UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 12 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 106 SFC 981 270 23.8 11.8 47 12.0 16.3 110 9 298.6 300.2 290.2 324.6 8.89 2 978 297 24.2 11.2 44 13.0 16.1 112 9 299.2 300.8 290.1 324.4 8.57 3 972 351 24.2 10.2 41 14.0 15.5 116 10 299.8 301.2 289.8 323.5 8.06 4 933 710 21.0 9.0 46 12.0 13.7 144 15 300.0 301.5 289.6 322.9 7.74 5 925 785 20.2 10.2 53 10.0 14.0 150 15 300.0 301.5 290.2 324.9 8.47 6 886 1155 17.2 12.6 74 4.6 14.3 180 12 300.6 302.5 292.0 331.2 10.40 7 872 1291 17.8 14.0 78 3.8 15.3 189 12 302.6 304.7 293.6 336.9 11.60 8 862 1390 17.4 13.9 80 3.5 15.1 187 13 303.2 305.3 293.7 337.8 11.66 9 851 1500 17.0 13.2 78 3.8 14.5 185 13 303.9 305.9 293.7 337.4 11.28 10 850 1510 17.0 12.9 77 4.1 14.3 185 13 304.0 306.0 293.6 336.9 11.07 11 841 1601 17.8 10.8 64 7.0 13.3 182 9 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.9 9.72 12 835 1662 17.8 10.8 64 7.0 13.3 184 9 306.3 308.2 293.3 335.9 9.79 13 798 2048 14.4 10.5 77 3.9 11.9 197 8 306.7 308.6 293.6 337.0 10.04 14 782 2219 13.4 10.0 80 3.4 11.3 200 8 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.4 9.91 15 769 2361 13.0 5.0 58 8.0 8.3 200 8 308.5 309.8 291.8 330.3 7.13 16 739 2694 10.6 0.6 50 10.0 5.2 241 11 309.4 310.4 290.6 326.2 5.41 17 736 2728 10.4 -1.6 43 12.0 4.2 247 12 309.5 310.4 289.9 323.9 4.62 18 730 2797 10.4 -4.6 34 15.0 3.1 244 12 310.3 311.0 289.3 322.0 3.72 19 700 3145 7.8 -6.2 36 14.0 1.3 220 11 311.1 311.8 289.3 322.0 3.43 20 652 3725 2.8 -8.2 44 11.0 -2.0 161 8 311.9 312.5 289.3 321.9 3.16 21 650 3750 2.8 -10.2 38 13.0 -2.7 160 8 312.1 312.6 289.0 320.8 2.71 22 648 3775 2.6 -9.4 41 12.0 -2.5 158 8 312.2 312.7 289.2 321.5 2.89 23 646 3800 2.4 -4.6 60 7.0 -0.9 156 8 312.2 313.0 290.4 325.5 4.21 24 638 3900 1.8 -7.2 51 9.0 -2.3 150 9 312.7 313.3 289.9 323.8 3.49 25 634 3951 1.6 -11.4 37 13.0 -3.7 147 10 313.0 313.5 289.1 321.2 2.52 26 633 3963 1.6 -11.4 37 13.0 -3.7 146 10 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.3 2.52 27 629 4014 1.8 -23.2 14 25.0 -6.0 157 10 313.9 314.1 287.8 317.1 0.94 28 627 4040 1.8 -24.2 12 26.0 -6.1 164 9 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.2 0.86 29 625 4066 1.8 -21.2 16 23.0 -5.7 172 9 314.5 314.7 288.2 318.3 1.13 30 621 4118 1.8 -18.2 21 20.0 -5.2 187 9 315.1 315.4 288.8 320.0 1.47 31 620 4131 1.8 -12.2 35 14.0 -3.8 191 8 315.2 315.7 289.7 323.1 2.42 32 618 4157 1.6 -12.4 34 14.0 -4.0 198 8 315.3 315.8 289.7 323.1 2.39 33 615 4196 1.6 -5.4 60 7.0 -1.7 210 8 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.1 4.16 34 610 4262 1.8 -8.2 47 10.0 -2.7 229 7 316.7 317.4 291.0 327.7 3.38 35 587 4571 0.4 -12.6 37 13.0 -4.9 273 12 318.6 319.1 290.8 326.8 2.47 36 569 4820 -1.1 -8.1 59 7.0 -4.3 286 16 319.7 320.4 292.2 331.6 3.65 37 558 4975 -1.9 -8.9 59 7.0 -5.0 284 17 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.0 3.50 38 543 5191 -2.7 -17.7 30 15.0 -8.1 270 17 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.0 1.75 39 535 5309 -3.3 -14.3 42 11.0 -7.6 276 18 322.7 323.2 291.9 330.7 2.36 40 525 5458 -4.3 -10.3 63 6.0 -6.9 283 19 323.3 323.9 292.9 334.3 3.33 41 520 5533 -4.9 -11.9 58 7.0 -7.8 284 19 323.4 324.0 292.6 333.3 2.95 42 500 5840 -7.3 -12.2 68 4.9 -9.3 275 16 324.1 324.7 292.9 334.2 3.00 43 493 5950 -8.3 -12.1 74 3.8 -9.8 267 16 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.5 3.07 44 489 6013 -8.3 -14.3 62 6.0 -10.6 262 15 325.0 325.5 292.7 333.7 2.58 45 487 6045 -8.5 -14.5 62 6.0 -10.8 259 15 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.8 2.55 46 485 6077 -8.7 -12.3 75 3.6 -10.2 257 15 325.3 325.9 293.2 335.6 3.07 47 474 6256 -9.5 -14.3 68 4.8 -11.3 268 16 326.4 326.9 293.2 335.5 2.67 48 464 6421 -10.5 -13.3 80 2.8 -11.6 280 16 327.2 327.7 293.6 337.2 2.96 49 450 6656 -12.5 -14.5 85 2.0 -13.3 287 17 327.5 328.1 293.6 336.9 2.76 50 448 6690 -12.7 -14.5 86 1.8 -13.4 288 18 327.7 328.2 293.6 337.2 2.78 51 447 6707 -12.9 -15.1 84 2.2 -13.7 288 18 327.6 328.2 293.5 336.7 2.65 52 443 6776 -12.7 -17.0 70 4.3 -14.2 290 18 328.7 329.2 293.4 336.6 2.28 53 417 7236 -16.3 -18.7 82 2.4 -17.1 303 21 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.2 