UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 155 SFC 986 270 11.6 7.7 77 3.9 9.5 340 9 285.9 287.1 283.2 304.6 6.69 2 974 373 10.8 5.9 72 4.9 8.2 340 13 286.1 287.1 282.5 302.9 5.98 3 925 803 6.6 5.5 93 1.1 6.1 345 19 286.1 287.1 282.7 303.2 6.13 4 910 937 5.4 5.4 100 0.0 5.4 343 19 286.2 287.2 282.8 303.5 6.18 5 891 1109 4.4 4.2 99 0.2 4.3 325 18 286.9 287.9 282.7 303.2 5.80 6 889 1128 4.8 3.5 91 1.3 4.1 324 18 287.5 288.4 282.7 303.1 5.54 7 887 1146 6.6 4.1 84 2.5 5.3 322 17 289.5 290.5 283.8 306.0 5.79 8 878 1231 11.8 4.8 62 7.0 8.0 313 17 295.8 296.9 286.6 313.7 6.15 9 866 1346 12.0 3.0 54 9.0 7.2 297 13 297.1 298.1 286.5 313.3 5.48 10 862 1385 13.6 -0.4 38 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306.8 286.2 312.4 1.87 25 704 3063 5.4 -15.6 20 21.0 -2.3 255 39 308.0 308.3 286.5 313.2 1.61 26 700 3110 4.8 -16.2 20 21.0 -2.8 255 39 307.8 308.1 286.3 312.8 1.54 27 692 3204 4.4 -15.6 22 20.0 -2.9 255 39 308.4 308.7 286.6 313.7 1.64 28 662 3562 1.2 -14.8 29 16.0 -4.6 255 38 308.7 309.0 286.9 314.6 1.83 29 640 3832 -0.9 -18.9 24 18.0 -6.7 258 39 309.3 309.6 286.6 313.7 1.34 30 603 4304 -4.9 -17.9 35 13.0 -9.1 265 40 310.0 310.3 287.1 315.1 1.55 31 570 4743 -8.9 -13.9 67 5.0 -10.6 258 44 310.3 310.8 288.0 317.7 2.29 32 553 4976 -10.9 -15.2 71 4.3 -12.3 254 47 310.7 311.1 287.9 317.5 2.12 33 542 5130 -12.1 -16.9 67 4.8 -13.6 251 48 311.0 311.4 287.8 317.1 1.88 34 525 5373 -14.5 -17.9 75 3.4 -15.5 252 50 311.0 311.3 287.7 316.8 1.78 35 516 5503 -15.7 -19.3 74 3.6 -16.7 253 51 311.1 311.4 287.5 316.4 1.61 36 510 5591 -16.3 -21.3 65 5.0 -17.6 254 52 311.4 311.7 287.4 315.9 1.37 37 504 5680 -17.1 -21.2 70 4.1 -18.1 254 53 311.5 311.7 287.5 316.1 1.40 38 500 5740 -17.5 -22.2 67 4.7 -18.7 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345 8445 -33.5 -42.5 40 9.0 -34.4 251 80 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.26 53 343 8485 -33.9 -40.9 49 7.0 -34.6 250 80 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.1 0.31 54 341 8526 -34.3 -42.3 44 8.0 -35.1 250 80 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.27 55 336 8629 -35.3 -40.3 60 5.0 -35.8 250 83 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.2 0.34 56 307 9253 -39.4 -42.9 69 3.5 -39.7 245 104 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.28 57 300 9410 -40.5 -43.6 72 3.1 -40.8 245 100 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.27 58 250 10630 -49.9 -54.9 56 5.0 -50.1 230 83 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 59 200 12050 -60.3 -66.3 45 6.0 -60.4 235 98 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 60 197 12144 -61.1 -67.1 45 6.0 -61.2 235 96 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.02 61 150 13840 -60.7 -84.7 3 24.0 -60.9 255 55 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 62 100 16390 -59.1 -86.1 2 27.0 -59.5 260 33 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 63 93 16843 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.8 258 31 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.5 0.00 64 80 17766 -67.5 -89.5 3 22.0 -67.7 231 24 423.5 423.5 308.1 423.5 0.00 65 76 18076 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -65.9 237 26 433.5 433.5 309.2 433.5 0.00 66 74 18239 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.7 239 27 441.5 441.5 310.0 441.5 0.00 67 72 18407 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.6 224 25 445.4 445.4 310.4 445.4 0.00 68 71 18493 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 212 24 446.7 446.7 310.6 446.7 0.00 69 70 18580 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.4 200 23 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 70 68 18758 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.0 206 21 454.0 454.0 311.3 454.0 0.00 71 66 18942 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.0 200 22 464.9 464.9 312.2 464.9 0.00 72 64 19134 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -58.9 218 25 471.6 471.6 312.8 471.6 0.00 73 56 19962 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.3 65 10 479.5 479.5 313.4 479.5 0.00 74 50 20660 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.8 315 9 499.0 499.0 314.9 499.0 0.00 75 41 21899 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.7 68 10 534.2 534.2 317.2 534.2 0.00 76 39 22212 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.4 11 10 537.3 537.3 317.3 537.3 0.00 77 35 22887 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.5 143 10 556.8 556.8 318.5 556.8 0.00 78 34 23069 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.1 158 11 565.6 565.6 318.9 565.7 0.00 79 32 23452 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.9 108 11 579.3 579.3 319.6 579.3 0.01 80 30 23860 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.6 