UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 20 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 136 SFC 984 270 17.4 -1.6 27 19.0 8.3 200 2 291.9 292.5 282.2 302.0 3.45 2 978 323 18.0 -3.0 24 21.0 8.2 202 4 293.0 293.6 282.3 302.3 3.13 3 925 798 13.6 -4.4 28 18.0 5.5 220 13 293.2 293.7 282.2 302.1 2.98 4 850 1501 6.8 -5.2 42 12.0 1.7 220 15 293.3 293.8 282.3 302.3 3.05 5 817 1824 3.8 -7.2 44 11.0 -0.6 235 15 293.4 293.9 282.0 301.6 2.72 6 809 1904 4.4 -9.6 35 14.0 -1.0 247 18 294.9 295.3 282.1 301.8 2.28 7 791 2088 5.4 -3.6 52 9.0 1.3 278 26 297.9 298.5 284.9 309.0 3.70 8 786 2139 6.0 -4.0 49 10.0 1.5 285 28 299.1 299.7 285.3 310.0 3.61 9 760 2414 5.2 -8.8 36 14.0 -0.6 285 27 301.1 301.6 284.9 309.1 2.58 10 759 2425 5.2 -9.8 33 15.0 -0.8 285 27 301.2 301.6 284.8 308.6 2.39 11 757 2447 5.4 -15.6 20 21.0 -2.0 285 27 301.6 301.9 284.0 306.4 1.50 12 753 2490 6.0 -18.0 16 24.0 -2.1 287 27 302.7 303.0 284.1 306.7 1.23 13 741 2621 6.2 -16.8 17 23.0 -1.9 291 28 304.4 304.6 284.9 308.8 1.38 14 728 2766 6.0 -17.0 17 23.0 -2.1 296 29 305.7 305.9 285.4 310.2 1.38 15 707 3006 5.6 -8.4 36 14.0 -0.4 308 33 307.8 308.3 287.7 316.9 2.87 16 704 3040 5.6 -10.4 31 16.0 -1.0 310 34 308.2 308.6 287.4 316.0 2.46 17 700 3087 5.2 -10.8 30 16.0 -1.4 305 35 308.2 308.7 287.4 315.9 2.39 18 691 3192 4.4 -16.6 20 21.0 -3.1 304 36 308.5 308.8 286.5 313.4 1.51 19 684 3275 3.8 -9.2 38 13.0 -1.7 303 37 308.7 309.3 287.9 317.6 2.78 20 679 3335 3.4 -13.6 28 17.0 -3.1 303 38 308.9 309.3 287.2 315.3 1.97 21 677 3359 3.2 -9.8 38 13.0 -2.2 303 38 309.0 309.5 287.9 317.5 2.68 22 673 3407 3.2 -17.8 20 21.0 -4.1 302 38 309.5 309.8 286.8 314.1 1.40 23 667 3479 3.0 -10.0 38 13.0 -2.4 302 39 310.1 310.6 288.3 318.6 2.68 24 661 3552 2.6 -7.4 48 10.0 -1.9 301 40 310.4 311.0 289.0 320.9 3.32 25 636 3863 1.4 -10.6 40 12.0 -3.6 297 39 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.1 2.68 26 579 4613 -3.1 -15.1 39 12.0 -7.5 305 42 315.7 316.1 289.5 322.5 2.04 27 562 4848 -4.7 -14.7 45 10.0 -8.4 305 43 316.5 317.0 289.9 323.7 2.17 28 525 5382 -6.9 -21.9 29 15.0 -11.5 301 50 320.1 320.4 290.1 324.5 1.26 29 506 5668 -9.3 -24.3 28 15.0 -13.5 300 49 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.3 1.06 30 500 5760 -9.9 -25.9 26 16.0 -14.1 300 48 321.0 321.1 290.0 324.2 0.93 31 495 5837 -10.5 -25.5 28 15.0 -14.5 300 48 321.2 321.3 290.2 324.5 0.97 32 484 6010 -10.7 -30.7 18 20.0 -15.3 300 48 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.61 33 417 7134 -20.9 -37.9 20 17.0 -23.5 305 50 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.35 34 406 7331 -22.7 -35.7 30 13.0 -24.8 305 51 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.45 35 404 7367 -22.9 -34.9 33 12.0 -24.9 305 52 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.1 0.49 36 403 7385 -22.9 -36.9 27 14.0 -25.1 305 52 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.0 0.40 37 400 7440 -23.3 -35.3 32 12.0 -25.2 305 52 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.4 0.47 38 386 7700 -25.1 -36.1 35 11.0 -26.8 305 52 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.3 0.45 39 376 7890 -26.7 -40.7 25 14.0 -28.5 305 54 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.29 40 375 7909 -26.7 -38.7 31 12.0 -28.3 305 54 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.6 0.36 41 373 7948 -26.9 -42.9 21 16.0 -28.7 305 54 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.23 42 372 7967 -26.9 -43.9 18 17.0 -28.8 305 54 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.21 43 364 8123 -28.1 -40.1 31 12.0 -29.6 305 55 327.2 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.32 44 357 8262 -28.9 -46.9 16 18.0 -30.7 305 56 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.16 45 348 8444 -30.3 -48.3 16 18.0 -31.9 305 57 328.4 328.5 291.4 329.0 0.14 46 338 8651 -31.9 -51.9 12 20.0 -33.4 305 59 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.09 47 300 9480 -39.7 -48.7 38 9.0 -40.3 305 62 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.15 48 298 9526 -40.1 -49.1 38 9.0 -40.6 305 62 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.15 49 281 9924 -43.5 -51.5 41 8.0 -43.9 309 63 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.12 50 269 10216 -46.1 -56.1 31 10.0 -46.5 311 63 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.07 51 254 10595 -49.3 -57.3 39 8.0 -49.6 314 64 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.5 0.07 52 252 10647 -48.1 -66.1 11 18.0 -48.6 315 64 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.02 53 250 10700 -47.7 -66.7 9 19.0 -48.1 315 64 335.2 335.2 293.1 335.2 0.02 54 229 11275 -51.5 -68.5 11 17.0 -51.8 315 68 337.9 337.9 293.8 337.9 0.02 55 222 11476 -52.1 -69.1 11 17.0 -52.4 315 70 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.0 0.02 56 212 11774 -52.6 -71.4 9 18.8 -52.9 315 72 343.6 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.01 57 200 12150 -53.3 -74.3 6 21.0 -53.6 315 64 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 58 150 13970 -59.7 -82.7 3 23.0 -59.9 310 46 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 59 100 16450 -66.7 -86.7 4 20.0 -66.8 295 45 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 60 93 16885 -69.9 -87.9 6 18.0 -70.0 300 43 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 61 90 17080 -70.1 -88.1 5 18.0 -70.2 300 41 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 62 87 17283 -66.9 -87.9 4 21.0 -67.0 296 32 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 63 85 17423 -67.3 -88.3 4 21.0 -67.4 294 26 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 64 83 17568 -64.3 -87.3 3 23.0 -64.5 292 20 425.6 425.6 308.3 425.6 0.00 65 79 17870 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -63.9 264 18 432.9 432.9 309.1 432.9 0.00 66 76 18107 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 252 19 435.2 435.2 309.4 435.2 0.00 67 75 18188 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.0 253 19 439.4 439.4 309.8 439.4 0.00 68 70 18610 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.9 275 18 446.0 446.0 310.5 446.0 0.00 69 60 19557 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.0 288 10 470.5 470.5 312.7 470.6 0.00 70 57 19873 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 293 12 478.4 478.4 313.3 478.4 0.00 71 56 19983 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.8 283 13 485.4 485.4 313.9 485.4 0.00 72 51 20566 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.2 295 8 497.6 497.6 314.8 497.6 0.00 73 50 20690 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.6 295 4 504.7 504.7 315.3 504.7 0.00 74 42 21789 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -57.9 20 2 535.4 535.4 317.2 535.5 0.00 75 40 22097 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.5 40 2 541.5 541.5 317.6 541.5 0.00 76 30 23920 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.3 285 7 592.2 592.2 320.3 592.3 0.01 77 28 24358 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.3 268 9 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.3 0.01 78 27 24589 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -58.0 272 15 608.7 608.7 321.0 608.7 0.01 79 26 24831 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -55.6 258 20 623.8 623.8 321.6 623.9 0.01 80 25 25083 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -56.1 247 27 629.1 629.1 321.9 629.2 0.01 81 22 25910 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -53.6 283 33 663.3 663.3 323.2 663.4 0.01 82 22 25910 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -53.6 283 33 663.3 663.3 323.2 663.4 0.01 83 20 26530 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -55.1 280 23 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.02 84 19 26861 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -56.2 280 22 682.4 682.4 323.9 682.5 0.01 85 17 27583 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.9 247 26 715.3 715.3 324.9 715.5 0.02 86 16 27979 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -54.0 253 29 728.5 728.5 325.3 728.6 0.02 87 15 28398 