UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025122200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 22 DEC 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 22 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 1013 138 -39.7 -43.1 70 3.4 -39.8 310 1 232.6 232.6 232.5 232.8 0.08 1 1009 166 -33.1 -36.0 75 2.9 -33.3 341 2 239.4 239.5 239.3 239.9 0.18 2 1003 209 -31.1 -34.2 74 3.1 -31.3 27 3 241.8 241.9 241.7 242.4 0.21 3 1000 231 -31.1 -34.3 73 3.2 -31.3 50 3 242.1 242.1 241.9 242.6 0.21 4 998 245 -31.3 -34.5 73 3.2 -31.5 53 4 242.0 242.0 241.8 242.5 0.21 5 992 288 -29.7 -32.3 78 2.6 -29.9 62 5 244.0 244.0 243.8 244.7 0.26 6 990 302 -27.7 -30.0 81 2.3 -27.9 65 6 246.2 246.2 245.9 247.0 0.32 7 989 310 -25.3 -28.3 76 3.0 -25.6 66 6 248.6 248.7 248.3 249.7 0.38 8 985 339 -24.1 -28.1 69 4.0 -24.5 70 6 250.1 250.2 249.6 251.2 0.38 9 981 369 -23.9 -27.4 73 3.5 -24.2 74 7 250.6 250.7 250.1 251.7 0.41 10 974 421 -23.1 -28.1 64 5.0 -23.6 81 7 251.9 252.0 251.3 253.0 0.39 11 970 451 -21.1 -28.1 53 7.0 -21.8 85 7 254.3 254.3 253.2 255.3 0.39 12 964 497 -20.5 -28.5 49 8.0 -21.4 90 8 255.3 255.4 254.1 256.4 0.38 13 941 675 -21.7 -27.7 58 6.0 -22.4 107 11 255.9 255.9 254.7 257.0 0.42 14 925 801 -22.1 -29.1 53 7.0 -22.8 110 14 256.7 256.8 255.3 257.8 0.37 15 920 841 -22.3 -29.3 53 7.0 -23.0 108 14 256.9 257.0 255.4 257.9 0.37 16 907 946 -21.3 -30.3 44 9.0 -22.2 104 15 259.0 259.0 257.1 259.9 0.34 17 892 1068 -21.9 -30.9 44 9.0 -22.8 102 16 259.6 259.6 257.5 260.5 0.33 18 866 1286 -20.7 -31.7 37 11.0 -21.9 98 17 263.1 263.1 260.2 264.0 0.31 19 857 1363 -21.3 -32.3 36 11.0 -22.4 96 17 263.2 263.3 260.3 264.1 0.30 20 850 1424 -20.9 -34.9 27 14.0 -22.2 95 18 264.3 264.3 260.9 264.9 0.23 21 847 1450 -20.5 -35.5 25 15.0 -22.0 94 18 264.9 265.0 261.5 265.6 0.22 22 844 1476 -20.1 -33.1 30 13.0 -21.5 93 18 265.6 265.7 262.1 266.5 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284.8 274.3 285.6 0.26 37 615 3807 -24.3 -35.3 35 11.0 -25.5 42 23 286.0 286.0 275.0 287.0 0.31 38 613 3831 -24.5 -35.5 35 11.0 -25.7 43 23 286.0 286.1 275.1 287.0 0.30 39 607 3903 -24.7 -45.7 12 21.0 -26.3 47 22 286.6 286.6 275.0 286.9 0.11 40 599 3999 -24.9 -44.9 14 20.0 -26.5 49 22 287.4 287.5 275.5 287.8 0.12 41 596 4036 -25.1 -42.1 19 17.0 -26.6 47 22 287.6 287.6 275.7 288.1 0.16 42 583 4196 -26.1 -46.1 13 20.0 -27.6 39 21 288.3 288.3 275.9 288.6 0.11 43 580 4234 -26.1 -41.1 23 15.0 -27.4 37 20 288.7 288.7 276.3 289.3 0.18 44 577 4271 -26.3 -47.3 12 21.0 -27.8 35 20 288.9 288.9 276.2 289.2 0.09 45 574 4309 -26.5 -42.5 21 16.0 -27.8 35 20 289.1 289.1 276.5 289.6 0.16 46 571 4347 -26.7 -44.7 17 18.0 -28.1 36 21 289.3 289.3 276.5 289.7 0.12 47 566 4410 -25.9 -54.9 5 29.0 -27.6 37 22 291.0 291.0 277.2 291.1 0.04 48 537 4790 -27.7 -55.7 5 28.0 -29.3 37 25 293.2 293.2 278.3 293.4 0.04 49 513 5118 -30.5 -54.5 8 24.0 -31.7 35 25 293.7 293.7 278.6 293.9 0.05 50 500 5300 -31.5 -54.5 8 23.0 -32.7 35 25 294.6 294.6 279.0 294.8 0.05 51 447 6082 -36.7 -60.7 7 24.0 -37.5 25 29 297.7 297.7 280.3 297.8 0.02 52 428 6380 -38.9 -58.9 10 20.0 -39.6 18 29 298.6 298.6 280.8 