UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 17 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 17 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 52 SFC 975 270 16.8 14.6 87 2.2 15.4 150 10 292.1 294.0 289.6 322.6 10.77 2 961 393 16.4 13.4 82 3.0 14.5 154 17 292.9 294.7 289.2 321.6 10.10 3 956 437 16.4 12.8 79 3.6 14.1 155 19 293.3 295.0 289.1 321.2 9.76 4 948 509 17.0 11.0 68 6.0 13.3 157 23 294.6 296.2 288.6 319.7 8.72 5 946 527 17.4 10.4 63 7.0 13.1 158 24 295.2 296.7 288.6 319.5 8.39 6 945 536 19.0 8.0 49 11.0 12.6 158 24 296.9 298.2 288.0 317.8 7.13 7 936 618 19.6 6.6 43 13.0 12.1 161 28 298.3 299.5 287.9 317.6 6.54 8 929 682 19.2 7.2 46 12.0 12.2 167 28 298.6 299.8 288.3 318.8 6.87 9 925 719 19.0 11.0 60 8.0 14.0 170 28 298.7 300.4 290.2 324.9 8.94 10 897 983 16.8 12.3 75 4.5 14.0 194 23 299.1 300.9 291.3 328.6 10.07 11 893 1021 16.6 12.1 75 4.5 13.7 197 23 299.3 301.1 291.3 328.5 9.98 12 882 1127 16.8 10.8 68 6.0 13.1 204 20 300.6 302.2 291.1 327.8 9.26 13 850 1441 14.0 11.1 83 2.9 12.2 205 19 300.8 302.6 291.6 329.7 9.81 14 830 1642 12.2 10.9 92 1.3 11.4 209 22 301.0 302.8 291.7 330.2 9.92 15 806 1887 10.4 10.1 98 0.3 10.2 217 25 301.6 303.4 291.7 330.2 9.68 16 793 2023 9.8 9.8 100 0.0 9.8 221 26 302.4 304.1 292.0 330.9 9.64 17 714 2892 6.2 6.2 100 0.0 6.2 250 26 307.6 309.2 292.5 333.0 8.36 18 700 3054 5.2 5.2 100 0.0 5.2 250 23 308.2 309.7 292.4 332.5 7.95 19 678 3313 3.0 3.0 100 0.0 3.0 258 23 308.6 309.9 291.7 330.1 7.02 20 660 3530 0.8 -3.7 72 4.5 -1.3 271 30 308.5 309.3 289.5 322.2 4.41 21 643 3740 2.0 -7.0 51 9.0 -2.0 279 37 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.4 3.52 22 630 3905 1.4 -7.6 51 9.0 -2.6 276 40 313.3 314.0 290.0 324.3 3.43 23 618 4059 0.0 -8.0 55 8.0 -3.5 275 42 313.5 314.1 290.0 324.3 3.39 24 598 4321 -2.1 -12.1 46 10.0 -6.0 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-21.5 -33.5 33 12.0 -23.6 262 63 320.1 320.2 289.3 322.0 0.52 39 428 6873 -21.3 -38.3 20 17.0 -23.8 262 63 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.2 0.33 40 416 7082 -22.9 -34.9 33 12.0 -24.8 266 64 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.3 0.47 41 412 7153 -22.9 -38.9 22 16.0 -25.2 267 65 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.7 0.32 42 401 7352 -24.3 -40.3 21 16.0 -26.4 270 66 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.28 43 400 7370 -24.5 -40.5 21 16.0 -26.6 270 66 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.28 44 392 7517 -25.3 -44.3 15 19.0 -27.5 273 67 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.19 45 320 8956 -36.1 -60.1 7 24.0 -37.3 267 68 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.5 0.04 46 300 9400 -40.1 -61.1 9 21.0 -40.9 270 66 328.8 328.9 291.4 329.0 0.03 47 260 10362 -47.7 -65.7 11 18.0 -48.1 270 58 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.02 48 250 10620 -50.1 -65.1 15 15.0 -50.4 265 50 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.02 49 244 10778 -51.5 -66.5 15 15.0 -51.8 263 47 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.02 50 226 11268 -56.1 -66.1 27 10.0 -56.3 263 45 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.02 51 218 11495 -57.9 -67.9 27 10.0 -58.0 265 48 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.8 0.02 52 205 11878 -61.5 -67.5 45 6.0 -61.6 269 52 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.02 53 200 12030 -63.1 -68.1 51 5.0 -63.1 270 54 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.02 54 189 12376 -65.5 -69.3 59 3.8 -65.5 270 60 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.02 55 188 12409 -65.9 -70.1 56 4.2 -66.0 270 61 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.3 0.02 56 187 12441 -65.9 -70.3 54 4.4 -66.0 270 61 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.8 0.02 57 169 13053 -67.9 -75.9 31 8.0 -67.9 270 77 341.3 341.3 294.6 341.3 0.01 58 164 13233 -68.7 -75.7 36 7.0 -68.7 270 82 342.9 342.9 295.0 342.9 0.01 59 157 13495 -67.9 -77.4 25 9.4 -67.9 275 95 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.01 60 150 13770 -67.1 -79.1 17 12.0 -67.2 270 89 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 61 100 16300 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.8 275 48 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 62 83 17445 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.5 263 33 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 63 78 17826 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 262 36 438.6 438.6 309.7 438.6 0.00 64 71 18403 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.1 280 38 443.7 443.7 310.3 443.7 0.00 65 70 18490 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.0 280 39 450.2 450.2 310.9 450.3 0.00 66 67 18760 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.0 277 36 453.8 453.8 311.2 453.8 0.00 67 64 19042 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.3 