UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 8 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 139 SFC 983 270 2.8 1.6 92 1.2 2.2 40 4 277.3 278.0 276.3 289.2 4.37 2 945 596 5.4 -2.6 56 8.0 2.0 76 11 283.1 283.7 277.9 292.6 3.34 3 925 773 4.8 -6.2 45 11.0 0.5 85 14 284.2 284.7 277.5 291.7 2.60 4 879 1188 2.8 -11.2 35 14.0 -2.0 100 9 286.3 286.6 277.5 291.8 1.85 5 850 1459 1.8 -9.2 44 11.0 -2.2 110 7 288.0 288.4 278.9 294.6 2.24 6 779 2156 -2.9 -5.0 85 2.1 -3.7 201 11 290.3 290.9 281.4 300.1 3.38 7 753 2424 -4.5 -6.8 84 2.3 -5.4 209 13 291.4 291.9 281.5 300.3 3.05 8 746 2497 -4.3 -6.2 87 1.9 -5.0 210 14 292.4 292.9 282.1 301.9 3.22 9 740 2561 -4.5 -6.4 87 1.9 -5.3 210 16 292.8 293.4 282.3 302.3 3.20 10 713 2852 -6.5 -9.2 81 2.7 -7.5 214 21 293.7 294.2 282.1 301.7 2.67 11 707 2918 -6.7 -9.4 81 2.7 -7.7 217 21 294.2 294.7 282.3 302.2 2.65 12 700 2996 -6.5 -8.7 84 2.2 -7.3 220 22 295.3 295.8 282.9 303.8 2.83 13 642 3667 -10.7 -13.2 82 2.5 -11.5 240 33 297.9 298.3 283.2 304.5 2.15 14 630 3812 -11.7 -14.0 83 2.3 -12.4 238 35 298.4 298.8 283.3 304.7 2.05 15 612 4034 -12.9 -15.4 81 2.5 -13.6 234 37 299.5 299.8 283.5 305.4 1.88 16 611 4047 -12.9 -15.4 81 2.5 -13.6 234 37 299.6 300.0 283.6 305.5 1.89 17 599 4198 -12.9 -15.1 84 2.2 -13.6 231 38 301.3 301.7 284.4 307.5 1.97 18 568 4602 -14.7 -17.2 81 2.5 -15.4 230 47 303.8 304.2 285.1 309.4 1.75 19 558 4737 -14.9 -17.2 83 2.3 -15.6 232 49 305.1 305.5 285.6 310.8 1.78 20 503 5516 -19.7 -22.6 78 2.9 -20.4 258 65 308.5 308.7 286.2 312.6 1.24 21 500 5560 -20.1 -23.0 78 2.9 -20.8 255 65 308.5 308.8 286.2 312.5 1.20 22 415 6910 -30.3 -33.9 71 3.6 -30.7 251 70 312.3 312.4 286.8 314.1 0.52 23 400 7170 -32.5 -35.9 72 3.4 -32.9 245 84 312.7 312.8 286.8 314.3 0.45 24 374 7640 -36.3 -39.4 73 3.1 -36.6 245 87 313.8 313.8 287.1 315.0 0.33 25 355 8000 -38.7 -42.7 66 4.0 -39.0 245 97 315.3 315.3 287.5 316.2 0.25 26 339 8318 -36.9 -42.9 54 6.0 -37.4 246 112 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.9 0.26 27 324 8631 -36.5 -46.5 35 10.0 -37.2 248 120 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.18 28 306 9025 -39.5 -52.5 24 13.0 -40.2 250 127 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.10 29 300 9160 -40.7 -52.7 26 12.0 -41.3 250 127 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.10 30 297 9228 -41.3 -54.3 23 13.0 -41.9 250 127 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.08 31 295 9274 -41.9 -53.9 26 12.0 -42.5 250 127 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.08 32 289 9414 -42.9 -55.9 23 13.0 -43.5 250 128 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.07 33 284 9531 -43.6 -56.6 22 13.0 -44.2 250 130 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.06 34 272 9821 -45.5 -58.5 22 13.0 -46.0 251 129 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.05 35 267 9945 -46.1 -59.1 22 13.0 -46.6 253 128 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.05 36 265 9995 -46.7 -59.7 21 13.0 -47.1 254 128 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.3 0.05 37 257 10198 -48.1 -61.1 21 13.0 -48.5 253 126 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.04 38 253 10301 -48.7 -61.7 21 13.0 -49.1 251 125 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.04 39 250 10380 -48.7 -61.7 21 13.0 -49.1 250 124 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.04 40 248 10432 -48.9 -61.9 21 13.0 -49.3 251 124 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 41 244 10539 -48.5 -62.5 18 14.0 -48.9 253 123 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.03 42 241 10620 -48.3 -61.3 21 13.0 -48.7 254 123 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 43 232 10869 -49.1 -64.1 16 15.0 -49.5 252 116 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 44 