UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025121312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 13 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 13 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 -2.3 -4.5 85 2.2 -3.1 310 3 271.8 272.2 270.7 279.3 2.77 2 940 672 5.4 -2.6 56 8.0 2.0 212 16 283.5 284.1 278.2 293.0 3.35 3 934 725 5.2 -2.8 56 8.0 1.8 213 17 283.8 284.4 278.3 293.3 3.33 4 925 804 4.4 -3.6 56 8.0 1.1 215 19 283.8 284.4 278.0 292.8 3.16 5 913 910 4.2 -2.8 60 7.0 1.3 220 15 284.7 285.3 278.8 294.4 3.40 6 900 1027 5.0 -2.0 60 7.0 2.0 237 17 286.7 287.3 280.1 297.2 3.66 7 891 1109 5.4 -1.6 61 7.0 2.2 249 18 287.9 288.6 280.8 298.9 3.81 8 886 1155 5.2 -1.8 61 7.0 2.1 255 19 288.2 288.8 280.9 299.0 3.78 9 850 1492 2.2 -3.8 64 6.0 -0.3 265 26 288.5 289.0 280.6 298.3 3.39 10 844 1549 1.8 -4.2 64 6.0 -0.7 262 26 288.6 289.2 280.6 298.2 3.31 11 841 1578 1.6 -4.4 64 6.0 -0.9 264 27 288.7 289.3 280.6 298.2 3.28 12 812 1862 3.2 -32.8 5 36.0 -4.8 285 31 293.3 293.4 278.7 294.3 0.30 13 810 1882 3.4 -30.6 6 34.0 -4.6 285 31 293.7 293.8 279.1 294.9 0.37 14 795 2033 2.6 -15.4 25 18.0 -3.3 285 35 294.4 294.7 280.8 298.9 1.45 15 755 2449 1.0 -10.0 44 11.0 -3.2 285 41 297.1 297.5 283.1 304.3 2.37 16 728 2742 0.2 -10.8 43 11.0 -3.9 275 50 299.3 299.7 284.0 306.4 2.30 17 720 2830 0.2 -10.8 43 11.0 -4.0 275 50 300.3 300.7 284.4 307.5 2.33 18 710 2943 0.0 -12.0 40 12.0 -4.4 275 49 301.3 301.7 284.5 307.9 2.14 19 700 3056 -1.1 -12.1 43 11.0 -5.1 270 48 301.3 301.7 284.5 308.0 2.16 20 681 3274 -2.7 -11.7 50 9.0 -6.0 270 50 301.9 302.3 284.9 309.0 2.29 21 667 3439 -3.3 -13.3 46 10.0 -6.8 270 52 303.0 303.4 285.1 309.4 2.05 22 642 3739 -6.1 -15.1 49 9.0 -9.1 270 54 303.1 303.5 284.9 309.0 1.84 23 623 3973 -7.9 -15.9 53 8.0 -10.4 270 56 303.7 304.0 285.1 309.3 1.78 24 611 4124 -8.9 -17.9 48 9.0 -11.6 270 57 304.2 304.5 285.0 309.1 1.53 25 600 4264 -9.9 -16.9 57 7.0 -12.1 270 58 304.7 305.0 285.4 310.1 1.70 26 588 4419 -10.7 -17.7 56 7.0 -12.8 272 61 305.5 305.8 285.6 310.7 1.62 27 572 4631 -12.1 -18.1 61 6.0 -13.8 276 66 306.3 306.6 285.8 311.5 1.61 28 560 4793 -12.5 -19.5 56 7.0 -14.5 278 66 307.7 307.9 286.2 312.4 1.46 29 536 5126 -13.9 -22.9 47 9.0 -16.2 276 71 309.9 310.1 286.6 313.6 1.13 30 500 5650 -17.3 -24.3 54 7.0 -18.9 275 71 311.9 312.1 287.3 315.5 1.07 31 468 6143 -21.1 -26.1 64 5.0 -22.1 270 75 313.2 313.4 287.6 316.5 0.97 32 447 6481 -23.7 -27.8 69 4.1 -24.5 271 76 314.0 314.2 287.8 317.0 0.87 33 435 6681 -24.3 -31.3 52 7.0 -25.5 274 74 315.7 315.9 288.1 318.0 0.64 34 400 7290 -27.1 -35.1 47 8.0 -28.2 275 79 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.5 0.48 35 371 7827 -31.1 -42.1 33 11.0 -32.2 270 80 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.25 36 323 8790 -39.9 -45.9 53 6.0 -40.3 275 82 322.2 322.3 289.6 323.0 0.19 37 309 9091 -42.1 -49.1 46 7.0 -42.5 271 85 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.8 0.14 38 300 9290 -43.9 -51.9 41 8.0 -44.3 270 87 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.9 0.11 39 281 9723 -47.7 -55.7 39 8.0 -48.0 270 92 324.1 324.1 290.1 324.4 0.07 40 258 10278 -52.7 -58.7 48 6.0 -52.8 269 90 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.05 41 250 10480 -54.5 -60.5 47 6.0 -54.6 265 94 325.0 325.1 290.3 325.2 0.04 42 241 10714 -56.1 -61.1 53 5.0 -56.2 265 95 326.1 326.1 290.6 326.2 0.04 43 234 10902 -57.3 -63.3 46 6.0 -57.4 265 98 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.03 44 226 11121 -59.3 -64.3 52 5.0 -59.4 267 100 