UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 21 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 154 SFC 986 270 26.6 13.6 45 13.0 18.1 220 6 301.0 302.8 291.8 330.4 9.97 2 973 389 26.0 12.0 42 14.0 17.1 220 10 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.4 9.09 3 925 837 21.8 10.8 50 11.0 14.9 225 20 301.6 303.2 291.0 327.7 8.82 4 917 912 21.2 11.2 53 10.0 14.9 230 19 301.7 303.4 291.4 328.8 9.14 5 850 1562 15.0 10.0 72 5.0 11.9 235 19 301.9 303.5 291.4 328.8 9.11 6 804 2030 10.4 8.3 87 2.1 9.2 237 20 301.8 303.4 290.9 327.2 8.58 7 778 2304 8.6 7.5 93 1.1 7.9 240 20 302.7 304.3 291.0 327.7 8.39 8 768 2411 7.4 5.2 86 2.2 6.2 244 19 302.5 303.9 290.0 324.2 7.24 9 732 2805 5.2 3.7 90 1.5 4.4 251 31 304.3 305.6 290.2 324.9 6.83 10 719 2952 5.2 2.1 80 3.1 3.5 252 33 305.9 307.0 290.2 324.8 6.20 11 700 3171 4.0 0.6 78 3.4 2.2 255 36 306.9 308.0 290.1 324.4 5.72 12 643 3854 -0.9 -4.0 79 3.1 -2.4 250 42 308.9 309.7 289.6 322.7 4.42 13 637 3929 -0.5 -7.5 59 7.0 -3.6 250 44 310.2 310.8 289.0 321.0 3.41 14 619 4157 -2.1 -7.1 69 5.0 -4.3 250 48 310.9 311.6 289.5 322.4 3.63 15 610 4273 -2.5 -12.5 46 10.0 -6.3 250 50 311.7 312.2 288.6 319.5 2.40 16 605 4338 -2.9 -13.9 42 11.0 -7.0 250 51 312.0 312.4 288.4 319.0 2.16 17 597 4444 -2.5 -25.5 15 23.0 -8.9 251 54 313.7 313.8 287.6 316.4 0.80 18 584 4618 -2.9 -27.9 13 25.0 -9.5 253 59 315.2 315.3 287.9 317.5 0.66 19 576 4727 -3.7 -17.7 33 14.0 -8.5 254 62 315.5 315.8 289.0 321.0 1.65 20 570 4810 -4.1 -26.1 16 22.0 -10.1 254 64 316.0 316.1 288.3 318.7 0.80 21 559 4963 -5.3 -20.3 30 15.0 -10.0 256 66 316.3 316.6 289.0 320.9 1.36 22 554 5033 -5.5 -25.5 19 20.0 -11.0 257 66 316.9 317.1 288.7 319.9 0.87 23 535 5306 -7.3 -31.3 13 24.0 -12.9 256 67 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.8 0.52 24 530 5379 -6.9 -31.9 12 25.0 -12.7 254 69 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.0 0.50 25 516 5587 -8.7 -29.7 17 21.0 -13.7 247 71 319.5 319.7 289.3 321.8 0.63 26 508 5708 -9.3 -21.3 37 12.0 -12.9 244 70 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.0 1.37 27 500 5830 -10.5 -19.5 48 9.0 -13.3 240 70 320.2 320.6 290.5 325.8 1.63 28 485 6064 -12.1 -16.4 70 4.3 -13.6 231 72 321.1 321.5 291.3 328.4 2.19 29 442 6769 -17.9 -20.5 80 2.6 -18.6 237 71 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.2 1.69 30 400 7510 -23.1 -25.7 79 2.6 -23.7 245 70 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.1 1.18 31 354 8391 -30.1 -31.8 85 1.7 -30.4 250 70 327.1 327.3 291.7 329.8 0.75 32 350 8471 -29.7 -33.0 73 3.3 -30.2 250 70 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.2 0.68 33 346 8553 -30.3 -36.3 56 6.0 -31.2 250 70 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.8 0.50 34 341 8656 -30.9 -37.9 50 7.0 -31.8 250 70 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.43 35 312 9279 -36.1 -44.1 44 8.0 -36.8 248 68 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.24 36 300 9550 -38.3 -44.3 53 6.0 -38.8 245 65 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.25 37 288 9830 -40.7 -44.8 65 4.1 -41.0 243 63 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.8 0.25 38 272 10217 -44.3 -49.2 58 4.9 -44.6 241 61 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 39 255 10649 -46.7 -59.7 21 13.0 -47.1 250 63 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 40 250 10780 -47.7 -61.7 18 14.0 -48.1 255 65 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.04 41 242 10993 -49.5 -63.5 18 14.0 -49.8 255 66 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.03 42 207 11994 -58.1 -67.1 31 9.0 -58.2 255 71 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.02 43 200 12210 -57.5 -66.5 31 9.0 -57.6 255 72 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 44 189 12566 -60.1 -68.1 34 8.0 -60.2 260 73 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 45 184 12734 -59.7 -68.7 30 9.0 -59.8 262 75 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 46 182 12802 -58.7 -67.7 30 9.0 -58.8 262 75 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 47 167 13341 -60.9 -72.9 19 12.0 -61.0 261 69 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 48 160 13609 -59.7 -73.7 15 14.0 -59.9 257 59 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 49 150 14010 -62.7 -76.7 14 14.0 -62.9 250 57 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 50 143 14303 -63.3 -78.3 11 15.0 -63.4 254 67 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 