UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 OCT 25 Searching for KDTX... Searching the city database file for: KDTX ... Date:1200Z 28 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 209 SFC 985 329 3.2 2.6 96 0.6 2.9 70 3 277.5 278.3 276.8 290.3 4.68 2 965 496 3.6 2.9 95 0.7 3.3 91 19 279.6 280.4 278.2 293.0 4.88 3 961 530 4.6 2.2 84 2.4 3.5 95 22 280.9 281.7 278.6 293.8 4.66 4 958 556 6.8 1.8 70 5.0 4.4 98 24 283.4 284.2 279.6 296.2 4.54 5 955 582 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 4.2 102 27 283.9 284.6 279.6 296.0 4.30 6 953 599 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 4.2 104 28 284.0 284.8 279.6 296.2 4.31 7 925 845 5.2 0.2 70 5.0 2.9 115 29 284.6 285.4 279.8 296.5 4.19 8 918 907 4.6 -0.1 72 4.7 2.5 115 29 284.6 285.3 279.7 296.3 4.13 9 917 916 4.6 -0.4 70 5.0 2.4 115 29 284.7 285.4 279.6 296.2 4.05 10 915 934 5.0 -6.0 45 11.0 0.7 116 29 285.3 285.8 278.2 293.0 2.66 11 912 961 5.2 -7.8 38 13.0 0.3 117 29 285.8 286.2 277.9 292.6 2.33 12 899 1078 5.0 -12.0 28 17.0 -0.9 120 28 286.8 287.0 277.6 291.8 1.69 13 885 1206 4.0 -12.0 30 16.0 -1.5 125 27 287.0 287.3 277.7 292.1 1.72 14 873 1317 3.8 -12.2 30 16.0 -1.7 127 26 287.9 288.2 278.2 293.0 1.71 15 850 1533 2.2 -13.8 29 16.0 -3.0 130 23 288.5 288.7 278.2 293.1 1.55 16 817 1851 0.2 -17.8 24 18.0 -5.1 109 29 289.6 289.8 278.2 293.2 1.15 17 800 2020 0.4 -27.6 10 28.0 -6.2 104 26 291.6 291.7 278.2 293.2 0.49 18 794 2080 1.2 -23.8 13 25.0 -5.4 102 26 293.1 293.2 279.2 295.3 0.70 19 790 2121 3.0 -29.0 7 32.0 -4.8 100 25 295.4 295.5 279.9 296.9 0.44 20 787 2152 3.2 -27.8 8 31.0 -4.6 100 25 295.9 296.0 280.3 297.6 0.49 21 769 2339 2.6 -27.4 9 30.0 -5.0 100 22 297.3 297.4 280.9 299.0 0.52 22 714 2939 3.0 85 19 304.1 23 700 3099 1.8 -42.2 2 44.0 -6.7 85 21 304.5 304.5 283.4 305.0 0.13 24 662 3546 -1.3 -41.3 3 40.0 -8.8 85 23 305.9 305.9 284.0 306.4 0.16 25 651 3679 -1.1 85 24 307.6 26 620 4066 -3.5 -39.5 4 36.0 -10.4 82 20 309.2 309.2 285.2 309.9 0.20 27 552 4969 -11.5 -30.5 19 19.0 -15.4 85 19 310.1 310.2 286.1 312.0 0.55 28 527 5322 -13.9 -31.9 20 18.0 -17.4 82 21 311.4 311.5 286.4 313.1 0.50 29 500 5720 -15.7 -40.7 10 25.0 -19.4 80 23 313.9 313.9 287.0 314.7 0.22 30 485 5949 -17.1 -44.1 8 27.0 -20.7 77 24 314.9 315.0 287.2 315.5 0.16 31 452 6473 -20.9 -50.9 5 30.0 -23.9 75 23 316.6 316.6 287.7 316.9 0.08 32 405 7271 -28.3 -54.3 6 26.0 -30.2 103 20 317.1 317.1 287.9 317.3 0.06 33 400 7360 -29.1 -55.1 6 26.0 -30.9 100 31 317.2 317.2 287.9 317.4 0.05 34 364 8027 -33.7 -58.7 6 25.0 -35.0 80 30 319.7 319.7 288.7 319.8 0.04 35 300 9350 -45.3 -62.3 13 17.0 -45.8 80 21 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.6 0.03 36 280 9806 -49.5 -62.5 20 13.0 -49.8 82 18 321.9 321.9 289.3 322.0 0.03 37 250 10540 -55.1 -67.1 21 12.0 -55.3 60 11 324.1 324.2 290.0 324.2 0.02 38 246 10643 -56.1 -68.1 21 12.0 -56.3 76 10 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.2 0.02 39 240 10799 -57.1 -68.1 24 11.0 -57.2 57 15 324.9 325.0 290.3 325.0 0.02 40 228 11122 -58.7 -70.7 20 12.0 -58.8 35 25 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.4 0.01 41 216 11464 -56.1 -72.1 12 16.0 -56.3 30 17 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.01 42 202 11887 -58.1 -73.1 13 15.0 -58.3 5 5 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.01 43 200 11950 -57.3 -74.3 10 17.0 -57.5 5 12 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.01 44 179 12651 -55.9 -79.9 3 24.0 -56.2 360 5 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.00 45 171 12942 -55.5 -80.5 3 25.0 -55.8 305 6 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 46 157 13482 -57.7 -82.7 3 25.0 -57.9 255 19 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 47 150 13770 -56.7 -82.7 2 26.0 -57.0 280 19 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 48 149 13813 -56.5 -82.5 2 26.0 -56.8 