UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 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 187 SFC 990 270 16.8 14.4 86 2.4 15.3 210 4 290.8 292.6 288.8 320.3 10.47 2 962 517 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.3 217 17 294.8 296.6 289.9 323.8 10.09 3 930 809 17.2 9.2 59 8.0 12.4 227 20 296.4 297.9 288.5 319.3 7.87 4 925 855 16.8 8.8 59 8.0 12.1 225 20 296.5 297.9 288.4 318.9 7.70 5 908 1013 15.2 10.2 72 5.0 12.2 222 18 296.4 298.0 289.2 321.5 8.63 6 853 1539 12.8 -3.2 33 16.0 5.2 187 14 299.3 299.9 285.3 309.9 3.54 7 850 1569 12.6 -5.4 28 18.0 4.4 190 15 299.3 299.9 284.8 308.5 3.00 8 839 1678 13.2 -17.8 10 31.0 2.1 194 16 301.1 301.3 283.3 304.7 1.12 9 819 1880 12.8 201 18 302.8 10 807 2004 12.6 203 20 303.8 11 801 2066 12.8 204 21 304.7 12 772 2374 11.0 209 24 306.0 13 710 3066 7.6 227 27 309.6 14 700 3182 7.2 245 31 310.5 15 672 3516 4.8 240 32 311.4 16 598 4454 -2.5 -32.5 8 30.0 -9.6 250 31 313.5 313.6 287.1 315.0 0.42 17 577 4736 -4.9 -34.9 7 30.0 -11.3 247 31 313.9 314.0 287.1 315.2 0.34 18 566 4887 -6.1 -37.1 7 31.0 -12.3 250 32 314.3 314.3 287.2 315.3 0.28 19 555 5041 -6.7 -35.7 8 29.0 -12.7 248 29 315.3 315.4 287.6 316.5 0.33 20 519 5562 -9.1 -51.1 2 42.0 -15.0 243 29 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.8 0.07 21 510 5697 -9.7 -49.7 2 40.0 -15.4 238 30 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.7 0.08 22 500 5850 -9.9 -41.9 5 32.0 -15.4 235 31 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.19 23 440 6818 -18.5 -25.5 54 7.0 -20.2 237 27 322.0 322.3 290.5 325.9 1.09 24 413 7286 -22.5 -27.5 64 5.0 -23.5 250 33 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.2 0.97 25 405 7429 -23.7 -29.7 58 6.0 -24.8 255 35 323.0 323.2 290.5 325.9 0.80 26 400 7520 -24.1 -29.1 63 5.0 -25.1 260 37 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.7 0.86 27 385 7797 -26.1 -28.9 77 2.8 -26.6 266 34 324.6 324.8 291.1 327.8 0.91 28 371 8064 -27.7 -31.7 69 4.0 -28.4 267 33 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.73 29 360 8279 -29.3 -32.9 71 3.6 -29.9 262 34 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.0 0.67 30 346 8560 -31.5 -35.3 69 3.8 -32.0 255 36 327.3 327.5 291.5 329.4 0.55 31 336 8767 -33.1 -37.2 67 4.1 -33.6 259 36 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.47 32 317 9172 -36.9 -40.7 68 3.8 -37.2 255 34 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.4 0.34 33 307 9392 -38.7 -42.7 66 4.0 -39.1 249 35 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.29 34 300 9550 -39.9 -43.2 71 3.3 -40.2 245 36 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.28 35 297 9618 -40.3 -43.0 75 2.7 -40.5 245 36 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.29 36 253 10692 -48.3 -55.3 44 7.0 -48.6 255 52 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.08 37 250 10770 -49.1 -55.1 50 6.0 -49.3 255 55 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 38 237 11120 -52.1 -56.7 58 4.6 -52.2 255 55 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.08 39 233 11231 -53.3 -58.3 54 5.0 -53.4 255 55 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 40 216 11717 -57.7 -61.0 66 3.3 -57.8 255 54 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 41 210 11895 -59.3 -62.9 63 3.6 -59.3 255 55 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.04 42 208 11955 -59.9 -63.3 64 3.4 -60.0 256 55 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 43 200 12200 -62.1 -65.6 63 3.5 -62.1 260 57 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.03 44 185 12677 -65.4 -65.6 97 0.2 -65.4 260 59 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.03 45 167 13291 -69.7 270 46 339.4 46 165 13363 -69.7 270 44 340.6 47 150 13930 -69.3 255 45 350.7 48 147 14050 -69.9 251 46 351.7 49 141 14298 -68.3 255 43 358.7 50 136 14513 -68.5 261 44 362.1 51 122 15165 -66.3 271 38 377.5 52 120 15265 -66.5 271 39 379.0 53 109 15847 -64.9 280 28 392.5 54 104 16132 -65.3 271 28 397.1 55 100 16370 -65.1 260 29 401.9 56 95 16683 -65.5 245 28 407.1 57 78 17878 -67.7 252 23 426.2 58 74 18196 -67.5 242 29 433.0 59 70 18530 -68.9 295 8 437.0 60 68 18703 -69.1 283 8 440.2 61 58 19663 -63.7 312 20 472.9 62 54 20099 -64.9 4 13 479.9 63 50 20570 -62.9 300 14 495.3 64 40 21959 -58.5 313 12 538.9 65 38 22281 -58.9 343 11 545.9 66 35 22798 -58.5 330 20 559.9 67 30 23770 -57.3 35 4 588.4 68 25 24930 -55.9 8 3 623.9 69 20 26360 -53.7 105 10 671.8 70 15 28226 -49.7 82 8 742.7 71 14 28677 -50.1 106 10 756.2 72 12 29687 -48.9 114 8 794.5 73 12 29687 -47.1 -73.1 4 26.0 -52.9 114 8 800.9 800.9 327.3 802.5 0.16 74 10 30902 -44.3 234 6 854.2 TRP 167 13291 -69.7 270 46 339.4 WND 185 12677 -65.4 -65.6 97 0.2 -65.4 260 59 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.00 m Freezing level: 623.34 mb = 4132.72 m = 13558.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 795.10 mb = 2127.56 m = 6980.