UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 19 APR 25 Station: KGSO WMO ident: 72317 Latitude: 36.08 Longitude: -79.95 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 191 SFC 990 270 16.8 15.2 90 1.6 15.8 220 9 290.8 292.7 289.3 321.9 11.03 2 933 780 13.6 12.5 93 1.1 12.9 240 35 292.5 294.2 288.9 320.4 9.80 3 925 853 13.2 11.5 89 1.7 12.1 245 37 292.8 294.5 288.5 319.2 9.25 4 879 1287 18.8 2.8 34 16.0 10.0 266 24 302.9 303.9 288.4 319.0 5.33 5 872 1356 18.2 1.2 32 17.0 9.1 271 25 303.0 303.9 287.9 317.5 4.78 6 850 1575 19.0 -5.0 19 24.0 7.3 285 24 306.0 306.6 287.3 315.7 3.10 7 846 1615 19.4 -7.6 15 27.0 6.9 284 25 306.9 307.4 287.1 314.9 2.55 8 841 1666 19.6 -7.4 15 27.0 6.9 283 25 307.6 308.1 287.3 315.9 2.60 9 819 1894 19.2 -15.8 8 35.0 5.1 280 27 309.5 309.8 286.8 314.0 1.36 10 768 2441 15.4 -12.6 13 28.0 3.5 275 24 311.2 311.5 287.9 317.3 1.89 11 761 2518 15.0 -14.0 12 29.0 3.0 273 24 311.6 311.9 287.8 317.1 1.70 12 700 3217 9.4 -13.6 18 23.0 0.1 275 27 312.9 313.3 288.5 319.2 1.91 13 662 3676 5.4 -14.6 22 20.0 -2.4 275 24 313.4 313.8 288.6 319.6 1.86 14 634 4027 2.0 -15.0 27 17.0 -4.4 271 25 313.5 313.8 288.6 319.6 1.88 15 625 4142 1.0 -17.0 25 18.0 -5.4 273 24 313.6 313.9 288.4 318.9 1.61 16 595 4535 -2.5 -12.5 46 10.0 -6.4 263 24 314.0 314.4 289.3 322.0 2.46 17 585 4670 -3.5 -14.5 42 11.0 -7.5 262 24 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.3 2.12 18 575 4806 -4.9 -15.9 42 11.0 -8.8 267 23 314.2 314.6 288.9 320.6 1.92 19 556 5069 -6.5 -22.5 27 16.0 -11.2 270 24 315.4 315.6 288.5 319.2 1.13 20 548 5182 -7.3 -19.3 38 12.0 -11.1 270 25 315.8 316.0 289.0 320.8 1.51 21 543 5254 -7.7 -20.7 34 13.0 -11.6 272 26 316.1 316.4 288.9 320.7 1.35 22 509 5753 -11.5 -16.5 66 5.0 -13.2 276 24 317.4 317.8 290.0 324.3 2.07 23 500 5890 -12.5 -17.5 66 5.0 -14.1 270 22 317.8 318.2 290.0 324.3 1.93 24 469 6373 -16.7 -20.3 74 3.6 -17.7 258 21 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.9 1.62 25 456 6584 -17.9 -22.6 67 4.7 -19.1 253 22 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.2 1.37 26 450 6682 -18.1 -22.7 67 4.6 -19.3 251 22 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.2 1.37 27 440 6849 -19.3 -24.3 65 5.0 -20.5 259 23 321.0 321.3 290.3 325.2 1.22 28 430 7019 -20.5 -25.2 66 4.7 -21.6 270 24 321.6 321.8 290.5 325.6 1.15 29 421 7175 -21.3 -28.3 53 7.0 -22.8 275 26 322.6 322.7 290.5 325.7 0.88 30 407 7423 -23.1 -29.1 58 6.0 -24.3 278 28 323.4 323.5 290.7 326.4 0.85 31 400 7550 -23.9 -30.9 52 7.0 -25.2 275 28 323.9 324.1 290.7 326.5 0.73 32 396 7623 -24.5 -31.5 52 7.0 -25.8 280 26 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.6 0.69 33 385 7827 -26.5 -32.5 57 6.0 -27.5 270 25 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.4 0.65 34 346 8590 -31.9 -44.9 26 13.0 -33.1 276 30 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.20 35 320 9136 -36.5 -42.5 54 6.0 -37.1 289 27 327.8 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.28 36 309 9378 -38.3 -44.3 53 6.0 -38.8 286 26 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.24 37 300 9580 -40.1 -48.1 42 8.0 -40.6 280 29 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.16 38 293 9741 -41.5 -49.5 42 8.0 -42.0 275 29 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.14 39 280 10049 -44.1 -51.1 46 7.0 -44.5 289 28 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.12 40 272 10243 -45.9 -52.9 45 7.0 -46.2 296 30 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.10 41 259 10568 -48.9 -54.9 50 6.0 -49.1 300 32 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.09 42 252 10748 -50.7 -57.7 43 7.0 -50.9 303 35 329.9 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.06 