UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 24 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 137 SFC 984 270 12.0 11.7 98 0.3 11.8 10 2 286.5 288.0 285.7 311.0 8.80 2 981 296 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 13.9 356 3 289.3 291.1 287.9 317.3 9.96 3 960 481 16.6 12.4 76 4.2 14.0 261 12 293.2 294.8 288.8 320.2 9.46 4 959 490 16.6 12.0 74 4.6 13.8 256 12 293.2 294.9 288.6 319.6 9.22 5 955 526 18.0 11.0 64 7.0 13.7 237 14 295.0 296.6 288.7 320.0 8.66 6 938 681 19.0 12.0 64 7.0 14.6 195 17 297.5 299.3 290.3 325.0 9.43 7 930 755 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.2 195 16 297.7 299.6 291.2 328.0 10.44 8 925 802 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.4 195 15 297.9 299.7 290.6 326.2 9.69 9 916 886 18.4 9.4 56 9.0 13.0 191 14 299.0 300.4 289.6 322.8 8.10 10 874 1286 15.4 10.4 72 5.0 12.3 179 13 299.9 301.5 290.7 326.6 9.10 11 863 1394 14.8 7.8 63 7.0 10.7 177 12 300.3 301.8 289.7 323.1 7.71 12 857 1453 14.8 3.8 48 11.0 8.8 176 12 300.9 302.0 288.2 318.5 5.87 13 850 1522 14.2 4.2 51 10.0 8.6 175 11 301.0 302.1 288.5 319.2 6.09 14 831 1712 12.4 5.4 62 7.0 8.5 175 12 301.1 302.3 289.1 321.3 6.78 15 815 1875 11.4 -0.6 43 12.0 5.4 174 12 301.7 302.5 287.2 315.3 4.49 16 800 2030 10.0 0.0 50 10.0 4.9 172 13 301.8 302.7 287.5 316.2 4.78 17 790 2134 8.8 1.8 61 7.0 5.1 170 13 301.6 302.6 288.2 318.2 5.52 18 784 2197 8.6 -1.4 49 10.0 3.7 172 14 302.1 302.9 287.2 315.4 4.40 19 782 2218 8.6 -6.4 34 15.0 2.0 172 14 302.3 302.8 285.9 311.6 3.03 20 763 2421 7.0 -6.0 39 13.0 1.2 179 16 302.7 303.3 286.2 312.5 3.20 21 751 2551 5.8 -5.2 45 11.0 0.8 180 15 302.8 303.4 286.5 313.4 3.45 22 748 2584 5.4 -2.6 56 8.0 1.6 180 15 302.7 303.4 287.2 315.5 4.22 23 746 2606 5.4 -6.6 42 12.0 0.1 180 15 302.9 303.5 286.2 312.5 3.12 24 743 2639 5.2 -6.8 42 12.0 -0.0 180 15 303.0 303.6 286.2 312.6 3.09 25 736 2716 4.8 -3.2 56 8.0 1.0 180 14 303.4 304.2 287.4 316.0 4.10 26 700 3123 1.6 -4.4 64 6.0 -1.2 175 16 304.3 305.0 287.5 316.4 3.94 27 679 3368 -0.3 -4.5 73 4.2 -2.2 170 16 304.8 305.5 287.8 317.2 4.03 28 649 3728 -2.5 -10.5 54 8.0 -5.6 188 14 306.3 306.8 286.9 314.6 2.65 29 626 4013 -4.9 -10.9 63 6.0 -7.2 199 11 306.7 307.2 287.1 315.1 2.66 30 619 4101 -5.3 -7.7 83 2.4 -6.3 198 10 307.2 307.9 288.1 318.0 3.46 31 614 4165 -5.7 -8.1 83 2.4 -6.7 197 9 307.5 308.1 288.1 318.1 3.38 32 611 4203 -5.9 -8.8 80 2.9 -7.1 196 9 307.7 308.3 288.0 317.8 3.22 33 610 4216 -6.1 -10.6 70 4.5 -7.8 196 9 307.6 308.1 287.6 316.4 2.79 34 603 4306 -6.9 -7.8 93 0.9 -7.3 193 8 307.7 308.4 288.3 318.7 3.52 35 587 4516 -8.3 -10.8 82 2.5 -9.2 169 11 308.4 309.0 287.9 317.5 2.86 36 569 4757 -10.3 -11.9 88 1.6 -10.9 168 10 308.8 309.4 287.9 317.4 2.70 37 567 4784 -9.7 -15.7 62 6.0 -11.6 170 10 309.9 310.2 287.5 316.3 1.98 38 565 4811 -9.5 -16.5 57 7.0 -11.8 171 10 310.4 310.8 287.6 316.5 1.86 39 555 4949 -9.7 -21.7 37 12.0 -13.0 183 11 311.8 312.0 287.3 315.8 1.21 40 550 5019 -9.9 -20.9 40 11.0 -13.0 192 13 312.3 312.6 287.6 316.7 1.31 41 535 5232 -10.5 -28.5 21 18.0 -14.7 216 19 314.1 314.2 287.6 316.5 0.68 42 529 5319 -11.1 -32.1 16 21.0 -15.4 217 18 314.4 314.5 287.5 316.1 0.49 43 524 5392 -11.5 -21.5 43 10.0 -14.3 219 17 314.8 315.0 288.5 319.2 1.31 44 509 5614 -13.1 -21.1 51 8.0 -15.3 223 15 315.5 315.7 288.8 320.1 1.39 45 506 5659 -13.5 -24.5 39 11.0 -16.3 223 15 315.5 315.7 288.4 319.0 1.04 46 500 5750 -13.9 -25.9 36 12.0 -16.8 225 14 316.1 316.3 288.5 319.3 0.93 47 498 5780 -13.9 -25.9 36 12.0 -16.8 218 13 316.5 316.6 288.6 319.7 0.93 48 476 6121 -16.9 -28.9 35 12.0 -19.4 240 12 316.9 317.0 288.6 319.4 0.74 49 471 6201 -17.7 -32.7 26 15.0 -20.5 240 13 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.7 0.52 50 469 6232 -17.9 -33.9 23 16.0 -20.7 240 13 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.6 0.46 51 467 6264 -18.1 -34.1 23 16.0 -20.9 240 14 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.7 0.46 52 461 6361 -19.1 -34.1 25 15.0 -21.7 240 15 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.7 0.46 53 452 6507 -20.1 -27.1 54 7.0 -21.6 240 17 317.6 317.7 289.0 320.7 0.92 54 450 6540 -20.3 -24.2 71 3.9 -21.2 240 17 317.7 318.0 289.3 321.8 1.20 55 400 7400 -27.3 -29.3 83 2.0 -27.6 270 20 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.5 0.85 56 300 9410 -42.1 -45.8 67 3.7 -42.3 265 32 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.21 57 250 10620 -51.9 -55.0 69 3.1 -52.0 265 64 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.09 58 200 12030 -64.3 -69.3 50 5.0 -64.3 250 84 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.02 59 182 12604 -69.0 -73.8 50 4.8 -69.0 245 90 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.4 0.01 60 180 12670 -69.5 -74.3 50 4.8 -69.5 250 88 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.6 0.01 61 150 13790 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.5 285 34 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 62 100 16320 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.2 280 47 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 63 93 16772 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.0 285 42 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 64 88 17116 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.7 291 37 428.5 428.5 308.7 428.5 0.00 65 76 18023 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.3 304 24 436.9 436.9 309.6 436.9 0.00 66 70 18530 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.7 295 20 455.4 455.4 311.4 455.4 0.00 67 67 18803 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.4 295 19 464.2 464.2 312.1 464.2 0.00 68 65 18992 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.2 270 17 466.4 466.4 312.3 466.5 0.00 69 63 19188 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -58.9 219 13 473.7 473.7 313.0 473.7 0.00 70 53 20267 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.8 320 12 493.1 493.1 314.4 493.1 0.00 71 51 20507 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.3 307 11 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 72 50 20630 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.6 265 10 499.5 499.5 314.9 499.5 0.00 73 48 20885 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.2 268 10 509.2 509.2 315.6 509.2 0.00 74 44 21429 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -60.9 281 3 520.1 520.1 316.3 520.1 0.00 75 39 22187 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -57.9 41 12 546.9 546.9 317.9 546.9 0.00 76 36 22693 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.5 36 12 555.4 555.4 318.4 555.5 0.00 77 34 23055 -55.7 -87.7 1 32.0 -57.1 349 11 571.9 571.9 319.3 572.0 0.01 78 30 23850 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.4 135 1 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.01 79 22 25826 -52.9 -86.9 1 34.0 -55.4 98 12 656.1 656.1 322.9 656.2 0.01 80 20 26440 -52.9 -86.9 1 34.0 -55.6 120 10 674.3 674.3 323.6 674.3 0.01 81 18 27123 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -55.4 153 9 696.8 696.8 324.3 696.9 0.01 82 17 27492 -53.7 -87.7 1 34.0 -56.5 202 9 703.8 703.8 324.6 703.8 0.01 83 14 28753 -50.5 -86.5 1 36.0 -54.8 14 10 754.8 754.8 326.1 754.9 0.02 84 14 28753 -47.7 -85.7 0 38.0 -53.0 14 10 764.3 764.3 326.3 764.4 0.02 85 12 29781 -44.3 -84.3 0 40.0 -51.6 350 10 810.8 810.8 327.5 811.0 0.03 86 12 29781 -44.5 -83.5 1 39.0 -51.7 350 10 810.1 810.1 327.5 810.4 0.03 87 11 30365 -44.3 -84.3 0 40.0 -52.0 76 10 831.2 831.2 328.0 831.5 0.03 88 10 31010 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -50.5 170 6 868.4 868.4 328.8 868.9 0.05 89 9.5 31360 -39.3 -81.3 0 42.0 -50.3 885.7 885.8 329.1 886.3 0.06 TRP 180 12670 -69.5 -74.3 50 4.8 -69.5 250 88 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.6 0.01 WND 182 12604 -69.0 -73.8 50 4.8 -69.0 245 90 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.00 m Freezing level: 682.32 mb = 3328.98 m = 10921.