UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025112812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 NOV 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 28 NOV 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 265 90 5 SFC 999 270 -2.3 -6.1 75 3.8 -3.6 90 5 270.9 271.3 269.6 277.5 2.42 2 969 512 -4.1 -6.9 81 2.8 -5.0 83 11 271.5 271.9 269.9 277.9 2.35 3 958 603 -4.7 -7.8 79 3.1 -5.7 80 13 271.8 272.1 269.8 277.9 2.21 4 939 761 -2.7 -10.7 54 8.0 -5.1 77 11 275.4 275.7 271.4 280.4 1.80 5 936 787 -2.7 -10.7 54 8.0 -5.2 77 11 275.6 275.9 271.5 280.7 1.80 6 925 881 -2.9 -10.9 54 8.0 -5.4 75 10 276.3 276.6 272.0 281.4 1.80 7 908 1028 -2.9 -11.9 50 9.0 -5.6 99 7 277.8 278.1 272.7 282.6 1.69 8 894 1151 -3.3 -9.3 63 6.0 -5.3 125 4 278.6 279.0 273.8 284.6 2.11 9 889 1195 -3.1 -10.1 58 7.0 -5.4 135 3 279.3 279.6 274.0 285.0 1.99 10 878 1293 -3.3 -9.3 63 6.0 -5.3 175 4 280.1 280.4 274.7 286.2 2.15 11 869 1375 -3.1 -13.1 46 10.0 -6.1 214 6 281.1 281.4 274.4 285.8 1.60 12 860 1457 -3.5 -14.5 42 11.0 -6.7 253 8 281.5 281.8 274.4 285.8 1.44 13 857 1485 -2.5 -25.5 15 23.0 -7.6 266 9 282.9 283.0 273.8 284.6 0.56 14 853 1522 -1.9 -18.9 26 17.0 -6.4 284 10 283.9 284.0 275.0 286.9 1.01 15 850 1550 -1.9 -21.9 20 20.0 -6.8 260 8 284.2 284.3 274.8 286.5 0.78 16 849 1559 -1.7 -22.7 18 21.0 -6.8 262 8 284.5 284.6 274.9 286.7 0.73 17 835 1692 -1.9 -28.9 11 27.0 -7.6 288 12 285.6 285.7 275.0 286.9 0.42 18 830 1739 -1.5 -24.5 15 23.0 -7.0 297 13 286.5 286.6 275.9 288.5 0.63 19 826 1778 -1.3 -16.3 31 15.0 -5.7 305 14 287.1 287.4 277.2 291.0 1.29 20 799 2042 -2.1 -14.1 39 12.0 -5.9 298 23 289.0 289.3 278.6 293.8 1.61 21 793 2102 -2.5 -11.5 50 9.0 -5.5 293 25 289.2 289.6 279.1 295.2 2.00 22 770 2335 -3.5 -15.5 39 12.0 -7.1 293 25 290.6 290.8 279.1 295.1 1.48 23 764 2397 -3.3 -10.3 58 7.0 -5.8 294 24 291.4 291.9 280.6 298.3 2.28 24 733 2723 -6.5 -11.4 68 4.9 -8.1 286 27 291.4 291.8 280.4 297.9 2.18 25 731 2744 -6.5 -11.0 70 4.5 -8.0 285 27 291.6 292.1 280.6 298.4 2.26 26 729 2765 -6.1 -7.6 89 1.5 -6.7 285 28 292.3 292.8 281.8 301.1 2.96 27 726 2798 -6.1 -7.0 93 0.9 -6.4 285 29 292.7 293.2 282.1 301.9 3.11 28 721 2852 -5.7 -7.5 87 1.8 -6.4 285 32 293.7 294.2 282.4 302.7 3.01 29 719 2873 -5.1 -9.4 72 4.3 -6.7 285 33 294.6 295.0 282.4 302.4 2.61 30 711 2961 -4.9 -10.9 63 6.0 -7.0 285 37 295.7 296.2 282.5 302.8 2.34 31 707 3006 -4.7 -9.3 70 4.6 -6.4 285 39 296.4 296.9 283.2 304.5 2.67 32 700 3084 -5.1 -8.5 77 3.4 -6.4 290 39 296.8 297.4 283.6 305.5 2.87 33 699 3095 -5.1 -8.3 78 3.2 -6.3 291 39 297.0 297.5 283.7 305.8 2.92 34 690 3197 -5.3 -8.8 76 3.5 -6.6 296 39 297.8 298.4 284.0 306.5 2.85 35 682 3288 -5.1 -12.1 58 7.0 -7.5 301 40 299.1 299.5 283.7 305.9 2.21 36 670 3427 -6.3 -13.3 58 7.0 -8.7 305 41 299.2 299.6 283.6 305.6 2.04 37 593 4364 -15.3 -15.4 99 0.1 -15.3 305 45 299.4 299.8 283.6 305.5 1.94 38 581 4518 -16.3 -16.7 97 0.4 -16.4 305 47 300.0 300.3 283.6 305.6 1.78 39 580 4531 -15.9 -16.5 95 0.6 -16.1 305 47 300.6 301.0 283.9 306.3 1.81 40 578 4557 -14.1 -16.0 85 1.9 -14.7 305 47 303.0 303.4 284.9 309.0 1.90 41 574 4610 -12.9 -16.6 74 3.7 -14.0 305 48 305.0 305.4 285.6 310.8 1.82 42 556 4852 -13.9 -18.2 70 4.3 -15.1 305 51 306.6 306.9 286.0 311.9 1.64 43 538 5101 -15.5 -18.2 80 2.7 -16.3 304 53 307.6 307.9 286.4 313.1 1.69 44 535 5143 -15.5 -19.5 71 4.0 -16.6 303 53 308.1 308.4 286.4 313.1 1.52 45 532 5186 -15.9 -18.7 79 2.8 -16.7 303 53 308.1 308.4 286.5 313.5 1.64 46 516 5415 -17.3 -20.6 75 3.3 -18.1 302 55 309.1 309.4 286.7 313.9 1.44 47 500 5650 -19.1 -22.2 76 3.1 -19.8 300 57 309.8 310.0 286.8 314.0 1.29 48 495 5725 -19.7 -22.5 78 2.8 -20.4 300 57 309.9 310.1 286.8 314.1 1.27 49 488 5831 -20.1 -24.9 65 4.8 -21.1 300 57 310.7 310.9 286.8 314.2 1.04 50 481 5939 -21.1 -25.1 70 4.0 -22.0 300 56 310.7 310.9 286.8 314.2 1.03 51 477 6000 -21.3 -26.3 64 5.0 -22.3 300 56 311.2 311.4 286.9 314.4 0.94 52 462 6236 -23.3 -27.8 67 4.5 -24.1 301 56 311.6 311.8 286.9 314.5 0.84 53 457 6316 -23.3 -30.3 53 7.0 -24.5 301 56 312.6 312.7 287.1 314.9 0.67 54 451 6413 -24.1 -32.1 48 8.0 -25.4 302 56 312.7 312.9 287.0 314.7 0.57 55 400 7280 -30.9 -41.9 33 11.0 -32.0 305 62 314.8 314.9 287.3 315.7 0.24 56 300 9260 -45.1 -51.1 51 6.0 -45.4 285 83 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.2 0.12 57 250 10450 -54.7 -60.7 47 6.0 -54.8 290 88 324.7 324.8 290.2 324.9 0.04 58 222 11198 -59.9 -66.4 42 6.5 -60.0 290 90 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.0 0.02 59 200 11840 -64.5 -71.5 38 7.0 -64.6 290 82 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.01 60 195 11994 -65.3 -72.3 37 7.0 -65.4 290 85 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.01 61 150 13610 -59.3 -84.3 3 25.0 -59.5 295 64 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 62 100 16110 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -63.9 310 59 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 63 91 16691 -62.1 -87.1 2 25.0 -62.3 305 56 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 64 80 17485 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.7 294 44 431.7 431.7 309.0 431.7 0.00 65 70 18310 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.1 300 33 454.5 454.5 311.3 454.5 0.00 66 66 18676 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.3 294 27 464.0 464.0 312.1 464.0 0.00 67 58 19478 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.5 290 26 476.5 476.5 313.2 476.5 0.00 68 55 19808 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -60.6 295 27 488.4 488.4 314.1 488.4 0.00 69 50 20400 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.0 300 25 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 70 47 20781 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.0 293 25 505.1 505.1 315.3 505.1 0.00 71 43 21332 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -60.6 310 25 524.5 524.5 316.6 524.5 0.00 72 37 22269 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.3 320 10 548.5 548.5 318.0 548.5 0.00 73 37 22269 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.3 320 10 548.5 548.5 318.0 548.5 0.00 74 37 22269 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.3 320 10 548.5 548.5 318.0 548.5 0.00 75 31 23367 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -62.8 0 14 570.0 570.0 319.2 570.0 0.00 76 30 23570 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.7 335 11 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 77 29 23782 -59.7 -89.7 1 30.0 -60.7 332 11 587.6 587.6 320.0 587.6 0.00 78 26 24464 -60.5 -90.5 1 30.0 -61.5 20 9 603.9 603.9 320.8 603.9 0.00 79 25 24710 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -59.5 23 10 617.6 617.6 321.4 617.7 0.01 80 21 25811 -57.7 -88.7 1 31.0 -59.3 36 9 650.4 650.4 322.7 650.5 0.01 81 20 26120 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -57.9 30 17 665.1 665.1 323.3 665.1 0.01 82 17 27159 -53.5 -87.5 1 34.0 -56.4 46 16 704.4 704.4 324.6 704.5 0.01 83 15 27959 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -58.6 46 21 721.4 721.4 325.1 721.5 0.01 84 12 29389 -52.7 -86.7 1 34.0 -56.6 49 17 781.0 781.0 326.8 781.2 0.02 85 11 29948 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -58.2 45 27 793.4 793.4 327.1 793.6 0.02 86 10 30560 -52.9 -86.9 1 34.0 -57.3 40 37 822.1 822.1 327.8 822.3 0.02 87 9.6 30823 -53.3 -87.3 1 34.0 -57.7 830.2 830.2 328.0 830.4 0.02 88 9.1 31169 -51.9 -86.9 1 35.0 -56.9 848.4 848.4 328.4 848.6 0.02 89 7.4 32505 -53.3 -87.3 1 34.0 -58.5 894.4 894.4 329.3 894.6 0.03 TRP 195 11994 -65.3 -72.3 37 7.0 -65.4 290 85 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.01 WND 222 11198 -59.9 -66.4 42 6.5 -60.0 290 90 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.0 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5385.