UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 9 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 9 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 121 SFC 982 270 2.6 0.2 84 2.4 1.5 185 3 277.2 277.9 275.6 288.0 3.95 2 977 311 3.4 0.2 80 3.2 2.0 195 4 278.4 279.1 276.3 289.3 3.97 3 967 394 3.0 0.0 81 3.0 1.7 217 7 278.8 279.5 276.5 289.7 3.95 4 956 487 5.4 0.4 70 5.0 3.1 240 10 282.2 282.9 278.4 293.7 4.11 5 945 582 6.2 0.2 65 6.0 3.5 264 13 283.9 284.6 279.3 295.5 4.10 6 941 616 6.6 -0.4 61 7.0 3.4 270 14 284.7 285.3 279.5 295.8 3.94 7 939 634 8.4 -1.6 49 10.0 3.9 270 14 286.7 287.3 280.0 297.0 3.62 8 937 652 10.8 -3.2 37 14.0 4.6 270 14 289.3 289.9 280.7 298.7 3.22 9 936 660 11.6 -3.4 35 15.0 4.9 270 14 290.2 290.7 281.1 299.5 3.17 10 933 687 12.0 -3.0 35 15.0 5.2 270 14 290.9 291.4 281.5 300.5 3.28 11 925 759 11.8 -3.2 35 15.0 5.0 270 14 291.4 292.0 281.7 301.0 3.26 12 902 969 10.8 -5.2 32 16.0 3.8 263 15 292.5 293.0 281.7 301.0 2.87 13 850 1460 6.6 -6.4 39 13.0 1.2 255 22 293.1 293.6 281.9 301.4 2.78 14 793 2025 2.0 -8.0 47 10.0 -1.9 258 28 294.0 294.5 282.1 301.9 2.64 15 706 2949 -5.7 -9.6 74 3.9 -7.1 284 30 295.5 295.9 282.7 303.3 2.61 16 705 2960 -5.9 -9.8 74 3.9 -7.3 284 30 295.3 295.8 282.7 303.1 2.57 17 700 3016 -6.1 -10.5 71 4.4 -7.7 285 30 295.7 296.2 282.7 303.2 2.45 18 691 3117 -6.3 -13.3 58 7.0 -8.6 288 31 296.6 297.0 282.5 302.7 1.98 19 683 3208 -6.9 -12.9 62 6.0 -8.9 291 33 296.9 297.3 282.7 303.3 2.07 20 642 3686 -10.9 -15.7 68 4.8 -12.3 291 33 297.7 298.0 282.7 303.1 1.75 21 585 4392 -16.5 -16.5 100 0.0 -16.5 310 42 299.2 299.5 283.3 304.8 1.80 22 569 4600 -18.1 -18.1 100 0.0 -18.1 310 47 299.7 300.0 283.3 304.8 1.62 23 565 4652 -17.3 -19.0 87 1.7 -17.7 310 48 301.2 301.5 283.8 306.0 1.51 24 563 4679 -16.9 -20.9 71 4.0 -17.9 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-64.1 330 68 331.2 331.3 292.0 331.3 0.01 52 198 11842 -64.7 -72.7 32 8.0 -64.8 329 68 331.2 331.3 292.0 331.3 0.01 53 197 11872 -64.7 -71.7 38 7.0 -64.8 329 67 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.01 54 188 12157 -66.5 -73.5 37 7.0 -66.5 325 65 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.3 0.01 55 186 12222 -66.9 -74.9 31 8.0 -67.0 310 70 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.7 0.01 56 178 12488 -66.1 -80.1 12 14.0 -66.2 305 78 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.2 0.00 57 175 12592 -63.7 -82.7 6 19.0 -63.8 304 81 344.8 344.8 295.4 344.8 0.00 58 164 12991 -62.9 -82.9 5 20.0 -63.0 301 94 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.00 59 156 13303 -58.5 -83.5 3 25.0 -58.7 310 91 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 60 150 13550 -57.5 -83.5 2 26.0 -57.8 295 68 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 61 100 16070 -60.5 -85.5 2 25.0 -60.8 300 41 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 62 88 16857 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 281 51 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 63 87 16927 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.7 283 52 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 64 84 17140 -66.7 -87.7 4 21.0 -66.8 286 55 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.3 0.00 65 81 17361 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.9 290 59 425.7 425.7 308.4 425.7 0.00 66 80 17437 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -63.9 291 60 431.3 431.3 309.0 431.3 0.00 67 76 17752 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 296 61 436.0 436.0 309.5 436.0 0.00 68 75 17834 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.4 298 58 442.7 442.7 310.1 442.7 0.00 69 70 18260 -63.5 -87.5 2 24.0 -63.8 290 50 448.5 