UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 10 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 10 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 110 SFC 980 270 0.0 -1.7 88 1.7 -0.7 220 10 274.7 275.3 273.5 284.1 3.44 2 969 361 0.4 -2.3 82 2.7 -0.7 231 30 276.0 276.6 274.1 285.2 3.33 3 956 470 0.8 -1.3 86 2.1 -0.0 233 33 277.5 278.1 275.3 287.5 3.63 4 925 737 2.4 -2.2 72 4.6 0.5 240 38 281.8 282.4 277.4 291.6 3.51 5 904 925 8.4 -6.6 34 15.0 2.2 235 33 289.8 290.2 280.2 297.4 2.58 6 887 1081 7.2 -8.8 31 16.0 1.0 240 31 290.1 290.5 279.8 296.7 2.21 7 850 1430 4.8 -7.2 41 12.0 0.0 250 30 291.2 291.6 280.8 298.9 2.62 8 815 1771 2.2 -7.8 48 10.0 -1.7 251 31 291.9 292.4 281.2 299.7 2.60 9 807 1851 2.2 -8.8 44 11.0 -2.0 250 31 292.8 293.2 281.4 300.0 2.43 10 792 2002 1.2 -8.8 47 10.0 -2.6 250 30 293.3 293.7 281.6 300.7 2.48 11 747 2470 -1.5 -15.5 34 14.0 -6.0 255 32 295.3 295.6 281.3 300.0 1.53 12 700 2984 -5.3 -14.3 49 9.0 -8.2 265 31 296.6 296.9 282.3 302.2 1.80 13 698 3006 -5.3 -14.3 49 9.0 -8.2 267 31 296.9 297.2 282.4 302.4 1.81 14 692 3074 -5.1 -15.1 45 10.0 -8.3 270 31 297.8 298.1 282.7 303.1 1.71 15 685 3154 -5.3 -16.3 42 11.0 -8.7 272 32 298.5 298.7 282.7 303.3 1.56 16 648 3586 -8.3 -15.3 57 7.0 -10.5 275 36 299.8 300.2 283.6 305.4 1.79 17 642 3658 -8.5 -15.5 57 7.0 -10.7 275 37 300.4 300.7 283.8 306.0 1.78 18 636 3731 -8.5 -15.5 57 7.0 -10.7 274 39 301.2 301.5 284.1 306.9 1.80 19 630 3804 -8.3 -16.3 52 8.0 -10.8 273 41 302.3 302.6 284.4 307.6 1.70 20 623 3891 -8.7 -16.7 52 8.0 -11.1 271 44 302.8 303.1 284.6 308.0 1.66 21 594 4259 -9.9 -14.0 72 4.1 -11.3 270 49 305.5 305.9 286.2 312.4 2.18 22 578 4469 -10.3 -14.4 72 4.1 -11.6 270 55 307.5 307.9 286.9 314.4 2.17 23 567 4616 -11.1 -14.8 74 3.7 -12.3 270 58 308.2 308.6 287.1 315.1 2.14 24 529 5145 -14.5 -17.6 77 3.1 -15.4 270 59 310.3 310.7 287.5 316.2 1.81 25 500 5570 -16.1 -21.1 65 5.0 -17.4 265 57 313.4 313.7 288.1 318.1 1.42 26 479 5893 -17.9 -22.9 65 5.0 -19.1 270 59 315.1 315.3 288.5 319.3 1.27 27 459 6212 -20.5 -25.3 65 4.8 -21.5 270 62 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.3 1.07 28 435 6609 -23.1 -28.1 64 5.0 -24.1 270 62 317.3 317.4 288.8 320.3 0.87 29 430 6694 -23.7 -28.7 63 5.0 -24.6 270 62 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.4 0.83 30 417 6918 -25.3 -30.3 63 5.0 -26.2 273 65 318.3 318.4 289.0 320.9 0.74 31 408 7077 -26.5 -31.4 63 4.9 -27.3 275 68 318.7 318.9 289.1 321.1 0.68 32 400 7220 -27.1 -33.1 57 6.0 -28.0 275 71 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.9 0.59 33 390 7401 -28.3 -34.3 56 6.0 -29.2 271 73 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.4 0.54 34 385 7494 -28.9 -34.9 56 6.0 -29.7 268 74 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.8 0.51 35 357 8027 -33.7 -38.1 64 4.4 -34.2 270 75 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.9 0.40 36 353 8106 -34.3 -38.7 64 4.4 -34.8 270 75 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.1 0.38 37 335 8469 -37.1 -42.1 60 5.0 -37.5 266 82 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.8 0.28 38 314 8912 -40.7 -45.3 61 4.6 -41.0 270 82 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.6 0.21 39 308 9043 -41.7 -46.6 59 4.9 -42.0 270 85 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.9 0.19 40 300 9220 -43.3 -48.1 59 4.8 -43.6 270 89 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.16 41 289 9471 -45.3 -51.3 51 6.0 -45.6 270 89 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.4 0.12 42 258 10217 -52.3 -56.2 63 3.9 -52.4 267 89 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.7 0.07 43 250 10420 -53.9 -58.6 56 4.7 -54.0 270 91 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.06 44 241 10655 -55.7 -60.7 54 5.0 -55.8 270 93 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.04 45 217 11316 -60.8 -65.0 57 4.2 -60.9 280 113 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.03 46 214 11403 -61.5 -65.6 58 4.1 -61.6 280 113 