UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026010812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 JAN 26 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 9 SFC 969 270 13.2 6.2 62 7.0 9.4 170 10 288.9 290.0 284.0 306.4 6.14 2 949 449 14.0 7.0 63 7.0 10.1 183 25 291.5 292.7 285.5 310.5 6.63 3 937 558 13.0 7.0 67 6.0 9.7 191 34 291.5 292.7 285.6 310.7 6.71 4 925 668 14.0 8.0 67 6.0 10.6 200 41 293.6 294.9 286.9 314.6 7.29 5 919 723 16.2 9.2 63 7.0 12.0 203 40 296.4 297.9 288.6 319.6 7.97 6 912 788 16.6 8.6 59 8.0 11.9 207 40 297.5 298.9 288.8 320.0 7.71 7 907 835 17.2 7.2 52 10.0 11.4 210 39 298.6 299.8 288.5 319.3 7.04 8 900 901 18.6 2.6 34 16.0 9.9 214 38 300.7 301.6 287.4 316.0 5.13 9 895 949 18.4 2.4 34 16.0 9.7 216 38 300.9 301.9 287.5 316.2 5.08 10 850 1388 14.6 0.6 38 14.0 7.3 215 32 301.4 302.3 287.3 315.6 4.70 11 797 1927 9.4 0.4 53 9.0 4.8 221 24 301.5 302.4 287.5 316.4 4.94 12 780 2105 8.0 -2.0 49 10.0 3.1 232 23 301.9 302.6 287.0 314.7 4.23 13 700 2985 -0.5 -3.5 80 3.0 -1.9 235 26 301.9 302.7 287.0 314.7 4.22 14 687 3135 -1.9 -3.7 87 1.8 -2.7 235 27 302.0 302.8 287.1 314.9 4.23 15 678 3240 -1.5 -4.4 81 2.9 -2.8 235 28 303.6 304.3 287.4 316.0 4.07 16 662 3429 -3.1 -3.9 94 0.8 -3.5 233 29 303.9 304.7 287.8 317.1 4.33 17 645 3635 -4.5 -4.8 98 0.3 -4.6 226 31 304.5 305.3 287.9 317.3 4.15 18 633 3783 -5.5 -5.8 98 0.3 -5.6 222 32 305.0 305.8 287.8 317.1 3.92 19 524 5244 -13.5 -14.5 92 1.0 -13.8 216 50 312.4 312.8 288.8 320.1 2.37 20 500 5600 -14.7 -16.0 90 1.3 -15.1 225 54 315.1 315.5 289.5 322.3 2.19 21 498 5630 -14.9 -16.3 89 1.4 -15.3 225 54 315.2 315.6 289.5 322.3 2.15 22 463 6177 -18.5 -20.2 86 1.7 -19.0 225 56 317.4 317.7 289.6 323.0 1.66 23 400 7250 -25.7 -30.0 67 4.3 -26.5 230 60 321.6 321.7 290.1 324.4 0.79 24 399 7268 -25.7 -29.9 68 4.2 -26.5 230 60 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.80 25 389 7452 -27.1 -31.7 65 4.6 -27.9 230 60 322.3 322.5 290.2 324.8 0.69 26 349 8227 -33.3 -37.1 69 3.8 -33.7 228 63 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.8 0.45 27 343 8348 -34.7 -37.8 73 3.1 -35.0 228 64 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.4 0.43 28 325 8723 -38.1 -41.9 67 3.8 -38.4 226 66 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.30 29 315 8938 -40.1 -42.4 79 2.3 -40.3 226 67 324.3 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.29 30 313 8982 -40.3 -43.5 71 3.2 -40.5 226 67 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.26 31 311 9025 -40.9 -44.1 71 3.2 -41.1 225 67 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.3 0.24 32 308 9091 -41.3 -47.3 52 6.0 -41.7 225 68 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.17 33 307 9114 -41.5 -46.5 58 5.0 -41.8 225 68 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.19 34 305 9158 -41.9 -49.9 41 8.0 -42.3 225 69 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.3 0.13 35 303 9203 -42.3 -48.3 52 6.0 -42.6 225 71 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.16 36 300 9270 -42.9 -47.9 58 5.0 -43.2 225 75 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.5 0.17 37 299 9293 -43.1 -49.1 52 6.0 -43.4 225 75 324.9 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.15 38 289 9521 -45.5 -48.9 68 3.4 -45.7 225 76 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.15 39 286 9590 -46.1 -47.1 90 1.0 -46.2 226 77 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.19 40 282 9684 -47.1 -48.1 89 1.0 -47.1 226 79 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.3 0.17 41 278 9779 -47.7 -51.9 62 4.2 -47.9 227 80 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.11 42 273 9898 -48.9 -50.8 80 1.9 -49.0 227 82 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.13 43 269 9995 -49.9 -51.3 85 1.4 -50.0 228 83 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.13 44 266 10068 -50.7 -53.5 72 2.8 -50.8 228 85 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.10 45 265 10093 -50.9 -53.4 75 2.5 -51.0 228 85 324.9 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.10 46 264 10117 -50.9 -52.3 85 1.4 -51.0 228 85 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.11 47 262 10167 -51.5 -54.4 71 2.9 -51.6 228 86 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.09 48 260 10217 -51.9 -54.2 76 2.3 -52.0 229 87 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.6 0.09 49 254 10368 -53.1 -57.1 62 4.0 -53.2 229 89 325.6 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.07 50 251 10444 -53.7 -57.0 67 3.3 -53.8 230 91 