UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 1 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 1 DEC 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 228 10 5 SFC 994 270 0.6 -5.4 64 6.0 -1.6 10 5 274.2 274.7 271.9 281.3 2.57 2 953 611 -0.7 -8.7 55 8.0 -3.4 10 22 276.2 276.6 272.3 282.1 2.07 3 925 852 1.2 -14.8 29 16.0 -3.6 35 25 280.5 280.8 273.6 284.4 1.31 4 883 1228 4.0 8 17 287.2 5 875 1302 3.8 353 15 287.7 6 868 1367 3.6 340 14 288.2 7 850 1537 3.0 305 10 289.3 8 819 1837 1.4 -17.6 23 19.0 -4.3 265 14 290.7 290.9 278.7 294.3 1.17 9 812 1906 2.0 -28.0 9 30.0 -5.2 265 16 292.0 292.1 278.4 293.6 0.47 10 791 2117 2.4 265 23 294.7 11 785 2178 2.0 266 24 294.9 12 764 2396 1.0 269 27 296.1 13 700 3094 -2.7 -18.7 28 16.0 -7.5 275 39 299.5 299.7 282.8 303.5 1.25 14 689 3219 -3.9 -17.9 33 14.0 -8.1 273 40 299.5 299.8 282.9 303.8 1.36 15 674 3392 -5.3 -18.3 35 13.0 -9.1 271 41 299.8 300.1 283.0 304.1 1.34 16 647 3710 -7.1 -26.1 20 19.0 -11.6 275 44 301.3 301.5 282.8 303.6 0.70 17 636 3844 -7.5 -31.5 13 24.0 -12.4 275 42 302.4 302.4 282.9 303.8 0.43 18 611 4154 -9.7 -28.7 20 19.0 -13.8 278 42 303.3 303.4 283.5 305.3 0.59 19 605 4230 -10.1 -29.1 19 19.0 -14.1 279 43 303.7 303.8 283.7 305.6 0.57 20 599 4306 -10.7 -28.7 21 18.0 -14.5 280 44 303.9 304.0 283.7 305.9 0.60 21 575 4619 -12.7 -35.7 13 23.0 -16.6 279 44 305.1 305.2 283.9 306.2 0.32 22 564 4765 -13.5 -30.5 22 17.0 -16.8 274 46 305.9 306.0 284.4 307.7 0.54 23 541 5080 -14.9 -49.9 3 35.0 -18.9 267 49 307.9 307.9 284.6 308.1 0.07 24 508 5552 -18.7 -32.7 28 14.0 -21.1 263 47 308.8 308.9 285.5 310.5 0.48 25 500 5670 -19.3 -34.3 25 15.0 -21.7 260 47 309.5 309.6 285.7 311.0 0.42 26 498 5700 -19.5 -34.5 25 15.0 -21.9 261 47 309.6 309.7 285.7 311.1 0.41 27 488 5851 -19.3 -39.3 15 20.0 -22.1 264 47 311.7 311.7 286.2 312.6 0.26 28 467 6179 -20.7 -44.7 10 24.0 -23.5 261 49 313.9 313.9 286.9 314.4 0.15 29 452 6421 -22.7 -37.7 24 15.0 -24.8 265 50 314.3 314.4 287.2 315.5 0.33 30 438 6652 -24.7 -41.7 19 17.0 -26.7 265 52 314.6 314.7 287.2 315.4 0.22 31 411 7114 -27.1 -53.1 7 26.0 -29.1 275 54 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.6 0.07 32 400 7310 -28.7 -53.7 7 25.0 -30.5 275 57 317.7 317.7 288.1 317.9 0.06 33 359 8071 -35.1 -54.1 13 19.0 -36.2 272 61 319.1 319.1 288.5 319.4 0.07 34 339 8466 -38.5 -58.5 10 20.0 -39.4 273 64 319.7 319.7 288.7 319.9 0.04 35 319 8879 -42.1 -58.1 16 16.0 -42.7 270 71 320.3 320.4 288.9 320.5 0.05 36 300 9290 -45.5 -60.5 17 15.0 -45.9 270 70 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.4 0.04 37 289 9538 -46.5 -60.5 19 14.0 -46.9 271 71 323.3 323.3 289.8 323.4 0.04 38 270 9988 -48.5 -63.5 16 15.0 -48.8 279 84 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.03 39 250 10490 -51.7 -63.7 22 12.0 -52.0 280 105 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.3 0.03 40 234 10919 -54.4 -63.6 32 9.1 -54.6 275 128 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.03 41 228 11086 -55.5 -63.5 36 8.0 -55.6 275 126 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.03 42 206 11733 -57.5 -69.5 20 12.0 -57.6 275 119 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.02 43 200 11920 -58.1 -70.1 20 12.0 -58.3 280 118 340.8 340.8 294.5 340.8 0.02 44 191 12207 -60.5 -73.5 17 13.0 -60.6 280 118 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.01 45 182 12505 -62.1 -74.1 19 12.0 -62.2 280 114 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.6 0.01 46 171 12887 -63.3 -75.3 18 12.0 -63.4 277 112 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 47 169 12959 -63.3 -76.3 16 13.0 -63.4 276 112 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 48 163 13180 -62.9 -75.9 16 13.0 -63.0 275 111 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 49 157 13410 -62.7 -76.7 14 14.0 -62.8 275 110 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 50 155 13489 -62.7 -76.7 14 14.0 -62.8 272 106 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 51 150 13690 -63.5 -78.5 11 15.0 -63.6 265 97 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 52 145 13898 -64.3 -79.3 11 15.0 -64.4 262 99 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 53 130 14561 -68.1 -83.1 10 15.0 -68.2 270 100 