UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 19 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 170 SFC 988 270 8.8 0.8 57 8.0 5.1 335 3 282.9 283.6 278.8 294.4 4.10 2 977 363 8.4 -1.6 49 10.0 4.0 349 7 283.4 284.0 278.3 293.3 3.48 3 928 785 4.8 -3.2 56 8.0 1.4 34 20 284.0 284.5 278.2 293.2 3.25 4 925 811 4.6 -4.4 52 9.0 1.0 35 20 284.0 284.5 277.9 292.5 2.98 5 879 1225 2.6 -7.4 48 10.0 -1.2 35 19 286.1 286.5 278.3 293.4 2.49 6 850 1496 1.4 -2.5 75 3.9 -0.3 40 9 287.6 288.3 280.6 298.4 3.74 7 823 1756 0.2 -1.0 92 1.2 -0.3 23 6 289.0 289.8 282.0 301.4 4.32 8 816 1824 1.6 1.6 100 0.0 1.6 15 5 291.2 292.1 284.0 306.4 5.27 9 809 1894 2.8 1.6 92 1.2 2.2 345 7 293.2 294.1 284.8 308.6 5.31 10 798 2005 3.2 1.4 88 1.8 2.3 296 10 294.8 295.7 285.4 310.3 5.31 11 780 2190 4.0 0.6 78 3.4 2.3 243 16 297.6 298.5 286.3 312.7 5.13 12 751 2499 5.4 -4.6 48 10.0 0.8 258 25 302.3 303.0 286.5 313.4 3.62 13 715 2899 2.6 -6.4 51 9.0 -1.3 270 33 303.5 304.1 286.6 313.7 3.31 14 700 3070 0.8 -7.2 55 8.0 -2.6 270 35 303.4 304.0 286.5 313.2 3.18 15 667 3456 -2.7 -7.3 71 4.6 -4.6 267 36 303.7 304.3 286.7 313.9 3.31 16 653 3624 -4.5 -7.6 79 3.1 -5.8 265 36 303.5 304.1 286.6 313.7 3.30 17 650 3660 -5.1 -6.9 87 1.8 -5.8 265 36 303.2 303.8 286.7 314.0 3.51 18 647 3697 -5.5 -7.1 88 1.6 -6.1 264 37 303.1 303.8 286.6 313.8 3.47 19 646 3709 -5.5 -7.2 88 1.7 -6.2 264 37 303.3 303.9 286.7 313.9 3.45 20 642 3758 -5.1 -7.2 85 2.1 -6.0 262 39 304.3 304.9 287.1 315.0 3.47 21 634 3856 -5.9 -7.4 89 1.5 -6.5 259 42 304.5 305.1 287.1 315.1 3.46 22 590 4418 -8.1 -8.7 95 0.6 -8.4 243 53 308.2 308.9 288.3 318.8 3.36 23 543 5060 -11.3 -12.2 93 0.9 -11.6 238 55 311.8 312.3 288.9 320.7 2.76 24 530 5246 -12.3 -12.9 95 0.6 -12.5 236 58 312.8 313.3 289.2 321.4 2.67 25 500 5690 -14.9 -16.2 90 1.3 -15.3 230 65 314.9 315.3 289.3 322.0 2.16 26 435 6728 -20.9 -25.0 70 4.1 -21.8 230 94 320.1 320.3 290.0 324.0 1.15 27 417 7038 -23.7 -27.0 74 3.3 -24.4 227 88 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.8 1.00 28 407 7214 -24.5 -28.9 67 4.4 -25.4 226 85 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.6 0.86 29 400 7340 -25.7 -29.3 72 3.6 -26.3 220 89 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.6 0.85 30 387 7579 -27.3 -30.0 78 2.7 -27.8 220 93 322.5 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.82 31 375 7806 -29.1 -32.0 76 2.9 -29.6 220 95 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.6 0.70 32 370 7902 -29.7 -34.0 66 4.3 -30.3 220 96 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.58 33 357 8156 -32.1 -34.4 80 2.3 -32.4 221 99 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.7 0.58 34 356 8176 -32.5 -35.8 72 3.3 -32.9 221 100 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.51 35 351 8275 -33.3 -36.5 73 3.2 -33.7 221 101 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.3 0.48 36 346 8376 -34.1 -36.5 79 2.4 -34.4 222 103 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.49 37 338 8540 -35.5 -38.1 77 2.6 -35.8 222 105 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.6 0.42 38 330 8706 -36.7 -40.5 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291.2 328.0 0.08 52 252 10518 -51.9 -56.9 55 5.0 -52.0 230 139 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.07 53 250 10570 -52.3 -57.1 56 4.8 -52.4 230 140 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.07 54 241 10805 -54.3 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 229 142 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.05 55 238 10885 -54.9 -59.5 57 4.6 -55.0 229 142 329.0 