UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 27 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 157 SFC 986 270 12.8 11.7 93 1.1 12.1 110 6 287.1 288.6 285.9 311.6 8.79 2 946 621 10.8 10.8 100 0.0 10.8 141 17 288.5 290.0 286.3 312.7 8.62 3 925 811 12.0 12.0 100 0.0 12.0 165 24 291.6 293.3 288.3 318.7 9.56 4 909 958 12.6 12.6 100 0.0 12.6 189 21 293.7 295.5 289.5 322.6 10.13 5 850 1520 10.0 9.9 99 0.1 9.9 205 17 296.6 298.3 289.6 322.9 9.04 6 839 1628 9.8 9.1 95 0.7 9.4 205 15 297.5 299.1 289.6 322.8 8.68 7 835 1668 10.0 7.7 86 2.3 8.7 205 15 298.1 299.6 289.2 321.3 7.92 8 789 2137 6.2 5.9 98 0.3 6.1 245 9 298.9 300.3 288.9 320.7 7.40 9 782 2210 6.4 5.3 93 1.1 5.8 249 12 299.9 301.2 289.1 321.1 7.16 10 781 2221 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.7 249 12 300.9 302.1 289.0 321.0 6.77 11 768 2360 8.6 1.6 61 7.0 4.9 256 17 303.8 304.9 289.0 320.8 5.60 12 737 2700 7.6 -0.4 57 8.0 3.5 273 19 306.4 307.3 289.3 321.8 5.04 13 712 2984 5.2 -0.8 65 6.0 2.1 275 22 306.7 307.7 289.5 322.3 5.07 14 700 3123 4.8 -3.2 56 8.0 0.9 275 23 307.8 308.6 289.1 321.2 4.31 15 698 3146 4.8 -4.2 52 9.0 0.5 275 23 308.1 308.8 288.9 320.6 4.01 16 684 3311 4.2 -5.8 48 10.0 -0.4 275 23 309.2 309.9 288.9 320.6 3.62 17 663 3564 1.8 -6.2 55 8.0 -1.8 275 22 309.2 309.9 288.9 320.6 3.63 18 654 3674 1.0 -8.0 51 9.0 -2.9 275 22 309.6 310.2 288.6 319.7 3.20 19 648 3748 1.0 -14.0 32 15.0 -4.6 274 22 310.4 310.7 287.7 316.8 2.00 20 615 4166 -2.3 -20.3 24 18.0 -7.9 279 23 311.3 311.5 287.2 315.4 1.24 21 597 4402 -3.1 -27.1 14 24.0 -9.5 286 23 313.0 313.1 287.2 315.4 0.69 22 592 4469 -3.5 -26.5 15 23.0 -9.6 286 22 313.3 313.4 287.3 315.8 0.74 23 543 5144 -9.7 -27.7 22 18.0 -14.0 290 20 313.7 313.9 287.5 316.2 0.72 24 538 5216 -9.3 -33.3 12 24.0 -14.3 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8145 -31.5 -55.5 8 24.0 -33.1 264 35 323.1 323.2 289.8 323.4 0.06 39 360 8184 -31.3 -58.3 5 27.0 -33.0 264 35 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.1 0.04 40 333 8732 -35.7 -60.7 6 25.0 -36.9 262 37 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.3 0.03 41 327 8858 -36.7 -55.7 12 19.0 -37.7 261 38 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.06 42 326 8880 -36.9 -51.9 20 15.0 -37.8 261 38 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.10 43 309 9248 -39.7 -61.7 8 22.0 -40.6 262 40 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.03 44 300 9450 -41.5 -59.5 13 18.0 -42.2 265 41 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.0 0.04 45 290 9679 -43.1 -59.1 16 16.0 -43.7 265 42 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.05 46 282 9866 -44.3 -61.3 13 17.0 -44.9 265 44 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.04 47 280 9914 -44.7 -58.7 19 14.0 -45.2 265 44 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.05 48 278 9961 -45.1 -63.1 12 18.0 -45.6 265 44 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.0 0.03 49 250 10660 -50.7 -63.7 20 13.0 -51.0 265 49 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.8 0.03 50 236 11032 -53.9 -64.9 25 11.0 -54.1 265 52 331.3 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.03 51 224 11365 -56.3 -67.3 24 11.0 -56.5 265 55 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.7 0.02 52 223 11393 -56.5 -68.5 21 12.0 -56.7 265 55 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.8 0.02 53 221 11450 -56.3 -72.3 12 16.0 -56.5 265 56 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.01 54 209 11804 -57.5 -71.5 15 14.0 -57.7 265 59 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.01 55 200 12080 -59.5 -72.5 17 13.0 -59.6 265 61 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.01 56 198 12143 -60.1 -73.1 17 13.0 -60.2 265 61 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.6 0.01 57 179 12767 -62.3 -75.3 16 13.0 -62.4 275 49 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 58 150 13860 -60.7 -84.7 3 24.0 -60.9 260 62 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 59 142 14201 -60.8 -85.1 3 24.3 -61.0 270 64 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.00 60 100 16380 -61.7 -87.7 2 26.0 -61.9 285 54 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 61 98 16505 -62.5 -88.5 2 26.0 -62.7 285 54 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 62 92 16898 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.4 288 48 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 63 85 17390 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.4 298 28 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.1 0.00 64 77 18006 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -59.9 260 33 444.8 444.8 310.4 444.8 0.00 65 73 18339 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.6 256 33 447.8 447.8 310.7 447.8 0.00 66 72 18425 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -60.9 