UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 26 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 26 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 181 SFC 989 270 17.0 12.0 72 5.0 14.0 360 9 291.1 292.7 287.6 316.4 8.94 2 974 401 14.6 10.6 77 4.0 12.3 360 10 289.9 291.4 286.5 313.3 8.26 3 925 839 10.6 10.0 96 0.6 10.3 5 11 290.1 291.6 286.6 313.8 8.36 4 916 921 9.8 9.8 100 0.0 9.8 1 11 290.1 291.6 286.6 313.7 8.33 5 899 1076 9.0 9.0 100 0.0 9.0 16 13 290.9 292.3 286.6 313.7 8.04 6 882 1235 10.2 7.3 82 2.9 8.6 28 15 293.7 295.0 287.0 314.7 7.29 7 853 1513 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.4 351 10 294.9 296.1 287.2 315.4 7.08 8 850 1542 8.6 6.3 85 2.3 7.3 355 9 295.2 296.4 287.3 315.6 7.06 9 830 1739 8.8 4.3 73 4.5 6.3 358 13 297.4 298.5 287.3 315.8 6.28 10 810 1941 7.6 3.9 77 3.7 5.6 355 14 298.2 299.3 287.6 316.6 6.26 11 802 2023 8.4 1.4 61 7.0 4.8 351 12 299.9 300.9 287.3 315.7 5.28 12 795 2095 8.4 1.4 61 7.0 4.8 347 12 300.6 301.6 287.6 316.6 5.33 13 767 2391 7.0 1.0 66 6.0 3.9 349 9 302.2 303.2 288.2 318.4 5.37 14 729 2807 3.6 -0.0 77 3.6 1.8 336 10 302.9 303.9 288.3 318.8 5.25 15 711 3010 4.2 -3.8 56 8.0 0.4 306 18 305.8 306.5 288.2 318.3 4.06 16 700 3137 3.2 -4.8 56 8.0 -0.5 300 21 306.0 306.7 288.1 317.9 3.82 17 664 3562 0.6 -10.4 43 11.0 -3.8 308 24 307.8 308.2 287.4 316.0 2.61 18 658 3635 0.4 -10.6 43 11.0 -4.0 309 23 308.3 308.8 287.6 316.6 2.59 19 649 3745 0.2 -9.8 47 10.0 -3.9 309 24 309.3 309.9 288.2 318.2 2.80 20 638 3882 -0.3 -15.3 31 15.0 -5.7 307 26 310.3 310.6 287.5 316.2 1.82 21 636 3907 -0.3 -19.3 22 19.0 -6.5 306 26 310.6 310.8 287.1 314.9 1.30 22 631 3970 -0.7 -20.7 20 20.0 -7.0 305 27 310.8 311.0 287.0 314.7 1.16 23 619 4122 -2.1 -20.1 24 18.0 -7.8 303 30 310.9 311.1 287.1 315.1 1.25 24 608 4264 -2.9 -24.9 16 22.0 -9.0 300 32 311.6 311.7 286.9 314.4 0.83 25 583 4595 -5.7 -15.7 45 10.0 -9.1 295 29 312.1 312.4 288.2 318.4 1.93 26 576 4689 -6.3 -18.3 38 12.0 -10.1 293 29 312.5 312.8 288.0 317.6 1.57 27 574 4716 -6.7 -16.7 45 10.0 -10.0 293 28 312.3 312.6 288.2 318.2 1.80 28 572 4744 -6.7 -18.7 38 12.0 -10.5 293 28 312.6 312.9 288.0 317.7 1.53 29 566 4826 -7.5 -18.5 41 11.0 -10.9 291 28 312.6 312.9 288.0 317.8 1.57 30 558 4936 -8.3 -20.3 37 12.0 -11.9 290 28 312.9 313.2 287.9 317.5 1.36 31 555 4978 -8.3 -23.3 29 15.0 -12.4 291 28 313.4 313.6 287.8 317.0 1.05 32 550 5048 -9.1 -23.1 31 14.0 -12.9 291 30 313.3 313.5 287.8 316.9 1.08 33 543 5147 -9.3 -37.3 8 28.0 -14.6 292 31 314.2 314.3 287.2 315.2 0.29 34 521 5465 -11.3 -41.3 6 30.0 -16.2 295 37 315.5 315.6 287.5 316.3 0.20 35 500 5780 -12.3 -49.3 3 37.0 -17.3 280 30 318.0 318.1 288.2 318.4 0.09 36 499 5795 -12.3 -49.3 3 37.0 -17.3 280 30 318.2 318.2 288.3 318.6 0.09 37 495 5857 -12.7 -50.7 3 38.0 -17.6 281 29 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.8 0.07 38 481 6075 -14.7 -43.7 7 29.0 -19.0 285 26 318.6 318.7 288.5 319.2 0.17 39 472 6218 -16.1 -32.1 24 16.0 -19.3 285 27 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.6 0.55 40 461 6395 -17.7 -30.7 31 13.0 -20.3 285 29 318.8 318.9 289.0 321.0 0.64 41 453 6526 -18.5 -34.5 23 16.0 -21.3 285 30 319.4 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.45 42 438 6776 -20.7 -29.7 44 9.0 -22.5 285 32 319.7 319.8 289.5 322.3 0.74 43 435 6827 -20.9 -35.9 25 15.0 -23.3 285 32 320.1 320.1 289.2 321.5 0.41 44 400 7440 -26.3 -39.3 28 13.0 -28.0 270 40 320.8 320.9 289.3 322.0 0.32 45 385 7714 -28.9 -40.9 31 12.0 -30.3 268 40 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.9 0.28 46 373 7940 -30.7 -44.7 24 14.0 -32.0 262 39 321.5 321.5 289.4 322.2 0.19 47 367 8055 -31.3 -36.3 61 5.0 -31.9 260 39 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.47 48 364 8113 -31.7 -39.7 45 8.0 -32.6 258 38 322.4 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.33 49 362 8151 -31.7 -45.7 24 14.0 -33.0 257 38 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.18 50 360 8191 -32.3 -43.3 33 11.0 -33.3 256 38 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.23 51 354 8309 -32.9 -53.9 10 21.0 -34.3 257 39 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.6 0.07 52 332 8757 -36.1 -62.1 5 26.0 -37.2 268 43 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.03 53 313 9162 -39.7 -58.7 11 19.0 -40.5 265 48 