UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032012.upa.cvt
Date: 1200Z 20 MAR 20
Searching for KGSO...
Searching the city database file for: KGSO ...
Date:1200Z 20 MAR 20
Station: KGSO
WMO ident: 72317
Latitude: 36.08
Longitude: -79.95
Elevation: 270.00
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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
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0 1000 183
SFC 989 270 19.4 16.1 81 3.3 17.2 210 10 293.5 295.6 290.8 326.9 11.71
2 985 306 19.2 12.2 64 7.0 14.9 212 12 293.6 295.2 288.6 319.7 9.09
3 962 512 17.8 13.4 75 4.4 15.0 224 25 294.2 296.0 289.7 323.1 10.09
4 941 704 17.6 13.4 76 4.2 14.9 236 35 295.9 297.7 290.5 325.6 10.32
5 930 807 19.4 13.4 68 6.0 15.5 242 39 298.7 300.6 291.5 329.2 10.44
6 925 854 19.4 13.4 68 6.0 15.5 245 41 299.1 301.1 291.7 329.8 10.50
7 924 863 19.2 13.2 68 6.0 15.4 245 41 299.0 300.9 291.5 329.3 10.37
8 850 1576 14.4 8.4 67 6.0 10.8 235 41 301.2 302.7 290.4 325.4 8.16
9 802 2063 10.4 5.4 71 5.0 7.6 236 39 302.0 303.3 289.7 323.0 7.03
10 793 2157 10.4 3.4 62 7.0 6.6 236 38 303.0 304.1 289.2 321.6 6.17
11 786 2231 10.4 4.4 66 6.0 7.1 238 38 303.8 305.0 289.9 323.9 6.68
12 781 2284 10.4 1.4 54 9.0 5.6 240 38 304.3 305.3 289.0 320.8 5.42
13 775 2348 10.0 2.0 57 8.0 5.7 242 37 304.6 305.6 289.3 321.9 5.71
14 768 2424 10.4 -4.6 34 15.0 3.3 244 37 305.8 306.4 287.7 316.8 3.54
15 766 2445 10.4 -6.6 30 17.0 2.7 245 37 306.0 306.6 287.3 315.5 3.04
16 761 2500 10.0 -5.0 34 15.0 2.9 247 38 306.2 306.8 287.7 316.9 3.46
17 745 2676 9.0 -11.0 23 20.0 0.7 253 39 306.9 307.3 286.7 314.0 2.21
18 738 2754 8.8 -6.2 34 15.0 1.9 255 40 307.5 308.2 288.0 317.8 3.26
19 719 2970 7.4 -8.6 31 16.0 0.4 250 38 308.3 308.8 287.8 317.1 2.77
20 708 3097 7.4 -11.6 24 19.0 -0.4 247 38 309.7 310.1 287.7 316.8 2.22
21 700 3190 7.0 -12.0 24 19.0 -0.7 245 37 310.2 310.6 287.8 317.3 2.17
22 690 3308 6.0 -13.0 24 19.0 -1.6 245 36 310.4 310.8 287.8 317.0 2.03
23 665 3610 5.4 -16.6 19 22.0 -2.7 245 34 313.0 313.3 288.2 318.2 1.57
24 646 3847 4.0 -14.0 26 18.0 -3.0 242 32 314.0 314.4 288.9 320.6 2.00
25 619 4193 2.4 -16.6 23 19.0 -4.6 247 39 316.1 316.4 289.3 321.7 1.69
26 613 4272 1.8 -10.2 41 12.0 -3.3 249 41 316.3 316.8 290.5 325.6 2.87
27 601 4431 0.6 -9.4 47 10.0 -3.7 248 42 316.7 317.3 290.8 326.8 3.12
28 551 5123 -4.3 -13.3 49 9.0 -7.8 251 46 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.1 2.49
29 546 5195 -4.9 -11.9 58 7.0 -7.7 255 47 318.9 319.5 291.2 328.2 2.81
30 523 5532 -8.1 -14.1 62 6.0 -10.3 260 47 319.0 319.5 290.9 327.2 2.46
31 504 5819 -10.3 -17.3 56 7.0 -12.6 264 48 319.8 320.1 290.6 326.3 1.95
32 500 5880 -10.9 -17.9 56 7.0 -13.2 265 48 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.1 1.87
33 475 6271 -14.3 -19.3 66 5.0 -15.8 268 54 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.2 1.75
34 465 6431 -15.7 -21.7 60 6.0 -17.4 269 56 320.5 320.8 290.4 325.4 1.45
35 457 6562 -16.3 -26.3 42 10.0 -18.7 264 54 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.7 0.98
36 438 6879 -18.3 -31.3 31 13.0 -20.9 251 48 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.64
37 422 7155 -20.7 -31.7 37 11.0 -22.8 249 45 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.64
38 420 7190 -20.7 -31.7 37 11.0 -22.8 250 45 323.5 323.7 290.5 325.8 0.64
39 414 7297 -20.3 -39.3 17 19.0 -23.2 253 44 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.5 0.31
40 400 7550 -22.5 -45.5 10 23.0 -25.3 260 43 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.16
41 395 7642 -23.1 -47.1 9 24.0 -25.8 261 43 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.7 0.14
