UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 14 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 14 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 187 SFC 990 270 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 60 3 291.2 293.3 290.1 324.4 11.78 2 981 349 17.2 15.7 91 1.5 16.3 77 7 291.9 294.0 290.2 324.6 11.50 3 963 509 19.8 15.7 77 4.1 17.1 113 14 296.1 298.2 291.7 329.9 11.72 4 945 672 19.2 15.5 79 3.7 16.8 138 19 297.1 299.3 292.0 331.3 11.80 5 925 857 17.8 14.9 83 2.9 15.9 145 18 297.5 299.6 292.0 331.1 11.59 6 859 1487 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.3 201 23 299.3 301.3 292.3 332.2 11.25 7 850 1576 12.8 12.8 100 0.0 12.8 210 25 299.6 301.6 292.2 331.7 10.99 8 830 1776 11.8 11.8 100 0.0 11.8 214 30 300.5 302.5 292.1 331.5 10.53 9 828 1797 11.8 11.8 100 0.0 11.8 214 30 300.8 302.7 292.2 331.8 10.56 10 818 1899 12.0 12.0 100 0.0 12.0 221 31 302.0 304.0 292.8 334.0 10.84 11 752 2603 9.8 9.8 100 0.0 9.8 257 24 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.7 10.17 12 700 3198 7.0 7.0 100 0.0 7.0 245 19 310.2 311.9 293.8 337.9 9.02 13 658 3705 4.4 4.2 99 0.2 4.3 225 15 312.8 314.3 293.7 337.3 7.89 14 625 4123 2.2 -0.3 84 2.5 0.8 229 14 315.0 316.1 292.7 333.9 6.00 15 619 4201 1.8 0.1 88 1.7 0.9 229 14 315.4 316.6 293.1 335.1 6.24 16 554 5088 -4.5 -4.6 99 0.1 -4.6 241 20 318.1 319.0 292.7 333.9 4.91 17 552 5116 -3.3 -6.9 76 3.6 -5.0 243 20 319.8 320.6 292.6 333.3 4.13 18 548 5174 -2.5 -15.5 36 13.0 -7.4 246 20 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.5 2.09 19 544 5232 -2.1 -18.1 28 16.0 -7.8 250 21 322.6 322.9 291.3 328.4 1.69 20 542 5262 -2.1 -17.1 31 15.0 -7.6 252 21 322.9 323.3 291.5 329.2 1.85 21 525 5515 -3.1 -20.1 26 17.0 -8.9 264 23 324.7 325.0 291.7 329.8 1.48 22 509 5760 -5.1 -20.1 30 15.0 -10.1 258 28 325.2 325.5 291.8 330.4 1.52 23 501 5884 -5.5 -14.5 49 9.0 -9.0 255 31 326.1 326.6 293.0 334.6 2.48 24 500 5900 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270 44 338.0 338.1 294.4 340.4 0.65 52 323 9164 -28.3 -37.3 42 9.0 -29.7 270 44 338.3 338.4 294.3 340.1 0.48 53 320 9231 -28.7 -38.7 38 10.0 -30.2 269 44 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.3 0.42 54 319 9253 -28.5 -46.5 16 18.0 -30.5 268 44 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.18 55 300 9690 -31.7 -47.7 19 16.0 -33.3 260 45 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.17 56 256 10798 -40.2 -57.1 15 16.9 -41.1 265 62 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.07 57 250 10960 -41.5 -58.5 14 17.0 -42.3 265 61 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.06 58 200 12440 -52.9 -60.9 37 8.0 -53.1 255 57 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.05 59 150 14240 -65.1 -77.1 18 12.0 -65.2 245 53 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 60 103 16460 -76.3 -86.3 19 10.0 -76.3 250 40 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 61 100 16630 -75.1 -86.1 16 11.0 -75.2 250 36 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 62 92 17118 -72.7 -84.7 15 12.0 -72.8 245 19 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 63 85 17582 -74.5 -85.5 17 11.0 -74.5 227 24 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 64 80 17939 -71.1 -86.1 9 15.0 -71.2 234 21 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 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585.7 319.9 585.8 0.01 79 27 24552 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -62.1 316 9 595.2 595.2 320.4 595.2 0.01 80 26 24787 -60.5 -86.5 2 26.0 -61.5 324 15 603.9 603.9 320.8 604.0 0.01 81 26 24787 -56.7 -85.7 1 29.0 -58.2 324 15 614.7 614.7 321.3 614.8 0.01 82 24 25299 -54.9 -80.9 3 26.0 -56.8 345 22 634.2 634.2 322.1 634.4 0.02 83 23 25572 -55.5 -83.5 2 28.0 -57.3 350 12 640.2 640.2 322.3 640.3 0.02 84 20 26470 -53.5 -82.5 2 29.0 -56.1 320 13 672.4 672.4 323.5 672.6 0.02 85 17 27508 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -58.0 306 13 697.4 697.4 324.3 697.5 0.02 86 15 28308 -53.3 -83.3 1 30.0 -56.5 262 13 730.7 730.8 325.4 731.0 0.03 87 14 28752 -52.9 -83.9 1 31.0 -56.4 293 18 746.7 746.7 325.8 746.9 0.02 88 13 29228 -53.9 -83.9 1 30.0 -57.3 274 20 759.2 759.2 326.2 759.4 0.03 89 12 29745 -50.7 -81.7 1 31.0 -55.3 255 26 788.1 788.1 327.0 788.5 0.04 90 11 30309 -52.5 -82.5 1 30.0 -56.8 258 26 801.4 801.4 327.3 801.8 0.04 91 10 30930 -48.1 -81.1 1 33.0 -54.4 270 26 840.0 840.0 328.2 840.5 0.06 92 9.1 31547 -51.7 -82.7 1 31.0 -56.8 849.2 849.2 328.4 849.6 0.05 93 8.1 32312 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -53.9 901.7 901.7 329.5 902.5 0.07 94 7.6 32735 -47.3 -81.3 1 34.0 -54.9 911.8 911.9 329.7 912.6 0.07 95 7.2 33094 -45.7 -80.7 1 35.0 -54.4 932.6 932.6 330.1 933.5 0.08 TRP 103 16460 -76.3 -86.3 19 10.0 -76.3 250 40 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 WND 256 10798 -40.2 -57.1 15 16.9 -41.1 265 62 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.07 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.00 m Freezing level: 600.43 mb = 4454.68 m = 14614.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.28 mb = 4341.02 m = 14242.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.65 mb = 395.81 m = 1298.59 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 0.65 C Layer 850.0- 828.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.86 mb = 1409.57 m = 4624.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.06 C = 77.10 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: 5.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.50 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50129.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.57 mb = 1075.43 m = 3528.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 263 at 16 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 270 60 3 -2.6 -1.5 | 79 19 -18.2 -3.5 1 952 610 135 19 -13.4 13.4 | 112 31 -29.0 11.5 2 925 857 145 18 -10.3 14.7 | 116 29 -25.9 12.8 3 919 914 150 18 -9.0 15.6 | 119 28 -24.6 13.6 4 886 1219 175 19 -1.7 18.9 | 135 24 -17.3 17.0 5 850 1576 210 25 12.5 21.7 | 171 20 -3.1 19.7 6 825 1829 215 31 17.8 25.4 | 185 24 2.2 23.4 7 795 2134 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 217 16 9.5 12.5 8 767 2438 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 256 11 11.0 2.7 9 739 2743 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 233 6 4.7 3.5 10 700 3198 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 195 6 1.6 6.1 11 687 3353 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 197 4 1.3 4.2 12 661 3658 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 150 10 -5.0 8.6 13 613 4267 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 145 9 -4.9 7.0 14 568 4877 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 169 10 -1.8 9.6 15 526 5486 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 270 7 7.3 0.0 16 500 5900 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 247 16 14.3 6.1 17 487 6096 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 247 16 14.3 6.1 18 450 6706 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 239 18 15.4 9.3 19 400 7600 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 267 20 20.3 1.2 20 399 7620 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 267 19 19.3 1.1 21 383 7925 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 282 28 27.2 -5.7 22 323 9144 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 274 28 28.4 -2.0 23 300 9690 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 258 29 28.7 5.9 24 256 10798 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 266 46 46.2 3.4 25 250 10960 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 266 45 45.2 3.4 26 250 10973 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 266 46 46.2 3.4 27 200 12440 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 252 41 39.4 12.8 28 163 13716 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 238 37 31.5 20.0 29 150 14240 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 238 38 32.4 20.4 30 133 14935 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 259 32 31.7 6.4 31 127 15240 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 243 29 25.7 13.1 32 114 15850 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 212 27 14.3 23.1 33 103 16460 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 242 25 22.0 11.7 34 100 16630 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 240 21 18.2 10.4 35 98 16764 