UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 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 202 230 6 SFC 991 270 17.2 15.5 90 1.7 16.1 230 6 291.1 293.1 289.6 322.9 11.24 2 930 826 20.4 13.4 64 7.0 15.9 283 18 299.7 301.6 291.8 330.3 10.44 3 925 873 20.2 12.2 60 8.0 15.1 290 16 300.0 301.7 291.3 328.4 9.69 4 921 910 20.2 12.2 60 8.0 15.1 290 16 300.3 302.1 291.4 329.0 9.74 5 882 1283 18.4 6.4 45 12.0 11.4 303 9 302.2 303.5 289.6 322.7 6.85 6 868 1420 17.2 6.2 48 11.0 10.8 310 9 302.3 303.6 289.6 322.9 6.86 7 850 1599 16.4 3.4 42 13.0 9.2 330 5 303.3 304.4 288.9 320.7 5.75 8 838 1720 15.8 0.8 36 15.0 7.9 294 4 303.9 304.8 288.3 318.7 4.84 9 809 2017 14.6 5.6 55 9.0 9.3 233 5 305.7 307.0 290.9 327.1 7.06 10 790 2217 13.8 0.8 41 13.0 6.8 223 8 307.0 307.9 289.6 322.7 5.13 11 776 2368 14.4 -7.6 21 22.0 4.2 238 10 309.2 309.7 288.1 318.0 2.78 12 763 2510 13.6 -10.4 18 24.0 3.1 248 11 309.8 310.2 287.8 317.1 2.27 13 714 3063 8.8 -11.2 23 20.0 0.4 278 13 310.5 310.9 288.0 317.8 2.27 14 702 3203 7.6 -12.4 23 20.0 -0.5 250 10 310.6 311.0 287.9 317.4 2.10 15 700 3226 7.4 -12.6 23 20.0 -0.7 245 10 310.7 311.1 287.9 317.4 2.07 16 657 3744 3.2 -12.8 30 16.0 -3.1 245 15 311.6 312.0 288.3 318.7 2.17 17 645 3893 2.4 -15.6 25 18.0 -4.3 245 19 312.4 312.7 288.1 318.1 1.76 18 629 4095 0.8 -10.2 44 11.0 -3.8 243 20 312.8 313.3 289.3 321.8 2.80 19 618 4236 -0.3 -14.3 34 14.0 -5.5 241 19 313.1 313.5 288.7 319.8 2.04 20 576 4794 -5.3 -14.3 49 9.0 -8.6 227 24 313.6 314.0 289.0 320.8 2.19 21 565 4945 -6.5 -16.5 45 10.0 -9.9 224 26 313.9 314.3 288.8 320.1 1.86 22 549 5169 -8.1 -16.1 53 8.0 -10.8 216 29 314.6 315.0 289.1 321.2 1.98 23 531 5427 -9.5 -18.5 48 9.0 -12.3 223 32 316.0 316.3 289.2 321.6 1.67 24 519 5604 -10.7 -18.7 52 8.0 -13.2 230 31 316.6 316.9 289.4 322.2 1.68 25 516 5648 -10.9 -19.9 47 9.0 -13.6 233 30 316.9 317.2 289.3 322.0 1.53 26 500 5890 -11.7 -22.7 40 11.0 -14.7 245 27 318.8 319.0 289.7 323.0 1.23 27 492 6013 -12.1 -24.1 36 12.0 -15.3 245 26 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.6 1.11 28 482 6170 -12.7 -22.7 43 10.0 -15.5 246 28 320.9 321.2 290.3 325.3 1.28 29 472 6329 -13.5 -23.5 43 10.0 -16.2 249 36 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.1 1.22 30 423 7150 -21.1 -25.7 66 4.6 -22.1 257 48 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.3 1.11 31 410 7379 -22.9 -28.9 58 6.0 -24.1 259 50 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.0 0.86 32 407 7433 -22.9 -28.9 58 6.0 -24.1 258 50 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.7 0.86 33 400 7560 -23.1 -27.3 68 4.2 -24.0 255 50 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.6 1.02 34 398 7597 -23.5 -27.7 68 4.2 -24.4 255 51 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.4 0.99 35 361 8302 -28.7 -31.2 79 2.5 -29.1 256 54 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.0 0.78 36 331 8917 -33.5 -35.0 86 1.5 -33.7 260 52 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.0 0.59 37 328 8981 -33.9 -35.8 83 1.9 -34.1 260 52 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.1 0.55 38 319 9175 -35.3 -37.0 84 1.7 -35.5 260 53 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.6 0.50 39 306 9464 -37.3 -39.8 77 2.5 -37.5 260 49 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.4 0.39 40 300 9600 -38.3 -41.0 76 2.7 -38.5 260 51 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.35 41 290 9833 -40.3 -43.7 70 3.4 -40.6 260 51 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.8 0.27 42 279 10096 -42.5 -45.2 75 2.7 -42.7 260 49 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.24 43 262 10519 -46.1 -50.6 60 4.5 -46.3 260 50 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.14 44 250 10830 -48.9 -52.7 64 3.8 -49.1 265 51 