UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 16 JAN 26 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 16 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 71 SFC 976 270 4.4 -4.6 52 9.0 0.9 160 6 279.5 280.0 275.2 287.3 2.78 2 972 304 5.2 -5.8 45 11.0 1.0 165 7 280.6 281.1 275.5 287.9 2.55 3 936 612 3.8 -5.2 52 9.0 0.3 210 20 282.2 282.7 276.7 290.1 2.77 4 931 655 4.6 -4.4 52 9.0 1.0 217 22 283.5 284.0 277.6 291.9 2.96 5 925 708 4.2 -4.8 52 9.0 0.6 225 24 283.6 284.1 277.6 291.9 2.89 6 918 770 4.4 -3.6 56 8.0 1.1 229 26 284.4 285.0 278.4 293.5 3.19 7 850 1391 -0.3 -3.1 81 2.8 -1.4 265 35 285.8 286.5 279.6 296.1 3.58 8 839 1495 -0.9 -3.0 86 2.1 -1.8 261 35 286.3 286.9 279.8 296.7 3.65 9 831 1572 0.4 -4.6 69 5.0 -1.6 268 35 288.4 289.0 280.4 297.9 3.27 10 816 1718 1.2 -6.8 55 8.0 -2.0 292 34 290.8 291.3 280.9 299.1 2.81 11 812 1757 1.2 -7.8 51 9.0 -2.3 298 33 291.2 291.7 280.8 298.9 2.61 12 806 1817 2.2 -8.8 44 11.0 -2.0 308 33 292.9 293.3 281.4 300.2 2.44 13 750 2396 0.2 -12.8 37 13.0 -4.4 296 36 296.8 297.1 282.4 302.6 1.90 14 700 2946 -2.7 -16.7 33 14.0 -7.1 300 37 299.5 299.8 283.1 304.2 1.48 15 699 2957 -2.7 -16.7 33 14.0 -7.1 300 37 299.6 299.9 283.1 304.3 1.48 16 674 3245 -5.1 -18.1 35 13.0 -9.0 300 33 300.1 300.3 283.1 304.4 1.36 17 669 3303 -5.3 -19.3 32 14.0 -9.4 300 33 300.5 300.7 283.2 304.4 1.24 18 663 3374 -5.3 -13.3 53 8.0 -8.0 300 32 301.3 301.6 284.4 307.7 2.07 19 659 3422 -5.5 -15.5 45 10.0 -8.7 300 33 301.6 301.9 284.2 307.0 1.73 20 655 3469 -5.9 -16.9 41 11.0 -9.3 300 34 301.6 301.9 284.0 306.6 1.55 21 652 3505 -6.1 -13.1 58 7.0 -8.5 300 35 301.8 302.2 284.7 308.5 2.14 22 619 3909 -9.9 -13.5 75 3.6 -11.1 300 41 302.0 302.4 284.8 308.8 2.18 23 613 3984 -10.5 -15.4 67 4.9 -12.0 300 41 302.1 302.5 284.6 308.0 1.88 24 601 4136 -11.7 -15.2 75 3.5 -12.8 300 42 302.4 302.8 284.8 308.6 1.95 25 600 4149 -11.9 -14.2 83 2.3 -12.6 300 42 302.3 302.7 284.9 309.0 2.12 26 598 4175 -11.9 -15.5 75 3.6 -13.0 300 42 302.6 303.0 284.8 308.7 1.91 27 595 4213 -12.3 -13.5 91 1.2 -12.7 300 42 302.6 303.0 285.2 309.7 2.27 28 589 4290 -13.1 -13.2 99 0.1 -13.1 300 43 302.6 303.0 285.2 309.9 2.35 29 586 4329 -13.3 -14.8 88 1.5 -13.7 300 43 302.8 303.1 285.0 309.3 2.07 30 581 4395 -13.5 -15.4 86 1.9 -14.1 300 43 303.3 303.6 285.1 309.5 1.98 31 570 4540 -14.5 -15.8 90 1.3 -14.9 300 43 303.8 304.1 285.3 310.0 1.96 32 566 4593 -14.7 -16.5 86 1.8 -15.2 300 43 304.1 304.5 285.3 310.0 1.86 33 559 4687 -15.3 -18.2 78 2.9 -16.1 303 45 304.5 304.8 285.2 309.7 1.63 34 551 4796 -16.3 -18.8 81 2.5 -17.0 307 48 304.6 304.9 285.2 309.6 1.57 35 549 4824 -16.3 -21.3 65 5.0 -17.5 308 48 304.9 305.1 284.9 309.0 1.27 36 520 5230 -19.7 -20.9 90 1.2 -20.0 305 54 305.6 305.8 285.4 310.1 1.39 37 510 5374 -20.7 -22.9 82 2.2 -21.2 302 56 306.1 306.3 285.3 309.9 1.19 38 508 5403 -20.7 -25.7 64 5.0 -21.7 302 56 306.4 306.6 285.1 309.5 0.93 39 506 5432 -20.7 -22.8 83 2.1 -21.2 301 57 306.8 307.0 285.6 310.7 1.21 40 504 5461 -20.9 -25.3 68 4.4 -21.8 301 57 306.9 307.0 285.4 310.1 0.97 41 500 5520 -21.1 -24.0 77 2.9 -21.7 300 58 307.3 307.5 285.7 