UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 27 MAR 20 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:0000Z 27 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 124 SFC 982 270 14.0 8.0 67 6.0 10.6 230 9 288.6 289.9 284.6 308.0 6.86 2 976 322 13.8 6.8 63 7.0 10.0 228 10 289.0 290.1 284.2 307.0 6.35 3 925 777 9.4 6.0 79 3.4 7.6 225 14 288.9 290.0 284.1 306.9 6.34 4 888 1114 6.6 5.3 91 1.3 5.9 237 24 289.4 290.5 284.3 307.3 6.29 5 882 1170 7.2 5.4 88 1.8 6.2 238 26 290.6 291.7 284.9 308.8 6.38 6 876 1227 8.6 4.9 78 3.7 6.6 241 27 292.6 293.7 285.5 310.5 6.20 7 864 1342 12.2 -2.8 35 15.0 5.1 250 24 297.5 298.2 284.7 308.3 3.60 8 853 1449 13.4 -5.6 26 19.0 4.8 258 21 299.9 300.4 284.9 308.9 2.95 9 850 1479 13.2 -5.8 26 19.0 4.6 260 20 300.0 300.5 284.9 308.9 2.91 10 838 1598 12.4 -6.6 26 19.0 3.9 258 22 300.4 300.9 284.9 308.9 2.78 11 824 1739 13.2 -21.8 7 35.0 1.5 253 25 302.7 302.8 283.5 305.3 0.81 12 793 2060 11.6 -23.4 7 35.0 0.4 261 26 304.3 304.4 284.1 306.7 0.73 13 769 2316 9.6 -23.4 8 33.0 -0.8 271 24 304.8 304.9 284.3 307.3 0.75 14 762 2391 9.4 -12.6 20 22.0 0.7 273 23 305.4 305.7 285.8 311.5 1.90 15 723 2824 6.4 -16.6 17 23.0 -1.9 270 22 306.7 307.0 285.8 311.4 1.44 16 700 3088 5.2 -19.8 14 25.0 -3.1 270 25 308.2 308.5 286.0 312.0 1.13 17 687 3241 4.8 -24.2 10 29.0 -4.0 276 27 309.5 309.6 286.1 312.1 0.79 18 620 4064 -2.9 -14.9 39 12.0 -7.1 299 37 309.8 310.2 287.5 316.1 1.94 19 615 4128 -3.1 -13.1 46 10.0 -6.8 298 39 310.3 310.8 288.0 317.6 2.27 20 605 4257 -3.9 -13.9 46 10.0 -7.5 296 44 310.9 311.3 288.1 317.8 2.16 21 591 4441 -5.7 -13.7 53 8.0 -8.6 297 50 310.9 311.3 288.1 318.1 2.24 22 578 4615 -7.7 -11.4 75 3.7 -9.1 300 55 310.5 311.0 288.5 319.4 2.77 23 561 4846 -8.1 -10.3 84 2.2 -8.9 304 62 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.7 3.11 24 523 5387 -11.5 -13.3 86 1.8 -12.2 305 67 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.5 2.62 25 500 5730 -13.9 -16.5 81 2.6 -14.7 305 66 316.1 316.5 289.7 323.1 2.10 26 423 6981 -22.3 -25.1 78 2.8 -22.9 300 71 320.8 321.1 290.2 324.9 1.18 27 400 7390 -25.3 -27.2 84 1.9 -25.7 300 78 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.7 1.03 28 392 7536 -26.9 -28.9 83 2.0 -27.3 300 79 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.0 0.90 29 372 7913 -28.7 -31.8 75 3.1 -29.2 302 87 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.72 30 364 8069 -28.9 -35.9 51 7.0 -29.9 302 92 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.9 0.49 31 356 8228 -29.3 -37.3 46 8.0 -30.4 303 96 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.44 32 338 8596 -31.9 -41.9 37 10.0 -33.0 305 104 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.29 33 329 8787 -33.1 -41.1 45 8.0 -34.0 305 103 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.32 34 312 9158 -35.9 -43.9 44 8.0 -36.6 305 101 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.25 35 305 9315 -36.3 -45.3 39 9.0 -37.1 305 102 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.5 0.22 36 300 9430 -37.1 -45.1 43 8.0 -37.8 305 103 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.23 37 267 10229 -43.1 -52.1 37 9.0 -43.6 305 109 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.12 38 250 10670 -46.7 -58.7 24 12.0 -47.1 305 113 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.06 39 234 11105 -50.3 -64.3 18 14.0 -50.6 304 113 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 40 200 12110 -58.5 -68.5 27 10.0 -58.6 300 114 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 41 187 12528 -61.7 -71.7 25 10.0 -61.8 303 119 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.6 0.01 42 181 12730 -62.1 -72.1 25 10.0 -62.3 305 122 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.01 43 179 12798 -62.3 -72.3 25 10.0 -62.4 305 121 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 44 157 13614 -58.3 -76.3 8 18.0 -58.5 301 85 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 45 150 13900 -59.5 -79.5 6 20.0 -59.7 300 72 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 46 142 14241 -61.1 -81.1 5 20.0 -61.3 300 72 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 47 140 14329 -60.3 -81.3 5 21.0 -60.5 300 73 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 48 135 14555 -60.9 -82.9 4 22.0 -61.1 300 73 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 49 128 14884 