UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 16 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 16 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 139 SFC 985 270 16.6 14.3 86 2.3 15.1 120 3 291.0 292.9 288.9 320.5 10.45 2 981 305 18.8 14.2 75 4.6 15.9 127 6 293.6 295.4 289.8 323.3 10.43 3 980 314 19.0 14.2 74 4.8 16.0 129 6 293.8 295.7 289.9 323.7 10.44 4 979 322 19.0 14.2 74 4.8 16.0 131 7 293.9 295.8 289.9 323.8 10.45 5 969 411 19.0 14.0 73 5.0 15.8 149 13 294.8 296.7 290.2 324.7 10.42 6 944 636 21.2 13.2 60 8.0 16.1 190 28 299.2 301.1 291.4 328.9 10.15 7 937 701 21.2 12.2 56 9.0 15.5 190 28 299.9 301.6 291.2 328.0 9.57 8 931 756 21.0 11.0 53 10.0 14.7 190 28 300.2 301.9 290.7 326.4 8.88 9 925 812 20.6 10.6 53 10.0 14.4 190 28 300.4 302.0 290.6 326.0 8.70 10 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32 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.8 0.97 53 405 7478 -18.9 -27.9 45 9.0 -21.0 249 33 329.3 329.4 292.4 332.7 0.95 54 400 7570 -19.5 -27.5 49 8.0 -21.4 250 34 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.2 1.00 55 387 7814 -21.9 -26.9 64 5.0 -23.1 252 32 329.6 329.8 292.7 333.5 1.09 56 300 9640 -35.1 -44.1 39 9.0 -36.0 235 39 335.9 336.0 293.6 336.9 0.25 57 250 10890 -44.7 -57.7 22 13.0 -45.2 225 43 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.06 58 200 12350 -53.1 -72.1 8 19.0 -53.4 240 57 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 59 196 12480 -53.9 -72.7 8 18.8 -54.2 240 59 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 60 150 14150 -64.9 -80.9 9 16.0 -65.0 250 45 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.00 61 101 16493 -76.3 -87.3 16 11.0 -76.3 260 30 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 62 100 16550 -76.3 -87.3 16 11.0 -76.3 260 28 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 63 95 16846 -76.9 -86.9 19 10.0 -76.9 261 34 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 64 93 16969 -75.1 -86.1 16 11.0 -75.2 255 34 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 65 88 17289 -75.9 -86.9 16 11.0 -75.9 238 37 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 66 87 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877.5 0.04 94 7.6 32604 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -57.5 893.2 893.3 329.3 893.6 0.04 95 7.3 32865 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -57.6 903.6 903.6 329.5 904.0 0.04 TRP 101 16493 -76.3 -87.3 16 11.0 -76.3 260 30 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 WND 196 12480 -53.9 -72.7 8 18.8 -54.2 240 59 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.00 m Freezing level: 581.92 mb = 4685.79 m = 15373.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.20 mb = 4141.41 m = 13587.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.93 mb = 563.88 m = 1849.97 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 8.63 C Layer 869.0- 863.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.48 mb = 3194.97 m = 10482.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.33 C = 99.19 F Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lifted Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.98 C Showalter Index: 3.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: 31.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54139.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.02 mb = 1639.24 m = 5378.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 218 at 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 270 120 3 -2.6 1.5 | 50 15 -11.4 -9.5 1 947 610 190 28 4.9 27.6 | 167 17 -3.9 16.5 2 925 812 190 28 4.9 27.6 | 167 17 -3.9 16.5 3 914 914 185 26 2.3 25.9 | 156 16 -6.5 14.9 4 882 1219 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 128 11 -8.8 7.0 5 850 1539 185 19 1.7 18.9 | 138 11 -7.1 7.9 6 821 1829 195 18 4.7 17.4 | 147 8 -4.1 6.3 7 792 2134 195 20 5.2 19.3 | 156 9 -3.6 8.3 8 764 2438 180 20 0.0 20.0 | 136 13 -8.8 9.0 9 737 2743 175 23 -2.0 22.9 | 138 16 -10.8 11.9 10 700 3177 175 24 -2.1 23.9 | 140 17 -10.9 12.9 11 659 3658 175 20 -1.7 19.9 | 130 14 -10.5 8.9 12 611 4267 195 18 4.7 17.4 | 147 8 -4.1 6.3 13 567 4877 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 119 10 -8.8 5.0 14 545 5182 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 87 4 -3.7 -0.2 15 525 5486 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 120 3 -2.9 1.6 16 506 5791 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 316 2 1.1 -1.1 17 500 5880 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 191 2 0.4 2.1 18 486 6096 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 227 3 2.1 2.0 19 467 6401 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 287 7 6.8 -2.0 20 400 7570 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 269 23 23.2 0.6 21 397 7620 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 269 22 22.2 0.2 22 365 8230 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 279 20 20.2 -3.3 23 335 8839 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 252 25 24.1 8.0 24 321 9144 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 251 28 26.7 9.5 25 300 9640 