226 11039 -49.7 -63.7 18 14.0 -50.1 250 112 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.03 45 219 11244 -50.9 -66.9 13 16.0 -51.2 250 112 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 46 212 11454 -51.7 -66.7 15 15.0 -52.0 247 115 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 47 207 11608 -51.3 -66.3 15 15.0 -51.7 245 119 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 48 205 11671 -51.3 -66.3 15 15.0 -51.7 245 120 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03 49 200 11830 -51.9 -66.9 15 15.0 -52.2 245 125 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 50 192 12095 -51.3 -68.3 11 17.0 -51.7 247 125 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.02 51 190 12163 -51.3 -67.3 13 16.0 -51.7 247 125 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 52 188 12231 -51.3 -66.3 15 15.0 -51.7 248 126 357.8 357.8 298.3 357.9 0.03 53 172 12805 -54.3 -71.3 11 17.0 -54.6 255 124 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 54 168 12955 -55.3 -72.3 10 17.0 -55.6 253 125 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 55 164 13108 -56.5 -74.5 9 18.0 -56.8 250 127 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 56 160 13264 -57.7 -73.7 11 16.0 -57.9 251 124 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 57 153 13546 -58.5 -75.5 9 17.0 -58.7 254 118 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 58 150 13670 -59.3 -76.3 9 17.0 -59.5 255 115 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 59 116 15254 -67.3 255 101 381.2 60 100 16150 -67.7 270 92 396.9 61 98 16271 -68.1 264 103 398.4 62 93 16586 -66.7 268 84 407.2 63 84 17197 -68.7 258 70 415.2 64 81 17415 -68.3 255 77 420.3 65 73 18044 -64.3 253 67 441.5 66 70 18300 -64.9 275 66 445.5 67 69 18388 -64.9 277 66 447.4 68 63 18945 -62.5 276 59 464.5 69 59 19347 -63.9 255 45 470.1 70 58 19452 -63.5 255 47 473.3 71 54 19889 -64.5 252 40 480.8 72 50 20360 -63.5 260 46 493.8 73 46 20872 -62.7 274 50 507.7 74 39 21885 -64.1 266 31 528.7 75 36 22378 -60.9 260 36 549.2 76 34 22732 -61.7 266 35 556.2 77 30 23510 -59.7 280 33 581.9 78 28 23942 -59.1 284 24 595.2 79 25 24651 -59.9 250 20 612.5 80 22 25456 -56.5 255 20 645.4 81 20 26060 -56.9 260 19 662.0 82 13 28844 -48.1 271 22 779.3 83 13 28844 -48.3 271 22 778.6 84 13 28844 -48.3 -76.3 2 28.0 -53.5 271 22 778.6 778.6 326.7 779.5 0.09 85 12 29371 -48.3 -76.3 2 28.0 -53.8 273 22 796.6 796.7 327.2 797.6 0.10 86 12 29371 -48.3 -76.3 2 28.0 -53.8 273 22 796.6 796.7 327.2 797.6 0.10 87 12 29371 -48.1 -76.1 3 28.0 -53.7 273 22 797.3 797.4 327.2 798.3 0.10 88 10 30570 -49.1 285 18 836.3 TRP 116 15254 -67.3 255 101 381.2 WND 284 9531 -43.6 -56.6 22 13.0 -44.2 250 130 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5421.00 m Freezing level: 822.81 mb = 1725.82 m = 5662.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 916.08 mb = 851.78 m = 2794.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.20 % Est. max temperature: 13.99 C = 57.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.80 mb = 424.41 m = 1392.40 ft T: 4.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 0.86 C Layer 925.0- 879.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.32 mb = 3332.26 m = 10932.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.01 C = 71.62 F Cap Strength: 15.03 C Lifted Index: 14.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.13 C Showalter Index: 12.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 10.90 C K Index: 10.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 79.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56440.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.38 mb = 1781.36 m = 5844.