42 369 8137 -27.5 -49.5 10 22.0 -29.6 268 56 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.11
43 344 8638 -31.5 -47.5 19 16.0 -32.9 261 54 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.15
44 331 8909 -34.3 -42.3 44 8.0 -35.1 258 54 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.28
45 326 9015 -34.9 -40.9 54 6.0 -35.5 257 53 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.33
46 314 9276 -36.7 -41.4 62 4.7 -37.1 255 54 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.32
47 300 9590 -39.5 -44.5 59 5.0 -39.9 255 56 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24
48 280 10058 -42.7 -48.7 52 6.0 -43.0 259 58 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.16
49 261 10527 -46.9 -52.9 50 6.0 -47.1 263 60 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.11
50 250 10810 -49.3 -56.3 44 7.0 -49.6 265 61 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.07
51 236 11184 -52.9 -60.9 37 8.0 -53.1 266 62 332.9 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.04
52 226 11462 -55.1 -65.1 28 10.0 -55.3 267 62 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.03
53 200 12230 -61.3 -68.3 39 7.0 -61.4 270 63 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02
54 199 12261 -61.7 -68.7 39 7.0 -61.8 270 63 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.02
55 195 12387 -61.9 -68.9 39 7.0 -62.0 271 65 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.2 0.02
56 193 12450 -60.9 -68.9 34 8.0 -61.0 271 67 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.02
57 190 12548 -61.5 -69.5 34 8.0 -61.6 272 69 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02
58 188 12613 -60.7 -68.7 34 8.0 -60.8 272 70 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.7 0.02
59 177 12988 -61.3 -70.6 28 9.3 -61.4 275 77 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02
60 150 14010 -62.9 -75.9 16 13.0 -63.0 285 63 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01
61 100 16490 -69.3 -90.3 3 21.0 -69.4 260 56 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00
62 95 16795 -71.5 -91.5 4 20.0 -71.6 265 61 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00
63 92 16985 -69.3 -90.3 3 21.0 -69.4 263 56 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00
64 81 17741 -71.7 -91.7 4 20.0 -71.8 263 53 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00
65 77 18042 -69.1 -91.1 3 22.0 -69.2 266 55 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00
66 75 18200 -65.9 -88.9 3 23.0 -66.1 269 50 434.7 434.7 309.3 434.7 0.00
67 70 18620 -64.9 -88.9 2 24.0 -65.1 270 29 445.5 445.5 310.4 445.5 0.00
68 57 19852 -70.9 -94.9 2 24.0 -71.0 270 45 458.9 458.9 311.7 458.9 0.00
69 56 19957 -69.5 -93.5 2 24.0 -69.6 268 44 464.4 464.4 312.1 464.4 0.00
70 51 20512 -70.9 -94.9 2 24.0 -71.1 261 40 473.7 473.7 313.0 473.7 0.00
71 50 20630 -68.5 -94.5 1 26.0 -68.7 260 39 482.1 482.1 313.6 482.1 0.00
72 47 21003 -66.5 -93.5 1 27.0 -66.8 249 33 495.5 495.5 314.6 495.5 0.00
73 43 21540 -67.9 -93.9 1 26.0 -68.1 251 36 504.8 504.8 315.3 504.8 0.00
74 40 21980 -63.1 -93.1 1 30.0 -63.6 271 50 527.4 527.4 316.8 527.4 0.00
75 39 22136 -61.9 272 49 534.3
76 37 22461 -62.9 276 47 539.8
77 35 22805 -60.9 280 45 553.7
78 33 23169 -62.9 265 34 557.8
79 30 23760 -60.1 270 41 580.8
80 28 24194 -58.3 276 49 597.4
81 27 24425 -54.7 269 48 613.7
82 25 24917 -56.3 264 49 622.8
83 21 26053 -45.9 277 55 686.0
84 20 26380 -44.3 275 53 700.6
85 17 27478 -40.5 270 51 746.1
86 17 27478 -35.9 270 51 760.8
87 13 29319 -41.7 255 40 801.4
88 12 29866 -38.3 250 37 832.0
89 11 30464 -38.1 245 34 853.7
90 10 31120 -38.5 240 30 875.8
