UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 25 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 195 240 5 SFC 991 270 20.0 16.6 81 3.4 17.8 240 5 293.9 296.1 291.3 328.4 12.07 2 935 773 17.2 12.4 73 4.8 14.2 183 9 296.0 297.7 290.0 324.1 9.72 3 925 866 16.6 12.0 74 4.6 13.7 170 9 296.3 298.0 290.0 324.0 9.56 4 862 1462 11.2 9.3 88 1.9 10.1 123 8 296.7 298.2 289.2 321.6 8.56 5 850 1579 11.0 8.7 86 2.3 9.6 130 6 297.7 299.2 289.3 322.0 8.33 6 810 1980 8.6 4.4 75 4.2 6.3 174 7 299.3 300.4 288.2 318.4 6.48 7 803 2052 8.6 3.9 72 4.7 6.1 184 9 300.0 301.1 288.3 318.7 6.31 8 776 2334 6.8 2.5 74 4.3 4.5 205 12 301.0 302.1 288.3 318.7 5.91 9 726 2878 3.6 -0.2 76 3.8 1.7 199 13 303.3 304.3 288.4 319.0 5.20 10 713 3025 3.0 -1.0 75 4.0 1.0 204 14 304.2 305.1 288.5 319.4 4.99 11 700 3174 1.8 -2.1 75 3.9 -0.1 180 11 304.5 305.3 288.3 318.8 4.68 12 687 3325 0.8 -3.0 76 3.8 -1.0 176 9 305.0 305.8 288.3 318.7 4.46 13 648 3793 -1.3 -7.3 64 6.0 -3.9 151 12 307.8 308.4 288.2 318.4 3.41 14 604 4349 -5.1 -6.6 89 1.5 -5.8 200 12 309.6 310.4 289.3 321.8 3.86 15 567 4844 -8.1 -10.1 85 2.0 -8.9 249 12 311.7 312.3 289.3 321.7 3.13 16 553 5037 -9.3 -11.1 87 1.8 -10.0 262 11 312.6 313.1 289.4 322.1 2.96 17 538 5250 -10.5 -12.5 85 2.0 -11.2 274 12 313.6 314.1 289.5 322.4 2.72 18 513 5615 -12.9 -15.5 81 2.6 -13.7 280 17 315.0 315.4 289.5 322.3 2.23 19 500 5810 -13.9 -16.5 81 2.6 -14.7 270 17 316.1 316.5 289.7 323.1 2.10 20 495 5886 -14.7 -17.6 79 2.9 -15.6 269 18 316.0 316.4 289.5 322.5 1.94 21 478 6151 -16.5 -19.1 80 2.6 -17.3 264 19 317.0 317.3 289.6 322.9 1.77 22 469 6294 -17.5 -20.4 78 2.9 -18.3 262 18 317.5 317.8 289.6 322.9 1.61 23 460 6439 -18.5 -21.1 80 2.6 -19.2 260 17 318.0 318.3 289.8 323.2 1.54 24 455 6521 -18.9 -21.7 79 2.8 -19.6 260 18 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.5 1.48 25 436 6838 -20.9 -23.9 77 3.0 -21.6 260 21 319.8 320.1 290.0 324.2 1.27 26 400 7470 -26.1 -32.1 57 6.0 -27.1 275 16 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.4 0.65 27 382 7800 -28.9 -38.9 38 10.0 -30.1 281 18 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.34 28 363 8163 -30.9 -36.9 56 6.0 -31.7 278 24 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.3 0.44 29 361 8202 -31.3 -37.3 55 6.0 -32.0 276 25 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.2 0.43 30 351 8399 -32.9 -38.9 55 6.0 -33.6 272 27 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.5 0.38 31 317 9105 -38.9 -41.5 76 2.6 -39.1 271 32 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.32 32 305 9368 -41.1 -46.0 59 4.9 -41.4 270 34 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.7 0.20 33 300 9480 -42.1 -46.7 61 4.6 -42.4 265 36 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.19 34 282 9894 -46.1 -49.5 68 3.4 -46.3 267 37 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.15 35 277 10012 -47.1 -50.8 66 3.7 -47.3 269 36 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.13 36 272 10132 -48.1 -51.5 68 3.4 -48.3 271 37 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.12 37 264 10327 -49.9 -53.9 63 4.0 -50.0 274 39 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.09 38 253 10603 -52.3 -55.4 69 3.1 -52.4 271 37 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.5 0.08 39 251 10654 -52.9 -56.1 68 3.2 -53.0 270 37 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 40 250 10680 -53.1 -56.3 68 3.2 -53.2 265 39 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.07 41 246 10784 -53.9 -56.9 69 3.0 -54.0 263 40 327.4 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.07 42 211 11757 -60.9 -65.8 52 4.9 -61.0 261 41 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.03 43 205 11937 -61.7 -66.4 53 4.7 -61.7 270 36 