UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 OCT 25 Searching for KDTX... Searching the city database file for: KDTX ... Date:1200Z 20 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 118 SFC 975 329 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 230 5 279.2 280.0 278.2 293.2 5.12 2 970 371 5.6 3.7 88 1.9 4.7 242 7 281.2 282.1 279.3 295.4 5.14 3 958 472 6.4 3.0 79 3.4 4.8 271 12 283.0 283.9 279.9 296.8 4.95 4 936 662 6.0 0.0 65 6.0 3.3 312 20 284.5 285.2 279.6 296.0 4.08 5 925 758 5.4 -0.6 65 6.0 2.7 315 23 284.8 285.5 279.6 296.0 3.95 6 913 865 4.8 -1.2 65 6.0 2.1 315 24 285.3 285.9 279.6 296.2 3.83 7 852 1424 0.0 -2.5 83 2.5 -1.0 296 27 286.0 286.6 279.8 296.6 3.73 8 850 1443 0.0 -3.7 76 3.7 -1.5 295 27 286.1 286.7 279.5 296.0 3.42 9 845 1490 -0.3 -4.3 74 4.0 -1.9 295 26 286.3 286.9 279.4 295.8 3.29 10 842 1519 -0.5 -4.3 75 3.8 -2.0 295 26 286.4 287.0 279.5 295.9 3.30 11 829 1643 -1.3 -5.8 71 4.5 -3.0 299 25 286.8 287.4 279.3 295.5 2.99 12 817 1759 -1.3 -8.3 59 7.0 -3.8 303 24 288.0 288.5 279.3 295.4 2.50 13 811 1818 -1.1 -10.1 50 9.0 -4.3 305 24 288.8 289.2 279.2 295.3 2.18 14 807 1857 -1.1 -11.1 47 10.0 -4.6 306 24 289.3 289.6 279.2 295.3 2.03 15 796 1966 -1.5 -13.5 39 12.0 -5.4 309 25 290.0 290.3 279.1 295.1 1.69 16 763 2302 -4.1 -14.1 46 10.0 -7.2 315 26 290.7 291.0 279.4 295.8 1.68 17 716 2801 -6.1 -19.1 35 13.0 -9.6 315 29 293.8 294.0 280.2 297.5 1.18 18 712 2845 -6.1 -19.1 35 13.0 -9.6 315 29 294.3 294.5 280.4 298.0 1.18 19 700 2978 -6.5 -20.5 32 14.0 -10.2 315 30 295.3 295.5 280.7 298.7 1.07 20 696 3023 -6.9 -19.9 35 13.0 -10.4 314 31 295.3 295.5 280.8 298.9 1.13 21 688 3113 -6.9 -20.9 32 14.0 -10.6 313 32 296.3 296.5 281.1 299.6 1.05 22 684 3159 -6.7 -22.7 27 16.0 -10.7 313 33 297.0 297.2 281.3 299.9 0.90 23 676 3251 -6.3 -35.3 8 29.0 -11.6 311 34 298.5 298.5 281.1 299.4 0.28 24 654 3510 -6.3 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0.38 38 455 6287 -18.7 -45.7 7 27.0 -22.1 325 79 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.3 0.14 39 446 6435 -20.1 -40.1 15 20.0 -22.9 325 79 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.7 0.26 40 444 6468 -20.3 -52.3 4 32.0 -23.5 325 79 318.9 319.0 288.5 319.2 0.07 41 439 6551 -20.9 -42.9 12 22.0 -23.7 325 80 319.2 319.3 288.7 320.0 0.20 42 434 6635 -21.5 -37.5 22 16.0 -23.9 325 80 319.5 319.6 289.0 320.8 0.35 43 423 6824 -22.3 -40.3 18 18.0 -24.8 325 81 320.8 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.27 44 419 6893 -22.9 -37.9 24 15.0 -25.1 325 81 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.2 0.35 45 400 7230 -25.9 -40.9 23 15.0 -27.8 325 82 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.3 0.27 46 378 7636 -29.7 -44.7 22 15.0 -31.2 325 80 321.5 321.6 289.5 322.3 0.19 47 366 7865 -31.9 -43.9 29 12.0 -33.0 324 82 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.4 0.21 48 363 7923 -32.5 -44.5 29 12.0 -33.6 324 82 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.3 0.20 49 350 8179 -33.9 -50.9 16 17.0 -35.1 323 84 323.0 323.1 289.8 323.4 0.10 50 340 8382 -35.3 -55.3 11 20.0 -36.4 323 85 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.06 51 339 8402 -35.5 -55.5 11 20.0 -36.6 322 86 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.1 0.06 52 337 8444 -35.9 -56.9 10 21.0 -37.0 322 86 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.0 0.05 53 326 8673 -38.1 -53.1 19 15.0 -38.9 322 88 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.2 0.08 54 316 8887 -39.9 -58.9 11 19.0 -40.7 321 89 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.4 0.04 55 313 8952 -39.9 -58.9 11 19.0 -40.7 321 90 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.3 0.04 56 300 9240 -42.1 -56.1 20 14.0 -42.7 325 93 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.06 57 282 9655 -42.9 -59.6 14 16.7 -43.6 325 100 