UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 9 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 9 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 210 130 5 SFC 993 270 21.0 7.0 40 14.0 13.0 130 5 294.7 295.9 286.4 313.1 6.33 2 925 878 15.2 5.2 51 10.0 9.7 115 10 294.9 295.9 286.2 312.3 6.00 3 906 1053 13.6 4.6 54 9.0 8.8 108 10 295.0 296.0 286.1 312.1 5.87 4 876 1336 11.2 3.2 58 8.0 7.0 122 9 295.3 296.3 285.8 311.4 5.50 5 859 1499 10.6 -0.4 46 11.0 5.2 153 8 296.4 297.1 285.0 309.2 4.32 6 850 1587 11.2 -4.8 32 16.0 3.9 170 7 297.9 298.4 284.3 307.4 3.14 7 847 1617 11.4 -3.6 35 15.0 4.4 170 7 298.4 299.0 284.9 308.8 3.46 8 828 1806 10.2 -1.8 43 12.0 4.4 170 6 299.1 299.8 285.8 311.2 4.04 9 820 1887 10.2 1.2 54 9.0 5.5 184 7 299.9 300.8 287.1 315.1 5.09 10 812 1969 10.4 1.4 54 9.0 5.7 206 7 301.0 301.9 287.6 316.6 5.22 11 809 2000 10.4 3.4 62 7.0 6.6 214 8 301.3 302.4 288.5 319.3 6.05 12 806 2031 10.2 5.2 71 5.0 7.4 222 8 301.4 302.6 289.3 321.9 6.89 13 795 2145 9.6 5.3 75 4.3 7.2 250 9 301.9 303.2 289.6 322.9 7.04 14 791 2187 9.8 6.0 77 3.8 7.6 249 9 302.6 303.9 290.2 324.8 7.43 15 744 2693 5.8 5.8 100 0.0 5.8 274 14 303.6 305.0 290.8 326.9 7.80 16 737 2770 6.4 5.1 91 1.3 5.6 280 15 305.0 306.4 291.0 327.6 7.49 17 722 2939 5.4 4.5 94 0.9 4.9 280 18 305.7 307.1 291.1 327.9 7.33 18 707 3111 4.4 2.8 89 1.6 3.5 278 21 306.5 307.7 290.7 326.7 6.64 19 701 3180 4.6 0.6 75 4.0 2.5 275 24 307.5 308.5 290.3 325.0 5.71 20 700 3192 4.4 0.4 75 4.0 2.3 275 24 307.4 308.4 290.2 324.7 5.63 21 699 3204 4.4 0.5 76 3.9 2.4 274 24 307.5 308.5 290.2 324.9 5.68 22 657 3704 -0.3 -0.9 96 0.6 -0.6 278 26 307.7 308.7 290.1 324.5 5.46 23 652 3765 0.6 -3.9 72 4.5 -1.5 283 24 309.4 310.2 289.7 323.1 4.40 24 649 3802 0.8 -5.2 64 6.0 -2.0 286 23 310.0 310.8 289.5 322.6 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-82.5 1 35.0 -53.4 270 35 799.4 799.5 327.3 799.8 0.04 94 11 30444 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -53.6 249 20 820.3 820.3 327.7 820.7 0.04 95 11 30444 -45.7 -81.7 1 36.0 -52.7 249 20 826.1 826.2 327.9 826.6 0.05 96 10 31080 -45.1 -81.1 1 36.0 -52.7 225 24 851.2 851.2 328.4 851.7 0.06 97 9.0 31778 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -54.9 240 25 864.9 865.0 328.7 865.4 0.05 98 8.8 31926 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -54.2 243 25 875.9 876.0 329.0 876.5 0.06 99 8.6 32078 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -54.7 246 25 878.6 878.6 329.0 879.1 0.05 100 8.2 32394 -45.7 -81.7 1 36.0 -53.9 253 25 898.5 898.6 329.4 899.2 0.06 101 7.2 33262 -44.7 -80.7 1 36.0 -53.9 271 26 936.7 936.7 330.1 937.6 0.08 102 7.1 33355 -44.5 -80.5 1 36.0 -53.9 273 26 941.3 941.3 330.2 942.2 0.09 103 7.0 33450 -44.9 -80.9 1 36.0 -54.1 275 26 943.4 943.5 330.2 944.3 0.08 104 6.8 33643 -45.7 -81.7 1 36.0 -54.6 948.0 948.0 330.3 948.8 0.07 105 6.2 34262 -43.1 -80.1 1 37.0 -53.9 984.5 984.5 330.9 985.7 0.11 TRP 93 17000 -70.9 -86.9 8 16.0 -71.0 290 41 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 WND 202 12185 -50.4 -75.4 4 25.0 -50.8 290 67 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.00 m Freezing level: 659.68 mb = 3672.14 m = 12047.57 ft Freezing level: 655.33 mb = 3724.51 m = 12219.37 ft Freezing level: 622.00 mb = 4144.19 m = 13596.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.78 mb = 3596.86 m = 11800.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.56 % Est. max temperature: 24.78 C = 76.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.45 mb = 2025.86 m = 6646.45 ft T: 10.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 5.76 C Layer 925.0- 847.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.86 mb = 3595.91 m = 11797.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.88 C = 92.98 F Cap Strength: 9.01 C Lifted Index: 8.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.31 C Showalter Index: 11.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 7.70 C K Index: 14.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69455.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.78 mb = 2115.82 m = 6941.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 310 at 12 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 993 270 130 5 -3.8 3.2 | 130 17 -13.2 11.1 1 954 610 130 9 -6.9 5.8 | 130 21 -16.2 13.7 2 925 878 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 123 22 -18.4 12.1 3 921 914 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 123 22 -18.4 12.1 4 888 1219 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 117 21 -19.2 9.6 5 850 1587 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 144 18 -10.6 14.8 6 825 1829 170 6 -1.0 5.9 | 143 17 -10.4 13.8 7 796 2134 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 175 11 -0.9 11.0 8 767 2438 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 183 13 0.6 12.5 9 739 2743 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 226 8 5.4 5.3 10 712 3048 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 244 10 9.4 4.6 11 700 3192 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 248 16 14.6 5.8 12 686 3353 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 236 18 14.6 10.0 13 660 3658 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 253 18 17.5 5.5 14 635 3962 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 277 5 5.4 -0.6 15 611 4267 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 