310.9 1.10 42 498 5550 -21.3 -25.5 69 4.2 -22.1 300 58 307.4 307.6 285.5 310.6 0.96 43 492 5639 -21.9 -25.1 75 3.2 -22.5 300 58 307.8 307.9 285.7 311.1 1.01 44 456 6191 -27.1 -28.0 92 0.9 -27.2 301 55 308.0 308.2 285.6 310.8 0.84 45 452 6254 -27.3 -29.4 82 2.1 -27.6 302 55 308.5 308.7 285.7 311.0 0.74 46 438 6479 -29.3 -30.7 88 1.4 -29.5 305 54 308.8 308.9 285.7 311.1 0.68 47 436 6512 -29.3 -32.7 72 3.4 -29.7 304 54 309.2 309.3 285.7 311.1 0.56 48 433 6561 -29.5 -33.5 68 4.0 -30.0 304 54 309.6 309.6 285.8 311.4 0.52 49 430 6611 -29.9 -33.8 69 3.9 -30.4 304 55 309.7 309.8 285.8 311.4 0.51 50 426 6677 -30.5 -35.5 62 5.0 -31.1 303 55 309.7 309.8 285.8 311.2 0.44 51 425 6694 -30.5 -37.5 50 7.0 -31.3 303 55 309.9 310.0 285.8 311.2 0.36 52 404 7051 -34.1 -38.7 63 4.6 -34.6 300 56 309.8 309.9 285.7 311.0 0.33 53 400 7120 -34.7 -38.2 70 3.5 -35.0 300 56 309.9 310.0 285.7 311.1 0.35 54 394 7225 -35.7 -38.4 76 2.7 -36.0 299 56 309.9 310.0 285.7 311.2 0.35 55 300 9070 -46.5 -68.5 6 22.0 -47.0 300 63 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.01 56 272 9717 -49.9 -68.9 9 19.0 -50.3 300 73 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.0 0.01 57 250 10270 -49.1 -74.1 4 25.0 -49.6 295 84 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.1 0.01 58 200 11740 -44.7 -78.7 1 34.0 -45.6 295 95 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 59 168 12888 -50.2 -82.3 1 32.2 -50.7 290 99 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 60 150 13620 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.1 290 66 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.6 0.00 61 100 16190 -58.5 -86.5 2 28.0 -58.9 290 48 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 62 97 16382 -57.1 -86.1 1 29.0 -57.5 290 48 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 63 87 17063 -60.9 -86.9 2 26.0 -61.2 305 29 426.7 426.7 308.5 426.7 0.00 64 86 17135 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -59.9 305 31 431.0 431.0 308.9 431.0 0.00 65 80 17586 -60.7 -86.7 2 26.0 -61.0 291 28 437.5 437.5 309.6 437.5 0.00 66 76 17906 -59.1 -86.1 2 27.0 -59.5 278 32 447.3 447.3 310.6 447.3 0.00 67 70 18420 -59.5 -86.5 2 27.0 -59.9 315 24 457.1 457.1 311.5 457.1 0.00 68 65 18883 -60.5 -87.5 2 27.0 -60.9 313 27 464.7 464.7 312.2 464.7 0.00 69 63 19078 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.2 311 29 472.8 472.8 312.9 472.9 0.00 70 56 19813 -61.1 -87.1 2 26.0 -61.6 310 23 483.6 483.6 313.7 483.6 0.00 71 52 20275 -59.9 -86.9 2 27.0 -60.4 333 15 496.7 496.7 314.7 496.7 0.00 72 50 20520 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.1 315 11 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 73 49 20646 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.7 312 10 507.1 507.1 315.4 507.2 0.00 74 45 21180 -58.7 -86.7 2 28.0 -59.5 321 5 520.6 520.6 316.4 520.6 0.00 75 44 21321 -60.9 -87.9 2 27.0 -61.5 325 3 518.6 518.6 316.2 518.6 0.00 76 40 21914 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.3 37 7 536.4 536.4 317.3 536.5 0.00 77 35 22746 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -62.0 100 5 552.6 