UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 14 JAN 26 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 151 SFC 985 270 5.4 1.5 76 3.9 3.6 340 10 279.8 280.5 277.5 291.7 4.32 2 925 785 0.8 -0.3 92 1.1 0.3 350 32 280.1 280.8 277.3 291.3 4.04 3 889 1102 -1.5 -1.5 100 0.0 -1.5 358 33 280.9 281.6 277.5 291.7 3.85 4 878 1201 -2.5 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.7 360 32 280.9 281.5 277.0 290.6 3.46 5 866 1310 -3.3 -7.4 73 4.1 -4.7 360 34 281.2 281.6 275.8 288.4 2.53 6 862 1347 -2.5 -10.5 54 8.0 -5.1 360 34 282.4 282.7 275.7 288.2 1.99 7 859 1374 -2.1 -6.5 72 4.4 -3.7 360 35 283.1 283.6 277.1 290.9 2.73 8 857 1393 -2.1 -5.6 77 3.5 -3.4 360 35 283.3 283.8 277.5 291.7 2.93 9 850 1458 -2.7 -5.2 83 2.5 -3.7 360 36 283.3 283.8 277.7 292.0 3.05 10 844 1514 -2.9 -5.0 85 2.1 -3.7 359 36 283.7 284.2 277.9 292.6 3.12 11 822 1723 -3.9 -6.7 81 2.8 -4.9 353 37 284.8 285.3 278.1 292.9 2.81 12 807 1868 -4.9 -6.3 90 1.4 -5.4 351 37 285.2 285.7 278.5 293.7 2.95 13 779 2145 -6.3 -7.5 91 1.2 -6.7 355 40 286.6 287.1 278.9 294.7 2.79 14 778 2155 -6.5 -7.8 90 1.3 -7.0 354 40 286.5 287.0 278.8 294.4 2.73 15 767 2267 -6.5 -9.4 80 2.9 -7.5 351 40 287.7 288.1 279.0 294.8 2.44 16 755 2390 -7.1 -9.1 86 2.0 -7.8 347 40 288.3 288.8 279.4 295.8 2.54 17 737 2578 -7.7 -10.6 80 2.9 -8.7 345 41 289.7 290.1 279.8 296.5 2.31 18 728 2674 -7.3 -15.3 53 8.0 -9.6 345 42 291.1 291.4 279.5 296.0 1.60 19 726 2695 -7.1 -14.1 57 7.0 -9.2 345 43 291.6 291.9 280.0 296.9 1.77 20 722 2738 -6.7 -18.7 38 12.0 -9.9 345 43 292.5 292.7 279.6 296.2 1.21 21 700 2979 -8.9 -19.9 41 11.0 -11.7 340 44 292.6 292.8 279.6 296.1 1.12 22 649 3559 -13.9 -19.9 60 6.0 -15.3 328 40 293.4 293.6 280.1 297.1 1.21 23 632 3759 -15.5 -18.7 76 3.2 -16.3 324 40 293.8 294.0 280.5 298.0 1.38 24 614 3976 -17.5 -21.3 72 3.8 -18.3 320 43 293.9 294.1 280.2 297.5 1.14 25 571 4515 -21.9 -24.0 83 2.1 -22.3 339 42 294.9 295.1 280.4 298.0 0.96 26 570 4528 -21.9 -24.8 77 2.9 -22.4 340 42 295.1 295.2 280.4 297.9 0.90 27 569 4541 -21.7 -25.3 73 3.6 -22.4 341 43 295.5 295.6 280.6 298.2 0.86 28 567 4567 -20.7 -30.7 40 10.0 -22.2 343 43 296.9 297.0 280.7 298.6 0.52 29 566 4580 -20.1 -31.1 37 11.0 -21.8 344 43 297.8 297.9 281.1 299.4 0.50 30 560 4659 -19.9 -47.9 6 28.0 -22.6 345 43 298.9 298.9 281.0 299.2 0.09 31 553 4752 -20.3 -42.3 12 22.0 -22.8 345 43 299.5 299.6 281.4 300.1 0.17 32 536 4983 -21.7 -51.7 5 30.0 -24.2 345 43 300.5 300.6 281.7 300.8 0.06 33 500 5490 -25.9 -49.9 9 24.0 -27.8 345 44 301.5 301.5 282.1 301.8 0.08 34 493 5592 -26.3 -47.3 12 21.0 -28.0 346 44 302.2 302.2 282.4 302.6 0.11 35 443 6352 -33.3 -46.3 26 13.0 -34.2 350 46 302.7 302.8 282.7 303.2 0.14 36 431 6544 -34.3 -53.3 13 19.0 -35.3 350 47 303.9 303.9 283.0 304.1 0.06 37 400 7060 -38.5 -54.5 17 16.0 -39.2 345 47 305.0 305.0 283.5 305.2 0.06 38 381 7393 -41.3 -51.3 33 10.0 -41.8 339 45 305.5 305.6 283.7 305.9 0.09 39 344 8081 -45.9 -58.9 22 13.0 -46.3 328 38 308.4 308.4 284.8 308.5 0.04 40 341 8140 -45.5 -60.5 17 15.0 -45.9 327 37 309.7 309.7 285.2 309.8 0.03 41 323 8500 -47.9 -64.9 12 17.0 -48.3 330 39 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.3 0.02 42 312 8730 -46.9 -71.9 4 25.0 -47.3 330 40 315.7 315.7 287.3 315.7 