72456 TOP Topeka Observations at 00Z 30 May 2004

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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    -37                                                               
  966.0    270   29.4   20.4     58  15.89    170     19  305.6  353.4  308.5
  962.2    305   29.0   20.2     59  15.78    170     21  305.5  353.0  308.3
  929.5    610   25.1   18.8     68  14.92    170     37  304.6  349.3  307.3
  925.0    653   24.6   18.6     69  14.80    170     38  304.5  348.8  307.2
  897.7    914   22.1   17.9     77  14.63    170     39  304.5  348.4  307.2
  866.7   1219   19.2   17.2     88  14.43    175     42  304.6  347.8  307.2
  856.0   1328   18.2   16.9     92  14.36    178     43  304.6  347.6  307.2
  850.0   1388   18.0   16.0     88  13.64    180     43  305.0  346.0  307.5
  807.1   1829   14.8   13.1     89  11.87    185     44  306.2  342.1  308.4
  783.0   2087   13.0   11.4     90  10.93    193     41  306.9  340.1  308.9
  778.6   2134   13.6    8.4     71   8.93    195     41  308.0  335.4  309.7
  767.0   2261   15.2    0.2     36   5.09    199     39  311.1  327.2  312.0
  756.0   2383   15.6   -0.4     34   4.94    203     36  312.8  328.6  313.7
  751.1   2438   15.1   -0.6     34   4.89    205     35  312.8  328.5  313.8
  724.3   2743   12.4   -2.0     37   4.60    210     36  313.1  327.9  314.0
  700.0   3029    9.8   -3.2     40   4.34    210     38  313.3  327.3  314.1
  658.0   3541    6.2   -5.8     42   3.79    222     40  314.8  327.2  315.6
  648.4   3658    5.1   -6.2     44   3.74    225     40  314.9  327.1  315.6
  600.8   4267   -0.9   -8.1     58   3.47    230     41  314.9  326.4  315.6
  556.6   4877   -6.8  -10.0     78   3.22    230     41  314.9  325.5  315.5
  542.0   5090   -8.9  -10.7     87   3.14    230     37  314.8  325.1  315.4
  535.6   5182   -9.7  -12.2     82   2.81    230     35  314.9  324.2  315.4
  513.0   5514  -12.7  -17.7     66   1.87    230     40  315.2  321.5  315.5
  507.0   5604  -12.7  -26.7     30   0.85    230     41  316.2  319.3  316.4
  500.0   5710  -12.9  -31.9     19   0.53    230     43  317.2  319.2  317.4
  482.0   5988  -13.5  -40.5      8   0.23    226     49  319.9  320.8  319.9
  475.1   6096  -14.4  -40.0      9   0.25    225     52  320.1  321.0  320.1
  462.0   6308  -16.1  -39.1     12   0.28    230     50  320.5  321.6  320.6
  451.0   6489  -15.3  -41.3      9   0.23    235     48  323.7  324.6  323.8
  438.0   6706  -16.9  -41.2     10   0.24    240     45  324.4  325.4  324.4
  400.0   7380  -21.9  -40.9     16   0.27    235     47  326.4  327.5  326.5
  387.1   7620  -23.9  -39.9     21   0.31    235     44  326.9  328.1  327.0
  387.0   7622  -23.9  -39.9     21   0.31    235     44  326.9  328.1  327.0
  325.7   8839  -34.3  -51.7     16   0.10    225     28  329.1  329.5  329.1
  312.0   9144  -36.9  -54.6     14   0.07    230     29  329.5  329.8  329.5
  300.0   9420  -39.3  -57.3     13   0.06    240     36  329.9  330.1  329.9
  283.0   9818  -41.7  -58.7     14   0.05    248     41  332.0  332.2  332.0
  265.0  10261  -43.9  -49.9     51   0.15    258     47  335.0  335.7  335.1
  261.0  10363  -44.6  -50.4     53   0.15    260     48  335.4  336.0  335.5
  250.0  10650  -46.7  -51.6     57   0.13    260     47  336.5  337.1  336.5
  249.3  10668  -46.8  -51.7     57   0.13    260     47  336.6  337.1  336.6
  208.0  11850  -54.9  -59.8     54   0.06    275     48  341.8  342.1  341.8
  206.8  11887  -55.0  -60.0     54   0.06    275     48  342.2  342.4  342.2
  200.0  12100  -55.9  -60.9     53   0.05    270     59  344.1  344.3  344.1
  191.0  12392  -57.3  -62.3     53   0.05    270     68  346.4  346.6  346.4
  189.0  12459  -56.4  -61.4     53   0.05    270     70  348.9  349.2  348.9
  187.9  12497  -55.9  -60.9     53   0.06    270     70  350.4  350.6  350.4
  185.0  12595  -54.5  -59.5     54   0.07    269     69  354.1  354.4  354.1
  158.0  13594  -59.5  -69.5     26   0.02    255     58  362.0  362.1  362.0
  150.0  13920  -58.1  -71.1     17   0.02    250     54  369.8  369.9  369.8
  149.0  13962  -57.7  -70.7     18   0.02    248     54  371.2  371.3  371.2
  147.6  14021  -58.0  -71.1     17   0.02    245     53  371.7  371.8  371.7
  127.4  14935  -62.5  -77.3     12   0.01    255     57  379.6  379.6  379.6