552.6 318.2 552.6 0.00 78 33 23111 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.5 34 13 563.6 563.6 318.8 563.6 0.00 79 32 23304 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.2 26 17 575.5 575.5 319.5 575.6 0.01 80 30 23710 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.2 30 25 586.2 586.3 320.0 586.3 0.01 81 29 23924 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.7 45 19 593.6 593.6 320.3 593.7 0.01 82 28 24145 -59.5 -87.5 1 28.0 -60.5 34 24 594.0 594.0 320.3 594.1 0.01 83 27 24374 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.5 49 20 603.6 603.6 320.7 603.7 0.01 84 23 25378 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.8 15 12 624.9 624.9 321.7 624.9 0.01 85 21 25945 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.7 18 29 642.0 642.0 322.4 642.0 0.01 86 20 26250 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -60.7 35 18 654.7 654.7 322.9 654.7 0.01 87 20 26250 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -60.0 35 18 657.1 657.1 323.0 657.2 0.01 88 17 27260 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.8 40 25 678.8 678.8 323.7 678.8 0.01 89 15 28038 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.9 33 17 711.5 711.5 324.8 711.5 0.01 90 12 29425 -61.3 -88.3 2 27.0 -63.0 39 18 750.6 750.6 326.0 750.7 0.01 91 12 29425 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -61.3 39 18 758.3 758.4 326.1 758.5 0.01 92 11 29969 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -61.7 22 22 776.0 776.0 326.6 776.1 0.01 93 10 30570 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -58.7 30 37 813.9 813.9 327.6 814.1 0.02 94 9.7 30765 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -58.7 29 38 821.7 821.8 327.8 822.0 0.03 95 9.2 31102 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -59.8 26 40 828.9 828.9 328.0 829.1 0.02 96 7.8 32157 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -58.9 20 46 877.0 877.0 329.0 877.4 0.03 97 7.0 32850 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -59.7 15 50 901.3 901.3 329.4 901.6 0.03 98 6.6 33229 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -58.0 930.0 930.1 330.0 930.6 0.05 TRP 272 9717 -49.9 -68.9 9 19.0 -50.3 300 73 324.0 324.0 290.0 324.0 0.01 WND 168 12888 -50.2 -82.3 1 32.2 -50.7 290 99 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5449.00 m Freezing level: 854.34 mb = 1351.35 m = 4433.51 ft Freezing level: 833.46 mb = 1548.11 m = 5079.04 ft Freezing level: 746.55 mb = 2434.14 m = 7985.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 889.00 mb = 1028.90 m = 3375.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.67 % Est. max temperature: 14.05 C = 57.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.01 mb = 1400.36 m = 4594.29 ft T: -0.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 0.13 C Layer 812.0- 806.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.35 mb = 3867.21 m = 12687.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.70 C = 80.06 F Cap Strength: 13.50 C Lifted Index: 13.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.75 C Showalter Index: 10.