UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 11 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 127 SFC 982 270 -0.5 -3.0 83 2.5 -1.4 105 4 274.1 274.6 272.6 282.6 3.12 2 974 336 0.8 -3.5 73 4.3 -0.9 119 8 276.0 276.5 273.6 284.4 3.03 3 967 394 0.6 -3.9 72 4.5 -1.1 131 11 276.4 276.9 273.8 284.6 2.96 4 959 462 1.4 -5.6 60 7.0 -1.2 145 14 277.9 278.3 274.1 285.2 2.62 5 958 470 2.0 -5.0 60 7.0 -0.7 147 15 278.5 279.0 274.7 286.2 2.75 6 950 538 3.8 -5.2 52 9.0 0.3 161 18 281.0 281.5 276.0 288.8 2.73 7 946 573 3.8 -5.2 52 9.0 0.3 168 20 281.4 281.9 276.2 289.2 2.74 8 937 651 4.0 -5.0 52 9.0 0.4 181 23 282.4 282.8 276.8 290.4 2.81 9 934 677 5.0 -6.0 45 11.0 0.7 184 23 283.6 284.1 277.2 291.1 2.61 10 925 757 5.0 -7.0 41 12.0 0.4 195 25 284.4 284.8 277.4 291.5 2.44 11 923 775 5.0 -7.0 41 12.0 0.4 196 25 284.6 285.0 277.5 291.7 2.45 12 891 1062 4.6 -11.4 30 16.0 -1.0 210 24 287.1 287.4 277.9 292.4 1.79 13 864 1313 3.4 -10.6 35 14.0 -1.6 226 26 288.4 288.7 278.7 294.2 1.97 14 850 1445 2.8 -10.2 38 13.0 -1.9 235 27 289.1 289.4 279.2 295.2 2.07 15 835 1589 1.6 -8.4 47 10.0 -2.1 242 30 289.3 289.7 279.7 296.5 2.43 16 813 1804 1.4 -7.6 51 9.0 -2.1 254 35 291.3 291.8 281.0 299.2 2.65 17 800 1934 1.2 -9.8 44 11.0 -2.9 262 37 292.4 292.8 281.0 299.2 2.27 18 794 1994 1.0 -8.0 51 9.0 -2.5 266 38 292.8 293.3 281.6 300.7 2.63 19 770 2241 1.8 -4.2 64 6.0 -0.8 284 38 296.3 296.9 284.2 307.1 3.63 20 753 2421 1.0 -2.7 76 3.7 -0.7 298 37 297.3 298.1 285.2 309.7 4.16 21 715 2837 0.0 -7.0 59 7.0 -2.9 319 42 300.7 301.2 285.4 310.3 3.16 22 700 3006 -1.3 -7.3 64 6.0 -3.8 325 45 301.0 301.6 285.6 310.7 3.15 23 664 3425 -4.7 -8.0 78 3.3 -6.0 323 50 301.8 302.4 285.8 311.5 3.15 24 653 3556 -4.7 -8.4 75 3.7 -6.2 319 53 303.2 303.8 286.4 312.8 3.10 25 627 3875 -6.9 -9.0 85 2.1 -7.7 315 56 304.3 304.9 286.7 313.9 3.09 26 624 3912 -7.1 -9.7 82 2.6 -8.1 315 57 304.5 305.0 286.6 313.6 2.93 27 598 4243 -8.9 -13.5 69 4.6 -10.5 315 59 306.1 306.5 286.5 313.3 2.25 28 594 4296 -9.1 -13.4 71 4.3 -10.6 315 59 306.5 306.9 286.6 313.7 2.29 29 589 4361 -9.3 -15.3 62 6.0 -11.2 314 60 307.0 307.3 286.5 313.3 1.97 30 581 4467 -9.9 -14.9 67 5.0 -11.5 312 61 307.5 307.9 286.8 314.1 2.07 31 579 4493 -9.7 -16.7 57 7.0 -11.9 312 61 308.0 308.4 286.6 313.8 1.79 32 565 4683 -9.1 -17.1 52 8.0 -11.6 312 63 310.9 311.2 287.6 316.7 1.77 33 544 4975 -11.1 -18.1 56 7.0 -13.2 315 66 311.9 312.2 287.9 317.4 1.69 34 541 5018 -11.3 -18.3 56 7.0 -13.4 315 67 312.1 312.5 288.0 317.6 1.67 35 525 5248 -11.9 -20.9 47 9.0 -14.5 315 70 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.7 1.38 36 515 5395 -13.1 -20.1 56 7.0 -15.1 315 72 314.4 314.7 288.5 319.4 1.50 37 500 5620 -14.1 -22.1 51 8.0 -16.3 315 75 315.8 316.1 288.8 320.2 1.30 38 484 5865 -15.3 -24.3 46 9.0 -17.6 312 76 317.3 317.5 289.1 321.1 1.11 39 478 5959 -16.1 -25.1 46 9.0 -18.3 312 76 317.5 317.7 289.0 321.0 1.04 40 440 6575 -20.7 -26.7 59 6.0 -22.0 310 85 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.7 0.98 41 408 7127 -24.7 -29.7 63 5.0 -25.6 314 85 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.9 0.80 42 400 7270 -25.5 -31.5 57 6.0 -26.5 315 84 321.8 322.0 290.0 324.3 0.69 43 394 7380 -26.3 -33.3 52 7.0 -27.4 315 85 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.3 0.59 44 382 7603 -27.9 -33.9 56 6.0 -28.8 315 88 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.0 0.57 45 372 7793 -29.5 -37.5 46 8.0 -30.5 316 89 