UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 23 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 264 180 6 SFC 999 270 7.2 -10.8 26 18.0 1.0 180 6 280.4 280.7 274.2 285.3 1.68 2 946 719 5.2 -15.8 20 21.0 -1.3 174 11 282.8 283.0 274.7 286.3 1.18 3 925 902 3.6 -16.4 22 20.0 -2.4 180 10 283.0 283.2 274.8 286.4 1.15 4 911 1025 2.4 -16.6 23 19.0 -3.2 187 9 283.0 283.2 274.8 286.4 1.14 5 894 1177 1.6 -19.4 19 21.0 -4.1 197 8 283.7 283.9 274.8 286.5 0.92 6 877 1331 2.2 -26.8 10 29.0 -4.6 224 12 285.9 286.0 275.3 287.4 0.49 7 850 1584 4.0 -8.0 41 12.0 -0.7 265 19 290.3 290.8 280.3 297.6 2.46 8 845 1632 4.2 -7.8 41 12.0 -0.5 265 19 291.0 291.5 280.7 298.5 2.51 9 819 1887 5.4 -38.6 2 44.0 -3.7 264 18 294.9 294.9 279.3 295.5 0.17 10 812 1957 5.0 263 19 295.2 11 804 2037 4.4 -38.6 3 43.0 -4.3 262 19 295.4 295.4 279.6 296.0 0.17 12 796 2119 4.6 -26.4 8 31.0 -3.6 260 20 296.5 296.6 280.6 298.3 0.56 13 760 2494 2.6 -13.4 30 16.0 -3.1 252 22 298.3 298.6 282.9 303.8 1.79 14 746 2644 1.6 -15.4 27 17.0 -4.1 257 23 298.8 299.0 282.8 303.6 1.54 15 700 3153 -1.9 -14.9 36 13.0 -6.2 285 29 300.4 300.7 283.7 305.8 1.72 16 672 3476 -3.9 -13.9 46 10.0 -7.3 290 30 301.7 302.0 284.5 307.8 1.94 17 665 3558 -4.5 -14.5 46 10.0 -7.8 290 31 301.9 302.2 284.5 307.8 1.87 18 653 3701 -4.3 -16.3 39 12.0 -8.2 290 33 303.7 304.0 284.9 308.9 1.64 19 640 3859 -3.9 -18.9 30 15.0 -8.5 290 35 305.9 306.2 285.4 310.3 1.34 20 611 4223 -6.3 -18.3 38 12.0 -10.0 290 40 307.2 307.5 286.1 312.0 1.48 21 605 4300 -6.7 -19.7 35 13.0 -10.5 290 41 307.6 307.9 286.0 312.0 1.32 22 593 4456 -8.1 -17.1 48 9.0 -10.9 291 43 307.8 308.1 286.5 313.2 1.69 23 568 4789 -9.3 -20.3 40 11.0 -12.5 294 47 310.2 310.4 286.9 314.6 1.34 24 540 5177 -12.1 -18.1 61 6.0 -13.9 295 49 311.4 311.7 287.8 316.9 1.70 25 529 5334 -13.3 -20.3 56 7.0 -15.3 295 50 311.8 312.0 287.6 316.5 1.44 26 500 5760 -16.5 -20.6 71 4.1 -17.6 300 49 312.9 313.2 288.1 317.8 1.48 27 476 6128 -18.3 -20.1 86 1.8 -18.8 300 47 315.1 315.4 288.9 320.6 1.63 28 452 6512 -20.9 -24.5 73 3.6 -21.7 300 60 316.6 316.8 288.9 320.5 1.16 29 428 6912 -24.7 -26.8 83 2.1 -25.1 300 60 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.1 1.00 30 423 6997 -25.5 -27.8 81 2.3 -25.9 300 60 316.7 316.9 288.7 319.9 0.92 31 413 7170 -26.7 -28.8 82 2.1 -27.1 300 60 317.4 317.5 288.8 320.3 0.86 32 408 7258 -27.5 -29.7 81 2.2 -27.9 300 60 317.4 317.6 288.8 320.2 0.80 33 400 7400 -28.5 -30.6 82 2.1 -28.8 300 60 317.9 318.1 288.9 320.6 0.75 34 374 7880 -31.1 -35.8 63 4.7 -31.7 301 67 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.48 35 344 8469 -35.5 -39.1 69 3.6 -35.9 296 67 322.5 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.38 36 300 9410 -42.5 -48.5 52 6.0 -42.9 305 73 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.16 37 294 9546 -43.7 -49.7 51 6.0 -44.0 303 73 325.6 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.14 38 287 9707 -45.3 -51.3 51 6.0 -45.6 301 73 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.12 39 255 10482 -52.3 -57.2 55 4.9 -52.4 300 73 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.07 40 250 10610 -53.1 -58.1 54 5.0 -53.2 300 74 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.06 41 230 11143 -57.1 -63.1 46 6.0 -57.2 295 76 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.03 42 217 11510 -59.1 -64.1 52 5.0 -59.2 295 85 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.03 43 208 11775 -60.3 -65.3 52 5.0 -60.4 295 96 