115 6 585.2 585.2 319.9 585.2 0.01 81 29 24074 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.6 85 10 590.9 590.9 320.2 590.9 0.01 82 26 24766 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.3 42 1 617.6 617.6 321.4 617.6 0.01 83 25 25017 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.4 37 1 624.5 624.5 321.7 624.6 0.01 84 22 25840 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.2 21 2 660.9 660.9 323.1 661.0 0.01 85 20 26460 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.8 360 11 677.3 677.3 323.7 677.4 0.01 86 19 26791 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.7 354 12 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.3 0.02 87 16 27910 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -53.2 42 7 732.4 732.4 325.4 732.6 0.02 88 15 28334 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -53.3 82 6 746.7 746.7 325.8 746.9 0.02 89 15 28334 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -53.7 82 6 744.7 744.7 325.8 744.9 0.02 90 11 30390 -44.5 -82.5 1 38.0 -52.1 233 19 830.5 830.5 328.0 830.9 0.04 91 10 31030 -43.1 -82.1 1 39.0 -51.7 255 2 858.7 858.7 328.6 859.1 0.05 92 9.7 31236 -41.3 -81.3 1 40.0 -51.0 256 3 873.0 873.0 328.9 873.5 0.06 93 7.7 32800 -42.7 -81.7 1 39.0 -52.7 266 9 926.9 927.0 329.9 927.6 0.07 94 7.0 33450 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -51.4 270 11 969.9 969.9 330.7 970.9 0.09 95 6.8 33651 -35.3 -78.3 0 43.0 -50.4 991.3 991.4 331.1 992.8 0.13 96 6.4 34074 -33.9 -76.9 1 43.0 -50.2 1014.6 1014.7 331.4 1016.6 0.17 97 6.0 34527 -33.7 -77.7 0 44.0 -50.5 1034.3 1034.4 331.7 1036.3 0.16 TRP 197 12144 -61.1 -67.1 45 6.0 -61.2 235 96 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.02 WND 307 9253 -39.4 -42.9 69 3.5 -39.7 245 104 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.28 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5585.00 m Freezing level: 649.43 mb = 3716.34 m = 12192.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.63 mb = 2725.59 m = 8942.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.20 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.53 mb = 762.28 m = 2500.88 ft T: 7.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.48 C/km ThetaE index: 2.49 C Layer 866.0- 777.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.58 mb = 1003.99 m = 3293.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.13 C = 53.84 F Cap Strength: 12.65 C Lifted Index: 9.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.37 C Showalter Index: 3.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.70 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: 7.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 71.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57078.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.76 mb = 984.29 m = 3229.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 294 at 26 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 270 340 9 3.1 -8.5 | 95 20 -20.3 1.7 1 947 610 340 21 7.2 -19.7 | 60 19 -16.2 -9.5 2 925 803 345 19 4.9 -18.4 | 66 20 -18.5 -8.2 3 913 914 345 19 4.9 -18.4 | 66 20 -18.5 -8.2 4 880 1219 315 17 12.0 -12.0 | 81 12 -11.4 -1.8 5 850 1503 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 123 17 -14.4 9.4 6 848 1524 275 7 7.0 -0.6 | 120 19 -16.4 9.6 7 817 1829 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 130 9 -7.0 5.8 8 788 2134 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 137 10 -6.7 7.2 9 759 2438 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 165 16 -4.1 15.4 10 732 2743 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 199 16 5.1 15.2 11 705 3048 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 215 25 14.3 20.3 12 700 3110 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 215 25 14.3 20.3 13 653 3658 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 214 24 13.3 20.0 14 604 4267 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 230 21 16.4 13.7 15 558 4877 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 224 30 21.0 22.1 16 537 5182 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 220 35 22.6 27.0 17 500 5740 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 229 37 27.8 23.9 18 497 5791 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 229 37 27.8 23.9 19 476 6096 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 242 45 39.6 21.3 20 439 6706 255 81 78.2 21.0 | 240 63 54.8 31.2 21 400 7390 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 240 62 53.9 30.9 22 387 7620 255 79 76.3 20.4 | 240 61 52.9 30.6 23 340 8534 250 80 75.2 27.4 | 234 64 51.8 37.6 24 312 9144 250 101 94.9 34.5 | 238 84 71.5 44.7 25 307 9253 245 104 94.3 44.0 | 233 89 70.8 54.1 26 300 9410 245 100 90.6 42.3 | 232 85 67.2 52.5 27 298 9449 