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.43 % Est. max temperature: 11.23 C = 52.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.05 mb = 744.15 m = 2441.40 ft T: -2.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 1.62 C Layer 869.0- 853.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 598.11 mb = 4298.41 m = 14102.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.18 C = 79.13 F Cap Strength: 24.81 C Lifted Index: 25.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 17.73 C Showalter Index: 19.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.20 C Cross Totals Index: -2.80 C K Index: -8.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60941.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 24.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.84 mb = 1394.61 m = 4575.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 332 at 26 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 270 90 5 -5.0 0.0 | 143 28 -17.0 22.6 1 957 610 80 13 -12.8 -2.3 | 129 32 -24.8 20.3 2 925 881 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 133 30 -21.7 20.0 3 921 914 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 133 30 -21.7 20.0 4 886 1219 140 2 -1.3 1.5 | 151 28 -13.3 24.1 5 853 1524 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 173 20 -2.4 20.0 6 850 1550 260 8 7.9 1.4 | 170 24 -4.2 24.0 7 821 1829 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 173 12 -1.4 12.0 8 789 2134 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 222 18 12.4 13.7 9 760 2438 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 218 16 9.7 12.4 10 731 2743 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 222 21 14.0 15.6 11 703 3048 285 41 39.6 -10.6 | 247 30 27.6 12.0 12 700 3084 290 39 36.6 -13.3 | 249 26 24.6 9.2 13 676 3353 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 271 21 20.7 -0.4 14 649 3658 305 43 35.2 -24.7 | 275 23 23.2 -2.1 15 599 4267 305 44 36.0 -25.2 | 276 24 24.0 -2.7 16 553 4877 305 51 41.8 -29.3 | 283 30 29.7 -6.7 17 500 5650 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 279 38 37.3 -5.9 18 470 6096 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 278 37 36.5 -5.4 19 415 7010 305 57 46.7 -32.7 | 286 36 34.6 -10.1 20 400 7280 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 289 41 38.7 -13.0 21 381 7620 300 65 56.3 -32.5 | 283 45 44.2 -9.9 22 305 9144 285 82 79.2 -21.2 | 269 67 67.2 1.4 23 300 9260 285 83 80.2 -21.5 | 269 68 68.1 1.1 24 265 10058 290 89 83.6 -30.4 | 276 72 71.6 -7.9 25 250 10450 290 88 82.7 -30.1 | 276 71 70.6 -7.5 26 222 11198 290 90 84.6 -30.8 | 276 73 72.5 -8.2 27 219 11278 290 90 84.6 -30.8 | 276 73 72.5 -8.2 28 200 11840 290 82 77.1 -28.0 | 275 65 65.0 -5.5 29 195 11994 290 85 79.9 -29.1 | 275 68 67.8 -6.5 30 163 13106 290 80 75.2 -27.4 | 274 63 63.1 -4.8 31 150 13610 295 64 58.0 -27.0 | 276 46 46.0 -4.5 32 140 14021 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 267 43 43.4 2.4 33 127 14630 280 70 68.9 -12.2 | 260 58 56.9 10.4 34 121 14935 290 72 67.7 -24.6 | 272 56 55.6 -2.0 35 115 15240 295 65 58.9 -27.5 | 276 47 46.9 -4.9 36 104 