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 44 206 11835 -60.3 -65.3 52 5.0 -60.4 295 96 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.03 45 200 12020 -59.1 -65.1 46 6.0 -59.2 300 94 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 46 194 12211 -58.0 -65.1 40 7.1 -58.2 300 102 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.03 47 191 12310 -57.5 300 102 346.2 48 187 12443 -57.7 300 102 348.0 49 180 12685 -56.9 302 97 353.1 50 170 13046 -58.5 304 86 356.3 51 156 13584 -59.9 299 85 362.8 52 150 13830 -58.5 295 90 369.3 53 147 13957 -58.3 295 87 371.8 54 140 14262 -58.9 303 90 375.9 55 123 15068 -61.7 308 82 385.0 56 122 15118 -61.7 307 80 385.9 57 100 16330 -67.5 305 70 397.3 58 94 16702 -68.5 301 71 402.4 59 92 16831 -68.5 300 70 404.9 60 87 17166 -68.9 300 68 410.6 61 79 17746 -67.3 309 72 425.4 62 70 18470 -70.5 320 46 433.6 63 65 18909 -72.5 310 45 438.5 64 62 19188 -71.3 315 51 447.1 65 60 19381 -72.1 321 44 449.5 66 50 20470 -67.1 330 41 485.4 67 49 20592 -67.1 330 40 488.2 68 45 21103 -69.3 318 30 494.9 69 39 21966 -65.1 306 30 526.2 70 36 22451 -66.9 310 20 533.7 71 30 23560 -64.1 260 26 569.9 72 26 24442 -61.1 266 23 602.2 73 21 25774 -58.9 267 33 646.8 74 20 26080 -59.5 240 29 654.0 75 19 26401 -59.7 247 28 663.1 76 18 26740 -59.3 247 26 674.7 77 16 27478 -60.1 261 36 695.2 78 12 29295 -55.3 271 48 771.8 79 11 29851 -55.7 280 42 789.8 80 10 30460 -54.5 280 42 816.1 81 9.8 30589 -54.5 820.8 82 9.1 31064 -54.9 836.9 83 7.7 32139 -51.7 890.7 84 7.6 32224 -51.9 893.2 85 7.5 32310 -52.1 -83.1 1 31.0 -57.6 895.8 895.9 329.4 896.4 0.05 TRP 208 11775 -60.3 -65.3 52 5.0 -60.4 295 96 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.03 WND 194 12211 -58.0 -65.1 40 7.1 -58.2 300 102 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5496.00 m Freezing level: 724.97 mb = 2876.60 m = 9437.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 976.21 mb = 459.85 m = 1508.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.96 % Est. max temperature: 17.24 C = 63.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.23 mb = 2533.92 m = 8313.30 ft T: 2.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 3.00 C Layer 819.0- 812.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 433.11 mb = 6824.92 m = 22391.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.43 C = 110.18 F Cap Strength: 22.31 C Lifted Index: 22.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.33 C Showalter Index: 14.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.50 C Cross Totals Index: 8.50 C K Index: -0.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 87.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73644.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 22.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.36 mb = 3171.51 m = 10405.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 314 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 270 180 6 0.0 6.0 | 143 28 -16.5 22.2 1 995 305 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 144 35 -21.0 28.5 2 959 610 170 11 -1.9 10.8 | 146 33 -18.5 27.1 3 925 902 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 148 31 -16.5 26.2 4 924 914 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 148 31 -16.5 26.2 5 889 1219 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 150 27 -13.8 23.8 6 856 1524 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 188 18 2.4 17.9 7 850 1584 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 