UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 13 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 13 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 124 SFC 983 270 17.0 11.0 68 6.0 13.4 20 6 291.6 293.1 287.2 315.5 8.41 2 925 786 13.6 9.5 76 4.1 11.2 35 25 293.2 294.7 287.5 316.4 8.08 3 923 804 13.6 9.5 76 4.1 11.2 37 24 293.4 294.8 287.6 316.6 8.10 4 910 925 15.4 10.9 75 4.5 12.6 55 18 296.4 298.1 289.6 322.6 9.03 5 889 1123 14.8 11.8 82 3.0 12.9 146 11 297.8 299.6 290.7 326.4 9.82 6 884 1171 15.6 12.5 82 3.1 13.6 168 10 299.1 301.0 291.5 329.4 10.36 7 879 1219 15.4 12.3 82 3.1 13.4 190 8 299.4 301.3 291.6 329.5 10.28 8 877 1239 16.6 12.5 77 4.1 14.0 193 9 300.8 302.7 292.2 331.6 10.44 9 861 1396 17.4 12.5 73 4.9 14.3 218 17 303.3 305.2 293.0 334.9 10.64 10 850 1506 17.0 12.2 73 4.8 13.9 235 22 304.0 305.9 293.2 335.4 10.56 11 847 1536 16.8 12.1 74 4.7 13.8 230 20 304.1 306.0 293.2 335.5 10.53 12 837 1638 16.8 9.8 63 7.0 12.4 232 22 305.1 306.8 292.4 332.5 9.12 13 824 1771 16.0 10.0 68 6.0 12.2 234 24 305.6 307.4 292.7 333.9 9.40 14 809 1927 14.6 9.7 72 4.9 11.6 240 23 305.7 307.5 292.8 334.0 9.38 15 795 2075 13.6 10.9 84 2.7 11.9 247 20 306.2 308.1 293.7 337.4 10.36 16 791 2117 13.4 11.5 88 1.9 12.2 249 19 306.4 308.4 294.1 339.1 10.84 17 784 2192 13.2 11.3 88 1.9 12.0 249 18 307.0 309.0 294.2 339.6 10.79 18 772 2322 12.6 10.5 87 2.1 11.3 247 17 307.7 309.6 294.1 339.1 10.39 19 756 2498 12.0 6.0 67 6.0 8.5 248 15 308.9 310.4 292.4 332.7 7.78 20 755 2509 12.0 6.0 67 6.0 8.5 249 15 309.0 310.5 292.5 332.9 7.79 21 753 2531 11.8 5.8 67 6.0 8.3 251 15 309.0 310.5 292.4 332.6 7.70 22 748 2587 11.4 7.3 76 4.1 8.9 254 14 309.2 310.8 293.2 335.5 8.61 23 724 2860 9.8 3.8 66 6.0 6.3 263 12 310.3 311.6 292.2 331.8 6.96 24 708 3045 8.0 4.0 76 4.0 5.7 260 13 310.3 311.7 292.4 332.6 7.22 25 700 3139 7.4 3.0 74 4.4 4.9 285 9 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.7 6.80 26 688 3281 6.4 1.9 73 4.5 3.9 301 8 311.1 312.3 292.0 330.9 6.39 27 681 3365 6.0 -1.0 61 7.0 2.4 310 8 311.6 312.6 291.1 327.9 5.23 28 667 3535 4.6 -0.4 70 5.0 2.0 318 9 311.9 312.9 291.5 329.3 5.58 29 662 3597 4.2 -2.8 60 7.0 0.7 321 9 312.1 313.0 290.8 326.9 4.70 30 650 3745 3.0 -1.2 74 4.2 0.8 316 9 312.4 313.4 291.5 329.3 5.40 31 647 3783 3.0 -2.0 70 5.0 0.5 312 10 312.8 313.7 291.4 328.8 5.11 32 635 3934 1.8 -1.1 81 2.9 0.3 295 10 313.1 314.1 291.9 330.6 5.57 33 617 4166 0.0 -2.1 86 2.1 -1.1 269 11 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.4 5.32 34 615 4192 -0.3 -1.3 93 1.0 -0.8 266 12 313.5 314.6 292.1 331.4 5.66 35 611 4244 0.0 -0.1 99 0.1 -0.0 260 12 314.5 315.7 292.8 334.1 6.23 36 608 4284 0.0 0.0 100 0.0 0.0 255 12 314.9 316.1 293.0 334.8 6.31 37 569 4813 -3.1 -3.1 100 0.0 -3.1 242 22 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.4 5.36 38 568 4827 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 242 22 317.5 318.5 292.9 334.3 5.25 39 564 4883 -2.7 -7.7 68 5.0 -5.0 240 23 318.6 319.3 292.0 330.9 3.80 40 562 4911 -2.5 -6.4 75 3.9 -4.3 240 23 319.1 320.0 292.5 332.8 4.22 41 557 4982 -3.1 -6.2 79 3.1 -4.6 239 23 319.2 320.1 292.6 333.3 4.32 42 528 5404 -5.7 -8.6 80 2.9 -7.0 233 22 321.0 321.8 292.7 333.5 3.78 43 522 5494 -6.3 -10.3 73 4.0 -8.0 233 22 321.4 322.0 292.4 332.4 3.35 44 511 5660 -7.5 -8.4 93 0.9 -7.9 231 21 321.9 322.7 293.0 334.9 3.97 45 509 5691 -7.5 -8.0 96 0.5 -7.7 231 21 322.2 323.1 293.3 335.8 4.12 46 507 5722 -7.1 -10.8 75 3.7 -8.7 231 21 323.1 323.7 292.8 334.1 3.31 47 500 5830 -7.7 -11.4 75 3.7 -9.2 250 24 323.7 324.3 292.9 334.3 3.20 48 490 5987 -8.9 -13.9 67 5.0 -10.8 250 23 324.1 324.6 292.5 333.0 2.67 49 486 6050 -9.5 -13.9 70 4.4 -11.2 250 23 324.1 324.6 292.6 333.1 2.69 50 483 6098 -9.9 -11.9 85 2.0 -10.7 250 23 324.2 324.8 293.0 334.8 3.18 51 477 6194 -10.3 -14.8 70 4.5 -12.0 248 25 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.4 2.54 52 455 6556 -12.1 -20.1 51 8.0 -14.6 245 25 327.0 327.3 292.5 332.9 1.70 53 447 6691 -12.9 -20.9 51 8.0 -15.4 245 22 327.6 328.0 292.6 333.3 1.62 54 439 6829 -13.7 -22.7 47 9.0 -16.3 249 22 328.3 328.6 292.6 333.3 1.41 55 400 7530 -17.7 -23.7 59 6.0 -19.4 260 34 332.0 