UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 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 182 SFC 989 270 15.0 11.6 80 3.4 13.0 10 4 289.1 290.6 286.6 313.5 8.70 2 969 446 14.6 13.8 95 0.8 14.1 28 15 290.4 292.2 288.5 319.3 10.28 3 930 799 16.8 4.8 45 12.0 10.2 31 12 296.0 297.1 286.4 313.0 5.80 4 925 846 16.8 3.8 42 13.0 9.7 25 9 296.5 297.5 286.2 312.5 5.43 5 899 1088 15.4 0.4 36 15.0 7.8 25 6 297.5 298.3 285.5 310.5 4.38 6 850 1558 10.8 4.8 66 6.0 7.5 270 3 297.5 298.6 287.5 316.1 6.35 7 821 1847 8.6 5.7 82 2.9 7.0 332 4 298.1 299.4 288.3 318.7 7.01 8 798 2081 7.2 3.3 76 3.9 5.1 14 2 299.0 300.1 287.8 317.1 6.09 9 758 2503 4.4 2.1 85 2.3 3.2 341 4 300.4 301.5 288.1 318.0 5.88 10 738 2721 3.0 0.4 83 2.6 1.7 287 6 301.2 302.2 287.8 317.2 5.34 11 714 2988 0.6 -1.6 85 2.2 -0.4 268 8 301.4 302.3 287.3 315.8 4.77 12 700 3147 -0.3 -5.0 71 4.7 -2.4 270 16 302.2 302.8 286.6 313.6 3.76 13 690 3262 -0.5 -8.5 55 8.0 -3.7 278 17 303.2 303.7 286.1 312.2 2.91 14 678 3401 -1.1 -8.1 59 7.0 -4.0 284 19 304.0 304.6 286.6 313.5 3.06 15 658 3639 -1.9 -17.9 28 16.0 -7.1 280 22 305.7 306.0 285.4 310.3 1.42 16 652 3712 -1.7 -25.7 14 24.0 -8.1 279 22 306.8 306.9 285.0 309.2 0.72 17 646 3785 -1.9 -26.9 13 25.0 -8.4 278 21 307.4 307.5 285.1 309.6 0.65 18 620 4110 -3.7 -11.7 54 8.0 -6.7 275 21 308.9 309.4 287.8 317.0 2.52 19 605 4303 -5.1 -14.1 49 9.0 -8.3 274 22 309.5 309.9 287.5 316.3 2.12 20 582 4605 -7.5 -11.6 72 4.1 -9.1 264 27 310.1 310.6 288.3 318.8 2.70 21 547 5084 -10.3 -24.3 31 14.0 -13.9 253 22 312.4 312.5 287.3 315.7 0.98 22 528 5355 -12.1 -28.1 25 16.0 -15.7 252 20 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.8 0.72 23 524 5413 -12.3 -26.3 30 14.0 -15.7 251 20 313.8 314.0 287.6 316.7 0.85 24 515 5545 -12.5 -30.5 21 18.0 -16.3 252 21 315.1 315.2 287.8 317.2 0.59 25 500 5770 -14.1 -24.1 42 10.0 -16.6 260 25 315.8 316.1 288.6 319.6 1.09 26 489 5938 -15.5 -24.5 46 9.0 -17.7 258 23 316.1 316.4 288.7 319.8 1.07 27 476 6141 -16.5 -40.5 11 24.0 -20.1 256 22 317.4 317.4 288.2 318.2 0.23 28 456 6462 -19.3 -37.3 19 18.0 -22.1 260 21 317.8 317.8 288.4 319.0 0.34 29 442 6693 -21.3 -34.3 30 13.0 -23.4 260 19 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.8 0.47 30 428 6929 -23.3 -39.3 22 16.0 -25.5 264 20 318.5 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.30 31 414 7172 -25.5 -42.5 19 17.0 -27.5 260 19 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.5 0.22 32 401 7402 -27.5 -44.5 18 17.0 -29.2 259 20 319.0 319.1 288.6 319.7 0.18 33 400 7420 -27.7 -44.7 18 17.0 -29.4 260 20 319.0 319.0 288.6 319.7 0.18 34 353 8309 -34.7 -36.2 86 1.5 -34.9 251 25 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.49 35 328 8820 -38.1 -42.1 66 4.0 -38.4 246 28 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.29 36 321 8969 -39.3 -43.0 68 3.7 -39.6 245 29 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.7 0.27 37 300 9430 -42.7 -48.7 52 6.0 -43.0 250 41 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.15 38 296 9520 -43.5 -49.5 51 6.0 -43.8 250 41 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.14 39 286 9750 -45.7 -50.4 59 4.7 -45.9 250 39 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.13 40 279 9915 -47.3 -52.3 56 5.0 -47.5 247 39 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.8 0.11 41 275 10010 -48.1 -52.9 58 4.8 -48.3 246 39 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.10 42 262 10327 -50.9 -57.9 43 7.0 -51.1 249 34 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.2 0.06 43 256 10477 -52.5 -58.5 48 6.0 -52.7 250 34 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.0 0.06 44 253 10553 -53.3 -59.3 48 6.0 -53.4 250 34 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.05 45 250 10630 -53.9 -59.9 48 6.0 -54.0 250 35 