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.6 0.04 54 310 9228 -40.3 -64.3 6 24.0 -41.1 264 49 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.6 0.02 55 302 9405 -41.9 -58.9 14 17.0 -42.6 261 50 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.04 56 300 9450 -42.3 -64.3 7 22.0 -43.0 265 49 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.8 0.02 57 250 10660 -52.1 -56.5 59 4.4 -52.2 270 53 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.07 58 200 12070 -60.7 -70.7 26 10.0 -60.8 270 61 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.01 59 176 12860 -63.3 -75.5 18 12.2 -63.4 275 65 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 60 159 13481 -65.3 -79.3 13 14.0 -65.4 260 46 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.00 61 150 13840 -60.5 -84.5 3 24.0 -60.7 270 49 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 62 100 16370 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.2 275 46 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 63 94 16759 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -58.3 275 46 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.3 0.00 64 82 17612 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.8 267 20 432.8 432.8 309.1 432.8 0.00 65 70 18590 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.8 250 14 450.7 450.7 310.9 450.7 0.00 66 66 18954 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.5 266 14 461.4 461.4 311.9 461.4 0.00 67 62 19339 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.2 340 2 463.5 463.5 312.1 463.5 0.00 68 52 20426 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.9 298 5 495.8 495.8 314.7 495.8 0.00 69 50 20670 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.7 355 1 501.9 501.9 315.1 501.9 0.00 70 48 20924 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.4 278 7 505.8 505.8 315.4 505.9 0.00 71 46 21188 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.2 270 4 515.4 515.4 316.0 515.4 0.00 72 45 21325 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.7 265 2 517.2 517.2 316.1 517.2 0.00 73 39 22222 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.3 291 15 545.9 545.9 317.9 545.9 0.00 74 34 23083 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.4 35 10 562.0 562.0 318.8 562.0 0.00 75 30 23870 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.0 40 5 590.1 590.1 320.2 590.1 0.01 76 29 24085 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.0 72 5 595.8 595.8 320.4 595.9 0.01 77 28 24309 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -56.3 105 5 607.9 607.9 321.0 608.0 0.01 78 27 24542 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.3 75 6 610.9 610.9 321.1 611.0 0.01 79 25 25034 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -56.5 332 10 628.0 628.0 321.8 628.0 0.01 80 24 25296 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -57.2 10 13 633.0 633.0 322.0 633.1 0.01 81 22 25855 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.2 333 10 656.7 656.7 322.9 656.8 0.01 82 21 26156 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -55.9 350 11 663.1 663.1 323.2 663.2 0.01 83 20 26470 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.9 0 0 673.0 673.0 323.5 673.1 0.01 84 18 27153 -50.3 -85.3 1 35.0 -53.9 337 4 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.2 0.02 85 18 27153 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -53.9 337 4 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.2 0.02 86 16 27919 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -55.2 337 15 722.6 722.6 325.1 722.7 0.02 87 15 28342 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -52.2 348 1 752.7 752.7 326.0 752.9 0.02 88 14 28800 -46.1 -83.1 1 37.0 -52.0 318 8 769.7 769.7 326.5 770.0 0.03 89 14 28800 -46.5 -83.5 1 37.0 -52.2 318 8 768.4 768.4 326.4 768.6 0.03 90 12 29825 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -52.5 1 1 805.1 805.1 327.4 805.4 0.03 91 10 31050 -41.5 -81.5 1 40.0 -51.0 315 21 864.6 864.7 328.7 865.1 0.05 92 9.8 31187 -41.3 -82.3 0 41.0 -51.0 312 20 870.4 870.4 328.8 870.9 0.05 93 9.4 31471 -38.9 -80.9 0 42.0 -50.1 306 18 889.9 890.0 329.2 890.6 0.06 94 8.5 32160 -39.5 -81.5 0 42.0 -50.8 292 14 913.6 913.6 329.7 914.2 0.06 95 8.0 32576 -37.1 -79.1 0 42.0 -50.1 284 12 939.1 939.2 330.2 940.2 0.10 96 7.0 33500 -36.3 -79.3 0 43.0 -50.6 265 6 979.0 979.0 330.8 980.2 0.11 97 6.8 33701 -35.7 -78.7 0 43.0 -50.5 989.6 989.7 331.0 991.0 0.12 TRP 159 13481 -65.3 -79.3 13 14.0 -65.4 260 46 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.00 WND 176 12860 -63.3 -75.5 18 12.2 -63.4 275 65 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.00 m Freezing level: 644.60 mb = 3799.59 m = 12465.