UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 19 SFC 971 270 15.4 9.4 67 6.0 11.9 300 12 291.0 292.3 286.3 312.7 7.64 2 947 481 13.2 9.2 77 4.0 10.9 284 12 290.8 292.2 286.3 312.8 7.73 3 946 490 13.4 9.5 77 3.9 11.2 284 12 291.1 292.5 286.6 313.6 7.90 4 944 508 15.0 10.7 75 4.3 12.4 282 12 292.9 294.5 287.9 317.5 8.58 5 927 662 17.0 12.5 75 4.5 14.2 249 13 296.5 298.3 290.3 325.1 9.87 6 925 680 17.0 12.5 75 4.5 14.2 240 14 296.7 298.5 290.4 325.3 9.89 7 906 858 16.6 13.0 79 3.6 14.3 225 24 298.0 299.9 291.3 328.4 10.44 8 903 886 17.4 13.4 77 4.0 14.8 222 25 299.2 301.1 291.9 330.6 10.76 9 868 1223 15.0 12.4 84 2.6 13.3 225 37 300.1 302.0 291.9 330.8 10.48 10 857 1332 16.0 11.4 74 4.6 13.1 231 41 302.2 304.0 292.2 331.6 9.93 11 850 1402 15.8 11.2 74 4.6 12.9 235 43 302.7 304.5 292.3 332.0 9.88 12 848 1422 15.8 11.1 74 4.7 12.9 237 45 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.1 9.83 13 834 1564 17.6 9.6 59 8.0 12.6 246 53 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.5 9.03 14 826 1646 17.8 7.8 52 10.0 11.7 247 53 307.3 308.8 292.2 331.8 8.06 15 821 1698 19.8 0.8 28 19.0 9.3 248 54 309.9 310.9 290.4 325.3 4.94 16 815 1761 20.4 -1.6 23 22.0 8.8 249 54 311.2 312.0 290.1 324.4 4.17 17 755 2415 15.4 -2.6 29 18.0 6.1 236 56 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.0 4.18 18 700 3049 9.8 -5.2 34 15.0 2.5 230 54 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.2 3.71 19 690 3168 8.6 -5.4 37 14.0 1.8 230 52 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.1 3.70 20 669 3422 6.6 -9.4 31 16.0 -0.4 230 49 313.8 314.4 289.6 322.9 2.80 21 531 5260 -10.3 -16.3 61 6.0 -12.3 238 61 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.7 2.02 22 500 5720 -13.9 -22.9 47 9.0 -16.3 240 57 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.2 1.21 23 496 5781 -14.5 -23.5 46 9.0 -16.8 238 56 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.0 1.16 24 494 5812 -14.5 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290.7 326.4 0.24 38 305 9278 -41.3 -45.7 62 4.4 -41.6 240 73 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.21 39 300 9390 -42.3 -45.6 70 3.3 -42.5 240 72 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.22 40 299 9413 -42.5 -45.6 72 3.1 -42.7 240 72 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.22 41 294 9527 -43.5 -47.0 68 3.5 -43.7 241 73 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.19 42 268 10145 -48.9 -50.1 87 1.2 -49.0 246 80 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.15 43 267 10170 -49.1 -50.2 88 1.1 -49.1 246 80 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.14 44 263 10269 -49.9 -52.2 77 2.3 -50.0 247 81 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.12 45 251 10574 -52.7 -54.0 86 1.3 -52.7 250 85 327.3 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.10 46 250 10600 -53.1 -54.5 85 1.4 -53.1 250 85 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.09 47 245 10729 -54.1 -58.4 59 4.3 -54.2 250 86 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.06 48 242 10808 -54.7 -56.7 78 2.0 -54.8 250 87 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.07 49 241 10834 -54.5 -57.0 74 2.5 -54.6 250 87 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.8 0.07 50 240 10861 -54.1 -63.1 32 9.0 -54.3 250 87 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.03 51 239 10887 -53.9 -65.9 22 12.0 -54.1 250 87 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.2 0.02 52 238 10914 -53.7 -62.7 32 9.0 -53.9 250 87 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.03 53 237 10941 -53.9 -60.9 42 7.0 -54.1 250 88 330.9 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.04 54 235 10995 -54.1 -62.1 37 8.0 -54.3 250 88 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.04 55 233 11050 -54.5 -59.5 54 5.0 -54.6 250 88 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 56 231 11105 -54.7 -60.7 47 6.0 -54.8 250 89 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.4 0.05 57 226 11244 -55.9 -60.4 57 4.5 -56.0 250 90 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 58 200 12010 -60.5 -68.5 34 8.0 -60.6 250 96 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.0 0.02 59 195 12167 -61.0 -70.2 29 9.2 -61.1 255 96 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.6 0.02 60 168 13084 -64.1 -80.1 9 16.0 -64.2 255 85 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.00 61 150 13780 -61.9 -80.9 6 19.0 -62.0 250 66 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.00 