2.10 54 409 7382 -16.7 -21.4 67 4.7 -18.1 302 23 331.2 331.5 293.6 337.1 1.69 55 400 7550 -16.9 -24.9 50 8.0 -19.1 295 28 333.0 333.3 293.7 337.6 1.27 56 300 9640 -34.1 -47.1 26 13.0 -35.3 330 29 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.0 0.18 57 250 10880 -44.1 -53.1 36 9.0 -44.6 325 44 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.11 58 219 11764 -48.6 -65.9 12 17.3 -49.1 310 77 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 59 200 12360 -51.7 -74.7 5 23.0 -52.1 310 65 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 60 150 14170 -64.1 -82.1 7 18.0 -64.2 320 58 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 61 106 16247 -71.7 -85.7 11 14.0 -71.8 295 21 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 62 100 16590 -70.9 -85.9 9 15.0 -71.0 285 29 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.8 0.00 63 88 17346 -70.9 -85.9 9 15.0 -71.0 360 14 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 64 85 17552 -69.1 -86.1 7 17.0 -69.2 2 8 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 65 79 17990 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.6 304 8 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 66 74 18379 -70.7 -88.7 5 18.0 -70.8 253 12 426.3 426.3 308.4 426.3 0.00 67 70 18710 -68.9 -88.9 4 20.0 -69.0 170 4 437.0 437.0 309.6 437.0 0.00 68 68 18884 -68.1 -89.1 3 21.0 -68.2 193 1 442.3 442.3 310.1 442.4 0.00 69 65 19156 -69.1 -89.1 4 20.0 -69.2 272 14 445.9 445.9 310.4 445.9 0.00 70 61 19538 -67.3 -89.3 3 22.0 -67.5 313 16 458.1 458.1 311.6 458.1 0.00 71 58 19842 -68.7 -89.7 3 21.0 -68.9 335 15 461.6 461.6 311.9 461.6 0.00 72 56 20054 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 335 11 470.3 470.3 312.7 470.4 0.00 73 55 20164 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 343 10 480.6 480.6 313.5 480.6 0.00 74 53 20392 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.5 16 10 486.6 486.6 314.0 486.6 0.00 75 50 20750 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 275 12 491.5 491.5 314.3 491.5 0.00 76 49 20873 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 273 11 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 77 47 21129 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.5 280 12 503.6 503.6 315.2 503.6 0.00 78 44 21534 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.9 321 13 512.2 512.2 315.8 512.2 0.00 79 42 21821 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.1 320 14 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.1 0.00 80 41 21971 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.6 321 16 526.2 526.2 316.7 526.2 0.00 81 38 22442 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.2 343 14 541.8 541.8 317.6 541.8 0.00 82 37 22608 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.1 335 14 543.4 543.4 317.7 543.4 0.00 83 32 23520 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -57.1 343 1 582.0 582.0 319.8 582.0 0.01 84 30 23930 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.4 230 11 589.0 589.0 320.1 589.0 0.01 85 24 25346 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.5 300 13 631.9 631.9 322.0 631.9 0.01 86 21 26204 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -54.5 295 10 669.1 669.1 323.4 669.2 0.01 87 20 26520 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -55.1 245 28 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.02 88 19 26852 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -54.4 246 27 689.8 689.8 324.1 689.9 0.02 89 18 27202 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -55.5 261 29 696.1 696.1 324.3 696.3 0.02 90 17 27574 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -53.3 267 28 718.5 718.5 325.0 718.7 0.02 91 16 27971 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -54.0 261 25 728.5 728.5 325.3 728.7 0.03 92 13 29339 -46.1 -82.1 1 36.0 -52.3 281 18 786.2 786.2 326.9 786.5 0.04 93 11 30442 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -54.8 286 12 813.1 813.1 327.5 813.4 0.03 94 11 30442 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -54.5 286 12 814.5 814.5 327.6 814.8 0.03 95 10 31070 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -53.7 300 22 844.5 844.5 328.3 844.9 0.05 96 10 31070 -45.5 -82.5 1 37.0 -52.9 300 22 849.7 849.7 328.4 850.1 0.04 97 9.8 31204 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -54.1 847.1 847.1 328.4 847.6 0.04 98 8.7 31998 -43.7 -80.7 1 37.0 -52.6 891.2 891.3 329.2 891.9 0.07 TRP 106 16247 -71.7 -85.7 11 14.0 -71.8 295 21 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 WND 219 11764 -48.6 -65.9 12 17.3 -49.1 310 77 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.00 m Freezing level: 582.20 mb = 4636.94 m = 15212.