UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020031912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 MAR 20 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 19 MAR 20 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 201 250 4 SFC 991 270 14.2 14.2 100 0.0 14.2 250 4 288.1 289.9 287.7 316.9 10.32 2 983 340 13.8 13.5 98 0.3 13.6 247 8 288.4 290.1 287.5 316.1 9.94 3 942 706 15.2 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 239 27 293.3 295.3 290.3 325.1 11.16 4 925 863 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.2 245 31 294.2 296.2 290.4 325.5 10.92 5 896 1132 13.0 12.1 94 0.9 12.4 261 30 295.3 297.1 289.9 323.9 9.94 6 876 1321 11.4 8.0 80 3.4 9.5 272 28 295.5 296.9 288.1 317.9 7.70 7 855 1525 12.0 8.5 79 3.5 9.9 285 27 298.2 299.7 289.4 322.1 8.17 8 850 1574 12.2 8.1 76 4.1 9.8 280 28 298.9 300.4 289.5 322.4 8.00 9 823 1845 12.4 5.4 62 7.0 8.4 285 24 301.9 303.2 289.5 322.4 6.85 10 714 3019 3.6 0.9 82 2.7 2.2 284 23 304.7 305.8 289.4 322.1 5.73 11 700 3180 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 280 24 305.8 306.8 289.5 322.4 5.43 12 677 3450 1.8 -2.4 74 4.2 -0.3 270 31 307.4 308.3 289.4 322.0 4.74 13 618 4176 -4.5 -5.3 94 0.8 -4.8 274 33 308.3 309.1 289.1 321.3 4.17 14 611 4265 -3.9 -5.3 90 1.4 -4.6 275 33 310.0 310.8 289.8 323.2 4.22 15 607 4317 -4.3 -6.3 86 2.0 -5.2 275 33 310.1 310.9 289.5 322.5 3.93 16 603 4369 -4.7 -11.7 58 7.0 -7.4 275 34 310.2 310.7 288.3 318.5 2.59 17 594 4487 -5.5 -12.5 58 7.0 -8.1 275 35 310.6 311.1 288.3 318.6 2.46 18 590 4540 -5.1 -12.1 58 7.0 -7.8 275 36 311.7 312.2 288.7 320.0 2.56 19 586 4594 -4.1 -22.1 23 18.0 -9.5 275 36 313.5 313.7 287.8 317.2 1.11 20 585 4607 -3.9 -24.9 18 21.0 -9.8 274 36 313.9 314.0 287.7 316.8 0.87 21 571 4798 -4.1 -35.1 7 31.0 -10.9 265 33 315.8 315.9 287.8 317.0 0.34 22 545 5164 -6.7 -37.7 6 31.0 -12.9 269 32 317.0 317.0 288.1 318.0 0.27 23 530 5381 -8.7 -24.7 26 16.0 -13.0 276 31 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.5 0.97 24 523 5483 -9.5 -29.5 18 20.0 -14.2 280 31 317.3 317.5 288.6 319.6 0.63 25 515 5602 -9.7 -53.7 1 44.0 -15.5 284 31 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.7 0.05 26 500 5830 -10.9 -36.9 10 26.0 -15.9 285 31 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.9 0.32 27 494 5923 -11.5 -36.5 11 25.0 -16.3 282 31 320.1 320.2 289.2 321.4 0.34 28 458 6501 -14.7 -52.7 2 38.0 -19.3 275 33 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.4 0.06 29 418 7186 -21.1 -53.1 4 32.0 -24.3 291 34 323.5 323.5 289.9 323.7 0.07 30 400 7510 -23.7 -46.7 10 23.0 -26.3 290 36 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.14 31 379 7900 -27.5 -47.5 13 20.0 -29.5 279 36 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.14 32 365 8169 -30.1 -44.1 24 14.0 -31.5 273 39 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.21 33 354 8386 -31.9 -45.9 24 14.0 -33.1 269 41 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.18 34 344 8587 -33.7 -42.7 40 9.0 -34.6 266 42 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.26 35 338 8710 -34.7 -44.7 36 10.0 -35.5 269 44 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.21 36 326 8961 -36.7 -39.6 74 2.9 -37.0 275 47 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.38 37 315 9197 -38.5 -40.1 85 1.6 -38.7 281 49 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.9 0.37 38 300 9530 -41.1 -45.6 62 4.5 -41.4 285 51 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.22 39 289 9782 -43.1 -51.1 41 8.0 -43.5 286 53 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.12 40 275 10114 -45.9 -54.9 35 9.0 -46.3 287 55 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 41 250 10740 -51.3 -59.3 38 8.0 -51.5 290 60 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 42 235 11138 -54.9 -62.9 36 8.0 -55.1 294 60 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.03 43 222 11500 -57.9 -68.9 23 11.0 -58.0 291 61 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.02 44 206 11967 -61.7 -67.7 45 6.0 -61.8 285 63 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.02 45 203 12058 -60.9 -66.9 45 6.0 -61.0 287 65 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.02 46 200 12150 -61.3 -67.3 45 6.0 -61.4 290 68 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02 47 198 12212 -61.5 -67.5 45 6.0 -61.6 290 70 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.02 48 195 12308 -58.3 -66.3 35 8.0 -58.4 289 72 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 49 189 12504 -58.7 -67.7 30 9.0 -58.8 288 77 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.02 