UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 OCT 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 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 120 SFC 982 270 14.4 11.6 83 2.8 12.7 180 8 289.0 290.6 286.6 313.7 8.76 2 957 489 13.0 9.2 78 3.8 10.8 209 20 289.8 291.1 285.8 311.4 7.65 3 925 779 15.8 7.8 59 8.0 11.2 220 39 295.5 296.8 287.5 316.3 7.19 4 912 899 15.2 8.2 63 7.0 11.1 220 40 296.0 297.4 288.1 317.8 7.50 5 896 1050 14.6 7.6 63 7.0 10.6 218 36 296.9 298.3 288.2 318.3 7.32 6 850 1494 11.4 7.1 75 4.3 8.9 205 30 298.1 299.4 288.7 320.0 7.46 7 821 1782 8.6 6.0 84 2.6 7.1 205 31 298.1 299.4 288.5 319.1 7.16 8 812 1873 8.0 4.2 77 3.8 5.9 205 31 298.4 299.6 287.8 317.2 6.38 9 788 2122 12.4 205 40 305.7 10 780 2208 12.4 205 38 306.6 11 747 2569 11.2 203 33 309.1 12 746 2580 11.2 203 33 309.2 13 740 2647 11.4 202 34 310.1 14 728 2783 10.8 -20.2 10 31.0 -0.2 201 34 310.9 311.1 286.9 314.5 1.05 15 701 3097 9.4 -25.6 6 35.0 -1.6 205 36 312.8 312.9 287.1 315.1 0.68 16 700 3109 9.4 -25.6 6 35.0 -1.6 205 36 312.9 313.0 287.2 315.2 0.68 17 675 3409 7.2 -21.8 11 29.0 -2.6 206 31 313.7 313.9 287.8 317.1 0.99 18 631 3959 3.6 -27.4 8 31.0 -5.4 205 31 315.7 315.8 288.1 317.9 0.64 19 618 4128 3.2 -19.8 17 23.0 -4.8 205 32 317.1 317.4 289.2 321.5 1.29 20 500 5800 -10.9 -16.9 61 6.0 -12.9 225 36 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.6 2.04 21 497 5846 -11.3 -17.3 61 6.0 -13.3 226 36 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.5 1.98 22 485 6033 -12.5 -20.5 51 8.0 -14.9 229 34 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.54 23 477 6160 -11.7 -27.7 25 16.0 -15.7 230 34 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.0 0.82 24 468 6305 -12.5 -30.5 21 18.0 -16.6 230 36 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.2 0.65 25 451 6586 -14.7 -30.7 24 16.0 -18.2 224 36 324.6 324.7 290.8 326.9 0.66 26 450 6603 -14.7 -30.7 24 16.0 -18.2 224 36 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.1 0.66 27 439 6790 -13.9 -53.9 2 40.0 -19.0 223 36 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.06 28 437 6825 -14.1 -56.1 1 42.0 -19.1 224 37 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.4 0.04 29 416 7197 -16.5 -55.5 2 39.0 -21.0 227 40 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 30 400 7490 -18.3 -53.3 3 35.0 -22.4 230 42 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.07 31 357 8330 -25.3 -48.3 10 23.0 -27.8 234 44 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 32 352 8433 -26.3 -49.3 10 23.0 -28.7 232 43 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.12 33 347 8536 -27.1 -52.1 7 25.0 -29.4 230 43 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 34 315 9228 -32.7 -38.7 55 6.0 -33.4 231 42 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.2 0.43 35 301 9547 -35.5 -40.5 60 5.0 -36.0 235 43 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.4 0.37 36 300 9570 -35.7 -40.7 60 5.0 -36.2 235 43 335.1 335.1 293.4 336.5 0.36 37 279 10070 -39.7 -44.1 63 4.4 -40.1 240 36 336.3 336.4 293.7 337.4 0.27 38 269 10318 -41.5 -47.5 52 6.0 -41.9 244 34 337.2 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.19 39 262 10496 -43.1 -49.1 52 6.0 -43.5 247 33 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.17 40 250 10810 -45.9 -50.5 60 4.6 -46.2 240 41 337.8 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.15 41 249 10837 -46.1 -50.7 60 4.6 -46.3 240 41 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.5 0.15 42 244 10970 -47.3 -52.2 57 4.9 -47.5 240 39 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.13 43 241 11051 -47.9 -52.6 58 4.7 -48.1 241 41 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.12 44 231 11328 -50.9 -55.9 55 5.0 -51.1 246 45 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.09 45 209 11970 -54.9 -58.2 67 3.3 -55.0 258 52 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.07 46 208 12000 -55.1 -58.5 66 3.4 -55.2 259 54 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.07 47 202 12186 -54.1 -58.5 58 4.4 -54.2 265 66 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 48 200 12250 -53.7 270 64 347.7 49 150 14060 -63.1 265 51 361.4 50 140 14482 -65.5 270 43 364.4 51 122 15312 -68.7 255 43 373.2 52 121 15361 -68.7 255 43 374.0 53 114 15718 -68.3 252 37 381.2 54 107 16097 -69.5 258 40 385.9 55 105 16210 -69.5 261 42 388.0 56 100 16500 -70.1 260 49 392.3 57 91 17058 -71.1 270 40 401.0 58 88 17256 -70.9 279 34 405.3 59 83 17601 -71.3 262 19 411.3 60 70 18620 -65.5 325 4 444.3 61 68 18796 -65.3 341 4 448.4 62 64 19165 -65.7 106 4 455.4 63 58 19767 -62.5 193 6 475.6 64 54 20206 -64.3 306 4 481.2 65 50 20680 -61.5 220 7 498.6 66 35 22925 -53.9 271 13 571.9 67 32 23498 -54.9 279 8 584.1 68 30 23910 -54.5 270 16 596.1 69 27 24588 -53.1 278 15 618.2 70 25 25085 -53.5 275 20 630.8 71 21 26213 -51.5 285 8 669.1 72 20 26530 -51.9 235 9 677.3 73 18 27216 -49.9 254 11 704.3 74 16 27984 -51.1 224 9 724.6 75 16 27984 -50.9 224 9 725.2 TRP 122 15312 -68.7 255 43 373.2 WND 202 12186 -54.1 -58.5 58 4.4 -54.2 265 66 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.00 m Freezing level: 591.22 mb = 4507.41 m = 14787.