UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 12 OCT 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 74 SFC 977 270 15.6 14.0 90 1.6 14.6 10 10 290.7 292.5 288.7 319.9 10.33 2 925 735 12.8 11.3 91 1.5 11.9 20 32 292.4 294.0 288.2 318.4 9.12 3 910 873 12.4 11.2 92 1.2 11.7 28 40 293.4 295.0 288.6 319.7 9.22 4 904 928 12.2 10.9 92 1.3 11.4 31 42 293.7 295.3 288.6 319.8 9.09 5 897 993 12.0 10.7 92 1.3 11.2 35 43 294.2 295.8 288.8 320.1 9.04 6 867 1279 12.2 11.5 95 0.7 11.8 51 44 297.2 299.0 290.5 325.9 9.88 7 859 1357 12.0 11.4 96 0.6 11.6 53 41 297.8 299.6 290.7 326.6 9.90 8 850 1445 11.6 10.6 94 1.0 11.0 55 37 298.3 300.0 290.6 326.0 9.48 9 822 1725 10.6 9.3 92 1.3 9.8 50 36 300.1 301.8 290.7 326.6 8.98 10 772 2247 8.6 6.9 89 1.7 7.6 47 35 303.4 304.9 291.0 327.6 8.11 11 719 2833 6.4 3.0 79 3.4 4.5 56 32 307.2 308.4 291.0 327.4 6.62 12 705 2995 6.2 1.9 74 4.3 3.9 59 32 308.7 309.9 291.1 327.9 6.24 13 700 3053 5.6 1.3 74 4.3 3.3 60 32 308.7 309.8 290.9 327.2 6.01 14 681 3278 4.6 0.6 75 4.0 2.5 64 33 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.2 5.88 15 625 3972 0.2 -1.3 90 1.5 -0.6 75 21 312.7 313.7 291.7 330.2 5.57 16 595 4365 -1.9 -3.2 91 1.3 -2.6 55 19 314.7 315.6 291.9 330.8 5.08 17 572 4678 -3.5 -6.1 82 2.6 -4.7 40 17 316.4 317.2 291.7 330.0 4.24 18 549 5002 -5.1 -6.7 89 1.6 -5.8 42 17 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.8 4.22 19 512 5546 -9.5 -14.5 67 5.0 -11.3 52 19 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.4 2.43 20 502 5699 -8.7 -15.7 57 7.0 -11.2 59 17 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.6 2.24 21 500 5730 -8.7 -16.7 52 8.0 -11.5 60 16 322.4 322.8 291.6 329.4 2.07 22 491 5871 -9.5 -19.5 44 10.0 -12.8 66 16 323.1 323.5 291.4 328.8 1.66 23 480 6046 -10.7 -19.7 48 9.0 -13.6 73 17 323.8 324.1 291.6 329.5 1.67 24 415 7154 -16.9 -31.9 26 15.0 -20.1 70 12 329.5 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.64 25 400 7430 -18.5 -29.5 37 11.0 -21.0 75 12 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.0 0.83 26 388 7655 -20.3 -29.3 44 9.0 -22.3 64 13 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.7 0.87 27 362 8163 -23.7 -28.5 65 4.8 -24.8 35 14 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.3 1.01 28 346 8490 -26.3 -30.7 66 4.4 -27.2 38 19 334.4 334.6 293.7 337.6 0.86 29 319 9070 -30.9 -36.9 56 6.0 -31.7 54 21 335.9 336.0 293.8 337.8 0.51 30 308 9316 -33.1 -39.1 55 6.0 -33.8 50 21 336.2 336.3 293.8 337.8 0.42 31 300 9500 -34.9 -39.9 60 5.0 -35.5 50 17 336.2 336.3 293.7 337.7 0.40 32 293 9665 -36.1 -41.1 60 5.0 -36.6 53 17 336.8 336.8 293.9 338.1 0.36 33 286 9833 -37.3 -43.3 54 6.0 -37.9 56 16 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.5 0.29 34 276 10079 -39.7 -44.7 59 5.0 -40.1 58 11 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.4 0.26 35 263 10408 -42.3 -49.3 46 7.0 -42.8 24 10 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.16 36 251 10723 -44.9 -50.9 51 6.0 -45.2 298 5 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.14 37 250 10750 -45.1 -51.1 51 6.0 -45.4 260 4 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.6 0.14 38 227 11388 -47.9 -56.9 35 9.0 -48.3 249 5 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.08 39 218 11652 -49.9 -57.9 38 8.0 -50.2 202 9 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.07 