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.02 44 200 12090 -62.5 270 34 333.8 45 169 13118 -66.9 285 29 342.9 46 167 13189 -66.9 284 30 344.1 47 164 13299 -66.7 282 31 346.2 48 161 13410 -66.9 280 33 347.7 49 150 13840 -64.7 295 37 358.6 50 144 14089 -63.1 293 38 365.6 51 142 14175 -63.1 290 39 367.1 52 138 14350 -63.7 285 41 369.0 53 130 14717 -61.9 293 38 378.6 54 128 14813 -61.9 296 37 380.3 55 121 15160 -62.5 293 40 385.4 56 113 15580 -63.3 291 32 391.5 57 110 15745 -63.3 293 37 394.5 58 106 15972 -62.7 295 39 399.9 59 100 16330 -63.7 295 41 404.7 60 91 16911 -62.7 310 35 417.7 61 81 17625 -64.9 301 16 427.3 62 72 18347 -63.3 285 25 445.4 63 70 18520 -63.5 300 19 448.5 64 67 18788 -63.9 305 19 453.3 65 57 19786 -60.1 333 18 483.4 66 51 20477 -61.5 327 11 495.7 67 50 20600 -61.3 255 14 499.0 68 44 21397 -59.1 302 13 523.0 69 42 21688 -59.7 12 11 528.5 70 31 23610 -54.5 332 11 590.5 71 30 23820 -54.7 335 7 595.5 72 22 25827 -50.1 1 9 664.5 73 22 25827 -50.3 1 9 663.9 74 20 26450 -50.1 165 4 682.8 75 19 26785 -50.5 107 1 691.7 76 16 27911 -49.5 232 4 729.8 77 12 29838 -39.9 260 12 826.4 78 11 30432 -41.1 279 16 842.8 79 10 31080 -41.1 300 20 866.1 80 8.2 32437 -38.3 927.8 81 7.3 33238 -37.3 963.2 TRP 169 13118 -66.9 285 29 342.9 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.00 m Freezing level: 672.14 mb = 3503.11 m = 11493.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.14 mb = 3160.86 m = 10370.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.58 mb = 703.65 m = 2308.52 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 935.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.97 mb = 1364.67 m = 4477.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.71 C = 72.88 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 89.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.49 mb = 1234.65 m = 4050.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.49 mb = 2286.14 m = 7500.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.49 mb = 6761.85 m = 22184.29 ft B at Equ Level: 88.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 290.49 mb = 9695.28 m = 31808.27 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 244 at 9 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 991 270 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 70 4 -3.4 -1.2 1 987 305 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 92 3 -3.2 0.1 2 953 610 205 8 3.4 7.3 | 129 6 -4.4 3.5 3 925 866 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 119 11 -9.3 5.1 4 920 914 165 9 -2.3 8.7 | 116 11 -10.1 5.0 5 887 1219 135 8 -5.7 5.7 | 98 14 -13.4 1.9 6 856 1524 120 8 -6.9 4.0 | 91 15 -14.7 0.3 7 850 1579 130 6 -4.6 3.9 | 91 12 -12.4 0.1 8 825 1829 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 95 10 -9.9 0.8 9 795 2134 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 139 8 -5.2 5.9 10 766 2438 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 170 8 -1.3 7.5 11 738 2743 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 149 9 -4.7 7.9 12 711 3048 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 168 9 -1.9 8.9 13 700 3174 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 133 11 -7.8 7.3 14 684 3353 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 121 10 -8.6 5.2 15 658 3658 140 12 -7.7 9.2 | 109 16 -15.5 5.5 16 609 4267 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 144 8 -4.9 6.9 17 586 4572 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 194 8 1.9 7.8 18 563 4877 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 287 3 2.8 -0.9 19 542 5182 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 319 5 3.2 -3.7 20 521 5486 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 