02 86 17 27434 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.8 255 30 711.5 711.5 324.8 711.6 0.02 87 17 27434 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -53.2 255 30 719.2 719.2 325.0 719.3 0.02 88 14 28698 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.1 250 54 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.2 0.02 89 14 28698 -50.7 -85.7 1 35.0 -54.9 250 54 754.1 754.1 326.0 754.3 0.02 90 12 29697 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -56.6 247 58 781.0 781.0 326.8 781.2 0.02 91 11 30262 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -55.5 246 59 808.7 808.7 327.4 808.9 0.02 92 10 30880 -52.7 -86.7 1 34.0 -57.2 255 55 822.8 822.8 327.8 823.0 0.02 93 8.6 31858 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -56.3 251 61 867.7 867.7 328.8 868.0 0.03 94 8.1 32246 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -57.5 249 63 876.3 876.3 329.0 876.6 0.03 95 7.1 33107 -48.1 -85.1 1 37.0 -55.7 245 68 926.4 926.5 329.9 926.8 0.04 96 7.0 33200 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -55.8 245 69 930.2 930.2 330.0 930.7 0.05 97 6.8 33391 -49.1 -85.1 1 36.0 -56.4 933.8 933.8 330.1 934.2 0.04 98 5.9 34331 -45.1 -84.1 0 39.0 -55.1 989.8 989.9 331.0 990.5 0.06 99 5.8 34445 -44.7 -83.7 1 39.0 -54.9 996.4 996.5 331.1 997.1 0.06 100 5.6 34680 -44.7 -83.7 1 39.0 -55.1 1006.5 1006.5 331.3 1007.2 0.06 101 5.4 34924 -43.9 -82.9 1 39.0 -54.9 1020.6 1020.6 331.5 1021.4 0.08 102 5.3 35049 -44.1 -83.1 1 39.0 -55.1 1025.1 1025.2 331.6 1026.0 0.08 TRP 117 15480 -69.3 -84.3 10 15.0 -69.4 275 33 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.6 0.00 WND 218 11622 -54.5 -59.9 51 5.4 -54.6 265 62 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.00 m Freezing level: 615.19 mb = 4145.50 m = 13600.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.91 mb = 3877.91 m = 12722.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.30 mb = 1849.78 m = 6068.75 ft T: 11.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 4.03 C Layer 796.0- 783.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 583.56 mb = 4564.98 m = 14976.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.23 C = 102.61 F Cap Strength: 11.81 C Lifted Index: 11.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.09 C Showalter Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.10 C K Index: 27.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74543.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.63 mb = 2235.59 m = 7334.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 288 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 974 329 140 3 -1.9 2.3 | 112 23 -21.5 8.6 1 942 610 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 141 31 -19.5 24.3 2 925 765 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 159 31 -11.3 28.9 3 909 914 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 167 30 -6.5 28.8 4 876 1219 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 179 25 -0.4 25.4 5 850 1478 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 172 16 -2.2 16.3 6 815 1829 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 178 15 -0.5 15.2 7 786 2134 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 173 19 -2.3 18.4 8 757 2438 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 185 16 1.3 16.0 9 730 2743 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 221 15 10.0 11.5 10 704 3048 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 220 11 7.4 8.7 11 700 3096 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 233 11 8.5 6.3 12 652 3658 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 223 16 11.0 11.7 13 604 4267 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 236 11 9.5 6.3 14 559 4877 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 236 11 9.5 6.3 15 500 5770 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 257 15 14.3 3.4 16 479 6096 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 260 18 17.3 3.1 17 400 7450 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 250 19 17.5 6.3 18 391 7620 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 251 20 18.5 6.3 19 315 9144 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 241 13 11.5 6.3 20 300 9490 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 272 21 20.9 -0.8 21 289 9754 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 272 21 20.9 -0.8 22 250 10730 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 266 30 30.3 2.0 23 218 11622 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 254 44 42.2 11.7 24 209 11887 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 254 44 42.2 11.7 25 200 12170 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 266 29 29.3 2.0 26 190 12497 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 256 26 25.5 6.3 27 156 13716 