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.1 0.07 51 250 10470 -53.9 -57.2 67 3.3 -54.0 230 91 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.07 52 246 10574 -54.5 -58.9 58 4.4 -54.6 230 92 326.5 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.06 53 238 10785 -56.1 -59.8 63 3.7 -56.2 231 94 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.05 54 237 10812 -56.3 -60.3 61 4.0 -56.4 231 94 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.05 55 234 10893 -56.3 -62.3 47 6.0 -56.4 231 95 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.7 0.04 56 200 11880 -61.7 -70.7 29 9.0 -61.8 235 103 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.1 0.01 57 195 12038 -61.5 -71.9 24 10.3 -61.6 235 107 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.01 58 150 13680 -59.9 -83.9 3 24.0 -60.1 245 58 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 59 100 16240 -58.9 -85.9 2 27.0 -59.2 245 49 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 60 91 16829 -58.5 -85.5 2 27.0 -58.9 236 56 426.0 426.0 308.4 426.0 0.00 61 81 17552 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.2 250 58 433.5 433.5 309.2 433.5 0.00 62 73 18192 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.2 267 49 446.6 446.6 310.6 446.6 0.00 63 70 18450 -63.1 -87.1 3 24.0 -63.4 255 25 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 64 63 19095 -64.7 -87.7 3 23.0 -65.0 242 30 459.6 459.6 311.7 459.6 0.00 65 61 19293 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.4 245 32 467.4 467.4 312.4 467.4 0.00 66 56 19814 -66.7 -88.7 3 22.0 -66.9 251 40 470.8 470.8 312.7 470.8 0.00 67 54 20034 -65.5 -88.5 3 23.0 -65.8 254 43 478.5 478.5 313.3 478.5 0.00 68 50 20500 -67.1 -89.1 3 22.0 -67.3 280 20 485.4 485.4 313.9 485.4 0.00 69 47 20874 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.8 273 21 497.9 497.9 314.8 497.9 0.00 70 44 21274 -67.1 -90.1 2 23.0 -67.4 262 13 503.4 503.4 315.2 503.5 0.00 71 41 21701 -65.5 -89.5 2 24.0 -65.8 263 18 517.7 517.7 316.1 517.7 0.00 72 40 21852 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.6 264 21 527.4 527.4 316.8 527.4 0.00 73 39 22007 -64.3 -89.3 2 25.0 -64.7 256 21 528.2 528.2 316.8 528.2 0.00 74 38 22167 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -61.9 238 20 539.8 539.8 317.5 539.8 0.00 75 37 22332 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.3 230 20 542.9 542.9 317.7 542.9 0.00 76 36 22502 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.7 230 22 551.8 551.8 318.2 551.8 0.00 77 30 23630 -63.7 -89.7 2 26.0 -64.3 225 11 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.0 0.00 78 24 25013 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.7 235 15 620.8 620.8 321.5 620.9 0.01 79 21 25848 -59.7 -87.7 1 28.0 -61.0 248 20 644.4 644.4 322.4 644.4 0.01 TRP 195 12038 -62.5 -71.5 29 9.0 -62.6 235 107 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.01 WND 195 12038 -61.5 -71.9 24 10.3 -61.6 235 107 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.00 m Freezing level: 704.71 mb = 2933.26 m = 9623.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.80 mb = 2646.13 m = 8681.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.98 % Est. max temperature: 25.63 C = 78.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.85 mb = 1171.97 m = 3845.01 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 3.96 C Layer 907.0- 895.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.55 mb = 2693.64 m = 8837.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 15.30 C K Index: 26.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32873.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.12 mb = 1998.77 m = 6557.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 250 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 969 270 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 91 27 -27.2 0.4 1 931 610 195 38 9.8 36.7 | 150 31 -15.6 27.3 2 925 668 200 41 14.0 38.5 | 159 31 -11.4 29.1 3 899 914 215 38 21.8 31.1 | 170 22 -3.6 21.7 4 867 1219 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 173 18 -2.3 18.2 5 850 1388 215 32 18.4 26.2 | 157 18 -7.1 16.8 6 806 1829 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 131 16 -11.7 10.3 7 776 2134 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 120 8 -6.6 3.8 8 748 2438 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 129 5 -3.8 3.1 9 721 2743 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 129 5 -3.8 3.1 10 700 2985 