UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 27 MAR 20 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 27 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 30 SFC 972 270 10.8 10.3 97 0.5 10.5 30 10 286.3 287.7 284.9 308.9 8.11 2 942 531 10.4 10.1 98 0.3 10.2 63 11 288.4 289.9 285.9 311.6 8.26 3 925 682 11.0 10.6 97 0.4 10.7 130 10 290.6 292.1 287.2 315.2 8.70 4 919 737 11.4 10.5 94 0.9 10.9 138 12 291.5 293.1 287.5 316.2 8.70 5 896 951 15.2 14.4 95 0.8 14.7 172 18 297.5 299.6 292.0 331.2 11.59 6 850 1397 13.2 12.5 96 0.7 12.7 235 25 300.0 301.9 292.2 331.6 10.78 7 838 1517 12.8 12.3 97 0.5 12.5 240 27 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.5 10.79 8 820 1698 11.4 9.6 89 1.8 10.3 249 28 301.2 302.9 291.2 328.3 9.19 9 810 1801 11.2 3.2 58 8.0 6.8 254 29 302.0 303.1 288.7 319.9 5.95 10 795 1958 15.4 -2.6 29 18.0 6.3 259 29 308.1 308.9 288.9 320.5 3.97 11 790 2012 15.0 -4.0 27 19.0 5.6 261 30 308.2 308.9 288.6 319.5 3.60 12 700 3022 7.6 -8.4 31 16.0 0.5 245 47 310.9 311.4 288.8 320.2 2.90 13 622 3983 0.6 -9.4 47 10.0 -3.7 250 49 313.6 314.1 289.8 323.3 3.01 14 574 4622 -4.7 -13.7 49 9.0 -8.1 253 56 314.6 315.1 289.4 322.2 2.31 15 521 5375 -11.3 -14.3 78 3.0 -12.3 258 58 315.5 316.0 289.8 323.5 2.43 16 500 5690 -13.5 -15.2 87 1.7 -14.1 260 57 316.6 317.0 290.0 324.3 2.35 17 490 5843 -14.5 -15.7 91 1.2 -14.9 262 57 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.8 2.30 18 400 7350 -24.3 -28.4 69 4.1 -25.1 260 72 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.7 0.92 19 390 7534 -25.5 -31.5 57 6.0 -26.6 260 73 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.7 0.70 20 341 8495 -32.9 -40.9 45 8.0 -33.7 261 91 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.31 21 331 8704 -33.3 -44.3 32 11.0 -34.3 257 94 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.23 22 310 9163 -35.9 -44.9 39 9.0 -36.7 250 98 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.23 23 300 9390 -37.7 -47.7 34 10.0 -38.4 250 99 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.17 24 272 10058 -43.7 -48.7 58 5.0 -44.0 250 106 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 25 250 10620 -47.9 -52.9 56 5.0 -48.1 250 112 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 26 222 11392 -54.7 -60.4 50 5.6 -54.9 250 118 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 27 208 11805 -58.5 -64.5 46 6.0 -58.6 250 115 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.03 28 200 12050 -60.5 -65.5 52 5.0 -60.6 250 113 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 29 172 12975 -66.3 -71.3 49 5.0 -66.4 250 111 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.01 30 168 13118 -62.9 -70.9 33 8.0 -63.0 252 111 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 31 150 13820 -59.9 -77.9 8 18.0 -60.1 260 102 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 32 146 13990 -57.7 -79.7 4 22.0 -58.0 259 97 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.6 0.00 33 119 15272 -61.1 -85.1 3 24.0 -61.3 255 93 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 34 101 16297 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.2 258 72 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.8 0.00 35 100 16360 -58.9 -84.9 2 26.0 -59.2 255 73 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 36 97 16551 -57.5 -85.5 2 28.0 -57.9 256 71 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 37 72 18380 -67.3 -86.3 5 19.0 -67.5 265 55 436.9 436.9 309.6 436.9 0.00 38 70 18550 -64.7 -85.7 4 21.0 -64.9 265 51 446.0 446.0 310.5 446.0 0.00 39 69 18638 -63.9 -85.9 3 22.0 -64.1 266 49 449.5 449.5 310.8 449.5 0.00 40 50 20600 -65.9 -85.9 5 20.0 -66.2 235 19 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 41 49 20723 -66.5 -85.5 5 19.0 -66.7 225 23 