UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 72 SFC 977 270 16.2 13.5 84 2.7 14.5 125 4 291.3 293.1 288.6 319.6 10.00 2 972 314 16.8 13.5 81 3.3 14.7 135 8 292.3 294.1 289.0 320.9 10.05 3 954 474 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.4 170 21 293.1 294.9 289.5 322.3 10.24 4 948 528 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.4 182 26 293.6 295.4 289.7 323.1 10.31 5 947 537 17.0 14.0 82 3.0 15.1 184 27 294.7 296.6 290.3 325.3 10.67 6 940 600 18.2 14.3 78 3.9 15.7 198 32 296.6 298.5 291.2 328.2 10.96 7 939 609 18.8 13.9 73 4.9 15.7 200 33 297.3 299.2 291.2 328.2 10.69 8 934 656 21.4 11.4 53 10.0 15.1 204 34 300.4 302.0 290.9 327.2 9.10 9 925 740 22.6 9.6 44 13.0 14.6 210 35 302.4 303.9 290.7 326.6 8.13 10 923 759 23.0 10.0 44 13.0 14.9 209 35 303.0 304.6 291.2 328.0 8.38 11 909 892 22.6 7.6 38 15.0 13.6 206 36 303.9 305.3 290.5 325.6 7.22 12 905 930 22.4 9.4 44 13.0 14.3 205 36 304.1 305.6 291.3 328.7 8.20 13 877 1203 20.6 4.6 35 16.0 11.4 205 34 305.0 306.1 289.8 323.4 6.07 14 873 1242 20.2 8.2 46 12.0 12.9 205 33 305.0 306.4 291.3 328.6 7.84 15 867 1302 19.8 8.8 49 11.0 13.0 207 32 305.2 306.7 291.7 329.9 8.22 16 850 1472 19.0 8.0 49 11.0 12.3 210 27 306.0 307.5 291.7 330.1 7.94 17 838 1594 18.4 7.4 49 11.0 11.7 212 27 306.7 308.1 291.7 330.1 7.73 18 809 1895 16.0 7.0 55 9.0 10.6 216 26 307.2 308.7 292.0 330.9 7.79 19 800 1990 15.4 4.4 48 11.0 9.1 218 25 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.6 6.56 20 777 2236 13.2 6.2 62 7.0 9.0 218 23 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.2 7.67 21 720 2873 8.6 0.6 57 8.0 4.3 220 27 309.5 310.6 290.7 326.7 5.56 22 712 2965 8.2 -0.8 53 9.0 3.5 220 27 310.1 311.0 290.5 325.8 5.07 23 709 3000 8.4 -5.6 37 14.0 1.8 220 27 310.6 311.3 289.3 321.9 3.55 24 707 3024 8.6 -11.4 23 20.0 0.2 220 28 311.1 311.5 288.2 318.4 2.26 25 706 3035 8.6 -13.4 20 22.0 -0.2 220 28 311.2 311.6 287.9 317.5 1.92 26 703 3071 8.6 -18.4 13 27.0 -1.2 220 28 311.6 311.9 287.3 315.9 1.27 27 700 3106 8.4 -19.6 12 28.0 -1.4 220 28 311.8 312.0 287.3 315.6 1.15 28 657 3625 4.0 -9.0 38 13.0 -1.7 219 26 312.5 313.1 289.3 322.0 2.94 29 644 3787 3.6 -21.4 14 25.0 -4.6 222 23 313.9 314.1 287.9 317.5 1.07 30 642 3812 3.6 -19.4 17 23.0 -4.3 222 23 314.1 314.4 288.2 318.4 1.28 31 638 3863 3.8 -15.2 23 19.0 -3.4 223 22 314.9 315.3 289.0 321.0 1.84 32 635 3901 3.8 -18.2 18 22.0 -4.1 224 21 315.4 315.6 288.8 320.2 1.43 33 627 4004 3.2 -17.8 20 21.0 -4.4 224 19 315.8 316.1 289.0 320.9 1.50 34 619 4108 2.6 -10.4 38 13.0 -3.0 221 20 316.3 316.8 290.4 325.4 2.80 35 616 4147 2.8 -17.2 21 20.0 -4.6 219 21 317.0 317.3 289.5 322.4 1.61 36 608 4253 2.4 -29.6 7 32.0 -6.4 216 22 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.6 0.54 37 605 4293 2.4 -26.6 10 29.0 -6.2 215 22 318.1 318.3 288.9 320.7 0.72 38 604 4306 2.4 -23.6 13 26.0 -5.8 215 22 318.3 318.5 289.2 321.6 0.94 39 603 4320 2.2 -14.8 27 17.0 -4.4 215 22 318.2 318.6 290.2 324.9 2.01 40 600 4360 2.0 -11.0 37 13.0 -3.5 216 22 318.4 319.0 291.0 327.5 2.75 41 597 4400 1.6 -5.4 60 7.0 -1.8 216 23 318.4 319.3 292.3 332.3 4.29 42 584 4577 0.4 -4.6 69 5.0 -2.1 217 23 319.0 319.9 292.8 334.1 4.66 43 577 4674 0.8 -7.2 55 8.0 -3.0 218 24 320.6 321.4 292.6 333.3 3.86 44 575 4702 0.8 -7.2 55 8.0 -3.0 218 24 320.9 321.7 292.7 333.6 3.87 45 574 4716 0.8 -6.2 59 7.0 -2.6 219 24 321.1 321.9 293.0 334.8 4.19 46 570 4772 0.2 -2.9 80 3.1 -1.4 219 24 321.0 322.1 294.0 338.6 5.43 47 544 5144 -2.9 -4.8 87 1.9 -3.8 235 25 321.7 322.6 293.7 337.7 4.93 48 541 5187 -3.3 -5.6 84 2.3 -4.4 237 25 321.7 322.6 293.6 336.9 4.66 49 536 5261 -2.3 -8.3 63 6.0 -5.0 241 24 323.7 324.5 293.4 336.4 3.82 50 531 5335 -2.9 -8.9 63 6.0 -5.6 246 24 323.9 324.6 293.3 336.1 3.67 51 527 5395 -2.7 -11.7 50 9.0 -6.5 249 24 324.8 325.4 293.0 334.8 2.96 52 521 5486 -3.3 -11.3 54 8.0 -6.7 255 24 325.2 325.8 293.2 335.6 3.09 53 500 5810 -5.3 -19.3 32 14.0 -10.1 255 28 326.6 326.9 292.3 332.3 1.66 54 400 7520 -16.9 -27.9 38 11.0 -19.6 250 32 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.5 0.96 55 300 9610 -31.5 -63.5 3 32.0 -33.4 280 37 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.02 56 250 10880 -40.5 -67.5 4 27.0 -41.5 285 55 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.02 57 200 12360 -52.5 -71.5 8 19.0 -52.8 290 55 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 58 194 12556 -53.7 -72.6 8 18.9 -54.0 290 59 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 59 150 14170 -63.9 -81.9 7 18.0 -64.0 305 40 