UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 5 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 5 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 176 SFC 988 270 7.2 -3.8 45 11.0 2.7 60 5 281.3 281.8 276.5 289.6 2.92 2 931 760 4.2 -10.8 33 15.0 -1.0 57 8 283.1 283.4 275.8 288.3 1.80 3 925 813 4.4 -11.6 30 16.0 -1.0 50 8 283.8 284.1 276.0 288.8 1.70 4 923 831 4.2 -11.8 30 16.0 -1.2 48 8 283.8 284.1 276.0 288.7 1.67 5 901 1027 3.8 -16.2 22 20.0 -2.3 25 5 285.3 285.5 276.1 288.9 1.20 6 893 1099 3.2 -16.8 21 20.0 -2.8 16 4 285.4 285.6 276.1 288.9 1.15 7 886 1163 2.8 -18.2 20 21.0 -3.3 8 3 285.7 285.8 276.0 288.8 1.03 8 870 1310 2.6 -20.4 16 23.0 -3.8 323 5 287.0 287.1 276.5 289.6 0.87 9 863 1375 2.6 -19.4 18 22.0 -3.7 296 6 287.6 287.8 276.9 290.5 0.95 10 850 1498 2.2 -18.8 19 21.0 -3.9 245 10 288.5 288.6 277.4 291.6 1.02 11 849 1508 2.4 -18.6 19 21.0 -3.7 240 8 288.8 288.9 277.6 291.9 1.04 12 842 1574 2.6 -18.4 20 21.0 -3.6 237 6 289.7 289.8 278.1 292.9 1.06 13 819 1798 2.0 -15.0 27 17.0 -3.5 266 13 291.3 291.6 279.4 295.8 1.45 14 805 1937 0.8 -17.2 25 18.0 -4.7 267 16 291.5 291.7 279.2 295.3 1.23 15 765 2345 -0.7 -7.7 59 7.0 -3.4 257 28 294.1 294.6 282.4 302.5 2.80 16 751 2492 0.2 -2.3 83 2.5 -0.9 254 33 296.7 297.5 285.1 309.4 4.30 17 744 2567 0.2 -1.4 89 1.6 -0.6 253 36 297.5 298.3 285.8 311.3 4.64 18 704 3009 -1.5 -3.6 86 2.1 -2.4 250 42 300.3 301.1 286.4 312.9 4.16 19 700 3054 -1.7 -3.8 86 2.1 -2.6 250 42 300.6 301.4 286.4 313.1 4.12 20 684 3238 -2.3 -5.6 78 3.3 -3.7 253 43 301.9 302.6 286.5 313.2 3.68 21 673 3367 -2.7 -7.7 68 5.0 -4.7 255 44 302.9 303.5 286.3 312.7 3.18 22 590 4401 -8.3 -16.3 52 8.0 -10.9 275 48 308.0 308.3 286.7 313.8 1.81 23 572 4641 -9.9 -16.9 57 7.0 -12.1 275 52 308.9 309.2 286.9 314.6 1.78 24 562 4777 -10.5 -17.5 56 7.0 -12.6 275 55 309.7 310.0 287.2 315.3 1.72 25 552 4915 -10.5 -16.5 61 6.0 -12.4 275 59 311.3 311.7 287.9 317.5 1.91 26 504 5610 -15.5 -29.5 29 14.0 -18.4 265 70 313.4 313.6 287.3 315.7 0.66 27 500 5670 -16.1 -29.1 32 13.0 -18.8 265 70 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.8 0.69 28 492 5791 -16.7 -21.0 69 4.3 -17.9 265 71 314.1 314.4 288.4 319.0 1.46 29 489 5837 -16.9 -21.9 65 5.0 -18.2 266 73 314.4 314.7 288.4 319.0 1.35 30 478 6008 -17.3 -24.3 54 7.0 -19.0 269 79 316.0 316.2 288.7 319.8 1.12 31 459 6311 -18.5 -22.5 71 4.0 -19.6 268 91 318.2 318.4 289.6 322.8 1.37 32 452 6426 -17.7 -20.1 81 2.4 -18.4 267 96 320.6 320.9 290.7 326.4 1.71 33 450 6459 -17.3 -20.2 78 2.9 -18.1 267 98 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.3 1.71 34 438 6661 -18.3 -24.3 59 6.0 -19.8 265 107 322.7 323.0 290.9 327.0 1.22 35 400 7330 -24.5 -27.6 75 3.1 -25.1 265 109 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.6 0.99 36 391 7495 -25.9 -28.4 79 2.5 -26.4 265 111 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.7 0.94 37 366 7969 -28.3 -32.3 68 4.0 -29.0 265 116 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.69 38 334 8616 -33.1 -36.4 72 3.3 -33.5 260 117 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.51 39 300 9360 -38.1 -44.1 53 6.0 -38.6 265 135 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.25 40 278 9885 -41.7 -50.7 37 9.0 -42.2 265 133 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 41 250 10600 -47.9 -58.9 27 11.0 -48.3 265 136 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 42 249 10626 -48.1 -59.1 27 11.0 -48.4 265 137 