UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 13 JAN 26 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 13 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 129 SFC 983 270 1.8 -0.1 87 1.9 1.0 240 1 276.3 277.0 275.0 286.9 3.86 2 982 278 1.8 -0.9 82 2.7 0.7 241 2 276.4 277.0 274.8 286.4 3.64 3 980 295 5.0 -1.0 65 6.0 2.4 243 3 279.8 280.4 276.6 289.9 3.62 4 974 345 8.2 -1.8 49 10.0 3.8 249 8 283.5 284.1 278.3 293.2 3.44 5 968 396 9.0 -2.0 46 11.0 4.2 255 13 284.8 285.4 278.9 294.5 3.41 6 960 465 11.8 -2.2 38 14.0 5.5 263 19 288.3 288.9 280.5 298.1 3.38 7 958 483 13.2 -3.8 30 17.0 5.6 265 21 289.9 290.4 280.8 298.7 3.01 8 956 500 15.4 -5.6 23 21.0 6.2 268 22 292.3 292.8 281.4 300.1 2.63 9 953 527 17.0 -6.0 20 23.0 6.8 271 25 294.2 294.6 282.1 301.9 2.56 10 949 563 17.4 -6.6 19 24.0 6.8 275 28 294.9 295.4 282.3 302.3 2.45 11 925 781 16.6 -6.4 20 23.0 6.3 280 30 296.3 296.7 283.0 304.0 2.56 12 850 1493 10.6 -7.4 27 18.0 2.9 295 27 297.3 297.7 283.4 305.1 2.58 13 845 1542 10.2 -7.8 27 18.0 2.6 296 27 297.3 297.8 283.4 305.0 2.51 14 776 2244 5.0 -4.0 52 9.0 0.9 303 26 299.1 299.7 285.4 310.1 3.66 15 737 2663 2.4 -5.6 55 8.0 -1.1 310 29 300.7 301.3 285.7 311.1 3.41 16 716 2896 0.8 -6.2 59 7.0 -2.2 312 34 301.4 302.0 285.9 311.7 3.36 17 713 2930 0.8 -6.2 59 7.0 -2.2 313 35 301.8 302.4 286.1 312.1 3.37 18 709 2975 0.8 -7.2 55 8.0 -2.6 313 36 302.3 302.8 286.0 311.9 3.14 19 700 3078 0.2 -7.8 55 8.0 -3.1 315 39 302.7 303.3 286.1 312.1 3.03 20 657 3583 -1.5 -11.5 46 10.0 -5.3 313 41 306.3 306.8 286.7 314.0 2.41 21 632 3890 -3.9 -13.9 46 10.0 -7.4 308 40 307.0 307.4 286.6 313.6 2.06 22 605 4232 -6.5 -14.5 53 8.0 -9.2 305 40 307.9 308.2 286.9 314.4 2.05 23 591 4415 -7.5 -15.5 53 8.0 -10.2 304 40 308.8 309.1 287.1 315.0 1.93 24 581 4547 -7.1 -18.1 41 11.0 -10.6 303 39 310.7 311.0 287.4 315.9 1.58 25 572 4669 -7.3 -20.3 35 13.0 -11.2 302 39 311.9 312.2 287.5 316.3 1.33 26 556 4889 -8.9 -22.9 31 14.0 -12.8 300 38 312.6 312.8 287.5 316.2 1.09 27 554 4917 -8.9 -21.9 34 13.0 -12.6 300 38 312.9 313.1 287.7 316.9 1.19 28 513 5506 -13.9 -23.9 43 10.0 -16.4 305 36 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.4 1.08 29 500 5700 -14.7 -26.7 35 12.0 -17.5 300 39 315.1 315.3 288.1 318.1 0.86 30 469 6183 -18.3 -32.3 28 14.0 -20.9 295 40 316.5 316.6 288.2 318.4 0.54 31 436 6723 -23.3 -34.3 36 11.0 -25.0 295 37 316.8 316.9 288.2 318.5 0.48 32 431 6808 -23.9 -35.9 32 12.0 -25.6 295 37 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.6 0.41 33 429 6842 -23.9 -38.9 24 15.0 -25.9 295 36 317.5 317.6 288.3 318.6 0.31 34 423 6945 -24.7 -35.7 35 11.0 -26.3 295 36 317.8 317.8 288.5 319.3 0.43 35 403 7296 -27.5 -38.5 34 11.0 -28.9 295 34 318.6 318.6 288.7 319.8 0.34 36 400 7350 -27.9 -40.9 28 13.0 -29.4 295 34 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.7 0.27 37 389 7549 -29.7 -38.7 41 9.0 -30.7 299 35 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.2 0.35 38 385 7623 -30.3 -39.3 41 9.0 -31.3 300 36 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.3 0.33 39 379 7734 -31.3 -41.3 37 10.0 -32.3 301 38 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.27 40 369 7922 -32.5 -50.5 15 18.0 -33.8 304 40 320.0 320.1 288.9 320.4 0.10 41 348 8331 -36.1 -52.1 18 16.0 -37.1 309 47 320.6 320.6 289.0 320.9 0.09 42 334 8614 -38.5 -58.5 10 20.0 -39.4 312 51 321.1 321.1 289.1 321.3 0.04 43 324 8822 -40.3 -60.3 10 20.0 -41.1 315 55 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.6 0.04 44 300 9340 -45.5 -60.5 17 15.0 -45.9 305 51 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.4 