UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 21 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 142 SFC 984 270 4.8 4.1 95 0.7 4.5 0 0 279.2 280.1 278.4 293.5 5.21 2 981 295 6.6 6.3 98 0.3 6.5 356 1 281.3 282.3 280.5 298.1 6.11 3 963 449 6.0 6.0 100 0.0 6.0 331 7 282.2 283.2 280.9 299.0 6.09 4 956 509 6.6 6.4 99 0.2 6.5 321 10 283.4 284.5 281.7 300.9 6.31 5 947 588 7.8 3.2 73 4.6 5.5 308 13 285.4 286.2 281.2 299.7 5.08 6 932 721 7.4 0.4 61 7.0 4.1 305 14 286.3 287.0 280.6 298.3 4.22 7 925 784 7.2 3.2 76 4.0 5.2 305 14 286.7 287.6 281.9 301.4 5.21 8 922 811 7.0 3.5 78 3.5 5.2 304 15 286.7 287.7 282.1 301.8 5.34 9 917 855 7.4 2.4 71 5.0 4.9 302 16 287.6 288.5 282.0 301.7 4.96 10 914 882 8.0 -1.0 53 9.0 3.9 301 16 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303.8 1.43 25 690 3166 -2.3 -23.3 18 21.0 -8.0 303 38 301.2 301.3 283.0 303.9 0.85 26 675 3340 -2.9 -24.9 16 22.0 -8.7 300 41 302.4 302.5 283.4 304.9 0.75 27 666 3446 -2.3 -27.3 13 25.0 -8.6 299 40 304.2 304.4 283.9 306.3 0.61 28 644 3712 -3.1 -35.1 6 32.0 -9.8 295 36 306.3 306.3 284.3 307.3 0.30 29 639 3773 -3.3 -31.3 9 28.0 -9.7 296 35 306.7 306.8 284.7 308.2 0.44 30 631 3873 -4.1 -30.1 11 26.0 -10.1 297 34 306.9 307.0 284.8 308.6 0.50 31 620 4011 -4.9 -19.9 30 15.0 -9.4 298 33 307.5 307.8 285.9 311.7 1.27 32 605 4202 -6.7 -18.7 38 12.0 -10.4 299 32 307.6 307.9 286.2 312.3 1.44 33 560 4801 -10.3 -27.3 23 17.0 -14.3 270 34 310.3 310.4 286.3 312.7 0.73 34 546 4995 -12.1 -25.1 33 13.0 -15.3 270 36 310.4 310.5 286.5 313.4 0.91 35 509 5526 -16.5 -26.5 42 10.0 -18.7 270 40 311.3 311.5 286.8 314.2 0.86 36 500 5660 -17.1 -29.1 34 12.0 -19.5 270 41 312.2 312.3 286.9 314.6 0.69 37 494 5751 -17.7 -30.7 31 13.0 -20.2 269 41 312.5 312.7 286.9 314.6 0.60 38 478 5997 -19.9 -31.9 34 12.0 -22.0 266 39 312.8 312.9 287.0 314.7 0.55 39 474 6060 -20.5 -33.5 30 13.0 -22.7 265 39 312.8 312.9 286.9 314.5 0.48 40 470 6123 -20.7 -38.7 18 18.0 -23.2 265 39 313.3 313.4 286.9 314.3 0.29 41 455 6362 -23.1 -38.1 24 15.0 -25.1 269 41 313.2 313.3 286.9 314.3 0.31 42 448 6476 -23.9 -41.9 17 18.0 -26.0 271 42 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.4 0.22 43 447 6492 -23.5 -46.5 10 23.0 -25.9 271 42 314.3 314.3 287.0 314.8 0.13 44 435 6692 -24.5 -56.5 3 32.0 -26.9 275 44 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.6 0.04 45 400 7300 -28.3 -61.3 3 33.0 -30.3 270 53 318.2 318.2 288.2 318.3 0.02 46 391 7463 -28.7 -57.7 4 29.0 -30.6 270 54 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.04 47 333 8589 -37.7 -61.7 6 24.0 -38.7 266 61 322.5 322.5 289.5 322.6 0.03 48 300 9300 -42.1 -66.1 6 24.0 -42.8 270 65 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.1 0.02 49 295 9414 -42.7 -66.7 5 24.0 -43.4 271 66 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.02 50 260 10260 -45.7 -70.7 4 25.0 -46.3 271 74 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.4 0.01 51 250 10520 -47.3 -71.3 5 24.0 -47.8 265 76 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.01 52 235 10927 -50.6 -71.9 6 21.2 -51.0 260 77 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.01 53 209 11681 -56.9 -72.9 12 16.0 -57.1 256 73 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.4 0.01 54 206 11773 -56.9 -72.9 12 16.0 -57.1 256 73 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.01 55 200 11960 -57.3 -72.3 13 15.0 -57.5 255 72 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.01 56 199 11992 -57.1 -73.1 11 16.0 -57.3 255 72 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.01 57 186 12417 -59.1 -73.1 15 14.0 -59.3 250 72 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.01 58 185 12450 -58.7 -73.7 13 15.0 -58.9 249 72 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 59 173 12868 -61.7 -74.7 16 13.0 -61.8 250 73 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 60 150 13760 -57.3 -84.3 2 27.0 -57.6 265 47 