UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 29 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 53 SFC 975 270 26.2 19.2 65 7.0 21.3 180 19 301.5 304.2 295.3 344.2 14.51 2 963 381 25.4 18.4 65 7.0 20.5 185 22 301.8 304.4 295.0 342.9 13.96 3 955 455 24.6 17.6 65 7.0 19.8 188 23 301.7 304.2 294.6 341.1 13.37 4 925 737 21.8 17.4 76 4.4 18.8 190 30 301.6 304.1 294.7 341.8 13.64 5 898 994 19.2 16.5 84 2.7 17.4 194 33 301.5 303.9 294.4 340.5 13.26 6 862 1346 17.2 13.0 76 4.2 14.5 213 32 302.9 305.0 293.2 335.5 10.98 7 857 1396 17.0 12.9 77 4.1 14.3 216 32 303.2 305.3 293.3 335.9 10.98 8 851 1456 16.6 12.4 76 4.2 13.9 219 32 303.4 305.4 293.1 335.2 10.69 9 850 1466 16.6 12.2 75 4.4 13.8 220 32 303.5 305.5 293.0 335.0 10.56 10 844 1526 17.0 10.0 63 7.0 12.6 223 32 304.6 306.3 292.3 332.0 9.17 11 831 1659 17.2 5.2 45 12.0 10.2 230 31 306.1 307.4 290.7 326.5 6.68 12 817 1804 17.0 1.0 34 16.0 8.3 238 30 307.4 308.4 289.6 322.9 5.04 13 815 1825 17.0 1.0 34 16.0 8.3 239 30 307.6 308.6 289.8 323.2 5.05 14 810 1877 16.4 4.4 45 12.0 9.5 241 30 307.5 308.8 291.0 327.4 6.48 15 790 2089 14.2 4.2 51 10.0 8.5 244 30 307.4 308.6 291.0 327.4 6.55 16 781 2186 13.4 4.4 54 9.0 8.2 246 31 307.5 308.8 291.2 328.1 6.73 17 752 2503 11.0 -1.0 43 12.0 4.8 251 37 308.3 309.2 289.6 322.9 4.73 18 738 2659 9.4 0.4 53 9.0 4.6 254 36 308.2 309.2 290.2 324.7 5.34 19 718 2887 8.8 -12.2 21 21.0 0.2 249 41 310.0 310.4 287.6 316.7 2.09 20 708 3003 8.0 -7.0 34 15.0 1.1 244 47 310.3 310.9 288.9 320.5 3.19 21 700 3097 7.8 -11.2 25 19.0 -0.2 240 51 311.1 311.6 288.3 318.6 2.32 22 698 3120 7.6 -13.4 21 21.0 -0.8 240 51 311.2 311.5 287.9 317.5 1.95 23 683 3298 6.4 -16.6 17 23.0 -2.1 238 54 311.8 312.0 287.7 316.8 1.53 24 646 3751 3.4 -24.6 11 28.0 -5.1 234 60 313.4 313.5 287.5 316.1 0.81 25 627 3992 1.2 -19.8 19 21.0 -5.8 230 62 313.5 313.8 288.0 317.8 1.27 26 611 4199 0.0 -24.0 14 24.0 -7.2 227 63 314.5 314.7 287.9 317.6 0.90 27 607 4251 -0.5 -22.5 17 22.0 -7.3 226 64 314.5 314.7 288.1 318.0 1.03 28 605 4277 -0.7 -14.7 34 14.0 -5.9 225 64 314.6 314.9 289.1 321.2 2.02 29 599 4357 -1.3 -22.3 18 21.0 -7.8 226 63 314.8 315.0 288.2 318.4 1.07 30 598 4370 -1.5 -22.5 18 21.0 -7.9 226 63 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.3 1.05 31 579 4625 -3.9 -18.9 30 15.0 -8.8 228 61 314.8 315.1 288.6 319.8 1.48 32 549 5041 -7.7 -20.7 34 13.0 -11.6 228 58 315.1 315.4 288.6 319.6 1.34 33 524 5401 -10.5 -24.5 31 14.0 -14.2 225 58 316.0 316.2 288.5 319.4 1.00 34 501 5745 -12.5 -38.5 9 26.0 -17.0 225 61 317.6 317.7 288.3 318.6 0.27 35 500 5760 -12.5 -37.5 10 25.0 -17.0 225 61 317.8 317.9 288.4 318.9 0.30 36 485 5992 -14.1 -38.1 11 24.0 -18.3 225 62 318.6 318.7 288.6 319.7 0.29 37 446 6621 -19.9 -40.9 14 21.0 -22.8 229 68 319.0 319.1 288.7 319.9 0.24 38 441 6705 -20.3 -43.3 11 23.0 -23.3 230 69 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.3 0.19 39 438 6755 -20.5 -38.5 18 18.0 -23.2 230 70 319.9 320.0 289.0 321.1 0.31 40 432 6857 -21.1 -43.1 12 22.0 -23.9 231 71 320.4 320.5 289.1 321.2 0.20 41 427 6943 -21.9 -41.9 15 20.0 -24.5 232 72 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.3 0.23 42 425 6977 -22.1 -37.1 24 15.0 -24.4 232 72 320.7 320.7 289.3 322.0 0.37 43 405 7330 -25.1 -39.1 26 14.0 -26.9 235 76 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.4 0.32 44 401 7402 -25.7 -41.7 21 16.0 -27.6 235 74 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.3 0.25 45 400 7420 -25.9 -41.9 21 16.0 -27.8 235 74 321.3 321.4 289.4 322.2 0.24 46 357 8233 -32.7 -46.7 23 14.0 -33.8 233 75 322.8 322.9 289.8 323.4 0.16 47 353 8313 -32.9 -49.9 17 17.0 -34.2 233 75 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.0 