UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 26 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 26 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 164 SFC 987 270 10.0 4.0 66 6.0 7.0 80 12 284.2 285.1 280.7 298.7 5.16 2 969 423 8.6 2.6 66 6.0 5.7 66 11 284.3 285.1 280.3 297.7 4.76 3 937 702 6.4 2.2 74 4.2 4.4 87 14 284.8 285.6 280.6 298.3 4.78 4 929 772 6.2 1.8 73 4.4 4.1 95 15 285.3 286.1 280.7 298.5 4.69 5 925 808 6.4 -0.6 61 7.0 3.2 100 16 285.9 286.5 280.1 297.1 3.95 6 922 835 7.6 -1.4 53 9.0 3.5 101 17 287.3 288.0 280.5 298.1 3.74 7 899 1044 9.4 6.5 82 2.9 7.8 107 12 291.3 292.5 285.5 310.6 6.76 8 891 1118 9.8 6.8 82 3.0 8.1 108 8 292.4 293.7 286.2 312.4 6.97 9 884 1183 9.8 6.7 81 3.1 8.1 109 5 293.1 294.4 286.5 313.2 6.97 10 876 1259 10.0 7.2 83 2.8 8.4 131 4 294.1 295.4 287.1 315.1 7.29 11 862 1393 9.4 7.3 87 2.1 8.2 203 6 294.8 296.1 287.5 316.4 7.46 12 850 1509 8.8 6.5 85 2.3 7.5 265 8 295.4 296.7 287.5 316.1 7.16 13 846 1548 8.6 6.2 85 2.4 7.3 274 10 295.6 296.8 287.4 316.0 7.04 14 823 1775 6.8 4.8 87 2.0 5.7 263 10 296.0 297.2 287.1 315.1 6.56 15 788 2131 5.0 2.2 82 2.8 3.5 260 18 297.8 298.8 286.9 314.6 5.70 16 766 2362 3.2 -0.1 79 3.3 1.6 267 20 298.2 299.1 286.4 313.0 4.96 17 722 2838 -1.1 -2.7 89 1.6 -1.9 269 22 298.6 299.4 285.9 311.6 4.34 18 709 2983 -1.9 -4.1 85 2.2 -2.9 277 20 299.3 300.0 285.8 311.3 3.98 19 700 3085 0.0 -8.0 55 8.0 -3.3 295 26 302.5 303.0 285.9 311.7 2.99 20 684 3272 4.0 -15.0 24 19.0 -3.0 292 29 309.0 309.3 286.9 314.6 1.74 21 679 3332 3.8 -17.2 20 21.0 -3.6 290 31 309.4 309.7 286.8 314.2 1.46 22 668 3464 3.0 -16.0 23 19.0 -3.8 288 31 309.9 310.2 287.2 315.3 1.64 23 663 3525 2.8 -20.2 17 23.0 -4.7 287 32 310.4 310.6 286.8 314.2 1.16 24 651 3673 2.2 -15.8 25 18.0 -4.4 285 32 311.3 311.6 287.8 316.9 1.71 25 628 3963 0.4 -22.6 16 23.0 -6.7 276 34 312.5 312.7 287.3 315.8 0.99 26 607 4235 -1.9 -22.9 18 21.0 -8.2 275 33 312.9 313.1 287.5 316.3 1.00 27 581 4582 -4.7 -24.7 19 20.0 -10.2 275 34 313.6 313.7 287.6 316.6 0.89 28 553 4969 -7.3 -22.3 29 15.0 -11.6 282 35 314.9 315.2 288.3 318.8 1.16 29 544 5097 -8.1 -26.1 22 18.0 -12.8 287 36 315.5 315.6 288.2 318.3 0.84 30 540 5154 -8.3 -25.3 24 17.0 -12.8 289 37 315.9 316.1 288.4 319.0 0.91 31 535 5227 -8.3 -29.3 17 21.0 -13.3 291 37 316.7 316.9 288.4 319.0 0.63 32 529 5314 -8.3 -32.3 12 24.0 -13.6 294 39 317.8 317.8 288.6 319.5 0.48 33 500 5750 -11.3 -22.3 40 11.0 -14.4 300 45 319.3 319.5 289.9 323.6 1.28 34 498 5781 -11.5 -22.5 40 11.0 -14.6 300 44 319.4 319.6 289.9 323.7 1.26 35 486 5967 -12.9 -25.9 33 13.0 -16.2 300 47 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.2 0.95 36 462 6350 -16.1 -24.1 50 8.0 -18.1 304 53 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.7 1.18 37 439 6733 -18.7 -30.7 34 12.0 -21.1 300 49 322.0 322.1 290.1 324.4 0.67 38 434 6818 -18.9 -24.9 59 6.0 -20.4 300 48 322.8 323.0 290.8 326.9 1.17 39 423 7009 -19.9 -26.9 54 7.0 -21.5 300 45 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.4 1.00 40 400 7420 -23.7 -28.7 63 5.0 -24.7 295 44 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.4 0.89 41 393 7548 -24.7 -29.4 65 4.7 -25.6 292 45 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.6 0.85 42 364 8101 -28.7 -32.6 69 3.9 -29.3 298 51 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.8 0.68 43 349 8400 -31.3 -35.4 67 4.1 -31.9 303 54 326.8 326.9 291.4 328.8 0.54 44 332 8751 -34.5 -38.1 70 3.6 -34.9 302 57 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.7 0.43 45 317 9072 -37.1 -40.3 72 3.2 -37.4 304 61 327.9 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.36 46 307 9292 -38.9 -41.6 76 2.7 -39.1 305 64 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.6 0.32 47 300 9450 -39.7 -43.4 68 3.7 -40.0 305 67 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.5 0.27 48 289 9704 -41.7 -46.1 62 4.4 -42.0 305 68 330.1 330.1 292.0 330.9 0.21 49 277 9990 -44.5 -48.5 64 4.0 -44.7 305 66 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.17 50 267 10235 -45.9 -50.8 58 4.9 -46.2 302 66 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 51 250 10670 -48.7 -57.7 34 9.0 -49.0 300 68 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.06 52 247 10749 -49.5 -58.5 34 9.0 -49.8 300 68 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.06 53 200 12090 -60.9 305 70 336.3 54 186 12540 -63.3 305 73 339.5 55 184 12607 -63.3 304 73 340.5 56 180 12743 -62.9 301 73 343.3 57 173 12988 -63.7 306 78 345.9 58 157 13588 -61.9 308 85 358.7 59 150 13870 -62.9 305 95 361.7 60 143 14165 -63.8 310 97 365.1 61 100 16330 -70.9 295 66 390.7 62 93 16759 -72.5 295 67 395.8 63 84 17356 -73.5 295 69 405.4 64 76 17944 -71.7 296 56 421.0 65 73 18182 -72.1 305 54 425.0 66 70 18430 -70.9 310 42 432.7 67 66 18779 -70.5 313 43 440.9 68 61 19246 -71.3 321 41 449.2 69 55 19856 -72.3 334 30 460.4 70 51 20302 -70.5 323 33 474.7 71 50 20420 -70.5 320 34 477.4 72 48 20662 -70.7 323 32 482.5 73 43 21319 -66.9 300 39 507.2 74 39 21909 -65.9 310 34 524.1 75 36 22392 -67.5 310 29 532.1 76 30 23510 -59.5 280 34 582.4 77 29 23722 -59.3 280 34 588.7 78 27 24168 -60.3 282 31 598.0 79 26 24403 -59.9 276 32 605.6 80 25 24648 -60.1 284 32 611.9 81 22 25444 -60.5 267 39 633.5 82 20 26040 -58.1 265 42 658.3 83 16 27455 -56.3 250 60 707.6 84 14 28304 -56.7 259 72 733.8 85 12 29286 -54.9 269 72 773.2 86 10 30460 -52.5 260 78 823.6 87 7.0 32790 -46.9 260 94 935.2 88 6.9 32885 -46.9 939.0 89 6.5 33280 -47.9 951.0 TRP 186 12540 -63.3 305 73 339.5 WND 143 14165 -63.8 310 97 365.1 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.00 m Freezing level: 733.26 mb = 2716.23 m = 8911.40 ft Freezing level: 700.00 mb = 3085.00 m = 10121.27 ft Freezing level: 624.35 mb = 4010.08 m = 13156.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 745.61 mb = 2579.00 m = 8461.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.35 % Est. max temperature: 21.47 C = 70.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.90 mb = 1026.24 m = 3366.90 ft T: 9.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.24 C/km ThetaE index: 5.12 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.99 mb = 2749.43 m = 9020.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.28 C = 75.71 F Cap Strength: 16.35 C Lifted Index: 16.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.71 C Showalter Index: 7.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.10 C Cross Totals Index: 17.80 C K Index: 18.60 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.55 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73137.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.76 mb = 1347.12 m = 4419.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 316 at 20 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 270 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 116 28 -25.7 12.3 1 983 305 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 111 25 -23.4 8.9 2 947 610 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 114 28 -25.5 11.3 3 925 808 100 16 -15.8 2.8 | 120 34 -29.6 17.2 4 913 914 105 19 -18.4 4.9 | 121 38 -32.2 19.3 5 880 1219 110 3 -2.8 1.0 | 133 23 -16.7 15.4 6 850 1509 265 8 8.0 0.7 | 159 16 -5.9 15.1 7 848 1524 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 