UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 8 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 222 120 3 SFC 994 270 -3.9 -6.0 85 2.1 -4.6 120 3 269.7 270.1 268.9 276.4 2.45 2 993 278 -3.3 -6.0 82 2.7 -4.2 122 3 270.4 270.8 269.3 277.1 2.45 3 975 422 -5.1 -6.9 87 1.8 -5.7 158 5 270.0 270.4 268.9 276.3 2.33 4 965 503 -5.3 -6.9 88 1.6 -5.8 178 6 270.6 271.0 269.3 277.0 2.36 5 962 528 -5.3 -6.3 93 1.0 -5.6 184 7 270.8 271.2 269.7 277.6 2.48 6 946 659 -6.5 -6.5 100 0.0 -6.5 207 8 270.9 271.3 269.7 277.7 2.48 7 925 834 -7.7 -7.7 100 0.0 -7.7 215 10 271.4 271.8 269.8 277.8 2.31 8 913 935 -8.5 -8.5 100 0.0 -8.5 240 9 271.6 272.0 269.7 277.7 2.20 9 912 944 -7.9 -8.0 99 0.1 -7.9 242 10 272.3 272.7 270.3 278.6 2.29 10 910 961 -4.9 -7.2 84 2.3 -5.7 246 10 275.6 276.0 272.5 282.4 2.44 11 908 978 -2.9 -6.9 74 4.0 -4.3 250 10 277.8 278.2 273.9 284.8 2.51 12 901 1040 -1.1 -4.2 79 3.1 -2.3 265 11 280.3 280.8 276.2 289.0 3.10 13 890 1138 -0.7 -3.3 83 2.6 -1.7 287 13 281.7 282.3 277.2 291.2 3.36 14 884 1192 0.0 -3.5 77 3.5 -1.4 299 14 283.0 283.5 277.9 292.4 3.34 15 850 1506 0.0 -4.7 71 4.7 -1.9 325 18 286.1 286.7 279.2 295.3 3.17 16 846 1544 0.0 -5.0 69 5.0 -2.0 321 16 286.5 287.1 279.3 295.5 3.11 17 839 1610 -0.3 -6.3 64 6.0 -2.6 324 17 286.9 287.4 279.1 295.1 2.84 18 820 1793 -1.7 -6.5 70 4.8 -3.5 333 20 287.3 287.8 279.4 295.6 2.86 19 814 1851 -1.9 -7.9 63 6.0 -4.1 335 21 287.7 288.1 279.2 295.3 2.59 20 755 2445 -5.9 -13.9 53 8.0 -8.4 325 26 289.6 289.9 279.0 294.8 1.73 21 747 2529 -6.3 -16.3 45 10.0 -9.2 326 27 290.1 290.3 278.8 294.4 1.43 22 740 2602 -6.3 -18.3 38 12.0 -9.6 328 27 290.8 291.1 278.9 294.6 1.22 23 720 2816 -8.3 -19.3 41 11.0 -11.1 329 28 290.9 291.1 278.9 294.5 1.15 24 709 2935 -8.7 -22.7 31 14.0 -12.0 327 28 291.8 291.9 278.9 294.5 0.87 25 700 3034 -9.5 -22.5 34 13.0 -12.5 325 28 292.0 292.1 279.0 294.8 0.90 26 687 3178 -10.9 -22.9 37 12.0 -13.6 325 28 292.0 292.1 279.0 294.7 0.88 27 683 3223 -10.9 -26.9 25 16.0 -14.2 325 29 292.5 292.6 278.8 294.4 0.62 28 680 3257 -11.3 -27.3 25 16.0 -14.5 325 29 292.4 292.5 278.7 294.3 0.60 29 662 3461 -12.1 -31.1 19 19.0 -15.5 325 32 293.7 293.8 279.1 295.1 0.43 30 648 3625 -11.9 -34.9 13 23.0 -15.7 325 38 295.8 295.8 279.9 296.8 0.30 31 642 3696 -11.1 -39.1 8 28.0 -15.3 324 41 297.5 297.5 280.5 298.2 0.20 32 635 3780 -10.7 -42.7 5 32.0 -15.2 320 45 298.9 298.9 281.0 299.3 0.14 33 603 4175 -12.5 -49.5 3 37.0 -16.8 313 54 301.2 301.2 282.0 301.5 0.07 34 596 4264 -12.9 -40.9 8 28.0 -16.9 315 53 301.8 301.8 282.3 302.4 0.18 35 566 4654 -16.3 -38.3 13 22.0 -19.4 312 54 302.3 302.3 282.6 303.1 0.25 36 551 4855 -18.1 -46.1 7 28.0 -21.2 310 54 302.5 302.5 282.5 302.9 0.11 37 548 4896 -18.5 -36.5 19 18.0 -21.1 310 54 302.4 302.5 282.8 303.5 0.31 38 502 5541 -24.5 -35.5 35 11.0 -25.9 310 54 302.8 302.9 283.0 304.1 0.37 39 500 5570 -24.9 -34.9 39 10.0 -26.2 310 54 302.7 302.8 283.0 304.0 0.39 40 491 5702 -25.9 -31.9 57 6.0 -26.8 313 56 303.0 303.1 283.3 304.8 0.54 41 481 5851 -27.3 -32.2 63 4.9 -28.0 314 56 303.1 303.2 283.4 304.9 0.53 42 471 6003 -28.3 -36.3 46 8.0 -29.2 312 54 303.7 303.7 283.4 304.9 0.36 43 468 6049 -28.7 -34.7 56 6.0 -29.4 311 53 303.7 303.8 283.5 305.2 0.43 44 465 6095 -28.9 -36.9 46 8.0 -29.8 310 52 304.0 304.1 283.5 305.2 0.35 45 459 6188 -29.5 -37.5 46 8.0 -30.4 309 52 304.4 304.5 283.6 305.6 0.33 46 452 