UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 11 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 11 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 156 SFC 986 270 5.6 -4.4 49 10.0 1.6 280 3 279.9 280.4 275.5 287.7 2.79 2 980 320 5.8 -4.2 49 10.0 1.8 281 5 280.6 281.1 275.9 288.6 2.85 3 925 791 2.0 -6.0 55 8.0 -1.0 295 18 281.4 281.8 276.0 288.8 2.64 4 901 1002 0.0 -7.0 59 7.0 -2.6 304 18 281.4 281.8 275.9 288.6 2.51 5 880 1191 -1.1 -11.1 47 10.0 -4.4 314 19 282.2 282.5 275.4 287.6 1.86 6 877 1218 -1.1 -12.1 43 11.0 -4.6 315 19 282.5 282.8 275.3 287.5 1.72 7 867 1310 -0.5 -18.5 24 18.0 -5.4 322 22 284.0 284.2 275.2 287.1 1.02 8 861 1365 0.0 -20.0 21 20.0 -5.4 327 23 285.1 285.3 275.5 287.9 0.91 9 850 1468 -0.5 -18.5 24 18.0 -5.5 335 26 285.6 285.8 276.0 288.8 1.04 10 841 1553 -1.1 -18.1 26 17.0 -5.8 336 26 285.9 286.1 276.2 289.2 1.09 11 776 2191 -3.7 -28.7 12 25.0 -9.0 332 33 289.7 289.8 277.3 291.2 0.46 12 771 2242 -2.9 -30.9 9 28.0 -8.7 333 35 291.1 291.2 277.8 292.3 0.38 13 755 2408 -3.3 -34.3 7 31.0 -9.2 339 39 292.4 292.5 278.3 293.4 0.28 14 733 2641 -3.9 -27.9 14 24.0 -9.3 333 45 294.3 294.4 279.6 296.0 0.53 15 721 2772 -3.9 -32.9 8 29.0 -9.7 329 47 295.7 295.7 279.9 296.8 0.33 16 707 2926 -4.9 -36.9 6 32.0 -10.6 327 46 296.2 296.3 280.0 297.0 0.23 17 700 3004 -5.5 -34.5 8 29.0 -10.9 325 45 296.4 296.4 280.2 297.4 0.29 18 685 3173 -6.7 -30.7 13 24.0 -11.6 324 46 296.9 297.0 280.6 298.3 0.43 19 666 3391 -8.3 -35.3 9 27.0 -13.0 322 48 297.5 297.6 280.7 298.5 0.28 20 659 3473 -8.9 -23.9 29 15.0 -12.5 321 49 297.7 297.9 281.5 300.4 0.84 21 655 3520 -9.1 -26.1 24 17.0 -12.9 321 49 298.0 298.1 281.4 300.3 0.69 22 638 3723 -10.5 -17.5 56 7.0 -12.5 318 50 298.7 299.0 282.8 303.4 1.52 23 622 3917 -11.7 -20.7 47 9.0 -14.0 312 52 299.5 299.7 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-24.3 315 82 313.1 313.4 287.7 316.9 1.10 38 408 7048 -28.7 -32.4 70 3.7 -29.2 315 89 315.9 316.0 288.1 318.1 0.62 39 400 7190 -29.9 -32.4 79 2.5 -30.3 315 100 316.1 316.2 288.2 318.3 0.63 40 394 7297 -30.7 -32.5 84 1.8 -31.0 315 101 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.7 0.63 41 383 7497 -32.3 -34.6 80 2.3 -32.6 315 99 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.8 0.53 42 377 7608 -33.1 -38.1 61 5.0 -33.6 315 98 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.7 0.38 43 356 8008 -36.3 -43.3 48 7.0 -36.9 321 96 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.1 0.23 44 332 8487 -40.3 -45.3 59 5.0 -40.6 326 99 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.9 0.20 45 331 8508 -40.5 -46.5 52 6.0 -40.9 326 99 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.8 0.18 46 328 8570 -40.9 -45.9 58 5.0 -41.2 327 100 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.2 0.19 47 322 8695 -41.7 -48.7 47 7.0 -42.1 327 102 320.0 320.1 288.9 320.6 0.14 48 300 9170 -45.5 -52.5 45 7.0 -45.8 330 116 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.6 0.10 49 295 9283 -46.3 -53.3 45 7.0 -46.6 330 117 321.6 321.7 289.3 322.0 0.09 50 291 9374 -47.3 -53.3 50 6.0 -47.5 330 117 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.8 0.09 51 285 9512 -48.5 -55.5 44 7.0 -48.7 330 118 321.7 321.7 289.3 322.0 0.07 52 278 9676 -49.9 -55.2 54 5.3 -50.1 330 119 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.08 53 277 9700 -50.1 -55.1 55 5.0 -50.3 330 119 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.08 54 276 9723 -50.3 -56.3 49 6.0 -50.5 330 119 322.0 322.1 289.5 322.3 0.07 55 271 9843 -50.5 -57.5 43 7.0 -50.7 