UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 15 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 15 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 177 SFC 989 270 18.4 16.9 91 1.5 17.4 150 1 292.5 294.7 291.0 327.5 12.34 2 987 288 19.0 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 152 2 293.2 295.6 291.8 330.3 13.02 3 984 314 20.6 17.1 80 3.5 18.2 156 4 295.1 297.4 292.0 331.1 12.56 4 974 403 20.2 16.8 81 3.4 17.9 168 9 295.6 297.8 292.1 331.3 12.45 5 966 475 22.0 16.0 69 6.0 18.0 177 14 298.1 300.2 292.4 332.7 11.92 6 956 566 22.8 14.8 61 8.0 17.5 189 19 299.8 301.8 292.4 332.4 11.14 7 955 575 22.8 14.8 61 8.0 17.5 190 20 299.9 301.9 292.4 332.5 11.15 8 928 826 21.8 13.8 60 8.0 16.5 195 19 301.3 303.3 292.5 333.0 10.75 9 925 854 21.4 14.4 64 7.0 16.8 195 19 301.2 303.2 292.9 334.2 11.22 10 864 1442 17.2 11.2 68 6.0 13.4 219 12 302.7 304.5 292.2 331.6 9.71 11 850 1581 16.0 11.0 72 5.0 12.9 225 11 302.9 304.7 292.2 331.9 9.74 12 827 1814 14.2 10.3 77 3.9 11.8 234 12 303.4 305.2 292.2 331.9 9.56 13 822 1865 13.8 10.2 79 3.6 11.6 236 12 303.5 305.3 292.2 332.0 9.55 14 807 2020 13.4 5.4 58 8.0 8.8 238 13 304.7 306.0 290.5 325.7 6.98 15 794 2157 13.6 -0.4 38 14.0 6.3 238 14 306.3 307.2 288.9 320.7 4.68 16 790 2200 14.0 -7.0 23 21.0 4.3 235 14 307.2 307.7 287.5 316.2 2.86 17 762 2504 12.4 -5.6 28 18.0 3.9 213 14 308.6 309.3 288.4 319.0 3.30 18 758 2548 12.4 -1.6 38 14.0 5.2 212 14 309.1 309.9 289.7 323.1 4.49 19 756 2570 12.2 2.2 50 10.0 6.6 211 14 309.1 310.2 291.0 327.5 5.94 20 755 2581 12.2 6.2 67 6.0 8.6 210 14 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.4 7.90 21 753 2603 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.6 210 13 309.0 310.8 293.6 337.0 9.17 22 732 2840 10.0 8.3 89 1.7 8.9 211 11 309.6 311.4 293.9 338.4 9.43 23 728 2885 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 8.9 214 11 309.8 311.6 294.1 339.0 9.55 24 723 2943 9.8 5.4 74 4.4 7.2 218 11 310.5 311.9 292.9 334.5 7.80 25 713 3058 9.0 2.0 61 7.0 5.1 226 10 310.8 312.0 291.7 330.1 6.21 26 711 3082 9.0 -1.0 49 10.0 3.8 228 11 311.1 312.0 290.7 326.7 5.00 27 708 3117 8.8 -3.2 43 12.0 2.8 231 11 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.6 4.27 28 706 3140 9.0 -11.0 23 20.0 0.5 233 12 311.7 312.1 288.5 319.2 2.34 29 704 3164 9.0 -7.0 32 16.0 1.6 236 12 311.9 312.6 289.4 322.2 3.21 30 703 3176 8.8 -0.2 53 9.0 4.0 237 12 311.8 312.9 291.3 328.6 5.37 31 701 3199 8.6 6.3 85 2.3 7.2 239 13 311.9 313.5 293.9 338.4 8.58 32 700 3211 8.4 6.5 88 1.9 7.2 240 13 311.8 313.4 294.0 338.7 8.71 33 689 3342 8.2 4.8 79 3.4 6.2 258 15 313.0 314.5 293.7 337.4 7.85 34 681 3438 8.0 4.1 76 3.9 5.7 263 16 313.8 315.2 293.7 337.4 7.56 35 606 4388 0.8 0.6 99 0.2 0.7 284 20 316.1 317.4 293.6 337.0 6.61 36 602 4442 0.8 -0.4 92 1.2 0.1 284 20 316.7 317.9 293.4 336.4 6.19 37 587 4644 -0.9 -0.9 100 0.0 -0.9 282 21 317.1 318.2 293.4 336.5 6.12 38 557 5061 -3.5 -3.5 100 0.0 -3.5 280 24 318.8 319.8 293.3 335.8 5.31 39 551 5146 -4.1 -5.6 89 1.5 -4.8 280 25 319.1 319.9 292.7 333.9 4.58 40 549 5175 -4.7 -9.1 71 4.4 -6.6 280 26 318.7 319.4 291.7 330.1 3.50 41 542 5276 -4.1 -8.9 69 4.8 -6.2 277 26 320.6 321.3 292.4 332.4 3.60 42 539 5320 -4.3 -8.9 70 4.6 -6.3 276 25 320.8 321.5 292.4 332.7 3.62 43 538 5335 -4.3 -7.7 77 3.4 -5.8 275 25 321.0 321.8 292.8 334.1 3.98 44 536 5364 -4.1 -10.1 63 6.0 -6.7 274 25 321.6 322.2 292.4 332.5 3.31 45 523 5558 -4.9 -10.9 63 6.0 -7.4 267 24 322.9 323.5 292.7 333.5 3.18 46 520 5603 -5.5 -8.5 79 3.0 -6.8 266 24 322.7 323.5 293.2 335.5 3.87 47 516 5663 -5.7 -10.7 68 5.0 -7.8 264 23 323.2 323.8 292.8 334.1 3.28 48 512 5724 -5.9 -9.3 77 3.4 -7.4 262 23 323.6 324.4 293.3 335.9 3.69 49 505 5832 -6.3 -10.9 70 4.6 -8.2 258 22 324.4 325.1 293.2 335.5 3.30 50 500 5910 -6.9 -10.5 75 3.6 -8.4 255 22 324.6 325.3 293.3 336.1 3.44 51 489 6084 -8.3 -10.6 83 2.3 -9.3 260 