UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 25 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 25 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 141 SFC 985 270 16.0 14.4 90 1.6 15.0 290 5 290.4 292.3 288.8 320.1 10.52 2 956 523 13.8 13.4 97 0.4 13.6 327 12 290.7 292.5 288.5 319.3 10.15 3 942 648 15.6 12.5 82 3.1 13.7 337 15 293.7 295.5 289.2 321.5 9.71 4 935 711 15.8 12.8 82 3.0 13.9 332 14 294.6 296.3 289.8 323.2 9.98 5 925 802 15.0 12.7 86 2.3 13.6 325 13 294.6 296.4 289.8 323.4 10.02 6 877 1252 12.0 11.3 95 0.7 11.6 314 20 296.1 297.8 289.9 323.9 9.63 7 868 1339 11.6 9.9 89 1.7 10.6 313 19 296.5 298.1 289.4 322.2 8.85 8 850 1514 10.4 9.4 94 1.0 9.8 310 18 297.0 298.6 289.5 322.5 8.74 9 825 1762 8.4 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 302 16 297.5 299.0 289.2 321.5 8.24 10 820 1813 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 301 15 298.2 299.5 288.7 319.8 7.37 11 806 1955 7.8 4.1 77 3.7 5.8 286 14 298.8 300.0 288.0 317.7 6.38 12 804 1976 8.2 3.9 74 4.3 5.9 284 14 299.5 300.6 288.1 318.1 6.30 13 799 2027 7.8 7.0 95 0.8 7.3 278 14 299.6 301.0 289.6 322.8 7.89 14 795 2069 7.6 7.2 97 0.4 7.3 273 13 299.8 301.3 289.8 323.5 8.04 15 782 2205 6.8 6.8 100 0.0 6.8 262 13 300.3 301.8 289.9 323.8 7.95 16 752 2526 5.4 2.0 79 3.4 3.6 251 15 302.2 303.3 288.7 319.9 5.89 17 732 2746 4.0 1.5 84 2.5 2.7 255 16 303.0 304.1 288.9 320.6 5.83 18 724 2836 3.6 0.2 78 3.4 1.9 254 15 303.5 304.5 288.6 319.8 5.37 19 700 3109 1.4 -0.1 90 1.5 0.7 240 14 304.0 305.0 288.9 320.5 5.43 20 692 3202 0.6 -0.8 90 1.4 -0.1 234 13 304.1 305.1 288.8 320.0 5.22 21 667 3497 -0.5 -4.4 75 3.9 -2.3 240 9 306.1 306.9 288.4 318.9 4.14 22 658 3605 -1.3 -4.4 79 3.1 -2.7 253 8 306.4 307.2 288.5 319.4 4.19 23 618 4103 -4.1 -8.5 71 4.4 -5.9 257 7 308.8 309.4 288.4 319.0 3.26 24 615 4142 -4.1 -8.9 69 4.8 -6.1 256 6 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.2 3.17 25 579 4615 -7.9 -11.4 76 3.5 -9.2 244 4 310.1 310.6 288.4 318.9 2.76 26 573 4696 -8.3 -12.1 74 3.8 -9.7 242 3 310.6 311.1 288.4 319.0 2.64 27 569 4750 -8.5 -14.5 62 6.0 -10.6 240 3 311.0 311.4 288.1 318.0 2.18 28 541 5140 -11.9 -15.8 73 3.9 -13.2 228 3 311.4 311.8 288.1 318.1 2.06 29 533 5254 -12.3 -19.3 56 7.0 -14.3 224 4 312.3 312.6 287.9 317.4 1.56 30 519 5457 -13.9 -19.9 60 6.0 -15.6 218 5 312.7 313.0 288.0 317.8 1.52 31 500 5740 -15.9 -22.9 55 7.0 -17.7 210 7 313.7 313.9 288.0 317.7 1.21 32 499 5755 -16.1 -23.1 55 7.0 -17.9 211 7 313.6 313.8 287.9 317.6 1.19 33 488 5923 -17.1 -27.1 42 10.0 -19.3 225 6 314.4 314.5 287.9 317.3 0.85 34 485 5969 -17.3 -24.3 54 7.0 -19.0 229 6 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.4 1.10 35 484 5984 -17.3 -24.3 54 7.0 -19.0 230 6 314.9 315.1 288.3 318.6 1.11 36 483 6000 -17.1 -27.1 42 10.0 -19.3 232 6 315.3 315.5 288.2 318.3 0.86 37 481 6031 -16.9 -23.9 55 7.0 -18.6 234 5 315.9 316.1 288.7 319.8 1.15 38 465 6284 -18.9 -23.9 65 5.0 -20.1 258 6 316.5 316.7 288.9 320.6 1.19 39 460 6365 -18.9 -24.9 59 6.0 -20.3 266 6 317.5 317.7 289.1 321.3 1.10 40 457 6413 -18.9 -25.9 54 7.0 -20.5 270 7 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.6 1.01 41 400 7390 -26.9 -31.0 68 4.1 -27.6 320 5 320.0 320.2 289.5 322.6 0.72 42 360 8138 -33.1 -36.0 75 2.9 -33.4 308 2 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.3 0.49 43 314 9082 -40.7 -45.1 63 4.4 -41.0 296 8 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.6 0.22 44 311 9147 -41.1 -45.1 65 4.0 -41.4 295 9 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.22 45 300 9390 -43.5 -47.7 63 4.2 -43.7 265 10 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.17 46 290 9618 -45.7 -49.4 66 3.7 -45.9 262 12 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.15 47 284 9757 -47.1 -52.1 56 5.0 -47.3 260 13 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.4 0.11 48 271 10066 -49.9 -53.7 64 3.8 -50.0 290 14 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.7 0.09 49 265 10213 -51.3 -55.3 62 4.0 -51.4 284 15 324.3 324.4 290.2 324.7 0.08 50 261 10312 -51.9 -57.9 48 6.0 -52.1 281 