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.1 0.05 46 243 10811 -55.3 -62.3 41 7.0 -55.4 255 34 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.6 0.04 47 232 11103 -57.9 -63.9 46 6.0 -58.0 249 33 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.0 0.03 48 223 11350 -60.1 -66.1 45 6.0 -60.2 242 32 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.3 0.02 49 204 11899 -63.3 -67.5 57 4.2 -63.3 246 35 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.7 0.02 50 200 12020 -64.1 -68.3 56 4.2 -64.1 255 33 331.2 331.3 292.1 331.3 0.02 51 196 12143 -64.7 260 32 332.2 52 194 12206 -64.7 260 32 333.2 53 182 12595 -65.3 258 29 338.4 54 173 12905 -63.3 255 28 346.6 55 171 12976 -63.5 255 29 347.4 56 158 13466 -59.7 255 38 361.8 57 156 13545 -59.7 255 40 363.1 58 150 13790 -60.3 265 40 366.2 59 142 14130 -61.5 263 38 369.9 60 100 16290 -62.9 285 42 406.2 61 82 17506 -65.1 269 32 425.4 62 70 18480 -61.1 260 11 453.7 63 62 19225 -64.5 251 20 462.2 64 55 19962 -60.9 305 16 486.5 65 50 20550 -62.9 290 19 495.3 66 48 20801 -63.3 289 18 500.1 67 43 21484 -59.7 294 8 525.0 68 42 21631 -59.9 275 8 528.0 69 39 22095 -58.9 289 11 541.8 70 37 22426 -58.9 326 10 550.1 71 35 22775 -58.3 322 10 560.4 72 30 23750 -56.3 35 7 591.2 73 29 23965 -56.3 35 6 596.9 74 26 24657 -56.9 93 16 614.1 75 21 26024 -51.9 126 6 667.9 76 20 26340 -51.9 105 8 677.3 77 18 27022 -52.5 103 10 696.1 78 12 29683 -45.7 148 4 805.8 79 11 30263 -45.3 -71.3 4 26.0 -52.2 169 13 827.6 827.7 328.0 829.9 0.23 80 10 30903 -42.3 142 8 861.6 TRP 196 12143 -64.7 260 32 332.2 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.00 m Freezing level: 704.67 mb = 3093.98 m = 10150.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.04 mb = 2931.12 m = 9616.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.72 % Est. max temperature: 23.61 C = 74.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.95 mb = 707.72 m = 2321.90 ft T: 16.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.84 C Layer 930.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.19 mb = 2479.55 m = 8134.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 5.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 25.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57905.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.21 mb = 1743.91 m = 5721.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 303 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 989 270 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 102 10 -10.0 2.2 1 985 305 5 9 -0.8 -9.0 | 75 11 -10.1 -2.8 2 951 610 55 22 -18.0 -12.6 | 77 28 -27.4 -6.5 3 925 846 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 81 13 -13.2 -2.0 4 918 914 25 7 -3.0 -6.3 | 89 12 -12.3 -0.2 5 885 1219 25 5 -2.1 -4.5 | 98 12 -11.5 1.6 6 853 1524 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 134 9 -6.3 6.2 7 850 1558 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 134 9 -6.3 6.2 8 822 1829 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 110 8 -7.3 2.7 9 792 2134 25 2 -0.8 -1.8 | 113 11 -10.2 4.3 10 763 2438 355 3 0.3 -3.0 | 109 10 -9.1 3.2 11 735 2743 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 146 6 -3.4 5.1 12 709 3048 265 9 9.0 0.8 | 177 7 -0.4 6.9 13 700 3147 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 227 9 6.7 6.2 14 682 3353 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 259 8 8.0 1.5 15 656 3658 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 259 13 12.3 2.3 16 630 3962 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 247 11 10.6 4.4 17 606 4267 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 251 13 12.6 4.2 18 583 4572 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 244 20 17.5 8.5 19 561 4877 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 