UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020033012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 MAR 20 Searching for KTOP... Searching the city database file for: KTOP ... Date:1200Z 30 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 186 SFC 990 270 3.8 1.5 85 2.3 2.8 130 3 277.7 278.5 276.4 289.5 4.30 2 979 362 11.6 1.6 50 10.0 6.8 133 5 286.5 287.2 280.9 299.0 4.38 3 972 421 13.4 -0.6 38 14.0 6.8 136 8 288.9 289.5 281.2 299.8 3.76 4 946 648 13.8 -3.2 31 17.0 6.1 148 14 291.5 292.1 281.7 300.9 3.19 5 925 836 12.6 -3.4 33 16.0 5.4 165 10 292.2 292.8 282.0 301.7 3.21 6 850 1539 7.6 -5.4 39 13.0 2.0 240 9 294.1 294.6 282.6 303.1 3.00 7 707 3021 -5.1 -11.1 63 6.0 -7.2 314 13 296.0 296.4 282.6 303.0 2.31 8 700 3099 -5.5 -12.5 58 7.0 -7.9 310 14 296.4 296.8 282.5 302.8 2.09 9 670 3441 -6.9 -18.9 38 12.0 -10.3 301 22 298.6 298.8 282.4 302.6 1.28 10 639 3808 -9.3 -13.2 73 3.9 -10.6 295 31 299.9 300.3 284.0 306.6 2.16 11 602 4266 -12.3 -16.6 70 4.3 -13.6 281 31 301.6 301.9 284.2 307.1 1.73 12 548 4979 -15.9 -25.9 42 10.0 -18.0 262 35 305.5 305.7 284.7 308.3 0.84 13 508 5543 -21.3 -24.0 79 2.7 -21.9 255 40 305.7 305.9 285.0 309.2 1.08 14 500 5660 -21.9 -25.5 73 3.6 -22.6 255 41 306.3 306.5 285.1 309.5 0.96 15 483 5915 -23.9 -27.8 70 3.9 -24.6 255 43 306.9 307.1 285.2 309.6 0.81 16 473 6068 -24.3 -33.3 43 9.0 -25.6 255 44 308.3 308.4 285.3 309.9 0.49 17 442 6563 -26.1 -40.1 26 14.0 -27.7 255 52 312.0 312.1 286.4 313.0 0.26 18 429 6779 -28.1 -37.1 42 9.0 -29.2 255 55 312.2 312.2 286.5 313.5 0.37 19 400 7280 -31.1 -60.1 4 29.0 -32.6 255 64 314.6 314.6 287.0 314.7 0.03 20 391 7440 -31.5 -56.5 7 25.0 -33.0 255 67 316.1 316.1 287.5 316.3 0.05 21 300 9260 -42.7 -59.7 14 17.0 -43.3 265 105 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.3 0.04 22 290 9488 -43.7 -61.7 12 18.0 -44.3 264 111 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.1 0.03 23 260 10214 -48.9 -63.9 16 15.1 -49.2 260 131 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.03 24 250 10470 -50.7 -64.7 17 14.0 -51.0 260 130 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.8 0.03 25 216 11411 -56.1 -70.1 16 14.0 -56.3 260 117 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.01 26 200 11900 -55.9 -71.9 12 16.0 -56.1 265 110 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.01 27 196 12028 -56.5 -73.5 10 17.0 -56.7 265 109 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 28 172 12862 -52.3 -75.3 5 23.0 -52.7 265 76 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 29 150 13740 -54.3 -80.3 3 26.0 -54.7 265 70 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 30 101 16257 -57.9 -83.9 2 26.0 -58.3 251 50 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 31 100 16320 -57.7 -83.7 2 26.0 -58.1 250 50 416.2 416.2 307.3 416.3 0.00 32 98 16447 -58.1 -84.1 2 26.0 -58.5 249 50 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 33 77 17975 -54.5 -83.5 2 29.0 -55.2 256 52 455.2 455.2 311.3 455.2 0.00 34 70 18580 -57.3 -84.3 2 27.0 -57.9 265 46 461.8 461.8 312.0 461.8 0.00 35 61 19445 -59.5 -85.5 2 26.0 -60.0 272 43 475.4 475.4 313.1 475.5 0.00 36 57 19872 -56.3 -84.3 2 28.0 -57.1 277 28 492.0 492.0 314.4 492.0 0.01 37 50 20700 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -59.0 255 21 506.1 506.1 315.4 506.1 0.01 38 48 20959 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -56.7 257 20 518.2 518.2 316.2 518.3 0.01 39 43 21653 -59.9 -84.9 2 25.0 -60.6 263 22 524.5 524.5 316.6 524.5 0.01 40 41 21954 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -55.4 265 25 546.1 546.1 317.9 546.2 0.01 41 39 22274 -55.9 -83.9 2 28.0 -57.1 261 25 549.4 549.4 318.1 