UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 71 SFC 976 270 11.2 3.2 58 8.0 7.2 170 14 286.3 287.2 281.4 300.3 4.93 2 974 287 12.0 2.0 50 10.0 7.1 171 16 287.3 288.1 281.4 300.2 4.53 3 957 436 10.8 1.8 54 9.0 6.4 180 31 287.5 288.3 281.5 300.5 4.55 4 951 489 11.0 2.0 54 9.0 6.6 183 37 288.3 289.1 282.0 301.6 4.65 5 934 641 13.4 0.4 41 13.0 7.0 193 51 292.2 293.0 283.2 304.5 4.21 6 927 706 15.6 -0.4 33 16.0 7.7 198 56 295.1 295.8 284.1 306.9 4.00 7 925 724 15.8 -0.2 34 16.0 7.8 200 57 295.5 296.2 284.4 307.5 4.07 8 897 985 16.6 2.6 39 14.0 9.1 212 56 298.9 299.8 286.8 314.2 5.14 9 850 1443 15.8 0.8 36 15.0 7.9 225 43 302.7 303.6 287.8 317.2 4.77 10 843 1513 15.6 0.6 36 15.0 7.7 229 31 303.2 304.1 287.9 317.6 4.74 11 838 1563 16.4 -0.6 31 17.0 7.6 229 28 304.6 305.4 288.1 317.9 4.37 12 825 1696 16.2 -0.8 31 17.0 7.3 227 27 305.7 306.5 288.5 319.2 4.37 13 794 2020 13.4 -1.6 35 15.0 5.8 219 26 306.1 306.9 288.5 319.3 4.28 14 771 2266 12.2 -6.8 26 19.0 3.5 221 28 307.4 307.9 287.7 316.7 2.98 15 759 2398 12.8 -15.2 13 28.0 1.8 228 29 309.4 309.7 286.9 314.5 1.54 16 722 2816 11.4 -19.6 10 31.0 0.2 231 29 312.3 312.5 287.5 316.1 1.12 17 700 3073 9.8 -21.2 9 31.0 -1.0 235 23 313.3 313.5 287.7 316.7 1.00 18 696 3120 9.6 -23.4 8 33.0 -1.4 236 23 313.6 313.8 287.6 316.5 0.83 19 683 3276 8.6 -23.4 8 32.0 -2.0 240 22 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.1 0.85 20 581 4582 -3.1 -17.1 33 14.0 -7.9 257 24 315.4 315.8 289.1 321.2 1.72 21 522 5419 -9.1 -24.1 28 15.0 -13.2 251 33 318.0 318.2 289.2 321.6 1.04 22 500 5750 -11.3 -30.3 19 19.0 -15.6 245 35 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.4 0.62 23 477 6111 -12.7 -40.7 8 28.0 -17.4 250 42 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.7 0.23 24 438 6756 -18.5 -43.5 9 25.0 -22.0 246 42 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.2 0.19 25 400 7430 -22.3 -52.3 5 30.0 -25.4 270 46 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.08 26 397 7485 -22.7 -52.7 5 30.0 -25.6 270 46 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.07 27 393 7560 -22.7 -52.7 5 30.0 -25.7 270 47 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.07 28 354 8318 -28.3 -50.3 10 22.0 -30.3 272 56 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.11 29 300 9480 -38.7 -54.7 17 16.0 -39.6 280 64 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 30 285 9829 -41.9 -55.9 20 14.0 -42.5 277 66 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 31 283 9877 -41.5 -58.5 14 17.0 -42.2 277 66 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 32 268 10245 -43.1 -60.1 14 17.0 -43.7 274 68 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.04 33 259 10474 -44.5 -65.5 8 21.0 -45.2 272 70 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.02 34 255 10578 -45.3 -62.3 13 17.0 -45.9 271 70 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.03 35 250 10710 -46.3 -64.3 11 18.0 -46.8 270 71 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.3 0.03 36 237 11063 -48.5 -67.5 9 19.0 -49.0 273 74 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.02 37 230 11259 -49.9 -67.1 12 17.2 -50.3 275 76 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.02 38 218 11608 -52.3 -66.3 17 14.0 -52.6 275 76 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 39 216 11667 -52.7 -66.7 17 14.0 -53.0 276 75 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 40 200 12160 -55.9 -70.9 14 15.0 -56.1 280 68 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.01 41 196 12288 -56.7 -71.7 13 15.0 -56.9 280 67 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 42 182 12754 -58.9 -75.9 9 17.0 -59.1 280 61 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 43 173 13070 -59.7 -78.7 7 19.0 -59.9 280 57 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.00 44 164 13401 -62.1 -79.1 9 17.0 -62.2 282 63 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.00 45 155 13748 -63.5 -79.5 10 16.0 -63.6 285 65 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 46 150 13950 -61.3 -81.3 5 20.0 -61.4 280 50 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 47 149 13991 -61.1 -81.1 5 20.0 -61.3 280 50 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 48 140 14376 -63.7 -82.7 6 19.0 -63.8 280 48 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 49 114 15626 -66.9 -85.9 5 19.0 -67.0 267 62 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 50 109 15898 -64.5 -86.5 3 22.0 -64.7 266 63 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 51 100 16420 -68.1 -86.1 6 18.0 -68.2 280 31 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 52 92 16916 -71.5 -87.5 7 16.0 -71.6 277 34 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 53 90 17047 -68.1 -87.1 5 19.0 -68.2 275 37 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 54 88 17182 -68.7 -87.7 5 19.0 -68.8 265 35 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 55 87 17250 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 259 33 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 56 85 17391 -65.9 -87.9 3 22.0 -66.1 250 31 419.5 419.5 307.6 419.5 0.00 57 81 17683 -66.9 -87.9 