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.15 mb = 2758.84 m = 9051.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.35 % Est. max temperature: 23.40 C = 74.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.68 mb = 626.72 m = 2056.15 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 5.50 C Layer 821.0- 701.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.81 mb = 4194.43 m = 13761.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.45 C = 108.42 F Cap Strength: 10.96 C Lifted Index: 8.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.96 C Showalter Index: 5.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: -5.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 248.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40617.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.44 mb = 1459.94 m = 4789.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 240 at 25 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 982 270 180 8 0.0 8.0 | 79 22 -21.6 -4.2 1 978 305 185 11 1.0 11.0 | 86 21 -20.7 -1.3 2 944 610 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 152 7 -3.2 6.1 3 925 779 220 39 25.1 29.9 | 191 18 3.5 17.6 4 910 914 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 193 19 4.1 18.4 5 878 1219 215 31 17.8 25.4 | 164 14 -3.8 13.1 6 850 1494 205 30 12.7 27.2 | 149 17 -8.9 14.9 7 847 1524 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 159 20 -7.2 18.6 8 816 1829 205 30 12.7 27.2 | 149 17 -8.9 14.9 9 787 2134 205 40 16.9 36.3 | 169 24 -4.7 24.0 10 759 2438 205 33 13.9 29.9 | 157 19 -7.7 17.7 11 731 2743 200 34 11.6 31.9 | 153 22 -10.0 19.7 12 705 3048 205 35 14.8 31.7 | 161 21 -6.8 19.5 13 700 3109 205 36 15.2 32.6 | 163 21 -6.4 20.4 14 679 3353 205 31 13.1 28.1 | 152 18 -8.5 15.8 15 654 3658 210 34 17.0 29.4 | 165 18 -4.6 17.2 16 629 3962 205 31 13.1 28.1 | 152 18 -8.5 15.8 17 606 4267 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 159 20 -7.2 18.6 18 583 4572 200 35 12.0 32.9 | 155 23 -9.6 20.6 19 561 4877 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 159 20 -7.2 18.6 20 520 5486 220 35 22.5 26.8 | 183 15 0.9 14.6 21 501 5791 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 194 13 3.1 12.5 22 500 5800 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 196 14 3.8 13.2 23 481 6096 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 202 10 3.7 9.0 24 462 6401 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 210 13 6.7 11.5 25 444 6706 220 35 22.5 26.8 | 183 15 0.9 14.6 26 426 7010 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 213 15 8.3 12.8 27 409 7315 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 204 18 7.4 16.7 28 400 7490 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 216 18 10.6 14.7 29 393 7620 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 216 18 10.6 14.7 30 361 8230 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 228 19 14.4 13.0 31 346 8534 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 216 19 11.3 15.4 32 318 9144 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 216 18 10.6 14.7 33 305 9449 235 44 36.0 25.2 | 228 19 14.4 13.0 34 300 9570 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 228 18 13.6 12.4 35 292 9754 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 228 18 13.6 12.4 36 279 10058 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 239 11 9.6 5.8 37 267 10363 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 258 8 8.3 1.7 38 255 10668 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 273 10 10.3 -0.6 39 250 10810 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 239 16 13.9 8.3 40 244 10973 240 39 33.8 19.5 | 239 14 12.2 7.3 41 233 11278 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 250 21 20.1 7.2 42 222 11582 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 263 18 17.9 2.1 43 212 11887 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 270 24 23.8 -0.1 44 202 12186 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 278 45 44.1 -6.5 45 200 12250 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 286 44 42.4 -12.2 46 192 12497 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 278 45 44.1 -6.5 47 183 12802 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 300 34 29.2 -16.7 48 166 13411 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 301 18 15.2 -9.0 