549.5 0.01 42 30 23960 -51.7 -82.7 1 31.0 -53.9 240 23 603.7 603.7 320.8 603.8 0.01 43 29 24181 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -53.3 239 23 611.8 611.8 321.2 611.9 0.01 44 24 25402 -55.7 -83.7 2 28.0 -57.5 232 25 631.9 631.9 322.0 632.0 0.01 45 21 26255 -55.5 -84.5 2 29.0 -57.5 227 27 657.1 657.1 323.0 657.2 0.01 46 20 26570 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -53.8 225 27 681.6 681.6 323.8 681.7 0.02 47 19 26905 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -53.7 227 29 692.9 692.9 324.2 693.1 0.02 48 18 27259 -50.1 -82.1 1 32.0 -53.8 229 30 703.7 703.7 324.6 703.9 0.03 49 16 28038 -45.3 -82.3 1 37.0 -51.1 231 33 743.5 743.5 325.7 743.7 0.03 50 14 28922 -49.7 -81.7 1 32.0 -54.2 232 37 757.5 757.5 326.1 757.8 0.04 51 13 29412 -45.3 -81.3 1 36.0 -51.8 233 38 789.0 789.0 327.0 789.3 0.04 52 12 29949 -43.3 -80.3 1 37.0 -51.1 233 40 814.3 814.4 327.6 814.8 0.05 53 11 30540 -39.7 -79.7 1 40.0 -49.7 234 43 847.9 848.0 328.4 848.6 0.06 54 10 31190 -41.5 -78.5 1 37.0 -51.0 235 45 864.6 864.7 328.7 865.5 0.08 55 8.9 31985 -36.9 -76.9 1 40.0 -49.5 911.7 911.8 329.7 913.0 0.12 56 7.0 33630 -40.3 -76.3 1 36.0 -52.0 962.5 962.6 330.6 964.4 0.17 57 6.8 33828 -40.3 -76.3 1 36.0 -52.2 970.5 970.6 330.7 972.5 0.18 TRP 216 11411 -56.1 -70.1 16 14.0 -56.3 260 117 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.01 WND 260 10214 -48.9 -63.9 16 15.1 -49.2 260 131 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5474.00 m Freezing level: 764.43 mb = 2425.79 m = 7958.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 818.72 mb = 1840.58 m = 6038.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.38 % Est. max temperature: 20.25 C = 68.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.39 mb = 565.71 m = 1855.99 ft T: 13.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 0.46 C Layer 707.0- 639.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.98 mb = 3394.77 m = 11137.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Cap Strength: 7.17 C Lifted Index: 6.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.68 C Showalter Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 17.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 59.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60312.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.12 mb = 2501.86 m = 8208.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 296 at 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 270 130 3 -2.3 1.9 | 118 20 -17.6 9.4 1 986 305 130 3 -2.3 1.9 | 118 20 -17.6 9.4 2 950 610 145 15 -8.6 12.3 | 130 31 -23.9 19.7 3 925 836 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 134 25 -17.8 17.1 4 916 914 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 136 23 -16.0 16.4 5 883 1219 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 143 18 -10.7 14.0 6 852 1524 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 148 14 -7.5 11.9 7 850 1539 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 148 14 -7.5 11.9 8 820 1829 245 8 7.3 3.4 | 143 13 -8.0 10.8 9 789 2134 250 7 6.6 2.4 | 139 13 -8.7 9.8 10 760 2438 270 7 7.0 -0.0 | 132 11 -8.3 7.4 11 732 2743 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 109 6 -5.7 1.9 12 704 3048 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 74 6 -6.1 -1.7 13 700 3099 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 71 5 -4.5 -1.6 14 650 3658 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 293 11 10.1 -4.4 15 625 3962 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 294 17 15.6 -6.9 16 600 4267 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 262 15 15.3 