330 117 323.4 323.5 289.9 323.7 0.06 56 270 9868 -50.7 -59.7 34 9.0 -50.9 330 117 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.7 0.05 57 268 9916 -50.5 -61.5 26 11.0 -50.8 330 116 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.6 0.04 58 250 10370 -52.7 -71.7 8 19.0 -52.9 330 107 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.01 59 200 11780 -58.1 -78.1 6 20.0 -58.3 315 72 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.8 0.00 60 181 12407 -59.9 -80.9 5 21.0 -60.0 300 96 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.00 61 150 13590 -57.3 -84.3 2 27.0 -57.6 315 79 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 62 100 16130 -61.1 -86.1 2 25.0 -61.4 290 67 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 63 92 16645 -63.9 -86.9 3 23.0 -64.1 291 68 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 64 84 17206 -61.5 -86.5 2 25.0 -61.8 294 73 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.8 0.00 65 80 17507 -63.5 -87.5 2 24.0 -63.7 297 71 431.7 431.7 309.0 431.7 0.00 66 77 17743 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.2 301 67 439.8 439.8 309.8 439.8 0.00 67 70 18330 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 325 53 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 68 69 18418 -63.5 -87.5 2 24.0 -63.8 327 52 450.4 450.4 310.9 450.4 0.00 69 64 18874 -66.9 -88.9 3 22.0 -67.1 327 51 452.7 452.7 311.1 452.7 0.00 70 61 19165 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.6 324 50 464.8 464.8 312.2 464.8 0.00 71 56 19684 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.1 311 40 472.6 472.6 312.8 472.6 0.00 72 53 20018 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.2 312 32 482.4 482.4 313.7 482.4 0.00 73 50 20370 -66.9 -89.9 3 23.0 -67.1 290 38 485.8 485.8 313.9 485.8 0.00 74 48 20618 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.2 296 38 496.3 496.3 314.7 496.3 0.00 75 46 20877 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.2 311 45 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.00 76 44 21146 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -66.0 324 46 506.9 506.9 315.4 506.9 0.00 77 40 21730 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.9 323 37 529.4 529.4 316.9 529.4 0.00 78 34 22727 -65.1 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0.01 92 16 27352 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -58.5 296 47 708.2 708.2 324.7 708.3 0.01 93 16 27352 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -58.5 296 47 708.2 708.2 324.7 708.3 0.01 94 14 28200 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -59.5 281 32 732.4 732.4 325.4 732.5 0.01 95 13 28668 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -60.4 295 42 744.6 744.7 325.8 744.7 0.01 96 11 29719 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -61.3 288 61 778.2 778.2 326.7 778.3 0.02 97 10 30320 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -60.2 285 60 806.4 806.4 327.4 806.6 0.02 98 10 30320 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -59.7 285 60 808.6 808.7 327.4 808.8 0.02 99 9.7 30513 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -60.4 812.7 812.7 327.5 812.9 0.02 100 9.3 30780 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -59.2 829.4 829.4 328.0 829.6 0.02 101 8.9 31060 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -59.9 836.8 836.8 328.1 837.0 0.02 102 8.8 31132 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -58.5 848.0 848.1 328.4 848.3 0.02 103 8.5 31355 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -58.5 