UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 JAN 26 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:0000Z 18 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 247 330 6 SFC 997 270 -9.7 -18.7 48 9.0 -11.5 330 6 263.7 263.8 261.8 266.1 0.88 2 925 842 -15.3 -20.3 66 5.0 -16.2 325 15 263.7 263.8 261.7 266.0 0.82 3 857 1412 -20.5 -22.1 87 1.6 -20.7 330 22 264.1 264.2 261.9 266.2 0.76 4 850 1473 -19.3 -22.3 77 3.0 -19.8 335 23 265.9 266.0 263.3 268.1 0.75 5 846 1508 -17.3 -21.0 73 3.7 -17.9 338 23 268.4 268.5 265.2 270.8 0.85 6 842 1544 -16.3 -18.6 82 2.3 -16.7 340 23 269.8 270.0 266.5 272.8 1.05 7 837 1589 -15.9 -19.4 74 3.5 -16.6 343 23 270.7 270.8 267.0 273.5 0.98 8 835 1607 -15.9 -17.6 87 1.7 -16.3 344 23 270.9 271.1 267.4 274.1 1.15 9 828 1670 -15.1 -18.2 77 3.1 -15.7 349 23 272.4 272.5 268.3 275.5 1.10 10 823 1716 -14.7 -16.8 84 2.1 -15.2 352 23 273.3 273.5 269.2 276.8 1.25 11 810 1837 -14.7 -16.2 88 1.5 -15.0 360 23 274.5 274.7 270.1 278.3 1.33 12 807 1865 -14.5 -16.2 87 1.7 -14.9 359 23 275.0 275.2 270.4 278.8 1.34 13 800 1931 -13.7 -16.2 81 2.5 -14.3 357 24 276.5 276.8 271.4 280.4 1.35 14 773 2191 -14.5 -16.1 88 1.6 -14.9 353 26 278.4 278.7 272.6 282.5 1.41 15 735 2572 -15.9 -20.9 65 5.0 -16.9 1 25 280.9 281.1 273.3 283.9 0.98 16 726 2665 -16.3 -23.3 55 7.0 -17.6 358 25 281.5 281.6 273.4 283.9 0.81 17 701 2927 -18.5 -25.5 54 7.0 -19.7 355 21 281.9 282.0 273.4 284.0 0.68 18 700 2938 -18.5 -25.5 54 7.0 -19.7 355 21 282.0 282.1 273.5 284.1 0.69 19 671 3252 -21.1 -26.0 65 4.9 -21.9 355 21 282.5 282.6 273.8 284.6 0.68 20 636 3646 -23.1 -29.1 58 6.0 -23.9 355 20 284.6 284.7 274.7 286.3 0.54 21 633 3681 -22.5 -29.5 53 7.0 -23.5 355 20 285.7 285.8 275.3 287.3 0.52 22 618 3857 -23.1 -30.1 53 7.0 -24.1 349 18 286.9 287.0 275.9 288.6 0.51 23 616 3881 -22.9 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296.7 0.07 37 433 6376 -39.1 -52.1 24 13.0 -39.6 331 27 297.4 297.4 280.3 297.6 0.07 38 427 6471 -39.7 -54.7 19 15.0 -40.3 336 29 297.8 297.8 280.4 298.0 0.05 39 422 6552 -38.7 -58.7 10 20.0 -39.4 342 30 300.1 300.1 281.4 300.2 0.03 40 413 6700 -37.9 -60.9 7 23.0 -38.7 354 34 302.9 303.0 282.6 303.0 0.03 41 407 6800 -36.7 -54.7 14 18.0 -37.5 359 44 305.8 305.8 283.8 306.0 0.06 42 405 6834 -36.9 -53.9 16 17.0 -37.7 1 48 305.9 306.0 283.8 306.2 0.06 43 402 6886 -36.9 -59.9 7 23.0 -37.8 3 53 306.6 306.6 284.1 306.7 0.03 44 400 6920 -36.9 -59.9 7 23.0 -37.8 5 57 307.0 307.0 284.2 307.1 0.03 45 394 7025 -37.3 -60.3 7 23.0 -38.2 10 54 307.8 307.8 284.5 307.9 0.03 46 387 7148 -37.7 -58.7 9 21.0 -38.5 8 56 308.9 308.9 284.9 309.0 0.04 47 354 7758 -42.3 -59.3 14 17.0 -42.9 2 63 310.7 310.7 285.6 310.8 0.04 48 349 7854 -42.7 -62.7 9 20.0 -43.3 3 65 311.4 311.4 285.9 311.5 0.02 49 345 7932 -42.5 -70.5 3 28.0 -43.1 4 66 312.7 312.7 286.3 312.7 0.01 50 340 8030 -43.1 -71.1 3 28.0 -43.7 5 68 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.3 0.01 51 338 8070 -43.3 -71.3 3 28.0 -43.9 5 68 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.5 0.01 52 336 8110 -43.5 -71.5 3 28.0 -44.1 5 68 313.7 313.7 286.6 313.7 0.01 53 331 8211 -43.7 -71.7 3 28.0 -44.3 5 68 314.8 314.8 287.0 314.8 0.01 54 327 8293 -43.1 -72.1 3 29.0 -43.7 5 67 316.7 316.7 287.6 316.7 0.01 55 300 8870 -46.1 -74.1 3 28.0 -46.6 5 60 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.4 0.01 56 259 9838 -49.3 -76.3 3 27.0 -49.7 350 49 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.4 0.00 57 250 10070 -48.3 -77.3 2 29.0 -48.8 340 50 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.3 0.00 58 200 11540 -47.9 -79.9 1 32.0 -48.5 335 31 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.00 59 150 13430 -48.3 -80.3 1 32.0 -49.1 305 39 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.00 60 100 16090 -48.7 -81.7 1 33.0 -49.8 300 37 433.6 433.6 309.2 