UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 27 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 27 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 107 SFC 980 270 9.4 7.7 89 1.7 8.5 280 6 284.2 285.4 282.5 302.9 6.73 2 937 654 17.0 8.0 55 9.0 11.8 286 19 295.6 296.9 287.6 316.5 7.19 3 925 765 16.0 7.0 55 9.0 10.9 290 21 295.7 296.9 287.2 315.5 6.80 4 921 802 15.6 6.6 55 9.0 10.5 291 21 295.6 296.8 287.1 315.0 6.64 5 889 1101 13.2 5.2 58 8.0 8.8 301 26 296.1 297.3 286.9 314.4 6.24 6 850 1476 9.8 2.8 62 7.0 6.1 315 30 296.4 297.4 286.2 312.6 5.51 7 802 1954 5.4 1.5 76 3.9 3.4 317 33 296.7 297.7 286.2 312.4 5.32 8 795 2026 4.8 0.7 75 4.1 2.8 318 34 296.8 297.7 285.9 311.8 5.06 9 753 2471 8.4 -22.6 9 31.0 -1.4 324 31 305.3 305.5 284.6 308.1 0.83 10 728 2749 7.6 315 28 307.4 11 709 2966 6.0 -38.0 2 44.0 -4.1 326 25 308.0 308.0 284.8 308.7 0.20 12 700 3070 5.2 -41.8 2 47.0 -4.7 330 23 308.2 308.3 284.8 308.7 0.14 13 626 3972 -0.7 328 32 311.5 14 601 4296 -1.9 -23.9 17 22.0 -8.4 325 40 313.8 313.9 287.7 316.9 0.92 15 595 4376 -2.3 -24.3 17 22.0 -8.7 322 43 314.2 314.4 287.9 317.3 0.90 16 583 4538 -2.1 -35.1 6 33.0 -9.6 317 48 316.3 316.3 287.9 317.5 0.33 17 578 4606 -2.1 -38.1 4 36.0 -9.8 314 50 317.1 317.1 288.1 318.0 0.25 18 563 4815 -3.3 -32.3 9 29.0 -10.3 308 47 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.7 0.45 19 533 5245 -6.5 -49.5 2 43.0 -13.2 310 49 319.2 319.2 288.6 319.5 0.08 20 506 5648 -10.3 -39.3 7 29.0 -15.6 310 52 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.25 21 501 5725 -10.9 -42.9 5 32.0 -16.2 310 53 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.17 22 500 5740 -10.9 -43.9 5 33.0 -16.2 310 53 319.7 319.8 288.8 320.3 0.16 23 490 5895 -12.1 -39.1 9 27.0 -16.9 310 55 320.1 320.2 289.1 321.1 0.26 24 453 6489 -17.1 -34.1 21 17.0 -20.3 305 61 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.8 0.47 25 442 6673 -18.5 -39.5 14 21.0 -21.7 305 62 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.28 26 414 7158 -22.3 -33.3 36 11.0 -24.2 298 59 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.8 0.56 27 400 7410 -23.7 -35.7 32 12.0 -25.6 300 61 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.9 0.46 28 392 7557 -24.7 -37.7 29 13.0 -26.6 300 62 324.8 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.38 29 368 8010 -28.7 -38.7 38 10.0 -30.0 295 68 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.37 30 349 8385 -31.9 -39.9 45 8.0 -32.8 295 68 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.3 0.34 31 345 8466 -32.5 -41.5 40 9.0 -33.4 295 68 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.29 32 329 8798 -35.5 -40.1 63 4.6 -36.0 295 69 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.35 33 310 9207 -38.9 -42.6 68 3.7 -39.2 296 71 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.29 34 300 9430 -40.5 -45.1 61 4.6 -40.8 300 71 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.23 35 275 10019 -45.1 -54.1 36 9.0 -45.5 305 72 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.09 36 264 10291 -47.5 -55.5 39 8.0 -47.8 301 73 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 37 250 10650 -50.1 -58.1 38 8.0 -50.3 305 81 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.06 38 248 10703 -50.5 -58.5 38 8.0 -50.7 304 79 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.06 39 237 10997 -53.1 -60.1 42 7.0 -53.3 300 84 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.4 0.05 40 232 11134 -54.3 -61.3 42 7.0 -54.5 301 84 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.04 41 219 11502 -57.7 -64.7 40 7.0 -57.8 304 83 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.03 42 214 11647 -58.7 -65.7 40 7.0 -58.8 305 83 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 43 200 12070 -61.5 -67.5 45 6.0 -61.6 305 90 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.02 44 180 12715 -65.5 -67.5 76 2.0 -65.5 305 97 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.02 45 179 12748 -65.7 305 97 339.3 46 172 12991 -64.3 308 96 345.5 47 170 13062 -64.5 309 95 346.3 48 165 13244 -63.7 308 91 350.7 49 153 13708 -62.1 305 92 361.0 50 150 13830 -62.3 310 87 362.8 51 146 13997 -62.7 310 87 364.9 52 140 14258 -60.9 310 83 372.4 53 133 14577 -61.3 306 89 377.2 54 108 15848 -69.1 287 75 385.6 55 104 16074 -68.3 293 75 391.3 56 100 16310 -68.7 290 68 395.0 57 84 17339 -74.1 295 50 404.2 58 83 17408 -74.1 295 51 405.6 59 74 18082 -71.1 285 47 425.5 60 71 18326 -71.5 292 45 429.7 61 70 18410 -70.9 285 34 432.7 62 68 18583 -70.5 304 39 437.2 63 64 18942 -72.1 276 30 441.3 64 55 19856 -63.9 288 29 479.6 65 50 20440 -65.1 240 21 490.1 66 46 20947 -65.9 254 22 500.0 67 42 21498 -66.9 278 24 510.7 68 39 21946 -67.3 286 30 520.6 69 33 22964 -62.9 275 29 557.8 70 32 23153 -63.5 265 38 561.1 71 30 23550 -63.1 290 20 572.6 72 29 23758 -63.3 295 20 577.6 73 20 26090 -53.3 280 53 673.0 74 16 27516 -55.5 272 47 710.2 75 15 27927 -55.3 263 55 724.1 76 14 28366 -56.1 259 58 735.8 77 11 29912 -51.5 245 73 805.1 78 10 30530 -51.7 250 87 826.6 79 7.0 32880 -42.7 245 133 952.5 80 6.9 32977 -42.7 956.5 TRP 180 12715 -65.7 305 97 338.8 WND 180 12715 -65.5 -67.5 76 2.0 -65.5 305 97 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.00 m Freezing level: 634.78 mb = 3864.70 m = 12679.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.39 mb = 2315.45 m = 7596.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.04 % Est. max temperature: 21.68 C = 71.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.00 mb = 490.89 m = 1610.51 ft T: 13.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.42 C Layer 925.0- 728.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.09 mb = 3568.29 m = 11706.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.12 C = 95.22 F Cap Strength: 10.68 C Lifted Index: 9.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.99 C Showalter Index: 9.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.70 C Cross Totals Index: 13.70 C K Index: -23.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52221.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.01 mb = 1642.14 m = 5387.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 344 at 26 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 980 270 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 176 24 -1.5 24.4 1 976 305 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 199 27 8.5 25.4 2 942 610 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 206 23 9.9 20.8 3 925 765 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 214 22 12.3 18.2 4 909 914 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 218 20 12.5 16.1 5 876 1219 305 28 22.9 -16.1 | 239 18 15.5 9.4 6 850 1476 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 253 14 13.8 4.2 7 845 1524 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 260 15 15.2 2.8 8 814 1829 315 33 23.3 -23.3 | 263 16 15.9 2.1 9 785 2134 320 34 21.9 -26.0 | 272 14 14.4 -0.6 10 756 2438 325 31 17.8 -25.4 | 270 10 10.3 0.0 11 728 2743 315 28 19.8 -19.8 | 246 14 12.3 5.6 12 702 3048 330 24 12.0 -20.8 | 224 6 4.5 4.6 13 700 3070 330 23 11.5 -19.9 | 216 7 4.0 5.5 14 675 3353 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 221 9 5.7 6.6 15 650 3658 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 233 6 5.0 3.8 16 602 4267 325 40 22.9 -32.8 | 295 17 15.5 -7.3 17 579 4572 315 50 35.4 -35.4 | 290 30 27.9 -9.9 18 557 4877 305 46 37.7 -26.4 | 272 30 30.2 -1.0 19 536 5182 310 48 36.8 -30.9 | 280 30 29.3 -5.4 20 516 5486 310 51 39.1 -32.8 | 283 32 31.6 -7.4 21 500 5740 310 53 40.6 -34.1 | 285 34 33.1 -8.6 22 477 6096 310 57 43.7 -36.6 | 287 38 36.2 -11.2 23 458 6401 305 60 49.1 -34.4 | 282 43 41.7 -9.0 24 439 6706 305 62 50.8 -35.6 | 283 45 43.3 -10.1 25 405 7315 295 58 52.6 -24.5 | 269 45 45.1 0.9 26 400 7410 300 61 52.8 -30.5 | 276 46 45.4 -5.1 27 388 7620 300 63 54.6 -31.5 | 277 47 47.1 -6.1 28 372 7925 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 274 54 54.2 -3.3 29 356 8230 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 274 54 54.2 -3.3 30 341 8534 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 274 54 54.2 -3.3 31 326 8839 295 69 62.5 -29.2 | 274 55 55.1 -3.7 32 312 9144 295 71 64.3 -30.0 | 275 57 56.9 -4.6 33 300 9430 300 71 61.5 -35.5 | 281 55 54.0 -10.1 34 299 9449 300 70 60.6 -35.0 | 280 54 53.2 -9.6 35 286 9754 305 74 60.6 -42.4 | 288 56 53.2 -17.0 36 273 10058 305 72 59.0 -41.3 | 287 54 51.5 -15.9 37 261 10363 300 74 64.1 -37.0 | 282 58 56.6 -11.6 38 250 10650 305 81 66.4 -46.5 | 290 63 58.9 -21.0 39 249 10668 305 78 63.9 -44.7 | 289 60 56.4 -19.3 40 238 10973 300 84 72.7 -42.0 | 284 67 65.3 -16.6 41 216 11582 305 83 68.0 -47.6 | 290 64 60.5 -22.2 42 206 11887 305 85 69.6 -48.8 | 291 66 62.2 -23.3 43 200 12070 305 90 73.7 -51.6 | 292 71 66.3 -26.2 44 187 12497 305 94 77.0 -53.9 | 292 75 69.5 -28.5 45 180 12715 305 97 79.5 -55.6 | 293 78 72.0 -30.2 46 177 12802 305 97 79.5 -55.6 | 293 78 72.0 -30.2 47 169 13106 310 95 72.8 -61.1 | 299 74 65.3 -35.6 48 161 13411 305 87 71.3 -49.9 | 291 68 63.8 -24.5 49 153 13716 305 92 75.4 -52.8 | 292 73 67.9 -27.3 50 150 13830 310 87 66.6 -55.9 | 297 67 59.2 -30.5 51 145 14021 310 87 66.6 -55.9 | 297 67 59.2 -30.5 52 138 14326 310 82 62.8 -52.7 | 296 62 55.4 -27.3 53 132 14630 305 91 74.5 -52.2 | 292 72 67.1 -26.8 54 125 14935 305 84 68.8 -48.2 | 290 65 61.4 -22.8 55 119 15240 290 73 68.6 -25.0 | 270 61 61.1 0.5 56 113 15545 280 75 73.9 -13.0 | 259 68 66.4 12.4 57 103 16154 295 75 68.0 -31.7 | 276 61 60.5 -6.3 58 100 16310 290 68 63.9 -23.3 | 268 56 56.4 2.2 59 97 16459 290 70 65.8 -23.9 | 269 58 58.3 1.5 60 88 17069 295 46 41.7 -19.4 | 260 35 34.2 6.0 61 83 17374 295 51 46.2 -21.6 | 264 39 38.8 3.9 62 79 17678 295 47 42.6 -19.9 | 261 36 35.1 5.6 63 75 17983 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 244 41 36.9 17.6 64 71 18288 295 50 45.3 -21.1 | 264 38 37.9 4.3 65 70 18410 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 237 30 25.4 16.6 66 68 18593 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 263 25 24.5 3.1 67 65 18898 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 226 29 21.1 20.4 68 61 19202 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 215 41 23.5 33.7 69 58 19507 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 222 31 20.4 23.0 70 55 19812 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 236 26 21.7 14.8 71 53 20117 