UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042600.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 26 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 26 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 152 SFC 986 270 23.4 14.4 57 9.0 17.5 220 10 297.7 299.7 291.2 328.3 10.51 2 925 829 18.2 13.2 73 5.0 15.0 215 18 297.9 299.8 291.2 328.1 10.36 3 850 1547 12.0 9.8 86 2.2 10.7 210 20 298.7 300.4 290.3 325.0 8.98 4 843 1616 11.4 9.2 86 2.2 10.1 215 20 298.8 300.4 290.0 324.3 8.69 5 821 1836 10.4 7.0 79 3.4 8.5 230 22 300.0 301.4 289.6 322.7 7.67 6 813 1918 10.4 6.0 74 4.4 7.9 234 23 300.8 302.2 289.5 322.3 7.23 7 764 2432 7.2 -0.8 57 8.0 3.2 245 26 302.8 303.7 287.8 317.1 4.72 8 759 2486 6.6 -0.4 61 7.0 3.1 244 26 302.7 303.6 287.9 317.5 4.90 9 746 2627 5.6 -3.4 52 9.0 1.4 242 27 303.1 303.9 287.2 315.3 3.99 10 734 2759 4.6 -1.4 65 6.0 1.7 241 28 303.4 304.3 288.0 317.7 4.70 11 722 2893 4.0 -5.0 52 9.0 -0.1 247 27 304.2 304.9 287.2 315.5 3.65 12 710 3029 2.8 -4.2 60 7.0 -0.4 254 25 304.3 305.1 287.6 316.5 3.94 13 700 3144 2.2 -6.8 51 9.0 -1.7 255 25 304.9 305.5 287.1 315.1 3.28 14 699 3156 2.2 -6.8 51 9.0 -1.7 255 25 305.0 305.7 287.2 315.2 3.28 15 688 3284 1.2 -4.8 64 6.0 -1.5 252 28 305.3 306.0 287.9 317.3 3.89 16 676 3426 0.6 -8.4 51 9.0 -3.1 251 29 306.2 306.7 287.3 315.6 3.00 17 654 3691 -0.7 -6.7 64 6.0 -3.3 255 28 307.6 308.3 288.3 318.7 3.54 18 649 3753 -0.5 -7.5 59 7.0 -3.5 255 27 308.5 309.2 288.4 319.1 3.35 19 617 4156 -2.7 -5.3 82 2.6 -3.9 264 25 310.5 311.3 289.9 323.6 4.18 20 560 4921 -6.9 -18.9 38 12.0 -10.7 255 18 314.3 314.6 288.5 319.4 1.53 21 552 5033 -7.5 -17.5 45 10.0 -10.8 253 18 314.9 315.2 288.9 320.7 1.75 22 544 5147 -7.9 -15.9 53 8.0 -10.6 251 18 315.7 316.1 289.5 322.4 2.03 23 540 5205 -8.1 -16.1 53 8.0 -10.8 250 18 316.1 316.5 289.6 322.8 2.01 24 528 5380 -8.9 -14.9 62 6.0 -11.1 253 22 317.2 317.6 290.2 324.7 2.28 25 520 5498 -9.7 -15.7 62 6.0 -11.8 255 24 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.8 2.16 26 500 5800 -12.3 -17.1 67 4.8 -13.9 250 23 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.7 2.00 27 493 5907 -12.9 -17.2 70 4.3 -14.3 250 22 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.3 2.01 28 480 6109 -13.9 -18.9 66 5.0 -15.4 250 20 319.8 320.2 290.5 325.8 1.79 29 467 6316 -15.5 -19.8 70 4.3 -16.8 257 17 320.3 320.7 290.6 326.1 1.70 30 459 6446 -16.7 -21.7 65 5.0 -18.1 259 15 320.4 320.7 290.4 325.4 1.47 31 447 6643 -18.1 -21.2 77 3.1 -19.0 256 17 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.5 1.58 32 439 6777 -18.9 -22.4 74 3.5 -19.8 257 18 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.7 1.44 33 435 6845 -19.5 -22.7 76 3.2 -20.3 259 18 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.7 1.42 34 427 6982 -20.5 -24.0 73 3.5 -21.4 264 19 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.7 1.29 35 410 7280 -22.7 -25.5 78 2.8 -23.4 269 17 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.3 1.17 36 400 7460 -23.9 -27.4 73 3.5 -24.6 260 19 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.5 1.01 37 398 7497 -24.1 -27.6 73 3.5 -24.8 260 19 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.6 1.00 38 371 8006 -27.5 -31.9 66 4.4 -28.2 262 18 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.8 0.71 39 352 8383 -30.7 -33.9 73 3.2 -31.2 268 15 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.62 40 341 8608 -31.9 -36.6 63 4.7 -32.5 267 16 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.49 41 330 8839 -33.9 -38.9 61 5.0 -34.5 275 18 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.40 42 322 9011 -35.3 -39.9 63 4.6 -35.8 275 18 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.3 0.37 43 313 9208 -36.9 -43.9 48 7.0 -37.5 276 18 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.25 44 300 9500 -39.5 -44.4 60 4.9 -39.9 290 18 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.25 45 277 10040 -44.1 -47.2 71 3.1 -44.3 295 25 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.20 46 261 10436 -46.9 -50.3 68 3.4 -47.1 283 28 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.15 47 