UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 OCT 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 22 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 176 SFC 988 270 2.6 1.6 93 1.0 2.1 0 0 276.7 277.4 275.9 288.5 4.34 2 986 287 3.8 2.7 93 1.1 3.3 359 0 278.1 278.9 277.2 291.0 4.71 3 982 320 6.8 0.8 66 6.0 4.1 356 1 281.4 282.1 278.1 292.9 4.12 4 977 362 9.2 -1.8 46 11.0 4.4 353 2 284.2 284.8 278.6 294.0 3.42 5 975 380 11.2 -4.8 32 16.0 4.4 352 3 286.4 286.9 278.8 294.4 2.74 6 970 423 12.0 -5.0 30 17.0 4.8 349 4 287.6 288.1 279.3 295.6 2.71 7 947 625 12.6 -5.4 28 18.0 4.8 335 8 290.2 290.7 280.6 298.2 2.70 8 928 797 12.8 -3.2 33 16.0 5.5 339 13 292.1 292.7 282.1 301.7 3.25 9 925 824 12.6 -3.4 33 16.0 5.4 340 14 292.2 292.8 282.0 301.7 3.21 10 894 1109 10.8 -4.2 35 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324.0 290.2 324.6 0.16 52 362 8075 -30.7 -44.7 24 14.0 -32.0 295 89 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.20 53 351 8294 -32.7 -41.7 40 9.0 -33.6 295 92 324.4 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.28 54 346 8395 -33.5 -45.5 29 12.0 -34.6 295 92 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.19 55 315 9047 -39.1 -46.1 47 7.0 -39.6 295 91 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.19 56 300 9380 -41.1 -50.1 37 9.0 -41.6 290 90 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.13 57 250 10590 -50.5 -61.5 26 11.0 -50.8 290 97 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.04 58 201 11988 -56.6 -71.5 14 14.9 -56.8 295 102 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.01 59 200 12020 -56.7 -71.7 13 15.0 -56.9 295 102 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.01 60 150 13830 -60.5 -81.5 5 21.0 -60.7 300 78 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 61 127 14860 -64.1 -84.1 5 20.0 -64.3 290 64 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 62 100 16320 -65.5 -86.5 4 21.0 -65.7 300 56 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 63 98 16443 -65.1 -86.1 4 21.0 -65.3 300 56 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 64 88 17098 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 304 37 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 65 85 17310 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568.1 0.00 79 30 23770 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.7 230 11 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.7 0.01 80 29 23984 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.6 249 12 594.2 594.2 320.3 594.2 0.01 81 25 24919 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -61.2 263 20 611.9 611.9 321.2 611.9 0.01 82 22 25725 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.3 261 32 645.4 645.4 322.5 645.5 0.01 83 20 26330 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.7 265 22 662.0 662.0 323.2 662.1 0.01 84 17 27353 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.9 288 34 689.7 689.7 324.1 689.7 0.01 85 15 28143 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -58.6 271 26 721.4 721.4 325.1 721.5 0.01 86 14 28580 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -59.3 275 29 733.1 733.1 325.4 733.2 0.01 87 12 29561 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -57.5 285 37 776.8 776.8 326.7 776.9 0.02 88 11 30117 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -58.6 285 40 791.3 791.3 327.0 791.4 0.02 89 10 30730 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -56.1 285 43 829.5 829.6 328.0 829.8 0.03 90 9.8 30862 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -55.4 838.9 838.9 328.1 839.2 0.04 91 9.3 31206 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -54.8 856.9 856.9 328.5 857.3 0.04 92 7.3 32799 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -55.9 916.7 916.7 329.7 917.2 0.05 TRP 127 14860 -64.1 -84.1 5 20.0 -64.3 290 64 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 WND 201 11988 -56.6 -71.5 14 14.9 -56.8 295 102 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.00 m Freezing level: 716.43 mb = 2926.60 m = 9601.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 793.36 mb = 2094.75 m = 6872.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.78 % Est. max temperature: 21.57 C = 70.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.70 mb = 399.55 m = 1310.84 ft T: 11.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 0.34 C Layer 855.0- 814.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 573.54 mb = 4673.71 m = 15333.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.19 C = 93.55 F Cap Strength: 13.54 C Lifted Index: 13.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.50 C Showalter Index: 10.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 8.70 C K Index: 7.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 105.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58737.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.69 mb = 2619.02 m = 8592.