UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 MAR 20 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 29 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 107 SFC 981 270 7.8 1.8 66 6.0 5.0 260 9 282.5 283.3 279.0 294.9 4.44 2 951 524 8.2 -0.8 53 9.0 4.1 289 28 285.4 286.1 279.6 296.2 3.79 3 925 750 7.4 -4.6 42 12.0 2.4 305 39 286.9 287.4 279.3 295.4 2.93 4 924 759 7.4 -5.6 39 13.0 2.1 305 39 287.0 287.4 279.0 294.9 2.72 5 915 839 8.2 -27.8 6 36.0 -1.0 305 41 288.6 288.7 276.6 290.0 0.42 6 889 1077 6.8 -28.2 6 35.0 -2.0 310 45 289.5 289.6 277.1 290.9 0.42 7 873 1225 6.0 -10.0 31 16.0 0.0 315 46 290.2 290.6 279.7 296.3 2.04 8 850 1443 4.2 -8.8 38 13.0 -0.7 315 48 290.5 291.0 280.2 297.4 2.31 9 843 1510 3.6 -8.4 41 12.0 -1.0 315 48 290.6 291.0 280.3 297.7 2.40 10 763 2309 -3.1 -14.1 42 11.0 -6.6 314 49 291.8 292.1 280.0 296.9 1.68 11 737 2583 -3.9 -17.9 33 14.0 -7.9 303 48 293.8 294.0 280.3 297.7 1.27 12 725 2713 -2.9 -33.9 7 31.0 -9.1 297 47 296.3 296.3 280.1 297.3 0.30 13 705 2935 -3.3 -30.3 10 27.0 -9.2 295 46 298.2 298.3 281.2 299.7 0.44 14 700 2991 -3.7 -28.7 12 25.0 -9.4 295 46 298.4 298.5 281.4 300.1 0.51 15 692 3082 -4.7 -22.7 23 18.0 -9.4 294 45 298.3 298.4 281.8 301.1 0.89 16 686 3150 -4.9 -30.9 11 26.0 -10.4 294 44 298.8 298.9 281.4 300.2 0.42 17 672 3312 -6.3 -23.3 25 17.0 -10.6 293 43 299.0 299.1 282.1 301.8 0.87 18 657 3488 -7.5 -28.5 17 21.0 -12.1 291 41 299.6 299.7 281.9 301.4 0.55 19 585 4379 -14.1 -19.1 66 5.0 -15.4 286 31 302.0 302.2 284.0 306.6 1.44 20 569 4589 -15.1 -26.1 39 11.0 -17.4 287 30 303.2 303.4 283.7 305.8 0.80 21 538 5010 -18.7 -30.7 34 12.0 -20.8 290 27 303.8 303.9 283.7 305.7 0.55 22 500 5550 -23.9 -28.3 67 4.4 -24.6 280 29 303.9 304.0 284.0 306.4 0.74 23 497 5594 -24.3 -28.4 69 4.1 -25.0 279 30 303.9 304.1 284.0 306.4 0.74 24 487 5742 -25.1 -32.1 52 7.0 -26.1 277 32 304.7 304.8 284.0 306.5 0.53 25 428 6667 -33.1 -40.1 50 7.0 -33.7 270 44 306.0 306.0 284.2 306.9 0.27 26 400 7140 -36.5 -49.5 25 13.0 -37.2 270 49 307.6 307.6 284.5 307.9 0.10 27 390 7315 -37.5 -54.5 15 17.0 -38.3 270 52 308.5 308.5 284.8 308.7 0.06 28 319 8673 -45.9 -63.9 11 18.0 -46.3 270 68 315.1 315.1 287.1 315.2 0.02 29 309 8884 -46.3 -63.3 13 17.0 -46.7 270 70 317.4 317.4 287.9 317.5 0.02 30 300 9080 -46.7 -62.7 15 16.0 -47.1 265 67 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.6 0.03 31 287 9374 -48.3 -64.3 14 16.0 -48.7 265 66 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.4 0.02 32 250 10290 -46.3 -73.3 3 27.0 -46.9 260 69 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.01 33 222 11081 -43.7 -79.7 1 36.0 -44.6 256 66 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.00 34 200 11780 -43.7 -80.7 1 37.0 -44.6 250 60 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 35 183 12371 -45.3 -81.3 1 36.0 -46.2 247 59 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 36 150 13680 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -50.0 240 57 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 37 135 14370 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -52.7 240 55 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 38 101 16246 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -55.1 242 59 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 39 100 16310 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -55.1 240 58 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 40 78 17882 -59.5 -85.5 2 26.0 -59.9 247 46 443.2 443.2 310.2 443.2 0.00 41 70 18560 -59.1 -85.1 2 26.0 -59.6 235 29 457.9 458.0 311.6 458.0 0.00 42 63 19216 -62.1 -86.1 3 24.0 -62.4 249 27 465.3 465.3 312.3 465.4 0.00 43 56 19943 -63.1 -86.1 3 23.0 -63.4 209 13 479.0 479.0 313.4 479.0 0.00 44 52 20404 -58.5 -85.5 2 27.0 -59.2 224 13 500.0 500.0 314.9 