UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026010712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 7 JAN 26 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 7 JAN 26 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 100 SFC 979 270 -1.9 -2.6 95 0.7 -2.1 15 1 272.9 273.4 272.1 281.7 3.22 2 977 287 3.4 -3.6 60 7.0 0.6 8 3 278.4 278.9 275.0 286.8 2.99 3 973 320 4.4 -3.6 56 8.0 1.2 354 6 279.7 280.2 275.7 288.2 3.01 4 971 337 7.4 -4.6 42 12.0 2.5 346 8 282.9 283.4 277.1 290.9 2.79 5 963 407 11.4 -6.6 28 18.0 4.0 318 15 287.6 288.1 279.0 294.7 2.42 6 951 513 14.6 -7.4 21 22.0 5.4 274 25 291.9 292.3 280.8 298.8 2.30 7 950 522 14.6 -7.4 21 22.0 5.4 270 26 292.0 292.4 280.8 298.9 2.30 8 949 531 14.6 -7.4 21 22.0 5.3 266 27 292.1 292.5 280.9 299.0 2.31 9 935 658 15.2 -5.8 23 21.0 5.9 237 34 293.9 294.4 282.1 301.9 2.65 10 925 750 14.8 -7.2 21 22.0 5.4 240 35 294.4 294.9 282.0 301.7 2.40 11 850 1457 9.4 -8.6 27 18.0 2.0 255 26 296.0 296.4 282.7 303.1 2.35 12 837 1584 8.4 -8.6 29 17.0 1.5 255 25 296.2 296.7 282.8 303.5 2.38 13 808 1874 6.8 -14.2 21 21.0 -0.7 256 22 297.6 297.8 282.4 302.5 1.57 14 757 2405 2.0 -14.0 29 16.0 -3.6 264 20 298.0 298.3 282.7 303.3 1.71 15 726 2741 0.4 -20.6 19 21.0 -5.8 275 29 299.8 300.0 282.6 303.1 1.02 16 724 2763 0.6 -22.4 16 23.0 -6.0 275 29 300.2 300.4 282.6 303.1 0.87 17 716 2852 0.6 -24.4 13 25.0 -6.2 277 31 301.2 301.3 282.8 303.6 0.74 18 704 2987 -0.3 -23.3 16 23.0 -6.7 279 33 301.7 301.8 283.1 304.4 0.83 19 700 3033 -0.7 -23.7 16 23.0 -7.0 280 34 301.7 301.9 283.1 304.3 0.81 20 642 3714 -6.7 -24.7 22 18.0 -11.2 275 39 302.5 302.6 283.4 305.1 0.80 21 592 4341 -10.9 -31.9 16 21.0 -15.0 270 47 304.7 304.8 283.9 306.2 0.45 22 580 4498 -10.7 -35.7 11 25.0 -15.2 270 48 306.7 306.8 284.5 307.8 0.31 23 575 4564 -9.3 -41.3 5 32.0 -14.5 270 49 309.1 309.1 285.2 309.7 0.18 24 548 4934 -10.7 -46.7 3 36.0 -15.8 274 41 311.7 311.7 286.1 312.1 0.10 25 500 5630 -16.5 -48.5 4 32.0 -20.3 260 37 312.9 312.9 286.5 313.3 0.09 26 479 5952 -19.1 -50.1 5 31.0 -22.4 263 40 313.6 313.6 286.7 313.9 0.08 27 434 6680 -24.3 -52.3 6 28.0 -26.7 274 54 315.9 316.0 287.5 316.2 0.07 28 410 7092 -27.5 -45.5 16 18.0 -29.2 280 63 317.0 317.0 287.9 317.6 0.16 29 405 7181 -27.9 -43.9 20 16.0 -29.5 280 66 317.6 317.6 288.2 318.3 0.19 30 400 7270 -28.5 -45.5 18 17.0 -30.1 280 68 317.9 318.0 288.3 318.6 0.16 31 385 7543 -29.9 -51.9 10 22.0 -31.6 272 71 319.6 319.6 288.7 319.9 0.08 32 384 7562 -29.7 -56.7 5 27.0 -31.4 272 71 320.1 320.1 288.8 320.3 0.05 33 322 8790 -39.9 -47.9 42 8.0 -40.4 281 89 322.5 322.6 289.7 323.1 0.16 34 319 8854 -40.3 -51.3 30 11.0 -40.9 282 90 322.8 322.9 289.8 323.3 0.11 35 303 9203 -43.1 -51.1 41 8.0 -43.5 285 98 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.1 0.11 36 300 9270 -43.5 -49.5 51 6.0 -43.8 285 101 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.14 37 297 9337 -44.1 -50.1 51 6.0 -44.4 285 102 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.6 0.13 38 295 9383 -44.1 -55.1 28 11.0 -44.6 284 102 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.07 39 291 9474 -44.9 -52.9 40 8.0 -45.2 284 103 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.10 40 287 9567 -45.7 -54.7 36 9.0 -46.0 283 104 325.0 325.1 290.4 325.3 0.08 41 282 9683 -46.7 -53.7 45 7.0 -47.0 282 105 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.09 42 279 9754 -47.3 -57.3 31 10.0 -47.6 282 106 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.6 0.06 43 257 10292 -52.1 -57.1 55 5.0 -52.2 280 103 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.07 44 256 10317 -52.3 -58.3 48 6.0 -52.5 280 103 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.3 0.06 45 254 10368 -52.7 -57.7 55 5.0 -52.8 280 102 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.06 46 250 10470 -52.9 -62.9 29 10.0 -53.1 280 99 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.03 47 241 10706 -54.1 -63.1 32 9.0 -54.3 281 98 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.03 48 232 10951 -55.3 -66.3 24 11.0 -55.5 283 97 330.8 