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 267 at 23 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 40 4 -2.6 -3.1 | 81 26 -25.9 -4.2 1 979 305 105 4 -3.9 1.0 | 90 27 -27.2 -0.1 2 943 610 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 83 34 -34.0 -4.0 3 925 773 85 14 -13.9 -1.2 | 86 37 -37.3 -2.4 4 909 914 100 11 -10.8 1.9 | 91 34 -34.2 0.8 5 875 1219 100 9 -8.9 1.6 | 91 32 -32.2 0.4 6 850 1459 110 7 -6.6 2.4 | 92 30 -29.9 1.2 7 843 1524 135 6 -4.2 4.2 | 96 28 -27.6 3.1 8 811 1829 185 9 0.8 9.0 | 109 24 -22.6 7.8 9 781 2134 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 115 22 -19.6 9.2 10 751 2438 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 121 20 -16.8 10.1 11 723 2743 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 140 21 -13.3 16.2 12 700 2996 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 150 18 -9.2 15.7 13 695 3048 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 158 17 -6.4 15.8 14 668 3353 220 26 16.7 19.9 | 161 20 -6.6 18.8 15 642 3658 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 199 16 5.2 15.3 16 617 3962 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 199 21 7.0 20.1 17 592 4267 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 194 24 5.8 23.3 18 569 4572 230 47 36.0 30.2 | 204 32 12.7 29.1 19 547 4877 235 51 41.8 29.3 | 213 34 18.4 28.1 20 505 5486 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 256 42 40.7 10.1 21 500 5560 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 248 42 39.4 15.7 22 464 6096 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 247 37 34.6 14.4 23 445 6401 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 248 39 36.5 14.9 24 409 7010 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 242 50 44.3 23.5 25 400 7170 245 84 76.1 35.5 | 237 63 52.8 34.3 26 392 7315 245 83 75.2 35.1 | 237 62 51.9 33.9 27 375 7620 245 87 78.8 36.8 | 237 66 55.5 35.6 28 359 7925 245 93 84.3 39.3 | 238 72 60.9 38.2 29 343 8230 245 110 99.7 46.5 | 239 89 76.4 45.3 30 314 8839 250 126 118.4 43.1 | 246 104 95.1 41.9 31 301 9144 250 128 120.3 43.8 | 246 106 96.9 42.6 32 300 9160 250 127 119.3 43.4 | 246 105 96.0 42.3 33 287 9449 250 128 120.3 43.8 | 246 106 96.9 42.6 34 284 9531 250 130 122.2 44.5 | 246 108 98.8 43.3 35 275 9754 250 130 122.2 44.5 | 246 108 98.8 43.3 36 262 10058 255 127 122.7 32.9 | 252 104 99.3 31.7 37 250 10380 250 124 116.5 42.4 | 246 102 93.2 41.3 38 239 10668 255 123 118.8 31.8 | 252 100 95.5 30.7 39 228 10973 250 112 105.2 38.3 | 246 90 81.9 37.2 40 218 11278 250 112 105.2 38.3 | 246 90 81.9 37.2 41 208 11582 245 118 106.9 49.9 | 240 97 83.6 48.7 42 200 11830 245 125 113.3 52.8 | 240 104 90.0 51.7 43 180 12497 250 126 118.4 43.1 | 246 104 95.1 41.9 44 172 12802 255 124 119.8 32.1 | 252 101 96.4 30.9 45 164 13106 250 127 119.3 43.4 | 246 105 96.0 42.3 46 150 13670 255 115 111.1 29.8 | 252 92 87.7 28.6 47 149 13716 260 115 113.3 20.0 | 258 92 89.9 18.8 48 142 14021 255 113 109.1 29.2 | 252 90 85.8 28.1 49 135 14326 260 116 114.2 20.1 | 258 93 90.9 19.0 50 128 14630 260 111 109.3 19.3 | 258 88 86.0 18.1 51 122 14935 265 102 101.6 8.9 | 264 79 78.3 7.7 52 116 15240 260 98 96.5 17.0 | 258 75 73.2 15.9 53 116 15254 255 101 97.6 26.1 | 251 78 74.2 25.0 54 111 15545 255 102 98.5 26.4 | 251 79 75.2 25.2 55 105 15850 255 103 99.5 26.7 | 251 80 76.2 25.5 56 100 16150 270 92 92.0 -0.0 | 271 69 68.7 -1.2 57 100 16154 260 108 106.4 18.8 | 258 85 83.0 17.6 58 95 16459 270 95 95.0 -0.0 | 271 72 71.7 -1.2 59 90 16764 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 264 46 45.4 4.9 60 86 17069 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 256 42 40.7 10.1 61 82 17374 255 76 73.4 19.7 | 250 53 50.1 18.5 62 78 17678 255 81 78.2 21.0 | 250 58 54.9 19.8 63 74 17983 250 69 64.8 23.6 | 242 47 41.5 22.4 64 70 18288 