UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 4 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 4 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 254 360 5 SFC 998 270 -10.7 -14.6 73 3.9 -11.6 360 5 262.6 262.8 261.7 265.9 1.23 2 988 347 -10.5 -14.4 73 3.9 -11.4 8 7 263.6 263.8 262.5 267.0 1.27 3 965 528 -12.1 -14.7 81 2.6 -12.7 27 11 263.7 263.9 262.6 267.2 1.26 4 955 607 -12.5 -17.5 66 5.0 -13.5 35 13 264.1 264.3 262.4 266.9 1.01 5 950 647 -11.9 -22.9 40 11.0 -13.8 36 13 265.1 265.2 262.4 266.9 0.64 6 946 680 -10.1 -39.1 7 29.0 -13.5 36 12 267.3 267.3 263.0 267.7 0.14 7 935 770 -9.5 -39.5 7 30.0 -13.1 38 12 268.8 268.8 264.0 269.2 0.13 8 925 853 -8.3 -42.3 5 34.0 -12.3 40 11 270.8 270.8 265.4 271.1 0.10 9 916 929 -7.7 -40.7 5 33.0 -11.8 44 10 272.2 272.2 266.4 272.6 0.12 10 912 963 -6.9 -23.9 24 17.0 -10.3 40 9 273.4 273.5 268.1 275.2 0.61 11 910 980 -6.3 -27.3 17 21.0 -10.2 38 9 274.1 274.2 268.3 275.5 0.45 12 904 1032 -6.1 -19.1 35 13.0 -9.1 33 8 274.9 275.0 269.7 277.6 0.93 13 898 1084 -5.7 -17.7 38 12.0 -8.7 28 7 275.8 276.0 270.5 278.9 1.06 14 858 1440 -7.1 -22.1 29 15.0 -10.4 311 7 278.0 278.1 271.2 280.2 0.76 15 855 1467 -7.1 -19.1 38 12.0 -9.9 303 8 278.2 278.4 271.8 281.1 0.99 16 851 1504 -7.1 -19.1 38 12.0 -9.9 293 8 278.6 278.8 272.1 281.5 0.99 17 850 1513 -7.1 -19.1 38 12.0 -9.9 290 8 278.7 278.9 272.1 281.6 0.99 18 834 1661 -8.1 -19.1 41 11.0 -10.7 306 11 279.2 279.3 272.4 282.2 1.01 19 829 1708 -8.3 -18.3 44 10.0 -10.7 310 12 279.4 279.6 272.7 282.7 1.09 20 828 1717 -8.3 -17.3 48 9.0 -10.5 311 12 279.5 279.7 272.9 283.0 1.19 21 825 1745 -7.9 -13.9 62 6.0 -9.6 313 12 280.3 280.5 273.9 284.8 1.58 22 813 1859 -7.1 -15.1 53 8.0 -9.3 319 13 282.3 282.5 274.9 286.5 1.45 23 808 1907 -7.3 -11.5 72 4.2 -8.6 319 14 282.6 282.9 275.7 288.2 1.96 24 802 1965 -6.9 -12.9 62 6.0 -8.7 318 14 283.6 283.9 276.0 288.8 1.76 25 797 2014 -6.9 -12.9 62 6.0 -8.7 317 15 284.1 284.4 276.3 289.3 1.78 26 791 2073 -6.5 -16.5 45 10.0 -9.2 316 15 285.1 285.4 276.2 289.1 1.33 27 789 2093 -6.5 -16.5 45 10.0 -9.2 316 16 285.3 285.6 276.3 289.3 1.33 28 780 2182 -6.9 -13.9 57 7.0 -8.9 312 16 285.9 286.1 277.0 290.8 1.67 29 773 2253 -7.1 -15.1 53 8.0 -9.4 307 17 286.4 286.6 277.1 290.9 1.53 30 766 2324 -6.3 -16.3 45 10.0 -9.1 303 17 288.0 288.2 277.7 292.2 1.40 31 754 2447 -6.9 -18.9 38 12.0 -10.1 295 18 288.6 288.8 277.7 292.1 1.14 32 750 2489 -6.5 -22.5 27 16.0 -10.4 293 19 289.5 289.7 277.7 292.1 0.84 33 738 2615 -6.9 -18.9 38 12.0 -10.1 289 21 290.4 290.6 278.6 294.0 1.16 34 732 2678 -7.3 -17.3 45 10.0 -10.1 287 22 290.7 290.9 279.0 294.8 1.34 35 713 2883 -8.5 -17.5 48 9.0 -10.9 287 22 291.5 291.8 279.4 295.7 1.36 36 700 3025 -9.3 -18.3 48 9.0 -11.7 290 21 292.2 292.4 279.6 296.2 1.29 37 679 3260 -10.3 -17.3 56 7.0 -12.2 288 21 293.6 293.9 280.5 298.1 1.45 38 676 3294 -10.3 -17.3 56 7.0 -12.2 287 21 294.0 294.3 280.7 298.5 1.45 39 657 3512 -12.1 -15.2 78 3.1 -13.0 280 20 294.4 294.7 281.3 299.8 1.78 40 643 3676 -13.5 -15.6 84 2.1 -14.1 275 20 294.6 294.9 281.3 300.0 1.76 41 637 3748 -13.9 -17.4 75 3.5 -14.8 277 20 294.9 295.2 281.2 299.7 1.53 42 628 3855 -14.7 -17.9 77 3.2 -15.5 281 21 295.2 295.5 281.3 299.8 1.49 43 624 3904 -15.1 -17.0 85 1.9 -15.6 283 21 295.3 295.6 281.4 300.3 1.62 44 598 4224 -16.3 -19.7 75 3.4 -17.1 273 20 297.5 297.8 282.1 301.7 1.34 45 593 4288 -16.5 -20.8 69 4.3 -17.5 270 20 298.0 298.2 282.1 301.9 1.23 46 568 4609 -19.1 -19.7 95 0.6 -19.3 259 21 298.7 298.9 282.6 303.1 1.41 47 566 4636 -19.1 -20.5 89 1.4 -19.4 258 21 299.0 299.2 282.7 303.1 1.32 48 549 4862 -20.1 -22.4 82 2.3 -20.6 251 28 300.4 300.6 283.0 304.1 1.15 49 546 4902 -20.5 -22.2 86 1.7 -20.9 250 29 300.4 300.6 283.1 304.2 1.18 50 525 5192 -21.7 -27.7 58 6.0 -22.8 255 37 302.3 302.5 283.3 304.8 0.75 51 522 5234 -21.5 -30.5 44 9.0 -22.9 255 38 303.1 303.2 283.4 305.0 0.58 52 517 5305 -21.7 -31.7 40 10.0 -23.3 256 40 303.7 303.8 283.5 305.4 0.52 53 500 5550 -23.7 -34.7 36 11.0 -25.2 260 47 304.1 304.2 