UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025051820.upa.cvt Date: 2000Z 18 MAY 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:2000Z 18 MAY 25 Station: KTOP WMO ident: 72456 Latitude: 39.07 Longitude: -95.62 Elevation: 270.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 977 270 27.0 13.0 42 14.0 17.9 120 20 302.2 303.9 291.9 330.8 9.67 2 962 408 24.2 13.2 50 11.0 17.1 126 19 300.7 302.5 291.7 330.0 9.96 3 925 753 20.6 11.6 56 9.0 14.9 125 17 300.4 302.1 291.1 327.8 9.31 4 897 1018 17.8 11.8 68 6.0 14.0 127 18 300.1 301.9 291.3 328.8 9.74 5 850 1475 13.4 10.5 83 2.9 11.6 125 23 300.2 301.9 291.1 327.9 9.42 6 823 1746 11.4 9.8 90 1.6 10.4 149 25 300.9 302.6 291.2 328.2 9.28 7 820 1777 13.0 9.4 79 3.6 10.8 153 25 302.9 304.5 291.7 329.8 9.07 8 799 1995 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.2 168 23 304.7 306.7 293.8 337.9 11.10 9 793 2059 12.6 11.4 92 1.2 11.9 171 22 305.3 307.3 293.7 337.6 10.74 10 757 2447 9.8 8.0 89 1.8 8.7 170 20 306.4 308.1 292.6 333.4 8.93 11 755 2469 10.0 6.4 78 3.6 7.9 172 20 306.8 308.3 292.0 331.1 8.01 12 752 2503 11.2 2.2 54 9.0 6.2 174 19 308.5 309.6 290.8 326.9 5.97 13 746 2570 12.4 -6.6 26 19.0 3.5 179 19 310.5 311.1 288.9 320.4 3.12 14 743 2604 12.6 -7.4 24 20.0 3.3 181 18 311.1 311.6 288.9 320.5 2.95 15 700 3101 8.4 -8.6 29 17.0 0.8 180 17 311.8 312.3 289.0 320.9 2.85 16 621 4076 0.0 -15.0 31 15.0 -5.5 214 24 313.0 313.4 288.5 319.3 1.92 17 596 4404 -2.7 -12.7 46 10.0 -6.5 230 26 313.6 314.1 289.2 321.5 2.41 18 583 4579 -4.3 -13.3 49 9.0 -7.7 239 27 313.7 314.2 289.2 321.4 2.35 19 568 4784 -5.9 -13.9 53 8.0 -8.8 243 25 314.2 314.6 289.3 321.7 2.30 20 546 5093 -8.3 -14.3 62 6.0 -10.5 248 26 314.9 315.3 289.5 322.5 2.31 21 521 5455 -11.3 -13.1 87 1.8 -11.9 255 31 315.5 316.0 290.0 324.3 2.68 22 520 5470 -11.5 -13.0 89 1.5 -12.1 255 31 315.5 316.0 290.0 324.3 2.70 23 500 5770 -13.5 -16.2 80 2.7 -14.4 260 35 316.6 317.0 289.9 323.7 2.16 24 485 6000 -14.9 -18.1 77 3.2 -15.9 253 37 317.6 318.0 290.0 324.0 1.90 25 482 6047 -14.5 -23.5 46 9.0 -16.9 252 38 318.7 318.9 289.6 322.8 1.19 26 480 6079 -14.3 -23.3 46 9.0 -16.7 251 38 319.3 319.5 289.8 323.5 1.22 27 449 6579 -18.5 -23.5 65 5.0 -19.8 251 45 320.2 320.4 290.2 324.6 1.28 28 445 6646 -19.1 -27.1 49 8.0 -20.9 251 45 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.5 0.93 29 443 6679 -19.3 -27.3 49 8.0 -21.1 251 44 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.6 0.92 30 440 6729 -19.5 -30.5 37 11.0 -21.7 252 44 320.8 320.9 289.8 323.2 0.69 31 439 6746 -19.5 -37.5 19 18.0 -22.4 252 44 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.35 32 430 6900 -20.1 -40.1 15 20.0 -23.0 252 42 322.1 322.2 289.7 323.1 0.27 33 415 7161 -22.5 -43.5 13 21.0 -25.1 254 40 322.3 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.20 34 414 7179 -22.5 -46.5 9 24.0 -25.2 254 39 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.1 0.14 35 413 7196 -22.3 -48.3 8 26.0 -25.2 254 39 323.0 323.1 289.8 323.5 0.12 36 400 7430 -23.7 -46.7 10 23.0 -26.3 255 37 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.14 37 394 7540 -24.3 -46.3 11 22.0 -26.8 255 38 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.15 38 361 8170 -29.9 -48.9 14 19.0 -31.6 251 43 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.12 39 342 8553 -33.3 -47.3 23 14.0 -34.4 249 46 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.16 40 338 8635 -33.9 -43.9 36 10.0 -34.8 248 46 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.23 41 332 8761 -34.9 -45.9 32 11.0 -35.8 248 47 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.19 42 327 8866 -35.7 -42.7 49 7.0 -36.4 247 48 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.27 43 325 8909 -35.9 -44.9 39 9.0 -36.7 247 48 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.21 44 322 8973 -36.5 -44.5 43 8.0 -37.2 246 49 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.23 45 318 9060 -37.1 -47.1 35 10.0 -37.8 246 49 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.17 46 306 9325 -39.1 -47.1 42 8.0 -39.6 248 49 