UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 21 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 186 SFC 990 270 26.8 15.8 51 11.0 19.4 180 7 300.8 302.9 292.9 334.5 11.47 2 978 379 25.4 15.4 54 10.0 18.7 194 5 300.5 302.5 292.7 333.7 11.32 3 925 871 20.6 14.6 68 6.0 16.7 185 10 300.4 302.5 292.7 333.7 11.37 4 917 946 20.0 14.0 68 6.0 16.1 187 10 300.5 302.5 292.5 332.9 11.02 5 899 1117 18.6 12.6 68 6.0 14.7 195 9 300.8 302.6 292.0 330.9 10.25 6 876 1339 16.6 11.6 72 5.0 13.4 192 9 300.9 302.7 291.7 329.9 9.84 7 853 1565 14.6 8.6 67 6.0 11.0 177 9 301.1 302.6 290.5 325.6 8.25 8 850 1595 14.4 8.4 67 6.0 10.8 175 9 301.2 302.7 290.4 325.4 8.16 9 824 1856 13.0 3.0 51 10.0 7.5 185 6 302.4 303.5 288.6 319.8 5.77 10 810 2000 13.4 -8.6 21 22.0 3.8 188 7 304.4 304.8 286.1 312.1 2.46 11 766 2466 10.6 -27.4 5 38.0 -0.7 236 6 306.2 306.3 284.6 308.0 0.53 12 717 3012 7.4 -14.6 19 22.0 -1.0 206 12 308.6 308.9 286.8 314.1 1.72 13 700 3209 6.0 -16.0 19 22.0 -2.1 225 11 309.1 309.4 286.8 314.2 1.57 14 695 3268 5.6 -16.4 19 22.0 -2.4 223 14 309.3 309.6 286.8 314.3 1.53 15 680 3446 4.4 -14.6 24 19.0 -2.8 221 19 309.9 310.3 287.3 315.8 1.81 16 674 3518 4.0 -17.0 20 21.0 -3.5 223 18 310.3 310.5 287.1 315.2 1.50 17 646 3861 1.0 -14.0 32 15.0 -4.6 206 15 310.6 311.0 287.8 317.1 2.00 18 591 4572 -2.3 -41.3 3 39.0 -9.9 234 24 314.8 314.8 287.2 315.5 0.17 19 564 4942 -4.3 -52.3 1 48.0 -11.6 250 29 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.9 0.05 20 507 5773 -9.7 -32.7 13 23.0 -14.7 250 31 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.7 0.48 21 500 5880 -10.7 -31.7 16 21.0 -15.3 250 31 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.9 0.54 22 491 6019 -11.5 -30.5 19 19.0 -15.8 250 30 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.9 0.61 23 465 6432 -15.1 -25.1 42 10.0 -17.6 254 31 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.0 1.07 24 453 6629 -16.5 -28.5 35 12.0 -19.2 248 29 321.9 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.80 25 443 6795 -17.7 -24.7 54 7.0 -19.4 246 28 322.4 322.7 290.7 326.5 1.17 26 437 6897 -18.5 -25.5 54 7.0 -20.2 248 29 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.5 1.10 27 418 7226 -20.5 -31.5 37 11.0 -22.6 253 30 324.2 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.66 28 400 7550 -22.7 -27.7 64 5.0 -23.8 285 30 325.5 325.7 291.4 329.0 0.98 29 383 7866 -25.7 -29.0 74 3.3 -26.3 284 29 325.6 325.8 291.4 328.8 0.91 30 376 7999 -26.5 -30.4 70 3.9 -27.2 283 29 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.2 0.81 31 369 8134 -27.1 -30.7 71 3.6 -27.8 279 30 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.80 32 355 8412 -28.9 -33.9 62 5.0 -29.7 272 34 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.7 0.61 33 342 8677 -30.9 -34.2 73 3.3 -31.4 268 39 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.5 0.62 34 328 8971 -33.3 -37.8 64 4.5 -33.8 267 43 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.6 0.45 35 322 9100 -34.3 -38.6 65 4.3 -34.8 269 44 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.42 36 306 9454 -37.5 -43.5 53 6.0 -38.0 270 48 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.27 37 304 9499 -38.1 -44.1 53 6.0 -38.6 270 48 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.25 38 300 9590 -38.7 -44.7 53 6.0 -39.2 270 47 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.7 0.24 39 293 9752 -40.1 -47.1 47 7.0 -40.6 270 47 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.19 40 281 10037 -42.3 -49.3 46 7.0 -42.7 270 49 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.15 41 270 10307 -44.3 -49.0 59 4.7 -44.6 266 47 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.16 42 255 10689 -47.5 -51.7 62 4.2 -47.7 269 47 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 43 250 10820 -48.7 -52.8 62 4.1 -48.8 265 48 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 44 224 11529 -55.1 -59.7 57 4.6 -55.2 265 49 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 45 213 11847 -57.9 -62.6 55 4.7 -58.0 265 51 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.04 46 209 11966 -58.9 -63.3 57 4.4 -59.0 266 51 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 47 200 12240 -61.3 -66.1 53 4.8 -61.4 270 49 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 48 180 12887 -65.0 -66.1 87 1.1 -65.1 270 64 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.03 49 157 13709 -69.9 255 40 345.1 50 156 13747 -69.9 255 37 345.8 51 150 13980 -69.3 255 42 350.7 52 146 14141 -68.7 259 43 354.5 53 134 14649 -71.3 280 36 358.7 54 133 14693 -71.3 280 36 359.4 55 111 15781 -63.1 256 50 393.9 56 109 15892 -63.1 258 50 395.9 57 104 16180 -63.7 275 52 400.1 58 100 16420 -63.1 275 39 405.8 59 96 16673 -61.1 280 39 414.5 60 75 18170 -71.5 268 33 423.0 61 70 18580 -69.7 270 33 435.3 62 65 19025 -66.7 295 34 451.2 63 61 19409 -66.9 340 23 459.0 64 53 20270 -61.9 298 10 489.4 65 51 20508 -62.3 293 8 493.9 66 50 20630 -61.9 255 9 497.6 67 42 21718 -57.7 290 15 533.5 68 39 22183 -59.1 346 13 541.3 69 37 22514 -58.1 354 16 552.1 70 34 23047 -56.9 71 17 568.8 71 32 23430 -57.1 102 14 578.2 72 30 23840 -55.3 120 5 593.9 73 29 24057 -55.3 125 3 599.7 74 27 24513 -55.9 40 6 610.4 75 20 26450 -50.1 305 3 682.8 76 17 27511 -49.1 289 11 718.5 77 15 28328 -50.5 335 14 740.0 78 12 29797 -45.7 244 10 805.8 79 10 31020 -41.7 335 16 863.9 80 7.2 33269 -37.1 967.8 81 7.0 33464 -37.5 974.0 TRP 157 13709 -69.9 255 40 345.1 WND 180 12887 -65.0 -66.1 87 1.1 -65.1 270 64 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.00 m Freezing level: 629.33 mb = 4076.05 m = 13372.