164 14 -3.9 13.5 8 817 1829 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 166 17 -4.0 16.1 9 787 2134 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 192 18 3.8 17.5 10 758 2438 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 206 16 7.1 14.4 11 730 2743 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 209 19 9.0 16.4 12 703 3048 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 204 12 4.8 11.1 13 700 3085 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 251 10 9.7 3.4 14 677 3353 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 256 16 15.3 3.8 15 651 3658 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 250 18 17.0 6.1 16 627 3962 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 240 23 20.0 11.4 17 603 4267 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 239 22 19.0 11.5 18 580 4572 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 240 23 20.0 11.4 19 558 4877 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 247 21 19.6 8.5 20 537 5182 290 37 34.8 -12.7 | 265 21 20.9 1.7 21 517 5486 300 41 35.5 -20.5 | 286 22 21.6 -6.1 22 500 5750 300 45 39.0 -22.5 | 288 26 25.1 -8.1 23 497 5791 300 44 38.1 -22.0 | 287 25 24.2 -7.6 24 477 6096 300 50 43.3 -25.0 | 290 31 29.4 -10.6 25 458 6401 305 54 44.2 -31.0 | 299 35 30.4 -16.6 26 440 6706 300 49 42.4 -24.5 | 290 30 28.6 -10.1 27 423 7010 300 45 39.0 -22.5 | 288 26 25.1 -8.1 28 406 7315 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 271 27 26.5 -0.3 29 400 7420 295 44 39.9 -18.6 | 279 26 26.0 -4.2 30 389 7620 290 45 42.3 -15.4 | 272 28 28.4 -1.0 31 342 8534 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 299 37 32.0 -17.7 32 327 8839 300 57 49.4 -28.5 | 292 38 35.5 -14.1 33 313 9144 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 300 43 36.9 -21.2 34 300 9449 305 67 54.9 -38.4 | 300 48 41.0 -24.1 35 300 9450 305 67 54.9 -38.4 | 300 48 41.0 -24.1 36 287 9754 305 68 55.7 -39.0 | 300 49 41.8 -24.6 37 274 10058 305 66 54.1 -37.9 | 300 47 40.2 -23.5 38 262 10363 300 66 57.2 -33.0 | 293 47 43.3 -18.6 39 250 10668 300 66 57.2 -33.0 | 293 47 43.3 -18.6 40 250 10670 300 68 58.9 -34.0 | 294 49 45.0 -19.6 41 238 10973 300 68 58.9 -34.0 | 294 49 45.0 -19.6 42 217 11582 295 66 59.8 -27.9 | 286 48 45.9 -13.5 43 206 11887 300 71 61.5 -35.5 | 294 52 47.6 -21.1 44 200 12090 305 70 57.3 -40.2 | 301 51 43.5 -25.8 45 197 12192 305 70 57.3 -40.2 | 301 51 43.5 -25.8 46 187 12497 305 72 59.0 -41.3 | 301 53 45.1 -26.9 47 186 12540 305 73 59.8 -41.9 | 301 54 45.9 -27.5 48 178 12802 300 73 63.2 -36.5 | 294 54 49.3 -22.1 49 170 13106 310 81 62.0 -52.1 | 308 61 48.2 -37.7 50 162 13411 305 83 68.0 -47.6 | 302 64 54.1 -33.2 51 154 13716 310 86 65.9 -55.3 | 308 66 52.0 -40.9 52 150 13870 305 95 77.8 -54.5 | 302 75 63.9 -40.1 53 146 14021 305 96 78.6 -55.1 | 302 76 64.8 -40.7 54 143 14165 310 97 74.3 -62.4 | 308 77 60.4 -48.0 55 139 14326 310 97 74.3 -62.4 | 308 77 60.4 -48.0 56 132 14630 305 84 68.8 -48.2 | 302 64 54.9 -33.8 57 126 14935 310 79 60.5 -50.8 | 308 59 46.6 -36.4 58 120 15240 305 80 65.5 -45.9 | 301 61 51.7 -31.5 59 114 15545 310 75 57.5 -48.2 | 308 55 43.6 -33.8 60 100 16330 295 66 59.8 -27.9 | 286 48 45.9 -13.5 61 98 16459 295 63 57.1 -26.6 | 286 45 43.2 -12.3 62 93 16764 295 67 60.7 -28.3 | 287 49 46.8 -13.9 63 88 17069 295 59 53.5 -24.9 | 285 41 39.6 -10.6 64 84 17374 295 70 63.4 -29.6 | 287 52 49.6 -15.2 65 80 17678 300 61 52.8 -30.5 | 292 42 38.9 -16.1 66 76 17983 295 55 49.8 -23.2 | 284 37 36.0 -8.9 67 72 18288 310 54 41.4 -34.7 | 306 34 27.5 -20.3 68 70 18430 310 42 32.2 -27.0 | 305 22 18.3 -12.6 69 68 18593 