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.18 47 300 9460 -40.1 -51.1 30 11.0 -40.8 250 49 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.12 48 288 9738 -42.7 -50.7 41 8.0 -43.1 252 51 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.13 49 285 9809 -43.3 -56.3 23 13.0 -43.9 253 52 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.07 50 283 9856 -43.5 -53.5 32 10.0 -44.0 253 53 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.09 51 263 10346 -47.7 -56.7 35 9.0 -48.0 257 57 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.07 52 256 10524 -49.3 -58.3 34 9.0 -49.6 259 59 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.06 53 250 10680 -50.3 -60.3 30 10.0 -50.5 260 60 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 54 245 10811 -51.3 -61.3 29 10.0 -51.5 259 61 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.04 55 240 10944 -51.9 -63.9 22 12.0 -52.2 258 61 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.03 56 235 11080 -52.9 -62.9 29 10.0 -53.1 257 62 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 57 200 12100 -59.7 -68.7 30 9.0 -59.8 245 66 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.02 58 188 12488 -61.3 -72.3 22 11.0 -61.4 250 69 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.01 59 162 13418 -60.5 -79.4 7 18.9 -60.7 240 80 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 60 150 13900 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 245 68 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 61 100 16440 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -57.7 245 33 417.0 417.0 307.4 417.0 0.00 62 87 17312 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.4 258 29 426.3 426.3 308.4 426.3 0.00 63 85 17456 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.3 255 27 431.6 431.6 309.0 431.6 0.00 64 79 17911 -62.3 -88.3 2 26.0 -62.6 242 24 435.8 435.8 309.4 435.8 0.00 65 78 17989 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.4 243 23 437.8 437.8 309.7 437.8 0.00 66 77 18069 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.7 243 22 443.1 443.1 310.2 443.1 0.00 67 70 18660 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.8 230 10 450.7 450.7 310.9 450.7 0.00 68 61 19506 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.6 156 10 464.8 464.8 312.2 464.8 0.00 69 55 20145 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.2 293 9 487.0 487.0 314.0 487.0 0.00 70 54 20259 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.9 321 5 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 71 50 20740 -57.7 -86.7 1 29.0 -58.5 105 7 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.5 0.00 72 42 21839 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.7 109 3 530.5 530.5 316.9 530.5 0.00 73 40 22148 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.6 91 1 544.0 544.0 317.8 544.0 0.00 74 35 22998 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -56.8 149 12 567.7 567.7 319.0 567.8 0.01 75 33 23373 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.8 122 10 574.7 574.7 319.4 574.8 0.01 76 30 23980 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -56.8 155 5 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 77 28 24420 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -55.9 144 4 609.1 609.1 321.0 609.1 0.01 78 27 24656 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -52.6 138 5 627.8 627.8 321.8 627.9 0.01 79 25 25159 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -52.3 126 7 643.5 643.5 322.4 643.6 0.02 80 22 25995 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.0 105 9 665.7 665.7 323.3 665.8 0.02 81 20 26620 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -52.4 40 10 687.7 687.7 324.0 687.9 0.02 82 18 27316 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -51.8 138 3 713.2 713.2 324.8 713.4 0.02 83 17 27695 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -52.4 158 4 723.0 723.0 325.1 723.2 0.03 84 15 28528 -44.7 -81.7 1 37.0 -51.0 153 12 759.3 759.3 326.2 759.6 0.03 85 14 28989 -45.7 -82.7 1 37.0 -51.8 153 