UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 22 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 125 SFC 983 270 14.8 8.8 67 6.0 11.4 210 3 289.4 290.6 285.2 309.9 7.24 2 981 287 15.6 9.6 67 6.0 12.1 210 4 290.3 291.7 286.1 312.1 7.66 3 971 375 16.0 9.0 63 7.0 11.9 210 12 291.6 292.9 286.3 312.8 7.43 4 958 489 15.2 8.2 63 7.0 11.2 210 21 291.9 293.2 286.1 312.3 7.13 5 944 615 15.8 7.8 59 8.0 11.2 210 31 293.8 295.0 286.8 314.1 7.04 6 931 733 18.4 5.4 42 13.0 11.1 213 38 297.6 298.7 287.2 315.4 6.04 7 926 780 18.0 6.0 45 12.0 11.2 215 40 297.6 298.8 287.5 316.3 6.34 8 925 789 18.0 6.0 45 12.0 11.2 215 41 297.7 298.9 287.5 316.4 6.34 9 920 835 18.0 0.0 30 18.0 8.8 215 41 298.2 298.9 285.5 310.6 4.15 10 916 872 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305.6 306.2 287.3 315.9 3.30 25 616 4124 -7.1 -8.3 91 1.2 -7.6 270 13 305.6 306.2 287.4 315.9 3.32 26 615 4137 -7.3 -8.5 91 1.2 -7.8 270 13 305.5 306.1 287.3 315.7 3.27 27 602 4303 -8.5 -10.9 83 2.4 -9.4 269 11 306.0 306.5 287.0 314.7 2.76 28 590 4458 -9.9 -11.3 89 1.4 -10.4 257 10 306.1 306.6 287.0 314.7 2.73 29 584 4537 -10.5 -13.3 80 2.8 -11.5 250 10 306.3 306.8 286.6 313.8 2.35 30 573 4683 -11.9 -14.4 82 2.5 -12.7 249 10 306.4 306.8 286.5 313.3 2.19 31 567 4763 -12.5 -16.0 75 3.5 -13.6 253 11 306.6 306.9 286.3 312.8 1.93 32 544 5077 -15.1 -18.0 78 2.9 -15.9 261 13 307.1 307.4 286.2 312.6 1.70 33 521 5403 -16.9 -21.9 65 5.0 -18.1 264 16 308.8 309.0 286.4 313.0 1.27 34 516 5475 -17.3 -29.3 34 12.0 -19.6 265 17 309.1 309.3 285.8 311.4 0.66 35 514 5504 -17.3 -25.3 50 8.0 -19.1 265 17 309.5 309.7 286.3 312.7 0.95 36 504 5651 -18.7 -22.8 70 4.1 -19.7 272 22 309.5 309.8 286.6 313.5 1.21 37 500 5710 -18.9 -26.9 49 8.0 -20.5 275 24 310.0 310.2 286.4 312.8 0.84 38 495 5785 -19.5 -29.5 41 10.0 -21.4 275 26 310.2 310.3 286.2 312.4 0.67 39 490 5860 -20.1 -27.1 54 7.0 -21.5 274 26 310.3 310.5 286.5 313.2 0.85 40 479 6028 -21.3 -28.3 53 7.0 -22.6 271 26 310.9 311.0 286.6 313.5 0.77 41 471 6153 -21.9 -33.9 33 12.0 -23.8 268 27 311.6 311.7 286.5 313.2 0.46 42 468 6200 -22.3 -33.3 36 11.0 -24.1 265 27 311.7 311.8 286.5 313.4 0.49 43 458 6359 -22.9 -37.9 24 15.0 -24.9 257 29 312.9 312.9 286.8 314.0 0.32 44 434 6751 -25.7 -35.7 39 10.0 -27.1 261 40 314.2 314.3 287.3 315.7 0.42 45 432 6785 -25.5 -38.5 29 13.0 -27.2 261 41 314.8 314.9 287.4 316.0 0.32 46 431 6802 -25.3 -37.3 32 12.0 -26.9 261 41 315.3 315.4 287.6 316.6 0.36 47 430 6819 -25.5 -36.5 35 11.0 -27.0 262 41 315.3 315.3 287.6 316.7 0.39 48 426 6887 -25.7 -54.7 5 29.0 -27.9 263 43 315.8 315.9 287.5 316.1 0.05 49 425 6904 -25.7 -50.7 8 25.0 -27.9 263 44 316.1 316.1 287.5 316.4 0.09 50 424 6921 -25.9 -34.9 43 9.0 -27.2 263 44 316.0 316.1 288.0 317.7 0.46 51 420 6989 -26.5 -38.5 31 12.0 -28.0 265 46 316.1 316.2 287.9 317.3 0.33 52 412 7128 -27.7 -35.7 46 8.0 -28.7 267 47 316.3 316.4 288.1 317.9 0.44 53 400 7340 -29.7 -36.7 51 7.0 -30.6 270 47 316.4 316.5 288.1 317.9 0.41 54 300 9330 -43.5 -49.5 51 6.0 -43.8 255 60 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.14 55 250 10530 -53.1 -59.1 48 6.0 -53.2 260 64 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.3 0.05 56 240 10791 -54.9 -60.9 47 6.0 -55.1 265 66 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.04 57 200 11930 -63.1 -69.1 44 6.0 -63.1 255 61 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.02 58 176 12714 -65.3 -73.3 32 8.0 -65.4 270 64 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.01 59 150 13700 -60.3 -85.3 2 25.0 -60.5 250 45 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 60 100 16230 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.0 265 44 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 61 98 16357 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.6 265 44 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.6 0.00 62 91 16820 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.2 268 45 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 63 85 17245 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.0 266 45 430.0 430.0 308.9 430.0 0.00 64 83 17394 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.7 262 44 435.8 435.8 309.4 435.8 0.00 65 75 18027 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.8 261 34 444.0 444.0 310.3 444.0 0.00 66 70 18460 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -57.7 290 26 462.2 462.2 312.0 462.2 0.00 67 54 20085 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -60.8 233 21 490.5 490.5 314.2 490.5 0.00 68 52 20322 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.2 252 23 505.1 505.1 315.3 505.1 0.00 69 50 20570 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.1 335 12 508.4 508.4 315.5 508.5 0.00 70 40 21977 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.2 271 11 539.4 539.4 317.5 539.5 0.00 71 36 22644 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.0 