UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 11 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 11 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 159 SFC 987 270 13.2 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 125 1 287.4 289.1 286.6 313.6 9.38 2 980 330 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 126 5 289.2 291.0 288.2 318.3 10.37 3 972 400 16.0 14.3 90 1.7 15.0 127 9 291.5 293.4 289.2 321.5 10.59 4 966 453 18.4 13.9 75 4.5 15.5 128 12 294.4 296.3 290.0 324.2 10.38 5 962 488 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.3 128 14 294.8 296.6 289.9 323.8 10.09 6 949 605 18.4 10.4 60 8.0 13.6 130 21 295.9 297.5 288.8 320.2 8.37 7 925 824 16.6 9.6 63 7.0 12.4 130 20 296.3 297.8 288.7 319.9 8.13 8 922 852 16.4 9.4 63 7.0 12.2 128 19 296.4 297.8 288.6 319.7 8.05 9 906 1000 15.6 8.6 63 7.0 11.4 135 14 297.0 298.4 288.6 319.6 7.76 10 892 1132 15.6 7.6 59 8.0 10.9 150 9 298.3 299.7 288.7 319.9 7.36 11 882 1228 16.2 7.2 55 9.0 10.9 164 5 299.9 301.3 289.2 321.3 7.24 12 873 1315 17.2 1.2 34 16.0 8.7 203 7 301.9 302.7 287.5 316.3 4.78 13 870 1345 17.8 -8.2 16 26.0 6.2 216 7 302.8 303.2 285.4 310.2 2.36 14 866 1384 18.6 -16.4 8 35.0 5.1 234 8 304.0 304.2 284.5 308.0 1.22 15 850 1544 19.2 -17.8 7 37.0 5.0 305 9 306.3 306.5 285.3 309.9 1.11 16 845 1595 19.6 -9.4 13 29.0 6.5 302 10 307.2 307.6 286.8 314.3 2.22 17 828 1769 18.2 -8.8 15 27.0 5.9 290 14 307.5 308.0 287.1 315.1 2.37 18 823 1821 17.4 -0.6 29 18.0 7.9 286 16 307.2 308.0 289.0 321.0 4.45 19 820 1852 17.2 -0.8 29 18.0 7.8 286 16 307.3 308.1 289.0 320.9 4.40 20 794 2126 13.6 11.4 87 2.2 12.2 304 19 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.6 10.73 21 721 2931 7.6 6.2 91 1.4 6.8 342 15 308.3 309.8 292.7 333.5 8.28 22 720 2942 7.6 6.3 91 1.3 6.8 343 15 308.4 310.0 292.7 333.9 8.35 23 719 2954 7.6 5.6 87 2.0 6.4 344 15 308.5 310.0 292.5 332.8 7.96 24 715 3000 8.0 -2.0 49 10.0 2.9 347 14 309.5 310.3 289.9 323.9 4.62 25 713 3023 8.0 -5.0 39 13.0 1.8 348 14 309.7 310.4 289.2 321.3 3.70 26 706 3105 7.6 -7.4 34 15.0 0.8 352 14 310.1 310.7 288.8 320.0 3.10 27 700 3175 7.2 -7.8 33 15.0 0.5 355 15 310.5 311.0 288.8 320.1 3.03 28 680 3412 5.4 -5.6 45 11.0 0.3 10 16 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.7 3.70 29 673 3497 5.0 -9.0 36 14.0 -1.1 10 16 311.5 312.1 288.9 320.7 2.87 30 661 3643 3.8 -10.2 35 14.0 -2.1 10 17 311.8 312.3 288.8 320.3 2.66 31 657 3693 3.4 -8.6 41 12.0 -1.9 11 17 311.9 312.4 289.2 321.6 3.04 32 616 4210 -1.3 -6.3 69 5.0 -3.6 23 21 312.3 313.0 290.2 324.6 3.88 33 614 4236 -1.3 -8.3 59 7.0 -4.3 24 21 312.5 313.2 289.7 323.2 3.33 34 612 4262 -1.3 -10.3 50 9.0 -5.0 25 21 312.8 313.4 289.3 322.0 2.85 35 610 4288 -0.9 -15.9 31 15.0 -6.3 25 21 313.6 313.9 288.6 319.6 1.81 36 606 4341 -0.3 -31.3 8 31.0 -8.1 20 19 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.5 0.46 37 602 4394 0.0 -31.0 8 31.0 -7.9 16 16 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.5 0.48 38 593 4514 -0.7 -31.7 7 31.0 -8.5 6 11 316.4 316.5 288.1 318.0 0.45 39 586 4609 -0.3 -35.3 5 35.0 -8.5 355 8 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.1 0.32 40 500 5860 -8.3 -39.3 6 31.0 -14.3 270 12 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.9 0.25 41 495 5938 -8.5 -38.5 7 30.0 -14.5 272 12 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.6 0.28 42 477 6223 -10.9 -39.9 7 29.0 -16.2 277 14 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.25 43 472 6304 -11.3 -30.3 19 19.0 -15.7 278 14 324.6 324.7 290.8 326.9 0.65 44 466 6402 -11.9 -29.9 21 18.0 -16.2 280 14 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.5 0.69 45 461 6484 -12.5 -31.5 19 19.0 -16.7 281 15 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.4 0.60 46 458 6534 -12.7 -25.7 33 13.0 -16.2 282 15 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.3 1.03 47 453 6617 -13.5 -27.5 30 14.0 -17.0 283 16 325.6 325.8 291.4 328.8 0.88 48 441 6820 -15.3 -23.3 50 8.0 -17.5 