UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 27 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 173 SFC 988 270 14.4 10.6 78 3.8 12.1 100 10 288.5 290.0 285.8 311.4 8.14 2 941 682 10.0 9.0 93 1.0 9.5 107 19 288.1 289.5 285.2 309.7 7.67 3 926 817 8.8 8.8 100 0.0 8.8 110 18 288.2 289.6 285.2 309.8 7.69 4 925 826 8.8 8.8 100 0.0 8.8 110 18 288.3 289.7 285.3 310.0 7.70 5 909 970 8.0 8.0 100 0.0 8.0 129 17 288.9 290.2 285.2 309.9 7.42 6 904 1016 9.8 6.7 81 3.1 8.1 140 17 291.2 292.4 285.6 310.7 6.82 7 899 1063 13.0 6.0 62 7.0 9.1 152 16 295.0 296.2 286.7 314.0 6.53 8 894 1110 13.6 5.6 58 8.0 9.2 163 15 296.1 297.2 287.0 314.7 6.39 9 889 1157 13.6 8.6 72 5.0 10.7 175 15 296.6 298.0 288.6 319.6 7.91 10 887 1176 13.6 9.7 77 3.9 11.3 180 15 296.8 298.3 289.2 321.6 8.54 11 858 1455 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 194 19 297.1 298.7 289.5 322.6 8.78 12 850 1533 10.8 8.7 87 2.1 9.6 195 20 297.5 299.0 289.3 321.8 8.33 13 834 1692 10.6 6.0 73 4.6 8.0 190 21 298.9 300.2 288.6 319.6 7.04 14 813 1904 8.6 5.7 82 2.9 7.0 183 20 298.9 300.2 288.6 319.8 7.08 15 807 1965 8.4 7.0 91 1.4 7.6 181 19 299.4 300.8 289.5 322.3 7.81 16 791 2131 7.6 6.4 92 1.2 6.9 175 15 300.2 301.6 289.6 322.8 7.64 17 784 2204 7.2 4.7 84 2.5 5.8 175 16 300.6 301.8 289.0 320.9 6.84 18 759 2470 4.8 3.4 91 1.4 4.1 175 22 300.8 301.9 288.7 320.0 6.45 19 752 2546 4.4 2.5 87 1.9 3.4 175 23 301.1 302.2 288.5 319.3 6.10 20 749 2578 5.0 1.8 80 3.2 3.3 175 24 302.1 303.2 288.6 319.6 5.83 21 735 2732 4.2 1.8 84 2.4 2.9 175 26 302.9 304.0 289.0 320.8 5.94 22 728 2810 3.8 1.0 82 2.8 2.4 175 25 303.3 304.3 288.8 320.4 5.66 23 719 2912 4.0 0.3 77 3.7 2.1 175 24 304.6 305.6 289.1 321.1 5.44 24 717 2934 4.2 -0.5 71 4.7 1.8 175 24 305.0 306.0 289.0 320.7 5.15 25 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-14.5 91 1.2 -13.7 276 15 316.3 316.8 290.1 324.4 2.47 40 501 5765 -13.1 -14.5 89 1.4 -13.6 279 16 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.1 2.48 41 500 5780 -13.1 -14.6 88 1.5 -13.6 280 16 317.1 317.5 290.3 325.2 2.47 42 495 5856 -13.3 -15.3 85 2.0 -14.0 274 16 317.7 318.2 290.4 325.5 2.35 43 480 6089 -15.3 -16.6 90 1.3 -15.7 251 14 318.1 318.5 290.3 325.3 2.17 44 465 6328 -16.5 -19.2 80 2.7 -17.3 221 17 319.5 319.8 290.5 325.6 1.80 45 449 6589 -18.3 -19.9 87 1.6 -18.7 215 19 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.4 1.76 46 444 6673 -18.7 -21.1 81 2.4 -19.4 217 20 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.4 1.60 47 400 7440 -24.5 -26.1 87 1.6 -24.8 235 23 323.1 323.4 290.9 327.1 1.14 48 368 8043 -28.9 -29.8 92 0.9 -29.0 230 30 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.2 0.88 49 340 8604 -33.7 -36.7 74 3.0 -34.1 242 29 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.48 50 331 8792 -35.1 -37.4 79 2.3 -35.4 248 28 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.3 0.46 51 305 9357 -39.7 -43.0 71 3.3 -40.0 250 31 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.28 52 300 9470 -40.7 -43.1 78 2.4 -40.9 250 32 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.28 53 291 9676 -42.3 -43.9 84 1.6 -42.4 251 33 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.27 54 289 9722 -42.9 -45.3 77 2.4 -43.0 251 33 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.23 55 287 9769 -43.1 -45.4 78 2.3 -43.3 252 33 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.23 56 286 9792 -43.5 -44.6 89 1.1 -43.6 252 33 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.25 57 250 10680 -50.5 -66.5 13 16.0 -50.8 260 52 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.02 58 223 11416 -56.1 -70.1 16 14.0 -56.3 245 73 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.01 59 200 12100 -61.5 -73.5 19 12.0 -61.6 250 58 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.4 0.01 60 169 13131 -66.3 -77.3 20 11.0 -66.4 260 64 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.01 61 150 13860 -62.3 -84.3 4 22.0 -62.4 285 46 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 62 100 16380 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -61.7 250 43 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 63 97 16569 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -61.7 260 43 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 64 93 16831 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -58.1 251 44 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 65 80 17768 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.7 268 48 431.7 431.7 309.0 431.7 0.00 66 74 18246 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.4 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-88.9 