UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 145 SFC 985 270 8.4 7.2 92 1.2 7.8 70 8 282.8 283.9 281.6 300.6 6.47 2 937 681 6.2 6.2 100 0.0 6.2 98 27 284.6 285.7 282.3 302.3 6.35 3 925 787 6.8 6.8 100 0.0 6.8 110 31 286.3 287.4 283.4 305.0 6.71 4 917 859 7.4 7.4 100 0.0 7.4 116 32 287.6 288.8 284.4 307.4 7.05 5 912 904 9.4 9.4 100 0.0 9.4 119 32 290.1 291.5 286.4 313.1 8.14 6 907 950 9.8 9.6 99 0.2 9.7 122 32 291.0 292.4 286.9 314.5 8.30 7 871 1286 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 136 29 292.1 293.4 286.5 313.2 7.38 8 850 1487 7.4 6.8 96 0.6 7.1 140 27 293.9 295.2 287.1 315.0 7.31 9 841 1575 7.0 6.0 93 1.0 6.5 131 23 294.4 295.6 286.9 314.6 6.99 10 836 1624 7.2 5.5 89 1.7 6.3 127 21 295.1 296.3 287.0 314.8 6.79 11 811 1874 6.8 3.3 78 3.5 4.9 105 14 297.2 298.3 287.1 314.8 5.99 12 794 2048 5.6 1.8 76 3.8 3.7 82 14 297.8 298.8 286.8 314.0 5.49 13 711 2941 -0.7 -2.9 85 2.2 -1.7 347 18 300.4 301.2 286.5 313.5 4.34 14 700 3066 -1.3 -3.7 84 2.4 -2.4 340 18 301.0 301.8 286.6 313.6 4.15 15 647 3690 -3.7 -4.6 93 0.9 -4.1 250 18 305.2 306.0 288.1 318.1 4.20 16 588 4438 -8.5 -8.6 99 0.1 -8.5 177 10 308.1 308.7 288.3 318.7 3.40 17 518 5411 -13.5 -14.1 95 0.6 -13.7 182 36 313.4 313.9 289.2 321.4 2.48 18 500 5680 -14.3 -15.3 92 1.0 -14.6 190 40 315.6 316.1 289.8 323.2 2.33 19 499 5695 -14.5 -15.6 91 1.1 -14.9 190 41 315.5 316.0 289.7 323.0 2.27 20 493 5788 -14.3 -15.2 93 0.9 -14.6 190 45 316.9 317.3 290.2 324.7 2.38 21 400 7350 -25.3 -27.6 81 2.3 -25.8 210 59 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.6 0.99 22 397 7404 -25.7 -27.7 83 2.0 -26.1 210 60 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.7 0.99 23 347 8363 -32.3 -36.7 65 4.4 -32.9 200 54 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.7 0.47 24 309 9168 -38.5 -41.7 72 3.2 -38.8 200 64 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.32 25 300 9370 -40.1 -43.3 71 3.2 -40.4 195 62 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.28 26 293 9531 -41.1 -44.9 67 3.8 -41.4 195 63 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24 27 255 10460 -48.7 -52.5 65 3.8 -48.8 195 73 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.12 28 250 10590 -49.9 -53.4 66 3.5 -50.0 195 74 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.11 29 244 10749 -51.1 -54.1 70 3.0 -51.2 195 75 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.10 30 238 10910 -52.9 -56.9 62 4.0 -53.0 195 75 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.07 31 235 10992 -53.7 -56.6 70 2.9 -53.8 195 76 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.08 32 232 11074 -53.9 -60.9 42 7.0 -54.1 195 76 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 33 226 11242 -55.5 -60.1 56 4.6 -55.6 195 77 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 34 223 11327 -55.9 -60.9 53 5.0 -56.0 196 77 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.05 35 202 11948 -61.7 -65.3 62 3.6 -61.7 209 85 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.03 36 200 12010 -62.1 -65.9 60 3.8 -62.1 210 86 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.03 37 195 12166 -63.5 -67.0 62 3.5 -63.6 210 83 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.02 38 186 12454 -64.9 -69.1 56 4.2 -65.0 217 94 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.02 39 177 12756 -64.9 -71.0 43 6.1 -65.0 225 106 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.01 40 173 12895 -64.9 -71.9 37 7.0 -65.0 225 106 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.0 0.01 41 165 13184 -62.9 -77.9 12 15.0 -63.0 229 101 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 42 161 13335 -62.1 -80.1 7 18.0 -62.2 236 92 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.00 43 154 13608 -63.5 -82.5 6 19.0 -63.6 250 76 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.00 44 150 13770 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 255 49 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 