91 9.5 31473 -37.7 891.8
92 9.1 31768 -39.9 894.4
93 8.3 32395 -41.1 -78.1 1 37.0 -51.6 913.5 913.6 329.7 914.7 0.11
TRP 199 12261 -61.7 -68.7 39 7.0 -61.8 270 63 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.02
WND 177 12988 -61.3 -70.6 28 9.3 -61.4 275 77 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5697.00 m
Freezing level: 594.88 mb = 4516.04 m = 14816.24 ft
Wetbulb zero: 713.23 mb = 3035.85 m = 9960.03 ft
Precipitable water: 1.07 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.46 %
Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.99 mb = 695.02 m = 2280.22 ft T: 17.61 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km
ThetaE index: 8.28 C Layer 924.0- 786.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 2051.50 m = 6730.55 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg
Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F
Cap Strength: 5.19 C
Lifted Index: 2.44 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.55 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.23 C
Showalter Index: 2.62 C Risk: Showers probable
Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C
K Index: 14.70 Risk: None
Sweat Index: 318.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 35.79 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 8.46 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 45463.42 J/kg
Cap Strength: 5.14 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.99 mb = 1426.70 m = 4680.72 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft
Wind level data
Storm motion: 277 at 30 knt
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TRUE/GROUND REL | STORM REL
LEV P H DIR SPD U V | DIR SPD U V
mb m knt m/s | knt m/s
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0 989 270 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 117 28 -24.8 12.5
1 951 610 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 166 25 -6.0 23.8
2 925 854 245 41 37.2 17.3 | 199 22 7.4 21.2
3 918 914 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 201 23 8.3 21.6
4 886 1219 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 196 26 7.4 25.4
5 850 1576 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 188 28 3.8 27.4
6 825 1829 240 42 36.4 21.0 | 195 26 6.6 24.9
7 795 2134 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 183 26 1.3 25.7
8 766 2438 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 191 20 3.7 19.5
9 739 2743 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 212 17 8.8 14.2
10 700 3190 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 191 20 3.7 19.5
11 660 3658 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 183 18 1.0 18.2
12 636 3962 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 171 20 -2.9 19.4
13 612 4267 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 208 21 9.7 18.2
14 567 4877 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 196 26 7.4 25.4
15 546 5182 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 224 22 15.6 16.0
16 500 5880 265 48 47.8 4.2 | 246 20 18.0 8.1
17 486 6096 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 248 23 21.0 8.3
18 466 6401 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 262 26 26.2 3.9
19 430 7010 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 207 26 11.9 23.3
20 400 7550 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 228 17 12.6 11.3
21 396 7620 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 226 16 11.6 11.2
22 379 7925 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 262 26 26.2 3.9
23 319 9144 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 231 28 21.4 17.6