349 11 562.7 562.7 318.8 562.7 0.00 72 32 23391 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -58.6 47 4 577.1 577.1 319.5 577.2 0.00 73 30 23800 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.9 340 9 590.6 590.6 320.2 590.6 0.01 74 28 24239 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.1 340 11 605.2 605.2 320.9 605.2 0.01 75 25 24958 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.3 2 19 618.2 618.2 321.4 618.2 0.01 76 21 26067 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -56.4 355 5 661.3 661.3 323.1 661.4 0.01 77 20 26380 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -56.6 45 15 670.0 670.0 323.4 670.0 0.01 78 16 27818 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -55.5 94 11 721.3 721.3 325.1 721.4 0.01 79 16 27818 -49.7 -85.7 1 36.0 -53.9 94 11 729.1 729.1 325.3 729.2 0.02 80 14 28696 -47.9 -84.9 1 37.0 -53.1 173 4 763.6 763.6 326.3 763.8 0.02 81 13 29185 -48.3 -84.3 1 36.0 -53.6 132 6 778.6 778.6 326.7 778.8 0.02 82 10 30930 -43.9 -82.9 1 39.0 -52.1 110 1 855.7 855.7 328.5 856.1 0.04 83 9.8 31066 -43.9 -82.9 1 39.0 -52.2 107 2 860.6 860.7 328.6 861.0 0.04 84 8.9 31719 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -51.2 95 4 896.3 896.3 329.4 896.8 0.05 85 8.3 32193 -42.7 -82.7 0 40.0 -52.4 86 6 907.2 907.3 329.5 907.8 0.05 86 7.8 32614 -42.3 -83.3 0 41.0 -52.5 79 7 925.1 925.1 329.9 925.6 0.05 87 7.0 33350 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -52.2 65 10 961.6 961.7 330.5 962.4 0.07 88 6.9 33448 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -52.3 965.6 965.6 330.6 966.4 0.08 89 6.3 34073 -37.1 -79.1 0 42.0 -51.4 1005.5 1005.6 331.3 1007.0 0.12 TRP 176 12714 -65.3 -73.3 32 8.0 -65.4 270 64 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.01 WND 240 10791 -54.9 -60.9 47 6.0 -55.1 265 66 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5585.00 m Freezing level: 678.64 mb = 3361.86 m = 11029.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.19 mb = 2970.74 m = 9746.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.08 % Est. max temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.32 mb = 1038.45 m = 3406.94 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 10.09 C Layer 920.0- 876.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.03 mb = 3496.22 m = 11470.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.25 F Cap Strength: 7.02 C Lifted Index: 2.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.50 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55580.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.15 mb = 2404.88 m = 7889.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 278 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 983 270 210 3 1.5 2.6 | 108 16 -15.2 4.8 1 945 610 210 31 15.5 26.8 | 178 29 -1.2 29.1 2 925 789 215 41 23.5 33.6 | 191 36 6.8 35.8 3 911 914 215 42 24.1 34.4 | 191 37 7.4 36.6 4 879 1219 220 38 24.4 29.1 | 194 32 7.7 31.3 5 850 1507 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 209 26 12.8 22.9 6 818 1829 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 221 23 15.0 17.0 7 788 2134 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 217 19 11.4 15.3 8 759 2438 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 207 19 8.4 16.7 9 732 2743 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 218 11 6.5 8.4 10 700 3111 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 226 3 2.3 2.2 11 678 3353 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 74 4 -4.2 -1.2 12 652 3658 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 71 6 -5.4 -1.9 13 627 3962 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 129 3 -2.7 2.2 14 603 4267 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 111 6 -5.7 2.2 15 579 4572 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 130 10 -7.6 6.4 16 557 4877 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 125 7 -5.9 4.1 17 515 5486 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 184 4 0.2 3.7 18 500 5710 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 269 7 7.2 0.1 19 494 5791 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 270 9 9.2 -0.1 20 474 6096 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 257 10 9.3 2.2 21 455 6401 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 231 16 12.3 10.0 22 418 7010 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 258 31 30.1 6.3 23 400 7340 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 266 30 30.3 2.2 24 384 7620 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 266 33 33.3 2.2 25 308 9144 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 247 44 40.3 17.5 26 300 9330 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 247 45 41.2 17.7 27 269 10058 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 240 47 40.6 23.1 28 250 