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.66 mb = 2631.57 m = 8633.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.97 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.66 mb = 307.62 m = 1009.24 ft T: 14.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 8.14 C Layer 863.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 984.00 mb = 270.00 m = 885.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.21 C = 53.98 F Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 26.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.21 mb = 1480.22 m = 4856.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.21 mb = 3247.76 m = 10655.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 549.21 mb = 5030.29 m = 16503.38 ft B at Equ Level: 105.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 329.21 mb = 8760.84 m = 28742.56 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 221 at 10 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 10 2 -0.3 -2.0 | 36 12 -6.9 -9.6 1 946 610 195 18 4.7 17.4 | 169 10 -1.8 9.8 2 925 802 195 15 3.9 14.5 | 159 7 -2.6 6.9 3 913 914 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 147 7 -4.1 6.2 4 881 1219 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 135 9 -6.5 6.4 5 850 1522 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 114 8 -7.5 3.4 6 819 1829 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 120 9 -7.6 4.4 7 789 2134 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 121 10 -8.8 5.2 8 761 2438 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 142 11 -6.5 8.4 9 733 2743 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 135 9 -6.5 6.4 10 700 3123 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 137 11 -7.9 8.3 11 680 3353 170 16 -2.8 15.8 | 131 12 -9.3 8.2 12 654 3658 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 145 9 -5.2 7.3 13 629 3962 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 135 4 -2.7 2.7 14 605 4267 195 8 2.1 7.7 | 92 4 -4.4 0.1 15 581 4572 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 109 11 -10.6 3.7 16 559 4877 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 101 7 -7.3 1.4 17 538 5182 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 209 9 4.4 8.0 18 500 5750 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 236 4 3.4 2.3 19 497 5791 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 197 3 1.0 3.0 20 477 6096 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 292 4 3.9 -1.6 21 439 6706 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 259 10 9.9 1.9 22 400 7400 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 299 15 13.5 -7.6 23 388 7620 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 301 15 12.5 -7.6 24 371 7925 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 292 12 11.2 -4.5 25 340 8534 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 303 17 14.4 -9.4 26 312 9144 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 289 23 21.5 -7.6 27 300 9410 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 281 26 25.4 -4.8 28 285 9754 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 274 26 26.0 -1.9 29 250 10620 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 272 57 57.3 -2.0 30 205 11887 250 84 78.9 28.7 | 254 75 72.4 21.1 31 200 12030 250 84 78.9 28.7 | 254 75 72.4 21.1 32 182 12604 245 90 81.6 38.0 | 248 81 75.1 30.4 33 180 12670 250 88 82.7 30.1 | 254 79 76.2 22.5 34 176 12802 245 90 81.6 38.0 | 248 81 75.1 30.4 35 160 13411 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 295 50 45.7 -21.6 36 150 13790 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 302 31 26.3 -16.4 37 145 14021 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 302 31 26.3 -16.4 38 131 14630 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 283 23 22.4 -5.1 39 125 14935 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 