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 143 7 -4.1 5.5 11 668 3353 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 167 7 -1.7 7.2 12 642 3658 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 164 13 -3.5 12.5 13 594 4267 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 161 23 -7.4 21.8 14 549 4877 210 44 22.0 38.1 | 173 29 -3.4 28.7 15 507 5486 220 55 35.4 42.1 | 197 34 9.9 32.7 16 500 5600 225 54 38.2 38.2 | 204 31 12.7 28.8 17 468 6096 225 56 39.6 39.6 | 205 33 14.2 30.2 18 400 7250 230 60 46.0 38.6 | 215 36 20.5 29.2 19 396 7315 230 60 46.0 38.6 | 215 36 20.5 29.2 20 379 7620 230 60 46.0 38.6 | 215 36 20.5 29.2 21 305 9144 225 68 48.1 48.1 | 210 45 22.6 38.7 22 300 9270 225 75 53.0 53.0 | 212 52 27.6 43.6 23 292 9449 225 75 53.0 53.0 | 212 52 27.6 43.6 24 250 10470 230 91 69.7 58.5 | 222 66 44.3 49.1 25 200 11880 235 103 84.4 59.1 | 230 77 58.9 49.7 26 195 12038 235 107 87.6 61.4 | 230 81 62.2 52.0 27 190 12192 235 107 87.6 61.4 | 230 81 62.2 52.0 28 173 12802 245 92 83.4 38.9 | 243 65 57.9 29.5 29 157 13411 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 268 36 35.6 1.4 30 150 13680 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 241 31 27.1 15.1 31 135 14326 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 231 31 23.9 19.1 32 117 15240 245 71 64.3 30.0 | 242 44 38.9 20.6 33 112 15545 250 75 70.5 25.7 | 250 48 45.0 16.2 34 101 16154 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 280 28 27.4 -4.8 35 100 16240 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 239 22 19.0 11.3 36 97 16459 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 239 22 19.0 11.3 37 92 16764 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 222 31 20.4 22.7 38 83 17374 245 61 55.3 25.8 | 241 34 29.8 16.4 39 72 18288 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 294 24 21.6 -9.4 40 70 18450 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 24 3 -1.3 -2.9 41 65 18898 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 153 5 -2.1 4.1 42 53 20117 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 263 17 17.1 2.0 43 51 20422 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 24 14 -5.7 -12.9 44 50 20500 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 24 14 -5.7 -12.9 45 46 21031 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 25 10 -4.4 -9.4 46 44 21336 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 63 16 -14.6 -7.5 47 39 21946 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 25 8 -3.5 -7.5 48 38 22250 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 104 11 -10.9 2.8 49 36 22555 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 119 10 -8.6 4.7 50 32 23165 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 15 10 -2.4 -9.4 51 31 23470 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 46 27 -19.1 -18.4 52 30 23630 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 85 18 -17.7 -1.6 53 29 23774 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 67 24 -22.4 -9.4 54 27 24079 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 64 13 -11.9 -5.8 55 25 24384 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 79 17 -16.4 -3.1 56 23 24689 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 113 8 -7.4 3.2 57 19 25298 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 51 10 -7.7 -6.3 58 18 25603 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 31 9 -4.5 -7.6 59 17 25908 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 44 22 -15.0 -15.4 60 15 26213 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 62 19 -16.5 -8.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.6 neg: -60.8 tot: 248.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 2.01 Bulk Shear: 32.37 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 195 29 136 26| 33.2 0.0 33.2|277.9 0.0 277.9 555.9 0.94| 40.2 37.7 1000 207 33 153 23| 15.0 0.0 15.0|301.8 -7.0 294.8 294.8 0.78| 25.7 20.1 1500 209 32 152 21| 10.0 3.4 13.4|301.8 -51.9 249.9 166.6 0.48| 20.7 10.0 2000 213 30 150 18| 7.9 2.5 10.4|302.4 -60.8 241.6 120.8 0.38| 18.1 6.8 2500 218 29 150 16| 6.6 2.0 8.6|303.5 -60.8 242.7 97.1 0.38| 14.9 5.6 3000 221 28 150 14| 5.5 1.1 6.6|309.6 -60.8 248.8 82.9 0.40| 13.1 5.3 4000 221 29 154 14| 4.1 2.1 6.2|310.9 -67.9 243.0 60.7 0.32| 11.9 3.9 5000 218 32 161 17| 4.3 2.0 6.3|414.2 -67.9 346.3 69.3 0.40| 11.3 4.5 6000 220 36 173 19| 4.4 1.6 6.0|503.5 -67.9 435.6 72.6 0.44| 10.5 4.6 Wrote GIF file: 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