UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 19 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 61 SFC 976 270 20.6 11.6 56 9.0 15.0 300 5 295.8 297.4 289.2 321.3 8.82 2 966 359 18.2 8.2 52 10.0 12.4 309 13 294.2 295.5 287.0 314.7 7.07 3 925 728 15.0 7.0 59 8.0 10.4 335 35 294.6 295.9 286.9 314.4 6.80 4 916 811 14.4 6.4 59 8.0 9.9 333 34 294.9 296.0 286.7 314.0 6.59 5 850 1439 10.6 3.6 62 7.0 6.9 325 18 297.3 298.3 286.9 314.4 5.83 6 843 1508 9.8 3.8 66 6.0 6.6 329 16 297.1 298.2 286.9 314.7 5.97 7 830 1637 9.4 1.4 57 8.0 5.3 325 16 298.0 298.9 286.5 313.2 5.10 8 815 1788 8.4 1.4 61 7.0 4.8 317 17 298.5 299.5 286.7 314.0 5.20 9 764 2318 4.6 -1.4 65 6.0 1.7 295 20 300.0 300.8 286.6 313.6 4.52 10 700 3023 -1.7 -3.3 89 1.6 -2.4 295 24 300.6 301.4 286.6 313.5 4.28 11 670 3369 -4.7 -5.2 96 0.5 -4.9 300 27 301.0 301.7 286.3 312.8 3.87 12 655 3547 -5.7 -5.7 100 0.0 -5.7 294 26 301.9 302.6 286.5 313.5 3.82 13 636 3777 -7.1 -7.1 100 0.0 -7.1 283 25 302.8 303.5 286.6 313.6 3.53 14 635 3789 -7.1 -7.2 99 0.1 -7.1 282 25 302.9 303.6 286.6 313.7 3.51 15 624 3926 -6.9 -7.1 98 0.2 -7.0 273 24 304.7 305.4 287.3 315.8 3.60 16 613 4064 -7.3 -7.7 97 0.4 -7.5 270 24 305.8 306.4 287.6 316.6 3.49 17 604 4179 -8.1 -8.4 98 0.3 -8.2 270 25 306.2 306.8 287.6 316.6 3.36 18 588 4387 -9.5 -9.9 97 0.4 -9.6 271 26 306.9 307.5 287.6 316.5 3.06 19 574 4573 -10.7 -13.1 82 2.4 -11.5 272 29 307.6 308.1 287.2 315.3 2.43 20 556 4817 -12.5 -15.4 79 2.9 -13.4 274 32 308.3 308.7 287.1 315.0 2.07 21 521 5311 -15.5 -17.5 85 2.0 -16.1 278 37 310.5 310.8 287.6 316.5 1.86 22 512 5442 -16.5 -19.8 76 3.3 -17.4 280 39 310.8 311.1 287.4 315.9 1.55 23 500 5620 -17.5 -19.4 85 1.9 -18.0 275 36 311.7 312.0 287.8 317.1 1.65 24 486 5832 -18.9 -21.8 78 2.9 -19.6 271 35 312.5 312.8 287.8 317.1 1.37 25 478 5956 -19.9 -22.4 80 2.5 -20.5 268 35 312.8 313.0 287.8 317.2 1.33 26 463 6192 -20.9 -22.4 88 1.5 -21.2 264 36 314.4 314.7 288.4 319.0 1.37 27 458 6272 -21.5 -24.2 79 2.7 -22.1 262 37 314.6 314.8 288.3 318.6 1.18 28 447 6451 -22.1 -25.3 75 3.2 -22.8 256 40 316.1 316.3 288.6 319.8 1.09 29 442 6534 -22.5 -25.7 75 3.2 -23.2 250 40 316.6 316.8 288.8 320.2 1.07 30 418 6941 -25.7 -28.3 79 2.6 -26.2 239 43 317.6 317.7 288.9 320.6 0.89 31 404 7188 -26.3 -28.0 86 1.7 -26.6 226 50 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.2 0.94 32 401 7242 -26.7 -28.7 83 2.0 -27.1 221 52 320.1 320.2 289.7 323.2 0.89 33 400 7260 -26.7 -28.7 83 2.0 -27.1 220 53 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.4 0.89 34 362 7976 -31.5 -34.9 72 3.4 -32.0 201 56 323.1 323.3 290.3 325.1 0.54 35 353 8154 -32.9 -35.7 76 2.8 -33.3 204 58 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.5 0.52 36 349 8234 -33.1 -37.1 67 4.0 -33.6 205 58 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.45 37 336 8501 -34.9 -36.9 82 2.0 -35.1 209 61 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.2 0.48 38 334 8543 -35.1 -38.2 73 3.1 -35.4 210 61 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.3 0.42 39 331 8606 -35.5 -38.5 74 3.0 -35.8 211 62 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.6 0.41 40 326 8712 -34.9 -38.8 68 3.9 -35.3 213 62 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.8 0.41 41 324 8755 -34.9 -40.9 54 6.0 -35.5 213 63 328.9 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.33 42 319 8864 -35.7 -41.7 54 6.0 -36.3 215 64 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.31 43 318 8886 -36.1 -42.1 54 6.0 -36.7 216 64 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.30 44 316 8930 -36.5 -43.5 48 7.0 -37.1 216 64 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.26 45 313 8996 -36.9 -43.9 48 7.0 -37.5 217 65 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.25 46 310 9063 -37.3 -49.3 28 12.0 -38.1 219 65 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.14 47 308 9107 -36.5 -73.5 1 37.0 -37.8 219 66 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.4 0.01 48 307 9130 -36.5 -62.5 5 26.0 -37.7 220 66 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.03 49 305 9175 -36.9 -59.9 7 23.0 -38.0 222 66 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.04 50 300 9290 -37.5 -61.5 6 24.0 -38.6 230 65 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.03 51 293 9452 -38.3 -63.3 5 25.0 -39.4 230 62 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.03 52 286 9617 -37.5 -63.5 5 26.0 -38.7 230 58 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 53 272 9960 -39.9 -66.9 4 27.0 -40.9 230 51 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.02 54 268 10061 -39.7 -66.7 4 27.0 -40.7 230 49 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.02 55 250 10530 -43.5 -68.5 5 25.0 -44.3 230 58 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 56 223 11297 -46.1 -71.6 4 25.5 -46.7 225 80 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 57 200 12020 -48.5 -74.5 3 26.0 -49.1 245 77 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 58 150 13870 -57.3 -80.3 4 23.0 -57.6 245 70 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 