UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 3 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 3 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 128 SFC 982 270 1.0 -3.5 72 4.5 -0.7 230 3 275.6 276.1 273.3 283.9 3.00 2 980 287 1.2 -3.2 72 4.4 -0.5 230 4 275.9 276.5 273.7 284.4 3.08 3 952 522 0.0 -4.5 72 4.5 -1.7 237 17 277.0 277.5 274.0 285.0 2.87 4 943 599 0.2 -4.6 70 4.8 -1.6 240 21 278.0 278.5 274.6 286.0 2.88 5 934 677 2.4 -4.6 60 7.0 -0.3 249 23 281.0 281.5 276.2 289.2 2.90 6 925 756 2.6 -5.4 56 8.0 -0.5 260 25 282.0 282.4 276.6 289.8 2.76 7 920 800 2.8 -5.2 56 8.0 -0.3 266 26 282.6 283.1 277.0 290.6 2.82 8 895 1022 2.2 -5.8 55 8.0 -0.9 285 27 284.2 284.7 277.7 292.2 2.77 9 887 1095 3.8 -8.2 41 12.0 -0.7 289 26 286.6 287.0 278.3 293.4 2.32 10 861 1336 2.8 -9.2 41 12.0 -1.6 298 18 288.0 288.4 278.9 294.5 2.21 11 852 1421 2.2 -8.8 44 11.0 -1.9 300 14 288.3 288.7 279.1 295.0 2.30 12 850 1440 2.0 -9.0 44 11.0 -2.0 300 13 288.2 288.6 279.1 294.9 2.27 13 796 1965 -2.9 -8.9 63 6.0 -5.0 298 11 288.5 288.9 279.4 295.7 2.45 14 778 2146 -3.5 -3.6 99 0.1 -3.6 274 12 289.7 290.4 281.6 300.6 3.76 15 766 2269 -3.9 -4.1 99 0.2 -4.0 266 12 290.6 291.2 281.9 301.3 3.68 16 763 2300 -3.9 -4.4 96 0.5 -4.1 264 12 290.9 291.5 282.0 301.5 3.61 17 759 2342 -3.7 -6.4 81 2.7 -4.7 262 12 291.6 292.1 281.7 300.7 3.12 18 757 2362 -3.3 -5.3 86 2.0 -4.1 260 12 292.2 292.8 282.3 302.2 3.40 19 752 2415 -3.7 -5.1 90 1.4 -4.3 257 12 292.3 293.0 282.4 302.6 3.48 20 742 2520 -4.5 -6.2 88 1.7 -5.2 255 14 292.6 293.2 282.3 302.2 3.24 21 739 2552 -4.5 -8.5 74 4.0 -6.0 255 14 292.9 293.4 281.8 301.0 2.72 22 735 2595 -4.9 -8.3 77 3.4 -6.2 255 15 292.9 293.4 281.8 301.2 2.78 23 731 2638 -4.9 -8.2 78 3.3 -6.1 255 16 293.4 293.9 282.1 301.8 2.82 24 727 2681 -4.5 -10.5 63 6.0 -6.6 255 17 294.3 294.7 281.9 301.4 2.36 25 726 2692 -4.3 -10.3 63 6.0 -6.4 255 17 294.6 295.1 282.1 301.9 2.40 26 723 2725 -4.3 -7.6 78 3.3 -5.5 255 18 295.0 295.5 283.0 303.9 2.98 27 701 2968 -5.7 -6.7 93 1.0 -6.1 260 21 296.1 296.6 283.8 305.9 3.30 28 700 2979 -5.9 -7.2 91 1.3 -6.4 260 21 296.0 296.5 283.6 305.5 3.18 29 682 3183 -6.3 -8.5 84 2.2 -7.1 268 22 297.7 298.3 284.1 306.7 2.95 30 668 3344 -6.9 -8.5 88 1.6 -7.5 274 22 298.8 299.4 284.5 308.0 3.01 31 664 3391 -7.3 -8.3 93 1.0 -7.7 275 22 298.9 299.4 284.7 308.2 3.08 32 633 3762 -9.7 -10.9 91 1.2 -10.1 272 21 300.3 300.7 284.7 308.3 2.63 33 631 3786 -9.9 -12.0 85 2.1 -10.6 271 21 300.3 300.7 284.5 307.8 2.41 34 630 3798 -9.9 -12.0 85 2.1 -10.6 271 21 300.4 300.9 284.5 307.9 2.42 35 627 3835 -10.1 -12.2 85 2.1 -10.8 270 22 300.6 301.1 284.6 308.0 2.39 36 608 4071 -11.9 -12.8 93 0.9 -12.2 262 22 301.2 301.6 284.8 308.5 2.35 37 606 4096 -12.1 -13.8 87 1.7 -12.6 261 22 301.3 301.7 284.6 308.0 2.17 38 579 4443 -14.9 -17.6 80 2.7 -15.6 247 29 301.9 302.2 284.2 307.2 1.66 39 576 4482 -15.3 -17.9 80 2.6 -16.0 245 31 301.9 302.2 284.2 307.1 1.62 40 566 4615 -13.7 -13.8 99 0.1 -13.7 241 37 305.3 305.7 286.3 312.7 2.33 41 557 4736 -13.7 -13.9 98 0.2 -13.7 243 43 306.7 307.2 286.8 314.2 2.34 42 546 4888 -14.1 -14.4 98 0.3 -14.2 245 50 308.0 308.4 287.2 315.3 2.29 43 506 5461 -17.5 -18.1 95 0.6 -17.7 254 58 310.6 311.0 287.6 316.6 1.82 44 500 5550 -18.3 -19.2 93 0.9 -18.6 255 58 310.7 311.0 287.5 316.2 1.67 45 476 5917 -21.3 -22.0 94 0.7 -21.5 260 55 311.4 311.7 287.4 316.0 1.38 46 463 6122 -22.1 -24.6 80 2.5 -22.7 260 57 312.9 313.1 287.6 316.7 1.12 47 458 6202 -22.5 -24.2 86 1.7 -22.9 259 59 313.4 313.6 287.9 317.3 1.18 48 456 6234 -22.3 -23.8 88 