Station: KDRT Date: 12Z 6 APR 2013 WMO ident: 72261 Latitude: 29.37 Longitude: -100.92 Elevation: 313.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M 1000 114 - - - - - - - - - - - - SFC 977 313 13.4 7.4 67 6.0 10.1 95 6 288.5 289.6 284.2 307.2 6.62 S 958 478 12.6 5.6 62 7.0 8.9 138 17 289.3 290.3 283.9 306.2 5.95 W 943 610 12.7 5.7 62 7.0 9.0 145 25 290.7 291.8 284.7 308.2 6.11 S 937 665 12.8 5.8 62 7.0 9.0 152 26 291.3 292.4 284.9 309.0 6.18 M 925 774 12.6 7.7 72 4.9 9.8 165 29 292.2 293.5 286.3 312.6 7.14 S 923 792 12.6 8.1 74 4.5 10.0 166 30 292.4 293.7 286.5 313.4 7.36 S 916 856 12.8 8.8 77 4.0 10.5 168 33 293.2 294.6 287.3 315.5 7.78 W 910 914 13.5 6.9 64 6.6 9.8 170 36 294.5 295.8 286.9 314.5 6.88 S 904 968 14.2 5.2 55 9.0 9.2 171 34 295.8 296.9 286.6 313.7 6.14 S 885 1147 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.7 177 27 297.6 299.0 288.8 320.2 7.73 W 878 1219 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.7 180 24 298.3 299.7 289.1 321.1 7.79 S 876 1234 14.2 8.2 67 6.0 10.7 180 24 298.4 299.9 289.2 321.3 7.81 M 850 1489 15.4 6.4 55 9.0 10.2 185 21 302.3 303.6 289.8 323.5 7.11 W 846 1524 15.4 5.7 52 9.7 9.8 185 21 302.6 303.9 289.7 323.0 6.80 S 840 1589 15.4 4.4 48 11.0 9.2 193 19 303.3 304.5 289.4 322.1 6.25 S 827 1722 16.8 0.8 34 16.0 8.2 220 16 306.1 307.1 289.1 321.2 4.90 W 817 1829 16.8 -1.2 29 18.0 7.5 250 13 307.2 308.0 288.9 320.6 4.30 S 806 1940 16.8 -3.2 25 20.0 6.7 262 16 308.4 309.1 288.8 320.1 3.74 S 798 2025 18.0 -4.0 22 22.0 6.9 269 18 310.6 311.2 289.3 321.8 3.56 W 788 2134 17.5 -4.5 22 22.0 6.5 275 20 311.2 311.9 289.5 322.2 3.48 S 785 2166 17.4 -4.6 22 22.0 6.4 275 20 311.4 312.0 289.5 322.4 3.46 W 760 2438 15.3 -5.8 23 21.1 5.1 275 23 312.0 312.6 289.5 322.4 3.25 W 733 2743 12.9 -7.2 24 20.1 3.5 280 28 312.7 313.2 289.5 322.4 3.03 S 703 3094 10.2 -8.8 25 19.0 1.6 284 25 313.4 313.9 289.5 322.4 2.79 M 700 3130 10.0 -9.0 25 19.0 1.5 285 25 313.6 314.1 289.5 322.5 2.76 W 656 3658 5.0 -11.2 30 16.2 -1.7 290 21 313.9 314.3 289.3 321.9 2.48 W 632 3962 2.2 -12.4 33 14.6 -3.7 275 23 314.0 314.4 289.2 321.6 2.33 W 608 4267 -0.7 -13.7 37 13.0 -5.7 270 22 314.1 314.5 289.1 321.2 2.18 S 580 4653 -4.3 -15.3 42 11.0 -8.2 270 23 314.2 314.6 289.0 320.8 2.00 W 564 4877 -6.4 -14.5 52 8.1 -9.3 270 24 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.5 2.20 S 563 4886 -6.5 -14.5 53 8.0 -9.4 270 24 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.5 2.21 W 521 5486 -12.0 -17.9 61 5.9 -13.9 290 21 314.7 315.0 288.9 320.6 1.79 M 500 5800 -14.9 -19.7 67 4.8 -16.3 285 20 314.9 315.2 288.8 320.2 1.60 S 485 6029 -16.7 -21.3 67 4.6 -17.9 277 19 315.4 315.7 288.8 320.2 1.44 W 481 6096 -17.3 -21.6 70 4.2 -18.4 275 19 315.4 315.7 288.8 320.2 1.42 S 453 6535 -21.5 -23.3 85 1.8 -21.9 266 19 315.6 315.9 288.7 320.0 1.29 S 438 6782 -23.1 -25.8 78 2.7 -23.7 260 18 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.3 1.07 W 424 7010 -24.4 -29.8 61 5.5 -25.4 255 18 317.9 318.0 288.9 320.5 0.76 W 407 7315 -26.1 -35.2 42 9.1 -27.4 250 38 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.2 0.47 S 403 7386 -26.5 -36.5 38 10.0 -27.9 250 37 319.9 319.9 289.2 