257 33 451.3 451.3 311.0 451.3 0.00 67 70 18600 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.2 300 25 452.0 452.0 311.0 452.0 0.00 68 68 18779 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.2 303 24 453.6 453.6 311.2 453.6 0.00 69 57 19860 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.4 299 24 472.0 472.1 312.8 472.1 0.00 70 50 20660 -64.5 -90.5 2 26.0 -64.8 110 4 491.5 491.5 314.3 491.5 0.00 71 49 20783 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.7 47 13 494.8 494.8 314.6 494.8 0.00 72 47 21040 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.4 145 3 508.9 508.9 315.6 508.9 0.00 73 45 21310 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.1 243 8 516.2 516.2 316.1 516.2 0.00 74 43 21592 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.4 267 8 519.5 519.5 316.3 519.6 0.00 75 39 22201 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.2 307 9 543.4 543.4 317.7 543.4 0.00 76 33 23246 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -61.5 35 13 563.6 563.6 318.8 563.6 0.00 77 31 23635 -60.3 -90.3 1 30.0 -61.2 66 9 574.8 574.8 319.4 574.9 0.00 78 30 23840 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.2 55 6 586.2 586.3 320.0 586.3 0.00 79 25 24993 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.6 10 3 620.5 620.5 321.5 620.5 0.01 80 25 24993 -55.9 -88.9 1 33.0 -57.6 10 3 623.9 624.0 321.6 624.0 0.01 81 22 25810 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -56.8 316 2 650.8 650.8 322.7 650.8 0.01 82 21 26107 -55.3 -88.3 1 33.0 -57.3 306 3 657.7 657.7 323.0 657.7 0.01 83 20 26420 -53.9 -87.9 1 34.0 -56.3 300 5 671.2 671.2 323.4 671.2 0.01 84 13 29214 -49.5 -86.5 1 37.0 -54.4 103 10 774.4 774.4 326.6 774.6 0.02 85 11 30321 -44.7 -84.7 0 40.0 -52.2 93 2 829.8 829.8 328.0 830.0 0.03 86 11 30321 -45.5 -84.5 0 39.0 -52.6 93 2 826.9 826.9 327.9 827.1 0.03 87 10 30960 -42.7 -82.7 0 40.0 -51.5 330 7 860.2 860.2 328.6 860.6 0.04 88 9.6 31235 -42.5 -82.5 0 40.0 -51.7 320 7 871.0 871.0 328.8 871.5 0.05 89 8.9 31744 -43.5 -83.5 0 40.0 -52.5 301 6 886.2 886.2 329.1 886.6 0.04 90 7.8 32636 -40.7 -81.7 0 41.0 -51.8 267 4 931.5 931.6 330.0 932.2 0.06 91 7.4 32993 -41.7 -82.7 0 41.0 -52.5 254 4 941.6 941.6 330.2 942.2 0.06 92 7.0 33370 -40.3 -81.3 0 41.0 -52.1 240 3 962.5 962.5 330.6 963.3 0.08 93 6.6 33772 -39.3 -81.3 0 42.0 -52.1 983.0 983.0 330.9 983.9 0.08 TRP 179 12767 -62.3 -75.3 16 13.0 -62.4 275 49 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 WND 142 14201 -60.8 -85.1 3 24.3 -61.0 270 64 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.00 m Freezing level: 638.00 mb = 3875.07 m = 12713.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.83 mb = 3242.28 m = 10637.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.27 % Est. max temperature: 23.63 C = 74.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.99 mb = 408.81 m = 1341.22 ft T: 12.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 2.15 C Layer 839.0- 782.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 977.09 mb = 346.92 m = 1138.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.10 C = 55.59 F Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lifted Index: 5.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.75 C Showalter Index: 2.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 24.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55523.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.04 mb = 746.89 m = 2450.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 291 at 15 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 270 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 111 21 -19.4 7.4 1 947 610 140 17 -10.9 13.0 | 127 31 -24.7 18.3 2 925 811 165 24 -6.2 23.2 | 145 35 -20.0 28.5 3 914 914 185 22 1.9 21.9 | 156 30 -11.9 27.2 4 881 1219 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 165 21 -5.3 20.0 5 850 1520 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 162 22 -6.6 20.7 6 819 1829 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 152 18 -8.7 16.2 7 789 2134 245 9 8.2 3.8 | 148 11 -5.6 9.1 8 761 2438 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 214 11 5.9 8.8 9 733 2743 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 234 6 5.1 3.7 10 700 3123 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 250 10 9.1 3.3 11 654 3658 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 247 9 8.1 3.4 12 629 3962 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 234 9 7.2 5.3 13 606 4267 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 275 9 9.4 -0.9 14 561 4877 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 285 3 3.1 -0.8 15 539 5182 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 287 5 5.0 -1.5 16 500 5780 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 257 13 13.1 3.0 17 479 6096 