UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 MAR 20 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 24 MAR 20 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 8.2 7.0 92 1.2 7.6 90 6 283.0 284.1 281.6 300.7 6.42 2 943 587 6.4 5.2 92 1.2 5.8 118 13 284.3 285.3 281.6 300.7 5.88 3 930 701 10.2 7.7 84 2.5 8.8 123 14 289.3 290.5 285.1 309.4 7.10 4 925 746 10.2 7.3 82 2.9 8.6 125 14 289.7 291.0 285.1 309.4 6.94 5 924 755 10.4 7.5 82 2.9 8.8 126 14 290.0 291.3 285.3 310.1 7.05 6 850 1445 6.0 4.9 93 1.1 5.4 125 8 292.4 293.6 285.6 310.8 6.40 7 700 3014 -2.7 -3.1 97 0.4 -2.9 200 1 299.5 300.3 286.2 312.5 4.35 8 695 3071 -3.1 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.3 222 1 299.7 300.4 286.2 312.5 4.28 9 684 3197 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 292 3 299.9 300.7 286.1 312.0 4.00 10 679 3254 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -7.8 324 4 298.8 299.2 283.7 305.8 2.30 11 654 3547 -7.7 -13.7 62 6.0 -9.6 7 6 299.7 300.1 283.8 306.0 2.03 12 649 3607 -8.7 -20.7 37 12.0 -11.9 1 6 299.3 299.5 282.5 302.9 1.13 13 605 4148 -10.7 -17.7 56 7.0 -12.8 355 10 303.0 303.3 284.6 308.0 1.57 14 603 4174 -10.9 -17.9 56 7.0 -12.9 355 10 303.1 303.4 284.6 308.0 1.55 15 586 4393 -12.5 -18.5 61 6.0 -14.2 343 13 303.7 304.0 284.8 308.5 1.52 16 584 4419 -12.7 -18.7 61 6.0 -14.3 340 13 303.8 304.0 284.8 308.5 1.50 17 566 4657 -14.5 -19.5 66 5.0 -15.8 312 18 304.4 304.6 284.9 309.0 1.44 18 564 4684 -14.7 -19.7 66 5.0 -16.0 309 18 304.4 304.7 284.9 309.0 1.42 19 552 4846 -15.7 -19.4 73 3.7 -16.7 290 21 305.1 305.4 285.3 309.9 1.49 20 529 5167 -15.5 -20.5 65 5.0 -16.8 283 29 309.1 309.4 286.6 313.8 1.41 21 500 5590 -18.5 -23.3 66 4.8 -19.6 270 39 310.5 310.7 286.9 314.4 1.17 22 400 7220 -30.1 -31.9 84 1.8 -30.4 230 50 315.9 316.0 288.2 318.2 0.66 23 395 7309 -30.9 -32.8 83 1.9 -31.2 230 53 316.0 316.1 288.1 318.1 0.61 24 355 8063 -33.5 -36.2 77 2.7 -33.8 228 78 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.0 0.49 25 300 9220 -43.7 -48.4 60 4.7 -44.0 230 90 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.16 26 289 9471 -45.5 -51.5 51 6.0 -45.8 235 95 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.1 0.11 27 279 9706 -46.5 -60.5 19 14.0 -46.9 239 99 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.04 28 270 9923 -47.7 -67.7 8 20.0 -48.1 244 98 327.9 327.9 291.1 327.9 0.02 29 250 10430 -49.9 -66.9 12 17.0 -50.3 255 93 331.9 331.9 292.2 332.0 0.02 30 232 10914 -51.9 -67.9 13 16.0 -52.2 255 90 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 31 200 11870 -52.3 -76.3 4 24.0 -52.7 270 97 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 32 190 12202 -52.1 -77.1 3 25.0 -52.5 270 93 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 33 150 13720 -55.5 -77.5 5 22.0 -55.8 270 97 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.01 34 139 14205 -56.3 -78.0 5 21.6 -56.7 270 103 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.01 35 101 16218 -59.9 -79.9 6 20.0 -60.2 285 73 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.9 0.01 36 100 16280 -60.3 -80.3 6 20.0 -60.6 285 72 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.3 0.01 37 70 18480 -65.5 -81.5 9 16.0 -65.7 270 52 444.3 444.3 310.3 444.3 0.01 38 65 18928 -67.1 -82.1 10 15.0 -67.2 276 56 450.3 