1.5 -22.7 259 60 314.0 314.2 288.1 318.1 1.23 49 454 6267 -22.5 -23.8 89 1.3 -22.8 259 60 314.2 314.4 288.2 318.3 1.23 50 441 6481 -23.3 -25.2 84 1.9 -23.7 257 65 315.8 316.0 288.6 319.6 1.12 51 439 6514 -23.7 -25.5 85 1.8 -24.1 256 65 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.4 1.09 52 426 6734 -25.5 -28.6 75 3.1 -26.1 254 70 316.1 316.3 288.4 319.0 0.85 53 424 6769 -25.7 -30.7 63 5.0 -26.5 254 70 316.3 316.4 288.3 318.7 0.70 54 423 6786 -25.9 -31.9 57 6.0 -26.9 254 71 316.2 316.4 288.2 318.4 0.62 55 400 7190 -28.9 -33.4 65 4.5 -29.6 250 79 317.4 317.5 288.6 319.4 0.57 56 300 9170 -45.1 -51.1 51 6.0 -45.4 245 83 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.2 0.12 57 250 10370 -53.7 -57.3 65 3.6 -53.8 250 85 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.07 58 231 10874 -55.8 -62.3 44 6.6 -55.9 250 88 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.04 59 200 11780 -59.5 -71.5 20 12.0 -59.6 260 83 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.01 60 194 11971 -60.3 -73.3 17 13.0 -60.4 260 84 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.01 61 150 13580 -61.1 -80.1 6 19.0 -61.3 255 83 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 62 100 16100 -60.7 -80.7 6 20.0 -61.0 240 36 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.5 0.01 63 97 16289 -61.1 -83.1 4 22.0 -61.4 240 36 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 64 95 16419 -59.9 -81.9 4 22.0 -60.2 240 36 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.1 0.01 65 88 16896 -60.9 -82.9 4 22.0 -61.2 251 50 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.4 0.00 66 83 17260 -59.5 -82.5 4 23.0 -59.9 263 50 435.4 435.4 309.4 435.4 0.01 67 74 17974 -61.9 -83.9 4 22.0 -62.2 270 32 444.8 444.8 310.4 444.9 0.00 68 73 18059 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.5 268 33 450.4 450.4 310.9 450.4 0.01 69 70 18320 -60.9 -83.9 3 23.0 -61.3 260 29 454.1 454.1 311.3 454.1 0.00 70 63 18975 -61.7 -84.7 3 23.0 -62.1 255 30 466.2 466.2 312.3 466.3 0.00 71 62 19075 -58.9 -82.9 3 24.0 -59.5 262 33 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.6 0.01 72 59 19387 -57.7 -82.7 3 25.0 -58.3 276 36 484.0 484.0 313.8 484.1 0.01 73 55 19827 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.6 269 25 486.1 486.1 313.9 486.1 0.01 74 52 20176 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.8 255 32 493.5 493.5 314.5 493.5 0.01 75 50 20420 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.9 275 23 501.4 501.4 315.1 501.4 0.01 76 48 20674 -61.5 -84.5 3 23.0 -62.0 276 20 504.4 504.4 315.2 504.4 0.01 77 45 21077 -59.5 -84.5 2 25.0 -60.2 273 29 518.7 518.7 316.2 518.7 0.01 78 44 21218 -60.5 -84.5 3 24.0 -61.1 282 31 519.6 519.6 316.3 519.6 0.01 79 41 21660 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -59.7 276 28 534.2 534.2 317.2 534.2 0.01 80 39 21973 -60.7 -83.7 3 23.0 -61.3 294 20 537.3 537.3 317.3 537.4 0.01 81 33 23014 -60.7 -84.7 3 24.0 -61.4 259 20 563.6 563.6 318.8 563.6 0.01 82 30 23610 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -59.9 285 21 584.1 584.1 319.9 584.1 0.01 83 27 24271 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -60.0 288 16 601.9 601.9 320.7 602.0 0.01 84 23 25275 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -61.3 292 11 626.7 626.7 321.7 626.7 0.01 TRP 194 11971 -60.3 -73.3 17 13.0 -60.4 260 84 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.01 WND 231 10874 -55.8 -62.3 44 6.6 -55.9 250 88 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5422.00 m Freezing level: 827.96 mb = 1654.31 m = 5427.47 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.79 % Est. max temperature: 13.68 C = 56.