UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 25 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 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 192 SFC 990 270 17.2 16.6 96 0.6 16.8 200 4 291.2 293.3 290.3 325.3 12.09 2 968 465 17.2 15.3 89 1.9 16.0 207 7 293.1 295.1 290.4 325.4 11.36 3 932 793 16.2 12.0 76 4.2 13.6 218 11 295.2 296.9 289.5 322.6 9.49 4 925 858 15.8 11.6 76 4.2 13.2 220 12 295.5 297.1 289.5 322.3 9.31 5 899 1100 14.4 12.0 85 2.4 12.9 217 11 296.4 298.2 290.2 324.9 9.84 6 876 1319 12.8 9.9 83 2.9 11.0 214 11 297.0 298.6 289.5 322.5 8.77 7 868 1396 12.4 9.9 85 2.5 10.9 212 10 297.3 299.0 289.7 323.1 8.85 8 853 1542 11.6 8.7 82 2.9 9.9 210 10 298.0 299.5 289.5 322.3 8.30 9 850 1572 11.2 8.3 82 2.9 9.5 210 10 297.9 299.3 289.2 321.6 8.11 10 824 1831 9.4 7.3 87 2.1 8.2 217 10 298.6 300.1 289.2 321.5 7.81 11 811 1963 8.6 6.3 85 2.3 7.3 221 10 299.1 300.5 289.0 320.9 7.40 12 763 2465 5.6 4.6 93 1.0 5.1 235 11 301.2 302.5 289.3 322.0 6.98 13 716 2982 1.8 0.4 90 1.4 1.1 250 12 302.5 303.5 288.5 319.1 5.51 14 700 3164 0.8 -0.4 92 1.2 0.2 255 12 303.4 304.4 288.6 319.5 5.31 15 678 3420 -0.7 -1.8 92 1.1 -1.2 255 12 304.5 305.4 288.6 319.6 4.95 16 665 3575 -1.7 -3.4 88 1.7 -2.5 256 12 305.0 305.9 288.3 318.8 4.48 17 639 3892 -3.5 -5.0 89 1.5 -4.2 256 11 306.5 307.3 288.5 319.3 4.13 18 633 3966 -3.5 -5.0 89 1.5 -4.2 256 11 307.3 308.1 288.8 320.3 4.17 19 609 4272 -4.7 -6.9 85 2.2 -5.7 257 11 309.4 310.1 289.1 321.1 3.74 20 597 4428 -5.7 -7.7 86 2.0 -6.5 257 11 310.0 310.6 289.1 321.3 3.59 21 580 4654 -7.1 -9.7 82 2.6 -8.1 258 11 310.9 311.5 289.0 321.0 3.16 22 563 4886 -8.7 -11.0 83 2.3 -9.6 258 11 311.7 312.2 289.0 321.1 2.93 23 522 5470 -11.1 -15.9 68 4.8 -12.7 259 10 315.6 316.0 289.5 322.6 2.12 24 500 5800 -13.3 -18.3 66 5.0 -14.9 260 10 316.8 317.2 289.6 322.9 1.81 25 489 5969 -14.5 -19.5 66 5.0 -16.0 260 11 317.4 317.7 289.6 323.0 1.67 26 474 6203 -16.3 -21.2 66 4.9 -17.6 259 12 318.0 318.3 289.7 323.0 1.49 27 469 6283 -16.7 -22.7 60 6.0 -18.3 259 12 318.5 318.7 289.6 322.9 1.32 28 455 6510 -17.9 -21.8 71 3.9 -19.0 258 13 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.7 1.47 29 442 6726 -19.1 -26.1 54 7.0 -20.7 257 14 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.03 30 437 6810 -19.7 -25.7 59 6.0 -21.1 257 14 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.9 1.08 31 420 7103 -21.5 -29.5 48 8.0 -23.1 256 15 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.3 0.79 32 408 7316 -23.3 -30.3 53 7.0 -24.6 255 16 322.9 323.0 290.5 325.6 0.75 33 403 7406 -23.9 -30.9 52 7.0 -25.2 255 17 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.8 0.72 34 400 7460 -24.5 -31.5 52 7.0 -25.8 255 17 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.6 0.69 35 367 8080 -30.5 -33.9 72 3.4 -31.0 265 18 323.2 323.3 290.4 325.3 0.59 36 341 8599 -33.7 -45.7 29 12.0 -34.7 274 19 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.19 37 335 8724 -33.1 -52.1 13 19.0 -34.5 277 19 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.09 38 327 8893 -34.5 -58.5 7 24.0 -35.8 280 20 328.5 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.04 39 317 9110 -35.9 -55.9 11 20.0 -37.1 283 20 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.06 40 300 9490 -39.3 -53.3 21 14.0 -40.1 290 21 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 