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 259 17 16.3 3.2 28 150 13970 285 50 48.3 -12.9 | 283 30 28.8 -6.6 29 149 14021 285 51 49.3 -13.2 | 283 31 29.7 -6.9 30 135 14630 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 320 23 14.9 -17.8 31 122 15240 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 313 18 13.4 -12.7 32 117 15480 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 256 14 13.4 3.4 33 116 15545 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 295 9 7.7 -3.6 34 105 16154 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 265 25 25.3 2.4 35 100 16420 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 22 6 -2.3 -5.7 36 99 16459 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 317 15 9.9 -10.7 37 94 16764 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 73 6 -5.7 -1.7 38 90 17069 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 142 13 -8.2 10.4 39 85 17374 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 179 11 -0.2 11.5 40 81 17678 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 175 10 -0.8 9.6 41 77 17983 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 140 2 -1.2 1.4 42 73 18288 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 85 5 -5.0 -0.4 43 70 18580 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 52 12 -9.8 -7.6 44 66 18898 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 52 12 -9.8 -7.6 45 63 19202 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 78 10 -9.6 -2.0 46 57 19812 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 64 10 -8.9 -4.3 47 55 20117 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 72 16 -15.4 -5.0 48 52 20422 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 101 11 -10.5 2.1 49 50 20650 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 47 11 -8.0 -7.5 50 49 20726 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 64 10 -8.9 -4.3 51 47 21031 335 18 7.6 -16.3 | 50 16 -11.9 -10.0 52 45 21336 300 9 7.8 -4.5 | 99 12 -11.7 1.8 53 43 21641 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 147 10 -5.7 8.7 54 41 21946 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 72 8 -7.2 -2.3 55 39 22250 305 25 20.5 -14.3 | 353 8 1.0 -8.0 56 37 22555 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 59 10 -8.2 -5.0 57 35 22860 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 66 5 -4.8 -2.2 58 33 23165 325 16 9.2 -13.1 | 57 12 -10.3 -6.8 59 30 23774 305 2 1.6 -1.1 | 106 19 -17.9 5.2 60 30 23820 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 128 6 -4.8 3.7 61 29 24079 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 144 6 -3.6 4.9 62 27 24384 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 134 18 -13.2 12.7 63 26 24689 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 137 11 -7.7 8.4 64 25 24994 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 162 8 -2.6 7.8 65 24 25298 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 158 15 -5.7 14.3 66 23 25603 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 179 11 -0.2 11.5 67 21 26213 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 189 27 4.2 26.2 68 20 26380 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 215 28 15.8 22.8 69 20 26518 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 224 29 19.9 20.7 70 19 26822 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 220 25 16.2 19.3 71 18 27127 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 260 18 17.3 3.1 72 17 27432 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 214 17 9.5 14.1 73 15 28042 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 196 37 10.2 36.0 74 14 28651 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 232 40 31.2 24.8 75 11 30175 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 228 47 34.9 31.7 76 10 30880 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 239 39 33.6 20.6 77 7 33200 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 230 56 43.0 35.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.8 neg: -20.2 tot: 309.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 93.64 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 187 16 141 28| 24.4 0.0 24.4|199.0 0.0 199.0 398.0 0.91| 29.0 26.5 1000 207 21 158 27| 12.5 0.0 12.5|260.7 -2.5 258.2 258.2 0.80| 21.6 17.3 1500 218 21 164 24| 7.5 0.0 7.5|266.5 -10.4 256.1 170.7 0.68| 16.8 11.4 2000 224 21 167 22| 5.7 0.5 6.1|277.0 -17.3 259.7 129.9 0.62| 14.2 8.8 2500 231 22 173 20| 6.2 0.4 6.6|322.8 -17.3 305.4 122.2 0.67| 13.9 9.3 3000 239 23 180 18| 5.3 0.3 5.6|329.8 -20.2 309.6 103.2 0.63| 12.8 8.0 4000 247 25 192 16| 3.8 0.5 4.3|340.4 -25.0 315.4 78.9 0.58| 10.7 6.2 5000 253 26 200 15| 3.4 0.4 3.8|348.1 -25.0 323.1 64.6 0.59| 8.8 5.2 6000 258 27 211 14| 3.1 0.5 3.6|359.6 -27.2 332.4 55.4 0.58| 7.9 4.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDTX/skewt/KDTX.skewt.20251018.00.gif