45 146 13936 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.0 253 44 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.00 46 142 14108 -60.7 -82.7 4 22.0 -60.9 252 39 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 47 131 14607 -62.1 -84.1 4 22.0 -62.3 250 23 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 48 121 15102 -58.1 -84.1 2 26.0 -58.4 206 22 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 49 113 15530 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.6 205 38 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 50 108 15814 -56.7 -84.7 2 28.0 -57.1 210 51 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 51 100 16300 -57.9 -85.9 2 28.0 -58.3 245 39 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 52 95 16624 -57.9 -85.9 2 28.0 -58.3 242 32 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 53 90 16964 -60.3 -86.3 2 26.0 -60.6 234 27 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 54 87 17177 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -58.3 232 31 432.8 432.8 309.1 432.8 0.00 55 84 17398 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.1 235 38 435.5 435.5 309.4 435.5 0.00 56 82 17550 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.1 238 43 443.0 443.0 310.2 443.0 0.00 57 73 18280 -61.7 -87.7 2 26.0 -62.0 250 12 447.0 447.0 310.6 447.0 0.00 58 70 18540 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.0 205 9 450.2 450.2 310.9 450.3 0.00 59 64 19090 -64.9 -87.9 3 23.0 -65.1 217 8 457.1 457.1 311.5 457.1 0.00 60 58 19700 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.9 240 8 482.8 482.8 313.7 482.8 0.00 61 54 20147 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.6 230 10 490.9 490.9 314.3 490.9 0.00 62 50 20630 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -58.8 260 10 506.6 506.6 315.4 506.6 0.00 63 41 21879 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.7 235 10 539.6 539.6 317.5 539.7 0.01 64 36 22698 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.2 213 13 555.9 555.9 318.4 556.0 0.01 65 34 23059 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.1 276 14 571.9 572.0 319.3 572.0 0.01 66 31 23643 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.7 326 12 582.4 582.4 319.8 582.4 0.01 67 30 23850 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.5 350 10 588.4 588.4 320.0 588.5 0.01 68 29 24065 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.6 317 10 594.2 594.2 320.3 594.2 0.01 69 29 24065 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.2 317 10 598.6 598.6 320.6 598.6 0.01 70 27 24519 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.3 37 8 607.6 607.6 320.9 607.6 0.01 71 25 25011 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -55.2 322 10 632.6 632.6 322.0 632.7 0.01 72 22 25831 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.6 52 15 647.8 647.8 322.6 647.8 0.01 73 20 26440 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -57.0 300 1 668.7 668.7 323.4 668.8 0.01 74 18 27119 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.5 157 4 696.1 696.1 324.3 696.2 0.01 75 16 27878 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -56.8 116 13 715.4 715.4 324.9 715.5 0.01 76 12 29763 -45.7 -83.7 1 38.0 -52.4 220 10 805.8 805.8 327.4 806.1 0.03 77 11 30342 -46.3 -84.3 1 38.0 -53.1 263 10 823.9 824.0 327.8 824.2 0.03 78 10 30980 -43.3 -83.3 0 40.0 -51.8 310 10 857.9 857.9 328.5 858.3 0.04 79 8.7 31922 -41.5 -82.5 0 41.0 -51.6 314 8 899.8 899.8 329.4 900.3 0.05 80 8.3 32241 -41.7 -82.7 0 41.0 -52.0 315 7 911.2 911.2 329.7 911.7 0.05 81 7.7 32754 -38.1 -80.1 0 42.0 -50.8 317 6 945.4 945.5 330.3 946.4 0.09 82 7.4 33027 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -51.1 318 5 954.6 954.6 330.4 955.5 0.08 83 7.0 33410 -37.7 -79.7 0 42.0 -51.1 320 4 973.2 973.3 330.8 974.3 0.10 84 6.6 33817 -35.9 -78.9 0 43.0 -50.7 997.3 997.4 331.1 998.7 0.12 85 6.4 34031 -37.1 -79.1 0 42.0 -51.4 1001.0 1001.1 331.2 1002.4 0.12 86 6.1 34363 -35.9 -78.9 0 43.0 -51.2 1020.0 1020.1 331.5 1021.6 0.13 TRP 177 12756 -66.3 -68.8 71 2.5 -66.3 220 106 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.02 WND 177 12756 -64.9 -71.0 43 6.1 -65.0 225 106 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5535.00 m Freezing level: 720.22 mb = 2842.06 m = 9324.