245 104 94.3 44.0 | 233 89 70.8 54.1 28 250 10630 230 83 63.6 53.4 | 212 75 40.2 63.5 29 237 10973 225 82 58.0 58.0 | 207 76 34.6 68.2 30 200 12050 235 98 80.3 56.2 | 221 87 56.9 66.4 31 197 12144 235 96 78.6 55.1 | 220 85 55.2 65.3 32 195 12192 235 98 80.3 56.2 | 221 87 56.9 66.4 33 169 13106 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 238 55 47.1 29.1 34 161 13411 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 218 42 25.5 33.0 35 153 13716 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 228 47 34.8 31.4 36 150 13840 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 231 38 29.7 24.4 37 126 14935 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 232 22 17.4 13.8 38 120 15240 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 193 28 6.0 27.2 39 109 15850 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 220 45 29.2 34.7 40 104 16154 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 231 16 12.6 10.2 41 100 16390 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 210 18 9.1 15.9 42 94 16764 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 207 18 8.1 15.7 43 81 17678 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 169 26 -5.0 25.6 44 73 18288 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 180 24 -0.0 23.7 45 70 18580 200 23 7.9 21.6 | 154 35 -15.5 31.8 46 70 18593 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 161 29 -9.3 27.0 47 66 18898 195 21 5.4 20.3 | 149 35 -18.0 30.5 48 63 19202 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 170 29 -5.0 28.6 49 60 19507 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 137 14 -9.4 10.2 50 57 19812 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 91 21 -20.8 0.5 51 55 20117 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 124 34 -28.4 18.9 52 52 20422 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 143 30 -18.3 24.3 53 50 20660 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 103 17 -17.1 3.8 54 49 20726 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 112 13 -11.6 4.7 55 47 21031 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 103 16 -15.8 3.8 56 45 21336 75 7 -6.8 -1.8 | 106 31 -30.2 8.4 57 43 21641 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 114 36 -32.5 14.4 58 39 22250 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 91 24 -24.3 0.2 59 37 22555 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 91 24 -24.3 0.2 60 35 22860 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 121 35 -29.8 17.9 61 34 23165 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 129 34 -26.5 21.8 62 30 23774 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 96 31 -30.5 3.1 63 30 23860 115 6 -5.4 2.5 | 114 32 -28.9 12.7 64 29 24079 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 106 35 -33.4 9.3 65 28 24384 50 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 112 26 -24.2 9.6 66 22 25908 20 2 -0.7 -1.9 | 109 25 -24.1 8.3 67 20 26460 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 88 23 -23.4 -0.8 68 20 26518 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 80 20 -19.8 -3.3 69 18 27127 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 91 24 -24.3 0.2 70 17 27432 355 8 0.7 -8.0 | 96 23 -22.7 2.2 71 14 28651 110 5 -4.7 1.7 | 113 31 -28.1 11.9 72 14 28956 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 125 34 -27.6 19.3 73 13 29261 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 137 31 -21.2 23.0 74 12 29566 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 141 24 -14.9 18.7 75 12 29870 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 149 29 -14.9 24.9 76 11 30175 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 168 28 -5.7 27.9 77 10 31030 255 2 1.9 0.5 | 116 24 -21.5 10.7 78 7 33450 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 129 16 -12.4 10.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 7.4 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.3 neg: -57.1 tot: 88.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 156.96 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 341 17 73 19| 10.7 0.0 10.7| 6.1 -55.4 -49.3 -98.7 -0.76| 13.3-10.2 1000 337 17 71 18| 5.3 5.9 11.2| 29.5 -55.4 -25.9 -25.9 -0.13| 13.1 -1.7 1500 326 15 80 15| 3.6 6.1 9.7| 56.5 -55.9 0.6 0.4 0.11| 14.4 1.5 2000 313 16 87 12| 2.7 5.9 8.6| 69.5 -55.9 13.6 6.8 0.19| 12.6 2.4 2500 298 17 104 8| 2.1 7.0 9.1|119.0 -55.9 63.1 25.2 0.34| 13.0 4.4 3000 284 20 146 6| 1.8 7.4 9.2|145.3 -57.1 88.2 29.4 0.36| 12.6 4.5 4000 272 25 191 9| 2.2 5.5 7.8|184.0 -59.4 124.5 31.1 0.40| 10.4 4.2 5000 267 29 207 13| 1.8 5.9 7.6|191.6 -97.2 94.4 18.9 0.29| 9.9 2.9 6000 264 34 217 17| 2.7 4.9 7.6|333.4 -98.4 235.0 39.2 0.35| 10.1 3.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250429.12.gif