334.9 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 43 239 10893 -50.5 -62.5 23 12.0 -50.8 265 134 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.04 44 200 12020 -60.5 260 136 337.0 45 166 13161 -68.5 255 149 342.1 46 159 13419 -70.3 255 146 343.2 47 150 13770 -65.5 265 143 357.2 48 149 13811 -65.7 265 143 357.6 49 137 14317 -67.9 275 134 362.4 50 126 14826 -61.7 275 118 382.4 51 121 15076 -62.3 270 106 385.7 52 118 15231 -62.1 265 97 388.9 53 103 16061 -66.3 263 99 396.3 54 100 16240 -66.3 270 81 399.6 55 89 16941 -67.7 257 75 410.4 56 87 17078 -67.9 255 74 412.6 57 80 17582 -66.9 257 82 424.7 58 70 18390 -65.1 270 56 445.1 59 69 18478 -64.9 270 56 447.4 60 65 18843 -65.7 274 48 453.3 61 57 19648 -63.5 280 43 475.7 62 51 20329 -65.5 261 26 486.4 63 50 20450 -64.9 260 31 490.5 64 46 20961 -62.3 260 33 508.7 65 44 21235 -62.7 263 30 514.2 66 41 21671 -62.1 275 24 526.2 67 39 21980 -62.3 278 27 533.2 68 37 22305 -62.3 298 25 541.3 69 33 23010 -63.1 267 13 557.2 70 30 23600 -60.1 270 18 580.8 71 28 24031 -59.9 271 18 592.9 72 27 24258 -60.1 291 22 598.6 73 23 25265 -57.9 320 15 633.1 74 20 26150 -56.1 100 23 664.5 75 19 26476 -56.3 120 22 673.7 76 13 28920 -50.3 360 14 771.7 77 12 29443 -50.1 335 7 790.2 78 10 30640 -48.1 60 4 840.0 79 9.3 31119 -47.9 858.4 TRP 159 13419 -70.3 255 146 343.2 WND 166 13161 -68.5 255 149 342.1 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5494.00 m Freezing level: 783.67 mb = 2154.27 m = 7067.72 ft Freezing level: 754.11 mb = 2459.56 m = 8069.32 ft Freezing level: 739.29 mb = 2619.30 m = 8593.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 946.20 mb = 626.47 m = 2055.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.34 % Est. max temperature: 15.79 C = 60.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.12 mb = 1650.29 m = 5414.27 ft T: 2.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 1.25 C Layer 931.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 432.03 mb = 6762.22 m = 22185.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.53 C = 119.36 F Cap Strength: 21.04 C Lifted Index: 20.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 30.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.63 C Showalter Index: 18.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.30 C Cross Totals Index: -2.70 C K Index: -2.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 90.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59494.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.40 mb = 2552.37 m = 8373.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 296 at 29 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 270 60 5 -4.3 -2.5 | 108 32 -30.6 10.2 1 984 305 70 7 -6.6 -2.4 | 107 34 -32.9 10.3 2 948 610 75 8 -7.7 -2.1 | 107 36 -34.0 10.6 3 925 813 50 8 -6.1 -5.1 | 103 33 -32.4 7.6 4 913 914 40 7 -4.5 -5.4 | 103 32 -30.8 7.3 5 880 1219 360 2 -0.0 -2.0 | 112 28 -26.3 10.7 6 850 1498 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 134 24 -17.2 16.9 7 847 1524 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 125 28 -22.5 15.9 8 816 1829 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 136 18 -12.3 12.7 9 785 2134 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 158 17 -6.6 16.2 10 756 2438 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 190 21 3.6 20.7 11 728 2743 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 207 31 