321.4 0.42 M 400 7440 -27.1 -38.1 34 11.0 -28.5 250 37 319.8 319.8 289.0 321.1 0.36 W 390 7620 -28.8 -39.6 35 10.8 -30.1 250 36 319.8 319.9 289.0 321.0 0.31 S 358 8227 -34.7 -44.7 36 10.0 -35.5 255 43 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.6 0.20 S 350 8385 -34.1 -45.1 32 11.0 -35.0 256 44 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.20 S 331 8775 -36.1 -48.1 28 12.0 -37.0 258 49 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.15 W 314 9144 -39.1 -50.5 29 11.5 -39.8 260 53 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.12 M 300 9450 -41.5 -52.5 29 11.0 -42.1 265 54 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.10 S 255 10531 -50.3 -60.3 30 10.0 -50.5 265 54 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.04 M 250 10660 -50.7 -59.7 34 9.0 -51.0 265 54 330.7 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.05 S 223 11398 -55.7 -64.7 32 9.0 -55.9 265 66 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 TRP 212 11720 -57.3 -66.3 31 9.0 -57.5 265 72 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.02 S 209 11810 -56.1 -65.1 31 9.0 -56.3 266 72 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 M 200 12090 -57.1 - - - - 270 70 342.3 - - - - S 195 12250 -57.3 - - - - 270 72 344.5 - - - - MWD 189 12449 -55.4 - - - - 270 74 350.7 - - - - W 188 12497 -54.9 - - - - 270 74 352.2 - - - - S 187 12517 -54.7 - - - - 270 74 352.9 - - - - S 182 12691 -54.3 - - - - 270 73 356.3 - - - - S 170 13127 -56.1 - - - - 270 70 360.3 - - - - S 160 13511 -57.1 - - - - 270 67 364.9 - - - - S 156 13672 -56.7 - - - - 270 66 368.2 - - - - M 150 13920 -57.9 - - - - 270 64 370.3 - - - - S 132 14718 -61.1 - - - - 273 63 378.4 - - - - S 125 15056 -60.3 - - - - 274 62 385.8 - - - - W 121 15240 -61.4 - - - - 275 62 387.1 - - - - S 121 15258 -61.5 - - - - 275 62 387.2 - - - - W 115 15545 -62.1 - - - - 270 62 391.3 - - - - S 104 16190 -63.5 - - - - 277 54 400.5 - - - - M 100 16430 -64.9 - - - - 280 51 402.3 - - - - S 93 16871 -65.7 - - - - 280 52 409.2 - - - - S 90 17070 -64.1 - - - - 280 53 416.2 - - - - W 81 17678 -68.4 - - - - 280 54 419.6 - - - - S 80 17781 -69.1 - - - - 284 50 420.2 - - - - W 77 17983 -68.8 - - - - 295 42 424.9 - - - - W 74 18288 -68.3 - - - - 290 40 432.1 - - - - M 70 18580 -67.9 - - - - 280 31 439.1 - - - - W 70 18593 -67.9 - - - - 275 30 439.5 - - - - S 67 18845 -66.9 - - - - 279 32 446.8 - - - - W 66 18898 -67.1 - - - - 280 32 447.5 - - - - S 62 19312 -68.9 - - - - 302 20 452.4 - - - - W 60 19507 -68.5 - - - - 325 15 457.4 - - - - W 57 19812 -68.0 - - - - 305 11 465.4 - - - - W 54 20117 -67.4 - - - - 320 9 473.4 - - - - W 52 20422 -66.8 - - - - 305 17 481.6 - - - - M 50 20610 -66.5 - - - - 305 14 486.8 - - - - W 49 20726 -66.6 - - - - 310 11 489.2 - - - - S 46 21114 -66.9 - - - - 287 16 497.6 - - - - W 44 21336 -66.4 - - - - 280 19 504.0 - - - - S 44 21383 -66.3 - - - - 276 20 505.4 - - - - S 43 21523 -63.5 - - - - 267 21 515.6 - - - - W 42 21641 -62.8 - - - - 260 23 520.2 - - - - S 41 21817 -61.7 - - - - 278 24 527.2 - - - - W 40 21946 -59.6 - - - - 290 24 535.7 - - - - S 39 22130 -56.5 - - - - 298 11 547.9 - - - - W 38 22250 -56.3 - - - - 75 3 551.4 - - - - S 37 22464 -55.9 - - - - 191 6 557.8 - - - - W 33 23165 -59.8 - - - - 225 16 565.5 - - - - S 33 23186 -59.9 - - - - 224 16 565.7 - - - - S 32 23379 -57.3 - - - - 218 17 577.7 - - - - W 32 23470 -56.5 - - - - 215 18 582.0 - - - - W 30 23774 -54.0 - - - - 260 11 596.9 - - - - M 30 23790 -53.9 - - - - 255 9 597.7 - - - - S 29 24009 -51.5 - - - - 263 8 610.1 - - - - W 27 24384 -52.7 - - - - 280 7 617.1 - - - - S 24 25225 -55.3 - - - - 354 1 633.0 - - - - W 24 25298 -54.6 - - - - 30 1 637.1 - - - - S 22 25787 -49.9 - - - - 113 5 665.1 - - - - M 20 26410 -49.5 - - - - 120 10 684.7 - - - - W 17 27432 -49.9 - - - - 15 4 714.6 - - - - S 17 27476 -49.9 - - - - 15 4 716.0 - - - - S 13 29249 -46.3 - - - - 174 5 785.5 - - - - S 12 29785 -43.5 - - - - 187 5 813.6 - - - - S 11 30369 -44.9 - - - - 189 5 829.0 - - - - M 10 31010 -42.9 - - - - 190 5 859.4 - - - - S 8.8 31881 -37.9 - - - - - - 910.8 - - - - Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.00 m Freezing level: 613.82 mb = 4193.82 m = 13759.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.88 mb = 3366.19 m = 11043.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.53 mb = 1075.60 m = 3528.82 ft T: 14.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.33 C/km ThetaE index: 3.39 C Layer 846.5- 798.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.69 mb = 4064.70 m = 13335.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.80 C = 101.84 F Cap Strength: 15.04 C Lifted Index: 6.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.03 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 17.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer Lifted index: 6.06 C CAPE (B+): 42.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63896.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.96 mb = 1589.63 m = 5215.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 290 at 17 knt ----------------------------------------------------- TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V mb m knt m/s | knt m/s ----------------------------------------------------- 1000 114 | 977 313 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 106 23 -21.7 6.3 958 478 138 17 -11.2 12.2 | 124 32 -26.9 18.0 943 610 145 25 -14.3 20.5 | 131 40 -30.0 26.3 937 665 152 26 -12.2 23.3 | 136 40 -27.9 29.1 925 774 165 29 -7.5 28.0 | 146 41 -23.2 33.8 923 792 166 30 -7.3 29.0 | 146 42 -23.1 34.8 916 856 168 33 -6.8 32.4 | 150 44 -22.5 38.2 910 914 170 36 -6.3 35.5 | 152 47 -22.0 41.2 904 968 171 34 -5.2 33.5 | 152 44 -20.9 39.3 885 1147 177 27 -1.5 26.8 | 152 37 -17.2 32.6 878 1219 180 24 -0.0 24.0 | 152 34 -15.7 29.8 876 1234 180 24 0.1 23.8 | 152 33 -15.6 29.6 850 1489 185 21 1.8 20.9 | 153 30 -13.9 26.7 846 1524 185 21 1.8 20.9 | 153 30 -13.9 26.7 840 1589 193 19 4.4 18.8 | 155 27 -11.3 24.6 827 1722 220 16 10.2 12.1 | 163 19 -5.6 17.9 817 1829 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 161 11 -3.5 10.2 806 1940 262 16 15.4 2.2 | 178 8 -0.3 8.0 798 2025 269 18 17.5 0.5 | 196 7 1.8 6.2 788 2134 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 226 6 4.2 4.0 785 2166 275 20 20.2 -1.8 | 228 6 