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.45 mb = 2645.64 m = 8679.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.71 % Est. max temperature: 20.75 C = 69.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.27 mb = 419.53 m = 1376.40 ft T: 7.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 1.39 C Layer 794.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 981.62 mb = 298.25 m = 978.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.53 C = 47.35 F Cap Strength: 9.21 C Lifted Index: 10.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.80 C Showalter Index: 4.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 26.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.67 mb = 745.65 m = 2446.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.67 mb = 789.93 m = 2591.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 914.67 mb = 879.69 m = 2886.10 ft B at Equ Level: 39.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 874.67 mb = 1250.62 m = 4103.04 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 192 at 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 270 70 8 -7.5 -2.7 | 29 23 -11.0 -19.6 1 945 610 90 25 -25.0 0.0 | 59 33 -28.5 -16.9 2 925 787 110 31 -29.1 10.6 | 79 33 -32.7 -6.3 3 911 914 120 32 -27.7 16.0 | 88 31 -31.2 -0.9 4 878 1219 135 30 -21.2 21.2 | 100 25 -24.7 4.3 5 850 1487 140 27 -17.4 20.7 | 100 21 -20.9 3.8 6 846 1524 135 25 -17.7 17.7 | 92 21 -21.2 0.8 7 815 1829 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 54 21 -16.7 -12.1 8 785 2134 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 38 27 -16.7 -21.7 9 756 2438 45 17 -12.0 -12.0 | 28 33 -15.5 -28.9 10 728 2743 360 17 -0.0 -17.0 | 6 34 -3.5 -33.9 11 702 3048 340 18 6.2 -16.9 | 356 34 2.6 -33.8 12 700 3066 340 18 6.2 -16.9 | 356 34 2.6 -33.8 13 675 3353 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 332 22 10.3 -19.3 14 649 3658 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 309 17 13.4 -10.7 15 624 3962 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 309 15 11.9 -9.7 16 600 4267 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 350 8 1.5 -8.2 17 577 4572 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 47 13 -9.3 -8.7 18 554 4877 140 21 -13.5 16.1 | 87 17 -17.0 -0.8 19 533 5182 175 32 -2.8 31.9 | 157 16 -6.3 15.0 20 500 5680 190 40 6.9 39.4 | 189 23 3.4 22.5 21 493 5791 190 45 7.8 44.3 | 189 28 4.3 27.4 22 473 6096 195 45 11.6 43.5 | 197 28 8.1 26.6 23 400 7350 210 59 29.5 51.1 | 217 43 26.0 34.2 24 385 7620 210 62 31.0 53.7 | 217 46 27.5 36.8 25 353 8230 200 52 17.8 48.9 | 204 35 14.3 32.0 26 310 9144 200 64 21.9 60.1 | 203 47 18.4 43.3 27 300 9370 195 62 16.0 59.9 | 196 45 12.5 43.0 28 296 9449 195 62 16.0 59.9 | 196 45 12.5 43.0 29 250 10590 195 74 19.2 71.5 | 196 57 15.6 54.6 30 224 11278 195 77 19.9 74.4 | 196 60 16.4 57.5 31 200 12010 210 86 43.0 74.5 | 214 70 39.5 57.6 32 194 12192 210 83 41.5 71.9 | 215 67 38.0 55.0 33 177 12756 225 106 75.0 75.0 | 231 92 71.4 58.1 34 167 13106 225 106 75.0 75.0 | 231 92 71.4 58.1 35 151 13716 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 269 63 63.1 1.0 36 150 13770 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 275 44 43.8 -4.2 37 137 14326 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 283 27 26.5 -5.9 38 131 14630 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 299 20 17.2 -9.4 39 124 14935 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 287 7 6.8 -2.1 40 119 15240 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 217 8 5.0 6.6 41 107 15850 210 52 26.0 45.0 | 219 36 22.5 28.2 