332.3 293.6 337.0 1.41 56 300 9620 -31.7 -35.3 70 3.6 -32.3 255 72 340.7 340.8 295.1 343.1 0.63 57 250 10880 -41.7 -47.7 52 6.0 -42.1 250 70 344.1 344.1 295.5 344.9 0.21 58 200 12360 -52.7 -62.7 29 10.0 -52.9 260 72 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.04 59 189 12723 -54.9 -65.5 26 10.6 -55.1 265 77 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.03 60 150 14170 -63.9 -76.9 15 13.0 -64.0 240 62 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 61 107 16186 -74.7 -83.7 23 9.0 -74.7 235 45 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 62 100 16580 -74.1 -85.1 17 11.0 -74.2 225 35 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 63 94 16940 -75.9 -84.9 23 9.0 -75.9 231 40 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 64 92 17065 -74.3 -84.3 20 10.0 -74.3 225 43 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 65 91 17130 -70.7 -82.7 15 12.0 -70.8 226 40 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 66 83 17671 -74.7 -84.7 20 10.0 -74.7 232 35 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 67 78 18035 -72.7 -85.7 12 13.0 -72.8 237 37 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 68 77 18112 -69.3 -84.3 10 15.0 -69.4 239 35 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.4 0.00 69 73 18430 -70.5 -84.5 11 14.0 -70.6 233 26 428.4 428.4 308.7 428.4 0.00 70 70 18680 -69.5 -84.5 10 15.0 -69.6 195 26 435.7 435.7 309.4 435.7 0.00 71 68 18852 -69.7 -84.7 9 15.0 -69.8 197 28 438.9 438.9 309.8 438.9 0.00 72 64 19216 -65.5 -83.5 6 18.0 -65.7 201 30 455.8 455.8 311.4 455.8 0.01 73 58 19810 -67.3 -84.3 7 17.0 -67.5 260 15 464.7 464.7 312.2 464.8 0.01 74 53 20356 -64.9 -82.9 7 18.0 -65.2 224 12 482.4 482.4 313.7 482.5 0.01 75 51 20589 -65.5 -83.5 6 18.0 -65.8 235 14 486.4 486.4 314.0 486.4 0.01 76 50 20710 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.6 245 16 492.0 492.0 314.4 492.0 0.01 77 47 21091 -61.9 -81.9 5 20.0 -62.4 242 18 506.5 506.5 315.4 506.6 0.01 78 45 21360 -63.3 -82.3 6 19.0 -63.7 275 22 509.4 509.4 315.6 509.5 0.01 79 34 23095 -60.7 -79.7 6 19.0 -61.4 311 6 558.8 558.8 318.6 558.9 0.02 80 30 23880 -57.7 -78.7 5 21.0 -58.9 105 3 587.3 587.4 320.0 587.5 0.03 81 29 24095 -56.7 -78.7 5 22.0 -58.0 331 14 595.8 595.8 320.4 596.0 0.03 82 26 24785 -58.3 -80.3 4 22.0 -59.5 233 17 610.2 610.2 321.0 610.3 0.02 83 25 25033 -56.3 -80.3 3 24.0 -57.9 260 21 622.8 622.8 321.6 623.0 0.03 84 24 25292 -57.3 -80.3 4 23.0 -58.7 260 13 627.2 627.2 321.8 627.4 0.03 85 22 25847 -53.7 -79.7 3 26.0 -56.0 267 22 653.7 653.7 322.9 654.0 0.03 86 21 26145 -54.5 -79.5 3 25.0 -56.7 250 18 660.1 660.1 323.1 660.3 0.03 87 20 26460 -51.3 -77.3 3 26.0 -54.4 225 12 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.6 0.05 88 18 27143 -50.1 -77.1 3 27.0 -53.7 259 12 703.7 703.7 324.6 704.2 0.06 89 17 27513 -52.5 -80.5 2 28.0 -55.6 278 12 707.6 707.6 324.7 707.9 0.04 90 16 27904 -51.3 -81.3 2 30.0 -54.9 266 11 723.9 723.9 325.2 724.2 0.03 91 15 28320 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -56.2 284 24 732.1 732.1 325.4 732.3 0.02 92 12 29764 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -54.7 272 21 791.7 791.7 327.0 791.9 0.03 93 10 30960 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -54.1 250 21 842.2 842.3 328.2 842.6 0.04 94 10 30960 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -53.9 250 21 843.0 843.0 328.2 843.3 0.04 95 9.4 31370 -47.1 -83.1 1 36.0 -54.1 253 23 858.8 858.8 328.6 859.2 0.04 96 8.6 31955 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -56.2 256 25 868.5 868.5 328.8 868.8 0.04 97 7.3 33031 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -55.5 263 30 919.9 920.0 329.8 920.4 0.05 98 7.1 33215 -45.3 -83.3 1 38.0 -54.3 264 31 938.0 938.0 330.1 938.5 0.05 99 7.0 33310 -45.3 -83.3 1 38.0 -54.4 265 31 941.8 941.8 330.2 942.4 0.05 100 6.7 33603 -43.9 -82.9 1 39.0 -53.9 959.5 959.6 330.5 960.2 0.06 TRP 107 16186 -74.7 -83.7 23 9.0 -74.7 235 45 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 WND 189 12723 -54.9 -65.5 26 10.6 -55.1 265 77 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.00 m Freezing level: 617.00 mb = 4165.96 m = 13667.67 ft Freezing level: 611.00 mb = 4244.33 m = 13924.80 ft Freezing level: 608.00 mb = 4283.83 m = 14054.