283.6 305.5 0.40 54 488 5727 -25.1 -36.1 35 11.0 -26.5 264 52 304.5 304.6 283.7 305.8 0.36 55 400 7140 -36.7 -40.3 69 3.6 -37.0 255 88 307.3 307.3 284.7 308.3 0.28 56 304 9002 -45.3 -59.8 18 14.5 -45.7 255 127 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.5 0.04 57 300 9090 -45.7 -60.7 17 15.0 -46.2 255 125 320.9 321.0 289.0 321.1 0.04 58 250 10300 -50.7 -76.7 3 26.0 -51.1 250 102 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.7 0.00 59 203 11645 -55.3 -80.3 3 25.0 -55.6 250 100 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.00 60 200 11740 -54.5 -79.5 3 25.0 -54.8 255 101 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.00 61 150 13570 -56.7 -83.7 2 27.0 -57.0 265 70 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 62 100 16130 -58.7 -85.7 2 27.0 -59.0 265 56 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 63 86 17073 -61.1 -86.1 2 25.0 -61.4 280 49 427.7 427.7 308.6 427.7 0.00 64 83 17295 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.1 280 39 435.0 435.0 309.4 435.0 0.00 65 70 18360 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.5 275 40 455.8 455.8 311.4 455.8 0.00 66 67 18634 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.6 277 39 463.7 463.7 312.1 463.7 0.00 67 67 18634 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.6 277 39 463.7 463.7 312.1 463.7 0.00 68 62 19116 -61.7 -87.7 2 26.0 -62.1 301 35 468.4 468.4 312.5 468.4 0.00 69 55 19857 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.3 286 33 484.2 484.2 313.8 484.2 0.00 70 50 20450 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.1 320 21 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 71 47 20836 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.1 309 21 509.9 509.9 315.7 509.9 0.00 72 42 21537 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -60.0 318 18 529.5 529.5 316.9 529.5 0.00 73 36 22497 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -62.0 320 17 548.2 548.2 318.0 548.2 0.00 74 36 22497 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.9 320 17 551.3 551.3 318.2 551.3 0.00 75 34 22851 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.7 320 10 555.1 555.1 318.4 555.1 0.00 76 32 23228 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.6 293 17 571.2 571.2 319.2 571.3 0.00 77 31 23426 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.3 278 21 574.3 574.3 319.4 574.3 0.00 78 30 23630 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.6 360 12 581.9 581.9 319.8 581.9 0.00 79 27 24290 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.7 312 11 603.1 603.1 320.7 603.1 0.01 80 24 25027 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -61.2 176 3 619.1 619.1 321.5 619.1 0.01 81 22 25574 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.4 334 10 644.8 644.8 322.5 644.9 0.01 82 21 25869 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.6 340 20 652.8 652.8 322.8 652.9 0.01 83 20 26180 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -56.5 25 9 670.6 670.6 323.4 670.7 0.01 84 19 26510 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -56.5 25 12 681.1 681.1 323.8 681.2 0.01 85 17 27224 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -57.0 346 1 701.8 701.8 324.5 702.0 0.02 86 13 28954 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.9 330 10 766.1 766.1 326.4 766.3 0.02 87 12 29475 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.9 326 10 790.2 790.2 327.0 790.5 0.03 88 12 29475 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -55.5 326 10 787.4 787.4 327.0 787.7 0.03 89 11 30044 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -54.5 41 15 814.5 814.5 327.6 814.8 0.03 90 10 30670 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -55.1 105 8 835.5 835.5 328.1 835.9 0.04 91 9.7 30870 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -54.8 845.1 845.1 328.3 845.4 0.04 92 9.5 31007 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -55.1 848.6 848.6 328.4 849.0 0.04 93 9.1 31290 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -54.3 866.0 866.1 328.7 866.4 0.04 94 8.4 31818 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -55.2 881.4 881.4 329.1 881.8 0.04 TRP 203 11645 -55.3 -80.3 3 25.0 -55.6 250 100 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.7 0.00 WND 304 9002 -45.3 -59.8 18 14.5 -45.7 255 127 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.5 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5296.