UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 1 DEC 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 1 DEC 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 14 SFC 984 138 -11.3 -12.1 94 0.8 -11.5 0 0 263.1 263.3 262.6 267.2 1.53 2 979 178 -6.3 -9.0 81 2.7 -7.1 27 0 268.5 268.8 267.3 273.9 1.97 3 977 194 -5.9 -9.1 78 3.2 -6.8 37 1 269.0 269.4 267.6 274.4 1.96 4 975 210 -4.1 -8.7 70 4.6 -5.5 48 1 271.0 271.3 269.0 276.6 2.03 5 972 234 -3.5 -8.5 68 5.0 -5.1 64 1 271.8 272.2 269.7 277.6 2.07 6 958 350 -4.1 -8.6 71 4.5 -5.5 115 2 272.4 272.7 270.0 278.1 2.08 7 953 391 -2.7 -8.7 63 6.0 -4.6 120 3 274.2 274.5 271.1 280.0 2.07 8 925 628 -4.5 -8.1 76 3.6 -5.7 135 6 274.7 275.1 271.7 280.9 2.24 9 914 722 -4.3 -8.4 73 4.1 -5.6 127 10 275.9 276.2 272.3 282.1 2.21 10 907 783 -3.7 -8.7 68 5.0 -5.3 121 12 277.1 277.4 273.0 283.2 2.18 11 904 809 -3.1 -8.1 68 5.0 -4.8 119 13 278.0 278.3 273.7 284.4 2.29 12 860 1202 -5.7 -6.7 93 1.0 -6.1 119 12 279.2 279.7 275.0 286.8 2.69 13 851 1285 -3.9 -6.6 81 2.7 -4.9 129 9 282.0 282.4 276.5 289.8 2.74 14 850 1294 -3.7 -6.4 81 2.7 -4.7 130 9 282.3 282.7 276.7 290.2 2.78 15 845 1341 -1.7 -4.6 81 2.9 -2.9 115 8 284.8 285.4 278.6 294.0 3.21 16 836 1426 -0.9 -6.9 64 6.0 -3.1 87 8 286.6 287.0 278.9 294.5 2.72 17 824 1542 -1.1 -8.1 59 7.0 -3.7 50 6 287.5 288.0 279.0 294.9 2.52 18 798 1796 -3.3 -7.3 74 4.0 -4.8 328 3 287.8 288.3 279.5 295.9 2.77 19 794 1836 -3.5 -8.5 68 5.0 -5.3 315 3 288.0 288.5 279.3 295.5 2.53 20 783 1946 -4.1 -7.1 80 3.0 -5.2 290 2 288.5 289.1 280.0 296.9 2.86 21 780 1977 -4.1 -8.5 71 4.4 -5.7 283 2 288.9 289.3 279.7 296.4 2.58 22 771 2068 -4.9 -7.5 82 2.6 -5.8 262 1 289.0 289.5 280.1 297.2 2.82 23 766 2119 -5.1 -7.6 83 2.5 -6.0 250 1 289.3 289.8 280.3 297.5 2.81 24 756 2222 -5.7 -9.1 77 3.4 -6.9 249 2 289.7 290.2 280.1 297.2 2.54 25 726 2538 -8.3 -9.0 95 0.7 -8.5 246 7 290.2 290.7 280.5 298.1 2.66 26 722 2581 -8.3 -10.1 87 1.8 -8.9 239 7 290.7 291.1 280.4 298.0 2.45 27 709 2722 -9.3 -9.3 100 0.0 -9.3 218 8 291.1 291.6 280.9 299.0 2.66 28 700 2821 -9.9 -9.9 100 0.0 -9.9 225 6 291.5 292.0 281.0 299.2 2.57 29 665 3215 -11.9 -12.4 96 0.5 -12.1 278 7 293.6 294.0 281.4 300.3 2.22 30 660 3273 -11.5 -14.0 82 2.5 -12.3 286 7 294.7 295.0 281.6 300.6 1.96 31 633 3592 -13.1 -14.3 91 1.2 -13.5 329 8 296.4 296.7 282.4 302.5 1.99 32 600 3998 -16.3 -16.3 100 0.0 -16.3 356 0 297.3 297.6 282.5 302.8 1.78 33 598 4023 -15.9 -16.5 95 0.6 -16.1 351 1 298.0 298.3 282.8 303.5 1.76 34 591 4111 -16.3 -17.4 91 1.1 -16.6 332 3 298.5 298.8 282.9 303.7 1.65 35 577 4292 -16.7 -21.7 65 5.0 -17.9 295 7 300.1 300.3 283.0 303.9 1.17 36 553 4609 -19.7 -21.7 84 2.0 -20.1 274 6 300.2 300.5 283.1 304.1 1.22 37 542 4758 -21.1 -22.6 88 1.5 -21.4 264 6 300.3 300.5 283.0 304.0 1.15 38 526 4978 -22.5 -23.3 93 0.8 -22.7 243 7 301.2 301.4 283.3 304.8 1.11 39 521 5048 -22.7 -23.9 90 1.2 -22.9 233 8 301.8 302.0 283.5 305.2 1.06 40 518 5091 -22.3 -24.8 80 2.5 -22.8 228 9 302.8 303.0 283.8 306.0 0.99 41 512 5176 -22.9 -25.1 82 2.2 -23.3 216 10 303.1 303.2 283.9 306.2 0.97 42 509 5219 -22.9 -26.5 72 3.6 -23.5 222 10 303.6 303.7 284.0 306.4 0.86 43 504 5292 -23.3 -27.1 71 3.8 -24.0 238 9 303.9 304.1 284.1 306.7 0.82 44 500 5350 -23.9 -27.4 73 3.5 -24.5 250 9 303.9 304.0 284.0 306.6 0.81 45 492 5468 -24.5 -28.5 69 4.0 -25.2 250 10 304.6 304.7 284.2 307.0 0.74 46 489 5512 -24.9 -30.9 57 6.0 -25.8 