UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for PANC... Searching the city database file for: PANC ... Date:0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: PANC WMO ident: 70273 Latitude: 61.17 Longitude: -150.02 Elevation: 40.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 135 2 SFC 994 40 8.0 4.2 77 3.8 6.1 135 2 281.6 282.5 279.6 296.0 5.20 2 956 367 4.6 3.3 91 1.3 4.0 228 3 281.3 282.2 279.3 295.4 5.07 3 948 437 4.0 2.2 88 1.8 3.2 226 5 281.4 282.2 278.9 294.5 4.73 4 929 605 3.4 0.5 81 2.9 2.1 220 8 282.4 283.2 278.8 294.4 4.27 5 925 641 3.0 0.5 84 2.5 1.9 215 6 282.4 283.1 278.8 294.4 4.28 6 889 961 0.6 -0.1 95 0.7 0.3 70 2 283.1 283.9 279.1 295.1 4.27 7 858 1245 -1.1 -6.1 69 5.0 -3.0 351 5 284.2 284.7 277.8 292.3 2.82 8 852 1301 -1.3 -5.7 72 4.4 -3.0 5 4 284.6 285.1 278.2 293.0 2.93 9 850 1320 -1.5 -4.6 79 3.1 -2.7 10 4 284.6 285.1 278.5 293.7 3.19 10 844 1376 -1.9 -2.7 94 0.8 -2.2 15 4 284.7 285.4 279.2 295.3 3.71 11 837 1443 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.6 21 4 284.8 285.4 279.3 295.3 3.71 12 820 1605 -3.7 -3.8 99 0.1 -3.7 35 3 285.2 285.8 279.2 295.2 3.52 13 810 1702 -4.5 -5.5 93 1.0 -4.9 43 3 285.3 285.9 278.8 294.3 3.13 14 808 1721 -4.5 -7.3 81 2.8 -5.5 45 3 285.5 286.0 278.3 293.4 2.73 15 793 1868 -5.7 -5.9 98 0.2 -5.8 49 3 285.8 286.3 279.0 294.7 3.10 16 778 2018 -6.1 -9.4 77 3.3 -7.2 22 1 286.9 287.3 278.6 294.0 2.41 17 775 2048 -5.9 -10.2 72 4.3 -7.4 17 1 287.5 287.9 278.7 294.1 2.27 18 708 2748 -12.3 -12.4 99 0.1 -12.3 235 5 287.9 288.3 278.7 294.1 2.08 19 707 2759 -12.3 -12.3 100 0.0 -12.3 234 5 288.0 288.4 278.7 294.3 2.10 20 700 2835 -12.9 -12.9 100 0.0 -12.9 230 4 288.2 288.6 278.7 294.2 2.02 21 664 3236 -15.5 -15.7 98 0.2 -15.6 240 4 289.7 290.0 279.0 294.8 1.69 22 663 3247 -15.7 -16.2 96 0.5 -15.8 240 4 289.6 289.8 278.9 294.5 1.63 23 662 3258 -15.5 -16.3 94 0.8 -15.7 240 3 289.9 290.2 279.0 294.8 1.62 24 660 3281 -14.3 -18.5 70 4.2 -15.3 241 3 291.5 291.8 279.4 295.6 1.35 25 610 3874 -18.3 -21.7 75 3.4 -19.0 247 8 293.5 293.7 280.0 297.0 1.10 26 587 4160 -20.3 -25.3 64 5.0 -21.2 239 11 294.5 294.6 280.0 297.1 0.83 27 567 4416 -22.3 -26.5 69 4.2 -23.0 229 12 295.0 295.2 280.3 297.5 0.77 28 529 4923 -25.5 -33.5 47 8.0 -26.5 235 18 297.1 297.2 280.7 298.5 0.43 29 525 4978 -25.7 -37.7 32 12.0 -27.0 236 18 297.5 297.6 280.7 298.5 0.28 30 522 5020 -25.9 -38.9 28 13.0 -27.3 236 18 297.8 297.8 280.7 298.6 0.25 31 520 5047 -26.1 -38.1 31 12.0 -27.4 237 18 297.9 297.9 280.8 298.8 0.27 32 512 5159 -27.1 -39.1 31 12.0 -28.3 238 17 298.0 298.0 280.8 298.8 0.25 33 508 5216 -27.5 -44.5 18 17.0 -28.9 239 17 298.2 298.2 280.7 298.7 0.14 34 504 5273 -27.9 -44.9 18 17.0 -29.3 239 17 298.3 298.4 280.8 298.8 0.14 35 500 5330 -28.3 -44.3 20 16.0 -29.6 240 17 298.5 298.6 280.9 299.1 0.15 36 450 6077 -34.3 -52.3 14 18.0 -35.3 243 17 300.1 300.1 281.5 300.4 0.07 37 400 6890 -40.7 -54.7 21 14.0 -41.2 245 17 302.1 302.1 282.3 302.3 0.06 38 385 7148 -42.9 -55.9 23 13.0 -43.3 246 17 302.5 302.5 282.5 302.7 0.05 39 371 7396 -44.9 -54.9 32 10.0 -45.2 241 17 303.1 303.1 282.7 303.3 0.06 40 366 7486 -45.7 -54.7 36 9.0 -46.0 243 16 303.2 303.2 282.8 303.4 0.06 41 352 7743 -47.7 -58.7 27 11.0 -48.0 247 17 303.9 303.9 283.0 304.1 0.04 42 326 8244 -51.1 -59.1 38 8.0 -51.2 255 27 306.0 306.0 283.8 306.1 0.04 43 320 8365 -51.9 -60.9 33 9.0 -52.1 250 25 306.5 306.5 284.0 306.6 0.03 44 312 8528 -52.1 -62.1 29 10.0 -52.3 244 23 308.4 308.4 284.8 308.5 0.03 45 300 8780 -53.9 -62.9 32 9.0 -54.1 235 20 309.4 309.4 285.1 309.5 0.03 46 295 8889 -54.3 -63.3 32 9.0 -54.4 230 21 310.3 310.3 285.5 310.4 0.03 47 284 9135 -53.1 -68.1 15 15.0 -53.3 244 20 315.4 315.4 287.2 315.5 0.01 48 261 9681 -54.3 -72.3 9 18.0 -54.5 248 22 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.4 0.01 49 250 9960 -52.5 -71.5 8 19.0 -52.8 250 23 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.01 50 244 10116 -51.9 -71.9 7 20.0 -52.2 249 21 331.2 331.2 292.0 331.2 0.01 51 240 10222 -52.7 -72.7 7 20.0 -53.0 247 17 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.6 0.01 52 222 10725 -50.5 -77.5 3 27.0 -50.9 