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.9 0.04 58 250 10460 -44.5 -66.5 7 22.0 -45.2 315 88 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.02 59 225 11162 -49.9 -67.9 10 18.0 -50.3 315 79 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 60 200 11940 -48.5 -74.5 3 26.0 -49.1 325 60 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 61 150 13800 -53.9 -81.9 2 28.0 -54.3 300 42 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 62 100 16360 -60.1 -86.1 2 26.0 -60.4 260 33 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 63 94 16746 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -59.8 260 33 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 64 84 17444 -62.5 -87.5 2 25.0 -62.7 289 20 427.8 427.8 308.6 427.8 0.00 65 81 17669 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -61.0 285 16 435.9 435.9 309.4 436.0 0.00 66 73 18311 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.6 274 17 443.6 443.6 310.3 443.6 0.00 67 70 18570 -61.7 -87.7 2 26.0 -62.0 265 11 452.4 452.4 311.1 452.4 0.00 68 66 18936 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.5 239 6 463.5 463.5 312.1 463.6 0.00 69 62 19325 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.3 220 6 467.9 467.9 312.5 467.9 0.00 70 57 19847 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.2 223 10 482.0 482.0 313.6 482.0 0.00 71 51 20537 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.6 218 10 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 72 50 20660 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 210 4 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 73 41 21894 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.9 234 10 533.7 533.7 317.2 533.7 0.00 74 36 22703 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.4 265 12 549.7 549.7 318.1 549.8 0.00 75 31 23635 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.9 278 18 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.7 0.01 76 30 23840 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.1 280 19 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.6 0.01 77 28 24272 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.9 290 19 592.9 592.9 320.3 593.0 0.01 78 26 24740 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.3 280 20 617.6 617.6 321.4 617.6 0.01 79 24 25252 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -56.2 280 26 636.5 636.5 322.2 636.6 0.01 80 22 25810 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -57.1 278 26 649.6 649.6 322.7 649.6 0.01 81 20 26420 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -56.6 280 22 670.0 670.0 323.4 670.1 0.01 82 17 27465 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -56.5 254 26 703.8 703.8 324.6 703.9 0.01 83 14 28708 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -58.6 282 35 736.5 736.5 325.6 736.6 0.01 84 13 29183 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -56.7 274 33 762.0 762.0 326.3 762.1 0.02 85 12 29697 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -58.2 264 30 773.2 773.2 326.5 773.4 0.02 86 11 30256 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -57.2 260 40 799.3 799.3 327.3 799.5 0.03 87 10 30870 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -57.8 255 51 819.1 819.1 327.7 819.3 0.03 88 9.1 31480 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -56.3 258 52 852.2 852.2 328.4 852.5 0.03 89 8.3 32078 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -57.2 260 53 871.0 871.0 328.8 871.4 0.04 90 7.6 32650 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -56.8 263 54 898.1 898.1 329.4 898.5 0.04 91 7.0 33190 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -55.4 265 55 932.7 932.7 330.1 933.2 0.05 92 6.6 33581 -44.5 -82.5 1 38.0 -54.2 961.1 961.2 330.5 961.9 0.07 TRP 225 11162 -49.9 -67.9 10 18.0 -50.3 315 79 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 WND 282 9655 -42.9 -59.6 14 16.7 -43.6 325 100 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.9 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5462.00 m Freezing level: 850.00 mb = 1443.00 m = 4734.