223 20 13.2 14.4 20 539 5182 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 223 16 10.9 11.6 21 519 5486 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 216 16 9.4 13.0 22 500 5770 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 235 19 15.3 10.5 23 499 5791 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 233 17 13.3 10.2 24 478 6096 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 225 17 11.9 11.9 25 459 6401 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 229 15 11.3 9.8 26 441 6706 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 225 13 9.4 9.5 27 423 7010 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 235 14 11.6 8.0 28 406 7315 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 217 13 8.0 10.8 29 400 7420 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 227 14 10.3 9.6 30 389 7620 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 231 16 12.3 10.0 31 356 8230 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 223 20 13.2 14.4 32 341 8534 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 234 23 18.7 13.7 33 326 8839 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 222 24 16.0 18.0 34 313 9144 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 223 26 17.8 18.8 35 300 9430 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 235 35 29.2 20.2 36 299 9449 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 236 36 30.1 20.5 37 286 9754 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 234 34 27.3 19.5 38 273 10058 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 229 34 26.0 22.6 39 260 10363 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 231 28 21.7 17.4 40 250 10630 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 232 30 23.5 18.1 41 248 10668 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 238 28 23.5 15.0 42 237 10973 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 237 27 22.5 14.7 43 225 11278 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 220 29 18.4 22.2 44 215 11582 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 230 26 19.8 16.8 45 204 11887 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 227 31 22.4 21.0 46 200 12020 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 237 27 22.5 14.7 47 196 12143 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 242 25 22.2 11.7 48 185 12497 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 241 23 20.2 11.4 49 176 12802 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 231 20 15.8 12.9 50 160 13411 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 239 30 25.4 15.5 51 152 13716 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 242 38 33.2 17.5 52 150 13790 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 252 32 30.5 9.6 53 144 14021 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 252 32 30.5 9.6 54 138 14326 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 244 28 25.1 12.2 55 125 14935 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 238 42 35.8 22.6 56 119 15240 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 249 42 38.9 14.7 57 113 15545 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 249 42 38.9 14.7 58 107 15850 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 249 39 36.0 14.1 59 102 16154 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 261 38 37.7 6.2 60 100 16290 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 279 32 31.2 -4.7 61 97 16459 285 43 41.5 -11.1 | 279 33 32.2 -5.0 62 88 17069 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 221 15 10.0 11.3 63 80 17678 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 264 28 27.5 2.9 64 76 17983 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 298 25 21.8 -11.8 65 72 18288 