259 10487 -47.5 -50.8 69 3.3 -47.7 281 28 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.14 48 250 10720 -49.3 -52.9 66 3.6 -49.4 265 31 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11 49 241 10959 -51.3 -55.2 63 3.9 -51.4 260 30 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.09 50 228 11316 -54.7 -58.6 62 3.9 -54.8 270 34 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.06 51 215 11689 -57.9 -61.9 60 4.0 -58.0 273 37 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 52 206 11957 -60.3 -64.4 58 4.1 -60.4 270 38 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.03 53 200 12140 -62.1 -66.2 58 4.1 -62.1 270 38 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.03 54 174 12984 -69.3 265 42 336.1 55 170 13122 -69.1 261 43 338.7 56 165 13300 -69.5 273 37 340.9 57 162 13409 -69.3 280 34 343.1 58 158 13558 -69.5 278 35 345.2 59 150 13870 -66.3 280 46 355.9 60 100 16370 -64.5 295 36 403.1 61 99 16431 -64.5 295 41 404.3 62 98 16493 -64.5 296 43 405.4 63 91 16948 -62.7 301 33 417.7 64 76 18049 -66.1 245 14 432.7 65 72 18378 -64.7 277 14 442.4 66 70 18550 -65.1 300 11 445.1 67 68 18727 -65.1 308 14 448.8 68 52 20385 -60.1 316 9 496.3 69 50 20630 -60.3 290 9 501.4 70 47 21015 -60.5 300 10 509.9 71 40 22024 -58.3 336 11 539.4 72 40 22024 -58.1 336 11 539.9 73 39 22183 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.3 310 9 542.9 542.9 317.7 542.9 0.00 74 37 22514 -58.9 358 8 550.1 75 33 23234 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.1 339 6 573.7 573.7 319.3 573.7 0.01 76 31 23631 -55.7 276 7 587.3 77 31 23631 -55.9 276 7 586.7 78 30 23840 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.0 285 6 593.3 593.3 320.3 593.4 0.01 79 27 24512 -54.7 326 11 613.7 80 26 24753 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -56.5 11 9 620.4 620.4 321.5 620.5 0.01 81 23 25541 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -54.2 310 10 651.9 652.0 322.7 652.1 0.02 82 22 25830 -50.5 319 9 663.3 83 20 26450 -51.1 -83.1 1 32.0 -54.2 330 6 679.8 679.8 323.7 679.9 0.02 84 20 26450 -51.1 330 6 679.8 85 18 27136 -50.5 -82.5 1 32.0 -54.1 315 5 702.4 702.5 324.5 702.6 0.02 86 17 27509 -50.3 318 5 714.7 87 16 27904 -50.7 -82.7 1 32.0 -54.5 306 6 725.9 725.9 325.3 726.1 0.03 88 15 28325 -51.1 289 8 738.1 89 11 30366 -45.7 -79.7 1 34.0 -52.7 6 8 826.1 826.2 327.9 826.7 0.06 90 11 30366 -43.5 6 8 834.1 TRP 174 12984 -69.3 265 42 336.1 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.00 m Freezing level: 665.85 mb = 3548.20 m = 11640.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.67 mb = 2885.97 m = 9468.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.50 % Est. max temperature: 24.82 C = 76.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.72 mb = 1411.07 m = 4629.45 ft T: 13.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 925.0- 759.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.61 mb = 1580.39 m = 5184.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.40 C = 75.93 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 25.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.63 mb = 1481.07 m = 4859.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.63 mb = 2457.25 m = 8061.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.63 mb = 5181.38 m = 16999.07 ft B at Equ Level: 74.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 341.63 mb = 8594.89 m = 28198.11 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 275 at 17 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 10 6.4 7.7 | 131 14 -10.3 9.0 1 982 305 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 156 11 -4.4 10.0 2 948 610 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 153 16 -7.5 14.5 3 925 829 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 158 17 -6.4 16.1 4 916 914 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 158 17 -6.4 16.1 5 883 1219 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 164 21 -5.7 20.4 6 852 1524 215 21 12.0 17.2 | 166 19 -4.6 18.6 7 850 1547 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 160 20 -6.7 18.7 8 821 1829 