6298 -29.9 -41.9 30 12.0 -31.0 307 53 305.3 305.3 283.8 306.0 0.21 47 445 6409 -30.7 -40.7 37 10.0 -31.6 305 53 305.6 305.7 284.0 306.5 0.25 48 443 6441 -30.9 -43.9 27 13.0 -32.0 306 53 305.8 305.8 284.0 306.4 0.18 49 428 6685 -32.3 -51.3 13 19.0 -33.5 310 56 307.0 307.0 284.3 307.3 0.08 50 400 7160 -36.3 -53.3 16 17.0 -37.1 320 62 307.8 307.8 284.6 308.1 0.07 51 371 7675 -41.1 -50.1 37 9.0 -41.5 315 67 308.1 308.2 284.8 308.5 0.11 52 354 7991 -44.1 -55.1 28 11.0 -44.5 319 69 308.3 308.3 284.8 308.5 0.06 53 333 8398 -47.1 -60.1 21 13.0 -47.4 323 70 309.6 309.6 285.2 309.7 0.03 54 309 8888 -50.7 -61.7 26 11.0 -50.9 312 66 311.2 311.3 285.8 311.4 0.03 55 300 9080 -51.7 -62.7 26 11.0 -51.9 305 63 312.5 312.5 286.2 312.6 0.03 56 280 9526 -54.7 -64.7 28 10.0 -54.8 295 78 314.4 314.4 286.9 314.5 0.02 57 250 10260 -50.3 -74.3 4 24.0 -50.7 305 83 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.3 0.01 58 234 10694 -50.8 -75.7 4 24.9 -51.1 305 92 336.9 336.9 293.6 336.9 0.01 59 200 11720 -51.9 -78.9 3 27.0 -52.3 310 70 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.00 60 150 13570 -54.9 -82.9 2 28.0 -55.3 285 74 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 61 100 16100 -62.5 -86.5 3 24.0 -62.7 285 71 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 62 94 16480 -63.9 -86.9 3 23.0 -64.1 285 71 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 63 86 17026 -62.5 -86.5 3 24.0 -62.7 276 58 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 64 80 17467 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 275 62 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 65 74 17941 -63.3 -87.3 2 24.0 -63.6 277 55 441.9 441.9 310.1 441.9 0.00 66 70 18280 -65.9 -87.9 3 22.0 -66.1 280 41 443.4 443.4 310.2 443.4 0.00 67 65 18728 -68.5 -88.5 4 20.0 -68.7 282 46 447.2 447.2 310.6 447.2 0.00 68 61 19114 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.8 300 44 466.5 466.5 312.4 466.6 0.00 69 58 19423 -65.3 -89.3 2 24.0 -65.5 299 40 469.3 469.3 312.5 469.3 0.00 70 57 19530 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.4 297 40 476.6 476.6 313.2 476.6 0.00 71 55 19751 -61.9 -87.9 2 26.0 -62.3 291 38 484.2 484.2 313.8 484.2 0.00 72 50 20340 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.3 285 24 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.00 73 45 20991 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 266 24 515.3 515.3 316.0 515.3 0.00 74 42 21419 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.1 287 26 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.1 0.00 75 38 22040 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.9 294 21 542.8 542.8 317.7 542.9 0.00 76 38 22040 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.9 294 21 542.8 542.8 317.7 542.9 0.00 77 35 22551 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.1 290 28 552.1 552.1 318.2 552.1 0.00 78 33 22917 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -60.9 302 28 565.2 565.2 318.9 565.2 0.00 79 31 23305 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.9 296 24 572.7 572.7 319.3 572.7 0.01 80 30 23510 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.9 275 19 584.1 584.1 319.9 584.1 0.01 81 27 24176 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.5 275 20 610.4 610.4 321.1 610.4 0.01 82 23 25190 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.9 292 17 631.4 631.4 322.0 631.4 0.01 83 23 25190 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.9 292 17 634.9 634.9 322.1 634.9 0.01 TRP 280 9526 -54.7 -64.7 28 10.0 -54.8 295 78 314.4 314.4 286.9 314.5 0.02 WND 234 10694 -50.8 -75.7 4 24.9 -51.1 305 92 336.9 336.9 293.6 336.