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 282 18 17.9 -3.8 66 70 18480 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 190 8 1.5 8.1 67 69 18593 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 263 6 5.7 0.7 68 65 18898 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 174 12 -1.2 11.9 69 59 19507 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 245 20 18.5 8.6 70 56 19812 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 287 12 11.5 -3.6 71 54 20117 315 8 5.7 -5.7 | 98 4 -3.7 0.5 72 51 20422 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 144 5 -2.8 3.8 73 50 20550 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 272 9 8.5 -0.3 74 49 20726 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 262 9 9.0 1.2 75 46 21031 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 290 4 3.6 -1.3 76 44 21336 315 8 5.7 -5.7 | 98 4 -3.7 0.5 77 42 21641 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 166 6 -1.4 5.5 78 40 21946 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 176 9 -0.7 8.5 79 38 22250 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 28 3 -1.6 -3.0 80 36 22555 330 8 4.0 -6.9 | 82 5 -5.3 -0.8 81 35 22860 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 63 3 -2.9 -1.5 82 33 23165 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 71 5 -4.8 -1.6 83 31 23470 5 7 -0.6 -7.0 | 85 10 -10.0 -0.8 84 30 23750 35 7 -4.0 -5.7 | 92 13 -13.4 0.4 85 30 23774 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 100 12 -12.2 2.1 86 28 24079 35 7 -4.0 -5.7 | 92 13 -13.4 0.4 87 27 24384 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 98 21 -20.9 3.1 88 26 24689 95 16 -15.9 1.4 | 107 26 -25.3 7.6 89 25 24994 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 98 18 -17.5 2.4 90 22 25603 120 9 -7.8 4.5 | 122 20 -17.1 10.7 91 21 25908 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 118 19 -16.9 8.9 92 20 26213 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 130 15 -11.3 9.6 93 20 26340 105 8 -7.7 2.1 | 116 19 -17.1 8.2 94 19 26518 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 96 19 -18.4 1.9 95 17 26822 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 127 21 -17.0 12.6 96 16 27127 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 122 21 -18.0 11.2 97 14 27432 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 133 26 -19.0 17.7 98 13 27737 285 4 3.9 -1.0 | 133 8 -5.5 5.1 99 12 28042 145 3 -1.7 2.5 | 128 14 -11.1 8.6 100 11 28346 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 149 22 -11.6 19.0 101 10 28651 150 8 -4.0 6.9 | 134 19 -13.3 13.1 102 9 28956 90 5 -5.0 0.0 | 113 16 -14.3 6.2 103 8 29261 175 7 -0.6 7.0 | 143 16 -10.0 13.1 104 8 29566 140 7 -4.5 5.4 | 130 18 -13.8 11.5 105 7 29870 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 174 25 -2.5 25.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.4 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 303.4 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.1 neg: -30.3 tot: 49.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 100.14 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 42 16 75 21| 10.0 0.0 10.0| 16.5 -21.3 -4.8 -9.6 -0.16| 29.5 -4.6 1000 38 11 81 16| 5.0 4.8 9.8| 36.3 -21.3 15.0 15.0 0.03| 19.9 0.6 1500 32 9 85 14| 3.3 4.4 7.8| 47.1 -26.2 20.9 13.9 0.08| 16.4 1.3 2000 27 7 89 13| 3.0 3.3 6.4| 48.9 -29.3 19.6 9.8 0.06| 13.5 0.8 2500 20 7 90 12| 2.4 4.0 6.4| 56.5 -30.3 26.2 10.5 0.12| 12.4 1.5 3000 353 7 83 9| 1.4 3.3 4.7| 80.1 -30.3 49.8 16.6 0.27| 12.5 3.4 4000 303 11 140 1| 1.1 3.1 4.2| 87.4 -38.4 49.0 12.2 0.24| 10.8 2.6 5000 282 13 228 5| 0.9 2.7 3.6| 88.0 -87.0 1.0 0.2 0.10| 10.5 1.1 6000 273 15 226 8| 1.0 2.1 3.0|116.2-105.9 10.3 1.7 0.11| 9.8 1.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250423.12.gif