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 61 100 16270 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.7 255 40 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 62 98 16394 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -63.9 255 40 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 63 93 16715 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.7 250 36 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 64 86 17200 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.1 240 29 432.6 432.6 309.1 432.6 0.00 65 84 17348 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -58.7 237 27 436.3 436.3 309.5 436.3 0.00 66 80 17654 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -59.7 230 22 440.4 440.4 309.9 440.4 0.00 67 78 17813 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -58.6 225 27 446.1 446.1 310.5 446.1 0.00 68 70 18490 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -60.9 230 19 455.0 455.0 311.3 455.0 0.00 69 64 19047 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.4 216 15 468.1 468.1 312.5 468.1 0.00 70 58 19658 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.3 254 14 479.2 479.2 313.4 479.2 0.00 71 56 19876 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -59.9 259 14 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 72 54 20104 -56.5 -89.5 1 33.0 -57.3 265 13 499.2 499.2 314.9 499.2 0.00 73 53 20222 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.3 265 18 501.9 501.9 315.1 501.9 0.00 74 50 20590 -57.7 -88.7 1 31.0 -58.5 260 12 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.5 0.00 75 49 20718 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -58.8 279 20 509.5 509.5 315.6 509.5 0.00 76 47 20981 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -57.9 259 13 518.0 518.0 316.2 518.0 0.00 77 44 21398 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -59.5 295 6 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.0 0.00 78 42 21691 -57.5 -89.5 1 32.0 -58.4 247 8 533.9 534.0 317.2 534.0 0.00 79 37 22490 -59.1 -90.1 1 31.0 -59.9 248 14 549.6 549.6 318.1 549.6 0.00 80 35 22841 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.2 312 21 563.6 563.6 318.8 563.6 0.00 81 30 23820 -55.9 -88.9 1 33.0 -57.3 55 15 592.2 592.2 320.3 592.3 0.00 82 28 24257 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.3 71 13 597.9 597.9 320.5 598.0 0.00 83 22 25796 -52.9 -87.9 1 35.0 -55.4 16 13 656.1 656.1 322.9 656.2 0.01 84 20 26410 -53.5 -88.5 1 35.0 -56.1 100 10 672.4 672.4 323.5 672.5 0.01 85 18 27087 -54.5 -88.5 1 34.0 -57.1 132 10 689.8 689.8 324.1 689.9 0.01 86 15 28265 -50.7 -87.7 0 37.0 -54.7 41 9 739.4 739.4 325.6 739.5 0.01 87 14 28717 -48.1 -87.1 0 39.0 -53.2 75 10 762.9 762.9 326.3 763.0 0.01 88 13 29206 -47.7 -86.7 0 39.0 -53.2 149 10 780.7 780.7 326.8 780.8 0.02 89 12 29738 -45.7 -84.7 0 39.0 -52.4 249 10 805.8 805.8 327.4 806.0 0.03 90 10 30960 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -51.7 10 4 859.4 859.4 328.6 859.8 0.04 91 9.9 31028 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -51.8 861.1 861.2 328.7 861.5 0.04 92 9.5 31307 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -51.0 879.7 879.7 329.0 880.2 0.05 93 9.1 31599 -41.5 -82.5 0 41.0 -51.4 888.3 888.3 329.2 888.8 0.05 94 8.3 32226 -39.7 -80.7 0 41.0 -51.1 919.0 919.1 329.8 919.8 0.07 TRP 173 12868 -61.7 -74.7 16 13.0 -61.8 250 73 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 WND 235 10927 -50.6 -71.9 6 21.2 -51.0 260 77 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5518.00 m Freezing level: 741.41 mb = 2602.72 m = 8538.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 806.36 mb = 1911.06 m = 6269.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.19 % Est. max temperature: 21.46 C = 70.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.45 mb = 359.36 m = 1178.99 ft T: 6.