14.1 27.4 12 701 3048 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 206 30 13.2 27.1 13 700 3054 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 206 30 13.2 27.1 14 674 3353 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 214 29 16.2 24.1 15 648 3658 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 212 23 12.1 19.5 16 599 4267 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 246 21 19.5 8.7 17 576 4572 275 51 50.8 -4.4 | 251 26 24.5 8.3 18 554 4877 275 58 57.8 -5.1 | 256 32 31.5 7.6 19 512 5486 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 247 48 44.4 18.9 20 500 5670 265 70 69.7 6.1 | 247 47 43.4 18.8 21 492 5791 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 247 48 44.4 18.9 22 472 6096 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 257 57 55.7 12.7 23 435 6706 265 109 108.6 9.5 | 255 85 82.3 22.2 24 418 7010 265 110 109.6 9.6 | 255 86 83.3 22.3 25 401 7315 265 107 106.6 9.3 | 255 83 80.3 22.0 26 400 7330 265 109 108.6 9.5 | 255 85 82.3 22.2 27 384 7620 265 112 111.6 9.8 | 255 88 85.3 22.5 28 368 7925 265 116 115.6 10.1 | 256 92 89.3 22.8 29 352 8230 265 119 118.5 10.4 | 256 95 92.2 23.1 30 337 8534 260 117 115.2 20.3 | 250 95 88.9 33.0 31 323 8839 260 117 115.2 20.3 | 250 95 88.9 33.0 32 309 9144 265 120 119.5 10.5 | 256 96 93.2 23.2 33 300 9360 265 135 134.5 11.8 | 257 111 108.2 24.5 34 296 9449 265 135 134.5 11.8 | 257 111 108.2 24.5 35 283 9754 265 133 132.5 11.6 | 257 109 106.2 24.3 36 250 10600 265 136 135.5 11.9 | 257 112 109.2 24.5 37 247 10668 265 138 137.5 12.0 | 257 114 111.2 24.7 38 236 10973 265 132 131.5 11.5 | 257 108 105.2 24.2 39 225 11278 265 133 132.5 11.6 | 257 109 106.2 24.3 40 214 11582 265 135 134.5 11.8 | 257 111 108.2 24.5 41 204 11887 260 138 135.9 24.0 | 252 116 109.6 36.7 42 200 12020 260 136 133.9 23.6 | 251 114 107.6 36.3 43 194 12192 260 136 133.9 23.6 | 251 114 107.6 36.3 44 185 12497 255 143 138.1 37.0 | 246 122 111.8 49.7 45 176 12802 255 142 137.2 36.8 | 246 121 110.9 49.4 46 167 13106 255 145 140.1 37.5 | 246 124 113.8 50.2 47 166 13161 255 149 143.9 38.6 | 246 128 117.6 51.3 48 159 13411 255 149 143.9 38.6 | 246 128 117.6 51.3 49 159 13419 255 146 141.0 37.8 | 246 125 114.7 50.5 50 151 13716 260 142 139.8 24.7 | 252 120 113.5 37.4 51 150 13770 265 143 142.5 12.5 | 258 119 116.2 25.2 52 144 14021 265 142 141.5 12.4 | 258 118 115.2 25.1 53 137 14326 275 134 133.5 -11.7 | 269 107 107.2 1.0 54 124 14935 275 115 114.6 -10.0 | 268 88 88.3 2.7 55 118 15240 265 96 95.6 8.4 | 253 72 69.3 21.1 56 112 15545 255 95 91.8 24.6 | 240 75 65.5 37.3 57 101 16154 265 100 99.6 8.7 | 254 76 73.3 21.4 58 100 16240 270 81 81.0 -0.0 | 257 56 54.7 12.7 59 96 16459 270 90 90.0 -0.0 | 259 65 63.7 12.7 60 92 16764 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 242 55 48.5 25.9 61 83 17374 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 228 56 41.4 37.3 62 79 17678 260 86 84.7 14.9 | 245 65 58.4 27.6 63 75 17983 260 87 85.7 15.1 | 245 66 59.4 27.8 64 71 18288 275 83 82.7 -7.2 | 264 57 56.4 5.5 65 70 18390 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 247 32 29.7 12.7 66 68 18593 270 55 55.0 -0.0 | 246 31 28.7 12.7 67 64 18898 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 247 22 20.5 8.6 68 61 19202 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 220 27 17.0 20.3 69 58 19507 280 44 43.3 -7.6 | 253 18 17.0 5.1 70 55 19812 