288 30 463.7 463.7 312.1 463.7 0.00 68 58 19647 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 271 24 469.7 469.7 312.6 469.7 0.00 69 53 20201 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.3 251 20 489.4 489.4 314.2 489.4 0.00 70 50 20560 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.3 225 13 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 71 49 20683 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.3 228 14 495.8 495.8 314.7 495.8 0.00 72 48 20810 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -63.3 230 15 501.1 501.1 315.0 501.1 0.00 73 46 21073 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -59.8 244 15 516.4 516.4 316.1 516.4 0.00 74 45 21211 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.6 266 10 517.7 517.7 316.1 517.7 0.00 75 42 21643 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -58.4 321 20 533.9 534.0 317.2 534.0 0.00 76 33 23165 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -57.9 89 5 574.2 574.2 319.4 574.2 0.01 77 32 23361 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -56.9 117 7 582.5 582.5 319.8 582.5 0.01 78 30 23770 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.2 175 10 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.5 0.00 79 24 25199 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -54.8 243 10 641.7 641.7 322.4 641.8 0.01 80 21 26056 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.9 252 11 655.9 655.9 322.9 655.9 0.01 81 20 26370 -51.7 -87.7 1 36.0 -54.7 255 11 677.9 677.9 323.7 678.0 0.01 82 18 27053 -50.7 -86.7 1 36.0 -54.2 321 8 701.8 701.8 324.5 701.9 0.01 83 16 27819 -50.7 -86.7 1 36.0 -54.5 24 10 725.9 725.9 325.3 726.0 0.01 84 15 28237 -52.3 -87.3 1 35.0 -55.8 358 12 734.1 734.1 325.5 734.2 0.01 85 12 29698 -46.1 -85.1 0 39.0 -52.6 296 11 804.4 804.4 327.4 804.6 0.02 86 10 30910 -45.7 -84.7 0 39.0 -53.1 260 15 849.0 849.0 328.4 849.2 0.03 87 9.9 30977 -45.7 -84.7 0 39.0 -53.1 262 15 851.4 851.4 328.4 851.7 0.03 88 9.2 31467 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -52.1 273 13 879.4 879.4 329.0 879.8 0.04 89 8.9 31690 -43.5 -83.5 0 40.0 -52.5 278 12 886.2 886.2 329.1 886.6 0.04 90 7.4 32941 -39.7 -80.7 0 41.0 -51.6 306 7 949.7 949.8 330.4 950.6 0.08 91 7.2 33128 -39.7 -80.7 0 41.0 -51.8 311 7 957.2 957.2 330.5 958.1 0.08 92 7.1 33223 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -52.0 313 6 959.4 959.4 330.5 960.2 0.08 93 7.0 33320 -39.9 -80.9 0 41.0 -52.0 315 6 964.1 964.2 330.6 965.0 0.08 94 6.8 33519 -37.9 -79.9 0 42.0 -51.3 980.5 980.5 330.9 981.6 0.10 95 5.9 34501 -36.1 -79.1 0 43.0 -51.4 1028.9 1029.0 331.6 1030.5 0.13 TRP 164 13233 -68.7 -75.7 36 7.0 -68.7 270 82 342.9 342.9 295.0 342.9 0.01 WND 157 13495 -67.9 -77.4 25 9.4 -67.9 275 95 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.00 m Freezing level: 618.00 mb = 4058.82 m = 13316.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.51 mb = 3463.17 m = 11361.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.78 C = 78.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.70 mb = 547.38 m = 1795.85 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 10.77 C Layer 700.0- 643.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.91 mb = 2364.96 m = 7758.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.32 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.19 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 39.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 432.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.25 mb = 1528.26 m = 5013.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 496.25 mb = 5767.22 m = 18921.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 436.25 mb = 6731.24 m = 22083.86 ft B at Equ Level: 49.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.25 mb = 7438.46 m = 24404.12 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 at 26 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 975 270 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 116 33 -29.8 14.7 1 937 610 160 28 -9.6 26.3 | 133 47 -34.4 32.3 2 925 719 170 28 -4.9 27.6 | 139 45 -29.7 33.6 3 904 914 190 25 4.3 24.6 | 146 37 -20.5 30.6 4 872 1219 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 144 27 -15.8 21.6 5 850 1441 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 144 29 -16.8 23.2 6 842 1524 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 146 29 -16.4 24.1 7 811 1829 215 25 14.3 20.5 | 158 28 -10.5 26.5 8 782 2134 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 165 25 -6.4 24.4 9 754 2438 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 173 19 -2.3 19.0 10 727 2743 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 185 16 1.5 15.6 11 700 3054 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 167 14 -3.2 13.9 12 674 3353 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 168 10 -2.2 