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 240 21 18.2 10.4 36 93 17069 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 213 6 3.2 4.9 37 88 17374 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 157 12 -4.7 11.1 38 84 17678 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 198 16 5.1 15.4 39 79 17983 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 185 10 0.8 9.5 40 75 18288 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 213 3 1.8 2.7 41 72 18593 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 213 6 3.2 4.9 42 70 18730 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 62 4 -3.6 -2.0 43 68 18898 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 92 4 -3.8 0.1 44 65 19202 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 21 10 -3.5 -9.0 45 61 19507 260 3 3.0 0.5 | 84 13 -12.7 -1.4 46 58 19812 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 122 11 -9.2 5.7 47 55 20117 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 290 1 1.3 -0.5 48 53 20422 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 44 13 -9.2 -9.6 49 50 20726 300 2 1.7 -1.0 | 78 14 -13.9 -3.0 50 50 20740 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 21 6 -2.1 -5.6 51 48 21031 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 21 6 -2.1 -5.6 52 45 21336 360 13 -0.0 -13.0 | 46 22 -15.6 -15.0 53 41 21946 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 77 14 -14.1 -3.2 54 39 22250 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 47 9 -6.5 -6.2 55 37 22555 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 26 13 -5.7 -11.9 56 34 23165 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 40 14 -9.3 -11.0 57 30 23890 340 6 2.1 -5.6 | 61 16 -13.6 -7.6 58 28 24384 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 66 13 -11.8 -5.2 59 25 24994 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 18 19 -6.1 -18.4 60 24 25298 345 22 5.7 -21.3 | 23 25 -9.9 -23.2 61 23 25603 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 47 19 -13.7 -12.8 62 22 25908 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 43 12 -7.9 -8.4 63 21 26213 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 47 9 -6.5 -6.2 64 20 26470 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 31 14 -7.3 -11.9 65 20 26518 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 105 2 -1.8 0.5 66 19 26822 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 38 16 -9.6 -12.4 67 18 27127 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 38 6 -4.0 -5.1 68 17 27432 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 27 8 -3.8 -7.5 69 16 27737 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 39 17 -10.5 -12.8 70 16 28042 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 46 7 -5.0 -4.8 71 15 28346 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 96 3 -2.8 0.3 72 14 28651 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 351 10 1.6 -10.0 73 14 28956 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 4 7 -0.6 -7.4 74 12 29566 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 241 9 7.6 4.3 75 12 29870 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 244 12 10.5 5.0 76 11 30175 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 243 11 9.5 4.8 77 10 30930 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 281 11 10.4 -2.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.3 neg: -12.2 tot: 377.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 96.16 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 13 105 27| 18.7 0.0 18.7|126.0 0.0 126.0 252.0 0.72| 24.3 17.6 1000 148 16 116 27| 11.1 0.0 11.1|203.9 0.0 203.9 203.9 0.78| 18.7 14.6 1500 173 19 133 25| 11.1 0.0 11.1|297.9 0.0 297.9 198.6 0.83| 18.5 15.3 2000 194 22 151 22| 8.0 0.0 8.0|374.4 0.0 374.4 187.2 0.83| 18.7 15.6 2500 210 22 165 18| 4.9 0.0 4.9|389.3 -6.6 382.7 153.1 0.74| 17.3 12.8 3000 217 22 171 16| 4.1 0.6 4.7|389.3 -12.2 377.1 125.7 0.66| 15.2 10.0 4000 221 20 170 13| 3.0 1.4 4.4|389.3 -23.7 365.6 91.4 0.53| 12.6 6.7 5000 224 20 171 12| 3.1 1.0 4.1|413.5 -23.7 389.8 78.0 0.58| 11.4 6.5 6000 233 21 186 11| 3.2 0.9 4.1|421.4 -38.3 383.2 63.9 0.51| 10.8 5.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251014.12.gif