UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 5 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 5 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 203 90 4 SFC 991 270 -2.9 -10.9 54 8.0 -5.3 90 4 270.9 271.2 268.4 275.6 1.68 2 989 286 -1.7 -10.7 50 9.0 -4.4 94 4 272.3 272.6 269.3 277.1 1.71 3 981 351 -1.1 -13.1 40 12.0 -4.6 111 5 273.5 273.8 269.7 277.6 1.42 4 937 719 -4.1 -14.1 46 10.0 -6.8 190 10 274.1 274.3 269.9 278.0 1.37 5 925 821 -4.5 -15.5 42 11.0 -7.4 200 11 274.7 274.9 270.1 278.2 1.23 6 921 855 -4.7 -15.7 42 11.0 -7.6 205 13 274.8 275.0 270.1 278.3 1.22 7 919 872 -4.7 -16.7 38 12.0 -7.8 208 14 275.0 275.2 270.1 278.3 1.12 8 902 1019 -4.1 -17.1 36 13.0 -7.5 222 16 277.1 277.3 271.4 280.3 1.11 9 880 1213 -4.9 -17.9 35 13.0 -8.2 235 15 278.2 278.4 271.9 281.4 1.06 10 874 1267 -4.3 -10.3 63 6.0 -6.2 239 14 279.4 279.7 274.0 285.1 1.99 11 870 1303 -3.5 -8.5 68 5.0 -5.2 241 14 280.6 281.0 275.2 287.2 2.31 12 869 1312 -3.5 -8.5 68 5.0 -5.2 242 14 280.7 281.1 275.2 287.3 2.31 13 850 1487 -3.7 -10.7 58 7.0 -6.0 255 11 282.3 282.6 275.6 288.0 1.99 14 827 1703 -5.5 -9.1 76 3.6 -6.7 276 14 282.6 283.0 276.3 289.3 2.32 15 814 1827 -5.7 -9.8 73 4.1 -7.1 280 17 283.7 284.0 276.7 290.1 2.23 16 809 1876 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -7.6 279 17 284.2 284.5 276.6 289.8 1.93 17 800 1963 -5.9 -8.7 81 2.8 -6.8 276 16 284.9 285.3 277.7 292.0 2.47 18 796 2003 -5.5 -10.5 68 5.0 -7.1 274 15 285.7 286.1 277.6 292.0 2.16 19 794 2022 -4.9 -13.9 49 9.0 -7.6 274 15 286.5 286.8 277.4 291.4 1.64 20 785 2112 -4.3 -19.3 30 15.0 -8.3 271 14 288.1 288.3 277.3 291.4 1.06 21 749 2480 -6.7 -21.7 29 15.0 -10.4 256 17 289.4 289.6 277.7 292.2 0.90 22 719 2798 -9.3 -14.3 67 5.0 -10.8 267 22 290.0 290.3 279.2 295.2 1.76 23 713 2863 -9.7 -13.5 74 3.8 -10.8 270 22 290.2 290.5 279.5 295.9 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298.2 298.4 282.1 301.8 1.14 38 581 4421 -16.5 -28.5 35 12.0 -18.7 274 30 299.8 299.9 282.1 301.8 0.63 39 522 5216 -22.5 -36.5 27 14.0 -24.3 275 40 301.9 301.9 282.6 303.0 0.32 40 500 5530 -24.9 -45.9 12 21.0 -26.8 275 38 302.7 302.7 282.7 303.1 0.13 41 498 5559 -24.9 -45.9 12 21.0 -26.8 275 38 303.0 303.1 282.8 303.5 0.13 42 478 5856 -26.1 -54.1 5 28.0 -28.0 275 35 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.3 0.05 43 473 5932 -26.5 -54.5 5 28.0 -28.4 275 34 305.5 305.6 283.7 305.7 0.05 44 464 6071 -25.9 -49.9 9 24.0 -27.9 275 33 308.0 308.0 284.7 308.3 0.09 45 426 6684 -30.3 -49.3 14 19.0 -31.7 280 33 310.0 310.0 285.4 310.3 0.10 46 404 7060 -32.3 -50.3 15 18.0 -33.5 278 40 312.1 312.1 286.2 312.5 0.09 47 400 7130 -32.1 -59.1 5 27.0 -33.5 275 39 313.3 313.3 286.5 313.4 0.03 48 390 7309 -32.7 -61.7 4 29.0 -34.1 273 40 314.8 314.8 287.1 314.9 0.02 49 364 7792 -36.1 -61.1 6 25.0 -37.2 267 43 316.5 316.5 287.6 316.6 0.03 50 345 8164 -36.9 -65.9 3 29.0 -37.9 265 50 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.4 0.02 51 343 8204 -36.9 -64.9 4 28.0 -37.9 265 52 320.8 320.8 289.0 320.9 0.02 52 309 8920 -41.9 -66.9 5 25.0 -42.6 265 75 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.6 0.02 53 300 9120 -42.3 -69.3 4 27.0 -43.0 265 82 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.8 0.01 54 274 9729 -45.3 -70.3 4 25.0 -45.9 260 83 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.0 0.01 55 250 10340 -46.5 -73.5 3 27.0 -47.1 255 81 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.01 56 238 10664 -47.6 -74.8 3 27.2 -48.1 255 90 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.1 0.01 57 200 11800 -51.3 -79.3 2 28.0 -51.7 270 86 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.00 58 150 13650 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.0 -57.2 260 59 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.00 59 121 14999 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.5 280 42 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 