UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 30 APR 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 30 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 164 SFC 987 270 17.2 15.5 90 1.7 16.1 230 8 291.4 293.4 289.8 323.4 11.29 2 940 695 20.0 15.4 75 4.6 17.0 261 23 298.4 300.5 292.4 332.7 11.78 3 925 835 19.4 14.4 73 5.0 16.1 270 18 299.1 301.2 292.2 331.9 11.22 4 915 928 19.0 13.0 68 6.0 15.1 271 17 299.7 301.6 291.7 330.0 10.34 5 869 1369 15.6 11.0 74 4.6 12.7 285 16 300.6 302.3 291.3 328.6 9.53 6 850 1556 14.6 9.9 73 4.7 11.7 285 17 301.4 303.1 291.2 328.2 9.04 7 832 1737 14.0 8.0 67 6.0 10.4 272 15 302.7 304.2 290.8 326.8 8.11 8 789 2182 10.8 5.8 71 5.0 7.9 269 15 303.9 305.2 290.5 325.9 7.35 9 751 2591 7.6 2.6 71 5.0 4.9 272 13 304.7 305.9 289.8 323.4 6.15 10 717 2972 6.2 0.2 65 6.0 3.1 299 9 307.2 308.2 289.9 323.9 5.42 11 700 3169 5.4 -2.6 56 8.0 1.4 315 8 308.5 309.3 289.5 322.5 4.51 12 653 3733 1.4 -9.6 44 11.0 -3.2 290 15 310.1 310.7 288.5 319.1 2.82 13 636 3945 -0.3 -10.3 47 10.0 -4.4 290 20 310.6 311.1 288.5 319.3 2.74 14 609 4292 -2.3 -16.3 33 14.0 -7.2 305 16 312.1 312.5 288.1 317.9 1.76 15 599 4423 -3.1 -17.1 33 14.0 -7.9 298 19 312.7 313.0 288.2 318.2 1.67 16 577 4718 -5.3 -12.3 58 7.0 -7.9 290 22 313.5 314.0 289.3 321.8 2.58 17 555 5023 -7.1 -23.1 27 16.0 -11.6 286 24 314.8 315.0 288.2 318.5 1.07 18 551 5080 -7.5 -20.5 35 13.0 -11.4 284 24 315.0 315.3 288.6 319.6 1.36 19 541 5222 -8.7 -23.7 29 15.0 -12.8 280 26 315.2 315.4 288.3 318.8 1.04 20 528 5410 -10.1 -13.9 74 3.8 -11.5 280 22 315.8 316.2 289.9 323.9 2.47 21 519 5543 -10.3 -14.0 74 3.7 -11.6 282 20 317.1 317.6 290.3 325.3 2.50 22 500 5830 -11.5 -18.5 56 7.0 -13.7 285 22 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.0 1.78 23 489 6000 -12.5 -19.5 56 7.0 -14.6 285 25 319.8 320.2 290.4 325.5 1.67 24 472 6268 -13.9 -24.9 39 11.0 -16.7 293 27 321.3 321.6 290.3 325.1 1.07 25 468 6333 -14.5 -24.5 42 10.0 -17.1 296 28 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.3 1.12 26 451 6612 -16.1 -31.1 26 15.0 -19.3 300 25 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.1 0.63 27 442 6763 -17.3 -26.3 45 9.0 -19.4 298 24 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.7 1.01 28 430 6968 -19.1 -30.1 37 11.0 -21.4 292 26 323.4 323.5 290.6 326.0 0.73 29 418 7177 -20.9 -30.9 40 10.0 -22.8 287 28 323.7 323.9 290.6 326.2 0.70 30 413 7266 -21.5 -32.5 36 11.0 -23.5 286 28 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.2 0.60 31 403 7445 -22.9 -30.9 48 8.0 -24.4 285 30 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.1 0.72 32 400 7500 -23.3 -31.3 48 8.0 -24.8 285 31 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.2 0.70 33 391 7666 -24.5 -32.5 47 8.0 -25.9 284 31 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.64 34 368 8102 -28.5 -35.5 51 7.0 -29.5 278 32 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.50 35 361 8239 -29.5 -36.5 51 7.0 -30.4 280 34 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.8 0.47 36 352 8418 -30.7 -38.7 45 8.0 -31.7 281 34 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.2 0.38 37 346 8540 -31.7 -38.7 50 7.0 -32.6 282 34 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.39 38 323 9021 -35.3 -44.3 39 9.0 -36.1 279 33 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.23 39 317 9151 -36.3 -44.3 43 8.0 -37.0 275 32 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.24 40 309 9327 -37.7 -45.7 43 8.0 -38.3 278 30 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.21 41 300 9530 -39.5 -47.5 42 8.0 -40.1 275 24 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.17 42 274 10144 -44.7 -48.4 66 3.7 -44.9 280 22 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.17 43 269 10267 -45.7 -50.0 62 4.3 -45.9 280 21 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 