UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 MAR 20 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 23 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 238 80 11 SFC 995 270 11.6 3.6 58 8.0 7.6 80 11 285.2 286.0 281.0 299.2 4.98 2 991 304 11.4 3.4 58 8.0 7.4 80 11 285.3 286.1 281.0 299.2 4.93 3 951 652 8.2 0.2 57 8.0 4.5 76 14 285.4 286.1 280.0 297.0 4.08 4 925 884 6.0 0.0 65 6.0 3.2 80 14 285.4 286.2 280.1 297.2 4.13 5 883 1263 2.4 0.3 86 2.1 1.4 124 16 285.5 286.3 280.5 298.1 4.43 6 880 1290 2.6 1.0 89 1.6 1.8 129 16 286.0 286.8 281.0 299.2 4.67 7 874 1346 4.6 4.2 97 0.4 4.4 140 15 288.7 289.7 283.6 305.5 5.92 8 861 1469 6.2 5.9 98 0.3 6.1 164 14 291.6 292.8 285.7 311.0 6.77 9 850 1574 5.6 5.6 100 0.0 5.6 180 13 292.0 293.2 285.8 311.3 6.72 10 809 1976 2.8 2.0 94 0.8 2.4 211 15 293.2 294.2 284.9 309.1 5.47 11 805 2016 2.4 1.1 91 1.3 1.8 218 16 293.2 294.1 284.6 308.2 5.15 12 800 2066 1.8 -6.2 55 8.0 -1.4 227 17 293.1 293.6 282.2 302.0 3.00 13 790 2167 0.6 -17.4 25 18.0 -4.9 240 20 292.8 293.1 279.8 296.7 1.23 14 774 2332 3.2 -16.8 21 20.0 -3.3 240 22 297.4 297.6 282.0 301.5 1.32 15 757 2512 3.8 -18.2 18 22.0 -3.3 238 24 299.9 300.1 282.9 303.7 1.20 16 740 2697 3.2 -20.8 15 24.0 -4.1 232 24 301.2 301.4 283.1 304.4 0.98 17 700 3144 0.0 -24.0 14 24.0 -6.6 235 26 302.5 302.6 283.4 305.1 0.78 18 663 3577 -3.1 -23.1 20 20.0 -8.6 231 29 303.7 303.9 284.1 306.7 0.90 19 643 3819 -3.9 -43.9 3 40.0 -10.6 230 30 305.5 305.5 283.8 305.9 0.12 20 627 4018 -4.7 -50.7 1 46.0 -11.3 231 31 306.8 306.8 284.2 307.0 0.06 21 603 4324 -6.9 -36.9 7 30.0 -12.6 239 32 307.7 307.7 284.8 308.6 0.27 22 595 4429 -7.5 -25.5 22 18.0 -12.1 236 34 308.2 308.3 285.7 310.9 0.81 23 575 4694 -9.5 -27.5 22 18.0 -13.7 230 37 308.9 309.0 285.8 311.2 0.70 24 570 4762 -9.9 -22.9 34 13.0 -13.3 228 38 309.2 309.4 286.3 312.7 1.06 25 564 4843 -10.5 -15.1 69 4.6 -12.0 226 38 309.4 309.8 287.5 316.1 2.10 26 561 4884 -10.7 -14.5 74 3.8 -12.0 225 39 309.6 310.0 287.7 316.8 2.21 27 557 4939 -10.5 -16.5 61 6.0 -12.4 227 39 310.5 310.9 287.6 316.6 1.89 28 551 5023 -9.9 -11.1 91 1.2 -10.4 230 40 312.2 312.7 289.3 321.7 2.97 29 545 5108 -9.1 -12.0 79 2.9 -10.2 232 40 314.1 314.6 289.7 323.2 2.80 30 524 5411 -11.1 -14.1 78 3.0 -12.2 243 42 315.3 315.7 289.8 323.3 2.45 31 511 5604 -11.9 -17.9 61 6.0 -13.8 249 43 316.6 316.9 289.6 322.7 1.83 32 500 5770 -13.5 -19.5 61 6.0 -15.3 255 44 316.6 316.9 289.4 322.0 1.63 33 481 6063 -15.9 -21.9 60 6.0 -17.5 259 45 317.1 317.4 289.3 321.8 1.38 34 456 6461 -19.1 -27.1 49 8.0 -20.8 269 47 318.0 318.2 289.1 321.2 0.91 35 435 6809 -22.1 -28.1 58 6.0 -23.3 274 49 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.6 0.87 36 409 7259 -24.9 -29.2 67 4.3 -25.7 267 56 320.6 320.7 289.8 323.5 0.83 37 400 7420 -26.3 -31.3 63 5.0 -27.2 265 58 320.8 320.9 289.8 323.3 0.70 38 391 7584 -27.7 -32.7 62 5.0 -28.5 269 59 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.3 0.63 39 354 8289 -32.5 -37.1 63 4.6 -33.1 254 60 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.5 0.45 40 300 9430 -41.9 -46.5 61 4.6 -42.2 245 71 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.20 41 250 10640 -52.1 -58.1 48 6.0 -52.2 240 84 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.06 42 231 11148 -56.9 -61.9 53 5.0 -57.0 242 87 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.04 43 205 11898 -62.7 -69.5 40 6.7 -62.8 245 92 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.1 0.02 44 201 12019 -63.7 -70.7 38 7.0 -63.8 249 89 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.01 45 200 12050 -63.9 -70.9 38 7.0 -64.0 250 88 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.01 46 192 12299 -63.5 -71.5 33 8.0 -63.6 251 83 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.2 0.01 47 189 12396 -62.3 -71.3 29 9.0 -62.4 251 82 339.6 339.6 294.2 339.6 0.01 48 182 12628 -62.7 -71.7 29 9.0 -62.8 252 77 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.6 0.01 49 180 12696 -60.1 -71.1 22 11.0 -60.2 252 76 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.01 