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 60 101 16522 -74.7 -86.7 14 12.0 -74.7 280 13 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 61 100 16580 -74.5 -86.5 14 12.0 -74.5 275 6 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 62 92 17066 -73.3 -86.3 12 13.0 -73.3 130 10 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 63 87 17391 -74.5 -86.5 14 12.0 -74.5 168 17 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 64 84 17597 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.6 192 21 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 65 79 17960 -69.7 -87.7 6 18.0 -69.8 247 14 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 66 73 18430 -70.1 -89.1 5 19.0 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-45.1 -82.1 1 37.0 -54.1 931.4 931.4 330.0 932.0 0.06 TRP 101 16522 -74.7 -86.7 14 12.0 -74.7 280 13 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 WND 194 12556 -53.7 -72.6 8 18.9 -54.0 290 59 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.00 m Freezing level: 568.32 mb = 4795.83 m = 15734.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.52 mb = 3029.18 m = 9938.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.52 mb = 613.89 m = 2014.06 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 720.0- 657.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.06 mb = 3390.84 m = 11124.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.98 C = 98.57 F Cap Strength: 8.18 C Lifted Index: 8.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.86 C Showalter Index: 5.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 13.30 C K Index: 4.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 291.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45915.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.69 mb = 1929.62 m = 6330.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 252 at 19 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 977 270 125 4 -3.3 2.3 | 80 22 -21.5 -3.7 1 939 610 200 33 11.3 31.0 | 164 26 -7.0 25.0 2 925 740 210 35 17.5 30.3 | 178 24 -0.8 24.3 3 907 914 205 36 15.2 32.6 | 173 27 -3.0 26.6 4 875 1219 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 171 25 -3.9 24.8 5 850 1472 210 27 13.5 23.4 | 165 18 -4.8 17.4 6 815 1829 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 168 16 -3.3 15.3 7 786 2134 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 167 13 -2.8 12.4 8 758 2438 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 155 13 -5.6 12.0 9 731 2743 220 26 16.7 19.9 | 174 14 -1.5 13.9 10 700 3106 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 179 15 -0.3 15.4 11 679 3353 210 26 13.0 22.5 | 162 17 -5.3 16.5 12 654 3658 220 26 16.7 19.9 | 174 14 -1.5 13.9 13 629 3962 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 147 9 -4.8 7.4 14 606 4267 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 155 13 -5.6 12.0 15 562 4877 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 171 13 -2.2 13.1 16 521 5486 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 268 5 4.9 0.2 17 500 5810 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 262 9 8.8 1.2 18 482 6096 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 282 8 7.3 -1.5 19 445 6706 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 285 7 6.4 -1.7 20 411 7315 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 220 5 3.5 4.1 21 400 7520 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 247 13 11.8 4.9 22 395 7620 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 247 13 11.8 4.9 23 378 7925 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 260 14 13.6 2.5 24 348 8534 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 227 18 12.9 12.0 25 334 8839 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 222 13 8.6 9.5 26 320 9144 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 247 11 9.9 4.2 27 307 9449 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 305 11 8.7 -6.0 28 300 9610 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 304 22 18.2 -12.4 29 294 9754 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 310 18 14.2 -11.8 30 269 10363 290 53 49.8 -18.1 | 307 40 31.5 -24.2 31 250 10880 285 55 53.1 -14.2 | 300 40 34.9 -20.3 32 225 11582 290 57 53.6 -19.5 | 306 44 35.3 -25.5 33 200 12360 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 307 42 33.4 -24.8 34 194 12556 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 305 45 37.2 -26.2 35 187 12802 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 305 45 37.2 -26.2 36 150 14170 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 333 32 14.5 -29.0 37 146 14326 305 43 35.2 -24.7 | 331 35 17.0 -30.7 38 125 15240 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 331 22 10.7 -19.5 39 113 15850 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 340 19 6.2 -17.4 40 107 16154 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 299 12 10.7 -6.0 41 102 16459 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 317 11 7.6 -8.3 42 101 16522 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 33 10 -5.5 -8.3 43 100 16580 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 62 14 -12.3 -6.5 44 97 16764 205 2 0.8 1.8 | 76 18 -17.4 -4.2 45 92 17069 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 91 26 -25.9 0.4 46 83 17678 200 23 7.9 21.6 | 146 19 -10.4 15.6 47 79 17983 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 75 6 -6.0 -1.6 48 75 18288 305 5 4.1 -2.9 | 58 17 -14.2 -8.9 49 71 18593 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 102 19 -18.3 4.0 50 70 18680 175 7 -0.6 7.0 | 93 19 -18.9 0.9 51 64 19202 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 95 24 -24.0 2.2 52 61 19507 170 17 -3.0 16.7 | 117 24 -21.2 10.7 53 58 19812 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 122 14 -11.9 7.6 54 55 20117 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 94 5 -4.7 0.3 55 53 20422 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 37 9 -5.3 -7.2 56 50 20720 140 13 -8.4 10.0 | 98 27 -26.6 3.9 57 50 20726 25 3 -1.3 -2.7 | 66 21 -19.5 -8.7 58 48 21031 145 14 -8.0 11.5 | 102 27 -26.3 5.4 59 45 21336 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 114 14 -12.8 5.8 60 43 21641 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 96 10 -9.8 1.0 61 41 21946 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 35 12 -7.0 -10.1 62 37 22555 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 33 10 -5.5 -8.3 63 35 22860 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 36 20 -11.4 -15.9 64 34 23165 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 41 15 -9.6 -11.0 65 32 23470 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 19 25 -8.3 -23.3 66 31 23774 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 47 16 -12.1 -11.2 67 30 23890 360 20 -0.0 -20.0 | 35 32 -18.3 -26.0 68 29 24079 345 24 6.2 -23.2 | 22 32 -12.0 -29.2 69 28 24384 35 12 -6.9 -9.8 | 58 30 -25.1 -15.9 70 25 24994 150 3 -1.5 2.6 | 80 20 -19.8 -3.4 71 21 26213 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 50 11 -8.3 -6.9 72 20 26470 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 74 8 -7.9 -2.3 73 20 26518 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 90 8 -7.9 -0.0 74 18 27127 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 94 7 -7.0 0.5 75 17 27432 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 303 4 3.4 -2.2 76 16 27737 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 339 5 1.7 -4.3 77 16 28042 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 224 6 4.4 4.5 78 14 28651 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 311 18 13.3 -11.6 79 14 28956 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 328 7 3.7 -6.0 80 13 29261 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 332 14 6.9 -12.8 81 12 29566 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 308 10 7.7 -6.0 82 12 29870 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 358 13 0.5 -12.9 83 11 30175 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 346 14 3.4 -13.9 84 10 31000 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 189 5 0.8 5.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.5 neg: -53.5 tot: 253.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 5.86 Bulk Shear: 12.40 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 200 24 147 19| 36.0 0.0 36.0|284.5 0.0 284.5 569.0 0.98| 45.5 44.5 1000 203 29 162 22| 18.0 1.6 19.6|284.5 -21.3 263.2 263.2 0.80| 25.7 20.6 1500 206 29 164 21| 10.1 1.1 11.2|287.7 -32.1 255.6 170.4 0.67| 19.9 13.3 2000 208 28 164 19| 6.9 0.8 7.7|288.3 -36.9 251.4 125.7 0.60| 16.1 9.7 2500 210 27 164 18| 6.1 0.7 6.8|303.1 -40.5 262.5 105.0 0.60| 13.9 8.4 3000 211 27 166 17| 5.1 0.9 6.0|307.5 -53.5 253.9 84.6 0.53| 12.5 6.6 4000 213 26 165 16| 3.6 1.0 4.6|322.8 -73.4 249.4 62.3 0.41| 11.6 4.7 5000 215 26 166 15| 3.5 0.8 4.3|351.6 -73.4 278.3 55.7 0.45| 10.6 4.8 6000 222 26 175 13| 3.1 0.7 3.8|364.2 -74.1 290.1 48.3 0.47| 9.9 4.6 Wrote GIF file: 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