298.7 0.03 53 420 6509 -40.1 -53.1 24 13.0 -40.6 14 29 298.7 298.7 280.8 298.9 0.07 54 419 6525 -40.1 -54.1 21 14.0 -40.6 14 29 298.9 298.9 280.9 299.1 0.06 55 400 6840 -41.9 -56.9 18 15.0 -42.4 5 29 300.5 300.5 281.6 300.7 0.04 56 300 8730 -56.5 -60.8 58 4.3 -56.6 335 24 305.7 305.7 283.7 305.8 0.04 57 250 9870 -60.3 -70.3 26 10.0 -60.4 5 40 316.4 316.4 287.6 316.5 0.01 58 239 10151 -61.5 -71.5 25 10.0 -61.6 10 42 318.7 318.7 288.3 318.8 0.01 59 200 11270 -57.3 -79.3 5 22.0 -57.5 360 38 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.0 0.00 60 150 13090 -55.9 -82.9 2 27.0 -56.2 345 40 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 61 100 15690 -53.1 -83.1 1 30.0 -53.8 330 38 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 62 95 16021 -54.3 -84.3 1 30.0 -54.9 324 41 429.1 429.1 308.7 429.1 0.00 63 89 16443 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -51.8 311 50 443.9 443.9 310.3 444.0 0.00 64 82 16973 -54.7 -84.7 1 30.0 -55.4 318 33 446.7 446.7 310.6 446.7 0.00 65 73 17719 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -54.9 316 54 463.1 463.1 312.0 463.1 0.00 66 70 17990 -52.3 -83.3 1 31.0 -53.3 320 50 472.5 472.5 312.8 472.5 0.01 67 66 18370 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -52.8 319 49 481.8 481.8 313.6 481.9 0.01 68 52 19899 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -56.4 325 49 507.0 507.0 315.4 507.0 0.01 69 50 20150 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.9 310 50 516.9 516.9 316.1 517.0 0.01 70 49 20280 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -54.7 310 47 520.4 520.4 316.3 520.4 0.01 71 45 20824 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -56.2 317 66 529.3 529.3 316.9 529.4 0.01 72 40 21579 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -54.4 327 62 553.0 553.0 318.3 553.0 0.01 73 36 22256 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -55.4 327 72 567.3 567.3 319.0 567.4 0.01 74 32 23019 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -52.2 322 63 598.0 598.0 320.5 598.1 0.01 75 30 23440 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -52.9 320 54 607.0 607.0 320.9 607.1 0.01 76 24 24885 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -56.0 312 57 637.1 637.1 322.2 637.2 0.01 77 22 25446 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -55.2 314 66 656.7 656.7 322.9 656.8 0.01 78 20 26060 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -56.5 325 59 670.6 670.6 323.4 670.7 0.01 79 19 26391 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -55.4 335 62 685.5 685.5 324.0 685.6 0.02 80 16 27505 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -55.4 335 77 721.9 722.0 325.1 722.1 0.02 81 14 28377 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -53.9 333 73 759.5 759.6 326.2 759.8 0.03 82 14 28377 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -54.4 333 73 756.8 756.8 326.1 757.1 0.03 83 10 30590 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -54.2 325 92 841.5 841.5 328.2 841.9 0.04 84 8.7 31511 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -54.4 878.0 878.0 329.0 878.6 0.05 85 8.4 31744 -45.1 -82.1 1 37.0 -53.5 894.7 894.7 329.3 895.3 0.06 86 8.0 32071 -44.3 -81.7 1 37.4 -53.3 330 96 910.4 910.4 329.7 911.0 0.06 87 7.4 32595 -43.1 -81.1 1 38.0 -53.1 935.9 935.9 330.1 936.7 0.08 TRP 239 10151 -61.5 -71.5 25 10.0 -61.6 10 42 318.7 318.7 288.3 318.8 0.01 WND 8.0 32071 -44.3 -81.7 1 37.4 -53.3 330 96 910.4 910.4 329.7 911.0 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5069.