UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2026011812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 18 JAN 26 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 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 177 SFC 988 270 -9.1 -16.1 57 7.0 -10.6 210 5 265.0 265.1 263.2 268.0 1.10 2 956 524 -11.5 -17.5 61 6.0 -12.8 229 18 265.0 265.2 263.1 267.8 1.01 3 948 588 -10.7 -18.7 52 8.0 -12.3 234 22 266.5 266.6 264.0 269.1 0.92 4 946 605 -9.3 -19.3 44 10.0 -11.4 235 23 268.1 268.2 265.0 270.6 0.88 5 940 654 -8.1 -20.1 37 12.0 -10.6 240 24 269.8 269.9 266.1 272.1 0.82 6 925 779 -8.7 -20.7 37 12.0 -11.2 255 27 270.4 270.5 266.5 272.7 0.79 7 872 1235 -9.7 -17.7 52 8.0 -11.5 271 36 274.0 274.2 269.4 277.1 1.09 8 870 1253 -9.1 -18.1 48 9.0 -11.2 272 35 274.8 275.0 269.8 277.8 1.06 9 851 1424 -8.7 -13.4 69 4.7 -10.0 280 30 276.9 277.2 272.0 281.5 1.60 10 850 1433 -8.7 -13.3 69 4.6 -9.9 280 30 277.0 277.3 272.1 281.6 1.61 11 845 1479 -9.1 -12.9 74 3.8 -10.1 283 29 277.1 277.4 272.2 281.9 1.67 12 838 1543 -8.5 -10.6 85 2.1 -9.1 288 29 278.4 278.7 273.5 284.1 2.03 13 827 1646 -8.7 -10.4 87 1.7 -9.2 296 27 279.2 279.6 274.1 285.2 2.09 14 822 1693 -7.5 -8.7 91 1.2 -7.9 300 27 281.0 281.4 275.5 287.8 2.41 15 803 1875 -7.5 -9.0 89 1.5 -8.0 311 28 282.9 283.3 276.5 289.8 2.41 16 783 2072 -6.5 -8.0 89 1.5 -7.0 318 42 286.0 286.4 278.5 293.7 2.67 17 779 2112 -6.7 -8.7 86 2.0 -7.4 319 44 286.2 286.6 278.4 293.6 2.54 18 769 2212 -7.5 -8.9 90 1.4 -8.0 319 47 286.4 286.8 278.5 293.7 2.53 19 728 2637 -10.3 -10.8 96 0.5 -10.5 318 47 287.8 288.2 278.9 294.6 2.30 20 700 2938 -11.9 -12.3 97 0.4 -12.0 320 46 289.3 289.7 279.4 295.6 2.12 21 647 3538 -14.5 -15.9 89 1.4 -14.9 319 49 293.0 293.3 280.5 298.2 1.71 22 642 3596 -14.1 -15.3 91 1.2 -14.5 319 49 294.1 294.4 281.1 299.6 1.81 23 600 4107 -17.3 -19.6 82 2.3 -17.9 316 51 296.1 296.3 281.4 300.3 1.35 24 572 4464 -19.1 -19.9 93 0.8 -19.3 314 54 298.1 298.3 282.3 302.4 1.38 25 541 4876 -22.1 -23.6 88 1.5 -22.4 310 59 299.3 299.5 282.4 302.6 1.05 26 537 4930 -22.5 -23.2 94 0.7 -22.7 310 59 299.4 299.6 282.5 302.9 1.10 27 514 5250 -25.1 -28.0 77 2.9 -25.6 310 58 300.1 300.2 282.4 302.5 0.74 28 500 5450 -26.7 -28.6 84 1.9 -27.0 310 58 300.5 300.6 282.5 302.9 0.72 29 483 5699 -28.7 -30.5 84 1.8 -28.9 314 58 301.0 301.1 282.6 303.1 0.62 30 480 5744 -29.1 -31.4 80 2.3 -29.4 314 58 301.1 301.2 282.6 303.0 0.58 31 479 5759 -29.3 -34.3 62 5.0 -29.9 314 58 301.0 301.1 282.4 302.5 0.44 32 477 5789 -29.7 -34.0 66 4.3 -30.2 315 58 300.9 300.9 282.3 302.4 0.45 33 475 5819 -29.9 -34.8 62 4.9 -30.4 315 60 301.0 301.0 282.3 302.4 0.42 34 474 5834 -29.9 -35.9 56 6.0 -30.6 316 60 301.1 301.2 282.4 302.4 0.38 35 473 5849 -29.7 -41.7 30 12.0 -30.8 316 61 301.6 301.6 282.3 302.3 0.21 36 467 5940 -29.5 -59.5 4 30.0 -31.0 317 67 302.9 302.9 282.6 303.0 0.03 37 465 5971 -29.3 -56.3 6 27.0 -30.9 318 69 303.6 303.6 282.9 303.7 0.04 38 428 6562 -30.9 -60.9 4 30.0 -32.4 318 87 308.8 308.8 284.9 308.9 0.02 39 407 6918 -33.3 -62.3 4 29.0 -34.6 316 95 310.2 310.2 285.4 310.3 0.02 40 400 7040 -33.7 -61.7 4 28.0 -35.0 315 98 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.3 0.02 41 390 7217 -34.3 -63.3 4 29.0 -35.5 318 98 312.7 312.7 286.3 312.7 0.02 42 304 8912 -46.8 -65.4 10 18.6 -47.3 325 114 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.2 