UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042821.upa.cvt Date: 2100Z 28 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:2100Z 28 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 56 SFC 976 270 27.2 19.2 62 8.0 21.6 200 18 302.4 305.1 295.6 345.3 14.49 2 966 361 24.8 18.8 69 6.0 20.6 199 22 300.9 303.5 295.0 342.8 14.28 3 925 739 20.8 17.6 82 3.2 18.6 190 29 300.6 303.1 294.6 341.1 13.82 4 881 1159 16.8 16.8 100 0.0 16.8 208 33 300.6 303.2 294.6 341.1 13.79 5 876 1208 17.0 15.3 90 1.7 15.9 210 33 301.3 303.7 293.9 338.4 12.58 6 853 1435 15.2 14.3 94 0.9 14.6 219 33 301.8 304.0 293.7 337.5 12.10 7 850 1465 15.2 14.0 93 1.2 14.4 220 33 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.3 11.91 8 847 1495 15.0 13.6 91 1.4 14.1 221 33 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.6 11.64 9 842 1545 14.8 13.0 89 1.8 13.6 223 33 302.5 304.5 293.3 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334.9 0.03 51 215 11637 -57.1 -72.1 13 15.0 -57.3 245 81 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.01 52 200 12090 -60.5 -73.5 17 13.0 -60.6 245 78 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.0 0.01 53 182 12674 -64.7 -74.7 24 10.0 -64.8 240 78 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.01 54 164 13318 -61.5 -82.5 5 21.0 -61.7 242 63 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.00 55 160 13472 -58.7 -85.7 2 27.0 -58.9 243 59 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 56 158 13552 -58.3 -85.3 2 27.0 -58.5 243 56 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 57 153 13755 -58.1 -85.1 2 27.0 -58.3 244 51 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 58 150 13880 -58.3 -85.3 2 27.0 -58.5 245 47 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 59 138 14399 -59.3 -85.3 2 26.0 -59.5 245 39 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 60 126 14968 -56.9 -85.9 1 29.0 -57.2 252 32 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 61 100 16410 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.8 245 40 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 62 95 16730 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.2 245 40 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 63 84 17487 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.7 229 19 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 64 83 17560 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.7 231 20 423.1 423.1 308.1 423.1 0.00 65 82 17634 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.1 234 20 425.8 425.8 308.4 425.8 0.00 66 81 17709 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.2 236 21 433.5 433.5 309.2 433.5 0.00 67 76 18106 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -59.9 247 23 446.5 446.5 310.5 446.5 0.00 68 70 18620 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.1 305 10 454.5 454.5 311.3 454.5 0.00 69 58 19782 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.0 184 20 472.9 472.9 312.9 472.9 0.00 70 56 19998 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.4 191 25 479.0 479.0 313.4 479.0 0.00 71 55 20109 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.4 195 28 486.5 486.5 314.0 486.5 0.00 72 54 20223 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.8 209 24 490.5 490.5 314.2 490.5 0.00 73 50 20700 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.5 75 14 494.8 494.8 314.6 494.8 0.00 74 48 20951 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.1 38 13 499.2 499.2 314.9 499.2 0.00 75 45 21348 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.6 133 8 509.9 509.9 315.7 509.9 0.00 76 42 21777 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.7 179 5 530.5 530.5 316.9 530.5 0.00 77 41 21928 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.2 195 5 535.6 535.6 317.3 535.7 0.00 78 36 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862.1 0.05 92 9.8 31207 -41.3 -81.3 1 40.0 -51.0 870.4 870.4 328.8 870.9 0.05 93 9.1 31711 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -51.1 890.6 890.6 329.2 891.1 0.05 94 8.5 32177 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -50.4 918.3 918.3 329.8 919.1 0.07 95 7.5 33040 -37.5 -79.5 0 42.0 -50.7 955.0 955.0 330.4 956.1 0.10 TRP 182 12674 -64.7 -74.7 24 10.0 -64.8 240 78 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.01 WND 230 11208 -54.4 -63.7 31 9.3 -54.5 245 83 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.00 m Freezing level: 610.53 mb = 4208.79 m = 13808.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.30 mb = 2847.97 m = 9343.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.68 % Est. max temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.75 mb = 1278.85 m = 4195.66 ft T: 16.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.68 C/km ThetaE index: 31.43 C Layer 966.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.23 mb = 1137.28 m = 3731.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: -6.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.50 C K Index: 17.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2178.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.70 mb = 1152.27 m = 3780.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.70 mb = 1201.02 m = 3940.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.70 mb = 1598.29 m = 5243.69 ft B at Equ Level: 4.