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.1 300 74 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 50 125 15030 -62.7 -84.7 4 22.0 -62.9 301 71 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.5 0.00 51 116 15486 -65.9 -86.9 4 21.0 -66.0 301 56 383.8 383.8 302.8 383.8 0.00 52 111 15753 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.4 302 58 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 53 105 16087 -68.7 -88.7 4 20.0 -68.8 304 64 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 54 103 16202 -67.5 -88.5 4 21.0 -67.6 304 62 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 55 100 16380 -67.5 -87.5 4 20.0 -67.6 300 48 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 56 89 17085 -67.7 -88.7 3 21.0 -67.8 300 47 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 57 84 17435 -66.1 -87.1 4 21.0 -66.2 300 47 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 58 80 17731 -67.3 -87.3 4 20.0 -67.4 302 44 423.9 423.9 308.2 423.9 0.00 59 78 17885 -65.5 -86.5 4 21.0 -65.7 307 36 430.7 430.7 308.9 430.7 0.00 60 71 18455 -68.7 -88.7 4 20.0 -68.8 277 16 435.6 435.6 309.4 435.6 0.00 61 70 18540 -68.3 -88.3 4 20.0 -68.4 275 16 438.3 438.3 309.7 438.3 0.00 62 67 18803 -68.3 -88.3 4 20.0 -68.4 264 17 443.8 443.8 310.3 443.8 0.00 63 61 19370 -65.3 -87.3 3 22.0 -65.5 288 26 462.5 462.5 312.0 462.6 0.00 64 60 19471 -62.9 -85.9 3 23.0 -63.2 294 28 470.1 470.1 312.7 470.1 0.00 65 56 19897 -62.7 -84.7 4 22.0 -63.1 295 26 479.9 479.9 313.4 479.9 0.01 66 52 20356 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.8 295 23 495.8 495.8 314.7 495.8 0.01 67 50 20600 -61.9 -85.9 3 24.0 -62.3 310 18 497.6 497.6 314.8 497.6 0.00 68 47 20982 -62.5 -85.5 3 23.0 -63.0 242 12 505.1 505.1 315.3 505.1 0.01 69 44 21391 -61.3 -85.3 3 24.0 -61.9 223 18 517.6 517.6 316.1 517.6 0.01 70 42 21681 -58.7 -84.7 2 26.0 -59.5 235 17 531.0 531.0 317.0 531.0 0.01 71 36 22649 -59.1 -86.1 2 27.0 -60.0 256 20 553.9 553.9 318.3 553.9 0.01 72 30 23810 -52.5 -80.5 2 28.0 -54.5 245 28 601.5 601.5 320.7 601.7 0.02 73 29 24029 -52.3 -81.3 2 29.0 -54.4 249 28 607.9 607.9 321.0 608.1 0.02 74 26 24731 -53.3 -82.3 2 29.0 -55.4 243 34 624.4 624.4 321.7 624.5 0.02 75 24 25249 -50.5 -82.5 1 32.0 -53.4 243 41 647.0 647.0 322.6 647.1 0.02 76 21 26114 -52.3 249 42 666.7 77 20 26430 -51.1 250 42 679.8 78 19 26764 -50.5 253 42 691.7 79 17 27493 -48.5 260 43 720.4 80 16 27890 -50.1 264 43 727.8 81 14 28771 -45.9 770.4 82 13 29265 -45.1 789.7 83 12 29802 -42.7 816.5 84 11 30393 -40.5 845.0 85 10 31039 -42.5 -78.5 1 36.0 -51.4 860.9 860.9 328.7 861.8 0.08 TRP 179 12798 -62.3 -72.3 25 10.0 -62.4 305 121 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 WND 181 12730 -62.1 -72.1 25 10.0 -62.3 305 122 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.00 m Freezing level: 645.23 mb = 3753.80 m = 12315.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 785.40 mb = 2140.15 m = 7021.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.23 mb = 1029.00 m = 3375.93 ft T: 7.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.23 C/km ThetaE index: 3.57 C Layer 824.0- 793.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.89 mb = 3636.86 m = 11931.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.91 C = 94.85 F Cap Strength: 11.34 C Lifted Index: 10.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.75 C Showalter Index: 9.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 8.10 C K Index: -3.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 106.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52401.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.46 mb = 1222.29 m = 4010.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 320 at 28 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 982 270 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 157 30 -11.5 27.5 1 943 610 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 162 33 -10.1 31.6 2 925 777 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 165 33 -8.5 31.6 3 910 914 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 172 34 -4.7 33.2 4 877 1219 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 188 36 4.9 35.2 5 850 1479 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 183 25 1.3 25.1 6 845 1524 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 185 25 2.2 25.3 7 815 1829 