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.41 % Est. max temperature: -9.07 C = 15.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.51 mb = 569.91 m = 1869.77 ft T: -20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.58 C/km ThetaE index: 0.07 C Layer 998.0- 992.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1009.00 mb = 166.12 m = 545.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.35 g/kg Conv temperature: -28.62 C = -19.51 F Cap Strength: 33.98 C Lifted Index: 34.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 37.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 24.91 C Showalter Index: 24.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 7.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 10.60 C Cross Totals Index: -3.40 C K Index: -38.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 61.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83376.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 34.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.63 mb = 1154.53 m = 3787.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 81 at 15 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 1013 138 310 1 0.8 -0.6 | 264 16 15.6 1.6 1 1000 231 50 3 -2.3 -1.9 | 269 13 12.5 0.3 2 990 305 65 6 -5.4 -2.5 | 272 9 9.4 -0.3 3 950 610 105 9 -8.7 2.3 | 233 8 6.1 4.6 4 925 801 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 193 7 1.7 7.0 5 911 914 105 15 -14.5 3.9 | 183 6 0.3 6.1 6 874 1219 100 16 -15.8 2.8 | 169 5 -0.9 5.0 7 850 1424 95 18 -17.9 1.6 | 141 5 -3.1 3.8 8 805 1829 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 351 0 0.1 -0.4 9 772 2134 80 19 -18.7 -3.3 | 75 4 -3.9 -1.1 10 741 2438 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 341 6 1.8 -5.3 11 711 2743 50 24 -18.4 -15.4 | 15 14 -3.6 -13.2 12 700 2856 50 22 -16.9 -14.1 | 10 12 -2.0 -11.9 13 654 3353 50 22 -16.9 -14.1 | 10 12 -2.0 -11.9 14 627 3658 35 24 -13.8 -19.7 | 357 17 1.1 -17.4 15 601 3962 50 22 -16.9 -14.1 | 10 12 -2.0 -11.9 16 576 4267 35 20 -11.5 -16.4 | 347 15 3.4 -14.1 17 553 4572 40 25 -16.1 -19.2 | 4 17 -1.2 -16.9 18 530 4877 35 25 -14.3 -20.5 | 358 18 0.5 -18.2 19 500 5300 35 25 -14.3 -20.5 | 358 18 0.5 -18.2 20 446 6096 25 29 -12.3 -26.3 | 354 24 2.6 -24.0 21 400 6840 5 29 -2.5 -28.9 | 335 29 12.3 -26.6 22 355 7620 5 25 -2.2 -24.9 | 331 26 12.6 -22.7 23 339 7925 345 22 5.7 -21.3 | 313 28 20.5 -19.0 24 324 8230 350 21 3.6 -20.7 | 315 26 18.5 -18.4 25 300 8730 335 24 10.1 -21.8 | 308 32 25.0 -19.5 26 295 8839 335 24 10.1 -21.8 | 308 32 25.0 -19.5 27 281 9144 350 24 4.2 -23.6 | 318 29 19.0 -21.4 28 250 9870 5 40 -3.5 -39.8 | 343 39 11.3 -37.6 29 239 10151 10 42 -7.3 -41.4 | 349 40 7.5 -39.1 30 231 10363 5 44 -3.8 -43.8 | 345 43 11.0 -41.6 31 210 10973 350 36 6.3 -35.5 | 328 39 21.1 -33.2 32 200 11270 360 38 -0.0 -38.0 | 337 39 14.8 -35.8 33 190 11582 5 34 -3.0 -33.9 | 339 34 11.9 -31.6 34 173 12192 340 27 9.2 -25.4 | 314 33 24.1 -23.1 35 165 12497 320 28 18.0 -21.4 | 300 38 32.8 -19.2 36 157 12802 345 30 7.8 -29.0 | 320 35 22.6 -26.7 37 150 13090 345 40 10.4 -38.6 | 325 44 25.2 -36.4 38 150 13106 335 39 16.5 -35.3 | 317 46 31.3 -33.1 39 143 13411 350 35 6.1 -34.5 | 327 38 20.9 -32.2 40 124 14326 320 36 23.1 -27.6 | 304 46 38.0 -25.3 41 118 14630 330 37 18.5 -32.0 | 312 45 33.3 -29.8 42 107 15240 320 43 27.6 -32.9 | 306 52 42.5 -30.7 43 100 15690 330 38 19.0 -32.9 | 312 46 33.8 -30.7 44 98 15850 330 38 19.0 -32.9 | 312 46 33.8 -30.7 45 89 16459 310 50 38.3 -32.1 | 299 61 53.1 -29.9 46 85 16764 325 36 20.6 -29.5 | 308 45 35.5 -27.2 47 81 17069 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 299 43 37.5 -20.4 48 77 17374 305 42 34.4 -24.1 | 294 54 49.2 -21.9 49 73 17678 315 55 38.9 -38.9 | 304 65 53.7 -36.7 50 70 17990 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 308 59 47.0 -36.1 51 67 18288 320 50 32.1 -38.3 | 308 59 47.0 -36.1 52 61 18898 315 42 29.7 -29.7 | 302 52 44.5 -27.5 53 53 19812 330 48 24.0 -41.6 | 315 55 38.8 -39.3 54 50 20150 310 50 38.3 -32.1 | 299 61 53.1 -29.9 55 48 20422 310 43 32.9 -27.6 | 298 54 47.8 -25.4 56 46 20726 315 68 48.1 -48.1 | 306 78 62.9 -45.8 57 42 21336 325 57 32.7 -46.7 | 313 65 47.5 -44.5 58 38 21946 330 70 35.0 -60.6 | 320 77 49.8 -58.4 59 34 22555 325 73 41.9 -59.8 | 315 81 56.7 -57.6 60 30 23440 320 54 34.7 -41.4 | 308 63 49.5 -39.1 61 30 23470 330 54 27.0 -46.8 | 317 61 41.8 -44.5 62 26 24384 310 50 38.3 -32.1 | 299 61 53.1 -29.9 63 21 25603 315 68 48.1 -48.1 | 306 78 62.9 -45.8 64 20 26060 325 59 33.8 -48.3 | 313 67 48.7 -46.1 65 20 26213 335 60 25.4 -54.4 | 322 66 40.2 -52.1 66 16 27432 335 76 32.1 -68.9 | 325 82 46.9 -66.6 67 15 27737 335 78 33.0 -70.7 | 325 83 47.8 -68.5 68 12 29261 330 67 33.5 -58.0 | 319 74 48.3 -55.8 69 10 30590 325 92 52.8 -75.4 | 317 100 67.6 -73.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 51.4 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 81.4 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -37.3 tot: -22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.52 Bulk Shear: 30.81 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 85 6 259 9| 11.0 0.0 11.0| 4.8 -11.0 -6.2 -12.3 -0.32| 13.4 -4.3 1000 100 10 231 6| 5.5 3.1 8.6| 4.8 -22.2 -17.4 -17.4 -0.53| 10.3 -5.4 1500 98 12 214 5| 3.7 2.7 6.3| 4.8 -26.4 -21.6 -14.4 -0.54| 8.8 -4.8 2000 93 13 207 3| 2.7 2.8 5.6| 5.1 -26.5 -21.4 -10.7 -0.44| 8.3 -3.7 2500 86 14 209 1| 2.2 3.5 5.7| 12.5 -33.3 -20.8 -8.3 -0.37| 9.4 -3.5 3000 77 16 15 1| 1.8 3.2 5.0| 15.2 -37.3 -22.1 -7.4 -0.34| 8.7 -3.0 4000 66 17 12 5| 1.6 2.9 4.4| 26.4 -59.2 -32.8 -8.2 -0.31| 8.4 -2.6 5000 58 19 7 8| 1.2 2.8 4.1| 42.7 -71.8 -29.2 -5.8 -0.26| 7.6 -2.0 6000 51 20 4 10| 1.0 2.8 3.9| 42.7 -84.7 -42.0 -7.0 -0.27| 6.9 -1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251222.00.gif