UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 13 OCT 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 13 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 86 SFC 978 270 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 20 13 290.6 292.5 288.9 320.7 10.67 2 927 728 12.6 10.9 89 1.7 11.6 20 31 292.0 293.6 287.8 317.2 8.86 3 925 746 12.6 10.9 89 1.7 11.6 20 31 292.2 293.8 287.9 317.5 8.88 4 868 1278 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 9.0 35 43 294.6 296.1 288.0 317.7 7.99 5 860 1355 9.6 8.1 90 1.5 8.8 42 42 295.2 296.6 288.1 318.1 7.90 6 850 1452 10.2 9.3 94 0.9 9.7 50 42 296.8 298.4 289.4 322.1 8.68 7 845 1501 10.4 9.7 95 0.7 10.0 51 41 297.5 299.2 289.9 323.7 8.97 8 830 1651 10.6 9.9 95 0.7 10.2 53 36 299.3 301.0 290.7 326.4 9.26 9 762 2361 7.4 6.0 91 1.4 6.6 46 31 303.2 304.7 290.6 326.3 7.72 10 749 2503 7.6 6.8 95 0.8 7.1 48 30 304.9 306.5 291.7 329.9 8.31 11 748 2514 7.6 6.8 95 0.8 7.1 49 30 305.1 306.6 291.7 330.1 8.32 12 700 3059 4.8 3.3 90 1.5 3.9 60 27 307.8 309.1 291.5 329.0 6.95 13 688 3200 4.0 2.4 89 1.6 3.1 54 26 308.4 309.7 291.3 328.8 6.63 14 645 3724 2.0 -0.4 84 2.4 0.7 32 23 311.9 313.0 291.7 329.9 5.77 15 604 4252 -1.7 -8.7 59 7.0 -4.7 38 16 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.1 3.28 16 593 4398 -2.3 -9.3 59 7.0 -5.3 51 14 314.5 315.1 290.2 324.8 3.19 17 587 4479 -2.3 -8.3 63 6.0 -4.9 59 12 315.4 316.1 290.7 326.7 3.48 18 562 4824 -4.7 -18.7 33 14.0 -9.3 58 10 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.8 1.55 19 561 4838 -4.7 -18.7 33 14.0 -9.4 58 10 316.7 317.0 289.3 321.9 1.56 20 551 4980 -4.5 -15.5 42 11.0 -8.5 59 11 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.5 2.08 21 547 5037 -4.7 -16.7 38 12.0 -8.9 62 12 319.0 319.4 290.4 325.4 1.89 22 527 5330 -6.7 -14.7 53 8.0 -9.6 65 15 320.0 320.5 291.1 327.8 2.32 23 521 5420 -7.3 -15.3 53 8.0 -10.2 62 16 320.3 320.8 291.1 327.8 2.23 24 516 5495 -7.9 -15.9 53 8.0 -10.8 59 16 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.7 2.14 25 511 5571 -8.3 -18.3 44 10.0 -11.6 56 16 320.9 321.3 290.8 326.9 1.77 26 500 5740 -8.5 -21.5 34 13.0 -12.5 50 17 322.7 322.9 291.0 327.4 1.37 27 496 5802 -8.7 -22.7 31 14.0 -12.9 54 18 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.5 1.24 28 473 6168 -11.1 -23.1 36 12.0 -14.6 31 19 324.6 324.9 291.5 329.0 1.26 29 459 6397 -12.9 -23.9 39 11.0 -16.0 35 21 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.4 1.21 30 450 6548 -13.9 -25.9 36 12.0 -17.0 33 21 325.8 326.0 291.6 329.4 1.03 31 432 6856 -16.3 -21.2 66 4.9 -17.7 35 21 326.5 326.9 292.3 332.2 1.63 32 409 7265 -18.9 -28.9 41 10.0 -21.1 19 15 328.3 328.5 292.1 331.4 0.86 33 406 7319 -18.9 -28.9 41 10.0 -21.1 14 13 329.0 329.2 292.3 332.2 0.86 34 401 7411 -19.1 -29.1 41 10.0 -21.3 7 11 329.9 330.1 292.6 333.1 0.86 35 400 7430 -19.1 -29.1 41 10.0 -21.4 5 11 330.2 330.3 292.6 333.3 0.86 36 396 7505 -19.1 -33.1 28 14.0 -21.9 3 11 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.3 0.59 37 393 7561 -19.7 -32.7 31 13.0 -22.3 2 11 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.4 0.62 38 388 7656 -20.1 -33.1 30 13.0 -22.7 3 11 331.7 331.9 292.8 334.0 0.61 39 384 7733 -20.7 -32.7 33 12.0 -23.1 12 12 331.9 332.1 292.9 334.3 0.64 40 365 8106 -23.1 -32.1 44 9.0 -24.9 40 15 333.6 333.7 293.4 336.2 0.71 41 358 8247 -23.7 -32.7 43 9.0 -25.4 45 16 334.6 334.8 293.6 337.2 0.68 42 343 8558 -26.1 -36.1 39 10.0 -27.7 19 14 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.4 0.51 43 312 9235 -32.3 -40.3 45 8.0 -33.3 345 20 336.1 336.1 293.7 337.5 0.37 44 300 9510 -34.3 -44.3 36 10.0 -35.3 350 20 337.0 337.1 293.8 338.0 0.25 45 289 9770 -35.1 -46.1 32 11.0 -36.1 354 19 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.4 0.21 46 268 10290 -39.9 -49.9 34 10.0 -40.6 324 10 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.15 47 260 10495 -41.3 -52.3 29 11.0 -41.9 310 8 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.12 48 250 10760 -43.3 -53.3 32 10.0 -43.8 280 14 