4.5 4.0 760 2438 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 242 8 7.2 3.8 733 2743 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 266 12 11.9 0.9 703 3094 284 25 24.5 -6.3 | 274 9 8.8 -0.5 700 3130 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 275 8 8.4 -0.7 656 3658 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 289 4 4.0 -1.4 632 3962 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 242 8 7.2 3.8 608 4267 270 22 22.0 0.0 | 227 9 6.3 5.8 580 4653 270 23 23.3 0.0 | 233 10 7.5 5.8 564 4877 270 24 24.0 0.0 | 235 10 8.3 5.8 563 4886 270 24 24.0 -0.1 | 235 10 8.2 5.7 521 5486 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 289 4 4.0 -1.4 500 5800 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 260 4 3.6 0.6 485 6029 277 19 19.1 -2.5 | 225 5 3.4 3.3 481 6096 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 218 5 3.2 4.1 453 6535 266 19 18.5 1.4 | 201 8 2.8 7.2 438 6782 260 18 18.0 3.1 | 194 9 2.3 8.9 424 7010 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 189 11 1.7 10.4 407 7315 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 227 27 20.0 18.8 403 7386 250 37 35.2 12.8 | 226 27 19.5 18.6 400 7440 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 226 27 19.1 18.4 390 7620 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 225 26 18.1 18.1 358 8227 255 43 41.2 11.1 | 236 31 25.5 16.9 350 8385 256 44 43.1 10.8 | 239 32 27.4 16.6 331 8775 258 49 47.8 10.0 | 244 36 32.1 15.8 314 9144 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 248 39 36.5 15.0 300 9450 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 255 40 38.1 10.5 255 10531 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 255 40 38.1 10.5 250 10660 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 255 40 38.1 10.5 223 11398 265 66 66.2 5.8 | 257 52 50.5 11.6 212 11720 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 258 57 56.0 12.1 209 11810 266 72 71.4 4.7 | 259 57 55.6 10.5 200 12090 270 70 70.0 0.0 | 264 55 54.3 5.8 195 12250 270 72 71.8 0.0 | 264 56 56.1 5.8 189 12449 270 74 74.0 0.0 | 264 59 58.3 5.8 188 12497 270 74 74.0 0.0 | 264 59 58.3 5.8 187 12517 270 74 73.9 0.0 | 264 58 58.2 5.8 182 12691 270 73 72.6 0.0 | 264 57 56.9 5.8 170 13127 270 70 69.6 0.0 | 264 54 53.9 5.8 160 13511 270 67 66.9 0.0 | 264 52 51.2 5.8 156 13672 270 66 65.8 0.0 | 263 50 50.0 5.8 150 13920 270 64 64.0 0.0 | 263 49 48.3 5.8 132 14718 273 63 62.7 -3.3 | 267 47 47.0 2.5 125 15056 274 62 62.1 -4.7 | 269 46 46.4 1.1 121 15240 275 62 61.8 -5.4 | 270 46 46.1 0.4 121 15258 275 62 61.8 -5.1 | 269 46 46.1 0.7 115 15545 270 62 62.0 0.0 | 263 47 46.3 5.8 104 16190 277 54 53.6 -6.5 | 271 38 37.9 -0.7 100 16430 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 275 35 34.5 -3.1 93 16871 280 52 51.3 -9.0 | 275 36 35.6 -3.3 90 17070 280 53 51.7 -9.1 | 275 36 36.0 -3.3 81 17678 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 275 38 37.5 -3.6 80 17781 284 50 48.4 -12.3 | 281 33 32.7 -6.5 77 17983 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 298 25 22.4 -12.0 74 18288 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 290 23 21.9 -7.9 70 18580 