UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 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 153 SFC 986 270 17.2 14.3 83 2.9 15.4 220 8 291.5 293.4 289.1 321.1 10.44 2 946 627 18.6 12.6 68 6.0 14.8 274 15 296.4 298.2 290.2 324.6 9.73 3 939 691 18.6 12.6 68 6.0 14.8 287 13 297.0 298.8 290.4 325.5 9.80 4 925 821 18.0 12.0 68 6.0 14.3 315 10 297.7 299.4 290.5 325.6 9.56 5 850 1540 13.2 8.9 75 4.3 10.6 285 13 300.0 301.5 290.2 324.9 8.45 6 815 1893 11.2 7.4 77 3.8 9.0 277 20 301.5 302.9 290.3 325.1 7.95 7 801 2037 10.4 6.2 75 4.2 8.0 270 21 302.1 303.5 290.0 324.3 7.44 8 731 2792 5.2 3.4 88 1.8 4.2 260 19 304.4 305.7 290.2 324.7 6.70 9 706 3076 3.4 1.2 85 2.2 2.2 259 21 305.5 306.6 289.8 323.5 5.92 10 700 3145 2.8 0.9 87 1.9 1.8 255 21 305.6 306.7 289.8 323.4 5.84 11 694 3215 2.4 0.8 89 1.6 1.5 255 20 305.9 307.0 289.9 323.7 5.85 12 688 3285 2.0 0.3 88 1.7 1.1 255 19 306.2 307.3 289.9 323.6 5.69 13 669 3511 1.0 -1.9 81 2.9 -0.4 245 21 307.6 308.5 289.6 322.9 4.98 14 635 3929 -2.3 -3.9 89 1.6 -3.0 252 29 308.4 309.3 289.5 322.4 4.51 15 629 4004 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.6 254 30 308.8 309.6 289.5 322.4 4.36 16 624 4068 -2.1 -4.7 82 2.6 -3.3 252 29 310.2 311.0 289.9 323.7 4.32 17 565 4853 -6.1 -12.1 62 6.0 -8.4 250 35 314.4 314.9 289.7 323.1 2.67 18 559 4936 -6.5 -12.5 62 6.0 -8.8 250 36 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.4 2.62 19 542 5178 -8.1 -22.1 31 14.0 -12.2 250 34 315.8 316.0 288.7 319.9 1.20 20 525 5425 -10.1 -19.1 48 9.0 -12.9 250 32 316.3 316.6 289.3 321.7 1.61 21 502 5769 -12.3 -42.3 6 30.0 -17.1 255 36 317.7 317.7 288.2 318.4 0.18 22 500 5800 -12.5 -42.5 6 30.0 -17.3 250 42 317.8 317.8 288.2 318.5 0.18 23 476 6173 -15.1 -44.1 6 29.0 -19.3 245 45 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.7 0.16 24 463 6381 -16.7 -34.7 19 18.0 -20.0 245 43 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.43 25 434 6862 -20.9 -25.5 66 4.6 -22.0 250 43 320.3 320.5 290.0 324.1 1.11 26 431 6913 -21.1 -26.1 64 5.0 -22.2 250 42 320.6 320.9 290.0 324.3 1.05 27 409 7298 -23.3 -26.2 77 2.9 -23.9 250 47 322.6 322.9 290.7 326.5 1.10 28 400 7460 -24.7 -28.2 73 3.5 -25.4 245 48 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.2 0.94 29 388 7680 -26.3 -30.0 71 3.7 -27.0 246 48 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.5 0.82 30 342 8576 -33.9 -36.5 77 2.6 -34.2 259 39 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.0 0.49 31 315 9146 -37.7 -42.6 60 4.9 -38.1 255 39 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.28 32 303 9412 -39.9 -44.2 63 4.3 -40.2 255 41 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.25 33 300 9480 -40.5 -45.0 62 4.5 -40.8 260 38 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.23 34 290 9711 -42.3 -46.0 67 3.7 -42.5 262 37 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.21 35 276 10045 -44.5 -49.5 57 5.0 -44.7 265 35 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.15 36 272 10143 -45.7 -50.7 57 5.0 -45.9 263 35 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 37 251 10674 -50.5 -54.1 66 3.6 -50.6 250 35 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 38 250 10700 -50.7 -54.3 65 3.6 -50.8 250 37 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 39 239 10990 -53.1 -58.1 54 5.0 -53.2 250 37 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.06 40 232 11180 -54.7 -59.7 54 5.0 -54.8 247 36 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.05 41 217 11602 -57.9 -61.2 66 3.3 -58.0 240 33 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 42 212 11748 -58.5 -62.7 58 4.2 -58.6 237 33 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.04 