UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 10 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 10 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 24 SFC 971 270 12.8 2.8 51 10.0 7.8 200 5 288.4 289.2 282.3 302.1 4.82 2 969 288 14.2 0.2 38 14.0 7.4 201 6 289.9 290.7 282.0 301.5 4.00 3 925 681 11.2 -0.8 43 12.0 5.5 220 32 290.8 291.5 282.2 302.1 3.90 4 923 699 11.0 -1.0 43 12.0 5.4 222 32 290.7 291.4 282.1 301.9 3.85 5 910 817 11.0 -2.0 40 13.0 5.0 238 34 291.9 292.6 282.4 302.5 3.62 6 908 836 11.0 -2.0 40 13.0 4.9 240 34 292.1 292.7 282.5 302.8 3.63 7 904 872 12.2 -2.8 35 15.0 5.2 245 34 293.7 294.3 283.0 303.9 3.44 8 900 910 12.2 -2.8 35 15.0 5.2 249 35 294.1 294.7 283.1 304.3 3.45 9 865 1241 11.6 -5.4 30 17.0 4.0 281 35 296.8 297.3 283.7 305.7 2.95 10 850 1387 11.4 -5.6 30 17.0 3.8 290 35 298.1 298.6 284.2 307.1 2.96 11 847 1417 11.4 -5.6 30 17.0 3.8 290 35 298.4 298.9 284.4 307.4 2.97 12 752 2395 3.4 -7.6 44 11.0 -1.2 290 50 300.0 300.6 284.9 308.8 2.87 13 730 2635 2.4 -7.6 48 10.0 -1.8 293 48 301.5 302.0 285.5 310.6 2.95 14 700 2973 0.0 -8.0 55 8.0 -3.3 300 40 302.5 303.0 285.9 311.7 2.99 15 699 2984 -0.3 -8.3 55 8.0 -3.6 300 40 302.3 302.8 285.8 311.3 2.92 16 653 3524 -4.3 -6.8 83 2.5 -5.4 313 46 303.7 304.4 286.9 314.5 3.52 17 650 3561 -3.9 -7.3 77 3.4 -5.3 313 47 304.6 305.2 287.1 315.1 3.40 18 635 3744 -5.1 -8.0 80 2.9 -6.3 314 49 305.2 305.8 287.2 315.5 3.29 19 616 3983 -3.9 -10.9 58 7.0 -6.6 310 52 309.3 309.8 288.1 317.9 2.70 20 611 4048 -4.3 -11.3 58 7.0 -7.0 309 52 309.5 310.0 288.1 317.9 2.64 21 569 4605 -7.7 -13.7 62 6.0 -9.8 302 55 311.9 312.3 288.6 319.5 2.33 22 559 4743 -8.3 -16.3 52 8.0 -10.9 301 55 312.8 313.1 288.4 319.1 1.91 23 533 5111 -10.3 -19.3 48 9.0 -13.0 300 57 314.7 315.0 288.7 319.9 1.56 24 515 5375 -11.7 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0.44 38 344 8331 -34.7 -37.8 73 3.1 -35.0 306 79 323.6 323.6 290.3 325.1 0.43 39 342 8371 -35.1 -38.0 75 2.9 -35.4 306 79 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.1 0.42 40 338 8453 -35.7 -38.9 72 3.2 -36.0 307 79 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.39 41 334 8536 -35.9 -42.9 49 7.0 -36.5 307 79 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.26 42 327 8682 -37.1 -43.1 54 6.0 -37.6 309 80 325.0 325.0 290.6 325.9 0.26 43 324 8745 -37.7 -40.9 72 3.2 -38.0 309 80 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.33 44 322 8788 -38.1 -42.6 63 4.5 -38.5 309 80 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.28 45 320 8831 -38.1 -46.1 43 8.0 -38.7 310 80 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.3 0.19 46 316 8917 -39.1 -44.1 59 5.0 -39.5 310 81 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.3 0.24 47 313 8982 -39.7 -46.7 47 7.0 -40.2 310 82 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.18 48 312 9004 -39.9 -49.9 34 10.0 -40.5 310 82 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.13 49 310 9048 -40.3 -47.3 47 7.0 -40.8 310 83 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.17 50 309 9070 -40.5 -47.5 47 7.0 -40.9 310 83 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.17 51 307 9114 -40.9 -46.9 52 6.0 -41.3 310 84 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.18 52 305 9158 -41.1 -43.8 75 2.7 -41.3 310 84 325.9 325.9 290.8 326.9 0.26 53 301 9248 -41.9 -45.9 65 4.0 -42.2 310 86 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.21 54 300 9270 -42.1 -45.4 70 3.3 -42.3 310 86 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.22 