  121.2  15240  -64.0  -79.4     10   0.01    260     55  382.2  382.3  382.3
  116.0  15515  -65.3  -81.3      9   0.00    261     50  384.6  384.7  384.6
  110.0  15838  -65.1  -81.1      9   0.01    263     43  390.9  390.9  390.9
  106.0  16067  -60.3  -78.3      8   0.01    263     39  404.2  404.2  404.2
  100.0  16430  -60.3  -78.3      8   0.01    265     32  410.9  411.0  410.9
   99.5  16459  -60.4  -78.4      8   0.01    265     33  411.2  411.3  411.2
   96.7  16638  -61.3  -79.3      8   0.01    271     29  413.0  413.0  413.0
   94.8  16764  -60.7  -79.1      7   0.01    275     27  416.5  416.5  416.5
   92.0  16948  -59.9  -78.9      7   0.01    278     23  421.6  421.7  421.6
   85.8  17374  -62.3  -80.8      7   0.01    285     14  425.2  425.3  425.2
   79.2  17869  -65.1  -83.1      7   0.01    274     13  429.4  429.4  429.4
   75.0  18204  -61.3  -80.3      6   0.01    267     13  444.1  444.1  444.1
   74.0  18288  -61.4  -80.4      6   0.01    265     13  445.5  445.6  445.6
   70.0  18630  -61.9  -80.9      6   0.01    270     10  451.6  451.7  451.6
   63.5  19235  -61.1  -80.1      6   0.01    284      9  466.1  466.2  466.1
   59.1  19685  -57.7  -78.7      5   0.01    295      8  483.4  483.5  483.4
   50.0  20740  -58.3  -79.3      5   0.01    320      7  505.7  505.8  505.7
   45.6  21318  -59.5  -80.5      5   0.01     13      6  516.2  516.4  516.2
   45.5  21336  -59.4  -80.4      5   0.01     15      6  517.0  517.1  517.0
   41.9  21852  -55.3  -77.3      5   0.02     32      5  539.3  539.5  539.3
   34.6  23073  -55.5  -77.5      5   0.03     71      4  569.1  569.3  569.1
   30.0  23990  -51.7  -75.7      4   0.04    100      3  603.1  603.5  603.1
   25.1  25151  -48.5  -73.5      4   0.07     65      3  643.8  644.5  643.8
   22.0  26009  -51.3  -75.3      4   0.06     39      4  660.2  660.8  660.2
   20.0  26630  -48.7  -73.7      4   0.09     20      4  686.3  687.2  686.4
   18.6  27109  -46.9  -71.9      4   0.12    124      3  706.3  707.6  706.4
   17.7  27432  -47.4  -72.4      4   0.12    195      2  714.6  715.9  714.7
   16.0  28102  -48.5  -73.5      4   0.11    157      5  732.2  733.4  732.2
   12.3  29870  -41.0  -69.2      3   0.28     60     11  815.7  818.9  815.8
   11.5  30320  -39.1  -68.1      3   0.35     82      9  838.3  842.3  838.5
   11.2  30480  -39.6  -68.0      3   0.36     90      8  842.3  846.4  842.4
   10.7  30785  -40.5  -68.0      4   0.38    110      3  849.9  854.3  850.0
   10.5  30941  -40.9  -67.9      4   0.39                853.8  858.4  854.0

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: TOP
                             Station number: 72456
                           Observation time: 040530/0000
                           Station latitude: 39.07
                          Station longitude: -95.62
                          Station elevation: 270.0
                            Showalter index: -8.36
                               Lifted index: -10.02
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: -10.95
                                SWEAT index: 657.78
                                    K index: 33.90
                         Cross totals index: 28.90
                      Vertical totals index: 30.90
                        Totals totals index: 59.80
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 2940.63
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 3141.74
                      Convective Inhibition: -0.05
             CINS using virtual temperature: -3.24
                           Equilibrum Level: 188.18
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 188.21
                   Level of Free Convection: 840.84
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 740.93
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 48.84
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 52.18
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 290.75
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 847.05
   Equivalent potential temp [K] of the LCL: 350.44
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 304.89
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 15.21
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5747.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 37.73

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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