16 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.1 0.06 51 254 10488 -53.7 -58.3 57 4.6 -53.8 274 18 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.06 52 250 10590 -54.3 -59.2 55 4.9 -54.4 270 19 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.5 0.05 53 249 10616 -54.3 -59.3 54 5.0 -54.4 273 19 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.05 54 247 10667 -53.7 -61.7 37 8.0 -53.9 280 19 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.5 0.04 55 229 11150 -56.3 -70.3 16 14.0 -56.5 246 26 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.6 0.01 56 225 11262 -56.9 -70.9 15 14.0 -57.1 241 31 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.01 57 213 11607 -59.7 -68.7 30 9.0 -59.8 260 50 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.02 58 200 12000 -59.7 -73.7 15 14.0 -59.8 255 49 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.01 59 150 13810 -56.5 -84.5 2 28.0 -56.8 270 45 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 60 100 16350 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.2 255 51 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 61 97 16541 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -58.7 254 52 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 62 85 17367 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -60.8 289 33 430.4 430.4 308.9 430.4 0.00 63 83 17516 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.5 288 31 436.2 436.2 309.5 436.2 0.00 64 74 18228 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.2 308 14 442.7 442.7 310.1 442.7 0.00 65 70 18570 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.4 245 10 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 66 62 19316 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 247 21 462.2 462.2 312.0 462.2 0.00 67 58 19727 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.3 265 30 476.9 476.9 313.2 476.9 0.00 68 53 20287 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.0 337 24 492.6 492.6 314.4 492.6 0.00 69 50 20650 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.8 300 1 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 70 48 20903 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.2 6 4 503.9 503.9 315.2 503.9 0.00 71 41 21890 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -57.7 351 14 539.6 539.6 317.5 539.7 0.00 72 36 22709 -59.9 -89.9 1 30.0 -60.7 57 5 551.8 551.8 318.2 551.8 0.00 73 34 23068 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.2 7 9 568.3 568.3 319.0 568.3 0.00 74 30 23860 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -58.2 315 2 589.5 589.5 320.1 589.5 0.00 75 29 24074 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.4 359 0 594.7 594.7 320.3 594.7 0.01 76 25 25015 -55.7 -88.7 1 33.0 -57.4 303 8 624.5 624.5 321.7 624.6 0.01 77 24 25276 -53.1 -88.1 1 35.0 -55.4 300 10 639.4 639.4 322.3 639.5 0.01 78 22 25835 -53.7 -87.7 1 34.0 -56.1 29 10 653.7 653.7 322.8 653.8 0.01 79 20 26450 -51.5 -86.5 1 35.0 -54.6 75 5 678.5 678.5 323.7 678.6 0.01 80 17 27504 -53.3 -87.3 1 34.0 -56.2 86 7 705.0 705.1 324.6 705.1 0.01 81 15 28318 -50.1 -87.1 1 37.0 -54.3 193 10 741.4 741.4 325.7 741.5 0.01 82 14 28772 -47.1 -86.1 0 39.0 -52.7 312 13 766.3 766.3 326.4 766.5 0.02 83 13 29265 -46.3 -85.3 0 39.0 -52.4 37 10 785.5 785.5 326.9 785.7 0.02 84 11 30388 -41.5 -82.5 0 41.0 -50.5 326 13 841.4 841.4 328.2 841.8 0.04 85 10 31040 -38.7 -80.7 0 42.0 -49.7 285 15 875.1 875.1 329.0 875.7 0.06 86 10 31040 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -49.6 285 15 875.8 875.9 329.0 876.5 0.06 87 8.2 32401 -39.5 -80.5 0 41.0 -51.0 923.0 923.1 329.9 923.8 0.07 88 7.4 33108 -36.7 -78.7 0 42.0 -50.4 961.9 962.0 330.6 963.2 0.11 89 7.0 33492 -37.5 -79.5 0 42.0 -51.0 974.0 974.1 330.8 975.2 0.10 TRP 213 11607 -59.7 -68.7 30 9.0 -59.8 260 50 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.00 m Freezing level: 678.36 mb = 3362.57 m = 11031.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.02 mb = 3189.65 m = 10464.