UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 2 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 2 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 180 SFC 988 270 -5.1 -5.6 96 0.5 -5.3 300 3 269.0 269.4 268.5 275.8 2.54 2 973 391 -5.5 -6.1 96 0.6 -5.7 293 5 269.8 270.2 269.0 276.5 2.49 3 960 498 -5.9 -6.7 94 0.8 -6.2 287 8 270.4 270.8 269.2 276.9 2.41 4 925 791 -7.9 -8.9 93 1.0 -8.2 285 16 271.2 271.6 269.3 277.0 2.10 5 909 926 -8.7 -10.2 89 1.5 -9.1 296 17 271.8 272.1 269.4 277.1 1.93 6 903 978 -9.1 -10.1 92 1.0 -9.4 299 15 271.9 272.2 269.5 277.3 1.96 7 901 995 -8.9 -9.3 97 0.4 -9.0 300 15 272.2 272.6 269.9 278.0 2.09 8 899 1012 -8.9 -10.5 88 1.6 -9.4 301 14 272.4 272.7 269.7 277.7 1.91 9 878 1195 -9.5 -10.5 92 1.0 -9.8 313 10 273.6 274.0 270.6 279.1 1.95 10 870 1265 -9.7 -11.1 89 1.4 -10.1 315 9 274.2 274.5 270.8 279.4 1.88 11 850 1445 -9.7 -11.5 87 1.8 -10.2 315 9 276.0 276.3 271.9 281.2 1.86 12 840 1536 -10.3 -11.9 88 1.6 -10.8 314 10 276.3 276.6 272.0 281.5 1.83 13 825 1675 -9.7 -12.1 83 2.4 -10.4 300 13 278.4 278.7 273.2 283.6 1.83 14 790 2011 -8.9 -11.2 83 2.3 -9.6 279 17 282.7 283.0 275.9 288.6 2.05 15 767 2239 -9.9 -12.0 85 2.1 -10.5 278 20 284.0 284.3 276.5 289.8 1.98 16 757 2340 -9.3 -11.2 86 1.9 -9.9 282 22 285.7 286.1 277.6 292.0 2.14 17 747 2443 -8.9 -12.4 76 3.5 -9.9 285 24 287.2 287.6 278.2 293.1 1.97 18 742 2495 -9.1 -13.3 72 4.2 -10.4 290 23 287.6 287.9 278.2 293.1 1.85 19 700 2944 -11.7 -13.4 87 1.7 -12.2 320 16 289.5 289.9 279.2 295.3 1.94 20 695 2999 -11.9 -13.3 89 1.4 -12.3 310 16 289.9 290.2 279.4 295.8 1.97 21 681 3155 -11.5 -13.5 85 2.0 -12.1 295 19 292.0 292.4 280.4 298.0 1.98 22 675 3223 -10.7 -12.8 84 2.1 -11.3 292 20 293.7 294.1 281.4 300.1 2.11 23 671 3269 -9.3 -12.9 75 3.6 -10.5 289 22 295.7 296.1 282.3 302.2 2.11 24 665 3339 -9.7 -13.0 77 3.3 -10.8 286 23 296.1 296.4 282.4 302.5 2.11 25 663 3362 -9.7 -13.7 73 4.0 -10.9 285 24 296.3 296.7 282.4 302.4 2.00 26 652 3491 -10.5 -17.5 56 7.0 -12.5 287 26 296.8 297.1 282.0 301.4 1.48 27 647 3550 -11.1 -16.1 67 5.0 -12.5 288 27 296.8 297.1 282.2 302.0 1.68 28 629 3767 -12.9 -16.5 74 3.6 -13.9 288 29 297.2 297.5 282.3 302.3 1.67 29 626 3803 -13.1 -16.7 74 3.6 -14.1 288 30 297.3 297.6 282.4 302.5 1.65 30 619 3889 -13.7 -16.5 79 2.8 -14.5 287 30 297.6 297.9 282.5 302.9 1.70 31 615 3938 -13.7 -20.7 55 7.0 -15.4 286 30 298.2 298.4 282.1 301.9 1.19 32 607 4038 -14.3 -19.3 66 5.0 -15.6 284 31 298.6 298.8 282.5 302.9 1.37 33 600 4126 -14.9 -21.9 55 7.0 -16.6 283 31 298.9 299.1 282.3 302.4 1.10 34 598 4151 -15.1 -22.1 55 7.0 -16.7 282 31 298.9 299.1 282.3 302.4 1.09 35 594 4202 -15.1 -25.1 42 10.0 -17.2 281 32 299.5 299.7 282.3 302.2 0.84 36 585 4317 -16.3 -22.3 60 6.0 -17.7 280 32 299.4 299.6 282.5 302.9 1.09 37 581 4369 -16.7 -23.7 55 7.0 -18.2 279 32 299.5 299.7 282.4 302.7 0.97 38 573 4473 -17.5 -21.2 73 3.7 -18.4 277 31 299.8 300.0 282.9 303.7 1.23 39 571 4500 -17.7 -21.8 70 4.1 -18.6 277 31 299.9 300.1 282.8 303.6 1.17 40 563 4605 -18.7 -21.1 81 2.4 -19.3 275 31 299.9 300.1 283.0 303.9 1.26 41 553 4739 -19.7 -24.2 67 4.5 -20.6 273 31 300.2 300.4 282.7 303.4 0.98 42 542 4888 -21.1 -24.3 75 3.2 -21.7 270 30 300.3 300.5 282.8 303.5 0.99 43 539 4929 -21.3 -24.0 79 2.7 -21.8 270 31 300.5 300.7 282.9 303.8 1.02 44 534 4998 -21.7 -24.5 78 2.8 -22.2 270 32 300.9 301.0 283.0 304.0 0.98 45 530 5053 -21.7 -26.4 66 4.7 -22.6 270 32 301.5 301.7 283.1 304.2 0.83 46 522 5165 -22.7 -26.8 69 4.1 -23.4 270 34 301.6 301.8 283.1 304.3 0.82 47 512 5307 -23.7 -28.7 63 5.0 -24.5 270 36 302.1 302.2 283.1 304.4 0.70 48 