72456 TOP Topeka Observations at 12Z 04 May 2003

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   PRES   HGHT   TEMP   DWPT   RELH   MIXR   DRCT   SKNT   THTA   THTE   THTV
    hPa     m      C      C      %    g/kg    deg   knot     K      K      K 
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 1000.0      3                                                               
  970.0    270   17.8   15.6     87  11.62    150     16  293.5  326.8  295.5
  966.0    305   17.5   15.3     87  11.45    150     19  293.5  326.4  295.6
  943.0    509   15.8   13.6     87  10.48    157     38  293.8  324.0  295.7
  931.8    610   15.6   14.1     91  10.96    160     47  294.6  326.2  296.5
  925.0    672   15.4   14.4     94  11.27    165     47  295.1  327.6  297.1
  920.0    718   16.0   16.0    100  12.58    168     47  296.1  332.6  298.4
  899.1    914   16.2   16.2    100  13.09    180     49  298.3  336.6  300.7
  887.0   1030   16.4   16.4    100  13.40    186     51  299.6  339.0  302.1
  867.5   1219   15.8   15.8    100  13.16    195     54  300.9  339.8  303.3
  850.0   1393   15.2   15.2    100  12.94    200     56  302.1  340.5  304.4
  807.2   1829   13.3   13.3    100  12.00    210     59  304.5  340.5  306.7
  778.5   2134   11.9   11.9    100  11.37    220     59  306.2  340.6  308.3
  756.0   2382   10.8   10.8    100  10.87    224     58  307.6  340.7  309.6
  750.9   2438   10.0   10.0    100  10.40    225     58  307.3  339.0  309.3
  748.0   2470    9.6    9.6    100  10.13    226     58  307.2  338.1  309.1
  738.0   2582    8.0    3.7     74   6.81    227     57  306.6  327.6  307.9
  723.7   2743    7.3    0.8     64   5.66    230     55  307.6  325.2  308.6
  700.0   3017    6.0   -4.0     49   4.08    230     48  309.1  322.1  309.9
  659.0   3510    4.2  -12.8     28   2.18    234     47  312.4  319.7  312.9
  646.8   3658    2.9  -13.9     28   2.02    235     47  312.6  319.4  313.0
  598.8   4267   -2.5  -18.6     28   1.48    240     45  313.4  318.5  313.7
  554.3   4877   -7.8  -23.3     28   1.06    240     43  314.0  317.7  314.2
  526.0   5292  -11.5  -26.5     28   0.84    237     43  314.4  317.4  314.5
  500.0   5680  -12.1  -47.1      4   0.11    235     43  318.2  318.7  318.2
  477.0   6039  -14.1  -49.1      3   0.09    239     43  320.1  320.4  320.1
  473.4   6096  -14.6  -49.2      3   0.09    240     43  320.2  320.6  320.2
  436.3   6706  -19.5  -50.6      4   0.08    245     45  321.5  321.9  321.5
  415.0   7081  -22.5  -51.5      5   0.08    245     55  322.2  322.6  322.3
  401.9   7315  -24.8  -39.0     26   0.33    245     62  322.3  323.5  322.3
  400.0   7350  -25.1  -37.1     32   0.40    245     61  322.3  323.8  322.4
  389.0   7552  -26.7  -36.7     38   0.43    249     62  322.8  324.4  322.9
  385.3   7620  -27.0  -37.5     36   0.40    250     63  323.3  324.8  323.4
  368.0   7951  -28.3  -41.3     28   0.28    252     66  325.8  326.9  325.9
  330.0   8722  -34.9  -43.9     39   0.24    257     72  327.0  328.0  327.1
  322.0   8893  -36.1  -47.1     31   0.17    258     74  327.7  328.4  327.7
  310.5   9144  -38.2  -48.1     34   0.16    260     76  328.2  328.9  328.3
  300.0   9380  -40.1  -49.1     38   0.15    260     77  328.7  329.3  328.8
  250.0  10600  -49.5  -58.5     34   0.06    265     88  332.3  332.6  332.4
  247.4  10668  -49.9  -58.9     34   0.05    265     88  332.7  332.9  332.7
  236.0  10975  -51.9  -60.9     33   0.04    267     91  334.2  334.4  334.2
  233.0  11058  -52.3  -61.3     33   0.04    267     92  334.9  335.0  334.9
  224.0  11311  -53.7  -64.7     25   0.03    269     95  336.5  336.6  336.5
  214.6  11582  -55.6  -65.5     28   0.03    270     98  337.7  337.8  337.7
  211.0  11690  -56.3  -65.8     30   0.03    270     98  338.2  338.3  338.2
  200.0  12030  -58.7  -66.7     35   0.02    270     96  339.6  339.8  339.7
  168.0  13107  -65.3  -72.3     37   0.01    275     80  346.0  346.1  346.0
  159.9  13411  -64.4  -72.7     31   0.01    270     68  352.4  352.5  352.4
  150.0  13800  -63.3  -73.3     25   0.01    260     70  360.8  360.9  360.8
  147.0  13924  -63.5  -73.5     25   0.01    261     72  362.6  362.6  362.6
  137.8  14326  -59.3  -73.0     15   0.01    265     78  376.9  376.9  376.9
  137.0  14360  -58.9  -72.9     15   0.01    266     77  378.1  378.1  378.1
  123.0  15034  -58.7  -74.7     11   0.01    277     61  390.3  390.3  390.3