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 54 128 14654 -68.3 -83.3 10 15.0 -68.4 271 101 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 55 127 14701 -67.9 -83.9 8 16.0 -68.0 272 101 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 56 112 15467 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.0 -63.3 266 84 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 57 107 15747 -64.3 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.4 265 79 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 58 100 16160 -65.9 -85.9 5 20.0 -66.0 265 80 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 59 98 16283 -65.9 -85.9 5 20.0 -66.0 263 81 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 60 96 16408 -65.9 -85.9 5 20.0 -66.0 261 82 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 61 79 17585 -68.5 -89.5 3 21.0 -68.6 269 73 423.0 423.0 308.0 423.0 0.00 62 75 17899 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.1 266 64 434.7 434.7 309.3 434.8 0.00 63 70 18320 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -64.0 255 47 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 64 65 18771 -65.5 -91.5 2 26.0 -65.7 249 50 453.8 453.8 311.2 453.8 0.00 65 60 19259 -63.1 -88.1 2 25.0 -63.4 256 59 469.6 469.6 312.6 469.7 0.00 66 59 19362 -62.7 -89.7 1 27.0 -63.0 266 54 472.8 472.8 312.9 472.8 0.00 67 55 19794 -62.9 -89.9 1 27.0 -63.3 289 45 481.9 481.9 313.6 481.9 0.00 68 53 20021 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -63.1 290 42 487.5 487.5 314.0 487.5 0.00 69 52 20138 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 290 39 491.1 491.1 314.3 491.1 0.00 70 51 20258 -62.3 -89.3 2 27.0 -62.7 287 35 493.9 493.9 314.5 493.9 0.00 71 50 20380 -62.1 -90.1 1 28.0 -62.6 285 30 497.1 497.1 314.8 497.2 0.00 72 49 20505 -61.9 -89.9 1 28.0 -62.4 281 34 500.5 500.5 315.0 500.5 0.00 73 46 20896 -60.9 -88.9 1 28.0 -61.4 274 19 512.0 512.0 315.8 512.1 0.00 74 42 21459 -62.9 -88.9 2 26.0 -63.4 262 24 520.6 520.6 316.4 520.6 0.00 75 40 21759 -63.3 -89.3 2 26.0 -63.8 267 29 526.9 526.9 316.7 526.9 0.00 76 37 22240 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -62.1 275 24 543.4 543.4 317.7 543.4 0.00 77 34 22765 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.9 266 24 560.4 560.4 318.6 560.4 0.01 78 30 23540 -63.3 -88.3 2 25.0 -63.9 270 20 572.1 572.1 319.3 572.1 0.01 79 29 23748 -63.9 -88.9 2 25.0 -64.5 265 22 576.0 576.0 319.5 576.0 0.00 80 28 23963 -64.1 -89.1 2 25.0 -64.7 275 19 581.2 581.3 319.8 581.3 0.00 81 25 24665 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.8 299 28 613.0 613.0 321.2 613.1 0.01 82 22 25468 -57.7 -84.7 2 27.0 -59.2 305 24 641.8 641.8 322.4 641.9 0.01 83 20 26070 -57.7 -83.7 2 26.0 -59.3 340 15 659.6 659.6 323.0 659.7 0.02 84 18 26740 -54.5 -81.5 2 27.0 -57.0 336 18 689.8 689.8 324.1 690.1 0.03 85 17 27106 -53.9 -80.9 2 27.0 -56.6 326 23 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.4 0.03 86 15 27907 -55.7 -80.7 3 25.0 -58.2 330 20 722.8 722.8 325.1 723.1 0.04 87 13 28817 -56.3 -81.3 3 25.0 -59.0 342 20 750.9 750.9 326.0 751.2 0.04 88 13 28817 -56.3 -81.3 3 25.0 -59.0 342 20 750.9 750.9 326.0 751.2 0.04 89 12 29326 -56.3 -81.3 3 25.0 -59.1 342 22 768.3 768.3 326.4 768.7 0.04 90 11 29877 -57.1 320 19 784.7 TRP 130 14561 -68.1 -83.1 10 15.0 -68.2 270 100 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 WND 234 10919 -54.4 -63.6 32 9.1 -54.6 275 128 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5442.00 m Freezing level: 975.08 mb = 427.23 m = 1401.65 ft Freezing level: 942.68 mb = 699.57 m = 2295.16 ft Freezing level: 746.70 mb = 2584.93 m = 8480.64 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.31 % Est. max temperature: 15.91 C = 60.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.16 mb = 1027.36 m = 3370.55 ft T: 2.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 0.73 C Layer 812.0- 791.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 514.32 mb = 5459.48 m = 17911.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.97 C = 94.95 F Cap Strength: 21.24 C Lifted Index: 21.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 17.20 C Showalter Index: 14.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.30 C Cross Totals Index: 2.55 C K Index: -10.