49 158 13716 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 261 21 20.7 3.1 50 150 14060 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 285 30 29.2 -7.8 51 144 14326 270 46 46.0 -0.0 | 297 27 24.4 -12.2 52 137 14630 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 302 23 19.4 -12.2 53 130 14935 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 276 17 17.0 -1.9 54 123 15240 260 41 40.4 7.1 | 285 19 18.8 -5.1 55 122 15312 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 273 20 19.9 -1.1 56 117 15545 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 273 20 19.9 -1.1 57 111 15850 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 276 9 9.4 -1.0 58 106 16154 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 284 20 19.7 -5.0 59 101 16459 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 293 22 20.2 -8.6 60 100 16500 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 278 27 26.6 -3.7 61 96 16764 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 270 25 24.8 0.2 62 86 17374 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 338 22 8.3 -20.3 63 82 17678 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 37 10 -6.2 -8.1 64 78 17983 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 346 8 2.0 -8.1 65 74 18288 335 9 3.8 -8.2 | 41 27 -17.8 -20.4 66 70 18593 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 56 12 -9.8 -6.8 67 70 18620 325 4 2.3 -3.3 | 51 25 -19.3 -15.5 68 67 18898 350 4 0.7 -3.9 | 52 26 -20.9 -16.2 69 64 19202 120 4 -3.5 2.0 | 68 27 -25.1 -10.2 70 61 19507 245 8 7.3 3.4 | 58 17 -14.4 -8.9 71 58 19812 185 6 0.5 6.0 | 73 22 -21.1 -6.3 72 55 20117 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 57 22 -18.6 -12.2 73 52 20422 30 5 -2.5 -4.3 | 55 29 -24.1 -16.6 74 50 20680 220 7 4.5 5.4 | 68 18 -17.1 -6.9 75 50 20726 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 82 31 -30.8 -4.5 76 47 21031 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 69 16 -15.2 -5.9 77 45 21336 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 79 12 -11.7 -2.3 78 43 21641 325 3 1.7 -2.5 | 54 25 -19.9 -14.7 79 41 21946 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 68 21 -19.5 -7.7 80 37 22555 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 23 20 -8.0 -18.6 81 35 22860 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 35 15 -8.6 -12.2 82 34 23165 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 26 15 -6.7 -13.6 83 32 23470 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 45 19 -13.7 -13.6 84 31 23774 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 38 16 -9.6 -12.2 85 30 23910 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 25 13 -5.6 -12.2 86 29 24079 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 61 14 -12.1 -6.7 87 28 24384 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 30 15 -7.7 -13.5 88 27 24689 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 21 16 -5.9 -15.0 89 25 24994 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 360 16 0.1 -16.1 90 24 25298 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 28 12 -5.7 -10.9 91 23 25603 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 16 13 -3.6 -12.2 92 22 25908 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 345 6 1.6 -6.0 93 21 26213 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 44 20 -13.9 -14.3 94 20 26530 235 9 7.4 5.2 | 64 16 -14.2 -7.1 95 18 26822 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 41 15 -9.7 -11.2 96 17 27127 205 9 3.8 8.2 | 77 18 -17.8 -4.1 97 15 27432 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 57 15 -12.5 -8.0 98 14 27737 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 52 13 -10.3 -8.1 99 13 28042 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 3 14 -0.7 -14.1 100 12 28346 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 15 14 -3.7 -13.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.2 neg: -96.8 tot: 52.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.39 Bulk Shear: 16.79 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 217 22 124 10| 33.6 0.0 33.6| 87.8 0.0 87.8 175.6 0.72| 35.9 25.8 1000 218 29 161 12| 16.8 4.4 21.2| 90.2 -35.9 54.3 54.3 0.37| 23.8 8.7 1500 214 30 159 14| 11.2 4.1 15.2|101.2 -57.7 43.5 29.0 0.26| 19.2 4.9 2000 211 31 160 16| 8.4 2.6 11.0|133.2 -66.5 66.8 33.4 0.28| 17.2 4.8 2500 210 32 159 17| 6.7 2.7 9.4|133.2 -86.7 46.5 18.6 0.21| 15.1 3.1 3000 208 32 159 17| 5.6 2.3 7.9|149.2 -96.8 52.3 17.4 0.20| 13.5 2.7 4000 208 32 159 18| 4.3 1.9 6.2|177.9-120.6 57.3 14.3 0.19| 11.7 2.2 5000 207 33 159 18| 3.9 1.6 5.5|207.7-128.3 79.4 15.9 0.21| 10.6 2.2 6000 210 33 164 17| 3.7 1.3 5.0|236.2-128.3 107.9 18.0 0.26| 9.9 2.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251019.12.gif