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.80 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 3.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 128.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61314.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.48 mb = 1732.89 m = 5685.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 324 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 976 270 160 6 -2.1 5.6 | 147 36 -19.6 29.8 1 936 610 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 170 42 -7.6 41.4 2 925 708 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 179 41 -0.6 41.1 3 902 914 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 192 40 8.4 39.1 4 868 1219 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 200 37 12.5 35.1 5 850 1391 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 212 32 17.3 27.2 6 836 1524 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 209 35 16.9 30.2 7 805 1829 310 33 25.3 -21.2 | 249 8 7.7 2.9 8 775 2134 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 246 15 13.6 6.1 9 746 2438 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 239 17 15.1 8.9 10 718 2743 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 237 17 14.2 9.3 11 700 2946 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 249 16 14.5 5.6 12 664 3353 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 231 13 10.1 8.1 13 638 3658 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 254 17 16.2 4.6 14 589 4267 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 262 20 19.7 2.6 15 566 4572 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 262 20 19.7 2.6 16 544 4877 310 50 38.3 -32.1 | 291 22 20.7 -8.0 17 500 5520 300 58 50.2 -29.0 | 278 33 32.7 -4.9 18 481 5791 300 58 50.2 -29.0 | 278 33 32.7 -4.9 19 461 6096 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 277 31 30.9 -3.9 20 442 6401 305 54 44.2 -31.0 | 284 28 26.7 -6.8 21 400 7120 300 56 48.5 -28.0 | 277 31 30.9 -3.9 22 372 7620 295 58 52.6 -24.5 | 271 35 35.0 -0.4 23 300 9070 300 63 54.6 -31.5 | 281 38 37.0 -7.4 24 297 9144 300 63 54.6 -31.5 | 281 38 37.0 -7.4 25 272 9717 300 73 63.2 -36.5 | 285 47 45.7 -12.4 26 250 10270 295 84 76.1 -35.5 | 281 60 58.6 -11.4 27 235 10668 300 90 77.9 -45.0 | 289 64 60.4 -20.9 28 200 11740 295 95 86.1 -40.1 | 283 70 68.5 -16.0 29 168 12888 290 99 93.0 -33.9 | 277 76 75.5 -9.7 30 162 13106 290 99 93.0 -33.9 | 277 76 75.5 -9.7 31 150 13620 290 66 62.0 -22.6 | 268 44 44.5 1.6 32 141 14021 290 62 58.3 -21.2 | 266 41 40.7 2.9 33 128 14630 295 66 59.8 -27.9 | 275 42 42.2 -3.8 34 116 15240 310 52 39.8 -33.4 | 293 24 22.3 -9.3 35 111 15545 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 284 17 16.1 -4.2 36 106 15850 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 236 30 24.8 16.7 37 100 16190 290 48 45.1 -16.4 | 254 29 27.5 7.7 38 96 16459 290 48 45.1 -16.4 | 254 29 27.5 7.7 39 91 16764 310 37 28.3 -23.8 | 268 11 10.8 0.3 40 87 17069 305 29 23.8 -16.6 | 220 10 6.2 7.5 41 83 17374 305 37 30.3 -21.2 | 257 13 12.7 2.9 42 79 17678 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 