UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 21 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 162 SFC 987 270 8.2 2.2 66 6.0 5.4 270 8 282.4 283.2 279.1 295.1 4.54 2 958 517 8.6 -0.4 53 9.0 4.5 303 26 285.2 285.9 279.7 296.2 3.87 3 940 675 10.6 -1.4 43 12.0 5.1 315 34 288.8 289.5 281.1 299.4 3.67 4 937 702 10.6 -2.4 40 13.0 4.7 315 34 289.1 289.7 280.9 299.0 3.42 5 925 809 9.8 -2.2 43 12.0 4.4 315 36 289.3 289.9 281.1 299.5 3.51 6 921 845 9.6 -2.4 43 12.0 4.2 315 36 289.5 290.1 281.1 299.6 3.48 7 900 1036 8.8 -7.2 31 16.0 2.3 311 38 290.6 291.0 280.4 297.9 2.47 8 894 1091 9.0 -8.0 29 17.0 2.2 309 39 291.3 291.8 280.6 298.3 2.34 9 892 1109 9.0 -7.0 32 16.0 2.4 309 39 291.5 292.0 280.9 299.1 2.53 10 867 1344 7.2 -5.8 39 13.0 1.7 305 40 292.0 292.5 281.5 300.5 2.86 11 853 1477 6.4 -10.6 28 17.0 0.0 305 38 292.6 292.9 280.7 298.6 2.00 12 852 1487 6.4 -9.6 31 16.0 0.3 305 38 292.7 293.0 281.0 299.2 2.16 13 850 1506 6.2 -9.8 31 16.0 0.1 305 38 292.6 293.0 280.9 299.1 2.13 14 787 2130 0.2 -11.8 40 12.0 -4.0 310 44 292.7 293.1 280.7 298.7 1.96 15 739 2631 -3.3 -12.3 50 9.0 -6.4 310 56 294.2 294.6 281.5 300.3 2.01 16 721 2826 -4.5 -16.5 39 12.0 -8.1 309 55 295.0 295.3 281.1 299.5 1.46 17 711 2936 -5.3 -16.3 42 11.0 -8.6 307 55 295.3 295.6 281.3 300.0 1.50 18 705 3002 -5.5 -18.5 35 13.0 -9.2 306 54 295.8 296.0 281.2 299.7 1.26 19 700 3058 -5.3 -22.3 25 17.0 -9.7 305 56 296.6 296.8 281.1 299.5 0.91 20 696 3103 -5.1 -25.1 19 20.0 -9.9 305 56 297.3 297.5 281.2 299.6 0.71 21 660 3519 -7.1 -34.1 10 27.0 -12.2 301 57 299.6 299.7 281.6 300.7 0.32 22 611 4116 -11.7 -36.7 11 25.0 -15.8 300 59 301.0 301.1 282.1 301.9 0.27 23 583 4474 -13.3 -41.3 8 28.0 -17.3 302 65 303.2 303.2 282.9 303.8 0.18 24 567 4687 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291.2 328.0 0.02 38 300 9280 -39.4 -64.8 5 25.5 -40.3 305 121 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.02 39 257 10326 -45.7 -69.7 5 24.0 -46.3 301 110 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.5 0.01 40 250 10510 -46.1 -70.1 5 24.0 -46.7 300 108 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.01 41 228 11118 -47.9 -74.9 3 27.0 -48.4 294 116 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.8 0.01 42 200 11970 -53.5 -77.5 4 24.0 -53.8 290 113 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.00 43 194 12165 -55.1 -78.1 4 23.0 -55.4 288 110 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.00 44 186 12433 -55.9 -78.9 4 23.0 -56.2 286 107 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.00 45 174 12853 -58.9 -78.9 6 20.0 -59.1 287 106 353.3 353.3 297.3 353.3 0.00 46 171 12962 -58.5 -79.5 5 21.0 -58.7 288 107 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.00 47 163 13262 -59.9 -80.9 5 21.0 -60.1 289 107 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.00 48 159 13417 -60.1 -81.1 5 21.0 -60.3 290 107 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 49 158 13456 -59.9 -81.9 4 22.0 -60.1 291 105 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 50 157 13496 -59.1 -82.1 4 23.0 -59.3 292 103 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 51 150 13780 -61.1 -83.1 4 22.0 -61.3 300 88 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 52 145 13990 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 295 84 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 53 127 14811 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.5 296 97 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.1 0.00 54 119 15215 -62.1 -85.1 3 23.0 -62.3 304 94 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 55 112 15593 -58.3 -85.3 2 27.0 -58.6 301 79 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.9 0.00 56 100 16300 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -61.9 270 51 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 57 97 16488 -62.3 -87.3 2 25.0 -62.5 270 52 