317 13 9.1 -9.9 21 501 5791 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 286 8 8.2 -2.3 22 500 5810 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 292 10 9.2 -3.7 23 481 6096 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 281 11 11.2 -2.1 24 462 6401 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 275 9 9.0 -0.8 25 425 7010 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 270 14 13.9 0.1 26 400 7470 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 302 10 8.2 -5.1 27 392 7620 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 302 10 8.2 -5.1 28 375 7925 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 309 14 10.6 -8.7 29 359 8230 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 288 19 18.1 -6.0 30 343 8534 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 281 20 19.2 -3.7 31 329 8839 275 29 28.9 -2.5 | 287 22 21.1 -6.3 32 315 9144 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 278 25 25.2 -3.7 33 301 9449 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 278 27 27.2 -3.7 34 300 9480 265 36 35.9 3.1 | 271 28 28.1 -0.6 35 288 9754 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 271 29 29.1 -0.5 36 275 10058 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 278 28 28.2 -3.7 37 262 10363 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 283 32 31.1 -7.1 38 250 10668 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 277 29 29.2 -3.7 39 250 10680 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 271 31 31.1 -0.3 40 239 10973 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 264 33 32.6 3.4 41 227 11278 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 251 37 35.4 12.0 42 217 11582 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 251 37 35.4 12.0 43 207 11887 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 277 29 29.2 -3.7 44 200 12090 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 278 26 26.2 -3.7 45 197 12192 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 272 25 25.1 -0.9 46 178 12802 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 340 19 6.4 -17.9 47 169 13118 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 299 23 20.2 -11.2 48 161 13411 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 291 26 24.7 -9.5 49 153 13716 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 308 29 23.0 -18.1 50 150 13840 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 307 32 25.8 -19.4 51 146 14021 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 307 32 25.8 -19.4 52 139 14326 285 41 39.6 -10.6 | 294 35 31.8 -14.3 53 132 14630 290 38 35.7 -13.0 | 301 33 27.9 -16.7 54 125 14935 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 313 33 24.3 -22.2 55 119 15240 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 300 36 30.7 -17.8 56 114 15545 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 304 26 21.4 -14.3 57 108 15850 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 306 35 28.5 -20.6 58 103 16154 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 307 33 26.7 -19.8 59 100 16330 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 306 36 29.4 -21.1 60 98 16459 295 41 37.2 -17.3 | 306 36 29.4 -21.1 61 93 16764 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 311 37 27.7 -24.2 62 89 17069 320 28 18.0 -21.4 | 338 27 10.2 -25.2 63 84 17374 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 335 15 6.1 -13.5 64 80 17678 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 333 13 6.1 -11.7 65 76 17983 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 290 17 16.1 -5.8 66 73 18288 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 294 21 18.8 -8.4 67 70 18520 