0.01 43 300 8990 -47.3 -71.3 5 24.0 -47.7 330 42 318.7 318.7 288.3 318.7 0.01 44 250 10190 -50.1 -76.1 3 26.0 -50.5 330 36 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.00 45 236 10568 -47.7 -78.7 2 31.0 -48.2 328 44 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.7 0.00 46 214 11214 -47.5 -79.5 1 32.0 -48.1 335 44 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.00 47 200 11660 -48.5 -80.5 1 32.0 -49.1 325 42 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 48 193 11893 -47.7 -80.7 1 33.0 -48.3 322 43 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 49 178 12422 -50.3 -81.3 1 31.0 -50.8 315 46 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 50 150 13530 -51.5 -82.5 1 31.0 -52.1 325 54 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 51 140 13977 -53.3 -83.3 1 30.0 -53.8 330 57 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 52 128 14558 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -52.1 321 55 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 53 101 16086 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -56.0 331 31 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 54 100 16150 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -55.5 330 30 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 55 85 17175 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.0 317 33 432.0 432.0 309.0 432.0 0.00 56 70 18390 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -58.6 345 36 460.1 460.1 311.8 460.1 0.00 57 66 18761 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.1 354 34 469.2 469.2 312.5 469.2 0.00 58 53 20135 -61.1 -88.1 2 27.0 -61.6 352 24 491.2 491.2 314.3 491.3 0.00 59 52 20254 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -59.5 353 24 499.0 499.1 314.9 499.1 0.00 60 50 20500 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.9 355 23 503.7 503.7 315.2 503.8 0.00 61 30 23670 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -64.1 15 36 571.5 571.5 319.2 571.6 0.00 62 26 24546 -64.3 -90.3 2 26.0 -64.9 24 28 593.1 593.1 320.3 593.2 0.00 63 25 24787 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.5 22 29 604.4 604.4 320.8 604.4 0.00 64 23 25297 -65.1 -90.1 2 25.0 -65.7 19 29 611.9 611.9 321.2 612.0 0.00 65 20 26150 -64.1 -90.1 2 26.0 -64.9 40 31 640.0 640.0 322.3 640.0 0.01 66 17 27149 -63.7 -90.7 1 27.0 -64.7 19 25 671.7 671.7 323.5 671.7 0.01 67 17 27149 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -62.6 19 25 679.4 679.4 323.7 679.4 0.01 68 16 27525 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -63.4 13 28 688.7 688.7 324.1 688.7 0.01 69 15 27927 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -61.7 7 30 708.1 708.1 324.7 708.2 0.01 70 14 28358 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -62.1 7 34 720.9 720.9 325.1 721.0 0.01 71 13 28820 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -62.3 9 39 736.3 736.3 325.6 736.4 0.01 72 12 29323 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -59.9 4 38 764.7 764.7 326.3 764.8 0.01 73 12 29323 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -60.4 4 38 762.6 762.6 326.3 762.7 0.01 74 11 29876 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -58.8 16 27 790.5 