UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 20 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 186 SFC 990 270 13.0 1.0 44 12.0 7.2 90 6 287.0 287.7 280.8 298.8 4.15 2 973 415 11.6 -1.4 40 13.0 5.6 75 7 287.0 287.6 280.1 297.2 3.54 3 925 835 7.6 -2.4 49 10.0 3.2 60 9 287.1 287.7 280.0 297.0 3.46 4 890 1151 4.6 -3.4 56 8.0 1.2 75 7 287.2 287.7 279.9 296.8 3.34 5 878 1262 4.4 -1.6 65 6.0 1.7 94 7 288.1 288.8 281.0 299.2 3.87 6 850 1526 5.0 4.3 95 0.7 4.6 195 12 291.4 292.5 284.9 309.0 6.13 7 842 1603 5.2 5.2 100 0.0 5.2 194 14 292.4 293.6 285.8 311.3 6.60 8 823 1790 4.6 4.6 100 0.0 4.6 191 19 293.7 294.8 286.2 312.4 6.47 9 807 1950 5.0 4.8 99 0.2 4.9 182 18 295.7 296.9 287.2 315.2 6.69 10 804 1981 5.2 3.9 91 1.3 4.5 180 17 296.3 297.4 287.0 314.7 6.30 11 798 2042 4.8 2.3 84 2.5 3.5 176 16 296.5 297.5 286.4 313.1 5.66 12 774 2291 4.0 -2.0 65 6.0 1.2 178 16 298.2 299.0 285.7 311.0 4.27 13 771 2323 4.0 -1.0 70 5.0 1.6 179 16 298.6 299.4 286.1 312.3 4.61 14 755 2493 2.8 1.1 89 1.7 2.0 183 17 299.0 300.0 287.2 315.4 5.49 15 743 2623 2.0 -0.2 85 2.2 0.9 176 15 299.5 300.5 287.0 314.7 5.08 16 740 2656 2.0 -1.8 76 3.8 0.2 175 15 299.9 300.7 286.6 313.5 4.53 17 737 2688 1.6 -2.2 76 3.8 -0.2 173 14 299.8 300.6 286.4 313.1 4.41 18 726 2810 1.0 -2.1 80 3.1 -0.4 171 12 300.4 301.3 286.8 314.0 4.52 19 700 3102 -1.5 -3.5 86 2.0 -2.4 215 8 300.8 301.6 286.6 313.6 4.22 20 697 3136 -1.9 -3.2 91 1.3 -2.5 219 8 300.7 301.5 286.7 313.8 4.33 21 690 3216 -1.7 -1.7 100 0.0 -1.7 227 7 301.8 302.7 287.6 316.6 4.90 22 677 3368 -2.7 -3.4 95 0.7 -3.0 243 7 302.4 303.2 287.3 315.7 4.40 23 670 3450 -3.3 -3.3 100 0.0 -3.3 252 6 302.6 303.4 287.5 316.2 4.48 24 669 3462 -3.3 -4.0 95 0.7 -3.6 253 6 302.7 303.5 287.3 315.7 4.25 25 667 3485 -2.3 -12.3 46 10.0 -6.0 255 6 304.1 304.5 285.7 311.1 2.23 26 666 3497 -2.1 -12.1 46 10.0 -5.8 257 6 304.5 304.9 285.9 311.6 2.27 27 643 3776 -3.9 -17.9 33 14.0 -8.3 265 7 305.5 305.8 285.4 310.2 1.45 28 635 3874 -4.9 -16.9 38 12.0 -8.8 255 9 305.5 305.8 285.5 310.6 1.60 29 630 3936 -5.3 -12.3 58 7.0 -7.8 249 10 305.7 306.1 286.4 313.1 2.36 30 626 3986 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -7.9 245 11 305.8 306.3 286.6 313.6 2.49 31 623 4024 -5.9 -8.4 82 2.5 -6.9 248 12 306.0 306.6 287.5 316.1 3.25 32 619 4074 -6.3 -8.0 88 1.7 -7.0 251 14 306.1 306.7 287.6 316.6 3.38 33 599 4330 -8.3 -9.3 92 1.0 -8.7 265 22 306.7 307.2 287.6 316.5 3.15 34 564 4795 -11.9 -15.8 73 3.9 -13.1 261 34 307.7 308.1 286.8 314.1 1.98 35 549 5000 -13.3 -16.0 80 2.7 -14.2 253 37 308.5 308.8 287.1 314.9 2.00 36 546 5042 -12.3 -15.7 76 3.4 -13.4 250 37 310.1 310.5 287.7 316.8 2.06 37 532 5240 -13.5 -15.7 83 2.2 -14.2 237 36 311.0 311.4 288.1 317.9 2.11 38 500 5710 -16.3 -18.2 85 1.9 -16.9 220 37 313.2 313.5 288.5 319.2 1.82 39 491 5847 -17.1 -19.0 85 1.9 -17.6 218 37 313.8 314.1 288.6 319.6 1.73 40 485 5939 -17.5 -19.4 85 1.9 -18.0 217 38 314.4 314.8 288.8 320.1 1.70 41 483 5970 -17.7 -19.5 86 1.8 -18.2 217 38 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.2 1.69 42 453 6449 -20.9 -22.5 87 1.6 -21.3 211 43 316.4 316.6 289.0 321.0 1.39 43 446 6564 -21.3 -24.0 79 2.7 -22.0 210 45 317.3 317.5 289.2 321.5 1.23 44 434 6765 -22.9 -24.5 87 1.6 -23.2 208 47 317.7 318.0 289.3 321.9 1.21 45 426 6902 -23.5 -26.4 77 2.9 -24.1 206 49 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.2 1.04 46 417 7058 -24.9 -27.3 80 2.4 -25.4 207 51 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.2 0.98 47 415 7093 -25.3 -28.1 77 2.8 -25.8 209 51 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.9 0.91 48 414 7110 -25.3 -30.2 64 4.9 -26.2 210 51 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.6 0.75 49 411 7163 -25.5 -30.5 63 5.0 -26.3 212 51 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.73 50 406 7252 -26.1 -32.1 57 6.0 -27.1 217 52 319.7 319.8 289.3 322.0 0.64 51 400 7360 -27.1 -33.1 57 6.0 -28.0 215 50 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.9 0.59 52 384 7652 -29.5 -33.8 66 4.3 -30.1 220 55 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.4 0.57 53 374 7839 -31.1 -36.1 61 5.0 -31.7 220 58 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.47 54 368 7953 -32.3 -36.4 67 4.1 -32.8 220 59 320.6 320.7 289.4 322.2 0.46 55 300 9360 -42.3 -60.3 12 18.0 -42.9 220 92 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.04 56 250 10570 -50.5 -68.5 10 18.0 -50.8 220 101 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.02 57 201 11959 -60.9 -73.0 19 12.1 -61.0 220 111 335.9 335.9 293.3 335.9 0.01 58 200 11990 -61.1 -73.1 19 12.0 -61.2 220 110 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.0 0.01 59 193 12210 -62.3 -74.3 19 12.0 -62.4 220 106 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.01 60 150 13770 -61.1 -82.1 5 21.0 -61.3 230 65 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 61 100 16310 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.6 215 42 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 62 90 16972 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -57.8 223 44 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.8 0.00 63 78 17864 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.1 214 34 436.1 436.1 309.5 436.1 0.00 64 75 18106 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.6 226 33 442.3 442.3 310.1 442.3 0.00 65 70 18530 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.0 270 24 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 66 68 18707 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.7 255 29 450.1 450.1 310.8 450.1 0.00 67 66 18890 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.6 270 29 454.4 454.4 311.3 454.4 0.00 68 64 19079 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.1 286 29 466.3 466.3 312.3 466.3 0.00 69 63 19177 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.5 294 29 467.5 467.5 312.4 467.6 0.00 70 61 19378 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.4 298 21 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.6 0.00 71 60 19481 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.3 300 16 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.6 0.00 72 59 19585 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.0 287 14 480.0 480.0 313.4 480.0 0.00 73 56 19911 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.2 236 12 484.5 484.5 313.8 484.5 0.00 74 55 20023 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.3 219 12 491.6 491.6 314.4 491.6 0.00 75 55 20023 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.1 219 12 492.0 492.0 314.4 492.0 0.00 76 50 20620 -59.7 -89.7 1 30.0 -60.3 245 10 502.8 502.8 315.1 502.8 0.00 77 45 21287 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -55.9 249 12 530.3 530.3 316.9 530.3 0.00 78 39 22199 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -57.8 268 15 547.4 547.4 317.9 547.4 0.00 79 36 22708 -54.9 -87.9 1 33.0 -56.3 304 11 564.7 564.7 318.9 564.8 0.00 80 34 23073 -56.1 -89.1 1 33.0 -57.4 297 5 570.9 570.9 319.2 570.9 0.00 81 34 23073 -54.7 -88.7 1 34.0 -56.2 297 5 574.6 574.6 319.4 574.6 0.00 82 32 23459 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.8 355 6 579.8 579.8 319.6 579.8 0.00 83 30 23870 -55.3 -88.3 1 33.0 -56.8 195 9 593.9 593.9 320.3 593.9 0.01 84 29 24086 -55.7 -88.7 1 33.0 -57.2 208 10 598.6 598.6 320.6 598.6 0.01 85 27 24545 -52.5 -87.5 1 35.0 -54.7 291 14 619.9 619.9 321.5 620.0 0.01 86 27 24545 -52.5 -87.5 1 35.0 -54.7 291 14 619.9 619.9 321.5 620.0 0.01 87 22 25860 -55.9 -88.9 1 33.0 -57.8 114 13 647.2 647.2 322.6 647.2 0.01 88 20 26470 -53.7 -88.7 1 35.0 -56.2 190 6 671.8 671.8 323.5 