UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 7 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 7 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 151 SFC 985 270 1.2 -1.5 82 2.7 0.1 345 13 275.5 276.1 274.0 285.1 3.47 2 939 654 -2.7 -2.7 100 0.0 -2.7 358 22 275.4 275.9 273.7 284.5 3.33 3 925 774 -3.5 -3.5 100 0.0 -3.5 5 24 275.7 276.3 273.7 284.5 3.19 4 914 869 -4.1 -4.1 100 0.0 -4.1 8 25 276.1 276.6 273.8 284.6 3.08 5 911 894 -3.7 -3.7 100 0.0 -3.7 9 26 276.7 277.3 274.3 285.5 3.19 6 902 973 -2.5 -3.4 94 0.9 -2.9 10 26 278.8 279.3 275.6 287.9 3.29 7 855 1396 -5.3 -5.4 99 0.1 -5.3 2 26 280.1 280.6 275.9 288.5 2.99 8 850 1442 -2.9 -7.0 73 4.1 -4.4 360 25 283.1 283.6 277.0 290.7 2.66 9 845 1489 -1.5 -7.5 64 6.0 -3.7 358 25 285.1 285.5 277.9 292.5 2.57 10 840 1536 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502 5501 -23.9 -53.9 5 30.0 -26.2 323 24 303.6 303.6 282.9 303.7 0.05 25 500 5530 -24.3 -53.3 5 29.0 -26.5 320 25 303.4 303.4 282.8 303.6 0.05 26 489 5691 -25.5 -57.5 3 32.0 -27.6 321 25 303.9 303.9 283.0 304.0 0.03 27 420 6772 -34.5 -59.5 6 25.0 -35.6 308 27 305.9 305.9 283.8 306.0 0.03 28 400 7110 -37.3 -54.3 15 17.0 -38.1 295 32 306.5 306.5 284.1 306.7 0.06 29 381 7444 -39.9 -54.9 19 15.0 -40.5 295 35 307.4 307.4 284.4 307.6 0.06 30 354 7945 -41.9 -61.9 10 20.0 -42.5 286 45 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.3 0.03 31 346 8100 -40.1 -66.1 5 26.0 -40.9 282 49 315.7 315.7 287.3 315.8 0.02 32 344 8140 -39.7 -62.7 7 23.0 -40.5 281 50 316.8 316.8 287.7 316.9 0.02 33 338 8260 -40.3 -55.3 19 15.0 -40.9 278 53 317.5 317.6 288.0 317.8 0.06 34 331 8403 -40.3 -68.3 3 28.0 -41.1 274 57 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.5 0.01 35 300 9070 -42.9 -68.9 4 26.0 -43.6 270 64 324.9 324.9 290.3 324.9 0.01 36 294 9206 -43.5 -69.5 4 26.0 -44.2 270 67 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.01 37 273 9700 -47.7 -70.7 5 23.0 -48.1 265 71 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.9 0.01 38 266 9872 -47.9 -70.9 5 23.0 -48.3 267 73 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.0 0.01 39 250 10280 -49.3 -71.3 6 22.0 -49.7 275 75 332.8 332.8 292.4 332.8 0.01 40 242 10492 -49.5 -72.5 5 23.0 -49.9 278 70 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.6 0.01 41 236 10656 -49.1 -74.1 4 25.0 -49.6 275 63 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.6 0.01 42 223 11024 -50.9 -75.9 4 25.0 -51.3 280 76 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.4 0.01 43 213 11322 -50.3 -77.3 3 27.0 -50.7 278 74 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.00 44 200 11730 -51.3 -79.3 2 28.0 -51.7 260 70 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.00 45 180 12414 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.8 270 82 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 46 165 12976 -53.3 -83.3 1 30.0 -53.7 273 75 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 47 158 13255 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -53.9 274 71 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 48 157 13296 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -53.9 274 71 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 49 155 13379 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -53.7 275 69 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 50 150 13590 -53.9 -83.9 1 30.0 -54.3 265 64 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 51 131 14451 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.2 260 75 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 52 118 15104 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -60.9 260 75 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 53 103 15955 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.0 272 59 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 54 100 16140 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -60.6 275 55 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 55 95 16457 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.3 275 54 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 56 92 16655 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -61.8 278 58 418.8 418.8 307.6 418.8 0.00 57 91 16723 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -58.9 279 59 426.0 426.0 308.4 426.0 0.00 58 90 16792 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -58.7 280 58 427.8 427.8 308.6 427.8 0.00 59 70 18350 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.6 265 13 449.0 449.0 310.7 449.0 0.00 60 65 18803 -65.7 -89.7 2 24.0 -65.9 256 13 453.3 453.3 311.1 453.3 0.00 61 63 18995 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.1 266 16 466.2 466.2 312.3 466.2 0.00 62 59 19401 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.5 271 16 474.2 474.2 313.0 474.2 0.00 63 50 20410 -67.9 -91.9 2 24.0 -68.1 275 17 483.5 483.5 313.7 483.5 0.00 64 49 20532 -66.3 -91.3 2 25.0 -66.5 267 17 490.1 490.1 314.2 490.1 0.00 65 49 20532 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.4 267 17 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.00 66 49 20532 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.1 267 17 496.2 496.2 314.7 496.2 0.00 67 48 20658 -64.5 -91.5 1 27.0 -64.8 285 20 497.3 497.3 314.8 497.3 0.00 68 47 20788 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.4 290 21 508.9 508.9 315.6 508.9 0.00 69 40 21779 -65.5 -90.5 2 25.0 -65.8 302 22 521.4 521.4 316.4 521.4 0.00 70 37 22258 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -62.0 275 23 543.9 543.9 317.8 543.9 0.00 71 34 22780 -63.1 -91.1 1 28.0 -63.7 262 23 552.5 552.5 318.2 552.5 0.00 72 31 23354 -58.9 -89.9 1 31.0 -59.9 271 16 578.6 578.6 319.6 578.6 0.00 73 30 23560 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -60.1 300 12 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.6 0.00 74 25 24703 -59.9 -89.9 1 30.0 -61.0 243 19 612.5 612.5 321.2 612.5 0.00 75 21 25800 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.8 294 14 652.2 652.2 322.7 652.3 0.01 76 21 25800 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -59.2 294 14 651.0 651.0 322.7 651.1 0.01 77 20 26110 -55.5 -88.5 1 33.0 -57.6 310 22 666.3 666.3 323.3 666.3 0.01 78 19 26438 -54.7 -88.7 1 34.0 -57.1 298 12 678.6 678.6 323.7 678.7 0.01 79 18 26783 -55.7 -88.7 1 33.0 -57.9 306 19 686.0 686.0 324.0 686.1 0.01 80 15 27953 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -55.8 307 10 734.1 734.1 325.5 734.2 0.02 81 13 28878 -52.9 -86.9 1 34.0 -56.6 305 10 762.7 762.7 326.3 762.8 0.02 82 12 29397 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -55.2 267 10 788.8 788.8 327.0 789.0 0.02 TRP 223 11024 -50.9 -75.9 4 25.0 -51.3 280 76 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.4 0.01 WND 180 12414 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.8 270 82 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5379.00 m Freezing level: 970.85 mb = 388.26 m = 1273.80 ft Freezing level: 838.35 mb = 1551.88 m = 5091.42 ft Freezing level: 792.33 mb = 2007.51 m = 6586.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 983.24 mb = 284.38 m = 932.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.19 % Est. max temperature: 14.40 C = 57.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.41 mb = 608.18 m = 1995.31 ft T: -2.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 0.55 C Layer 939.0- 914.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.50 mb = 684.09 m = 2244.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 1.12 C = 34.01 F Cap Strength: 15.51 C Lifted Index: 15.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.57 C Showalter Index: 11.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.40 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: -6.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 75.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.10 mb = 798.80 m = 2620.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.10 mb = 841.75 m = 2761.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 907.10 mb = 928.45 m = 3046.06 ft B at Equ Level: 15.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 877.10 mb = 1194.17 m = 3917.85 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 358 at 19 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 270 345 13 3.4 -12.6 | 202 7 2.6 6.5 1 944 610 355 21 1.8 -20.9 | 330 2 1.1 -1.8 2 925 774 5 24 -2.1 -23.9 | 31 6 -2.8 -4.8 3 909 914 10 26 -4.5 -25.6 | 39 8 -5.3 -6.5 4 874 1219 10 28 -4.9 -27.6 | 34 10 -5.6 -8.5 5 850 1442 360 25 -0.0 -25.0 | 7 6 -0.8 -5.9 6 810 1829 340 27 9.2 -25.4 | 307 11 8.5 -6.3 7 779 2134 340 24 8.2 -22.6 | 295 8 7.5 -3.5 8 750 2438 330 27 13.5 -23.4 | 289 13 12.7 -4.3 9 722 2743 335 25 10.6 -22.7 | 290 10 9.8 -3.6 10 700 2988 330 26 13.0 -22.5 | 286 13 12.2 -3.4 11 667 3353 325 29 16.6 -23.8 | 286 17 15.9 -4.7 12 641 3658 315 29 20.5 -20.5 | 274 20 19.7 -1.4 13 615 3962 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 248 21 19.2 7.6 14 591 4267 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 240 26 22.4 12.9 15 545 4877 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 264 23 23.0 2.5 16 503 5486 325 24 13.8 -19.7 | 272 13 13.0 -0.6 17 500 5530 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 270 15 15.3 -0.1 18 462 6096 325 25 14.3 -20.5 | 276 14 13.6 -1.4 19 424 6706 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 263 19 19.2 2.4 20 400 7110 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 259 29 28.2 5.6 21 371 7620 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 263 32 31.9 3.9 22 325 8534 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 252 63 60.2 19.1 23 300 9070 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 253 66 63.2 19.1 24 297 9144 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 254 68 65.2 19.1 25 271 9754 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 250 75 71.0 25.4 26 250 10280 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 260 75 74.0 12.6 27 247 10363 280 75 73.9 -13.0 | 265 73 73.1 6.1 28 236 10668 275 62 61.8 -5.4 | 257 63 61.0 13.7 29 223 11024 280 76 74.8 -13.2 | 265 74 74.1 5.9 30 214 11278 280 74 72.9 -12.8 | 265 72 72.1 6.2 31 200 11730 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 245 75 68.2 31.2 32 195 11887 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 245 74 67.2 31.1 33 180 12414 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 257 