UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 5 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 137 SFC 983 270 -2.9 -8.9 63 6.0 -4.8 215 4 271.6 271.9 269.3 277.0 1.98 2 952 525 -3.5 -8.5 68 5.0 -5.1 230 26 273.5 273.8 270.7 279.3 2.11 3 948 559 -2.9 -8.9 63 6.0 -4.8 232 29 274.4 274.8 271.2 280.1 2.05 4 943 601 0.0 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.2 235 32 277.8 278.2 274.0 285.0 2.59 5 936 661 1.2 -6.8 55 8.0 -1.7 239 33 279.6 280.0 274.8 286.5 2.45 6 925 757 0.8 -5.2 64 6.0 -1.5 245 33 280.1 280.6 275.6 288.0 2.80 7 921 792 0.8 -3.3 74 4.1 -0.9 247 32 280.5 281.0 276.5 289.6 3.25 8 909 897 0.8 -3.0 76 3.8 -0.7 254 30 281.5 282.1 277.2 291.0 3.37 9 877 1184 -0.9 -2.8 87 1.9 -1.7 259 26 282.7 283.3 278.0 292.7 3.54 10 866 1285 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0.78 38 622 3872 -12.5 -29.5 23 17.0 -15.8 282 30 298.6 298.7 281.5 300.3 0.53 39 588 4299 -15.5 -29.5 29 14.0 -18.1 290 38 299.9 300.0 282.1 301.8 0.56 40 580 4403 -15.7 -32.7 22 17.0 -18.6 292 42 300.9 300.9 282.3 302.3 0.42 41 578 4429 -15.7 -32.7 22 17.0 -18.6 292 43 301.1 301.2 282.4 302.6 0.42 42 576 4455 -15.7 -33.7 20 18.0 -18.7 293 44 301.4 301.5 282.5 302.8 0.38 43 573 4495 -15.9 -34.9 18 19.0 -18.9 293 46 301.7 301.7 282.5 302.8 0.34 44 568 4561 -15.7 -33.7 20 18.0 -18.7 295 49 302.7 302.7 283.0 304.0 0.39 45 548 4830 -17.7 -31.7 28 14.0 -20.1 291 49 303.4 303.5 283.4 305.1 0.49 46 536 4996 -19.1 -36.1 21 17.0 -21.5 287 49 303.7 303.7 283.3 304.8 0.33 47 534 5024 -19.3 -40.3 14 21.0 -22.0 287 49 303.7 303.8 283.2 304.5 0.21 48 520 5221 -20.7 -43.7 11 23.0 -23.2 282 50 304.4 304.4 283.4 304.9 0.15 49 515 5292 -21.3 -40.3 16 19.0 -23.6 280 50 304.5 304.5 283.5 305.3 0.22 50 513 5321 -21.5 -33.5 33 12.0 -23.3 279 50 304.6 304.7 283.8 306.1 0.44 51 509 5379 -21.9 -30.9 44 9.0 -23.4 278 51 304.8 304.9 284.1 306.7 0.57 52 501 5495 -22.9 -29.9 53 7.0 -24.1 275 52 304.9 305.1 284.2 307.1 0.64 53 500 5510 -22.9 -29.9 53 7.0 -24.1 275 54 305.1 305.2 284.3 307.3 0.64 54 400 7100 -35.7 -41.7 54 6.0 -36.2 280 55 308.6 308.6 285.1 309.5 0.25 55 300 9060 -46.9 -54.9 40 8.0 -47.2 290 56 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.5 0.07 56 269 9777 -50.5 -60.5 30 10.0 -50.7 265 83 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.04 57 260 10000 -48.1 -66.4 10 18.4 -48.5 270 97 330.8 330.9 292.0 330.9 0.02 58 250 10260 -45.3 -73.3 3 28.0 -45.9 275 82 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.01 59 200 11750 -48.9 -79.9 2 31.0 -49.4 275 68 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.00 60 150 13630 -50.5 -82.5 1 32.0 -51.1 270 50 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 61 100 16220 -58.5 -86.5 2 28.0 -58.9 290 38 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 62 90 16875 -62.7 -86.7 3 24.0 -62.9 293 41 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 63 79 17672 -65.1 -88.1 3 23.0 -65.3 300 32 430.0 430.0 308.9 430.0 0.00 64 77 17829 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 290 32 436.1 436.1 309.5 436.1 0.00 65 74 18071 -65.1 -88.1 3 23.0 -65.3 281 33 438.1 438.1 309.7 438.1 0.00 66 70 18410 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 295 30 446.4 446.4 310.5 446.4 0.00 67 69 18498 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -64.9 300 34 447.8 447.8 310.7 447.8 0.00 68 68 18587 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.6 305 38 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.00 69 62 19152 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 300 32 461.7 461.7 311.9 461.7 0.00 70 61 19252 