UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 20 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 187 SFC 990 270 25.6 15.6 54 10.0 18.9 210 9 299.6 301.7 292.4 332.7 11.32 2 925 869 20.8 13.8 64 7.0 16.3 220 19 300.6 302.6 292.3 332.3 10.78 3 881 1288 16.8 11.8 72 5.0 13.6 224 21 300.6 302.5 291.7 329.8 9.92 4 868 1415 16.2 10.2 68 6.0 12.5 233 25 301.3 303.0 291.2 328.0 9.04 5 850 1594 17.2 2.2 36 15.0 9.0 240 29 304.2 305.1 288.8 320.2 5.28 6 840 1695 18.4 -6.6 18 25.0 6.6 248 28 306.5 307.0 287.1 315.2 2.77 7 832 1777 18.0 -9.0 15 27.0 5.8 255 27 306.9 307.3 286.8 314.3 2.32 8 817 1932 17.0 -12.0 13 29.0 4.7 258 28 307.4 307.8 286.5 313.4 1.86 9 810 2005 17.2 -18.8 7 36.0 3.7 257 28 308.4 308.6 286.0 311.9 1.07 10 803 2079 17.0 -21.0 6 38.0 3.3 256 29 308.9 309.1 286.0 311.9 0.89 11 785 2271 15.6 -26.4 4 42.0 2.0 255 29 309.4 309.6 285.8 311.4 0.56 12 740 2767 11.6 -16.4 12 28.0 0.9 249 31 310.4 310.6 287.1 315.1 1.43 13 700 3228 8.0 -14.0 19 22.0 -0.7 235 33 311.3 311.7 287.9 317.4 1.85 14 642 3932 2.0 -14.0 29 16.0 -4.1 235 38 312.3 312.7 288.4 318.9 2.02 15 632 4059 1.0 -17.0 25 18.0 -5.4 237 37 312.6 312.9 288.1 317.9 1.60 16 625 4148 0.4 -16.6 27 17.0 -5.7 240 36 312.9 313.2 288.2 318.4 1.67 17 603 4434 -1.7 -28.7 11 27.0 -8.7 247 34 313.7 313.8 287.3 315.8 0.59 18 523 5546 -11.1 -17.1 61 6.0 -13.0 244 33 315.4 315.8 289.3 321.8 1.91 19 513 5694 -11.7 -20.7 47 9.0 -14.3 242 34 316.4 316.7 289.1 321.3 1.43 20 505 5814 -12.3 -18.3 61 6.0 -14.2 240 34 317.1 317.5 289.7 323.1 1.79 21 500 5890 -12.3 -19.3 56 7.0 -14.5 240 33 318.0 318.4 289.9 323.6 1.66 22 491 6029 -13.1 -21.1 51 8.0 -15.4 243 33 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.6 1.45 23 476 6265 -14.3 -21.3 55 7.0 -16.3 245 36 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.1 1.47 24 468 6393 -14.9 -22.9 50 8.0 -17.1 245 38 320.9 321.1 290.4 325.3 1.30 25 455 6607 -14.7 -27.7 32 13.0 -17.8 248 37 323.7 323.9 290.8 326.8 0.86 26 425 7119 -19.1 -28.1 45 9.0 -21.1 247 31 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.7 0.89 27 422 7172 -19.3 -28.3 45 9.0 -21.3 248 30 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.0 0.88 28 418 7243 -18.9 -29.9 37 11.0 -21.2 249 30 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.0 0.76 29 414 7315 -19.1 -31.1 34 12.0 -21.5 250 29 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.4 0.69 30 400 7570 -21.1 -32.1 37 11.0 -23.2 260 29 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.65 31 394 7681 -22.1 -32.1 40 10.0 -24.0 260 30 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.1 0.66 32 382 7908 -24.1 -35.1 36 11.0 -25.9 260 28 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.8 0.51 33 371 8120 -26.1 -36.1 39 10.0 -27.6 260 26 328.1 328.1 291.6 329.8 0.47 34 365 8238 -27.1 -37.1 38 10.0 -28.5 260 25 328.3 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.43 35 332 8914 -32.5 -38.5 55 6.0 -33.2 258 34 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.41 36 328 8999 -33.1 -40.1 50 7.0 -33.9 259 35 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.5 0.35 37 308 9438 -36.7 -41.2 63 4.5 -37.1 260 44 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.4 0.34 38 300 9620 -38.3 -42.8 63 4.5 -38.7 265 43 331.4 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.29 39 294 9758 -39.5 -44.1 62 4.6 -39.9 265 43 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.26 40 286 9945 -41.1 -45.8 60 4.7 -41.4 265 43 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.22 41 280 10088 -42.3 -46.7 62 4.4 -42.6 265 43 332.2 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.20 42 277 10160 -42.9 -47.9 58 5.0 -43.2 265 45 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.18 43 270 10332 -44.3 -49.0 59 4.7 -44.6 265 47 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.16 44 261 10557 -46.3 -52.3 51 6.0 -46.6 268 47 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.12 45 250 10840 -48.7 -54.7 50 6.0 -48.9 275 48 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.09 46 243 11027 -50.3 -56.3 49 6.0 -50.5 276 49 