188 18 2.4 17.9 8 825 1829 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 184 18 1.4 17.8 9 794 2134 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 189 20 3.1 19.7 10 765 2438 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 190 24 4.1 23.8 11 736 2743 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 199 22 7.1 20.4 12 700 3153 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 233 14 11.5 8.7 13 682 3353 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 236 12 9.8 6.7 14 656 3658 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 251 15 14.5 5.0 15 606 4267 290 41 38.5 -14.0 | 264 22 22.0 2.2 16 560 4877 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 279 27 27.0 -4.0 17 518 5486 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 280 30 29.7 -5.3 18 500 5760 300 49 42.4 -24.5 | 288 27 25.9 -8.3 19 498 5791 300 50 43.3 -25.0 | 288 28 26.8 -8.8 20 478 6096 300 46 39.8 -23.0 | 286 24 23.3 -6.8 21 458 6401 300 61 52.8 -30.5 | 291 39 36.3 -14.3 22 440 6706 300 59 51.1 -29.5 | 291 37 34.5 -13.3 23 422 7010 300 60 52.0 -30.0 | 291 38 35.4 -13.8 24 405 7315 300 60 52.0 -30.0 | 291 38 35.4 -13.8 25 400 7400 300 60 52.0 -30.0 | 291 38 35.4 -13.8 26 388 7620 305 61 50.0 -35.0 | 299 38 33.4 -18.7 27 371 7925 300 68 58.9 -34.0 | 293 46 42.3 -17.8 28 355 8230 300 68 58.9 -34.0 | 293 46 42.3 -17.8 29 326 8839 290 64 60.1 -21.9 | 277 44 43.6 -5.6 30 312 9144 300 68 58.9 -34.0 | 293 46 42.3 -17.8 31 300 9410 305 73 59.8 -41.9 | 301 50 43.3 -25.6 32 298 9449 305 73 59.8 -41.9 | 301 50 43.3 -25.6 33 285 9754 300 73 63.2 -36.5 | 293 51 46.7 -20.3 34 272 10058 300 71 61.5 -35.5 | 293 49 44.9 -19.3 35 260 10363 300 73 63.2 -36.5 | 293 51 46.7 -20.3 36 250 10610 300 74 64.1 -37.0 | 294 52 47.5 -20.8 37 248 10668 300 74 64.1 -37.0 | 294 52 47.5 -20.8 38 236 10973 295 75 68.0 -31.7 | 287 54 51.4 -15.5 39 225 11278 295 76 68.9 -32.1 | 287 55 52.3 -15.9 40 208 11775 295 96 87.0 -40.6 | 289 75 70.5 -24.3 41 204 11887 295 96 87.0 -40.6 | 289 75 70.5 -24.3 42 200 12020 300 94 81.4 -47.0 | 295 72 64.9 -30.8 43 195 12192 300 99 85.7 -49.5 | 296 77 69.2 -33.3 44 194 12211 300 102 88.3 -51.0 | 296 80 71.8 -34.8 45 185 12497 300 102 88.3 -51.0 | 296 80 71.8 -34.8 46 168 13106 305 84 68.8 -48.2 | 301 61 52.3 -31.9 47 160 13411 305 90 73.7 -51.6 | 302 67 57.2 -35.4 48 153 13716 295 82 74.3 -34.7 | 288 61 57.8 -18.4 49 150 13830 295 90 81.6 -38.0 | 289 69 65.0 -21.8 50 145 14021 295 86 77.9 -36.3 | 288 65 61.4 -20.1 51 138 14326 305 91 74.5 -52.2 | 302 68 58.0 -36.0 52 132 14630 310 96 73.5 -61.7 | 309 73 57.0 -45.5 53 125 14935 310 87 66.6 -55.9 | 308 64 50.1 -39.7 54 119 15240 305 75 61.4 -43.0 | 301 52 44.9 -26.8 55 114 15545 300 75 65.0 -37.5 | 294 53 48.4 -21.3 56 108 15850 300 81 70.1 -40.5 | 294 59 53.6 -24.3 57 103 16154 300 80 69.3 -40.0 | 294 58 52.7 -23.8 58 100 16330 305 70 57.3 -40.2 | 300 47 40.8 -23.9 59 98 16459 305 71 58.2 -40.7 | 300 48 41.6 -24.5 60 93 16764 300 71 61.5 -35.5 | 293 49 44.9 -19.3 61 88 17069 300 67 58.0 -33.5 | 293 45 41.5 -17.3 62 84 17374 300 70 60.6 -35.0 | 293 48 44.1 -18.8 63 76 17983 315 74 52.3 -52.3 | 315 51 35.8 -36.1 64 72 18288 320 55 35.4 -42.1 | 324 32 18.8 -25.9 65 70 18470 320 46 29.6 -35.2 | 326 23 13.0 -19.0 66 69 18593 325 50 28.7 -41.0 | 334 28 12.1 -24.7 67 65 18898 310 45 34.5 -28.9 | 305 22 17.9 -12.7 68 62 19202 315 51 36.1 -36.1 | 315 28 19.5 -19.8 69 59 19507 325 39 22.4 -31.9 | 340 17 5.8 -15.7 70 56 19812 325 37 21.2 -30.3 | 342 15 