UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 30 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 151 SFC 986 270 19.4 8.4 49 11.0 13.0 90 10 293.7 295.0 286.8 314.0 7.02 2 941 670 15.0 5.0 51 10.0 9.6 77 9 293.2 294.2 285.3 310.0 5.81 3 925 815 13.6 4.6 54 9.0 8.8 70 9 293.2 294.2 285.2 309.9 5.75 4 858 1443 7.8 3.6 75 4.2 5.6 64 6 293.5 294.6 285.4 310.3 5.78 5 854 1481 7.6 2.7 71 4.9 5.1 67 6 293.7 294.7 285.1 309.5 5.44 6 851 1510 8.8 -2.2 46 11.0 3.7 69 6 295.3 296.0 284.0 306.6 3.82 7 850 1520 9.0 -2.0 46 11.0 3.8 70 6 295.6 296.3 284.2 307.1 3.88 8 849 1530 9.0 -2.0 46 11.0 3.8 352 1 295.7 296.4 284.2 307.2 3.89 9 841 1608 9.4 -2.6 43 12.0 3.8 312 3 296.9 297.6 284.6 308.1 3.75 10 837 1648 10.2 -3.8 37 14.0 3.7 292 5 298.1 298.8 284.8 308.5 3.44 11 825 1768 12.8 -10.2 19 23.0 3.2 232 8 302.1 302.5 284.9 308.8 2.13 12 817 1850 13.4 -10.6 18 24.0 3.4 200 10 303.6 304.0 285.4 310.2 2.08 13 723 2862 5.0 -15.0 22 20.0 -2.3 280 2 305.2 305.5 285.5 310.5 1.65 14 700 3125 3.4 -18.6 18 22.0 -4.0 280 5 306.2 306.5 285.4 310.4 1.26 15 693 3206 2.8 -19.2 18 22.0 -4.4 277 5 306.5 306.7 285.5 310.4 1.21 16 642 3820 -1.5 -18.5 26 17.0 -7.0 242 14 308.4 308.6 286.4 312.9 1.38 17 635 3907 -1.7 -20.7 22 19.0 -7.5 251 16 309.1 309.3 286.4 312.9 1.16 18 633 3932 -1.9 -16.9 31 15.0 -7.0 254 16 309.1 309.5 286.9 314.4 1.61 19 630 3970 -2.1 -21.1 22 19.0 -7.9 259 17 309.3 309.6 286.4 313.1 1.13 20 626 4020 -2.5 -22.5 20 20.0 -8.4 261 17 309.4 309.6 286.3 312.8 1.00 21 618 4122 -3.5 -22.5 21 19.0 -9.0 262 17 309.4 309.6 286.4 312.8 1.02 22 605 4290 -3.9 -19.9 28 16.0 -8.9 265 18 310.9 311.1 287.1 315.2 1.30 23 564 4839 -8.9 -21.9 34 13.0 -12.5 274 30 311.3 311.5 287.2 315.2 1.17 24 562 4866 -8.7 -19.7 41 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38 443 6663 -20.9 -37.9 20 17.0 -23.4 249 62 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.33 39 438 6747 -21.3 -37.3 22 16.0 -23.7 248 62 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.2 0.35 40 436 6780 -21.5 -41.5 15 20.0 -24.1 248 63 319.1 319.1 288.7 319.9 0.23 41 434 6814 -21.7 -41.7 15 20.0 -24.3 247 63 319.2 319.3 288.8 320.1 0.23 42 419 7072 -23.5 -39.5 22 16.0 -25.6 245 65 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.3 0.30 43 404 7338 -25.3 -49.3 9 24.0 -27.6 245 66 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.6 0.11 44 400 7410 -25.9 -47.9 11 22.0 -28.0 245 66 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.8 0.13 45 379 7799 -28.7 -49.7 11 21.0 -30.5 244 69 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.0 0.11 46 369 7990 -30.5 -42.5 30 12.0 -31.7 243 71 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.6 0.25 47 359 8185 -32.3 -42.3 36 10.0 -33.3 242 73 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.8 0.26 48 357 8224 -32.5 -39.5 50 7.0 -33.3 242 73 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.4 0.35 49 353 8304 -33.1 -38.1 61 5.0 -33.7 241 74 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.8 0.41 50 351 8344 -33.3 -35.8 78 2.5 -33.6 241 75 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.51 51 336 8649 -35.9 -39.4 70 3.5 -36.2 239 77 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.5 0.37 52 335 8670 -35.9 -39.9 67 4.0 -36.3 239 77 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.35 53 321 8966 -37.7 -40.5 75 2.8 -37.9 237 76 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.35 54 300 9430 -40.9 -45.8 59 4.9 -41.2 235 78 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.21 55 250 10640 -50.3 -60.3 30 10.0 -50.5 230 74 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 56 200 12060 -62.1 -70.1 34 8.0 -62.2 230 74 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.02 57 185 12539 -65.5 -72.5 37 7.0 -65.5 230 78 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.5 0.01 58 180 12707 -64.5 -74.0 26 9.5 -64.6 240 81 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.7 0.01 59 150 13840 -58.1 -84.1 2 26.0 -58.3 240 37 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 60 100 16380 -60.1 -86.1 2 26.0 -60.4 250 33 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 61 95 16699 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.0 251 35 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 62 90 17034 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.1 250 43 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 63 88 17173 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.8 252 42 426.1 426.1 308.4 426.1 0.00 64 84 17461 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -61.6 