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.75 mb = 2392.80 m = 7850.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.02 mb = 1664.27 m = 5460.14 ft T: 14.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 25.71 C Layer 917.0- 717.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.84 mb = 2284.45 m = 7494.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.47 C = 88.64 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 11.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 213.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.29 mb = 1691.47 m = 5549.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.29 mb = 3622.74 m = 11885.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.29 mb = 10176.03 m = 33385.52 ft B at Equ Level: 211.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.29 mb = 13045.88 m = 42800.92 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 261 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 270 180 7 0.0 7.0 | 112 13 -12.5 5.0 1 986 305 200 3 1.0 2.8 | 94 11 -11.4 0.8 2 953 610 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 124 16 -13.4 9.0 3 925 871 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 125 14 -11.6 8.0 4 920 914 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 125 14 -11.6 8.0 5 888 1219 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 125 11 -9.4 6.5 6 857 1524 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 123 15 -12.5 8.0 7 850 1595 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 118 15 -13.2 7.0 8 826 1829 185 6 0.5 6.0 | 109 13 -11.9 4.0 9 797 2134 190 7 1.2 6.9 | 114 12 -11.2 4.9 10 768 2438 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 101 8 -7.5 1.5 11 740 2743 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 151 2 -1.2 2.1 12 714 3048 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 138 12 -8.3 9.3 13 700 3209 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 141 7 -4.7 5.8 14 687 3353 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 179 13 -0.2 12.6 15 662 3658 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 181 11 0.3 10.8 16 637 3962 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 139 14 -9.1 10.6 17 613 4267 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 179 13 -0.2 12.6 18 567 4877 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 242 17 14.8 7.9 19 546 5182 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 241 16 13.9 7.6 20 525 5486 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 242 17 14.8 7.9 21 506 5791 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 243 19 16.7 8.6 22 500 5880 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 243 19 16.7 8.6 23 486 6096 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 242 18 15.7 8.3 24 466 6401 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 251 19 17.5 6.0 25 448 6706 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 233 16 12.9 9.9 26 430 7010 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 242 17 14.8 7.9 27 413 7315 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 251 19 17.5 6.0 28 400 7550 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 301 19 16.5 -9.7 29 396 7620 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 293 19 17.1 -7.2 30 379 7925 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 301 18 15.6 -9.5 31 363 8230 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 284 19 18.4 -4.7 32 334 8839 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 267 30 30.4 1.8 33 319 9144 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 274 32 31.5 -2.0 34 306 9449 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 273 36 35.5 -2.0 35 300 9590 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 273 35 34.5 -2.0 36 293 9754 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 273 35 34.5 -2.0 37 280 10058 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 273 37 36.5 -2.0 38 268 10363 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 266 34 34.4 2.1 39 256 10668 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 273 35 34.5 -2.0 40 250 10820 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 266 35 35.4 2.2 41 244 10973 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 266 35 35.4 2.2 42 233 11278 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 266 34 34.4 2.1 43 222 11582 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 266 36 36.4 2.3 44 211 11887 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 266 38 38.4 2.5 45 200 12240 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 273 37 36.5 -2.0 46 183 12802 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 273 41 40.5 -2.0 47 180 12887 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 272 52 51.5 -2.0 48 174 13106 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 