60 100 16180 -62.7 -85.7 3 23.0 -62.9 285 48 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 61 95 16494 -64.1 -87.1 3 23.0 -64.3 286 48 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.9 0.00 62 74 18041 -58.3 -86.3 2 28.0 -58.8 315 41 452.4 452.4 311.1 452.4 0.00 63 71 18301 -58.3 -86.3 2 28.0 -58.8 308 25 457.8 457.8 311.5 457.8 0.00 64 70 18390 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.2 265 15 458.8 458.8 311.7 458.8 0.00 65 55 19877 -66.5 -89.5 3 23.0 -66.7 287 30 473.7 473.7 313.0 473.7 0.00 66 51 20338 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -63.1 296 38 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 67 50 20460 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.5 320 28 494.8 494.8 314.6 494.8 0.00 68 48 20711 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.3 325 32 498.7 498.7 314.8 498.7 0.00 69 45 21111 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -61.1 319 31 516.2 516.2 316.1 516.3 0.00 70 42 21542 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.2 318 29 529.0 529.0 316.9 529.0 0.00 71 38 22170 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.7 329 26 545.9 545.9 317.9 545.9 0.01 72 36 22508 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -62.1 326 10 547.7 547.7 317.9 547.7 0.01 73 33 23047 -62.3 -88.3 2 26.0 -62.9 341 16 559.3 559.3 318.6 559.4 0.00 74 31 23435 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -61.0 13 16 575.4 575.4 319.5 575.4 0.01 75 30 23640 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.4 285 5 579.7 579.7 319.6 579.7 0.01 76 29 23851 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.2 28 8 585.9 585.9 319.9 585.9 0.01 77 27 24299 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -59.2 344 5 604.7 604.7 320.8 604.8 0.01 78 24 25042 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -58.8 346 9 627.2 627.2 321.8 627.3 0.01 79 23 25311 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.5 303 3 632.5 632.5 322.0 632.6 0.01 80 21 25888 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -57.2 318 13 658.3 658.3 323.0 658.3 0.01 81 20 26200 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -56.6 10 12 670.0 670.0 323.4 670.1 0.01 82 19 26528 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -57.1 19 13 678.6 678.6 323.7 678.7 0.01 83 18 26875 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -55.6 8 10 695.5 695.5 324.3 695.6 0.02 84 16 27629 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -58.0 49 13 710.2 710.2 324.7 710.3 0.02 85 15 28041 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -57.7 95 10 725.4 725.4 325.2 725.6 0.02 86 14 28486 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -54.2 60 6 757.5 757.5 326.1 757.7 0.03 87 12 29486 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -57.1 1 10 778.9 778.9 326.7 779.1 0.03 88 11 30048 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -56.1 1 14 805.1 805.1 327.4 805.4 0.03 89 10 30670 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -54.7 80 7 837.8 837.8 328.1 838.2 0.04 90 8.7 31587 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -54.5 55 15 877.2 877.3 329.0 877.8 0.05 91 8.0 32140 -47.7 -81.7 1 34.0 -55.0 39 20 896.9 897.0 329.4 897.6 0.06 92 7.5 32563 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -57.0 28 24 900.7 900.7 329.4 901.2 0.05 93 7.0 33010 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -57.8 15 28 914.5 914.5 329.7 915.0 0.05 94 6.8 33198 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -58.3 918.8 918.8 329.8 919.2 0.04 95 6.6 33390 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -58.5 926.7 926.7 329.9 927.1 0.05 TRP 121 14999 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.5 280 42 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 WND 238 10664 -47.6 -74.8 3 27.2 -48.1 255 90 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.1 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5327.