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.91 mb = 3986.44 m = 13078.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.81 mb = 1029.72 m = 3378.29 ft T: 15.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 6.85 C Layer 772.0- 755.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.22 mb = 3362.62 m = 11032.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.89 C = 98.39 F Cap Strength: 9.05 C Lifted Index: 9.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.38 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 32.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56854.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.15 mb = 1295.76 m = 4251.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 283 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 983 270 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 79 15 -14.4 -2.8 1 944 610 20 23 -7.9 -21.6 | 47 28 -20.2 -18.7 2 925 786 35 25 -14.3 -20.5 | 57 32 -26.7 -17.6 3 911 914 50 18 -13.8 -11.6 | 72 28 -26.2 -8.7 4 879 1219 190 8 1.4 7.9 | 134 15 -11.0 10.8 5 850 1506 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 200 16 5.6 15.5 6 848 1524 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 191 16 2.9 15.7 7 818 1829 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 205 19 8.1 17.2 8 789 2134 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 210 11 5.5 9.4 9 761 2438 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 192 10 2.1 9.6 10 734 2743 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 160 4 -1.4 3.8 11 708 3048 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 185 5 0.4 5.1 12 700 3139 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 99 4 -3.7 0.6 13 682 3353 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 70 7 -6.2 -2.3 14 656 3658 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 58 8 -7.2 -4.5 15 608 4267 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 173 6 -0.8 6.0 16 563 4877 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 208 16 7.5 14.4 17 542 5182 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 202 17 6.5 16.1 18 502 5791 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 193 17 3.7 16.4 19 500 5830 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 223 15 10.2 11.1 20 483 6096 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 221 14 9.2 10.8 21 464 6401 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 221 20 13.0 14.7 22 446 6706 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 212 14 7.6 12.2 23 428 7010 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 224 11 7.9 8.3 24 411 7315 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 259 15 14.6 2.9 25 400 7530 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 247 23 21.1 8.8 26 395 7620 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 247 22 20.1 8.6 27 379 7925 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 224 32 22.3 22.9 28 320 9144 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 234 43 34.8 24.9 29 300 9620 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 249 61 57.2 21.5 30 294 9754 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 249 62 58.1 21.8 31 250 10880 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 243 60 53.4 26.8 32 200 12360 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 255 61 58.5 15.4 33 189 12723 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 262 65 64.3 9.6 34 187 12802 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 262 65 64.3 9.6 35 154 14021 240 63 54.6 31.5 | 231 54 42.2 34.4 36 150 14170 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 231 53 41.3 33.9 37 125 15240 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 248 51 47.5 18.9 38 119 15545 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 254 46 43.8 12.8 39 107 16186 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 220 38 24.5 28.7 40 100 16580 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 204 30 12.4 27.6 41 97 16764 