14 771.1 771.1 326.5 771.3 0.03 86 12 30024 -42.7 -81.7 1 39.0 -50.8 167 10 816.5 816.5 327.7 816.8 0.04 87 11 30611 -43.1 -81.1 1 38.0 -51.3 140 11 835.6 835.6 328.1 836.1 0.05 88 11 30611 -40.9 -80.9 1 40.0 -50.3 140 11 843.6 843.6 328.2 844.1 0.05 89 10 31260 -40.9 -80.9 1 40.0 -50.7 110 12 866.9 866.9 328.8 867.4 0.06 90 9.9 31328 -41.1 -81.1 1 40.0 -50.8 111 12 868.6 868.6 328.8 869.2 0.06 91 9.0 31982 -37.7 -79.7 0 42.0 -49.8 123 16 905.7 905.7 329.5 906.5 0.08 92 8.0 32800 -35.3 -78.3 0 43.0 -49.5 138 20 946.3 946.3 330.3 947.5 0.11 93 7.0 33730 -35.9 -78.9 0 43.0 -50.4 155 24 980.6 980.7 330.9 981.9 0.11 94 6.8 33931 -35.9 -78.9 0 43.0 -50.6 988.8 988.9 331.0 990.2 0.12 TRP 188 12488 -61.3 -72.3 22 11.0 -61.4 250 69 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.01 WND 162 13418 -60.5 -79.4 7 18.9 -60.7 240 80 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.00 m Freezing level: 621.00 mb = 4076.46 m = 13374.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.61 mb = 3222.83 m = 10573.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.23 % Est. max temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.95 mb = 2027.40 m = 6651.50 ft T: 12.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 17.41 C Layer 793.0- 743.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.29 mb = 3167.71 m = 10392.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.66 C = 98.00 F Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.51 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 20.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 303.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.39 mb = 1834.72 m = 6019.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.39 mb = 4627.92 m = 15183.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 399.39 mb = 7441.12 m = 24412.84 ft B at Equ Level: 103.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.39 mb = 10960.59 m = 35959.49 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 237 at 18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 977 270 120 20 -17.3 10.0 | 90 32 -32.3 0.2 1 940 610 135 18 -12.7 12.7 | 96 28 -27.7 2.9 2 925 753 125 17 -13.9 9.8 | 90 29 -28.9 -0.1 3 908 914 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 91 30 -29.7 0.5 4 876 1219 130 19 -14.6 12.2 | 95 30 -29.5 2.4 5 850 1475 125 23 -18.8 13.2 | 96 34 -33.8 3.4 6 845 1524 120 22 -19.1 11.0 | 92 34 -34.0 1.2 7 815 1829 160 26 -8.9 24.4 | 121 28 -23.8 14.6 8 786 2134 175 21 -1.8 20.9 | 123 20 -16.8 11.1 9 758 2438 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 118 21 -18.4 9.9 10 731 2743 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 120 14 -12.0 6.9 11 704 3048 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 112 16 -15.0 6.2 12 700 3101 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 116 17 -15.0 7.2 13 653 3658 195 21 5.4 20.3 | 138 14 -9.5 10.5 14 604 4267 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 199 8 2.7 7.9 15 582 4572 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 246 9 8.4 3.7 16 560 4877 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 267 7 6.8 0.3 17 500 5770 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 281 20 19.5 -3.7 18 499 5791 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 280 21 20.5 -3.6 19 479 6096 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 261 21 20.8 3.2 20 459 6401 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 258 30 29.2 6.3 21 400 7430 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 271 21 20.8 -0.2 22 389 7620 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 269 23 22.7 0.3 23 314 9144 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 250 32 30.4 11.3 24 300 9460 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 257 32 31.1 6.9 25 250 10680 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 269 44 44.1 0.6 26 228 11278 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 262 46 45.9 6.5 27 207 11887 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 263 41 41.1 5.2 28 