24 300 9590 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 233 30 24.3 18.4
25 250 10810 265 61 60.8 5.3 | 253 32 31.0 9.2
26 201 12192 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 263 33 33.2 3.9
27 200 12230 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 263 33 33.2 3.9
28 199 12261 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 263 33 33.2 3.9
29 177 12988 275 77 76.7 -6.7 | 273 47 46.9 -2.8
30 174 13106 275 77 76.7 -6.7 | 273 47 46.9 -2.8
31 157 13716 290 61 57.3 -20.9 | 302 32 27.5 -17.0
32 150 14010 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 292 33 31.1 -12.4
33 142 14326 270 63 63.0 -0.0 | 263 33 33.2 3.9
34 129 14935 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 265 43 43.2 3.9
35 123 15240 275 66 65.7 -5.8 | 273 36 36.0 -1.9
36 100 16490 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 242 29 25.4 13.6
37 96 16764 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 254 33 32.0 9.3
38 86 17374 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 234 20 16.5 12.0
39 78 17983 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 252 28 27.0 8.8
40 74 18288 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 258 19 18.2 3.9
41 70 18593 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 155 4 -1.8 3.9
42 70 18620 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 168 4 -0.8 3.9
43 63 19202 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 196 10 2.7 9.6
44 57 19812 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 256 16 15.2 3.9
45 50 20630 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 219 14 8.6 10.7
46 45 21336 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 163 19 -5.5 17.9
47 40 21946 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 259 21 20.2 3.9
48 35 22860 280 45 44.3 -7.8 | 285 15 14.5 -3.9
49 33 23165 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 211 8 4.1 6.8
50 30 23760 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 251 12 11.2 3.9
51 29 24079 280 49 48.3 -8.5 | 284 19 18.5 -4.6
52 27 24384 270 48 48.0 -0.0 | 258 19 18.2 3.9
53 24 25298 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 236 22 18.5 12.4
54 21 26213 280 56 55.1 -9.7 | 283 26 25.4 -5.8
55 20 26380 275 53 52.8 -4.6 | 272 23 23.0 -0.7
56 17 27432 270 51 51.0 -0.0 | 260 22 21.2 3.9
57 10 31120 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 169 19 -3.8 18.9
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.4 at 40.1 knts
Storm direction: 277.4 at 30.0 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.9 neg: -99.4 tot: 198.5 m^2/s^2
ave: 66.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.06
Bulk Rich Number: 0.83
Bulk Shear: 42.94 m/s
Storm Parameters
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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
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500 230 25 152 23| 30.2 0.0 30.2|202.4 0.0 202.4 404.9 0.99| 32.0 31.6
1000 238 33 176 22| 15.1 2.7 17.7|234.1 -14.8 219.3 219.3 0.82| 21.1 17.4
1500 238 36 182 23| 10.1 1.5 11.5|251.2 -38.8 212.4 141.6 0.69| 16.2 11.3
2000 238 37 184 24| 6.5 1.1 7.6|258.0 -67.1 190.9 95.5 0.55| 14.0 7.6
2500 240 37 186 23| 6.2 0.9 7.1|297.9 -67.1 230.7 92.3 0.58| 13.4 7.7
3000 241 37 188 22| 5.2 1.3 6.5|297.9 -99.4 198.5 66.2 0.43| 12.4 5.3
4000 242 37 187 21| 5.2 1.2 6.3|362.0-128.0 233.9 58.5 0.41| 11.7 4.8
5000 243 38 192 21| 5.1 1.5 6.6|442.1-157.0 285.1 57.0 0.41| 11.5 4.7
6000 247 40 200 21| 5.1 1.3 6.4|505.5-157.0 348.5 58.1 0.45| 10.8 4.9
Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20200320.12.gif