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.50 mb = 839.47 m = 2754.13 ft T: 2.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 1.53 C Layer 742.0- 735.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.26 mb = 3844.07 m = 12611.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.68 F Cap Strength: 19.04 C Lifted Index: 19.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.66 C Showalter Index: 14.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.30 C Cross Totals Index: 9.30 C K Index: 10.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 84.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47034.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.66 mb = 1566.56 m = 5139.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 290 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 982 270 230 3 2.3 1.9 | 117 20 -18.2 9.3 1 942 610 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 175 18 -1.4 18.4 2 925 756 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 199 12 4.1 11.7 3 907 914 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 250 8 7.1 2.5 4 874 1219 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 335 3 1.2 -2.7 5 850 1440 300 13 11.3 -6.5 | 96 9 -9.2 0.9 6 841 1524 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 100 13 -13.1 2.2 7 809 1829 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 88 13 -12.7 -0.4 8 779 2134 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 127 11 -8.5 6.4 9 749 2438 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 140 14 -8.9 10.5 10 721 2743 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 166 12 -3.1 12.1 11 700 2979 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 181 11 0.2 11.1 12 667 3353 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 194 6 1.4 5.5 13 641 3658 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 184 6 0.4 5.6 14 591 4267 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 187 13 1.7 13.4 15 568 4572 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 201 27 9.8 24.9 16 546 4877 245 50 45.3 21.1 | 221 38 24.8 28.5 17 525 5182 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 231 44 34.0 27.2 18 500 5550 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 238 42 35.5 22.4 19 484 5791 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 243 37 32.7 16.8 20 464 6096 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 244 40 35.6 17.3 21 400 7190 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 237 64 53.7 34.4 22 393 7315 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 237 64 53.7 34.4 23 376 7620 250 77 72.4 26.3 | 237 62 51.9 33.7 24 315 8839 240 81 70.1 40.5 | 226 69 49.6 47.9 25 301 9144 245 82 74.3 34.7 | 232 68 53.8 42.1 26 300 9170 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 232 69 54.7 42.5 27 250 10370 250 85 79.9 29.1 | 238 70 59.4 36.5 28 231 10874 250 88 82.7 30.1 | 239 73 62.2 37.5 29 227 10973 250 88 82.7 30.1 | 239 73 62.2 37.5 30 200 11780 260 83 81.7 14.4 | 250 65 61.2 21.8 31 194 11971 260 84 82.7 14.6 | 251 66 62.2 22.0 32 187 12192 260 84 82.7 14.6 | 251 66 62.2 22.0 33 170 12802 240 83 71.9 41.5 | 226 71 51.4 48.9 34 150 13580 255 83 80.2 21.5 | 244 66 59.7 28.9 35 147 13716 255 86 83.1 22.3 | 245 69 62.6 29.7 36 121 14935 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 252 42 40.3 12.7 37 115 15240 