UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025050112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 1 MAY 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 1 MAY 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 157 SFC 986 270 17.8 16.1 90 1.7 16.7 210 5 292.1 294.2 290.4 325.4 11.75 2 980 323 17.8 16.0 89 1.8 16.7 245 15 292.6 294.7 290.6 326.0 11.74 3 933 753 20.2 14.2 68 6.0 16.3 243 20 299.2 301.2 292.0 331.3 10.97 4 925 828 19.8 13.8 68 6.0 15.9 245 18 299.6 301.5 292.0 331.1 10.78 5 896 1101 17.2 12.5 74 4.7 14.2 248 19 299.6 301.5 291.6 329.5 10.21 6 851 1539 14.8 7.8 63 7.0 10.6 223 12 301.5 303.0 290.2 324.8 7.82 7 850 1549 14.6 7.6 63 7.0 10.4 225 12 301.4 302.9 290.1 324.4 7.72 8 822 1831 12.8 2.8 51 10.0 7.3 205 17 302.4 303.5 288.6 319.6 5.70 9 793 2132 11.6 -2.4 38 14.0 4.7 185 19 304.3 305.0 287.6 316.7 4.04 10 779 2281 10.6 -0.4 46 11.0 4.9 185 19 304.8 305.6 288.5 319.3 4.77 11 766 2421 9.6 -0.4 50 10.0 4.5 185 18 305.1 306.1 288.7 320.0 4.85 12 744 2663 8.4 -4.6 39 13.0 2.2 192 14 306.4 307.1 288.0 317.7 3.65 13 700 3163 4.2 -0.3 72 4.5 1.9 175 14 307.1 308.1 289.9 323.6 5.35 14 698 3186 4.2 -0.3 72 4.5 1.9 175 14 307.4 308.4 289.9 323.9 5.37 15 672 3494 1.8 -2.4 74 4.2 -0.3 178 14 308.1 308.9 289.6 322.8 4.77 16 660 3639 1.0 -6.0 59 7.0 -2.1 180 14 308.7 309.4 288.8 320.3 3.70 17 602 4373 -2.5 -20.5 24 18.0 -8.2 192 11 312.9 313.2 287.8 317.1 1.24 18 575 4735 -5.3 -16.3 42 11.0 -9.1 208 15 313.8 314.1 288.7 319.9 1.86 19 565 4873 -6.1 -16.1 45 10.0 -9.5 205 18 314.4 314.8 289.0 320.8 1.93 20 554 5027 -7.1 -18.1 41 11.0 -10.7 198 15 315.0 315.3 288.9 320.5 1.66 21 545 5154 -8.1 -18.1 44 10.0 -11.3 192 13 315.3 315.6 289.0 320.9 1.69 22 512 5637 -10.3 -41.3 6 31.0 -15.6 213 15 318.3 318.4 288.4 319.1 0.20 23 505 5743 -10.7 -36.7 10 26.0 -15.7 211 16 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.3 0.33 24 500 5820 -10.7 -28.7 21 18.0 -15.0 225 18 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.5 0.72 25 470 6292 -14.5 -20.5 60 6.0 -16.3 232 18 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.4 1.59 26 456 6520 -16.1 -23.1 55 7.0 -18.0 228 19 321.8 322.0 290.6 326.3 1.31 27 444 6720 -17.9 -23.9 59 6.0 -19.4 225 21 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.3 1.25 28 421 7115 -20.9 -26.9 59 6.0 -22.2 238 24 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.6 1.00 29 414 7238 -21.9 -27.9 58 6.0 -23.2 242 24 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.6 0.93 30 404 7417 -23.3 -29.3 58 6.0 -24.5 245 26 323.8 323.9 290.8 326.8 0.84 31 400 7490 -23.9 -29.9 58 6.0 -25.1 245 26 323.9 324.1 290.8 326.8 0.80 32 387 7731 -25.3 -33.3 47 8.0 -26.6 244 27 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.3 0.60 33 374 7978 -26.9 -32.9 57 6.0 -27.9 242 28 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.6 0.64 34 365 8154 -28.1 -34.1 56 6.0 -29.0 241 29 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.58 35 356 8333 -29.5 -35.5 56 6.0 -30.4 241 30 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.3 0.52 36 336 8743 -32.9 -42.9 36 10.0 -33.9 254 27 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.2 0.26 37 323 9020 -35.1 -46.1 32 11.0 -36.0 260 22 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.19 38 302 9485 -39.5 -47.5 42 8.0 -40.1 251 18 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.17 39 300 9530 -39.9 -47.9 42 8.0 -40.4 250 18 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.17 40 291 9736 -41.9 -48.9 46 7.0 -42.3 255 18 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.15 41 285 9876 -42.9 -49.9 46 7.0 -43.3 255 20 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.2 0.14 42 278 10042 -44.7 -51.7 45 7.0 -45.0 255 23 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.12 43 275 10115 -45.1 -52.1 45 7.0 -45.4 254 23 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.11 44 250 10740 -51.1 -55.4 60 4.3 -51.2 235 22 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.08 45 246 10845 -51.9 -56.0 61 4.1 -52.0 235 22 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.08 46 242 10951 -52.7 -57.6 55 4.9 -52.8 235 22 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.07 47 237 11085 -53.7 -57.9 60 4.2 -53.8 231 22 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.06 48 220 11560 -56.1 -64.1 36 8.0 -56.2 234 27 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 49 211 11825 -57.9 -64.9 40 7.0 -58.0 274 22 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 50 204 12036 -59.3 -66.3 40 7.0 -59.4 282 16 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.03 51 200 12160 -60.3 280 12 337.3 52 166 13304 -66.9 230 18 344.7 53 153 13799 -64.7 263 28 356.6 54 150 13920 -64.7 275 33 358.6 55 136 14521 -62.9 280 36 372.0 56 131 14752 -63.5 289 38 374.9 57 128 14894 -63.3 294 32 377.8 58 123 15139 -63.9 272 20 381.0 59 100 16410 -63.5 275 37 405.0 60 92 16919 -65.9 277 22 410.1 61 86 17329 -64.3 248 19 421.3 62 79 17847 -64.9 268 26 430.4 63 72 18416 -62.1 259 12 447.9 64 70 18590 -63.1 265 7 449.4 65 65 19043 -65.1 245 5 454.6 66 54 20164 -67.1 56 8 474.8 67 50 20630 -65.1 275 7 490.1 68 43 21554 -62.5 101 4 518.1 69 42 21699 -62.7 69 2 521.1 70 36 22657 -59.1 58 6 553.9 71 33 23202 -59.5 10 7 566.8 72 30 23800 -58.3 45 10 585.7 73 20 26390 -51.5 60 8 678.5 74 18 27073 -50.7 8 5 701.8 75 15 28265 -48.1 201 9 748.0 76 10 30960 -43.5 285 15 857.2 77 9.9 31028 -43.5 859.6 78 9.7 31165 -43.7 863.9 79 7.9 32556 -39.7 932.1 80 7.7 32731 -40.7 935.0 TRP 166 13304 -66.9 230 18 344.7 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.00 m Freezing level: 643.43 mb = 3848.55 m = 12626.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.28 mb = 3454.24 m = 11332.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.71 mb = 487.76 m = 1600.25 ft T: 18.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 925.0- 779.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.17 mb = 2098.93 m = 6886.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 0.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 28.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.71 mb = 1305.46 m = 4282.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.71 mb = 3401.22 m = 11158.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.71 mb = 4271.59 m = 14014.24 ft B at Equ Level: 41.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 309.71 mb = 9310.13 m = 30544.67 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 238 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 270 210 5 2.5 4.3 | 77 7 -7.3 -1.7 1 982 305 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 272 3 2.9 -0.1 2 948 610 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 241 14 11.9 6.5 3 925 828 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 256 7 6.5 1.6 4 916 914 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 256 7 6.5 1.6 5 884 1219 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 267 8 8.1 0.5 6 852 1524 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 147 4 -2.1 3.2 7 850 1549 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 152 3 -1.3 2.5 8 822 1829 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 164 10 -2.6 9.4 9 792 2134 185 19 1.7 18.9 | 148 15 -8.1 12.9 10 764 2438 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 145 14 -8.2 11.9 11 736 2743 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 135 9 -6.4 6.5 12 710 3048 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 113 14 -12.9 5.6 13 700 3163 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 126 14 -11.0 7.9 14 658 3658 