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.11 49 247 10841 -44.1 -54.1 32 10.0 -44.6 276 14 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.10 50 239 11062 -45.3 -56.3 28 11.0 -45.8 275 15 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.08 51 233 11231 -46.5 -56.5 31 10.0 -46.9 286 19 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.08 52 224 11492 -49.3 -59.3 30 10.0 -49.6 287 20 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.06 53 216 11730 -50.9 -60.9 30 10.0 -51.2 294 18 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 54 206 12038 -51.9 -62.9 26 11.0 -52.2 296 13 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 55 200 12230 -51.3 -63.3 23 12.0 -51.6 285 8 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.7 0.04 56 199 12263 -51.3 -63.3 23 12.0 -51.6 286 8 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.2 0.04 57 197 12328 -51.1 -63.1 23 12.0 -51.4 287 8 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.04 58 180 12911 -54.1 -66.1 22 12.0 -54.4 288 14 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.03 59 150 14070 -58.3 -70.3 20 12.0 -58.5 250 20 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.7 0.02 60 120 15452 -65.5 -76.5 20 11.0 -65.6 255 16 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.01 61 100 16560 -66.3 -80.3 12 14.0 -66.4 305 11 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.7 0.01 62 99 16621 -66.3 -80.3 12 14.0 -66.4 305 11 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.01 63 83 17678 -69.7 -85.7 8 16.0 -69.8 52 5 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 64 81 17823 -69.5 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.6 67 4 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 65 78 18048 -69.5 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.6 93 3 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 66 71 18606 -70.7 -88.7 5 18.0 -70.8 3 6 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.4 0.00 67 70 18690 -70.3 -89.3 5 19.0 -70.4 315 10 434.0 434.0 309.3 434.0 0.00 68 57 19925 -65.3 -88.3 3 23.0 -65.5 66 8 471.6 471.6 312.8 471.6 0.00 69 52 20482 -66.7 -90.7 2 24.0 -67.0 264 6 480.9 480.9 313.5 480.9 0.00 70 50 20720 -65.3 -91.3 2 26.0 -65.6 335 12 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 71 44 21506 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -62.2 74 7 516.6 516.6 316.1 516.6 0.00 72 40 22096 -62.3 -91.3 1 29.0 -62.9 57 12 529.4 529.4 316.9 529.4 0.00 73 38 22415 -60.3 -90.3 1 30.0 -61.0 70 7 542.3 542.3 317.6 542.3 0.00 74 35 22930 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -59.6 50 15 559.4 559.4 318.6 559.4 0.00 75 32 23493 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -60.0 135 9 572.9 572.9 319.3 572.9 0.00 76 30 23900 -57.3 -88.3 1 31.0 -58.5 220 19 588.4 588.4 320.0 588.5 0.01 77 29 24114 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -58.4 204 21 594.7 594.7 320.3 594.7 0.01 78 28 24337 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -58.3 230 20 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.3 0.01 79 23 25594 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -55.3 280 19 647.8 647.8 322.6 647.9 0.01 80 21 26183 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -54.5 321 14 669.1 669.1 323.4 669.2 0.01 81 20 26500 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -54.4 15 6 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.3 0.02 82 19 26834 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -54.2 8 7 690.4 690.4 324.1 690.6 0.02 83 18 27186 -50.7 -82.7 1 32.0 -54.2 11 6 701.8 701.8 324.5 702.0 0.02 84 18 27186 -50.7 -77.7 3 27.0 -54.2 11 6 701.8 701.8 324.5 702.3 0.05 TRP 120 15452 -65.5 -76.5 20 11.0 -65.6 255 16 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.00 m Freezing level: 622.84 mb = 4009.27 m = 13153.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.56 mb = 3792.11 m = 12441.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.90 % Est. max temperature: 24.34 C = 75.