272 52 51.5 -2.0 49 165 13411 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 279 42 41.3 -6.7 50 157 13709 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 252 27 26.2 8.4 51 157 13716 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 252 23 22.3 7.3 52 150 13980 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 252 29 28.1 8.9 53 149 14021 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 252 28 27.1 8.6 54 142 14326 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 267 32 32.4 1.9 55 135 14630 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 290 24 23.0 -8.2 56 128 14935 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 290 23 22.0 -8.1 57 122 15240 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 260 28 27.9 5.1 58 116 15545 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 260 40 39.7 7.2 59 110 15850 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 253 36 34.9 10.7 60 105 16154 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 279 42 41.3 -6.7 61 100 16420 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 282 27 26.4 -5.4 62 99 16459 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 287 35 33.8 -10.1 63 94 16764 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 290 24 23.0 -8.2 64 90 17069 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 291 21 20.0 -7.7 65 85 17374 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 275 23 22.5 -2.0 66 81 17678 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 259 18 18.1 3.4 67 77 17983 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 268 18 18.4 0.7 68 73 18288 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 275 23 22.5 -2.0 69 70 18580 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 275 21 20.5 -2.0 70 70 18593 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 294 17 15.1 -6.8 71 66 18898 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 289 26 25.0 -8.6 72 60 19507 350 21 3.6 -20.7 | 21 24 -8.8 -22.7 73 57 19812 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 314 5 3.5 -3.4 74 54 20117 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 335 4 1.5 -3.2 75 52 20422 320 7 4.5 -5.4 | 47 11 -8.0 -7.3 76 50 20630 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 95 4 -3.8 0.4 77 49 20726 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 101 8 -7.5 1.5 78 47 21031 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 56 9 -7.3 -5.0 79 45 21336 195 7 1.8 6.8 | 114 12 -10.6 4.8 80 43 21641 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 314 5 3.5 -3.4 81 41 21946 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 31 13 -7.0 -11.5 82 39 22250 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 35 18 -10.2 -14.8 83 37 22555 355 16 1.4 -15.9 | 32 21 -11.1 -17.9 84 35 22860 55 19 -15.6 -10.9 | 65 31 -28.0 -12.9 85 32 23470 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 94 26 -26.0 1.6 86 30 23840 120 5 -4.3 2.5 | 92 17 -16.8 0.5 87 29 24079 125 3 -2.5 1.7 | 89 15 -14.9 -0.3 88 28 24384 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 94 20 -19.7 1.4 89 26 24689 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 65 10 -9.2 -4.3 90 25 24994 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 58 10 -8.9 -5.5 91 24 25298 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 | 62 15 -12.9 -7.0 92 23 25603 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 114 16 -14.8 6.7 93 21 26213 180 5 0.0 5.0 | 104 13 -12.5 3.0 94 20 26450 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 70 11 -10.0 -3.7 95 20 26518 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 19 13 -4.1 -11.9 96 19 26822 275 3 3.0 -0.3 | 77 10 -9.5 -2.2 97 18 27127 195 4 1.0 3.9 | 99 12 -11.4 1.9 98 17 27432 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 66 5 -4.5 -2.0 99 16 27737 335 18 7.6 -16.3 | 15 19 -4.8 -18.3 100 16 28042 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 19 10 -3.3 -9.7 101 14 28651 360 15 -0.0 -15.0 | 36 21 -12.5 -17.0 102 14 28956 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 44 18 -12.5 -13.0 103 13 29261 50 6 -4.6 -3.9 | 71 18 -17.0 -5.8 104 12 29566 145 4 -2.3 3.3 | 95 15 -14.7 1.3 105 12 29870 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 56 2 -1.5 -1.0 106 10 31020 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 19 17 -5.7 -16.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.8 neg: -29.3 tot: 4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 9.05 Bulk Shear: 23.66 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 180 8 116 14| 3.5 0.0 3.5| 17.2 -6.5 10.7 21.4 0.30| 10.3 3.1 1000 185 9 120 13| 1.6 0.0 1.6| 17.7 -6.7 11.0 11.0 0.23| 6.8 1.6 1500 185 9 120 14| 1.1 1.1 2.2| 17.7 -18.9 -1.3 -0.8 -0.01| 6.7 -0.1 2000 186 8 118 13| 1.5 0.8 2.3| 20.8 -21.5 -0.7 -0.4 -0.00| 6.0 -0.0 2500 196 8 120 12| 2.7 0.6 3.4| 25.2 -24.4 0.8 0.3 0.07| 6.6 0.5 3000 201 9 124 11| 2.3 0.9 3.1| 33.8 -29.3 4.5 1.5 0.08| 8.1 0.7 4000 207 11 136 11| 2.1 1.0 3.1| 74.3 -57.2 17.1 4.3 0.11| 9.2 1.0 5000 221 14 160 9| 3.2 0.8 4.0|131.6 -57.6 74.0 14.8 0.26| 9.1 2.4 6000 231 17 184 9| 2.7 0.6 3.3|140.7 -58.2 82.6 13.8 0.26| 8.1 2.1 Wrote GIF file: 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