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 826.70 mb = 1700.47 m = 5578.91 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 254 at 35 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 976 270 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 105 29 -27.5 7.5 1 939 610 195 32 8.3 30.9 | 130 33 -25.4 21.5 2 925 739 190 29 5.0 28.6 | 124 34 -28.6 19.1 3 906 914 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 131 30 -23.1 19.7 4 875 1219 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 138 26 -17.2 19.2 5 850 1465 220 33 21.2 25.3 | 142 20 -12.5 15.9 6 814 1829 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 145 12 -6.6 9.5 7 785 2134 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 155 12 -5.0 10.7 8 757 2438 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 152 15 -6.9 13.1 9 730 2743 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 180 14 -0.1 14.1 10 700 3100 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 183 15 0.7 14.7 11 653 3658 230 48 36.8 30.9 | 188 22 3.1 21.4 12 604 4267 225 61 43.1 43.1 | 196 35 9.5 33.7 13 560 4877 220 66 42.4 50.6 | 192 42 8.7 41.1 14 500 5770 225 58 41.0 41.0 | 193 32 7.3 31.6 15 479 6096 230 59 45.2 37.9 | 202 31 11.5 28.5 16 400 7430 235 72 59.0 41.3 | 218 41 25.3 31.9 17 389 7620 235 73 59.8 41.9 | 219 42 26.1 32.5 18 314 9144 240 75 65.0 37.5 | 228 42 31.3 28.1 19 300 9460 245 75 68.0 31.7 | 237 41 34.3 22.3 20 250 10670 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 238 49 41.5 25.7 21 230 11208 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 238 49 41.5 25.7 22 227 11278 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 238 49 41.5 25.7 23 200 12090 245 78 70.7 33.0 | 238 44 37.0 23.5 24 182 12674 240 78 67.5 39.0 | 229 45 33.9 29.6 25 178 12802 240 78 67.5 39.0 | 229 45 33.9 29.6 26 150 13880 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 221 14 8.9 10.4 27 133 14630 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 160 6 -2.0 5.4 28 127 14935 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 64 2 -1.8 -0.9 29 121 15240 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 111 16 -15.3 6.0 30 115 15545 205 32 13.5 29.0 | 134 28 -20.2 19.6 31 104 16154 225 50 35.4 35.4 | 184 26 1.7 25.9 32 100 16410 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 199 8 2.6 7.5 33 94 16764 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 199 8 2.6 7.5 34 90 17069 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 82 13 -13.0 -1.9 35 86 17374 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 97 22 -21.7 2.6 36 78 17983 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 96 11 -11.0 1.1 37 74 18288 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 80 15 -14.9 -2.6 38 70 18593 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 74 22 -21.1 -6.1 39 70 18620 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 59 30 -25.5 -15.2 40 67 18898 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 60 29 -25.0 -14.4 41 64 19202 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 77 34 -33.0 -7.5 42 61 19507 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 96 35 -34.8 3.5 43 55 20117 195 28 7.2 27.0 | 124 32 -26.4 17.6 44 52 20422 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 93 19 -18.9 0.9 45 50 20700 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 75 49 -47.2 -13.0 46 50 20726 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 58 34 -28.7 -18.1 47 47 21031 60 14 -12.1 -7.0 | 70 49 -45.8 -16.4 48 45 21336 130 8 -6.1 5.1 | 84 40 -39.8 -4.3 49 37 22555 260 1 1.0 0.2 | 74 34 -32.7 -9.2 50 35 22860 150 14 -7.0 12.1 | 94 41 -40.7 2.7 51 34 23165 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 93 34 -33.7 1.6 52 31 23774 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 75 45 -43.3 -12.0 53 30 23900 115 4 -3.6 1.7 | 78 38 -37.3 -7.7 54 28 24384 65 4 -3.6 -1.7 | 73 39 -37.3 -11.1 55 21 26213 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 89 29 -29.5 -0.4 56 20 26490 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 61 32 -28.5 -15.5 57 20 26518 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 77 21 -20.5 -4.6 58 17 27432 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 66 30 -27.3 -12.4 59 17 27737 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 61 27 -23.3 -13.2 60 15 28346 360 2 -0.0 -2.0 | 71 36 -33.7 -11.4 61 14 28956 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 97 36 -36.1 4.4 62 13 29261 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 92 28 -27.7 1.0 63 13 29566 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 107 30 -28.8 8.9 64 12 29870 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 74 22 -21.1 -6.1 65 11 30175 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 86 20 -19.8 -1.4 66 10 31070 240 8 6.9 4.0 | 79 27 -26.7 -5.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 35.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.3 neg: -16.7 tot: 180.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.27 Bulk Rich Number: 23.06 Bulk Shear: 94.48 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 27 121 31| 0.0 12.2 12.2| 92.9 -15.4 77.5 154.9 0.65| 15.9 10.3 1000 200 29 127 30| 5.9 6.1 12.0|149.4 -15.4 134.0 134.0 0.64| 14.0 8.9 1500 208 30 132 26| 7.5 4.1 11.6|160.3 -15.4 144.9 96.6 0.50| 13.4 6.6 2000 215 31 136 22| 6.0 3.0 9.0|166.5 -16.0 150.4 75.2 0.49| 11.1 5.4 2500 219 33 140 20| 5.8 2.4 8.2|191.6 -16.7 174.9 70.0 0.54| 10.5 5.7 3000 223 34 146 19| 4.8 2.5 7.3|197.3 -16.7 180.5 60.2 0.54| 9.3 5.0 4000 225 39 160 19| 3.6 4.2 7.8|226.6 -16.7 209.9 52.5 0.46| 9.4 4.3 5000 224 44 172 22| 2.9 4.0 6.9|231.3 -41.5 189.8 38.0 0.37| 8.7 3.2 6000 224 47 177 24| 3.1 3.3 6.4|286.2 -41.5 244.7 40.8 0.39| 8.3 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250428.21.gif