  119.0  15240  -58.7  -72.8     15   0.02    280     56  393.9  394.0  393.9
  115.0  15455  -58.7  -70.7     20   0.02    281     53  397.8  398.0  397.8
  112.0  15621  -58.7  -78.7      6   0.01    282     50  400.9  400.9  400.9
  102.7  16154  -63.6  -82.8      6   0.00    285     41  401.5  401.5  401.5
  100.0  16320  -65.1  -84.1      6   0.00    280     41  401.7  401.7  401.7
   97.7  16459  -66.0  -84.7      6   0.00    275     41  402.6  402.7  402.6
   92.8  16773  -67.9  -85.9      6   0.00    277     36  404.8  404.8  404.8
   86.5  17199  -64.9  -84.9      5   0.00    279     28  419.1  419.1  419.1
   84.3  17355  -68.9  -84.9      8   0.00    280     25  414.1  414.1  414.1
   84.0  17374  -68.6  -84.8      8   0.00    280     25  415.0  415.0  415.0
   76.6  17940  -60.7  -81.7      5   0.01    340     19  442.6  442.7  442.6
   76.1  17983  -60.8  -81.5      5   0.01    345     19  443.4  443.4  443.4
   70.0  18500  -61.5  -78.5      9   0.01    345     11  452.5  452.6  452.5
   69.0  18593  -60.9  -79.0      7   0.01    345     12  455.7  455.8  455.7
   64.5  19009  -58.1  -81.1      4   0.01    333     12  470.6  470.7  470.6
   60.9  19368  -60.5  -70.5     26   0.05    322     12  473.1  473.4  473.1
   52.6  20276  -60.9  -83.9      3   0.01    294     12  492.4  492.4  492.4
   51.4  20422  -60.6  -83.6      3   0.01    290     12  496.3  496.4  496.3
   50.0  20590  -60.3  -83.3      3   0.01    290     12  500.9  501.0  500.9
   44.4  21336  -60.6  -83.2      4   0.01    315      5  517.7  517.8  517.7
   35.5  22724  -61.1  -83.1      4   0.01     23     10  550.4  550.5  550.4
   34.7  22860  -60.6  -83.0      4   0.01     30     11  555.0  555.1  555.0
   30.0  23780  -57.5  -82.5      3   0.01     20      8  587.3  587.4  587.3
   21.1  26010  -57.3  -82.3      3   0.02    245      5  650.0  650.2  650.0
   20.0  26350  -56.1  -81.1      3   0.03    225      5  663.7  664.0  663.7
   16.9  27432  -52.1  -77.8      3   0.06     75      4  708.8  709.4  708.8
   13.4  28956  -46.4  -73.1      3   0.15    265     27  777.1  778.8  777.2
   12.4  29469  -44.5  -71.5      3   0.20    261     25  801.5  803.8  801.6
   12.2  29566  -44.8  -72.0      3   0.19    260     25  803.6  805.8  803.7
   11.3  30088  -46.7  -74.7      3   0.14    274     20  815.1  816.7  815.2
   10.7  30480  -46.3  -74.3      3   0.15    285     17  830.4  832.2  830.5
   10.0  30900  -45.9  -73.9      3   0.17    310     12  847.1  849.2  847.2
    9.7  31090  -45.1  -73.4      3   0.19    320     11  856.8  859.2  856.9
    9.0  31605  -43.1  -72.1      3   0.25                883.7  886.9  883.9

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: TOP
                             Station number: 72456
                           Observation time: 030504/1200
                           Station latitude: 39.07
                          Station longitude: -95.62
                          Station elevation: 270.0
                            Showalter index: -5.40
                               Lifted index: 0.87
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 0.45
                                SWEAT index: 546.11
                                    K index: 32.50
                         Cross totals index: 27.30
                      Vertical totals index: 27.30
                        Totals totals index: 54.60
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 13.23
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 25.85
                      Convective Inhibition: -439.84
             CINS using virtual temperature: -429.01
                           Equilibrum Level: 511.29
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 388.82
                   Level of Free Convection: 555.58
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 567.82
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 0.06
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 0.12
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 287.37
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 919.49
   Equivalent potential temp [K] of the LCL: 326.63
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 294.36
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 11.23
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5677.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 34.10

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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