266 10 10.4 0.7 16 566 4877 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 266 16 15.8 1.1 17 504 5791 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 292 5 4.6 -1.9 18 500 5850 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 296 7 6.2 -3.0 19 484 6096 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 272 5 4.5 -0.1 20 465 6401 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 250 5 4.2 1.5 21 400 7520 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 288 10 9.7 -3.1 22 394 7620 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 288 10 9.7 -3.1 23 318 9144 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 295 26 23.6 -11.1 24 300 9550 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 289 29 27.8 -9.4 25 266 10363 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 290 37 35.1 -12.8 26 250 10780 295 46 41.7 -19.4 | 290 34 32.3 -11.6 27 232 11278 295 45 40.8 -19.0 | 290 33 31.4 -11.1 28 202 12185 290 67 63.0 -22.9 | 286 56 53.6 -15.0 29 200 12250 290 66 62.0 -22.6 | 286 55 52.7 -14.7 30 192 12497 290 67 63.0 -22.9 | 286 56 53.6 -15.0 31 150 14090 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 297 44 39.1 -20.1 32 124 15240 295 56 50.8 -23.7 | 291 44 41.4 -15.8 33 102 16459 300 42 36.4 -21.0 | 296 30 27.0 -13.1 34 100 16570 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 275 29 29.3 -2.5 35 97 16764 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 274 28 28.3 -2.2 36 93 17000 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 282 30 29.2 -6.1 37 92 17069 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 275 31 31.2 -3.0 38 83 17678 315 37 26.2 -26.2 | 317 25 16.8 -18.3 39 75 18288 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 268 11 11.3 0.4 40 71 18593 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 301 16 13.6 -8.2 41 70 18710 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 211 11 5.6 9.2 42 68 18898 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 209 2 1.0 1.9 43 65 19202 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 261 9 8.5 1.4 44 61 19507 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 310 6 4.4 -3.7 45 58 19812 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 193 7 1.6 6.9 46 56 20117 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 203 11 4.4 10.3 47 50 20726 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 274 2 2.1 -0.2 48 50 20760 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 261 9 8.5 1.4 49 48 21031 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 296 7 6.2 -3.0 50 46 21336 335 18 7.6 -16.3 | 12 9 -1.7 -8.4 51 43 21641 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 83 13 -12.8 -1.5 52 34 23165 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 85 4 -3.6 -0.3 53 32 23470 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 67 7 -6.5 -2.7 54 31 23774 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 67 4 -3.9 -1.6 55 30 23930 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 160 5 -1.8 5.1 56 28 24384 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 168 2 -0.3 1.6 57 25 24994 255 1 1.0 0.3 | 134 12 -8.4 8.1 58 24 25298 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 173 14 -1.7 14.3 59 23 25603 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 192 11 2.2 11.0 60 22 25908 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 199 11 3.5 10.1 61 20 26530 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 186 19 2.0 19.2 62 19 26822 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 184 19 1.3 18.5 63 18 27127 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 211 17 8.5 14.4 64 17 27432 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 199 16 5.1 14.6 65 17 27737 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 252 13 12.3 4.1 66 16 28042 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 270 20 19.6 0.1 67 15 28346 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 287 9 8.8 -2.6 68 14 28651 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 238 15 12.6 7.9 69 14 28956 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 215 11 6.6 9.3 70 13 29566 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 217 24 14.2 18.9 71 12 29870 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 254 28 26.6 7.9 72 11 30175 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 217 14 8.4 11.0 73 10 31080 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 197 26 7.6 24.8 74 7 33450 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 251 17 16.5 5.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.5 neg: -34.8 tot: 82.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 72.52 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 128 8 129 20| 0.0 4.9 4.9| 0.0 -8.4 -8.4 -16.8 -0.27| 5.5 -1.5 1000 118 9 125 21| 0.0 2.7 2.7| 7.4 -27.0 -19.6 -19.6 -0.34| 5.1 -1.7 1500 126 8 128 21| 2.9 1.8 4.7| 50.9 -27.8 23.1 15.4 0.23| 6.7 1.5 2000 142 8 135 20| 4.7 1.3 6.0| 86.1 -27.8 58.2 29.1 0.44| 8.0 3.5 2500 173 9 148 20| 5.1 1.1 6.2|108.7 -27.8 80.8 32.3 0.54| 8.5 4.5 3000 225 11 174 16| 4.3 0.8 5.0|117.5 -34.8 82.7 27.6 0.46| 8.9 4.1 4000 262 14 204 11| 3.1 0.6 3.6|156.9 -45.1 111.8 28.0 0.40| 9.9 3.9 5000 273 16 223 9| 2.3 0.9 3.1|164.7 -45.7 119.0 23.8 0.37| 9.0 3.4 6000 280 16 233 8| 1.6 0.8 2.4|169.9 -50.0 119.9 20.0 0.32| 8.5 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251009.00.gif