44 254 10646 -49.1 -52.6 67 3.5 -49.3 275 24 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.11 45 250 10750 -50.1 -53.6 66 3.5 -50.3 275 25 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 46 247 10829 -50.7 -54.6 63 3.9 -50.8 273 26 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 47 226 11402 -56.1 -58.7 72 2.6 -56.2 260 26 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.06 48 220 11573 -57.3 -60.2 69 2.9 -57.3 260 24 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.05 49 217 11660 -58.1 -60.8 71 2.7 -58.2 258 24 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.05 50 213 11777 -59.3 -62.2 69 2.9 -59.3 254 25 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.04 51 208 11926 -60.3 -62.6 74 2.3 -60.3 250 26 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.04 52 202 12108 -62.1 -64.6 72 2.5 -62.1 250 28 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 53 200 12170 -62.7 -64.8 76 2.1 -62.7 250 28 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 54 171 13122 -67.5 266 34 340.8 55 166 13301 -67.3 282 35 344.0 56 159 13559 -68.5 305 36 346.3 57 150 13910 -65.9 280 26 356.6 58 140 14335 -62.1 290 31 370.3 59 100 16410 -64.7 300 33 402.7 60 97 16596 -64.1 298 33 407.4 61 87 17256 -67.1 307 22 414.3 62 74 18240 -63.1 294 24 442.3 63 70 18580 -64.7 300 20 446.0 64 68 18757 -64.9 298 19 449.2 65 66 18939 -64.7 309 20 453.5 66 59 19619 -67.7 6 13 461.6 67 50 20620 -65.9 360 19 488.2 68 33 23188 -57.5 54 5 572.1 69 30 23790 -56.9 80 12 589.5 70 29 24004 -57.1 91 11 594.7 71 20 26380 -50.7 340 4 681.0 72 18 27069 -48.9 260 5 707.5 73 15 28264 -50.1 305 6 741.4 74 15 28264 -50.1 -75.1 4 25.0 -54.2 305 6 741.4 741.4 325.7 742.2 0.10 75 14 28715 -49.1 -75.1 3 26.0 -53.7 354 8 759.5 759.6 326.2 760.5 0.10 76 13 29202 -48.9 96 9 776.5 77 12 29730 -46.7 149 7 802.3 TRP 159 13559 -68.5 305 36 346.3 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.00 m Freezing level: 639.00 mb = 3907.95 m = 12821.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.52 mb = 3338.72 m = 10953.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.63 mb = 487.52 m = 1599.46 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 9.32 C Layer 925.0- 717.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.29 mb = 2010.47 m = 6595.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 28.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 78.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.61 mb = 1284.58 m = 4214.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.61 mb = 3862.29 m = 12671.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 492.61 mb = 5943.63 m = 19499.85 ft B at Equ Level: 77.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 282.61 mb = 9934.23 m = 32592.24 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 312 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 270 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 165 14 -3.7 14.0 1 983 305 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 173 20 -2.4 19.5 2 949 610 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 224 22 15.3 15.6 3 925 835 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 223 12 8.1 8.8 4 916 914 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 219 11 7.1 8.8 5 884 1219 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 230 7 5.6 4.7 6 853 1524 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 236 8 6.6 4.4 7 850 1556 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 236 8 6.6 4.4 8 823 1829 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 202 11 4.1 10.0 9 793 2134 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 210 10 5.1 8.8 10 764 2438 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 207 11 5.1 10.1 11 737 2743 