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 58 89 17021 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.0 284 47 426.4 426.4 308.4 426.4 0.00 59 85 17307 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.0 299 36 430.0 430.0 308.9 430.0 0.00 60 84 17380 -59.3 -86.3 2 27.0 -59.7 303 34 434.3 434.3 309.3 434.3 0.00 61 83 17455 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.7 307 31 435.8 435.8 309.4 435.8 0.00 62 83 17455 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.7 307 31 435.8 435.8 309.4 435.8 0.00 63 73 18245 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 307 19 438.1 438.1 309.7 438.1 0.00 64 71 18413 -65.1 -89.1 2 24.0 -65.3 302 23 443.3 443.3 310.2 443.3 0.00 65 70 18500 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.0 300 25 450.2 450.2 310.9 450.3 0.00 66 68 18680 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.5 295 26 457.4 457.4 311.5 457.5 0.00 67 67 18772 -62.3 -88.3 2 26.0 -62.6 295 24 456.8 456.8 311.5 456.8 0.00 68 59 19568 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.1 321 24 482.2 482.2 313.6 482.3 0.00 69 54 20125 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.6 301 17 490.9 490.9 314.3 490.9 0.00 70 51 20484 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -59.2 306 12 502.8 502.8 315.1 502.8 0.00 71 51 20484 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.3 306 12 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.5 0.00 72 50 20610 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -57.9 280 7 508.9 508.9 315.6 508.9 0.00 73 43 21559 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.0 323 3 525.9 525.9 316.6 526.0 0.00 74 40 22014 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.3 301 5 542.0 542.0 317.6 542.0 0.00 75 36 22676 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.3 296 13 552.8 552.8 318.2 552.9 0.00 76 34 23034 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.0 292 18 563.0 563.0 318.8 563.0 0.00 77 31 23620 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -55.8 263 19 591.6 591.6 320.2 591.6 0.01 78 30 23830 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -56.2 280 24 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 79 24 25251 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.6 304 18 631.3 631.3 322.0 631.3 0.01 80 23 25522 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.9 282 27 641.9 642.0 322.4 642.0 0.01 81 21 26100 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.3 279 22 654.0 654.0 322.9 654.1 0.01 82 20 26410 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -57.5 265 26 666.9 666.9 323.3 667.0 0.01 83 19 26737 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -57.2 267 26 678.0 678.0 323.7 678.1 0.01 84 18 27081 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.8 270 27 686.7 686.7 324.0 686.8 0.01 85 18 27081 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -56.4 270 27 692.4 692.4 324.2 692.5 0.01 86 15 28240 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -59.7 282 47 716.8 716.8 325.0 716.9 0.01 87 13 29148 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -58.0 284 44 755.7 755.7 326.1 755.9 0.02 88 12 29661 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.5 290 37 781.7 781.7 326.8 781.9 0.02 89 11 30223 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -56.5 284 37 802.9 802.9 327.3 803.1 0.03 90 10 30840 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -56.6 275 41 825.8 825.8 327.8 826.1 0.03 91 9.9 30905 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -56.6 276 41 828.9 829.0 328.0 829.2 0.03 92 9.5 31175 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -54.8 278 41 850.9 850.9 328.4 851.3 0.04 93 8.5 31905 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -55.9 284 40 873.7 873.7 328.9 874.1 0.04 94 7.8 32472 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -54.5 289 40 908.3 908.3 329.6 