UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025120812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 DEC 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 8 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 138 -29.5 -33.7 67 4.2 -29.7 145 2 243.4 243.5 243.2 244.0 0.22 1 1000 161 -25.7 -31.7 57 6.0 -26.2 145 2 247.4 247.5 247.0 248.2 0.27 2 997 183 -23.7 -30.7 53 7.0 -24.3 134 4 249.7 249.7 249.0 250.5 0.30 3 989 242 -22.7 -30.7 48 8.0 -23.4 105 10 251.2 251.3 250.4 252.1 0.30 4 986 264 -22.9 -30.9 48 8.0 -23.6 94 12 251.3 251.3 250.4 252.1 0.29 5 976 339 -20.9 -29.9 44 9.0 -21.8 74 16 254.0 254.1 252.9 254.9 0.33 6 966 415 -20.7 -29.7 44 9.0 -21.6 73 17 255.0 255.0 253.7 255.9 0.34 7 951 531 -20.9 -28.9 49 8.0 -21.8 71 19 255.9 256.0 254.6 256.9 0.37 8 925 736 -20.3 -30.3 40 10.0 -21.4 85 23 258.6 258.6 256.7 259.5 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9155 -54.7 -66.7 21 12.0 -54.9 20 50 314.7 314.7 287.0 314.8 0.02 51 271 9342 -52.5 -71.5 8 19.0 -52.8 26 43 320.5 320.5 288.9 320.6 0.01 52 257 9683 -54.3 -72.3 9 18.0 -54.5 21 36 322.8 322.8 289.6 322.8 0.01 53 250 9860 -53.3 -73.3 7 20.0 -53.5 15 34 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.9 0.01 54 230 10397 -51.7 -76.7 3 25.0 -52.1 5 34 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.00 55 225 10539 -52.1 -78.1 3 26.0 -52.4 5 35 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.00 56 211 10958 -47.5 -78.5 2 31.0 -48.1 353 37 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.00 57 200 11310 -48.7 -79.7 2 31.0 -49.3 340 43 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.00 58 197 11409 -49.1 -80.1 1 31.0 -49.7 338 43 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.00 59 179 12042 -44.1 -79.1 1 35.0 -45.1 354 20 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.7 0.00 60 150 13210 -48.9 -80.9 1 32.0 -49.6 320 22 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 61 100 15900 -47.7 -81.7 1 34.0 -48.9 310 22 435.6 435.6 309.4 435.6 0.01 62 85 16973 -46.7 -81.7 1 35.0 -48.2 308 30 458.3 458.3 311.6 458.3 0.01 63 70 18250 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -51.2 305 30 477.6 477.6 313.2 477.7 0.01 64 69 18344 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.7 296 35 478.3 478.3 313.3 478.3 0.01 65 62 19044 -47.3 -82.3 1 35.0 -49.1 297 40 500.3 500.3 314.9 500.3 0.01 66 50 20460 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -50.5 275 23 529.2 529.2 316.9 529.2 0.01 67 33 23177 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -53.1 300 55 589.6 589.6 320.1 589.7 0.01 68 31 23585 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -52.0 303 61 604.5 604.5 320.8 604.6 0.01 69 30 23800 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -52.5 305 65 608.6 608.6 321.0 608.7 0.01 70 27 24493 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -51.4 315 62 632.3 632.3 322.0 632.4 0.01 71 26 24741 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -52.5 315 65 635.2 635.2 322.1 635.3 0.01 72 23 25549 -47.3 -83.3 1 36.0 -51.2 321 55 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.4 0.02 73 20 26470 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -53.1 320 43 684.7 684.7 323.9 684.8 0.02 74 19 26805 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -53.8 313 45 692.3 692.3 324.2 692.4 0.02 75 17 27532 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -53.4 302 41 717.9 717.9 325.0 718.0 0.02 76 15 28350 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -54.4 288 43 740.7 740.7 325.7 740.9 0.02 77 12 29786 