UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 12 DEC 25 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 12 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 58 SFC 975 270 8.2 0.2 57 8.0 4.5 40 2 283.4 284.1 278.9 294.6 3.98 2 972 296 10.8 -1.2 43 12.0 5.4 53 3 286.3 286.9 279.8 296.6 3.60 3 965 356 11.2 -1.8 40 13.0 5.3 84 5 287.3 287.9 280.1 297.3 3.47 4 925 708 10.0 -2.0 43 12.0 4.5 230 17 289.5 290.2 281.3 299.9 3.56 5 907 871 9.4 -1.6 46 11.0 4.3 254 19 290.5 291.2 282.0 301.5 3.75 6 899 945 9.8 -1.2 46 11.0 4.6 262 22 291.7 292.4 282.6 303.1 3.89 7 876 1162 14.0 -2.0 33 16.0 6.2 276 33 298.2 298.9 285.1 309.5 3.77 8 850 1415 12.8 -3.2 33 16.0 5.2 280 38 299.6 300.2 285.4 310.3 3.55 9 830 1615 12.2 -3.8 32 16.0 4.6 282 38 301.0 301.6 285.9 311.6 3.47 10 807 1849 10.0 -4.0 37 14.0 3.5 285 39 301.1 301.7 285.9 311.8 3.52 11 799 1932 10.4 -5.6 32 16.0 3.1 287 40 302.3 302.9 286.1 312.0 3.15 12 700 3015 1.2 -8.8 47 10.0 -2.9 310 37 303.8 304.3 286.2 312.5 2.81 13 698 3038 1.0 -9.0 47 10.0 -3.1 310 36 303.8 304.4 286.2 312.5 2.77 14 661 3472 -2.7 -8.7 63 6.0 -5.1 300 44 304.4 305.0 286.6 313.8 3.00 15 583 4454 -9.9 -11.8 86 1.9 -10.6 303 58 307.2 307.7 287.3 315.6 2.66 16 570 4627 -10.5 -12.7 84 2.2 -11.3 306 63 308.5 308.9 287.6 316.5 2.53 17 552 4874 -10.1 -14.3 71 4.2 -11.5 310 70 311.8 312.2 288.5 319.2 2.29 18 536 5100 -11.5 -14.8 76 3.3 -12.6 309 71 312.7 313.2 288.8 320.1 2.26 19 515 5406 -13.1 -17.6 69 4.5 -14.5 307 73 314.4 314.8 288.9 320.6 1.86 20 505 5555 -14.3 -17.2 79 2.9 -15.2 306 74 314.7 315.1 289.1 321.2 1.96 21 500 5630 -14.7 -18.5 73 3.8 -15.8 305 75 315.1 315.5 289.0 321.0 1.78 22 497 5676 -14.9 -19.4 68 4.5 -16.2 305 75 315.4 315.7 289.0 320.9 1.66 23 494 5721 -15.1 -19.2 71 4.1 -16.3 305 76 315.7 316.0 289.2 321.4 1.69 24 467 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328.9 291.5 329.1 0.05 38 248 10582 -52.1 -59.1 43 7.0 -52.3 295 86 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.6 0.05 39 246 10634 -52.9 -57.9 55 5.0 -53.0 295 87 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.06 40 244 10686 -53.3 -60.3 42 7.0 -53.5 295 87 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.05 41 238 10845 -54.7 -60.7 47 6.0 -54.8 295 88 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.05 42 235 10925 -55.3 -63.3 36 8.0 -55.5 295 89 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.03 43 231 11034 -56.3 -60.6 58 4.3 -56.4 295 90 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.05 44 216 11455 -59.1 -64.1 52 5.0 -59.2 295 93 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.03 45 215 11484 -59.1 -64.1 52 5.0 -59.2 295 93 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.4 0.03 46 210 11630 -60.3 -65.3 52 5.0 -60.4 295 95 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.03 47 204 11809 -62.1 -70.1 34 8.0 -62.2 295 96 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.01 48 200 11930 -63.3 -70.3 38 7.0 -63.4 295 97 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.6 0.01 49 196 12054 -64.4 -69.9 46 5.5 -64.4 295 100 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.8 0.02 50 194 12116 -64.9 -69.7 51 4.8 -65.0 295 100 332.9 332.9 292.5 332.9 0.02 51 190 12243 -65.7 -70.6 50 4.9 -65.7 297 99 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.6 0.01 52 186 12372 -65.9 -70.4 