UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 19 OCT 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 19 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 124 SFC 983 270 22.8 12.8 53 10.0 16.4 190 4 297.4 299.1 290.3 325.0 9.48 2 946 606 21.6 11.6 53 10.0 15.3 190 11 299.5 301.1 290.6 326.2 9.10 3 925 801 20.0 11.0 56 9.0 14.4 205 14 299.8 301.4 290.6 326.0 8.94 4 851 1513 14.2 9.2 72 5.0 11.2 229 10 300.9 302.5 290.7 326.4 8.61 5 850 1523 14.2 9.2 72 5.0 11.2 230 10 301.0 302.6 290.7 326.5 8.62 6 844 1583 14.2 9.2 72 5.0 11.2 262 6 301.6 303.2 291.0 327.4 8.68 7 838 1643 14.4 8.4 67 6.0 10.8 259 6 302.5 304.0 290.9 327.1 8.28 8 810 1929 13.0 -2.0 35 15.0 5.5 252 8 303.9 304.7 287.6 316.4 4.07 9 804 1992 12.4 -2.6 35 15.0 5.0 253 9 303.9 304.7 287.4 316.0 3.93 10 797 2065 12.0 -5.0 30 17.0 4.0 254 10 304.3 304.9 286.9 314.5 3.30 11 785 2192 11.2 -3.8 35 15.0 4.0 259 11 304.7 305.4 287.5 316.1 3.67 12 780 2245 11.2 -5.8 30 17.0 3.4 262 11 305.3 305.9 287.1 315.2 3.18 13 719 2923 8.8 -15.2 17 24.0 -0.4 235 7 309.8 310.2 287.1 315.2 1.63 14 709 3038 8.4 -13.6 19 22.0 -0.3 212 8 310.6 311.0 287.7 316.8 1.89 15 700 3144 8.0 -15.0 18 23.0 -0.9 210 9 311.3 311.7 287.7 316.9 1.70 16 652 3726 4.8 -28.2 7 33.0 -4.7 231 13 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.1 0.57 17 605 4331 0.4 -7.6 55 8.0 -3.2 294 9 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.3 3.57 18 595 4465 -0.5 -10.5 47 10.0 -4.7 292 11 316.3 316.9 290.5 325.7 2.89 19 584 4613 -1.7 -9.7 54 8.0 -5.1 289 13 316.6 317.2 290.8 326.8 3.14 20 575 4737 -2.7 -10.7 54 8.0 -6.0 285 13 316.8 317.4 290.7 326.4 2.94 21 555 5016 -4.5 -11.5 58 7.0 -7.3 276 16 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.3 2.86 22 536 5290 -6.5 -17.5 41 11.0 -10.2 272 21 318.7 319.1 290.2 324.8 1.80 23 527 5422 -7.1 -14.1 57 7.0 -9.7 274 21 319.5 320.0 291.0 327.6 2.44 24 502 5799 -9.7 -18.7 48 9.0 -12.6 270 18 320.8 321.2 290.8 326.8 1.74 25 500 5830 -9.9 -18.9 48 9.0 -12.8 270 19 321.0 321.3 290.8 326.8 1.72 26 494 5923 -10.7 -18.7 52 8.0 -13.3 272 19 321.1 321.4 290.9 327.1 1.77 27 481 6127 -12.1 -24.1 36 12.0 -15.4 275 20 321.8 322.1 290.5 325.8 1.13 28 475 6223 -13.1 -24.1 39 11.0 -16.0 277 19 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.7 1.15 29 464 6401 -14.3 -26.3 35 12.0 -17.3 280 18 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.8 0.96 30 444 6733 -16.9 -30.9 29 14.0 -19.8 280 30 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.6 0.65 31 409 7345 -19.7 -54.7 3 35.0 -23.4 290 26 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.06 32 400 7510 -20.9 -53.9 3 33.0 -24.3 290 24 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.06 33 399 7528 -21.1 -54.1 3 33.0 -24.5 290 24 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.06 34 359 8300 -26.5 -47.5 12 21.0 -28.7 311 20 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.15 35 339 8711 -29.7 -48.7 14 19.0 -31.4 315 25 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.14 36 328 8945 -31.3 -51.3 12 20.0 -32.9 309 24 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 37 300 9570 -36.9 -51.9 20 15.0 -37.9 310 32 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 38 260 10540 -44.7 -55.7 28 11.0 -45.2 298 47 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.08 39 250 10800 -46.9 -57.9 27 11.0 -47.3 295 46 336.3 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.06 40 238 11125 -49.7 -59.7 30 10.0 -50.0 295 48 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 41 230 11349 -50.9 -61.9 26 11.0 -51.2 295 51 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.04 42 215 11789 -51.9 -65.9 17 14.0 -52.2 298 62 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 43 201 12227 -50.7 -69.7 9 19.0 -51.1 285 63 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.02 44 200 12260 -50.7 -69.7 9 19.0 -51.1 285 63 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 45 196 12391 -51.6 -71.7 7 20.2 -52.0 285 65 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 46 180 12938 -55.3 -80.3 3 25.0 -55.6 281 59 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.00 47 178 13009 -55.9 -80.9 3 25.0 -56.2 281 58 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.00 48 155 13877 -60.7 -83.7 3 23.0 -60.9 285 57 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 49 150 14080 -62.7 -84.7 4 22.0 -62.9 285 54 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 50 143 14373 -65.1 -85.1 5 20.0 -65.2 285 53 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 51 125 15187 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.6 295 48 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 52 124 15235 -68.7 -87.7 5 19.0 -68.8 291 47 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 53 123 15283 -68.7 -86.7 6 18.0 -68.8 291 46 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 54 117 15584 -67.7 -85.7 6 18.0 -67.8 297 41 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 55 110 15953 -69.5 -88.5 5 19.0 -69.6 278 33 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 56 102 16403 -70.7 -88.7 5 18.0 -70.8 289 22 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 57 100 16520 -70.9 -88.9 5 18.0 -71.0 270 20 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 58 87 17341 -71.9 -88.9 6 17.0 -72.0 302 21 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 59 82 17691 -70.7 -87.7 6 17.0 -70.8 255 16 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 60 80 17837 -69.5 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.6 258 17 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 61 71 18554 -66.1 -86.1 4 20.0 -66.3 266 14 441.2 441.2 310.0 441.2 0.00 62 70 18640 -64.7 -84.7 5 20.0 -64.9 275 19 446.0 446.0 310.5 446.0 0.00 63 68 18816 -64.3 -85.3 4 21.0 -64.6 282 18 450.5 450.5 310.9 450.6 0.00 64 57 19885 -66.9 -91.9 2 25.0 -67.1 323 11 468.0 468.0 312.5 468.0 0.00 65 53 20324 -65.7 -90.7 2 25.0 -66.0 310 8 480.6 480.6 313.5 480.6 0.00 66 52 20440 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.3 315 5 487.4 487.4 314.0 487.4 0.00 67 51 20559 -63.5 -89.5 2 26.0 -63.8 312 6 491.1 491.1 314.3 491.1 0.00 68 50 20680 -63.9 -91.9 1 28.0 -64.3 310 6 492.9 492.9 314.4 492.9 0.00 69 49 20804 -63.9 -91.9 1 28.0 -64.3 298 3 495.8 495.8 314.7 495.8 0.00 70 47 21061 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -61.8 308 11 507.9 507.9 315.5 507.9 0.00 71 42 21765 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -59.1 182 4 532.0 532.0 317.1 532.0 0.00 72 42 21765 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.3 182 4 531.5 531.5 317.0 531.5 0.00 73 41 21916 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.3 260 2 535.1 535.2 317.2 535.2 0.00 74 39 22232 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.3 10 6 545.9 545.9 317.9 545.9 0.00 75 38 22396 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -57.8 323 7 551.5 551.5 318.2 551.5 0.01 76 33 23296 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -55.9 180 14 580.6 580.6 319.7 580.6 0.01 77 30 23910 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -54.7 265 22 601.0 601.0 320.6 601.1 0.01 78 27 24596 -50.7 -82.7 1 32.0 -53.3 251 21 625.0 625.0 321.7 625.1 0.02 79 25 25101 -48.9 -80.9 1 32.0 -52.1 262 24 644.1 644.1 322.4 644.2 0.02 80 20 26560 -52.1 -82.1 2 30.0 -55.0 240 14 676.7 676.7 323.7 676.9 0.02 81 19 26892 -52.3 -82.3 2 30.0 -55.2 240 13 686.1 686.1 324.0 686.3 0.02 82 17 27614 -50.7 250 19 713.4 83 17 27614 -50.9 250 19 712.7 TRP 125 15187 -68.5 -87.5 5 19.0 -68.6 295 48 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 WND 196 12391 -51.6 -71.7 7 20.2 -52.0 285 65 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.00 m Freezing level: 600.56 mb = 4390.39 m = 14403.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.35 mb = 2849.45 m = 9348.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.20 mb = 1540.86 m = 5055.26 ft T: 14.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.88 C Layer 838.0- 785.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.25 mb = 3402.71 m = 11163.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.90 C = 100.21 F Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lifted Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.17 C Showalter Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 10.