UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 APR 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 119 SFC 982 270 12.6 11.0 90 1.6 11.7 10 1 287.2 288.7 285.6 310.7 8.42 2 972 356 13.0 10.7 86 2.3 11.7 49 3 288.5 289.9 286.0 311.9 8.33 3 946 585 12.0 11.7 98 0.3 11.8 154 8 289.7 291.3 287.3 315.5 9.16 4 941 630 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 165 9 290.4 292.0 287.7 316.9 9.40 5 934 693 14.2 10.7 79 3.5 12.1 165 12 293.0 294.6 288.1 317.8 8.68 6 925 775 13.6 10.1 79 3.5 11.5 165 15 293.2 294.7 287.9 317.3 8.41 7 919 830 13.6 9.7 77 3.9 11.3 159 16 293.8 295.2 287.9 317.4 8.24 8 912 894 13.4 9.0 75 4.4 10.8 152 17 294.2 295.6 287.8 317.0 7.92 9 855 1435 9.6 6.5 81 3.1 7.9 125 18 295.7 297.0 287.5 316.4 7.11 10 850 1484 9.6 6.3 80 3.3 7.8 125 18 296.2 297.5 287.7 316.8 7.06 11 801 1976 7.6 3.0 73 4.6 5.2 118 18 299.1 300.2 287.7 316.7 5.93 12 769 2311 6.4 0.4 65 6.0 3.4 121 21 301.4 302.3 287.7 316.8 5.12 13 766 2343 6.6 -0.4 61 7.0 3.1 122 22 301.9 302.8 287.6 316.6 4.85 14 715 2905 2.0 -1.1 80 3.1 0.5 115 17 302.9 303.8 288.1 317.8 4.94 15 704 3030 1.2 -1.7 81 2.9 -0.2 106 17 303.3 304.2 288.1 317.9 4.80 16 700 3076 1.0 -2.4 78 3.4 -0.6 110 16 303.6 304.4 287.9 317.5 4.58 17 661 3535 -1.3 -6.3 69 5.0 -3.5 125 9 306.0 306.7 287.8 317.2 3.61 18 649 3681 -2.7 -7.1 72 4.4 -4.6 131 7 306.0 306.7 287.7 316.8 3.46 19 643 3754 -2.7 -7.7 68 5.0 -4.8 140 8 306.9 307.5 287.8 317.3 3.33 20 632 3891 -2.9 -9.9 58 7.0 -5.7 155 9 308.1 308.7 287.8 317.2 2.85 21 626 3967 -1.9 -14.9 36 13.0 -6.5 164 10 310.1 310.5 287.5 316.4 1.92 22 624 3992 -2.3 -13.3 43 11.0 -6.4 169 10 310.0 310.4 287.8 317.0 2.20 23 616 4095 -2.5 -17.5 31 15.0 -7.5 203 10 310.9 311.2 287.4 316.0 1.57 24 585 4501 -6.5 -18.5 38 12.0 -10.3 276 15 310.8 311.1 287.3 315.8 1.52 25 580 4569 -6.5 -23.5 25 17.0 -11.2 279 16 311.6 311.8 287.1 314.9 0.99 26 552 4953 -9.7 -26.7 24 17.0 -13.8 284 28 312.3 312.4 287.1 314.9 0.78 27 539 5137 -10.9 -32.9 14 22.0 -15.3 281 35 313.0 313.0 286.9 314.5 0.44 28 529 5280 -11.9 -32.9 16 21.0 -16.1 279 40 313.4 313.5 287.1 315.0 0.45 29 524 5353 -12.3 -27.3 27 15.0 -15.8 277 43 313.8 314.0 287.6 316.5 0.78 30 512 5530 -13.5 -33.5 17 20.0 -17.3 273 49 314.4 314.5 287.4 316.0 0.44 31 500 5710 -14.9 -31.9 22 17.0 -18.3 265 51 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.7 0.53 32 486 5924 -16.3 -31.3 26 15.0 -19.3 262 52 315.7 315.8 288.0 317.7 0.58 33 483 5970 -16.1 -35.1 18 19.0 -19.5 262 52 316.5 316.6 288.1 318.0 0.40 34 476 6080 -16.9 -38.9 13 22.0 -20.3 260 53 316.9 316.9 288.1 317.9 0.28 35 454 6432 -19.3 -36.3 21 17.0 -22.1 255 55 318.2 318.2 288.6 319.5 0.38 36 452 6465 -18.7 -31.7 31 13.0 -21.2 254 55 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.4 0.60 37 433 6782 -21.7 -31.7 40 10.0 -23.5 249 57 319.5 319.6 289.3 321.7 0.62 38 432 6799 -21.9 -32.9 36 11.0 -23.8 249 57 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.4 0.56 39 429 6850 -22.5 -31.5 44 9.0 -24.1 248 57 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.6 0.64 40 427 6885 -22.5 -28.5 58 6.0 -23.7 247 57 319.7 319.9 289.6 322.7 0.85 41 421 6988 -23.7 -28.7 63 5.0 -24.6 245 58 319.5 319.6 289.5 322.4 0.85 42 411 7163 -24.5 -27.3 78 2.8 -25.1 230 52 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.1 0.99 43 409 7198 -24.1 -26.4 81 2.3 -24.6 227 51 321.6 321.8 290.4 325.4 1.08 44 400 7360 -24.9 -27.4 80 2.5 -25.4 215 46 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.2 1.01 45 395 7452 -25.5 -27.4 84 1.9 -25.9 215 46 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.6 