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -59.2 306 53 768.3 768.3 326.4 768.4 0.02 78 11 30341 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -58.1 313 57 794.2 794.2 327.1 794.3 0.02 79 10 30950 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -58.6 320 61 814.6 814.6 327.6 814.8 0.02 80 9.7 31146 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -56.9 832.3 832.3 328.0 832.5 0.02 81 9.5 31280 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -57.8 832.0 832.0 328.0 832.2 0.03 82 8.9 31703 -50.9 -85.9 1 35.0 -56.4 857.7 857.7 328.5 857.9 0.03 83 8.8 31777 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -54.2 875.9 875.9 329.0 876.4 0.05 TRP 279 9155 -54.7 -66.7 21 12.0 -54.9 20 50 314.7 314.7 287.0 314.8 0.02 WND 372 7286 -47.2 -55.8 37 8.6 -47.4 30 76 299.8 299.8 281.3 300.0 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5109.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.61 % Est. max temperature: -5.71 C = 21.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.10 mb = 663.58 m = 2177.07 ft T: -20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 444.71 mb = 6079.94 m = 19947.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.89 C = 75.00 F Cap Strength: 29.95 C Lifted Index: 30.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 38.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 24.63 C Showalter Index: 21.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.20 C Cross Totals Index: -0.80 C K Index: -38.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84302.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 30.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.46 mb = 1612.06 m = 5288.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 80 at 37 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 1003 138 145 2 -1.1 1.6 | 258 36 34.9 7.7 1 1000 161 145 2 -1.1 1.6 | 258 36 34.9 7.7 2 981 305 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 265 21 20.6 2.0 3 941 610 70 20 -18.8 -6.8 | 272 17 17.3 -0.7 4 925 736 85 23 -22.9 -2.0 | 253 14 13.2 4.1 5 903 914 90 27 -27.0 0.0 | 236 11 9.1 6.1 6 867 1219 85 29 -28.9 -2.5 | 244 8 7.2 3.6 7 850 1366 90 35 -35.0 0.0 | 190 6 1.1 6.1 8 799 1829 85 38 -37.9 -3.3 | 147 3 -1.8 2.8 9 767 2134 75 43 -41.5 -11.1 | 47 7 -5.5 -5.0 10 736 2438 65 43 -39.0 -18.2 | 13 12 -2.9 -12.1 11 707 2743 55 51 -41.8 -29.3 | 14 24 -5.7 -23.2 12 700 2817 50 53 -40.6 -34.1 | 9 28 -4.5 -28.0 13 624 3658 45 56 -39.6 -39.6 | 6 34 -3.5 -33.5 14 574 4267 40 57 -36.6 -43.7 | 1 38 -0.6 -37.6 15 528 4877 40 65 -41.8 -49.8 | 7 44 -5.7 -43.7 16 506 5182 35 70 -40.2 -57.3 | 5 51 -4.1 -51.2 17 500 5270 35 70 -40.2 -57.3 | 5 51 -4.1 -51.2 18 443 6096 35 66 -37.9 -54.1 | 2 48 -1.8 -48.0 19 400 6800 30 70 -35.0 -60.6 | 359 55 1.1 -54.5 20 372 7286 30 76 -38.0 -65.8 | 2 60 -1.9 -59.7 21 370 7315 30 76 -38.0 -65.8 | 2 60 -1.9 -59.7 22 353 7620 30 73 -36.5 -63.2 | 0 57 -0.4 -57.1 23 307 8534 15 60 -15.5 -58.0 | 338 56 20.5 -51.9 24 300 8690 20 61 -20.9 -57.3 | 343 53 15.2 -51.2 25 279 9144 20 51 -17.4 -47.9 | 336 46 18.6 -41.8 26 279 9155 20 50 -17.1 -47.0 | 335 45 19.0 -40.9 27 267 9449 30 39 -19.5 -33.8 | 329 32 16.6 -27.7 28 250 9860 15 34 -8.8 -32.8 | 314 38 27.3 -26.7 29 242 10058 5 32 -2.8 -31.9 | 308 42 33.3 -25.8 30 221 10668 5 36 -3.1 -35.9 | 312 44 32.9 -29.8 31 201 11278 340 39 13.3 -36.6 | 302 58 49.4 -30.6 32 200 11310 340 43 14.7 -40.4 | 304 61 50.8 -34.3 33 192 11582 335 44 18.6 -39.9 | 302 64 54.7 -33.8 34 175 12192 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 279 37 36.1 -5.9 35 167 12497 