UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 DEC 25 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 29 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 39 SFC 972 270 12.2 12.2 100 0.0 12.2 220 13 287.7 289.3 286.5 313.4 9.22 2 968 305 12.6 12.5 99 0.1 12.6 225 12 288.4 290.1 287.1 314.9 9.44 3 951 457 12.0 11.6 97 0.4 11.7 225 23 289.3 290.9 287.0 314.7 9.05 4 925 694 11.8 11.0 95 0.8 11.3 225 42 291.4 293.0 287.7 316.8 8.94 5 914 794 11.4 10.4 94 1.0 10.8 230 45 292.0 293.5 287.6 316.7 8.69 6 907 859 11.2 10.4 95 0.8 10.7 232 46 292.4 294.0 287.9 317.4 8.76 7 898 943 11.0 10.1 94 0.9 10.4 235 49 293.0 294.6 288.1 317.8 8.67 8 881 1103 11.6 11.4 99 0.2 11.5 238 56 295.3 297.0 289.7 323.1 9.65 9 850 1403 10.6 8.8 89 1.8 9.5 240 52 297.3 298.8 289.3 321.7 8.39 10 838 1522 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 240 49 298.0 299.5 289.2 321.3 7.94 11 767 2255 7.0 3.3 77 3.7 5.0 259 50 302.2 303.4 289.1 321.2 6.33 12 748 2461 6.0 2.5 78 3.5 4.1 265 54 303.3 304.5 289.3 321.8 6.13 13 735 2605 5.2 1.4 76 3.8 3.2 265 58 304.0 305.0 289.2 321.4 5.77 14 730 2661 5.4 1.5 76 3.9 3.4 265 60 304.8 305.9 289.5 322.5 5.85 15 719 2785 5.2 1.7 78 3.5 3.4 263 61 305.9 307.0 290.0 324.2 6.03 16 703 2969 5.6 0.6 70 5.0 2.9 256 57 308.3 309.4 290.5 325.8 5.69 17 700 3004 5.6 -0.4 65 6.0 2.5 255 56 308.7 309.7 290.3 325.1 5.31 18 668 3384 3.4 -8.6 41 12.0 -1.8 245 53 310.4 310.9 288.7 319.9 2.99 19 658 3506 2.6 -8.4 44 11.0 -2.1 245 53 310.8 311.4 288.9 320.6 3.08 20 652 3580 2.4 -9.6 41 12.0 -2.7 245 53 311.4 311.9 288.9 320.5 2.83 21 634 3806 1.2 -8.8 47 10.0 -3.1 247 56 312.5 313.1 289.5 322.5 3.10 22 618 4011 0.0 -12.0 40 12.0 -4.8 250 61 313.5 313.9 289.2 321.5 2.46 23 606 4167 -0.9 -9.9 50 9.0 -4.7 253 65 314.2 314.8 289.9 323.8 2.97 24 590 4380 -2.9 -10.9 54 8.0 -6.1 254 68 314.3 314.8 289.8 323.4 2.82 25 549 4946 -6.5 -19.5 35 13.0 -10.6 250 64 316.5 316.8 289.2 321.5 1.49 26 539 5089 -7.1 -17.1 45 10.0 -10.5 248 64 317.5 317.8 289.9 323.7 1.86 27 519 5383 -8.9 -19.9 41 11.0 -12.3 246 65 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.9 1.52 28 500 5670 -11.1 -19.1 52 8.0 -13.6 250 65 319.5 319.8 290.3 325.2 1.69 29 494 5763 -11.7 -18.7 56 7.0 -13.9 250 64 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.9 1.77 30 481 5966 -12.9 -21.9 47 9.0 -15.4 247 64 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.6 1.38 31 453 6420 -17.1 -24.1 55 7.0 -18.8 250 68 321.1 321.4 290.3 325.3 1.20 32 444 6570 -18.3 -25.3 54 7.0 -20.0 250 67 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.3 1.10 33 425 6894 -20.9 -25.9 64 5.0 -22.0 247 65 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.0 1.09 34 412 7123 -22.3 -28.3 58 6.0 -23.5 245 66 323.3 323.4 290.7 326.4 0.90 35 400 7340 -23.1 -28.1 64 5.0 -24.1 245 69 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.3 0.95 36 392 7488 -24.5 -28.8 67 4.3 -25.4 245 69 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.2 0.90 37 372 7867 -27.1 -34.1 51 7.0 -28.2 249 73 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.6 0.57 38 358 8143 -29.1 -35.1 56 6.0 -30.0 253 77 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.4 0.54 39 344 8427 -30.9 -37.9 50 7.0 -31.8 258 81 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.3 0.42 40 341 8489 -31.5 -38.5 50 7.0 -32.4 259 82 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.2 0.40 41 335 8614 -32.7 -39.7 50 7.0 -33.5 259 83 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.36 42 313 9088 -37.3 -42.3 60 5.0 -37.8 255 81 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.30 