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.71 mb = 3361.07 m = 11027.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.01 mb = 1795.90 m = 5891.98 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 769.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.06 mb = 3332.97 m = 10934.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.52 C = 97.73 F Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lifted Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.08 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 23.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54246.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.41 mb = 2011.94 m = 6600.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 258 at 9 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 981 270 110 9 -8.5 3.1 | 94 17 -17.3 1.2 1 944 610 135 15 -10.6 10.6 | 114 21 -19.4 8.7 2 925 785 150 15 -7.5 13.0 | 124 20 -16.3 11.1 3 911 914 145 14 -8.0 11.5 | 120 19 -16.8 9.6 4 879 1219 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 146 12 -6.7 9.9 5 850 1510 185 13 1.1 13.0 | 145 13 -7.7 11.1 6 849 1524 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 133 12 -8.8 8.1 7 818 1829 190 7 1.2 6.9 | 123 9 -7.6 5.0 8 789 2134 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 139 9 -5.7 6.6 9 761 2438 200 7 2.4 6.6 | 126 8 -6.4 4.7 10 734 2743 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 228 3 2.5 2.2 11 708 3048 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 151 8 -3.8 6.8 12 700 3145 220 11 7.1 8.4 | 165 7 -1.7 6.6 13 682 3353 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 158 6 -2.4 5.8 14 657 3658 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 115 12 -10.6 4.9 15 632 3962 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 113 16 -14.5 6.3 16 608 4267 235 7 5.7 4.0 | 125 4 -3.1 2.1 17 586 4572 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 313 4 3.1 -2.9 18 564 4877 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 317 11 7.2 -7.7 19 543 5182 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 283 8 8.2 -1.9 20 523 5486 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 305 12 9.5 -6.8 21 500 5840 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 295 8 7.1 -3.3 22 484 6096 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 251 6 5.7 2.0 23 465 6401 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 304 8 7.0 -4.7 24 412 7315 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 329 16 8.4 -13.9 25 400 7550 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 310 22 16.6 -13.7 26 396 7620 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 310 22 16.6 -13.7 27 364 8230 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 320 17 11.1 -13.4 28 321 9144 330 26 13.0 -22.5 | 350 25 4.2 -24.4 29 300 9640 330 29 14.5 -25.1 | 348 28 5.7 -27.0 30 258 10668 330 32 16.0 -27.7 | 346 30 7.2 -29.6 31 250 10880 325 44 25.2 -36.0 | 337 41 16.4 -37.9 32 219 11764 310 77 59.0 -49.5 | 316 72 50.2 -51.4 33 215 11887 310 77 59.0 -49.5 | 316 72 50.2 -51.4 34 200 12360 310 65 49.8 -41.8 | 317 60 41.0 -43.7 35 178 13106 315 58 41.0 -41.0 | 323 54 32.2 -42.9 36 154 14021 310 62 47.5 -39.9 | 317 57 38.7 -41.7 37 150 14170 320 58 37.3 -44.4 | 328 54 28.5 -46.3 38 146 14326 320 58 37.3 -44.4 | 328 54 28.5 -46.3 39 125 15240 305 60 49.1 -34.4 | 312 54 40.3 -36.3 40 113 15850 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 329 22 11.1 -18.6 41 108 16154 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 316 15 10.2 -10.7 42 106 16247 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 316 15 10.2 -10.7 43 