UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 8 OCT 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 234 0 0 SFC 995 270 7.8 7.4 97 0.4 7.6 0 0 281.4 282.5 281.0 299.2 6.50 2 992 295 9.6 7.7 88 1.9 8.6 7 1 283.4 284.5 282.1 301.8 6.65 3 991 304 9.8 7.2 84 2.6 8.4 10 1 283.7 284.8 282.0 301.5 6.43 4 988 329 10.2 7.2 82 3.0 8.6 17 2 284.3 285.4 282.3 302.3 6.45 5 985 355 11.2 7.1 76 4.1 9.0 24 3 285.6 286.7 282.8 303.5 6.43 6 982 380 11.8 8.9 82 2.9 10.2 31 4 286.4 287.7 284.1 306.8 7.30 7 978 415 13.6 4.6 54 9.0 8.9 41 5 288.6 289.5 283.0 304.1 5.44 8 968 502 14.8 3.8 48 11.0 9.0 65 8 290.6 291.6 283.6 305.6 5.19 9 925 888 12.0 3.0 54 9.0 7.4 85 12 291.6 292.5 284.0 306.4 5.13 10 891 1201 9.4 2.4 62 7.0 5.9 90 9 292.0 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333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 54 257 10577 -46.1 -64.1 11 18.0 -46.6 283 42 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.03 55 250 10760 -47.3 -64.3 13 17.0 -47.8 285 39 335.7 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 56 241 11003 -48.9 -63.9 16 15.0 -49.3 285 39 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.03 57 228 11367 -51.1 -67.1 13 16.0 -51.4 285 53 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.02 58 200 12220 -52.5 -74.5 5 22.0 -52.8 285 65 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 59 195 12384 -53.0 -75.1 5 22.1 -53.4 290 69 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 60 150 14060 -58.7 -81.7 4 23.0 -58.9 275 57 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 61 102 16421 -68.7 -85.7 7 17.0 -68.8 290 44 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 62 100 16540 -67.9 -85.9 6 18.0 -68.0 290 42 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 63 97 16722 -68.7 -86.7 6 18.0 -68.8 290 42 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 64 85 17514 -66.1 -87.1 4 21.0 -66.2 298 30 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 65 76 18185 -69.3 -88.3 5 19.0 -69.4 262 28 426.0 426.0 308.4 426.0 0.00 66 70 18680 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 275 19 445.5 445.5 310.4 445.5 0.00 67 68 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-55.0 238 24 919.6 919.6 329.8 920.3 0.06 95 7.0 33380 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -56.1 230 24 927.7 927.8 329.9 928.4 0.06 96 6.5 33870 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -55.0 958.6 958.6 330.5 959.5 0.09 97 6.4 33973 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -55.3 961.1 961.2 330.5 962.0 0.08 TRP 102 16421 -68.7 -85.7 7 17.0 -68.8 290 44 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 WND 195 12384 -53.0 -75.1 5 22.1 -53.4 290 69 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.00 m Freezing level: 657.00 mb = 3694.44 m = 12120.72 ft Freezing level: 643.00 mb = 3866.69 m = 12685.85 ft Freezing level: 643.00 mb = 3866.69 m = 12685.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.44 mb = 3365.78 m = 11042.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.63 % Est. max temperature: 21.52 C = 70.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.96 mb = 320.99 m = 1053.11 ft T: 10.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 4.64 C Layer 835.0- 827.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.35 mb = 4074.99 m = 13369.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.67 C = 98.00 F Cap Strength: 12.55 C Lifted Index: 13.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.11 C Showalter Index: 11.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.70 C Cross Totals Index: 12.70 C K Index: 19.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 40.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60692.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.09 mb = 1766.87 m = 5796.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 320 at 15 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 995 270 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 140 15 -9.4 11.2 1 956 610 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 120 25 -21.4 12.3 2 925 888 85 12 -12.0 -1.0 | 115 24 -21.4 10.2 3 922 914 85 12 -12.0 -1.0 | 115 24 -21.4 10.2 4 889 1219 90 9 -9.0 0.0 | 121 22 -18.4 11.2 5 850 1591 345 2 0.5 -1.9 | 136 13 -8.9 9.3 6 826 1829 325 4 2.3 -3.3 | 138 11 -7.1 8.0 7 796 2134 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 194 14 3.4 13.5 8 767 2438 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 185 16 1.5 16.3 9 739 2743 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 187 12 1.5 12.2 10 712 3048 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 220 6 4.2 4.9 11 700 3185 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 230 9 6.6 5.4 12 659 3658 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 236 9 7.5 5.1 13 634 3962 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 284 11 10.2 -2.5 14 610 4267 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 277 20 19.6 -2.3 15 587 4572 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 277 33 32.9 -4.2 16 564 4877 295 43 39.0 -18.2 | 283 30 29.6 -6.9 17 500 5830 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 233 16 12.5 9.3 18 483 6096 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 235 