42 100 16300 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 271 32 31.8 -0.4 43 97 16459 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 270 33 32.7 0.0 44 93 16764 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 284 19 18.1 -4.4 45 88 17069 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 266 18 17.9 1.1 46 80 17678 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 260 38 37.2 6.6 47 76 17983 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 298 26 23.1 -12.2 48 73 18288 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 333 15 6.8 -13.1 49 70 18540 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 358 9 0.3 -8.7 50 69 18593 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 324 14 8.3 -11.4 51 66 18898 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 343 10 2.9 -9.2 52 60 19507 210 4 2.0 3.5 | 6 14 -1.5 -13.4 53 57 19812 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 337 16 6.1 -14.3 54 52 20422 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 350 8 1.5 -8.2 55 50 20630 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 337 16 6.3 -15.1 56 49 20726 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 331 17 8.3 -14.8 57 45 21336 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 344 19 5.3 -18.4 58 41 21946 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 338 11 4.1 -10.5 59 39 22250 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 337 16 6.1 -14.3 60 37 22555 170 11 -1.9 10.8 | 42 8 -5.4 -6.0 61 35 22860 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 322 18 11.2 -14.3 62 33 23165 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 334 23 10.0 -20.5 63 32 23470 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 342 26 7.9 -24.9 64 30 23850 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 4 27 -1.8 -26.7 65 29 24079 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 352 24 3.5 -24.0 66 28 24384 60 8 -6.9 -4.0 | 27 23 -10.5 -20.9 67 25 24994 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 353 25 2.9 -24.5 68 22 25908 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 34 29 -16.5 -24.4 69 21 26213 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 43 19 -13.2 -14.3 70 20 26440 300 1 0.9 -0.5 | 9 18 -2.7 -17.4 71 19 26822 240 1 0.9 0.5 | 9 17 -2.7 -16.4 72 17 27432 75 7 -6.8 -1.8 | 29 21 -10.3 -18.7 73 16 27737 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 50 23 -17.3 -14.4 74 16 28042 130 13 -10.0 8.4 | 58 16 -13.5 -8.5 75 15 28346 115 13 -11.8 5.5 | 53 19 -15.3 -11.4 76 14 28651 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 47 14 -10.6 -9.8 77 10 30980 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 350 24 4.1 -23.3 78 7 33410 320 4 2.6 -3.1 | 3 20 -1.0 -19.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.8 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 191.8 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 7.6 tot: 12.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -52.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.4 neg: -428.6 tot: -135.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 19.3 stream: -3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 81.72 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 92 20 55 29| 25.3 0.0 25.3|196.1 0.0 196.1 392.3 0.88| 28.9 25.5 1000 112 26 75 28| 14.0 0.0 14.0|292.8 0.0 292.8 292.8 0.84| 22.5 19.0 1500 119 25 79 26| 9.3 5.3 14.6|293.4 -80.3 213.1 142.0 0.37| 21.0 7.7 2000 114 22 72 25| 7.0 7.7 14.7|293.4-153.7 139.7 69.8 0.14| 19.6 2.8 2500 104 21 64 27| 5.6 9.0 14.6|293.4-301.4 -8.0 -3.2 -0.06| 19.4 -1.2 3000 94 21 57 29| 4.7 7.6 12.2|293.4-428.6-135.2 -45.1 -0.19| 19.3 -3.6 4000 107 19 63 25| 3.5 3.6 7.1|312.3-484.2-171.9 -43.0 -0.17| 17.9 -3.1 5000 129 19 75 19| 4.5 1.3 5.8|455.2-484.2 -29.0 -5.8 0.08| 18.8 1.6 6000 162 23 115 12| 4.8 1.1 5.9|542.3-484.2 58.1 9.7 0.15| 17.5 2.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250420.12.gif