280 18 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.5 0.00 49 103 16136 -60.9 -85.9 2 25.0 -61.2 291 22 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 50 100 16320 -60.5 -85.5 2 25.0 -60.8 285 21 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 51 90 16970 -63.5 -86.5 3 23.0 -63.7 281 24 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 52 83 17469 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -62.0 255 16 430.9 430.9 308.9 430.9 0.00 53 70 18520 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -63.0 280 14 450.2 450.2 310.9 450.3 0.00 54 63 19170 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.4 311 11 463.1 463.1 312.1 463.1 0.00 55 57 19789 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.6 273 18 481.1 481.1 313.5 481.1 0.00 56 50 20600 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.7 295 11 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 57 43 21526 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.5 305 15 514.1 514.1 315.9 514.2 0.00 58 41 21818 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.4 276 20 524.2 524.2 316.6 524.2 0.00 59 38 22284 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.3 266 22 530.6 530.6 316.9 530.6 0.00 60 35 22789 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.1 275 24 549.5 549.5 318.1 549.5 0.00 61 34 22967 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.8 275 24 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.0 0.00 62 30 23740 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.3 300 18 577.0 577.0 319.5 577.0 0.01 63 29 23950 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.9 294 18 583.7 583.7 319.9 583.7 0.01 64 27 24392 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.4 315 20 591.3 591.3 320.2 591.3 0.00 65 24 25121 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.9 291 17 616.7 616.8 321.3 616.8 0.01 66 21 25948 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.4 302 14 635.9 635.9 322.2 636.0 0.01 67 20 26250 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.7 285 24 651.0 651.0 322.7 651.0 0.01 68 16 27644 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.7 291 24 699.1 699.1 324.4 699.2 0.01 69 13 28942 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -62.3 298 26 736.3 736.3 325.6 736.4 0.01 70 12 29440 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -62.4 296 25 753.4 753.4 326.0 753.5 0.01 71 12 29440 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -61.0 296 25 759.8 759.8 326.2 759.9 0.01 72 11 29988 -57.7 -86.7 1 29.0 -60.4 275 35 782.5 782.6 326.8 782.7 0.02 73 10 30590 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -60.3 255 37 805.7 805.7 327.4 805.8 0.02 74 9.8 30718 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -59.7 813.3 813.3 327.5 813.5 0.02 75 8.8 31400 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -60.6 835.7 835.7 328.1 835.9 0.02 76 8.2 31848 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -59.6 859.0 859.0 328.6 859.3 0.03 TRP 228 11122 -58.7 -70.7 20 12.0 -58.8 35 25 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.4 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5511.00 m Freezing level: 677.94 mb = 3358.31 m = 11017.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 909.11 mb = 986.44 m = 3236.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.99 % Est. max temperature: 14.58 C = 58.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.87 mb = 405.02 m = 1328.80 ft T: 3.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 4.70 C Layer 918.0- 885.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.75 mb = 4560.82 m = 14963.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.23 C = 95.42 F Cap Strength: 16.58 C Lifted Index: 17.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.85 C Showalter Index: 18.