43 310 9155 -37.9 -42.9 59 5.0 -38.4 255 81 328.9 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.28 44 300 9380 -39.3 -46.3 47 7.0 -39.8 260 83 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.20 45 278 9901 -43.1 -57.1 20 14.0 -43.7 261 92 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.06 46 250 10610 -49.5 -59.5 30 10.0 -49.8 265 96 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.05 47 223 11347 -56.1 -63.1 41 7.0 -56.2 265 102 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.5 0.04 48 208 11786 -59.7 -65.7 45 6.0 -59.8 265 99 334.4 334.5 292.9 334.6 0.03 49 200 12030 -60.7 -67.7 39 7.0 -60.8 265 100 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.02 50 182 12610 -63.1 270 115 341.9 51 180 12678 -63.3 270 116 342.7 52 173 12921 -62.5 270 119 347.9 53 166 13175 -61.7 272 117 353.4 54 159 13441 -61.3 278 106 358.5 55 152 13718 -62.1 264 78 361.7 56 150 13800 -62.1 260 70 363.1 57 147 13925 -61.7 257 69 365.9 58 132 14588 -63.9 249 81 373.4 59 116 15388 -60.1 267 87 394.5 60 105 16002 -64.9 275 78 396.8 61 100 16300 -65.1 285 69 401.9 62 80 17635 -71.7 247 37 414.8 63 78 17784 -72.1 245 43 417.0 64 70 18420 -71.7 260 34 431.0 65 62 19134 -74.7 247 38 439.6 66 53 20073 -64.7 257 23 482.9 67 50 20430 -65.3 255 9 489.6 68 49 20553 -65.3 257 9 492.4 69 45 21072 -64.9 279 12 505.6 70 41 21638 -66.3 255 11 515.7 71 32 23153 -62.7 256 14 563.2 72 30 23550 -63.7 280 18 571.0 73 29 23757 -63.7 285 18 576.5 74 23 25182 -60.5 277 25 625.5 75 22 25458 -60.7 278 30 632.9 76 20 26050 -59.5 270 21 654.0 77 16 27458 -55.9 270 31 708.9 78 16 27458 -55.7 -81.7 2 26.0 -58.1 270 31 709.5 709.6 324.7 709.8 0.03 79 14 28308 -56.3 -81.3 3 25.0 -58.8 258 33 735.1 735.2 325.5 735.5 0.04 80 12 29292 -54.1 266 33 776.1 TRP 182 12610 -63.1 270 115 341.9 WND 173 12921 -62.5 270 119 347.9 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5631.00 m Freezing level: 618.00 mb = 4010.50 m = 13157.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.44 mb = 3222.43 m = 10572.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.57 % Est. max temperature: 23.38 C = 74.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.00 mb = 270.00 m = 885.82 ft T: 12.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 5.96 C Layer 700.0- 658.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1710.07 m = 5610.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.54 C = 74.38 F Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lifted Index: 6.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.28 C Showalter Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 24.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50464.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.84 mb = 805.15 m = 2641.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 279 at 42 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 972 270 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 116 37 -33.1 16.3 1 968 305 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 114 36 -33.0 14.9 2 934 610 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 152 35 -16.7 31.1 3 925 694 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 162 38 -11.7 36.1 4 901 914 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 176 34 -2.1 33.9 5 869 1219 240 61 52.8 30.5 | 197 39 11.4 36.9 6 850 1403 240 52 45.0 26.0 | 186 33 3.6 32.4 7 838 1524 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 182 31 1.0 30.9 8 807 1829 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 189 19 3.0 18.3 9 778 2134 