43 206 11927 -59.9 -63.2 65 3.3 -60.0 232 32 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.04 44 200 12110 -61.1 -65.7 54 4.6 -61.2 215 33 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.03 45 160 13472 -70.1 235 42 342.9 46 150 13860 -66.9 250 49 354.8 47 147 13981 -66.7 246 49 357.2 48 139 14318 -67.1 260 52 362.3 49 130 14722 -65.3 267 46 372.5 50 112 15629 -63.7 276 42 391.7 51 106 15965 -64.3 280 38 396.8 52 101 16259 -64.5 270 33 402.0 53 100 16320 -64.5 265 32 403.1 54 98 16444 -64.1 265 32 406.2 55 93 16765 -64.5 272 28 411.6 56 86 17243 -65.3 263 26 419.3 57 78 17840 -63.9 273 34 434.0 58 72 18329 -65.9 294 15 439.8 59 70 18500 -65.3 270 19 444.7 60 60 19444 -62.7 292 17 470.5 61 59 19548 -62.9 291 16 472.4 62 55 19981 -62.1 315 10 483.8 63 53 20210 -62.3 319 10 488.5 64 50 20570 -61.9 330 11 497.6 65 45 21223 -60.9 338 14 515.3 66 43 21505 -61.1 357 11 521.5 67 33 23161 -57.9 65 5 571.0 68 30 23760 -58.7 60 8 584.6 69 29 23973 -58.7 72 6 590.3 70 22 25734 -52.5 72 11 657.3 71 22 25734 -52.7 72 11 656.7 72 20 26350 -52.3 100 14 676.1 73 18 27035 -51.5 99 13 699.3 74 18 27035 -51.3 -76.3 4 25.0 -54.6 99 13 699.9 700.0 324.4 700.5 0.07 75 17 27408 -50.9 -76.9 3 26.0 -54.4 128 12 712.7 712.8 324.8 713.3 0.06 76 16 27804 -50.7 -75.7 4 25.0 -54.4 217 5 725.9 725.9 325.3 726.6 0.08 77 15 28225 -51.1 -76.1 4 25.0 -54.9 156 5 738.1 738.1 325.6 738.8 0.08 78 14 28675 -50.9 -75.9 4 25.0 -54.9 338 1 753.4 753.5 326.0 754.3 0.09 79 12 29687 -48.1 -74.1 3 26.0 -53.6 241 4 797.3 797.4 327.2 798.7 0.14 80 12 29687 -47.9 -73.9 3 26.0 -53.4 241 4 798.0 798.1 327.3 799.4 0.14 81 11 30264 -46.7 -72.7 4 26.0 -53.0 128 4 822.5 822.6 327.8 824.4 0.19 82 10 30900 -44.7 -70.7 4 26.0 -52.2 55 9 852.7 852.8 328.5 855.6 0.28 83 9.0 31608 -42.7 -69.7 4 27.0 -51.6 886.5 886.7 329.2 890.4 0.35 84 8.8 31760 -43.1 890.6 TRP 160 13472 -70.1 235 42 342.9 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.00 m Freezing level: 658.70 mb = 3637.64 m = 11934.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.39 mb = 3446.28 m = 11306.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.46 mb = 641.26 m = 2103.84 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 1.28 C Layer 706.0- 694.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.62 mb = 2113.64 m = 6934.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.41 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45862.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.87 mb = 1392.56 m = 4568.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 285 at 18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 270 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 131 17 -12.6 11.0 1 982 305 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 140 19 -12.2 14.4 2 948 610 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 151 6 -2.7 4.9 3 925 821 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 78 11 -10.7 -2.2 4 915 914 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 76 12 -11.3 -2.8 5 883 1219 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 81 9 -8.7 -1.5 6 852 1524 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 106 4 -4.2 1.2 7 850 1540 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 106 5 -5.2 1.5 8 821 1829 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 235 2 2.0 1.4 9 791 2134 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 212 8 4.2 6.8 10 762 2438 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 199 9 2.9 8.5 11 735 2743 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 187 8 1.0 8.2 12 708 3048 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 199 9 2.9 8.5 13 