53 4.5 -66.0 301 97 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.3 0.02 53 185 12404 -66.3 -70.8 53 4.5 -66.3 302 96 335.2 335.2 293.1 335.2 0.01 54 183 12470 -66.5 -71.5 49 5.0 -66.5 304 95 335.9 335.9 293.3 335.9 0.01 55 182 12503 -66.7 -73.7 37 7.0 -66.7 305 94 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.1 0.01 56 180 12570 -65.5 -74.5 28 9.0 -65.5 305 94 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.1 0.01 57 179 12604 -65.5 -75.5 24 10.0 -65.5 305 94 339.6 339.6 294.2 339.7 0.01 58 178 12638 -65.9 -77.9 17 12.0 -66.0 305 94 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.5 0.01 59 150 13680 -63.9 -82.9 6 19.0 -64.0 305 93 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 60 100 16180 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.1 320 64 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 61 97 16370 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.0 320 64 416.0 416.0 307.2 416.0 0.00 62 94 16566 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -61.0 318 60 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 63 93 16632 -59.3 -86.3 2 27.0 -59.6 317 57 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 64 81 17485 -65.7 -88.7 3 23.0 -65.9 300 53 425.7 425.7 308.4 425.7 0.00 65 79 17638 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 297 53 431.2 431.2 309.0 431.2 0.00 66 70 18370 -68.7 -88.7 4 20.0 -68.8 310 57 437.4 437.4 309.6 437.4 0.00 67 63 18995 -71.7 -89.7 5 18.0 -71.8 307 45 444.2 444.2 310.3 444.2 0.00 68 61 19185 -70.9 -89.9 4 19.0 -71.0 305 39 450.1 450.1 310.8 450.1 0.00 69 58 19486 -66.5 -90.5 2 24.0 -66.7 310 56 466.5 466.5 312.4 466.6 0.00 70 56 19699 -65.5 -90.5 2 25.0 -65.8 315 54 473.5 473.5 313.0 473.5 0.00 71 54 19921 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.4 320 53 484.0 484.0 313.8 484.0 0.00 72 50 20390 -66.1 -90.1 2 24.0 -66.4 295 44 487.7 487.7 314.1 487.7 0.00 73 49 20512 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -67.0 306 37 489.1 489.1 314.1 489.1 0.00 74 47 20765 -64.7 -89.7 2 25.0 -65.0 297 44 499.8 499.8 314.9 499.8 0.00 75 45 21030 -65.9 -90.9 2 25.0 -66.2 310 40 503.1 503.1 315.2 503.1 0.00 76 43 21307 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.7 292 31 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.00 77 42 21450 -65.9 -89.9 2 24.0 -66.2 293 33 513.2 513.2 315.8 513.2 0.00 78 39 21902 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.4 305 42 529.2 529.2 316.9 529.2 0.00 79 38 22061 -63.9 -89.9 2 26.0 -64.4 310 46 533.1 533.1 317.1 533.2 0.00 80 34 22737 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -67.1 313 44 543.0 543.0 317.7 543.0 0.00 81 32 23106 -64.1 -91.1 1 27.0 -64.6 312 39 559.5 559.5 318.6 559.5 0.00 82 30 23500 -65.1 -91.1 2 26.0 -65.6 310 34 567.2 567.2 319.0 567.2 0.00 83 28 23918 -66.5 -91.5 2 25.0 -67.0 310 34 574.6 574.6 319.4 574.6 0.00 84 27 24139 -65.1 -92.1 1 27.0 -65.7 310 39 584.5 584.5 319.9 584.5 0.00 85 27 24139 -61.9 -90.9 1 29.0 -62.7 310 39 593.5 593.5 320.3 593.5 0.00 86 24 24869 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.6 318 48 617.9 617.9 321.4 617.9 0.01 87 20 26000 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.8 315 50 647.3 647.3 322.6 647.4 0.01 88 19 26317 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.7 315 50 653.8 653.8 322.8 653.8 0.01 89 