62 100 16320 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.3 255 62 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 63 99 16382 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.4 255 62 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 64 88 17112 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.7 276 51 420.1 420.1 307.7 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13 547.4 547.4 317.9 547.4 0.00 79 34 22996 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -58.9 247 2 566.2 566.2 319.0 566.2 0.01 80 30 23790 -55.3 -88.3 1 33.0 -56.8 270 15 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 81 29 24007 -54.5 -87.5 1 33.0 -56.2 279 15 601.9 601.9 320.7 601.9 0.01 82 26 24706 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.1 351 9 618.7 618.7 321.5 618.7 0.01 83 24 25220 -53.3 -87.3 1 34.0 -55.6 30 7 638.8 638.8 322.3 638.9 0.01 84 23 25495 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.6 53 11 646.7 646.7 322.6 646.7 0.01 85 21 26078 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.5 46 17 657.1 657.1 323.0 657.1 0.01 86 20 26390 -54.9 -87.9 1 33.0 -57.1 80 11 668.1 668.1 323.3 668.2 0.01 87 19 26718 -55.1 -88.1 1 33.0 -57.4 97 10 677.4 677.4 323.7 677.4 0.01 88 15 28247 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -54.6 73 3 740.0 740.1 325.7 740.2 0.02 89 12 29704 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -55.2 337 7 788.8 788.8 327.0 789.0 0.02 90 11 30275 -47.7 -84.7 1 37.0 -53.8 298 11 818.9 818.9 327.7 819.1 0.03 91 11 30275 -47.9 -84.9 1 37.0 -53.9 298 11 818.1 818.2 327.7 818.4 0.03 92 10 30910 -44.1 -84.1 0 40.0 -52.2 345 14 854.9 854.9 328.5 855.2 0.03 93 8.9 31697 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -50.9 335 10 899.3 899.4 329.4 900.0 0.06 94 8.6 31931 -40.3 -81.3 0 41.0 -51.1 332 9 907.4 907.5 329.6 908.1 0.06 95 7.6 32774 -39.7 -80.7 0 41.0 -51.5 322 5 942.5 942.5 330.2 943.3 0.08 96 7.0 33340 -35.9 -78.9 0 43.0 -50.4 315 2 980.6 980.7 330.9 981.9 0.11 97 6.9 33440 -35.7 -78.7 0 43.0 -50.4 985.5 985.6 330.9 986.9 0.12 98 6.0 34412 -35.7 -78.7 0 43.0 -51.2 1025.7 1025.8 331.6 1027.4 0.14 TRP 168 13084 -64.1 -80.1 9 16.0 -64.2 255 85 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.00 WND 195 12167 -61.0 -70.2 29 9.2 -61.1 255 96 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.6 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.00 m Freezing level: 615.11 mb = 4139.98 m = 13582.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.13 mb = 3371.88 m = 11062.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.66 % Est. max temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.49 mb = 1033.94 m = 3392.15 ft T: 16.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 9.12 C Layer 826.0- 755.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.22 mb = 3334.15 m = 10938.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.87 C = 100.17 F Cap Strength: 11.94 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.91 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 25.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70603.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.47 mb = 1238.46 m = 4063.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 266 at 37 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 971 270 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 72 28 -26.5 -8.8 1 933 610 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 81 25 -25.0 -3.9 2 925 680 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 100 25 -24.8 4.2 3 900 914 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 132 26 -19.6 17.9 4 868 1219 225 37 26.2 26.2 | 155 26 -10.8 23.3 5 850 1402 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 176 22 -1.7 21.8 6 838 1524 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 210 23 11.1 19.6 7 808 1829 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 221 21 13.8 15.7 8 780 2134 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 212 24 12.9 20.4 9 752 2438 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 197 31 8.9 29.3 10 726 2743 235 55 45.1 31.5 | 196 30 8.1 28.7 11 700 3049 230 54 41.4 34.7 | 188 32 4.4 31.9 12 674 3353 230 49 37.5 31.5 | 181 29 0.6 28.7 13 648 3658 230 51 39.1 32.8 | 184 30 2.1 30.0 14 600 4267 230 55 42.1 35.4 | 189 33 5.2 32.5 15 556 4877 235 59 48.3 33.8 | 200 33 11.4 31.0 16 515 5486 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 211 33 16.8 28.2 17 500 