330.9 292.0 330.9 0.02 49 212 11524 -58.1 -71.1 17 13.0 -58.3 281 106 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.01 50 210 11583 -57.9 -70.9 17 13.0 -58.0 279 108 336.3 336.4 293.4 336.4 0.01 51 202 11828 -59.8 -71.2 21 11.4 -59.9 275 119 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.01 52 200 11890 -60.3 -71.3 22 11.0 -60.4 275 118 337.3 337.3 293.6 337.3 0.01 53 198 11952 -60.7 -71.7 22 11.0 -60.8 276 117 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.01 54 186 12338 -62.7 -73.7 21 11.0 -62.8 280 108 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.5 0.01 55 174 12747 -62.5 -78.5 10 16.0 -62.6 276 100 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.00 56 171 12855 -60.9 -80.9 5 20.0 -61.0 274 99 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.00 57 166 13040 -56.7 -84.7 2 28.0 -57.0 271 96 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.00 58 163 13155 -55.9 -83.9 2 28.0 -56.2 271 93 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 59 150 13680 -57.9 -83.9 2 26.0 -58.2 280 79 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 60 100 16220 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -60.0 275 71 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 61 98 16347 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.2 275 71 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 62 87 17090 -62.3 -87.3 2 25.0 -62.6 280 62 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 63 77 17849 -60.3 -87.3 2 27.0 -60.7 276 42 443.1 443.1 310.2 443.1 0.00 64 70 18440 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.4 255 39 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 65 65 18894 -64.7 -88.7 2 24.0 -65.0 270 36 455.5 455.5 311.4 455.5 0.00 66 57 19695 -64.5 -89.5 2 25.0 -64.8 281 27 473.4 473.4 312.9 473.4 0.00 67 53 20141 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.5 240 25 488.9 488.9 314.1 488.9 0.00 68 50 20500 -63.5 -88.5 2 25.0 -63.8 235 20 493.8 493.8 314.5 493.9 0.00 69 40 21858 -67.7 -90.7 2 23.0 -67.9 225 11 515.8 515.8 316.0 515.9 0.00 70 37 22328 -67.3 -91.3 2 24.0 -67.6 200 10 528.5 528.5 316.8 528.5 0.00 71 34 22847 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.6 269 26 558.3 558.3 318.5 558.3 0.00 72 31 23418 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -64.1 269 12 566.2 566.2 319.0 566.2 0.00 73 30 23620 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -63.0 245 5 574.8 574.8 319.4 574.8 0.00 74 28 24048 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -61.4 276 5 591.3 591.3 320.2 591.3 0.00 75 27 24274 -61.7 -89.7 1 28.0 -62.5 270 9 594.1 594.1 320.3 594.1 0.00 76 23 25273 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.2 306 14 630.2 630.2 321.9 630.2 0.01 77 21 25843 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -60.8 278 17 645.0 645.0 322.5 645.0 0.01 78 20 26150 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -59.0 280 16 660.8 660.8 323.1 660.8 0.01 79 19 26475 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.3 267 15 673.7 673.7 323.6 673.7 0.01 80 18 26818 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -58.3 270 18 684.8 684.8 323.9 684.9 0.01 81 18 26818 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -58.3 270 18 684.8 684.8 323.9 684.9 0.01 82 17 27181 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -58.2 277 19 696.7 696.7 324.3 696.8 0.01 83 16 27565 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -59.2 292 18 705.0 705.0 324.6 705.1 0.01 84 13 28885 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -57.9 266 26 756.4 756.4 326.1 756.6 0.02 85 12 29404 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -54.1 259 28 795.2 795.2 327.1 795.5 0.03 86 11 29974 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -55.1 269 27 810.9 810.9 327.5 811.2 0.03 87 10 30600 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -53.9 265 30 843.0 843.0 328.2 843.3 0.04 88 9.7 30802 -46.3 -82.3 1 36.0 -53.5 854.1 854.2 328.5 854.6 0.05 89 9.1 31225 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -54.3 