UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 17 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 17 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 88 SFC 979 270 26.0 11.0 39 15.0 16.6 160 9 301.0 302.5 290.6 325.9 8.44 2 971 343 26.8 8.8 32 18.0 15.8 162 12 302.5 303.8 290.1 324.4 7.33 3 925 773 22.8 8.8 41 14.0 14.3 170 23 302.6 304.0 290.5 325.6 7.70 4 863 1372 17.0 8.0 55 9.0 11.6 162 23 302.6 304.1 290.6 326.0 7.82 5 850 1501 15.8 6.8 55 9.0 10.5 160 24 302.7 304.0 290.1 324.5 7.31 6 832 1682 14.2 6.2 59 8.0 9.6 168 28 302.9 304.2 290.0 324.3 7.16 7 822 1784 13.8 3.8 51 10.0 8.2 173 31 303.5 304.6 289.3 322.0 6.12 8 812 1887 14.2 -2.8 31 17.0 5.8 178 33 305.0 305.7 287.7 316.8 3.83 9 786 2161 14.0 -11.0 17 25.0 3.4 190 36 307.6 308.0 286.9 314.3 2.10 10 777 2258 13.6 -15.4 12 29.0 2.2 190 38 308.2 308.5 286.4 313.0 1.48 11 752 2532 12.4 -10.6 19 23.0 2.5 189 40 309.8 310.2 287.8 317.1 2.26 12 742 2645 12.8 -17.2 11 30.0 1.4 187 40 311.4 311.7 287.3 315.9 1.34 13 708 3036 10.6 -16.4 13 27.0 0.2 196 37 313.2 313.5 288.2 318.2 1.50 14 704 3084 10.6 -7.4 27 18.0 2.2 198 37 313.7 314.3 289.9 323.7 3.11 15 700 3131 10.0 -6.0 32 16.0 2.4 200 37 313.6 314.2 290.2 324.7 3.49 16 696 3179 9.6 -4.4 37 14.0 2.7 200 37 313.6 314.4 290.6 326.3 3.96 17 689 3263 9.2 -10.8 23 20.0 0.5 201 36 314.1 314.6 289.3 322.0 2.43 18 681 3359 8.6 -9.4 27 18.0 0.6 202 35 314.5 315.0 289.8 323.4 2.75 19 670 3494 7.4 -3.6 46 11.0 1.9 203 34 314.6 315.4 291.3 328.5 4.38 20 667 3531 7.4 -4.6 42 12.0 1.5 204 34 315.0 315.8 291.2 328.0 4.07 21 640 3870 5.0 -5.0 48 10.0 0.1 207 32 316.0 316.8 291.5 329.2 4.12 22 637 3908 5.0 -6.0 45 11.0 -0.3 207 32 316.4 317.2 291.4 328.8 3.83 23 628 4024 4.2 -3.8 56 8.0 0.2 208 31 316.8 317.7 292.2 331.6 4.60 24 618 4155 3.6 -6.4 48 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-24.3 65 5.0 -20.6 209 30 328.7 329.0 292.6 333.4 1.32 39 400 7540 -20.1 -24.8 66 4.7 -21.3 210 30 328.9 329.1 292.6 333.4 1.28 40 384 7841 -22.7 -25.4 79 2.7 -23.4 212 30 329.3 329.6 292.7 333.8 1.26 41 374 8033 -24.3 -28.4 69 4.1 -25.2 218 29 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.2 0.98 42 357 8370 -27.7 -29.5 85 1.8 -28.0 225 29 329.5 329.7 292.5 332.9 0.93 43 356 8390 -27.7 -30.1 80 2.4 -28.2 225 29 329.8 330.0 292.5 333.0 0.88 44 355 8410 -27.7 -30.6 76 2.9 -28.2 225 30 330.1 330.2 292.6 333.1 0.84 45 354 8430 -27.3 -37.3 38 10.0 -28.7 225 30 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.44 46 332 8888 -31.7 -36.6 62 4.9 -32.4 225 31 331.0 331.1 292.5 332.8 0.50 47 331 8909 -31.7 -36.4 63 4.7 -32.3 225 31 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.2 0.51 48 327 8995 -31.9 -44.9 26 13.0 -33.2 225 31 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.21 49 320 9148 -32.7 -45.7 26 13.0 -33.9 225 32 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.9 0.20 50 312 9326 -33.1 -51.1 15 18.0 -34.5 225 35 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.11 51 311 9348 -33.3 -48.3 21 15.0 -34.6 225 36 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.15 52 310 9371 -33.3 -42.3 40 9.0 -34.3 225 36 335.3 335.3 293.4 336.4 0.30 53 309 9393 -33.5 -40.5 49 7.0 -34.3 225 37 335.3 335.4 293.5 336.7 0.36 54 308 9416 -33.7 -45.7 29 12.0 -34.8 225 37 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.2 0.21 55 307 9439 -33.9 -41.9 44 8.0 -34.8 225 38 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.6 0.31 56 300 9600 -35.3 -42.3 49 7.0 -36.0 225 41 335.6 335.7 293.5 336.8 0.31 57 250 10840 -43.9 -58.9 17 15.0 -44.5 230 64 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 58 200 12300 -53.7 -70.7 11 17.0 -54.0 230 62 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 59 183 12867 -56.6 -73.9 10 17.3 -56.8 230 70 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 60 150 14110 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.0 -63.2 240 58 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 61 117 15604 -72.7 -84.7 15 12.0 -72.8 225 36 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 62 100 16530 -71.1 -86.1 9 15.0 -71.2 270 21 390.4 390.4 303.8 390.4 0.00 63 87 17349 -73.1 -87.1 10 14.0 -73.2 251 32 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 64 82 17696 -71.7 -87.7 7 16.0 -71.8 243 29 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 65 80 17843 -68.7 -87.7 5 19.0 -68.8 240 27 421.0 421.0 307.9 421.0 0.00 66 76 18150 -68.7 -87.7 5 19.0 -68.8 233 24 427.2 427.2 308.5 427.3 0.00 67 72 18471 -70.7 -88.7 5 18.0 -70.8 230 15 429.7 429.7 