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 47 241 11081 -50.9 -55.9 55 5.0 -51.1 277 49 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 48 232 11328 -52.9 -58.9 48 6.0 -53.1 280 49 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 49 230 11384 -53.5 -59.5 48 6.0 -53.7 280 48 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.05 50 226 11497 -54.5 -60.5 47 6.0 -54.6 280 47 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 51 219 11699 -56.3 -62.3 47 6.0 -56.4 280 46 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.04 52 217 11757 -56.9 -62.9 47 6.0 -57.0 280 46 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.04 53 209 11995 -59.1 -64.1 52 5.0 -59.2 280 47 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.03 54 205 12116 -60.1 -65.1 52 5.0 -60.2 280 47 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.03 55 200 12270 -61.5 -66.5 51 5.0 -61.6 280 51 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.02 56 179 12946 -66.9 283 52 337.3 57 174 13117 -66.5 280 47 340.8 58 150 14000 -71.9 285 48 346.2 59 147 14122 -72.7 285 46 346.9 60 139 14460 -71.8 280 60 354.1 61 100 16470 -66.3 260 45 399.6 62 91 17037 -68.9 259 46 405.4 63 90 17103 -68.9 261 47 406.7 64 87 17306 -68.5 264 49 411.4 65 83 17588 -69.1 276 36 415.8 66 77 18037 -67.9 272 28 427.3 67 74 18276 -68.5 280 17 430.9 68 70 18610 -66.9 225 26 441.3 69 62 19346 -63.7 218 18 463.9 70 59 19648 -64.5 222 18 468.8 71 55 20077 -63.5 261 10 480.6 72 53 20303 -63.9 219 10 484.8 73 50 20660 -63.1 215 21 494.8 74 46 21175 -62.9 257 16 507.2 75 40 22045 -59.1 172 5 537.4 76 38 22367 -59.5 188 9 544.4 77 34 23067 -57.9 345 7 566.2 78 30 23860 -56.3 90 8 591.2 79 29 24075 -56.3 70 11 596.9 80 29 24075 -56.5 70 11 596.4 81 28 24297 -56.3 81 9 602.9 82 23 25552 -52.9 19 3 647.8 83 20 26450 -53.5 225 15 672.4 84 19 26780 -53.5 175 10 682.4 85 17 27499 -51.7 224 8 710.2 86 16 27892 -51.9 293 5 721.9 87 14 28769 -45.7 298 9 771.1 88 13 29264 -44.3 -78.3 1 34.0 -51.2 244 14 792.4 792.5 327.1 793.1 0.07 89 13 29264 -44.1 -78.1 1 34.0 -51.1 244 14 793.1 793.2 327.1 793.8 0.07 90 13 29264 -43.9 -78.9 1 35.0 -51.0 244 14 793.8 793.8 327.1 794.4 0.06 91 12 29803 -43.3 -78.3 1 35.0 -51.0 186 14 814.3 814.4 327.6 815.0 0.07 92 11 30389 -42.7 -76.7 1 34.0 -51.1 250 17 837.0 837.1 328.1 838.1 0.10 93 11 30389 -42.7 250 17 837.0 TRP 147 14122 -72.7 285 46 346.9 WND 139 14460 -71.8 280 60 354.1 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.00 m Freezing level: 620.81 mb = 4202.50 m = 13787.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.28 mb = 3025.79 m = 9927.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.15 mb = 1542.38 m = 5060.24 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 21.36 C Layer 925.0- 740.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.59 mb = 2953.09 m = 9688.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.72 C = 98.09 F Cap Strength: 6.32 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: 3.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 14.50 C K Index: 9.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 117.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 343.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.62 mb = 1708.99 m = 5606.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.62 mb = 4294.70 m = 14090.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.62 mb = 6629.67 m = 21750.61 ft B at Equ Level: 145.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.62 mb = 11565.18 m = 37943.05 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 272 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 270 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 115 20 -17.9 8.5 1 986 305 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 116 16 -14.8 7.1 2 953 610 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 134 18 -12.8 12.2 3 925 869 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 146 18 -10.2 15.3 4 920 914 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 146 18 -10.2 15.3 5 888 1219 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 