248 32 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.4 0.00 53 200 11400 -51.1 -78.1 3 27.0 -51.5 225 35 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.00 54 195 11565 -52.1 -78.1 3 26.0 -52.5 220 38 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.00 55 189 11769 -50.5 -77.5 3 27.0 -51.0 235 31 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 56 187 11839 -49.7 -77.7 2 28.0 -50.3 241 29 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 57 168 12540 -51.7 -79.7 2 28.0 -52.2 234 21 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.00 58 150 13280 -50.3 -80.3 2 30.0 -50.9 240 34 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 59 100 15930 -50.7 -82.7 1 32.0 -51.5 215 39 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.8 0.00 60 96 16196 -50.7 -81.7 1 31.0 -51.6 216 41 434.8 434.8 309.3 434.8 0.01 61 95 16264 -48.5 -81.5 1 33.0 -49.6 219 43 440.4 440.4 309.9 440.5 0.01 62 90 16621 -46.9 -80.9 1 34.0 -48.3 241 43 450.5 450.5 310.9 450.5 0.01 63 80 17396 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -51.1 232 21 459.7 459.7 311.7 459.8 0.01 64 75 17819 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -49.9 199 27 471.2 471.2 312.7 471.3 0.01 65 71 18178 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -52.1 208 32 473.6 473.6 313.0 473.6 0.01 66 70 18270 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.7 210 33 476.3 476.3 313.1 476.4 0.01 67 60 19267 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.7 228 36 490.7 490.7 314.2 490.7 0.01 68 57 19599 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -51.6 248 34 506.1 506.1 315.4 506.1 0.01 69 51 20322 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -53.3 229 24 518.2 518.2 316.2 518.3 0.01 70 50 20450 -53.1 -84.1 1 31.0 -54.4 235 29 518.3 518.3 316.2 518.4 0.01 71 49 20580 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -55.1 235 29 519.4 519.5 316.2 519.5 0.01 72 44 21272 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -54.0 255 28 539.1 539.1 317.5 539.2 0.01 73 40 21885 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -55.5 271 23 550.0 550.0 318.1 550.0 0.01 74 38 22214 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -54.5 275 23 561.2 561.2 318.7 561.2 0.01 75 35 22742 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.3 276 11 569.3 569.3 319.1 569.4 0.01 76 33 23119 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -55.4 248 7 582.2 582.2 319.8 582.2 0.01 77 32 23316 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -56.2 245 12 584.6 584.6 319.9 584.7 0.01 78 30 23730 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -54.7 245 12 601.0 601.0 320.6 601.0 0.01 79 28 24174 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -56.3 248 15 607.9 607.9 321.0 608.0 0.01 80 25 24900 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -57.1 270 13 625.7 625.7 321.7 625.7 0.01 81 24 25162 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -55.7 248 12 638.2 638.3 322.2 638.3 0.01 82 20 26330 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -57.9 330 23 665.1 665.1 323.3 665.2 0.01 83 18 26999 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.8 342 19 686.7 686.7 324.0 686.8 0.01 84 17 27361 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -59.3 60 7 692.2 692.2 324.2 692.3 0.01 85 16 27745 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -58.2 330 17 709.5 709.6 324.7 709.6 0.01 86 14 28592 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -59.0 261 11 734.5 734.5 325.5 734.6 0.01 87 12 29575 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -57.5 280 13 776.8 776.8 326.7 776.9 0.02 88 11 30130 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -58.8 291 25 790.5 790.5 327.0 790.7 0.02 89 10 30740 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -57.7 305 31 819.8 819.9 327.7 820.1 0.03 90 9.2 31277 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -57.5 304 32 841.9 841.9 328.2 842.2 0.03 91 7.0 33030 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -59.7 300 34 901.3 901.3 329.4 901.6 0.03 92 6.7 33309 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -60.3 