790.5 327.0 790.7 0.02 75 10 30480 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -61.3 350 24 800.4 800.4 327.3 800.6 0.01 76 9.1 31080 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -57.8 843.0 843.0 328.2 843.3 0.03 77 8.7 31369 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -58.7 849.3 849.3 328.4 849.5 0.03 78 8.5 31518 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -58.0 859.6 859.6 328.6 859.9 0.03 79 8.1 31828 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -58.8 867.6 867.6 328.8 867.9 0.03 80 7.9 31988 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -58.1 878.6 878.6 329.0 879.0 0.04 81 7.6 32236 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -59.7 878.7 878.7 329.0 879.0 0.03 TRP 323 8500 -47.9 -64.9 12 17.0 -48.3 330 39 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.3 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5339.00 m Freezing level: 912.48 mb = 895.35 m = 2937.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 918.80 mb = 838.73 m = 2751.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.67 % Est. max temperature: 9.75 C = 49.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.60 mb = 761.97 m = 2499.87 ft T: 1.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 3.54 C Layer 878.0- 859.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.47 mb = 964.39 m = 3163.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.23 C = 43.22 F Cap Strength: 9.04 C Lifted Index: 9.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.73 C Showalter Index: 8.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 7.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 116.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.72 mb = 918.11 m = 3012.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.72 mb = 1140.58 m = 3742.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 864.72 mb = 1321.82 m = 4336.62 ft B at Equ Level: 4.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 844.72 mb = 1507.39 m = 4945.45 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 13 at 30 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 270 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 207 22 10.0 19.4 1 945 610 340 29 9.9 -27.3 | 265 17 16.5 1.5 2 925 785 350 32 5.6 -31.5 | 283 12 12.1 -2.7 3 910 914 355 34 3.0 -33.9 | 298 11 9.5 -5.1 4 876 1219 360 32 -0.0 -32.0 | 296 7 6.6 -3.2 5 850 1458 360 36 -0.0 -36.0 | 318 10 6.6 -7.2 6 811 1829 350 37 6.4 -36.4 | 301 15 13.0 -7.7 7 780 2134 355 40 3.5 -39.8 | 318 15 10.1 -11.1 8 750 2438 345 40 10.4 -38.6 | 300 20 16.9 -9.9 9 721 2743 345 43 11.1 -41.5 | 306 22 17.7 -12.8 10 700 2979 340 44 15.0 -41.3 | 300 25 21.6 -12.6 11 639 3658 325 39 22.4 -31.9 | 276 29 29.0 -3.2 12 614 3962 320 43 27.6 -32.9 | 277 34 34.2 -4.2 13 589 4267 320 40 25.7 -30.6 | 273 32 32.3 -1.9 14 565 4572 345 43 11.1 -41.5 | 306 22 17.7 -12.8 15 543 4877 345 43 11.1 -41.5 | 306 22 17.7 -12.8 16 500 5490 345 44 11.4 -42.5 | 307 23 18.0 -13.7 17 459 6096 350 44 7.6 -43.3 | 316 20 14.2 -14.6 18 403 7010 350 50 8.7 -49.2 | 323 26 15.3 -20.5 19 400 7060 345 47 12.2 -45.4 | 312 25 18.7 -16.6 20 368 7620 335 44 18.6 -39.9 | 294 28 25.2 -11.1 21 336 8230 325 36 20.6 -29.5 | 