23 325.0 325.7 293.5 336.6 3.49 52 487 6116 -8.5 -12.1 75 3.6 -9.9 260 23 325.1 325.7 293.2 335.6 3.11 53 482 6197 -9.3 -13.3 73 4.0 -10.9 262 24 325.1 325.7 293.0 334.7 2.85 54 476 6294 -9.5 -20.5 40 11.0 -13.0 265 24 326.0 326.3 292.1 331.5 1.57 55 400 7620 -19.3 -24.3 65 5.0 -20.6 270 28 329.9 330.2 293.0 334.7 1.34 56 300 9700 -32.1 -56.1 7 24.0 -33.8 260 49 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.06 57 264 10589 -39.4 -57.1 14 17.7 -40.4 260 60 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.06 58 250 10960 -42.5 -57.5 18 15.0 -43.2 255 58 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.06 59 200 12430 -53.9 -70.9 11 17.0 -54.2 260 55 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 60 150 14220 -64.7 -77.7 15 13.0 -64.8 260 45 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 61 104 16393 -76.9 -86.9 19 10.0 -76.9 265 37 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 62 100 16620 -74.9 -86.9 14 12.0 -74.9 245 30 383.0 383.0 302.7 383.0 0.00 63 93 17044 -72.3 -85.3 12 13.0 -72.3 243 34 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 64 80 17927 -74.1 -87.1 12 13.0 -74.2 272 15 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 65 74 18383 -72.7 -87.7 9 15.0 -72.8 246 24 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.1 0.00 66 72 18544 -73.1 -89.1 7 16.0 -73.2 272 27 424.6 424.6 308.2 424.6 0.00 67 71 18626 -70.9 -87.9 6 17.0 -71.0 303 22 431.0 431.0 308.9 431.0 0.00 68 70 18710 -71.5 -88.5 6 17.0 -71.6 360 9 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.4 0.00 69 67 18967 -72.5 -89.5 6 17.0 -72.6 334 14 434.7 434.7 309.3 434.7 0.00 70 60 19619 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.7 219 13 457.6 457.6 311.5 457.6 0.00 71 58 19823 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.5 268 17 469.3 469.3 312.5 469.3 0.00 72 53 20368 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -67.0 17 12 478.3 478.3 313.3 478.3 0.00 73 50 20720 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.2 355 10 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 74 46 21229 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.3 335 12 504.8 504.8 315.3 504.8 0.00 75 40 22084 -65.1 -89.1 2 24.0 -65.5 348 9 522.4 522.4 316.5 522.4 0.00 76 30 23860 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -61.0 355 22 580.8 580.8 319.7 580.8 0.01 77 30 23860 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -61.2 355 22 580.3 580.3 319.7 580.3 0.01 78 23 25535 -56.9 -85.9 1 29.0 -58.5 328 19 636.1 636.1 322.2 636.1 0.01 79 21 26117 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -55.8 295 13 663.7 663.7 323.2 663.8 0.02 80 20 26430 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.9 305 15 665.1 665.1 323.3 665.2 0.01 81 19 26757 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -58.0 306 18 674.9 674.9 323.6 675.0 0.01 82 18 27103 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -56.4 273 13 692.4 692.4 324.2 692.5 0.02 83 17 27468 -56.3 -85.3 1 29.0 -58.5 248 18 695.4 695.4 324.3 695.5 0.02 84 15 28263 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.9 246 30 720.1 720.1 325.1 720.2 0.01 85 14 28704 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -56.8 250 34 744.6 744.6 325.8 744.8 0.02 86 13 29181 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -57.4 262 37 758.5 758.5 326.2 758.7 0.02 87 11 30261 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -55.7 270 42 807.2 807.3 327.4 807.5 0.03 88 10 30880 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -56.6 275 45 825.8 825.8 327.8 826.1 0.03 89 9.0 31568 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -55.1 863.4 863.4 328.7 863.9 0.05 90 8.7 31790 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -55.8 867.9 867.9 328.8 868.4 0.05 91 8.0 32341 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -55.3 894.6 894.6 329.3 895.1 0.06 92 7.2 33033 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -56.2 917.8 917.9 329.8 918.4 0.05 TRP 104 16393 -76.9 -86.9 19 10.0 -76.9 265 37 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 WND 264 10589 -39.4 -57.1 14 17.7 -40.4 260 60 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.00 m Freezing level: 594.94 mb = 4536.79 m = 14884.