59 124 15067 -62.3 -83.3 4 21.0 -62.5 270 42 383.0 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 60 100 16400 -62.9 -84.9 4 22.0 -63.1 245 53 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 61 98 16524 -63.5 -85.5 4 22.0 -63.7 242 46 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 62 91 16981 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.6 266 43 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 63 79 17851 -64.9 -85.9 4 21.0 -65.1 261 17 430.4 430.4 308.9 430.4 0.00 64 74 18250 -63.9 -85.9 3 22.0 -64.1 267 21 440.6 440.6 310.0 440.6 0.00 65 70 18590 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0.01 79 27 24548 -56.5 -85.5 1 29.0 -58.0 242 23 608.7 608.7 321.0 608.7 0.01 80 25 25040 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -54.4 246 29 635.4 635.4 322.1 635.5 0.01 81 21 26165 -53.1 -84.1 1 31.0 -55.6 278 36 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.4 0.02 82 20 26480 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -54.8 275 33 677.3 677.3 323.7 677.4 0.02 83 18 27164 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -54.2 268 27 701.8 701.8 324.5 702.0 0.02 84 16 27925 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -57.1 243 28 714.1 714.1 324.9 714.2 0.02 85 15 28339 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -57.2 250 33 727.4 727.4 325.3 727.6 0.02 86 15 28339 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -57.2 250 33 727.4 727.4 325.3 727.6 0.02 87 15 28339 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.5 250 33 735.4 735.4 325.5 735.6 0.02 88 14 28784 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -56.5 254 37 746.0 746.0 325.8 746.1 0.02 89 13 29263 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -55.8 250 42 766.8 766.8 326.4 767.0 0.02 90 12 29781 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -56.5 246 46 781.7 781.7 326.8 782.0 0.03 91 11 30347 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -55.1 261 56 810.9 810.9 327.5 811.2 0.03 92 10 30970 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -55.3 265 44 834.0 834.0 328.1 834.4 0.04 93 9.1 31588 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -55.2 859.9 859.9 328.6 860.3 0.05 TRP 124 15067 -62.3 -83.3 4 21.0 -62.5 270 42 383.0 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 WND 223 11297 -46.1 -71.6 4 25.5 -46.7 225 80 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5559.00 m Freezing level: 717.27 mb = 2832.77 m = 9293.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.56 mb = 2601.90 m = 8536.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.24 % Est. max temperature: 22.93 C = 73.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.12 mb = 1398.36 m = 4587.74 ft T: 10.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 7.31 C Layer 966.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.38 mb = 2377.59 m = 7800.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 30.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.31 mb = 1784.53 m = 5854.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.31 mb = 3133.21 m = 10279.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 630.31 mb = 3847.25 m = 12622.05 ft B at Equ Level: 18.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 590.31 mb = 4356.90 m = 14294.12 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 320 at 20 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 976 270 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 147 16 -8.6 12.9 1 938 610 335 35 14.8 -31.7 | 353 16 1.9 -16.3 2 925 728 335 35 14.8 -31.7 | 353 16 1.9 -16.3 3 905 914 330 32 16.0 -27.7 | 346 13 3.1 -12.3 4 873 1219 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 355 3 0.3 -3.4 5 850 1439 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 105 3 -2.6 0.7 6 841 1524 330 16 8.0 -13.9 | 108 5 -4.9 1.6 7 810 1829 315 17 12.0 -12.0 | 166 4 -0.9 3.4 8 781 2134 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 204 9 3.4 7.8 9 752 2438 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 223 9 6.1 6.6 10 724 2743 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 217 15 8.8 11.6 11 700 3023 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 239 10 8.9 5.3 12 671 3353 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 260 11 10.5 1.9 13 645 3658 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 240 13 11.5 6.6 14 620 3962 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 216 19 11.1 15.4 15 596 4267 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 218 20 12.1 15.4 16 551 4877 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 238 24 20.0 12.6 17 509 5486 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 251 27 25.5 8.7 18 500 5620 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 242 26 23.0 12.3 19 469 6096 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 229 28 21.0 18.4 20 450 6401 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 230 35 26.5 22.4 21 431 6706 