55 299 9293 -42.3 -45.2 73 2.9 -42.5 310 86 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.23 56 297 9338 -42.5 -47.2 60 4.7 -42.8 310 86 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.18 57 250 10480 -52.5 -62.5 29 10.0 -52.7 310 94 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.03 58 200 11880 -64.7 -69.5 51 4.8 -64.7 310 95 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.02 59 176 12651 -70.4 -74.9 51 4.6 -70.4 300 111 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.3 0.01 60 170 12857 -71.9 -76.4 51 4.5 -71.9 300 106 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.01 61 150 13610 -64.1 -84.1 5 20.0 -64.2 300 90 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 62 100 16120 -62.9 -85.9 3 23.0 -63.1 285 49 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 63 86 17037 -68.1 -87.1 5 19.0 -68.2 289 59 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 64 83 17250 -68.3 -88.3 4 20.0 -68.4 293 53 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 65 81 17397 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531.6 0.00 79 37 22176 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.9 311 36 533.1 533.1 317.1 533.1 0.00 80 36 22344 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.6 312 37 543.5 543.5 317.7 543.5 0.00 81 35 22517 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.2 313 38 546.4 546.4 317.9 546.4 0.00 82 34 22696 -63.3 -90.3 1 27.0 -63.8 314 38 552.0 552.0 318.2 552.0 0.00 83 33 22880 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.2 316 41 561.5 561.5 318.7 561.5 0.00 84 30 23480 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.7 310 34 591.2 591.2 320.2 591.2 0.01 85 29 23696 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -57.6 308 32 597.5 597.5 320.5 597.5 0.01 86 27 24148 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -59.9 302 30 602.5 602.5 320.7 602.5 0.01 87 25 24633 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.5 286 30 617.6 617.6 321.4 617.7 0.01 88 23 25155 -60.7 -87.7 2 27.0 -61.8 293 34 624.9 624.9 321.7 624.9 0.01 89 23 25155 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.8 293 34 624.9 624.9 321.7 624.9 0.01 90 21 25728 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.8 316 46 655.9 655.9 322.9 655.9 0.01 91 21 25728 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -57.3 316 46 657.7 657.7 323.0 657.7 0.01 92 20 26040 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -57.3 310 45 667.5 667.5 323.3 667.6 0.01 93 19 26368 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -55.5 314 45 684.8 684.8 323.9 685.0 0.02 94 16 27464 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.7 309 36 706.9 706.9 324.7 707.0 0.01 95 15 27872 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -59.0 303 30 719.4 719.4 325.0 719.6 0.01 96 15 27872 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -58.9 303 30 720.1 720.1 325.1 720.2 0.01 97 13 28788 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -55.8 313 43 766.8 766.8 326.4 767.0 0.02 98 13 28788 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -55.8 313 43 766.8 766.8 326.4 767.0 0.02 99 11 29856 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -59.8 305 34 785.4 785.5 326.9 785.6 0.02 100 10 30460 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -59.3 300 49 810.9 810.9 327.5 811.1 0.02 101 10 30460 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -58.9 300 49 813.1 813.1 327.5 813.3 0.02 102 9.6 30719 