260 34 430.2 430.2 308.9 430.2 0.00 65 76 18075 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566.8 0.01 79 32 23461 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.9 345 4 579.3 579.3 319.6 579.3 0.01 80 30 23870 -55.9 -84.9 1 29.0 -57.3 35 5 592.2 592.3 320.3 592.3 0.01 81 27 24545 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -56.3 360 6 614.3 614.3 321.2 614.4 0.01 82 26 24787 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -57.2 360 5 618.1 618.1 321.4 618.2 0.01 83 23 25572 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -56.9 360 2 641.9 642.0 322.4 642.0 0.01 84 22 25859 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -54.5 360 1 659.7 659.7 323.0 659.8 0.02 85 20 26480 -50.7 -82.7 1 32.0 -53.9 320 8 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.2 0.02 86 19 26815 -50.3 -82.3 1 32.0 -53.8 281 9 692.3 692.3 324.2 692.5 0.02 87 19 26815 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -54.2 281 9 690.4 690.4 324.1 690.6 0.02 88 15 28371 -47.3 -81.3 1 34.0 -52.5 315 11 750.7 750.7 326.0 751.0 0.04 89 13 29316 -48.7 -81.7 1 33.0 -53.8 335 6 777.2 777.2 326.7 777.5 0.04 90 12 29847 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -52.4 257 11 805.8 805.8 327.4 806.3 0.05 91 10 31070 -43.3 -80.3 1 37.0 -51.8 290 15 857.9 857.9 328.6 858.5 0.06 92 10 31070 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -51.9 290 15 857.2 857.2 328.5 857.9 0.07 93 9.8 31206 -43.5 -80.5 1 37.0 -52.0 290 15 862.1 862.2 328.7 862.8 0.06 94 9.1 31707 -39.3 -78.3 1 39.0 -50.4 289 14 896.7 896.8 329.4 897.7 0.10 95 8.8 31936 -39.3 -78.3 1 39.0 -50.5 288 14 905.3 905.4 329.5 906.4 0.10 96 7.8 32759 -40.1 -78.1 1 38.0 -51.5 287 13 933.9 934.0 330.1 935.2 0.12 97 7.0 33500 -37.7 -77.7 1 40.0 -51.1 285 12 973.2 973.3 330.8 974.8 0.14 98 6.9 33599 -37.1 -77.1 1 40.0 -50.9 979.7 979.8 330.9 981.5 0.15 TRP 185 12539 -65.5 -72.5 37 7.0 -65.5 230 78 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.5 0.01 WND 180 12707 -64.5 -74.0 26 9.5 -64.6 240 81 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.00 m Freezing level: 659.79 mb = 3605.82 m = 11829.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.15 mb = 2436.35 m = 7993.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.57 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.02 mb = 1647.50 m = 5405.10 ft T: 10.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 4.12 C Layer 941.0- 858.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.70 mb = 3504.83 m = 11498.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Cap Strength: 9.69 C Lifted Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.07 C Showalter Index: 8.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 13.90 C K Index: 0.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 64.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53925.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.59 mb = 1874.53 m = 6149.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 291 at 14 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 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 102 24 -23.4 5.1 1 948 610 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 99 23 -22.3 3.6 2 925 815 70 9 -8.5 -3.1 | 95 22 -21.9 2.0 3 914 914 70 8 -7.5 -2.7 | 97 21 -20.9 2.4 4 881 1219 45 7 -4.9 -4.9 | 91 18 -18.4 0.2 5 850 1520 70 6 -5.6 -2.1 | 99 19 -19.0 3.1 6 850 1524 355 1 0.1 -1.0 | 107 14 -13.3 4.1 7 819 1829 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 145 18 -10.0 14.5 8 789 2134 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 144 16 -9.6 13.3 9 761 2438 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 136 10 -6.6 6.9 10 733 2743 280 1 1.0 -0.2 | 112 13 -12.4 4.9 11 700 3125 280 5 4.9 -0.9 | 117 9 -8.5 4.3 12 680 3353 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 119 11 -9.4 5.1 13 654 3658 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 156 14 -5.6 12.9 14 629 3962 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 202 9 3.3 8.1 15 605 4267 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 214 8 4.5 6.7 16 560 4877 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 262 18 17.5 2.4 17 500 5760 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 249 40 37.8 14.2 18 498 5791 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 256 40 38.4 9.7 19 478 6096 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 244 45 40.7 19.6 20 422 7010 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 234 56 45.5 32.6 21 400 7410 245 66 59.8 27.9 | 235 57 