700 3145 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 194 11 2.5 10.3 14 682 3353 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 178 10 -0.4 9.5 15 656 3658 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 188 19 2.7 19.2 16 631 3962 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 222 17 11.2 12.6 17 607 4267 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 200 17 5.8 15.8 18 562 4877 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 223 24 16.1 17.2 19 520 5486 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 216 19 11.4 15.5 20 501 5791 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 230 22 17.0 14.2 21 500 5800 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 229 29 21.7 19.2 22 480 6096 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 224 33 23.0 23.9 23 461 6401 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 223 31 21.2 23.0 24 443 6706 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 230 32 24.5 20.2 25 425 7010 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 228 28 20.8 18.9 26 408 7315 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 232 34 26.4 20.9 27 400 7460 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 226 36 25.8 25.1 28 391 7620 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 226 37 26.7 25.6 29 343 8534 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 241 24 20.7 11.6 30 329 8839 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 226 26 18.9 18.2 31 315 9144 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 233 25 19.9 14.9 32 301 9449 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 235 27 21.9 15.5 33 300 9480 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 240 23 19.7 11.5 34 275 10058 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 245 19 17.1 7.9 35 251 10668 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 222 23 15.1 16.8 36 250 10700 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 224 24 17.0 17.5 37 239 10973 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 224 24 17.0 17.5 38 228 11278 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 215 24 14.0 19.6 39 207 11887 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 200 25 8.5 23.2 40 200 12110 215 33 18.9 27.0 | 182 32 1.2 31.9 41 197 12192 215 34 19.5 27.9 | 183 33 1.8 32.7 42 188 12497 210 37 18.5 32.0 | 181 37 0.8 36.9 43 162 13411 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 211 35 18.3 30.1 44 160 13472 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 210 33 16.7 28.9 45 154 13716 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 210 33 16.7 28.9 46 150 13860 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 233 36 28.3 21.6 47 146 14021 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 226 37 26.7 25.6 48 139 14326 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 247 36 33.5 13.9 49 132 14630 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 252 29 28.1 8.9 50 126 14935 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 260 29 28.3 4.9 51 119 15240 270 44 44.0 -0.0 | 260 27 26.3 4.9 52 114 15545 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 267 25 25.1 1.1 53 108 15850 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 276 22 21.7 -2.1 54 103 16154 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 274 16 15.7 -1.1 55 100 16320 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 242 16 14.1 7.6 56 98 16459 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 242 16 14.1 7.6 57 88 17069 280 23 22.7 -4.0 | 260 5 4.9 0.9 58 84 17374 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 211 17 8.6 14.4 59 80 