0.04 45 285 9681 -48.7 -61.7 21 13.0 -49.0 304 49 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.5 0.03 46 268 10084 -52.5 -60.5 37 8.0 -52.7 302 47 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.7 0.04 47 265 10156 -53.3 -58.0 56 4.7 -53.4 302 46 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.6 0.06 48 252 10479 -56.5 -59.7 67 3.2 -56.6 300 44 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.5 0.05 49 250 10530 -56.9 -59.8 70 2.9 -56.9 300 44 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.7 0.05 50 247 10606 -57.7 -61.7 60 4.0 -57.8 295 43 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.5 0.04 51 235 10918 -60.7 -63.3 71 2.6 -60.7 291 46 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.6 0.03 52 224 11214 -63.3 -68.3 51 5.0 -63.3 292 50 321.9 321.9 289.3 322.0 0.02 53 214 11493 -65.9 -69.3 62 3.4 -65.9 293 53 322.1 322.1 289.4 322.2 0.02 54 211 11578 -66.5 -71.2 52 4.7 -66.5 294 54 322.5 322.5 289.5 322.5 0.01 55 200 11900 -68.7 -72.9 55 4.2 -68.7 295 58 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.0 0.01 56 195 12053 -69.8 -73.8 56 4.0 -69.8 300 59 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.6 0.01 57 192 12146 -70.5 -74.4 56 3.9 -70.5 300 59 324.9 324.9 290.2 324.9 0.01 58 150 13660 -60.9 -84.9 3 24.0 -61.1 300 51 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 59 100 16190 -61.1 -86.1 2 25.0 -61.4 325 45 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 60 95 16507 -61.7 -86.7 2 25.0 -62.0 327 43 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 61 88 16980 -60.1 -86.1 2 26.0 -60.4 296 30 426.9 426.9 308.5 426.9 0.00 62 79 17646 -63.1 -87.1 3 24.0 -63.3 291 37 434.1 434.1 309.3 434.1 0.00 63 76 17884 -61.9 -86.9 2 25.0 -62.2 304 39 441.5 441.5 310.0 441.5 0.00 64 70 18390 -63.1 -87.1 3 24.0 -63.4 330 27 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.4 0.00 65 68 18569 -63.7 -87.7 2 24.0 -64.0 330 26 451.8 451.8 311.0 451.9 0.00 66 59 19445 -62.7 -88.7 2 26.0 -63.0 321 28 472.8 472.8 312.9 472.8 0.00 67 59 19445 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -61.9 321 28 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 68 50 20470 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.5 320 16 494.8 494.8 314.6 494.8 0.00 69 46 20979 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.3 328 26 502.4 502.4 315.1 502.4 0.00 70 41 21683 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.2 359 34 524.7 524.7 316.6 524.7 0.00 71 40 21835 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.2 358 33 533.9 533.9 317.2 533.9 0.00 72 30 23610 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -64.1 20 36 571.5 571.5 319.2 571.6 0.00 73 25 24722 -66.3 -90.3 2 24.0 -66.8 16 38 594.1 594.1 320.3 594.1 0.00 74 22 25500 -64.7 -90.7 2 26.0 -65.4 5 42 621.0 621.0 321.5 621.0 0.00 75 20 26080 -65.9 -90.9 2 25.0 -66.5 10 49 634.5 634.5 322.1 634.5 0.00 76 19 26391 -65.5 -91.5 2 26.0 -66.2 11 50 645.1 645.1 322.5 645.1 0.00 77 18 26722 -62.3 -90.3 1 28.0 -63.4 12 52 665.2 665.2 323.3 665.3 0.01 78 16 27449 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -63.2 15 55 689.3 689.3 324.1 689.4 0.01 79 15 27847 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.9 11 57 699.5 699.5 324.4 699.6 0.01 80 11 29787 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -59.1 342 32 789.1 789.1 327.0 789.2 0.02 81 10 30390 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -60.7 355 48 803.4 803.4 327.3 803.6 0.02 82 9.9 30454 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -59.5 