866.0 866.1 328.7 866.4 0.04 90 8.8 31449 -43.9 -81.9 1 38.0 -52.7 887.5 887.6 329.2 888.1 0.06 91 8.5 31681 -44.9 -81.9 1 37.0 -53.3 892.5 892.5 329.3 893.1 0.06 92 8.1 32006 -41.5 -81.5 1 40.0 -52.0 918.3 918.4 329.8 919.0 0.06 93 7.9 32176 -38.7 -80.7 0 42.0 -50.9 936.1 936.2 330.1 936.9 0.08 94 7.5 32532 -40.3 -80.3 1 40.0 -51.8 943.6 943.7 330.2 944.6 0.08 95 7.4 32624 -39.1 -80.1 1 41.0 -51.4 952.2 952.2 330.4 953.1 0.09 TRP 186 12338 -62.7 -73.7 21 11.0 -62.8 280 108 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.5 0.01 WND 202 11828 -59.8 -71.2 21 11.4 -59.9 275 119 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.1 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5530.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 978.28 mb = 275.96 m = 905.37 ft Freezing level: 708.00 mb = 2942.36 m = 9653.30 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.39 % Est. max temperature: 21.66 C = 70.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.25 mb = 361.16 m = 1184.90 ft T: 8.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 1.03 C Layer 808.0- 757.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 519.03 mb = 5346.51 m = 17540.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.41 C = 99.34 F Cap Strength: 13.13 C Lifted Index: 12.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.81 C Showalter Index: 10.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 7.90 C K Index: -5.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66720.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.69 mb = 3149.80 m = 10333.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 295 at 25 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 979 270 15 1 -0.3 -1.0 | 113 25 -23.1 9.9 1 940 610 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 189 31 5.0 30.4 2 925 750 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 195 29 7.5 28.4 3 907 914 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 202 24 9.1 22.5 4 875 1219 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 192 25 5.3 24.0 5 850 1457 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 187 18 2.3 17.6 6 812 1829 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 175 17 -1.6 16.6 7 782 2134 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 168 15 -3.1 14.4 8 753 2438 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 167 13 -2.9 12.6 9 725 2743 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 216 10 6.0 8.4 10 700 3033 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 245 12 10.6 5.0 11 699 3048 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 234 9 7.7 5.5 12 646 3658 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 243 17 15.0 7.6 13 597 4267 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 246 26 24.2 10.9 14 573 4572 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 247 28 26.2 10.9 15 551 4877 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 249 20 19.0 7.2 16 509 5486 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 216 17 10.0 13.8 17 500 5630 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 218 22 13.6 17.3 18 469 6096 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 233 24 19.0 14.6 19 414 7010 280 61 60.1 -10.6 | 270 37 37.2 0.3 20 400 7270 280 68 67.0 -11.8 | 271 44 44.1 -0.9 21 380 7620 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 258 50 49.2 10.9 22 305 9144 285 95 91.8 -24.6 | 281 70 68.9 -13.7 23 300 9270 285 101 97.6 -26.1 | 282 76 74.7 -15.2 24 266 10058 280 109 107.3 -18.9 | 275 85 84.5 -8.0 25 250 10470 280 99 97.5 -17.2 | 275 75 74.7 -6.3 26 220 11278 285 95 91.8 -24.6 | 281 70 68.9 -13.7 27 202 11828 275 119 118.5 -10.4 | 270 96 95.7 0.5 28 200 11887 275 119 118.5 -10.4 | 270 96 95.7 0.5 29 200 11890 275 118 117.6 -10.3 | 270 95 94.7 0.6 30 186 12338 280 108 106.4 -18.8 | 275 84 83.5 -7.9 31 181 12497 280 104 102.4 -18.1 | 275 80 79.6 -7.2 32 164 13106 270 95 95.0 -0.0 | 261 73 72.2 10.9 33 150 13680 280 79 77.8 -13.7 | 273 55 55.0 -2.8 34 149 13716 