510 5335 -23.9 -31.9 48 8.0 -25.1 270 37 302.2 302.3 283.0 303.9 0.52 49 506 5393 -24.3 -32.3 48 8.0 -25.5 270 38 302.4 302.5 283.0 304.1 0.50 50 503 5436 -24.7 -32.7 47 8.0 -25.8 270 38 302.4 302.5 283.0 304.0 0.49 51 500 5480 -24.9 -37.9 29 13.0 -26.4 270 39 302.7 302.7 282.9 303.7 0.29 52 495 5553 -25.5 -38.5 29 13.0 -27.0 269 39 302.8 302.9 282.9 303.8 0.28 53 491 5611 -26.1 -34.1 47 8.0 -27.1 268 40 302.8 302.9 283.1 304.3 0.43 54 400 7060 -36.5 -56.5 11 20.0 -37.4 270 43 307.6 307.6 284.5 307.7 0.05 55 300 9010 -46.5 -71.5 4 25.0 -47.0 260 42 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.8 0.01 56 252 10158 -49.5 -74.5 4 25.0 -49.9 265 55 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.7 0.01 57 250 10210 -49.3 -75.3 3 26.0 -49.7 265 56 332.8 332.8 292.4 332.8 0.01 58 200 11670 -51.7 -79.7 2 28.0 -52.1 260 60 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.00 59 150 13510 -56.1 -83.1 2 27.0 -56.4 260 64 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 60 131 14374 -57.3 -84.0 2 26.7 -57.6 270 67 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 61 100 16080 -59.7 -85.7 2 26.0 -60.0 275 47 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 62 91 16671 -58.5 -86.5 2 28.0 -58.9 277 48 426.0 426.0 308.4 426.0 0.00 63 80 17475 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.4 284 48 436.7 436.7 309.6 436.7 0.00 64 74 17962 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -58.6 282 39 452.8 452.8 311.1 452.8 0.00 65 70 18310 -59.9 -86.9 2 27.0 -60.3 290 36 456.2 456.2 311.4 456.3 0.00 66 65 18771 -61.3 -87.3 2 26.0 -61.7 286 34 463.0 463.0 312.0 463.0 0.00 67 55 19824 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -55.6 316 25 500.7 500.7 315.0 500.8 0.00 68 51 20304 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.5 7 12 507.0 507.0 315.4 507.0 0.00 69 50 20430 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -56.8 10 27 511.7 511.7 315.8 511.8 0.00 70 48 20690 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -56.0 6 28 520.1 520.1 316.3 520.2 0.00 71 41 21694 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -56.5 13 17 543.1 543.1 317.7 543.2 0.01 72 30 23660 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -61.2 20 21 580.3 580.3 319.7 580.3 0.00 73 23 25324 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.2 64 19 630.2 630.2 321.9 630.2 0.01 74 21 25894 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -61.2 35 22 643.8 643.8 322.4 643.8 0.01 75 20 26200 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.6 20 23 655.3 655.3 322.9 655.3 0.01 76 19 26522 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -60.3 42 19 666.2 666.2 323.3 666.2 0.01 77 18 26865 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -57.2 22 20 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.3 0.01 78 17 27231 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -56.4 27 22 704.4 704.4 324.6 704.5 0.01 79 16 27620 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -57.4 34 24 712.8 712.8 324.8 712.9 0.01 80 15 28036 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -55.6 28 23 734.7 734.7 325.5 734.9 0.02 81 14 28481 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -56.9 30 21 743.9 744.0 325.8 744.1 0.02 82 14 28481 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -56.5 30 21 746.0 746.0 325.8 746.1 0.02 83 13 28962 -49.7 -85.7 1 36.0 -54.5 40 19 773.7 773.7 326.5 773.9 0.02 84 12 29488 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -53.8 29 16 797.3 797.3 327.2 797.6 0.03 85 10 30690 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -54.3 56 17 840.7 840.8 328.2 841.1 0.03 TRP 252 10158 -49.5 -74.5 4 25.0 -49.9 265 55 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.7 0.01 WND 131 14374 -57.3 -84.0 2 26.7 -57.6 270 67 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5300.