UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 16 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 16 APR 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 180 SFC 989 270 18.2 -6.8 18 25.0 7.3 310 5 292.3 292.7 281.0 299.2 2.32 2 925 840 12.4 -9.6 21 22.0 3.7 285 7 292.0 292.3 280.4 298.0 1.99 3 850 1540 5.6 -10.4 31 16.0 -0.4 255 8 292.0 292.4 280.5 298.1 2.03 4 848 1559 5.4 -10.6 30 16.0 -0.6 254 8 292.0 292.4 280.5 298.0 2.01 5 810 1931 1.8 -12.2 35 14.0 -3.1 254 10 292.0 292.4 280.3 297.6 1.85 6 786 2173 0.8 -13.2 34 14.0 -4.0 297 16 293.5 293.8 280.8 298.8 1.76 7 778 2255 1.2 -10.8 40 12.0 -3.2 301 20 294.8 295.2 281.9 301.3 2.15 8 747 2581 -0.3 -9.3 51 9.0 -3.7 310 31 296.6 297.0 283.1 304.3 2.53 9 744 2613 0.0 -13.0 37 13.0 -4.6 310 31 297.3 297.6 282.6 303.1 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17 14.0 -52.0 313 51 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.4 0.02 38 250 10550 -52.5 -67.5 15 15.0 -52.8 310 53 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.02 39 245 10680 -52.7 -69.7 11 17.0 -52.9 307 53 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.7 0.01 40 241 10787 -53.3 -68.3 14 15.0 -53.5 305 53 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.3 0.02 41 223 11281 -58.1 -68.1 27 10.0 -58.2 302 54 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.02 42 202 11898 -61.7 -71.7 25 10.0 -61.8 305 55 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.01 43 200 11960 -60.7 -72.7 19 12.0 -60.8 300 54 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.01 44 199 11991 -60.5 -72.5 19 12.0 -60.6 299 54 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.01 45 190 12278 -61.9 -72.9 22 11.0 -62.0 294 53 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.7 0.01 46 184 12476 -62.3 -79.3 9 17.0 -62.4 290 52 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.2 0.00 47 178 12681 -60.5 -82.5 4 22.0 -60.7 290 60 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.00 48 172 12895 -59.7 -77.7 8 18.0 -59.9 290 69 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 49 165 13154 -60.5 -79.5 7 19.0 -60.7 291 78 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 50 155 13544 -58.8 -83.4 3 24.6 -59.0 300 81 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 51 151 13708 -58.1 -85.1 2 27.0 -58.3 300 81 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 52 150 13750 -58.3 -85.3 2 27.0 -58.5 300 78 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 53 126 14850 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -58.8 295 72 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 54 114 15477 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.5 301 58 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 55 102 16167 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.3 292 64 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 56 100 16290 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.1 290 65 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 57 80 17657 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.7 290 50 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 58 73 18220 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -60.9 306 46 449.5 449.5 310.8 449.5 0.00 59 70 18480 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.0 295 40 452.4 452.4 311.1 452.4 0.00 60 63 19130 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.0 296 33 464.0 464.0 312.1 464.0 0.00 61 59 19536 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.2 299 28 477.3 477.3 313.2 477.3 0.00 62 55 19969 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.4 281 27 481.5 481.5 313.5 481.5 0.00 63 53 20197 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.3 281 24 487.1 487.1 314.0 487.1 0.00 64 51 20436 -59.1 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15 28271 -50.5 -86.5 1 36.0 -54.6 346 10 740.0 740.1 325.7 740.2 0.01 79 14 28721 -50.5 -86.5 1 36.0 -54.8 349 13 754.8 754.8 326.1 754.9 0.02 80 