0.11 48 322 8954 -37.3 -55.3 14 18.0 -38.3 231 76 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.07 49 317 9062 -37.9 -55.9 13 18.0 -38.8 230 76 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.06 50 300 9440 -40.7 -56.7 16 16.0 -41.4 235 79 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.06 51 283 9835 -44.1 -58.1 20 14.0 -44.6 238 80 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.05 52 280 9907 -44.3 -55.3 28 11.0 -44.7 239 80 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.08 53 279 9931 -44.3 -48.9 60 4.6 -44.6 239 80 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 54 278 9955 -44.5 -54.5 32 10.0 -44.9 239 80 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 55 277 9979 -44.5 -55.5 28 11.0 -45.0 239 80 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.07 56 276 10003 -44.9 -55.9 28 11.0 -45.3 240 80 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.07 57 250 10660 -49.1 -54.1 56 5.0 -49.3 245 82 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.10 58 200 12090 -60.1 -64.6 55 4.5 -60.2 245 89 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 59 183 12639 -63.1 -68.0 51 4.9 -63.1 245 89 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 60 177 12844 -62.6 -70.7 33 8.1 -62.6 250 94 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.02 61 150 13870 -59.9 -83.9 3 24.0 -60.1 240 47 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 62 100 16410 -58.9 -85.9 2 27.0 -59.2 265 29 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 63 82 17637 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 237 14 423.8 423.8 308.2 423.8 0.00 64 81 17712 -62.9 -87.9 2 25.0 -63.1 238 15 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.4 0.00 65 79 17867 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.4 239 18 438.2 438.2 309.7 438.3 0.00 66 72 18445 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.9 197 10 451.3 451.3 311.0 451.3 0.00 67 70 18620 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -61.9 150 3 452.8 452.8 311.1 452.8 0.00 68 67 18892 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -61.7 189 2 459.0 459.0 311.7 459.0 0.00 69 61 19469 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 148 10 463.4 463.4 312.1 463.4 0.00 70 58 19778 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.8 190 24 473.3 473.3 312.9 473.3 0.00 71 56 19996 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.6 210 22 485.8 485.8 313.9 485.9 0.00 72 52 20456 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.3 27 4 492.1 492.1 314.4 492.1 0.00 73 50 20700 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -60.9 175 13 501.4 501.4 315.1 501.4 0.00 74 46 21222 -57.7 -86.7 1 29.0 -58.5 203 11 519.8 519.8 316.3 519.8 0.00 75 44 21502 -57.5 -85.5 2 28.0 -58.3 244 10 526.9 526.9 316.7 526.9 0.01 76 35 22934 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.4 72 6 554.2 554.2 318.3 554.2 0.01 77 32 23494 -57.7 -86.7 1 29.0 -58.8 93 10 576.6 576.6 319.5 576.6 0.01 78 31 23694 -58.5 -86.5 2 28.0 -59.6 120 13 579.7 579.7 319.6 579.7 0.01 79 30 23900 -57.7 -86.7 1 29.0 -58.9 130 4 587.3 587.3 320.0 587.4 0.01 80 25 25059 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -55.6 351 9 630.8 630.8 321.9 630.9 0.01 81 24 25321 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -55.7 316 10 638.2 638.3 322.2 638.3 0.01 82 22 25878 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -56.8 269 11 650.8 650.8 322.7 650.9 0.01 83 20 26490 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -55.0 100 2 676.7 676.7 323.7 676.8 0.02 84 19 26824 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -53.2 