294 17 325.9 326.1 291.9 330.5 1.33 49 439 6854 -15.5 -24.5 46 9.0 -17.9 296 17 326.1 326.3 291.8 330.3 1.20 50 432 6975 -15.9 -17.9 85 2.0 -16.6 306 19 327.0 327.5 292.9 334.5 2.17 51 429 7028 -16.3 -17.6 90 1.3 -16.7 310 19 327.2 327.6 293.0 334.9 2.24 52 414 7294 -17.7 -19.7 84 2.0 -18.3 307 22 328.7 329.1 293.2 335.5 1.94 53 400 7550 -19.9 -20.5 95 0.6 -20.1 305 24 329.1 329.5 293.2 335.7 1.87 54 396 7625 -20.5 -21.0 96 0.5 -20.7 305 25 329.3 329.7 293.2 335.6 1.81 55 300 9620 -35.5 -37.1 85 1.6 -35.7 315 40 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.3 0.53 56 250 10870 -46.1 -51.1 57 5.0 -46.3 320 49 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.14 57 200 12320 -52.1 -74.1 5 22.0 -52.5 315 83 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 58 187 12753 -54.5 -75.6 6 21.1 -54.8 315 93 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 59 150 14140 -62.5 -80.5 7 18.0 -62.6 315 75 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 60 100 16580 -71.7 -85.7 11 14.0 -71.8 290 23 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 61 99 16639 -71.9 -85.9 11 14.0 -71.9 290 24 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 62 90 17205 -67.7 -85.7 6 18.0 -67.8 303 22 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 63 79 17985 -69.3 -87.3 6 18.0 -69.4 300 25 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 64 72 18534 -72.1 -88.1 7 16.0 -72.2 354 17 426.7 426.7 308.4 426.7 0.00 65 70 18700 -70.7 -88.7 5 18.0 -70.8 335 19 433.1 433.1 309.1 433.1 0.00 66 68 18873 -69.3 -88.3 5 19.0 -69.4 335 19 439.8 439.8 309.8 439.8 0.00 67 62 19426 -69.9 -88.9 5 19.0 -70.0 335 12 450.2 450.2 310.8 450.2 0.00 68 61 19524 -69.3 -90.3 3 21.0 -69.4 331 10 453.6 453.6 311.2 453.6 0.00 69 60 19623 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.5 336 12 460.3 460.3 311.8 460.3 0.00 70 59 19725 -68.1 -89.1 3 21.0 -68.3 341 13 460.7 460.7 311.8 460.7 0.00 71 52 20490 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.4 309 12 482.3 482.3 313.6 482.3 0.00 72 51 20608 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 325 14 489.6 489.7 314.2 489.7 0.00 73 50 20730 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.3 360 16 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 74 48 20980 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.5 4 16 500.6 500.6 315.0 500.6 0.00 75 47 21109 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.7 2 15 503.1 503.1 315.2 503.2 0.00 76 46 21242 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -60.9 358 12 513.5 513.5 315.9 513.5 0.00 77 44 21518 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.7 358 11 520.5 520.5 316.4 520.6 0.00 78 42 21807 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -61.3 3 10 526.0 526.0 316.7 526.1 0.01 79 40 22111 -59.3 -86.3 2 27.0 -60.0 351 10 536.9 536.9 317.3 537.0 0.01 80 38 22430 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -61.0 325 10 542.3 542.3 317.6 542.3 0.01 81 36 22768 -58.1 -86.1 2 28.0 -59.0 297 10 556.5 556.5 318.5 556.5 0.01 82 32 23506 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.6 261 11 571.2 571.2 319.2 571.3 0.01 83 30 23910 -57.9 -85.9 2 28.0 -59.0 320 16 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.01 84 25 25068 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -57.4 311 12 624.5 624.5 321.7 624.6 0.01 85 25 25068 -55.9 -84.9 1 29.0 -57.6 311 12 623.9 624.0 321.6 624.0 0.01 86 20 26510 -49.7 -81.7 1 32.0 -53.2 300 22 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.2 0.03 87 19 26846 -48.5 -81.5 1 33.0 -52.6 300 25 697.9 697.9 324.4 698.1 0.03 88 16 27967 -51.1 -83.1 1 32.0 -54.8 283 18 724.6 724.6 325.2 724.8 0.02 89 14 28840 -47.5 -81.5 1 34.0 -52.8 258 20 765.0 765.0 326.4 765.3 0.04 90 12 29861 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -52.4 260 16 805.8 805.8 327.4 806.3 0.05 91 10 31060 -50.7 -82.7 1 32.0 -55.9 245 20 830.3 830.3 328.0 830.7 0.04 92 9.0 31750 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -55.1 863.4 863.4 328.7 863.9 0.05 93 8.3 32289 -42.9 -78.9 1 36.0 -52.4 906.4 906.5 329.5 907.5 0.10 TRP 99 16639 -71.9 -85.9 11 14.0 -71.9 290 24 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 WND 187 12753 -54.5 -75.6 6 21.1 -54.8 315 93 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.00 m Freezing level: 627.34 mb = 4067.18 m = 13343.61 ft Freezing level: 602.00 mb = 4394.00 m = 14415.85 ft Freezing level: 602.00 mb = 4394.00 m = 14415.