10.0 13 648 3658 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 271 11 10.6 -0.2 14 624 3962 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 262 17 17.0 2.4 15 600 4267 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 263 18 18.0 2.3 16 556 4877 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 253 21 20.2 6.0 17 500 5710 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 249 29 27.0 10.6 18 475 6096 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 238 28 23.4 14.5 19 437 6706 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 245 40 36.2 16.8 20 400 7370 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 262 42 41.2 6.0 21 386 7620 275 67 66.7 -5.8 | 270 42 41.9 0.2 22 325 8839 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 255 46 43.9 12.0 23 311 9144 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 262 43 42.2 6.0 24 300 9400 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 262 42 41.2 6.0 25 272 10058 275 67 66.7 -5.8 | 270 42 41.9 0.2 26 250 10620 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 247 27 25.0 10.4 27 236 10973 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 231 21 16.5 13.3 28 200 12030 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 258 30 29.2 6.0 29 195 12192 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 259 31 30.2 6.0 30 164 13233 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 264 58 57.2 6.0 31 157 13495 275 95 94.6 -8.3 | 272 70 69.8 -2.3 32 151 13716 275 95 94.6 -8.3 | 272 70 69.8 -2.3 33 150 13770 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 265 64 64.2 6.0 34 124 14935 275 94 93.6 -8.2 | 272 69 68.8 -2.2 35 119 15240 275 83 82.7 -7.2 | 271 58 57.9 -1.2 36 107 15850 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 286 34 33.1 -9.5 37 100 16300 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 265 23 23.0 1.8 38 97 16459 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 265 23 23.0 1.8 39 80 17678 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 203 12 4.7 11.2 40 76 17983 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 242 21 18.0 9.8 41 72 18288 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 271 11 10.6 -0.2 42 70 18490 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 273 14 13.6 -0.8 43 69 18593 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 248 16 15.2 6.0 44 62 19202 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 4 5 -0.3 -5.4 45 54 20117 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 155 16 -6.7 14.5 46 51 20422 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 148 9 -4.9 7.8 47 50 20560 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 134 22 -15.6 15.2 48 46 21031 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 145 19 -10.9 15.8 49 44 21336 285 6 5.8 -1.6 | 103 20 -19.0 4.5 50 42 21641 320 20 12.9 -15.3 | 52 15 -12.0 -9.3 51 40 21946 335 17 7.2 -15.4 | 62 20 -17.6 -9.4 52 36 22555 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 104 26 -24.8 6.0 53 30 23770 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 122 30 -25.7 16.0 54 29 24079 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 121 34 -28.9 17.3 55 27 24384 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 125 20 -16.6 11.8 56 20 26370 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 122 17 -14.2 8.9 57 20 26518 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 137 21 -14.1 15.0 58 19 26822 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 112 16 -14.8 6.0 59 17 27432 40 6 -3.9 -4.6 | 93 29 -28.7 1.4 60 15 28042 15 12 -3.1 -11.6 | 79 28 -27.9 -5.6 61 13 29261 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 109 16 -14.9 5.1 62 12 29566 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 102 13 -12.3 2.7 63 11 30175 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 96 23 -22.8 2.6 64 10 30910 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 131 13 -10.0 8.6 65 7 33320 315 6 4.2 -4.2 | 95 21 -20.6 1.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.4 neg: -27.2 tot: 322.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 223.94 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 161 22 130 42| 19.2 0.0 19.2|195.5 0.0 195.5 391.0 0.72| 25.4 18.2 1000 178 22 138 38| 8.0 0.0 8.0|237.1 -10.3 226.8 226.8 0.49| 21.4 10.5 1500 188 22 141 35| 7.4 0.0 7.4|283.2 -10.3 272.9 181.9 0.54| 16.8 9.1 2000 198 23 147 33| 6.8 0.0 6.8|324.5 -10.3 314.2 157.1 0.56| 14.8 8.3 2500 208 23 153 30| 6.4 0.0 6.4|348.8 -10.3 338.5 135.4 0.56| 13.7 7.7 3000 216 24 157 27| 4.7 0.0 4.7|349.4 -27.2 322.2 107.4 0.45| 12.6 5.7 4000 238 27 174 20| 5.8 0.7 6.5|384.8 -34.9 349.8 87.5 0.47| 12.8 6.0 5000 249 31 193 17| 4.6 1.3 6.0|384.8 -57.0 327.8 65.6 0.40| 11.0 4.4 6000 254 34 207 17| 3.9 1.7 5.6|392.2-101.2 291.0 48.5 0.32| 10.3 3.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250417.12.gif