2.1 17 554 4877 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 241 21 18.6 10.4 18 532 5182 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 231 28 21.4 17.3 19 500 5660 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 233 30 24.3 18.1 20 471 6096 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 235 33 27.2 18.8 21 400 7280 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 243 52 46.6 24.0 22 381 7620 255 71 68.6 18.4 | 244 59 53.3 25.8 23 333 8534 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 257 66 64.4 14.4 24 305 9144 265 104 103.6 9.1 | 259 90 88.3 16.5 25 300 9260 265 105 104.6 9.2 | 259 91 89.3 16.6 26 260 10214 260 131 129.0 22.7 | 255 118 113.7 30.2 27 254 10363 260 131 129.0 22.7 | 255 118 113.7 30.2 28 250 10470 260 130 128.0 22.6 | 255 117 112.8 30.0 29 242 10668 260 125 123.1 21.7 | 255 112 107.8 29.1 30 216 11411 260 117 115.2 20.3 | 254 104 100.0 27.8 31 200 11900 265 110 109.6 9.6 | 260 96 94.3 17.0 32 191 12192 265 107 106.6 9.3 | 260 93 91.3 16.8 33 166 13106 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 255 51 49.5 13.1 34 151 13716 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 256 57 55.5 13.6 35 150 13740 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 256 56 54.5 13.5 36 124 14935 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 251 37 34.5 11.8 37 118 15240 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 252 39 37.5 12.1 38 100 16320 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 232 40 31.7 24.5 39 89 17069 245 51 46.2 21.6 | 227 42 31.0 29.0 40 73 18288 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 245 40 35.9 16.5 41 70 18580 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 249 33 30.6 11.5 42 70 18593 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 250 34 31.6 11.5 43 63 19202 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 240 29 25.1 14.6 44 60 19507 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 263 29 28.6 3.6 45 58 19812 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 260 14 13.3 2.4 46 52 20422 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 187 14 1.7 13.6 47 50 20700 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 201 14 5.0 12.9 48 45 21336 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 193 11 2.5 10.6 49 41 21946 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 225 14 9.6 9.6 50 30 23960 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 194 20 4.7 18.9 51 20 26570 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 188 27 3.8 26.5 52 18 27432 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 197 29 8.5 27.4 53 10 31190 235 45 36.9 25.8 | 213 40 21.6 33.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.0 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 296.0 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.8 neg: -27.5 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 110.69 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 146 10 127 26| 9.2 0.0 9.2| 48.8 0.0 48.8 97.7 0.45| 15.7 7.1 1000 164 9 133 24| 4.5 0.0 4.5| 71.4 0.0 71.4 71.4 0.43| 13.2 5.6 1500 187 9 139 22| 3.4 0.0 3.4| 75.8 -2.7 73.1 48.7 0.38| 10.2 3.8 2000 202 9 142 20| 2.4 0.0 2.4| 75.8 -9.2 66.7 33.3 0.29| 8.3 2.4 2500 219 9 145 17| 2.9 0.0 2.9| 75.8 -18.2 57.6 23.1 0.13| 8.2 1.1 3000 246 10 150 13| 3.6 0.0 3.6| 75.8 -27.5 48.3 16.1 -0.05| 8.4 -0.4 4000 278 14 171 6| 2.7 2.1 4.9| 76.1 -75.2 0.9 0.2 -0.24| 9.5 -2.3 5000 272 19 206 7| 2.2 3.1 5.3| 76.5-133.3 -56.8 -11.4 -0.32| 9.4 -3.0 6000 266 23 219 12| 1.8 3.3 5.1|101.2-133.3 -32.1 -5.4 -0.26| 8.5 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