1.02 46 365 8020 -29.9 -32.8 76 2.9 -30.3 215 46 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.9 0.66 47 362 8079 -30.5 -32.9 79 2.4 -30.9 214 46 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.9 0.66 48 348 8359 -32.3 -36.2 68 3.9 -32.8 213 48 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.6 0.50 49 322 8903 -36.5 -40.4 67 3.9 -36.9 211 51 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.35 50 314 9077 -38.1 -41.9 67 3.8 -38.4 210 53 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.31 51 300 9390 -40.3 -44.4 65 4.1 -40.6 205 62 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.25 52 286 9715 -42.5 -47.1 61 4.6 -42.8 209 64 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.19 53 277 9930 -43.9 -48.2 62 4.3 -44.2 213 67 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.17 54 275 9979 -44.5 -48.2 66 3.7 -44.7 214 67 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.18 55 271 10077 -45.3 -49.8 60 4.5 -45.5 215 69 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.15 56 258 10403 -48.3 -51.0 73 2.7 -48.4 220 73 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.14 57 250 10610 -50.3 -54.1 64 3.8 -50.4 220 74 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 58 200 12020 -62.5 -67.5 51 5.0 -62.6 220 95 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.02 59 190 12336 -64.9 -69.3 54 4.4 -65.0 225 98 334.9 334.9 293.0 334.9 0.02 60 189 12368 -64.7 -69.6 51 4.9 -64.8 230 99 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.02 61 150 13810 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.4 260 22 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 62 100 16340 -57.7 -86.7 1 29.0 -58.1 255 49 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.3 0.00 63 98 16468 -56.7 -85.7 1 29.0 -57.2 255 49 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 64 89 17076 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -59.9 275 30 426.8 426.8 308.5 426.8 0.00 65 85 17365 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.5 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-88.1 1 28.0 -60.9 43 10 560.4 560.4 318.6 560.4 0.00 80 30 23840 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.5 335 9 588.4 588.4 320.0 588.5 0.01 81 27 24510 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.8 17 8 616.0 616.0 321.3 616.0 0.01 82 23 25542 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -54.7 107 9 650.2 650.2 322.7 650.3 0.01 83 20 26450 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.5 215 5 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.02 84 19 26786 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -53.4 220 4 694.2 694.2 324.3 694.3 0.02 85 18 27139 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -54.1 226 4 702.4 702.5 324.5 702.6 0.02 86 14 28781 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.5 251 10 756.2 756.2 326.1 756.4 0.02 87 14 28781 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -53.6 251 10 760.9 760.9 326.3 761.1 0.03 88 13 29268 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -53.9 316 11 776.5 776.5 326.7 776.7 0.03 89 12 29798 -45.7 -82.7 1 37.0 -52.4 269 6 805.8 805.8 327.4 806.1 0.04 90 12 29798 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -52.8 269 6 803.0 803.0 327.3 803.3 0.04 91 11 30379 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -51.8 208 3 831.9 832.0 328.0 832.3 0.04 92 10 31020 -43.5 -81.5 1 38.0 -52.0 260 8 857.2 857.2 328.5 857.7 0.05 93 9.6 31295 -42.3 -81.3 1 39.0 -51.5 264 8 871.8 871.8 328.8 872.3 0.06 94 8.8 31884 -42.1 -81.1 1 39.0 -51.8 273 8 894.5 894.5 329.3 895.2 0.06 95 7.6 32873 -43.3 -81.3 1 38.0 -53.1 287 9 928.0 928.0 329.9 928.7 0.07 96 7.2 33238 -41.9 -81.9 1 40.0 -52.7 292 9 948.2 948.2 330.3 948.9 0.07 97 7.0 33430 -39.3 -81.3 0 42.0 -51.8 295 9 966.6 966.6 330.7 967.4 0.08 98 6.7 33732 -35.5 -78.5 0 43.0 -50.5 994.7 994.7 331.1 996.2 0.13 TRP 190 12336 -64.9 -69.3 54 4.4 -65.0 225 98 334.9 334.9 293.0 334.9 0.02 WND 189 12368 -64.7 -69.6 51 4.9 -64.8 230 99 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.00 m Freezing level: 683.04 mb = 3275.55 m = 10746.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.36 mb = 2991.70 m = 9815.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.52 % Est. max temperature: 22.57 C = 72.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.68 mb = 472.84 m = 1551.31 ft T: 12.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 1.09 C Layer 700.0- 643.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.34 mb = 1869.47 m = 6133.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.81 C = 74.86 F Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 27.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54839.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.14 mb = 1069.49 m = 3508.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 258 at 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 982 270 10 1 -0.2 -1.0 | 75 17 -16.5 -4.4 1 943 610 165 8 -2.1 7.7 | 103 19 -18.4 4.3 2 925 775 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 119 23 -20.2 11.1 3 910 914 150 17 -8.5 14.7 | 114 27 -24.9 11.3 4 877 1219 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 103 32 -31.1 6.9 5 850 1484 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 103 32 -31.1 6.9 6 815 1829 120 17 -14.7 8.5 | 99 32 -31.1 5.1 7 785 2134 115 19 -17.2 8.0 | 98 34 -33.6 4.6 8 757 2438 125 23 -18.8 13.2 | 106 37 -35.2 9.8 9 729 2743 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 103 32 -31.1 6.9 10 702 3048 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 92 33 -32.8 1.0 11 700 3076 110 16 -15.0 5.5 | 94 31 -31.4 2.1 12 650 3658 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 93 22 -21.7 1.1 13 625 3962 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 108 20 -19.0 6.3 14 601 4267 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 68 7 -6.4 -2.5 15 578 4572 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 357 6 0.4 -6.4 16 556 4877 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 319 13 8.7 -10.1 17 514 5486 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 284 32 31.5 -7.6 18 500 5710 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 268 34 34.4 1.0 19 475 6096 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 261 36 35.8 5.8 20 455 6401 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 254 38 36.8 10.8 21 419 7010 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 240 42 36.2 21.1 22 402 7315 215 46 26.4 37.7 | 196 36 10.0 34.3 23 400 7360 215 46 26.4 37.7 | 196 36 10.0 34.3 24 386 7620 215 46 26.4 37.7 | 196 36 10.0 34.3 25 369 7925 215 45 25.8 36.9 | 196 35 9.4 33.5 26 311 9144 210 53 26.5 45.9 | 193 44 10.1 42.5 27 300 9390 205 62 26.2 56.2 | 191 54 9.8 52.8 28 297 9449 205 60 25.4 54.4 | 190 52 9.0 51.0 29 259 10363 220 73 46.9 55.9 | 210 61 30.6 52.5 30 250 10610 220 74 47.6 56.7 | 210 62 31.2 53.3 31 200 12020 220 95 61.1 72.8 | 213 83 44.7 69.4 32 190 12336 225 98 69.3 69.3 | 219 85 52.9 65.9 33 189 12368 230 99 75.8 63.6 | 225 85 59.5 60.2 34 185 12497 230 99 75.8 63.6 | 225 85 59.5 