251 10 304.6 304.7 284.0 306.6 0.59 47 474 5738 -26.9 -35.9 42 9.0 -28.0 262 10 304.9 304.9 283.8 306.2 0.38 48 469 5815 -27.5 -36.5 42 9.0 -28.6 266 10 305.0 305.1 283.9 306.3 0.36 49 453 6064 -29.5 -40.5 34 11.0 -30.6 282 12 305.6 305.6 284.0 306.4 0.25 50 449 6127 -29.7 -44.7 22 15.0 -31.0 285 12 306.1 306.1 284.1 306.7 0.16 51 445 6191 -30.1 -46.1 20 16.0 -31.4 285 12 306.4 306.4 284.1 306.9 0.14 52 413 6718 -34.7 -44.7 36 10.0 -35.4 295 10 307.1 307.1 284.4 307.7 0.17 53 400 6940 -37.1 -41.8 62 4.7 -37.5 285 9 306.8 306.8 284.4 307.6 0.24 54 300 8860 -52.1 -56.0 63 3.9 -52.2 225 18 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.2 0.06 55 260 9773 -59.3 -62.4 67 3.1 -59.3 235 21 314.4 314.4 286.9 314.5 0.03 56 250 10020 -57.3 -72.3 13 15.0 -57.5 225 27 320.9 320.9 289.0 320.9 0.01 57 200 11460 -50.1 -80.1 2 30.0 -50.6 230 30 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.00 58 150 13340 -47.7 -81.7 1 34.0 -48.5 245 27 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 59 100 16030 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -48.7 235 22 435.9 435.9 309.4 436.0 0.00 60 90 16725 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -49.9 221 29 446.9 446.9 310.6 446.9 0.00 61 85 17103 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -48.0 230 31 458.7 458.7 311.7 458.7 0.01 62 75 17934 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -48.6 243 22 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.6 0.01 63 73 18113 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -49.8 239 27 475.3 475.3 313.1 475.3 0.01 64 70 18390 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -49.7 245 30 481.5 481.5 313.5 481.5 0.01 65 65 18878 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -49.7 248 27 491.8 491.8 314.4 491.8 0.01 66 60 19409 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -48.1 247 24 508.1 508.1 315.5 508.1 0.01 67 50 20620 -46.7 -82.7 1 36.0 -49.0 235 25 533.4 533.4 317.1 533.5 0.01 68 49 20754 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -49.2 236 25 536.0 536.0 317.3 536.1 0.01 69 33 23425 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -44.3 235 55 623.0 623.0 321.6 623.1 0.02 70 30 24080 -39.1 -80.1 1 41.0 -45.2 230 41 638.0 638.1 322.2 638.2 0.02 71 20 26820 -44.1 -83.1 1 39.0 -49.6 205 43 701.2 701.2 324.5 701.3 0.02 72 16 28317 -44.7 -83.7 1 39.0 -50.7 208 50 745.4 745.5 325.8 745.6 0.02 73 15 28750 -44.7 -83.7 1 39.0 -51.0 209 51 759.3 759.3 326.2 759.5 0.02 74 14 29210 -46.7 -84.7 1 38.0 -52.4 218 46 767.7 767.7 326.4 767.9 0.02 75 12 30244 -42.3 -83.3 0 41.0 -50.6 192 44 817.9 817.9 327.7 818.2 0.03 76 10 31470 -45.1 -84.1 0 39.0 -52.8 200 43 851.2 851.2 328.4 851.5 0.03 77 9.8 31605 -45.5 -84.5 0 39.0 -53.1 854.6 854.6 328.5 854.9 0.03 TRP 260 9773 -59.3 -62.4 67 3.1 -59.3 235 21 314.4 314.4 286.9 314.5 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5336.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.44 % Est. max temperature: 12.25 C = 54.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.23 mb = 240.70 m = 789.68 ft T: -3.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 0.47 C Layer 780.0- 771.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 984.00 mb = 138.00 m = 452.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.17 g/kg Conv temperature: -7.72 C = 18.11 F Cap Strength: 19.69 C Lifted Index: 19.