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.01 42 45 21243 -63.3 -85.3 4 22.0 -63.7 268 25 509.4 509.4 315.6 509.5 0.01 43 41 21811 -66.3 -86.3 4 20.0 -66.6 276 26 515.7 515.7 316.0 515.7 0.01 44 35 22787 -59.3 -85.3 2 26.0 -60.2 276 23 557.8 557.8 318.5 557.9 0.01 45 31 23545 -60.9 -85.9 2 25.0 -61.7 245 37 573.2 573.2 319.3 573.3 0.01 46 30 23750 -58.5 -85.5 2 27.0 -59.6 240 44 585.2 585.2 319.9 585.2 0.01 47 29 23964 -56.7 -85.7 1 29.0 -58.0 243 38 595.8 595.8 320.4 595.9 0.01 48 24 25150 -61.3 -86.3 2 25.0 -62.3 263 40 615.6 615.6 321.3 615.6 0.01 49 24 25150 -58.3 -85.3 2 27.0 -59.6 263 40 624.3 624.3 321.7 624.4 0.01 50 20 26300 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -59.0 260 45 660.8 660.8 323.1 660.9 0.01 51 16 27720 -55.5 -84.5 2 29.0 -58.0 253 53 710.2 710.2 324.7 710.4 0.02 52 15 28137 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -54.7 255 62 739.4 739.4 325.6 739.6 0.02 53 10 30810 -46.3 -83.3 1 37.0 -53.4 255 72 846.7 846.7 328.3 847.1 0.04 54 9.3 31295 -45.5 -81.5 1 36.0 -53.2 255 78 867.5 867.6 328.8 868.1 0.06 55 8.3 32063 -41.3 -81.3 1 40.0 -51.7 255 87 912.7 912.8 329.7 913.4 0.06 56 7.0 33230 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -51.4 255 101 970.7 970.8 330.7 971.7 0.09 57 5.6 34777 -34.5 -77.5 0 43.0 -51.1 1051.4 1051.5 332.0 1053.6 0.18 TRP 172 12975 -66.3 -71.3 49 5.0 -66.4 250 111 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.01 WND 222 11392 -54.7 -60.4 50 5.6 -54.9 250 118 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.00 m Freezing level: 616.57 mb = 4055.37 m = 13304.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.84 mb = 3129.15 m = 10266.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.54 C = 77.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.76 mb = 332.13 m = 1089.65 ft T: 10.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 12.64 C Layer 820.0- 795.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 972.00 mb = 270.00 m = 885.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.69 C = 54.85 F Cap Strength: 9.52 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.40 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 26.00 C K Index: 23.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49695.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.33 mb = 779.58 m = 2557.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 282 at 31 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 972 270 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 87 36 -35.7 -1.9 1 968 305 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 87 36 -35.7 -1.9 2 933 610 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 95 42 -41.3 3.9 3 925 682 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 109 41 -38.4 13.2 4 900 914 165 18 -4.7 17.4 | 124 43 -35.4 24.2 5 868 1219 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 144 27 -15.9 21.6 6 850 1397 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 154 23 -10.2 21.1 7 837 1524 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 160 22 -7.3 20.3 8 807 1829 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 169 15 -2.7 14.3 9 778 2134 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 175 9 -0.8 9.4 10 751 2438 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 200 14 4.7 13.0 11 724 2743 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 208 25 11.6 22.2 12 700 3022 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 204 29 11.9 26.7 13 698 3048 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 204 29 11.9 26.7 14 646 3658 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 210 27 13.4 22.9 15 598 4267 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 216 31 18.1 24.6 16 554 4877 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 