448.5 310.7 448.5 0.00 70 61 19093 -66.7 -89.7 3 23.0 -66.9 297 53 459.4 459.4 311.7 459.4 0.00 71 59 19294 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -65.0 298 55 468.3 468.3 312.5 468.3 0.00 72 57 19503 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 300 58 470.2 470.2 312.7 470.2 0.00 73 56 19610 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 301 55 476.7 476.7 313.2 476.7 0.00 74 55 19720 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.4 301 51 479.2 479.2 313.4 479.2 0.00 75 53 19945 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.8 303 45 481.0 481.0 313.5 481.1 0.00 76 52 20060 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.8 304 41 483.7 483.7 313.7 483.7 0.00 77 50 20300 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.4 305 34 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 78 49 20426 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -61.0 310 55 503.8 503.8 315.2 503.8 0.00 79 45 20952 -63.7 -88.7 2 25.0 -64.1 287 35 508.5 508.5 315.5 508.5 0.00 80 42 21380 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.6 297 45 528.0 528.0 316.8 528.0 0.00 81 39 21840 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.7 302 43 533.8 533.8 317.2 533.8 0.00 82 35 22512 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.6 324 35 553.7 553.7 318.3 553.7 0.00 83 34 22693 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.5 325 33 564.6 564.6 318.9 564.6 0.01 84 32 23073 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.8 325 27 570.7 570.7 319.2 570.7 0.01 85 31 23273 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.3 320 31 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.5 0.01 86 30 23480 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.5 315 29 588.4 588.4 320.0 588.5 0.01 87 29 23694 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.5 315 27 591.4 591.4 320.2 591.5 0.01 88 27 24147 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.0 324 38 608.7 608.7 321.0 608.7 0.01 89 24 24894 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -58.6 323 26 627.8 627.8 321.8 627.8 0.01 90 22 25450 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -56.0 314 26 653.7 653.7 322.8 653.8 0.01 91 20 26060 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.2 320 23 663.8 663.8 323.2 663.9 0.01 92 19 26386 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -58.0 320 28 674.9 674.9 323.6 675.0 0.01 93 17 27088 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.6 320 37 687.1 687.1 324.0 687.2 0.01 94 17 27088 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -60.7 320 37 686.4 686.5 324.0 686.5 0.01 95 17 27088 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -59.2 320 37 692.9 692.9 324.2 692.9 0.01 96 16 27469 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.7 320 42 699.1 699.1 324.4 699.2 0.01 97 15 27875 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -59.5 322 40 717.4 717.5 325.0 717.5 0.01 98 14 28310 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -60.7 323 38 727.0 727.0 325.3 727.1 0.01 99 14 28310 -55.9 -88.9 1 33.0 -58.6 323 38 736.5 736.5 325.6 736.6 0.01 100 14 28310 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -56.1 323 38 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.1 0.02 101 13 28788 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -56.7 325 36 762.0 762.0 326.3 762.1 0.02 102 13 28788 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.7 325 36 772.4 772.4 326.5 772.6 0.03 103 11 29872 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -56.9 329 17 800.7 800.7 327.3 800.9 0.02 104 11 29872 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -56.1 329 17 805.1 805.1 327.4 