272 27 27.2 -0.7 22 323 8500 330 39 19.5 -33.8 | 281 27 26.1 -5.0 23 300 8990 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 285 29 27.6 -7.6 24 293 9144 330 42 21.0 -36.4 | 285 29 27.6 -7.6 25 255 10058 335 47 19.9 -42.6 | 298 30 26.4 -13.8 26 250 10190 330 36 18.0 -31.2 | 276 25 24.6 -2.4 27 244 10363 325 35 20.1 -28.7 | 270 27 26.7 0.1 28 233 10668 330 49 24.5 -42.4 | 294 34 31.1 -13.7 29 222 10973 340 45 15.4 -42.3 | 302 26 22.0 -13.5 30 200 11660 325 42 24.1 -34.4 | 280 31 30.7 -5.6 31 168 12802 310 48 36.8 -30.9 | 273 43 43.4 -2.1 32 150 13530 325 54 31.0 -44.2 | 292 41 37.6 -15.5 33 139 14021 330 57 28.5 -49.4 | 300 41 35.1 -20.6 34 127 14630 320 55 35.4 -42.1 | 288 44 41.9 -13.4 35 115 15240 340 48 16.4 -45.1 | 305 28 23.0 -16.3 36 100 16150 330 30 15.0 -26.0 | 263 22 21.6 2.8 37 95 16459 330 30 15.0 -26.0 | 263 22 21.6 2.8 38 91 16764 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 255 29 27.8 7.6 39 75 17983 320 40 25.7 -30.6 | 273 32 32.3 -1.9 40 71 18288 340 44 15.0 -41.3 | 300 25 21.6 -12.6 41 70 18390 345 36 9.3 -34.8 | 291 17 15.9 -6.0 42 61 19202 5 32 -2.8 -31.9 | 309 5 3.8 -3.1 43 56 19812 350 25 4.3 -24.6 | 249 12 10.9 4.1 44 50 20500 355 23 2.0 -22.9 | 236 10 8.6 5.9 45 48 20726 345 33 8.5 -31.9 | 282 15 15.1 -3.1 46 46 21031 5 27 -2.4 -26.9 | 246 5 4.2 1.9 47 44 21336 5 25 -2.2 -24.9 | 229 6 4.4 3.9 48 40 21946 10 31 -5.4 -30.5 | 326 2 1.2 -1.8 49 38 22250 25 35 -14.8 -31.7 | 70 9 -8.2 -3.0 50 36 22555 35 32 -18.4 -26.2 | 102 12 -11.8 2.6 51 31 23470 30 22 -11.0 -19.1 | 156 11 -4.4 9.7 52 30 23670 15 36 -9.3 -34.8 | 24 7 -2.7 -6.0 53 28 24079 20 38 -13.0 -35.7 | 43 9 -6.4 -6.9 54 27 24384 25 28 -11.8 -25.4 | 123 6 -5.3 3.4 55 21 25908 15 30 -7.8 -29.0 | 80 1 -1.2 -0.2 56 20 26150 40 31 -19.9 -23.7 | 111 14 -13.3 5.0 57 19 26518 40 29 -18.6 -22.2 | 119 14 -12.1 6.6 58 18 26822 25 23 -9.7 -20.8 | 158 9 -3.1 7.9 59 16 27432 15 27 -7.0 -26.1 | 171 3 -0.4 2.7 60 15 28042 5 31 -2.7 -30.9 | 299 4 3.9 -2.1 61 13 28956 10 40 -6.9 -39.4 | 2 11 -0.4 -10.6 62 12 29566 360 37 -0.0 -37.0 | 321 11 6.6 -8.2 63 11 30175 30 18 -9.0 -15.6 | 170 13 -2.4 13.2 64 10 30480 350 24 4.2 -23.6 | 244 12 10.8 5.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.9 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 12.9 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.3 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.0 neg: -76.7 tot: 57.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 35.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 342 23 243 15| 22.6 0.0 22.6| 95.3 0.0 95.3 190.5 0.89| 24.8 22.2 1000 350 28 264 11| 12.2 0.0 12.2|107.3 -0.5 106.9 106.9 0.81| 16.2 13.1 1500 353 31 279 10| 8.1 2.2 10.4|112.6 -9.8 102.7 68.5 0.62| 13.7 8.5 2000 353 33 289 11| 6.1 2.4 8.5|125.6 -17.3 108.3 54.1 0.57| 12.0 6.8 2500 351 34 294 13| 4.9 3.0 7.9|134.0 -29.9 104.1 41.7 0.47| 11.0 5.2 3000 349 36 295 15| 4.1 3.3 7.4|134.0 -76.7 57.3 19.1 0.29| 10.6 3.1 4000 342 37 290 19| 3.0 3.3 6.4|136.5-139.6 -3.1 -0.8 0.14| 9.9 1.3 5000 342 38 292 20| 4.0 2.7 6.6|244.0-139.6 104.3 20.9 0.27| 9.8 2.7 6000 343 39 296 20| 3.6 2.2 5.8|266.4-139.6 126.7 21.1 0.29| 8.7 2.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20260114.12.gif