812.5 812.5 327.5 812.6 0.02 83 9.3 30852 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -59.2 829.4 829.4 328.0 829.6 0.02 84 9.2 30921 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -59.1 832.7 832.8 328.0 833.0 0.02 85 9.1 30990 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -59.1 835.4 835.4 328.1 835.6 0.03 86 9.0 31061 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -58.9 839.5 839.6 328.2 839.8 0.03 87 8.6 31351 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -59.9 845.1 845.1 328.3 845.3 0.03 88 7.2 32484 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -59.1 897.3 897.3 329.4 897.7 0.04 TRP 192 12146 -70.5 -74.4 56 3.9 -70.5 300 59 324.9 324.9 290.2 324.9 0.01 WND 195 12053 -69.8 -73.8 56 4.0 -69.8 300 59 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.6 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5571.00 m Freezing level: 694.94 mb = 3137.45 m = 10293.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.41 mb = 2430.58 m = 7974.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.48 % Est. max temperature: 23.03 C = 73.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.33 mb = 515.27 m = 1690.50 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 0.48 C Layer 982.0- 980.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 522.77 mb = 5361.13 m = 17588.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.89 C = 102.00 F Cap Strength: 12.99 C Lifted Index: 13.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.75 C Showalter Index: 10.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 7.30 C K Index: 9.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 93.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52883.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.84 mb = 3136.93 m = 10291.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 332 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 983 270 240 1 0.9 0.5 | 154 25 -11.1 22.8 1 944 610 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 229 26 19.5 16.8 2 925 781 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 226 25 17.5 17.1 3 910 914 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 226 25 17.5 17.1 4 878 1219 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 225 21 15.0 15.1 5 850 1493 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 229 17 12.5 10.9 6 816 1829 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 240 13 10.9 6.3 7 786 2134 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 228 14 10.5 9.3 8 757 2438 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 235 10 7.9 5.6 9 729 2743 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 254 11 11.0 3.0 10 700 3078 315 39 27.6 -27.6 | 289 16 15.6 -5.2 11 676 3353 320 43 27.6 -32.9 | 304 19 15.6 -10.6 12 650 3658 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 280 19 18.6 -3.4 13 601 4267 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 272 21 20.8 -0.6 14 556 4877 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 261 21 20.9 3.3 15 534 5182 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 251 22 20.6 7.1 16 514 5486 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 265 18 17.5 1.7 17 500 5700 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 263 22 21.8 2.8 18 474 6096 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 257 25 24.2 5.4 19 402 7315 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 247 20 18.8 8.0 20 400 7350 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 247 20 18.8 8.0 