UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 26 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 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 132 SFC 983 270 17.8 15.6 87 2.2 16.4 240 7 292.4 294.4 290.2 324.8 11.41 2 974 350 17.2 15.0 87 2.2 15.8 231 15 292.5 294.5 290.0 324.0 11.07 3 935 704 15.0 12.2 83 2.8 13.3 248 26 293.7 295.5 289.1 321.2 9.59 4 925 797 15.2 11.8 80 3.4 13.1 255 30 294.9 296.5 289.3 322.0 9.44 5 920 843 15.2 11.4 78 3.8 12.9 257 30 295.3 297.0 289.3 321.9 9.24 6 897 1057 14.2 9.8 75 4.4 11.6 258 29 296.4 298.0 289.1 321.1 8.51 7 875 1267 13.4 8.5 72 4.9 10.5 256 28 297.7 299.2 289.0 321.0 7.98 8 850 1511 12.0 7.7 75 4.3 9.5 260 25 298.7 300.1 289.2 321.6 7.78 9 844 1570 11.8 7.6 75 4.2 9.3 264 27 299.1 300.5 289.3 322.0 7.78 10 808 1934 9.6 5.1 73 4.5 7.1 248 23 300.5 301.8 289.0 320.8 6.83 11 801 2007 9.6 4.7 71 4.9 6.9 244 22 301.3 302.5 289.1 321.2 6.70 12 765 2387 6.6 3.1 78 3.5 4.7 247 20 302.0 303.2 289.0 320.8 6.26 13 745 2604 5.6 1.6 75 4.0 3.5 240 24 303.2 304.3 288.9 320.7 5.77 14 701 3099 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.7 230 34 304.1 305.1 288.8 320.4 5.34 15 700 3111 1.6 -0.2 88 1.8 0.7 230 34 304.3 305.3 288.9 320.6 5.39 16 696 3157 1.2 -0.7 87 1.9 0.3 231 33 304.3 305.3 288.8 320.2 5.23 17 677 3380 0.0 -1.7 88 1.7 -0.9 235 31 305.4 306.3 288.9 320.7 4.99 18 672 3439 -0.5 -2.2 88 1.7 -1.3 236 30 305.5 306.4 288.8 320.3 4.84 19 644 3780 -1.1 -3.8 82 2.7 -2.4 244 27 308.5 309.4 289.5 322.5 4.48 20 626 4006 -2.3 -6.4 73 4.1 -4.1 250 26 309.7 310.4 289.2 321.6 3.78 21 605 4276 -3.7 -8.4 70 4.7 -5.7 245 26 311.1 311.7 289.3 321.8 3.35 22 547 5066 -8.7 -10.5 87 1.8 -9.4 239 28 314.3 314.9 290.1 324.4 3.14 23 525 5384 -10.1 -12.3 84 2.2 -10.9 241 28 316.3 316.8 290.4 325.5 2.83 24 500 5760 -11.7 -15.1 76 3.4 -12.9 240 28 318.8 319.2 290.7 326.6 2.37 25 498 5791 -11.9 -15.3 76 3.4 -13.1 240 29 318.9 319.3 290.7 326.7 2.34 26 444 6654 -18.7 -20.7 84 2.0 -19.3 241 27 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.6 1.66 27 426 6960 -20.9 -22.7 85 1.8 -21.4 240 28 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.45 28 418 7099 -21.9 -23.8 85 1.9 -22.4 239 27 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.1 1.34 29 400 7420 -24.5 -25.8 89 1.3 -24.8 235 28 323.1 323.4 290.9 327.2 1.17 30 396 7493 -25.1 -26.4 89 1.3 -25.4 233 28 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.2 1.12 31 375 7887 -27.7 -29.3 86 1.6 -28.0 226 31 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.1 0.90 32 366 8061 -29.3 -30.7 88 1.4 -29.5 227 31 325.1 325.2 291.2 328.0 0.81 33 343 8521 -32.7 -34.8 81 2.1 -33.0 232 35 326.5 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.58 34 334 8708 -33.9 -36.1 80 2.2 -34.2 233 38 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.3 0.52 35 321 8984 -36.1 -39.9 68 3.8 -36.5 234 42 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.37 36 317 9071 -36.9 -40.6 68 3.7 -37.2 235 43 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.35 37 300 9450 -40.1 -46.1 53 6.0 -40.5 240 43 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.20 38 299 9473 -40.3 -46.3 53 6.0 -40.7 240 43 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.20 39 289 9705 -42.5 -48.5 52 6.0 -42.9 238 43 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 40 286 9776 -43.1 -49.1 52 6.0 -43.5 237 44 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.15 41 274 10064 -45.9 -50.4 60 4.5 -46.1 235 44 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.14 42 267 10237 -47.5 -52.3 58 4.8 -47.7 238 45 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 43 263 10337 -48.5 -53.0 59 4.5 -48.7 239 45 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 44 260 10413 -49.1 -53.8 58 4.7 -49.3 239 45 