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -60.8 812.9 812.9 327.5 813.0 0.02 103 9.2 30989 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -58.7 835.0 835.1 328.1 835.2 0.02 104 8.8 31274 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -58.9 845.0 845.0 328.3 845.2 0.03 105 8.5 31496 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -58.2 858.9 858.9 328.6 859.1 0.03 106 8.2 31730 -48.3 -84.3 1 36.0 -55.2 888.3 888.3 329.2 888.7 0.04 107 8.0 31893 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -54.9 897.7 897.8 329.4 898.3 0.06 TRP 170 12857 -71.9 -76.4 51 4.5 -71.9 300 106 334.1 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.01 WND 176 12651 -70.4 -74.9 51 4.6 -70.4 300 111 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.00 m Freezing level: 700.00 mb = 2973.00 m = 9753.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.11 mb = 2156.80 m = 7076.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.05 % Est. max temperature: 23.19 C = 73.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.58 mb = 1537.98 m = 5045.82 ft T: 10.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 0.60 C Layer 969.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 559.78 mb = 4731.81 m = 15524.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.94 C = 98.49 F Cap Strength: 13.42 C Lifted Index: 13.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.77 C Showalter Index: 10.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 8.10 C K Index: 11.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 133.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53114.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.98 mb = 2471.00 m = 8106.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 326 at 35 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 971 270 200 5 1.7 4.7 | 152 39 -18.1 34.1 1 933 610 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 179 52 -1.2 51.6 2 925 681 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 181 54 0.7 53.9 3 900 914 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 198 43 13.1 41.4 4 867 1219 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 212 28 14.6 23.3 5 850 1387 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 217 22 13.1 17.4 6 805 1829 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 237 22 18.2 11.7 7 776 2134 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 238 26 22.5 14.0 8 747 2438 290 51 47.9 -17.4 | 247 31 28.1 12.0 9 720 2743 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 247 25 22.8 9.6 10 700 2973 300 40 34.6 -20.0 | 238 18 14.8 9.4 11 693 3048 300 40 34.6 -20.0 | 238 18 14.8 9.4 12 667 3353 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 265 14 13.9 1.1 13 641 3658 315 48 33.9 -33.9 | 288 15 14.1 -4.5 14 593 4267 305 55 45.1 -31.5 | 275 25 25.2 -2.1 15 549 4877 300 55 47.6 -27.5 | 266 28 27.8 1.9 16 500 5600 300 63 54.6 -31.5 | 273 35 34.7 -2.1 17 468 6096 300 63 54.6 -31.5 | 273 35 34.7 -2.1 18 431 6706 290 60 56.4 -20.5 | 256 38 36.5 8.9 19 400 7260 300 73 63.2 -36.5 | 279 44 43.4 -7.1 20 380 7620 300 77 66.7 -38.5 | 281 48 46.9 -9.1 21 319 8839 310 80 61.3 -51.4 | 298 47 41.5 -22.0 22 305 9144 310 84 64.3 -54.0 | 299 51 44.5 -24.6 23 300 9270 310 86 65.9 -55.3 | 299 53 46.0 -25.9 24 250 10480 310 94 72.0 -60.4 | 301 61 52.2 -31.0 25 200 11880 310 95 72.8 -61.1 | 301 62 52.9 -31.6 26 176 12651 300 111 96.1 -55.5 | 289 81 76.3 -26.1 27 172 12802 300 111 96.1 -55.5 | 289 81 76.3 -26.1 28 170 12857 300 