21 385 7620 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 257 20 19.2 4.3 22 323 8839 315 55 38.9 -38.9 | 302 32 26.9 -16.6 23 309 9144 310 54 41.4 -34.7 | 293 32 29.4 -12.4 24 300 9340 305 51 41.8 -29.3 | 283 31 29.8 -6.9 25 250 10530 300 44 38.1 -22.0 | 269 26 26.1 0.3 26 244 10668 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 255 29 28.4 7.6 27 200 11900 295 58 52.6 -24.5 | 273 41 40.6 -2.2 28 195 12053 300 59 51.1 -29.5 | 280 40 39.1 -7.2 29 192 12146 300 59 51.1 -29.5 | 280 40 39.1 -7.2 30 191 12192 300 59 51.1 -29.5 | 280 40 39.1 -7.2 31 164 13106 285 51 49.3 -13.2 | 256 38 37.3 9.1 32 150 13660 300 51 44.2 -25.5 | 276 32 32.2 -3.2 33 149 13716 295 55 49.8 -23.2 | 271 38 37.8 -0.9 34 135 14326 295 30 27.2 -12.7 | 238 18 15.2 9.7 35 122 14935 315 45 31.8 -31.8 | 296 22 19.8 -9.5 36 116 15240 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 238 21 18.1 11.4 37 101 16154 315 49 34.6 -34.6 | 299 26 22.6 -12.3 38 100 16190 325 45 25.8 -36.9 | 316 20 13.8 -14.5 39 96 16459 325 45 25.8 -36.9 | 316 20 13.8 -14.5 40 91 16764 335 34 14.4 -30.8 | 344 9 2.4 -8.5 41 87 17069 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 224 24 16.6 17.3 42 83 17374 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 228 29 21.9 19.4 43 75 17983 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 280 19 18.6 -3.4 44 71 18288 330 34 17.0 -29.4 | 325 9 5.0 -7.1 45 70 18390 330 27 13.5 -23.4 | 305 2 1.5 -1.1 46 68 18593 330 26 13.0 -22.5 | 281 1 1.0 -0.2 47 64 18898 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 245 10 9.4 4.3 48 50 20422 340 29 9.9 -27.3 | 23 5 -2.1 -4.9 49 50 20470 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 170 10 -1.7 10.1 50 48 20726 345 23 6.0 -22.2 | 91 6 -6.1 0.1 51 46 21031 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 250 3 2.9 1.0 52 43 21336 340 28 9.6 -26.3 | 31 5 -2.4 -4.0 53 41 21641 360 34 -0.0 -34.0 | 46 17 -12.0 -11.7 54 36 22555 350 31 5.4 -30.5 | 39 11 -6.6 -8.2 55 32 23165 5 23 -2.0 -22.9 | 88 14 -14.0 -0.6 56 30 23610 20 36 -12.3 -33.8 | 65 27 -24.3 -11.5 57 29 23774 25 32 -13.5 -29.0 | 75 26 -25.5 -6.7 58 26 24384 20 36 -12.3 -33.8 | 65 27 -24.3 -11.5 59 21 25908 360 44 -0.0 -44.0 | 29 25 -12.0 -21.7 60 20 26080 10 49 -8.5 -48.3 | 38 33 -20.5 -25.9 61 16 27432 15 55 -14.2 -53.1 | 40 40 -26.2 -30.8 62 15 28042 10 58 -10.1 -57.1 | 32 41 -22.1 -34.8 63 12 29261 5 45 -3.9 -44.8 | 35 28 -15.9 -22.5 64 10 30175 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 199 4 1.2 3.5 65 10 30390 355 48 4.2 -47.8 | 17 27 -7.8 -25.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.7 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 331.7 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.7 neg: -15.8 tot: 274.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 35.32 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 279 21 205 21| 30.2 0.0 30.2|217.9 -6.1 211.7 423.4 0.94| 35.2 33.0 1000 281 25 216 22| 14.0 0.0 14.0|219.0 -8.2 210.8 210.8 0.83| 19.8 16.4 1500 286 26 220 20| 9.4 0.0 9.4|233.3 -8.2 225.1 150.1 0.76| 15.9 12.1 2000 290 26 223 18| 6.6 0.0 6.6|235.2 -15.8 219.4 109.7 0.66| 13.1 8.7 2500 294 26 227 17| 6.3 0.0 6.3|249.3 -15.8 233.5 93.4 0.67| 11.9 8.0 3000 299 28 236 15| 7.1 0.0 7.1|290.7 -15.8 274.9 91.6 0.70| 12.0 8.5 4000 303 31 250 15| 5.4 1.3 6.6|295.5 -68.1 227.4 56.8 0.48| 10.6 5.1 5000 302 33 253 16| 4.3 1.5 5.8|302.1-110.2 191.9 38.4 0.37| 9.4 3.5 6000 302 34 255 17| 3.8 1.5 5.4|317.8-129.2 188.6 31.4 0.32| 8.9 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20260113.12.gif