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 195 19 4.9 18.8 10 750 2438 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 228 17 12.3 11.1 11 722 2743 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 240 23 20.3 11.8 12 700 3004 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 211 24 12.6 20.9 13 670 3353 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 193 30 6.6 28.8 14 645 3658 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 193 30 6.6 28.8 15 597 4267 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 225 34 24.2 24.0 16 574 4572 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 216 36 21.5 29.3 17 553 4877 250 64 60.1 21.9 | 213 34 18.7 28.3 18 512 5486 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 207 38 17.5 33.8 19 500 5670 250 65 61.1 22.2 | 214 35 19.6 28.6 20 492 5791 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 212 33 17.8 27.9 21 472 6096 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 207 38 17.5 33.8 22 453 6401 250 68 63.9 23.3 | 217 37 22.5 29.6 23 435 6706 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 216 36 21.5 29.3 24 418 7010 245 64 58.0 27.0 | 206 37 16.6 33.4 25 401 7315 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 211 41 21.1 35.5 26 400 7340 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 211 41 21.1 35.5 27 385 7620 245 69 62.5 29.2 | 211 41 21.1 35.5 28 338 8534 260 83 81.7 14.4 | 243 45 40.3 20.8 29 324 8839 255 82 79.2 21.2 | 234 47 37.8 27.6 30 310 9144 255 81 78.2 21.0 | 233 46 36.8 27.3 31 300 9380 260 83 81.7 14.4 | 243 45 40.3 20.8 32 297 9449 255 80 77.3 20.7 | 233 45 35.8 27.1 33 284 9754 260 91 89.6 15.8 | 245 53 48.2 22.2 34 259 10363 265 96 95.6 8.4 | 255 56 54.2 14.7 35 250 10610 265 96 95.6 8.4 | 255 56 54.2 14.7 36 248 10668 265 95 94.6 8.3 | 255 55 53.2 14.6 37 236 10973 265 95 94.6 8.3 | 255 55 53.2 14.6 38 225 11278 265 102 101.6 8.9 | 256 62 60.2 15.3 39 205 11887 265 98 97.6 8.5 | 255 58 56.2 14.9 40 200 12030 265 100 99.6 8.7 | 255 60 58.2 15.1 41 195 12192 265 95 94.6 8.3 | 255 55 53.2 14.6 42 185 12497 275 110 109.6 -9.6 | 273 68 68.1 -3.2 43 182 12610 270 115 115.0 -0.0 | 265 74 73.6 6.4 44 173 12921 270 119 119.0 -0.0 | 265 78 77.6 6.4 45 168 13106 270 119 119.0 -0.0 | 265 78 77.6 6.4 46 160 13411 280 109 107.3 -18.9 | 281 67 65.9 -12.6 47 150 13800 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 236 33 27.5 18.5 48 145 14021 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 225 34 24.2 24.0 49 138 14326 245 74 67.1 31.3 | 214 46 25.6 37.6 50 119 15240 260 98 96.5 17.0 | 247 60 55.1 23.4 51 113 15545 275 74 73.7 -6.4 | 270 32 32.3 -0.1 52 102 16154 275 79 78.7 -6.9 | 271 37 37.3 -0.5 53 100 16300 285 69 66.6 -17.9 | 295 28 25.2 -11.5 54 92 16764 285 58 56.0 -15.0 | 301 17 14.6 -8.6 55 83 17374 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 150 17 -8.6 15.2 56 79 17678 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 163 23 -7.0 22.4 57 75 17983 245 52 47.1 22.0 | 191 29 5.7 28.3 58 72 18288 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 207 12 5.4 10.5 59 70 18420 260 34 33.5 5.9 | 147 15 -8.0 12.3 60 65 18898 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 147 18 -9.6 14.9 61 61 19202 245 39 35.3 16.5 | 165 24 -6.1 22.9 62 55 19812 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 101 25 -24.5 4.9 63 53 20117 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 125 22 -18.3 12.6 64 50 20422 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 103 29 -28.4 6.4 65 50 20430 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 105 34 -32.8 8.7 66 