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 270 44 44.3 0.4 36 160 12802 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 281 44 42.8 -8.4 37 152 13106 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 272 53 53.3 -1.9 38 150 13210 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 282 51 50.2 -10.8 39 146 13411 335 26 11.0 -23.6 | 290 50 47.1 -17.5 40 133 14021 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 285 59 57.3 -15.1 41 121 14630 305 37 30.3 -21.2 | 283 68 66.4 -15.1 42 110 15240 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 276 63 62.4 -6.2 43 105 15545 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 260 53 51.8 8.9 44 101 15850 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 263 51 51.1 6.1 45 100 15900 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 279 54 52.9 -8.0 46 96 16154 310 22 16.9 -14.1 | 279 54 52.9 -8.0 47 88 16764 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 285 59 57.3 -15.1 48 80 17374 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 276 63 62.4 -6.2 49 73 17983 310 31 23.7 -19.9 | 283 61 59.8 -13.8 50 70 18250 305 30 24.6 -17.2 | 280 62 60.7 -11.1 51 70 18288 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 278 69 68.7 -9.1 52 66 18593 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 277 61 60.3 -7.9 53 63 18898 290 34 31.9 -11.6 | 275 68 68.0 -5.5 54 61 19202 305 47 38.5 -27.0 | 286 77 74.6 -20.9 55 55 19812 315 28 19.8 -19.8 | 284 58 55.9 -13.7 56 50 20422 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 276 57 56.9 -5.9 57 50 20460 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 266 59 59.0 4.1 58 48 20726 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 266 58 58.0 4.2 59 46 21031 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 264 56 56.1 6.1 60 44 21336 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 270 59 59.3 -0.1 61 30 23800 305 65 53.2 -37.3 | 289 95 89.3 -31.2 62 29 24079 300 66 57.2 -33.0 | 286 97 93.2 -26.9 63 27 24384 315 60 42.4 -42.4 | 295 87 78.5 -36.3 64 25 24994 315 69 48.8 -48.8 | 297 95 84.9 -42.7 65 22 25908 325 46 26.4 -37.7 | 297 70 62.5 -31.6 66 20 26470 320 43 27.6 -32.9 | 293 69 63.7 -26.8 67 20 26518 320 52 33.4 -39.8 | 296 77 69.5 -33.7 68 18 27127 305 37 30.3 -21.2 | 283 68 66.4 -15.1 69 17 27432 305 41 33.6 -23.5 | 284 72 69.7 -17.4 70 16 28042 285 41 39.6 -10.6 | 273 76 75.7 -4.5 71 10 30950 320 61 39.2 -46.7 | 298 86 75.3 -40.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 50.4 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 80.4 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 8.1 tot: 11.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.3 neg: -111.9 tot: -64.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: -4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 168.58 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 74 15 265 22| 0.0 20.7 20.7| 44.2 -28.6 15.7 31.3 0.17| 23.3 4.0 1000 82 20 258 16| 4.9 10.4 15.3| 46.1 -56.5 -10.4 -10.4 -0.09| 17.6 -1.6 1500 85 25 252 12| 6.0 6.9 12.9| 46.1 -68.2 -22.1 -14.7 -0.24| 15.0 -3.6 2000 84 28 249 8| 4.5 7.4 11.9| 46.1 -76.9 -30.8 -15.4 -0.35| 14.0 -4.9 2500 79 31 269 5| 3.6 7.9 11.5| 47.3 -90.8 -43.5 -17.4 -0.35| 14.3 -5.0 3000 72 35 329 6| 3.0 8.1 11.1| 47.3-111.9 -64.6 -21.5 -0.34| 13.8 -4.7 4000 62 40 358 13| 2.2 6.7 8.9| 47.3-144.7 -97.5 -24.4 -0.35| 11.3 -4.0 5000 56 45 2 19| 1.8 6.8 8.6| 92.7-171.9 -79.2 -15.8 -0.28| 10.6 -3.0 6000 50 49 3 25| 1.5 5.4 6.9| 92.7-206.8-114.0 -19.0 -0.29| 9.3 -2.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251208.12.gif