0.02 43 300 9000 -47.5 -65.5 11 18.0 -47.9 325 113 318.4 318.4 288.2 318.5 0.02 44 292 9177 -48.7 -67.7 9 19.0 -49.1 325 111 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.2 0.01 45 286 9313 -48.1 -72.1 5 24.0 -48.5 325 108 321.9 321.9 289.3 322.0 0.01 46 262 9885 -49.7 -73.7 4 24.0 -50.1 325 94 327.8 327.8 291.1 327.8 0.01 47 250 10190 -49.3 -75.3 3 26.0 -49.7 325 86 332.8 332.8 292.4 332.8 0.01 48 241 10431 -48.7 -76.7 2 28.0 -49.1 322 80 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.2 0.00 49 209 11364 -50.7 -77.7 3 27.0 -51.1 315 75 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.00 50 200 11650 -52.7 -78.7 3 26.0 -53.1 315 71 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.00 51 187 12083 -53.9 -80.9 2 27.0 -54.2 315 68 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.00 52 185 12152 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 315 67 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.00 53 171 12659 -53.5 -82.5 2 29.0 -53.9 292 63 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 54 164 12928 -52.9 -82.9 1 30.0 -53.3 289 65 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 55 160 13088 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -50.1 295 68 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 56 150 13510 -50.7 -82.7 1 32.0 -51.3 310 44 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 57 128 14532 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -55.5 297 53 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.6 0.00 58 115 15217 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.2 310 48 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 59 100 16110 -55.9 -84.9 1 29.0 -56.4 290 36 419.7 419.7 307.7 419.7 0.00 60 94 16506 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -54.0 290 37 432.3 432.3 309.1 432.3 0.00 61 86 17074 -57.3 -86.3 1 29.0 -57.8 287 45 435.4 435.4 309.4 435.4 0.00 62 81 17455 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -55.6 288 48 447.8 447.8 310.7 447.9 0.00 63 73 18115 -58.1 -86.1 2 28.0 -58.6 281 41 454.6 454.6 311.3 454.6 0.00 64 72 18202 -56.9 -85.9 1 29.0 -57.5 278 40 458.9 458.9 311.7 459.0 0.00 65 70 18380 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.0 285 35 461.4 461.4 311.9 461.4 0.00 66 62 19141 -59.9 -87.9 1 28.0 -60.4 302 30 472.4 472.4 312.8 472.4 0.00 67 61 19243 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -58.9 304 30 478.1 478.1 313.3 478.1 0.00 68 59 19452 -59.3 -87.3 1 28.0 -59.8 309 28 480.4 480.4 313.5 480.5 0.00 69 55 19893 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.2 296 12 494.3 494.3 314.5 494.3 0.00 70 50 20490 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.0 280 23 500.9 500.9 315.0 500.9 0.00 71 49 20616 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.0 280 23 503.8 503.8 315.2 503.8 0.00 72 47 20876 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.4 285 16 514.2 514.2 315.9 514.2 0.00 73 47 20876 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -57.8 285 16 518.5 518.5 316.2 518.5 0.00 74 47 20876 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -57.8 285 16 518.5 518.5 316.2 518.5 0.00 75 43 21439 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.2 297 11 530.9 530.9 317.0 530.9 0.00 76 40 21893 -60.5 -88.5 1 28.0 -61.2 340 