47 1 694.8 694.8 324.3 695.0 0.02 85 17 27555 -47.9 -80.9 1 33.0 -52.5 343 10 722.4 722.4 325.1 722.6 0.03 86 16 27954 -49.3 -82.3 1 33.0 -53.6 308 11 730.4 730.4 325.4 730.7 0.03 87 10 31080 -42.7 -79.7 1 37.0 -51.5 230 15 860.2 860.2 328.6 860.9 0.07 88 9.7 31286 -42.5 -79.5 1 37.0 -51.5 229 15 868.4 868.5 328.8 869.2 0.07 89 9.3 31570 -42.7 -79.7 1 37.0 -51.8 228 14 878.2 878.2 329.0 879.0 0.08 90 7.0 33520 -34.9 -76.9 1 42.0 -50.0 220 12 984.8 984.9 330.9 986.6 0.16 91 6.8 33722 -34.7 -75.7 1 41.0 -50.1 993.8 993.9 331.1 996.1 0.19 TRP 183 12639 -63.1 -68.0 51 4.9 -63.1 245 89 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 WND 177 12844 -62.6 -70.7 33 8.1 -62.6 250 94 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.00 m Freezing level: 611.00 mb = 4198.63 m = 13774.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.97 mb = 3085.59 m = 10123.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.45 mb = 1163.73 m = 3817.98 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 12.91 C Layer 851.0- 815.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2040.50 m = 6694.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.06 C = 89.70 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 22.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2086.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.87 mb = 1347.26 m = 4420.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.87 mb = 2559.88 m = 8398.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.87 mb = 12848.97 m = 42154.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2039.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.87 mb = 15433.55 m = 50634.39 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 258 at 36 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 975 270 180 19 0.0 19.0 | 109 37 -34.9 11.7 1 938 610 195 27 7.0 26.1 | 124 34 -27.9 18.8 2 925 737 190 30 5.2 29.5 | 127 37 -29.7 22.2 3 906 914 190 33 5.7 32.5 | 131 39 -29.2 25.2 4 875 1219 205 33 13.9 29.9 | 137 31 -21.0 22.6 5 850 1466 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 140 22 -14.4 17.2 6 814 1829 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 131 12 -8.9 7.7 7 785 2134 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 125 9 -7.7 5.4 8 757 2438 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 188 6 0.8 5.7 9 730 2743 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 147 2 -1.1 1.7 10 700 3097 240 51 44.2 25.5 | 207 20 9.2 18.2 11 652 3658 235 60 49.1 34.4 | 208 31 14.2 27.1 12 604 4267 225 64 45.3 45.3 | 195 39 10.3 37.9 13 559 4877 230 59 45.2 37.9 | 199 32 10.3 30.6 14 538 5182 225 56 39.6 39.6 | 188 33 4.7 32.3 15 500 5760 225 61 43.1 43.1 | 193 37 8.2 35.8 16 478 6096 225 63 44.5 44.5 | 194 38 9.6 37.2 17 406 7315 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 217 45 27.3 36.3 18 400 7420 235 74 60.6 42.4 | 216 44 25.7 35.1 19 389 7620 235 74 60.6 42.4 | 216 44 25.7 35.1 20 313 9144 230 76 58.2 48.9 | 209 48 23.3 41.5 21 300 9440 235 79 64.7 45.3 | 218 48 29.8 38.0 22 250 10660 245 82 74.3 34.7 | 235 48 39.4 27.3 23 200 12090 245 89 80.7 37.6 | 236 55 45.7 30.3 24 183 12639 245 89 80.7 37.6 | 236 55 45.7 30.3 25 177 12844 250 94 88.3 32.1 | 245 59 53.4 24.8 26 170 13106 250 94 88.3 32.1 | 245 59 53.4 24.8 27 154 13716 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 211 15 7.7 12.6 28 150 13870 240 47 40.7 23.5 | 200 17 5.8 16.2 29 139 14326 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 169 15 -3.0 15.1 30 133 14630 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 231 5 3.7 3.0 31 121 15240 215 38 21.8 31.1 | 151 27 -13.1 23.8 32 115 15545 210 47 23.5 40.7 | 161 35 -11.4 33.4 33 109 15850 220 51 32.8 39.1 | 176 32 -2.1 31.8 34 104 16154 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 164 8 -2.3 7.9 35 100 16410 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 52 8 -6.0 -4.8 36 94 16764 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 50 17 -13.3 -11.1 37 86 17374 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 88 26 -25.9 -1.0 38 78 17983 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 97 19 -18.5 2.2 39 74 18288 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 92 21 -21.1 0.7 40 70 18620 150 3 -1.5 2.6 | 83 37 -36.4 -4.7 41 67 18898 190 2 0.3 2.0 | 81 35 -34.6 -5.3 42 61 19507 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 91 41 -40.7 0.9 43 58 19812 195 25 6.5 24.1 | 121 33 -28.5 16.8 44 55 20117 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 110 23 -22.1 8.0 45 52 20422 5 3 -0.3 -3.0 | 74 37 -35.2 -10.3 46 50 20700 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 99 36 -36.1 5.6 47 50 20726 145 17 -9.8 13.9 | 98 45 -44.7 6.6 48 47 21031 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 99 36 -36.1 5.6 49 45 21336 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 91 28 -28.5 0.3 50 43 21641 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 76 26 -25.0 -6.4 51 39 22250 50 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 77 37 -35.7 -8.0 52 32 23470 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 81 46 -44.9 -7.3 53 31 23774 130 14 -10.7 9.0 | 92 46 -45.6 1.7 54 30 23900 130 4 -3.1 2.6 | 83 38 -38.0 -4.7 55 29 24079 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 90 41 -41.4 0.3 56 28 24384 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 78 42 -40.8 -8.4 57 23 25603 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 69 26 -24.1 -9.2 58 21 26213 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 79 26 -25.3 -4.7 59 20 26490 100 2 -2.0 0.3 | 79 38 -36.9 -7.0 60 18 27127 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 78 36 -34.9 -7.3 61 17 27432 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 63 38 -34.1 -17.3 62 14 28956 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 94 27 -27.2 1.9 63 13 29261 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 70 24 -23.0 -8.4 64 13 29566 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 73 25 -23.9 -7.3 65 12 29870 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 57 32 -26.6 -17.3 66 11 30175 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 72 23 -21.9 -7.3 67 10 31080 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 96 24 -23.4 2.3 68 7 33520 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 94 27 -27.2 1.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.1 neg: -14.6 tot: 180.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.39 Bulk Rich Number: 15.42 Bulk Shear: 135.28 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 190 25 119 35| 12.7 0.0 12.7|110.8 0.0 110.8 221.5 0.86| 14.1 12.1 1000 194 29 126 35| 9.4 0.0 9.4|170.8 0.0 170.8 170.8 0.70| 13.3 9.4 1500 204 30 131 30| 8.7 0.0 8.7|177.7 -7.1 170.5 113.7 0.42| 14.4 6.0 2000 214 30 134 25| 8.1 0.0 8.1|183.2 -12.0 171.1 85.6 0.37| 12.8 4.8 2500 223 31 139 21| 7.4 0.0 7.4|190.3 -13.3 177.0 70.8 0.38| 11.9 4.6 3000 228 34 148 18| 6.2 3.6 9.8|195.1 -14.6 180.5 60.2 0.32| 13.6 4.3 4000 230 41 169 19| 4.6 4.7 9.3|195.7 -84.9 110.8 27.7 0.18| 12.6 2.3 5000 229 45 177 22| 3.9 3.8 7.7|217.2-133.0 84.3 16.9 0.13| 11.5 1.5 6000 228 48 181 24| 3.5 3.4 6.9|273.1-133.0 140.1 23.3 0.17| 10.3 1.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250429.00.gif