50 182 12740 -60.5 -69.5 30 9.0 -60.6 287 83 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.02 51 180 12809 -59.1 -69.1 26 10.0 -59.2 287 85 349.5 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 52 176 12949 -58.9 -70.9 20 12.0 -59.0 286 88 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 53 173 13058 -56.9 -71.9 13 15.0 -57.1 285 91 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 54 169 13206 -57.3 -77.2 6 19.9 -57.5 285 92 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 55 165 13357 -57.7 -82.7 3 25.0 -57.9 284 90 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 56 156 13712 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -56.8 282 84 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 57 150 13960 -56.9 -88.9 1 32.0 -57.2 280 80 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 58 128 14957 -60.7 -91.7 1 31.0 -60.9 267 67 382.5 382.5 302.6 382.5 0.00 59 105 16168 -68.7 -92.7 2 24.0 -68.8 268 75 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 60 100 16460 -69.1 -93.1 2 24.0 -69.2 270 76 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 61 86 17357 -70.3 -92.3 3 22.0 -70.4 280 79 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 62 78 17941 -67.3 -91.3 2 24.0 -67.4 277 67 427.0 427.0 308.5 427.0 0.00 63 70 18590 -68.9 -92.9 2 24.0 -69.0 275 47 437.0 437.0 309.6 437.0 0.00 64 66 18941 -70.5 -93.5 2 23.0 -70.6 274 43 440.9 440.9 310.0 440.9 0.00 65 60 19508 -69.5 -93.5 2 24.0 -69.6 272 37 455.3 455.3 311.4 455.3 0.00 66 57 19813 -70.7 -93.7 2 23.0 -70.8 271 33 459.3 459.3 311.7 459.3 0.00 67 53 20249 -66.5 -91.5 2 25.0 -66.7 266 31 478.7 478.7 313.4 478.7 0.00 68 50 20600 -67.9 -91.9 2 24.0 -68.1 265 32 483.5 483.5 313.7 483.5 0.00 69 48 20845 -68.3 -92.3 2 24.0 -68.5 274 34 488.2 488.2 314.1 488.2 0.00 70 46 21102 -65.7 -91.7 2 26.0 -66.0 275 34 500.5 500.5 315.0 500.5 0.00 71 41 21805 -63.9 -91.9 1 28.0 -64.3 252 38 521.7 521.7 316.4 521.7 0.00 72 39 22110 -65.9 -92.9 1 27.0 -66.2 255 42 524.1 524.1 316.6 524.2 0.00 73 34 22952 -61.7 -91.7 1 30.0 -62.4 265 40 556.2 556.2 318.4 556.2 0.00 74 34 22952 -61.9 -91.9 1 30.0 -62.6 265 40 555.6 555.6 318.4 555.7 0.00 75 30 23730 -59.9 265 52 581.3 76 28 24162 -60.1 265 59 592.4 77 27 24392 -54.9 265 62 613.2 78 24 25154 -50.7 255 61 646.4 79 20 26350 -48.5 265 54 687.7 80 18 27052 -45.1 256 51 719.5 81 16 27855 -37.5 264 57 768.9 82 15 28302 -37.7 267 60 782.6 83 13 29297 -35.7 265 65 822.2 84 12 29852 -38.9 262 60 829.9 85 10 31110 -37.5 255 49 879.6 86 9.5 31464 -37.7 -75.7 1 38.0 -49.4 891.8 891.9 329.3 893.3 0.14 TRP 206 11967 -61.7 -67.7 45 6.0 -61.8 285 63 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.02 WND 169 13206 -57.3 -77.2 6 19.9 -57.5 285 92 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.00 m Freezing level: 660.14 mb = 3657.05 m = 11998.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.70 mb = 3405.68 m = 11173.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.96 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.14 mb = 268.91 m = 882.25 ft T: -9999.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.66 C Layer 896.0- 855.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 991.00 mb = 270.00 m = 885.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.50 C = 58.10 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.00 C K Index: 28.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53428.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.92 mb = 798.80 m = 2620.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 302 at 21 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 991 270 250 4 3.8 1.4 | 131 19 -14.1 12.5 1 953 610 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 186 26 2.6 25.4 2 925 863 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 203 26 10.2 24.2 3 919 914 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 207 24 11.3 21.7 4 887 1219 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 219 18 11.0 13.6 5 855 1524 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 243 9 8.2 4.1 6 850 1574 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 237 12 9.7 6.2 7 824 1829 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 227 7 5.3 4.9 8 794 2134 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 193 8 1.8 7.6 9 766 2438 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 192 10 2.0 9.4 10 738 2743 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 209 10 5.0 9.1 11 711 3048 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 220 