60.2 35 152 13716 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 276 11 10.5 -1.0 36 150 13810 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 265 5 5.3 0.4 37 138 14326 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 272 2 2.3 -0.1 38 132 14630 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 151 5 -2.5 4.6 39 125 14935 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 188 15 2.0 15.0 40 119 15240 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 216 21 12.3 16.7 41 108 15850 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 232 37 29.5 23.1 42 100 16340 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 253 32 31.0 9.3 43 98 16459 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 253 32 31.0 9.3 44 85 17374 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 341 9 3.0 -8.6 45 81 17678 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 191 3 0.5 2.8 46 77 17983 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 265 5 5.3 0.4 47 73 18288 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 245 5 4.9 2.3 48 70 18570 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 123 15 -12.3 7.9 49 70 18593 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 22 4 -1.4 -3.4 50 66 18898 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 135 10 -7.4 7.3 51 63 19202 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 159 10 -3.6 9.3 52 57 19812 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 40 7 -4.5 -5.5 53 55 20117 175 15 -1.3 14.9 | 123 21 -17.7 11.5 54 50 20650 340 7 2.4 -6.6 | 54 17 -14.0 -10.0 55 49 20726 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 35 4 -2.4 -3.4 56 45 21336 170 3 -0.5 3.0 | 88 17 -16.9 -0.4 57 37 22555 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 59 28 -23.8 -14.1 58 35 22860 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 71 26 -25.0 -8.4 59 30 23840 335 9 3.8 -8.2 | 47 17 -12.6 -11.6 60 28 24384 10 7 -1.2 -6.9 | 60 20 -17.6 -10.3 61 25 24994 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 63 26 -23.4 -11.8 62 20 26450 215 5 2.9 4.1 | 93 14 -13.5 0.7 63 17 27432 230 3 2.3 1.9 | 84 14 -14.1 -1.5 64 16 27737 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 78 17 -16.4 -3.4 65 14 28651 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 109 9 -8.7 3.0 66 13 29261 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 38 14 -8.6 -11.2 67 12 29566 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 43 16 -10.6 -11.6 68 11 30175 190 1 0.2 1.0 | 82 16 -16.2 -2.4 69 10 31020 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 77 9 -8.5 -2.0 70 7 33430 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 49 11 -8.2 -7.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.0 neg: -139.8 tot: -5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 54.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 164 7 99 19| 16.2 0.0 16.2| 86.7 -0.5 86.1 172.3 0.79| 20.5 16.2 1000 147 12 106 24| 8.1 6.0 14.1| 86.7 -60.4 26.3 26.3 0.24| 16.6 4.0 1500 137 14 105 27| 5.4 4.2 9.6| 86.7 -72.9 13.8 9.2 0.19| 11.6 2.2 2000 131 15 103 29| 4.0 3.8 7.9|103.3 -80.9 22.4 11.2 0.19| 9.9 1.9 2500 129 16 103 30| 3.1 3.1 6.1|127.2-100.1 27.1 10.8 0.17| 9.5 1.6 3000 126 16 102 30| 2.5 2.3 4.9|134.0-139.8 -5.7 -1.9 0.07| 9.4 0.7 4000 129 14 102 28| 3.0 1.7 4.7|173.5-158.4 15.1 3.8 0.04| 10.9 0.5 5000 150 16 113 27| 3.4 1.1 4.6|173.5-224.1 -50.7 -10.1 -0.15| 12.0 -1.8 6000 228 22 181 11| 2.9 1.9 4.7|173.5-402.7-229.2 -38.2 -0.27| 12.1 -3.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20250430.12.gif