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.68 mb = 3428.32 m = 11247.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.05 C = 91.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.76 mb = 332.20 m = 1089.89 ft T: 14.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.85 C Layer 719.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.28 mb = 3313.30 m = 10870.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.48 C = 97.66 F Cap Strength: 10.79 C Lifted Index: 7.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.65 C Showalter Index: 13.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 18.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: -9.50 C K Index: -5.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 30.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46115.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.88 mb = 1474.89 m = 4838.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 4 at 10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 270 125 1 -0.8 0.6 | 179 11 -0.1 10.9 1 949 610 130 21 -16.1 13.5 | 147 28 -15.4 23.8 2 925 824 130 20 -15.3 12.9 | 148 27 -14.6 23.2 3 915 914 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 146 25 -14.0 20.7 4 883 1219 160 5 -1.7 4.7 | 176 15 -1.0 15.0 5 852 1524 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 238 12 9.8 6.1 6 850 1544 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 237 10 8.1 5.2 7 822 1829 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 249 17 16.2 6.2 8 792 2134 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 272 16 16.3 -0.6 9 764 2438 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 286 13 12.3 -3.5 10 737 2743 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 292 9 8.7 -3.5 11 711 3048 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 318 5 3.1 -3.5 12 700 3175 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 336 5 2.0 -4.6 13 685 3353 10 16 -2.8 -15.8 | 21 6 -2.1 -5.4 14 659 3658 10 17 -3.0 -16.7 | 19 7 -2.2 -6.4 15 610 4267 25 21 -8.9 -19.0 | 43 12 -8.2 -8.7 16 588 4572 360 8 -0.0 -8.0 | 197 2 0.7 2.3 17 566 4877 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 242 12 10.7 5.7 18 524 5486 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 220 12 7.6 9.1 19 500 5860 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 231 16 12.7 10.3 20 485 6096 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 236 16 13.7 9.2 21 447 6706 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 249 17 16.2 6.2 22 430 7010 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 277 15 15.3 -1.9 23 400 7550 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 280 21 20.4 -3.4 24 396 7620 305 25 20.5 -14.3 | 281 22 21.2 -4.0 25 321 9144 310 37 28.3 -23.8 | 295 32 29.1 -13.4 26 300 9620 315 40 28.3 -28.3 | 302 34 29.0 -17.9 27 250 10870 320 49 31.5 -37.5 | 310 42 32.2 -27.2 28 224 11582 315 56 39.6 -39.6 | 306 50 40.3 -29.3 29 200 12320 315 83 58.7 -58.7 | 309 77 59.4 -48.4 30 187 12753 315 93 65.8 -65.8 | 310 87 66.5 -55.4 31 177 13106 315 93 65.8 -65.8 | 310 87 66.5 -55.4 32 150 14140 315 75 53.0 -53.0 | 308 69 53.7 -42.7 33 125 15240 315 68 48.1 -48.1 | 308 62 48.8 -37.7 34 113 15850 320 56 36.0 -42.9 | 312 49 36.7 -32.6 35 107 16154 345 34 8.8 -32.8 | 337 24 9.5 -22.5 36 102 16459 335 22 9.3 -19.9 | 314 14 10.0 -9.6 37 100 16580 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 264 22 22.3 2.5 38 99 16639 