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.48 % Est. max temperature: 2.46 C = 36.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.10 mb = 333.74 m = 1094.95 ft T: -5.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 0.31 C Layer 899.0- 878.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.00 mb = 883.83 m = 2899.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.21 g/kg Conv temperature: -2.49 C = 27.52 F Cap Strength: 21.21 C Lifted Index: 21.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 30.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.24 C Showalter Index: 18.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.20 C Cross Totals Index: 13.40 C K Index: 2.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70386.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.92 mb = 808.47 m = 2652.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 309 at 18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 270 300 3 2.6 -1.5 | 131 16 -11.7 10.2 1 946 610 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 156 11 -4.4 10.0 2 925 791 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 189 8 1.2 7.6 3 910 914 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 194 5 1.1 4.5 4 875 1219 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 124 10 -7.9 5.4 5 850 1445 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 124 10 -7.9 5.4 6 841 1524 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 123 9 -7.2 4.6 7 809 1829 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 189 8 1.2 7.6 8 777 2134 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 200 11 3.7 10.2 9 747 2438 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 238 10 8.9 5.5 10 718 2743 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 3 2 -0.1 -2.4 11 700 2944 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 82 4 -4.0 -0.5 12 690 3048 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 174 4 -0.4 3.7 13 663 3353 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 238 10 8.9 5.5 14 637 3658 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 262 13 13.0 1.8 15 587 4267 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 250 18 17.3 6.2 16 542 4877 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 233 20 15.7 11.7 17 500 5480 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 245 27 24.7 11.7 18 458 6096 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 236 34 28.1 19.2 19 439 6401 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 234 32 26.1 18.8 20 403 7010 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 243 34 30.6 15.6 21 400 7060 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 248 31 28.7 11.7 22 368 7620 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 270 18 17.7 0.1 23 352 7925 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 264 14 13.9 1.5 24 300 9010 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 235 33 27.1 19.0 25 294 9144 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 241 32 27.6 15.4 26 281 9449 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 235 45 36.9 25.4 27 256 10058 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 251 37 34.7 11.7 28 252 10158 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 