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.29 mb = 408.34 m = 1339.68 ft T: 14.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 3.44 C Layer 927.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.37 mb = 1112.08 m = 3648.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.87 C = 65.96 F Cap Strength: 7.85 C Lifted Index: 8.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.10 C Showalter Index: 6.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.80 C K Index: 26.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35793.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.08 mb = 909.53 m = 2983.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 74 at 18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 978 270 20 13 -4.4 -12.2 | 299 15 12.9 -7.2 1 974 305 15 9 -2.3 -8.7 | 284 15 15.0 -3.6 2 940 610 20 28 -9.6 -26.3 | 340 23 7.8 -21.3 3 925 746 20 31 -10.6 -29.1 | 344 25 6.7 -24.1 4 907 914 20 37 -12.7 -34.8 | 351 30 4.7 -29.7 5 874 1219 30 43 -21.5 -37.2 | 7 32 -4.2 -32.2 6 850 1452 50 42 -32.2 -27.0 | 34 26 -14.8 -21.9 7 812 1829 55 31 -25.4 -17.8 | 32 15 -8.0 -12.7 8 783 2134 50 31 -23.7 -19.9 | 23 16 -6.4 -14.9 9 755 2438 45 31 -21.9 -21.9 | 15 17 -4.6 -16.9 10 727 2743 60 28 -24.2 -14.0 | 38 11 -6.9 -8.9 11 701 3048 65 28 -25.4 -11.8 | 50 11 -8.0 -6.8 12 700 3059 60 27 -23.4 -13.5 | 36 10 -6.0 -8.4 13 649 3658 35 24 -13.8 -19.7 | 346 15 3.6 -14.6 14 625 3962 20 21 -7.2 -19.7 | 325 18 10.2 -14.7 15 602 4267 40 15 -9.6 -11.5 | 310 10 7.7 -6.4 16 579 4572 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 260 7 7.0 1.3 17 557 4877 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 274 9 9.2 -0.7 18 536 5182 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 271 3 3.2 -0.1 19 500 5740 50 17 -13.0 -10.9 | 324 7 4.3 -5.9 20 497 5791 55 18 -14.7 -10.3 | 334 6 2.6 -5.3 21 477 6096 30 18 -9.0 -15.6 | 322 13 8.3 -10.5 22 458 6401 35 21 -12.0 -17.2 | 336 13 5.3 -12.1 23 440 6706 30 22 -11.0 -19.1 | 336 15 6.3 -14.0 24 423 7010 40 20 -12.9 -15.3 | 336 11 4.5 -10.3 25 400 7430 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 290 17 16.4 -5.9 26 390 7620 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 289 18 17.3 -5.9 27 374 7925 35 14 -8.0 -11.5 | 305 11 9.3 -6.4 28 358 8230 45 16 -11.3 -11.3 | 316 9 6.0 -6.3 29 343 8534 20 14 -4.8 -13.2 | 303 15 12.6 -8.1 30 329 8839 355 17 1.5 -16.9 | 302 22 18.8 -11.9 31 316 9144 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 299 25 22.0 -12.3 32 303 9449 345 25 6.5 -24.1 | 309 31 23.8 -19.1 33 300 9510 350 20 3.5 -19.7 | 305 25 20.8 -14.6 34 290 9754 355 19 1.7 -18.9 | 306 24 19.0 -13.9 35 277 10058 335 14 5.9 -12.7 | 288 24 23.3 -7.6 36 265 10363 320 8 5.1 -6.1 | 273 23 22.5 -1.1 37 253 10668 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 266 25 24.6 1.7 38 250 10760 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 265 31 31.1 2.6 39 242 10973 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 261 31 30.3 5.1 40 231 11278 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 273 36 36.1 -1.8 41 221 11582 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 270 37 36.7 -0.1 42 211 11887 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 278 31 30.5 -4.1 43 200 12230 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 263 25 25.1 3.0 44 192 12497 290 7 6.6 -2.4 | 264 24 23.9 2.7 45 183 12802 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 272 31 30.9 -1.3 46 174 13106 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 262 30 29.3 4.0 47 166 13411 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 230 25 19.3 15.9 48 159 13716 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 246 39 35.5 15.6 49 151 14021 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 244 39 34.5 17.1 50 150 14070 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 252 38 36.1 11.9 51 144 14326 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 254 38 36.7 10.2 52 137 14630 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 