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.8 0.41 46 365 7928 -30.7 -36.7 56 6.0 -31.4 317 90 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.1 0.45 47 362 7987 -30.9 -39.9 41 9.0 -31.9 317 90 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.33 48 359 8046 -31.1 -40.1 41 9.0 -32.1 318 91 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.32 49 356 8105 -31.7 -39.7 45 8.0 -32.6 318 91 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.34 50 349 8245 -32.9 -41.9 40 9.0 -33.8 319 92 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.28 51 347 8286 -33.1 -44.1 32 11.0 -34.1 319 92 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.22 52 343 8367 -33.9 -42.9 40 9.0 -34.7 320 93 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.25 53 338 8470 -34.7 -45.7 32 11.0 -35.6 320 93 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.19 54 332 8595 -35.9 -44.9 39 9.0 -36.7 321 94 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.21 55 315 8958 -39.3 -46.3 47 7.0 -39.8 324 97 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.1 0.19 56 300 9290 -42.5 -50.5 41 8.0 -42.9 320 99 325.5 325.5 290.6 325.9 0.12 57 250 10490 -53.7 -60.7 42 7.0 -53.8 320 100 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.04 58 200 11890 -64.9 -69.4 54 4.5 -65.0 315 113 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.1 0.02 59 194 12074 -66.4 -70.5 56 4.1 -66.4 315 115 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.5 0.01 60 189 12231 -67.7 -71.5 58 3.8 -67.7 320 111 330.9 330.9 292.0 330.9 0.01 61 150 13630 -64.1 -82.1 7 18.0 -64.2 315 90 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 62 100 16140 -57.9 -85.9 2 28.0 -58.3 315 58 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 63 98 16267 -57.5 -85.5 2 28.0 -57.9 315 58 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.1 0.00 64 89 16865 -62.5 -86.5 3 24.0 -62.7 319 54 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 65 78 17670 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.5 323 50 431.1 431.1 309.0 431.1 0.00 66 71 18243 -62.7 -87.7 2 25.0 -63.0 320 53 448.4 448.4 310.7 448.4 0.00 67 70 18330 -63.3 -87.3 2 24.0 -63.6 305 45 449.0 449.0 310.7 449.0 0.00 68 59 19374 -67.7 -88.7 3 21.0 -67.9 303 55 461.6 461.6 311.9 461.6 0.00 69 52 20134 -69.1 -90.1 3 21.0 -69.3 314 40 475.3 475.3 313.1 475.3 0.00 70 50 20370 -67.7 -89.7 3 22.0 -67.9 300 45 484.0 484.0 313.8 484.0 0.00 71 44 21145 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.3 314 47 511.3 511.3 315.7 511.3 0.00 72 34 22725 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.7 328 36 552.5 552.5 318.2 552.5 0.00 73 30 23490 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -66.0 310 39 566.1 566.1 318.9 566.1 0.00 74 29 23695 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.7 310 39 569.4 569.4 319.1 569.4 0.00 75 25 24593 -66.5 -90.5 2 24.0 -67.0 310 38 593.5 593.5 320.3 593.5 0.00 76 24 24840 -64.9 -89.9 2 25.0 -65.5 313 39 605.1 605.1 320.9 605.2 0.00 77 22 25368 -66.5 -90.5 2 24.0 -67.1 325 43 615.6 615.6 321.3 615.6 0.00 78 20 25950 -62.5 -89.5 1 27.0 -63.5 315 47 644.9 644.9 322.5 644.9 0.01 79 19 26266 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -63.4 314 45 655.0 655.0 322.9 655.1 0.01 80 16 27330 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -62.1 319 48 693.2 693.2 324.2 693.3 0.01 81 15 27734 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -60.3 315 57 714.1 