4 21.0 -67.1 252 26 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 58 78 17912 -64.7 -87.7 3 23.0 -64.9 253 22 432.4 432.4 309.1 432.4 0.00 59 74 18232 -66.3 -89.3 3 23.0 -66.5 255 17 435.6 435.6 309.4 435.6 0.00 60 73 18315 -64.9 -87.9 3 23.0 -65.1 251 17 440.2 440.2 309.9 440.2 0.00 61 70 18570 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.9 215 24 443.8 443.8 310.3 443.8 0.00 62 69 18657 -66.1 -89.1 3 23.0 -66.3 220 19 444.8 444.8 310.4 444.8 0.00 63 65 19021 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 220 24 455.5 455.5 311.4 455.5 0.00 64 62 19312 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.7 226 23 469.3 469.3 312.5 469.3 0.00 65 58 19724 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.3 213 15 474.7 474.7 313.0 474.7 0.00 66 55 20054 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.0 213 19 489.7 489.7 314.2 489.7 0.00 67 53 20286 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -60.8 209 22 493.1 493.1 314.4 493.1 0.00 68 50 20650 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.7 185 7 504.2 504.2 315.2 504.2 0.00 69 40 22062 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.0 284 10 548.5 548.5 318.0 548.5 0.01 70 39 22223 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.1 299 13 549.4 549.4 318.1 549.5 0.01 71 37 22559 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.1 330 19 560.8 560.9 318.7 560.9 0.01 72 36 22734 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.1 321 17 565.3 565.3 318.9 565.3 0.01 73 36 22734 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.1 321 17 565.3 565.3 318.9 565.3 0.01 74 34 23098 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.9 319 21 569.3 569.3 319.1 569.4 0.01 75 33 23287 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -57.6 326 21 575.3 575.3 319.4 575.3 0.01 76 30 23890 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.0 310 11 586.8 586.8 320.0 586.8 0.01 77 28 24325 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.3 301 12 594.6 594.6 320.3 594.6 0.01 78 27 24553 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.7 297 11 599.7 599.7 320.6 599.7 0.01 79 27 24553 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.2 297 11 601.4 601.4 320.7 601.4 0.01 80 26 24789 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.5 282 16 603.9 603.9 320.8 604.0 0.01 81 25 25035 -57.7 -88.7 1 31.0 -59.1 259 25 618.8 618.8 321.5 618.8 0.01 82 25 25035 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -58.9 259 25 619.4 619.4 321.5 619.4 0.01 83 24 25296 -53.7 -87.7 1 34.0 -55.9 255 25 637.7 637.7 322.2 637.7 0.01 84 23 25572 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -53.8 250 26 653.7 653.7 322.8 653.8 0.01 85 20 26480 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -55.3 275 42 675.5 675.5 323.6 675.6 0.01 86 13 29236 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -59.5 291 45 748.8 748.8 325.9 748.9 0.01 87 12 29745 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -58.6 292 45 771.1 771.1 326.5 771.3 0.02 TRP 155 13748 -63.5 -79.5 10 16.0 -63.6 285 65 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.00 WND 230 11259 -49.9 -67.1 12 17.2 -50.3 275 76 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.00 m Freezing level: 608.03 mb = 4235.88 m = 13897.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.33 mb = 2857.95 m = 9376.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.37 mb = 1300.50 m = 4266.70 ft T: 16.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 4.84 C Layer 771.0- 722.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 558.53 mb = 4890.08 m = 16043.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.05 C = 105.89 F Cap Strength: 15.26 C Lifted Index: 12.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.17 C Showalter Index: 6.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 12.10 C K Index: -3.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 198.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60645.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.17 mb = 2362.58 m = 7751.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 263 at 23 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 976 270 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 113 28 -25.7 10.9 1 938 610 190 49 8.5 48.3 | 162 48 -14.8 45.4 2 925 724 200 57 19.5 53.6 | 176 51 -3.8 50.7 3 905 914 210 56 28.0 48.5 | 186 46 4.7 45.6 4 873 1219 220 55 35.4 42.1 | 197 41 12.1 39.2 5 850 1443 225 43 30.4 30.4 | 195 28 7.1 27.5 6 842 1524 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 176 16 -1.1 15.8 7 812 1829 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 159 16 -5.6 14.8 8 783 2134 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 156 20 -8.4 18.4 9 755 2438 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 179 16 -0.3 16.4 10 728 2743 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 179 16 -0.3 16.4 11 700 3073 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 157 11 -4.4 10.3 12 650 3658 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 124 7 -5.4 3.6 13 602 4267 