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.06 % Est. max temperature: 22.87 C = 73.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.02 mb = 469.77 m = 1541.22 ft T: 14.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 4.80 C Layer 825.0- 804.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.78 mb = 1292.50 m = 4240.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.84 C = 71.32 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.73 mb = 933.27 m = 3061.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.73 mb = 4524.27 m = 14843.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 475.73 mb = 6113.33 m = 20056.63 ft B at Equ Level: 47.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 405.73 mb = 7285.66 m = 23902.79 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 304 at 8 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 270 290 5 4.7 -1.7 | 147 3 -1.6 2.5 1 946 610 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 7 10 -1.2 -9.9 2 925 802 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 350 7 1.1 -6.5 3 913 914 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 338 7 2.7 -6.5 4 880 1219 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 322 13 7.8 -9.9 5 850 1514 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 315 10 7.5 -7.4 6 818 1829 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 296 7 6.7 -3.3 7 788 2134 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 231 9 6.6 5.3 8 760 2438 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 220 12 7.8 9.3 9 732 2743 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 228 12 9.1 8.3 10 705 3048 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 217 11 6.8 9.0 11 700 3109 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 207 13 5.8 11.2 12 679 3353 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 184 11 0.7 11.3 13 653 3658 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 196 6 1.6 5.6 14 604 4267 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 175 6 -0.5 5.8 15 558 4877 235 2 1.6 1.1 | 139 7 -4.7 5.3 16 500 5740 210 7 3.5 6.1 | 165 11 -2.8 10.3 17 476 6096 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 163 7 -2.0 6.7 18 421 7010 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 17 5 -1.3 -4.5 19 404 7315 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 8 4 -0.6 -4.0 20 400 7390 320 5 3.2 -3.8 | 97 3 -3.1 0.4 21 387 7620 320 5 3.2 -3.8 | 97 3 -3.1 0.4 22 354 8230 305 1 0.8 -0.6 | 123 7 -5.5 3.6 23 311 9144 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 258 2 1.8 0.4 24 300 9390 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 216 6 3.6 5.1 25 297 9449 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 216 6 3.6 5.1 26 284 9754 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 225 9 6.5 6.5 27 271 10058 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 275 7 6.8 -0.6 28 250 10590 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 252 13 12.7 4.2 29 247 10668 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 266 12 12.4 0.9 30 235 10973 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 233 15 12.0 9.1 31 224 11278 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 227 29 21.4 20.2 32 214 11582 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 253 45 42.9 12.9 33 213 11607 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 253 45 42.9 12.9 34 204 11887 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 243 47 41.6 21.6 35 200 12000 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 248 44 41.0 16.9 36 185 12497 275 52 51.8 -4.5 | 270 45 45.5 -0.3 37 176 12802 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 247 43 40.0 16.6 38 150 13810 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 264 39 38.7 4.2 39 145 14021 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 264 39 38.7 4.2 40 138 14326 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 259 21 20.7 4.2 41 125 14935 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 232 19 15.3 12.1 42 119 15240 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 