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.05 56 234 10993 -55.1 -59.1 61 4.0 -55.2 228 143 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.06 57 201 11949 -60.9 -65.5 55 4.6 -61.0 225 150 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 58 200 11980 -61.1 -65.7 54 4.6 -61.2 225 149 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 59 172 12904 -64.9 -77.9 15 13.0 -65.0 235 116 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.01 60 150 13750 -57.5 -85.5 2 28.0 -57.8 240 83 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 61 100 16320 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -58.9 235 35 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 62 86 17253 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.5 235 39 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 63 85 17324 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.6 235 40 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.7 0.00 64 79 17770 -65.5 -90.5 2 25.0 -65.7 254 28 429.2 429.2 308.7 429.2 0.00 65 76 18007 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -62.4 268 21 441.0 441.0 310.0 441.0 0.00 66 70 18510 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -65.9 200 8 443.8 443.8 310.3 443.8 0.00 67 69 18598 -65.9 -90.9 2 25.0 -66.1 230 1 445.2 445.2 310.4 445.2 0.00 68 67 18778 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.4 236 8 455.1 455.1 311.3 455.1 0.00 69 65 18964 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.3 232 14 454.6 454.6 311.3 454.7 0.00 70 59 19563 -60.7 -90.7 1 30.0 -61.2 213 23 477.3 477.3 313.2 477.3 0.00 71 59 19563 -60.9 -90.9 1 30.0 -61.3 213 23 476.9 476.9 313.2 476.9 0.00 72 58 19670 -58.1 -90.1 1 32.0 -58.7 218 26 485.5 485.5 313.9 485.5 0.00 73 55 20003 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.4 230 24 486.5 486.5 314.0 486.5 0.00 74 52 20353 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.6 238 13 493.9 493.9 314.5 493.9 0.00 75 50 20600 -56.3 -90.3 1 34.0 -57.2 255 10 510.8 510.8 315.7 510.8 0.00 76 49 20728 -55.7 -89.7 1 34.0 -56.6 250 17 515.2 515.2 316.0 515.2 0.00 77 47 20992 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -58.7 261 16 516.1 516.1 316.1 516.1 0.00 78 44 21407 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.5 273 13 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.0 0.00 79 42 21700 -56.5 -89.5 1 33.0 -57.5 272 10 536.4 536.4 317.3 536.4 0.00 80 36 22678 -56.3 -89.3 1 33.0 -57.5 255 4 561.1 561.1 318.7 561.1 0.00 81 33 23229 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.6 221 5 572.1 572.1 319.3 572.1 0.00 82 31 23628 -52.1 -88.1 1 36.0 -54.2 217 9 597.0 597.0 320.5 597.0 0.01 83 30 23840 -53.3 -88.3 1 35.0 -55.2 70 9 599.3 599.3 320.6 599.4 0.01 84 26 24753 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.9 127 17 612.4 612.4 321.2 612.5 0.00 85 24 25259 -57.9 -89.9 1 32.0 -59.3 126 10 625.5 625.5 321.7 625.5 0.00 86 20 26420 -53.7 -88.7 1 35.0 -56.2 25 7 671.8 671.8 323.5 671.9 0.01 87 14 28731 -50.7 -88.7 0 38.0 -54.9 115 14 754.1 754.1 326.0 754.2 0.01 88 13 29218 -48.1 -87.1 0 39.0 -53.5 64 9 779.3 779.3 326.7 779.4 0.02 89 11 30323 -46.9 -85.9 0 39.0 -53.4 329 10 821.8 821.8 327.8 822.0 0.02 90 10 30960 -43.3 -83.3 0 40.0 -51.8 345 11 857.9 857.9 328.5 858.3 0.04 91 9.6 31234 -43.9 -83.9 0 40.0 -52.3 325 11 865.7 865.7 328.7 866.1 0.04 92 9.0 31670 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -51.0 293 11 894.9 895.0 329.3 895.5 0.06 93 8.5 32059 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -51.3 265 11 909.7 909.7 329.6 910.3 0.06 94 7.8 32643 