308.8 429.7 0.00 68 70 18640 -66.3 -88.3 3 22.0 -66.5 250 13 442.5 442.5 310.1 442.6 0.00 69 68 18815 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.9 250 13 447.5 447.5 310.6 447.5 0.00 70 66 18995 -66.7 -88.7 3 22.0 -66.9 236 13 449.2 449.2 310.8 449.2 0.00 71 60 19573 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.0 197 12 468.3 468.3 312.5 468.3 0.00 72 56 19992 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.3 337 13 472.2 472.2 312.8 472.2 0.00 73 50 20680 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.6 80 4 492.0 492.0 314.4 492.0 0.00 74 47 21060 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.1 60 4 502.2 502.2 315.1 502.2 0.00 75 45 21326 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.6 45 4 504.6 504.6 315.2 504.6 0.00 76 43 21605 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.5 56 7 514.1 514.1 315.9 514.2 0.00 77 40 22047 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.5 77 10 522.4 522.4 316.5 522.4 0.00 78 35 22871 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.4 71 12 554.2 554.2 318.3 554.2 0.00 79 30 23830 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824.6 0.03 93 10 30840 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -56.9 255 61 824.3 824.3 327.8 824.6 0.03 94 9.7 31037 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -57.3 829.3 829.3 328.0 829.6 0.03 95 9.4 31240 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -56.1 845.1 845.1 328.3 845.4 0.03 96 9.3 31310 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -56.2 847.7 847.7 328.4 848.0 0.03 97 9.2 31381 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -56.1 851.1 851.1 328.4 851.4 0.03 98 9.1 31452 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -55.9 855.3 855.3 328.5 855.6 0.04 99 8.1 32207 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -58.3 870.8 870.8 328.8 871.1 0.03 TRP 117 15604 -72.7 -84.7 15 12.0 -72.8 225 36 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 WND 183 12867 -56.6 -73.9 10 17.3 -56.8 230 70 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.00 m Freezing level: 590.00 mb = 4528.95 m = 14858.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.00 mb = 3882.44 m = 12737.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.42 mb = 2167.21 m = 7110.19 ft T: 13.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.93 C Layer 850.0- 752.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.00 mb = 4246.61 m = 13932.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.54 C = 108.57 F Cap Strength: 7.77 C Lifted Index: 7.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.40 C Showalter Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 12.90 C K Index: 12.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 279.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51126.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.92 mb = 2533.34 m = 8311.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 225 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 979 270 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 69 20 -18.7 -7.2 1 942 610 170 23 -4.0 22.7 | 110 21 -19.7 7.0 2 925 773 170 23 -4.0 22.7 | 110 21 -19.7 7.0 3 910 914 165 23 -6.0 22.2 | 107 23 -21.6 6.5 4 878 1219 165 22 -5.7 21.3 | 105 22 -21.4 5.6 5 850 1501 160 24 -8.2 22.6 | 106 25 -23.9 6.9 6 848 1524 160 23 -7.9 21.6 | 104 24 -23.5 5.9 7 817 1829 175 32 -2.8 31.9 | 131 25 -18.5 16.2 8 788 2134 190 36 6.3 35.5 | 155 22 -9.4 19.8 9 760 2438 190 41 7.1 40.4 | 161 26 -8.5 24.7 10 733 2743 185 39 3.4 38.9 | 152 26 -12.3 23.2 11 700 3131 200 37 12.7 34.8 | 171 19 -3.0 19.1 12 656 3658 205 33 13.9 29.9 | 173 14 -1.7 14.2 13 608 4267 210 30 15.0 26.0 | 176 10 -0.7 10.3 14 564 4877 210 27 13.5 23.4 | 164 8 -2.2 7.7 15 522 5486 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 138 8 -5.5 6.1 16 500 5840 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 173 10 -1.2 9.4 17 483 6096 215 31 17.8 25.4 | 192 10 2.1 9.7 18 446 6706 200 34 11.6 31.9 | 166 17 -4.0 16.3 19 400 7540 210 30 15.0 26.0 | 176 10 -0.7 10.3 20 396 7620 205 30 12.7 27.2 | 165 12 -3.0 11.5 21 363 8230 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 225 7 4.8 4.8 22 320 9144 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 225 10 7.0 7.0 23 300 9600 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 225 19 13.3 13.3 24 250 10840 230 64 49.0 41.1 | 233 42 33.4 25.5 25 245 10973 230 64 49.0 41.1 | 233 42 33.4 25.5 26 200 12300 230 62 47.5 39.9 | 233 40 31.8 24.2 