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.90 C Cross Totals Index: 1.90 C K Index: -39.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 69.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61874.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.64 mb = 1602.91 m = 5258.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 125 at 17 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 70 3 -2.8 -1.0 | 314 15 10.8 -10.4 1 952 610 105 29 -28.0 7.5 | 82 14 -14.4 -1.9 2 925 845 115 29 -26.3 12.3 | 103 13 -12.6 2.8 3 917 914 115 29 -26.3 12.3 | 103 13 -12.6 2.8 4 883 1219 125 27 -22.1 15.5 | 126 10 -8.5 6.1 5 851 1524 130 23 -17.6 14.8 | 144 7 -4.0 5.4 6 850 1533 130 23 -17.6 14.8 | 144 7 -4.0 5.4 7 819 1829 110 29 -27.3 9.9 | 92 14 -13.6 0.5 8 789 2134 100 25 -24.6 4.3 | 65 12 -11.0 -5.1 9 760 2438 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 46 8 -6.1 -5.9 10 732 2743 95 20 -19.9 1.7 | 39 10 -6.3 -7.7 11 704 3048 80 19 -18.7 -3.3 | 22 14 -5.1 -12.7 12 700 3099 85 21 -20.9 -1.8 | 33 13 -7.3 -11.2 13 652 3658 85 24 -23.9 -2.1 | 42 15 -10.3 -11.5 14 603 4267 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 14 13 -3.1 -12.4 15 579 4572 85 15 -14.9 -1.3 | 7 11 -1.3 -10.7 16 557 4877 85 19 -18.9 -1.7 | 26 12 -5.3 -11.1 17 500 5720 80 23 -22.7 -4.0 | 34 16 -9.0 -13.4 18 475 6096 75 24 -23.2 -6.2 | 31 18 -9.5 -15.6 19 437 6706 75 22 -21.3 -5.7 | 27 17 -7.6 -15.1 20 402 7315 105 20 -19.3 5.2 | 53 7 -5.7 -4.2 21 400 7360 100 31 -30.5 5.4 | 77 17 -16.9 -4.0 22 385 7620 90 32 -32.0 0.0 | 63 21 -18.4 -9.4 23 353 8230 75 29 -28.0 -7.5 | 40 22 -14.4 -16.9 24 309 9144 75 25 -24.1 -6.5 | 33 19 -10.5 -15.9 25 300 9350 80 21 -20.7 -3.6 | 28 15 -7.0 -13.1 26 295 9449 70 22 -20.7 -7.5 | 23 18 -7.0 -16.9 27 257 10363 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 346 8 1.8 -7.3 28 250 10540 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 345 15 4.1 -14.9 29 245 10668 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 341 12 3.8 -11.1 30 233 10973 25 21 -8.9 -19.0 | 350 29 4.8 -28.4 31 228 11122 35 25 -14.3 -20.5 | 1 30 -0.7 -29.9 32 222 11278 30 26 -13.0 -22.5 | 359 32 0.6 -31.9 33 212 11582 30 12 -6.0 -10.4 | 339 21 7.6 -19.8 34 202 11887 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 | 317 20 13.2 -14.4 35 200 11950 5 12 -1.0 -12.0 | 329 25 12.6 -21.4 36 192 12192 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 323 24 14.5 -19.4 37 183 12497 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 325 24 13.6 -19.4 38 175 12802 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 305 17 13.6 -9.4 39 167 13106 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 277 25 24.9 -2.9 40 151 13716 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 281 37 36.6 -7.4 41 150 13770 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 291 35 32.4 -12.7 42 144 14021 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 293 32 29.4 -12.2 43 137 14326 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 299 40 35.4 -19.6 44 119 15240 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 299 42 37.2 -20.4 45 113 15545 310 25 19.2 -16.1 | 308 42 32.8 -25.5 46 100 16320 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 294 37 33.9 -14.8 47 98 16459 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 294 37 33.9 -14.8 48 89 17069 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 290 40 37.3 -13.6 49 84 17374 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 279 30 30.1 -5.0 50 80 17678 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 282 28 27.2 -5.8 51 73 18288 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 300 32 28.1 -16.2 52 70 18520 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 293 30 27.4 -11.8 53 69 18593 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 307 32 25.1 -19.0 54 66 18898 