UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 23 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 231 SFC 986 270 20.6 14.6 68 6.0 16.7 300 8 294.9 296.8 290.4 325.5 10.65 2 949 598 17.4 13.0 75 4.4 14.6 276 11 294.9 296.7 289.8 323.6 9.96 3 908 974 16.2 7.2 55 9.0 11.0 285 15 297.4 298.7 288.1 318.0 7.03 4 900 1049 16.4 5.4 48 11.0 10.2 285 14 298.4 299.5 287.7 316.9 6.25 5 868 1355 14.2 4.2 51 10.0 8.7 287 12 299.2 300.3 287.7 316.9 5.96 6 838 1651 12.0 2.0 50 10.0 6.7 278 14 299.9 300.9 287.3 315.7 5.28 7 781 2235 7.4 0.4 61 7.0 3.8 250 23 301.1 302.0 287.5 316.3 5.04 8 773 2320 6.6 -0.4 61 7.0 3.1 250 23 301.1 302.0 287.3 315.6 4.81 9 702 3102 0.6 -1.8 84 2.4 -0.6 261 17 302.9 303.8 287.9 317.4 4.78 10 691 3229 0.8 -1.3 86 2.1 -0.2 258 18 304.5 305.4 288.7 319.8 5.04 11 651 3706 -2.1 -3.1 93 1.0 -2.6 244 23 306.5 307.3 289.0 320.9 4.68 12 645 3779 -2.5 -3.5 93 1.0 -3.0 243 26 306.8 307.7 289.0 320.9 4.58 13 562 4862 -7.7 -9.2 89 1.5 -8.3 235 38 313.0 313.7 289.9 323.9 3.39 14 497 5808 -13.7 -15.6 86 1.9 -14.3 246 39 316.9 317.3 290.1 324.4 2.28 15 478 6104 -15.7 -17.7 85 2.0 -16.3 250 40 318.0 318.3 290.2 324.6 1.99 16 446 6623 -19.3 -21.5 83 2.2 -19.9 254 39 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.0 1.54 17 433 6843 -20.9 -22.8 85 1.9 -21.4 255 36 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.3 1.41 18 416 7138 -22.9 -24.9 84 2.0 -23.4 255 34 321.6 321.8 290.5 325.8 1.22 19 408 7280 -23.9 -25.7 85 1.8 -24.3 255 33 322.1 322.3 290.6 326.1 1.16 20 371 7968 -28.9 -31.4 79 2.5 -29.3 244 28 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.75 21 353 8322 -31.5 -34.2 77 2.7 -31.9 240 29 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.60 22 336 8669 -34.5 -37.3 76 2.8 -34.8 242 34 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.46 23 311 9205 -38.9 -41.9 73 3.0 -39.2 240 36 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.31 24 290 9681 -43.1 -46.3 71 3.2 -43.3 236 39 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.21 25 279 9941 -45.3 -48.4 71 3.1 -45.4 238 39 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.17 26 273 10085 -46.5 -49.7 70 3.2 -46.7 240 39 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.15 27 244 10821 -52.7 -56.4 64 3.7 -52.8 227 41 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 28 242 10874 -53.3 -56.8 66 3.5 -53.4 227 41 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.07 29 236 11036 -54.7 -58.3 64 3.6 -54.8 226 41 330.1 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 30 234 11090 -55.1 -58.6 65 3.5 -55.2 227 41 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.06 31 221 11453 -58.1 -61.7 63 3.6 -58.2 233 39 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.04 32 216 11597 -59.3 -62.6 65 3.3 -59.3 235 39 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.04 33 214 11655 -59.9 -63.3 64 3.4 -60.0 234 39 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.04 34 212 11714 -60.5 -63.8 65 3.3 -60.6 233 39 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.03 35 176 12855 -67.1 227 48 338.7 36 167 13172 -67.7 237 45 342.8 37 166 13208 -67.9 238 44 343.0 38 137 14375 -63.7 257 49 369.8 39 127 14839 -64.5 265 43 376.5 40 117 15342 -63.3 263 41 387.6 41 106 15950 -62.3 268 40 400.6 42 101 16248 -62.9 266 31 405.0 43 98 16434 -62.7 259 29 408.9 44 85 17305 -65.9 266 26 419.5 45 79 17751 -64.3 245 33 431.6 46 74 18151 -64.9 265 29 438.5 47 71 18403 -64.7 264 21 444.2 48 70 18490 -64.7 260 20 446.0 49 68 18666 -64.7 245 22 449.7 50 65 18940 -65.3 274 20 454.2 51 56 19855 -60.1 293 12 485.8 52 53 20198 -60.3 291 17 493.1 53 50 20560 -59.9 285 5 502.3 54 47 20947 -58.9 273 6 513.7 55 41 21800 -60.3 316 13 530.7 56 36 22613 -58.9 15 3 554.4 57 35 22790 -59.1 30 4 558.4 58 32 23353 -57.7 69 5 576.6 59 30 23760 -57.7 90 7 587.3 60 23 25453 -53.3 82 3 646.7 61 20 26350 -54.5 105 15 669.4 62 19 26678 -54.7 107 13 678.6 63 11 30257 -44.5 157 9 830.5 64 11 30257 -44.1 157 9 831.9 65 10 30897 -43.7 -81.7 1 38.0 -52.0 175 6 856.4 856.4 328.5 856.9 0.05 66 10 30897 -43.5 175 6 857.2 TRP WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5531.06 m Freezing level: 679.97 mb = 3360.66 m = 11025.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.89 mb = 2977.32 m = 9767.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.62 C = 78.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.35 mb = 1026.77 m = 3368.62 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 8.65 C Layer 949.0- 868.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.24 mb = 2137.80 m = 7013.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: 2.