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.03 47 207 11609 -63.1 -67.3 57 4.2 -63.1 281 113 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.7 0.02 48 203 11729 -63.7 -67.7 58 4.0 -63.7 283 111 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.6 0.02 49 200 11820 -64.3 -68.5 56 4.2 -64.3 285 110 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.0 0.02 50 197 11912 -64.5 285 110 332.0 51 188 12197 -63.7 283 103 337.8 52 185 12295 -63.7 283 101 339.4 53 176 12600 -63.1 281 94 345.2 54 172 12741 -63.7 280 90 346.5 55 164 13033 -62.7 280 90 352.9 56 157 13300 -63.3 270 84 356.4 57 151 13539 -62.9 269 77 361.0 58 150 13580 -62.9 270 76 361.7 59 142 13916 -64.7 267 79 364.3 60 130 14461 -59.9 272 88 382.2 61 100 16080 -65.1 275 61 401.9 62 93 16520 -66.7 270 59 407.2 63 92 16585 -66.7 270 58 408.5 64 88 16854 -65.9 271 59 415.3 65 75 17816 -68.7 266 70 428.9 66 71 18145 -67.9 275 73 437.3 67 70 18230 -68.1 280 72 438.7 68 64 18771 -65.1 277 64 456.7 69 61 19063 -65.9 265 54 461.2 70 55 19696 -62.7 278 59 482.4 71 51 20159 -64.3 274 47 489.2 72 50 20280 -64.1 285 47 492.4 73 48 20530 -63.7 280 47 499.2 74 41 21492 -66.1 265 37 516.2 75 32 23017 -60.1 258 61 570.2 76 31 23215 -60.3 262 59 574.8 77 30 23420 -58.9 270 53 584.1 78 27 24083 -56.9 280 62 607.6 79 25 24569 -57.5 267 50 619.4 80 24 24827 -56.9 265 48 628.4 81 22 25377 -56.5 255 50 645.4 82 20 25980 -57.3 255 52 660.8 83 19 26305 -57.3 255 52 670.5 84 18 26649 -56.3 253 51 684.2 85 17 27013 -56.3 257 52 695.4 86 16 27400 -55.1 -82.1 2 27.0 -57.7 255 52 711.5 711.5 324.8 711.7 0.03 87 15 27814 -54.3 -81.3 2 27.0 -57.2 263 59 727.4 727.4 325.3 727.7 0.04 88 14 28255 -55.9 -81.9 2 26.0 -58.5 256 57 736.5 736.5 325.6 736.8 0.03 89 13 28730 -53.7 -80.7 2 27.0 -57.1 262 65 759.9 759.9 326.2 760.3 0.05 90 12 29247 -51.9 -78.9 3 27.0 -56.1 262 61 783.9 783.9 326.8 784.5 0.07 91 11 29815 -49.9 -77.9 2 28.0 -55.0 260 62 810.9 810.9 327.5 811.7 0.08 92 10 30440 -49.1 -76.1 3 27.0 -54.8 260 63 836.3 836.3 328.1 837.5 0.12 93 10 30440 -49.1 -76.1 3 27.0 -54.8 260 63 836.3 836.3 328.1 837.5 0.12 94 9.1 31067 -43.1 -73.1 2 30.0 -52.0 882.1 882.3 329.1 884.5 0.21 95 8.9 31217 -42.5 890.1 96 8.8 31293 -42.5 893.0 TRP 197 11912 -64.5 285 110 332.0 WND 217 11316 -60.8 -65.0 57 4.2 -60.9 280 113 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5460.00 m Freezing level: 772.00 mb = 2209.98 m = 7250.51 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.14 % Est. max temperature: 16.78 C = 62.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.23 mb = 485.01 m = 1591.23 ft T: 0.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.18 C/km ThetaE index: 0.69 C Layer 747.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.77 mb = 4043.94 m = 13267.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Cap Strength: 17.00 C Lifted Index: 18.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.27 C Showalter Index: 13.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.90 C Cross Totals Index: 8.90 C K Index: 4.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 174.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53554.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.99 mb = 1642.80 m = 5389.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 293 at 32 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 980 270 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 131 30 -22.9 19.9 1 976 305 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 167 32 -7.1 30.9 2 940 610 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 182 33 1.0 33.4 3 925 737 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 187 31 3.6 31.2 4 905 914 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 176 31 -2.3 31.1 5 872 1219 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 175 25 -2.2 24.9 6 850 1430 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 177 23 -1.2 22.5 7 840 1524 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 