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 250 16 15.1 5.4 71 53 20117 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 209 11 5.6 9.9 72 50 20422 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 171 19 -3.1 18.9 73 50 20450 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 193 19 4.2 18.1 74 48 20726 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 193 19 4.2 18.1 75 46 21031 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 199 19 6.2 18.4 76 43 21336 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 190 15 2.6 15.2 77 41 21641 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 167 11 -2.4 10.6 78 39 21946 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 183 10 0.6 10.3 79 37 22250 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 85 4 -3.8 -0.3 80 36 22555 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 130 9 -6.6 5.5 81 34 22860 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 132 21 -15.3 13.7 82 32 23165 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 138 17 -11.3 12.7 83 31 23470 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 141 12 -7.6 9.4 84 30 23600 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 147 15 -8.3 12.7 85 29 23774 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 138 13 -8.6 9.6 86 28 24079 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 147 15 -8.3 12.7 87 26 24384 305 25 20.5 -14.3 | 74 6 -5.8 -1.6 88 25 24689 320 24 15.4 -18.4 | 62 12 -10.9 -5.7 89 24 24994 10 19 -3.3 -18.7 | 79 30 -29.6 -6.0 90 21 25908 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 127 30 -23.8 18.1 91 20 26150 100 23 -22.7 4.0 | 109 52 -48.9 16.7 92 20 26213 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 135 16 -11.4 11.4 93 19 26518 100 23 -22.7 4.0 | 109 52 -48.9 16.7 94 18 26822 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 225 30 21.0 21.0 95 17 27127 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 136 18 -12.3 12.7 96 16 27432 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 145 20 -11.8 16.6 97 16 27737 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 117 14 -12.7 6.4 98 15 28042 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 120 17 -15.0 8.6 99 14 28346 345 24 6.2 -23.2 | 62 23 -20.1 -10.5 100 13 28956 360 14 -0.0 -14.0 | 87 26 -26.3 -1.3 101 12 29261 325 8 4.6 -6.6 | 106 23 -21.7 6.1 102 12 29566 340 6 2.1 -5.6 | 106 25 -24.2 7.1 103 10 30640 60 4 -3.5 -2.0 | 110 32 -29.8 10.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 8.2 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.9 neg: -39.9 tot: 213.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 282.94 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 70 8 107 35| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 0.0 -24.7 -24.7 -49.5 -0.46| 6.1 -2.8 1000 56 6 106 33| 0.0 2.9 2.9| 30.2 -28.4 1.8 1.8 0.05| 7.7 0.4 1500 36 7 103 31| 0.0 5.8 5.8| 99.7 -36.3 63.4 42.3 0.29| 12.5 3.7 2000 278 10 124 20| 0.0 7.6 7.6|153.8 -36.3 117.5 58.8 0.45| 12.9 5.8 2500 261 15 142 19| 0.0 9.8 9.8|231.1 -36.3 194.8 77.9 0.51| 14.2 7.3 3000 256 19 157 19| 0.5 8.2 8.7|252.9 -39.9 213.0 71.0 0.52| 12.5 6.5 4000 260 25 175 17| 2.5 6.2 8.7|335.5 -44.2 291.3 72.8 0.55| 11.9 6.6 5000 265 31 198 16| 2.0 7.1 9.1|367.8 -83.4 284.5 56.9 0.45| 11.9 5.3 6000 266 39 219 20| 2.9 6.4 9.3|500.2-123.5 376.7 62.8 0.40| 12.3 5.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251205.00.gif