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.05 mb = 4467.61 m = 14657.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.55 mb = 460.66 m = 1511.34 ft T: 21.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 19.79 C Layer 723.0- 704.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.78 mb = 2683.93 m = 8805.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.10 C = 95.17 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.90 C K Index: 32.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44989.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.15 mb = 1549.45 m = 5083.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 282 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 989 270 150 1 -0.5 0.9 | 105 14 -13.2 3.5 1 951 610 195 22 5.7 21.3 | 164 25 -7.0 23.9 2 925 854 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 160 22 -7.8 21.0 3 919 914 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 160 20 -6.9 18.6 4 887 1219 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 159 16 -5.7 14.8 5 850 1581 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 155 12 -5.0 10.4 6 825 1829 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 163 10 -2.9 9.5 7 796 2134 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 176 10 -0.6 9.6 8 767 2438 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 165 15 -4.1 14.9 9 740 2743 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 150 16 -7.7 13.5 10 714 3048 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 150 11 -5.7 9.7 11 700 3211 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 171 9 -1.5 9.1 12 688 3353 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 201 6 2.0 5.2 13 662 3658 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 238 5 4.3 2.6 14 614 4267 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 291 7 6.6 -2.5 15 569 4877 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 277 8 7.9 -1.0 16 548 5182 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 278 13 12.9 -1.9 17 500 5910 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 226 12 8.5 8.3 18 488 6096 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 236 12 9.9 6.6 19 451 6706 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 269 14 14.2 0.3 20 400 7620 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 260 15 15.3 2.6 21 400 7620 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 259 14 13.3 2.6 22 368 8230 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 246 20 17.8 8.0 23 338 8839 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 243 17 14.8 7.5 24 324 9144 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 263 21 21.3 2.6 25 300 9700 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 253 37 35.5 11.1 26 264 10589 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 254 48 46.4 13.1 27 261 10668 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 254 48 46.4 13.1 28 250 10960 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 248 47 43.3 17.7 29 200 12430 260 55 54.2 9.6 | 254 43 41.4 12.2 30 163 13716 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 254 44 42.4 12.4 31 150 14220 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 252 33 31.6 10.5 32 126 15240 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 242 26 23.0 12.2 33 120 15545 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 241 24 21.1 11.7 34 104 16393 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 