48 20726 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 104 34 -32.6 7.9 67 45 21031 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 98 31 -30.6 4.5 68 43 21336 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 104 27 -26.4 6.4 69 41 21641 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 107 32 -30.8 9.2 70 39 21946 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 95 26 -26.0 2.2 71 37 22250 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 102 22 -21.5 4.6 72 35 22555 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 90 28 -27.9 0.0 73 34 22860 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 89 27 -26.9 -0.4 74 32 23165 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 110 30 -27.9 10.0 75 30 23470 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 121 30 -25.9 15.4 76 30 23550 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 98 24 -23.7 3.2 77 29 23774 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 94 24 -24.1 1.7 78 28 24079 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 84 23 -22.4 -2.5 79 26 24384 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 90 28 -27.9 0.0 80 25 24689 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 105 16 -15.5 4.1 81 24 24994 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 96 15 -14.9 1.7 82 23 25298 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 104 18 -17.5 4.3 83 22 25603 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 92 7 -7.0 0.3 84 20 25908 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 80 16 -16.1 -2.9 85 20 26050 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 107 21 -20.4 6.4 86 19 26213 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 78 15 -15.1 -3.2 87 17 26518 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 116 19 -17.5 8.5 88 16 26822 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 121 12 -10.4 6.4 89 15 27127 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 151 14 -7.0 12.4 90 13 27432 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 136 19 -13.4 13.9 91 12 27737 265 33 32.9 2.9 | 137 13 -8.6 9.2 92 11 28042 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 112 9 -8.6 3.5 93 10 28346 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 144 15 -8.9 12.1 94 9 28651 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 194 7 1.6 6.4 95 8 28956 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 221 8 5.6 6.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 55.9 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 41.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 12.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 539.2 neg: -174.9 tot: 364.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 19.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 135.54 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 225 28 141 34| 32.2 0.0 32.2|286.0 0.0 286.0 572.0 0.96| 33.0 31.8 1000 233 41 163 32| 23.9 0.0 23.9|449.2 0.0 449.2 449.2 0.95| 26.2 24.8 1500 237 44 171 31| 12.4 0.0 12.4|463.3 -60.5 402.8 268.5 0.62| 24.1 15.0 2000 242 45 176 28| 10.7 0.0 10.7|496.2 -60.5 435.6 217.8 0.64| 20.3 12.9 2500 247 47 185 25| 10.9 0.0 10.9|539.2 -62.7 476.5 190.6 0.64| 19.0 12.2 3000 249 49 189 24| 9.1 3.1 12.2|539.2-174.9 364.3 121.4 0.38| 19.0 7.2 4000 249 51 194 26| 8.7 2.4 11.0|685.7-189.7 496.0 124.0 0.44| 16.9 7.4 5000 249 54 199 27| 6.9 2.9 9.9|685.7-280.1 405.6 81.1 0.33| 14.8 4.9 6000 249 56 202 29| 5.8 2.6 8.4|762.0-330.7 431.3 71.9 0.31| 13.9 4.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20251229.12.gif