UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 1 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 1 DEC 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 270 -4.7 -9.5 69 4.8 -6.1 10 6 268.5 268.8 267.0 273.5 1.86 1 996 301 -4.7 -10.7 63 6.0 -6.4 10 6 268.8 269.0 267.0 273.4 1.69 2 925 876 -10.3 -11.9 88 1.6 -10.7 25 9 268.8 269.0 266.9 273.3 1.66 3 899 1095 -12.3 -12.3 100 0.0 -12.3 31 7 268.9 269.2 267.0 273.5 1.65 4 896 1121 -12.5 -13.0 96 0.5 -12.6 32 7 269.0 269.2 266.9 273.3 1.57 5 895 1129 -12.5 -13.8 90 1.3 -12.8 32 7 269.1 269.3 266.8 273.1 1.47 6 894 1138 -11.7 -14.9 77 3.2 -12.5 32 7 270.0 270.2 267.2 273.7 1.34 7 893 1146 -8.7 -17.7 48 9.0 -10.8 33 7 273.1 273.3 268.8 276.2 1.06 8 867 1376 -7.5 -17.5 45 10.0 -9.9 30 8 276.7 276.9 271.1 280.0 1.11 9 851 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590.6 590.6 320.2 590.6 0.01 78 29 23844 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -57.8 45 25 596.9 596.9 320.5 597.0 0.01 79 27 24296 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.5 45 31 607.0 607.0 320.9 607.0 0.01 80 26 24534 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.2 44 34 614.7 614.7 321.3 614.8 0.01 81 26 24534 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.7 44 34 619.8 619.8 321.5 619.9 0.01 82 21 25890 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.5 37 33 653.4 653.4 322.8 653.5 0.01 83 20 26200 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -56.6 35 33 670.0 670.0 323.4 670.0 0.01 84 19 26530 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -56.3 37 33 681.7 681.7 323.9 681.8 0.01 85 19 26530 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -56.3 37 33 681.7 681.7 323.9 681.8 0.01 86 18 26878 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -57.0 32 34 689.8 689.8 324.1 689.9 0.01 87 14 28497 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.1 50 30 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.2 0.02 88 13 28976 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -57.2 47 38 759.9 759.9 326.2 760.0 0.02 89 12 29493 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -56.0 51 40 784.6 784.6 326.8 784.7 0.02 90 11 30058 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -56.5 54 43 802.9 802.9 327.3 803.1 0.02 91 10 30680 -48.9 -84.9 1 36.0 -54.8 35 53 837.0 837.0 328.1 837.3 0.03 92 9.4 31087 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -54.5 855.8 855.8 328.5 856.1 0.04 93 9.3 31158 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -54.6 857.6 857.6 328.5 858.0 0.04 94 8.8 31525 -44.5 -82.5 1 38.0 -53.0 885.2 885.2 329.1 885.7 0.05 95 8.6 31679 -44.5 -82.5 1 38.0 -53.1 891.1 891.1 329.2 891.6 0.05 96 8.1 32078 -47.1 -84.1 1 37.0 -54.6 896.1 896.2 329.4 896.6 0.04 TRP 230 10844 -62.3 -67.1 52 4.8 -62.3 275 99 321.0 321.0 289.0 321.1 0.02 WND 185 12208 -59.7 -78.6 7 18.9 -59.8 265 105 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5320.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.83 % Est. max temperature: 4.51 C = 40.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.74 mb = 861.41 m = 2826.12 ft T: -10.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 0.81 C Layer 844.0- 836.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.44 mb = 1074.16 m = 3524.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.67 g/kg Conv temperature: -4.25 C = 24.35 F Cap Strength: 25.41 C Lifted Index: 25.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 31.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 19.65 C Showalter Index: 19.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.80 C Cross Totals Index: 4.80 C K Index: -44.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 62.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71157.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 25.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.90 mb = 1061.68 m = 3483.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 299 at 17 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 1000 270 10 6 -1.0 -5.9 | 98 16 -15.5 2.2 1 957 610 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 85 17 -17.0 -1.6 2 925 876 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 90 18 -18.2 -0.1 3 920 914 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 93 18 -17.8 0.9 4 885 1219 35 7 -4.0 -5.7 | 97 19 -18.5 2.4 5 850 1530 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 93 18 -17.8 0.9 6 818 1829 350 5 0.9 -4.9 | 103 14 -13.6 3.2 7 786 2134 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 128 9 -6.9 5.4 8 756 2438 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 119 9 -7.5 4.1 9 727 2743 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 183 6 