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.35 C Showalter Index: 12.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 13.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82737.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 19.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.66 mb = 1104.96 m = 3625.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 274 at 5 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 984 138 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 94 5 -5.2 0.4 1 964 305 110 2 -1.9 0.7 | 98 7 -7.1 1.1 2 927 610 145 5 -2.9 4.1 | 119 9 -8.1 4.5 3 925 628 135 6 -4.2 4.2 | 116 11 -9.5 4.6 4 892 914 110 17 -16.0 5.8 | 106 22 -21.2 6.2 5 858 1219 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 112 17 -15.6 6.4 6 850 1294 130 9 -6.9 5.8 | 117 14 -12.1 6.2 7 794 1829 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 61 4 -3.1 -1.7 8 764 2134 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 100 4 -4.3 0.8 9 735 2438 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 206 2 0.7 1.4 10 707 2743 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 175 7 -0.6 6.9 11 700 2821 225 6 4.2 4.2 | 168 5 -1.0 4.6 12 626 3658 340 8 2.7 -7.5 | 19 8 -2.5 -7.1 13 601 3962 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 94 5 -5.2 0.4 14 577 4267 295 7 6.3 -3.0 | 337 3 1.1 -2.6 15 532 4877 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 196 2 0.6 1.9 16 511 5182 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 183 9 0.5 8.6 17 500 5350 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 223 5 3.2 3.5 18 491 5486 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 228 6 4.2 3.8 19 470 5791 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 255 5 4.7 1.2 20 450 6096 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 293 7 6.4 -2.7 21 431 6401 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 292 8 7.3 -3.0 22 413 6706 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 315 5 3.8 -3.8 23 400 6940 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 299 4 3.5 -2.0 24 361 7620 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 178 14 -0.4 13.5 25 345 7925 195 17 4.4 16.4 | 177 17 -0.8 16.8 26 315 8534 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 203 15 5.7 13.4 27 300 8860 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 210 15 7.5 13.1 28 287 9144 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 209 14 6.8 12.4 29 274 9449 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 193 16 3.8 16.0 30 261 9754 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 225 18 12.8 13.0 31 260 9773 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 224 17 12.0 12.4 32 250 10020 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 215 24 13.9 19.5 33 237 10363 220 26 16.7 19.9 | 209 23 11.5 20.3 34 216 10973 240 27 23.4 13.5 | 233 23 18.2 13.9 35 200 11460 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 222 26 17.8 19.7 36 187 11887 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 224 33 23.1 24.2 37 163 12802 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 215 24 13.9 19.5 38 150 13340 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 239 23 19.2 11.8 39 148 13411 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 245 26 23.9 11.0 40 135 14021 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 