714.1 324.9 714.2 0.01 82 14 28167 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -61.2 308 48 725.0 725.0 325.2 725.0 0.01 83 11 29683 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -60.1 304 51 784.0 784.0 326.8 784.1 0.02 84 10 30290 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -57.9 275 54 818.4 818.4 327.7 818.6 0.02 85 10 30290 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -57.8 275 54 819.1 819.1 327.7 819.3 0.03 86 8.6 31258 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -58.7 852.1 852.1 328.4 852.4 0.03 TRP 189 12231 -67.7 -71.5 58 3.8 -67.7 320 111 330.9 330.9 292.0 330.9 0.01 WND 194 12074 -66.4 -70.5 56 4.1 -66.4 315 115 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.5 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5493.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 978.92 mb = 295.40 m = 969.15 ft Freezing level: 715.00 mb = 2836.58 m = 9306.25 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.70 % Est. max temperature: 14.91 C = 58.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.28 mb = 587.84 m = 1928.60 ft T: 3.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 490.25 mb = 5768.48 m = 18925.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.95 C = 107.50 F Cap Strength: 21.60 C Lifted Index: 22.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.62 C Showalter Index: 18.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 20.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.90 C Cross Totals Index: 3.90 C K Index: 0.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 129.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62419.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.35 mb = 2010.92 m = 6597.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 335 at 37 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 982 270 105 4 -3.9 1.0 | 150 39 -19.6 34.0 1 942 610 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 162 58 -17.6 54.9 2 925 757 195 25 6.5 24.1 | 171 58 -9.2 57.2 3 907 914 200 23 7.9 21.6 | 172 55 -7.9 54.6 4 874 1219 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 180 52 0.3 52.2 5 850 1445 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 188 49 6.4 48.5 6 810 1829 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 204 46 19.1 42.3 7 780 2134 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 218 38 23.1 29.6 8 751 2438 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 228 22 16.3 14.5 9 723 2743 315 41 29.0 -29.0 | 253 14 13.3 4.0 10 700 3006 325 45 25.8 -36.9 | 291 11 10.1 -3.8 11 669 3353 325 49 28.1 -40.1 | 300 14 12.4 -7.1 12 644 3658 315 55 38.9 -38.9 | 284 24 23.2 -5.9 13 595 4267 315 59 41.7 -41.7 | 289 27 26.0 -8.7 14 572 4572 310 62 47.5 -39.9 | 282 33 31.8 -6.8 15 550 4877 315 65 46.0 -46.0 | 293 33 30.2 -12.9 16 500 5620 315 75 53.0 -53.0 | 298 42 37.3 -20.0 17 469 6096 310 77 59.0 -49.5 | 291 46 43.3 -16.5 18 432 6706 310 87 66.6 -55.9 | 294 56 50.9 -22.9 19 400 7270 315 84 59.4 -59.4 | 301 51 43.7 -26.4 20 381 7620 315 88 62.2 -62.2 | 302 55 46.5 -29.2 21 306 9144 325 98 56.2 -80.3 | 319 62 40.5 -47.3 22 300 9290 320 99 63.6 -75.8 | 312 64 47.9 -42.8 23 250 10490 320 100 64.3 -76.6 | 312 65 48.6 -43.6 24 210 11582 315 99 70.0 -70.0 | 304 66 54.3 -37.0 25 200 11890 315 113 79.9 -79.9 | 306 79 64.2 -46.9 26 194 12074 315 115 81.3 -81.3 | 306 81 65.6 -48.3 27 190 12192 315 115 81.3 -81.3 | 306 81 65.6 -48.3 28 189 12231 320 111 71.3 -85.0 | 313 76 55.6 -52.0 29 156 13411 315 95 67.2 -67.2 | 304 62 51.5 -34.2 30 150 13630 315 90 63.6 -63.6 | 303 57 47.9 -30.6 31 148 13716 315 95 67.2 -67.2 | 304 62 51.5 -34.2 32 128 14630 305 65 53.2 -37.3 | 276 38 37.5 -4.3 33 116 15240 305 75 61.4 -43.0 | 282 47 45.7 -10.0 34 110 15545 305 87 71.3 -49.9 | 287 58 55.5 -16.9 35 100 16140 315 58 41.0 -41.0 | 288 27 25.3 -8.0 36 95 16459 315 58 41.0 -41.0 | 288 27 25.3 -8.0 37 82 17374 325 49 28.1 -40.1 | 300 14 12.4 -7.1 38 70 18288 320 53 34.1 -40.6 | 292 20 18.3 -7.6 39 70 18330 305 45 36.9 -25.8 | 251 22 21.1 7.2 40 67 18593 305 44 36.0 -25.2 | 249 22 20.3 7.8 41 64 18898 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 245 31 27.8 12.7 42 58 19507 305 57 46.7 -32.7 | 269 31 31.0 0.3 43 52 20117 315 40 28.3 -28.3 | 249 13 12.6 4.7 44 50 20370 300 45 39.0 -22.5 | 246 26 23.3 10.5 45 50 20422 305 37 30.3 -21.2 | 231 19 14.6 11.8 46 47 20726 300 44 38.1 -22.0 | 244 25 22.4 11.0 47 43 21336 320 48 30.9 -36.8 | 284 16 15.1 -3.8 48 39 21946 305 45 36.9 -25.8 | 251 22 21.1 7.2 49 35 22555 325 39 22.4 -31.9 | 261 7 6.6 1.1 50 33 22860 330 33 16.5 -28.6 | 190 5 0.8 4.4 51 32 23165 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 208 16 7.3 13.7 52 30 23490 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 241 16 14.2 7.9 53 26 24384 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 241 16 14.2 7.9 54 25 24689 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 237 16 13.4 8.6 55 21 25603 330 45 22.5 -39.0 | 311 9 6.8 -6.0 56 20 25950 315 47 33.2 -33.2 | 271 18 17.5 -0.2 57 19 26213 315 47 33.2 -33.2 | 271 18 17.5 -0.2 58 18 26518 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 241 16 14.2 7.9 59 16 27432 320 49 31.5 -37.5 | 286 16 15.8 -4.5 60 15 27737 315 57 40.3 -40.3 | 287 26 24.6 -7.3 61 14 28042 320 48 30.9 -36.8 | 284 16 15.1 -3.8 62 14 28346 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 247 31 28.7 12.3 63 13 28651 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 233 23 18.1 13.5 64 12 29261 290 49 46.0 -16.8 | 242 34 30.3 16.3 65 11 29870 310 52 39.8 -33.4 | 271 24 24.1 -0.4 66 10 30175 305 47 38.5 -27.0 | 255 24 22.8 6.1 67 10 30290 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 233 47 38.1 28.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.5 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 334.5 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 917.9 neg: -10.6 tot: 907.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 302.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 20.1 stream: 14.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 482.54 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 176 16 161 52| 25.9 0.0 25.9|307.2 -10.6 296.6 593.3 0.61| 33.8 20.8 1000 195 20 169 54| 14.2 0.0 14.2|455.0 -10.6 444.4 444.4 0.67| 23.4 15.7 1500 215 23 177 52| 13.0 0.0 13.0|669.1 -10.6 658.5 439.0 0.75| 21.5 16.2 2000 234 27 187 49| 10.8 0.0 10.8|835.2 -10.6 824.6 412.3 0.73| 22.1 16.1 2500 254 29 197 43| 9.2 0.0 9.2|890.6 -10.6 879.9 352.0 0.69| 22.0 15.1 3000 273 32 207 35| 8.8 0.0 8.8|917.9 -10.6 907.3 302.4 0.70| 20.1 14.1 4000 293 38 226 26| 6.6 1.9 8.4|930.9 -34.8 896.1 224.0 0.60| 17.1 10.2 5000 301 43 243 24| 5.9 2.0 8.0|1002.2 -60.7 941.5 188.3 0.56| 15.5 8.6 6000 305 49 258 25| 5.0 2.7 7.6|1022.8-121.2 901.6 150.3 0.49| 14.1 6.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251211.12.gif