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -56.1 262 32 732.7 732.7 325.4 732.9 0.02 88 14 28846 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -55.1 249 41 753.4 753.5 326.0 753.6 0.02 89 12 29844 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -57.1 268 54 778.9 778.9 326.7 779.1 0.02 90 10 31030 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -54.9 280 53 836.3 836.3 328.1 836.6 0.03 91 8.8 31874 -46.3 -82.3 1 36.0 -53.9 878.2 878.3 329.0 878.8 0.05 92 7.1 33297 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -55.4 928.9 928.9 329.9 929.5 0.05 TRP 93 16885 -69.9 -87.9 6 18.0 -70.0 300 43 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 WND 212 11774 -52.6 -71.4 9 18.8 -52.9 315 72 343.6 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.00 m Freezing level: 618.27 mb = 4096.37 m = 13439.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 826.02 mb = 1734.60 m = 5690.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.95 % Est. max temperature: 18.85 C = 65.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.04 mb = 2643.13 m = 8671.57 ft T: 6.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 3.57 C Layer 760.0- 753.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 469.21 mb = 6244.33 m = 20486.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.58 C = 119.45 F Cap Strength: 17.63 C Lifted Index: 17.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.38 C Showalter Index: 17.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.70 C Cross Totals Index: 4.70 C K Index: -4.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 226.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76386.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.34 mb = 3001.84 m = 9848.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 323 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 984 270 200 2 0.7 1.9 | 147 26 -14.0 21.4 1 946 610 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 169 32 -6.1 31.8 2 925 798 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 168 30 -6.3 29.4 3 912 914 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 168 32 -6.7 30.9 4 879 1219 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 169 32 -6.1 31.8 5 850 1501 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 171 31 -5.0 31.0 6 848 1524 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 171 31 -5.0 31.0 7 817 1829 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 175 28 -2.4 28.1 8 787 2134 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 225 17 12.4 12.2 9 758 2438 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 222 17 11.4 12.5 10 730 2743 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 238 14 11.6 7.2 11 703 3048 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 282 12 11.4 -2.4 12 700 3087 305 35 28.7 -20.1 | 272 14 14.0 -0.6 13 651 3658 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 273 21 20.8 -1.0 14 627 3962 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 260 20 19.8 3.4 15 603 4267 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 281 18 18.1 -3.5 16 559 4877 305 43 35.2 -24.7 | 284 21 20.5 -5.2 17 518 5486 300 52 45.0 -26.0 | 282 31 30.4 -6.5 18 500 5760 300 48 41.6 -24.0 | 280 27 26.9 -4.5 19 478 6096 300 48 41.6 -24.0 | 280 27 26.9 -4.5 20 459 6401 305 46 37.7 -26.4 | 287 24 23.0 -6.9 21 400 7440 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 290 30 27.9 -10.4 22 390 7620 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 290 30 27.9 -10.4 23 315 9144 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 294 40 36.1 -16.1 24 300 9480 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 294 40 36.1 -16.1 25 250 10700 315 64 45.3 -45.3 | 310 40 30.6 -25.8 26 212 11774 315 72 50.9 -50.9 | 311 48 36.2 -31.4 27 208 11887 315 72 50.9 -50.9 | 311 48 36.2 -31.4 28 200 12150 315 64 45.3 -45.3 | 310 40 30.6 -25.8 29 164 13411 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 285 36 34.7 -9.0 30 156 13716 300 65 56.3 -32.5 | 287 44 41.6 -13.0 31 