83 81.2 19.1 34 178 12497 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 257 83 81.2 19.1 35 154 13411 275 69 68.7 -6.0 | 259 69 68.0 13.1 36 150 13590 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 249 68 63.0 24.7 37 140 14021 265 64 63.8 5.6 | 249 68 63.0 24.7 38 133 14326 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 246 80 73.1 32.1 39 115 15240 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 246 80 73.1 32.1 40 100 16140 275 55 54.8 -4.8 | 255 56 54.0 14.3 41 95 16459 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 255 55 53.0 14.4 42 90 16764 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 262 59 58.3 8.7 43 86 17069 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 249 44 41.1 15.4 44 82 17374 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 236 47 38.6 26.0 45 78 17678 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 246 34 30.8 13.5 46 74 17983 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 213 38 20.9 31.6 47 71 18288 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 211 40 20.5 34.0 48 70 18350 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 211 24 12.2 20.2 49 67 18593 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 208 22 10.2 19.1 50 64 18898 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 207 27 12.4 23.9 51 61 19202 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 241 19 16.6 9.1 52 58 19507 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 208 25 11.8 22.5 53 55 19812 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 209 26 12.8 22.7 54 52 20117 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 222 18 11.9 13.2 55 50 20410 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 223 24 16.2 17.6 56 50 20422 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 207 27 12.4 23.9 57 47 20726 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 241 21 18.3 10.2 58 45 21031 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 228 29 21.2 19.1 59 43 21336 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 232 31 24.2 19.1 60 41 21641 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 254 23 21.8 6.1 61 39 21946 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 238 17 14.0 8.8 62 37 22250 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 232 28 22.2 17.1 63 35 22555 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 236 34 28.2 19.1 64 34 22860 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 221 30 19.9 22.7 65 32 23165 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 230 25 18.9 15.6 66 30 23470 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 213 24 13.2 20.3 67 30 23560 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 216 16 9.6 13.1 68 29 23774 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 223 17 11.4 12.1 69 26 24384 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 208 22 10.2 19.1 70 25 24689 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 209 33 15.7 28.6 71 24 24994 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 237 24 20.5 13.4 72 22 25603 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 206 13 5.7 11.4 73 21 25908 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 223 22 15.0 16.3 74 20 26110 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 253 17 16.1 5.0 75 19 26213 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 209 17 8.3 14.9 76 17 26518 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 253 17 16.1 5.0 77 16 26822 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 220 12 7.6 9.1 78 14 27127 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 199 17 5.6 16.1 79 13 27432 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 209 15 7.4 13.4 80 12 27737 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 202 23 8.9 21.7 81 11 28042 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 211 25 13.0 21.5 82 10 28346 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 205 12 5.0 10.9 83 9 28651 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 195 10 2.7 9.7 84 8 28956 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 195 10 2.7 9.7 85 6 29566 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 188 21 3.0 20.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.7 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 357.7 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -35.2 tot: -25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 19.68 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 355 19 247 1| 12.9 0.0 12.9| 6.7 0.0 6.7 13.4 0.68| 14.2 9.6 1000 3 23 30 4| 8.3 0.0 8.3| 8.3 -3.6 4.7 4.7 0.45| 10.1 4.5 1500 1 24 12 5| 5.5 4.0 9.5| 8.3 -22.3 -14.0 -9.3 -0.03| 10.8 -0.3 2000 355 24 345 5| 4.1 3.8 7.9| 8.3 -30.7 -22.4 -11.2 -0.12| 9.6 -1.1 2500 350 25 326 6| 3.3 3.1 6.4| 9.0 -33.0 -24.1 -9.6 -0.11| 8.7 -1.0 3000 346 25 315 7| 2.8 3.4 6.2| 9.4 -35.2 -25.9 -8.6 -0.11| 8.2 -0.9 4000 337 25 294 10| 2.1 4.4 6.4| 9.4-122.3-112.9 -28.2 -0.32| 8.8 -2.8 5000 329 26 283 13| 3.1 3.5 6.6| 86.3-122.3 -35.9 -7.2 -0.11| 8.8 -1.0 6000 328 25 281 13| 2.7 3.0 5.7| 93.4-127.5 -34.1 -5.7 -0.09| 8.1 -0.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251207.12.gif