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 222 28 18.8 20.9 42 92 17069 225 43 30.4 30.4 | 208 38 18.0 33.3 43 87 17374 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 206 25 11.4 22.8 44 79 17983 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 218 32 19.6 25.3 45 75 18288 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 225 22 15.7 16.0 46 71 18593 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 182 18 0.5 18.2 47 70 18680 195 26 6.7 25.1 | 169 29 -5.6 28.0 48 64 19202 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 177 32 -1.8 32.0 49 61 19507 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 184 16 1.1 16.3 50 58 19812 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 204 6 2.4 5.5 51 52 20422 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 159 13 -4.7 12.1 52 50 20710 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 192 10 2.1 9.6 53 47 21031 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 187 13 1.5 12.6 54 45 21336 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 253 10 9.6 2.9 55 43 21641 330 18 9.0 -15.6 | 15 13 -3.4 -12.7 56 41 21946 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 53 10 -8.2 -6.2 57 37 22555 5 1 -0.1 -1.0 | 99 13 -12.5 1.9 58 32 23470 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 130 3 -2.4 2.0 59 31 23774 330 13 6.5 -11.3 | 35 10 -5.9 -8.4 60 30 23880 105 3 -2.9 0.8 | 103 16 -15.3 3.7 61 29 24079 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 36 13 -7.6 -10.3 62 28 24384 180 7 0.0 7.0 | 129 16 -12.4 9.9 63 25 24994 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 234 11 9.3 6.7 64 24 25298 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 185 5 0.4 5.1 65 23 25603 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 204 8 3.1 7.0 66 22 25908 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 255 11 10.6 2.9 67 20 26460 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 161 12 -3.9 11.4 68 20 26518 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 323 3 1.7 -2.2 69 19 26822 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 158 11 -4.0 10.0 70 17 27432 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 74 1 -0.8 -0.2 71 16 27737 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 174 5 -0.6 5.0 72 16 28042 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 141 4 -2.4 2.9 73 15 28346 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 287 12 11.8 -3.6 74 14 28651 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 314 4 2.7 -2.6 75 14 28956 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 186 8 0.8 7.7 76 13 29261 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 163 15 -4.3 14.4 77 12 29566 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 238 9 7.5 4.6 78 12 29870 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 264 10 9.5 1.0 79 11 30175 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 193 14 3.2 13.8 80 10 30960 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 216 12 7.4 10.1 81 7 33310 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 253 19 18.5 5.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.1 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 283.1 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 368.7 neg: -69.1 tot: 299.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 19.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 129.04 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 23 18 55 23| 19.6 0.0 19.6| 26.8 -50.1 -23.3 -46.7 -0.29| 22.8 -6.7 1000 34 16 64 24| 8.5 0.0 8.5|287.5 -50.1 237.4 237.4 0.50| 33.7 16.7 1500 359 17 40 19| 10.0 0.0 10.0|357.6 -50.1 307.4 205.0 0.59| 28.4 16.8 2000 267 18 237 7| 5.7 0.0 5.7|367.2 -54.1 313.1 156.5 0.54| 23.8 12.8 2500 260 18 220 8| 3.0 0.0 3.0|367.2 -63.3 303.9 121.6 0.45| 20.7 9.3 3000 263 16 218 6| 1.6 0.0 1.6|368.7 -69.1 299.6 99.9 0.35| 19.0 6.7 4000 272 15 224 3| 1.2 1.4 2.5|372.8 -73.4 299.4 74.9 0.33| 16.4 5.5 5000 259 16 208 7| 0.9 2.3 3.3|384.7 -82.7 302.1 60.4 0.32| 14.6 4.7 6000 253 17 206 9| 1.5 1.9 3.4|417.9 -94.1 323.8 54.0 0.33| 13.4 4.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251013.12.gif