16 27387 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -60.3 318 47 700.4 700.4 324.4 700.5 0.01 90 14 28223 -60.1 -90.1 1 30.0 -61.9 317 44 722.3 722.3 325.1 722.3 0.01 91 14 28223 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -60.7 317 44 727.0 727.0 325.3 727.1 0.01 92 13 28687 -59.9 -89.9 1 30.0 -61.8 298 38 738.4 738.4 325.6 738.5 0.01 93 13 28687 -57.7 -88.7 1 31.0 -60.1 298 38 746.0 746.0 325.8 746.1 0.01 94 13 28687 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -59.5 298 38 748.8 748.8 325.9 748.9 0.01 95 10 30331 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -63.6 307 51 789.2 789.2 327.0 789.3 0.01 96 10 30331 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -61.6 307 51 798.9 798.9 327.2 799.1 0.01 TRP 182 12503 -66.7 -73.7 37 7.0 -66.7 305 94 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.1 0.01 WND 196 12054 -64.4 -69.9 46 5.5 -64.4 295 100 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.8 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.00 m Freezing level: 688.00 mb = 3155.37 m = 10352.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.73 mb = 2474.92 m = 8119.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.47 % Est. max temperature: 25.67 C = 78.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.64 mb = 1290.84 m = 4234.99 ft T: 13.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 611.34 mb = 4082.73 m = 13394.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.80 C = 87.45 F Cap Strength: 13.36 C Lifted Index: 13.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.03 C Showalter Index: 7.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 11.50 C K Index: 14.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54781.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.15 mb = 2297.09 m = 7536.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 329 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 975 270 40 2 -1.3 -1.5 | 146 35 -20.0 29.2 1 936 610 215 12 6.9 9.8 | 164 42 -11.8 40.5 2 925 708 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 172 42 -5.7 41.6 3 902 914 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 182 34 1.0 34.2 4 870 1219 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 214 30 16.7 24.5 5 850 1415 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 218 31 18.7 24.1 6 808 1829 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 223 28 19.0 20.6 7 779 2134 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 230 26 19.8 16.7 8 751 2438 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 222 24 16.1 18.0 9 723 2743 295 33 29.9 -13.9 | 214 20 11.2 16.8 10 700 3015 310 37 28.3 -23.8 | 234 12 9.6 6.9 11 697 3048 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 225 12 8.1 8.2 12 644 3658 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 247 27 24.8 10.4 13 596 4267 300 54 46.8 -27.0 | 262 28 28.0 3.7 14 551 4877 310 70 53.6 -45.0 | 292 38 34.9 -14.3 15 500 5630 305 75 61.4 -43.0 | 286 44 42.7 -12.3 16 470 6096 305 80 65.5 -45.9 | 288 49 46.8 -15.2 17 451 6401 305 83 68.0 -47.6 | 289 52 49.3 -16.9 18 400 7290 305 79 64.7 -45.3 | 288 48 46.0 -14.6 19 382 7620 305 80 65.5 -45.9 | 288 49 46.8 -15.2 20 308 9144 300 86 74.5 -43.0 | 282 57 55.8 -12.3 21 300 9320 300 84 72.7 -42.0 | 282 55 54.0 -11.3 22 256 10363 295 83 75.2 -35.1 | 274 57 56.5 -4.4 23 250 10530 295 86 77.9 -36.3 | 275 59 59.2 -5.6 24 200 11930 295 97 87.9 -41.0 | 278 70 69.2 -10.3 25 196 12054 295 100 90.6 -42.3 | 279 73 71.9 -11.6 26 192 12192 295 100 90.6 -42.3 | 279 73 71.9 -11.6 27 182 12503 305 94 77.0 -53.9 | 292 63 58.3 -23.2 28 150 13680 305 93 76.2 -53.3 | 292 62 57.5 -22.6 29 129 14630 305 81 66.4 -46.5 | 288 50 47.6 -15.8 30 116 15240 310 89 68.2 -57.2 | 298 56 49.5 -26.5 31 100 16180 320 64 41.1 -49.0 | 309 29 22.4 -18.3 32 96 16459 320 64 41.1 -49.0 | 309 29 22.4 -18.3 33 91 16764 315 52 36.8 -36.8 | 289 19 18.1 -6.1 34 75 17983 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 249 34 32.0 12.2 35 71 18288 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 254 30 29.3 8.3 36 70 18370 310 57 43.7 -36.6 | 283 26 24.9 -5.9 37 67 18593 310 57 43.7 -36.6 | 283 26 24.9 -5.9 38 61 19202 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 238 16 13.2 8.3 39 58 19507 310 56 42.9 -36.0 | 282 25 24.2 -5.3 40 52 20117 325 51 29.3 -41.8 | 316 15 10.5 -11.1 41 50 20390 295 44 39.9 -18.6 | 240 24 21.2 12.1 42 50 20422 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 220 11 7.3 8.8 43 47 20726 295 45 40.8 -19.0 | 242 25 22.1 11.7 44 45 21031 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 247 13 11.9 5.0 45 43 21336 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 205 23 9.5 20.4 46 37 22250 315 50 35.4 -35.4 | 286 17 16.6 -4.7 47 30 23500 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 220 11 7.3 8.8 48 29 23774 310 31 23.7 -19.9 | 205 12 5.0 10.8 49 26 24384 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 261 15 15.0 2.4 50 24 24994 320 49 31.5 -37.5 | 298 14 12.8 -6.8 51 22 25298 320 33 21.2 -25.3 | 205 6 2.5 5.4 52 20 26000 315 50 35.4 -35.4 | 286 17 16.6 -4.7 53 19 26213 315 50 35.4 -35.4 | 286 17 16.6 -4.7 54 14 27127 320 45 28.9 -34.5 | 290 11 10.2 -3.8 55 13 27432 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 225 21 14.8 15.1 56 12 27737 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 221 28 18.0 20.9 57 11 28042 300 55 47.6 -27.5 | 264 29 28.9 3.2 58 10 28346 310 49 37.5 -31.5 | 272 19 18.8 -0.8 59 8 28956 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 246 26 23.9 10.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.6 at 47.9 knts Storm direction: 328.6 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 3.4 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 555.1 neg: -57.0 tot: 498.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.4 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 286.90 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 223 10 162 40| 0.0 20.4 20.4|275.2 -19.4 255.8 511.5 0.71| 32.6 23.1 1000 258 18 178 34| 13.3 10.2 23.5|475.4 -19.4 456.0 456.0 0.79| 29.7 23.4 1500 271 25 191 31| 10.0 6.8 16.8|502.2 -19.4 482.8 321.9 0.79| 21.3 16.8 2000 277 29 199 29| 8.0 5.1 13.1|526.4 -27.2 499.2 249.6 0.75| 17.4 13.1 2500 281 30 203 27| 5.8 4.1 9.9|526.4 -54.8 471.6 188.6 0.62| 15.5 9.6 3000 286 31 207 25| 6.2 3.4 9.6|555.1 -57.0 498.1 166.0 0.59| 15.4 9.1 4000 290 36 219 23| 5.5 3.9 9.4|622.6 -57.0 565.7 141.4 0.58| 13.9 8.1 5000 296 42 236 23| 6.0 3.5 9.5|765.2 -78.9 686.3 137.3 0.59| 13.5 8.0 6000 299 48 252 25| 5.0 3.7 8.6|789.2-101.7 687.5 114.6 0.55| 12.2 6.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20251212.00.gif