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -51.9 223 12 930.7 930.8 330.0 931.4 0.06 95 7.2 33188 -39.9 -80.9 0 41.0 -51.8 184 12 956.4 956.4 330.5 957.2 0.08 96 7.0 33380 -40.3 -81.3 0 41.0 -52.1 170 12 962.5 962.5 330.6 963.3 0.08 97 6.9 33479 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -51.5 973.9 973.9 330.8 974.9 0.09 TRP 172 12904 -64.9 -77.9 15 13.0 -65.0 235 116 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.01 WND 201 11949 -60.9 -65.5 55 4.6 -61.0 225 150 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5520.00 m Freezing level: 692.46 mb = 3158.23 m = 10361.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 904.69 mb = 991.28 m = 3252.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.65 % Est. max temperature: 14.08 C = 57.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.31 mb = 1268.34 m = 4161.18 ft T: 2.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 1.91 C Layer 977.0- 879.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.62 mb = 4813.17 m = 15791.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.21 C = 97.18 F Cap Strength: 17.91 C Lifted Index: 18.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.37 C Showalter Index: 15.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.30 C Cross Totals Index: 12.40 C K Index: 5.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 83.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61693.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.36 mb = 1840.63 m = 6038.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 278 at 28 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 270 335 3 1.3 -2.7 | 92 26 -26.3 1.0 1 948 610 25 17 -7.2 -15.4 | 71 37 -34.8 -11.6 2 925 811 35 20 -11.5 -16.4 | 72 41 -39.1 -12.6 3 913 914 40 23 -14.8 -17.6 | 72 45 -42.4 -13.9 4 880 1219 35 19 -10.9 -15.6 | 73 40 -38.5 -11.8 5 850 1496 40 9 -5.8 -6.9 | 85 34 -33.4 -3.1 6 847 1524 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 86 35 -35.3 -2.7 7 816 1829 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 88 29 -28.9 -1.1 8 786 2134 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 125 19 -15.5 10.8 9 757 2438 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 156 11 -4.4 10.0 10 729 2743 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 222 5 3.4 3.8 11 700 3070 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 243 8 7.4 3.8 12 649 3658 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 230 11 8.2 6.9 13 600 4267 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 220 36 23.1 27.4 14 577 4572 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 209 33 15.7 28.8 15 555 4877 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 210 34 17.4 29.8 16 500 5690 230 65 49.8 41.8 | 206 51 22.2 45.5 17 493 5791 230 66 50.6 42.4 | 206 52 22.9 46.2 18 473 6096 230 75 57.5 48.2 | 210 60 29.8 52.0 19 436 6706 230 94 72.0 60.4 | 215 78 44.4 64.2 20 401 7315 225 83 58.7 58.7 | 206 70 31.1 62.4 21 400 7340 220 89 57.2 68.2 | 202 78 29.6 71.9 22 384 7620 220 94 60.4 72.0 | 203 83 32.8 75.8 23 368 7925 220 96 61.7 73.5 | 204 84 34.1 77.3 24 309 9144 225 115 81.3 81.3 | 212 101 53.7 85.1 25 300 9360 230 124 95.0 79.7 | 219 107 67.4 83.5 26 283 9754 230 129 98.8 82.9 | 219 112 71.2 86.7 27 250 10570 230 140 107.2 90.0 | 220 123 79.6 93.8 28 201 11949 225 150 106.1 106.1 | 216 135 78.4 109.8 29 200 11980 225 149 105.4 105.4 | 215 134 77.7 109.1 30 193 12192 225 150 106.1 106.1 | 216 135 78.4 109.8 31 172 12904 235 116 95.0 66.5 | 224 97 67.4 70.3 32 150 13750 240 83 71.9 41.5 | 224 63 44.3 45.3 33 144 14021 240 