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.93 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.36 mb = 576.87 m = 1892.59 ft T: 18.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 16.77 C Layer 853.0- 819.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.89 mb = 3265.52 m = 10713.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.66 C = 97.99 F Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lifted Index: 6.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.42 C Showalter Index: 13.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 4.50 C K Index: -15.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 174.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53595.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.69 mb = 1453.92 m = 4770.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 264 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 270 210 4 2.0 3.5 | 95 17 -16.9 1.5 1 986 305 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 109 21 -19.7 7.0 2 952 610 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 170 10 -1.7 10.1 3 925 855 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 158 13 -4.8 12.1 4 919 914 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 154 13 -5.5 11.4 5 886 1219 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 135 15 -10.3 10.3 6 855 1524 185 13 1.1 13.0 | 122 21 -17.8 11.0 7 850 1569 190 15 2.6 14.8 | 128 21 -16.3 12.8 8 824 1829 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 137 19 -13.1 14.0 9 794 2134 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 152 20 -9.6 17.9 10 766 2438 210 25 12.5 21.7 | 162 21 -6.4 19.7 11 738 2743 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 168 20 -4.0 19.3 12 711 3048 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 180 17 0.1 17.1 13 700 3182 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 219 14 9.2 11.1 14 685 3353 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 210 16 7.9 13.5 15 659 3658 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 214 17 9.6 14.5 16 634 3962 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 254 13 12.6 3.6 17 610 4267 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 242 14 12.0 6.3 18 587 4572 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 218 13 8.2 10.7 19 565 4877 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 231 14 11.1 8.9 20 544 5182 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 207 10 4.6 9.0 21 523 5486 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 216 13 7.3 10.3 22 504 5791 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 202 17 6.4 15.8 23 500 5850 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 202 17 6.4 15.8 24 484 6096 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 190 13 2.4 12.9 25 465 6401 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 194 11 2.7 10.5 26 446 6706 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 181 14 0.2 14.1 27 428 7010 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 230 13 10.2 8.6 28 411 7315 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 232 15 12.1 9.3 29 400 7520 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 256 18 17.5 4.4 30 394 7620 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 256 18 17.5 4.4 31 378 7925 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 279 13 13.1 -2.0 32 346 8534 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 245 17 15.8 7.3 33 332 8839 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 256 17 16.5 4.3 34 318 9144 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 244 15 13.9 6.8 35 300 9550 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 226 19 13.7 13.2 36 291 9754 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 226 19 13.7 13.2 37 278 10058 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 240 26 22.4 13.1 38 266 10363 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 249 28 26.5 10.2 39 254 10668 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 250 32 30.3 11.2 40 250 10770 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 250 36 34.2 12.2 41 231 11278 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 250 36 34.2 12.2 42 220 11582 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 250 35 33.2 12.0 43 210 11887 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 250 36 34.2 12.2 44 200 12192 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 258 37 36.2 7.7 45 200 12200 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 258 38 37.2 7.9 46 191 12497 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 258 38 37.2 7.9 47 185 12677 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 258 40 39.2 8.3 48 181 12802 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 258 40 39.2 8.3 49 172 13106 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 