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 244 26 23.2 11.3 26 250 10890 225 43 30.4 30.4 | 228 29 21.6 19.4 27 236 11278 225 44 31.1 31.1 | 228 30 22.3 20.1 28 200 12350 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 247 44 40.6 17.5 29 196 12480 240 59 51.1 29.5 | 246 46 42.3 18.5 30 186 12802 240 59 51.1 29.5 | 246 46 42.3 18.5 31 169 13411 250 53 49.8 18.1 | 260 42 41.0 7.1 32 161 13716 240 55 47.6 27.5 | 247 42 38.8 16.5 33 150 14150 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 263 34 33.5 4.3 34 131 14935 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 265 28 27.9 2.3 35 125 15240 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 259 26 25.7 5.0 36 119 15545 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 244 25 22.3 10.8 37 101 16493 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 286 22 20.8 -5.8 38 100 16550 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 288 20 18.8 -6.2 39 96 16764 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 289 25 24.1 -8.2 40 87 17374 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 245 24 21.5 10.2 41 83 17678 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 256 32 31.1 7.6 42 78 17983 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 278 21 21.2 -3.0 43 74 18288 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 95 2 -2.3 0.2 44 71 18593 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 247 10 8.8 3.7 45 70 18650 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 96 6 -5.7 0.5 46 67 18898 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 96 6 -5.7 0.5 47 64 19202 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 124 11 -8.8 6.0 48 61 19507 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 313 14 10.1 -9.4 49 58 19812 355 22 1.9 -21.9 | 12 34 -6.9 -33.0 50 55 20117 35 14 -8.0 -11.5 | 37 28 -16.8 -22.5 51 52 20422 15 2 -0.5 -1.9 | 36 16 -9.3 -13.0 52 50 20680 30 12 -6.0 -10.4 | 35 26 -14.8 -21.4 53 50 20726 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 25 23 -9.7 -21.0 54 47 21031 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 39 25 -15.9 -19.5 55 45 21336 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 32 22 -11.5 -18.6 56 43 21641 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 50 24 -18.8 -15.7 57 39 22250 20 12 -4.1 -11.3 | 30 26 -12.9 -22.3 58 37 22555 75 21 -20.3 -5.4 | 60 33 -29.1 -16.5 59 35 22860 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 74 17 -16.4 -4.6 60 32 23470 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 359 15 0.3 -15.3 61 30 23774 340 21 7.2 -19.7 | 3 31 -1.6 -30.8 62 30 23820 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 19 27 -8.8 -26.0 63 29 24079 5 18 -1.6 -17.9 | 20 31 -10.4 -29.0 64 27 24384 350 9 1.6 -8.9 | 20 21 -7.2 -19.9 65 26 24689 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 26 14 -6.1 -12.3 66 25 24994 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 353 9 1.1 -9.3 67 24 25298 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 338 20 7.5 -18.7 68 23 25603 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 340 25 8.4 -23.1 69 20 26370 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 325 20 11.5 -16.5 70 20 26518 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 315 16 11.2 -11.0 71 19 26822 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 309 21 16.1 -13.2 72 18 27127 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 305 23 19.1 -13.5 73 17 27432 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 319 17 11.1 -12.8 74 16 27737 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 287 27 26.1 -8.0 75 15 28042 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 290 19 17.8 -6.4 76 15 28346 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 269 23 23.2 0.6 77 13 28956 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 262 36 35.4 5.0 78 13 29261 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 274 26 26.0 -1.7 79 12 29870 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 281 37 36.0 -7.1 80 10 30820 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 262 35 34.4 4.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.5 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 218.5 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.0 neg: -47.0 tot: 94.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 386.62 Bulk Shear: 0.09 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 187 20 143 10| 27.9 0.0 27.9|126.6 0.0 126.6 253.2 1.00| 33.1 33.0 1000 186 21 147 12| 14.0 5.4 19.3|126.6 -34.9 91.7 91.7 0.53| 22.2 11.8 1500 186 20 144 11| 9.6 3.6 13.2|133.8 -34.9 98.9 65.9 0.54| 16.3 8.8 2000 188 20 146 11| 7.2 2.4 9.6|136.8 -38.8 98.0 49.0 0.49| 13.3 6.5 2500 186 20 144 11| 5.8 2.4 8.1|138.6 -45.0 93.6 37.4 0.41| 12.0 4.9 3000 184 21 143 12| 4.8 2.0 6.8|141.0 -47.0 94.0 31.3 0.40| 10.3 4.1 4000 183 21 141 12| 3.4 1.5 4.9|149.4 -55.0 94.5 23.6 0.36| 9.0 3.2 5000 184 20 139 11| 2.8 1.6 4.4|149.7 -68.4 81.4 16.3 0.22| 8.5 1.9 6000 188 19 142 10| 2.9 1.3 4.3|154.5 -69.0 85.5 14.2 0.19| 8.3 1.6 Wrote GIF file: 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