UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 25 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 25 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 196 0 0 SFC 991 270 16.2 7.2 55 9.0 11.2 0 0 290.1 291.2 284.7 308.4 6.43 2 969 462 16.8 5.8 48 11.0 10.7 133 5 292.6 293.6 285.2 309.8 5.97 3 951 622 16.4 4.4 45 12.0 9.9 144 4 293.7 294.7 285.2 309.8 5.51 4 925 858 14.6 3.6 48 11.0 8.8 230 5 294.2 295.2 285.2 309.9 5.36 5 850 1565 8.8 -0.2 53 9.0 4.4 315 13 295.4 296.2 284.7 308.4 4.43 6 823 1831 7.0 -1.0 57 8.0 3.2 300 17 296.2 297.0 284.9 309.0 4.32 7 806 2003 6.0 -3.0 52 9.0 1.9 308 19 296.9 297.6 284.7 308.3 3.80 8 798 2084 6.0 -4.0 49 10.0 1.5 312 20 297.8 298.4 284.7 308.5 3.56 9 765 2430 5.2 -7.8 38 13.0 -0.3 334 20 300.5 301.0 284.9 309.0 2.78 10 758 2505 5.4 -8.6 36 14.0 -0.4 335 21 301.5 302.0 285.2 309.7 2.63 11 701 3140 2.4 -16.6 23 19.0 -4.1 316 28 305.0 305.3 285.2 309.8 1.49 12 700 3152 2.4 -16.6 23 19.0 -4.1 315 28 305.1 305.4 285.3 309.9 1.49 13 681 3374 0.6 -16.4 27 17.0 -5.2 315 30 305.5 305.8 285.5 310.6 1.56 14 676 3433 0.2 -18.8 22 19.0 -5.9 314 30 305.7 306.0 285.3 309.9 1.28 15 658 3648 -1.3 -18.3 26 17.0 -6.8 310 29 306.4 306.7 285.7 310.9 1.37 16 646 3795 -2.1 -21.1 22 19.0 -7.8 312 29 307.1 307.3 285.6 310.8 1.10 17 614 4196 -5.3 -20.3 30 15.0 -9.8 311 33 307.9 308.2 286.1 312.0 1.24 18 595 4442 -6.9 -22.9 27 16.0 -11.3 313 36 308.9 309.1 286.1 312.3 1.02 19 576 4694 -8.9 -25.9 24 17.0 -13.1 310 38 309.4 309.6 286.1 312.1 0.80 20 565 4843 -10.1 -25.1 28 15.0 -13.8 303 40 309.7 309.9 286.3 312.7 0.88 21 561 4898 -10.3 -26.3 26 16.0 -14.2 300 41 310.1 310.3 286.3 312.8 0.80 22 556 4967 -10.3 -28.3 21 18.0 -14.4 302 43 310.9 311.0 286.5 313.2 0.67 23 550 5051 -10.3 -30.3 18 20.0 -14.6 304 44 311.9 312.0 286.6 313.8 0.56 24 513 5585 -12.9 -40.9 8 28.0 -17.4 313 54 315.0 315.0 287.3 315.8 0.21 25 500 5780 -14.1 -40.1 9 26.0 -18.3 310 54 315.8 315.9 287.6 316.7 0.23 26 484 6025 -15.9 -37.9 13 22.0 -19.5 310 57 316.6 316.6 288.0 317.7 0.30 27 459 6421 -18.3 -41.3 11 23.0 -21.6 310 65 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.3 0.22 28 429 6921 -22.1 -38.1 22 16.0 -24.4 308 68 319.8 319.9 289.0 321.0 0.33 29 419 7093 -23.1 -43.1 14 20.0 -25.5 307 71 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.4 0.20 30 400 7430 -25.9 -36.9 35 11.0 -27.5 300 76 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.8 0.40 31 347 8438 -34.3 -38.4 66 4.1 -34.7 300 82 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.8 0.40 32 339 8600 -35.3 -39.8 63 4.5 -35.8 300 82 324.1 324.2 290.4 325.4 0.35 33 331 8766 -35.9 -40.2 65 4.3 -36.3 302 84 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.35 34 306 9305 -39.7 -44.6 59 4.9 -40.1 305 89 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.24 35 300 9440 -40.5 -45.4 59 4.9 -40.9 305 91 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.22 36 257 10478 -47.5 -54.5 44 7.0 -47.8 310 94 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.09 37 250 10660 -49.1 -56.1 44 7.0 -49.3 310 95 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.08 38 230 11204 -54.3 -60.3 48 6.0 -54.4 310 96 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 39 224 11374 -55.7 -61.7 47 6.0 -55.8 309 96 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.04 