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 188 7 1.0 6.9 12 700 3169 315 8 5.7 -5.7 | 127 5 -4.2 3.2 13 684 3353 315 8 5.7 -5.7 | 127 5 -4.2 3.2 14 658 3658 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 219 5 3.3 4.0 15 633 3962 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 261 10 9.9 1.6 16 609 4267 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 276 3 3.3 -0.3 17 586 4572 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 263 11 10.8 1.3 18 564 4877 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 263 11 10.8 1.3 19 543 5182 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 255 16 15.8 4.3 20 522 5486 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 241 11 9.8 5.4 21 502 5791 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 263 11 10.8 1.3 22 500 5830 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 255 12 11.4 3.1 23 483 6096 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 262 15 15.3 2.1 24 463 6401 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 290 15 14.4 -5.2 25 445 6706 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 286 11 10.9 -3.2 26 427 7010 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 272 16 15.5 -0.4 27 410 7315 285 28 27.0 -7.2 | 265 17 17.2 1.6 28 400 7500 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 268 20 20.1 0.8 29 393 7620 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 268 20 20.1 0.8 30 377 7925 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 253 21 20.0 6.2 31 361 8230 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 263 24 23.6 2.9 32 331 8839 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 270 23 23.0 0.0 33 317 9144 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 255 23 22.0 6.0 34 303 9449 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 257 18 17.7 4.0 35 300 9530 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 244 16 14.1 6.7 36 290 9754 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 234 15 12.1 8.8 37 277 10058 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 247 13 11.8 5.0 38 265 10363 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 244 12 10.8 5.2 39 253 10668 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 244 16 14.1 6.7 40 250 10750 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 246 16 15.1 6.6 41 241 10973 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 243 19 17.1 8.8 42 230 11278 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 231 22 16.7 13.5 43 219 11582 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 227 19 13.8 13.0 44 209 11887 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 219 23 14.6 17.7 45 200 12170 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 222 25 16.5 18.4 46 199 12192 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 222 25 16.5 18.4 47 180 12802 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 244 20 18.1 8.8 48 171 13106 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 244 27 24.0 11.8 49 159 13559 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 301 23 19.6 -11.8 50 155 13716 300 43 37.2 -21.5 | 295 30 27.4 -12.7 51 150 13910 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 255 16 15.8 4.3 52 147 14021 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 269 14 13.6 0.3 53 140 14326 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 275 19 19.3 -1.8 54 133 14630 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 277 22 22.1 -2.8 55 127 14935 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 265 28 27.6 2.2 56 121 15240 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 281 31 30.6 -5.9 57 115 15545 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 241 24 21.0 11.5 58 110 15850 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 256 