248 44 40.5 16.5 29 250 10210 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 248 45 41.5 16.6 30 222 10973 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 229 45 33.7 29.2 31 200 11670 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 244 50 44.8 22.1 32 184 12192 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 239 54 46.6 28.0 33 150 13510 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 245 54 48.8 22.8 34 131 14374 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 257 54 52.7 11.7 35 126 14630 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 257 54 52.7 11.7 36 114 15240 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 261 44 43.5 6.7 37 100 16080 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 257 33 32.6 7.6 38 94 16459 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 257 33 32.6 7.6 39 81 17374 285 50 48.3 -12.9 | 272 34 34.0 -1.2 40 70 18288 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 252 19 18.2 6.0 41 70 18310 290 36 33.8 -12.3 | 272 20 19.6 -0.6 42 64 18898 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 260 18 17.6 3.2 43 61 19202 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 311 20 14.9 -12.7 44 58 19507 320 29 18.6 -22.2 | 337 11 4.4 -10.5 45 55 19812 315 26 18.4 -18.4 | 328 8 4.1 -6.7 46 53 20117 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 87 7 -7.3 -0.4 47 50 20422 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 99 19 -19.3 3.1 48 50 20430 10 27 -4.7 -26.6 | 52 24 -18.9 -14.9 49 48 20726 5 28 -2.4 -27.9 | 46 23 -16.7 -16.2 50 43 21336 20 19 -6.5 -17.9 | 74 22 -20.8 -6.1 51 41 21641 10 17 -3.0 -16.7 | 74 18 -17.2 -5.0 52 37 22250 50 11 -8.4 -7.1 | 102 23 -22.7 4.6 53 36 22555 5 16 -1.4 -15.9 | 75 16 -15.7 -4.2 54 32 23165 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 93 16 -16.2 0.9 55 31 23470 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 71 12 -11.5 -4.0 56 30 23660 20 21 -7.2 -19.7 | 70 23 -21.4 -8.0 57 28 24079 20 21 -7.2 -19.7 | 70 23 -21.4 -8.0 58 27 24384 20 24 -8.2 -22.6 | 64 25 -22.5 -10.8 59 25 24689 15 18 -4.7 -17.4 | 73 20 -18.9 -5.7 60 23 25298 65 19 -17.2 -8.0 | 97 32 -31.5 3.7 61 20 26200 20 23 -7.9 -21.6 | 66 24 -22.1 -9.9 62 20 26213 60 19 -16.5 -9.5 | 94 31 -30.7 2.2 63 18 26518 20 20 -6.8 -18.8 | 71 22 -21.1 -7.1 64 16 26822 35 24 -13.8 -19.7 | 74 29 -28.0 -7.9 65 14 27127 25 22 -9.3 -19.9 | 71 25 -23.6 -8.2 66 13 27432 40 19 -12.2 -14.6 | 84 27 -26.5 -2.8 67 12 27737 25 15 -6.3 -13.6 | 85 21 -20.6 -1.9 68 11 28042 70 17 -16.0 -5.8 | 101 31 -30.2 5.9 69 9 28346 40 16 -10.3 -12.3 | 89 25 -24.5 -0.5 70 6 29566 35 33 -18.9 -27.0 | 65 37 -33.2 -15.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 5.8 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.6 neg: -9.5 tot: 76.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 34.60 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 284 8 148 11| 0.0 12.8 12.8| 28.0 0.0 28.0 56.0 0.77| 13.1 10.1 1000 293 11 151 8| 4.5 6.4 10.9| 29.8 -9.3 20.4 20.4 0.17| 12.8 2.2 1500 297 11 146 8| 3.0 6.8 9.8| 40.2 -9.5 30.8 20.5 0.31| 11.3 3.5 2000 291 13 161 8| 2.3 6.8 9.0| 55.4 -9.5 45.9 23.0 0.40| 10.6 4.3 2500 292 14 173 6| 4.1 5.4 9.5| 74.6 -9.5 65.1 26.0 0.51| 11.8 6.0 3000 295 15 174 5| 3.4 5.8 9.3| 85.6 -9.5 76.2 25.4 0.58| 12.5 7.3 4000 291 19 211 6| 2.6 5.8 8.4|101.7 -22.7 79.0 19.8 0.51| 11.2 5.7 5000 285 21 226 9| 2.1 5.2 7.3|119.5 -50.4 69.2 13.8 0.43| 10.1 4.3 6000 279 25 232 13| 1.7 5.0 6.7|128.8 -93.2 35.6 5.9 0.35| 9.5 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251202.00.gif