40 207 11988 -51.5 -61.5 29 10.0 -51.8 247 6 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 41 200 12210 -52.7 310 9 349.3 42 173 13139 -56.7 210 13 357.5 43 171 13213 -56.7 202 16 358.7 44 154 13875 -58.9 208 19 365.8 45 150 14040 -58.9 220 17 368.6 46 135 14697 -61.3 205 28 375.6 47 132 14836 -61.1 216 27 378.4 48 109 16009 -66.5 248 9 389.5 49 108 16065 -66.7 243 8 390.2 50 104 16293 -66.3 264 7 395.2 51 100 16530 -67.3 265 5 397.7 52 91 17096 -69.3 305 14 404.6 53 90 17162 -69.5 306 15 405.5 54 84 17574 -68.9 326 15 414.8 55 73 18411 -70.5 331 7 428.4 56 70 18660 -69.9 355 10 434.8 57 53 20343 -63.1 356 9 486.6 58 50 20700 -64.1 295 7 492.4 59 40 22083 -58.9 354 9 537.9 60 36 22745 -58.3 158 17 555.9 61 33 23291 -59.7 227 13 566.2 62 30 23890 -57.5 320 17 587.9 63 26 24802 -52.7 303 12 626.1 64 24 25317 -52.9 319 6 640.0 65 22 25876 -53.9 223 10 653.1 66 20 26490 -51.7 285 9 677.9 67 19 26823 -51.3 275 9 689.2 68 17 27545 -52.1 259 9 708.9 69 13 29301 -47.3 312 5 782.0 70 12 29831 -47.5 312 15 799.4 71 10 31030 -49.7 340 12 834.0 72 9.6 31297 -49.3 845.3 73 9.0 31720 -49.5 860.3 74 8.8 31868 -49.3 866.6 TRP 91 17096 -69.3 305 14 404.6 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.00 m Freezing level: 622.14 mb = 4009.38 m = 13153.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.41 mb = 3838.36 m = 12592.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.99 % Est. max temperature: 24.64 C = 76.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.17 mb = 471.01 m = 1545.29 ft T: 14.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 1.44 C Layer 925.0- 910.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.39 mb = 1977.56 m = 6487.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Cap Strength: 7.57 C Lifted Index: 7.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.23 C Showalter Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 26.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46951.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.91 mb = 901.09 m = 2956.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 81 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 977 270 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 290 19 18.1 -6.5 1 973 305 10 19 -3.3 -18.7 | 313 23 16.6 -15.4 2 939 610 15 28 -7.2 -27.0 | 332 27 12.6 -23.7 3 925 735 20 32 -10.9 -30.1 | 342 28 8.9 -26.8 4 905 914 30 42 -21.0 -36.4 | 2 33 -1.1 -33.1 5 873 1219 50 46 -35.2 -29.6 | 30 30 -15.4 -26.3 6 850 1445 55 37 -30.3 -21.2 | 30 21 -10.4 -17.9 7 842 1524 50 35 -26.8 -22.5 | 20 20 -6.9 -19.2 8 812 1829 50 36 -27.6 -23.1 | 21 21 -7.7 -19.8 9 782 2134 45 35 -24.7 -24.7 | 13 22 -4.9 -21.4 10 754 2438 50 34 -26.0 -21.9 | 18 20 -6.2 -18.5 11 727 2743 55 32 -26.2 -18.4 | 23 16 -6.3 -15.0 12 700 3053 60 32 -27.7 -16.0 | 32 15 -7.8 -12.7 13 674 3353 65 33 -29.9 -13.9 | 43 15 -10.0 -10.6 14 649 3658 70 24 -22.6 -8.2 | 29 6 -2.7 -4.9 15 624 3962 75 21 -20.3 -5.4 | 11 2 -0.4 -2.1 16 601 4267 60 19 -16.5 -9.5 | 331 7 3.4 -6.2 17 578 4572 40 18 -11.6 -13.8 | 322 13 8.3 -10.5 18 557 4877 40 16 -10.3 -12.3 | 313 13 9.6 -9.0 19 516 5486 50 20 -15.3 -12.9 | 334 11 4.6 -9.6 20 500 5730 60 16 -13.9 -8.0 | 308 8 6.0 -4.7 21 477 6096 75 17 -16.4 -4.4 | 288 4 3.5 -1.1 22 458 6401 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 