UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 14 JAN 26 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 14 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 102 SFC 980 270 13.4 1.4 44 12.0 7.5 350 12 288.2 289.0 281.5 300.6 4.32 2 976 305 13.6 0.6 41 13.0 7.3 351 13 288.7 289.5 281.5 300.5 4.09 3 925 755 9.4 0.4 53 9.0 5.1 360 23 288.9 289.7 281.8 301.2 4.25 4 896 1018 6.8 -0.2 61 7.0 3.5 355 26 288.9 289.6 281.7 301.0 4.20 5 864 1316 4.8 -1.2 65 6.0 2.1 353 24 289.8 290.5 282.0 301.5 4.05 6 850 1449 4.2 -2.8 60 7.0 1.1 350 19 290.5 291.2 281.8 301.2 3.66 7 838 1565 3.6 -3.4 60 7.0 0.5 344 15 291.1 291.7 282.0 301.5 3.55 8 827 1672 4.2 -5.8 48 10.0 0.0 328 16 292.8 293.4 282.1 301.7 3.00 9 819 1751 4.0 -5.0 52 9.0 0.2 317 16 293.4 294.0 282.6 303.0 3.22 10 812 1821 4.2 -9.8 35 14.0 -1.2 307 17 294.4 294.8 281.8 301.1 2.23 11 789 2055 3.6 -9.4 38 13.0 -1.4 283 26 296.2 296.6 282.7 303.4 2.37 12 784 2106 3.6 -5.4 52 9.0 -0.3 278 28 296.7 297.3 284.0 306.5 3.26 13 712 2879 -3.3 -3.9 96 0.6 -3.6 270 42 297.4 298.1 285.1 309.4 4.02 14 700 3013 -3.7 -4.3 96 0.6 -4.0 275 47 298.4 299.1 285.4 310.3 3.97 15 698 3036 -3.9 -4.4 96 0.5 -4.1 269 41 298.4 299.1 285.4 310.3 3.95 16 690 3126 -3.5 -4.1 96 0.6 -3.8 272 42 299.8 300.6 286.1 312.2 4.09 17 655 3536 -5.3 -6.7 90 1.4 -5.9 295 53 302.3 303.0 286.4 313.1 3.53 18 500 5600 -18.5 -19.9 89 1.4 -18.8 295 61 310.5 310.8 287.3 315.7 1.58 19 477 5950 -21.1 -22.7 87 1.6 -21.5 295 61 311.5 311.7 287.3 315.8 1.29 20 446 6444 -24.9 -25.7 93 0.8 -25.1 292 63 312.7 312.9 287.5 316.3 1.06 21 443 6493 -24.9 -25.5 95 0.6 -25.0 292 63 313.3 313.5 287.8 317.0 1.08 22 425 6794 -26.7 -27.8 90 1.1 -26.9 289 65 314.8 315.0 288.1 317.9 0.92 23 424 6811 -26.9 -28.8 84 1.9 -27.2 289 65 314.7 314.9 287.9 317.6 0.84 24 416 6948 -27.5 -28.4 92 0.9 -27.6 288 66 315.7 315.9 288.3 318.7 0.88 25 400 7230 -29.3 -29.9 95 0.6 -29.4 285 68 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.7 0.80 26 398 7266 -29.3 -29.9 95 0.6 -29.4 285 69 317.4 317.5 288.8 320.2 0.80 27 392 7374 -29.9 -30.5 94 0.6 -30.0 283 71 318.0 318.1 288.9 320.7 0.77 28 390 7410 -30.1 -30.7 94 0.6 -30.2 283 72 318.2 318.3 289.0 320.8 0.76 29 389 7428 -30.1 -31.9 84 1.8 -30.4 283 72 318.4 318.5 289.0 320.8 0.68 30 387 7465 -30.5 -31.3 93 0.8 -30.6 282 73 318.3 318.5 289.0 320.9 0.72 31 386 7483 -30.7 -32.5 84 1.8 -31.0 282 74 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.6 0.65 32 385 7502 -30.9 -31.8 92 0.9 -31.0 282 74 318.3 318.4 289.0 320.7 0.69 33 380 7594 -31.7 -33.4 85 1.7 -31.9 280 76 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.6 0.60 34 379 7613 -31.9 -32.9 91 1.0 -32.0 280 77 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.6 0.63 35 376 7669 -32.5 -36.5 67 4.0 -33.0 280 76 318.3 318.4 288.7 319.9 0.45 36 371 7763 -33.5 -35.8 80 2.3 -33.8 280 75 318.2 318.3 288.7 320.0 0.49 37 367 7838 -34.1 -37.5 71 3.4 -34.5 280 74 318.4 318.5 288.7 319.9 0.41 38 353 8109 -36.5 -38.9 78 2.4 -36.7 281 72 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.37 39 351 8148 -36.9 -40.2 71 3.3 -37.2 282 72 318.7 318.8 288.7 319.9 0.33 40 349 8187 -37.1 -39.4 79 2.3 -37.3 282 72 319.0 319.0 288.8 320.3 0.36 41 348 8207 -37.3 -40.3 74 3.0 -37.6 282 72 319.0 319.0 288.8 320.2 0.33 42 342 8327 -38.5 -40.5 81 2.0 -38.7 283 73 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.1 0.33 43 336 8448 -39.5 -41.2 84 1.7 -39.6 284 73 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.3 0.31 44 333 8509 -40.1 -42.0 82 1.9 -40.2 285 73 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.29 45 331 8550 -40.5 -43.8 70 3.3 -40.7 285 73 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.1 0.24 46 329 8591 -40.9 -42.9 81 2.0 -41.1 285 73 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.26 47 327 8633 -41.3 -44.8 69 3.5 -41.5 286 73 319.2 319.2 288.8 320.0 0.22 48 322 8737 -42.3 -45.1 74 2.8 -42.5 287 73 319.2 319.3 288.8 320.0 0.21 49 316 8863 -43.3 -47.5 63 4.2 -43.5 288 74 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.17 50 315 8885 -43.7 -47.1 69 3.4 -43.9 288 74 319.3 319.3 288.7 319.9 0.17 51 313 8927 -43.9 -48.5 60 4.6 -44.2 288 74 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.1 0.15 52 305 9100 -45.5 -50.3 58 4.8 -45.7 290 74 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.2 0.13 53 304 9122 -45.7 -49.9 62 4.2 -45.9 290 74 319.7 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.13 54 300 9210 -46.5 -52.5 50 6.0 -46.7 290 74 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.10 55 290 9435 -48.5 -53.4 57 4.9 -48.7 290 77 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.4 0.09 56 250 10400 -55.9 -60.6 56 4.7 -56.0 290 90 323.0 323.0 289.7 323.1 0.04 57 227 11005 -61.0 -63.9 69 2.9 -61.1 300 94 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.03 58 225 11060 -61.5 -64.2 70 2.7 -61.5 300 93 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.4 0.03 59 200 11790 -60.9 -74.9 14 14.0 -61.0 295 67 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.01 60 150 13610 -55.3 -72.3 10 17.0 -55.6 290 55 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.9 0.01 61 100 16170 -58.7 -77.7 7 19.0 -59.0 310 46 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.4 0.01 62 82 17407 -62.5 -80.5 7 18.0 -62.7 316 34 430.7 430.7 308.9 430.8 0.01 63 80 17560 -61.1 -81.1 5 20.0 -61.4 317 34 436.7 436.7 309.6 436.7 0.01 64 76 17878 -62.1 -80.1 7 18.0 -62.4 318 36 441.0 441.0 310.0 441.1 0.01 65 73 18128 -60.1 -81.1 5 21.0 -60.5 319 37 450.4 450.4 310.9 450.4 0.01 66 70 18390 -60.5 -80.5 6 20.0 -60.9 315 27 455.0 455.0 311.3 455.0 0.01 67 64 18945 -63.5 -82.5 6 19.0 -63.8 336 33 460.2 460.2 311.8 460.2 0.01 68 63 19042 -62.1 -82.1 5 20.0 -62.4 337 33 465.3 465.3 312.3 465.4 0.01 69 61 19241 -63.1 -83.1 5 20.0 -63.4 341 31 467.4 467.4 312.4 467.5 0.01 70 60 19344 -61.5 -82.5 5 21.0 -61.9 345 27 473.2 473.2 312.9 473.3 0.01 71 57 19661 -63.1 -83.1 5 20.0 -63.4 342 22 476.6 476.6 313.2 476.6 0.01 72 50 20470 -62.1 -83.1 4 21.0 -62.6 355 35 497.1 497.1 314.8 497.2 0.01 73 48 20722 -61.5 -83.5 4 22.0 -62.0 357 36 504.4 504.4 315.2 504.5 0.01 74 42 21546 -63.1 -84.1 4 21.0 -63.6 1 21 520.1 520.1 316.3 520.1 0.01 75 37 22330 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.9 346 23 547.0 547.0 317.9 