908.9 0.06 95 7.1 33096 -46.7 -82.7 1 36.0 -54.9 294 39 932.2 932.2 330.0 932.8 0.06 96 7.0 33190 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -55.2 295 39 934.3 934.4 330.1 935.1 0.07 97 6.6 33578 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -56.3 943.5 943.5 330.2 944.0 0.05 98 6.2 33991 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -55.5 969.9 970.0 330.7 970.7 0.07 TRP 145 13990 -62.7 -83.7 4 21.0 -62.9 295 84 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 WND 300 9280 -39.4 -64.8 5 25.5 -40.3 305 121 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5478.00 m Freezing level: 784.26 mb = 2158.62 m = 7082.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 848.80 mb = 1517.48 m = 4978.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.20 % Est. max temperature: 18.43 C = 65.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.49 mb = 1031.15 m = 3383.00 ft T: 8.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.88 C/km ThetaE index: 1.91 C Layer 853.0- 852.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.44 mb = 3419.56 m = 11218.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.81 C = 76.65 F Cap Strength: 12.74 C Lifted Index: 12.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.40 C Showalter Index: 11.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 8.10 C K Index: -2.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 156.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80404.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.32 mb = 2136.90 m = 7010.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 334 at 43 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 270 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 164 40 -10.9 38.3 1 947 610 315 33 23.3 -23.3 | 197 16 4.5 14.9 2 925 809 315 36 25.5 -25.5 | 207 14 6.6 12.8 3 913 914 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 203 15 5.9 13.5 4 880 1219 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 228 21 15.5 14.2 5 850 1506 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 217 21 12.2 16.5 6 848 1524 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 214 24 13.2 19.8 7 816 1829 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 219 21 13.1 15.9 8 786 2134 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 236 18 14.8 10.0 9 756 2438 310 56 42.9 -36.0 | 265 24 24.0 2.3 10 728 2743 310 56 42.9 -36.0 | 265 24 24.0 2.3 11 701 3048 305 54 44.2 -31.0 | 254 26 25.4 7.3 12 700 3058 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 257 28 27.0 6.2 13 647 3658 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 252 32 30.5 9.8 14 598 4267 300 60 52.0 -30.0 | 256 34 33.1 8.3 15 552 4877 305 77 63.1 -44.2 | 278 45 44.2 -5.9 16 500 5640 300 80 69.3 -40.0 | 272 50 50.4 -1.7 17 470 6096 300 83 71.9 -41.5 | 273 53 53.0 -3.2 18 400 7270 300 94 81.4 -47.0 | 278 63 62.5 -8.7 19 397 7315 295 94 85.2 -39.7 | 271 66 66.3 -1.4 20 380 7620 295 93 84.3 -39.3 | 271 65 65.4 -1.0 21 334 8534 300 98 84.9 -49.0 | 279 67 66.0 -10.7 22 306 9144 305 115 94.2 -66.0 | 290 80 75.3 -27.7 23 300 9280 305 121 99.1 -69.4 | 291 86 80.2 -31.1 24 293 9449 305 121 99.1 -69.4 | 291 86 80.2 -31.1 25 250 10510 300 108 93.5 -54.0 | 282 76 74.7 -15.7 26 244 10668 305 106 86.8 -60.8 | 288 72 67.9 -22.5 27 233 10973 295 117 106.0 -49.4 | 277 88 87.2 -11.2 28 200 11970 290 113 106.2 -38.6 | 270 87 87.3 -0.4 29 184 12497 285 106 102.4 -27.4 | 263 84 83.5 10.8 30 159 13411 290 107 100.5 -36.6 | 269 82 81.7 1.7 31 150 13780 300 88 76.2 -44.0 | 276 58 57.3 -5.7 32 145 13990 295 84 76.1 -35.5 | 267 57 57.2 2.8 33 137 14326 300 83 71.9 -41.5 | 273 53 53.0 -3.2 34 125 14935 295 101 91.5 -42.7 | 273 73 72.7 -4.4 35 119 15240 305 94 77.0 -53.9 | 285 60 58.1 -15.6 36 102 16154 295 56 50.8 -23.7 | 245 35 31.9 14.6 37 100 16300 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 220 50 32.1 38.3 38 97 