14 28721 -48.9 -85.9 1 37.0 -53.8 349 13 760.2 760.2 326.2 760.4 0.02 81 13 29207 -49.3 -86.3 1 37.0 -54.2 30 9 775.1 775.1 326.6 775.3 0.02 82 11 30308 -46.9 -84.9 1 38.0 -53.4 19 13 821.8 821.8 327.8 822.0 0.03 83 10 30940 -46.3 -85.3 0 39.0 -53.4 60 12 846.7 846.7 328.3 847.0 0.03 84 9.8 31074 -46.3 -85.3 0 39.0 -53.5 851.6 851.6 328.4 851.9 0.03 85 9.4 31353 -43.3 -83.3 0 40.0 -52.1 873.2 873.3 328.9 873.6 0.04 86 9.0 31645 -44.1 -84.1 0 40.0 -52.7 881.1 881.1 329.1 881.4 0.04 87 8.3 32192 -41.1 -82.1 0 41.0 -51.7 913.5 913.6 329.7 914.1 0.06 88 7.5 32882 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -51.9 942.8 942.9 330.2 943.6 0.07 89 7.0 33357 -35.9 -78.9 0 43.0 -50.4 980.6 980.7 330.9 981.9 0.11 TRP 202 11898 -61.7 -71.7 25 10.0 -61.8 305 55 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.01 WND 155 13544 -58.8 -83.4 3 24.6 -59.0 300 81 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5540.00 m Freezing level: 753.20 mb = 2515.85 m = 8254.00 ft Freezing level: 744.00 mb = 2613.23 m = 8573.50 ft Freezing level: 684.58 mb = 3280.87 m = 10763.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 857.24 mb = 1469.77 m = 4822.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.24 % Est. max temperature: 17.94 C = 64.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.00 mb = 3357.61 m = 11015.66 ft T: -0.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 3.11 C Layer 730.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 501.72 mb = 5694.15 m = 18681.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.46 C = 101.23 F Cap Strength: 13.25 C Lifted Index: 13.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.59 C Showalter Index: 13.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 6.30 C K Index: -22.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 65.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55537.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 666.34 mb = 3496.06 m = 11469.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 335 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 989 270 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 162 18 -5.5 17.0 1 950 610 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 179 20 -0.3 20.3 2 925 840 285 7 6.8 -1.8 | 172 19 -2.6 18.4 3 917 914 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 171 18 -2.8 17.9 4 884 1219 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 173 22 -2.6 22.1 5 850 1540 255 8 7.7 2.1 | 176 22 -1.6 22.3 6 820 1829 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 174 25 -2.8 24.8 7 790 2134 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 193 15 3.3 14.3 8 760 2438 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 266 14 13.6 1.0 9 732 2743 310 32 24.5 -20.6 | 271 15 15.2 -0.3 10 705 3048 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 261 20 20.1 3.3 11 700 3102 305 31 25.4 -17.8 | 261 16 16.1 2.5 12 678 3353 315 31 21.9 -21.9 | 278 13 12.6 -1.7 13 652 3658 305 37 30.3 -21.2 | 273 21 21.0 -1.0 14 603 4267 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 282 20 19.8 -4.2 15 557 4877 305 43 35.2 -24.7 | 280 26 25.9 -4.4 16 500 5720 310 49 37.5 -31.5 | 292 30 28.2 -11.2 17 475 6096 310 52 39.8 -33.4 | 293 33 30.5 -13.2 18 419 7010 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 288 38 36.5 -11.9 19 400 7360 310 51 39.1 -32.8 | 293 32 29.7 -12.5 20 385 7620 310 52 39.8 -33.4 | 293 33 30.5 -13.2 21 309 9144 310 51 39.1 -32.8 | 293 32 29.7 -12.5 22 300 9350 310 50 38.3 -32.1 | 292 31 29.0 -11.9 23 296 9449 305 51 41.8 -29.3 | 286 34 32.4 -9.0 24 269 10058 320 46 29.6 -35.2 | 307 25 20.2 -15.0 25 250 10550 310 53 40.6 -34.1 | 294 34 31.3 -13.8 26 234 10973 300 53 45.9 -26.5 | 280 37 36.6 -6.2 27 202 11898 305 55 45.1 -31.5 | 288 37 35.7 -11.3 28 200 11960 300 54 46.8 -27.0 | 280 38 37.4 -6.7 29 183 12497 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 266 40 39.5 2.5 30 166 13106 290 78 73.3 -26.7 | 276 64 64.0 -6.4 