310 42 32.2 -27.0 | 305 22 18.3 -12.6 70 65 18898 315 43 30.4 -30.4 | 314 23 16.5 -16.0 71 61 19202 320 41 26.4 -31.4 | 324 21 12.5 -17.0 72 58 19507 325 40 22.9 -32.8 | 334 21 9.1 -18.4 73 55 19812 335 30 12.7 -27.2 | 5 13 -1.2 -12.8 74 50 20420 320 34 21.9 -26.0 | 326 14 8.0 -11.7 75 50 20422 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 313 12 8.7 -8.3 76 48 20726 325 32 18.4 -26.2 | 339 13 4.5 -11.8 77 45 21031 320 30 19.3 -23.0 | 328 10 5.4 -8.6 78 43 21336 300 39 33.8 -19.5 | 284 21 19.9 -5.1 79 41 21641 305 45 36.9 -25.8 | 296 26 23.0 -11.4 80 39 21946 310 33 25.3 -21.2 | 301 13 11.4 -6.8 81 37 22250 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 313 10 7.3 -6.8 82 33 22860 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 247 10 8.8 3.8 83 32 23165 275 30 29.9 -2.6 | 234 20 16.0 11.8 84 30 23470 285 41 39.6 -10.6 | 262 26 25.7 3.8 85 30 23510 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 247 21 19.6 8.5 86 29 23774 280 34 33.5 -5.9 | 247 21 19.6 8.5 87 27 24079 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 246 16 15.1 6.6 88 26 24384 275 32 31.9 -2.8 | 237 21 18.0 11.6 89 25 24689 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 250 18 17.0 6.1 90 24 24994 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 245 26 24.0 11.1 91 23 25298 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 233 29 23.0 17.6 92 21 25603 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 242 31 27.1 14.4 93 20 25908 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 235 32 26.0 17.9 94 20 26040 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 237 33 28.0 18.0 95 19 26213 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 240 37 31.9 18.4 96 19 26518 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 229 32 24.5 21.1 97 17 27127 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 221 46 29.6 34.7 98 16 27432 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 231 55 42.5 34.9 99 15 27737 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 231 55 42.5 34.9 100 14 28346 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 245 64 58.0 27.1 101 13 28651 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 244 60 54.1 26.4 102 13 28956 265 75 74.7 6.5 | 251 64 60.8 20.9 103 12 29261 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 256 61 59.1 14.4 104 12 29566 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 249 56 51.9 20.1 105 11 29870 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 245 64 58.0 27.1 106 10 30460 260 78 76.8 13.5 | 246 69 62.9 27.9 107 7 32790 260 94 92.6 16.3 | 249 84 78.7 30.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.0 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 316.0 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.6 neg: -17.1 tot: 229.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 186.77 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 75 12 113 28| 5.0 0.0 5.0| 28.6 -14.3 14.3 28.5 0.14| 12.1 1.7 1000 90 12 119 30| 5.4 0.0 5.4| 99.6 -14.3 85.3 85.3 0.35| 15.6 5.5 1500 91 11 121 29| 7.5 0.0 7.5|159.6 -14.3 145.3 96.8 0.45| 16.3 7.4 2000 158 12 144 31| 8.1 0.0 8.1|202.9 -14.3 188.6 94.3 0.54| 14.8 8.0 2500 260 14 179 17| 7.1 0.0 7.1|216.6 -14.3 202.2 80.9 0.55| 12.8 7.0 3000 272 15 186 14| 6.9 0.0 6.9|246.6 -17.1 229.4 76.5 0.55| 13.6 7.5 4000 278 20 206 13| 5.2 1.2 6.4|247.1 -47.3 199.8 50.0 0.42| 11.7 4.9 5000 279 23 218 14| 4.8 1.0 5.8|315.6 -47.3 268.3 53.7 0.48| 10.7 5.1 6000 286 27 239 14| 5.2 0.8 6.0|385.1 -47.3 337.8 56.3 0.49| 10.5 5.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251226.12.gif