16459 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 220 50 32.1 38.3 39 93 16764 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 225 54 38.1 38.3 40 80 17678 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 168 22 -4.7 21.4 41 76 17983 320 17 10.9 -13.0 | 163 26 -8.0 25.3 42 72 18288 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 173 28 -3.3 27.4 43 70 18500 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 186 26 2.8 25.8 44 69 18593 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 194 27 6.5 26.4 45 66 18898 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 180 29 0.2 29.4 46 63 19202 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 172 19 -2.8 19.1 47 60 19507 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 172 19 -2.8 19.1 48 57 19812 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 161 24 -8.0 22.7 49 54 20117 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 172 30 -4.2 29.8 50 52 20422 320 15 9.6 -11.5 | 161 28 -9.2 26.8 51 50 20610 280 7 6.9 -1.2 | 162 39 -12.0 37.1 52 45 21336 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 154 39 -16.9 34.8 53 40 21946 310 2 1.5 -1.3 | 155 41 -17.3 37.0 54 39 22250 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 174 38 -3.9 38.3 55 37 22555 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 165 36 -9.5 34.9 56 35 22860 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 170 29 -5.0 28.5 57 32 23470 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 181 42 0.8 41.8 58 30 23774 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 179 40 -0.9 39.8 59 30 23830 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 188 34 4.8 34.1 60 29 24079 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 190 44 7.7 43.0 61 27 24384 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 184 26 1.9 26.3 62 26 24689 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 184 33 2.4 32.6 63 25 24994 325 21 12.0 -17.2 | 162 22 -6.8 21.1 64 24 25298 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 174 29 -3.3 29.3 65 23 25603 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 199 38 12.0 35.6 66 21 26213 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 181 35 0.8 34.8 67 20 26410 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 190 41 7.0 40.5 68 18 27127 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 192 39 8.1 38.3 69 17 27432 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 204 42 17.1 38.3 70 15 28042 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 225 37 26.5 26.1 71 13 28956 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 214 46 26.1 38.3 72 13 29261 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 222 32 21.5 23.6 73 12 29870 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 206 30 13.1 26.7 74 10 30840 275 41 40.8 -3.6 | 212 41 22.0 34.7 75 7 33190 295 39 35.3 -16.5 | 217 27 16.5 21.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.7 at 56.9 knts Storm direction: 333.7 at 42.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.4 neg: -52.6 tot: 212.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 138.21 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 310 25 180 22| 31.2 0.0 31.2|142.3 0.0 142.3 284.6 0.58| 33.2 19.4 1000 310 31 196 19| 15.6 4.6 20.2|169.6 0.0 169.6 169.6 0.60| 21.2 12.8 1500 308 34 204 19| 10.4 2.7 13.0|178.1 -23.0 155.1 103.4 0.45| 17.0 7.6 2000 308 36 211 19| 10.8 2.0 12.8|233.4 -23.0 210.4 105.2 0.54| 15.9 8.5 2500 308 40 223 18| 8.6 2.5 11.1|263.6 -25.7 237.8 95.1 0.55| 14.2 7.8 3000 308 43 230 19| 7.2 2.9 10.1|265.4 -52.6 212.8 70.9 0.45| 13.0 5.9 4000 306 47 239 22| 5.7 2.6 8.3|284.5 -65.7 218.8 54.7 0.42| 10.6 4.5 5000 305 52 250 25| 6.1 2.5 8.6|432.7 -92.9 339.8 68.0 0.45| 10.7 4.8 6000 304 57 257 29| 5.1 2.7 7.8|460.5-121.3 339.2 56.5 0.42| 9.6 4.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251021.12.gif