146 18 -10.2 15.3 6 857 1524 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 190 15 2.7 15.2 7 850 1594 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 190 15 2.7 15.2 8 827 1829 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 218 7 4.1 5.4 9 797 2134 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 214 10 5.6 8.2 10 769 2438 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 214 10 5.6 8.2 11 742 2743 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 211 13 6.7 11.3 12 715 3048 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 197 22 6.2 20.8 13 700 3228 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 193 20 4.6 19.6 14 689 3353 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 189 23 3.6 22.6 15 663 3658 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 201 24 8.7 22.5 16 638 3962 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 201 24 8.7 22.5 17 614 4267 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 209 17 8.4 15.1 18 591 4572 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 216 15 8.6 12.0 19 568 4877 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 209 17 8.4 15.1 20 547 5182 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 213 14 7.6 11.6 21 506 5791 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 202 19 7.0 17.7 22 500 5890 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 200 18 6.1 17.2 23 487 6096 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 207 16 7.5 14.6 24 467 6401 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 216 21 12.0 16.8 25 449 6706 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 221 17 11.4 13.0 26 431 7010 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 205 16 6.6 14.2 27 414 7315 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 204 12 4.8 10.6 28 400 7570 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 227 8 6.1 5.7 29 397 7620 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 230 9 7.1 5.9 30 381 7925 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 223 8 5.1 5.6 31 365 8230 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 203 5 2.2 5.0 32 349 8534 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 205 9 3.6 7.7 33 321 9144 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 244 17 15.0 7.3 34 307 9449 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 248 22 20.9 8.3 35 300 9620 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 258 21 20.4 4.4 36 294 9754 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 258 21 20.4 4.4 37 281 10058 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 258 21 20.4 4.4 38 268 10363 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 259 26 25.4 4.9 39 257 10668 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 268 24 23.6 0.7 40 250 10840 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 278 26 25.4 -3.5 41 245 10973 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 278 27 26.4 -3.6 42 233 11278 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 287 27 25.8 -7.8 43 223 11582 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 288 24 22.9 -7.3 44 202 12192 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 287 25 23.8 -7.5 45 200 12270 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 286 29 27.8 -8.2 46 183 12802 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 294 35 31.6 -13.8 47 165 13411 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 279 17 16.4 -2.7 48 157 13716 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 268 17 16.6 0.7 49 150 14000 285 48 46.4 -12.4 | 296 27 23.9 -11.7 50 147 14122 285 46 44.4 -11.9 | 297 25 22.0 -11.2 51 142 14326 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 298 24 21.0 -10.9 52 139 14460 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 285 38 36.6 -9.7 53 135 14630 280 60 59.1 -10.4 | 285 38 36.6 -9.7 54 129 14935 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 333 14 6.6 -12.8 55 122 15240 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 312 11 8.5 -7.6 56 116 15545 