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55428.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.08 mb = 2136.48 m = 7009.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 307 at 26 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 994 270 10 5 -0.9 -4.9 | 116 24 -21.6 10.6 1 990 305 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 108 19 -18.2 5.8 2 953 610 10 22 -3.8 -21.7 | 76 25 -24.6 -6.2 3 925 852 35 25 -14.3 -20.5 | 82 35 -35.1 -5.0 4 918 914 40 24 -15.4 -18.4 | 85 36 -36.2 -2.9 5 884 1219 10 17 -3.0 -16.7 | 87 24 -23.7 -1.2 6 850 1537 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 128 16 -12.6 9.8 7 820 1829 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 158 18 -6.8 16.7 8 789 2134 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 190 18 3.1 17.6 9 760 2438 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 202 17 6.2 15.5 10 731 2743 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 224 17 12.1 12.6 11 704 3048 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 236 22 18.1 12.1 12 700 3094 275 39 38.9 -3.4 | 236 22 18.1 12.1 13 677 3353 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 233 25 20.2 15.5 14 650 3658 275 45 44.8 -3.9 | 244 27 24.1 11.6 15 625 3962 275 40 39.8 -3.5 | 238 23 19.1 12.0 16 601 4267 280 44 43.3 -7.6 | 251 24 22.6 7.9 17 577 4572 280 44 43.3 -7.6 | 251 24 22.6 7.9 18 555 4877 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 239 30 26.2 15.5 19 533 5182 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 236 35 29.0 19.9 20 512 5486 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 233 33 26.0 19.6 21 500 5670 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 227 35 25.5 23.7 22 492 5791 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 232 32 25.1 19.5 23 472 6096 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 229 36 27.5 24.0 24 453 6401 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 236 35 29.0 19.9 25 434 6706 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 238 38 32.0 20.1 26 417 7010 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 251 34 32.0 10.9 27 400 7310 275 57 56.8 -5.0 | 254 38 36.0 10.5 28 400 7315 280 54 53.2 -9.4 | 259 33 32.4 6.1 29 382 7620 275 62 61.8 -5.4 | 256 42 41.0 10.1 30 366 7925 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 249 44 41.2 15.5 31 350 8230 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 255 40 39.0 10.3 32 320 8839 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 253 53 50.2 15.5 33 306 9144 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 253 52 49.2 15.5 34 300 9290 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 253 52 49.2 15.5 35 293 9449 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 252 51 48.2 15.5 36 267 10058 280 86 84.7 -14.9 | 269 64 63.9 0.6 37 255 10363 275 89 88.7 -7.8 | 263 68 67.9 7.7 38 250 10490 280 105 103.4 -18.2 | 272 83 82.6 -2.7 39 243 10668 280 105 103.4 -18.2 | 272 83 82.6 -2.7 40 234 10919 275 128 127.5 -11.2 | 268 107 106.7 4.3 41 232 10973 275 128 127.5 -11.2 | 268 107 106.7 4.3 42 211 11582 275 119 118.5 -10.4 | 267 98 97.8 5.1 43 201 11887 275 120 119.5 -10.5 | 267 99 98.8 5.0 44 200 11920 280 118 116.2 -20.5 | 273 96 95.4 -5.0 45 191 12192 280 118 116.2 -20.5 | 273 96 95.4 -5.0 46 182 12497 280 114 112.3 -19.8 | 273 92 91.5 -4.3 47 165 13106 275 111 110.6 -9.7 | 266 90 89.8 5.8 48 157 13411 275 110 109.6 -9.6 | 266 89 88.8 5.9 49 150 13690 265 97 96.6 8.5 | 252 80 75.9 24.0 50 142 14021 260 100 98.5 17.4 | 247 84 77.7 32.9 51 135 14326 265 106 105.6 9.2 | 254 88 84.8 24.7 52 130 14561 270 100 100.0 -0.0 | 259 81 79.2 15.5 53 122 14935 275 102 101.6 -8.9 | 265 81 80.8 6.6 54 116 15240 270 83 83.0 -0.0 | 256 64 62.2 15.5 55 111 15545 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 250 67 62.9 22.8 56 105 15850 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 248 60 55.9 22.2 57 100 16154 260 80 78.8 13.9 | 243 65 58.0 29.4 58 100 16160 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 249 63 58.9 22.5 59 95 16459 260 82 80.8 14.2 | 244 67 60.0 29.7 60 91 16764 265 68 67.7 5.9 | 245 52 47.0 21.4 61 86 17069 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 