100 16590 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 296 21 19.2 -9.4 44 97 16764 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 296 21 19.2 -9.4 45 92 17069 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 306 27 22.0 -16.2 46 88 17374 5 12 -1.0 -12.0 | 35 17 -9.9 -13.8 47 83 17678 360 5 -0.0 -5.0 | 52 11 -8.8 -6.9 48 75 18288 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 201 2 0.6 1.5 49 71 18593 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 263 6 6.0 0.7 50 70 18710 170 4 -0.7 3.9 | 102 10 -9.5 2.1 51 68 18898 195 1 0.3 1.0 | 84 9 -8.5 -0.9 52 65 19202 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 312 9 6.6 -6.0 53 58 19812 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 7 17 -2.0 -16.4 54 56 20117 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 23 12 -4.6 -10.9 55 53 20422 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 47 17 -12.2 -11.3 56 50 20726 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 344 4 1.0 -3.6 57 50 20750 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 313 4 3.1 -2.9 58 48 21031 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 327 2 1.2 -1.9 59 46 21336 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 330 12 5.9 -10.4 60 43 21641 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 16 12 -3.3 -11.4 61 41 21946 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 349 13 2.5 -13.2 62 39 22250 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 28 19 -8.8 -16.9 63 37 22555 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 11 15 -2.9 -14.6 64 36 22860 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 14 14 -3.3 -13.7 65 34 23165 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 42 16 -10.5 -11.7 66 32 23470 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 78 9 -8.8 -1.9 67 30 23930 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 176 5 -0.4 5.2 68 29 24079 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 133 12 -8.8 8.1 69 28 24384 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 203 3 1.2 2.8 70 27 24689 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 343 7 2.1 -6.9 71 25 24994 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 310 3 2.2 -1.9 72 24 25298 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 353 9 1.0 -8.8 73 23 25603 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 299 10 8.9 -5.0 74 22 25908 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 9 12 -1.9 -11.7 75 21 26213 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 358 6 0.3 -6.1 76 20 26520 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 239 19 16.6 10.0 77 19 26822 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 239 18 15.7 9.5 78 17 27432 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 275 21 21.2 -1.9 79 16 28042 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 261 15 14.8 2.3 80 14 28956 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 336 16 6.5 -14.7 81 13 29261 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 305 12 9.5 -6.8 82 12 29870 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 263 6 6.0 0.7 83 11 30175 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 32 4 -1.9 -3.1 84 10 31070 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 321 16 10.2 -12.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.7 neg: -27.3 tot: 70.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 45.79 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 132 13 110 20| 10.0 0.0 10.0| 53.1 0.0 53.1 106.3 0.89| 11.7 10.4 1000 147 13 120 18| 7.1 0.0 7.1| 81.3 -3.9 77.5 77.5 0.73| 11.4 8.3 1500 159 12 126 16| 4.7 1.6 6.3| 81.3 -16.6 64.7 43.2 0.42| 9.9 4.1 2000 166 11 128 15| 3.9 1.2 5.1| 85.8 -18.2 67.6 33.8 0.42| 8.2 3.4 2500 175 11 132 13| 4.3 0.9 5.3| 95.2 -19.5 75.7 30.3 0.48| 8.5 4.1 3000 184 11 138 12| 3.6 0.9 4.5| 97.7 -27.3 70.4 23.5 0.31| 8.6 2.7 4000 183 10 135 12| 3.8 1.9 5.7|111.6 -46.1 65.5 16.4 0.15| 9.8 1.5 5000 207 11 154 9| 3.9 1.2 5.2|117.0 -59.0 58.0 11.6 0.14| 10.1 1.4 6000 228 12 181 6| 3.2 1.1 4.3|129.4 -71.5 57.9 9.7 0.12| 9.8 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251012.00.gif