UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 3 DEC 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 3 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 48 SFC 989 138 -6.3 -7.5 91 1.2 -6.7 210 1 267.7 268.1 267.1 273.6 2.20 2 980 209 -5.5 -6.6 92 1.1 -5.8 219 1 269.2 269.6 268.4 275.6 2.37 3 972 273 -3.7 -6.7 80 3.0 -4.7 226 2 271.6 272.0 270.0 278.2 2.38 4 962 355 -3.3 -5.7 83 2.4 -4.1 211 3 272.9 273.3 271.1 280.0 2.59 5 956 404 -0.7 -3.3 83 2.6 -1.7 193 5 276.0 276.5 273.8 284.6 3.13 6 941 530 0.4 -4.6 69 5.0 -1.5 148 8 278.3 278.8 274.8 286.4 2.88 7 925 667 -0.5 -5.0 72 4.5 -2.2 125 13 278.8 279.3 275.0 286.8 2.84 8 914 763 -1.3 -5.3 74 4.0 -2.8 139 12 278.9 279.4 275.0 286.8 2.81 9 908 815 -0.9 -5.2 73 4.3 -2.5 146 12 279.9 280.4 275.6 287.9 2.85 10 898 904 1.0 -5.0 64 6.0 -1.3 159 11 282.7 283.2 277.2 291.1 2.93 11 872 1140 0.0 -4.9 70 4.9 -1.9 204 15 284.1 284.6 278.0 292.8 3.04 12 850 1344 -1.7 -5.4 76 3.7 -3.1 210 21 284.4 284.9 278.1 293.0 3.00 13 829 1542 -3.5 -6.0 83 2.5 -4.4 215 33 284.5 285.0 278.1 292.9 2.94 14 825 1581 -2.9 -5.9 80 3.0 -4.0 215 32 285.5 286.1 278.7 294.1 2.98 15 811 1716 -4.1 -6.1 86 2.0 -4.8 215 29 285.7 286.2 278.7 294.3 2.98 16 753 2298 -7.3 -8.8 89 1.5 -7.8 221 24 288.3 288.8 279.5 296.0 2.61 17 740 2434 -6.3 -7.8 89 1.5 -6.8 229 25 290.8 291.4 281.0 299.3 2.87 18 710 2756 -8.7 -8.9 98 0.2 -8.8 245 26 291.7 292.2 281.3 299.8 2.74 19 700 2866 -9.5 -9.9 97 0.4 -9.6 250 28 292.0 292.4 281.1 299.6 2.57 20 692 2955 -10.1 -10.3 98 0.2 -10.2 250 29 292.3 292.7 281.3 299.8 2.52 21 672 3180 -10.9 -11.7 94 0.8 -11.2 250 32 293.8 294.2 281.7 300.8 2.32 22 602 4017 -16.3 -16.9 95 0.6 -16.4 247 41 297.0 297.3 282.3 302.2 1.69 23 583 4258 -17.7 -19.2 88 1.5 -18.1 245 42 298.1 298.3 282.4 302.6 1.44 24 556 4611 -20.1 -20.7 95 0.6 -20.3 240 43 299.3 299.5 282.8 303.5 1.32 25 549 4705 -20.5 -21.6 91 1.1 -20.7 238 43 299.9 300.1 283.0 303.9 1.24 26 528 4993 -22.7 -25.5 78 2.8 -23.2 233 41 300.6 300.8 282.8 303.6 0.91 27 512 5218 -24.5 -26.9 80 2.4 -24.9 230 38 301.1 301.3 282.9 303.8 0.83 28 500 5390 -25.7 -26.8 90 1.1 -25.9 230 37 301.7 301.9 283.2 304.5 0.85 29 492 5506 -26.7 -27.1 96 0.4 -26.8 232 37 301.9 302.0 283.2 304.6 0.84 30 461 5971 -29.9 -29.9 100 0.0 -29.9 238 35 303.6 303.7 283.7 305.9 0.69 31 450 6142 -31.5 -31.6 99 0.1 -31.5 238 36 303.6 303.8 283.7 305.7 0.60 32 448 6173 -31.7 -32.6 92 0.9 -31.8 236 38 303.8 303.9 283.7 305.6 0.55 33 447 6189 -31.5 -33.6 82 2.1 -31.7 236 39 304.2 304.3 283.8 305.9 0.50 34 446 6205 -31.1 -37.1 56 6.0 -31.7 235 39 304.9 305.0 283.8 306.2 0.35 35 444 6237 -30.5 -39.5 41 9.0 -31.4 233 41 306.1 306.1 284.2 307.1 0.28 36 443 6253 -30.5 -39.5 41 9.0 -31.4 233 42 306.3 306.3 284.3 307.3 0.28 37 436 6365 -31.3 -44.3 27 13.0 -32.4 227 48 306.7 306.7 284.3 307.3 0.17 38 400 6970 -34.1 -49.1 21 15.0 -35.1 225 54 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.1 0.11 39 368 7550 -37.5 -53.5 17 16.0 -38.3 221 55 313.6 313.7 286.7 313.9 0.07 40 325 8397 -43.9 -60.9 14 17.0 -44.4 223 54 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.3 0.03 41 300 8930 -48.1 -61.1 21 13.0 -48.4 225 54 317.6 317.6 288.0 317.7 0.03 42 299 8952 -48.3 -61.3 21 13.0 -48.6 225 54 317.6 317.6 288.0 317.7 0.03 43 294 9063 -48.9 -62.9 18 14.0 -49.2 225 54 318.3 318.3 288.2 318.4 0.03 44 292 9108 -48.5 -66.5 11 18.0 -48.8 225 54 