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 265 23 23.3 2.1 39 97 16764 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 264 22 22.3 2.5 40 92 17069 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 284 25 24.5 -6.3 41 87 17374 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 255 13 12.8 3.3 42 79 17983 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 276 22 22.4 -2.2 43 75 18288 330 23 11.5 -19.9 | 308 16 12.2 -9.6 44 71 18593 360 16 -0.0 -16.0 | 353 6 0.7 -5.7 45 70 18700 335 19 8.0 -17.2 | 308 11 8.7 -6.9 46 68 18898 335 19 8.0 -17.2 | 308 11 8.7 -6.9 47 64 19202 350 19 3.3 -18.7 | 334 9 4.0 -8.4 48 61 19507 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 254 6 5.7 1.7 49 55 20117 360 18 -0.0 -18.0 | 355 8 0.7 -7.7 50 53 20422 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 240 11 9.4 5.3 51 50 20726 340 17 5.8 -16.0 | 311 9 6.5 -5.6 52 50 20730 360 16 -0.0 -16.0 | 353 6 0.7 -5.7 53 48 21031 5 16 -1.4 -15.9 | 7 6 -0.7 -5.6 54 45 21336 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 290 2 1.7 -0.6 55 41 21946 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 156 0 -0.2 0.4 56 36 22860 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 236 12 10.1 6.9 57 34 23165 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 240 11 9.4 5.3 58 32 23470 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 219 17 10.4 12.9 59 30 23910 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 280 11 11.0 -1.9 60 29 24079 315 18 12.7 -12.7 | 280 14 13.4 -2.4 61 28 24384 310 13 10.0 -8.4 | 259 11 10.7 2.0 62 27 24689 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 237 14 11.3 7.5 63 25 24994 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 253 9 8.5 2.6 64 24 25298 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 261 15 14.6 2.3 65 23 25603 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 281 5 4.8 -0.9 66 22 25908 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 236 12 10.1 6.9 67 20 26510 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 272 20 19.8 -0.7 68 20 26518 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 253 22 21.4 6.7 69 19 26822 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 277 23 23.2 -2.7 70 18 27127 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 267 17 17.2 0.8 71 17 27432 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 246 25 22.7 10.3 72 17 27737 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 255 17 16.7 4.5 73 14 28956 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 232 25 20.0 15.5 74 13 29261 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 252 27 25.6 8.2 75 13 29566 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 238 17 14.7 9.1 76 12 29870 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 231 21 16.5 13.1 77 10 31060 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 225 27 18.8 18.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.9 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 3.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -178.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.3 neg: -43.3 tot: 144.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 98.47 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 130 14 152 22| 19.8 0.0 19.8| 1.0 -40.2 -39.2 -78.4 -0.44| 20.9 -9.2 1000 131 14 154 22| 2.8 0.0 2.8| 68.2 -43.3 24.9 24.9 0.09| 19.8 1.7 1500 139 12 159 21| 5.3 0.0 5.3|130.6 -43.3 87.3 58.2 0.32| 21.0 6.8 2000 202 14 194 24| 5.0 0.0 5.0|166.5 -43.3 123.2 61.6 0.39| 18.3 7.2 2500 298 14 255 14| 3.4 0.0 3.4|177.5 -43.3 134.3 53.7 0.40| 16.0 6.5 3000 322 14 277 10| 2.8 0.0 2.8|187.3 -43.3 144.1 48.0 0.44| 14.9 6.5 4000 353 15 333 6| 2.7 0.0 2.7|199.1 -43.5 155.7 38.9 0.45| 12.3 5.6 5000 349 15 318 5| 2.2 2.4 4.6|202.2 -59.0 143.1 28.6 0.38| 13.0 4.9 6000 334 14 287 7| 1.8 2.3 4.2|222.3 -63.7 158.6 26.4 0.38| 11.6 4.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251011.12.gif