15850 290 71 66.7 -24.3 | 272 55 54.7 -1.7 37 100 16110 310 59 45.2 -37.9 | 295 37 33.1 -15.3 38 94 16459 310 59 45.2 -37.9 | 295 37 33.1 -15.3 39 81 17374 290 46 43.2 -15.7 | 258 32 31.2 6.8 40 74 17983 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 267 14 14.0 0.7 41 70 18288 305 35 28.7 -20.1 | 261 17 16.6 2.5 42 70 18310 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 250 18 16.5 6.1 43 64 18898 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 213 18 9.6 14.7 44 61 19202 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 217 20 12.1 16.1 45 55 19812 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 228 17 12.4 11.2 46 52 20117 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 168 8 -1.7 7.8 47 50 20400 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 224 14 9.6 10.1 48 50 20422 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 215 22 12.6 18.2 49 47 20726 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 222 21 14.0 15.6 50 45 21031 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 165 9 -2.3 8.7 51 43 21336 310 25 19.2 -16.1 | 228 10 7.1 6.5 52 41 21641 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 193 7 1.5 6.5 53 39 21946 350 20 3.5 -19.7 | 109 9 -8.6 2.9 54 37 22250 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 159 16 -5.6 14.9 55 34 22860 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 153 19 -8.5 16.5 56 32 23165 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 127 18 -14.1 10.8 57 30 23470 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 125 13 -10.7 7.6 58 30 23570 335 11 4.6 -10.0 | 150 15 -7.4 12.6 59 29 23774 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 153 15 -6.5 13.0 60 28 24079 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 122 21 -17.5 10.8 61 26 24384 20 9 -3.1 -8.5 | 133 21 -15.1 14.1 62 25 24689 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 130 20 -15.5 13.2 63 23 25298 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 135 31 -22.0 21.7 64 22 25603 40 4 -2.6 -3.1 | 143 24 -14.6 19.5 65 20 26120 30 17 -8.5 -14.7 | 111 22 -20.5 7.9 66 20 26213 5 12 -1.0 -12.0 | 129 17 -13.1 10.6 67 19 26518 35 14 -8.0 -11.5 | 119 23 -20.1 11.1 68 18 26822 25 16 -6.8 -14.5 | 113 20 -18.8 8.1 69 17 27127 45 16 -11.3 -11.3 | 116 26 -23.4 11.3 70 16 27432 55 16 -13.1 -9.2 | 118 28 -25.2 13.4 71 15 28042 45 22 -15.6 -15.6 | 104 28 -27.6 7.0 72 14 28346 55 26 -21.3 -14.9 | 103 34 -33.3 7.7 73 13 28651 70 16 -15.0 -5.5 | 122 32 -27.1 17.1 74 12 29261 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 119 27 -23.5 12.9 75 10 30560 40 37 -23.8 -28.3 | 81 36 -35.8 -5.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.9 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 331.9 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.9 neg: -59.3 tot: 270.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 235.58 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 81 10 134 30| 0.0 6.6 6.6| 5.3 -54.6 -49.3 -98.6 -0.70| 9.2 -6.4 1000 82 8 136 30| 5.9 3.3 9.3| 95.5 -54.6 40.9 40.9 0.25| 11.0 2.7 1500 64 9 134 27| 7.8 2.2 10.0|172.1 -55.2 116.9 77.9 0.39| 14.4 5.6 2000 326 12 156 14| 5.9 1.9 7.8|208.4 -56.9 151.6 75.8 0.45| 15.1 6.7 2500 305 14 179 14| 4.7 2.1 6.8|219.2 -59.3 159.9 64.0 0.42| 13.5 5.7 3000 297 18 196 15| 5.9 1.8 7.6|329.9 -59.3 270.6 90.2 0.52| 14.8 7.6 4000 301 24 222 13| 4.8 1.4 6.3|358.3 -59.3 299.0 74.7 0.53| 12.0 6.4 5000 303 30 242 14| 3.9 2.2 6.1|379.4 -67.8 311.6 62.3 0.49| 10.7 5.3 6000 302 34 255 18| 3.2 2.1 5.3|388.3 -82.1 306.2 51.0 0.46| 9.4 4.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251128.12.gif