73 63.2 36.5 | 221 54 35.6 40.3 34 131 14630 240 78 67.5 39.0 | 223 59 39.9 42.8 35 119 15240 225 54 38.2 38.2 | 194 43 10.6 41.9 36 100 16320 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 183 24 1.1 23.8 37 98 16459 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 183 24 1.1 23.8 38 84 17374 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 191 27 5.1 26.7 39 76 17983 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 130 9 -6.7 5.6 40 73 18288 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 72 16 -15.3 -4.8 41 70 18510 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 114 27 -24.9 11.3 42 69 18593 230 1 0.8 0.6 | 99 27 -26.9 4.4 43 66 18898 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 122 19 -16.4 10.3 44 63 19202 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 131 28 -20.9 18.3 45 60 19507 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 142 28 -17.1 21.9 46 57 19812 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 166 26 -6.4 25.0 47 51 20422 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 117 20 -18.1 9.3 48 50 20600 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 109 19 -18.0 6.3 49 49 20726 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 129 15 -11.6 9.6 50 45 21336 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 101 14 -13.7 2.5 51 42 21641 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 105 18 -17.7 4.6 52 39 22250 330 13 6.5 -11.3 | 70 22 -21.1 -7.5 53 35 22860 225 1 0.7 0.7 | 99 27 -26.9 4.5 54 30 23774 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 119 25 -21.9 12.0 55 30 23840 70 9 -8.5 -3.1 | 91 36 -36.1 0.7 56 28 24384 85 11 -11.0 -1.0 | 94 39 -38.6 2.8 57 26 24689 125 19 -15.6 10.9 | 109 46 -43.2 14.7 58 25 24994 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 107 36 -34.7 10.8 59 24 25298 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 105 37 -35.8 9.5 60 23 25603 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 116 32 -28.5 13.7 61 22 25908 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 118 28 -25.0 13.4 62 20 26420 25 7 -3.0 -6.3 | 85 31 -30.6 -2.6 63 17 27432 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 95 25 -25.2 2.0 64 16 27737 355 2 0.2 -2.0 | 94 27 -27.4 1.8 65 15 28346 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 97 40 -39.6 4.8 66 14 28956 125 15 -12.3 8.6 | 107 42 -39.9 12.4 67 12 29566 355 2 0.2 -2.0 | 94 27 -27.4 1.8 68 11 30175 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 79 22 -21.9 -4.4 69 10 30960 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 75 26 -24.8 -6.9 70 7 33380 170 12 -2.1 11.8 | 118 34 -29.7 15.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 6.5 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.3 neg: -87.9 tot: 113.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 292.49 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 23 13 77 34| 18.5 0.0 18.5| 2.4 -75.6 -73.2 -146.4 -0.49| 20.7-10.2 1000 32 17 74 38| 8.2 0.0 8.2| 26.0 -75.6 -49.7 -49.7 -0.27| 15.0 -4.0 1500 34 15 77 37| 5.5 3.9 9.4| 94.1 -75.6 18.4 12.3 -0.01| 14.4 -0.2 2000 27 14 76 35| 4.1 8.8 12.9|167.0 -86.1 80.9 40.4 0.20| 18.1 3.6 2500 344 16 63 26| 3.9 7.1 10.9|197.7 -86.1 111.5 44.6 0.31| 17.9 5.5 3000 305 19 59 14| 3.2 6.5 9.8|201.3 -87.9 113.5 37.8 0.31| 15.7 4.9 4000 275 25 122 3| 2.4 8.3 10.7|201.3-125.3 76.0 19.0 0.19| 15.4 2.9 5000 259 31 194 10| 1.9 7.2 9.1|209.8-198.5 11.3 2.3 0.11| 14.1 1.6 6000 248 37 201 19| 1.6 8.0 9.6|292.2-223.6 68.7 11.4 0.12| 13.8 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250419.12.gif