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5348.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 884.00 mb = 1192.05 m = 3910.87 ft Freezing level: 846.00 mb = 1543.77 m = 5064.79 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.89 % Est. max temperature: 12.99 C = 55.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.50 mb = 531.64 m = 1744.20 ft T: -5.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 1.21 C Layer 814.0- 740.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.02 mb = 667.06 m = 2188.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.47 g/kg Conv temperature: -2.68 C = 27.18 F Cap Strength: 20.54 C Lifted Index: 19.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.80 C Showalter Index: 7.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 7.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 90.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.39 mb = 839.09 m = 2752.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.39 mb = 881.21 m = 2891.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 909.39 mb = 966.36 m = 3170.42 ft B at Equ Level: 28.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 889.39 mb = 1143.41 m = 3751.29 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 345 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 994 270 120 3 -2.6 1.5 | 161 28 -9.4 26.9 1 952 610 205 8 3.4 7.3 | 174 33 -3.5 32.6 2 925 834 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 178 34 -1.1 33.5 3 916 914 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 181 31 0.5 30.5 4 881 1219 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 195 18 4.6 17.3 5 850 1506 325 18 10.3 -14.7 | 198 11 3.5 10.6 6 848 1524 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 195 14 3.4 13.1 7 816 1829 335 21 8.9 -19.0 | 198 7 2.0 6.3 8 785 2134 340 21 7.2 -19.7 | 183 6 0.3 5.6 9 755 2438 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 243 9 8.1 4.1 10 726 2743 330 28 14.0 -24.2 | 261 7 7.2 1.1 11 700 3034 325 28 16.1 -22.9 | 255 10 9.2 2.4 12 671 3353 325 29 16.6 -23.8 | 261 10 9.8 1.6 13 644 3658 325 39 22.4 -31.9 | 293 17 15.5 -6.6 14 619 3962 310 56 42.9 -36.0 | 286 38 36.1 -10.6 15 594 4267 315 53 37.5 -37.5 | 292 33 30.6 -12.1 16 548 4877 310 54 41.4 -34.7 | 285 36 34.5 -9.4 17 500 5570 310 54 41.4 -34.7 | 285 36 34.5 -9.4 18 485 5791 315 57 40.3 -40.3 | 294 37 33.5 -15.0 19 464 6096 310 52 39.8 -33.4 | 284 34 33.0 -8.1 20 445 6401 305 53 43.4 -30.4 | 278 37 36.6 -5.0 21 400 7160 320 62 39.9 -47.5 | 304 40 33.0 -22.1 22 373 7620 315 67 47.4 -47.4 | 299 46 40.5 -22.0 23 326 8534 325 71 40.7 -58.2 | 314 47 33.9 -32.8 24 300 9080 305 63 51.6 -36.1 | 284 46 44.8 -10.8 25 297 9144 310 61 46.7 -39.2 | 289 42 39.9 -13.9 26 280 9526 295 78 70.7 -33.0 | 277 64 63.9 -7.6 27 270 9754 300 83 71.9 -41.5 | 284 67 65.0 -16.1 28 250 10260 305 83 68.0 -47.6 | 290 65 61.1 -22.3 29 234 10694 305 92 75.4 -52.8 | 292 74 68.5 -27.4 30 224 10973 305 92 75.4 -52.8 | 292 74 68.5 -27.4 31 204 11582 315 74 52.3 -52.3 | 301 53 45.5 -27.0 32 200 