7 4.3 5.1 12 700 3180 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 220 9 5.8 6.9 13 685 3353 270 31 31.0 -0.0 | 230 17 13.1 11.1 14 659 3658 270 32 32.0 -0.0 | 232 18 14.1 11.1 15 610 4267 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 241 17 15.0 8.2 16 587 4572 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 246 20 18.0 8.0 17 564 4877 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 219 22 13.6 16.7 18 502 5791 290 31 29.1 -10.6 | 267 11 11.3 0.5 19 500 5830 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 256 12 12.1 3.1 20 483 6096 275 31 30.9 -2.7 | 237 15 13.0 8.4 21 445 6706 275 34 33.9 -3.0 | 243 18 16.0 8.1 22 410 7315 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 284 13 12.9 -3.3 23 400 7510 290 36 33.8 -12.3 | 274 16 16.0 -1.2 24 394 7620 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 261 15 15.0 2.3 25 346 8534 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 238 28 24.0 14.8 26 317 9144 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 265 30 30.4 2.6 27 300 9530 285 51 49.3 -13.2 | 274 31 31.4 -2.1 28 250 10740 290 60 56.4 -20.5 | 284 40 38.5 -9.4 29 230 11278 295 60 54.4 -25.4 | 291 39 36.5 -14.3 30 209 11887 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 277 43 43.0 -5.2 31 206 11967 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 277 43 43.0 -5.2 32 200 12150 290 68 63.9 -23.3 | 285 48 46.0 -12.2 33 172 13106 285 92 88.9 -23.8 | 280 72 71.0 -12.7 34 169 13206 285 92 88.9 -23.8 | 280 72 71.0 -12.7 35 150 13960 280 80 78.8 -13.9 | 273 61 60.9 -2.8 36 141 14326 285 76 73.4 -19.7 | 279 56 55.5 -8.6 37 135 14630 275 64 63.8 -5.6 | 263 46 45.9 5.5 38 122 15240 260 70 68.9 12.2 | 246 56 51.1 23.3 39 100 16460 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 259 59 58.1 11.1 40 86 17374 280 79 77.8 -13.7 | 273 60 59.9 -2.6 41 74 18288 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 262 42 41.9 5.9 42 70 18590 275 47 46.8 -4.1 | 256 30 28.9 7.0 43 54 20117 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 228 16 12.1 11.1 44 52 20422 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 219 22 13.6 16.7 45 50 20600 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 225 20 14.0 13.9 46 47 21031 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 253 17 16.6 5.0 47 44 21336 260 32 31.5 5.6 | 219 22 13.6 16.7 48 42 21641 250 35 32.9 12.0 | 213 28 15.0 23.1 49 36 22555 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 237 36 30.4 19.6 50 35 22860 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 234 25 20.0 14.4 51 30 23730 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 245 37 33.9 15.6 52 27 24384 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 249 47 43.9 16.5 53 22 25603 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 231 50 38.5 31.6 54 21 25908 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 244 51 46.1 22.4 55 20 26213 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 246 39 35.9 15.8 56 20 26350 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 246 39 35.9 15.8 57 20 26518 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 224 38 26.3 27.2 58 17 27432 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 239 40 34.3 20.3 59 14 28651 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 256 46 45.1 11.1 60 13 29261 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 250 50 46.9 16.8 61 10 31110 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 231 38 29.5 23.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.8 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 301.8 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 5.1 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.1 neg: -12.9 tot: 201.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 35.83 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 238 18 174 21| 0.0 25.6 25.6|125.9 0.0 125.9 251.8 0.90| 26.6 23.9 1000 248 24 193 21| 6.9 12.8 19.7|186.3 0.0 186.3 186.3 0.81| 21.2 17.1 1500 259 25 204 17| 6.8 8.5 15.3|198.8 -2.9 195.9 130.6 0.69| 17.8 12.2 2000 265 24 206 15| 5.1 6.0 11.1|198.8 -12.7 186.1 93.1 0.53| 14.9 7.9 2500 267 24 205 14| 4.1 5.3 9.4|206.5 -12.8 193.7 77.5 0.54| 12.7 6.9 3000 269 24 207 13| 3.4 5.1 8.5|214.1 -12.9 201.2 67.1 0.51| 12.2 6.3 4000 270 26 216 14| 2.8 4.4 7.3|232.5 -12.9 219.6 54.9 0.51| 10.2 5.2 5000 270 27 220 15| 2.7 3.9 6.6|265.2 -63.4 201.8 40.4 0.38| 10.2 3.9 6000 272 28 225 14| 3.0 3.8 6.9|293.0 -85.5 207.5 34.6 0.34| 10.0 3.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20200319.12.gif