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.57 % Est. max temperature: 8.52 C = 47.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.41 mb = 1272.59 m = 4175.12 ft T: -4.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 0.67 C Layer 796.0- 749.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 533.06 mb = 5060.01 m = 16600.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 19.96 C Lifted Index: 20.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 33.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.99 C Showalter Index: 12.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.20 C K Index: 5.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64279.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.72 mb = 2104.87 m = 6905.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 299 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 991 270 90 4 -4.0 0.0 | 114 22 -19.9 9.0 1 950 610 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 137 23 -15.9 17.0 2 925 821 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 148 23 -12.1 19.3 3 914 914 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 163 23 -6.7 22.1 4 879 1219 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 168 18 -3.6 17.6 5 850 1487 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 156 13 -5.3 11.8 6 846 1524 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 151 10 -4.9 9.0 7 814 1829 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 188 6 0.8 6.0 8 783 2134 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 168 9 -1.9 9.0 9 753 2438 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 182 13 0.5 13.4 10 724 2743 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 205 12 5.0 10.8 11 700 3005 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 229 11 8.0 6.9 12 696 3048 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 225 10 7.0 7.0 13 642 3658 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 247 16 15.0 6.3 14 592 4267 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 246 15 14.0 6.4 15 545 4877 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 241 18 16.1 9.0 16 524 5182 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 257 25 23.9 5.5 17 500 5530 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 256 23 22.0 5.7 18 462 6096 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 250 18 17.0 6.1 19 443 6401 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 251 12 11.7 4.1 20 407 7010 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 265 24 23.5 2.0 21 400 7130 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 256 24 22.9 5.6 22 373 7620 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 252 29 27.1 9.0 23 357 7925 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 245 30 26.9 12.7 24 300 9120 265 82 81.7 7.1 | 256 68 65.8 16.1 25 299 9144 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 256 70 67.8 16.3 26 250 10340 255 81 78.2 21.0 | 244 69 62.3 29.9 27 238 10664 255 90 86.9 23.3 | 246 78 71.0 32.3 28 227 10973 255 90 86.9 23.3 | 246 78 71.0 32.3 29 217 11278 255 75 72.4 19.4 | 243 63 56.5 28.4 30 200 11800 270 86 86.0 -0.0 | 263 71 70.1 9.0 31 197 11887 270 87 87.0 -0.0 | 263 72 71.1 9.0 32 156 13411 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 243 40 35.3 18.0 33 150 13650 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 246 46 42.2 19.2 34 148 13716 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 240 49 42.1 24.5 35 135 14326 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 262 33 32.9 4.7 36 122 14935 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 256 23 22.0 5.7 37 121 14999 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 266 26 25.5 1.7 38 116 15240 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 