27 183 12867 230 70 53.6 45.0 | 232 48 38.0 29.3 28 176 13106 230 70 53.6 45.0 | 232 48 38.0 29.3 29 152 14021 225 59 41.7 41.7 | 225 37 26.1 26.0 30 150 14110 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 249 37 34.6 13.3 31 138 14630 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 266 33 33.2 2.1 32 124 15240 240 39 33.8 19.5 | 258 19 18.1 3.8 33 117 15604 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 225 14 9.8 9.8 34 107 16154 215 32 18.4 26.2 | 194 11 2.7 10.5 35 101 16459 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 310 20 15.2 -13.0 36 100 16530 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 341 17 5.3 -15.7 37 96 16764 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 341 17 5.3 -15.7 38 87 17374 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 288 15 14.4 -4.7 39 74 18288 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 294 2 2.0 -0.9 40 71 18593 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 41 12 -8.0 -9.2 41 70 18640 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 17 12 -3.4 -11.2 42 67 18898 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 17 12 -3.4 -11.2 43 61 19507 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 72 19 -18.3 -6.0 44 58 19812 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 4 27 -1.9 -27.2 45 55 20117 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 30 30 -14.8 -25.6 46 52 20422 355 5 0.4 -5.0 | 36 26 -15.2 -20.7 47 50 20680 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 50 26 -19.6 -16.4 48 45 21336 45 4 -2.8 -2.8 | 45 26 -18.5 -18.5 49 41 21946 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 53 32 -25.1 -19.1 50 39 22250 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 59 30 -25.7 -15.7 51 37 22555 360 13 -0.0 -13.0 | 29 33 -15.7 -28.7 52 35 22860 60 13 -11.3 -6.5 | 51 35 -26.9 -22.2 53 33 23165 235 1 0.8 0.6 | 45 21 -14.8 -15.1 54 32 23470 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 27 29 -13.1 -25.3 55 30 23774 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 37 12 -7.5 -9.9 56 30 23830 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 0 25 -0.1 -24.7 57 29 24079 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 358 25 0.8 -25.2 58 27 24384 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 10 24 -4.2 -23.7 59 26 24689 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 10 31 -5.3 -30.4 60 25 24994 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 30 32 -15.7 -27.7 61 24 25298 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 18 19 -6.0 -18.3 62 23 25603 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 359 21 0.3 -21.5 63 22 25908 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 8 13 -1.9 -13.2 64 21 26213 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 345 20 5.0 -19.3 65 20 26370 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 345 22 5.6 -21.4 66 20 26518 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 335 17 7.3 -15.7 67 19 26822 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 348 26 5.2 -25.4 68 17 27432 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 322 12 7.5 -9.5 69 15 28042 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 326 8 4.3 -6.4 70 14 28651 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 264 14 13.8 1.3 71 13 28956 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 298 26 23.2 -12.3 72 13 29261 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 272 25 24.7 -1.0 73 12 29566 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 282 18 17.2 -3.7 74 10 30840 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 270 43 43.3 0.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.2 neg: -31.4 tot: 228.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 32.04 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 168 18 96 19| 14.6 0.0 14.6| 75.0 0.0 75.0 149.9 0.99| 14.7 14.6 1000 167 20 102 21| 7.3 1.2 8.6| 75.0 -10.1 64.8 64.8 0.72| 9.0 6.4 1500 166 22 105 22| 7.8 0.8 8.6|131.6 -10.1 121.5 81.0 0.76| 9.6 7.3 2000 172 25 116 21| 8.4 0.6 9.0|211.7 -10.1 201.5 100.8 0.82| 10.8 8.8 2500 177 28 126 21| 6.7 1.0 7.7|218.1 -31.4 186.7 74.7 0.67| 9.8 6.6 3000 181 30 133 21| 5.6 0.8 6.4|260.2 -31.4 228.8 76.3 0.67| 10.0 6.7 4000 188 31 142 19| 3.7 0.6 4.3|264.2 -31.4 232.8 58.2 0.61| 8.5 5.2 5000 192 30 145 17| 3.0 0.9 3.9|264.2 -41.0 223.2 44.6 0.50| 7.4 3.7 6000 195 30 148 15| 3.1 0.8 3.9|283.5 -47.6 235.9 39.3 0.50| 7.2 3.6 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