258 38 37.2 7.9 50 167 13291 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 274 27 27.1 -2.0 51 164 13411 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 275 24 24.1 -2.0 52 150 13930 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 249 26 24.5 9.7 53 148 14021 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 240 28 24.3 13.7 54 140 14326 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 248 24 22.6 9.1 55 134 14630 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 266 25 24.9 1.8 56 127 14935 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 288 17 15.9 -5.0 57 121 15240 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 276 20 20.1 -2.0 58 115 15545 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 294 22 20.4 -8.9 59 109 15850 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 308 11 8.6 -6.9 60 104 16154 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 282 9 9.1 -2.0 61 100 16370 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 252 10 9.6 3.0 62 99 16459 270 39 39.0 -0.0 | 276 20 20.1 -2.0 63 94 16764 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 183 12 0.7 11.8 64 89 17069 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 228 12 9.2 8.3 65 85 17374 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 219 14 9.2 11.1 66 81 17678 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 268 7 7.0 0.3 67 77 17983 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 188 7 1.0 7.3 68 73 18288 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 212 17 8.8 14.0 69 70 18530 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 65 13 -11.7 -5.4 70 66 18898 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 80 11 -10.9 -2.0 71 63 19202 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 187 12 1.5 12.3 72 60 19507 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 328 10 5.2 -8.5 73 57 19812 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 36 21 -12.2 -16.5 74 54 20117 5 13 -1.1 -13.0 | 53 25 -20.1 -14.9 75 51 20422 165 1 -0.3 1.0 | 87 19 -19.2 -1.0 76 50 20570 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 37 11 -6.8 -9.0 77 46 21031 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 84 14 -14.0 -1.6 78 44 21336 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 58 14 -11.6 -7.2 79 42 21641 355 5 0.4 -5.0 | 69 20 -18.5 -7.0 80 40 21946 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 45 14 -9.8 -9.7 81 38 22250 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 52 20 -16.1 -12.6 82 36 22555 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 53 18 -13.9 -10.7 83 35 22860 330 22 11.0 -19.1 | 21 22 -7.9 -21.0 84 33 23165 5 17 -1.5 -16.9 | 47 28 -20.4 -18.9 85 31 23470 15 18 -4.7 -17.4 | 51 31 -23.6 -19.4 86 30 23770 35 4 -2.3 -3.3 | 76 22 -21.2 -5.3 87 30 23774 50 11 -8.4 -7.1 | 72 29 -27.4 -9.1 88 27 24384 5 6 -0.5 -6.0 | 68 21 -19.5 -8.0 89 26 24689 40 2 -1.3 -1.5 | 80 21 -20.2 -3.5 90 25 24994 360 3 -0.0 -3.0 | 75 20 -18.9 -5.0 91 24 25298 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 66 25 -22.7 -10.2 92 23 25603 60 14 -12.1 -7.0 | 74 32 -31.1 -9.0 93 21 25908 50 15 -11.5 -9.6 | 69 33 -30.4 -11.6 94 20 26213 65 11 -10.0 -4.6 | 77 30 -28.9 -6.6 95 20 26360 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 91 29 -28.6 0.6 96 19 26518 100 15 -14.8 2.6 | 91 34 -33.7 0.6 97 17 26822 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 83 30 -29.8 -3.9 98 16 27127 75 5 -4.8 -1.3 | 82 24 -23.8 -3.3 99 15 27432 85 9 -9.0 -0.8 | 84 28 -27.9 -2.8 100 13 27737 125 11 -9.0 6.3 | 99 28 -28.0 4.3 101 12 28042 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 88 29 -28.9 -1.1 102 11 28346 170 2 -0.3 2.0 | 90 19 -19.3 -0.0 103 10 28651 210 4 2.0 3.5 | 95 17 -16.9 1.5 104 9 28956 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 67 11 -10.3 -4.3 105 9 29261 310 5 3.8 -3.2 | 71 16 -15.1 -5.2 106 8 29566 25 5 -2.1 -4.5 | 73 22 -21.1 -6.5 107 7 29870 75 5 -4.8 -1.3 | 82 24 -23.8 -3.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.3 neg: -41.7 tot: 184.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 13.10 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 223 16 141 13| 17.1 0.0 17.1| 86.4 -2.9 83.5 167.0 0.77| 25.9 19.9 1000 222 17 144 13| 8.5 4.1 12.6| 86.4 -27.9 58.5 58.5 0.37| 17.2 6.4 1500 214 16 139 15| 5.7 3.6 9.3|106.8 -40.8 65.9 43.9 0.32| 14.6 4.6 2000 211 17 141 16| 6.2 2.7 8.9|145.9 -40.8 105.1 52.5 0.42| 12.9 5.4 2500 211 19 147 17| 5.8 2.1 7.9|170.6 -40.8 129.8 51.9 0.46| 11.3 5.3 3000 215 20 154 16| 6.3 1.8 8.1|226.3 -41.7 184.7 61.6 0.55| 12.0 6.6 4000 227 23 173 14| 5.0 1.3 6.4|270.8 -55.7 215.1 53.8 0.53| 11.2 5.9 5000 233 25 183 13| 4.0 1.8 5.8|283.3 -90.8 192.5 38.5 0.38| 10.6 4.0 6000 234 25 187 13| 3.0 1.7 4.7|287.4-115.2 172.2 28.7 0.29| 10.0 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250421.12.gif