43 250 10800 -51.1 -58.1 43 7.0 -51.3 305 36 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.06 44 242 11010 -53.1 -60.1 42 7.0 -53.2 304 36 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.05 45 233 11253 -55.1 -63.1 36 8.0 -55.2 301 40 330.7 330.8 291.9 330.9 0.03 46 221 11588 -57.7 -65.7 35 8.0 -57.8 295 45 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.03 47 208 11967 -60.7 -69.7 30 9.0 -60.8 302 52 332.9 332.9 292.5 332.9 0.02 48 200 12210 -61.9 -69.9 34 8.0 -62.0 310 42 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.02 49 199 12241 -62.1 -70.1 34 8.0 -62.2 311 41 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.02 50 197 12303 -62.1 312 40 335.9 51 193 12429 -61.9 314 37 338.2 52 157 13679 -69.7 285 53 345.5 53 155 13755 -69.9 285 55 346.4 54 150 13950 -69.5 285 60 350.4 55 124 15115 -59.7 289 55 387.8 56 111 15802 -63.2 295 73 393.7 57 100 16440 -66.5 300 46 399.2 58 98 16563 -66.7 297 49 401.2 59 95 16751 -66.3 290 42 405.5 60 86 17351 -70.1 271 19 409.6 61 85 17421 -70.3 270 20 410.5 62 76 18093 -66.9 253 27 431.0 63 70 18590 -67.7 235 15 439.5 64 66 18943 -69.1 228 15 444.0 65 63 19222 -67.1 248 14 454.3 66 61 19416 -67.3 272 12 458.1 67 54 20153 -65.7 295 4 478.0 68 52 20382 -66.5 179 2 481.3 69 50 20620 -65.3 340 8 489.6 70 48 20868 -64.7 349 9 496.8 71 37 22475 -59.3 21 5 549.0 72 35 22823 -59.5 10 8 557.3 73 32 23385 -58.3 132 10 575.0 74 30 23790 -58.5 150 14 585.2 75 29 24003 -58.5 143 12 590.9 76 23 25470 -55.7 137 5 639.6 77 21 26049 -56.1 132 8 655.2 78 20 26360 -54.9 125 3 668.1 79 16 27806 -49.1 240 14 731.1 80 12 29699 -47.9 163 11 798.0 81 12 29699 -48.1 163 11 797.3 82 10 30910 -44.7 325 19 852.7 83 9.5 31253 -44.7 865.3 TRP 157 13679 -69.7 285 53 345.5 WND 111 15802 -63.2 295 73 393.7 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.00 m Freezing level: 616.43 mb = 4254.62 m = 13958.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.79 mb = 3231.24 m = 10601.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.96 mb = 472.29 m = 1549.49 ft T: 15.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 933.0- 841.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.29 mb = 3488.39 m = 11444.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.17 C = 102.51 F Cap Strength: 11.74 C Lifted Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.85 C Showalter Index: 6.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.50 C Cross Totals Index: 7.50 C K Index: 3.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 70.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47910.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.69 mb = 1136.50 m = 3728.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 298 at 19 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 270 220 9 5.8 6.9 | 145 19 -10.8 15.7 1 986 305 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 172 19 -2.7 18.5 2 952 610 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 192 28 5.6 27.4 3 925 853 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 215 30 16.9 24.4 4 918 914 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 215 30 16.9 24.4 5 886 1219 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 209 15 7.0 12.9 6 855 1524 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 257 9 8.5 2.0 7 850 1575 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 249 7 6.6 2.5 8 825 1829 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 250 12 11.0 3.9 9 796 2134 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 226 7 5.1 4.9 10 768 2438 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 228 10 7.3 6.7 11 740 2743 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 