25 24.0 5.9 59 104 16154 280 38 37.4 -6.6 | 265 28 27.6 2.2 60 100 16410 300 33 28.6 -16.5 | 292 20 18.7 -7.7 61 99 16459 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 285 23 21.9 -6.0 62 90 17069 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 308 11 8.5 -6.6 63 85 17374 305 20 16.4 -11.5 | 292 7 6.5 -2.6 64 81 17678 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 256 25 24.0 5.9 65 77 17983 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 279 25 24.9 -3.8 66 73 18288 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 273 10 10.1 -0.5 67 70 18580 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 279 8 7.5 -1.2 68 70 18593 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 244 7 6.1 3.0 69 66 18898 305 20 16.4 -11.5 | 292 7 6.5 -2.6 70 60 19507 10 14 -2.4 -13.8 | 68 13 -12.3 -5.0 71 57 19812 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 78 10 -9.9 -2.2 72 54 20117 5 18 -1.6 -17.9 | 51 15 -11.4 -9.1 73 52 20422 40 8 -5.1 -6.1 | 100 15 -15.0 2.7 74 50 20620 360 19 -0.0 -19.0 | 44 14 -9.9 -10.2 75 49 20726 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 49 7 -5.1 -4.3 76 47 21031 30 16 -8.0 -13.9 | 74 19 -17.9 -5.0 77 45 21336 40 24 -15.4 -18.4 | 69 27 -25.3 -9.6 78 42 21641 15 3 -0.8 -2.9 | 119 12 -10.6 5.9 79 40 21946 20 17 -5.8 -16.0 | 65 17 -15.7 -7.1 80 38 22250 50 13 -10.0 -8.4 | 91 20 -19.8 0.5 81 37 22555 60 17 -14.7 -8.5 | 91 25 -24.6 0.3 82 35 22860 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 100 20 -19.4 3.3 83 33 23165 50 5 -3.8 -3.2 | 112 15 -13.7 5.6 84 32 23470 85 9 -9.0 -0.8 | 113 20 -18.8 8.0 85 30 23774 20 8 -2.7 -7.5 | 96 13 -12.6 1.3 86 30 23790 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 107 23 -21.7 6.7 87 27 24384 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 122 23 -19.2 12.2 88 26 24689 70 4 -3.8 -1.4 | 119 16 -13.6 7.5 89 25 24994 330 5 2.5 -4.3 | 121 9 -7.4 4.5 90 24 25298 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 130 8 -6.3 5.3 91 23 25603 300 9 7.8 -4.5 | 155 5 -2.1 4.3 92 22 25908 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 162 3 -0.8 2.5 93 21 26213 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 79 11 -10.8 -2.1 94 20 26380 340 4 1.4 -3.8 | 121 10 -8.5 5.1 95 19 26518 360 6 -0.0 -6.0 | 106 10 -9.9 2.8 96 18 26822 225 4 2.8 2.8 | 149 14 -7.0 11.7 97 16 27127 260 3 3.0 0.5 | 144 12 -6.9 9.3 98 15 27432 315 7 4.9 -4.9 | 128 6 -4.9 3.9 99 14 27737 20 9 -3.1 -8.5 | 92 13 -12.9 0.4 100 12 28042 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 157 19 -7.5 17.5 101 11 28346 60 3 -2.6 -1.5 | 120 14 -12.4 7.3 102 10 28651 200 4 1.4 3.8 | 146 15 -8.5 12.6 103 9 28956 175 3 -0.3 3.0 | 139 16 -10.1 11.8 104 8 29566 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 214 13 7.1 10.3 105 7 29870 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 214 13 7.1 10.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -38.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.0 neg: -31.2 tot: 84.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 4.72 Bulk Shear: 16.72 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 248 20 208 19| 15.0 0.0 15.0|107.9 -0.4 107.5 215.1 0.72| 29.6 21.4 1000 261 18 215 14| 6.8 0.0 6.8|111.6 -3.7 107.9 107.9 0.59| 18.8 11.0 1500 268 18 219 12| 4.6 1.5 6.1|112.7 -13.7 98.9 66.0 0.42| 14.4 6.1 2000 268 17 217 12| 3.4 1.2 4.7|116.0 -16.8 99.3 49.6 0.40| 11.5 4.6 2500 268 16 214 11| 2.7 1.0 3.7|116.0 -24.4 91.6 36.7 0.28| 10.5 3.0 3000 271 15 211 10| 2.7 0.8 3.5|116.0 -31.2 84.8 28.3 0.16| 9.8 1.6 4000 278 15 217 8| 2.5 1.3 3.8|133.7 -31.2 102.5 25.6 0.28| 10.1 2.8 5000 281 16 228 9| 2.0 2.3 4.3|133.7 -44.7 89.0 17.8 0.19| 9.6 1.8 6000 282 18 235 9| 2.2 1.9 4.1|166.2 -55.4 110.8 18.5 0.21| 9.4 2.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250430.12.gif