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 207 42 19.1 37.8 22 414 7010 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 214 45 25.2 37.4 23 400 7260 220 53 34.1 40.6 | 201 60 21.2 56.0 24 380 7620 210 53 26.5 45.9 | 193 63 13.6 61.3 25 364 7925 200 56 19.2 52.6 | 185 68 6.3 68.1 26 306 9144 220 66 42.4 50.6 | 204 72 29.5 66.0 27 300 9290 230 65 49.8 41.8 | 213 68 36.9 57.2 28 268 10058 230 49 37.5 31.5 | 208 53 24.7 46.9 29 250 10530 230 58 44.4 37.3 | 211 61 31.5 52.7 30 223 11297 225 80 56.6 56.6 | 211 84 43.7 72.0 31 214 11582 225 80 56.6 56.6 | 211 84 43.7 72.0 32 200 12020 245 77 69.8 32.5 | 230 74 56.9 48.0 33 195 12192 245 77 69.8 32.5 | 230 74 56.9 48.0 34 161 13411 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 231 57 44.4 36.3 35 154 13716 245 68 61.6 28.7 | 228 66 48.7 44.2 36 150 13870 245 70 63.4 29.6 | 228 68 50.6 45.0 37 140 14326 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 239 66 56.7 34.1 38 124 15067 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 242 33 29.1 15.4 39 121 15240 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 244 36 32.1 15.4 40 115 15545 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 228 40 29.6 26.8 41 109 15850 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 233 31 25.0 18.8 42 104 16154 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 221 33 21.9 24.8 43 100 16400 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 223 52 35.1 37.8 44 99 16459 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 213 44 24.4 36.9 45 94 16764 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 229 54 40.7 34.9 46 85 17374 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 197 9 2.5 8.3 47 81 17678 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 180 14 0.1 14.3 48 77 17983 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 195 23 5.9 22.3 49 74 18288 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 208 17 8.1 15.4 50 70 18590 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 188 12 1.6 11.6 51 70 18593 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 200 20 6.8 18.9 52 63 19202 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 229 9 7.1 6.1 53 60 19507 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 207 15 7.0 13.7 54 50 20670 325 3 1.7 -2.5 | 139 17 -11.2 13.0 55 47 21031 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 140 20 -12.9 15.4 56 45 21336 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 157 23 -8.9 21.2 57 43 21641 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 191 9 1.6 8.7 58 41 21946 10 13 -2.3 -12.8 | 100 15 -15.1 2.6 59 35 22860 155 2 -0.8 1.8 | 141 22 -13.7 17.3 60 34 23165 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 168 21 -4.2 20.4 61 32 23470 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 183 18 0.9 17.9 62 31 23774 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 187 20 2.6 19.6 63 30 23880 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 177 24 -1.4 23.5 64 28 24384 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 180 28 -0.2 28.2 65 26 24689 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 209 25 12.2 22.2 66 24 25298 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 204 34 14.0 30.9 67 21 26213 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 248 24 22.6 9.2 68 20 26480 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 238 24 20.0 12.6 69 20 26518 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 244 28 25.0 12.1 70 17 27432 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 210 20 10.0 17.4 71 16 27737 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 199 30 9.6 28.4 72 14 28651 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 221 33 21.9 24.8 73 12 29870 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 220 46 29.7 35.3 74 11 30175 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 241 53 46.2 25.9 75 10 30970 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 238 36 30.9 19.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.2 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 320.2 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 4.7 tot: 11.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.1 neg: -9.5 tot: 46.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 46.75 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 333 25 13 7| 31.2 0.0 31.2| 15.8 -1.8 14.0 27.9 0.52| 39.8 20.7 1000 331 27 359 8| 15.6 6.8 22.4| 17.7 -7.2 10.5 10.5 0.39| 26.9 10.5 1500 329 24 9 5| 10.4 6.4 16.8| 22.7 -7.2 15.6 10.4 0.45| 21.0 9.4 2000 324 22 357 2| 7.8 5.9 13.7| 30.8 -7.2 23.6 11.8 0.47| 17.9 8.4 2500 317 22 289 2| 6.2 5.6 11.8| 34.5 -9.5 25.0 10.0 0.44| 15.7 6.9 3000 313 22 265 4| 6.6 4.7 11.3| 56.1 -9.5 46.5 15.5 0.48| 14.5 7.0 4000 304 23 249 7| 4.9 5.1 10.1| 62.2 -50.3 11.9 3.0 0.32| 12.8 4.1 5000 296 25 244 10| 4.9 4.1 9.0|128.7 -50.3 78.5 15.7 0.38| 11.6 4.4 6000 290 27 243 14| 4.1 4.3 8.4|143.9-121.9 22.0 3.7 0.27| 11.1 3.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251019.00.gif