450.3 310.9 450.3 0.01 39 56 19841 -60.1 -78.1 8 18.0 -60.6 280 50 485.8 485.9 313.9 485.9 0.02 40 50 20540 -64.7 -79.7 11 15.0 -65.0 255 44 491.0 491.0 314.3 491.1 0.01 41 46 21049 -65.3 -80.3 11 15.0 -65.6 275 52 501.4 501.4 315.1 501.5 0.01 42 39 22072 -57.7 -75.7 8 18.0 -58.6 297 34 544.9 544.9 317.8 545.1 0.03 43 32 23314 -60.1 -76.1 11 16.0 -60.9 279 30 570.2 570.2 319.2 570.4 0.04 44 31 23514 -57.5 -75.5 8 18.0 -58.6 272 30 582.4 582.4 319.8 582.7 0.04 45 30 23720 -59.3 -75.3 11 16.0 -60.2 265 29 583.0 583.0 319.8 583.3 0.05 46 25 24858 -61.7 -75.7 14 14.0 -62.5 269 29 607.3 607.3 320.9 607.7 0.05 47 24 25113 -58.9 -74.9 11 16.0 -60.0 271 28 622.6 622.6 321.6 623.0 0.06 48 23 25379 -62.5 -75.5 16 13.0 -63.3 272 28 619.6 619.6 321.5 620.0 0.06 49 21 25945 -59.5 -74.5 13 15.0 -60.7 274 28 645.0 645.0 322.5 645.6 0.08 50 20 26250 -60.7 -74.7 14 14.0 -61.7 275 28 650.4 650.4 322.7 651.0 0.08 51 16 27641 -61.7 -74.7 16 13.0 -62.8 279 34 690.0 690.0 324.1 690.8 0.10 52 14 28481 -56.5 -71.5 13 15.0 -58.7 277 38 734.5 734.5 325.6 736.1 0.18 53 12 29455 -59.3 -72.3 17 13.0 -61.1 274 42 757.6 757.7 326.2 759.4 0.18 54 11 30012 -51.5 -69.5 10 18.0 -55.6 272 44 805.1 805.2 327.4 808.1 0.30 55 10 30630 -52.9 -68.9 13 16.0 -56.7 270 47 822.1 822.3 327.8 825.8 0.36 56 8.2 31919 -49.9 -67.9 10 18.0 -55.4 881.9 882.2 329.2 887.5 0.50 TRP 232 10914 -51.9 -67.9 13 16.0 -52.2 255 90 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 WND 139 14205 -56.3 -78.0 5 21.6 -56.7 270 103 381.2 381.2 302.5 381.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5488.00 m Freezing level: 746.55 mb = 2527.07 m = 8290.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.46 mb = 2429.99 m = 7972.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.70 % Est. max temperature: 18.46 C = 65.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.34 mb = 419.56 m = 1376.48 ft T: 7.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 0.05 C Layer 943.0- 930.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.98 mb = 491.33 m = 1611.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.10 C = 48.38 F Cap Strength: 5.98 C Lifted Index: 6.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.37 C Showalter Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 29.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57753.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.23 mb = 952.11 m = 3123.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 296 at 12 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 90 6 -6.0 0.0 | 107 17 -16.5 5.0 1 976 305 90 6 -6.0 0.0 | 107 17 -16.5 5.0 2 940 610 120 14 -12.1 7.0 | 118 26 -22.6 12.0 3 925 746 125 14 -11.5 8.0 | 121 26 -21.9 13.0 4 906 914 135 14 -9.9 9.9 | 126 25 -20.4 14.9 5 874 1219 135 11 -7.8 7.8 | 125 22 -18.2 12.8 6 850 1445 125 8 -6.6 4.6 | 119 20 -17.0 9.6 7 842 1524 130 8 -6.1 5.1 | 121 19 -16.6 10.1 8 811 1829 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 121 18 -15.8 9.5 9 781 2134 125 7 -5.7 4.0 | 119 19 -16.2 9.0 10 752 2438 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 127 16 -12.6 9.5 11 724 2743 165 5 -1.3 4.8 | 130 15 -11.8 9.8 12 700 3014 200 1 0.3 0.9 | 120 12 -10.1 5.9 13 697 3048 210 1 0.5 0.9 | 120 12 -10.0 5.9 14 670 3353 25 6 -2.5 -5.4 | 88 13 -13.0 -0.4 15 