500.0 0.01 45 50 20650 -59.5 -85.5 2 26.0 -60.1 240 14 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.01 46 38 22378 -57.5 -84.5 2 27.0 -58.5 212 32 549.5 549.5 318.1 549.5 0.01 47 35 22902 -54.5 -83.5 2 29.0 -55.9 238 34 570.4 570.4 319.2 570.4 0.01 48 30 23890 -54.5 -83.5 2 29.0 -56.2 245 23 596.1 596.1 320.5 596.1 0.01 49 21 26193 -52.9 -82.9 1 30.0 -55.5 241 39 664.9 664.9 323.2 665.1 0.02 50 20 26510 -50.7 -81.7 1 31.0 -53.9 240 38 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.2 0.03 51 17 27563 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -55.9 244 43 706.3 706.3 324.6 706.6 0.03 52 15 28382 -46.5 -80.5 1 34.0 -52.0 220 45 753.3 753.4 326.0 753.7 0.04 53 11 30429 -49.1 -80.1 1 31.0 -54.6 235 70 813.8 813.8 327.6 814.3 0.06 54 10 31060 -45.1 -80.1 1 35.0 -52.7 240 78 851.2 851.2 328.4 851.8 0.07 55 9.1 31695 -41.1 -79.1 1 38.0 -51.2 889.8 889.9 329.2 890.7 0.08 TRP 287 9374 -48.3 -64.3 14 16.0 -48.7 265 66 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.4 0.02 WND 309 8884 -46.3 -63.3 13 17.0 -46.7 270 70 317.4 317.4 287.9 317.5 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5443.00 m Freezing level: 800.01 mb = 1939.60 m = 6363.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 917.88 mb = 813.57 m = 2669.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.27 % Est. max temperature: 16.04 C = 60.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.93 mb = 1021.87 m = 3352.54 ft T: 7.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 6.26 C Layer 925.0- 889.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.20 mb = 4195.02 m = 13763.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Cap Strength: 10.31 C Lifted Index: 9.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.46 C Showalter Index: 6.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 15.10 C K Index: -5.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 125.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74905.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.35 mb = 2558.34 m = 8393.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 327 at 29 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 981 270 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 165 26 -6.7 25.6 1 977 305 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 165 26 -6.7 25.6 2 941 610 300 35 30.3 -17.5 | 246 16 14.8 6.5 3 925 750 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 264 16 16.4 1.6 4 907 914 305 43 35.2 -24.7 | 272 20 19.7 -0.7 5 874 1219 315 46 32.5 -32.5 | 297 19 17.0 -8.5 6 850 1443 315 48 33.9 -33.9 | 298 21 18.4 -9.9 7 841 1524 315 48 33.9 -33.9 | 298 21 18.4 -9.9 8 810 1829 315 51 36.1 -36.1 | 300 24 20.5 -12.1 9 779 2134 320 49 31.5 -37.5 | 310 21 15.9 -13.5 10 750 2438 310 49 37.5 -31.5 | 289 23 22.0 -7.5 11 722 2743 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 261 27 27.0 4.1 12 700 2991 295 46 41.7 -19.4 | 260 27 26.1 4.6 13 641 3658 290 39 36.6 -13.3 | 243 24 21.1 10.7 14 592 4267 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 224 22 15.4 15.7 15 546 4877 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 217 18 10.8 14.4 16 525 5182 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 207 17 7.9 15.5 17 500 5550 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 214 23 13.0 19.0 18 463 6096 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 223 33 22.4 24.0 19 400 7140 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 234 41 33.4 24.0 20 373 7620 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 241 49 42.4 24.0 21 311 8839 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 246 60 54.4 24.0 22 309 8884 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 246 60 54.4 24.0 23 300 9080 