269 23 23.4 0.4 40 119 15240 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 283 33 32.5 -7.6 41 108 15850 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 256 47 45.2 11.2 42 100 16320 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 292 43 39.8 -15.8 43 98 16459 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 292 43 39.8 -15.8 44 76 17983 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 328 25 13.2 -21.4 45 73 18288 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 322 26 16.0 -20.6 46 70 18530 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 324 20 11.6 -16.1 47 66 18898 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 326 19 10.7 -15.6 48 63 19202 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 197 3 1.0 3.0 49 60 19507 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 256 12 11.7 2.9 50 57 19812 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 250 20 18.6 6.9 51 54 20117 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 345 16 4.1 -15.1 52 52 20422 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 6 18 -1.9 -17.6 53 50 20630 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 333 8 3.5 -6.7 54 49 20726 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 319 6 4.1 -4.8 55 47 21031 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 340 10 3.3 -9.3 56 45 21336 265 2 2.0 0.2 | 31 9 -4.5 -7.4 57 39 22250 50 13 -10.0 -8.4 | 46 23 -16.5 -16.0 58 37 22555 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 49 23 -17.2 -15.1 59 33 23165 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 8 17 -2.3 -16.7 60 32 23470 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 27 20 -9.4 -18.2 61 30 23774 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 41 10 -6.5 -7.6 62 30 23850 135 1 -0.7 0.7 | 46 10 -7.2 -6.9 63 28 24384 65 1 -0.9 -0.4 | 43 11 -7.4 -8.0 64 24 25298 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 38 20 -12.2 -15.8 65 23 25603 90 13 -13.0 0.0 | 69 21 -19.5 -7.6 66 20 26440 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 80 15 -15.2 -2.6 67 20 26518 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 65 18 -16.5 -7.6 68 19 26822 125 11 -9.0 6.3 | 85 16 -15.5 -1.3 69 17 27432 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 93 7 -6.5 0.4 70 16 27737 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 333 8 3.5 -6.7 71 16 28042 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 348 12 2.6 -11.8 72 14 28651 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 30 20 -9.9 -17.0 73 13 29261 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 18 18 -5.6 -17.6 74 12 29566 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 25 20 -8.4 -18.4 75 12 29870 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 13 18 -3.9 -17.3 76 11 30175 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 43 21 -14.3 -15.4 77 10 31010 170 6 -1.0 5.9 | 77 8 -7.5 -1.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.6 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 220.6 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -81.2 tot: -68.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 319.51 Bulk Shear: 0.33 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 195 12 141 5| 0.0 18.0 18.0| 0.0 -61.8 -61.8 -123.7 -0.93| 39.2-36.3 1000 191 13 143 7| 0.0 8.0 8.0| 0.0 -70.6 -70.6 -70.6 -0.92| 22.0-20.3 1500 186 13 134 7| 0.0 4.7 4.7| 1.2 -76.1 -74.8 -49.9 -0.90| 15.8-14.2 2000 182 13 131 8| 0.0 4.2 4.2| 6.5 -76.1 -69.6 -34.8 -0.80| 12.6-10.1 2500 182 13 132 8| 0.3 3.3 3.6| 12.2 -79.1 -66.9 -26.8 -0.73| 10.9 -7.9 3000 181 14 133 9| 0.2 3.1 3.3| 12.9 -81.2 -68.2 -22.7 -0.69| 9.6 -6.7 4000 182 13 134 8| 1.3 2.3 3.6| 19.4 -86.3 -66.8 -16.7 -0.59| 8.8 -5.2 5000 183 13 133 8| 1.9 2.2 4.1| 47.7 -89.6 -41.9 -8.4 -0.28| 9.7 -2.7 6000 191 13 144 7| 1.9 1.8 3.7| 54.0 -91.7 -37.7 -6.3 -0.21| 9.1 -1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250424.12.gif