644 3658 355 6 0.5 -6.0 | 84 10 -9.9 -1.0 16 594 4267 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 58 11 -9.5 -6.0 17 549 4877 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 274 11 10.8 -0.7 18 507 5486 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 273 27 27.0 -1.6 19 500 5590 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 260 29 28.5 5.0 20 467 6096 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 236 35 29.0 19.4 21 400 7220 230 50 38.3 32.1 | 217 46 27.8 37.1 22 395 7315 230 53 40.6 34.1 | 218 49 30.1 39.1 23 378 7620 230 64 49.0 41.1 | 220 60 38.6 46.1 24 331 8534 225 94 66.5 66.5 | 218 91 56.0 71.5 25 303 9144 225 89 62.9 62.9 | 218 86 52.5 67.9 26 300 9220 230 90 68.9 57.9 | 223 86 58.5 62.8 27 277 9754 240 100 86.6 50.0 | 234 94 76.1 55.0 28 250 10430 255 93 89.8 24.1 | 250 85 79.4 29.1 29 241 10668 255 89 86.0 23.0 | 250 81 75.5 28.0 30 232 10914 255 90 86.9 23.3 | 250 82 76.5 28.3 31 200 11870 270 97 97.0 -0.0 | 267 87 86.5 5.0 32 181 12497 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 266 79 78.5 5.0 33 150 13720 270 97 97.0 -0.0 | 267 87 86.5 5.0 34 139 14205 270 103 103.0 -0.0 | 267 93 92.5 5.0 35 136 14326 270 103 103.0 -0.0 | 267 93 92.5 5.0 36 118 15240 280 82 80.8 -14.2 | 277 71 70.3 -9.2 37 100 16280 285 72 69.5 -18.6 | 283 61 59.1 -13.6 38 97 16459 285 71 68.6 -18.4 | 283 60 58.1 -13.4 39 84 17374 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 255 36 34.4 8.9 40 72 18288 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 263 44 43.5 5.0 41 70 18480 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 263 42 41.5 5.0 42 62 19202 280 58 57.1 -10.1 | 276 47 46.7 -5.1 43 59 19507 295 54 48.9 -22.8 | 295 42 38.5 -17.8 44 51 20422 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 243 36 32.0 16.4 45 50 20540 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 243 36 32.0 16.4 46 44 21336 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 282 45 43.6 -9.5 47 40 21946 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 295 23 21.3 -9.8 48 36 22555 305 32 26.2 -18.4 | 310 21 15.8 -13.4 49 30 23720 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 248 20 18.4 7.5 50 20 26250 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 262 18 17.4 2.5 51 17 27432 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 272 22 22.0 -0.7 52 10 30630 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 262 37 36.5 5.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.2 neg: -31.1 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 86.67 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 115 11 115 23| 10.1 0.0 10.1| 36.0 0.0 36.0 72.0 0.53| 11.3 6.0 1000 125 12 120 23| 3.7 0.0 3.7| 49.3 -5.6 43.7 43.7 0.42| 8.5 3.6 1500 126 11 121 22| 2.5 1.1 3.5| 51.6 -13.3 38.3 25.6 0.30| 6.9 2.0 2000 127 10 121 21| 1.8 0.8 2.6| 57.4 -15.8 41.6 20.8 0.30| 5.8 1.7 2500 130 9 122 20| 1.5 0.7 2.2| 65.2 -15.8 49.5 19.8 0.33| 5.3 1.8 3000 131 8 122 19| 1.0 0.5 1.6| 65.2 -31.1 34.1 11.4 0.07| 6.2 0.4 4000 111 8 114 19| 0.8 0.9 1.7| 65.2 -50.3 15.0 3.7 -0.09| 6.2 -0.6 5000 317 10 53 4| 0.7 3.4 4.1| 65.5 -99.3 -33.8 -6.8 -0.32| 8.4 -2.7 6000 266 15 219 8| 0.5 4.0 4.5| 65.5-278.7-213.2 -35.5 -0.43| 9.5 -4.1 Wrote GIF file: 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