856.5 856.5 328.5 856.8 0.03 104 7.7 31988 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -59.2 878.6 878.7 329.0 878.9 0.03 TRP 181 12407 -59.9 -80.9 5 21.0 -60.0 300 96 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.00 WND 278 9676 -49.9 -55.2 54 5.3 -50.1 330 119 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.08 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5404.00 m Freezing level: 901.00 mb = 1002.29 m = 3288.32 ft Freezing level: 861.00 mb = 1365.13 m = 4478.72 ft Freezing level: 861.00 mb = 1365.13 m = 4478.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 945.24 mb = 614.54 m = 2016.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.83 % Est. max temperature: 11.85 C = 53.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.87 mb = 1516.34 m = 4974.80 ft T: -0.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 1.76 C Layer 901.0- 861.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.50 mb = 3788.82 m = 12430.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.59 C = 76.27 F Cap Strength: 17.63 C Lifted Index: 17.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.06 C Showalter Index: 17.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.00 C Cross Totals Index: 1.00 C K Index: -28.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 133.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71148.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.75 mb = 1765.57 m = 5792.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 347 at 36 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 270 280 3 3.0 -0.5 | 171 35 -5.5 34.7 1 946 610 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 192 31 6.6 29.8 2 925 791 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 196 29 7.9 27.7 3 911 914 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 195 27 7.1 26.3 4 877 1219 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 193 22 5.0 21.8 5 850 1468 335 26 11.0 -23.6 | 192 12 2.5 11.7 6 812 1829 340 25 8.6 -23.5 | 181 12 0.1 11.8 7 781 2134 330 32 16.0 -27.7 | 225 11 7.6 7.5 8 752 2438 340 40 13.7 -37.6 | 294 6 5.2 -2.3 9 723 2743 330 47 23.5 -40.7 | 290 16 15.1 -5.4 10 700 3004 325 45 25.8 -36.9 | 275 17 17.4 -1.6 11 642 3658 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 277 24 23.7 -3.0 12 593 4267 300 55 47.6 -27.5 | 259 40 39.2 7.8 13 569 4572 310 75 57.5 -48.2 | 285 51 49.0 -13.0 14 547 4877 315 72 50.9 -50.9 | 290 45 42.5 -15.7 15 505 5486 315 69 48.8 -48.8 | 289 43 40.3 -13.5 16 500 5560 310 81 62.0 -52.1 | 287 56 53.6 -16.8 17 484 5791 310 86 65.9 -55.3 | 289 61 57.4 -20.0 18 465 6096 315 80 56.6 -56.6 | 294 53 48.1 -21.3 19 410 7010 315 86 60.8 -60.8 | 296 58 52.4 -25.6 20 400 7190 315 100 70.7 -70.7 | 300 72 62.3 -35.5 21 393 7315 315 101 71.4 -71.4 | 300 73 63.0 -36.2 22 376 7620 315 98 69.3 -69.3 | 299 70 60.9 -34.0 23 344 8230 325 94 53.9 -77.0 | 313 62 45.5 -41.7 24 301 9144 330 111 55.5 -96.1 | 322 77 47.1 -60.9 25 300 9170 330 116 58.0 -100.5 | 323 82 49.6 -65.2 26 278 9676 330 119 59.5 -103.1 | 323 85 51.1 -67.8 27 275 9754 330 119 59.5 -103.1 | 323 85 51.1 -67.8 28 250 10370 330 107 53.5 -92.7 | 322 73 45.1 -57.4 29 217 11278 325 103 59.1 -84.4 | 314 71 50.6 -49.1 30 200 11780 315 72 50.9 -50.9 | 290 45 42.5 -15.7 31 187 12192 315 71 50.2 -50.2 | 290 44 41.8 -14.9 32 181 12407 300 96 83.1 -48.0 | 280 76 74.7 -12.7 33 170 12802 305 105 86.0 -60.2 | 288 81 77.6 -25.0 34 154 13411 320 86 55.3 -65.9 | 303 56 46.8 -30.6 35 150 13590 315 79 55.9 -55.9 | 293 52 47.4 -20.6 36 121 14935 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 246 37 34.2 15.4 37 115 15240 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 248 46 42.3 16.8 38 100 16130 290 67 63.0 -22.9 | 257 56 54.5 12.3 39 95 16459 290 67 63.0 -22.9 | 257 56 54.5 12.3 40 82 17374 295 74 67.1 -31.3 | 266 59 58.6 4.0 41 74 17983 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 270 42 42.3 -0.3 42 70 18288 315 59 41.7 -41.7 | 281 34 33.3 -6.5 43 70 18330 325 53 30.4 -43.4 | 290 23 22.0 -8.2 44 67 18593 330 51 25.5 -44.2 | 298 19 17.1 -8.9 45 58 19507 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 277 24 23.7 -3.0 46 55 19812 305 33 27.0 -18.9 | 229 25 18.6 16.3 47 52 20117 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 228 19 14.2 12.6 48 50 20370 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 231 35 27.3 22.3 49 50 20422 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 220 35 22.5 27.0 50 45 21031 320 49 31.5 -37.5 | 276 23 23.1 -2.3 51 43 21336 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 275 13 12.6 -1.1 52 39 21946 320 35 22.5 -26.8 | 239 16 14.1 8.4 53 37 22250 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 217 34 20.5 27.5 54 33 22860 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 236 29 24.5 16.3 55 32 23165 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 235 37 30.1 21.2 56 30 23490 330 41 20.5 -35.5 | 271 12 12.1 -0.2 57 29 23774 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 275 13 12.6 -1.1 58 26 24384 330 44 22.0 -38.1 | 282 14 13.6 -2.8 59 25 24689 320 38 24.4 -29.1 | 249 17 16.0 6.1 60 22 25298 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 265 38 37.4 3.1 61 21 25603 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 242 23 20.7 10.8 62 20 25970 290 44 41.3 -15.0 | 238 39 32.9 20.2 63 19 26213 290 48 45.1 -16.4 | 243 41 36.7 18.8 64 18 26518 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 249 39 36.9 14.1 65 17 27127 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 220 39 25.0 29.4 66 16 27432 300 50 43.3 -25.0 | 254 36 34.9 10.3 67 14 28042 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 222 30 19.7 22.2 68 14 28346 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 215 43 24.6 35.3 69 13 28651 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 239 34 29.6 17.5 70 10 30175 285 69 66.6 -17.9 | 253 61 58.2 17.4 71 10 30320 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 248 53 49.5 19.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.5 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 346.5 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 4.1 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.9 neg: -35.1 tot: 124.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 191.75 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 290 12 185 31| 15.3 0.0 15.3|118.4 0.0 118.4 236.8 0.91| 15.7 14.2 1000 300 15 190 28| 9.4 0.0 9.4|119.4 -5.6 113.8 113.8 0.55| 12.3 6.8 1500 315 18 191 23| 8.2 0.0 8.2|120.7 -14.3 106.4 70.9 0.31| 11.8 3.7 2000 322 21 194 19| 6.1 2.8 8.9|149.0 -14.3 134.7 67.3 0.46| 12.0 5.6 2500 327 25 201 15| 4.9 4.6 9.5|158.4 -18.8 139.6 55.9 0.42| 12.8 5.3 3000 326 29 214 14| 4.1 4.1 8.2|159.9 -35.1 124.8 41.6 0.33| 11.8 3.9 4000 322 35 238 15| 3.1 5.0 8.1|161.3-119.0 42.3 10.6 0.14| 11.8 1.7 5000 318 42 258 20| 4.7 4.0 8.7|457.0-127.5 329.5 65.9 0.30| 12.7 3.8 6000 317 48 270 25| 4.1 4.8 8.8|559.3-144.6 414.6 69.1 0.28| 13.0 3.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251211.00.gif