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 5.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.30 C K Index: 26.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 100.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.20 mb = 1578.99 m = 5180.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.20 mb = 2894.53 m = 9496.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 690.20 mb = 3238.49 m = 10624.83 ft B at Equ Level: 16.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 610.20 mb = 4215.51 m = 13830.24 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 279 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 270 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 84 12 -11.9 -1.2 1 982 305 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 78 9 -8.8 -1.8 2 948 610 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 104 8 -7.8 1.9 3 925 822 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 76 4 -4.3 -1.0 4 915 914 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 76 4 -4.3 -1.0 5 883 1219 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 85 6 -6.2 -0.5 6 852 1524 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 84 8 -8.4 -0.9 7 850 1539 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 80 8 -7.5 -1.3 8 821 1829 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 161 6 -2.0 5.8 9 791 2134 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 190 11 1.9 10.4 10 762 2438 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 199 12 3.8 11.0 11 734 2743 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 220 6 4.1 4.8 12 707 3048 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 146 5 -2.8 4.2 13 700 3133 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 170 6 -1.1 6.0 14 681 3353 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 177 8 -0.4 7.8 15 655 3658 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 181 12 0.3 11.7 16 630 3962 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 210 23 11.5 20.3 17 606 4267 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 201 23 8.3 21.8 18 560 4877 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 207 28 12.3 24.6 19 539 5182 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 199 22 7.4 21.2 20 518 5486 235 36 29.5 20.6 | 205 26 10.7 23.5 21 500 5770 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 221 25 16.6 19.3 22 479 6096 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 229 25 18.8 16.5 23 459 6401 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 229 25 18.8 16.5 24 441 6706 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 235 22 17.9 12.7 25 423 7010 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 230 18 14.1 11.6 26 406 7315 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 229 17 13.1 11.4 27 400 7430 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 224 15 10.2 10.6 28 389 7620 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 222 14 9.2 10.3 29 373 7925 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 204 16 6.6 14.7 30 357 8230 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 198 18 5.5 16.8 31 342 8534 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 205 21 8.9 18.8 32 328 8839 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 217 23 13.8 18.1 33 314 9144 240 35 30.3 17.5 | 210 23 11.5 20.3 34 300 9460 240 39 33.8 19.5 | 214 27 15.0 22.3 35 287 9754 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 208 28 13.2 25.2 36 274 10058 240 39 33.8 19.5 | 214 27 15.0 22.3 37 262 10363 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 209 30 14.8 26.4 38 250 10668 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 216 29 16.7 23.3 39 250 10670 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 203 32 12.6 29.2 40 238 10973 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 198 33 10.2 31.8 41 216 11582 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 208 28 13.2 25.2 42 206 11887 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 203 31 11.9 28.6 43 200 12080 230 47 36.0 30.2 | 208 37 17.2 33.1 44 196 12192 230 45 34.5 28.9 | 206 35 15.7 31.8 45 187 12497 230 52 39.8 33.4 | 210 42 21.1 36.3 46 178 12802 225 49 34.6 34.6 | 203 41 15.9 37.5 47 160 13411 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 223 28 19.3 20.6 48 153 13716 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 233 31 24.4 18.6 49 150 13820 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 242 34 30.5 16.0 50 145 14021 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 242 33 29.5 15.8 