UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025112912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 NOV 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 29 NOV 25 Station: PAFA WMO ident: 70261 Latitude: 64.82 Longitude: -147.87 Elevation: 138.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 138 -15.5 -16.8 90 1.3 -15.7 150 1 257.1 257.2 256.9 259.8 1.02 1 1003 176 -9.5 -12.8 77 3.3 -10.3 75 2 263.4 263.7 262.7 267.3 1.42 2 1001 192 -8.5 -12.7 72 4.2 -9.5 45 3 264.6 264.8 263.6 268.5 1.44 3 1000 200 -8.5 -12.8 71 4.3 -9.6 30 3 264.6 264.9 263.6 268.5 1.43 4 991 270 -8.3 -14.3 62 6.0 -9.7 33 4 265.5 265.7 264.0 269.0 1.27 5 989 286 -8.1 -14.1 62 6.0 -9.5 34 4 265.9 266.1 264.3 269.5 1.30 6 968 452 -8.5 -13.5 67 5.0 -9.8 83 9 267.1 267.3 265.3 271.0 1.39 7 943 655 -10.1 -12.5 83 2.4 -10.7 135 14 267.5 267.8 265.8 271.8 1.55 8 936 712 -9.9 -12.0 85 2.1 -10.5 135 13 268.3 268.5 266.5 272.7 1.62 9 929 770 -7.5 -9.0 89 1.5 -7.9 135 13 271.3 271.6 269.3 277.0 2.08 10 925 804 -7.3 -9.1 87 1.8 -7.8 135 13 271.8 272.2 269.7 277.6 2.07 11 919 855 -7.1 -8.7 88 1.6 -7.6 128 10 272.6 272.9 270.2 278.5 2.15 12 912 915 -5.7 -7.7 86 2.0 -6.4 119 6 274.6 275.0 271.8 281.1 2.34 13 906 967 -3.9 -10.9 58 7.0 -6.0 93 5 277.0 277.3 272.4 282.2 1.83 14 904 984 -3.9 -10.9 58 7.0 -6.1 84 5 277.1 277.4 272.5 282.4 1.84 15 890 1107 -3.9 -8.1 73 4.2 -5.3 22 3 278.4 278.8 274.0 285.0 2.33 16 881 1187 -3.9 -5.3 90 1.4 -4.4 341 2 279.2 279.7 275.3 287.4 2.92 17 868 1305 -3.9 -6.3 83 2.4 -4.8 322 3 280.4 280.8 275.7 288.1 2.75 18 852 1452 -4.9 -7.4 83 2.5 -5.8 316 5 280.8 281.3 275.7 288.1 2.57 19 850 1470 -5.1 -7.2 85 2.1 -5.8 315 5 280.8 281.3 275.7 288.2 2.62 20 801 1933 -8.9 -8.9 100 0.0 -8.9 298 3 281.6 282.0 275.9 288.5 2.43 21 793 2011 -9.3 -10.3 92 1.0 -9.6 276 4 281.9 282.3 275.7 288.3 2.20 22 780 2138 -10.3 -10.3 100 0.0 -10.3 241 6 282.2 282.6 276.0 288.6 2.24 23 730 2645 -13.7 -13.8 99 0.1 -13.7 205 10 283.9 284.2 276.2 289.2 1.80 24 723 2719 -13.5 -15.1 88 1.6 -13.9 198 9 284.9 285.2 276.5 289.7 1.63 25 712 2835 -14.1 -18.0 72 3.9 -15.0 205 11 285.5 285.7 276.3 289.4 1.30 26 710 2857 -14.3 -18.2 72 3.9 -15.2 208 12 285.5 285.7 276.3 289.3 1.28 27 700 2964 -15.1 -19.1 71 4.0 -16.0 220 15 285.8 286.0 276.3 289.4 1.21 28 683 3149 -16.7 -21.7 65 5.0 -17.7 222 16 286.0 286.2 276.2 289.0 0.99 29 667 3327 -18.1 -20.4 82 2.3 -18.6 216 18 286.4 286.6 276.6 289.8 1.13 30 655 3462 -19.1 -22.6 74 3.5 -19.8 217 17 286.7 286.9 276.5 289.6 0.95 31 653 3485 -19.3 -24.3 65 5.0 -20.2 217 17 286.8 286.9 276.3 289.3 0.82 32 643 3599 -20.1 -23.9 72 3.8 -20.8 219 16 287.1 287.3 276.5 289.8 0.86 33 635 3692 -20.7 -25.7 64 5.0 -21.5 220 16 287.5 287.6 276.5 289.8 0.74 34 618 3892 -22.7 -26.1 74 3.4 -23.2 223 15 287.4 287.5 276.5 289.7 0.74 35 601 4096 -24.1 -29.1 63 5.0 -24.8 229 16 288.1 288.2 276.6 289.9 0.57 36 587 4267 -25.7 -30.0 67 4.3 -26.3 234 17 288.2 288.3 276.6 289.9 0.54 37 579 4366 -26.5 -31.3 64 4.8 -27.1 238 17 288.4 288.5 276.6 289.9 0.48 38 574 4429 -26.5 -33.5 52 7.0 -27.3 240 17 289.1 289.2 276.8 290.4 0.39 39 566 4530 -27.3 -35.3 47 8.0 -28.2 243 17 289.3 289.4 276.9 290.4 0.33 40 550 4736 -29.1 -35.1 56 6.0 -29.7 235 17 289.6 289.6 277.0 290.7 0.35 41 535 4933 -30.9 -36.9 56 6.0 -31.4 227 16 289.7 289.8 277.0 290.7 0.30 42 529 5012 -31.5 -46.5 21 15.0 -32.4 230 17 