UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120218.upa.cvt Date: 1800Z 2 DEC 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1800Z 2 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 61 SFC 990 138 -8.1 -9.3 91 1.2 -8.4 0 0 265.8 266.1 265.3 271.0 1.90 2 984 186 -5.3 -7.2 86 1.9 -5.9 343 1 269.1 269.5 268.1 275.2 2.26 3 983 194 -4.1 -7.0 80 2.9 -5.0 340 1 270.4 270.8 269.1 276.6 2.30 4 979 226 -3.5 -6.8 78 3.3 -4.6 328 2 271.3 271.7 269.7 277.7 2.34 5 966 332 -3.5 -6.4 80 2.9 -4.5 285 5 272.3 272.7 270.5 279.0 2.45 6 946 499 -1.5 -4.8 78 3.3 -2.7 195 9 276.0 276.5 273.3 283.8 2.82 7 936 584 -1.7 -4.9 79 3.2 -2.9 149 11 276.6 277.1 273.8 284.5 2.83 8 925 678 -1.3 -5.3 74 4.0 -2.8 140 14 278.0 278.5 274.4 285.8 2.78 9 924 687 -1.3 -5.4 74 4.1 -2.8 142 14 278.1 278.5 274.5 285.8 2.76 10 919 730 0.8 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289.9 323.8 0.05 52 245 10299 -56.5 -60.3 62 3.8 -56.6 249 80 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.1 0.05 53 244 10325 -55.5 -61.5 47 6.0 -55.6 249 81 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.0 0.04 54 243 10351 -55.5 -62.7 41 7.2 -55.6 250 82 326.1 326.2 290.6 326.3 0.03 55 238 10483 -55.7 -68.7 18 13.0 -55.9 251 78 327.8 327.8 291.1 327.9 0.02 56 236 10537 -55.7 -69.7 16 14.0 -55.9 252 76 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.01 57 228 10756 -57.3 -64.3 41 7.0 -57.4 254 69 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.03 58 226 10812 -57.7 -66.7 31 9.0 -57.8 255 67 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.02 59 200 11590 -54.3 -77.3 4 23.0 -54.6 260 58 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 60 150 13440 -52.9 -82.9 1 30.0 -53.4 260 61 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 61 100 16080 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -49.4 255 38 434.4 434.4 309.3 434.4 0.00 62 96 16349 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -50.3 257 40 437.5 437.6 309.6 437.6 0.00 63 72 18244 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -49.1 256 32 478.9 478.9 313.4 478.9 0.01 64 70 18430 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -49.5 255 34 481.9 481.9 313.6 481.9 0.00 65 67 18718 -48.1 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0.02 79 22 26137 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -51.0 256 45 674.6 674.6 323.6 674.7 0.02 80 21 26446 -46.1 -84.1 1 38.0 -50.7 263 43 685.4 685.4 324.0 685.6 0.02 81 20 26770 -46.9 -83.9 1 37.0 -51.4 255 39 692.6 692.6 324.2 692.8 0.02 82 17 27842 -48.3 -85.3 1 37.0 -52.8 252 38 721.1 721.1 325.1 721.2 0.02 83 15 28669 -46.5 -84.5 1 38.0 -52.1 247 51 753.3 753.4 326.0 753.5 0.02 84 13 29611 -49.5 -85.5 1 36.0 -54.4 235 54 774.4 774.4 326.6 774.6 0.02 85 12 30136 -49.1 -85.1 1 36.0 -54.4 235 52 793.8 793.8 327.1 794.0 0.02 86 12 30136 -47.1 -85.1 1 38.0 -53.2 235 52 800.9 800.9 327.3 801.1 0.02 87 10 31340 -47.7 -84.7 1 37.0 -54.2 245 61 841.5 841.5 328.2 841.8 0.03 88 8.4 32491 -47.7 -84.7 1 37.0 -54.8 884.5 884.5 329.1 884.9 0.04 89 8.0 32814 -46.9 -84.9 1 38.0 -54.6 900.1 900.1 329.4 900.5 0.04 90 7.9 32898 -44.5 -84.5 0 40.0 -53.5 913.0 913.0 329.7 913.4 0.04 91 7.7 33069 -45.7 -84.7 0 39.0 -54.2 914.8 914.9 329.7 915.2 0.04 TRP 226 10812 -57.7 -66.7 31 9.0 -57.8 255 67 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.8 0.02 WND 243 10351 -55.5 -62.7 41 7.2 -55.6 250 82 326.1 326.2 290.6 326.3 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5339.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 920.90 mb = 713.50 m = 2340.84 ft Freezing level: 890.41 mb = 984.62 m = 3230.35 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.30 % Est. max temperature: 11.42 C = 52.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.06 mb = 290.58 m = 953.35 ft T: -3.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 0.35 C Layer 716.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 990.00 mb = 138.00 m = 452.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.70 g/kg Conv temperature: -4.79 C = 23.37 F Cap Strength: 17.28 C Lifted Index: 18.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.03 C Showalter Index: 10.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.60 C Cross Totals Index: 17.20 C K Index: 14.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 154.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73755.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 17.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.28 mb = 1048.08 m = 3438.