UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026010800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 8 JAN 26 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 8 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 53 SFC 975 270 18.2 -5.8 19 24.0 7.5 190 8 293.5 293.9 281.8 301.1 2.54 2 967 341 18.4 -5.6 19 24.0 7.6 189 11 294.4 294.8 282.3 302.2 2.60 3 925 720 15.8 -7.2 20 23.0 5.8 185 23 295.5 295.9 282.5 302.7 2.40 4 860 1331 10.4 -7.6 27 18.0 2.8 195 33 296.0 296.5 282.8 303.6 2.51 5 850 1428 9.8 -7.2 29 17.0 2.6 200 34 296.4 296.9 283.1 304.3 2.62 6 812 1806 7.4 -7.6 34 15.0 1.1 209 29 297.8 298.2 283.7 305.9 2.65 7 798 1949 6.6 -9.4 31 16.0 0.2 212 30 298.4 298.8 283.7 305.6 2.35 8 783 2105 6.8 -15.2 19 22.0 -1.0 214 31 300.2 300.5 283.4 305.0 1.50 9 761 2338 5.2 -16.8 19 22.0 -2.3 218 26 301.0 301.2 283.5 305.3 1.35 10 750 2457 6.4 -23.6 10 30.0 -2.6 221 23 303.5 303.7 283.8 306.0 0.76 11 732 2656 4.6 -25.4 9 30.0 -3.9 231 22 303.7 303.8 283.7 305.9 0.66 12 711 2892 4.0 -20.0 15 24.0 -3.8 238 23 305.5 305.8 285.0 309.1 1.10 13 700 3019 3.2 -20.8 15 24.0 -4.4 240 24 306.0 306.2 285.1 309.5 1.04 14 644 3687 -2.1 -27.1 13 25.0 -8.5 250 32 307.4 307.5 285.2 309.6 0.64 15 637 3774 -2.5 -28.5 12 26.0 -9.0 252 34 307.9 308.0 285.2 309.9 0.57 16 630 3861 -2.3 -17.3 31 15.0 -7.3 253 36 309.1 309.4 286.8 314.2 1.56 17 621 3975 -3.1 -15.1 39 12.0 -7.3 255 38 309.5 309.8 287.3 315.6 1.90 18 609 4130 -3.3 -18.3 30 15.0 -8.2 257 42 311.0 311.3 287.3 315.9 1.48 19 598 4273 -4.3 -22.3 23 18.0 -9.5 260 45 311.4 311.6 287.1 315.0 1.07 20 558 4813 -9.3 -20.3 40 11.0 -12.5 256 49 311.8 312.0 287.5 316.3 1.36 21 546 4981 -10.5 -27.5 23 17.0 -14.5 257 50 312.3 312.4 287.0 314.8 0.73 22 537 5108 -11.9 -24.9 33 13.0 -15.1 259 50 312.1 312.3 287.2 315.3 0.94 23 515 5427 -14.3 -21.3 55 7.0 -16.2 266 51 312.9 313.2 287.9 317.5 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262 47 318.2 318.3 288.6 319.5 0.35 38 416 7016 -25.1 -36.1 35 11.0 -26.7 265 48 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.3 0.42 39 405 7210 -26.7 -41.7 23 15.0 -28.4 268 49 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.1 0.24 40 400 7300 -27.5 -41.5 25 14.0 -29.1 270 50 319.2 319.3 288.8 320.2 0.25 41 381 7648 -30.7 -40.7 37 10.0 -31.8 275 55 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.6 0.29 42 364 7971 -32.3 -40.3 45 8.0 -33.1 272 67 321.6 321.6 289.6 322.7 0.31 43 358 8088 -32.3 -43.3 33 11.0 -33.4 271 71 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.23 44 355 8147 -32.5 -44.5 29 12.0 -33.6 271 73 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.21 45 354 8167 -32.7 -42.7 36 10.0 -33.7 271 74 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.25 46 350 8247 -33.3 -43.3 36 10.0 -34.3 270 77 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.24 47 335 8553 -35.9 -43.9 44 8.0 -36.6 270 81 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.3 0.23 48 325 8763 -37.5 -49.5 28 12.0 -38.3 270 83 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.13 49 322 8827 -37.9 -48.9 31 11.0 -38.7 270 84 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.14 50 311 9065 -39.9 -54.9 19 15.0 -40.6 270 87 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.0 0.07 51 300 9310 -41.9 -57.9 16 16.0 -42.5 275 96 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.5 0.05 52 298 9355 -42.3 -59.3 14 17.0 -42.9 275 96 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.5 0.04 53 279 9794 -45.9 -58.9 22 13.0 -46.3 271 100 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.05 54 271 9985 -47.5 -56.5 35 9.0 -47.8 269 102 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.07 55 267 10083 -48.3 -59.3 27 11.0 -48.6 269 103 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.2 0.05 56 261 10231 -49.5 -54.1 58 4.6 -49.7 267 104 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.09 57 250 10510 -51.7 -56.3 58 4.6 -51.8 265 107 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.07 58 216 11443 -59.6 -64.4 53 4.9 -59.6 255 110 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.03 59 200 11920 -63.7 -68.7 50 5.0 -63.7 255 99 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.02 60 193 12139 -65.3 -70.3 50 5.0 -65.3 255 93 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.02 61 150 13700 -59.7 -84.7 2 25.0 -59.9 275 95 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 62 100 16260 -58.1 -85.1 2 27.0 -58.5 270 67 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 63 90 16915 -62.3 -87.3 2 25.0 -62.6 266 48 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 64 78 17790 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.7 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-63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -64.0 199 6 551.4 551.4 318.2 551.5 0.00 79 34 22867 -63.1 -90.1 1 27.0 -63.7 199 6 552.5 552.5 318.2 552.5 