UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 22 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 141 SFC 985 270 25.0 12.0 44 13.0 16.8 210 7 299.4 301.1 290.5 325.8 8.97 2 925 821 20.4 9.4 49 11.0 13.7 220 20 300.2 301.6 289.9 323.9 8.02 3 850 1543 13.2 7.2 67 6.0 9.7 225 19 300.0 301.3 289.4 322.2 7.51 4 820 1844 10.6 6.4 75 4.2 8.2 231 21 300.3 301.7 289.4 322.1 7.37 5 795 2102 9.8 4.8 71 5.0 7.0 256 20 302.1 303.4 289.5 322.5 6.80 6 788 2175 9.8 4.8 71 5.0 7.0 262 20 302.9 304.2 289.8 323.5 6.86 7 762 2454 8.8 1.8 61 7.0 5.1 280 17 304.7 305.8 289.4 322.1 5.72 8 743 2662 7.2 1.2 66 6.0 4.0 287 18 305.2 306.3 289.5 322.3 5.62 9 700 3151 4.6 -11.4 30 16.0 -1.8 275 31 307.6 308.0 287.1 314.9 2.28 10 688 3291 4.2 -16.8 20 21.0 -3.3 270 35 308.7 308.9 286.6 313.5 1.49 11 681 3374 4.4 -20.6 14 25.0 -3.8 266 37 309.8 310.0 286.5 313.4 1.09 12 675 3446 4.4 -17.6 18 22.0 -3.4 264 38 310.6 310.8 287.2 315.3 1.42 13 656 3678 3.2 -39.8 3 43.0 -6.1 255 44 311.8 311.8 286.2 312.4 0.18 14 634 3953 1.6 -25.4 11 27.0 -6.3 248 43 313.0 313.1 287.3 315.6 0.76 15 594 4474 -1.1 -42.1 3 41.0 -9.2 243 44 315.8 315.8 287.5 316.3 0.16 16 584 4609 -2.1 -41.1 3 39.0 -9.9 245 46 316.1 316.2 287.7 316.8 0.18 17 559 4954 -4.5 -50.5 1 46.0 -11.8 242 47 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.5 0.07 18 545 5153 -6.1 -44.1 3 38.0 -12.8 249 43 317.7 317.7 288.2 318.2 0.14 19 520 5518 -8.9 -46.9 3 38.0 -14.8 250 44 318.6 318.6 288.4 319.0 0.11 20 516 5578 -9.5 -46.5 3 37.0 -15.2 249 44 318.6 318.6 288.4 319.0 0.11 21 500 5820 -10.9 -44.9 4 34.0 -16.2 245 45 319.7 319.8 288.8 320.3 0.14 22 472 6260 -14.7 -39.7 10 25.0 -18.8 250 44 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.3 0.26 23 468 6324 -15.1 -43.1 7 28.0 -19.3 250 45 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.3 0.18 24 437 6838 -18.9 -23.9 65 5.0 -20.1 253 48 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.6 1.27 25 423 7080 -20.9 -31.9 37 11.0 -22.9 249 51 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.62 26 400 7490 -24.3 -30.3 58 6.0 -25.4 245 45 323.4 323.6 290.6 326.1 0.77 27 393 7619 -25.3 -29.9 65 4.6 -26.2 245 44 323.7 323.9 290.7 326.6 0.81 28 374 7977 -27.9 -32.6 64 4.7 -28.7 243 42 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.3 0.66 29 363 8191 -29.3 -33.0 70 3.7 -29.9 233 41 325.8 326.0 291.2 328.2 0.65 30 335 8762 -32.5 -40.5 45 8.0 -33.4 242 45 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.33 31 332 8825 -33.1 -41.1 45 8.0 -34.0 244 44 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.2 0.32 32 318 9127 -35.5 -43.5 44 8.0 -36.2 250 44 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.26 33 315 9193 -36.1 -44.1 44 8.0 -36.8 251 44 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.24 34 300 9530 -39.3 -47.3 42 8.0 -39.9 250 43 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.18 35 291 9738 -41.1 -49.1 42 8.0 -41.6 250 40 330.3 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.15 36 280 9998 -43.7 -50.7 46 7.0 -44.0 250 42 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.13 37 266 10341 -46.3 -54.3 40 8.0 -46.6 250 39 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.09 38 250 10750 -49.5 -55.5 49 6.0 -49.7 255 40 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.8 0.08 39 229 11317 -54.1 -58.9 55 4.8 -54.2 250 42 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.06 40 218 11631 -56.5 -61.1 56 4.6 -56.6 251 36 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 41 211 11836 -58.5 -63.1 55 4.6 -58.6 258 28 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.04 42 204 12047 -60.3 -64.6 57 4.3 -60.4 257 26 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 43 200 12170 -61.3 -65.7 56 4.4 -61.4 255 26 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 44 178 12881 -66.3 244 35 338.9 45 175 12984 -66.3 242 36 340.5 46 154 13745 -71.5 245 29 344.3 47 152 13822 -71.7 240 30 345.3 48 150 13900 -71.3 235 31 347.3 49 115 15498 -64.7 254 40 386.9 50 111 15714 -65.1 258 39 390.1 51 108 15881 -64.7 261 37 394.0 52 100 16350 -65.5 285 39 401.2 53 96 16597 -65.7 282 39 405.5 54 90 16989 -64.9 279 27 414.6 55 84 17410 -64.1 255 23 424.5 56 82 17557 -64.3 255 21 427.1 57 79 17785 -63.3 258 19 433.7 58 71 18434 -66.5 306 12 440.3 59 70 18520 -66.5 330 13 442.1 60 60 19463 -63.1 269 10 469.6 61 57 19779 -63.3 230 11 476.1 62 53 20229 -61.7 298 15 489.9 63 51 20467 -62.1 60 8 494.3 64 50 20590 -61.5 190 4 498.6 65 41 21827 -58.9 327 4 534.2 66 36 22642 -59.7 337 5 552.3 67 31 23582 -56.9 333 11 584.0 68 30 23790 -57.1 100 5 589.0 69 22 25775 -52.3 359 13 657.9 70 20 26390 -53.1 35 13 673.6 71 18 27069 -53.7 29 6 692.4 72 13 29195 -46.7 131 5 784.1 73 10 30950 -43.1 105 5 858.7 74 9.0 31664 -40.7 894.2 75 8.1 32380 -41.5 918.3 76 8.0 32464 -41.5 921.6 TRP 154 13745 -71.5 245 29 344.3 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.00 m Freezing level: 610.30 mb = 4261.49 m = 13981.