10530 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 254 48 46.3 13.3 29 240 10791 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 261 50 49.0 8.0 30 233 10973 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 261 50 49.0 8.0 31 200 11930 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 247 46 42.2 18.0 32 176 12714 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 267 47 47.3 2.2 33 165 13106 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 267 47 47.3 2.2 34 157 13411 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 266 33 33.3 2.2 35 150 13700 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 235 31 25.6 17.6 36 142 14021 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 235 30 24.6 17.3 37 129 14630 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 260 41 40.1 7.2 38 123 14935 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 273 22 22.1 -1.2 39 117 15240 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 257 26 25.1 5.9 40 106 15850 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 281 31 30.6 -6.1 41 100 16230 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 257 28 27.1 6.0 42 96 16459 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 257 28 27.1 6.0 43 87 17069 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 266 29 29.3 2.2 44 79 17678 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 242 28 24.8 13.3 45 72 18288 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 246 11 10.2 4.6 46 70 18460 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 311 10 7.7 -6.7 47 69 18593 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 251 7 6.3 2.2 48 65 18898 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 311 10 7.7 -6.7 49 62 19202 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 87 7 -7.0 -0.4 50 59 19507 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 133 16 -11.7 10.9 51 56 19812 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 159 20 -7.2 18.7 52 51 20422 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 227 9 6.9 6.4 53 50 20570 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 53 15 -11.6 -8.7 54 49 20726 330 17 8.5 -14.7 | 33 15 -8.2 -12.5 55 46 21031 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 53 15 -11.6 -8.7 56 44 21336 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 106 8 -7.7 2.2 57 42 21641 200 4 1.4 3.8 | 111 16 -15.3 6.0 58 40 21946 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 108 7 -6.7 2.2 59 38 22250 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 242 1 1.2 0.6 60 33 23165 85 1 -1.0 -0.1 | 97 18 -17.7 2.1 61 30 23800 340 9 3.1 -8.5 | 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 62 27 24384 340 11 3.8 -10.3 | 58 15 -12.9 -8.1 63 26 24689 340 16 5.5 -15.0 | 41 17 -11.2 -12.8 64 25 24994 5 19 -1.7 -18.9 | 48 25 -18.4 -16.7 65 24 25298 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 83 30 -29.4 -3.7 66 23 25603 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 89 26 -26.4 -0.4 67 22 25908 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 98 17 -16.7 2.2 68 21 26213 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 63 17 -15.0 -7.6 69 20 26380 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 | 73 29 -27.3 -8.4 70 20 26518 40 19 -12.2 -14.6 | 67 31 -28.9 -12.3 71 18 27127 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 84 26 -25.4 -2.8 72 17 27432 70 13 -12.2 -4.4 | 86 29 -28.9 -2.2 73 16 28042 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 100 27 -26.4 4.8 74 15 28346 205 2 0.8 1.8 | 104 16 -15.9 4.0 75 11 30175 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 80 25 -24.4 -4.2 76 10 30930 110 1 -0.9 0.3 | 98 18 -17.6 2.5 77 7 33350 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 86 26 -25.8 -2.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.5 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 277.5 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -28.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.6 neg: -23.5 tot: 277.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 26.44 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 211 23 168 22| 38.0 0.0 38.0|171.5 0.0 171.5 343.0 0.79| 38.6 30.6 1000 215 32 183 28| 17.9 0.0 17.9|208.7 0.0 208.7 208.7 0.74| 23.7 17.4 1500 222 33 191 27| 11.2 0.0 11.2|285.0 0.0 285.0 190.0 0.75| 20.3 15.3 2000 228 33 197 26| 8.4 1.3 9.7|289.3 -15.8 273.5 136.8 0.65| 16.8 10.9 2500 231 32 200 24| 5.5 1.0 6.5|298.8 -22.8 276.1 110.4 0.57| 15.6 8.9 3000 235 30 201 21| 3.1 0.9 4.0|300.6 -23.5 277.2 92.4 0.45| 15.2 6.9 4000 240 25 200 16| 2.0 0.8 2.8|304.7 -25.6 279.1 69.8 0.42| 12.8 5.4 5000 242 22 194 13| 2.1 0.8 2.9|313.5 -27.1 286.4 57.3 0.42| 11.5 4.8 6000 248 22 201 12| 2.7 0.9 3.6|323.9 -41.8 282.1 47.0 0.39| 11.1 4.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250422.12.gif