0.00 80 30 23640 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.4 275 14 576.4 576.4 319.5 576.5 0.00 81 27 24292 -62.1 -89.1 2 27.0 -62.9 267 18 592.9 592.9 320.3 593.0 0.01 82 25 24772 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.6 254 17 613.6 613.6 321.2 613.7 0.01 83 24 25027 -60.3 -88.3 1 28.0 -61.4 240 21 618.5 618.5 321.4 618.5 0.01 84 20 26170 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.7 235 17 658.3 658.3 323.0 658.4 0.01 85 17 27196 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -59.3 252 23 692.2 692.2 324.2 692.3 0.01 86 16 27579 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -59.9 242 28 702.4 702.4 324.5 702.5 0.01 87 14 28426 -55.3 -85.3 1 30.0 -58.1 255 30 738.5 738.5 325.6 738.7 0.02 88 14 28426 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -58.1 255 30 738.5 738.5 325.6 738.7 0.02 89 13 28905 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -55.0 250 30 771.0 771.0 326.5 771.2 0.03 90 12 29427 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -55.1 268 33 789.5 789.5 327.0 789.8 0.03 91 11 29994 -51.1 -83.1 1 32.0 -55.8 274 47 806.5 806.5 327.4 806.8 0.04 92 10 30620 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.8 270 54 843.7 843.8 328.2 844.2 0.05 93 9.2 31173 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -53.5 271 55 868.7 868.7 328.8 869.3 0.06 94 8.8 31469 -45.9 -80.9 1 35.0 -53.7 272 55 879.8 879.8 329.0 880.5 0.07 95 8.3 31857 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -54.3 273 56 891.5 891.5 329.2 892.1 0.06 96 7.3 32717 -42.1 -80.1 1 38.0 -52.7 274 57 943.6 943.7 330.2 944.6 0.09 97 7.0 33000 -42.7 -79.7 1 37.0 -53.1 275 57 952.5 952.6 330.4 953.6 0.10 98 6.8 33196 -42.3 -80.3 1 38.0 -53.1 962.1 962.2 330.6 963.2 0.09 TRP 193 12139 -65.3 -70.3 50 5.0 -65.3 255 93 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.02 WND 216 11443 -59.6 -64.4 53 4.9 -59.6 255 110 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.00 m Freezing level: 666.19 mb = 3422.40 m = 11228.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 795.62 mb = 1973.44 m = 6474.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.90 % Est. max temperature: 22.00 C = 71.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.75 mb = 3265.97 m = 10715.01 ft T: 1.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 0.89 C Layer 798.0- 761.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 516.12 mb = 5410.17 m = 17749.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.49 C = 99.49 F Cap Strength: 12.21 C Lifted Index: 11.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.74 C Showalter Index: 10.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 8.70 C K Index: -5.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 261.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68990.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.35 mb = 3510.54 m = 11517.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 273 at 27 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 975 270 190 8 1.4 7.9 | 110 27 -25.2 9.3 1 937 610 185 22 1.9 21.9 | 133 34 -24.7 23.3 2 925 720 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 135 35 -24.6 24.3 3 904 914 180 26 0.0 26.0 | 136 38 -26.6 27.4 4 871 1219 190 31 5.4 30.5 | 146 38 -21.2 31.9 5 850 1428 200 34 11.6 31.9 | 156 37 -14.9 33.3 6 840 1524 200 34 11.6 31.9 | 156 37 -14.9 33.3 7 809 1829 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 155 29 -12.1 26.5 8 780 2134 215 31 17.8 25.4 | 162 28 -8.8 26.8 9 751 2438 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 148 22 -11.8 19.0 10 724 2743 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 149 16 -8.6 14.0 11 700 3019 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 157 15 -5.8 13.4 12 645 3658 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 196 13 3.5 12.3 13 597 4267 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 243 20 17.7 9.2 14 552 4877 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 237 26 21.7 14.3 15 500 5650 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 267 24 24.4 1.4 16 491 5791 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 267 24 24.4 1.4 17 471 6096 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 255 21 20.2 5.5 18 452 6401 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 232 21 16.9 13.0 19 400 7300 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 267 23 23.4 1.4 20 399 7315 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 267 23 23.4 1.4 21 382 7620 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 277 27 27.2 -3.3 22 350 8230 270 77 77.0 -0.0 | 268 50 50.4 1.4 23 307 9144 270 88 88.0 -0.0 | 269 61 61.4 1.4 24 300 9310 275 96 95.6 -8.4 | 276 69 69.1 -7.0 25 250 10510 265 107 106.6 9.3 | 262 81 80.0 10.7 26 244 10668 260 107 105.4 18.6 | 256 81 78.8 20.0 27 216 11443 255 110 106.3 28.5 | 249 85 