41 250 10710 -50.3 -54.6 60 4.3 -50.4 300 31 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.09 42 246 10815 -51.3 -55.1 64 3.8 -51.4 301 32 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.09 43 234 11136 -54.1 -58.3 60 4.2 -54.2 304 34 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.06 44 216 11642 -58.3 -62.9 55 4.6 -58.4 310 38 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.04 45 210 11818 -59.9 -64.7 53 4.8 -60.0 312 39 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.03 46 200 12120 -62.5 315 41 333.8 47 166 13243 -70.7 320 33 338.4 48 150 13850 -64.9 305 55 358.3 49 143 14144 -61.9 304 54 368.4 50 133 14591 -63.5 304 52 373.3 51 126 14924 -62.5 303 51 380.9 52 114 15539 -64.7 302 48 387.9 53 110 15757 -64.1 301 47 393.0 54 106 15984 -64.7 301 46 396.1 55 104 16100 -64.7 300 46 398.2 56 101 16279 -64.7 300 45 401.6 57 100 16340 -64.7 300 45 402.7 58 96 16589 -64.5 303 44 407.8 59 87 17189 -66.1 301 30 416.3 60 83 17476 -64.5 300 25 425.2 61 80 17700 -65.3 300 25 428.0 62 71 18432 -62.3 329 24 449.3 63 70 18520 -62.7 350 18 450.2 64 67 18790 -63.7 350 16 453.8 65 62 19269 -61.7 344 11 468.4 66 59 19576 -62.3 333 9 473.7 67 56 19899 -61.9 301 12 481.7 68 53 20239 -62.3 278 13 488.5 69 50 20600 -61.9 320 16 497.6 70 44 21392 -60.5 337 20 519.6 71 42 21681 -60.9 325 20 525.5 72 30 23800 -54.5 355 11 596.1 73 29 24017 -54.3 23 10 602.4 74 28 24242 -54.5 52 8 607.9 75 25 24970 -52.9 210 2 632.6 76 23 25507 -53.1 351 7 647.2 77 21 26094 -52.1 6 9 667.3 78 20 26410 -51.9 15 5 677.3 79 19 26743 -51.7 331 8 687.9 80 18 27093 -51.9 255 2 698.0 81 17 27464 -51.7 45 3 710.2 82 16 27857 -51.9 84 6 721.9 83 11 30330 -43.9 267 9 832.7 84 10 30970 -43.7 315 13 856.4 85 8.2 32315 -39.9 921.4 86 7.2 33209 -36.9 968.7 87 7.1 33306 -37.5 970.1 TRP 166 13243 -70.7 320 33 338.4 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.00 m Freezing level: 688.27 mb = 3300.63 m = 10828.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.94 mb = 3199.14 m = 10495.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.45 % Est. max temperature: 24.16 C = 75.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.47 mb = 345.09 m = 1132.17 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 3.10 C Layer 932.0- 899.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1455.27 m = 4774.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.61 C = 74.49 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: 0.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 31.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.69 mb = 1074.67 m = 3525.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.69 mb = 2213.08 m = 7260.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 536.69 mb = 5255.77 m = 17243.12 ft B at Equ Level: 106.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 406.69 mb = 7339.05 m = 24077.95 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 274 at 8 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 270 200 4 1.4 3.8 | 123 8 -6.7 4.3 1 925 858 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 178 10 -0.3 9.7 2 850 1572 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 162 10 -3.0 9.2 3 700 3164 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 224 5 3.6 3.7 4 500 5800 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 