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 264 38 37.4 4.2 65 70 18300 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 279 43 42.4 -6.9 66 67 18593 280 67 66.0 -11.6 | 287 45 42.6 -12.8 67 63 18898 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 288 40 37.7 -11.9 68 60 19202 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 241 20 17.2 9.7 69 57 19507 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 244 26 23.0 11.3 70 55 19812 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 239 18 15.3 9.2 71 52 20117 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 219 20 12.9 15.8 72 50 20360 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 253 23 22.0 6.8 73 50 20422 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 221 14 9.6 10.8 74 47 20726 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 272 30 29.7 -1.2 75 43 21336 285 40 38.6 -10.4 | 307 19 15.3 -11.5 76 41 21641 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 282 6 5.7 -1.2 77 37 22250 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 245 11 10.1 4.8 78 35 22555 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 250 16 15.1 5.6 79 32 23165 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 347 6 1.3 -5.5 80 30 23470 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 260 10 9.5 1.7 81 30 23510 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 307 11 9.2 -6.9 82 29 23774 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 309 11 8.2 -6.7 83 26 24384 295 4 3.6 -1.7 | 82 20 -19.7 -2.8 84 25 24689 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 157 9 -3.4 8.1 85 23 25298 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 135 6 -4.0 4.0 86 22 25603 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 135 6 -4.0 4.0 87 20 25908 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 53 7 -5.6 -4.3 88 20 26060 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 115 5 -4.6 2.1 89 19 26213 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 71 8 -7.4 -2.5 90 17 26518 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 115 5 -4.6 2.1 91 16 26822 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 308 6 4.6 -3.6 92 14 27127 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 325 7 4.2 -6.0 93 13 27432 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 64 3 -2.3 -1.2 94 12 27737 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 8 3 -0.4 -3.2 95 11 28042 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 39 8 -5.0 -6.1 96 10 28346 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 46 8 -6.0 -5.8 97 9 28651 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 76 10 -9.4 -2.4 98 8 28956 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 56 11 -9.2 -6.3 99 6 29566 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 133 4 -2.7 2.5 100 6 29870 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 16 1 -0.3 -1.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.3 neg: -25.2 tot: 203.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 205.28 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 81 9 86 32| 11.8 0.0 11.8| 42.1 -23.4 18.7 37.4 0.18| 14.9 2.7 1000 90 10 88 33| 3.9 0.0 3.9| 72.7 -25.2 47.5 47.5 0.27| 11.0 2.9 1500 101 9 91 32| 4.0 0.0 4.0|128.0 -25.2 102.9 68.6 0.42| 10.8 4.5 2000 125 9 98 31| 4.1 0.0 4.1|154.4 -25.2 129.2 64.6 0.47| 9.7 4.5 2500 155 10 107 29| 5.0 0.0 5.0|198.6 -25.2 173.5 69.4 0.56| 9.6 5.3 3000 183 13 117 25| 5.1 0.0 5.1|228.3 -25.2 203.1 67.7 0.58| 9.4 5.5 4000 213 18 136 19| 4.9 0.8 5.7|285.6 -37.5 248.1 62.0 0.55| 9.8 5.4 5000 225 24 159 17| 6.3 0.6 7.0|531.0 -37.5 493.6 98.7 0.64| 11.2 7.2 6000 237 31 190 16| 5.6 0.5 6.1|631.2 -97.2 534.0 89.0 0.57| 11.1 6.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251208.12.gif