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.79 mb = 3069.99 m = 10072.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.18 % Est. max temperature: 22.29 C = 72.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.97 mb = 902.61 m = 2961.30 ft T: 9.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 3.13 C Layer 974.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.34 mb = 944.64 m = 3099.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.18 C = 61.13 F Cap Strength: 6.72 C Lifted Index: 7.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.47 C Showalter Index: 6.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 19.20 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.81 mb = 958.57 m = 3144.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.81 mb = 1004.28 m = 3294.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 896.81 mb = 1096.45 m = 3597.25 ft B at Equ Level: 4.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 876.81 mb = 1283.99 m = 4212.51 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 338 at 16 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 989 270 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 134 8 -5.8 5.5 1 950 610 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 121 7 -5.8 3.5 2 925 839 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 118 8 -6.8 3.6 3 917 914 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 121 7 -5.8 3.5 4 884 1219 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 97 13 -13.3 1.6 5 852 1524 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 139 6 -4.1 4.7 6 850 1542 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 138 7 -5.0 5.6 7 821 1829 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 85 6 -5.8 -0.5 8 791 2134 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 143 5 -2.9 3.9 9 762 2438 350 9 1.6 -8.9 | 143 7 -4.2 5.7 10 734 2743 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 151 8 -3.7 6.8 11 708 3048 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 248 12 11.5 4.5 12 700 3137 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 252 13 12.4 4.0 13 681 3353 305 25 20.5 -14.3 | 269 15 14.7 0.2 14 655 3658 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 271 12 11.8 -0.2 15 606 4267 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 274 22 21.9 -1.5 16 561 4877 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 255 20 19.6 5.3 17 519 5486 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 272 28 27.7 -1.1 18 500 5780 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 249 26 23.7 9.3 19 479 6096 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 248 21 19.3 7.8 20 424 7010 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 258 28 27.0 5.7 21 400 7440 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 247 37 34.2 14.5 22 390 7620 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 247 37 34.2 14.5 23 357 8230 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 232 39 30.9 24.4 24 327 8839 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 249 41 38.2 14.5 25 313 9144 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 246 46 42.0 18.7 26 300 9449 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 242 49 43.4 23.2 27 300 9450 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 246 47 43.0 18.8 28 250 10660 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 253 49 47.2 14.5 29 200 12070 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 255 57 55.2 14.5 30 176 12860 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 261 60 59.0 8.9 31 169 13106 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 261 60 59.0 8.9 32 161 13411 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 256 43 42.0 10.4 33 159 13481 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 240 45 39.5 22.5 34 153 13716 