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 300 30 466.5 466.5 312.4 466.6 0.00 71 53 20107 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 280 22 477.8 477.8 313.2 477.8 0.00 72 50 20460 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -66.0 315 32 488.7 488.7 314.1 488.7 0.00 73 47 20836 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 317 33 499.8 499.8 314.9 499.8 0.00 74 46 20968 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.2 319 35 510.1 510.1 315.7 510.1 0.00 75 44 21244 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.1 331 30 519.6 519.6 316.3 519.6 0.00 76 39 21990 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.4 306 10 531.7 531.7 317.1 531.7 0.00 77 35 22656 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -62.7 325 20 550.5 550.5 318.1 550.5 0.00 78 34 22837 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -59.8 330 23 563.5 563.5 318.8 563.6 0.00 79 32 23217 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.3 333 14 575.0 575.0 319.4 575.0 0.00 80 30 23620 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.9 315 12 578.1 578.1 319.6 578.1 0.00 81 23 25287 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -57.9 352 11 638.4 638.4 322.2 638.5 0.01 82 20 26170 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -60.0 10 14 657.1 657.1 323.0 657.2 0.01 83 19 26493 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -60.3 356 11 666.2 666.2 323.3 666.2 0.01 84 18 26836 -55.9 -87.9 1 32.0 -58.1 14 14 685.4 685.4 324.0 685.5 0.01 85 17 27200 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -58.7 359 15 694.8 694.8 324.3 694.8 0.01 86 15 28006 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -55.2 24 12 736.7 736.7 325.6 736.9 0.02 87 15 28006 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -55.2 24 12 736.7 736.7 325.6 736.9 0.02 88 14 28455 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -55.3 348 14 752.1 752.1 326.0 752.2 0.02 89 12 29463 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -54.5 35 14 793.1 793.1 327.1 793.3 0.03 90 11 30033 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -55.5 139 11 808.7 808.7 327.4 808.9 0.02 91 11 30033 -49.1 -85.1 1 36.0 -54.6 139 11 813.8 813.8 327.6 814.0 0.03 92 11 30033 -48.5 -84.5 1 36.0 -54.3 139 11 816.0 816.0 327.6 816.2 0.03 93 11 30033 -48.3 -84.3 1 36.0 -54.2 139 11 816.7 816.7 327.7 817.0 0.03 94 10 30660 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -55.1 190 9 835.5 835.5 328.1 835.8 0.03 95 9.5 30997 -48.5 -84.5 1 36.0 -54.8 213 10 850.9 850.9 328.4 851.2 0.03 96 7.4 32635 -49.5 -85.5 1 36.0 -56.3 325 17 909.8 909.9 329.6 910.2 0.04 97 7.0 33000 -48.3 -84.3 1 36.0 -55.8 350 18 929.4 929.4 329.9 929.9 0.05 98 6.7 33290 -45.5 -84.5 0 39.0 -54.6 952.8 952.8 330.4 953.3 0.05 99 6.5 33492 -46.3 -84.3 1 38.0 -55.2 957.7 957.8 330.5 958.3 0.05 100 6.1 33915 -44.9 -83.9 0 39.0 -54.8 981.3 981.3 330.9 981.9 0.06 TRP 269 9777 -50.5 -60.5 30 10.0 -50.7 265 83 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.04 WND 260 10000 -48.1 -66.4 10 18.4 -48.5 270 97 330.8 330.9 292.0 330.9 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5373.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 943.00 mb = 601.22 m = 1972.48 ft Freezing level: 893.94 mb = 1032.27 m = 3386.69 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.30 % Est. max temperature: 8.74 C = 47.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.22 mb = 1028.51 m = 3374.34 ft T: 0.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 1.19 C Layer 807.0- 794.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.81 mb = 3383.74 m = 11101.