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 112 5 -4.9 2.0 14 558 4877 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 250 7 6.3 2.3 15 500 5750 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 215 15 8.4 11.9 16 497 5791 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 215 15 8.4 11.9 17 478 6096 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 235 20 16.2 11.5 18 440 6706 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 225 21 14.8 14.9 19 400 7430 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 277 23 22.7 -2.9 20 389 7620 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 277 24 23.7 -2.9 21 314 9144 275 67 66.7 -5.8 | 281 44 43.5 -8.7 22 300 9480 280 64 63.0 -11.1 | 289 42 39.7 -14.0 23 250 10710 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 273 48 47.7 -2.9 24 230 11259 275 76 75.7 -6.6 | 280 53 52.4 -9.5 25 219 11582 275 76 75.7 -6.6 | 280 53 52.4 -9.5 26 200 12160 280 68 67.0 -11.8 | 289 46 43.7 -14.7 27 172 13106 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 291 35 32.9 -12.8 28 156 13716 285 70 67.6 -18.1 | 295 49 44.3 -21.0 29 155 13748 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 297 44 39.5 -19.7 30 150 13950 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 294 28 26.0 -11.6 31 141 14326 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 295 26 24.0 -11.2 32 121 15240 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 275 32 31.7 -2.9 33 110 15850 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 266 43 42.5 2.9 34 100 16420 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 319 11 7.2 -8.3 35 99 16459 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 329 13 6.7 -10.9 36 94 16764 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 319 11 7.2 -8.3 37 90 17069 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 294 15 13.6 -6.1 38 85 17374 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 217 10 5.8 7.7 39 73 18288 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 99 8 -7.8 1.3 40 70 18570 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 150 19 -9.5 16.8 41 70 18593 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 133 16 -11.7 10.9 42 63 19202 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 162 19 -5.9 17.8 43 60 19507 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 126 12 -9.4 6.9 44 57 19812 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 119 20 -17.4 9.8 45 55 20117 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 139 18 -11.8 13.5 46 52 20422 205 23 9.7 20.8 | 143 23 -13.6 18.0 47 50 20650 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 100 23 -22.7 4.1 48 49 20726 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 159 13 -4.9 12.5 49 47 21031 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 107 18 -17.5 5.3 50 45 21336 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 95 14 -14.2 1.3 51 43 21641 245 3 2.7 1.3 | 85 21 -20.6 -1.6 52 37 22555 330 19 9.5 -16.5 | 35 24 -13.8 -19.3 53 35 22860 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 40 19 -12.0 -14.2 54 34 23165 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 25 22 -9.1 -19.7 55 32 23470 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 35 26 -14.8 -21.0 56 31 23774 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 47 22 -16.3 -15.0 57 30 23890 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 56 18 -14.9 -10.0 58 28 24384 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 55 16 -12.9 -8.9 59 26 24689 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 63 16 -14.2 -7.1 60 25 24994 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 223 2 1.3 1.5 61 22 25908 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 182 8 0.3 8.1 62 20 26480 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 289 20 18.6 -6.5 63 16 27127 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 303 29 24.0 -15.6 64 15 27432 290 46 43.2 -15.7 | 313 27 19.9 -18.6 65 9 28956 295 43 39.0 -18.2 | 323 26 15.7 -21.1 66 6 30175 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 246 20 18.3 8.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 688.3 neg: -94.5 tot: 593.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 197.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 20.6 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 90.30 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 191 39 155 39| 46.9 0.0 46.9|477.3 0.0 477.3 954.6 0.88| 52.2 46.1 1000 204 47 174 40| 23.1 0.0 23.1|654.2 0.0 654.2 654.2 0.85| 36.1 30.7 1500 210 43 177 35| 7.3 0.0 7.3|654.2 -65.6 588.7 392.4 0.48| 33.6 16.3 2000 212 39 175 30| 5.5 0.7 6.2|668.8 -73.5 595.3 297.7 0.46| 27.2 12.5 2500 214 37 175 28| 5.2 0.6 5.8|688.3 -74.8 613.5 245.4 0.47| 22.8 10.8 3000 217 35 175 25| 3.8 0.5 4.3|688.3 -94.5 593.8 197.9 0.39| 20.6 8.0 4000 222 31 173 20| 3.1 0.4 3.4|688.3-103.1 585.2 146.3 0.33| 16.2 5.4 5000 229 30 178 17| 3.3 0.8 4.1|695.5-109.1 586.4 117.3 0.33| 14.6 4.9 6000 233 31 186 16| 3.3 1.1 4.5|719.0-122.0 597.0 99.5 0.31| 13.3 4.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251020.12.gif