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 45 245 10962 -50.1 -53.2 70 3.1 -50.2 265 52 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.11 46 239 11123 -51.7 -55.5 64 3.8 -51.8 265 52 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.09 47 237 11177 -52.3 -55.8 66 3.5 -52.4 265 51 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 48 228 11425 -54.3 -59.1 55 4.8 -54.4 265 52 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.06 49 218 11711 -56.5 -61.5 53 5.0 -56.6 265 53 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 50 216 11769 -56.9 -61.9 53 5.0 -57.0 265 54 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 51 210 11946 -58.5 -64.5 46 6.0 -58.6 266 54 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 52 206 12066 -59.5 -64.5 52 5.0 -59.6 267 55 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 53 200 12250 -61.1 -67.1 45 6.0 -61.2 270 56 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.02 54 156 13750 -72.9 270 64 340.7 55 155 13787 -72.9 271 63 341.3 56 150 13980 -72.1 275 58 345.9 57 131 14788 -64.7 283 46 372.8 58 127 14976 -65.3 281 43 375.0 59 116 15530 -61.3 250 48 392.3 60 106 16085 -63.5 270 67 398.4 61 100 16440 -64.9 285 50 402.3 62 84 17490 -69.7 253 37 413.2 63 83 17561 -69.9 254 36 414.2 64 78 17930 -70.5 264 33 420.3 65 76 18084 -70.3 267 33 423.9 66 70 18570 -71.7 245 23 431.0 67 61 19399 -64.5 242 18 464.3 68 57 19814 -64.9 206 17 472.5 69 50 20620 -62.7 220 4 495.7 70 40 22008 -58.5 37 3 538.9 71 37 22496 -59.9 86 9 547.5 72 31 23604 -58.5 287 7 579.7 73 30 23810 -58.7 335 4 584.6 74 28 24243 -58.9 355 5 595.7 75 20 26380 -53.5 115 7 672.4 76 18 27060 -52.3 225 4 696.8 77 14 28703 -47.3 185 8 765.6 78 13 29193 -47.7 245 18 780.7 79 10 30950 -41.3 195 1 865.4 80 9.9 31018 -41.9 865.6 81 7.4 33002 -39.1 952.2 82 7.3 33095 -39.3 955.1 TRP 156 13750 -72.9 270 64 340.7 WND 106 16085 -63.5 270 67 398.4 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.00 m Freezing level: 621.00 mb = 4197.81 m = 13772.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.50 mb = 3126.60 m = 10257.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.54 mb = 488.63 m = 1603.09 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 790.0- 714.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.77 mb = 3053.88 m = 10019.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.50 C = 97.71 F Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lifted Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.27 C Showalter Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 15.10 C K Index: 11.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 77.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64039.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.32 mb = 1525.79 m = 5005.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 273 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 991 270 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 118 10 -8.6 4.5 1 987 305 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 220 15 9.4 11.2 2 953 610 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 229 15 11.2 9.6 3 925 873 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 339 5 1.8 -4.8 4 921 914 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 339 5 1.8 -4.8 5 888 1219 300 9 7.8 -4.5 | 55 7 -5.4 -3.8 6 857 1524 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 50 9 -6.9 -5.7 7 850 1599 330 5 2.5 -4.3 | 71 11 -10.7 -3.7 8 827 1829 260 3 3.0 0.5 | 97 10 -10.3 1.2 9 797 2134 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 125 11 -9.2 6.4 10 769 2438 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 148 6 -3.3 5.3 11 742 2743 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 137 4 -2.4 2.6 12 715 3048 