226 21 15.2 14.7 41 129 14326 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 239 24 20.1 12.2 42 123 14630 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 231 18 13.8 11.4 43 113 15240 240 37 32.0 18.5 | 235 33 26.8 18.9 44 108 15545 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 251 25 23.7 8.1 45 103 15850 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 243 17 15.4 7.9 46 100 16030 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 225 18 12.8 13.0 47 98 16154 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 225 18 12.8 13.0 48 89 16764 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 211 26 13.4 22.6 49 85 17069 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 217 29 17.4 23.0 50 82 17374 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 269 20 19.8 0.4 51 78 17678 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 225 18 12.8 13.0 52 74 17983 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 237 18 14.7 9.7 53 71 18288 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 223 29 20.0 21.6 54 70 18390 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 239 26 22.0 13.1 55 62 19202 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 244 20 18.3 8.9 56 54 20117 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 223 16 11.2 11.8 57 52 20422 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 243 17 15.4 7.9 58 50 20620 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 226 21 15.2 14.7 59 45 21336 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 232 21 16.4 12.9 60 39 22250 225 38 26.9 26.9 | 218 35 21.6 27.2 61 36 22860 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 236 39 32.0 21.9 62 33 23470 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 231 52 40.6 32.5 63 30 24080 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 224 37 26.2 26.7 64 29 24384 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 224 34 23.9 24.8 65 27 24689 230 52 39.8 33.4 | 226 48 34.6 33.8 66 25 25298 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 235 36 29.4 20.4 67 24 25603 220 37 23.8 28.3 | 213 34 18.6 28.7 68 22 26213 220 49 31.5 37.5 | 215 46 26.3 37.9 69 20 26820 205 43 18.2 39.0 | 198 41 12.9 39.3 70 18 27432 205 47 19.9 42.6 | 199 45 14.6 43.0 71 15 28956 210 52 26.0 45.0 | 205 50 20.8 45.4 72 14 29261 220 45 28.9 34.5 | 214 42 23.7 34.8 73 13 29870 190 44 7.6 43.3 | 183 44 2.4 43.7 74 10 31470 200 43 14.7 40.4 | 193 42 9.5 40.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.9 neg: -56.8 tot: -29.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.59 Bulk Shear: 9.41 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 132 3 107 8| 6.6 0.0 6.6| 7.8 -0.8 7.1 14.1 0.43| 7.7 3.3 1000 118 8 108 13| 3.3 3.8 7.1| 15.3 -14.6 0.7 0.7 0.08| 11.5 0.9 1500 115 8 107 13| 2.2 3.4 5.6| 19.0 -52.2 -33.2 -22.1 -0.24| 13.7 -3.2 2000 119 7 108 12| 1.6 1.8 3.4| 22.1 -53.5 -31.4 -15.7 -0.14| 12.3 -1.8 2500 130 6 114 11| 1.3 2.1 3.4| 24.4 -54.5 -30.1 -12.1 -0.07| 11.6 -0.8 3000 150 6 125 10| 0.6 1.8 2.3| 26.9 -56.8 -29.9 -10.0 -0.03| 11.3 -0.3 4000 148 6 123 10| 1.3 1.4 2.7| 44.5 -60.8 -16.3 -4.1 0.10| 11.1 1.1 5000 218 6 166 5| 1.1 2.0 3.1| 44.5 -67.0 -22.5 -4.5 -0.00| 10.3 -0.0 6000 244 7 197 4| 1.5 1.7 3.2| 60.7 -67.0 -6.3 -1.1 0.09| 9.7 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251201.12.gif