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.5 0.02 45 286 9246 -48.1 -65.1 12 17.0 -48.5 227 53 321.9 321.9 289.3 322.0 0.02 46 277 9457 -49.1 -66.1 12 17.0 -49.4 230 52 323.4 323.4 289.8 323.5 0.02 47 268 9675 -48.9 -65.9 12 17.0 -49.3 234 51 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.9 0.02 48 251 10104 -51.5 -67.5 13 16.0 -51.8 243 55 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.02 49 250 10130 -51.5 -67.5 13 16.0 -51.8 245 58 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.02 50 243 10314 -51.9 -68.9 11 17.0 -52.2 245 54 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.01 51 234 10558 -52.5 -69.5 11 17.0 -52.8 235 59 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.3 0.01 52 219 10986 -51.7 -70.7 9 19.0 -52.0 240 64 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.01 53 213 11168 -48.5 -69.5 7 21.0 -49.0 242 65 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 54 200 11580 -50.3 -71.3 7 21.0 -50.7 245 66 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 55 185 12085 -51.7 -73.7 5 22.0 -52.1 250 69 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.01 56 163 12904 -51.7 -75.7 4 24.0 -52.2 258 73 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.01 57 160 13024 -51.3 -75.3 4 24.0 -51.8 259 73 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.01 58 157 13146 -51.9 -75.9 4 24.0 -52.4 260 74 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.01 59 150 13440 -53.5 -77.5 4 24.0 -53.9 260 69 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.01 60 139 13930 -54.7 -79.7 3 25.0 -55.1 260 63 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.01 61 100 16070 -49.1 -80.1 1 31.0 -50.1 250 54 432.9 432.9 309.1 432.9 0.01 62 93 16545 -50.7 -80.7 2 30.0 -51.6 252 53 438.8 438.8 309.7 438.8 0.01 63 88 16909 -47.1 -79.1 1 32.0 -48.5 261 47 453.0 453.0 311.1 453.0 0.01 64 83 17296 -48.5 -80.5 1 32.0 -49.8 260 43 457.8 457.8 311.5 457.8 0.01 65 72 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321.9 629.0 0.02 79 27 24755 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -48.2 254 48 645.2 645.2 322.5 645.4 0.03 80 23 25824 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -50.7 255 53 666.7 666.7 323.3 666.8 0.02 81 20 26750 -46.5 -81.5 1 35.0 -51.1 250 53 693.8 693.9 324.3 694.1 0.03 82 19 27090 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -51.4 248 51 703.5 703.5 324.6 703.7 0.03 83 19 27090 -46.1 -81.1 1 35.0 -51.0 248 51 705.3 705.4 324.6 705.6 0.03 84 14 29103 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -54.5 257 64 756.2 756.2 326.1 756.4 0.03 85 11 30689 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.5 257 60 821.0 821.1 327.7 821.4 0.04 86 10 31320 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -53.8 255 56 843.7 843.8 328.2 844.2 0.05 87 9.9 31386 -46.9 -81.9 1 35.0 -53.7 255 56 846.9 846.9 328.3 847.4 0.05 88 8.6 32311 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -55.4 257 56 873.9 873.9 328.9 874.4 0.05 89 7.8 32952 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -55.0 258 57 904.3 904.3 329.5 904.8 0.06 90 7.0 33660 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -57.2 260 57 918.6 918.7 329.8 919.1 0.05 91 6.4 34247 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -56.3 952.7 952.7 330.4 953.3 0.06 TRP 234 10558 -52.5 -69.5 11 17.0 -52.8 235 59 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.3 0.01 WND 157 13146 -51.9 -75.9 4 24.0 -52.4 260 74 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5342.