217 14 8.3 10.9 12 700 3217 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 238 12 10.3 6.4 13 688 3353 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 232 8 6.0 4.8 14 662 3658 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 228 10 7.3 6.7 15 637 3962 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 227 13 9.4 8.8 16 613 4267 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 218 9 5.3 6.8 17 590 4572 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 209 15 7.0 12.9 18 568 4877 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 216 11 6.4 8.8 19 547 5182 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 224 12 8.4 8.8 20 526 5486 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 255 13 12.9 3.6 21 506 5791 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 223 9 6.3 6.8 22 500 5890 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 212 10 5.4 8.8 23 486 6096 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 198 11 3.3 10.5 24 448 6706 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 194 17 4.1 16.3 25 430 7010 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 220 11 7.4 8.8 26 413 7315 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 250 12 11.0 3.9 27 400 7550 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 241 13 11.3 6.3 28 396 7620 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 245 10 9.0 4.2 29 379 7925 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 217 14 8.3 10.9 30 363 8230 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 248 11 10.0 4.1 31 348 8534 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 245 15 13.3 6.1 32 333 8839 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 250 12 11.0 3.9 33 319 9144 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 273 9 8.8 -0.5 34 306 9449 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 257 9 8.5 2.0 35 300 9580 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 253 13 12.0 3.7 36 292 9754 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 243 14 12.3 6.2 37 279 10058 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 275 10 9.7 -0.8 38 267 10363 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 303 12 10.2 -6.7 39 255 10668 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 303 14 12.0 -7.7 40 250 10800 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 313 18 12.9 -11.9 41 243 10973 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 313 18 12.9 -11.9 42 221 11582 295 45 40.8 -19.0 | 293 26 24.2 -10.3 43 210 11887 300 55 47.6 -27.5 | 301 36 31.0 -18.7 44 200 12210 310 42 32.2 -27.0 | 320 24 15.6 -18.2 45 191 12497 315 35 24.7 -24.7 | 333 18 8.1 -16.0 46 181 12802 305 27 22.1 -15.5 | 321 9 5.5 -6.7 47 164 13411 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 250 17 16.3 5.9 48 157 13679 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 278 35 34.6 -5.0 49 150 13950 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 279 42 41.4 -6.8 50 148 14021 285 59 57.0 -15.3 | 279 41 40.4 -6.5 51 141 14326 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 280 46 45.2 -7.8 52 134 14630 290 60 56.4 -20.5 | 286 41 39.8 -11.8 53 128 14935 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 269 30 29.7 0.6 54 122 15240 295 60 54.4 -25.4 | 294 41 37.8 -16.6 55 116 15545 295 67 60.7 -28.3 | 294 48 44.1 -19.6 56 111 15802 295 73 66.2 -30.9 | 294 54 49.6 -22.1 57 110 15850 295 73 66.2 -30.9 | 294 54 49.6 -22.1 58 105 16154 295 73 66.2 -30.9 | 294 54 49.6 -22.1 59 100 16440 300 46 39.8 -23.0 | 302 27 23.2 -14.2 60 100 16459 300 53 45.9 -26.5 | 301 34 29.3 -17.7 61 86 17374 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 