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 871.95 mb = 1236.87 m = 4057.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.56 % Est. max temperature: 12.00 C = 53.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.42 mb = 367.20 m = 1204.72 ft T: 5.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.84 C Layer 850.0- 842.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.07 mb = 2025.66 m = 6645.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.86 C = 58.74 F Cap Strength: 15.08 C Lifted Index: 16.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.20 C Showalter Index: 16.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.30 C Cross Totals Index: 11.60 C K Index: -2.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 130.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69476.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.28 mb = 1345.87 m = 4415.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 349 at 32 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 975 329 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 176 34 -2.2 34.3 1 942 610 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 202 21 7.8 19.5 2 925 758 315 23 16.3 -16.3 | 215 18 10.3 14.8 3 907 914 315 25 17.7 -17.7 | 221 18 11.7 13.4 4 874 1219 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 223 22 15.3 16.2 5 850 1443 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 223 27 18.5 19.7 6 841 1524 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 221 27 17.6 20.1 7 810 1829 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 218 22 13.7 17.3 8 779 2134 315 26 18.4 -18.4 | 224 18 12.4 12.7 9 749 2438 315 26 18.4 -18.4 | 224 18 12.4 12.7 10 721 2743 315 29 20.5 -20.5 | 234 18 14.5 10.6 11 700 2978 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 237 18 15.2 9.9 12 667 3353 310 36 27.6 -23.1 | 250 23 21.6 7.9 13 641 3658 320 40 25.7 -30.6 | 269 20 19.7 0.4 14 593 4267 325 47 27.0 -38.5 | 289 22 21.0 -7.4 15 570 4572 330 49 24.5 -42.4 | 302 22 18.5 -11.4 16 548 4877 325 58 33.3 -47.5 | 301 32 27.3 -16.4 17 500 5580 320 76 48.9 -58.2 | 302 51 42.9 -27.1 18 466 6096 325 78 44.7 -63.9 | 310 51 38.8 -32.8 19 400 7230 325 82 47.0 -67.2 | 311 55 41.0 -36.1 20 378 7620 325 80 45.9 -65.5 | 311 53 39.9 -34.5 21 304 9144 320 91 58.5 -69.7 | 306 65 52.5 -38.6 22 300 9240 325 93 53.3 -76.2 | 314 65 47.4 -45.1 23 282 9655 325 100 57.4 -81.9 | 315 72 51.4 -50.8 24 278 9754 325 100 57.4 -81.9 | 315 72 51.4 -50.8 25 254 10363 315 82 58.0 -58.0 | 297 59 52.0 -26.9 26 250 10460 315 88 62.2 -62.2 | 299 64 56.2 -31.1 27 242 10668 315 90 63.6 -63.6 | 299 66 57.7 -32.6 28 225 11162 315 79 55.9 -55.9 | 296 56 49.9 -24.8 29 211 11582 310 84 64.3 -54.0 | 291 63 58.4 -22.9 30 202 11887 325 63 36.1 -51.6 | 304 36 30.2 -20.5 31 200 11940 325 60 34.4 -49.1 | 302 34 28.4 -18.1 32 159 13411 315 41 29.0 -29.0 | 265 23 23.0 2.1 33 150 13800 300 42 36.4 -21.0 | 252 32 30.4 10.1 34 145 14021 300 47 40.7 -23.5 | 258 36 34.7 7.6 35 119 15240 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 221 27 17.6 20.1 36 114 15545 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 210 31 15.7 27.3 37 103 16154 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 202 45 16.7 41.6 38 100 16360 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 216 45 26.5 36.8 39 94 16764 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 216 45 26.5 36.8 40 85 17374 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 210 28 13.7 23.9 41 81 17678 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 199 29 9.5 26.9 42 77 17983 