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 193 32 6.9 30.9 8 785 2134 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 195 25 6.5 23.8 9 757 2438 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 193 20 4.5 19.7 10 730 2743 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 187 22 2.6 21.7 11 703 3048 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 197 23 6.6 21.7 12 700 3088 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 197 23 6.6 21.7 13 651 3658 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 232 13 10.6 8.1 14 626 3962 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 247 12 11.0 4.7 15 602 4267 295 45 40.8 -19.0 | 263 22 22.3 2.6 16 557 4877 305 64 52.4 -36.7 | 294 37 34.0 -15.0 17 536 5182 305 68 55.7 -39.0 | 295 41 37.3 -17.3 18 500 5730 305 66 54.1 -37.9 | 294 39 35.6 -16.2 19 476 6096 300 68 58.9 -34.0 | 287 42 40.4 -12.3 20 439 6706 300 67 58.0 -33.5 | 287 41 39.6 -11.8 21 400 7390 300 78 67.5 -39.0 | 289 52 49.1 -17.3 22 387 7620 300 80 69.3 -40.0 | 290 54 50.8 -18.3 23 340 8534 305 104 85.2 -59.7 | 300 77 66.7 -38.0 24 312 9144 305 101 82.7 -57.9 | 299 74 64.3 -36.3 25 300 9430 305 103 84.4 -59.1 | 300 76 65.9 -37.4 26 250 10670 305 113 92.6 -64.8 | 300 86 74.1 -43.1 27 200 12110 300 114 98.7 -57.0 | 294 88 80.3 -35.3 28 181 12730 305 122 99.9 -70.0 | 301 95 81.5 -48.3 29 179 12798 305 121 99.1 -69.4 | 301 94 80.7 -47.7 30 179 12802 305 122 99.9 -70.0 | 301 95 81.5 -48.3 31 150 13900 300 72 62.4 -36.0 | 288 46 43.9 -14.3 32 147 14021 300 72 62.4 -36.0 | 288 46 43.9 -14.3 33 127 14935 300 74 64.1 -37.0 | 289 48 45.6 -15.3 34 120 15240 305 63 51.6 -36.1 | 294 36 33.2 -14.5 35 115 15545 300 54 46.8 -27.0 | 281 29 28.3 -5.3 36 104 16154 305 65 53.2 -37.3 | 294 38 34.8 -15.6 37 100 16380 300 48 41.6 -24.0 | 276 23 23.1 -2.3 38 81 17678 300 47 40.7 -23.5 | 275 22 22.3 -1.8 39 77 17983 310 31 23.7 -19.9 | 252 6 5.3 1.7 40 73 18288 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 172 19 -2.7 18.9 41 70 18540 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 173 20 -2.5 20.3 42 66 18898 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 178 25 -0.7 24.8 43 60 19507 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 215 12 6.9 9.8 44 51 20422 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 191 12 2.4 11.9 45 50 20600 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 155 11 -4.7 10.1 46 49 20726 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 144 15 -8.5 11.8 47 47 21031 230 12 9.2 7.7 | 163 31 -9.2 29.4 48 44 21336 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 169 36 -6.9 35.5 49 40 21946 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 172 29 -3.9 28.4 50 38 22250 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 170 18 -3.0 17.5 51 37 22555 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 179 23 -0.5 23.2 52 35 22860 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 184 34 2.3 33.7 53 30 23810 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 192 34 6.9 33.5 54 27 24384 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 197 30 8.6 28.9 55 25 24994 235 38 31.1 21.8 | 196 45 12.7 43.5 56 24 25298 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 206 44 19.6 39.4 57 20 26430 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 210 42 21.0 36.0 58 15 27432 270 43 43.0 -0.0 | 229 33 24.6 21.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.6 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 319.6 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.7 neg: -32.7 tot: 207.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 160.83 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 223 12 161 32| 0.0 5.2 5.2| 35.3 0.0 35.3 70.5 0.74| 5.8 4.3 1000 231 16 170 33| 6.8 2.6 9.4|158.8 0.0 158.8 158.8 0.87| 10.6 9.2 1500 240 19 176 31| 5.1 1.7 6.8|187.4 -17.3 170.1 113.4 0.56| 12.1 6.7 2000 246 20 180 30| 4.4 1.3 5.7|200.9 -18.7 182.2 91.1 0.48| 11.4 5.4 2500 252 21 183 28| 3.1 1.0 4.2|200.9 -32.7 168.2 67.3 0.38| 10.1 3.8 3000 256 21 185 27| 3.8 0.9 4.6|239.7 -32.7 207.1 69.0 0.44| 9.8 4.4 4000 270 25 196 23| 4.0 1.9 5.9|303.0 -32.7 270.3 67.6 0.50| 10.6 5.2 5000 283 32 221 19| 5.8 1.5 7.3|428.7 -33.0 395.7 79.1 0.53| 11.0 5.8 6000 290 38 243 19| 4.8 1.6 6.4|428.7 -94.1 334.6 55.8 0.44| 9.9 4.4 Wrote GIF file: 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