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 234 13 10.1 7.4 18 460 6401 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 203 16 6.1 14.6 19 423 7010 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 204 19 7.8 17.8 20 400 7430 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 237 20 16.7 10.7 21 389 7620 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 238 21 17.7 10.9 22 373 7925 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 248 22 20.1 8.3 23 313 9144 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 244 27 24.6 12.1 24 300 9450 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 252 28 27.0 8.9 25 250 10660 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 255 36 35.0 9.6 26 200 12080 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 257 48 47.0 10.6 27 196 12192 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 257 48 47.0 10.6 28 179 12767 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 268 35 35.0 1.0 29 178 12802 280 53 52.2 -9.2 | 276 39 38.4 -3.9 30 169 13106 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 261 33 32.2 5.3 31 161 13411 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 250 43 40.4 14.9 32 150 13860 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 251 50 47.3 16.1 33 142 14201 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 264 50 50.2 5.3 34 139 14326 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 264 50 50.2 5.3 35 126 14935 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 283 39 38.4 -8.7 36 120 15240 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 276 37 36.4 -3.5 37 109 15850 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 259 29 28.2 5.3 38 100 16380 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 283 39 38.4 -8.7 39 94 16764 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 283 39 38.4 -8.7 40 85 17374 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 310 14 10.4 -8.7 41 81 17678 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 245 19 17.1 8.0 42 74 18288 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 233 24 19.0 14.1 43 70 18593 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 237 20 16.7 10.7 44 70 18600 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 313 11 7.8 -7.2 45 67 18898 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 325 10 5.9 -8.5 46 63 19202 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 358 4 0.1 -4.4 47 57 19812 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 300 11 9.8 -5.7 48 52 20422 350 6 1.0 -5.9 | 87 13 -12.8 -0.6 49 50 20660 110 4 -3.8 1.4 | 111 19 -17.6 6.7 50 49 20726 25 15 -6.3 -13.6 | 68 22 -20.1 -8.3 51 47 21031 140 3 -1.9 2.3 | 116 17 -15.7 7.6 52 45 21336 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 142 10 -6.3 8.0 53 35 22860 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 69 13 -12.1 -4.5 54 33 23165 20 14 -4.8 -13.2 | 67 20 -18.6 -7.8 55 32 23470 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 95 25 -25.4 2.2 56 30 23840 55 6 -4.9 -3.4 | 96 19 -18.7 1.9 57 28 24384 50 4 -3.1 -2.6 | 99 17 -16.9 2.7 58 22 25908 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 108 13 -12.3 4.0 59 20 26420 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 107 10 -9.5 2.8 60 18 27127 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 75 17 -16.4 -4.3 61 17 27432 15 9 -2.3 -8.7 | 78 16 -16.1 -3.4 62 16 27737 20 17 -5.8 -16.0 | 61 22 -19.6 -10.7 63 16 28042 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 83 20 -20.2 -2.4 64 14 28651 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 120 26 -23.0 13.0 65 14 28956 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 129 23 -18.0 14.4 66 13 29261 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 107 25 -23.7 7.0 67 11 30175 125 1 -0.8 0.6 | 112 16 -14.6 5.9 68 10 30960 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 86 10 -10.3 -0.8 69 7 33370 240 3 2.6 1.5 | 121 13 -11.2 6.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.7 neg: -24.7 tot: 237.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 115.07 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 141 14 126 28| 19.8 0.0 19.8|121.6 0.0 121.6 243.1 0.72| 22.0 15.9 1000 170 17 143 28| 9.7 0.0 9.7|221.7 0.0 221.7 221.7 0.68| 21.1 14.4 1500 182 17 149 26| 6.5 1.4 7.9|221.7 -20.8 200.9 133.9 0.52| 15.8 8.3 2000 190 15 152 23| 5.7 1.1 6.8|234.5 -24.4 210.0 105.0 0.48| 15.1 7.2 2500 208 16 162 20| 5.7 0.9 6.6|257.8 -24.4 233.3 93.3 0.54| 14.4 7.7 3000 225 17 174 17| 4.7 0.6 5.3|261.7 -24.7 237.1 79.0 0.53| 12.7 6.7 4000 244 18 192 14| 3.8 0.3 4.2|276.8 -30.0 246.8 61.7 0.52| 10.7 5.6 5000 256 19 204 11| 2.5 0.3 2.9|278.5 -31.1 247.5 49.5 0.47| 9.5 4.5 6000 261 20 214 10| 2.1 0.9 3.0|278.5 -74.5 204.1 34.0 0.27| 9.5 2.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250427.12.gif