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.51 % Est. max temperature: 5.46 C = 41.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.23 mb = 751.54 m = 2465.64 ft T: -9.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 0.27 C Layer 955.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 453.37 mb = 6250.23 m = 20505.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Cap Strength: 28.32 C Lifted Index: 28.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 36.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 21.41 C Showalter Index: 18.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 21.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.60 C Cross Totals Index: 4.60 C K Index: -11.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 63.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68106.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 28.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.66 mb = 2126.03 m = 6975.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 304 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 270 360 5 -0.0 -5.0 | 109 15 -14.6 5.0 1 955 610 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 88 22 -22.1 -0.6 2 925 853 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 94 22 -21.7 1.6 3 918 914 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 98 22 -21.7 3.0 4 883 1219 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 108 17 -15.9 5.2 5 850 1513 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 136 10 -7.1 7.3 6 849 1524 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 136 8 -5.6 5.8 7 816 1829 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 91 6 -6.3 0.1 8 785 2134 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 69 4 -3.3 -1.3 9 755 2438 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 215 3 1.7 2.4 10 726 2743 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 242 9 7.6 4.1 11 700 3025 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 241 6 5.1 2.9 12 698 3048 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 255 5 4.4 1.2 13 643 3658 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 213 10 5.3 8.3 14 618 3962 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 231 7 5.6 4.6 15 593 4267 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 208 11 5.4 10.0 16 570 4572 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 201 14 5.1 13.5 17 547 4877 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 212 24 12.6 20.0 18 500 5550 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 240 37 31.6 18.2 19 483 5791 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 249 42 39.2 14.7 20 463 6096 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 238 46 39.5 24.5 21 400 7140 255 88 85.0 22.8 | 245 78 70.4 32.8 22 373 7620 250 93 87.4 31.8 | 240 84 72.8 41.8 23 304 9002 255 127 122.7 32.9 | 248 116 108.0 42.9 24 300 9090 255 125 120.7 32.4 | 248 114 106.1 42.4 25 298 9144 255 127 122.7 32.9 | 248 116 108.0 42.9 26 250 10300 250 102 95.8 34.9 | 241 93 81.2 44.9 27 236 10668 245 94 85.2 39.7 | 235 86 70.6 49.8 28 205 11582 245 108 97.9 45.6 | 236 100 83.2 55.7 29 203 11645 250 100 94.0 34.2 | 241 91 79.3 44.2 30 200 11740 255 101 97.6 26.1 | 246 90 82.9 36.2 31 154 13411 260 71 69.9 12.3 | 248 60 55.3 22.4 32 150 13570 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 254 57 55.1 16.1 33 147 13716 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 254 57 55.1 16.1 34 115 15240 