805.3 0.03 105 10 30490 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -56.4 310 21 827.3 827.3 327.9 827.5 0.03 106 9.9 30555 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -56.1 831.9 832.0 328.0 832.2 0.03 107 9.5 30823 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -57.2 835.7 835.8 328.1 836.0 0.03 TRP 186 12222 -66.9 -74.9 31 8.0 -67.0 310 70 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.7 0.01 WND 251 10354 -54.3 -66.3 22 11.9 -54.5 350 118 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5449.00 m Freezing level: 770.40 mb = 2264.83 m = 7430.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 828.13 mb = 1672.09 m = 5485.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.43 % Est. max temperature: 18.69 C = 65.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.08 mb = 572.41 m = 1877.96 ft T: 6.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.07 C/km ThetaE index: 0.21 C Layer 705.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.25 mb = 3125.50 m = 10254.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.95 C = 71.51 F Cap Strength: 14.52 C Lifted Index: 14.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.95 C Showalter Index: 11.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 10.10 C K Index: 12.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 94.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66364.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.89 mb = 2055.94 m = 6745.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 329 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 982 270 185 3 0.3 3.0 | 153 28 -12.9 25.0 1 942 610 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 182 22 0.8 22.0 2 925 759 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 182 22 0.8 22.0 3 908 914 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 184 23 1.8 23.3 4 875 1219 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 187 27 3.3 26.4 5 850 1460 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 196 29 8.1 27.7 6 843 1524 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 193 30 6.6 29.2 7 812 1829 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 201 31 11.0 28.5 8 781 2134 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 211 32 16.4 27.2 9 752 2438 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 214 30 16.7 24.6 10 724 2743 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 222 23 15.4 17.0 11 700 3016 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 228 21 15.8 14.2 12 670 3353 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 249 20 18.6 7.2 13 643 3658 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 239 21 17.9 10.7 14 618 3962 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 272 14 13.7 -0.5 15 594 4267 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 280 17 16.7 -3.1 16 548 4877 310 54 41.4 -34.7 | 294 31 28.2 -12.7 17 526 5182 330 44 22.0 -38.1 | 331 18 8.8 -16.1 18 500 5570 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 311 25 19.0 -16.3 19 465 6096 320 57 36.6 -43.7 | 313 32 23.5 -21.7 20 400 7210 315 65 46.0 -46.0 | 306 41 32.8 -24.0 21 377 7620 315 73 51.6 -51.6 | 308 49 38.5 -29.6 22 361 7925 315 74 52.3 -52.3 | 308 50 39.2 -30.3 23 316 8839 330 72 36.0 -62.4 | 330 46 22.8 -40.4 24 302 9144 335 76 32.1 -68.9 | 338 51 19.0 -46.9 25 300 9190 335 80 33.8 -72.5 | 338 55 20.7 -50.5 26 251 10354 350 118 20.5 -116.2 | 356 94 7.3 -94.2 27 251 10363 350 118 20.5 -116.2 | 356 94 7.3 -94.2 28 250 10380 350 118 20.5 -116.2 | 356 94 7.3 -94.2 29 206 11582 345 81 21.0 -78.2 | 352 57 7.8 -56.2 30 200 11780 330 68 34.0 -58.9 | 331 42 20.8 -36.9 31 187 12192 325 65 37.3 -53.2 | 322 39 