1 31.0 -59.3 273 2 618.2 618.2 321.4 618.2 0.01 81 23 25544 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -56.8 302 4 642.5 642.5 322.4 642.6 0.01 82 21 26127 -55.7 -88.7 1 33.0 -57.7 333 7 656.5 656.5 322.9 656.5 0.01 83 20 26440 -53.9 -87.9 1 34.0 -56.3 350 8 671.2 671.2 323.4 671.2 0.01 84 19 26771 -52.7 -87.7 1 35.0 -55.6 7 2 684.8 684.8 323.9 684.9 0.01 85 15 28307 -50.1 -86.1 1 36.0 -54.3 26 10 741.4 741.4 325.7 741.5 0.02 86 14 28760 -48.3 -86.3 0 38.0 -53.4 356 10 762.3 762.3 326.3 762.4 0.02 87 13 29250 -46.5 -85.5 0 39.0 -52.5 1 10 784.8 784.8 326.8 785.0 0.02 88 12 29781 -47.1 -86.1 0 39.0 -53.2 326 11 800.9 800.9 327.3 801.0 0.02 89 10 31000 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -51.7 350 13 859.4 859.4 328.6 859.8 0.04 90 9.3 31489 -42.3 -83.3 0 41.0 -51.7 348 13 879.7 879.7 329.0 880.1 0.04 91 9.0 31711 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -52.1 347 14 885.7 885.7 329.1 886.2 0.05 92 8.1 32424 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -51.5 344 14 922.3 922.3 329.8 923.0 0.06 93 7.0 33420 -39.5 -80.5 0 41.0 -51.8 340 15 965.8 965.8 330.7 966.7 0.09 94 6.9 33518 -39.9 -80.9 0 41.0 -52.1 968.1 968.1 330.7 969.0 0.08 95 6.1 34369 -35.3 -78.3 0 43.0 -51.0 1022.6 1022.7 331.5 1024.3 0.14 TRP 169 13131 -66.3 -77.3 20 11.0 -66.4 260 64 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.01 WND 223 11416 -56.1 -70.1 16 14.0 -56.3 245 73 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.00 m Freezing level: 656.47 mb = 3650.86 m = 11977.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.61 mb = 3134.49 m = 10283.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.59 % Est. max temperature: 24.34 C = 75.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.27 mb = 751.45 m = 2465.34 ft T: 9.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 3.47 C Layer 784.0- 749.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.00 mb = 879.87 m = 2886.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.39 C = 57.91 F Cap Strength: 8.44 C Lifted Index: 8.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.41 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 24.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52281.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.04 mb = 1006.61 m = 3302.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 210 at 12 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 270 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 62 18 -15.6 -8.3 1 949 610 105 20 -19.3 5.2 | 79 26 -25.1 -4.9 2 925 826 110 18 -16.9 6.2 | 80 23 -22.7 -3.9 3 915 914 115 18 -16.3 7.6 | 84 22 -22.1 -2.5 4 883 1219 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 138 5 -3.4 3.7 5 850 1533 195 20 5.2 19.3 | 176 9 -0.6 9.3 6 820 1829 185 22 1.9 21.9 | 162 12 -3.9 11.9 7 790 2134 175 15 -1.3 14.9 | 125 9 -7.1 4.9 8 761 2438 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 147 14 -7.7 11.9 9 734 2743 175 26 -2.3 25.9 | 153 18 -8.1 15.8 10 700 3130 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 147 14 -7.7 11.9 11 680 3353 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 144 10 -5.8 7.9 12 655 3658 160 14 -4.8 13.2 | 106 11 -10.6 3.1 13 630 3962 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 89 6 -5.8 -0.1 14 606 4267 170 11 -1.9 10.8 | 96 8 -7.7 0.8 15 583 4572 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 148 4 -2.2 3.5 16 561 4877 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 89 7 -6.7 -0.1 17 539 5182 235 2 1.6 1.1 | 25 10 -4.1 -8.9 18 500 5780 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 322 16 10.0 -12.8 19 499 5791 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 322 16 10.0 -12.8 20 479 6096 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 306 9 7.4 -5.3 21 460 6401 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 210 6 3.2 5.5 22 407 7315 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 255 14 13.9 3.7 23 400 7440 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 257 13 13.1 3.1 24 390 7620 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 248 13 11.8 4.7 25 358 8230 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 240 22 19.5 11.2 26 328 8839 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 272 20 19.6 -0.8 27 314 9144 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 271 21 20.5 -0.5 28 300 9470 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 268 24 24.3 0.9 29 262 10363 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 271 29 29.0 -0.7 30 250 10680 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 271 45 45.4 -1.0 31 223 