50 176 12836 -57.7 -70.7 18 13.0 -57.9 253 73 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 51 171 13018 -56.9 -71.9 13 15.0 -57.1 254 70 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 52 167 13167 -57.9 -73.9 11 16.0 -58.1 254 67 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 53 156 13595 -57.9 -80.9 4 23.0 -58.2 253 66 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 54 150 13840 -59.7 -85.7 2 26.0 -59.9 250 69 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 55 144 14094 -61.5 -87.5 2 26.0 -61.7 255 77 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 56 140 14269 -60.1 -87.1 2 27.0 -60.3 255 76 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 57 131 14682 -62.1 -88.1 2 26.0 -62.3 255 75 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 58 126 14923 -61.5 -88.5 2 27.0 -61.7 255 75 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.8 0.00 59 122 15122 -63.1 -89.1 2 26.0 -63.3 255 74 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 60 108 15875 -61.3 -89.3 1 28.0 -61.5 261 77 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 61 100 16350 -63.9 -91.9 1 28.0 -64.1 265 80 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 62 98 16474 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -62.9 266 76 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 63 80 17717 -64.7 -92.7 1 28.0 -64.9 264 47 429.3 429.3 308.7 429.3 0.00 64 78 17871 -63.5 -92.5 1 29.0 -63.7 262 49 434.9 434.9 309.3 434.9 0.00 65 71 18444 -66.3 -94.3 1 28.0 -66.5 265 55 440.8 440.8 310.0 440.8 0.00 66 70 18530 -65.5 -93.5 1 28.0 -65.7 270 56 444.3 444.3 310.3 444.3 0.00 67 66 18890 -62.5 -92.5 1 30.0 -62.9 260 50 458.3 458.3 311.6 458.3 0.00 68 65 18985 -61.5 261 48 462.5 69 56 19900 -65.1 260 41 474.4 70 55 20010 -63.9 258 43 479.6 71 51 20470 -66.5 255 46 484.0 72 50 20590 -65.5 255 47 489.1 73 46 21099 -63.9 268 47 504.8 74 44 21370 -65.3 260 48 507.8 75 43 21510 -62.9 258 48 517.1 76 38 22269 -63.9 252 46 533.1 77 34 22958 -59.5 264 45 562.0 78 32 23337 -59.1 261 50 572.9 79 30 23740 -60.7 265 53 579.2 80 25 24881 -58.9 266 55 615.3 81 23 25408 -56.3 262 58 637.8 82 22 25691 -57.1 260 61 643.6 83 21 25986 -55.7 260 67 656.5 84 20 26300 -52.1 260 74 676.7 85 20 26300 -51.7 260 74 677.9 86 16 27739 -54.3 263 81 714.1 87 14 28600 -51.5 265 86 751.4 88 13 29081 -52.1 263 85 765.4 89 12 29604 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -53.5 261 84 798.7 798.8 327.2 799.1 0.04 TRP 200 12050 -63.9 -70.9 38 7.0 -64.0 250 88 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.01 WND 205 11898 -62.7 -69.5 40 6.7 -62.8 245 92 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.1 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.00 m Freezing level: 700.00 mb = 3144.00 m = 10314.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.24 mb = 2043.63 m = 6704.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.26 % Est. max temperature: 18.59 C = 65.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.31 mb = 1278.28 m = 4193.80 ft T: 2.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 14.63 C Layer 809.0- 774.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.25 mb = 3989.83 m = 13089.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Cap Strength: 17.38 C Lifted Index: 17.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.76 C Showalter Index: 7.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 0.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 137.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62273.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.18 mb = 1553.04 m = 5095.