259 34 33.3 6.4 53 130 14935 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 244 29 26.5 12.8 54 124 15240 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 249 38 35.5 13.5 55 120 15452 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 254 34 32.8 9.2 56 118 15545 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 252 33 31.4 10.2 57 112 15850 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 257 34 33.1 7.8 58 107 16154 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 247 38 34.7 15.1 59 100 16560 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 273 26 26.4 -1.3 60 97 16764 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 272 26 25.5 -0.7 61 92 17069 340 9 3.1 -8.5 | 279 21 20.4 -3.4 62 87 17374 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 272 15 15.3 -0.6 63 79 17983 85 3 -3.0 -0.3 | 252 15 14.4 4.8 64 75 18288 125 5 -4.1 2.9 | 239 15 13.2 7.9 65 71 18593 10 5 -0.9 -4.9 | 270 16 16.5 0.1 66 70 18690 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 275 24 24.4 -2.0 67 68 18898 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 253 19 18.3 5.5 68 64 19202 360 16 -0.0 -16.0 | 302 21 17.3 -10.9 69 61 19507 355 17 1.5 -16.9 | 302 22 18.8 -11.9 70 58 19812 20 6 -2.1 -5.6 | 272 15 15.3 -0.6 71 55 20117 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 221 17 10.9 12.7 72 53 20422 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 252 23 21.9 7.2 73 50 20720 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 285 23 22.4 -5.8 74 50 20726 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 275 30 30.3 -2.4 75 48 21031 335 9 3.8 -8.2 | 278 21 21.1 -3.1 76 45 21336 145 4 -2.3 3.3 | 241 17 15.0 8.3 77 43 21641 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 283 14 13.5 -3.1 78 41 21946 60 14 -12.1 -7.0 | 290 6 5.2 -1.9 79 39 22250 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 274 9 9.2 -0.7 80 37 22555 80 5 -4.9 -0.9 | 251 13 12.4 4.2 81 35 22860 25 17 -7.2 -15.4 | 316 15 10.2 -10.4 82 34 23165 120 8 -6.9 4.0 | 229 14 10.4 9.1 83 32 23470 135 9 -6.4 6.4 | 224 16 11.0 11.4 84 31 23774 140 7 -4.5 5.4 | 231 17 12.8 10.4 85 30 23900 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 236 35 29.6 19.6 86 29 24079 200 21 7.2 19.7 | 225 35 24.5 24.8 87 28 24384 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 244 38 33.7 16.5 88 25 24994 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 264 29 29.2 3.0 89 24 25298 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 250 32 30.0 11.0 90 23 25603 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 267 36 36.1 1.8 91 22 25908 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 291 26 24.1 -9.4 92 21 26213 320 14 9.0 -10.7 | 282 27 26.3 -5.7 93 20 26500 15 6 -1.6 -5.8 | 273 16 15.8 -0.7 94 20 26518 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 283 18 17.3 -3.9 95 18 26822 15 6 -1.6 -5.8 | 273 16 15.8 -0.7 96 15 27432 315 8 5.7 -5.7 | 271 23 23.0 -0.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 43.8 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 73.8 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 3.8 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.0 neg: -38.9 tot: 259.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 13.17 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 19 22 326 18| 0.0 19.4 19.4| 77.9 -0.4 77.5 155.0 0.78| 20.4 15.8 1000 23 30 346 23| 7.4 9.7 17.1|194.4 -0.4 194.0 194.0 0.81| 19.0 15.4 1500 33 33 2 23| 6.5 6.5 13.0|274.6 -2.2 272.4 181.6 0.70| 19.8 13.8 2000 37 33 7 21| 4.9 5.1 9.9|274.6 -18.1 256.4 128.2 0.58| 16.2 9.4 2500 40 32 9 20| 5.1 4.0 9.1|293.6 -21.6 272.0 108.8 0.57| 14.8 8.4 3000 43 31 12 18| 4.2 3.8 8.0|298.0 -38.9 259.1 86.4 0.45| 13.7 6.2 4000 41 29 6 17| 3.9 3.5 7.5|298.0 -98.2 199.8 50.0 0.20| 13.1 2.6 5000 43 26 1 14| 3.9 2.8 6.7|303.6-111.4 192.2 38.4 0.14| 12.3 1.7 6000 44 24 357 12| 3.2 3.3 6.5|314.5-115.3 199.2 33.2 0.16| 11.4 1.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251013.00.gif