547.1 0.01 76 36 22501 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.9 349 24 551.3 551.3 318.2 551.4 0.01 77 30 23630 -62.7 -86.7 3 24.0 -63.4 355 27 573.7 573.7 319.3 573.8 0.01 78 29 23838 -62.7 -86.7 3 24.0 -63.4 352 29 579.3 579.3 319.6 579.3 0.01 79 26 24511 -61.5 -86.5 2 25.0 -62.4 351 29 601.1 601.1 320.6 601.1 0.01 80 23 25265 -64.1 -88.1 2 24.0 -64.8 351 28 614.9 614.9 321.3 614.9 0.01 81 22 25537 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -64.1 354 27 625.1 625.1 321.7 625.2 0.01 82 20 26120 -64.3 -88.3 2 24.0 -65.1 360 27 639.4 639.4 322.3 639.4 0.01 83 19 26435 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -64.3 2 28 651.9 651.9 322.7 652.0 0.01 TRP 225 11060 -61.5 -64.2 70 2.7 -61.5 300 93 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.4 0.03 WND 227 11005 -61.0 -63.9 69 2.9 -61.1 300 94 324.2 324.2 290.0 324.3 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5498.00 m Freezing level: 746.43 mb = 2509.12 m = 8231.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 817.98 mb = 1761.19 m = 5778.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.26 % Est. max temperature: 17.52 C = 63.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.10 mb = 1769.99 m = 5806.99 ft T: 4.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 1.84 C Layer 812.0- 789.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.00 mb = 2945.48 m = 9663.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.02 C = 73.44 F Cap Strength: 7.22 C Lifted Index: 9.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.19 C Showalter Index: 9.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: 19.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43754.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.77 mb = 1903.69 m = 6245.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 328 at 32 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 980 270 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 135 22 -15.1 15.4 1 941 610 360 20 -0.0 -20.0 | 113 19 -17.2 7.2 2 925 755 360 23 -0.0 -23.0 | 104 18 -17.2 4.2 3 907 914 355 25 2.2 -24.9 | 99 15 -15.0 2.3 4 874 1219 355 27 2.4 -26.9 | 91 15 -14.9 0.3 5 850 1449 350 19 3.3 -18.7 | 121 16 -13.9 8.5 6 842 1524 350 15 2.6 -14.8 | 130 19 -14.6 12.4 7 811 1829 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 169 18 -3.3 17.4 8 781 2134 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 205 27 11.7 24.7 9 752 2438 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 209 28 13.7 24.5 10 724 2743 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 213 36 19.6 30.4 11 700 3013 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 232 38 29.6 23.1 12 697 3048 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 214 37 20.6 30.5 13 670 3353 295 54 48.9 -22.8 | 262 32 31.7 4.4 14 644 3658 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 261 31 30.8 4.8 15 595 4267 295 58 52.6 -24.5 | 266 35 35.4 2.7 16 549 4877 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 272 32 32.1 -1.3 17 500 5600 295 61 55.3 -25.8 | 268 38 38.1 1.4 18 487 5791 295 62 56.2 -26.2 | 269 39 39.0 1.0 19 467 6096 295 