4.7 -14.1 71 53 20117 305 48 39.3 -27.5 | 296 25 22.8 -11.3 72 50 20422 315 47 33.2 -33.2 | 316 24 16.7 -17.0 73 50 20470 330 41 20.5 -35.5 | 348 20 4.0 -19.3 74 48 20726 330 38 19.0 -32.9 | 352 17 2.5 -16.7 75 46 21031 320 30 19.3 -23.0 | 338 7 2.7 -6.7 76 43 21336 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 295 7 6.4 -3.0 77 41 21641 310 31 23.7 -19.9 | 297 8 7.2 -3.7 78 39 21946 305 30 24.6 -17.2 | 277 8 8.0 -1.0 79 37 22250 320 27 17.4 -20.7 | 350 5 0.8 -4.4 80 35 22555 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 158 7 -2.6 6.5 81 34 22860 285 21 20.3 -5.4 | 199 11 3.7 10.8 82 32 23165 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 217 17 10.4 13.9 83 30 23470 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 241 16 14.4 8.0 84 30 23560 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 204 23 9.1 20.8 85 29 23774 270 26 26.0 -0.0 | 210 19 9.5 16.2 86 28 24079 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 211 25 13.0 21.4 87 26 24384 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 189 16 2.5 16.2 88 25 24689 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 213 35 19.2 29.2 89 24 24994 260 23 22.7 4.0 | 197 21 6.1 20.2 90 23 25298 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 187 22 2.8 21.4 91 21 25908 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 232 26 20.5 16.2 92 20 26080 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 196 32 8.6 30.7 93 20 26213 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 204 23 9.1 20.8 94 19 26518 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 196 32 8.6 30.7 95 18 26822 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 196 26 6.9 24.8 96 17 27127 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 217 32 19.2 25.8 97 16 27432 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 219 29 17.9 22.3 98 15 27737 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 231 31 24.3 19.8 99 15 28042 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 232 26 20.5 16.2 100 14 28346 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 244 28 25.3 12.6 101 13 28651 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 235 36 29.3 20.2 102 13 28956 265 45 44.8 3.9 | 235 35 28.3 20.2 103 12 29566 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 250 35 33.3 11.9 104 11 29870 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 250 26 24.8 8.9 105 10 30460 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 250 26 24.8 8.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.5 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 314.5 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.6 neg: -3.6 tot: 207.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 186.60 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 167 11 145 33| 0.0 4.6 4.6| 17.7 0.0 17.7 35.3 0.19| 10.8 2.1 1000 176 10 147 32| 3.2 2.3 5.5| 48.1 0.0 48.1 48.1 0.35| 8.9 3.1 1500 212 12 160 29| 7.2 1.5 8.7|130.0 -3.5 126.4 84.3 0.54| 11.8 6.4 2000 232 14 168 25| 5.4 2.1 7.5|137.8 -3.6 134.2 67.1 0.52| 10.0 5.2 2500 240 16 173 24| 5.2 1.7 6.8|163.9 -3.6 160.4 64.1 0.54| 9.4 5.0 3000 251 18 181 22| 5.9 1.4 7.3|210.6 -3.6 207.1 69.0 0.59| 10.1 5.9 4000 269 22 198 18| 6.0 1.0 7.1|244.8 -3.6 241.2 60.3 0.59| 9.4 5.5 5000 278 27 219 16| 5.8 0.8 6.6|288.3 -3.6 284.8 57.0 0.60| 8.5 5.1 6000 284 31 238 16| 4.9 0.7 5.5|332.3 -8.2 324.1 54.0 0.55| 8.5 4.7 Wrote GIF file: 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