189 9 1.4 8.8 62 81 17678 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 232 14 11.4 8.8 63 77 17983 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 206 17 7.5 15.2 64 74 18288 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 211 22 11.6 19.0 65 70 18590 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 166 18 -4.3 17.4 66 70 18593 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 160 17 -6.0 16.2 67 67 18898 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 163 20 -6.0 19.4 68 63 19202 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 165 15 -3.9 14.7 69 57 19812 320 9 5.8 -6.9 | 100 11 -10.8 1.9 70 54 20117 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 113 15 -13.8 5.9 71 52 20422 160 2 -0.7 1.9 | 122 20 -17.3 10.6 72 50 20620 340 8 2.7 -7.5 | 95 14 -13.9 1.2 73 49 20726 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 93 11 -10.9 0.6 74 47 21031 15 8 -2.1 -7.7 | 93 19 -18.7 1.0 75 45 21336 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 122 23 -19.8 12.6 76 42 21641 85 5 -5.0 -0.4 | 111 23 -21.6 8.3 77 40 21946 75 3 -2.9 -0.8 | 112 21 -19.5 8.0 78 38 22250 60 6 -5.2 -3.0 | 105 23 -21.8 5.8 79 37 22555 10 5 -0.9 -4.9 | 102 18 -17.5 3.8 80 35 22860 10 8 -1.4 -7.9 | 93 18 -18.0 0.9 81 33 23165 110 13 -12.2 4.4 | 115 32 -28.8 13.2 82 32 23470 140 9 -5.8 6.9 | 125 27 -22.4 15.7 83 30 23774 125 14 -11.5 8.0 | 121 33 -28.1 16.8 84 30 23790 150 14 -7.0 12.1 | 132 32 -23.6 20.9 85 29 24079 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 126 29 -23.7 17.2 86 27 24384 165 13 -3.4 12.6 | 137 29 -20.0 21.3 87 26 24689 165 13 -3.4 12.6 | 137 29 -20.0 21.3 88 25 24994 195 5 1.3 4.8 | 132 20 -15.3 13.6 89 24 25298 160 5 -1.7 4.7 | 126 23 -18.3 13.5 90 23 25603 120 5 -4.3 2.5 | 118 24 -20.9 11.3 91 21 25908 125 6 -4.9 3.4 | 120 25 -21.5 12.2 92 20 26213 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 126 29 -23.7 17.2 93 20 26360 125 3 -2.5 1.7 | 119 22 -19.1 10.5 94 20 26518 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 142 19 -12.0 15.3 95 19 26822 100 2 -2.0 0.3 | 116 21 -18.6 9.1 96 18 27127 110 3 -2.8 1.0 | 117 22 -19.4 9.8 97 17 27432 185 8 0.7 8.0 | 136 23 -15.9 16.7 98 15 28042 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 189 9 1.4 8.8 99 15 28346 325 7 4.0 -5.7 | 104 13 -12.6 3.0 100 14 28651 60 4 -3.5 -2.0 | 109 21 -20.1 6.8 101 13 29261 155 14 -5.9 12.7 | 134 31 -22.5 21.4 102 12 29566 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 135 26 -18.3 18.6 103 12 29870 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 132 29 -21.7 19.6 104 10 30910 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 40 9 -5.7 -6.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.8 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 297.8 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.1 neg: -21.0 tot: 195.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 29.41 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 233 25 188 24| 26.7 0.0 26.7|145.6 0.0 145.6 291.3 0.87| 28.7 24.9 1000 242 28 201 23| 9.7 0.0 9.7|181.9 -6.3 175.6 175.6 0.58| 24.9 14.4 1500 254 27 210 19| 8.3 0.0 8.3|201.7 -6.3 195.4 130.3 0.57| 21.1 12.0 2000 260 27 216 17| 6.2 1.1 7.3|201.9 -15.3 186.6 93.3 0.46| 17.5 8.0 2500 262 26 217 15| 5.0 1.5 6.5|202.1 -21.0 181.1 72.4 0.40| 15.2 6.1 3000 264 26 219 15| 4.6 1.3 5.9|216.1 -21.0 195.1 65.0 0.42| 13.7 5.8 4000 266 26 221 14| 3.3 1.2 4.4|216.1 -29.4 186.7 46.7 0.33| 11.8 3.9 5000 267 25 220 13| 3.0 1.3 4.3|232.6 -35.2 197.4 39.5 0.32| 10.9 3.5 6000 268 25 221 13| 2.4 1.6 4.0|247.7 -64.4 183.3 30.5 0.22| 10.6 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250419.12.gif