51 137 14566 -62.5 -77.5 12 15.0 -62.6 257 76 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.01 52 131 14841 -63.5 -79.0 10 15.5 -63.6 260 85 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.01 53 125 15127 -64.5 -80.5 9 16.0 -64.6 263 81 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00 54 122 15274 -65.7 -80.7 11 15.0 -65.8 265 79 378.6 378.6 302.1 378.7 0.00 55 118 15476 -66.1 -82.1 9 16.0 -66.2 267 76 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 56 114 15684 -67.1 -82.1 10 15.0 -67.2 269 73 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.5 0.00 57 105 16178 -67.5 -83.5 9 16.0 -67.6 262 68 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 58 100 16470 -69.5 -84.5 10 15.0 -69.6 255 66 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 59 92 16965 -71.3 -86.3 9 15.0 -71.3 259 55 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 60 91 17030 -68.7 -84.7 8 16.0 -68.8 260 54 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 61 82 17648 -71.9 -86.9 9 15.0 -72.0 260 63 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 62 81 17721 -69.7 -85.7 8 16.0 -69.8 260 61 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 63 77 18023 -69.1 -85.1 8 16.0 -69.2 260 51 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 64 71 18506 -70.5 -85.5 9 15.0 -70.6 264 45 431.8 431.8 309.0 431.8 0.00 65 70 18590 -69.7 -85.7 8 16.0 -69.8 265 46 435.3 435.3 309.4 435.3 0.00 66 67 18853 -67.5 -84.5 7 17.0 -67.7 269 45 445.5 445.5 310.4 445.5 0.00 67 54 20148 -69.7 -85.7 8 16.0 -69.8 237 52 468.8 468.8 312.5 468.8 0.00 68 50 20610 -67.5 -84.5 7 17.0 -67.7 250 56 484.4 484.4 313.8 484.5 0.01 69 49 20732 -67.5 -84.5 7 17.0 -67.7 251 54 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.3 0.01 70 46 21118 -62.1 -82.1 5 20.0 -62.6 254 46 509.1 509.1 315.6 509.2 0.01 71 42 21680 -63.1 -82.1 6 19.0 -63.6 254 39 520.1 520.1 316.3 520.2 0.01 72 41 21829 -61.5 -81.5 5 20.0 -62.0 266 37 527.7 527.7 316.8 527.7 0.01 73 38 22300 -62.7 -81.7 6 19.0 -63.2 270 33 536.2 536.2 317.3 536.3 0.01 74 33 23173 -61.7 -81.7 5 20.0 -62.4 266 41 560.9 560.9 318.7 561.0 0.02 75 30 23770 -57.5 -81.5 3 24.0 -58.7 245 42 587.9 587.9 320.0 588.0 0.02 76 27 24435 -57.9 -80.9 4 23.0 -59.2 258 49 604.7 604.8 320.8 604.9 0.02 77 26 24674 -57.1 -81.1 3 24.0 -58.5 270 47 613.6 613.6 321.2 613.7 0.02 78 25 24925 -52.7 -78.7 3 26.0 -54.9 267 49 633.1 633.2 322.0 633.4 0.03 79 23 25466 -50.3 -77.3 3 27.0 -53.3 261 52 655.5 655.5 322.9 655.8 0.04 80 21 26066 -46.1 -75.1 2 29.0 -50.6 251 45 685.4 685.5 324.0 686.0 0.07 81 20 26390 -46.9 -79.9 1 33.0 -51.4 245 40 692.6 692.6 324.2 692.9 0.03 82 18 27087 -47.5 251 43 711.9 83 16 27875 -42.1 260 50 753.9 84 11 30405 -43.1 252 47 835.6 85 11 30405 -40.7 -77.7 1 37.0 -50.1 252 47 844.3 844.3 328.3 845.2 0.09 TRP 189 12566 -60.1 -68.1 34 8.0 -60.2 260 73 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 WND 131 14841 -63.5 -79.0 10 15.5 -63.6 260 85 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.00 m Freezing level: 653.47 mb = 3728.60 m = 12232.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.34 mb = 3495.24 m = 11467.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.10 mb = 1914.81 m = 6282.12 ft T: 11.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 3.94 C Layer 719.0- 619.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.02 mb = 2292.75 m = 7522.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 32.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.35 mb = 2162.11 m = 7093.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.35 mb = 2428.37 m = 7967.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 716.35 mb = 2982.38 m = 9784.59 ft B at Equ Level: 7.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 566.35 mb = 4860.08 m = 15944.94 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 276 at 30 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 270 220 6 3.9 4.6 | 107 27 -26.3 7.8 1 949 610 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 130 25 -19.3 16.3 2 925 837 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 137 24 -16.1 17.4 3 917 914 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 135 22 -15.6 15.4 4 885 1219 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 142 24 -14.6 18.8 5 850 1562 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 134 20 -14.6 14.1 6 823 1829 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 133 19 -13.7 