200 12100 245 66 59.8 27.9 | 248 48 44.9 18.1 29 188 12488 250 69 64.8 23.6 | 255 52 49.9 13.8 30 162 13418 240 80 69.3 40.0 | 241 62 54.3 30.2 31 154 13716 240 80 69.3 40.0 | 241 62 54.3 30.2 32 150 13900 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 248 50 46.7 18.9 33 121 15240 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 249 41 38.5 15.1 34 110 15850 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 262 43 43.0 5.7 35 100 16440 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 255 16 15.0 4.1 36 100 16459 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 255 15 14.0 3.7 37 95 16764 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 255 16 15.0 4.1 38 86 17374 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 291 14 12.6 -5.0 39 82 17678 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 247 8 7.6 3.2 40 74 18288 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 293 3 3.2 -1.4 41 71 18593 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 20 7 -2.4 -6.5 42 70 18660 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 65 8 -7.3 -3.4 43 67 18898 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 59 8 -6.8 -4.1 44 61 19507 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 88 19 -19.2 -0.8 45 58 19812 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 83 10 -10.0 -1.2 46 55 20117 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 23 13 -5.3 -12.4 47 53 20422 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 57 18 -15.0 -9.8 48 50 20740 105 7 -6.8 1.8 | 70 23 -21.7 -8.0 49 46 21336 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 72 19 -18.2 -6.0 50 39 22250 85 1 -1.0 -0.1 | 58 19 -16.0 -9.9 51 38 22555 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 80 24 -23.1 -4.1 52 36 22860 130 14 -10.7 9.0 | 88 26 -25.7 -0.8 53 34 23165 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 90 17 -16.7 0.0 54 33 23470 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 72 26 -24.8 -8.1 55 31 23774 135 18 -12.7 12.7 | 96 28 -27.7 2.9 56 30 23980 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 73 18 -17.1 -5.3 57 30 24079 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 89 18 -18.4 -0.4 58 28 24384 145 4 -2.3 3.3 | 69 18 -17.3 -6.5 59 21 26213 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 72 26 -24.8 -8.1 60 20 26518 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 85 24 -24.1 -2.1 61 20 26620 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 51 28 -21.4 -17.5 62 19 26822 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 49 27 -20.7 -18.0 63 18 27432 160 1 -0.3 0.9 | 60 18 -15.3 -8.9 64 14 28956 150 16 -8.0 13.9 | 100 23 -23.0 4.0 65 13 29261 165 3 -0.8 2.9 | 66 17 -15.7 -6.9 66 13 29566 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 89 18 -17.5 -0.2 67 12 29870 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 91 16 -15.8 0.1 68 10 31260 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 78 27 -26.2 -5.7 69 7 33730 155 24 -10.1 21.8 | 115 28 -25.1 11.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.7 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 236.7 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.2 neg: -36.6 tot: 139.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 98.01 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 128 19 93 30| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 21.7 -20.4 1.3 2.7 -0.00| 7.8 -0.0 1000 127 18 93 30| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 42.0 -20.4 21.6 21.6 0.24| 5.6 1.3 1500 129 20 95 30| 4.6 0.0 4.6|134.3 -20.4 113.9 76.0 0.52| 9.0 4.7 2000 140 21 102 29| 4.6 0.0 4.6|164.0 -25.3 138.7 69.3 0.45| 9.7 4.3 2500 147 20 105 27| 4.3 0.0 4.3|166.6 -31.0 135.6 54.2 0.36| 9.3 3.3 3000 152 20 108 25| 3.6 0.3 3.9|176.2 -36.6 139.5 46.5 0.34| 8.6 2.9 4000 167 20 117 22| 4.7 0.2 5.0|224.1 -36.6 187.5 46.9 0.48| 8.7 4.2 5000 186 21 132 17| 4.7 0.2 4.9|248.0 -36.6 211.4 42.3 0.51| 8.6 4.5 6000 207 24 160 12| 4.6 1.0 5.5|257.2 -81.2 176.1 29.3 0.36| 8.9 3.2 Wrote GIF file: KTOP.skewt.20.GIF