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 2.58 C Layer 947.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.61 mb = 2821.81 m = 9257.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.57 C = 74.42 F Cap Strength: 12.12 C Lifted Index: 12.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.41 C Showalter Index: 10.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 6.90 C K Index: 5.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 87.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56423.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.09 mb = 1422.95 m = 4668.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 322 at 23 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 984 270 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 142 23 -14.2 18.0 1 945 610 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 164 10 -2.8 10.0 2 925 784 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 164 10 -2.8 10.0 3 911 914 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 183 10 0.5 9.5 4 877 1219 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 226 5 3.4 3.2 5 850 1482 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 51 1 -1.0 -0.8 6 846 1524 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 51 1 -1.0 -0.8 7 814 1829 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 283 5 4.9 -1.1 8 784 2134 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 270 7 7.2 0.0 9 755 2438 315 29 20.5 -20.5 | 292 7 6.3 -2.5 10 727 2743 310 33 25.3 -21.2 | 286 12 11.0 -3.2 11 700 3052 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 280 15 15.3 -2.6 12 673 3353 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 277 21 21.3 -2.5 13 647 3658 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 261 19 18.4 2.8 14 598 4267 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 259 13 12.6 2.5 15 575 4572 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 223 25 16.8 18.0 16 553 4877 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 229 27 20.8 18.0 17 500 5660 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 236 32 26.8 18.0 18 471 6096 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 229 33 24.6 21.4 19 434 6706 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 244 33 29.6 14.2 20 400 7300 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 245 43 38.8 18.0 21 382 7620 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 247 45 41.8 18.0 22 321 8839 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 244 54 48.5 23.5 23 307 9144 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 245 56 50.5 23.7 24 300 9300 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 250 54 50.8 18.0 25 268 10058 275 72 71.7 -6.3 | 258 59 57.5 11.7 26 250 10520 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 248 66 61.5 24.6 27 235 10927 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 243 69 61.6 31.4 28 233 10973 260 77 75.8 13.4 | 243 69 61.6 31.4 29 200 11960 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 236 66 55.3 36.6 30 175 12802 245 72 65.3 30.4 | 226 70 51.0 48.4 31 173 12868 250 73 68.6 25.0 | 232 69 54.4 43.0 32 159 13411 255 75 72.4 19.4 | 237 69 58.2 37.4 33 150 13760 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 236 39 32.6 22.1 34 144 14021 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 236 39 32.6 22.1 35 137 14326 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 206 36 15.7 32.0 36 130 14630 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 204 39 16.1 35.5 37 124 14935 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 225 42 29.2 29.7 38 118 15240 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 210 39 19.3 33.6 39 107 15850 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 215 54 30.8 44.0 40 100 16270 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 221 37 24.4 28.4 41 97 16459 