184 21 1.6 20.5 8 809 1829 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 179 23 -0.2 22.8 9 778 2134 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 177 23 -1.2 22.5 10 749 2438 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 184 21 1.6 20.5 11 721 2743 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 187 21 2.5 20.8 12 700 2984 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 186 15 1.5 14.9 13 694 3048 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 188 12 1.7 12.2 14 667 3353 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 206 10 4.5 9.3 15 641 3658 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 220 12 7.5 9.0 16 616 3962 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 235 21 17.7 12.2 17 592 4267 270 49 49.0 -0.0 | 238 23 19.7 12.2 18 569 4572 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 247 31 28.7 12.2 19 547 4877 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 246 30 27.7 12.2 20 526 5182 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 248 32 29.7 12.2 21 500 5570 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 238 32 27.4 17.2 22 485 5791 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 246 30 27.7 12.2 23 466 6096 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 250 36 33.7 12.2 24 447 6401 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 249 34 31.7 12.2 25 429 6706 270 62 62.0 -0.0 | 249 35 32.7 12.2 26 412 7010 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 260 37 36.4 6.5 27 400 7220 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 262 42 41.4 6.0 28 378 7620 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 248 50 46.4 18.8 29 361 7925 270 74 74.0 -0.0 | 255 46 44.7 12.2 30 346 8230 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 255 48 46.7 12.2 31 331 8534 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 250 58 54.3 19.5 32 317 8839 270 80 80.0 -0.0 | 256 52 50.7 12.2 33 303 9144 270 88 88.0 -0.0 | 258 60 58.7 12.2 34 300 9220 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 258 61 59.7 12.2 35 290 9449 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 258 61 59.7 12.2 36 264 10058 265 88 87.7 7.7 | 251 62 58.3 19.9 37 250 10420 270 91 91.0 -0.0 | 259 63 61.7 12.2 38 240 10668 270 93 93.0 -0.0 | 259 65 63.7 12.2 39 217 11316 280 113 111.3 -19.6 | 275 82 81.9 -7.4 40 208 11582 280 113 111.3 -19.6 | 275 82 81.9 -7.4 41 200 11820 285 110 106.3 -28.5 | 282 79 76.9 -16.2 42 198 11887 285 110 106.3 -28.5 | 282 79 76.9 -16.2 43 197 11912 285 110 106.3 -28.5 | 282 79 76.9 -16.2 44 170 12802 280 89 87.6 -15.5 | 273 58 58.3 -3.2 45 162 13106 280 90 88.6 -15.6 | 273 59 59.3 -3.4 46 154 13411 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 249 54 50.3 19.2 47 150 13580 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 255 48 46.7 12.2 48 147 13716 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 255 48 46.7 12.2 49 140 14021 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 249 54 50.3 19.2 50 133 14326 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 258 61 59.7 12.2 51 127 14630 275 86 85.7 -7.5 | 265 57 56.3 4.7 52 120 14935 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 235 41 33.7 23.3 53 115 15240 265 60 59.8 5.2 | 240 35 30.4 17.5 54 109 15545 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 231 36 27.8 22.3 55 104 15850 270 64 64.0 -0.0 | 251 37 34.7 12.2 56 100 16080 275 61 60.8 -5.3 | 258 32 31.4 6.9 57 99 16154 265 63 62.8 5.5 | 242 38 33.4 17.7 58 94 16459 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 248 32 29.7 12.2 59 89 16764 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 246 30 27.7 12.2 60 85 17069 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 259 35 34.4 6.6 61 81 17374 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 249 34 31.7 12.2 62 73 17983 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 247 48 44.4 18.7 63 70 18230 280 72 70.9 -12.5 | 270 