5720 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 206 29 12.4 25.7 18 475 6096 230 53 40.6 34.1 | 187 31 3.7 31.3 19 456 6401 230 52 39.8 33.4 | 185 31 2.9 30.6 20 400 7380 230 64 49.0 41.1 | 198 40 12.1 38.3 21 386 7620 230 66 50.6 42.4 | 199 42 13.6 39.6 22 311 9144 240 74 64.1 37.0 | 218 44 27.2 34.2 23 300 9390 240 72 62.4 36.0 | 217 42 25.4 33.2 24 250 10600 250 85 79.9 29.1 | 239 50 42.9 26.3 25 200 12010 250 96 90.2 32.8 | 241 61 53.3 30.0 26 195 12167 255 96 92.7 24.8 | 248 60 55.8 22.0 27 185 12497 255 96 92.7 24.8 | 248 60 55.8 22.0 28 168 13084 255 85 82.1 22.0 | 247 49 45.2 19.2 29 152 13716 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 255 38 36.9 10.2 30 150 13780 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 232 32 25.1 19.8 31 119 15240 240 65 56.3 32.5 | 213 35 19.4 29.7 32 113 15545 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 212 24 12.9 20.4 33 100 16320 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 240 27 23.0 13.2 34 98 16459 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 240 27 23.0 13.2 35 84 17374 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 331 17 8.5 -15.0 36 76 17983 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 79 21 -21.0 -4.2 37 73 18288 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 115 22 -19.7 9.2 38 70 18520 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 106 36 -34.7 10.0 39 69 18593 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 100 30 -29.1 5.0 40 66 18898 195 21 5.4 20.3 | 119 36 -31.5 17.5 41 63 19202 205 27 11.4 24.5 | 130 33 -25.5 21.7 42 60 19507 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 100 27 -26.3 4.6 43 57 19812 175 1 -0.1 1.0 | 87 37 -37.0 -1.8 44 50 20580 200 22 7.5 20.7 | 121 34 -29.4 17.9 45 49 20726 200 1 0.3 0.9 | 87 37 -36.6 -1.9 46 47 21031 200 23 7.9 21.6 | 123 35 -29.1 18.8 47 44 21336 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 95 30 -29.6 2.3 48 42 21641 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 98 42 -41.9 5.8 49 40 21946 155 18 -7.6 16.3 | 107 47 -44.5 13.5 50 38 22250 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 101 34 -33.5 6.6 51 35 22860 250 1 0.9 0.3 | 86 36 -36.0 -2.5 52 30 23774 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 97 29 -29.3 3.6 53 30 23790 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 83 22 -21.9 -2.8 54 27 24384 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 70 26 -24.2 -8.7 55 26 24689 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 70 37 -35.2 -12.7 56 25 24994 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 86 37 -36.9 -2.8 57 24 25298 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 76 45 -43.4 -10.5 58 23 25603 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 79 48 -47.3 -8.8 59 22 25908 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 73 46 -44.4 -13.5 60 21 26213 55 21 -17.2 -12.0 | 75 56 -54.1 -14.9 61 20 26390 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 84 48 -47.8 -4.7 62 20 26518 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 89 50 -49.7 -0.6 63 18 27127 90 3 -3.0 0.0 | 86 40 -39.9 -2.8 64 17 27432 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 87 43 -42.9 -2.3 65 13 28956 55 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 85 38 -37.7 -3.4 66 11 30175 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 77 28 -27.5 -6.2 67 10 30910 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 64 37 -33.3 -16.3 68 7 33340 315 2 1.4 -1.4 | 83 36 -35.5 -4.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 7.8 tot: 11.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.1 neg: -131.5 tot: 259.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 207.93 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 272 13 82 24| 0.0 18.7 18.7|115.2 0.0 115.2 230.3 0.95| 19.0 18.1 1000 236 21 115 21| 0.0 18.9 18.9|256.1 0.0 256.1 256.1 0.96| 20.7 20.0 1500 240 31 140 16| 7.8 12.6 20.4|388.8 0.0 388.8 259.2 0.97| 21.9 21.2 2000 242 37 162 15| 5.8 11.1 16.9|391.1 -40.8 350.2 175.1 0.77| 18.7 14.3 2500 240 40 174 17| 4.7 9.5 14.2|391.1 -79.0 312.1 124.9 0.64| 16.3 10.4 3000 238 43 178 19| 3.9 7.8 11.7|391.1-131.5 259.6 86.5 0.51| 15.0 7.6 4000 236 45 181 22| 3.2 6.0 9.2|424.9-138.6 286.3 71.6 0.50| 12.1 6.1 5000 235 48 186 24| 3.6 4.8 8.4|514.2-138.6 375.5 75.1 0.55| 10.8 5.9 6000 236 49 189 25| 2.7 4.3 7.1|531.7-240.8 290.8 48.5 0.38| 10.5 4.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250418.12.gif