12.7 7 793 2134 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 140 20 -13.0 15.3 8 765 2438 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 131 17 -13.0 11.3 9 737 2743 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 172 14 -2.0 13.5 10 700 3171 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 200 13 4.6 12.5 11 658 3658 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 201 18 6.4 16.6 12 609 4267 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 220 26 16.8 20.3 13 564 4877 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 239 39 33.5 20.3 14 543 5182 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 247 37 33.8 14.5 15 522 5486 250 71 66.7 24.3 | 233 46 36.5 27.5 16 500 5830 240 70 60.6 35.0 | 219 49 30.4 38.2 17 483 6096 230 72 55.2 46.3 | 207 55 25.0 49.5 18 400 7510 245 70 63.4 29.6 | 225 47 33.2 32.8 19 394 7620 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 233 45 35.6 27.2 20 346 8534 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 233 45 35.6 27.2 21 318 9144 250 70 65.8 23.9 | 233 45 35.6 27.2 22 300 9550 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 223 42 28.7 30.7 23 266 10363 240 60 52.0 30.0 | 213 40 21.8 33.2 24 250 10780 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 238 38 32.6 20.1 25 200 12210 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 241 45 39.3 21.9 26 189 12566 260 73 71.9 12.7 | 249 45 41.7 15.9 27 173 13106 265 78 77.7 6.8 | 258 49 47.5 10.0 28 157 13716 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 233 29 22.9 17.5 29 150 14010 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 226 33 23.4 22.7 30 131 14841 260 85 83.7 14.8 | 251 56 53.5 18.0 31 129 14935 260 85 83.7 14.8 | 251 56 53.5 18.0 32 123 15240 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 258 50 48.5 10.1 33 111 15850 270 71 71.0 -0.0 | 265 41 40.8 3.2 34 100 16470 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 239 39 33.5 20.3 35 90 17069 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 241 25 22.0 12.4 36 82 17678 260 63 62.0 10.9 | 246 35 31.8 14.2 37 74 18288 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 227 15 11.2 10.5 38 70 18590 265 46 45.8 4.0 | 245 17 15.6 7.2 39 63 19202 275 43 42.8 -3.7 | 272 13 12.6 -0.5 40 54 20117 235 51 41.8 29.3 | 200 34 11.6 32.5 41 52 20422 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 225 32 22.4 22.4 42 50 20610 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 225 32 22.4 22.4 43 44 21336 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 216 18 10.4 14.1 44 42 21641 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 204 18 7.4 16.9 45 40 21946 275 35 34.9 -3.1 | 268 5 4.7 0.2 46 38 22250 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 221 4 2.8 3.2 47 31 23470 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 241 14 12.6 7.0 48 30 23770 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 201 22 7.9 21.0 49 29 24079 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 189 33 5.0 32.8 50 27 24384 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 227 23 17.1 15.9 51 26 24689 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 259 17 16.8 3.2 52 23 25603 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 241 25 22.0 12.4 53 20 26390 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 197 21 6.0 20.1 54 19 26518 245 38 34.4 16.1 | 192 20 4.2 19.3 55 15 27432 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 251 25 23.6 7.9 56 7 30175 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 180 24 0.1 24.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.8 neg: -26.1 tot: 147.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 109.74 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 221 14 122 25| 13.5 0.0 13.5| 87.2 0.0 87.2 174.3 0.96| 13.7 13.2 1000 224 17 130 24| 8.0 0.0 8.0|102.2 -0.3 101.9 101.9 0.85| 9.2 7.8 1500 228 18 132 23| 4.6 0.0 4.6|102.2 -17.2 84.9 56.6 0.53| 7.9 4.2 2000 230 18 133 22| 3.8 0.0 3.8|111.9 -21.6 90.3 45.2 0.50| 6.9 3.4 2500 234 19 135 20| 5.2 0.0 5.2|151.5 -26.1 125.4 50.2 0.57| 8.2 4.7 3000 239 22 142 18| 5.5 0.0 5.5|173.8 -26.1 147.7 49.2 0.62| 8.0 5.0 4000 244 27 159 16| 5.2 0.7 5.9|213.9 -26.1 187.7 46.9 0.59| 7.9 4.6 5000 248 34 185 16| 6.0 0.5 6.5|356.7 -52.4 304.3 60.9 0.57| 9.0 5.1 6000 246 41 199 21| 5.0 2.9 7.9|373.6-415.0 -41.4 -6.9 0.18| 10.4 1.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20200321.00.gif