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 221 37 24.4 28.4 42 80 17678 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 185 32 2.6 32.1 43 76 17983 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 188 43 6.3 42.5 44 72 18288 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 183 25 1.2 25.2 45 70 18490 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 181 30 0.3 30.2 46 69 18593 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 180 32 -0.1 32.1 47 66 18898 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 166 33 -7.9 31.6 48 59 19507 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 180 23 -0.1 23.1 49 54 20117 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 176 19 -1.3 19.1 50 51 20422 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 210 23 11.7 20.3 51 50 20590 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 173 20 -2.4 20.1 52 49 20726 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 204 16 6.4 14.4 53 47 21031 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 170 21 -3.6 20.9 54 44 21336 305 5 4.1 -2.9 | 146 18 -10.1 15.1 55 40 21946 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 160 29 -10.0 27.1 56 38 22250 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 183 27 1.4 27.0 57 37 22555 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 175 23 -2.0 22.5 58 35 22860 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 191 3 0.6 3.2 59 33 23165 5 21 -1.8 -20.9 | 80 16 -16.1 -2.9 60 32 23470 5 19 -1.7 -18.9 | 87 16 -15.9 -0.9 61 30 23820 55 15 -12.3 -8.6 | 110 28 -26.5 9.4 62 27 24384 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 120 30 -25.8 14.9 63 26 24689 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 117 18 -16.0 8.2 64 25 24994 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 121 27 -23.3 13.8 65 24 25298 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 118 17 -15.1 8.0 66 23 25603 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 117 14 -12.2 6.2 67 21 26213 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 114 31 -28.3 12.9 68 20 26410 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 129 31 -24.1 19.7 69 19 26822 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 129 31 -24.1 19.7 70 18 27127 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 140 33 -21.3 25.1 71 17 27432 140 8 -5.1 6.1 | 141 31 -19.4 24.1 72 16 27737 110 1 -0.9 0.3 | 140 24 -15.2 18.3 73 15 28346 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 116 22 -20.0 9.8 74 14 28956 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 128 31 -24.2 18.9 75 12 29870 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 167 18 -4.2 18.0 76 11 30175 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 157 14 -5.6 13.0 77 10 30960 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 133 21 -14.9 14.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.7 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 321.7 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 5.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.4 neg: -23.2 tot: 16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 62.38 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 305 9 152 14| 0.0 14.4 14.4| 18.7 -9.4 9.2 18.5 0.26| 16.3 4.3 1000 305 14 164 10| 4.8 7.2 12.0| 35.1 -9.4 25.6 25.6 0.46| 13.7 6.3 1500 312 17 168 6| 4.4 4.8 9.2| 35.2 -10.7 24.5 16.3 0.34| 12.8 4.3 2000 312 20 187 5| 3.3 4.3 7.6| 36.8 -12.7 24.1 12.1 0.29| 10.8 3.1 2500 312 22 213 4| 2.6 4.5 7.1| 39.4 -15.1 24.4 9.7 0.26| 9.9 2.6 3000 311 24 244 5| 2.2 5.0 7.2| 39.4 -23.2 16.2 5.4 0.19| 9.7 1.8 4000 306 27 257 8| 1.5 3.3 4.7| 39.4 -56.0 -16.6 -4.1 0.06| 8.9 0.5 5000 299 29 249 12| 1.2 3.9 5.1| 72.3-109.5 -37.1 -7.4 -0.03| 9.5 -0.2 6000 292 31 245 16| 1.0 3.5 4.5|104.8-141.0 -36.2 -6.0 -0.02| 8.7 -0.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250421.12.gif