433.7 0.01 61 99 16156 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -49.1 285 35 436.4 436.4 309.5 436.5 0.00 62 83 17302 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -55.2 284 30 445.5 445.5 310.4 445.6 0.00 63 76 17865 -55.3 -85.3 1 30.0 -56.0 300 44 455.2 455.2 311.3 455.3 0.00 64 74 18035 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 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8.1 32047 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -57.9 27 44 873.2 873.2 328.9 873.5 0.04 93 7.8 32290 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -58.2 27 43 881.8 881.8 329.1 882.2 0.04 94 7.4 32629 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -58.3 26 41 895.2 895.2 329.3 895.6 0.04 95 7.1 32898 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -57.1 25 40 915.7 915.8 329.7 916.2 0.04 96 7.0 32990 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -57.2 25 40 918.6 918.7 329.8 919.1 0.05 97 6.6 33373 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -57.2 935.9 935.9 330.1 936.4 0.05 98 5.7 34342 -44.7 -80.7 1 36.0 -55.0 1001.4 1001.5 331.2 1002.6 0.10 99 5.6 34460 -45.1 -81.1 1 36.0 -55.2 1004.7 1004.8 331.2 1005.9 0.10 TRP 259 9838 -49.3 -76.3 3 27.0 -49.7 350 49 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.4 0.00 WND 340 8030 -43.1 -71.1 3 28.0 -43.7 5 68 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5133.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.95 % Est. max temperature: -5.61 C = 21.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.57 mb = 1363.88 m = 4474.63 ft T: -20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 0.15 C Layer 925.0- 857.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.61 mb = 4299.75 m = 14106.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.95 C = 60.72 F Cap Strength: 21.82 C Lifted Index: 22.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 38.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.26 C Showalter Index: 21.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 13.00 C Cross Totals Index: 10.00 C K Index: -16.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 69.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72099.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.00 mb = 1429.57 m = 4690.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 16 at 16 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 270 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 217 12 7.5 10.0 1 954 610 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 252 14 13.5 4.5 2 925 842 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 257 13 13.1 2.9 3 916 914 320 15 9.6 -11.5 | 255 15 14.1 3.7 4 879 1219 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 264 18 17.9 1.8 5 850 1473 335 23 9.7 -20.8 | 292 15 14.2 -5.7 6 811 1829 360 23 -0.0 -23.0 | 330 9 4.5 -7.8 7 779 2134 350 26 4.5 -25.6 | 319 14 9.0 -10.4 8 748 2438 5 26 -2.3 -25.9 | 348 11 2.2 -10.7 9 718 2743 355 24 2.1 -23.9 | 323 11 6.6 -8.7 10 700 2938 355 21 1.8 -20.9 | 312 9 6.3 -5.7 11 634 3658 355 20 1.7 -19.9 | 307 8 6.2 -4.7 12 608 3962 345 16 4.1 -15.5 | 272 9 8.6 -0.3 13 583 4267 345 22 5.7 -21.3 | 301 12 10.2 -6.1 14 536 4877 355 24 2.1 -23.9 | 323 11 6.6 -8.7 15 500 5380 345 23 6.0 -22.2 | 304 13 10.4 -7.0 16 451 6096 340 23 7.9 -21.6 | 297 14 12.3 -6.4 17 431 6401 330 27 13.5 -23.4 | 294 20 18.0 -8.2 18 413 6706 355 34 3.0 -33.9 | 338 20 7.4 -18.7 19 400 6920 5 57 -5.0 -56.8 | 1 42 -0.5 -41.6 20 395 7010 10 54 -9.4 -53.2 | 7 38 -4.9 -38.0 21 361 7620 360 61 -0.0 -61.0 | 354 46 4.5 -45.8 22 340 8030 5 68 -5.9 -67.7 | 2 53 -1.5 -52.5 23 330 8230 5 68 -5.9 -67.7 | 2 53 -1.5 -52.5 24 300 8870 5 60 -5.2 -59.8 | 1 45 -0.8 -44.6 25 288 9144 360 60 -0.0 -60.0 | 354 45 4.5 -44.8 26 259 9838 350 49 8.5 -48.3 | 339 36 13.0 -33.1 27 250 