46.4 33.0 22 388 7620 245 67 60.7 28.3 | 235 58 47.3 33.4 23 341 8534 240 77 66.7 38.5 | 231 69 53.3 43.6 24 312 9144 235 76 62.3 43.6 | 225 69 48.8 48.7 25 300 9430 235 78 63.9 44.7 | 225 71 50.5 49.9 26 250 10640 230 74 56.7 47.6 | 219 68 43.3 52.7 27 200 12060 230 74 56.7 47.6 | 219 68 43.3 52.7 28 185 12539 230 78 59.8 50.1 | 220 72 46.3 55.3 29 180 12707 240 81 70.1 40.5 | 231 73 56.7 45.6 30 177 12802 240 81 70.1 40.5 | 231 73 56.7 45.6 31 161 13411 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 245 49 44.5 20.7 32 150 13840 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 218 30 18.6 23.6 33 146 14021 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 225 30 21.0 21.2 34 132 14630 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 238 30 25.2 15.5 35 126 14935 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 217 28 16.9 22.6 36 120 15240 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 233 32 25.1 19.1 37 109 15850 240 60 52.0 30.0 | 228 52 38.6 35.1 38 100 16380 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 227 24 17.6 16.4 39 99 16459 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 240 32 28.1 16.3 40 94 16764 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 227 24 17.6 16.4 41 89 17069 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 235 35 28.9 20.5 42 81 17678 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 242 16 14.5 7.6 43 77 17983 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 214 20 11.1 16.5 44 73 18288 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 223 16 10.7 11.6 45 70 18580 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 165 5 -1.4 5.1 46 70 18593 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 256 12 11.5 2.9 47 67 18898 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 214 5 2.5 3.7 48 63 19202 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 147 17 -9.2 14.2 49 60 19507 175 20 -1.7 19.9 | 149 29 -15.2 25.0 50 57 19812 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 164 32 -8.9 30.7 51 55 20117 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 225 3 2.3 2.3 52 52 20422 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 102 4 -4.3 0.9 53 50 20670 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 151 15 -7.0 12.8 54 50 20726 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 137 21 -14.3 15.1 55 47 21031 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 166 11 -2.5 10.2 56 45 21336 330 8 4.0 -6.9 | 79 10 -9.4 -1.8 57 37 22555 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 133 22 -16.0 14.8 58 35 22860 270 2 2.0 -0.0 | 114 13 -11.4 5.1 59 30 23870 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 94 16 -16.3 1.0 60 28 24384 360 7 -0.0 -7.0 | 82 14 -13.4 -1.9 61 21 26213 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 111 14 -13.4 5.1 62 20 26480 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 83 8 -8.3 -1.0 63 20 26518 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 155 9 -4.0 8.5 64 17 27432 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 87 12 -11.9 -0.7 65 15 28346 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 73 7 -6.3 -1.9 66 14 28651 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 36 6 -3.5 -4.8 67 14 28956 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 61 10 -8.8 -4.8 68 13 29566 335 3 1.3 -2.7 | 101 12 -12.1 2.4 69 12 29870 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 161 8 -2.8 8.0 70 11 30175 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 160 7 -2.6 7.0 71 10 31070 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 271 1 0.7 -0.0 72 7 33500 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 138 3 -1.8 2.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: -43.2 tot: 0.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 107.29 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 82 9 100 23| 0.0 3.2 3.2| 0.0 -14.9 -14.9 -29.9 -0.79| 3.2 -2.5 1000 73 9 97 22| 0.0 3.4 3.4| 1.2 -23.9 -22.7 -22.7 -0.54| 3.7 -2.0 1500 72 8 98 21| 0.0 5.9 5.9| 39.3 -23.9 15.4 10.2 0.29| 9.2 2.6 2000 104 8 108 22| 0.0 4.3 4.3| 39.8 -25.6 14.2 7.1 0.20| 9.3 1.9 2500 118 7 113 22| 1.5 3.5 5.0| 39.8 -43.2 -3.3 -1.3 0.03| 9.4 0.2 3000 128 7 116 21| 1.3 3.4 4.7| 43.2 -43.2 0.0 0.0 0.05| 8.6 0.4 4000 237 8 146 12| 1.5 3.7 5.2| 94.4 -43.2 51.2 12.8 0.29| 9.1 2.6 5000 262 12 171 7| 2.0 4.2 6.2|124.6 -55.5 69.1 13.8 0.29| 9.8 2.9 6000 261 19 214 10| 1.6 5.2 6.9|139.0-177.4 -38.4 -6.4 0.15| 10.2 1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250430.00.gif