197 19 5.6 17.9 43 75 17983 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 219 27 17.3 21.1 44 71 18288 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 220 21 13.3 15.8 45 70 18420 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 175 7 -0.6 7.2 46 68 18593 315 25 17.7 -17.7 | 181 6 0.1 6.5 47 62 19202 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 228 7 5.4 4.8 48 53 20117 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 166 12 -3.0 11.9 49 51 20422 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 128 21 -16.6 13.2 50 50 20520 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 149 19 -9.8 16.3 51 48 20726 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 151 20 -9.9 17.7 52 44 21336 325 3 1.7 -2.5 | 144 27 -15.8 21.7 53 42 21641 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 130 22 -16.7 14.2 54 36 22555 135 1 -0.7 0.7 | 144 31 -18.3 24.8 55 33 23165 25 14 -5.9 -12.7 | 116 26 -23.5 11.4 56 30 23710 30 25 -12.5 -21.7 | 95 30 -30.1 2.5 57 30 23774 60 14 -12.1 -7.0 | 120 34 -29.7 17.1 58 28 24079 30 25 -12.5 -21.7 | 95 30 -30.1 2.5 59 27 24384 50 20 -15.3 -12.9 | 109 35 -32.9 11.3 60 26 24689 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 123 30 -25.3 16.3 61 24 24994 10 16 -2.8 -15.8 | 112 22 -20.3 8.4 62 23 25298 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 126 25 -20.2 14.5 63 21 25908 15 30 -7.8 -29.0 | 79 26 -25.3 -4.8 64 20 26213 40 19 -12.2 -14.6 | 108 31 -29.8 9.6 65 20 26250 35 18 -10.3 -14.7 | 109 29 -27.9 9.4 66 19 26518 40 15 -9.6 -11.5 | 115 30 -27.2 12.6 67 18 26822 30 23 -11.5 -19.9 | 98 29 -29.1 4.2 68 17 27127 40 26 -16.7 -19.9 | 97 35 -34.3 4.2 69 17 27432 40 24 -15.4 -18.4 | 100 33 -33.0 5.7 70 14 28346 30 14 -7.0 -12.1 | 116 27 -24.6 12.0 71 13 28956 25 18 -7.6 -16.3 | 107 26 -25.2 7.8 72 12 29261 45 16 -11.3 -11.3 | 114 32 -28.9 12.8 73 11 30175 15 24 -6.2 -23.2 | 92 24 -23.8 0.9 74 10 30570 30 37 -18.5 -32.0 | 78 37 -36.1 -7.9 75 7 32850 15 50 -12.9 -48.3 | 52 39 -30.5 -24.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.9 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 323.9 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 546.9 neg: -25.9 tot: 521.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.0 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 226.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 210 16 166 39| 25.1 0.0 25.1|277.2 0.0 277.2 554.3 0.93| 28.6 26.5 1000 232 23 181 38| 17.4 0.0 17.4|420.6 0.0 420.6 420.6 0.93| 22.0 20.4 1500 249 27 193 35| 13.1 0.0 13.1|527.5 -1.2 526.3 350.8 0.76| 24.7 18.8 2000 265 29 203 29| 9.8 0.8 10.6|534.1 -6.8 527.3 263.7 0.66| 21.6 14.3 2500 273 30 210 26| 7.9 0.7 8.6|535.2 -14.0 521.1 208.5 0.62| 17.9 11.1 3000 279 31 215 23| 6.3 0.6 6.8|546.9 -25.9 521.1 173.7 0.57| 16.0 9.2 4000 286 33 224 21| 4.7 1.6 6.2|580.9 -27.8 553.1 138.3 0.58| 13.5 7.9 5000 291 36 236 19| 4.3 2.0 6.3|636.8 -50.5 586.2 117.2 0.56| 12.6 7.0 6000 294 40 247 20| 3.4 2.1 5.5|653.2 -76.4 576.8 96.1 0.51| 11.4 5.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20260116.00.gif