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 332 at 31 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 270 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 152 31 -14.4 27.3 1 949 610 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 151 23 -11.0 20.0 2 925 824 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 146 17 -9.6 14.1 3 915 914 330 13 6.5 -11.3 | 154 18 -7.9 16.0 4 882 1219 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 175 16 -1.3 16.4 5 850 1524 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 168 14 -2.8 13.5 6 850 1528 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 179 13 -0.2 13.1 7 819 1829 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 203 17 6.4 15.3 8 789 2134 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 217 22 12.9 17.4 9 760 2438 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 240 27 23.2 13.6 10 732 2743 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 248 26 23.7 9.5 11 700 3107 300 44 38.1 -22.0 | 257 24 23.7 5.3 12 678 3353 315 46 32.5 -32.5 | 286 19 18.2 -5.2 13 652 3658 305 46 37.7 -26.4 | 268 23 23.3 0.9 14 603 4267 305 53 43.4 -30.4 | 276 29 29.1 -3.1 15 557 4877 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 271 34 34.1 -0.7 16 500 5720 300 65 56.3 -32.5 | 277 42 41.9 -5.2 17 495 5791 300 65 56.3 -32.5 | 277 42 41.9 -5.2 18 475 6096 300 63 54.6 -31.5 | 276 40 40.2 -4.2 19 400 7360 295 80 72.5 -33.8 | 276 59 58.1 -6.5 20 385 7620 295 80 72.5 -33.8 | 276 59 58.1 -6.5 21 353 8230 295 92 83.4 -38.9 | 280 70 69.0 -11.6 22 310 9144 295 91 82.5 -38.5 | 279 69 68.1 -11.2 23 300 9380 290 90 84.6 -30.8 | 273 70 70.2 -3.5 24 250 10590 290 97 91.2 -33.2 | 274 77 76.8 -5.9 25 201 11988 295 102 92.4 -43.1 | 281 80 78.1 -15.8 26 200 12020 295 102 92.4 -43.1 | 281 80 78.1 -15.8 27 195 12192 295 102 92.4 -43.1 | 281 80 78.1 -15.8 28 153 13716 300 93 80.5 -46.5 | 286 69 66.2 -19.2 29 150 13830 300 78 67.5 -39.0 | 282 54 53.2 -11.7 30 138 14326 290 72 67.7 -24.6 | 267 53 53.3 2.7 31 127 14860 290 64 60.1 -21.9 | 263 46 45.8 5.4 32 119 15240 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 257 48 46.5 11.0 33 108 15850 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 275 28 28.2 -2.5 34 103 16154 300 45 39.0 -22.5 | 259 25 24.6 4.8 35 100 16320 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 271 34 34.1 -0.7 36 98 16459 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 271 34 34.1 -0.7 37 88 17069 305 37 30.3 -21.2 | 249 17 15.9 6.1 38 84 17374 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 236 18 15.1 10.3 39 80 17678 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 221 25 16.5 19.0 40 72 18288 305 32 26.2 -18.4 | 233 15 11.9 8.9 41 70 18500 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 184 14 1.0 14.4 42 69 18593 315 22 15.6 -15.6 | 186 12 1.2 11.7 43 66 18898 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 190 18 3.0 17.3 44 59 19507 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 154 19 -8.4 16.9 45 57 19812 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 170 26 -4.5 25.5 46 54 20117 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 167 24 -5.3 23.1 47 51 20422 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 167 24 -5.3 23.1 48 50 20570 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 188 19 2.9 19.3 49 49 20726 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 183 26 1.6 25.9 50 46 21031 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 187 18 2.1 17.8 51 44 21336 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 201 15 5.3 13.5 52 42 21641 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 199 13 4.0 11.9 53 40 21946 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 181 29 0.6 28.6 54 38 22250 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 174 19 -2.1 18.7 55 36 22555 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 177 23 -1.2 22.5 56 35 22860 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 165 20 -5.2 19.6 57 33 23165 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 186 31 3.4 30.4 58 30 23770 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 170 35 -5.9 34.4 59 30 23774 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 182 22 0.7 21.8 60 29 24079 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 169 34 -6.7 33.7 61 27 24384 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 180 34 0.1 34.0 62 25 24994 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 193 30 6.6 29.1 63 22 25603 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 206 40 17.5 35.8 64 21 25908 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 210 31 15.6 27.3 65 20 26330 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 195 30 7.6 29.2 66 19 26518 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 202 25 9.3 23.1 67 18 27127 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 225 30 21.1 21.0 68 17 27432 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 228 24 17.6 15.7 69 16 27737 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 217 24 14.6 19.5 70 15 28042 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 201 29 10.6 27.3 71 12 29566 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 230 28 21.4 17.7 72 10 30730 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 239 32 27.2 16.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.2 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 332.2 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 5.8 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.8 neg: -18.8 tot: 224.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 174.25 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 336 6 151 25| 0.0 12.8 12.8| 1.8 -14.1 -12.2 -24.4 -0.15| 13.1 -1.9 1000 327 10 155 21| 0.0 8.8 8.8| 36.6 -14.1 22.6 22.6 0.28| 11.0 3.1 1500 319 13 162 18| 0.0 8.0 8.0| 63.1 -18.8 44.3 29.5 0.38| 10.8 4.1 2000 309 17 176 17| 0.0 8.7 8.7|115.9 -18.8 97.2 48.6 0.50| 11.4 5.6 2500 302 22 194 16| 1.8 7.0 8.8|177.8 -18.8 159.0 63.6 0.57| 11.2 6.4 3000 302 25 207 16| 3.0 5.8 8.9|242.8 -18.8 224.1 74.7 0.63| 11.4 7.2 4000 304 31 230 15| 2.3 5.5 7.8|286.0 -53.5 232.5 58.1 0.50| 10.9 5.5 5000 303 36 245 18| 1.8 5.2 7.1|304.0 -75.9 228.1 45.6 0.44| 9.7 4.3 6000 302 41 255 21| 1.5 4.8 6.3|326.6 -83.9 242.8 40.5 0.42| 8.8 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251022.12.gif