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 240 59 51.2 29.8 24 297 9144 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 239 58 50.2 29.8 25 287 9374 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 239 58 50.2 29.8 26 250 10290 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 236 64 52.4 36.0 27 236 10668 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 236 64 52.4 36.0 28 200 11780 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 223 60 40.8 44.5 29 150 13680 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 213 62 33.8 52.5 30 118 15240 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 211 58 29.5 50.0 31 107 15850 230 64 49.0 41.1 | 207 73 33.5 65.1 32 102 16154 245 61 55.3 25.8 | 219 64 39.7 49.8 33 100 16310 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 213 63 34.7 53.0 34 80 17678 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 214 56 31.6 46.0 35 73 18288 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 204 39 15.5 35.3 36 70 18560 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 191 41 8.2 40.6 37 70 18593 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 188 42 5.9 42.0 38 63 19202 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 196 35 9.8 33.2 39 60 19507 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 173 37 -4.6 37.0 40 54 20117 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 162 36 -10.9 34.0 41 50 20650 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 174 31 -3.4 31.0 42 49 20726 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 175 29 -2.4 28.8 43 47 21031 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 176 37 -2.8 36.7 44 45 21336 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 176 39 -2.7 39.3 45 39 22250 205 31 13.1 28.1 | 177 52 -2.5 52.1 46 35 22860 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 197 46 13.1 44.1 47 32 23470 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 200 28 9.3 26.2 48 31 23774 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 196 29 8.1 28.2 49 30 23890 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 189 34 5.3 33.7 50 29 24079 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 186 38 4.1 37.8 51 28 24384 215 34 19.5 27.9 | 184 52 3.9 51.9 52 27 24689 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 195 56 14.1 53.7 53 24 25298 245 41 37.2 17.3 | 208 47 21.6 41.3 54 20 26510 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 202 46 17.4 43.0 55 17 27432 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 210 49 24.3 42.6 56 16 28042 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 203 48 19.1 44.0 57 15 28346 220 44 28.3 33.7 | 192 59 12.7 57.7 58 10 31060 240 78 67.5 39.0 | 220 82 52.0 63.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.1 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 327.1 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.7 neg: -147.4 tot: 107.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 19.56 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 296 26 212 15| 34.7 0.0 34.7|177.1 0.0 177.1 354.2 0.95| 37.3 35.3 1000 305 35 252 14| 21.6 0.0 21.6|229.5 0.0 229.5 229.5 0.94| 24.6 23.0 1500 309 39 273 15| 14.4 1.4 15.7|235.8 0.0 235.8 157.2 0.89| 17.8 15.7 2000 311 42 283 16| 10.4 1.0 11.5|254.7 -16.6 238.1 119.1 0.78| 15.1 11.9 2500 310 43 283 18| 8.4 3.4 11.8|254.7-122.8 131.9 52.8 0.39| 15.7 6.1 3000 307 44 277 19| 7.0 3.0 10.0|254.7-147.4 107.3 35.8 0.32| 13.8 4.5 4000 303 42 267 20| 5.2 3.1 8.3|254.7-220.0 34.7 8.7 0.15| 11.9 1.8 5000 301 39 258 19| 4.1 2.6 6.7|257.8-246.9 11.0 2.2 0.09| 10.5 1.0 6000 297 38 250 20| 3.4 3.0 6.4|307.3-246.9 60.4 10.1 0.14| 10.2 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KTOP/skewt/KTOP.skewt.20200329.12.gif