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 181 16 0.2 15.5 9 791 2134 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 204 13 5.1 11.5 10 763 2438 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 209 14 6.9 12.4 11 735 2743 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 206 17 7.6 15.4 12 708 3048 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 224 11 7.5 7.8 13 700 3144 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 224 11 7.5 7.8 14 682 3353 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 223 15 10.6 11.3 15 656 3658 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 232 14 11.3 8.9 16 631 3962 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 213 8 4.6 7.1 17 607 4267 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 262 10 10.3 1.4 18 584 4572 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 193 5 1.0 4.5 19 562 4877 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 187 6 0.7 6.0 20 541 5182 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 182 8 0.2 7.5 21 520 5486 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 221 10 6.5 7.6 22 501 5791 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 208 10 4.9 9.2 23 500 5800 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 208 10 4.9 9.2 24 480 6096 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 194 8 2.1 8.2 25 461 6401 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 154 4 -1.9 4.0 26 443 6706 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 187 6 0.7 6.0 27 425 7010 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 216 4 2.2 3.0 28 408 7315 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 193 1 0.3 1.4 29 400 7460 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 203 5 2.0 4.7 30 391 7620 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 212 6 3.0 4.9 31 375 7925 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 203 5 2.0 4.7 32 359 8230 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 129 2 -1.7 1.4 33 344 8534 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 147 3 -1.7 2.7 34 329 8839 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 279 1 1.2 -0.2 35 315 9144 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 279 1 1.2 -0.2 36 302 9449 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 329 2 1.0 -1.7 37 300 9500 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 357 5 0.2 -4.8 38 276 10058 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 327 11 6.0 -9.2 39 252 10668 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 275 13 13.2 -1.2 40 250 10720 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 254 15 14.2 4.1 41 240 10973 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 243 14 12.9 6.6 42 229 11278 270 34 34.0 -0.0 | 265 17 17.3 1.4 43 218 11582 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 275 20 20.2 -1.8 44 208 11887 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 266 21 21.3 1.4 45 200 12140 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 266 21 21.3 1.4 46 198 12192 270 40 40.0 -0.0 | 267 23 23.3 1.4 47 179 12802 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 267 26 26.3 1.4 48 174 12984 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 259 26 25.2 5.0 49 170 13106 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 251 27 25.7 8.8 50 162 13411 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 285 17 16.8 -4.5 51 154 13716 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 275 19 19.2 -1.8 52 150 13870 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 283 29 28.6 -6.6 53 146 14021 280 46 45.3 -8.0 | 283 29 28.6 -6.6 54 139 14326 280 37 36.4 -6.4 | 284 20 19.7 -5.0 55 133 14630 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 305 17 14.3 -9.9 56 126 14935 285 33 31.9 -8.5 | 295 17 15.2 -7.2 57 120 15240 305 37 30.3 -21.2 | 326 24 13.6 -19.8 58 114 15545 300 29 25.1 -14.5 | 327 16 8.4 -13.1 59 109 15850 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 307 15 12.4 -9.2 60 104 16154 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 293 23 21.0 -8.7 61 100 16370 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 311 21 15.9 -13.8 62 99 16459 295 43 39.0 -18.2 | 307 28 22.3 -16.8 63 94 16764 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 317 25 17.1 -18.1 64 85 17374 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 12 9 -1.9 -8.9 65 81 17678 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 50 10 -7.5 -6.3 66 77 17983 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 151 10 -4.6 8.4 67 73 18288 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 147 3 -1.7 2.7 68 70 18550 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 60 8 -7.2 -4.1 69 70 18593 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 32 10 -5.2 -8.3 70 66 18898 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 51 9 -6.9 -5.5 71 63 19202 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 333 13 5.8 -11.6 72 57 19812 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 59 18 -15.7 -9.6 73 54 20117 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 63 16 -14.4 -7.3 74 50 20630 290 9 8.5 -3.1 | 78 8 -8.2 -1.7 75 49 20726 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 82 9 -9.2 -1.4 76 47 21031 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 66 9 -8.0 -3.6 77 45 21336 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 64 7 -6.7 -3.3 78 43 21641 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 359 13 0.2 -12.8 79 41 21946 350 12 2.1 -11.8 | 54 18 -14.6 -10.4 80 39 22250 300 8 6.9 -4.0 | 75 10 -9.8 -2.6 81 37 22555 5 8 -0.7 -8.0 | 69 19 -17.4 -6.6 82 35 22860 360 4 -0.0 -4.0 | 81 17 -16.7 -2.6 83 33 23165 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 79 18 -18.0 -3.5 84 32 23470 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 117 13 -11.3 5.9 85 30 23774 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 73 12 -11.7 -3.6 86 30 23840 285 6 5.8 -1.6 | 89 11 -10.9 -0.2 87 29 24079 280 3 3.0 -0.5 | 94 14 -13.7 0.9 88 28 24384 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 58 7 -5.8 -3.7 89 26 24689 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 64 20 -17.6 -8.6 90 25 24994 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 81 19 -19.2 -3.0 91 24 25298 360 3 -0.0 -3.0 | 84 17 -16.7 -1.6 92 23 25603 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 60 8 -7.2 -4.1 93 22 25908 325 9 5.2 -7.4 | 63 13 -11.5 -6.0 94 21 26213 345 11 2.8 -10.6 | 56 17 -13.8 -9.2 95 20 26450 330 6 3.0 -5.2 | 74 14 -13.7 -3.8 96 18 26822 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 81 13 -13.2 -2.2 97 17 27127 320 5 3.2 -3.8 | 80 14 -13.5 -2.5 98 15 27432 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 86 9 -9.0 -0.7 99 14 27737 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 55 10 -8.3 -5.7 100 13 28042 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 39 12 -7.7 -9.3 101 12 28346 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 57 18 -14.8 -9.5 102 11 28651 10 7 -1.2 -6.9 | 73 19 -17.9 -5.5 103 10 28956 360 7 -0.0 -7.0 | 71 18 -16.7 -5.6 104 9 29261 350 5 0.9 -4.9 | 77 16 -15.8 -3.5 105 8 29566 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 83 8 -8.0 -1.0 106 8 29870 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 45 9 -6.0 -6.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.2 neg: -11.5 tot: 91.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.70 Bulk Shear: 13.29 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 222 16 154 15| 0.0 7.8 7.8| 22.8 -2.4 20.4 40.8 0.53| 11.6 6.1 1000 217 18 158 17| 0.0 6.2 6.2| 35.4 -2.4 33.0 33.0 0.53| 8.2 4.4 1500 216 19 161 18| 1.9 4.1 6.1| 58.1 -9.4 48.8 32.5 0.49| 8.3 4.1 2000 223 20 169 16| 3.6 3.1 6.7| 86.6 -9.4 77.3 38.6 0.59| 8.4 5.0 2500 228 21 177 16| 2.9 3.2 6.0| 89.5 -11.4 78.1 31.2 0.54| 7.5 4.1 3000 233 22 183 15| 3.2 2.6 5.8|103.2 -11.5 91.7 30.6 0.51| 7.9 4.0 4000 240 23 195 14| 3.3 2.0 5.3|129.3 -21.1 108.2 27.0 0.46| 8.3 3.8 5000 243 22 196 12| 2.6 2.1 4.7|132.8 -35.9 96.9 19.4 0.29| 8.2 2.3 6000 245 22 198 11| 2.3 1.9 4.1|141.2 -49.8 91.4 15.2 0.22| 7.9 1.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250426.00.gif