79.7 29.8 28 211 11582 255 110 106.3 28.5 | 249 85 79.7 29.8 29 200 11920 255 99 95.6 25.6 | 249 74 69.0 27.0 30 193 12139 255 93 89.8 24.1 | 248 68 63.3 25.4 31 182 12497 255 92 88.9 23.8 | 248 67 62.3 25.2 32 173 12802 260 106 104.4 18.4 | 256 80 77.8 19.8 33 150 13700 275 95 94.6 -8.3 | 276 68 68.1 -6.9 34 150 13716 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 261 54 53.1 8.3 35 143 14021 275 95 94.6 -8.3 | 276 68 68.1 -6.9 36 136 14326 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 253 46 44.3 13.9 37 129 14630 250 79 74.2 27.0 | 239 55 47.7 28.4 38 123 14935 255 86 83.1 22.3 | 247 61 56.5 23.6 39 118 15240 265 83 82.7 7.2 | 261 57 56.1 8.6 40 102 16154 260 81 79.8 14.1 | 254 55 53.2 15.4 41 100 16260 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 268 40 40.4 1.4 42 97 16459 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 268 40 40.4 1.4 43 88 17069 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 251 15 14.3 4.9 44 83 17374 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 232 21 16.9 13.0 45 76 17983 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 260 41 40.2 7.2 46 72 18288 275 59 58.8 -5.1 | 277 32 32.2 -3.8 47 70 18450 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 328 8 4.3 -6.9 48 68 18593 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 300 22 18.8 -10.8 49 65 18898 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 328 8 4.3 -6.9 50 62 19202 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 157 1 -0.6 1.4 51 59 19507 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 199 13 4.4 12.7 52 56 19812 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 57 7 -6.3 -4.1 53 51 20422 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 126 16 -12.7 9.4 54 50 20510 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 137 11 -7.8 8.2 55 44 21336 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 125 8 -6.9 4.8 56 40 21946 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 73 19 -18.2 -5.7 57 38 22250 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 121 9 -7.9 4.7 58 36 22555 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 109 15 -14.0 4.7 59 34 22860 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 106 26 -24.5 7.0 60 32 23165 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 120 31 -26.6 15.4 61 31 23470 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 132 23 -16.8 15.3 62 30 23640 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 91 13 -12.6 0.2 63 29 23774 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 152 10 -5.0 9.2 64 27 24384 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 98 10 -9.6 1.4 65 25 24689 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 109 12 -11.8 4.0 66 24 24994 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 145 15 -8.4 11.9 67 23 25298 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 145 15 -8.4 11.9 68 22 25603 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 105 14 -13.8 3.6 69 21 25908 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 88 16 -15.7 -0.5 70 20 26170 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 131 17 -12.7 11.1 71 19 26518 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 137 15 -10.1 10.9 72 18 26822 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 163 8 -2.4 7.8 73 16 27432 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 146 11 -5.9 8.9 74 16 27737 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 181 20 0.5 20.3 75 15 28042 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 204 7 3.0 6.6 76 13 28956 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 188 12 1.6 11.6 77 12 29261 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 199 4 1.3 3.8 78 11 29870 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 278 18 18.3 -2.5 79 10 30620 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 267 27 27.4 1.4 80 7 33000 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 277 30 30.2 -3.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.5 neg: -34.9 tot: 246.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 118.27 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 186 18 127 31| 0.0 16.3 16.3|102.8 0.0 102.8 205.6 0.81| 16.4 13.4 1000 185 23 134 34| 4.6 8.2 12.8|193.4 0.0 193.4 193.4 0.82| 13.8 11.3 1500 192 26 142 34| 4.4 5.4 9.8|241.1 -1.2 239.9 159.9 0.71| 12.9 9.2 2000 198 27 146 33| 3.9 4.1 8.0|259.3 -13.6 245.7 122.9 0.60| 11.6 7.0 2500 203 26 147 30| 4.1 3.3 7.4|260.8 -34.9 225.8 90.3 0.43| 11.4 5.0 3000 208 26 150 28| 4.4 2.7 7.1|281.5 -34.9 246.5 82.2 0.48| 10.6 5.1 4000 223 28 162 23| 5.9 2.0 7.9|353.3 -34.9 318.4 79.6 0.58| 10.6 6.2 5000 234 32 180 20| 5.1 2.1 7.2|397.3 -49.3 348.0 69.6 0.55| 9.8 5.4 6000 243 35 196 18| 4.6 2.5 7.1|439.7-103.9 335.8 56.0 0.44| 9.6 4.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20260108.00.gif