219 3 1.8 2.3 5 400 7460 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 239 10 8.4 5.0 6 300 9490 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 300 13 11.7 -6.6 7 250 10710 300 31 26.8 -15.5 | 308 24 18.8 -14.9 8 200 12120 315 41 29.0 -29.0 | 324 35 21.0 -28.4 9 166 13243 320 33 21.2 -25.3 | 332 28 13.2 -24.7 10 150 13850 305 55 45.1 -31.5 | 310 48 37.0 -31.0 11 100 16340 300 45 39.0 -22.5 | 305 38 30.9 -21.9 12 93 16764 305 43 35.2 -24.7 | 312 36 27.2 -24.1 13 84 17374 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 311 18 13.6 -11.9 14 76 17983 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 311 18 13.6 -11.9 15 73 18288 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 301 27 22.8 -13.8 16 70 18520 350 18 3.1 -17.7 | 16 18 -4.9 -17.2 17 66 18898 350 15 2.6 -14.8 | 21 15 -5.4 -14.2 18 60 19507 340 9 3.1 -8.5 | 32 9 -4.9 -7.9 19 54 20117 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 290 5 4.8 -1.7 20 51 20422 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 276 6 5.9 -0.7 21 50 20600 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 349 12 2.3 -11.7 22 47 21031 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 358 9 0.3 -9.4 23 44 21336 340 20 6.8 -18.8 | 4 18 -1.2 -18.2 24 40 21946 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 336 15 6.1 -13.6 25 37 22555 15 12 -3.1 -11.6 | 45 16 -11.1 -11.0 26 33 23165 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 58 15 -13.0 -8.1 27 32 23470 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 37 12 -7.2 -9.4 28 30 23774 320 9 5.8 -6.9 | 19 7 -2.2 -6.3 29 30 23800 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 34 13 -7.1 -10.4 30 27 24384 70 7 -6.6 -2.4 | 83 15 -14.6 -1.8 31 25 24994 215 2 1.1 1.6 | 108 7 -6.9 2.2 32 23 25603 15 8 -2.1 -7.7 | 55 12 -10.1 -7.2 33 22 25908 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 38 13 -8.0 -10.4 34 20 26410 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 65 10 -9.3 -4.3 35 20 26518 20 12 -4.1 -11.3 | 49 16 -12.1 -10.7 36 18 27127 250 2 1.9 0.7 | 101 6 -6.1 1.2 37 17 27432 40 3 -1.9 -2.3 | 80 10 -10.0 -1.7 38 16 28042 100 7 -6.9 1.2 | 97 15 -14.9 1.8 39 14 28651 155 7 -3.0 6.3 | 122 13 -11.0 6.9 40 14 28956 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 136 9 -6.0 6.2 41 13 29261 270 9 9.0 -0.0 | 240 1 1.0 0.6 42 12 29870 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 142 6 -3.4 4.4 43 10 30970 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 352 9 1.2 -8.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: -7.0 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 25.32 Bulk Shear: 4.27 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 214 7 150 8| 7.3 0.0 7.3| 15.6 0.0 15.6 31.3 0.98| 7.4 7.2 1000 216 9 163 9| 3.6 0.3 3.9| 18.7 -4.1 14.6 14.6 0.66| 5.2 3.4 1500 215 10 164 9| 2.2 0.2 2.4| 20.8 -7.0 13.8 9.2 0.52| 4.2 2.2 2000 217 10 167 9| 2.0 0.1 2.2| 25.6 -7.0 18.6 9.3 0.57| 3.8 2.2 2500 222 10 171 8| 1.9 0.1 2.0| 29.9 -7.0 22.9 9.2 0.62| 3.6 2.3 3000 228 10 178 8| 1.8 0.1 1.9| 33.1 -7.0 26.1 8.7 0.65| 3.5 2.2 4000 235 11 187 7| 1.3 0.1 1.4| 33.1 -7.1 26.0 6.5 0.62| 2.7 1.7 5000 240 11 193 6| 1.0 0.1 1.0| 33.1 -7.2 25.8 5.2 0.59| 2.2 1.3 6000 244 11 197 6| 0.8 0.2 0.9| 33.9 -7.3 26.5 4.4 0.56| 2.1 1.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250425.12.gif