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.3 0.03 45 205 11728 -63.1 -69.1 44 6.0 -63.1 277 100 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.6 0.02 46 200 11880 -62.3 280 97 334.1 47 195 12036 -62.1 278 97 336.8 48 164 13083 -69.5 270 100 341.5 49 162 13156 -69.5 272 106 342.7 50 160 13230 -68.5 275 110 345.7 51 153 13500 -64.7 271 104 356.6 52 150 13620 -64.7 265 97 358.6 53 142 13956 -63.9 269 95 365.7 54 135 14266 -64.7 266 93 369.6 55 126 14687 -65.5 265 89 375.5 56 125 14736 -65.5 266 89 376.4 57 115 15245 -64.3 270 88 387.7 58 111 15462 -64.3 270 83 391.6 59 100 16100 -65.3 270 73 401.6 60 96 16348 -65.5 268 73 405.9 61 89 16806 -65.9 266 68 414.0 62 77 17688 -63.7 270 63 436.1 63 74 17930 -64.7 262 58 438.9 64 70 18270 -63.3 260 64 449.0 65 67 18539 -62.9 260 65 455.5 66 65 18726 -63.3 258 63 458.6 67 62 19016 -63.5 258 64 464.4 68 60 19218 -62.3 263 66 471.4 69 56 19643 -63.3 270 68 478.5 70 52 20099 -62.7 267 59 490.2 71 50 20340 -63.9 265 53 492.9 72 48 20590 -64.9 263 53 496.3 73 46 20850 -64.5 263 57 503.3 74 41 21557 -62.5 270 47 525.2 75 38 22025 -63.7 256 56 533.7 76 33 22898 -60.5 265 55 564.1 77 30 23490 -61.7 245 56 576.4 78 28 23917 -61.3 250 56 589.0 79 23 25143 -58.3 257 61 631.9 80 21 25714 -58.9 252 69 646.8 81 20 26020 -57.9 255 68 658.9 82 17 27053 -54.9 250 67 699.9 83 14 28293 -56.1 240 72 735.8 84 11 29828 -55.9 260 89 789.1 85 11 29828 -53.5 260 89 797.8 86 10 30440 -55.1 260 88 813.9 87 8.4 31548 -57.3 846.9 88 8.0 31857 -56.5 861.9 TRP 164 13083 -69.5 270 100 341.5 WND 160 13230 -68.5 275 110 345.7 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5474.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 973.66 mb = 390.20 m = 1280.17 ft Freezing level: 710.00 mb = 2942.58 m = 9654.01 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.05 % Est. max temperature: 15.02 C = 59.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.34 mb = 550.08 m = 1804.69 ft T: 3.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 4.75 C Layer 850.0- 810.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 988.00 mb = 270.00 m = 885.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.27 g/kg Conv temperature: -2.28 C = 27.90 F Cap Strength: 17.25 C Lifted Index: 18.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.88 C Showalter Index: 12.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.50 C Cross Totals Index: 13.50 C K Index: 4.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 123.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69484.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.28 mb = 1498.83 m = 4917.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 302 at 36 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 270 310 3 2.3 -1.9 | 122 33 -28.2 17.4 1 984 305 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 139 32 -20.6 24.0 2 947 610 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 145 40 -23.0 32.3 3 925 804 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 151 40 -19.6 34.9 4 913 914 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 146 37 -20.9 30.8 5 879 1219 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 153 24 -10.6 21.1 6 850 1492 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 168 22 -4.6 21.6 7 847 1524 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 168 24 -4.9 23.8 8 815 1829 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 172 12 -1.6 11.6 9 785 2134 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 