285 83 80.2 -21.5 | 280 58 57.3 -10.6 35 135 14326 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 258 51 50.2 10.9 36 117 15240 275 82 81.7 -7.1 | 266 59 58.8 3.7 37 100 16220 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 264 48 47.9 4.7 38 96 16459 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 264 48 47.9 4.7 39 87 17069 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 270 38 38.2 0.1 40 75 17983 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 245 18 16.0 7.5 41 72 18288 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 232 18 14.2 10.9 42 70 18440 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 215 26 14.8 21.0 43 68 18593 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 217 26 15.8 21.2 44 62 19202 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 252 8 8.1 2.6 45 56 19812 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 203 7 2.8 6.4 46 53 20117 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 177 23 -1.2 23.4 47 51 20422 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 183 25 1.4 24.9 48 50 20500 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 164 23 -6.5 22.4 49 48 20726 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 170 27 -4.5 26.3 50 44 21336 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 140 17 -11.0 13.0 51 38 22250 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 136 28 -19.4 20.3 52 36 22555 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 138 29 -19.1 21.2 53 34 22860 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 196 11 3.2 10.9 54 32 23165 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 95 5 -4.7 0.4 55 30 23620 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 125 22 -18.3 13.0 56 29 23774 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 87 17 -17.3 -0.9 57 28 24079 270 4 4.0 -0.0 | 120 22 -18.8 10.9 58 27 24384 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 135 15 -10.8 10.9 59 25 24689 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 158 13 -4.9 12.5 60 24 24994 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 94 15 -14.5 0.9 61 21 25908 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 148 11 -5.9 9.4 62 20 26150 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 139 11 -7.1 8.1 63 19 26518 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 147 15 -7.9 12.2 64 17 27127 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 162 10 -2.9 9.2 65 16 27432 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 135 9 -6.4 6.5 66 16 27737 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 99 6 -5.5 0.9 67 15 28042 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 123 10 -8.7 5.8 68 14 28346 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 167 18 -4.0 17.7 69 14 28651 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 187 9 1.1 8.8 70 12 29261 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 196 19 5.2 18.4 71 11 29870 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 201 12 4.2 10.9 72 10 30600 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 208 15 7.0 13.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 6.1 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.5 neg: -110.0 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 40.19 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 237 23 171 24| 0.0 36.6 36.6| 55.4 -51.4 4.0 8.0 0.26| 60.7 15.9 1000 243 28 185 24| 3.1 18.3 21.4| 71.0 -74.1 -3.1 -3.1 0.21| 35.2 7.2 1500 246 27 185 22| 4.8 12.2 17.0| 71.0 -97.1 -26.1 -17.4 0.12| 26.5 3.2 2000 249 26 183 20| 4.6 9.2 13.7| 71.0-107.7 -36.7 -18.4 0.08| 20.9 1.7 2500 253 25 183 18| 4.0 7.3 11.4|100.3-107.9 -7.6 -3.0 0.18| 19.1 3.4 3000 258 26 190 17| 3.7 6.1 9.8|113.5-110.0 3.5 1.2 0.20| 17.3 3.5 4000 264 30 206 16| 2.8 6.4 9.2|121.5-110.0 11.5 2.9 0.19| 14.8 2.9 5000 266 33 216 17| 2.5 4.6 7.1|132.3-144.3 -12.0 -2.4 0.13| 13.6 1.8 6000 265 34 219 17| 2.5 4.2 6.7|193.2-160.3 32.9 5.5 0.16| 13.0 2.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20260107.12.gif