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 129 13 -9.8 8.0 15 633 3962 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 110 11 -10.7 3.9 16 609 4267 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 114 10 -8.9 3.9 17 586 4572 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 148 6 -3.3 5.2 18 563 4877 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 168 11 -2.2 10.3 19 542 5182 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 127 10 -7.7 5.8 20 522 5486 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 169 6 -1.2 6.3 21 502 5791 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 167 8 -1.8 7.8 22 500 5820 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 204 7 2.9 6.7 23 482 6096 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 229 7 5.0 4.3 24 463 6401 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 216 7 4.0 5.5 25 444 6706 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 210 10 5.1 8.8 26 409 7315 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 251 14 12.9 4.5 27 400 7490 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 250 15 13.8 5.0 28 393 7620 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 250 15 13.8 5.0 29 360 8230 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 241 19 16.2 9.0 30 345 8534 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 249 20 18.3 7.1 31 331 8839 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 277 15 14.8 -1.7 32 317 9144 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 284 10 9.9 -2.6 33 300 9530 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 269 7 7.1 0.1 34 290 9754 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 280 8 7.6 -1.4 35 277 10058 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 270 12 12.4 -0.1 36 265 10363 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 260 13 12.8 2.2 37 253 10668 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 232 12 9.1 7.2 38 250 10740 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 231 11 8.2 6.6 39 241 10973 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 231 11 8.2 6.6 40 230 11278 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 212 12 6.5 10.2 41 219 11582 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 233 16 12.3 9.5 42 209 11887 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 318 16 10.5 -11.5 43 200 12160 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 346 8 2.0 -8.1 44 199 12192 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 325 9 5.2 -7.3 45 180 12802 300 6 5.2 -3.0 | 27 10 -4.6 -9.0 46 166 13304 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 216 7 4.0 5.5 47 155 13716 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 268 14 14.4 0.4 48 150 13920 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 291 25 23.1 -8.9 49 148 14021 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 290 26 24.1 -9.0 50 140 14326 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 292 16 15.2 -6.0 51 134 14630 285 42 40.6 -10.9 | 299 35 30.8 -16.9 52 127 14935 295 31 28.1 -13.1 | 316 26 18.3 -19.1 53 121 15240 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 305 6 5.0 -3.4 54 115 15545 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 253 10 9.2 2.8 55 110 15850 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 286 22 21.2 -6.0 56 104 16154 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 299 24 20.7 -11.4 57 100 16410 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 289 29 27.1 -9.3 58 99 16459 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 289 28 26.1 -9.2 59 94 16764 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 312 24 17.5 -16.0 60 90 17069 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 307 8 6.2 -4.6 61 85 17374 