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.10 45 250 10670 -51.5 -55.7 61 4.2 -51.6 235 44 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.08 46 237 11012 -54.9 -58.8 62 3.9 -55.0 239 44 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.06 47 230 11202 -56.5 -60.6 60 4.1 -56.6 236 42 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.05 48 228 11257 -57.1 -60.9 62 3.8 -57.2 235 41 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.05 49 226 11313 -57.7 -61.7 60 4.0 -57.8 236 41 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.04 50 215 11624 -60.1 -63.4 65 3.3 -60.2 246 46 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.8 0.04 51 203 11979 -62.7 -65.7 67 3.0 -62.7 258 51 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.03 52 201 12039 -62.7 -65.9 65 3.2 -62.7 260 52 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.03 53 200 12070 -62.9 -66.4 62 3.5 -62.9 260 50 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.03 54 196 12195 -62.5 260 54 335.7 55 188 12452 -62.9 264 44 339.1 56 176 12859 -63.3 260 32 344.9 57 162 13368 -64.3 239 43 351.5 58 150 13840 -64.3 260 25 359.3 59 100 16340 -63.3 270 32 405.4 60 97 16527 -63.5 277 33 408.6 61 92 16850 -64.3 288 36 413.2 62 91 16917 -64.3 290 38 414.5 63 87 17191 -63.5 303 38 421.5 64 83 17480 -63.3 306 31 427.6 65 77 17937 -65.9 294 34 431.5 66 71 18433 -62.3 321 23 449.3 67 70 18520 -63.1 330 14 449.4 68 68 18699 -63.3 330 14 452.7 69 66 18883 -62.9 312 15 457.5 70 62 19268 -63.5 327 15 464.4 71 60 19470 -63.3 317 17 469.2 72 55 20004 -65.1 297 9 476.9 73 50 20590 -61.9 335 15 497.6 74 45 21243 -60.5 349 11 516.2 75 41 21821 -61.5 26 6 527.7 76 34 22990 -58.1 316 2 565.6 77 33 23178 -58.3 2 4 570.0 78 30 23780 -56.5 35 8 590.6 79 26 24691 -54.5 5 4 621.0 80 25 24942 -54.9 357 2 626.8 81 22 25759 -54.3 273 3 651.9 82 21 26057 -54.7 317 5 659.5 83 20 26370 -53.3 315 4 673.0 84 18 27048 -52.1 344 6 697.4 85 16 27807 -52.5 142 3 720.0 86 10 30890 -44.9 335 19 851.9 87 9.3 31376 -43.9 873.6 88 8.8 31747 -44.1 886.8 89 8.1 32304 -43.5 910.4 90 7.8 32558 -43.9 918.7 TRP 201 12039 -62.7 -65.9 65 3.2 -62.7 260 52 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.00 m Freezing level: 677.00 mb = 3379.81 m = 11088.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.66 mb = 3207.50 m = 10523.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.26 % Est. max temperature: 24.92 C = 76.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.55 mb = 552.17 m = 1811.56 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.57 C Layer 974.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.97 mb = 1821.67 m = 5976.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.48 C = 77.86 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 29.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62844.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.24 mb = 1140.37 m = 3741.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 274 at 20 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 983 270 240 7 6.1 3.5 | 109 15 -13.7 4.8 1 979 305 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 139 14 -9.1 10.3 2 945 610 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 172 12 -1.6 11.8 3 925 797 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 225 13 9.2 9.1 4 912 914 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 236 12 9.7 6.5 5 880 1219 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 220 11 7.2 8.6 6 850 1511 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 220 7 4.8 5.7 7 849 1524 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 243 8 7.1 3.7 8 818 1829 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 204 8 3.4 7.5 9 788 2134 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 165 