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 279 17 16.4 -2.7 57 105 16154 275 55 54.8 -4.8 | 277 33 32.3 -4.1 58 100 16470 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 249 23 21.9 8.5 59 95 16764 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 238 22 19.1 11.8 60 86 17374 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 260 28 27.4 5.1 61 82 17678 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 302 8 7.1 -4.5 62 78 17983 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 265 8 7.6 0.7 63 74 18288 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 68 6 -5.7 -2.3 64 70 18593 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 121 20 -16.9 10.2 65 70 18610 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 168 20 -4.1 19.1 66 67 18898 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 168 20 -4.1 19.1 67 64 19202 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 141 16 -10.4 12.7 68 60 19507 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 145 22 -12.4 18.0 69 57 19812 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 137 14 -9.3 9.9 70 55 20117 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 96 14 -13.5 1.5 71 52 20422 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 117 23 -20.7 10.5 72 50 20660 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 150 21 -10.4 17.9 73 49 20726 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 134 16 -11.8 11.3 74 47 21031 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 152 19 -9.0 16.8 75 45 21336 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 72 13 -12.5 -3.9 76 43 21641 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 82 22 -21.8 -3.2 77 41 21946 170 5 -0.9 4.9 | 104 24 -23.3 5.6 78 39 22250 175 6 -0.5 6.0 | 106 24 -23.0 6.7 79 37 22555 205 12 5.1 10.9 | 124 21 -17.4 11.6 80 35 22860 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 88 20 -19.7 -0.6 81 34 23165 5 9 -0.8 -9.0 | 70 25 -23.2 -8.3 82 30 23774 40 13 -8.4 -10.0 | 73 32 -30.8 -9.3 83 30 23860 90 8 -8.0 0.0 | 91 30 -30.4 0.7 84 29 24079 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 85 33 -32.8 -3.1 85 28 24384 85 8 -8.0 -0.7 | 90 30 -30.4 0.0 86 26 24689 160 5 -1.7 4.7 | 103 25 -24.2 5.4 87 25 24994 160 2 -0.7 1.9 | 96 23 -23.1 2.6 88 24 25298 100 1 -1.0 0.2 | 92 23 -23.4 0.9 89 23 25603 5 3 -0.3 -3.0 | 84 23 -22.7 -2.3 90 22 25908 245 3 2.7 1.3 | 96 20 -19.7 2.0 91 21 26213 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 91 24 -24.4 0.5 92 20 26450 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 134 16 -11.8 11.3 93 20 26518 145 8 -4.6 6.6 | 105 28 -27.0 7.3 94 18 26822 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 130 18 -13.4 11.4 95 17 27127 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 105 19 -18.2 4.9 96 15 27432 5 3 -0.3 -3.0 | 84 23 -22.7 -2.3 97 13 28042 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 124 12 -9.8 6.6 98 12 28346 185 14 1.2 13.9 | 125 26 -21.2 14.6 99 10 28956 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 34 14 -7.9 -11.5 100 9 29566 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 63 22 -19.6 -9.9 101 8 29870 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 78 19 -18.6 -3.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.4 neg: -32.3 tot: 81.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 3.51 Bulk Shear: 41.98 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 222 13 129 17| 9.0 0.0 9.0| 36.3 0.0 36.3 72.6 0.76| 10.8 8.1 1000 221 16 138 18| 6.2 0.0 6.2| 52.6 0.0 52.6 52.6 0.81| 7.2 5.8 1500 230 20 151 15| 7.6 0.0 7.6|110.6 0.0 110.6 73.8 0.79| 11.2 8.9 2000 238 22 163 13| 6.0 0.0 6.0|113.4 -1.0 112.4 56.2 0.71| 9.6 6.9 2500 242 23 172 12| 4.8 0.8 5.7|113.4 -4.3 109.0 43.6 0.62| 8.6 5.3 3000 241 25 179 13| 4.0 2.1 6.2|113.4 -32.3 81.1 27.0 0.38| 9.0 3.4 4000 239 28 187 15| 3.6 1.6 5.2|158.0 -36.7 121.3 30.3 0.40| 8.6 3.4 5000 241 29 192 15| 2.9 1.3 4.2|169.9 -45.8 124.1 24.8 0.36| 7.9 2.8 6000 242 30 195 15| 2.7 1.5 4.2|187.3 -60.9 126.4 21.1 0.32| 7.5 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250420.00.gif