213 11 6.2 9.5 10 756 2438 285 41 39.6 -10.6 | 226 13 9.1 8.7 11 728 2743 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 232 24 19.3 15.0 12 701 3048 275 49 48.8 -4.3 | 231 24 18.3 15.1 13 700 3056 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 222 26 17.5 19.3 14 647 3658 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 231 30 23.5 19.3 15 622 3962 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 233 32 25.5 19.3 16 598 4267 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 235 34 27.5 19.3 17 575 4572 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 249 38 35.2 13.6 18 553 4877 280 66 65.0 -11.5 | 257 35 34.5 7.9 19 531 5182 275 73 72.7 -6.4 | 253 44 42.2 13.0 20 511 5486 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 252 42 40.2 13.1 21 500 5650 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 252 42 40.2 13.1 22 490 5791 275 70 69.7 -6.1 | 251 41 39.2 13.2 23 471 6096 270 75 75.0 -0.0 | 247 48 44.5 19.3 24 451 6401 270 77 77.0 -0.0 | 247 50 46.5 19.3 25 433 6706 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 253 45 43.2 12.9 26 416 7010 275 76 75.7 -6.6 | 254 47 45.2 12.7 27 400 7290 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 256 50 48.2 12.4 28 399 7315 280 79 77.8 -13.7 | 263 48 47.3 5.6 29 381 7620 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 249 55 51.5 19.3 30 365 7925 270 79 79.0 -0.0 | 248 52 48.5 19.3 31 349 8230 275 82 81.7 -7.1 | 257 53 51.1 12.2 32 334 8534 275 80 79.7 -7.0 | 256 51 49.2 12.4 33 320 8839 275 83 82.7 -7.2 | 257 54 52.1 12.1 34 306 9144 270 86 86.0 -0.0 | 251 59 55.5 19.3 35 300 9290 270 87 87.0 -0.0 | 251 60 56.5 19.3 36 279 9754 270 92 92.0 -0.0 | 253 64 61.5 19.3 37 267 10058 265 91 90.7 7.9 | 246 66 60.1 27.3 38 255 10363 270 90 90.0 -0.0 | 252 63 59.5 19.3 39 250 10480 265 94 93.6 8.2 | 246 69 63.1 27.5 40 243 10668 265 94 93.6 8.2 | 246 69 63.1 27.5 41 231 10973 265 99 98.6 8.6 | 248 74 68.1 28.0 42 210 11582 275 103 102.6 -9.0 | 262 73 72.1 10.4 43 200 11880 280 97 95.5 -16.8 | 268 65 65.0 2.5 44 200 11887 280 101 99.5 -17.5 | 269 69 68.9 1.8 45 190 12192 275 93 92.6 -8.1 | 260 63 62.1 11.2 46 181 12497 275 94 93.6 -8.2 | 260 64 63.1 11.1 47 172 12802 270 89 89.0 -0.0 | 252 62 58.5 19.3 48 164 13083 270 100 100.0 -0.0 | 254 72 69.5 19.3 49 163 13106 270 104 104.0 -0.0 | 255 76 73.5 19.3 50 160 13230 275 110 109.6 -9.6 | 263 80 79.0 9.7 51 155 13411 275 110 109.6 -9.6 | 263 80 79.0 9.7 52 150 13620 265 97 96.6 8.5 | 247 72 66.1 27.8 53 148 13716 265 97 96.6 8.5 | 247 72 66.1 27.8 54 140 14021 270 95 95.0 -0.0 | 253 67 64.5 19.3 55 134 14326 265 92 91.6 8.0 | 246 67 61.1 27.3 56 127 14630 265 89 88.7 7.8 | 245 64 58.1 27.1 57 115 15240 270 88 88.0 -0.0 | 251 61 57.5 19.3 58 110 15545 270 81 81.0 -0.0 | 249 54 50.5 19.3 59 104 15850 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 244 45 40.5 19.3 60 100 16100 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 246 47 42.5 19.3 61 99 16154 265 73 72.7 6.4 | 239 49 42.2 25.7 62 94 16459 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 246 47 42.5 19.3 63 90 16764 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 235 44 36.2 25.2 64 85 17069 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 253 45 43.2 12.9 65 81 17374 280 70 68.9 -12.2 | 259 39 38.4 7.2 66 73 17983 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 221 39 25.6 29.2 67 70 18270 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 227 45 32.5 30.4 68 70 18288 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 