289.9 289.9 276.8 290.3 0.11 43 527 5039 -31.5 -46.5 21 15.0 -32.4 231 18 290.2 290.3 277.0 290.6 0.11 44 512 5243 -32.9 -49.9 17 17.0 -33.8 239 20 290.9 291.0 277.3 291.2 0.08 45 510 5271 -32.7 -47.7 21 15.0 -33.6 240 20 291.5 291.5 277.6 291.9 0.10 46 503 5368 -32.5 -54.5 9 22.0 -33.6 243 22 292.9 292.9 278.2 293.1 0.05 47 500 5410 -32.7 -54.7 9 22.0 -33.7 245 22 293.2 293.2 278.3 293.3 0.05 48 490 5553 -32.5 -57.5 6 25.0 -33.6 242 19 295.1 295.1 279.2 295.2 0.03 49 474 5786 -33.1 -59.1 6 26.0 -34.2 247 25 297.2 297.2 280.1 297.3 0.03 50 470 5846 -33.1 -59.1 6 26.0 -34.2 249 27 297.9 297.9 280.4 298.0 0.03 51 429 6484 -36.5 -62.5 5 26.0 -37.4 259 37 301.5 301.5 282.0 301.5 0.02 52 423 6582 -35.9 -62.9 5 27.0 -36.8 261 37 303.4 303.4 282.8 303.5 0.02 53 406 6867 -36.5 -65.5 3 29.0 -37.5 264 39 306.2 306.2 283.9 306.3 0.01 54 400 6970 -37.5 -66.5 3 29.0 -38.4 265 40 306.3 306.3 283.9 306.3 0.01 55 398 7005 -37.7 -67.7 3 30.0 -38.6 265 37 306.4 306.4 284.0 306.5 0.01 56 301 8898 -46.6 -60.8 18 14.2 -47.0 280 104 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.5 0.04 57 300 8920 -46.7 -60.7 19 14.0 -47.1 280 104 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.7 0.04 58 257 9940 -51.9 -70.9 8 19.0 -52.2 280 83 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.4 0.01 59 250 10120 -51.9 -70.9 8 19.0 -52.2 285 77 328.9 328.9 291.4 329.0 0.01 60 200 11570 -52.5 -80.5 2 28.0 -52.9 265 58 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.00 61 150 13420 -52.9 -82.9 1 30.0 -53.4 265 42 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 62 100 16070 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.4 245 30 430.2 430.2 308.9 430.2 0.00 63 95 16404 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -50.9 243 28 437.7 437.7 309.6 437.7 0.00 64 93 16544 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -48.6 254 28 445.5 445.5 310.4 445.5 0.00 65 83 17296 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -48.4 251 22 461.0 461.0 311.8 461.1 0.01 66 72 18235 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -49.4 246 19 478.0 478.0 313.3 478.1 0.01 67 70 18420 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -50.7 240 18 478.9 478.9 313.4 478.9 0.01 68 69 18514 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -51.0 238 18 480.0 480.0 313.5 480.1 0.01 69 58 19656 -45.9 -81.9 1 36.0 -48.1 230 18 513.1 513.1 315.8 513.1 0.01 70 52 20380 -46.3 -82.3 1 36.0 -48.6 225 12 528.4 528.4 316.8 528.5 0.01 71 50 20640 -45.7 -81.7 1 36.0 -48.3 235 13 535.8 535.8 317.3 535.8 0.01 72 38 22484 -42.7 -80.7 1 38.0 -46.7 186 22 587.2 587.2 320.0 587.3 0.02 73 30 24090 -40.3 -80.3 1 40.0 -45.9 180 42 634.8 634.8 322.1 634.9 0.02 74 28 24561 -39.5 -80.5 0 41.0 -45.6 178 41 649.6 649.7 322.7 649.8 0.02 75 20 26850 -41.7 -81.7 1 40.0 -48.2 170 37 708.5 708.5 324.7 708.7 0.03 76 16 28355 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -50.4 166 39 747.4 747.4 325.8 747.6 0.03 77 13 29755 -41.9 -81.9 1 40.0 -50.0 170 39 800.7 800.8 327.3 801.1 0.04 78 11 30889 -40.7 -81.7 0 41.0 -50.2 174 38 844.3 844.3 328.2 844.7 0.05 79 10 31534 -43.3 -82.3 1 39.0 -51.8 174 38 857.9 857.9 328.5 858.4 0.05 TRP 257 9940 -51.9 -70.9 8 19.0 -52.2 280 83 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.4 0.01 WND 301 8898 -46.6 -60.8 18 14.2 -47.0 280 104 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.5 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5210.