235 60 48.8 34.1 62 82 17374 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 249 62 57.9 22.4 63 78 17678 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 253 53 50.2 15.5 64 74 17983 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 243 46 41.0 20.9 65 70 18288 265 55 54.8 4.8 | 239 40 34.0 20.3 66 70 18320 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 222 37 24.6 27.7 67 67 18593 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 220 35 22.7 27.1 68 64 18898 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 216 47 27.3 37.9 69 61 19202 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 226 52 37.5 36.7 70 58 19507 280 48 47.3 -8.3 | 255 27 26.5 7.2 71 55 19812 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 270 22 21.5 0.1 72 52 20117 290 40 37.6 -13.7 | 264 17 16.8 1.8 73 50 20380 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 227 11 8.2 7.7 74 50 20422 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 244 20 17.6 8.7 75 47 20726 285 22 21.3 -5.7 | 183 10 0.5 9.8 76 45 21031 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 164 18 -4.8 16.9 77 43 21336 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 177 19 -1.1 19.0 78 41 21641 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 207 20 9.1 18.1 79 39 21946 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 202 17 6.2 15.5 80 37 22250 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 193 14 3.1 13.4 81 35 22555 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 199 12 3.8 11.2 82 33 22860 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 185 20 1.9 19.5 83 30 23470 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 197 14 4.1 13.3 84 30 23540 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 177 16 -0.8 15.5 85 29 23774 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 184 17 1.1 17.4 86 28 24079 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 166 13 -3.0 12.4 87 26 24384 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 227 11 8.2 7.7 88 25 24689 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 247 4 3.5 1.5 89 24 24994 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 190 5 1.0 5.4 90 23 25298 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 200 10 3.4 9.0 91 22 25603 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 71 6 -6.0 -2.1 92 21 25908 345 22 5.7 -21.3 | 69 16 -15.1 -5.7 93 20 26070 340 15 5.1 -14.1 | 95 16 -15.6 1.4 94 19 26213 350 11 1.9 -10.8 | 104 19 -18.9 4.7 95 17 26518 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 66 8 -7.6 -3.3 96 16 26822 330 20 10.0 -17.3 | 80 11 -10.8 -1.8 97 14 27127 330 21 10.5 -18.2 | 75 11 -10.3 -2.7 98 13 27432 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 76 16 -15.6 -3.8 99 12 27737 340 23 7.9 -21.6 | 65 14 -12.9 -6.1 100 9 28346 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 136 23 -15.9 16.8 101 9 28651 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 144 27 -16.2 22.1 102 8 28956 355 21 1.8 -20.9 | 74 20 -18.9 -5.4 103 7 29261 360 23 -0.0 -23.0 | 70 22 -20.8 -7.5 104 6 29870 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 107 11 -10.5 3.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.7 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 306.7 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 8.5 tot: 12.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.5 neg: -88.7 tot: 156.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 205.17 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 9 18 85 24| 19.8 0.0 19.8| 10.1 -80.3 -70.2 -140.4 -0.51| 26.7-13.6 1000 19 19 84 27| 9.9 6.3 16.2| 51.6 -82.6 -30.9 -30.9 -0.18| 23.5 -4.3 1500 7 17 86 23| 6.6 10.9 17.5|126.6 -82.6 44.1 29.4 0.14| 22.7 3.3 2000 340 18 85 15| 4.9 11.0 15.9|185.6 -82.6 103.1 51.5 0.28| 20.4 5.8 2500 313 20 106 6| 4.3 8.8 13.0|225.7 -82.6 143.2 57.3 0.35| 18.2 6.4 3000 298 23 174 5| 3.6 8.5 12.0|245.5 -88.7 156.8 52.3 0.35| 16.6 5.9 4000 287 28 219 10| 3.5 6.4 9.9|310.9-106.6 204.3 51.1 0.37| 14.5 5.3 5000 282 32 229 14| 2.8 6.2 9.0|310.9-167.9 143.0 28.6 0.26| 13.1 3.4 6000 277 35 230 18| 2.3 5.3 7.7|353.4-220.3 133.1 22.2 0.23| 12.3 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251201.12.gif