229 47 35.4 31.0 69 66 18593 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 227 45 32.5 30.4 70 63 18898 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 220 46 29.3 35.4 71 57 19507 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 244 44 39.5 19.3 72 54 19812 270 66 66.0 -0.0 | 241 40 35.5 19.3 73 50 20340 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 223 33 22.3 23.9 74 49 20422 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 216 35 20.7 28.4 75 47 20726 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 223 33 22.3 23.9 76 45 21031 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 225 43 30.5 30.1 77 43 21336 270 54 54.0 -0.0 | 231 30 23.5 19.3 78 40 21641 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 217 24 14.5 19.3 79 39 21946 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 217 43 25.5 34.3 80 37 22250 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 216 35 20.7 28.4 81 35 22555 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 209 37 17.8 32.3 82 33 22860 265 56 55.8 4.9 | 226 35 25.2 24.2 83 32 23165 265 49 48.8 4.3 | 218 30 18.3 23.6 84 30 23490 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 205 48 20.2 43.0 85 29 23774 245 55 49.8 23.2 | 204 47 19.3 42.6 86 27 24079 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 216 42 24.5 34.1 87 26 24384 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 217 36 21.7 28.5 88 25 24689 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 223 33 22.3 23.9 89 22 25298 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 220 47 30.3 35.6 90 20 25908 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 220 58 37.1 44.0 91 20 26020 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 224 51 35.1 36.9 92 19 26213 260 64 63.0 11.1 | 227 45 32.5 30.4 93 18 26518 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 224 51 35.1 36.9 94 18 26822 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 215 50 28.7 40.9 95 17 27127 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 218 54 33.4 42.6 96 16 27432 240 70 60.6 35.0 | 209 62 30.1 54.3 97 15 27737 245 80 72.5 33.8 | 218 68 42.0 53.1 98 15 28042 240 72 62.4 36.0 | 210 64 31.8 55.3 99 14 28346 240 72 62.4 36.0 | 210 64 31.8 55.3 100 13 28956 255 87 84.0 22.5 | 232 68 53.5 41.8 101 11 29566 260 92 90.6 16.0 | 240 70 60.1 35.3 102 11 29870 260 88 86.7 15.3 | 238 66 56.1 34.6 103 10 30440 260 88 86.7 15.3 | 238 66 56.1 34.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.3 at 48.2 knts Storm direction: 302.3 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 5.8 tot: 12.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.4 neg: -39.2 tot: 231.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 223.28 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 221 14 144 37| 0.0 19.4 19.4|151.8 0.0 151.8 303.6 0.78| 22.0 17.3 1000 231 16 148 34| 8.8 9.7 18.5|183.7 -11.4 172.3 172.3 0.50| 20.2 10.1 1500 248 19 154 29| 9.4 6.5 15.9|221.6 -11.4 210.2 140.1 0.49| 18.3 9.0 2000 263 23 161 23| 9.7 4.8 14.5|248.5 -11.4 237.1 118.5 0.55| 16.6 9.1 2500 269 27 170 20| 7.7 6.2 13.9|260.2 -11.6 248.6 99.4 0.49| 16.1 7.9 3000 270 31 181 19| 6.4 5.8 12.2|270.4 -39.2 231.1 77.0 0.42| 14.6 6.1 4000 270 37 199 20| 5.2 4.7 9.9|311.3 -39.2 272.1 68.0 0.44| 12.0 5.2 5000 272 43 215 22| 5.3 4.5 9.8|442.0 -71.4 370.6 74.1 0.44| 12.1 5.3 6000 272 48 225 25| 4.4 4.4 8.8|445.4-124.9 320.5 53.4 0.37| 11.0 4.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251213.12.gif