13 -3.4 12.8 10 760 2438 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 173 8 -1.0 8.2 11 732 2743 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 183 19 0.9 18.7 12 705 3048 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 195 24 6.2 23.2 13 700 3111 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 195 24 6.2 23.2 14 653 3658 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 194 15 3.6 14.8 15 628 3962 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 204 11 4.6 10.2 16 604 4267 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 197 13 3.8 12.3 17 559 4877 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 203 14 5.6 13.1 18 538 5182 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 190 18 3.1 17.4 19 518 5486 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 203 14 5.6 13.1 20 500 5760 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 196 16 4.4 15.3 21 498 5791 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 199 17 5.3 15.8 22 478 6096 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 203 14 5.6 13.1 23 459 6401 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 203 14 5.6 13.1 24 440 6706 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 194 15 3.6 14.8 25 423 7010 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 196 16 4.4 15.3 26 406 7315 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 185 16 1.5 16.2 27 400 7420 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 190 18 3.1 17.4 28 389 7620 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 185 19 1.6 19.3 29 372 7925 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 185 23 2.1 23.2 30 357 8230 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 191 22 3.9 21.2 31 313 9144 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 211 31 16.2 26.6 32 300 9450 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 217 29 17.4 22.8 33 274 10058 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 211 31 16.2 26.6 34 262 10363 240 45 39.0 22.5 | 219 31 19.2 23.8 35 250 10668 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 211 30 15.4 26.0 36 250 10670 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 211 31 16.2 26.6 37 238 10973 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 218 30 18.3 23.3 38 227 11278 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 209 28 13.8 24.8 39 201 12039 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 252 33 31.4 10.3 40 200 12070 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 251 31 29.4 10.0 41 196 12192 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 252 35 33.4 10.7 42 187 12497 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 257 23 22.0 5.0 43 178 12802 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 249 11 10.1 3.9 44 169 13106 235 40 32.8 22.9 | 208 28 13.0 24.3 45 161 13411 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 218 30 18.3 23.3 46 153 13716 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 253 15 14.1 4.3 47 150 13840 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 220 7 4.8 5.7 48 146 14021 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 225 8 5.8 5.8 49 139 14326 270 35 35.0 -0.0 | 265 15 15.2 1.3 50 132 14630 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 294 26 23.7 -10.3 51 126 14935 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 303 12 10.1 -6.7 52 120 15240 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 278 7 7.1 -1.0 53 114 15545 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 299 7 5.8 -3.2 54 108 15850 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 245 9 8.1 3.8 55 103 16154 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 228 9 6.8 6.0 56 100 16340 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 