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 946.45 mb = 484.52 m = 1589.61 ft Freezing level: 933.89 mb = 591.07 m = 1939.19 ft Freezing level: 903.26 mb = 857.20 m = 2812.32 ft Freezing level: 872.00 mb = 1139.84 m = 3739.59 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.32 % Est. max temperature: 10.39 C = 50.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.17 mb = 288.32 m = 945.92 ft T: -3.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 0.18 C Layer 700.0- 692.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 989.00 mb = 138.00 m = 452.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.77 g/kg Conv temperature: -4.50 C = 23.90 F Cap Strength: 14.45 C Lifted Index: 14.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.87 C Showalter Index: 8.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 18.20 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 54.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73134.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.35 mb = 1035.99 m = 3398.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 264 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 989 138 210 1 0.5 0.9 | 86 22 -21.6 -1.4 1 968 305 230 2 1.5 1.3 | 87 21 -20.6 -1.0 2 932 610 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 95 31 -30.8 2.7 3 925 667 125 13 -10.6 7.5 | 99 33 -32.7 5.2 4 897 914 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 107 27 -25.9 8.1 5 863 1219 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 134 16 -11.2 10.8 6 850 1344 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 144 20 -11.6 15.9 7 831 1524 215 33 18.9 27.0 | 173 25 -3.2 24.8 8 799 1829 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 162 21 -6.6 19.9 9 769 2134 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 147 20 -11.1 16.8 10 739 2438 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 168 14 -2.9 13.8 11 711 2743 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 190 9 1.5 8.7 12 700 2866 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 210 8 4.2 7.3 13 630 3658 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 233 18 14.6 11.1 14 581 4267 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 226 22 16.0 15.5 15 535 4877 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 210 26 13.1 22.4 16 514 5182 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 198 23 7.0 22.2 17 500 5390 230 37 28.3 23.8 | 196 22 6.2 21.5 18 453 6096 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 206 16 7.3 14.7 19 433 6401 225 50 35.4 35.4 | 202 36 13.3 33.1 20 400 6970 225 54 38.2 38.2 | 204 39 16.1 35.9 21 380 7315 225 59 41.7 41.7 | 206 44 19.6 39.5 22 364 7620 220 53 34.1 40.6 | 197 40 12.0 38.3 23 300 8930 225 54 38.2 38.2 | 204 39 16.1 35.9 24 290 9144 225 54 38.2 38.2 | 204 39 16.1 35.9 25 253 10058 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 222 30 20.3 22.2 26 250 10130 245 58 52.6 24.5 | 234 38 30.5 22.3 27 241 10363 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 232 33 25.9 20.1 28 234 10558 235 59 48.3 33.8 | 220 41 26.2 31.6 29 230 10668 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 220 43 27.9 32.7 30 220 10973 240 64 55.4 32.0 | 228 45 33.3 29.7 31 200 11580 