106 91.8 -53.0 | 288 76 72.0 -23.6 29 155 13411 300 88 76.2 -44.0 | 285 58 56.4 -14.6 30 150 13610 300 90 77.9 -45.0 | 285 60 58.1 -15.6 31 147 13716 295 94 85.2 -39.7 | 279 66 65.4 -10.3 32 127 14630 300 64 55.4 -32.0 | 274 36 35.6 -2.6 33 121 14935 300 72 62.4 -36.0 | 279 43 42.5 -6.6 34 115 15240 305 67 54.9 -38.4 | 284 36 35.1 -9.0 35 110 15545 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 262 34 33.6 4.5 36 100 16120 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 239 32 27.5 16.7 37 95 16459 285 49 47.3 -12.7 | 239 32 27.5 16.7 38 90 16764 280 55 54.2 -9.6 | 240 40 34.3 19.9 39 85 17069 290 59 55.4 -20.2 | 255 37 35.6 9.2 40 81 17374 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 249 25 23.7 9.1 41 70 18280 320 52 33.4 -39.8 | 307 17 13.6 -10.4 42 70 18288 315 58 41.0 -41.0 | 299 24 21.2 -11.6 43 55 19812 310 43 32.9 -27.6 | 262 13 13.1 1.8 44 50 20340 315 37 26.2 -26.2 | 243 7 6.3 3.3 45 49 20422 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 208 27 12.7 23.7 46 47 20726 325 41 23.5 -33.6 | 319 6 3.7 -4.2 47 45 21031 320 32 20.6 -24.5 | 189 5 0.7 4.9 48 43 21336 335 35 14.8 -31.7 | 65 6 -5.0 -2.3 49 40 21641 320 26 16.7 -19.9 | 162 10 -3.1 9.5 50 39 21946 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 225 10 7.0 6.9 51 33 22860 315 39 27.6 -27.6 | 257 8 7.7 1.8 52 32 23165 320 60 38.6 -46.0 | 311 25 18.7 -16.5 53 30 23470 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 306 15 12.3 -8.9 54 30 23480 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 219 10 6.2 7.6 55 27 24079 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 197 13 3.9 12.8 56 26 24384 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 209 21 10.2 18.5 57 25 24689 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 203 24 9.1 21.7 58 22 25298 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 219 19 11.9 14.6 59 20 25908 325 51 29.3 -41.8 | 323 16 9.4 -12.4 60 20 26040 310 45 34.5 -28.9 | 268 15 14.6 0.5 61 19 26213 320 44 28.3 -33.7 | 297 9 8.5 -4.3 62 18 26822 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 250 26 24.6 8.7 63 16 27432 310 37 28.3 -23.8 | 236 10 8.5 5.6 64 15 28042 300 27 23.4 -13.5 | 193 16 3.6 15.9 65 14 28346 315 49 34.6 -34.6 | 289 16 14.8 -5.2 66 12 29566 310 32 24.5 -20.6 | 208 10 4.7 8.9 67 10 30175 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 225 16 11.3 11.4 68 10 30460 300 49 42.4 -24.5 | 258 23 22.6 4.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.0 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 326.0 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 666.7 neg: -18.9 tot: 647.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.2 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 292.67 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 220 22 173 46| 29.8 0.0 29.8|357.5 0.0 357.5 715.0 0.84| 34.9 29.4 1000 245 28 188 42| 17.9 0.0 17.9|555.5 0.0 555.5 555.5 0.72| 33.5 24.2 1500 264 31 199 35| 14.3 0.0 14.3|602.6 0.0 602.6 401.7 0.73| 26.0 18.9 2000 274 35 208 31| 10.7 1.9 12.6|625.0 0.0 625.0 312.5 0.70| 21.6 15.0 2500 279 37 216 29| 8.5 1.5 10.0|644.6 -2.2 642.4 256.9 0.65| 19.2 12.5 3000 283 38 220 27| 6.9 1.3 8.1|666.7 -18.9 647.8 215.9 0.59| 18.2 10.8 4000 292 41 233 23| 6.1 2.2 8.2|695.8 -42.3 653.5 163.4 0.53| 16.1 8.5 5000 295 44 242 23| 4.9 2.4 7.3|713.4 -70.4 643.0 128.6 0.48| 13.8 6.6 6000 296 47 249 24| 4.1 2.3 6.4|728.4 -99.7 628.7 104.8 0.45| 12.1 5.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251210.00.gif