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 202 37 13.7 34.6 43 73 18288 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 202 32 11.9 29.5 44 70 18570 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 189 32 5.0 32.0 45 63 19202 220 2 1.3 1.5 | 172 33 -4.7 32.6 46 60 19507 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 183 41 2.4 41.0 47 57 19812 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 182 38 1.1 38.2 48 55 20117 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 177 40 -1.8 40.1 49 52 20422 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 186 42 4.6 41.7 50 50 20660 210 4 2.0 3.5 | 173 35 -4.0 34.5 51 49 20726 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 185 35 3.1 35.3 52 45 21336 225 5 3.5 3.5 | 176 35 -2.4 34.6 53 41 21946 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 183 37 2.2 36.8 54 39 22250 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 193 37 8.1 36.2 55 37 22555 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 191 31 6.0 30.0 56 33 23165 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 183 37 2.2 36.8 57 32 23470 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 190 39 7.0 38.6 58 30 23774 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 207 20 9.3 18.2 59 30 23840 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 205 31 12.7 27.8 60 29 24079 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 203 30 11.7 28.0 61 28 24384 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 208 26 12.1 22.6 62 26 24689 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 205 31 12.7 27.8 63 24 25298 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 218 33 20.6 26.4 64 23 25603 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 213 26 14.0 21.8 65 22 25908 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 215 38 22.0 31.1 66 20 26420 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 210 31 15.7 27.3 67 20 26518 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 204 32 12.9 29.4 68 19 26822 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 209 33 15.9 29.2 69 18 27127 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 205 41 17.2 37.3 70 17 27432 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 206 42 18.2 37.6 71 16 27737 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 210 48 24.1 42.0 72 15 28346 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 230 35 26.9 22.3 73 13 28956 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 230 39 29.5 24.8 74 12 29566 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 213 40 21.9 33.5 75 10 30870 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 224 62 43.3 44.3 76 7 33190 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 234 61 48.8 35.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.1 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 349.1 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.5 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.3 neg: -15.4 tot: 182.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 95.73 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 307 16 197 23| 24.7 0.0 24.7|136.1 0.0 136.1 272.2 0.71| 27.5 19.4 1000 308 21 209 21| 12.3 3.6 16.0|145.8 0.0 145.8 145.8 0.60| 17.7 10.7 1500 304 22 214 22| 7.8 2.4 10.2|145.8 -15.4 130.3 86.9 0.44| 14.5 6.3 2000 307 23 216 21| 6.8 1.8 8.7|156.8 -15.4 141.4 70.7 0.44| 12.1 5.3 2500 309 24 218 21| 5.5 1.7 7.2|172.6 -15.4 157.2 62.9 0.47| 10.4 4.9 3000 310 25 222 20| 4.6 2.5 7.1|198.3 -15.4 182.9 61.0 0.50| 9.8 4.9 4000 314 30 235 19| 5.4 1.9 7.3|286.0 -15.4 270.5 67.6 0.60| 9.5 5.7 5000 317 35 254 18| 4.3 3.6 8.0|315.3 -16.8 298.5 59.7 0.49| 10.2 5.0 6000 319 42 272 22| 4.5 3.0 7.5|411.3 -17.6 393.6 65.6 0.49| 9.7 4.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDTX/skewt/KDTX.skewt.20251020.12.gif