UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 MAR 20 Searching for KGSO... Searching the city database file for: KGSO ... Date:1200Z 29 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 110 SFC 981 270 18.4 16.7 90 1.7 17.3 210 4 293.2 295.3 291.2 328.1 12.28 2 975 324 20.0 17.8 87 2.2 18.5 215 8 295.3 297.7 292.6 333.4 13.26 3 940 645 19.6 15.1 75 4.5 16.7 242 31 298.0 300.1 292.2 331.5 11.55 4 928 758 20.4 13.4 64 7.0 15.9 248 32 299.9 301.8 291.9 330.6 10.46 5 925 786 20.2 13.2 64 7.0 15.7 250 32 300.0 301.9 291.8 330.4 10.36 6 866 1352 16.6 9.6 63 7.0 12.3 250 19 301.9 303.5 291.0 327.7 8.69 7 850 1511 15.8 7.8 59 8.0 11.0 255 14 302.7 304.1 290.6 326.1 7.83 8 831 1702 14.8 3.8 48 11.0 8.6 249 13 303.6 304.7 289.3 321.9 6.05 9 824 1774 14.8 2.8 44 12.0 8.2 247 12 304.3 305.4 289.2 321.6 5.68 10 818 1835 15.8 -3.2 27 19.0 6.3 245 12 306.0 306.7 287.9 317.5 3.69 11 798 2045 16.2 -16.8 9 33.0 3.4 249 30 308.6 308.9 286.4 312.9 1.28 12 778 2260 15.6 -19.4 7 35.0 2.7 252 39 310.2 310.4 286.6 313.8 1.06 13 743 2648 12.4 -25.6 5 38.0 0.2 252 45 310.9 311.0 286.4 313.1 0.64 14 700 3145 10.0 -19.0 11 29.0 -0.6 245 56 313.6 313.8 288.0 317.6 1.22 15 656 3679 6.4 -18.6 15 25.0 -2.6 245 60 315.4 315.6 288.7 319.9 1.34 16 569 4821 -4.3 -18.3 33 14.0 -8.9 241 62 315.9 316.2 289.1 321.2 1.59 17 510 5669 -12.3 -17.3 66 5.0 -13.9 244 65 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.7 1.93 18 500 5820 -13.5 -19.5 61 6.0 -15.3 245 66 316.6 316.9 289.4 322.0 1.63 19 490 5974 -14.7 -21.7 55 7.0 -16.6 242 63 316.9 317.2 289.2 321.6 1.38 20 486 6036 -15.1 -24.1 46 9.0 -17.4 241 61 317.2 317.4 289.0 321.0 1.12 21 481 6114 -15.1 -30.1 27 15.0 -18.3 240 60 318.1 318.3 288.9 320.4 0.65 22 460 6451 -16.1 -37.1 15 21.0 -19.7 240 62 321.0 321.0 289.5 322.2 0.34 23 440 6784 -18.9 -38.9 15 20.0 -22.0 240 65 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.6 0.30 24 416 7201 -20.9 -44.9 10 24.0 -23.9 240 68 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.17 25 400 7490 -23.1 -48.1 8 25.0 -25.8 240 70 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.4 0.12 26 354 8371 -30.1 -48.1 16 18.0 -31.7 245 77 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.14 27 348 8492 -31.3 -40.3 41 9.0 -32.3 246 78 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.33 28 331 8844 -34.5 -39.5 60 5.0 -35.0 248 81 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.8 0.37 29 323 9015 -33.9 -38.1 66 4.2 -34.4 249 82 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.2 0.44 30 307 9370 -35.3 -39.8 63 4.5 -35.8 256 79 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 31 300 9530 -36.7 -41.6 60 4.9 -37.2 260 76 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.9 0.33 32 267 10329 -43.5 -48.0 61 4.5 -43.8 257 75 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.19 33 250 10770 -46.7 -53.7 45 7.0 -47.0 255 75 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 34 243 10958 -48.3 -56.3 39 8.0 -48.6 255 74 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.08 35 225 11460 -52.7 -61.7 33 9.0 -52.9 254 75 337.7 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.04 36 200 12210 -58.9 -64.9 46 6.0 -59.0 250 87 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 37 199 12241 -59.1 -65.1 46 6.0 -59.2 250 87 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 38 188 12595 -62.1 -69.1 39 7.0 -62.2 245 86 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.02 39 185 12694 -62.3 -69.3 39 7.0 -62.4 248 89 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.02 40 182 12795 -60.9 -68.9 34 8.0 -61.0 252 92 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 41 175 13038 -61.3 -72.1 23 10.8 -61.4 260 100 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 42 172 13145 -61.5 -73.5 19 12.0 -61.6 261 96 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 43 169 13255 -56.9 -71.9 13 15.0 -57.1 262 86 