24.1 -31.3 32 186 12222 310 70 53.6 -45.0 | 300 47 40.5 -23.0 33 178 12497 305 78 63.9 -44.7 | 294 56 50.7 -22.7 34 161 13106 300 98 84.9 -49.0 | 291 77 71.7 -27.0 35 153 13411 315 87 61.5 -61.5 | 309 62 48.4 -39.5 36 150 13550 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 278 49 48.5 -6.7 37 146 13716 290 66 62.0 -22.6 | 271 49 48.9 -0.6 38 132 14326 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 265 39 38.5 3.2 39 126 14630 285 59 57.0 -15.3 | 261 44 43.8 6.7 40 114 15240 310 77 59.0 -49.5 | 301 53 45.8 -27.5 41 109 15545 320 70 45.0 -53.6 | 315 45 31.8 -31.6 42 100 16070 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 266 22 22.4 1.5 43 99 16154 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 311 25 19.0 -16.3 44 94 16459 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 266 22 22.4 1.5 45 89 16764 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 250 38 36.1 13.3 46 77 17678 295 63 57.1 -26.6 | 276 44 43.9 -4.6 47 73 17983 300 54 46.8 -27.0 | 278 34 33.6 -5.0 48 70 18260 290 50 47.0 -17.1 | 262 34 33.8 4.9 49 70 18288 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 255 28 27.3 7.3 50 57 19507 300 58 50.2 -29.0 | 281 38 37.1 -7.0 51 50 20300 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 260 15 14.7 2.5 52 49 20422 310 55 42.1 -35.4 | 295 32 29.0 -13.4 53 47 20726 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 279 16 16.0 -2.4 54 44 21031 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 232 26 20.3 16.1 55 42 21336 295 45 40.8 -19.0 | 264 28 27.6 3.0 56 40 21641 305 44 36.0 -25.2 | 278 23 22.9 -3.2 57 38 21946 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 269 24 24.1 0.5 58 35 22555 325 35 20.1 -28.7 | 314 10 6.9 -6.7 59 32 23165 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 248 2 1.8 0.7 60 30 23470 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 282 18 17.5 -3.7 61 30 23480 315 29 20.5 -20.5 | 259 7 7.3 1.5 62 29 23774 315 26 18.4 -18.4 | 235 6 5.2 3.6 63 26 24384 330 45 22.5 -39.0 | 331 19 9.3 -17.0 64 25 24689 340 32 10.9 -30.1 | 15 8 -2.2 -8.1 65 24 24994 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 217 6 3.8 5.0 66 23 25298 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 264 8 8.1 0.8 67 20 25908 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 172 12 -1.7 12.4 68 20 26060 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 200 5 1.6 4.4 69 16 27432 320 42 27.0 -32.2 | 306 17 13.8 -10.2 70 13 28956 325 35 20.1 -28.7 | 314 10 6.9 -6.7 71 12 29566 345 21 5.4 -20.3 | 102 8 -7.7 1.7 72 11 30175 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 165 13 -3.3 12.1 73 10 30490 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 199 9 2.9 8.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.1 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 329.1 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.6 neg: -7.1 tot: 293.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 92.70 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 264 10 173 23| 14.5 0.0 14.5|100.3 0.0 100.3 200.5 0.83| 17.4 14.4 1000 262 13 179 24| 7.3 2.9 10.2|119.3 0.0 119.3 119.3 0.74| 11.7 8.7 1500 258 16 185 25| 4.8 3.9 8.7|166.2 -7.1 159.2 106.1 0.72| 10.6 7.6 2000 258 19 192 26| 5.4 2.9 8.3|224.0 -7.1 216.9 108.5 0.76| 9.8 7.5 2500 261 21 197 26| 5.0 2.3 7.3|258.6 -7.1 251.5 100.6 0.71| 9.8 7.0 3000 267 23 202 25| 5.4 1.9 7.3|300.6 -7.1 293.6 97.9 0.74| 9.6 7.1 4000 279 26 215 22| 5.2 1.5 6.6|360.0 -22.6 337.3 84.3 0.68| 9.8 6.7 5000 291 30 233 19| 4.2 1.9 6.1|487.2 -28.6 458.6 91.7 0.64| 11.5 7.3 6000 299 34 252 18| 3.5 2.8 6.3|494.4 -68.4 426.0 71.0 0.51| 11.0 5.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251209.12.gif