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.54 C = 70.78 F Cap Strength: 16.58 C Lifted Index: 16.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.17 C Showalter Index: 11.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.00 C Cross Totals Index: 19.00 C K Index: 5.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60859.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.05 mb = 1284.44 m = 4214.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 308 at 26 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 983 270 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 137 26 -18.0 19.3 1 942 610 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 191 36 6.7 35.0 2 925 757 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 198 31 9.6 30.0 3 907 914 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 200 25 8.7 23.8 4 873 1219 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 192 21 4.3 20.4 5 850 1433 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 188 18 2.6 18.0 6 808 1829 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 165 14 -3.6 13.1 7 778 2134 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 170 11 -1.9 11.1 8 748 2438 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 195 14 3.6 13.9 9 720 2743 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 229 9 7.0 6.1 10 700 2960 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 234 10 7.9 5.8 11 638 3658 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 226 12 8.7 8.3 12 613 3962 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 221 14 9.2 10.8 13 589 4267 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 257 15 14.5 3.4 14 566 4572 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 282 26 25.0 -5.1 15 544 4877 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 272 26 25.7 -0.7 16 502 5486 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 249 33 30.5 11.6 17 500 5510 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 251 35 33.5 11.3 18 461 6096 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 251 34 32.5 11.4 19 400 7100 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 259 34 33.9 6.5 20 388 7315 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 259 34 33.9 6.5 21 371 7620 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 270 41 40.6 -0.3 22 324 8534 300 65 56.3 -32.5 | 295 40 36.0 -16.5 23 300 9060 290 56 52.6 -19.2 | 276 32 32.3 -3.1 24 296 9144 295 57 51.7 -24.1 | 284 32 31.4 -8.1 25 283 9449 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 250 47 44.7 16.0 26 269 9777 265 83 82.7 7.2 | 250 67 62.4 23.3 27 260 10000 270 97 97.0 -0.0 | 258 78 76.7 16.0 28 258 10058 270 97 97.0 -0.0 | 258 78 76.7 16.0 29 250 10260 275 82 81.7 -7.1 | 262 62 61.4 8.9 30 235 10668 275 76 75.7 -6.6 | 260 56 55.4 9.4 31 225 10973 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 241 60 52.6 28.9 32 200 11750 275 68 67.7 -5.9 | 258 49 47.4 10.1 33 196 11887 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 257 46 44.5 10.4 34 187 12192 275 73 72.7 -6.4 | 260 53 52.4 9.7 35 163 13106 280 71 69.9 -12.3 | 266 50 49.6 3.7 36 155 13411 285 61 58.9 -15.8 | 270 39 38.6 0.2 37 150 13630 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 242 34 29.7 16.0 38 148 13716 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 248 31 28.5 11.8 39 135 14326 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 250 47 44.7 16.0 40 117 15240 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 283 28 27.7 -6.4 41 100 16220 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 