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.10 % Est. max temperature: 8.15 C = 46.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.81 mb = 303.07 m = 994.32 ft T: -8.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 0.38 C Layer 712.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.77 mb = 3053.12 m = 10016.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.38 C = 56.08 F Cap Strength: 17.05 C Lifted Index: 17.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 33.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.47 C Showalter Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 53.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 16.40 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73425.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.29 mb = 964.04 m = 3162.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 261 at 10 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 1008 138 150 1 -0.5 0.9 | 86 11 -10.5 -0.7 1 1000 200 30 3 -1.5 -2.6 | 70 12 -11.5 -4.2 2 987 305 35 4 -2.3 -3.3 | 68 13 -12.3 -4.8 3 949 610 135 14 -9.9 9.9 | 113 22 -19.9 8.3 4 925 804 135 13 -9.2 9.2 | 112 21 -19.2 7.6 5 912 914 120 6 -5.2 3.0 | 95 15 -15.2 1.4 6 878 1219 325 2 1.1 -1.6 | 70 9 -8.9 -3.2 7 850 1470 315 5 3.5 -3.5 | 52 8 -6.5 -5.1 8 811 1829 325 2 1.1 -1.6 | 70 9 -8.9 -3.2 9 780 2134 240 6 5.2 3.0 | 106 5 -4.8 1.4 10 749 2438 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 160 7 -2.2 6.2 11 720 2743 195 9 2.3 8.7 | 133 10 -7.7 7.1 12 700 2964 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 178 10 -0.4 9.9 13 692 3048 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 184 9 0.6 9.0 14 664 3353 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 181 13 0.3 13.2 15 636 3658 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 181 11 0.3 10.7 16 610 3962 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 184 9 0.6 9.0 17 585 4267 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 206 9 3.9 8.2 18 561 4572 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 224 8 5.4 5.6 19 538 4877 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 188 10 1.3 9.7 20 500 5410 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 232 13 9.9 7.7 21 495 5486 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 214 8 4.7 6.9 22 453 6096 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 252 24 22.8 7.2 23 400 6970 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 266 30 29.8 1.9 24 398 7010 265 37 36.9 3.2 | 266 27 26.8 1.7 25 363 7620 280 70 68.9 -12.2 | 283 60 58.9 -13.7 26 347 7925 285 81 78.2 -21.0 | 288 72 68.2 -22.5 27 301 8898 280 104 102.4 -18.1 | 282 94 92.4 -19.6 28 300 8920 280 104 102.4 -18.1 | 282 94 92.4 -19.6 29 290 9144 280 101 99.5 -17.5 | 282 91 89.4 -19.1 30 257 9940 280 83 81.7 -14.4 | 283 73 71.7 -16.0 31 250 10120 285 77 74.4 -19.9 | 288 68 64.4 -21.5 32 241 10363 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 289 65 61.5 -20.7 33 219 10973 270 58 58.0 -0.0 | 272 48 48.0 -1.6 34 209 11278 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 260 43 42.2 7.6 35 200 11570 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 266 48 47.8 3.5 36 182 12192 270 50 50.0 -0.0 | 272 40 40.0 -1.6 37 150 