671.9 0.01 89 19 26800 -53.7 -88.7 1 35.0 -56.3 183 10 681.7 681.7 323.9 681.8 0.01 90 17 27520 -50.7 -87.7 0 37.0 -54.4 207 7 713.4 713.4 324.8 713.5 0.01 91 11 30384 -46.3 -85.3 0 39.0 -53.1 323 6 823.9 824.0 327.8 824.2 0.02 92 10 31022 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -51.7 326 10 859.4 859.4 328.6 859.8 0.04 93 10 31022 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -51.7 326 10 859.4 859.4 328.6 859.8 0.04 94 10 31022 -43.7 -83.7 0 40.0 -52.1 326 10 856.4 856.4 328.5 856.8 0.04 TRP 193 12210 -62.3 -74.3 19 12.0 -62.4 220 106 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.01 WND 201 11959 -60.9 -73.0 19 12.1 -61.0 220 111 335.9 335.9 293.3 335.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5524.00 m Freezing level: 715.60 mb = 2926.55 m = 9601.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.33 mb = 2673.75 m = 8772.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.46 % Est. max temperature: 18.53 C = 65.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.28 mb = 1767.29 m = 5798.13 ft T: 4.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 4.27 C Layer 804.0- 771.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.77 mb = 4268.62 m = 14004.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.49 C = 90.49 F Cap Strength: 13.61 C Lifted Index: 14.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.55 C Showalter Index: 6.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 23.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57444.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.18 mb = 2060.53 m = 6760.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 253 at 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 270 90 6 -6.0 0.0 | 78 20 -19.8 -4.2 1 950 610 55 9 -7.4 -5.2 | 66 23 -21.2 -9.3 2 925 835 60 9 -7.8 -4.5 | 68 23 -21.6 -8.7 3 916 914 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 68 24 -22.5 -9.2 4 883 1219 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 75 20 -19.7 -5.2 5 850 1524 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 114 14 -13.0 5.8 6 850 1526 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 125 13 -10.7 7.4 7 819 1829 190 20 3.5 19.7 | 146 19 -10.4 15.5 8 789 2134 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 121 19 -16.3 9.6 9 760 2438 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 138 18 -12.3 13.8 10 732 2743 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 118 18 -16.1 8.6 11 705 3048 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 111 16 -14.7 5.8 12 700 3102 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 104 10 -9.2 2.4 13 652 3658 275 5 5.0 -0.4 | 62 10 -8.9 -4.6 14 626 3962 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 97 4 -3.9 0.5 15 602 4267 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 288 7 7.1 -2.3 16 557 4877 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 264 23 22.6 2.2 17 515 5486 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 202 25 9.3 23.4 18 500 5710 220 37 23.8 28.3 | 202 26 9.9 24.2 19 475 6096 215 38 21.8 31.1 | 196 28 8.0 27.0 20 419 7010 205 51 21.6 46.2 | 190 43 7.7 42.0 21 402 7315 220 52 33.4 39.8 | 209 41 19.6 35.7 22 400 7360 215 50 28.7 41.0 | 202 40 14.8 36.8 23 385 7620 220 55 35.4 42.1 | 210 44 21.5 38.0 24 353 8230 220 63 40.5 48.3 | 211 52 26.7 44.1 25 323 8839 220 84 54.0 64.3 | 214 72 40.2 60.2 26 309 9144 220 86 55.3 65.9 | 214 74 41.4 61.7 27 300 9360 220 92 59.1 70.5 | 214 80 45.3 66.3 28 250 10570 220 101 64.9 77.4 | 215 89 51.1 73.2 29 246 10668 220 102 65.6 78.1 | 215 90 51.7 74.0 30 201 11959 220 111 71.3 85.0 | 215 99 57.5 80.9 31 200 11990 220 110 70.7 84.3 | 215 98 56.9 80.1 32 194 12192 220 111 71.3 85.0 | 215 99 57.5 80.9 33 193 12210 220 106 68.1 81.2 | 215 94 54.3 77.0 34 