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 44 167 13330 -55.3 -73.3 9 18.0 -55.6 264 78 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 45 162 13524 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -56.6 264 70 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 46 156 13762 -57.3 262 69 367.2 47 150 14010 -56.9 260 67 372.0 48 145 14225 -56.9 260 67 375.7 49 125 15154 -61.7 260 67 383.3 50 115 15672 -60.9 273 35 394.0 51 105 16232 -64.5 242 26 397.5 52 100 16530 -65.3 220 28 401.6 53 84 17579 -68.5 241 44 415.6 54 76 18178 -67.9 227 33 428.9 55 70 18670 -68.9 255 25 437.0 56 68 18844 -68.7 271 20 441.1 57 66 19024 -66.7 256 16 449.2 58 61 19499 -68.1 240 23 456.3 59 57 19911 -63.5 226 19 475.7 60 50 20720 -61.9 205 11 497.6 61 49 20845 -62.1 204 12 500.0 62 46 21238 -60.1 268 10 514.0 63 44 21518 -56.1 335 4 530.3 64 41 21966 -57.5 287 7 537.6 65 36 22791 -56.5 316 12 560.6 66 35 22972 -51.7 343 11 577.7 67 30 23970 -52.7 60 9 601.0 68 29 24190 -52.3 97 10 607.9 69 27 24651 -53.9 99 2 616.0 70 20 26590 -51.9 115 22 677.3 71 18 27272 -53.7 110 20 692.4 72 16 28034 -52.3 120 18 720.6 73 16 28034 -50.1 120 18 727.8 74 14 28908 -50.5 124 19 754.8 75 11 30520 -40.3 181 21 845.7 76 10 31170 -40.9 205 14 866.9 77 9.4 31592 -39.7 -76.7 1 37.0 -50.4 886.9 887.0 329.2 888.2 0.12 TRP 188 12595 -62.1 -69.1 39 7.0 -62.2 245 86 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.02 WND 175 13038 -61.3 -72.1 23 10.8 -61.4 260 100 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.00 m Freezing level: 603.96 mb = 4362.10 m = 14311.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.96 mb = 2772.78 m = 9096.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.88 mb = 488.47 m = 1602.56 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 20.50 C Layer 940.0- 778.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.77 mb = 3171.32 m = 10404.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.78 C = 101.80 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.41 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 8.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 219.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 545.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.63 mb = 1405.06 m = 4609.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 555.63 mb = 5005.06 m = 16420.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.63 mb = 8958.62 m = 29391.45 ft B at Equ Level: 181.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.63 mb = 10363.25 m = 33999.76 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 275 at 35 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 981 270 210 4 2.0 3.5 | 101 34 -33.1 6.6 1 944 610 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 156 20 -8.3 18.6 2 925 786 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 160 15 -5.1 14.1 3 911 914 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 150 18 -8.9 15.4 4 879 1219 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 132 19 -14.3 12.9 5 850 1511 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 107 23 -21.6 6.8 6 819 1829 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 109 26 -24.3 8.2 7 789 2134 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 182 16 0.6 16.1 8 761 2438 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 195 14 3.5 13.5 9 734 2743 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 207 22 10.0 19.6 10 700 3145 245 56 50.8 23.7 | 210 31 15.6 26.8 11 682 3353 240 58 50.2 29.0 | 205 36 15.1 32.1 12 656 3658 245 60 54.4 25.4 | 214 34 19.2 28.5 13 608 4267 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 222 32 21.2 23.7 14 563 4877 240 62 53.7 31.0 | 209 39 18.5 34.1 15 500 5820 245 66 59.8 27.9 | 218 40 24.7 31.0 16 482 6096 240 60 52.0 30.0 | 207 37 16.8 33.1 17 400 7490 240 70 60.6 35.0 | 214 46 25.5 38.1 18 393 7620 240 71 61.5 