61 55.3 -25.8 | 268 38 38.1 1.4 20 400 7230 285 68 65.7 -17.6 | 259 49 48.5 9.6 21 378 7620 280 77 75.8 -13.4 | 257 60 58.6 13.8 22 362 7925 280 72 70.9 -12.5 | 255 56 53.7 14.7 23 303 9144 290 74 69.5 -25.3 | 268 52 52.3 1.9 24 300 9210 290 74 69.5 -25.3 | 268 52 52.3 1.9 25 250 10400 290 90 84.6 -30.8 | 273 67 67.4 -3.6 26 227 11005 300 94 81.4 -47.0 | 287 67 64.2 -19.8 27 225 11060 300 93 80.5 -46.5 | 287 66 63.3 -19.3 28 217 11278 300 94 81.4 -47.0 | 287 67 64.2 -19.8 29 200 11790 295 67 60.7 -28.3 | 271 44 43.5 -1.1 30 179 12497 295 54 48.9 -22.8 | 262 32 31.7 4.4 31 150 13610 290 55 51.7 -18.8 | 256 35 34.5 8.4 32 148 13716 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 253 33 31.6 9.4 33 141 14021 295 66 59.8 -27.9 | 271 43 42.6 -0.7 34 128 14630 315 56 39.6 -39.6 | 299 26 22.4 -12.4 35 116 15240 310 49 37.5 -31.5 | 282 21 20.3 -4.3 36 105 15850 310 32 24.5 -20.6 | 228 10 7.3 6.6 37 100 16170 310 46 35.2 -29.6 | 277 18 18.0 -2.4 38 95 16459 310 46 35.2 -29.6 | 277 18 18.0 -2.4 39 91 16764 325 39 22.4 -31.9 | 313 7 5.2 -4.7 40 87 17069 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 230 7 5.4 4.6 41 71 18288 320 38 24.4 -29.1 | 285 7 7.2 -1.9 42 70 18390 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 193 8 1.9 8.1 43 68 18593 330 34 17.0 -29.4 | 5 2 -0.2 -2.2 44 61 19202 340 33 11.3 -31.0 | 57 7 -5.9 -3.8 45 58 19507 350 19 3.3 -18.7 | 121 16 -13.9 8.5 46 56 19812 335 25 10.6 -22.7 | 124 8 -6.6 4.5 47 50 20470 355 35 3.1 -34.9 | 62 16 -14.2 -7.7 48 46 21031 360 37 -0.0 -37.0 | 60 20 -17.2 -9.8 49 43 21336 15 22 -5.7 -21.3 | 105 24 -22.9 5.9 50 41 21641 355 21 1.8 -20.9 | 112 17 -15.4 6.3 51 39 21946 5 23 -2.0 -22.9 | 103 20 -19.2 4.3 52 37 22250 345 22 5.7 -21.3 | 117 13 -11.5 5.9 53 31 23470 5 33 -2.9 -32.9 | 74 21 -20.1 -5.7 54 30 23630 355 27 2.4 -26.9 | 91 15 -14.9 0.3 55 29 23774 350 29 5.0 -28.6 | 84 12 -12.2 -1.4 56 28 24079 360 29 -0.0 -29.0 | 84 17 -17.2 -1.8 57 27 24384 355 30 2.6 -29.9 | 80 15 -14.6 -2.7 58 25 24689 345 28 7.2 -27.0 | 91 10 -10.0 0.2 59 20 26120 360 27 -0.0 -27.0 | 91 17 -17.2 0.2 60 18 26518 5 30 -2.6 -29.9 | 82 20 -19.8 -2.7 61 16 26822 355 30 2.6 -29.9 | 80 15 -14.6 -2.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 7.8 tot: 12.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 453.3 neg: -141.4 tot: 311.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 184.65 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 358 18 120 19| 11.9 0.0 11.9| 0.0 -54.4 -54.4 -108.7 -0.92| 12.0-11.1 1000 356 22 109 17| 5.9 1.6 7.5| 5.9 -66.6 -60.7 -60.7 -0.70| 8.9 -6.3 1500 353 21 115 16| 4.0 5.7 9.7| 83.6 -66.6 17.0 11.3 0.16| 12.5 2.0 2000 335 21 134 11| 3.0 9.3 12.2|165.4 -66.6 98.8 49.4 0.38| 14.6 5.5 2500 316 24 176 10| 2.4 9.4 11.8|200.2 -66.6 133.6 53.4 0.38| 13.7 5.3 3000 302 27 204 14| 5.0 7.8 12.9|453.3-141.4 311.9 104.0 0.44| 17.5 7.8 4000 299 34 230 17| 5.2 5.9 11.1|548.0-145.3 402.7 100.7 0.48| 15.0 7.2 5000 299 39 243 19| 4.4 5.0 9.4|582.6-157.8 424.8 85.0 0.47| 12.9 6.0 6000 298 43 251 22| 3.7 4.6 8.3|585.5-183.3 402.2 67.0 0.43| 11.3 4.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20260114.00.gif