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.25 mb = 2997.27 m = 9833.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.64 mb = 1908.83 m = 6262.48 ft T: 10.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 8.92 C Layer 700.0- 675.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.21 mb = 2838.38 m = 9312.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 18.10 C K Index: 15.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49959.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.97 mb = 2123.04 m = 6965.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 278 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 270 210 7 3.5 6.1 | 115 22 -20.0 9.5 1 981 305 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 120 24 -21.2 12.2 2 948 610 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 131 21 -16.1 14.1 3 925 821 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 150 22 -10.7 18.8 4 915 914 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 145 21 -12.0 17.3 5 883 1219 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 152 20 -9.4 17.6 6 852 1524 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 147 18 -9.7 15.1 7 850 1543 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 149 20 -10.1 16.9 8 821 1829 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 156 19 -7.4 17.0 9 791 2134 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 151 8 -3.8 7.0 10 763 2438 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 95 7 -6.8 0.5 11 735 2743 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 62 6 -5.7 -3.0 12 709 3048 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 287 5 5.0 -1.5 13 700 3151 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 264 7 7.4 0.8 14 657 3658 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 232 24 19.0 14.9 15 608 4267 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 208 28 12.8 24.5 16 585 4572 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 218 29 18.2 22.9 17 563 4877 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 213 33 18.0 27.5 18 542 5182 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 222 24 15.9 17.9 19 521 5486 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 224 26 17.8 18.5 20 502 5791 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 215 27 15.4 21.7 21 500 5820 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 217 28 17.3 22.5 22 482 6096 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 219 22 14.1 17.2 23 463 6401 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 227 28 20.6 19.6 24 444 6706 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 234 26 20.9 15.4 25 426 7010 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 230 33 25.3 21.3 26 400 7490 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 217 28 17.3 22.5 27 393 7620 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 217 27 16.3 22.1 28 376 7925 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 214 26 14.5 21.2 29 360 8230 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 195 31 7.9 29.8 30 345 8534 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 207 35 15.8 31.0 31 331 8839 245 44 39.9 18.6 | 217 27 16.3 22.1 32 317 9144 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 224 26 17.8 18.5 33 303 9449 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 232 24 19.0 14.9 34 300 9530 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 223 25 16.9 18.2 35 290 9754 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 219 22 14.1 17.2 36 277 10058 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 222 24 15.9 17.9 37 265 10363 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 218 21 13.1 16.8 38 253 10668 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 216 20 12.2 16.5 39 250 10750 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 228 20 15.1 13.8 40 241 10973 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 216 20 12.2 16.5 41 230 11278 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 223 25 16.9 18.2 42 219 11582 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 216 20 12.2 16.5 43 209 11887 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 195 8 2.1 8.0 44 200 12170 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 189 10 1.6 10.2 45 199 12192 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 184 10 0.6 10.0 46 171 13106 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 203 24 9.4 22.5 47 163 13411 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 209 13 6.4 11.5 48 154 13745 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 