13420 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 266 32 31.8 2.1 38 119 14935 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 253 27 25.7 8.0 39 114 15240 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 275 20 20.0 -1.6 40 103 15850 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 257 4 3.8 0.9 41 100 16070 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 237 20 17.2 11.1 42 99 16154 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 216 14 8.0 11.0 43 94 16459 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 237 19 16.3 10.7 44 90 16764 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 283 17 16.9 -3.9 45 86 17069 270 17 17.0 -0.0 | 283 7 7.0 -1.6 46 82 17374 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 233 14 10.8 8.1 47 75 17983 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 202 15 5.5 14.0 48 71 18288 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 236 8 6.9 4.6 49 70 18420 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 217 9 5.6 7.4 50 62 19202 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 192 14 2.8 13.7 51 59 19507 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 185 11 0.9 11.4 52 57 19812 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 217 9 5.6 7.4 53 54 20117 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 194 11 2.7 11.2 54 52 20422 225 11 7.8 7.8 | 160 7 -2.2 6.2 55 50 20640 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 186 6 0.6 5.9 56 49 20726 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 169 9 -1.7 8.4 57 47 21031 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 173 4 -0.5 3.9 58 45 21336 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 124 13 -10.8 7.4 59 41 21946 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 145 18 -10.0 14.4 60 36 22860 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 167 25 -5.5 24.0 61 34 23165 165 23 -6.0 22.2 | 142 26 -16.0 20.6 62 30 24090 180 42 0.0 42.0 | 166 42 -10.0 40.4 63 29 24384 175 42 -3.7 41.8 | 161 43 -13.7 40.3 64 27 24689 180 41 0.0 41.0 | 166 41 -10.0 39.4 65 25 25298 165 54 -14.0 52.2 | 155 56 -24.0 50.6 66 20 26822 160 35 -12.0 32.9 | 145 38 -22.0 31.3 67 20 26850 170 37 -6.4 36.4 | 155 39 -16.4 34.9 68 16 27432 165 39 -10.1 37.7 | 151 41 -20.1 36.1 69 11 28346 175 38 -3.3 37.9 | 160 39 -13.3 36.3 70 7 29261 165 39 -10.1 37.7 | 151 41 -20.1 36.1 71 6 29566 145 34 -19.5 27.9 | 132 40 -29.5 26.3 72 5 30175 150 63 -31.5 54.6 | 142 67 -41.5 53.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.9 neg: -80.5 tot: 36.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 44.12 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 111 7 94 17| 0.0 13.3 13.3| 75.1 -10.1 65.0 129.9 0.49| 23.7 11.6 1000 121 8 98 17| 0.0 2.0 2.0| 75.1 -65.3 9.8 9.8 -0.04| 20.7 -0.9 1500 117 6 95 16| 0.0 1.6 1.6| 78.7 -70.5 8.2 5.4 -0.05| 15.7 -0.8 2000 124 6 97 15| 0.0 1.6 1.6| 87.6 -71.5 16.1 8.0 0.04| 14.0 0.6 2500 182 6 117 11| 0.0 1.9 1.9| 94.0 -77.1 16.9 6.8 0.07| 13.1 0.9 3000 200 8 126 9| 1.2 1.6 2.8|116.9 -80.5 36.5 12.2 0.16| 12.9 2.1 4000 213 10 145 8| 1.1 1.2 2.4|122.7 -81.8 40.9 10.2 0.17| 10.8 1.8 5000 221 11 160 7| 1.1 1.3 2.4|140.7 -92.0 48.8 9.8 0.17| 9.9 1.7 6000 231 14 184 7| 2.5 1.1 3.5|190.0 -95.1 94.9 15.8 0.23| 10.3 2.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251129.12.gif