231 35 27.2 22.3 17 500 5690 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 237 30 25.4 16.7 18 473 6096 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 246 30 27.1 11.8 19 400 7350 260 72 70.9 12.5 | 244 45 40.2 19.3 20 385 7620 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 245 47 42.2 19.6 21 353 8230 265 89 88.7 7.8 | 256 60 57.9 14.5 22 311 9144 250 98 92.1 33.5 | 237 73 61.4 40.3 23 300 9390 250 99 93.0 33.9 | 237 74 62.3 40.6 24 250 10620 250 112 105.2 38.3 | 239 87 74.5 45.1 25 248 10668 250 113 106.2 38.6 | 239 88 75.5 45.4 26 226 11278 250 118 110.9 40.4 | 240 93 80.2 47.1 27 222 11392 250 118 110.9 40.4 | 240 93 80.2 47.1 28 200 12050 250 113 106.2 38.6 | 239 88 75.5 45.4 29 172 12975 250 111 104.3 38.0 | 239 86 73.6 44.8 30 153 13716 260 111 109.3 19.3 | 252 83 78.6 26.1 31 150 13820 260 102 100.5 17.7 | 251 74 69.7 24.5 32 132 14630 255 79 76.3 20.4 | 239 53 45.6 27.2 33 120 15240 255 94 90.8 24.3 | 243 68 60.1 31.1 34 103 16154 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 252 41 39.0 12.9 35 100 16360 255 73 70.5 18.9 | 237 47 39.8 25.7 36 73 18288 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 246 29 26.1 11.8 37 70 18550 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 241 23 20.1 11.2 38 63 19202 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 209 4 2.2 3.9 39 60 19507 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 147 11 -5.8 9.0 40 57 19812 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 149 23 -11.9 20.0 41 51 20422 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 128 20 -15.7 12.3 42 50 20600 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 139 23 -15.2 17.7 43 49 20726 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 148 27 -14.5 23.1 44 44 21336 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 128 7 -5.8 4.6 45 42 21641 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 117 5 -4.1 2.1 46 36 22555 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 140 14 -9.1 10.6 47 35 22860 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 109 9 -8.1 2.8 48 33 23165 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 146 15 -8.5 12.7 49 30 23750 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 194 30 7.4 28.8 50 30 23774 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 194 30 7.4 28.8 51 27 24384 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 155 17 -7.2 15.3 52 22 25603 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 250 20 18.3 6.8 53 20 26300 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 223 20 13.6 14.6 54 17 27432 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 208 25 11.6 22.2 55 15 28042 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 231 36 28.2 22.6 56 10 30810 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 237 46 38.8 25.4 57 7 33230 255 101 97.6 26.1 | 244 75 66.8 32.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 503.7 neg: -10.1 tot: 493.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 365.87 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 73 11 95 41| 19.9 0.0 19.9|206.0 0.0 206.0 412.1 0.89| 22.3 19.8 1000 160 15 120 41| 16.4 0.0 16.4|418.8 0.0 418.8 418.8 0.79| 26.3 20.8 1500 215 18 137 30| 12.6 0.0 12.6|465.8 0.0 465.8 310.5 0.75| 22.0 16.6 2000 237 21 145 22| 10.2 0.0 10.2|478.4 0.0 478.4 239.2 0.72| 18.8 13.5 2500 245 25 155 19| 8.1 3.2 11.3|496.0 0.0 496.0 198.4 0.64| 18.3 11.8 3000 245 28 166 19| 6.8 3.1 9.9|503.7 -10.1 493.6 164.5 0.60| 16.1 9.7 4000 247 34 181 20| 5.8 2.3 8.1|540.9 -10.1 530.7 132.7 0.61| 13.1 7.9 5000 249 39 195 21| 5.3 1.8 7.2|626.3 -10.1 616.2 123.2 0.63| 11.7 7.4 6000 252 42 206 22| 4.6 1.5 6.2|680.9 -10.5 670.4 111.7 0.63| 10.6 6.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20200327.12.gif