190 16 2.8 15.7 49 150 13900 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 185 21 1.9 21.3 50 147 14021 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 187 15 1.8 15.3 51 140 14326 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 203 24 9.4 22.5 52 133 14630 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 216 20 12.2 16.5 53 126 14935 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 226 20 14.1 13.6 54 120 15240 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 216 20 12.2 16.5 55 114 15545 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 228 20 15.1 13.8 56 103 16154 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 240 13 11.3 6.5 57 100 16350 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 295 16 14.1 -6.6 58 98 16459 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 271 18 18.3 -0.2 59 93 16764 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 312 13 9.4 -8.5 60 89 17069 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 195 1 0.4 1.4 61 85 17374 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 172 10 -1.3 9.4 62 80 17678 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 148 10 -5.2 8.4 63 76 17983 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 132 8 -5.6 5.1 64 73 18288 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 108 14 -13.6 4.4 65 70 18520 330 13 6.5 -11.3 | 65 19 -17.0 -7.8 66 66 18898 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 80 28 -27.3 -4.7 67 63 19202 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 114 20 -18.2 8.0 68 60 19507 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 101 13 -12.6 2.5 69 57 19812 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 126 19 -15.8 11.3 70 54 20117 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 148 10 -5.2 8.4 71 51 20422 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 78 26 -25.1 -5.4 72 50 20590 190 4 0.7 3.9 | 108 24 -22.8 7.4 73 49 20726 190 3 0.5 3.0 | 106 24 -23.0 6.4 74 47 21031 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 106 27 -26.4 7.6 75 44 21336 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 108 20 -19.4 6.4 76 42 21641 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 90 16 -16.3 0.1 77 40 21946 345 2 0.5 -1.9 | 94 23 -23.0 1.6 78 38 22250 245 2 1.8 0.8 | 101 22 -21.7 4.3 79 37 22555 350 5 0.9 -4.9 | 86 23 -22.7 -1.4 80 33 23165 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 105 16 -15.6 4.2 81 32 23470 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 76 18 -17.1 -4.2 82 30 23774 355 12 1.0 -12.0 | 69 24 -22.5 -8.5 83 30 23790 100 5 -4.9 0.9 | 99 29 -28.5 4.4 84 29 24079 90 5 -5.0 0.0 | 97 29 -28.5 3.5 85 27 24384 45 2 -1.4 -1.4 | 95 25 -24.9 2.1 86 26 24689 10 6 -1.0 -5.9 | 84 25 -24.6 -2.4 87 25 24994 360 5 -0.0 -5.0 | 86 24 -23.5 -1.5 88 24 25298 20 13 -4.4 -12.2 | 73 29 -28.0 -8.7 89 23 25603 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 71 23 -21.6 -7.3 90 22 25908 5 14 -1.2 -13.9 | 67 27 -24.8 -10.5 91 21 26213 60 6 -5.2 -3.0 | 91 29 -28.7 0.5 92 20 26390 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 77 32 -31.0 -7.2 93 20 26518 5 13 -1.1 -13.0 | 69 26 -24.7 -9.5 94 19 26822 25 17 -7.2 -15.4 | 69 33 -30.7 -11.9 95 18 27127 30 4 -2.0 -3.5 | 90 26 -25.5 0.0 96 17 27432 165 1 -0.3 1.0 | 101 24 -23.8 4.5 97 16 27737 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 95 16 -15.8 1.4 98 16 28042 360 7 -0.0 -7.0 | 82 24 -23.5 -3.5 99 15 28346 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 77 24 -23.5 -5.5 100 14 28956 135 7 -4.9 4.9 | 107 30 -28.5 8.4 101 13 29261 130 5 -3.8 3.2 | 104 28 -27.4 6.7 102 12 29566 50 7 -5.4 -4.5 | 88 29 -28.9 -1.0 103 12 29870 355 4 0.3 -4.0 | 89 23 -23.2 -0.5 104 10 30950 105 5 -4.8 1.3 | 100 29 -28.4 4.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.4 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 278.4 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.0 neg: -44.1 tot: 54.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 71.35 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 211 12 129 22| 11.8 0.0 11.8| 69.1 0.0 69.1 138.2 0.91| 13.4 12.1 1000 218 16 139 21| 6.7 0.0 6.7| 82.5 -2.7 79.8 79.8 0.82| 8.6 7.1 1500 222 17 143 20| 4.9 0.0 4.9| 93.8 -7.9 85.9 57.3 0.69| 7.4 5.1 2000 229 18 146 18| 4.2 0.0 4.2| 98.0 -16.2 81.9 40.9 0.33| 9.3 3.0 2500 239 18 147 15| 4.1 0.0 4.1| 98.0 -28.8 69.3 27.7 0.09| 9.1 0.8 3000 249 19 153 12| 3.4 2.8 6.2| 98.0 -44.1 54.0 18.0 -0.14| 10.6 -1.5 4000 251 25 181 12| 2.5 4.2 6.7| 98.0-145.6 -47.6 -11.9 -0.29| 11.2 -3.3 5000 248 29 195 15| 2.8 3.4 6.1|170.2-167.5 2.7 0.5 -0.17| 11.0 -1.9 6000 248 32 201 16| 2.6 3.0 5.6|196.5-191.7 4.7 0.8 -0.15| 10.4 -1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250422.00.gif