245 66 59.8 27.9 | 236 46 37.7 25.6 32 157 13146 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 258 52 50.8 10.6 33 151 13411 260 74 72.9 12.8 | 258 52 50.8 10.6 34 150 13440 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 258 47 45.9 9.7 35 114 15240 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 256 25 24.2 5.9 36 108 15545 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 245 20 18.5 8.6 37 103 15850 240 48 41.6 24.0 | 222 29 19.5 21.7 38 100 16070 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 240 33 28.6 16.2 39 99 16154 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 242 41 36.2 18.9 40 94 16459 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 240 33 28.6 16.2 41 86 17069 265 44 43.8 3.8 | 266 22 21.7 1.6 42 75 17983 245 42 38.1 17.7 | 226 22 16.0 15.5 43 71 18288 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 234 19 15.5 11.4 44 70 18420 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 241 15 12.7 7.1 45 68 18593 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 248 8 7.4 3.0 46 62 19202 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 219 17 10.5 13.0 47 57 19812 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 247 25 23.3 9.9 48 54 20117 270 38 38.0 -0.0 | 278 16 15.9 -2.3 49 52 20422 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 232 17 13.6 10.7 50 50 20630 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 266 18 17.8 1.2 51 47 21031 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 266 17 16.8 1.1 52 45 21336 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 241 15 12.7 7.1 53 39 22250 260 36 35.5 6.3 | 253 14 13.4 4.0 54 30 24050 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 240 33 28.6 16.2 55 29 24384 250 54 50.7 18.5 | 240 33 28.6 16.2 56 25 25298 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 255 18 17.3 4.7 57 24 25603 255 53 51.2 13.7 | 249 31 29.1 11.5 58 21 26518 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 249 32 30.1 11.7 59 20 26750 250 53 49.8 18.1 | 240 32 27.7 15.9 60 18 27432 245 49 44.4 20.7 | 230 29 22.3 18.4 61 15 28651 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 239 28 23.9 14.5 62 14 29261 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 258 47 45.9 9.7 63 10 31320 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 249 34 32.0 12.2 64 7 33660 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 257 35 34.0 7.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 2.9 tot: 11.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.8 neg: -64.1 tot: 199.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 123.22 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 138 5 93 25| 0.0 11.8 11.8| 27.8 -10.0 17.9 35.8 0.23| 16.0 3.7 1000 155 9 102 26| 9.2 5.9 15.1|123.6 -10.0 113.7 113.7 0.50| 17.8 8.9 1500 194 14 121 22| 11.4 3.9 15.4|210.5 -18.7 191.8 127.8 0.56| 19.7 11.0 2000 202 17 131 21| 8.6 4.3 12.9|210.5 -64.1 146.4 73.2 0.36| 17.1 6.1 2500 209 18 137 19| 8.3 3.4 11.8|247.3 -64.1 183.3 73.3 0.41| 16.4 6.8 3000 219 20 145 16| 8.1 2.9 11.0|263.8 -64.1 199.7 66.6 0.45| 15.2 6.8 4000 232 25 168 13| 6.1 1.3 7.4|273.8 -73.6 200.2 50.1 0.41| 12.8 5.2 5000 234 28 183 14| 4.9 2.2 7.0|273.8-148.5 125.3 25.1 0.25| 11.6 2.9 6000 234 30 187 15| 4.0 1.8 5.8|291.6-155.8 135.8 22.6 0.25| 10.6 2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251203.00.gif