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 15 2 -0.4 -1.6 13 700 3226 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 140 6 -4.2 4.9 14 689 3353 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 142 8 -5.0 6.4 15 663 3658 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 167 6 -1.5 6.2 16 638 3962 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 211 11 5.8 9.6 17 614 4267 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 198 11 3.2 10.2 18 591 4572 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 191 14 2.9 14.2 19 568 4877 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 194 19 4.4 18.4 20 547 5182 215 29 16.6 23.8 | 188 25 3.4 24.4 21 526 5486 225 33 23.3 23.3 | 203 26 10.1 24.0 22 506 5791 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 216 17 10.1 14.2 23 500 5890 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 223 17 11.2 12.1 24 486 6096 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 220 15 9.4 11.2 25 467 6401 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 239 28 24.4 14.4 26 448 6706 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 241 32 28.1 15.7 27 413 7315 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 255 37 36.0 9.4 28 400 7560 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 249 38 35.1 13.6 29 397 7620 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 249 39 36.0 13.9 30 380 7925 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 242 39 34.7 18.1 31 364 8230 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 250 43 39.9 14.9 32 349 8534 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 256 38 37.0 9.5 33 320 9144 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 256 40 39.0 9.9 34 306 9449 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 255 36 35.0 9.2 35 300 9600 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 256 38 37.0 9.5 36 293 9754 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 256 38 37.0 9.5 37 280 10058 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 255 36 35.0 9.2 38 256 10668 260 51 50.2 8.9 | 256 38 37.0 9.5 39 250 10830 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 262 38 37.6 5.1 40 244 10973 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 262 39 38.6 5.2 41 233 11278 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 262 38 37.6 5.1 42 222 11582 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 262 40 39.6 5.3 43 212 11887 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 262 41 40.6 5.4 44 200 12250 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 269 43 42.8 0.7 45 192 12497 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 269 45 44.8 0.7 46 183 12802 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 269 43 42.8 0.7 47 165 13411 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 263 45 44.5 5.7 48 156 13750 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 269 51 50.8 0.7 49 150 13980 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 276 45 44.5 -4.4 50 149 14021 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 269 52 51.8 0.7 51 142 14326 285 55 53.1 -14.2 | 289 42 39.9 -13.6 52 135 14630 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 283 35 34.0 -7.7 53 128 14935 285 44 42.5 -11.4 | 290 31 29.3 -10.7 54 122 15240 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 254 26 25.2 7.5 55 116 15545 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 242 36 31.9 17.1 56 106 16085 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 269 54 53.8 0.7 57 100 16440 285 50 48.3 -12.9 | 289 37 35.1 -12.3 58 100 16459 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 269 54 53.8 0.7 59 95 16764 285 46 44.4 -11.9 | 290 33 31.2 -11.2 60 90 17069 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 