262 29 28.7 4.2 43 108 15850 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 255 26 25.6 7.0 44 100 16350 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 248 46 42.9 17.4 45 98 16459 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 243 50 44.4 22.7 46 85 17374 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 286 26 24.7 -7.1 47 81 17678 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 278 21 20.7 -3.0 48 77 17983 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 297 8 7.5 -3.8 49 73 18288 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 319 6 3.6 -4.2 50 70 18570 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 198 9 2.7 8.4 51 70 18593 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 325 9 5.0 -7.1 52 66 18898 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 194 9 2.3 9.2 53 60 19507 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 234 22 18.1 13.1 54 57 19812 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 260 25 24.7 4.2 55 52 20422 355 22 1.9 -21.9 | 14 18 -4.4 -17.7 56 50 20650 300 1 0.9 -0.5 | 124 7 -5.5 3.7 57 49 20726 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 55 11 -9.2 -6.4 58 47 21031 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 124 8 -6.3 4.2 59 45 21336 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 117 4 -3.3 1.6 60 43 21641 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 307 5 4.3 -3.3 61 39 22250 55 15 -12.3 -8.6 | 77 19 -18.6 -4.4 62 37 22555 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 122 18 -15.0 9.2 63 35 22860 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 124 8 -6.3 4.2 64 34 23165 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 45 12 -8.6 -8.6 65 32 23470 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 65 12 -10.6 -4.9 66 30 23860 315 2 1.4 -1.4 | 120 6 -4.9 2.8 67 29 24079 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 124 8 -6.3 4.2 68 28 24384 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 117 4 -3.3 1.6 69 24 25298 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 289 2 2.3 -0.8 70 22 25908 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 75 13 -12.8 -3.5 71 21 26213 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 87 15 -15.0 -0.8 72 20 26450 75 5 -4.8 -1.3 | 105 12 -11.2 2.9 73 17 27432 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 104 13 -12.2 3.2 74 16 27737 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 110 17 -16.2 5.9 75 16 28042 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 121 20 -16.7 10.2 76 15 28346 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 162 15 -4.6 14.0 77 14 28651 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 257 8 7.5 1.8 78 14 28956 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 13 8 -1.9 -8.0 79 13 29261 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 75 13 -12.8 -3.5 80 10 31040 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 268 8 8.2 0.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.6 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 303.6 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -69.2 tot: -62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: -5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.55 Bulk Shear: 14.04 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 331 11 8 6| 10.1 0.0 10.1| 2.1 -2.6 -0.4 -0.9 -0.25| 17.3 -4.4 1000 323 14 344 7| 5.1 3.8 8.9| 2.1 -13.6 -11.5 -11.5 -0.37| 12.7 -4.7 1500 318 15 331 8| 3.4 2.3 5.7| 2.1 -22.8 -20.7 -13.8 -0.42| 10.4 -4.3 2000 309 15 315 7| 2.5 4.0 6.5| 2.1 -43.3 -41.2 -20.6 -0.55| 10.7 -5.8 2500 298 15 292 7| 2.0 3.6 5.6| 6.4 -46.4 -40.0 -16.0 -0.50| 9.3 -4.6 3000 289 15 275 8| 1.7 3.2 4.9| 6.4 -69.2 -62.9 -21.0 -0.56| 9.0 -5.1 4000 282 13 257 7| 2.0 2.4 4.4| 10.2 -76.6 -66.4 -16.6 -0.51| 7.9 -4.1 5000 279 11 243 5| 1.6 2.1 3.7| 14.3 -83.3 -69.1 -13.8 -0.49| 7.0 -3.4 6000 274 10 227 5| 1.7 2.0 3.7| 20.4 -83.9 -63.5 -10.6 -0.40| 6.5 -2.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250425.12.gif