40 219 11518 -56.7 -61.7 53 5.0 -56.8 308 99 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.04 41 210 11784 -58.9 -64.9 46 6.0 -59.0 306 103 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.03 42 206 11905 -59.9 -64.9 52 5.0 -60.0 303 105 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.03 43 205 11935 -60.1 -65.3 50 5.2 -60.2 300 106 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.03 44 202 12028 -60.7 -66.7 45 6.0 -60.8 300 105 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02 45 200 12090 -60.5 300 105 337.0 46 195 12248 -59.1 301 105 341.6 47 176 12888 -60.7 311 97 349.2 48 167 13216 -57.5 311 93 359.8 49 165 13292 -57.5 309 89 361.0 50 150 13890 -60.1 300 96 366.5 51 111 15720 -71.1 305 73 378.9 52 102 16222 -69.5 302 82 391.2 53 100 16340 -69.5 315 87 393.4 54 90 16965 -72.9 308 72 398.7 55 76 17963 -70.7 310 57 423.1 56 71 18366 -72.1 298 44 428.4 57 70 18450 -71.9 290 42 430.6 58 67 18707 -71.5 295 41 436.9 59 59 19450 -74.3 313 29 446.7 60 54 19970 -69.1 308 33 470.2 61 50 20430 -68.1 305 21 483.0 62 48 20676 -67.7 289 20 489.6 63 44 21198 -69.3 265 22 498.1 64 41 21623 -66.7 280 32 514.7 65 37 22248 -64.9 300 39 534.7 66 36 22415 -65.1 309 38 538.4 67 34 22765 -64.3 315 33 549.3 68 32 23135 -65.7 274 26 555.2 69 30 23530 -62.9 270 52 573.2 70 23 25189 -56.9 263 38 636.1 71 20 26070 -58.9 265 35 655.9 72 19 26392 -59.1 269 32 665.0 73 17 27090 -58.7 260 41 687.7 74 17 27090 -58.7 260 41 687.7 75 16 27471 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -60.5 255 45 699.8 699.8 324.4 699.8 0.01 76 16 27471 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -60.5 255 45 699.8 699.8 324.4 699.8 0.01 77 16 27471 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -60.7 255 45 699.1 699.1 324.4 699.2 0.01 78 13 28789 -53.9 250 42 759.2 TRP 202 12028 -60.7 -66.7 45 6.0 -60.8 300 105 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02 WND 205 11935 -60.1 -65.3 50 5.2 -60.2 300 106 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.00 m Freezing level: 673.60 mb = 3461.41 m = 11356.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.13 mb = 2375.14 m = 7792.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.15 % Est. max temperature: 21.73 C = 71.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.90 mb = 1410.04 m = 4626.06 ft T: 10.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 1.42 C Layer 850.0- 823.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.98 mb = 3527.97 m = 11574.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.10 C = 89.78 F Cap Strength: 8.17 C Lifted Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.72 C Showalter Index: 9.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 13.90 C K Index: 3.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 80.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44045.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.29 mb = 2081.34 m = 6828.