11416 245 73 66.2 30.9 | 251 64 60.4 20.8 32 217 11582 245 73 66.2 30.9 | 251 64 60.4 20.8 33 200 12100 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 259 50 48.7 9.8 34 187 12497 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 259 48 46.8 9.1 35 169 13131 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 269 57 57.2 1.1 36 161 13411 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 280 59 58.2 -10.1 37 150 13860 285 46 44.4 -11.9 | 300 44 38.6 -22.0 38 146 14021 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 300 43 37.7 -21.7 39 139 14326 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 292 51 47.4 -19.4 40 120 15240 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 290 41 39.0 -14.0 41 109 15850 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 283 31 30.1 -6.9 42 100 16380 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 262 35 34.6 4.6 43 99 16459 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 280 38 37.0 -6.3 44 94 16764 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 262 35 34.6 4.6 45 81 17678 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 277 45 45.0 -5.6 46 73 18288 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 307 30 24.2 -18.1 47 70 18590 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 312 25 18.4 -16.5 48 67 18898 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 310 27 20.3 -17.0 49 63 19202 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 353 26 3.2 -25.6 50 60 19507 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 358 19 0.5 -19.1 51 57 19812 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 316 19 12.9 -13.4 52 55 20117 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 342 17 5.5 -16.6 53 52 20422 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 331 16 7.7 -13.7 54 50 20670 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 355 21 1.7 -20.7 55 50 20726 330 17 8.5 -14.7 | 354 25 2.7 -24.8 56 47 21031 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 355 21 1.7 -20.7 57 45 21336 20 1 -0.3 -0.9 | 29 13 -6.1 -11.0 58 41 21946 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 14 21 -4.9 -20.0 59 39 22250 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 25 22 -9.2 -19.5 60 34 23165 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 331 7 3.3 -5.8 61 32 23470 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 354 22 2.2 -21.5 62 30 23774 20 12 -4.1 -11.3 | 25 24 -9.9 -21.3 63 30 23860 80 7 -6.9 -1.2 | 48 17 -12.7 -11.3 64 29 24079 30 18 -9.0 -15.6 | 30 30 -14.8 -25.6 65 28 24384 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 55 10 -7.9 -5.5 66 26 24689 255 1 1.0 0.3 | 26 11 -4.8 -9.8 67 20 26440 350 8 1.4 -7.9 | 14 18 -4.4 -17.9 68 20 26518 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 30 12 -5.8 -10.1 69 17 27432 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 28 20 -9.2 -17.3 70 16 27737 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 44 21 -14.4 -15.1 71 16 28042 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 37 21 -12.9 -17.1 72 14 28956 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 9 20 -3.2 -19.7 73 13 29261 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 16 21 -5.8 -20.1 74 12 29566 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 25 22 -9.2 -19.5 75 12 29870 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 351 17 2.6 -17.1 76 11 30175 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 358 18 0.6 -17.7 77 10 31000 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 9 23 -3.5 -22.9 78 7 33420 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 2 24 -0.7 -24.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.9 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 209.9 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.9 neg: -30.7 tot: 88.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 50.08 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 105 16 75 22| 9.0 0.0 9.0| 38.4 0.0 38.4 76.8 0.61| 11.3 6.9 1000 120 16 84 20| 9.3 0.0 9.3| 95.5 0.0 95.5 95.5 0.62| 17.8 11.1 1500 148 17 107 16| 6.2 2.3 8.5|101.5 -5.1 96.4 64.3 0.54| 14.7 7.9 2000 158 18 117 14| 4.7 1.4 6.1|105.6 -23.3 82.2 41.1 0.34| 13.5 4.6 2500 163 19 125 14| 3.7 2.5 6.2|118.9 -23.3 95.6 38.2 0.36| 12.4 4.5 3000 166 19 130 14| 2.7 2.1 4.8|118.9 -30.7 88.2 29.4 0.30| 11.4 3.4 4000 167 18 127 12| 2.1 1.0 3.1|120.2 -54.3 65.9 16.5 0.14| 10.6 1.5 5000 170 16 124 10| 2.1 0.8 3.0|127.5 -74.1 53.4 10.7 0.03| 10.9 0.3 6000 180 15 133 8| 2.9 1.7 4.6|127.5-118.0 9.5 1.6 -0.11| 11.5 -1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250427.00.gif