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 264 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 995 270 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 82 32 -31.5 -4.2 1 956 610 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 80 35 -34.2 -5.9 2 925 884 80 14 -13.8 -2.4 | 82 35 -34.5 -4.7 3 922 914 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 82 36 -35.5 -4.9 4 888 1219 115 16 -14.5 6.8 | 97 35 -35.2 4.4 5 855 1524 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 118 25 -21.9 11.6 6 850 1574 180 13 0.0 13.0 | 117 23 -20.7 10.7 7 824 1829 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 116 22 -19.6 9.6 8 793 2134 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 150 8 -4.2 7.2 9 764 2438 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 181 10 0.1 9.7 10 736 2743 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 170 13 -2.3 13.1 11 700 3144 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 183 13 0.6 12.6 12 655 3658 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 188 17 2.3 17.0 13 630 3962 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 190 18 3.1 17.6 14 606 4267 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 207 15 7.0 13.7 15 561 4877 225 39 27.6 27.6 | 195 26 6.9 25.3 16 500 5770 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 247 24 21.8 9.1 17 478 6096 260 45 44.3 7.8 | 257 24 23.6 5.5 18 441 6706 275 48 47.8 -4.2 | 283 28 27.1 -6.5 19 400 7420 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 266 37 37.1 2.7 20 389 7620 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 273 38 38.3 -2.3 21 326 8839 240 60 52.0 30.0 | 228 42 31.3 27.7 22 313 9144 245 65 58.9 27.5 | 237 46 38.2 25.2 23 300 9430 245 71 64.3 30.0 | 238 52 43.7 27.7 24 250 10640 240 84 72.7 42.0 | 233 65 52.1 39.7 25 205 11887 245 92 83.4 38.9 | 240 73 62.7 36.6 26 205 11898 245 92 83.4 38.9 | 240 73 62.7 36.6 27 200 12050 250 88 82.7 30.1 | 246 68 62.0 27.8 28 161 13411 255 63 60.9 16.3 | 251 43 40.2 14.0 29 150 13840 250 69 64.8 23.6 | 244 49 44.2 21.3 30 146 14021 255 77 74.4 19.9 | 252 57 53.7 17.6 31 120 15240 255 74 71.5 19.2 | 252 54 50.8 16.8 32 100 16350 265 80 79.7 7.0 | 265 59 59.0 4.7 33 85 17374 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 276 22 22.3 -2.3 34 73 18288 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 250 34 31.5 11.7 35 70 18530 270 56 56.0 -0.0 | 274 35 35.3 -2.3 36 69 18593 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 274 36 36.3 -2.3 37 66 18898 260 50 49.2 8.7 | 257 29 28.6 6.4 38 60 19507 270 37 37.0 -0.0 | 278 16 16.3 -2.3 39 54 20117 255 44 42.5 11.4 | 247 24 21.8 9.1 40 50 20590 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 248 27 24.7 9.9 41 47 21031 270 47 47.0 -0.0 | 275 26 26.3 -2.3 42 44 21336 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 257 27 26.6 6.0 43 36 22555 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 239 25 21.6 13.1 44 35 22860 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 266 23 23.1 1.5 45 31 23470 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 258 31 30.5 6.7 46 30 23740 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 266 32 32.1 2.3 47 28 24079 275 54 53.8 -4.7 | 282 34 33.1 -7.0 48 27 24384 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 274 32 32.3 -2.3 49 22 25603 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 258 38 37.4 7.9 50 20 26300 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 259 53 52.2 10.5 51 14 27432 265 86 85.7 7.5 | 265 65 65.0 5.2 52 8 29261 250 80 75.2 27.4 | 245 60 54.5 25.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.0 neg: -17.2 tot: 230.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.00 Bulk Shear: 211.71 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 77 13 81 34| 0.0 3.1 3.1| 5.0 -9.8 -4.8 -9.7 -0.16| 3.7 -0.6 1000 87 14 85 35| 6.1 1.6 7.7|120.9 -9.8 111.1 111.1 0.71| 8.6 6.1 1500 109 14 94 34| 7.2 1.0 8.2|188.7 -12.0 176.7 117.8 0.62| 11.0 6.8 2000 137 15 105 32| 9.0 0.8 9.7|231.7 -12.0 219.7 109.8 0.61| 13.0 8.0 2500 180 16 124 25| 7.2 1.0 8.1|237.4 -17.2 220.2 88.1 0.56| 11.8 6.5 3000 203 18 136 20| 6.5 0.8 7.3|248.0 -17.2 230.8 76.9 0.57| 10.4 6.0 4000 219 21 152 16| 5.3 1.0 6.2|276.2 -17.2 259.0 64.8 0.58| 9.1 5.3 5000 224 24 166 16| 4.9 1.7 6.6|337.1 -40.8 296.3 59.3 0.50| 9.4 4.8 6000 234 28 187 14| 5.0 1.4 6.4|464.0 -40.8 423.3 70.5 0.59| 9.6 5.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20200323.00.gif