150 13970 310 46 35.2 -29.6 | 296 23 20.6 -10.1 32 149 14021 310 49 37.5 -31.5 | 298 26 22.9 -12.0 33 142 14326 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 257 24 23.8 5.5 34 128 14935 285 55 53.1 -14.2 | 262 39 38.4 5.2 35 122 15240 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 275 23 22.6 -2.0 36 110 15850 290 48 45.1 -16.4 | 264 31 30.4 3.1 37 100 16450 295 45 40.8 -19.0 | 269 26 26.1 0.5 38 95 16764 295 45 40.8 -19.0 | 269 26 26.1 0.5 39 93 16885 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 275 23 22.6 -2.0 40 90 17069 300 42 36.4 -21.0 | 274 22 21.7 -1.5 41 82 17678 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 178 14 -0.6 14.3 42 78 17983 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 187 26 3.2 26.0 43 74 18288 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 189 25 3.7 24.4 44 70 18593 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 196 18 5.2 17.7 45 70 18610 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 190 18 3.2 17.9 46 64 19202 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 178 18 -0.7 18.3 47 61 19507 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 163 18 -5.0 16.9 48 58 19812 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 160 15 -5.2 14.0 49 55 20117 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 178 19 -0.7 19.5 50 52 20422 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 168 14 -2.9 14.0 51 50 20690 295 4 3.6 -1.7 | 148 21 -11.1 17.8 52 50 20726 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 127 15 -11.8 8.9 53 45 21336 350 3 0.5 -3.0 | 139 22 -14.2 16.5 54 37 22555 70 1 -0.9 -0.3 | 141 25 -15.6 19.1 55 34 23165 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 162 17 -5.3 16.1 56 32 23470 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 176 12 -0.8 11.5 57 31 23774 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 159 11 -4.0 10.5 58 30 23920 285 7 6.8 -1.8 | 156 19 -7.9 17.7 59 29 24079 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 152 15 -7.0 13.0 60 28 24384 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 164 21 -5.7 20.3 61 27 24689 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 190 18 3.2 17.9 62 25 24994 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 190 31 5.2 31.0 63 24 25298 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 219 33 20.8 25.7 64 23 25603 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 234 23 18.8 13.6 65 20 26518 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 236 16 13.5 9.2 66 20 26530 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 207 17 8.0 15.5 67 18 27127 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 204 17 7.0 15.7 68 17 27432 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 197 29 8.8 28.0 69 17 27737 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 198 32 9.8 30.9 70 15 28346 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 216 27 16.2 22.2 71 14 28651 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 208 40 18.9 35.1 72 13 29566 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 238 46 39.1 24.2 73 10 31030 280 53 52.2 -9.2 | 255 39 37.5 10.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.0 neg: -9.8 tot: 272.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 135.67 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 215 10 163 29| 11.8 0.0 11.8| 85.1 -3.2 81.9 163.8 0.76| 14.5 11.0 1000 215 12 166 30| 5.9 1.0 6.9| 92.4 -4.1 88.3 88.3 0.70| 8.4 5.9 1500 218 13 168 31| 4.1 0.6 4.8|113.5 -4.1 109.4 73.0 0.68| 7.1 4.8 2000 236 16 176 28| 7.1 0.5 7.6|238.4 -5.4 233.1 116.5 0.77| 11.4 8.8 2500 253 18 186 25| 6.3 0.4 6.6|257.1 -6.7 250.4 100.1 0.76| 10.4 7.9 3000 269 21 197 21| 6.6 0.3 6.9|282.0 -9.8 272.2 90.7 0.73| 10.7 7.8 4000 283 25 216 17| 5.1 0.7 5.8|316.1 -33.7 282.5 70.6 0.61| 10.1 6.1 5000 290 29 233 16| 4.0 1.4 5.4|322.0 -36.7 285.3 57.1 0.55| 9.0 5.0 6000 293 33 246 17| 3.3 1.2 4.5|334.8 -50.5 284.3 47.4 0.50| 8.3 4.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251020.00.gif