10058 345 48 12.4 -46.4 | 332 35 16.9 -31.2 28 250 10070 340 50 17.1 -47.0 | 326 38 21.6 -31.8 29 218 10973 340 57 19.5 -53.6 | 328 45 24.0 -38.4 30 200 11540 335 31 13.1 -28.1 | 306 22 17.6 -12.9 31 199 11582 345 44 11.4 -42.5 | 330 32 15.9 -27.3 32 190 11887 330 27 13.5 -23.4 | 294 20 18.0 -8.2 33 173 12497 305 49 40.1 -28.1 | 286 46 44.6 -12.9 34 165 12802 305 35 28.7 -20.1 | 278 34 33.1 -4.9 35 150 13430 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 281 37 36.4 -7.2 36 144 13716 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 281 37 36.4 -7.2 37 137 14021 315 38 26.9 -26.9 | 290 33 31.3 -11.7 38 125 14630 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 269 30 29.6 0.7 39 114 15240 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 263 42 41.2 5.4 40 109 15545 300 48 41.6 -24.0 | 281 47 46.0 -8.8 41 100 16090 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 275 37 36.5 -3.3 42 99 16154 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 261 39 38.3 6.1 43 94 16459 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 275 37 36.5 -3.3 44 90 16764 310 33 25.3 -21.2 | 281 30 29.8 -6.0 45 82 17374 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 254 35 34.0 10.0 46 75 17983 305 48 39.3 -27.5 | 286 46 43.8 -12.3 47 71 18288 305 41 33.6 -23.5 | 282 39 38.1 -8.3 48 70 18390 320 34 21.9 -26.0 | 292 28 26.3 -10.9 49 65 18898 320 27 17.4 -20.7 | 284 23 21.8 -5.5 50 56 19812 330 32 16.0 -27.7 | 301 24 20.5 -12.5 51 53 20117 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 265 21 20.6 1.7 52 51 20422 315 29 20.5 -20.5 | 282 26 25.0 -5.3 53 50 20520 345 14 3.6 -13.5 | 258 8 8.1 1.7 54 48 20726 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 258 9 9.3 2.0 55 46 21031 10 12 -2.1 -11.8 | 215 4 2.4 3.4 56 44 21336 350 6 1.0 -5.9 | 211 11 5.5 9.3 57 38 22250 350 24 4.2 -23.6 | 314 12 8.6 -8.4 58 36 22555 10 18 -3.1 -17.7 | 332 3 1.4 -2.5 59 34 22860 45 17 -12.0 -12.0 | 113 8 -7.5 3.2 60 31 23470 45 16 -11.3 -11.3 | 120 8 -6.8 3.9 61 30 23720 45 18 -12.7 -12.7 | 107 9 -8.3 2.5 62 30 23774 85 16 -15.9 -1.4 | 140 18 -11.5 13.8 63 28 24079 40 20 -12.9 -15.3 | 89 8 -8.4 -0.1 64 27 24384 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 148 9 -4.7 7.5 65 25 24994 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 138 12 -8.2 9.3 66 23 25298 55 19 -15.6 -10.9 | 111 12 -11.1 4.3 67 22 25603 30 14 -7.0 -12.1 | 141 4 -2.5 3.1 68 21 25908 60 21 -18.2 -10.5 | 109 14 -13.7 4.7 69 20 26213 45 29 -20.5 -20.5 | 72 17 -16.0 -5.3 70 20 26300 40 25 -16.1 -19.2 | 71 12 -11.6 -4.0 71 19 26518 25 26 -11.0 -23.6 | 38 11 -6.5 -8.4 72 18 26822 70 33 -31.0 -11.3 | 98 27 -26.5 3.9 73 17 27432 65 43 -39.0 -18.2 | 85 35 -34.5 -3.0 74 14 28346 60 35 -30.3 -17.5 | 85 26 -25.8 -2.3 75 10 30700 30 49 -24.5 -42.4 | 36 34 -20.0 -27.2 76 7 32990 25 40 -16.9 -36.3 | 31 24 -12.4 -21.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.4 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 16.4 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.3 neg: -21.6 tot: 92.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 17.99 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 323 11 242 13| 0.0 9.0 9.0| 29.3 0.0 29.3 58.7 0.95| 9.4 8.9 1000 320 14 252 14| 0.0 7.2 7.2| 46.3 0.0 46.3 46.3 0.82| 7.9 6.5 1500 328 17 266 13| 4.8 4.8 9.5| 94.8 0.0 94.8 63.2 0.83| 10.5 8.7 2000 337 19 280 12| 4.1 3.6 7.7|105.2 -4.1 101.0 50.5 0.72| 9.8 7.0 2500 343 20 291 11| 3.3 2.6 5.9|114.3 -16.9 97.4 39.0 0.56| 9.4 5.3 3000 345 20 295 11| 2.7 1.9 4.6|114.3 -21.6 92.8 30.9 0.49| 8.4 4.1 4000 347 20 295 10| 2.0 1.9 4.0|127.1 -32.7 94.4 23.6 0.39| 7.7 3.0 5000 348 21 299 10| 2.0 1.8 3.8|140.0 -41.9 98.1 19.6 0.37| 7.0 2.6 6000 346 21 299 11| 1.7 2.0 3.6|140.0 -51.3 88.7 14.8 0.30| 6.4 1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20260118.00.gif