31 155 13544 300 81 70.1 -40.5 | 288 64 60.8 -20.2 32 151 13716 300 81 70.1 -40.5 | 288 64 60.8 -20.2 33 150 13750 300 78 67.5 -39.0 | 288 61 58.2 -18.7 34 137 14326 295 66 59.8 -27.9 | 279 51 50.5 -7.6 35 124 14935 295 73 66.2 -30.9 | 281 58 56.8 -10.6 36 118 15240 305 64 52.4 -36.7 | 291 46 43.1 -16.5 37 113 15545 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 281 40 39.2 -7.7 38 100 16290 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 272 52 51.7 -2.0 39 97 16459 290 65 61.1 -22.2 | 272 52 51.7 -2.0 40 93 16764 305 55 45.1 -31.5 | 288 37 35.7 -11.3 41 84 17374 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 266 39 38.6 2.8 42 76 17983 290 48 45.1 -16.4 | 264 36 35.8 3.8 43 72 18288 310 46 35.2 -29.6 | 290 28 25.9 -9.3 44 70 18480 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 263 27 26.9 3.3 45 69 18593 290 39 36.6 -13.3 | 256 28 27.3 6.9 46 59 19507 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 247 16 14.9 6.3 47 54 20117 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 224 25 17.6 17.9 48 50 20560 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 186 13 1.3 12.8 49 49 20726 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 207 10 4.4 8.7 50 46 21031 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 182 16 0.6 15.6 51 44 21336 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 196 24 6.4 23.0 52 40 21946 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 231 16 12.4 10.1 53 38 22250 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 238 15 12.3 7.8 54 37 22555 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 147 8 -4.6 7.1 55 35 22860 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 155 22 -9.3 20.3 56 32 23470 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 167 31 -6.8 29.9 57 30 23810 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 189 27 4.3 26.6 58 29 24079 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 185 38 3.3 38.3 59 27 24384 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 191 19 3.6 19.1 60 25 24994 305 1 0.8 -0.6 | 157 21 -8.5 19.7 61 20 26410 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 181 25 0.6 24.9 62 19 26822 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 189 25 3.8 25.0 63 18 27127 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 179 14 -0.3 13.9 64 17 27432 5 6 -0.5 -6.0 | 145 17 -9.9 14.3 65 15 28346 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 147 13 -6.8 10.6 66 14 28651 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 190 6 1.0 5.5 67 14 28956 45 1 -0.7 -0.7 | 153 22 -10.1 19.5 68 12 29566 10 18 -3.1 -17.7 | 101 13 -12.5 2.5 69 12 29870 20 15 -5.1 -14.1 | 113 16 -14.5 6.2 70 11 30175 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 123 14 -11.6 7.5 71 10 30940 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 126 24 -19.7 14.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.2 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 335.2 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.9 neg: -26.6 tot: 117.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 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: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 71.24 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 281 7 174 19| 0.0 4.2 4.2| 23.8 -5.5 18.3 36.6 0.56| 7.0 4.0 1000 277 7 174 19| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 27.4 -9.8 17.6 17.6 0.31| 6.1 1.9 1500 268 7 175 21| 0.0 2.7 2.7| 31.9 -13.7 18.2 12.2 0.26| 5.1 1.3 2000 273 9 178 20| 4.9 2.0 6.9| 96.9 -13.7 83.2 41.6 0.53| 8.8 4.7 2500 291 13 190 16| 6.3 1.6 7.9|132.5 -13.7 118.8 47.5 0.62| 9.5 5.9 3000 296 16 202 14| 5.1 1.4 6.4|143.9 -26.6 117.2 39.1 0.50| 9.8 4.9 4000 302 21 224 13| 4.0 1.5 5.5|166.5 -32.9 133.6 33.4 0.46| 9.0 4.1 5000 303 26 243 13| 3.6 1.7 5.3|186.3 -38.6 147.8 29.6 0.43| 8.1 3.5 6000 305 30 258 15| 3.4 1.6 5.0|217.9 -43.5 174.4 29.1 0.43| 7.5 3.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250416.00.gif