0.3 5.5 10 700 3039 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 232 3 2.5 2.0 11 699 3048 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 255 2 1.9 0.5 12 672 3353 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 243 13 11.5 5.8 13 645 3658 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 231 5 3.9 3.2 14 595 4267 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 228 15 11.5 10.4 15 549 4877 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 233 23 18.1 13.8 16 500 5590 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 230 37 28.8 23.8 17 486 5791 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 230 37 28.8 23.8 18 466 6096 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 238 39 32.9 20.8 19 400 7190 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 260 48 47.6 8.1 20 376 7620 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 261 49 48.6 8.1 21 343 8230 270 74 74.0 -0.0 | 262 60 59.6 8.1 22 300 9144 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 256 57 55.3 14.2 23 300 9150 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 262 56 55.6 8.1 24 250 10320 275 86 85.7 -7.5 | 270 71 71.2 0.6 25 230 10844 275 99 98.6 -8.6 | 270 84 84.2 -0.5 26 215 11278 275 102 101.6 -8.9 | 271 87 87.2 -0.8 27 200 11720 265 94 93.6 8.2 | 258 81 79.2 16.3 28 185 12192 265 92 91.6 8.0 | 258 79 77.2 16.1 29 185 12208 265 105 104.6 9.2 | 259 92 90.2 17.3 30 177 12497 265 105 104.6 9.2 | 259 92 90.2 17.3 31 168 12802 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 263 68 67.6 8.1 32 150 13520 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 262 62 61.6 8.1 33 138 14021 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 261 53 52.6 8.1 34 132 14326 270 80 80.0 -0.0 | 263 66 65.6 8.1 35 114 15240 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 250 58 54.5 20.3 36 100 16060 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 255 52 50.3 13.8 37 94 16459 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 255 52 50.3 13.8 38 89 16764 280 59 58.1 -10.2 | 273 44 43.7 -2.1 39 74 17983 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 279 37 36.8 -5.6 40 70 18288 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 281 18 17.5 -3.5 41 70 18290 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 234 18 14.4 10.6 42 67 18593 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 237 20 16.4 10.8 43 64 18898 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 267 24 24.0 1.3 44 60 19202 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 292 22 20.0 -8.0 45 55 19812 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 247 10 9.2 3.9 46 52 20117 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 260 5 5.3 0.9 47 50 20390 315 26 18.4 -18.4 | 339 11 3.9 -10.3 48 50 20422 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 277 12 11.9 -1.5 49 47 20726 320 28 18.0 -21.4 | 345 14 3.6 -13.3 50 45 21031 335 19 8.0 -17.2 | 35 11 -6.4 -9.1 51 43 21336 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 27 6 -2.9 -5.7 52 41 21641 355 15 1.3 -14.9 | 63 15 -13.1 -6.8 53 39 21946 350 20 3.5 -19.7 | 43 16 -11.0 -11.6 54 36 22555 20 13 -4.4 -12.2 | 78 19 -18.9 -4.1 55 34 22860 15 19 -4.9 -18.4 | 62 22 -19.4 -10.2 56 31 23470 65 24 -21.8 -10.1 | 87 36 -36.2 -2.0 57 30 23630 45 26 -18.4 -18.4 | 73 34 -32.8 -10.3 58 28 24079 45 24 -17.0 -17.0 | 74 33 -31.4 -8.9 59 27 24384 45 34 -24.0 -24.0 | 68 42 -38.5 -15.9 60 20 26200 35 33 -18.9 -27.0 | 60 38 -33.4 -18.9 61 20 26213 45 32 -22.6 -22.6 | 69 40 -37.1 -14.5 62 18 26822 30 34 -17.0 -29.4 | 56 38 -31.4 -21.3 63 17 27432 50 33 -25.3 -21.2 | 72 42 -39.7 -13.1 64 16 27737 55 38 -31.1 -21.8 | 73 48 -45.6 -13.7 65 14 28346 55 22 -18.0 -12.6 | 82 33 -32.5 -4.5 66 14 28651 45 37 -26.2 -26.2 | 66 44 -40.6 -18.1 67 11 30175 55 43 -35.2 -24.7 | 72 52 -49.7 -16.6 68 10 30680 35 53 -30.4 -43.4 | 52 57 -44.8 -35.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.0 neg: -23.3 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 87.56 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 15 9 89 17| 3.8 0.0 3.8| 2.7 -14.6 -11.9 -23.8 -0.58| 5.0 -2.9 1000 21 8 91 17| 1.5 0.0 1.5| 16.0 -14.6 1.4 1.4 -0.01| 4.1 -0.0 1500 21 8 93 17| 1.0 1.5 2.5| 23.5 -19.7 3.9 2.6 0.06| 4.5 0.2 2000 9 8 92 16| 0.7 3.0 3.7| 36.8 -20.7 16.1 8.0 0.23| 5.5 1.3 2500 349 8 90 13| 0.6 3.9 4.5| 46.0 -21.7 24.3 9.7 0.36| 6.2 2.3 3000 325 10 90 9| 0.5 4.7 5.2| 50.0 -23.3 26.7 8.9 0.34| 7.3 2.5 4000 299 13 121 3| 0.8 4.4 5.2| 50.3 -32.2 18.2 4.5 0.18| 8.1 1.4 5000 281 17 205 5| 0.7 5.0 5.7| 58.0 -34.3 23.6 4.7 0.16| 8.1 1.3 6000 269 22 222 11| 0.4 4.7 5.1|134.4 -44.1 90.3 15.0 0.20| 8.0 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251201.00.gif