35.5 | 214 47 26.3 38.6 19 317 9144 250 83 78.0 28.4 | 234 53 42.8 31.5 20 300 9530 260 76 74.8 13.2 | 248 43 39.7 16.3 21 250 10770 255 75 72.4 19.4 | 239 44 37.3 22.5 22 231 11278 255 72 69.5 18.6 | 238 41 34.4 21.8 23 200 12210 250 87 81.8 29.8 | 235 57 46.6 32.9 24 188 12595 245 86 77.9 36.3 | 227 58 42.8 39.5 25 175 13038 260 100 98.5 17.4 | 252 67 63.3 20.5 26 173 13106 260 100 98.5 17.4 | 252 67 63.3 20.5 27 165 13411 265 71 70.7 6.2 | 255 37 35.6 9.3 28 150 14010 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 244 34 30.8 14.8 29 123 15240 260 67 66.0 11.6 | 244 34 30.8 14.8 30 117 15545 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 274 7 6.7 -0.5 31 112 15850 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 106 12 -11.1 3.1 32 100 16530 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 145 30 -17.1 24.6 33 87 17374 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 200 25 8.4 23.4 34 75 18288 225 31 21.9 21.9 | 152 28 -13.2 25.1 35 71 18593 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 159 21 -7.4 19.1 36 70 18670 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 131 15 -11.0 9.6 37 67 18898 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 95 17 -17.2 1.6 38 64 19202 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 115 28 -25.2 11.5 39 61 19507 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 134 21 -15.2 14.6 40 55 20117 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 124 29 -24.2 16.2 41 53 20422 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 112 26 -23.9 9.6 42 50 20720 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 113 33 -30.5 13.1 43 50 20726 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 115 34 -31.0 14.4 44 48 21031 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 113 32 -29.6 12.7 45 45 21336 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 89 26 -25.7 -0.3 46 43 21641 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 95 35 -35.1 3.1 47 39 22250 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 115 28 -25.2 11.5 48 34 23165 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 78 38 -37.1 -7.7 49 30 23970 60 9 -7.8 -4.5 | 88 43 -42.9 -1.4 50 28 24384 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 103 44 -42.8 9.6 51 27 24689 95 1 -1.0 0.1 | 95 36 -36.1 3.2 52 21 26213 125 15 -12.3 8.6 | 104 49 -47.4 11.7 53 20 26518 110 19 -17.9 6.5 | 100 54 -53.0 9.6 54 20 26590 115 22 -19.9 9.3 | 103 56 -55.1 12.4 55 18 27127 120 24 -20.8 12.0 | 105 58 -55.9 15.1 56 18 27432 100 17 -16.7 3.0 | 97 52 -51.9 6.1 57 16 28042 120 18 -15.6 9.0 | 103 52 -50.7 12.1 58 13 29261 125 20 -16.4 11.5 | 106 54 -51.5 14.6 59 13 29566 145 32 -18.4 26.2 | 119 61 -53.5 29.3 60 10 31170 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 118 33 -29.2 15.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.1 at 47.0 knts Storm direction: 275.1 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.7 neg: -99.6 tot: 235.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 18.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 2.21 Bulk Shear: 84.12 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 240 22 131 21| 29.7 0.0 29.7|184.9 0.0 184.9 369.7 0.80| 34.3 27.3 1000 244 24 137 19| 14.9 5.4 20.3|184.9 -48.6 136.3 136.3 0.37| 22.9 8.4 1500 245 21 128 20| 6.8 3.6 10.5|187.1 -85.9 101.2 67.5 0.18| 18.7 3.4 2000 246 23 131 19| 12.0 2.7 14.7|301.9 -85.9 216.0 108.0 0.42| 21.1 8.8 2500 248 27 142 16| 9.6 0.5 10.1|327.1 -85.9 241.3 96.5 0.43| 19.2 8.2 3000 248 31 158 16| 8.0 2.1 10.1|334.7 -99.6 235.1 78.4 0.38| 18.0 6.8 4000 247 39 182 18| 6.6 1.6 8.2|421.4-107.8 313.6 78.4 0.41| 15.1 6.2 5000 246 44 192 21| 5.5 2.1 7.6|449.4-183.2 266.3 53.3 0.33| 13.5 4.4 6000 245 47 198 24| 4.8 2.0 6.9|491.2-255.2 236.0 39.3 0.28| 12.2 3.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//KGSO/skewt/KGSO.skewt.20200329.12.gif