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33371.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.64 mb = 1870.92 m = 6138.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 at 9 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 983 270 190 4 0.7 3.9 | 127 10 -8.2 6.2 1 979 305 190 8 1.4 7.9 | 143 13 -7.5 10.2 2 946 610 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 152 15 -7.0 13.1 3 925 801 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 169 15 -3.0 15.0 4 913 914 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 169 15 -3.0 15.0 5 881 1219 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 170 14 -2.4 13.5 6 850 1523 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 172 9 -1.2 8.7 7 850 1524 265 6 6.0 0.5 | 134 4 -2.9 2.8 8 819 1829 250 7 6.6 2.4 | 153 5 -2.3 4.7 9 790 2134 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 198 5 1.7 5.1 10 762 2438 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 237 2 2.0 1.3 11 734 2743 270 5 5.0 -0.0 | 120 5 -3.9 2.3 12 708 3048 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 152 10 -4.9 9.2 13 700 3144 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 156 11 -4.4 10.1 14 682 3353 225 5 3.5 3.5 | 137 8 -5.4 5.8 15 656 3658 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 185 12 1.0 12.2 16 608 4267 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 56 2 -1.7 -1.1 17 585 4572 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 303 4 3.3 -2.2 18 563 4877 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 270 4 3.9 0.0 19 542 5182 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 258 11 11.1 2.3 20 522 5486 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 268 13 13.0 0.4 21 502 5791 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 256 9 9.1 2.3 22 500 5830 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 257 10 10.1 2.3 23 483 6096 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 267 11 11.0 0.5 24 463 6401 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 275 9 8.8 -0.8 25 445 6706 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 278 21 20.6 -2.9 26 410 7315 290 26 24.4 -8.9 | 293 17 15.5 -6.6 27 400 7510 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 293 15 13.6 -5.9 28 394 7620 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 293 15 13.6 -5.9 29 377 7925 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 301 15 12.8 -7.9 30 362 8230 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 330 11 5.6 -9.9 31 347 8534 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 331 17 8.1 -14.7 32 332 8839 315 25 17.7 -17.7 | 330 18 8.8 -15.4 33 318 9144 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 302 14 11.9 -7.4 34 300 9570 310 32 24.5 -20.6 | 320 24 15.6 -18.3 35 279 10058 300 40 34.6 -20.0 | 305 31 25.7 -17.7 36 267 10363 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 297 39 34.6 -18.0 37 255 10668 300 47 40.7 -23.5 | 304 38 31.8 -21.2 38 250 10800 295 46 41.7 -19.4 | 298 37 32.8 -17.2 39 243 10973 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 297 39 34.6 -18.0 40 232 11278 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 297 40 35.5 -18.4 41 222 11582 295 57 51.7 -24.1 | 297 48 42.7 -21.8 42 212 11887 300 65 56.3 -32.5 | 303 56 47.4 -30.2 43 202 12192 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 285 55 52.9 -14.3 44 200 12260 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 285 54 51.9 -14.0 45 196 12391 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 285 56 53.9 -14.5 46 193 12497 285 65 62.8 -16.8 | 285 56 53.9 -14.5 47 175 13106 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 279 48 47.2 -7.6 48 167 13411 285 55 53.1 -14.2 | 285 46 44.2 -12.0 49 159 13716 285 60 58.0 -15.5 | 285 51 49.0 -13.2 50 151 14021 285 55 53.1 -14.2 | 285 46 44.2 -12.0 51 150 14080 285 54 52.2 -14.0 | 285 45 43.2 -11.7 52 137 14630 285 53 51.2 -13.7 | 285 44 42.3 -11.4 53 130 14935 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 285 36 34.6 -9.4 54 125 15187 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 297 39 34.6 -18.0 55 124 15240 290 47 44.2 -16.1 | 291 38 35.3 -13.8 56 118 15545 300 42 36.4 -21.0 | 304 33 27.5 -18.7 57 112 15850 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 271 23 23.0 -0.5 58 106 16154 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 285 25 23.9 -6.5 59 101 16459 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 295 10 8.9 -4.2 60 100 16520 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 258 11 11.1 2.3 61 96 16764 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 268 13 13.0 0.4 62 91 17069 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 269 14 14.0 0.3 63 87 17374 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 320 13 8.3 -9.8 64 82 17678 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 226 9 6.5 6.4 65 78 17983 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 238 10 8.8 5.4 66 74 18288 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 205 14 5.8 12.6 67 71 18593 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 241 5 4.1 2.3 68 70 18640 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 266 10 10.0 0.6 69 67 18898 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 286 9 8.5 -2.4 70 64 19202 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 303 4 3.3 -2.2 71 61 19507 315 15 10.6 -10.6 | 348 8 1.7 -8.3 72 58 19812 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 32 7 -3.9 -6.4 73 55 20117 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 326 6 3.2 -4.7 74 52 20422 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 77 6 -5.4 -1.3 75 50 20680 310 6 4.6 -3.9 | 70 5 -4.3 -1.6 76 50 20726 295 1 0.9 -0.4 | 103 8 -8.0 1.9 77 47 21031 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 12 4 -0.7 -3.5 78 45 21336 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 5 9 -0.9 -9.2 79 43 21641 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 107 15 -14.5 4.3 80 41 21946 265 2 2.0 0.2 | 110 7 -6.9 2.5 81 39 22250 10 6 -1.0 -5.9 | 70 11 -10.0 -3.6 82 35 22860 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 155 14 -6.1 12.9 83 34 23165 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 136 19 -13.0 13.6 84 30 23910 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 252 14 13.0 4.2 85 29 24079 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 262 16 16.1 2.3 86 28 24384 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 250 12 11.0 4.0 87 27 24689 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 222 15 10.1 11.2 88 25 24994 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 242 20 17.2 9.3 89 23 25603 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 356 2 0.2 -1.9 90 22 25908 245 7 6.3 3.0 | 154 6 -2.6 5.2 91 21 26213 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 239 17 14.3 8.5 92 20 26518 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 214 11 6.5 9.5 93 20 26560 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 199 10 3.2 9.3 94 19 26822 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 195 9 2.3 8.8 95 16 27432 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 247 17 15.7 6.6 96 14 27737 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 270 16 16.0 0.1 97 13 28042 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 278 19 18.7 -2.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -11.5 tot: 39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 17.90 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 193 10 151 14| 9.9 0.0 9.9| 31.4 0.0 31.4 62.9 0.84| 10.9 9.2 1000 201 12 161 14| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 36.5 0.0 36.5 36.5 0.74| 7.1 5.3 1500 210 11 163 12| 2.1 0.0 2.1| 38.7 -6.0 32.6 21.8 0.29| 8.7 2.5 2000 220 10 168 11| 2.7 0.0 2.7| 45.5 -6.0 39.4 19.7 0.41| 8.0 3.2 2500 229 10 172 9| 1.2 0.0 1.2| 46.2 -8.2 38.1 15.2 0.25| 8.0 2.0 3000 228 10 169 9| 1.0 0.8 1.8| 51.1 -11.5 39.6 13.2 0.23| 8.3 1.9 4000 231 10 171 9| 1.8 0.6 2.4| 75.7 -13.8 62.0 15.5 0.24| 9.4 2.3 5000 245 11 186 7| 1.5 1.5 2.9| 77.3 -20.9 56.4 11.3 0.12| 9.1 1.1 6000 254 12 207 6| 1.4 1.1 2.5| 89.4 -27.2 62.2 10.4 0.13| 8.4 1.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251019.00.gif