256 25 24.1 5.9 35 103 16459 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 264 26 26.3 2.6 36 100 16620 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 223 21 14.5 15.3 37 98 16764 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 223 21 14.5 15.3 38 88 17374 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 223 30 20.2 21.6 39 79 17983 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 188 2 0.2 1.5 40 75 18288 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 194 17 4.1 16.8 41 71 18593 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 279 15 14.8 -2.2 42 70 18710 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 63 14 -12.7 -6.4 43 68 18898 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 336 7 2.9 -6.4 44 64 19202 80 3 -3.0 -0.5 | 98 16 -15.7 2.1 45 61 19507 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 139 17 -11.0 12.5 46 55 20117 335 23 9.7 -20.8 | 9 18 -3.0 -18.2 47 53 20422 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 69 18 -17.0 -6.4 48 50 20720 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 58 14 -11.9 -7.3 49 50 20726 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 52 9 -7.0 -5.6 50 48 21031 345 15 3.9 -14.5 | 37 15 -8.9 -11.8 51 45 21336 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 46 10 -7.2 -6.9 52 43 21641 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 84 13 -13.4 -1.3 53 37 22555 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 23 10 -4.1 -9.6 54 35 22860 360 17 -0.0 -17.0 | 42 19 -12.7 -14.4 55 34 23165 15 12 -3.1 -11.6 | 61 18 -15.8 -9.0 56 30 23774 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 45 12 -8.6 -8.6 57 30 23860 355 22 1.9 -21.9 | 29 22 -10.8 -19.3 58 28 24384 355 20 1.7 -19.9 | 32 20 -11.0 -17.3 59 26 24689 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 46 15 -10.5 -10.2 60 25 24994 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 56 5 -4.5 -3.1 61 23 25603 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 11 15 -2.7 -14.7 62 22 25908 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 91 3 -3.1 0.1 63 21 26213 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 357 5 0.3 -4.9 64 20 26430 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 4 6 -0.4 -6.0 65 20 26518 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 314 5 3.2 -3.2 66 19 26822 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 353 9 1.1 -8.9 67 18 27127 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 186 3 0.3 2.6 68 17 27432 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 195 10 2.7 9.8 69 16 27737 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 252 9 8.3 2.6 70 16 28042 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 288 14 13.3 -4.3 71 15 28346 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 212 24 12.7 20.4 72 13 28956 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 249 24 22.7 8.9 73 10 30880 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 272 32 32.1 -1.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.6 neg: -35.4 tot: 90.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 32.07 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 194 15 151 19| 19.9 0.0 19.9|102.6 -4.2 98.4 196.8 0.80| 24.6 19.6 1000 198 15 156 19| 6.8 0.0 6.8|102.7 -8.7 94.0 94.0 0.57| 16.5 9.4 1500 205 14 157 17| 4.0 0.0 4.0|106.1 -11.7 94.4 62.9 0.49| 12.9 6.4 2000 212 14 160 15| 3.0 0.7 3.7|112.5 -13.9 98.6 49.3 0.48| 11.0 5.2 2500 213 14 160 15| 2.4 1.1 3.5|112.5 -35.1 77.4 31.0 0.30| 10.3 3.1 3000 215 14 160 15| 3.0 0.9 3.9|125.6 -35.4 90.2 30.1 0.33| 10.3 3.4 4000 232 15 174 12| 3.3 0.7 4.0|142.2 -35.4 106.8 26.7 0.43| 9.3 4.0 5000 247 16 193 9| 2.6 0.6 3.2|142.6 -43.6 99.0 19.8 0.35| 8.3 2.9 6000 252 17 205 9| 2.4 1.1 3.5|154.4 -72.3 82.0 13.7 0.24| 8.0 1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251015.12.gif