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 245 49 44.5 20.5 35 100 16130 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 250 44 41.1 14.9 36 100 16154 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 249 42 39.2 14.7 37 95 16459 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 250 44 41.1 14.9 38 90 16764 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 271 46 46.4 -0.7 39 82 17374 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 260 21 20.8 3.8 40 78 17678 290 44 41.3 -15.0 | 281 27 26.7 -5.0 41 74 17983 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 273 29 28.8 -1.6 42 71 18288 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 269 21 21.1 0.5 43 70 18360 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 255 26 25.2 6.6 44 67 18593 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 255 25 24.2 6.6 45 61 19202 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 306 16 13.2 -9.5 46 58 19507 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 292 9 8.7 -3.5 47 55 19812 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 264 16 16.3 1.8 48 53 20117 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 279 23 22.9 -3.6 49 50 20450 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 11 6 -1.1 -6.0 50 48 20726 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 351 9 1.4 -9.1 51 46 21031 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 174 5 -0.5 4.9 52 43 21336 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 274 8 8.0 -0.5 53 41 21641 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 68 8 -7.1 -3.0 54 39 21946 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 155 11 -4.6 10.0 55 36 22555 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 43 6 -4.3 -4.7 56 34 22860 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 106 9 -8.2 2.4 57 31 23470 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 222 11 7.3 8.1 58 30 23630 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 82 15 -14.6 -2.0 59 29 23774 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 332 5 2.2 -4.1 60 28 24079 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 90 16 -15.5 0.1 61 27 24384 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 150 7 -3.4 5.9 62 24 24994 165 2 -0.5 1.9 | 128 19 -15.2 12.0 63 22 25603 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 93 11 -11.2 0.6 64 21 25908 340 21 7.2 -19.7 | 38 12 -7.5 -9.7 65 20 26180 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 96 19 -18.4 1.9 66 20 26213 35 14 -8.0 -11.5 | 86 23 -22.7 -1.4 67 18 26822 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 91 17 -17.2 0.4 68 17 27127 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 124 18 -14.6 10.0 69 16 27432 320 3 1.9 -2.3 | 121 15 -12.7 7.7 70 16 27737 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 93 11 -11.2 0.6 71 12 29566 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 102 9 -8.9 1.8 72 11 30175 60 16 -13.9 -8.0 | 94 29 -28.5 2.0 73 10 30670 105 8 -7.7 2.1 | 118 25 -22.4 12.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.4 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 304.4 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.2 neg: -38.9 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 114.63 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 30 10 94 20| 8.6 0.0 8.6| 6.9 -26.5 -19.6 -39.2 -0.44| 10.9 -4.8 1000 32 9 97 20| 4.3 4.2 8.5| 33.3 -26.5 6.8 6.8 0.02| 10.0 0.2 1500 9 9 94 16| 2.9 5.5 8.4| 47.3 -32.4 14.9 10.0 0.05| 11.4 0.6 2000 347 11 89 12| 2.1 5.4 7.5| 47.6 -36.2 11.4 5.7 -0.01| 10.3 -0.1 2500 327 12 88 8| 1.7 6.0 7.8| 50.7 -36.2 14.5 5.8 0.09| 10.2 1.0 3000 315 14 93 5| 1.8 5.0 6.8| 52.2 -38.9 13.3 4.4 0.07| 9.6 0.7 4000 301 16 146 2| 1.4 4.0 5.3| 57.8 -53.3 4.6 1.1 0.00| 8.9 0.0 5000 286 18 206 6| 0.5 3.9 4.4|135.1 -59.0 76.1 15.2 0.11| 9.6 1.1 6000 274 24 228 12| 1.7 4.2 5.9|256.6-145.7 110.9 18.5 0.12| 10.6 1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251204.12.gif