UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 18 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 -21 SFC 967 270 27.8 17.8 55 10.0 20.8 170 14 303.9 306.3 295.2 343.6 13.38 2 947 457 24.8 16.8 61 8.0 19.3 173 24 302.6 305.0 294.4 340.5 12.81 3 925 666 22.8 15.8 65 7.0 18.1 175 31 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.0 12.29 4 868 1216 18.0 14.9 82 3.1 15.9 190 34 303.2 305.5 294.3 339.9 12.37 5 850 1396 17.2 13.7 80 3.5 14.9 205 38 304.2 306.3 294.0 338.9 11.67 6 822 1681 15.8 12.5 81 3.3 13.7 215 39 305.6 307.7 294.1 339.0 11.15 7 802 1890 15.4 9.4 67 6.0 11.6 223 38 307.3 309.1 293.2 335.4 9.27 8 796 1954 17.0 2.0 36 15.0 8.6 226 37 309.7 310.8 290.9 326.9 5.56 9 789 2029 17.6 -4.4 22 22.0 6.6 230 36 311.1 311.8 289.4 322.2 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-64.1 -78.8 12 14.7 -64.2 265 82 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.00 m Freezing level: 606.73 mb = 4225.22 m = 13862.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.87 mb = 2884.64 m = 9463.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.98 mb = 1537.57 m = 5044.47 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 23.48 C Layer 802.0- 629.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.52 mb = 2701.92 m = 8864.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.50 C = 97.69 F Cap Strength: 5.29 C Lifted Index: -4.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.90 C Showalter Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 11.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 501.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1868.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.84 mb = 1549.20 m = 5082.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.84 mb = 3774.03 m = 12381.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.84 mb = 12684.68 m = 41615.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1850.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.84 mb = 15189.01 m = 49832.11 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 263 at 31 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 967 270 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 107 34 -32.9 10.2 1 931 610 175 32 -2.8 31.9 | 130 44 -33.3 28.3 2 925 666 175 31 -2.7 30.9 | 129 43 -33.2 27.3 3 899 914 175 28 -2.4 27.9 | 126 41 -33.0 24.3 4 868 1219 190 34 5.9 33.5 | 141 39 -24.6 29.9 5 850 1396 205 38 16.1 34.4 | 155 34 -14.5 30.9 6 837 1524 210 40 20.0 34.6 | 161 33 -10.5 31.1 7 808 1829 220 39 25.1 29.9 | 168 27 -5.4 26.3 8 779 2134 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 174 17 -1.8 16.5 9 751 2438 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 161 18 -6.0 17.0 10 725 2743 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 163 18 -5.2 17.6 11 700 3038 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 169 19 -3.7 18.9 12 648 3658 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 202 20 7.6 18.4 13 600 4267 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 206 22 9.3 19.4 14 556 4877 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 231 21 16.5 13.5 15 535 5182 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 234 26 21.2 15.2 16 500 5720 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 231 21 16.5 13.5 17 476 6096 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 230 20 15.5 13.2 18 400 7390 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 256 27 26.6 6.5 19 387 7620 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 256 28 27.6 6.7 20 340 8534 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 267 28 28.3 1.6 21 311 9144 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 267 28 28.3 1.6 22 300 9400 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 257 34 33.5 7.7 23 250 10610 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 249 43 40.0 15.3 24 215 11582 250 71 66.7 24.3 | 240 42 36.2 20.7 25 200 12030 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 249 44 41.0 15.6 26 178 12748 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 258 46 45.3 9.8 27 170 13029 265 82 81.7 7.1 | 266 51 51.2 3.6 28 168 13106 265 82 81.7 7.1 | 266 51 51.2 3.6 29 150 13800 270 75 75.0 -0.0 | 275 45 44.5 -3.6 30 145 14021 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 275 41 40.5 -3.6 31 125 14935 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 266 44 44.2 3.0 32 119 15240 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 257 34 33.5 7.7 33 100 16310 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 207 2 1.0 2.0 34 98 16459 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 207 2 1.0 2.0 35 84 17374 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 285 14 13.5 -3.6 36 76 17983 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 38 7 -4.6 -5.8 37 73 18288 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 357 6 0.4 -6.3 38 70 18510 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 49 14 -10.2 -9.0 39 69 18593 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 45 15 -10.8 -10.8 40 63 19202 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 32 18 -9.7 -15.6 41 59 19507 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 71 11 -10.5 -3.6 42 57 19812 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 103 13 -12.7 2.9 43 54 20117 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 100 10 -10.2 1.9 44 51 20422 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 118 22 -18.9 10.2 45 50 20570 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 81 23 -22.5 -3.6 46 46 21031 45 1 -0.7 -0.7 | 82 32 -31.2 -4.3 47 44 21336 160 6 -2.1 5.6 | 94 33 -32.6 2.1 48 42 21641 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 102 28 -27.1 5.8 49 40 21946 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 120 20 -17.1 9.9 50 38 22250 305 5 4.1 -2.9 | 76 27 -26.4 -6.4 51 35 22860 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 55 20 -16.7 -11.6 52 32 23470 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 70 23 -21.5 -7.8 53 30 23774 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 65 27 -24.1 -11.2 54 30 23790 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 67 36 -33.4 -14.2 55 27 24384 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 75 42 -40.3 -10.5 56 25 24994 25 2 -0.8 -1.8 | 80 32 -31.4 -5.4 57 22 25908 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 81 41 -40.2 -6.2 58 21 26213 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 86 41 -40.5 -2.7 59 20 26390 190 8 1.4 7.9 | 98 29 -29.1 4.3 60 19 26822 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 102 32 -31.4 6.4 61 18 27127 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 85 21 -20.7 -1.8 62 17 27432 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 71 28 -26.0 -8.9 63 14 28956 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 82 19 -18.6 -2.5 64 13 29261 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 76 21 -20.7 -5.3 65 12 29566 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 69 17 -15.7 -6.2 66 12 29870 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 58 27 -23.1 -14.2 67 11 30175 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 67 23 -21.0 -9.1 68 10 30940 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 59 30 -26.1 -15.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 444.0 neg: -36.3 tot: 407.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.79 Bulk Rich Number: 11.21 Bulk Shear: 166.70 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 174 26 123 40| 16.3 0.0 16.3|150.4 -9.8 140.6 281.3 0.76| 18.8 14.4 1000 178 28 128 40| 11.9 0.0 11.9|275.6 -19.6 256.0 256.0 0.78| 16.5 12.9 1500 191 32 138 37| 10.8 0.0 10.8|394.3 -19.6 374.6 249.8 0.78| 16.8 13.1 2000 201 33 146 33| 7.7 0.0 7.7|410.2 -26.8 383.3 191.7 0.63| 15.9 10.1 2500 208 33 149 30| 6.2 0.3 6.5|415.0 -36.3 378.6 151.5 0.58| 13.4 7.9 3000 212 33 152 28| 6.1 0.3 6.4|444.0 -36.3 407.6 135.9 0.62| 12.2 7.5 4000 221 36 164 25| 5.7 0.2 5.9|487.3 -36.3 451.0 112.8 0.65| 10.3 6.7 5000 228 39 176 22| 5.6 0.2 5.8|548.2 -37.5 510.7 102.1 0.66| 9.8 6.5 6000 233 41 186 21| 4.8 0.5 5.2|556.3 -47.1 509.2 84.9 0.62| 8.7 5.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250418.00.gif