51 138 14326 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 241 32 28.6 15.5 52 131 14630 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 256 29 28.0 6.9 53 125 14935 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 254 23 22.1 6.4 54 119 15240 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 254 24 23.1 6.5 55 113 15545 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 243 21 18.6 9.4 56 108 15850 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 254 24 23.1 6.5 57 103 16154 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 271 16 16.1 -0.2 58 100 16310 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 231 13 9.8 7.9 59 93 16764 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 219 13 8.3 10.1 60 88 17069 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 295 12 11.2 -5.2 61 84 17374 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 219 9 5.8 7.2 62 80 17678 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 205 21 8.9 18.8 63 76 17983 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 242 20 17.7 9.3 64 72 18288 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 229 4 3.2 2.8 65 70 18490 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 188 6 0.9 6.3 66 69 18593 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 180 16 0.1 16.0 67 66 18898 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 187 1 0.1 1.2 68 62 19202 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 251 9 8.2 2.8 69 59 19507 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 92 9 -9.1 0.3 70 56 19812 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 74 8 -7.9 -2.2 71 54 20117 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 76 4 -4.3 -1.0 72 51 20422 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 4 10 -0.8 -9.8 73 50 20560 285 5 4.8 -1.3 | 96 14 -14.0 1.5 74 49 20726 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 93 14 -14.2 0.7 75 46 21031 265 7 7.0 0.6 | 106 12 -11.8 3.5 76 44 21336 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 66 10 -9.0 -4.0 77 42 21641 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 87 12 -11.5 -0.5 78 40 21946 335 17 7.2 -15.4 | 43 17 -11.6 -12.6 79 38 22250 360 5 -0.0 -5.0 | 83 19 -18.8 -2.2 80 36 22555 10 2 -0.3 -2.0 | 93 19 -19.1 0.9 81 35 22860 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 87 22 -21.6 -1.3 82 33 23165 75 7 -6.8 -1.8 | 92 26 -25.5 1.0 83 31 23470 65 4 -3.6 -1.7 | 93 22 -22.4 1.2 84 30 23760 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 96 26 -25.8 2.8 85 30 23774 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 96 29 -28.8 2.8 86 29 24079 90 8 -8.0 0.0 | 96 27 -26.8 2.8 87 27 24384 135 8 -5.7 5.7 | 109 26 -24.4 8.5 88 26 24689 150 6 -3.0 5.2 | 110 23 -21.8 8.0 89 25 24994 140 4 -2.6 3.1 | 105 22 -21.4 5.9 90 24 25298 155 1 -0.4 0.9 | 101 20 -19.2 3.7 91 22 25603 15 4 -1.0 -3.9 | 87 20 -19.8 -1.0 92 21 25908 35 8 -4.6 -6.6 | 81 24 -23.4 -3.7 93 20 26213 5 9 -0.8 -9.0 | 73 21 -19.6 -6.1 94 20 26350 105 15 -14.5 3.9 | 101 34 -33.3 6.7 95 17 26822 110 11 -10.3 3.8 | 103 30 -29.1 6.6 96 16 27127 40 4 -2.6 -3.1 | 89 21 -21.4 -0.2 97 15 27432 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 123 19 -16.0 10.4 98 13 27737 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 107 23 -22.0 6.7 99 12 28042 180 12 0.0 12.0 | 128 24 -18.8 14.8 100 10 28651 145 7 -4.0 5.7 | 111 24 -22.8 8.6 101 9 28956 220 4 2.6 3.1 | 110 17 -16.2 5.9 102 9 29261 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 92 16 -15.5 0.5 103 8 29566 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 109 15 -14.2 5.0 104 7 29870 310 3 2.3 -1.9 | 93 17 -16.5 0.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.6 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 278.6 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.3 neg: -11.0 tot: 27.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 39.57 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 284 11 91 8| 0.0 7.0 7.0| 5.3 -2.7 2.6 5.2 0.10| 9.5 0.9 1000 284 13 87 6| 0.8 3.5 4.3| 6.3 -3.8 2.5 2.5 0.06| 6.5 0.4 1500 284 13 89 6| 0.5 4.1 4.6| 13.3 -4.1 9.2 6.1 0.28| 7.5 2.1 2000 273 15 116 5| 0.4 5.2 5.6| 25.5 -4.1 21.4 10.7 0.40| 7.9 3.2 2500 268 16 146 4| 1.3 4.2 5.5| 34.8 -4.1 30.7 12.3 0.42| 7.8 3.3 3000 267 17 152 4| 1.1 3.2 4.3| 38.3 -11.0 27.3 9.1 0.27| 8.0 2.2 4000 258 19 181 7| 0.8 4.6 5.4| 72.9 -32.4 40.5 10.1 0.26| 8.9 2.3 5000 250 23 194 11| 0.7 3.7 4.4| 93.2 -52.3 40.9 8.2 0.22| 8.3 1.8 6000 249 25 202 13| 1.3 3.1 4.4|175.3 -52.3 123.1 20.5 0.32| 8.1 2.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250423.00.gif