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 268 15 14.8 0.4 70 18593 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 257 15 14.2 3.2 67 18845 279 32 31.2 -5.0 | 267 16 15.5 0.7 66 18898 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 269 16 15.8 0.2 62 19312 302 20 17.2 -11.0 | 344 5 1.5 -5.2 60 19507 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 48 10 -7.1 -6.5 57 19812 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 86 7 -6.7 -0.5 54 20117 320 9 5.8 -6.9 | 84 10 -9.9 -1.1 52 20422 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 24 4 -1.8 -4.0 50 20610 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 62 5 -4.2 -2.2 49 20726 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 80 7 -7.3 -1.3 46 21114 287 16 15.4 -4.8 | 161 1 -0.3 1.0 44 21336 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 230 4 3.0 2.5 44 21383 276 20 19.5 -2.2 | 227 5 3.8 3.6 43 21523 267 21 21.4 1.2 | 219 9 5.7 7.0 42 21641 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 215 12 6.9 9.8 41 21817 278 24 23.4 -3.2 | 251 8 7.7 2.6 40 21946 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 289 7 6.8 -2.4 39 22130 298 11 10.0 -5.2 | 96 6 -5.8 0.6 38 22250 75 3 -2.9 -0.8 | 105 19 -18.6 5.0 37 22464 191 6 1.2 5.9 | 129 19 -14.5 11.7 33 23165 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 166 18 -4.4 17.1 33 23186 224 16 11.3 11.6 | 166 18 -4.4 17.3 32 23379 218 17 10.6 13.8 | 166 20 -5.1 19.6 32 23470 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 165 21 -5.4 20.5 30 23774 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 148 9 -4.9 7.7 30 23790 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 139 11 -7.0 8.1 29 24009 263 8 8.2 1.0 | 132 10 -7.5 6.8 27 24384 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 117 10 -8.8 4.6 24 25225 354 1 0.1 -1.5 | 106 16 -15.6 4.3 24 25298 30 1 -0.5 -0.9 | 107 17 -16.2 4.9 22 25787 113 5 -4.6 1.9 | 111 22 -20.3 7.7 20 26410 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 114 27 -24.4 10.8 17 27432 15 4 -1.0 -3.9 | 97 17 -16.7 1.9 17 27476 15 4 -1.0 -3.9 | 97 17 -16.7 1.9 13 29249 174 5 -0.4 4.5 | 122 19 -16.1 10.3 12 29785 187 5 0.5 4.6 | 124 18 -15.2 10.4 11 30369 189 5 0.8 4.8 | 125 18 -15.0 10.5 10 31010 190 5 0.9 4.9 | 126 18 -14.8 10.7 9 31881 | Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 345.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 344.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 166.27 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 148 20 131 68| 30.5 0.0 30.5|235.6 0.0 235.6 471.2 0.74| 35.1 25.8 1000 163 25 142 73| 12.0 0.0 12.0|280.9 -0.6 280.3 280.3 0.54| 27.6 14.9 1500 172 23 147 67| 6.5 0.0 6.5|310.4 -0.6 309.8 206.5 0.44| 25.8 11.4 2000 188 22 155 59| 7.1 0.0 7.1|328.4 -0.6 327.8 163.9 0.49| 22.5 11.0 2500 209 22 169 50| 6.9 0.0 6.9|340.9 -0.6 340.3 136.1 0.51| 19.4 9.8 3000 227 23 183 42| 5.1 0.0 5.1|345.3 -0.6 344.7 114.9 0.50| 17.0 8.5 4000 246 23 199 31| 3.8 0.9 4.7|346.6 -12.1 334.6 83.6 0.40| 14.1 5.6 5000 254 23 208 26| 3.0 0.7 3.7|357.4 -12.1 345.3 69.1 0.42| 12.1 5.0 6000 260 22 213 22| 2.3 1.0 3.3|359.6 -18.9 340.7 56.8 0.35| 10.8 3.8