276 21 20.6 -2.3 61 86 17374 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 239 26 22.5 13.7 62 77 17983 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 259 19 18.6 3.5 63 73 18288 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 268 22 21.8 0.7 64 70 18570 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 216 13 7.6 10.4 65 70 18593 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 216 4 2.5 3.5 66 66 18898 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 224 12 8.4 8.5 67 63 19202 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 202 15 5.6 13.9 68 60 19507 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 183 7 0.4 7.0 69 57 19812 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 159 17 -6.1 16.1 70 54 20117 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 184 10 0.7 10.4 71 52 20422 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 165 10 -2.5 9.7 72 50 20620 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 109 11 -10.7 3.7 73 49 20726 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 126 3 -2.3 1.6 74 47 21031 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 147 13 -7.2 11.1 75 45 21336 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 174 9 -0.9 9.3 76 42 21641 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 71 13 -11.9 -4.2 77 40 21946 35 2 -1.1 -1.6 | 86 14 -14.4 -1.0 78 39 22250 45 6 -4.2 -4.2 | 78 18 -17.5 -3.6 79 37 22555 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 94 23 -23.2 1.6 80 33 23165 165 5 -1.3 4.8 | 111 16 -14.5 5.5 81 32 23470 285 7 6.8 -1.8 | 80 7 -6.5 -1.1 82 30 23774 290 6 5.6 -2.1 | 80 8 -7.6 -1.4 83 30 23810 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 76 12 -11.5 -2.9 84 29 24079 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 76 12 -11.2 -2.8 85 27 24384 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 74 15 -14.5 -4.2 86 26 24689 110 5 -4.7 1.7 | 98 18 -17.9 2.4 87 25 24994 40 4 -2.6 -3.1 | 81 16 -15.8 -2.4 88 23 25603 105 7 -6.8 1.8 | 97 20 -20.0 2.5 89 22 25908 20 2 -0.7 -1.9 | 85 14 -13.9 -1.2 90 21 26213 30 2 -1.0 -1.7 | 86 14 -14.2 -1.1 91 20 26380 115 7 -6.3 3.0 | 101 20 -19.6 3.6 92 20 26518 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 72 16 -15.3 -5.0 93 19 26822 155 4 -1.7 3.6 | 106 16 -14.9 4.3 94 17 27432 325 3 1.7 -2.5 | 81 12 -11.5 -1.8 95 16 27737 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 74 15 -14.5 -4.2 96 16 28042 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 84 25 -24.8 -2.4 97 15 28346 105 9 -8.7 2.3 | 98 22 -21.9 3.0 98 14 28651 175 6 -0.5 6.0 | 116 15 -13.8 6.7 99 13 29261 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 213 9 4.6 7.2 100 12 29566 295 9 8.2 -3.8 | 58 6 -5.1 -3.1 101 12 29870 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 38 6 -3.7 -4.8 102 10 30950 195 1 0.3 1.0 | 97 13 -13.0 1.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.3 neg: -2.6 tot: 122.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.33 Bulk Shear: 6.45 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 251 24 228 13| 16.6 0.0 16.6| 65.3 0.0 65.3 130.6 0.90| 37.3 33.5 1000 265 19 246 6| 4.7 0.0 4.7| 82.6 0.0 82.6 82.6 0.91| 25.9 23.5 1500 272 15 262 2| 3.2 2.1 5.2|100.6 -0.8 99.9 66.6 0.88| 20.5 17.9 2000 267 12 148 2| 2.4 2.8 5.1|120.5 -0.8 119.8 59.9 0.88| 17.5 15.4 2500 264 12 149 2| 3.1 2.2 5.3|124.3 -1.8 122.5 49.0 0.81| 15.4 12.5 3000 264 12 146 2| 2.6 2.4 5.0|125.3 -2.6 122.7 40.9 0.73| 14.8 10.8 4000 257 13 170 4| 2.2 2.1 4.3|144.5 -10.0 134.5 33.6 0.69| 13.0 8.9 5000 246 15 186 7| 1.8 3.2 4.9|158.5 -26.3 132.2 26.4 0.58| 12.1 7.1 6000 243 18 196 9| 2.9 2.6 5.6|246.4 -27.9 218.5 36.4 0.58| 12.4 7.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250420.12.gif