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 342 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 991 270 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 162 22 -6.8 20.8 1 987 305 125 7 -5.7 4.0 | 153 28 -12.5 24.8 2 952 610 140 4 -2.6 3.1 | 159 26 -9.4 23.8 3 925 858 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 173 24 -3.0 24.0 4 919 914 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 173 24 -2.7 23.6 5 886 1219 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 183 20 1.2 20.1 6 854 1524 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 188 11 1.5 10.8 7 850 1565 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 192 12 2.4 11.6 8 823 1829 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 213 15 7.9 12.3 9 793 2134 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 234 10 8.0 5.9 10 764 2438 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 212 3 1.6 2.7 11 736 2743 335 24 10.1 -21.8 | 286 3 3.3 -1.0 12 700 3152 315 28 19.8 -19.8 | 266 13 13.0 1.0 13 682 3353 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 272 14 14.4 -0.4 14 656 3658 310 29 22.2 -18.6 | 262 16 15.4 2.1 15 631 3962 315 29 20.5 -20.5 | 269 14 13.7 0.3 16 607 4267 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 275 20 20.0 -1.7 17 584 4572 315 37 26.2 -26.2 | 286 20 19.4 -5.4 18 561 4877 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 269 29 28.7 0.3 19 519 5486 315 54 38.2 -38.2 | 299 36 31.4 -17.4 20 500 5780 310 54 41.4 -34.7 | 292 37 34.6 -13.9 21 499 5791 310 54 41.4 -34.7 | 292 37 34.6 -13.9 22 479 6096 310 58 44.4 -37.3 | 294 41 37.6 -16.5 23 460 6401 310 65 49.8 -41.8 | 296 48 43.0 -21.0 24 441 6706 310 64 49.0 -41.1 | 296 47 42.2 -20.4 25 406 7315 305 75 61.4 -43.0 | 292 59 54.6 -22.2 26 400 7430 300 76 65.8 -38.0 | 286 61 59.0 -17.2 27 389 7620 300 76 65.8 -38.0 | 286 61 59.0 -17.2 28 357 8230 300 81 70.1 -40.5 | 287 66 63.3 -19.7 29 342 8534 300 82 71.0 -41.0 | 287 67 64.2 -20.2 30 313 9144 305 87 71.3 -49.9 | 294 71 64.5 -29.1 31 300 9440 305 91 74.5 -52.2 | 295 75 67.7 -31.4 32 286 9754 310 91 69.7 -58.5 | 301 73 62.9 -37.7 33 274 10058 305 94 77.0 -53.9 | 295 78 70.2 -33.1 34 261 10363 310 93 71.2 -59.8 | 301 75 64.4 -39.0 35 250 10660 310 95 72.8 -61.1 | 301 77 66.0 -40.3 36 250 10668 305 92 75.4 -52.8 | 295 76 68.6 -32.0 37 238 10973 310 97 74.3 -62.4 | 302 79 67.5 -41.6 38 227 11278 310 95 72.8 -61.1 | 301 77 66.0 -40.3 39 207 11887 305 105 86.0 -60.2 | 296 88 79.2 -39.4 40 205 11935 300 106 91.8 -53.0 | 291 91 85.0 -32.2 41 202 12028 300 105 90.9 -52.5 | 291 90 84.1 -31.7 42 200 12090 300 105 90.9 -52.5 | 291 90 84.1 -31.7 43 197 12192 300 106 91.8 -53.0 | 291 91 85.0 -32.2 44 178 12802 310 96 73.5 -61.7 | 302 78 66.7 -40.9 45 170 13106 315 99 70.0 -70.0 | 308 80 63.2 -49.2 46 162 13411 305 83 68.0 -47.6 | 294 67 61.2 -26.8 47 154 13716 305 90 73.7 -51.6 | 295 74 66.9 -30.8 48 150 13890 300 96 83.1 -48.0 | 290 81 76.3 -27.2 49 147 14021 300 96 83.1 -48.0 | 290 81 76.3 -27.2 50 140 14326 300 101 87.5 -50.5 | 290 86 80.7 -29.7 51 133 14630 300 96 83.1 -48.0 | 290 81 76.3 -27.2 52 120 15240 310 91 69.7 -58.5 | 301 73 62.9 -37.7 53 114 15545 310 82 62.8 -52.7 | 300 64 56.0 -31.9 54 108 15850 300 66 57.2 -33.0 | 284 52 50.4 -12.2 55 103 16154 295 79 71.6 -33.4 | 281 66 64.8 -12.6 56 100 16340 315 87 61.5 -61.5 | 307 68 54.7 -40.7 57 98 16459 310 92 70.5 -59.1 | 301 74 63.7 -38.4 58 93 16764 315 81 57.3 -57.3 | 306 62 50.5 -36.5 59 88 17069 305 67 54.9 -38.4 | 290 51 48.1 -17.7 60 84 17374 310 80 61.3 -51.4 | 299 63 54.5 -30.6 61 80 17678 315 68 48.1 -48.1 | 303 49 41.3 -27.3 62 72 18288 305 45 36.9 -25.8 | 280 30 30.1 -5.0 63 70 