42 41.6 -0.3 64 69 18288 275 75 74.7 -6.5 | 263 46 45.4 5.7 65 66 18593 285 70 67.6 -18.1 | 279 39 38.3 -5.9 66 60 19202 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 224 29 19.9 20.9 67 57 19507 275 62 61.8 -5.4 | 258 33 32.4 6.8 68 54 19812 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 265 27 26.8 2.3 69 51 20117 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 235 21 17.7 12.2 70 50 20280 285 47 45.4 -12.2 | 270 16 16.1 0.1 71 49 20422 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 246 20 18.5 8.0 72 46 20726 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 284 13 12.9 -3.2 73 42 21336 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 209 14 6.7 12.2 74 40 21641 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 201 20 7.1 18.6 75 38 21946 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 208 22 10.0 19.2 76 36 22250 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 216 20 11.5 15.8 77 35 22555 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 212 35 18.6 29.7 78 33 22860 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 227 42 30.5 28.3 79 31 23165 260 60 59.1 10.4 | 233 37 29.7 22.6 80 30 23420 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 243 27 23.7 12.2 81 30 23470 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 241 36 31.4 17.5 82 28 23774 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 243 27 23.7 12.2 83 27 24079 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 267 32 31.7 1.5 84 26 24384 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 241 25 21.7 12.2 85 25 24689 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 230 26 19.5 16.5 86 23 24994 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 225 23 16.5 16.2 87 22 25298 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 219 33 20.9 25.7 88 21 25603 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 211 28 14.1 23.9 89 20 25908 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 205 30 12.9 27.6 90 20 25980 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 219 33 20.9 25.7 91 19 26213 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 220 34 21.8 25.9 92 18 26518 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 218 32 19.9 25.4 93 18 26822 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 211 34 17.6 29.3 94 17 27127 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 227 31 22.8 21.4 95 16 27432 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 219 33 20.9 25.7 96 15 27737 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 239 34 29.4 17.4 97 14 28346 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 224 37 25.7 27.0 98 13 28651 260 66 65.0 11.5 | 236 43 35.6 23.7 99 13 28956 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 241 37 32.4 17.6 100 11 29566 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 233 38 30.7 22.8 101 10 30440 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 235 40 32.7 23.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.6 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 292.6 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.4 neg: -55.0 tot: 225.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 54.99 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 234 34 176 32| 28.6 0.0 28.6|232.6 0.0 232.6 465.3 0.96| 31.5 30.3 1000 237 33 177 30| 11.1 0.0 11.1|233.1 -40.2 192.9 192.9 0.59| 21.3 12.7 1500 242 32 178 28| 8.0 0.0 8.0|251.3 -47.2 204.1 136.1 0.55| 16.5 9.1 2000 244 32 178 26| 5.9 0.0 5.9|257.2 -53.8 203.4 101.7 0.52| 13.1 6.8 2500 246 32 180 25| 5.2 0.0 5.2|271.0 -53.8 217.2 86.9 0.53| 11.1 6.0 3000 249 32 181 23| 4.9 0.0 4.9|280.4 -55.0 225.4 75.1 0.49| 11.1 5.4 4000 257 34 191 21| 3.7 2.1 5.7|314.6 -55.0 259.6 64.9 0.50| 10.5 5.2 5000 261 39 206 21| 2.9 2.6 5.6|349.4 -68.3 281.1 56.2 0.46| 9.7 4.5 6000 263 42 216 22| 2.7 2.2 4.9|404.6-106.1 298.5 49.7 0.42| 9.4 3.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251210.12.gif