17678 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 241 25 21.7 11.8 60 76 17983 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 284 11 10.3 -2.7 61 72 18288 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 69 6 -5.6 -2.1 62 70 18500 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 195 5 1.3 4.9 63 69 18593 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 112 8 -7.9 3.1 64 66 18898 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 252 9 8.2 2.6 65 62 19202 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 5 5 -0.4 -5.1 66 59 19507 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 77 3 -2.7 -0.6 67 57 19812 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 84 6 -6.0 -0.6 68 54 20117 330 8 4.0 -6.9 | 81 14 -13.7 -2.1 69 51 20422 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 70 4 -4.1 -1.5 70 50 20570 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 69 13 -12.2 -4.7 71 49 20726 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 38 6 -3.8 -4.9 72 46 21031 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 41 12 -8.0 -9.1 73 44 21336 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 65 16 -14.6 -6.7 74 42 21641 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 75 19 -18.6 -5.1 75 40 21946 25 6 -2.5 -5.4 | 88 20 -20.3 -0.6 76 38 22250 35 6 -3.4 -4.9 | 90 21 -21.2 -0.1 77 36 22555 20 9 -3.1 -8.5 | 80 21 -20.8 -3.6 78 35 22860 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 99 24 -23.7 3.8 79 33 23165 65 5 -4.5 -2.1 | 97 22 -22.3 2.7 80 31 23470 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 92 26 -25.9 1.0 81 30 23760 60 8 -6.9 -4.0 | 92 25 -24.7 0.9 82 30 23774 95 3 -3.0 0.3 | 104 21 -20.7 5.1 83 29 24079 60 8 -6.9 -4.0 | 92 25 -24.7 0.9 84 27 24384 90 4 -4.0 0.0 | 103 22 -21.7 4.9 85 25 24994 75 4 -3.9 -1.0 | 100 22 -21.6 3.8 86 24 25298 25 2 -0.8 -1.8 | 99 19 -18.6 3.0 87 21 25908 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 99 32 -31.7 4.9 88 20 26213 105 18 -17.4 4.7 | 105 36 -35.1 9.5 89 20 26350 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 103 32 -31.5 7.3 90 19 26518 115 9 -8.2 3.8 | 108 27 -25.9 8.7 91 19 26822 110 17 -16.0 5.8 | 108 35 -33.7 10.7 92 18 27127 95 11 -11.0 1.0 | 101 29 -28.7 5.8 93 17 27432 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 115 30 -26.9 12.6 94 16 27737 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 117 15 -13.0 6.6 95 15 28042 120 6 -5.2 3.0 | 109 24 -22.9 7.9 96 15 28346 175 5 -0.4 5.0 | 118 21 -18.2 9.8 97 14 28651 330 1 0.5 -0.9 | 103 18 -17.2 4.0 98 13 28956 30 2 -1.0 -1.7 | 99 19 -18.7 3.1 99 13 29261 240 1 0.9 0.5 | 108 18 -16.9 5.4 100 12 29566 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 101 13 -12.3 2.3 101 12 29870 175 1 -0.1 1.0 | 108 19 -17.8 5.8 102 10 30900 55 9 -7.4 -5.2 | 89 25 -25.1 -0.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -30.3 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 18.25 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 257 13 146 9| 13.5 0.0 13.5| 24.4 -12.3 12.1 24.2 -0.09| 24.5 -2.3 1000 283 12 108 7| 6.7 0.3 7.0| 26.6 -14.2 12.4 12.4 -0.07| 15.4 -1.1 1500 285 12 106 6| 4.5 3.2 7.7| 32.0 -14.2 17.8 11.9 0.10| 13.6 1.4 2000 279 15 127 4| 3.4 3.9 7.2| 32.6 -18.1 14.4 7.2 0.06| 12.3 0.7 2500 274 16 152 4| 2.7 2.8 5.5| 32.6 -24.2 8.3 3.3 0.00| 10.4 0.0 3000 271 17 166 5| 2.2 2.5 4.7| 35.9 -30.3 5.6 1.9 -0.01| 9.5 -0.1 4000 262 19 187 7| 1.9 3.0 4.9| 90.5 -59.7 30.8 7.7 0.05| 10.6 0.6 5000 258 22 200 10| 1.8 2.4 4.3|131.6 -68.3 63.3 12.7 0.11| 9.8 1.1 6000 255 25 208 13| 1.8 2.9 4.8|156.4 -98.1 58.3 9.7 0.10| 9.9 1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250422.12.gif