221 4 2.9 3.3 23 440 6706 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 241 7 5.9 3.3 24 423 7010 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 267 9 9.3 0.5 25 406 7315 65 14 -12.7 -5.9 | 290 8 7.2 -2.6 26 400 7430 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 269 8 8.3 0.2 27 390 7620 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 285 8 8.1 -2.2 28 373 7925 50 12 -9.2 -7.7 | 292 12 10.7 -4.4 29 358 8230 30 15 -7.5 -13.0 | 308 16 12.4 -9.7 30 343 8534 40 20 -12.9 -15.3 | 330 14 7.0 -12.0 31 329 8839 50 23 -17.6 -14.8 | 349 12 2.3 -11.5 32 315 9144 55 20 -16.4 -11.5 | 337 9 3.5 -8.2 33 302 9449 45 22 -15.6 -15.6 | 341 13 4.3 -12.3 34 300 9500 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 318 10 6.9 -7.6 35 289 9754 55 17 -13.9 -9.8 | 317 9 6.0 -6.4 36 277 10058 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 282 11 10.4 -2.2 37 265 10363 25 11 -4.6 -10.0 | 294 17 15.2 -6.7 38 253 10668 15 6 -1.6 -5.8 | 278 18 18.3 -2.5 39 250 10750 260 4 3.9 0.7 | 260 24 23.8 4.0 40 242 10973 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 258 25 24.6 5.0 41 231 11278 275 3 3.0 -0.3 | 262 23 22.9 3.0 42 220 11582 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 243 26 23.0 11.8 43 210 11887 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 247 26 23.9 10.2 44 201 12192 325 3 1.7 -2.5 | 268 22 21.6 0.8 45 200 12210 310 9 6.9 -5.8 | 275 27 26.8 -2.5 46 191 12497 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 278 29 28.3 -3.8 47 182 12802 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 260 21 20.8 3.7 48 166 13411 180 23 0.0 23.0 | 217 33 19.9 26.3 49 158 13716 185 24 2.1 23.9 | 219 35 22.0 27.2 50 150 14021 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 248 33 30.6 12.3 51 150 14040 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 242 35 30.8 16.3 52 136 14630 200 28 9.6 26.3 | 225 42 29.5 29.6 53 130 14935 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 240 45 39.0 22.4 54 123 15240 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 241 43 37.6 21.0 55 112 15850 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 260 31 30.7 5.2 56 106 16154 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 255 26 24.8 6.7 57 101 16459 300 9 7.8 -4.5 | 272 28 27.7 -1.2 58 100 16530 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 261 25 24.9 3.7 59 96 16764 265 4 4.0 0.3 | 261 24 23.9 3.7 60 91 17069 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 276 28 27.5 -3.1 61 91 17096 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 279 32 31.3 -4.7 62 87 17374 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 283 34 32.9 -7.6 63 83 17678 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 290 27 25.8 -9.4 64 78 17983 345 9 2.3 -8.7 | 284 23 22.2 -5.4 65 75 18288 325 7 4.0 -5.7 | 276 24 23.9 -2.4 66 71 18593 340 8 2.7 -7.5 | 281 23 22.6 -4.2 67 70 18660 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 288 22 20.8 -6.7 68 67 18898 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 290 22 20.8 -7.7 69 64 19202 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 289 21 19.9 -6.7 70 61 19507 10 8 -1.4 -7.9 | 284 19 18.5 -4.6 71 58 19812 5 2 -0.2 -2.0 | 266 20 19.7 1.3 72 55 20117 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 279 28 27.7 -4.5 73 52 20422 10 9 -1.6 -8.9 | 287 19 18.3 -5.6 74 50 20700 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 269 26 26.2 0.3 75 47 21031 255 1 1.0 0.3 | 260 21 20.8 3.6 76 45 21336 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 293 29 26.6 -11.2 77 43 21641 310 8 6.1 -5.1 | 274 26 26.0 -1.8 78 41 21946 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 278 27 27.0 -3.8 79 39 22250 35 7 -4.0 -5.7 | 279 16 15.9 -2.4 80 35 22860 185 19 1.7 18.9 | 224 31 21.5 22.2 81 34 23165 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 245 34 31.2 14.6 82 32 23470 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 251 29 27.5 9.7 83 31 23774 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 250 28 26.2 9.7 84 30 23890 320 17 10.9 -13.0 | 288 32 30.8 -9.7 85 29 24079 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 281 35 34.6 -7.0 86 28 24384 325 17 9.8 -13.9 | 290 31 29.6 -10.6 87 26 24689 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 275 28 28.1 -2.4 88 25 24994 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 277 32 32.0 -3.7 89 24 25298 325 6 3.4 -4.9 | 274 23 23.3 -1.6 90 23 25603 250 1 0.9 0.3 | 260 21 20.8 3.6 91 22 25908 220 11 7.1 8.4 | 246 29 26.9 11.7 92 21 26213 205 4 1.7 3.6 | 252 23 21.6 6.9 93 20 26490 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 268 29 28.6 1.0 94 20 26518 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 257 30 29.3 6.7 95 19 26822 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 265 29 28.8 2.5 96 18 27127 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 267 30 29.7 1.6 97 17 27432 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 259 29 28.6 5.6 98 17 27737 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 262 30 29.8 4.2 99 16 28042 270 7 7.0 -0.0 | 263 27 26.9 3.3 100 15 28346 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 249 26 23.9 9.0 101 14 28651 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 250 33 31.3 11.3 102 14 28956 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 263 26 25.9 3.3 103 13 29261 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 268 23 22.9 0.7 104 13 29566 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 281 26 25.6 -4.9 105 12 29870 310 16 12.3 -10.3 | 282 33 32.1 -7.0 106 10 31030 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 288 25 24.0 -8.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.6 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 80.6 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 383.5 neg: -38.0 tot: 345.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 33.76 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 15 25 328 25| 25.0 0.0 25.0|146.6 0.0 146.6 293.1 0.92| 26.1 24.0 1000 29 34 353 26| 19.0 0.0 19.0|346.8 0.0 346.8 346.8 0.93| 26.5 24.6 1500 37 35 3 25| 12.7 2.8 15.5|348.8 -21.9 327.0 218.0 0.71| 21.4 15.1 2000 40 35 7 24| 9.5 2.5 12.0|352.6 -38.0 314.6 157.3 0.63| 17.1 10.8 2500 42 35 9 23| 7.3 2.0 9.4|366.0 -38.0 328.0 131.2 0.62| 14.8 9.2 3000 45 34 12 21| 6.4 1.7 8.1|383.5 -38.0 345.5 115.2 0.64| 13.2 8.4 4000 50 32 14 18| 3.7 1.8 5.6|386.5 -46.7 339.8 85.0 0.46| 12.3 5.7 5000 49 29 7 16| 3.3 2.1 5.3|395.4 -58.2 337.2 67.4 0.40| 11.0 4.4 6000 51 27 4 14| 3.1 1.7 4.8|399.8 -71.5 328.3 54.7 0.30| 10.4 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251012.12.gif