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 211 25 13.2 21.8 72 50 20422 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 184 25 1.5 24.6 73 50 20440 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 197 37 10.7 35.9 74 48 20726 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 200 37 12.5 34.7 75 43 21336 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 208 29 13.5 25.4 76 41 21641 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 225 26 18.6 18.4 77 39 21946 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 231 28 21.5 17.7 78 37 22250 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 223 11 7.3 7.8 79 35 22555 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 210 27 13.5 23.6 80 34 22860 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 217 27 16.2 21.3 81 32 23165 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 227 42 30.4 28.7 82 30 23470 280 40 39.4 -6.9 | 240 37 31.9 18.5 83 30 23550 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 211 22 11.3 18.6 84 29 23774 295 20 18.1 -8.5 | 212 20 10.7 17.0 85 26 24384 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 223 35 23.5 25.4 86 25 24689 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 221 37 24.4 28.2 87 24 24994 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 228 43 32.4 28.9 88 23 25298 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 222 43 29.0 31.8 89 22 25603 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 235 53 43.4 29.9 90 21 25908 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 236 54 44.3 30.0 91 20 26090 280 53 52.2 -9.2 | 250 48 44.7 16.2 92 20 26213 280 51 50.2 -8.9 | 249 46 42.8 16.6 93 19 26518 285 52 50.2 -13.5 | 254 44 42.8 12.0 94 18 26822 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 230 63 48.6 40.4 95 17 27127 275 50 49.8 -4.4 | 244 47 42.4 21.1 96 16 27432 275 44 43.8 -3.8 | 239 42 36.4 21.6 97 15 27737 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 236 54 45.3 30.0 98 14 28346 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 235 62 50.6 35.7 99 13 28651 250 52 48.9 17.8 | 224 60 41.4 43.2 100 13 28956 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 223 69 46.9 50.8 101 12 29261 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 230 76 58.3 49.4 102 12 29566 250 72 67.7 24.6 | 230 78 60.2 50.0 103 11 29870 245 72 65.3 30.4 | 226 80 57.8 55.9 104 10 30530 250 87 81.8 29.8 | 233 93 74.3 55.2 105 7 32880 245 133 120.5 56.2 | 234 139 113.1 81.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.7 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 343.7 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.0 neg: -26.8 tot: 158.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 67.81 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 281 17 204 24| 15.6 0.0 15.6|103.1 0.0 103.1 206.2 0.90| 18.4 16.6 1000 292 21 214 21| 11.9 0.0 11.9|149.9 0.0 149.9 149.9 0.90| 14.5 13.0 1500 301 24 226 18| 9.6 0.0 9.6|173.0 0.0 173.0 115.3 0.87| 12.1 10.6 2000 307 27 236 17| 7.3 0.0 7.3|184.0 -0.4 183.6 91.8 0.83| 10.4 8.6 2500 310 27 240 16| 5.9 1.2 7.1|184.0 -17.5 166.5 66.6 0.59| 9.8 5.8 3000 312 27 239 14| 4.3 1.0 5.3|185.0 -26.8 158.2 52.7 0.43| 9.8 4.2 4000 316 27 244 13| 3.9 1.1 5.0|212.0 -26.8 185.2 46.3 0.47| 9.7 4.6 5000 315 31 258 15| 3.3 2.3 5.5|249.9-113.4 136.5 27.3 0.28| 10.5 3.0 6000 314 35 267 18| 2.7 2.7 5.4|280.3-132.9 147.5 24.6 0.27| 9.7 2.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251227.12.gif