11720 310 70 53.6 -45.0 | 293 51 46.8 -19.6 33 195 11887 305 69 56.5 -39.6 | 286 52 49.7 -14.2 34 177 12497 295 80 72.5 -33.8 | 277 66 65.7 -8.5 35 169 12802 290 67 63.0 -22.9 | 268 56 56.1 2.4 36 154 13411 290 81 76.1 -27.7 | 272 69 69.3 -2.4 37 150 13570 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 265 65 64.6 6.2 38 140 14021 280 78 76.8 -13.5 | 260 71 70.0 11.8 39 121 14935 290 74 69.5 -25.3 | 270 63 62.7 0.0 40 115 15240 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 261 57 55.9 8.5 41 104 15850 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 255 56 54.2 14.6 42 100 16100 285 71 68.6 -18.4 | 264 62 61.7 7.0 43 94 16459 285 71 68.6 -18.4 | 264 62 61.7 7.0 44 85 17069 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 248 54 49.9 20.4 45 77 17678 275 65 64.8 -5.7 | 251 61 57.9 19.7 46 70 18280 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 241 38 33.5 18.2 47 70 18288 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 248 37 34.7 14.2 48 67 18593 280 41 40.4 -7.1 | 241 38 33.5 18.2 49 63 18898 285 51 49.3 -13.2 | 254 44 42.4 12.2 50 60 19202 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 267 28 27.6 1.3 51 55 19812 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 247 31 28.9 12.4 52 50 20340 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 220 25 16.3 19.1 53 47 20726 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 209 27 13.1 23.6 54 45 21031 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 213 33 18.1 27.5 55 43 21336 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 220 28 17.8 21.0 56 41 21641 305 27 22.1 -15.5 | 237 18 15.3 9.9 57 39 21946 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 208 19 8.7 16.4 58 37 22250 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 225 29 20.7 20.5 59 32 23165 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 243 16 14.6 7.4 60 30 23510 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 207 27 12.1 23.7 61 28 23774 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 204 30 12.1 27.0 62 25 24079 300 22 19.1 -11.0 | 220 19 12.2 14.4 63 23 24384 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 205 22 9.1 19.5 64 21 24689 320 19 12.2 -14.6 | 206 12 5.4 10.8 65 19 24994 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 218 17 10.4 13.3 66 16 25603 340 16 5.5 -15.0 | 172 10 -1.4 10.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.9 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 344.9 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.3 neg: -5.5 tot: 160.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 196.51 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 197 7 171 32| 10.3 0.0 10.3| 77.5 0.0 77.5 155.1 0.81| 11.6 9.4 1000 240 9 182 30| 9.1 0.0 9.1|145.7 0.0 145.7 145.7 0.59| 15.9 9.4 1500 291 12 191 22| 7.8 0.0 7.8|149.5 -1.9 147.7 98.5 0.46| 14.1 6.5 2000 313 14 192 16| 6.6 0.0 6.6|154.0 -4.0 150.0 75.0 0.44| 12.1 5.3 2500 319 16 197 13| 5.3 1.0 6.3|164.9 -4.0 160.9 64.4 0.48| 11.1 5.4 3000 321 18 203 12| 4.4 1.1 5.6|166.3 -5.5 160.9 53.6 0.46| 9.8 4.5 4000 319 25 236 11| 3.3 4.1 7.4|219.5 -31.5 188.0 47.0 0.35| 12.0 4.3 5000 316 31 258 15| 2.7 3.5 6.1|219.5 -66.4 153.2 30.6 0.30| 10.1 3.0 6000 315 35 268 18| 2.6 2.8 5.4|268.1-139.7 128.4 21.4 0.24| 9.6 2.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251208.12.gif