264 12 12.2 1.3 57 93 16764 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 300 15 13.0 -7.5 58 89 17069 295 42 38.1 -17.7 | 312 25 18.3 -16.4 59 84 17374 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 352 21 2.8 -21.3 60 80 17678 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 317 12 8.4 -8.9 61 76 17983 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 319 18 11.9 -13.5 62 73 18288 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 330 24 12.1 -21.1 63 70 18520 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 50 17 -12.8 -10.8 64 69 18593 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 52 19 -15.0 -11.8 65 66 18898 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 45 12 -8.3 -8.3 66 63 19202 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 50 17 -12.8 -10.8 67 60 19507 315 17 12.0 -12.0 | 36 13 -7.8 -10.7 68 57 19812 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 78 17 -16.4 -3.6 69 54 20117 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 88 10 -10.0 -0.4 70 51 20422 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 43 22 -15.1 -16.1 71 50 20590 335 15 6.3 -13.6 | 48 18 -13.5 -12.3 72 49 20726 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 51 18 -13.9 -11.4 73 47 21031 345 17 4.4 -16.4 | 46 22 -15.4 -15.1 74 44 21336 350 9 1.6 -8.9 | 68 20 -18.2 -7.5 75 42 21641 20 4 -1.4 -3.8 | 83 21 -21.2 -2.4 76 40 21946 30 8 -4.0 -6.9 | 77 24 -23.8 -5.6 77 38 22250 195 8 2.1 7.7 | 117 20 -17.7 9.0 78 37 22555 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 66 22 -19.8 -8.7 79 35 22860 280 2 2.0 -0.3 | 93 18 -17.8 1.0 80 33 23165 360 3 -0.0 -3.0 | 85 20 -19.8 -1.7 81 32 23470 35 15 -8.6 -12.3 | 69 30 -28.4 -11.0 82 30 23774 355 7 0.6 -7.0 | 74 20 -19.2 -5.7 83 30 23780 35 8 -4.6 -6.6 | 78 25 -24.4 -5.2 84 29 24079 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 70 24 -22.4 -8.3 85 27 24384 360 3 -0.0 -3.0 | 85 20 -19.8 -1.7 86 26 24689 5 4 -0.3 -4.0 | 82 20 -20.2 -2.7 87 25 24994 355 2 0.2 -2.0 | 88 20 -19.6 -0.7 88 24 25298 120 4 -3.5 2.0 | 98 24 -23.3 3.3 89 23 25603 250 2 1.9 0.7 | 96 18 -17.9 2.0 90 20 26213 340 6 2.1 -5.6 | 76 18 -17.8 -4.3 91 20 26370 315 4 2.8 -2.8 | 85 17 -17.0 -1.5 92 20 26518 310 3 2.3 -1.9 | 88 18 -17.5 -0.6 93 19 26822 340 4 1.4 -3.8 | 82 19 -18.4 -2.4 94 18 27127 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 76 19 -18.3 -4.5 95 17 27432 30 8 -4.0 -6.9 | 77 24 -23.8 -5.6 96 16 27737 135 2 -1.4 1.4 | 97 21 -21.2 2.7 97 15 28042 160 6 -2.1 5.6 | 108 23 -21.9 7.0 98 15 28346 10 6 -1.0 -5.9 | 78 21 -20.8 -4.6 99 14 28651 115 2 -1.8 0.8 | 96 22 -21.6 2.2 100 13 28956 215 4 2.3 3.3 | 105 18 -17.5 4.6 101 13 29261 225 2 1.4 1.4 | 98 19 -18.4 2.7 102 12 29566 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 124 12 -10.3 6.8 103 12 29870 260 7 6.9 1.2 | 101 13 -12.9 2.5 104 10 30890 335 19 8.0 -17.2 | 37 20 -11.8 -15.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.6 neg: -35.7 tot: 91.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.18 Bulk Shear: 6.88 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 241 19 165 11| 22.6 0.0 22.6| 78.0 0.0 78.0 156.0 0.99| 25.1 24.8 1000 251 24 199 10| 10.7 0.0 10.7| 88.5 -7.6 80.9 80.9 0.80| 15.9 12.8 1500 254 25 207 9| 6.2 0.0 6.2| 93.2 -14.9 78.3 52.2 0.60| 13.5 8.1 2000 252 24 199 9| 4.6 1.9 6.5| 94.9 -35.7 59.2 29.6 0.32| 12.9 4.2 2500 250 24 195 10| 3.7 2.6 6.3|103.5 -35.7 67.8 27.1 0.30| 13.0 3.9 3000 246 25 195 12| 3.9 2.1 6.0|127.6 -35.7 91.9 30.6 0.33| 12.3 4.0 4000 244 26 195 13| 2.7 1.6 4.3|135.7 -42.5 93.2 23.3 0.28| 10.9 3.1 5000 244 26 196 13| 2.1 1.7 3.8|144.7 -56.7 87.9 17.6 0.24| 9.6 2.3 6000 244 26 197 14| 2.0 1.4 3.4|161.0 -62.3 98.7 16.4 0.25| 8.7 2.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250426.12.gif