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 327 16 8.7 -13.2 68 69 18593 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 317 18 12.2 -13.0 69 66 18898 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 339 16 6.0 -15.3 70 63 19202 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 321 15 9.4 -11.8 71 60 19507 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 334 19 8.3 -17.2 72 57 19812 335 18 7.6 -16.3 | 0 20 -0.2 -20.1 73 54 20117 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 10 15 -2.7 -14.6 74 51 20422 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 31 15 -7.8 -12.7 75 50 20600 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 271 6 5.7 -0.1 76 49 20726 245 8 7.3 3.4 | 56 1 -0.5 -0.4 77 47 21031 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 338 12 4.3 -10.7 78 44 21336 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 320 8 5.0 -6.0 79 42 21641 15 11 -2.8 -10.6 | 36 18 -10.6 -14.4 80 40 21946 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 26 18 -7.8 -15.7 81 38 22250 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 26 13 -5.7 -11.5 82 37 22555 5 13 -1.1 -13.0 | 28 19 -8.9 -16.7 83 35 22860 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 358 4 0.2 -4.4 84 33 23165 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 18 9 -2.8 -8.7 85 32 23470 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 360 12 0.0 -11.5 86 30 23774 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 24 15 -6.0 -13.6 87 30 23820 335 7 3.0 -6.3 | 26 11 -4.8 -10.1 88 29 24079 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 22 12 -4.4 -11.0 89 28 24384 290 1 0.9 -0.3 | 59 8 -6.8 -4.1 90 26 24689 240 5 4.3 2.5 | 70 4 -3.4 -1.2 91 24 25298 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 25 9 -3.9 -8.3 92 23 25603 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 18 17 -5.5 -16.5 93 22 25908 5 8 -0.7 -8.0 | 36 14 -8.5 -11.7 94 21 26213 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 54 13 -10.6 -7.8 95 20 26450 165 4 -1.0 3.9 | 91 9 -8.8 0.1 96 20 26518 130 3 -2.3 1.9 | 80 10 -10.1 -1.8 97 19 26822 105 1 -1.0 0.3 | 68 9 -8.7 -3.5 98 18 27127 20 5 -1.7 -4.7 | 48 13 -9.5 -8.4 99 17 27432 110 3 -2.8 1.0 | 76 11 -10.6 -2.7 100 16 27737 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 98 4 -3.5 0.5 101 16 28042 235 3 2.5 1.7 | 69 6 -5.3 -2.0 102 15 28346 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 332 9 4.4 -8.2 103 14 28651 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 0 13 -0.1 -12.9 104 14 28956 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 358 14 0.6 -13.7 105 13 29261 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 360 12 0.0 -11.5 106 13 29566 255 8 7.7 2.1 | 2 2 -0.1 -1.7 107 12 29870 260 12 11.8 2.1 | 292 4 4.0 -1.7 108 10 31080 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 325 17 9.5 -13.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.2 neg: -46.0 tot: -10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 36.88 Bulk Shear: 2.43 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 209 7 122 5| 0.0 7.4 7.4| 3.6 -1.1 2.6 5.1 0.39| 8.5 3.3 1000 180 8 118 9| 0.0 5.5 5.5| 3.6 -18.6 -14.9 -14.9 -0.14| 8.2 -1.2 1500 163 8 110 11| 1.1 3.6 4.8| 5.6 -24.1 -18.4 -12.3 -0.15| 7.4 -1.1 2000 170 8 113 10| 2.9 2.7 5.6| 26.2 -24.1 2.1 1.1 0.19| 8.0 1.5 2500 181 9 123 9| 2.3 2.4 4.8| 30.5 -29.6 0.9 0.3 0.15| 7.4 1.1 3000 184 9 128 9| 1.9 2.6 4.5| 35.2 -46.0 -10.8 -3.6 0.02| 7.6 0.2 4000 178 10 127 10| 2.5 2.6 5.2| 60.5 -58.4 2.1 0.5 0.08| 8.1 0.6 5000 192 10 138 8| 3.1 2.1 5.2| 85.5 -59.1 26.5 5.3 0.24| 8.6 2.1 6000 214 12 167 6| 2.5 1.4 4.0| 87.3 -80.7 6.6 1.1 0.13| 8.7 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250425.00.gif