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 255 8 7.4 2.0 62 81 17678 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 271 23 22.7 -0.3 63 77 17983 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 305 14 11.1 -7.9 64 74 18288 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 295 5 4.7 -2.2 65 70 18590 265 7 7.0 0.6 | 27 6 -2.8 -5.4 66 70 18593 245 8 7.3 3.4 | 44 4 -2.5 -2.7 67 67 18898 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 29 8 -3.9 -7.1 68 63 19202 205 4 1.7 3.6 | 73 8 -8.1 -2.4 69 60 19507 305 2 1.6 -1.1 | 49 11 -8.1 -7.2 70 57 19812 170 6 -1.0 5.9 | 89 11 -10.8 -0.1 71 54 20117 40 8 -5.1 -6.1 | 51 19 -14.9 -12.2 72 52 20422 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 100 16 -16.1 3.0 73 50 20630 275 7 7.0 -0.6 | 23 7 -2.8 -6.6 74 49 20726 220 3 1.9 2.3 | 65 9 -7.9 -3.7 75 47 21031 5 7 -0.6 -7.0 | 39 17 -10.4 -13.0 76 45 21336 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 67 23 -21.4 -9.1 77 42 21641 110 2 -1.9 0.7 | 65 13 -11.7 -5.3 78 40 21946 295 2 1.8 -0.8 | 49 11 -8.0 -6.9 79 39 22250 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 33 18 -9.8 -15.0 80 37 22555 80 6 -5.9 -1.0 | 66 17 -15.7 -7.1 81 35 22860 20 7 -2.4 -6.6 | 44 18 -12.2 -12.6 82 33 23165 20 7 -2.4 -6.6 | 44 18 -12.2 -12.6 83 32 23470 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 38 11 -6.7 -8.6 84 30 23774 10 8 -1.4 -7.9 | 39 18 -11.2 -13.9 85 30 23800 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 52 21 -16.9 -13.1 86 27 24384 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 69 22 -20.6 -7.9 87 26 24689 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 61 21 -18.9 -10.3 88 25 24994 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 64 21 -19.2 -9.5 89 24 25298 65 8 -7.3 -3.4 | 61 19 -17.0 -9.4 90 23 25603 80 9 -8.9 -1.6 | 68 20 -18.7 -7.6 91 22 25908 80 5 -4.9 -0.9 | 65 16 -14.7 -6.9 92 21 26213 105 6 -5.8 1.6 | 74 16 -15.6 -4.5 93 20 26390 60 8 -6.9 -4.0 | 59 19 -16.7 -10.0 94 20 26518 70 2 -1.9 -0.7 | 60 13 -11.7 -6.7 95 19 26822 55 8 -6.6 -4.6 | 57 19 -16.3 -10.6 96 18 27127 360 5 -0.0 -5.0 | 42 15 -9.8 -11.0 97 17 27432 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 45 17 -11.8 -11.7 98 16 28042 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 108 9 -9.0 2.9 99 15 28346 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 110 6 -6.0 2.1 100 14 28956 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 321 5 3.0 -3.8 101 13 29261 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 359 11 0.2 -10.7 102 12 29566 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 356 14 0.9 -13.5 103 12 29870 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 12 13 -2.7 -13.1 104 10 30960 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 335 11 4.7 -9.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.4 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 238.4 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: -45.7 tot: -27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.20 Bulk Shear: 15.64 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 242 20 246 8| 16.4 0.0 16.4| 4.0 -4.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.62| 31.9 19.7 1000 244 19 253 8| 7.2 0.0 7.2| 7.6 -6.1 1.5 1.5 0.55| 18.6 10.3 1500 239 17 241 6| 4.8 3.6 8.4| 8.3 -13.4 -5.0 -3.4 0.27| 17.0 4.6 2000 228 18 209 7| 3.6 4.7 8.3| 8.3 -26.7 -18.3 -9.2 0.16| 14.9 2.4 2500 220 17 190 7| 3.1 3.7 6.8| 8.3 -34.8 -26.4 -10.6 0.11| 13.2 1.4 3000 214 17 176 8| 2.6 3.8 6.4| 17.7 -45.7 -27.9 -9.3 0.08| 12.4 1.0 4000 206 15 159 8| 2.3 2.8 5.1| 21.3 -57.6 -36.3 -9.1 0.04| 10.2 0.4 5000 205 15 156 8| 2.4 2.5 4.9| 39.5 -75.3 -35.8 -7.2 0.05| 10.1 0.5 6000 208 15 161 8| 2.9 2.1 4.9| 61.3 -76.7 -15.3 -2.6 0.14| 9.7 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20250501.12.gif