259 16 15.4 3.0 42 96 16459 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 259 16 15.4 3.0 43 87 17069 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 276 18 17.8 -1.7 44 79 17678 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 270 7 7.4 0.0 45 75 17983 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 224 15 10.2 10.7 46 71 18288 285 37 35.7 -9.6 | 247 17 15.4 6.5 47 70 18410 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 244 8 6.9 3.4 48 68 18593 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 298 12 10.8 -5.8 49 65 18898 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 282 12 11.7 -2.5 50 58 19507 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 187 4 0.5 4.0 51 56 19812 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 157 16 -6.3 14.8 52 50 20422 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 230 13 9.6 8.0 53 50 20460 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 341 7 2.3 -6.6 54 48 20726 315 31 21.9 -21.9 | 345 6 1.6 -5.9 55 46 21031 320 36 23.1 -27.6 | 346 12 2.8 -11.5 56 43 21336 335 27 11.4 -24.5 | 46 12 -8.9 -8.4 57 41 21641 340 25 8.6 -23.5 | 58 14 -11.7 -7.5 58 39 21946 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 130 17 -12.9 10.9 59 34 22860 330 23 11.5 -19.9 | 66 10 -8.8 -3.9 60 32 23165 340 16 5.5 -15.0 | 94 15 -14.8 1.0 61 31 23470 300 3 2.6 -1.5 | 129 23 -17.7 14.5 62 30 23620 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 123 14 -11.8 7.6 63 28 24079 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 117 13 -11.9 6.1 64 27 24384 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 100 18 -18.0 3.2 65 25 24689 25 12 -5.1 -10.9 | 102 26 -25.4 5.2 66 22 25603 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 113 18 -16.1 7.0 67 21 25908 355 14 1.2 -13.9 | 96 19 -19.1 2.1 68 20 26170 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 96 23 -22.7 2.3 69 19 26518 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 105 20 -19.3 5.1 70 18 26822 15 14 -3.6 -13.5 | 96 24 -23.9 2.5 71 17 27127 5 16 -1.4 -15.9 | 90 22 -21.7 0.1 72 16 27432 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 105 18 -17.2 4.4 73 16 27737 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 84 17 -17.2 -1.7 74 15 28042 25 12 -5.1 -10.9 | 102 26 -25.4 5.2 75 14 28346 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 113 18 -16.1 7.0 76 14 28651 5 19 -1.7 -18.9 | 82 22 -22.0 -2.9 77 13 28956 5 22 -1.9 -21.9 | 75 23 -22.2 -5.9 78 12 29566 40 13 -8.4 -10.0 | 102 29 -28.7 6.1 79 11 29870 125 11 -9.0 6.3 | 127 37 -29.3 22.3 80 10 30660 190 9 1.6 8.9 | 143 31 -18.7 24.9 81 7 33000 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 84 17 -17.2 -1.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.9 neg: -50.6 tot: 258.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 71.25 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 236 23 178 29| 30.2 0.0 30.2|259.5 0.0 259.5 518.9 0.92| 36.0 33.3 1000 247 26 187 26| 11.3 0.0 11.3|265.5 -19.6 245.9 245.9 0.64| 24.1 15.4 1500 253 24 187 23| 5.6 0.0 5.6|265.5 -45.7 219.8 146.5 0.43| 19.2 8.2 2000 259 23 186 21| 5.1 0.0 5.1|276.8 -49.0 227.8 113.9 0.43| 15.9 6.8 2500 264 23 189 19| 5.8 0.0 5.8|307.0 -49.0 258.1 103.2 0.49| 15.1 7.4 3000 269 24 194 17| 4.9 0.2 5.1|308.9 -50.6 258.2 86.1 0.48| 12.9 6.2 4000 274 26 202 15| 4.7 0.5 5.1|342.5 -56.8 285.7 71.4 0.49| 11.3 5.6 5000 279 31 222 15| 5.0 1.4 6.4|385.0-140.4 244.5 48.9 0.35| 11.8 4.1 6000 278 34 231 18| 4.2 1.6 5.8|400.8-173.9 226.9 37.8 0.30| 10.6 3.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251205.12.gif