18450 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 259 33 32.7 6.4 64 68 18593 295 40 36.3 -16.9 | 263 30 29.4 3.9 65 65 18898 295 43 39.0 -18.2 | 265 32 32.2 2.6 66 62 19202 305 41 33.6 -23.5 | 276 27 26.8 -2.7 67 58 19507 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 262 12 12.3 1.7 68 56 19812 305 33 27.0 -18.9 | 265 20 20.2 1.8 69 53 20117 310 33 25.3 -21.2 | 271 18 18.5 -0.4 70 50 20422 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 253 7 6.4 1.9 71 50 20430 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 230 14 10.4 8.7 72 45 21031 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 208 25 12.1 22.4 73 43 21336 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 217 29 17.1 22.9 74 41 21641 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 238 29 24.7 15.2 75 39 21946 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 241 26 23.1 12.8 76 37 22250 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 267 27 27.0 1.3 77 35 22555 315 38 26.9 -26.9 | 287 21 20.1 -6.1 78 34 22860 315 31 21.9 -21.9 | 274 15 15.1 -1.1 79 32 23165 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 221 28 18.2 20.8 80 30 23470 275 37 36.9 -3.2 | 240 35 30.1 17.6 81 30 23530 270 52 52.0 -0.0 | 245 50 45.2 20.8 82 29 23774 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 245 49 44.2 20.8 83 26 24384 285 45 43.5 -11.6 | 256 38 36.7 9.1 84 25 24689 290 44 41.3 -15.0 | 261 35 34.5 5.7 85 24 24994 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 232 33 26.2 20.8 86 23 25298 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 230 43 32.6 27.7 87 22 25603 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 225 38 26.7 26.7 88 20 26070 265 35 34.9 3.1 | 230 37 28.1 23.8 89 19 26213 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 229 32 24.2 20.8 90 16 26822 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 229 49 36.7 32.4 91 14 27432 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 217 47 28.5 37.3 92 12 27737 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 229 50 37.6 32.7 93 11 28042 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 229 49 36.7 32.4 94 10 28346 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 225 52 36.4 36.5 95 10 28651 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 231 53 41.5 33.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.9 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 341.9 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.7 neg: -27.6 tot: 99.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 153.75 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 140 5 158 27| 0.0 4.8 4.8| 42.7 -20.4 22.3 44.6 0.23| 13.5 3.1 1000 209 6 171 26| 4.9 2.4 7.3| 84.9 -20.4 64.5 64.5 0.43| 11.8 5.1 1500 284 8 183 19| 6.1 1.6 7.7|104.5 -20.4 84.1 56.1 0.45| 11.9 5.3 2000 300 11 189 16| 6.1 1.2 7.3|121.7 -20.9 100.8 50.4 0.46| 11.5 5.3 2500 314 13 192 12| 5.7 1.0 6.7|124.1 -22.2 101.9 40.8 0.43| 10.9 4.7 3000 316 15 201 10| 4.8 2.2 6.9|126.7 -27.6 99.2 33.1 0.33| 10.8 3.6 4000 315 19 223 10| 3.6 2.3 5.9|142.3 -36.7 105.7 26.4 0.30| 9.7 2.9 5000 312 24 245 12| 3.9 2.4 6.3|245.7 -79.0 166.7 33.3 0.30| 10.4 3.1 6000 312 29 265 15| 3.6 2.5 6.1|318.9-116.6 202.3 33.7 0.28| 10.2 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251225.00.gif