14 533.9 533.9 317.2 533.9 0.00 77 37 22382 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -58.9 340 21 552.6 552.6 318.2 552.7 0.00 78 30 23700 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -60.1 65 2 583.5 583.5 319.8 583.6 0.01 79 29 23912 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -61.0 9 15 586.5 586.5 320.0 586.5 0.01 80 25 24844 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.7 230 3 619.9 619.9 321.5 620.0 0.01 TRP 292 9177 -48.7 -67.7 9 19.0 -49.1 325 111 319.2 319.2 288.5 319.2 0.01 WND 304 8912 -46.8 -65.4 10 18.6 -47.3 325 114 318.1 318.1 288.2 318.2 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5273.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.44 % Est. max temperature: 4.26 C = 39.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.01 mb = 1138.21 m = 3734.23 ft T: -9.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 0.16 C Layer 956.0- 948.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 509.52 mb = 5313.46 m = 17432.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.01 C = 78.81 F Cap Strength: 24.01 C Lifted Index: 24.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 33.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 17.55 C Showalter Index: 15.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.00 C Cross Totals Index: 13.40 C K Index: 4.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55190.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 24.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.69 mb = 1829.54 m = 6002.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 340 at 35 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 270 210 5 2.5 4.3 | 165 38 -9.6 36.8 1 946 610 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 188 46 6.8 45.6 2 925 779 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 200 42 14.0 39.4 3 909 914 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 201 40 14.5 37.1 4 874 1219 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 216 40 23.9 32.5 5 850 1433 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 213 32 17.5 27.2 6 808 1829 310 25 19.2 -16.1 | 203 18 7.1 16.4 7 777 2134 320 46 29.6 -35.2 | 279 18 17.5 -2.8 8 747 2438 315 50 35.4 -35.4 | 277 23 23.3 -2.9 9 718 2743 320 46 29.6 -35.2 | 279 18 17.5 -2.8 10 700 2938 320 46 29.6 -35.2 | 279 18 17.5 -2.8 11 690 3048 315 44 31.1 -31.1 | 266 19 19.0 1.3 12 636 3658 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 286 21 20.1 -5.8 13 586 4267 315 52 36.8 -36.8 | 280 25 24.7 -4.3 14 540 4877 310 59 45.2 -37.9 | 279 34 33.1 -5.5 15 500 5450 310 58 44.4 -37.3 | 278 33 32.4 -4.8 16 477 5791 315 58 41.0 -41.0 | 286 30 28.9 -8.6 17 457 6096 320 77 49.5 -59.0 | 305 46 37.4 -26.5 18 400 7040 315 98 69.3 -69.3 | 303 68 57.2 -36.8 19 384 7315 320 98 63.0 -75.1 | 310 66 50.9 -42.6 20 367 7620 325 99 56.8 -81.1 | 317 66 44.7 -48.6 21 304 8912 325 114 65.4 -93.4 | 319 81 53.3 -60.9 22 300 9000 325 113 64.8 -92.6 | 319 80 52.7 -60.1 23 293 9144 325 113 64.8 -92.6 | 319 80 52.7 -60.1 24 292 9177 325 111 63.7 -90.9 | 319 78 51.6 -58.5 25 250 10190 325 86 49.3 -70.4 | 316 53 37.3 -38.0 26 232 10668 320 74 47.6 -56.7 | 304 43 35.5 -24.2 27 222 10973 315 81 57.3 -57.3 | 299 52 45.2 -24.8 28 200 11650 315 71 50.2 -50.2 | 295 42 38.1 -17.7 29 184 12192 315 67 47.4 -47.4 | 293 38 35.3 -14.9 30 167 12802 285 62 59.9 -16.0 | 251 51 47.8 16.4 31 160 13106 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 266 50 49.6 3.7 32 152 13411 315 54 38.2 -38.2 | 282 27 26.1 -5.7 33 150 13510 310 44 33.7 -28.3 | 259 22 21.6 4.2 34 139 14021 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 239 15 12.7 7.7 35 132 14326 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 238 33 28.3 17.7 36 126 14630 300 58 50.2 -29.0 | 265 38 38.2 3.5 37 115 15240 310 48 36.8 -30.9 | 266 25 24.7 1.6 38 104 15850 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 214 20 10.9 16.4 39 100 16110 290 36 33.8 -12.3 | 227 30 21.8 20.1 40 95 16459 290 36 33.8 -12.3 | 227 30 21.8 20.1 41 82 17374 285 50 48.3 -12.9 | 242 41 36.2 19.5 42 78 17678 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 240 30 26.0 14.7 43 71 18288 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 224 40 27.8 29.0 44 70 18380 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 223 32 21.7 23.4 45 58 19507 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 213 17 9.4 14.5 46 56 19812 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 175 26 -2.2 25.6 47 53 20117 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 178 32 -1.1 32.5 48 51 20422 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 182 36 1.4 36.1 49 50 20490 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 200 30 10.6 28.5 50 48 20726 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 200 30 10.6 28.5 51 46 21031 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 175 29 -2.7 29.0 52 44 21336 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 178 32 -1.1 31.5 53 42 21641 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 159 25 -8.7 23.1 54 36 22555 340 23 7.9 -21.6 | 159 12 -4.2 10.8 55 34 22860 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 155 25 -10.3 22.6 56 30 23700 65 2 -1.8 -0.8 | 156 35 -13.9 31.6 57 29 23774 355 17 1.5 -16.9 | 146 19 -10.6 15.5 58 27 24079 115 1 -0.9 0.4 | 158 35 -13.0 32.9 59 24 24384 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 165 32 -8.2 31.4 60 22 24689 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 149 24 -12.1 20.5 61 20 24994 20 21 -7.2 -19.7 | 123 23 -19.3 12.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.6 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 339.6 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 512.4 neg: -53.5 tot: 458.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.1 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 257.65 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 237 17 184 42| 24.1 0.0 24.1|286.7 0.0 286.7 573.4 0.91| 28.6 25.9 1000 255 24 196 40| 16.7 0.0 16.7|413.4 0.0 413.4 413.4 0.89| 21.4 19.1 1500 266 26 202 37| 9.2 0.0 9.2|413.4 -31.4 382.0 254.7 0.54| 20.9 11.3 2000 283 29 211 31| 12.7 0.0 12.7|497.3 -32.4 464.9 232.5 0.62| 22.0 13.6 2500 294 33 223 26| 9.9 0.0 9.9|500.6 -34.4 466.2 186.5 0.57| 19.2 10.9 3000 300 35 230 24| 8.2 0.4 8.7|512.4 -53.5 458.9 153.0 0.52| 17.1 8.8 4000 306 39 243 21| 6.7 0.8 7.6|536.0 -68.7 467.3 116.8 0.49| 14.1 6.9 5000 308 42 253 22| 5.4 1.4 6.8|536.2 -74.5 461.7 92.3 0.45| 12.2 5.4 6000 310 46 263 24| 6.6 1.2 7.8|692.6 -77.5 615.2 102.5 0.47| 12.6 5.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20260118.12.gif