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 293 30 27.4 -11.8 55 63 19202 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 309 27 21.4 -17.2 56 60 19507 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 285 24 23.0 -6.0 57 57 19812 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 289 34 32.6 -11.1 58 54 20117 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 297 32 28.7 -14.9 59 50 20600 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 301 27 23.6 -14.1 60 49 20726 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 295 33 30.1 -13.8 61 44 21336 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 305 33 26.7 -18.6 62 42 21641 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 305 31 25.1 -17.4 63 40 21946 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 275 37 36.8 -3.2 64 36 22555 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 288 35 33.6 -11.2 65 35 22860 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 287 40 38.5 -11.6 66 31 23470 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 288 37 35.6 -11.3 67 30 23740 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 302 35 29.2 -18.4 68 30 23774 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 302 38 31.8 -19.9 69 28 24079 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 297 32 28.7 -14.9 70 27 24384 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 310 36 27.8 -23.6 71 26 24689 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 303 29 24.0 -15.4 72 25 24994 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 295 31 28.1 -13.3 73 23 25298 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 302 37 31.0 -19.4 74 22 25603 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 299 38 33.6 -18.7 75 21 25908 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 307 30 23.6 -17.8 76 20 26213 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 274 33 33.4 -2.2 77 20 26250 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 293 40 36.8 -15.6 78 19 26518 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 293 40 36.8 -15.6 79 17 27127 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 274 39 38.8 -2.7 80 17 27432 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 302 41 34.4 -21.4 81 15 28042 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 287 40 38.5 -11.6 82 14 28346 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 289 47 44.2 -14.8 83 14 28651 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 305 43 34.9 -24.3 84 12 29261 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 296 41 37.1 -18.0 85 12 29566 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 302 42 35.3 -21.9 86 11 30175 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 277 53 52.5 -6.0 87 10 30590 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 270 49 49.4 0.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.6 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 124.6 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.4 neg: -62.9 tot: 63.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 13.05 Bulk Shear: 2.73 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 106 22 66 8| 27.7 0.0 27.7| 93.3 0.0 93.3 186.6 0.95| 34.2 32.4 1000 114 25 95 9| 12.4 0.0 12.4|110.8 0.0 110.8 110.8 0.92| 20.8 19.2 1500 117 25 103 9| 8.2 3.0 11.2|114.4 -20.9 93.4 62.3 0.56| 18.6 10.5 2000 114 25 94 9| 6.2 3.0 9.2|114.4 -46.8 67.5 33.8 0.36| 16.4 5.8 2500 111 24 85 9| 4.9 3.1 8.0|114.4 -55.4 58.9 23.6 0.28| 14.1 4.0 3000 107 23 74 9| 4.1 3.0 7.1|126.4 -62.9 63.5 21.2 0.27| 13.0 3.5 4000 101 23 61 10| 3.1 2.4 5.5|130.9 -87.8 43.1 10.8 0.17| 10.9 1.9 5000 98 22 52 10| 2.7 2.0 4.7|145.7 -90.8 54.9 11.0 0.20| 9.5 1.9 6000 95 22 48 11| 2.2 1.9 4.2|148.9 -96.7 52.2 8.7 0.18| 8.3 1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KDTX/skewt/KDTX.skewt.20251028.12.gif