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 267 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 138 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 87 21 -21.1 -0.9 1 969 305 300 4 3.5 -2.0 | 81 18 -17.6 -2.9 2 933 610 135 12 -8.5 8.5 | 104 30 -29.5 7.6 3 925 678 140 14 -9.0 10.7 | 108 32 -30.1 9.8 4 898 914 200 5 1.7 4.7 | 101 20 -19.4 3.8 5 865 1219 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 150 17 -8.2 14.4 6 850 1355 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 166 14 -3.4 13.9 7 800 1829 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 136 17 -11.9 12.2 8 770 2134 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 138 19 -12.6 13.8 9 740 2438 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 163 10 -2.9 9.6 10 712 2743 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 165 12 -3.0 11.7 11 700 2880 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 170 12 -2.2 12.3 12 631 3658 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 176 16 -1.1 15.8 13 582 4267 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 210 14 7.0 12.2 14 558 4572 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 232 21 16.5 12.7 15 536 4877 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 233 22 17.5 13.1 16 500 5400 245 51 46.2 21.6 | 231 33 25.2 20.6 17 454 6096 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 226 40 28.3 27.6 18 400 7000 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 233 40 32.4 24.0 19 366 7620 245 67 60.7 28.3 | 235 48 39.7 27.4 20 300 8980 240 73 63.2 36.5 | 230 55 42.2 35.6 21 293 9144 245 74 67.1 31.3 | 237 55 46.0 30.3 22 250 10170 245 76 68.9 32.1 | 237 57 47.8 31.2 23 243 10351 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 244 62 56.0 27.1 24 243 10363 250 82 77.1 28.0 | 244 62 56.0 27.1 25 226 10812 255 67 64.7 17.3 | 249 47 43.7 16.4 26 200 11590 260 58 57.1 10.1 | 256 37 36.1 9.1 27 191 11887 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 248 38 35.0 14.1 28 174 12497 250 74 69.5 25.3 | 243 54 48.5 24.4 29 166 12802 255 57 55.1 14.8 | 248 37 34.0 13.8 30 158 13106 255 65 62.8 16.8 | 249 45 41.7 15.9 31 150 13440 260 61 60.1 10.6 | 256 40 39.0 9.7 32 131 14326 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 256 38 37.0 9.3 33 119 14935 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 263 21 20.8 2.7 34 114 15240 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 236 27 22.2 14.8 35 104 15850 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 246 29 26.3 11.7 36 100 16080 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 240 18 15.6 8.9 37 99 16154 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 249 14 13.4 5.1 38 94 16459 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 244 23 20.5 10.2 39 82 17374 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 233 22 17.5 13.1 40 75 17983 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 255 5 4.8 1.3 41 72 18288 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 235 13 10.8 7.6 42 70 18430 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 236 14 11.8 7.9 43 68 18593 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 222 13 9.0 10.0 44 59 19507 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 243 9 8.5 4.3 45 57 19812 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 214 16 8.8 13.0 46 54 20117 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 233 22 17.5 13.1 47 52 20422 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 250 16 15.4 5.5 48 50 20640 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 250 15 14.4 5.3 49 45 21336 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 222 13 9.0 10.0 50 43 21641 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 249 14 13.4 5.1 51 41 21946 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 212 15 7.9 12.6 52 34 23165 250 51 47.9 17.4 | 238 32 26.9 16.5 53 30 24060 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 229 30 22.4 19.4 54 29 24384 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 228 28 20.6 18.5 55 26 24994 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 236 26 21.2 14.5 56 24 25603 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 263 22 21.8 2.8 57 23 25908 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 237 28 23.1 15.1 58 21 26518 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 263 21 20.8 2.7 59 20 26770 255 39 37.7 10.1 | 241 19 16.6 9.2 60 20 26822 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 236 26 21.2 14.5 61 18 27432 250 33 31.0 11.3 | 224 14 9.9 10.4 62 16 28346 255 45 43.5 11.6 | 244 25 22.4 10.7 63 14 28956 240 57 49.4 28.5 | 226 40 28.3 27.6 64 14 29261 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 219 40 24.8 31.2 65 12 30175 235 52 42.6 29.8 | 217 36 21.5 28.9 66 10 31340 245 61 55.3 25.8 | 234 42 34.2 24.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.4 neg: -79.2 tot: 94.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 110.78 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 146 6 100 25| 13.2 0.0 13.2| 41.3 -33.5 7.8 15.7 0.14| 28.9 4.2 1000 172 8 108 23| 8.2 0.0 8.2|106.9 -47.5 59.4 59.4 0.27| 26.3 7.2 1500 208 12 123 18| 6.5 0.0 6.5|140.5 -65.6 74.9 49.9 0.27| 22.0 6.0 2000 211 14 127 18| 4.8 1.0 5.8|143.7 -79.2 64.5 32.2 0.22| 17.8 3.8 2500 217 15 132 16| 5.1 0.8 5.8|168.1 -79.2 88.8 35.5 0.26| 16.7 4.4 3000 222 16 137 15| 4.2 0.7 4.9|173.4 -79.2 94.2 31.4 0.27| 14.4 4.0 4000 227 19 148 14| 3.8 0.7 4.5|203.7 -79.2 124.4 31.1 0.33| 12.0 4.0 5000 234 23 169 13| 4.2 1.0 5.2|242.8 -81.9 160.9 32.2 0.35| 11.4 4.0 6000 237 28 191 14| 3.5 1.9 5.4|242.8-114.8 128.0 21.3 0.29| 10.7 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251202.18.gif