167 13106 220 101 64.9 77.4 | 215 89 51.1 73.2 35 150 13770 230 65 49.8 41.8 | 224 52 36.0 37.6 36 144 14021 230 66 50.6 42.4 | 224 53 36.7 38.2 37 131 14630 250 66 62.0 22.6 | 249 52 48.2 18.4 38 125 14935 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 241 28 24.2 13.6 39 119 15240 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 234 33 26.9 19.3 40 108 15850 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 232 23 18.2 14.3 41 103 16154 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 216 23 13.7 19.0 42 100 16310 215 42 24.1 34.4 | 199 32 10.3 30.2 43 98 16459 215 42 24.1 34.4 | 199 32 10.3 30.2 44 89 17069 225 44 31.1 31.1 | 213 32 17.3 26.9 45 80 17678 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 181 27 0.5 26.6 46 73 18288 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 222 20 13.2 14.8 47 70 18530 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 292 11 10.2 -4.2 48 69 18593 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 237 15 12.4 8.1 49 63 19202 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 323 21 12.4 -16.4 50 60 19507 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 4 12 -0.8 -11.7 51 54 20117 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 122 11 -9.2 5.8 52 52 20422 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 80 10 -9.5 -1.7 53 50 20620 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 91 5 -4.8 0.0 54 49 20726 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 122 11 -9.2 5.8 55 47 21031 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 97 4 -3.9 0.5 56 45 21336 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 88 3 -2.6 -0.1 57 43 21641 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 211 7 3.5 5.8 58 39 22250 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 344 4 1.2 -4.2 59 35 22860 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 31 13 -6.8 -11.2 60 34 23165 290 3 2.8 -1.0 | 65 12 -11.0 -5.2 61 30 23774 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 70 24 -22.9 -8.4 62 30 23870 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 111 12 -11.5 4.5 63 28 24384 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 121 7 -6.1 3.6 64 26 24689 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 29 23 -11.1 -19.9 65 25 24994 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 66 31 -28.6 -12.7 66 24 25298 65 19 -17.2 -8.0 | 69 33 -31.1 -12.2 67 21 26213 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 102 20 -19.6 4.0 68 20 26470 190 6 1.0 5.9 | 98 13 -12.8 1.7 69 20 26518 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 115 16 -14.8 6.8 70 15 27432 235 3 2.5 1.7 | 78 12 -11.4 -2.5 71 12 28042 320 1 0.6 -0.8 | 69 14 -13.2 -4.9 72 9 29261 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 18 19 -5.8 -18.0 73 8 29566 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 36 16 -9.6 -13.2 74 7 29870 25 2 -0.8 -1.8 | 68 16 -14.7 -6.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.4 neg: -104.5 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 95.50 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 64 8 70 22| 0.0 5.1 5.1| 2.1 -25.3 -23.2 -46.3 -0.71| 5.8 -4.1 1000 66 8 70 22| 2.9 2.6 5.5| 31.3 -25.3 6.1 6.1 0.08| 6.4 0.5 1500 105 9 86 23| 8.7 1.7 10.4|113.6 -25.3 88.4 58.9 0.57| 11.7 6.7 2000 147 11 104 21| 6.5 2.4 8.9|122.8 -59.3 63.5 31.7 0.33| 11.3 3.7 2500 160 12 112 19| 5.2 2.6 7.8|135.4 -87.7 47.7 19.1 0.21| 10.8 2.3 3000 165 12 113 18| 4.1 2.2 6.3|135.4-104.5 30.9 10.3 0.09| 11.0 1.0 4000 187 11 119 14| 4.7 1.6 6.3|141.0-113.9 27.1 6.8 0.13| 11.5 1.5 5000 226 15 158 7| 3.7 1.0 4.7|141.0-231.8 -90.7 -18.1 -0.08| 12.5 -1.0 6000 223 19 176 10| 3.1 1.9 5.1|142.0-310.0-168.0 -28.0 -0.16| 11.8 -1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250420.00.gif