11 8.9 6.3 19 445 6706 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 217 11 6.3 8.5 20 400 7500 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 214 14 7.6 11.2 21 393 7620 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 214 14 7.6 11.2 22 317 9144 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 232 18 14.6 11.2 23 300 9530 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 246 28 25.6 11.2 24 265 10363 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 265 36 35.9 3.2 25 250 10760 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 268 28 28.3 1.1 26 242 10973 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 267 27 27.3 1.4 27 220 11582 285 62 59.9 -16.0 | 275 51 50.5 -4.8 28 200 12220 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 276 54 53.4 -5.6 29 195 12384 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 283 57 55.4 -12.4 30 192 12497 290 69 64.8 -23.6 | 283 57 55.4 -12.4 31 150 14060 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 262 48 47.4 6.3 32 124 15240 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 262 47 46.4 6.4 33 118 15545 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 269 50 49.7 0.8 34 102 16421 290 44 41.3 -15.0 | 277 32 31.9 -3.8 35 100 16540 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 276 30 30.0 -3.1 36 96 16764 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 276 30 30.0 -3.1 37 83 17678 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 279 14 14.0 -2.3 38 79 17983 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 222 25 16.7 18.2 39 75 18288 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 233 23 18.5 13.7 40 71 18593 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 250 25 23.5 8.4 41 70 18680 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 225 13 9.5 9.6 42 68 18898 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 267 13 13.2 0.7 43 64 19202 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 211 15 7.5 12.7 44 61 19507 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 140 2 -1.1 1.3 45 58 19812 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 295 10 9.0 -4.2 46 53 20422 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 140 4 -2.3 2.8 47 50 20726 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 97 11 -11.2 1.4 48 50 20740 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 98 13 -12.8 1.8 49 48 21031 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 99 14 -13.6 2.2 50 45 21336 345 4 1.0 -3.9 | 131 11 -8.4 7.4 51 41 21946 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 160 5 -1.8 4.8 52 39 22250 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 28 3 -1.4 -2.6 53 34 23165 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 130 5 -3.7 3.0 54 32 23470 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 68 6 -5.8 -2.3 55 30 23910 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 123 7 -6.0 4.0 56 28 24384 340 4 1.4 -3.8 | 133 11 -8.1 7.5 57 27 24689 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 156 23 -9.4 21.2 58 24 25298 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 191 17 3.3 17.2 59 23 25603 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 176 17 -1.2 17.0 60 20 26500 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 243 20 17.5 8.9 61 20 26518 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 221 24 15.7 18.0 62 19 26822 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 243 20 17.5 8.9 63 17 27432 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 228 17 12.6 11.2 64 17 27737 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 201 18 6.6 17.0 65 14 28651 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 223 15 10.6 11.2 66 14 28956 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 213 20 10.9 16.7 67 12 29566 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 267 13 13.2 0.7 68 12 29870 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 209 21 10.3 18.4 69 11 30175 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 227 28 20.5 19.3 70 10 31010 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 241 15 13.2 7.2 71 7 33380 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 199 28 9.0 26.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.0 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 320.0 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 4.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.3 neg: -46.9 tot: 28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 98.11 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 94 8 124 21| 12.3 0.0 12.3| 7.6 -28.5 -20.8 -41.7 -0.35| 16.8 -5.8 1000 90 9 121 22| 6.2 2.4 8.5| 18.8 -37.0 -18.2 -18.2 -0.24| 11.4 -2.7 1500 85 8 122 20| 4.1 4.8 8.9| 35.0 -38.9 -3.9 -2.6 -0.03| 11.4 -0.4 2000 83 8 121 20| 3.1 6.3 9.3| 57.3 -41.9 15.5 7.7 0.15| 12.5 1.9 2500 159 9 147 23| 2.7 5.0 7.7| 60.6 -46.9 13.7 5.5 0.13| 11.2 1.5 3000 281 10 181 9| 2.1 4.2 6.3| 75.3 -46.9 28.4 9.5 0.21| 10.9 2.3 4000 293 13 202 7| 1.8 4.5 6.3| 96.8 -54.7 42.1 10.5 0.25| 10.6 2.6 5000 292 18 241 9| 1.4 4.0 5.4|126.0-110.4 15.6 3.1 0.15| 11.3 1.6 6000 290 20 243 10| 1.6 2.6 4.2|126.9-168.9 -41.9 -7.0 0.03| 11.0 0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251008.12.gif