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 241 47 41.5 22.9 35 150 13840 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 251 46 43.2 14.5 36 146 14021 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 248 52 48.0 19.2 37 139 14326 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 243 51 45.4 23.6 38 126 14935 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 254 40 38.0 10.7 39 120 15240 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 250 43 40.2 14.5 40 114 15545 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 242 48 42.5 23.0 41 104 16154 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 254 52 50.2 14.5 42 100 16370 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 255 41 40.0 10.5 43 94 16764 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 255 41 40.0 10.5 44 85 17374 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 245 16 14.9 7.0 45 81 17678 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 216 22 12.9 17.8 46 77 17983 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 218 18 11.2 14.5 47 73 18288 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 192 24 4.9 23.5 48 70 18590 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 201 21 7.4 19.3 49 67 18898 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 204 24 9.6 21.7 50 63 19202 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 158 16 -5.8 14.5 51 55 20117 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 183 22 1.3 21.6 52 50 20670 355 1 0.1 -1.0 | 157 15 -5.7 13.5 53 50 20726 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 198 13 3.9 12.0 54 45 21336 265 2 2.0 0.2 | 166 15 -3.8 14.7 55 43 21641 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 193 18 3.9 17.1 56 41 21946 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 202 10 3.7 9.0 57 39 22250 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 221 13 8.3 9.4 58 37 22555 355 18 1.6 -17.9 | 51 5 -4.2 -3.4 59 35 22860 20 16 -5.5 -15.0 | 87 11 -11.3 -0.5 60 32 23470 60 1 -0.9 -0.5 | 155 16 -6.7 14.0 61 30 23870 40 5 -3.2 -3.8 | 140 14 -9.0 10.7 62 28 24384 115 5 -4.5 2.1 | 148 20 -10.3 16.7 63 25 24994 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 179 6 -0.1 6.3 64 24 25298 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 102 8 -8.1 1.7 65 22 25908 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 172 6 -0.8 5.9 66 21 26213 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 127 6 -4.8 3.6 67 20 26470 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 158 16 -5.8 14.5 68 20 26518 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 119 11 -10.0 5.5 69 19 26822 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 158 16 -5.8 14.5 70 17 27432 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 172 9 -1.3 9.2 71 16 28042 340 16 5.5 -15.0 | 33 1 -0.3 -0.5 72 15 28346 350 1 0.2 -1.0 | 157 15 -5.6 13.6 73 14 28956 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 193 8 1.9 8.1 74 13 29261 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 253 2 2.2 0.7 75 13 29566 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 116 9 -7.7 3.7 76 12 29870 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 158 16 -5.8 14.5 77 10 31050 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 272 9 9.1 -0.3 78 7 33500 265 6 6.0 0.5 | 181 15 0.2 15.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.3 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 338.3 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.3 neg: -18.4 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 36.90 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 1 10 126 7| 2.2 0.0 2.2| 0.0 -3.7 -3.7 -7.4 -0.75| 2.6 -2.0 1000 8 11 113 8| 3.5 0.0 3.5| 0.2 -11.2 -10.9 -10.9 -0.55| 4.7 -2.6 1500 7 12 113 8| 2.4 2.0 4.4| 10.4 -17.4 -7.0 -4.7 -0.19| 7.3 -1.4 2000 3 12 113 7| 1.8 2.2 3.9| 15.6 -18.4 -2.8 -1.4 -0.02| 7.1 -0.1 2500 1 11 120 7| 1.4 2.0 3.4| 18.4 -18.4 0.0 0.0 0.03| 6.3 0.2 3000 348 12 128 4| 1.2 4.3 5.5| 42.3 -18.4 23.9 8.0 0.28| 8.6 2.4 4000 328 16 249 3| 1.1 4.3 5.4| 52.6 -19.5 33.1 8.3 0.25| 8.3 2.1 5000 316 19 262 7| 1.0 3.3 4.3| 80.4 -57.8 22.6 4.5 0.18| 8.0 1.5 6000 308 21 261 11| 1.0 2.9 3.9|101.1-134.4 -33.3 -5.6 0.06| 8.4 0.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250426.00.gif