266 26 25.5 1.7 39 105 15850 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 250 27 25.1 9.0 40 100 16180 285 48 46.4 -12.4 | 276 31 30.5 -3.4 41 96 16459 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 276 30 29.5 -3.2 42 87 17069 295 57 51.7 -24.1 | 293 39 35.8 -15.1 43 75 17983 315 45 31.8 -31.8 | 325 28 15.9 -22.8 44 71 18288 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 343 11 3.2 -10.1 45 70 18390 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 175 10 -1.0 10.3 46 68 18593 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 174 12 -1.1 11.6 47 64 18898 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 190 14 2.4 13.9 48 58 19507 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 263 7 6.6 0.8 49 53 20117 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 269 17 16.9 0.2 50 50 20422 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 300 21 17.9 -10.5 51 50 20460 320 28 18.0 -21.4 | 350 13 2.1 -12.5 52 48 20726 325 32 18.4 -26.2 | 352 17 2.4 -17.2 53 43 21336 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 337 13 5.3 -12.2 54 38 22250 330 26 13.0 -22.5 | 12 14 -2.9 -13.5 55 36 22555 325 7 4.0 -5.7 | 105 12 -11.9 3.2 56 34 22860 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 107 9 -8.2 2.5 57 32 23165 360 20 -0.0 -20.0 | 55 19 -15.9 -11.0 58 31 23470 15 15 -3.9 -14.5 | 74 21 -19.8 -5.5 59 30 23640 285 5 4.8 -1.3 | 125 13 -11.1 7.7 60 29 23774 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 92 22 -21.6 0.8 61 28 24079 10 1 -0.2 -1.0 | 116 18 -16.1 8.0 62 27 24384 335 7 3.0 -6.3 | 101 13 -12.9 2.6 63 25 24689 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 78 14 -13.8 -2.8 64 24 24994 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 86 15 -15.0 -1.0 65 23 25298 305 2 1.6 -1.1 | 119 16 -14.3 7.8 66 22 25603 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 140 9 -6.1 7.2 67 21 25908 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 83 8 -7.5 -1.0 68 20 26200 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 81 18 -18.0 -2.8 69 20 26213 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 46 15 -10.7 -10.3 70 19 26518 20 13 -4.4 -12.2 | 81 21 -20.4 -3.2 71 18 26822 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 87 17 -16.8 -1.0 72 17 27127 20 12 -4.1 -11.3 | 83 20 -20.0 -2.3 73 17 27432 25 14 -5.9 -12.7 | 80 22 -21.8 -3.7 74 15 28042 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 111 28 -25.9 9.8 75 14 28346 90 2 -2.0 0.0 | 117 20 -17.9 9.0 76 14 28651 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 91 21 -20.9 0.3 77 12 29261 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 92 11 -10.9 0.3 78 11 29870 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 96 24 -23.6 2.5 79 11 30175 330 17 8.5 -14.7 | 52 9 -7.4 -5.7 80 10 30670 80 7 -6.9 -1.2 | 109 24 -22.8 7.8 81 7 33010 15 28 -7.2 -27.0 | 52 29 -23.2 -18.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.4 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 299.4 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.1 neg: -15.5 tot: 164.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 91.91 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 171 7 133 23| 12.3 0.0 12.3| 78.5 0.0 78.5 157.0 0.94| 13.8 13.0 1000 208 11 150 22| 9.1 0.0 9.1|131.5 -0.8 130.7 130.7 0.80| 13.8 11.0 1500 229 12 156 18| 6.8 0.0 6.8|138.2 -11.8 126.4 84.3 0.55| 13.4 7.4 2000 245 12 162 15| 5.1 1.0 6.1|142.3 -15.5 126.8 63.4 0.48| 11.6 5.6 2500 250 14 167 14| 5.3 0.8 6.1|163.9 -15.5 148.4 59.4 0.53| 11.0 5.8 3000 256 15 175 13| 5.3 0.7 6.0|180.1 -15.5 164.7 54.9 0.56| 10.4 5.8 4000 265 19 196 11| 4.0 0.7 4.6|190.3 -17.4 172.8 43.2 0.54| 8.5 4.6 5000 267 22 211 12| 4.0 0.8 4.8|223.1 -23.5 199.6 39.9 0.52| 8.1 4.2 6000 269 24 223 12| 2.9 0.5 3.4|223.4 -36.0 187.4 31.2 0.44| 7.5 3.3 Wrote GIF file: 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