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 244 41 36.6 17.5 38 109 15545 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 239 44 37.5 22.9 39 104 15850 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 263 28 27.3 3.2 40 100 16100 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 203 28 10.7 25.4 41 94 16459 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 203 28 10.7 25.4 42 86 17069 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 236 39 32.6 21.6 43 78 17678 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 269 19 18.9 0.5 44 74 17983 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 237 14 11.5 7.4 45 70 18288 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 229 21 15.9 13.8 46 70 18320 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 213 15 8.1 12.4 47 64 18898 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 196 17 4.9 16.6 48 61 19202 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 247 19 17.5 7.4 49 58 19507 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 263 13 13.0 1.5 50 55 19812 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 211 9 4.5 7.4 51 52 20117 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 211 22 11.4 19.0 52 50 20420 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 204 6 2.4 5.4 53 50 20422 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 198 4 1.2 3.6 54 48 20726 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 165 6 -1.6 5.8 55 45 21031 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 225 11 7.5 7.4 56 43 21336 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 290 11 10.5 -3.9 57 41 21641 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 236 9 7.4 5.0 58 37 22250 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 81 10 -9.8 -1.6 59 36 22555 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 143 17 -10.1 13.4 60 32 23165 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 194 10 2.4 9.4 61 31 23470 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 183 13 0.7 13.1 62 30 23610 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 174 2 -0.2 2.0 63 29 23774 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 131 4 -3.1 2.7 64 24 24384 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 104 10 -9.6 2.3 65 22 24689 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 110 12 -11.1 4.0 66 20 24994 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 87 26 -25.5 -1.3 67 19 25298 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 98 23 -23.0 3.1 68 17 25603 35 15 -8.6 -12.3 | 80 30 -29.1 -4.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.3 neg: -5.8 tot: 202.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 11.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.85 Bulk Shear: 26.58 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 245 16 157 15| 23.4 0.0 23.4|115.7 0.0 115.7 231.4 0.91| 28.8 26.3 1000 269 21 183 8| 10.5 0.0 10.5|141.0 0.0 141.0 141.0 0.89| 24.3 21.5 1500 277 18 155 6| 3.7 0.0 3.7|148.2 -5.8 142.4 94.9 0.75| 21.2 15.8 2000 279 16 139 6| 2.7 2.3 5.1|171.2 -5.8 165.5 82.7 0.76| 18.4 13.9 2500 275 16 143 8| 2.2 3.2 5.4|196.2 -5.8 190.4 76.2 0.77| 16.4 12.7 3000 272 17 151 8| 3.0 2.7 5.6|208.3 -5.8 202.6 67.5 0.76| 15.0 11.3 4000 271 18 161 8| 2.2 2.7 5.0|209.8 -7.7 202.1 50.5 0.67| 12.5 8.4 5000 261 23 193 11| 3.0 4.4 7.4|411.8 -7.7 404.0 80.8 0.65| 14.1 9.2 6000 260 29 213 15| 2.9 4.2 7.1|497.2 -13.9 483.2 80.5 0.63| 13.2 8.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251203.12.gif