301 35 909.3 909.3 329.6 909.6 0.03 93 6.6 33404 -55.3 -86.3 1 31.0 -60.0 301 36 915.7 915.8 329.7 916.1 0.03 94 6.1 33904 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -61.6 302 38 927.1 927.2 329.9 927.4 0.03 95 5.7 34332 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -61.2 303 40 949.7 949.7 330.4 950.1 0.04 96 5.2 34913 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -62.2 304 43 969.5 969.6 330.7 969.9 0.03 97 5.0 35160 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -62.1 305 44 982.3 982.3 330.9 982.7 0.04 98 4.8 35419 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -61.7 997.5 997.5 331.1 997.9 0.04 TRP 295 8889 -54.3 -63.3 32 9.0 -54.4 230 21 310.3 310.3 285.5 310.4 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5327.00 m Freezing level: 878.06 mb = 1061.45 m = 3482.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 886.05 mb = 987.82 m = 3240.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.54 % Est. max temperature: 11.09 C = 51.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.93 mb = 525.77 m = 1724.95 ft T: 3.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 2.77 C Layer 858.0- 852.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.83 mb = 863.53 m = 2833.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.26 C = 48.66 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 50.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 22.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 55.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.09 mb = 754.36 m = 2474.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.09 mb = 1828.05 m = 5997.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 787.09 mb = 1927.08 m = 6322.36 ft B at Equ Level: 7.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 747.09 mb = 2332.23 m = 7651.58 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 265 at 6 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 994 40 135 2 -1.4 1.4 | 97 7 -7.4 0.9 1 963 305 230 2 1.5 1.3 | 99 5 -4.5 0.7 2 928 610 220 8 5.1 6.1 | 171 6 -0.9 5.6 3 925 641 215 6 3.4 4.9 | 150 5 -2.6 4.4 4 894 914 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 85 8 -8.0 -0.7 5 861 1219 345 5 1.3 -4.8 | 41 7 -4.7 -5.4 6 850 1320 10 4 -0.7 -3.9 | 56 8 -6.7 -4.5 7 796 1829 55 3 -2.5 -1.7 | 75 9 -8.5 -2.3 8 766 2134 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 85 6 -6.0 -0.5 9 736 2438 230 5 3.8 3.2 | 141 3 -2.2 2.7 10 708 2743 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 141 3 -1.9 2.3 11 700 2835 230 4 3.1 2.6 | 125 4 -2.9 2.0 12 626 3658 250 3 2.8 1.0 | 99 3 -3.2 0.5 13 601 3962 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 220 5 3.1 3.7 14 577 4267 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 208 7 3.0 5.8 15 554 4572 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 196 11 3.0 10.2 16 532 4877 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 222 13 8.7 9.8 17 500 5330 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 228 12 8.7 8.0 18 468 5791 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 209 14 6.7 12.2 19 448 6096 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 235 12 9.4 6.6 20 429 6401 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 241 10 9.0 4.9 21 411 6706 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 250 12 11.4 4.1 22 400 6890 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 235 12 9.4 6.6 23 393 7010 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 242 11 10.0 5.3 24 375 7315 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 228 12 8.7 8.0 25 358 7620 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 233 10 7.6 5.8 26 326 8230 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 252 21 20.1 6.4 27 300 8780 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 224 15 10.4 10.9 28 297 8839 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 237 15 13.0 8.3 29 295 8889 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 218 16 10.1 13.0 30 284 9144 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 237 14 12.1 7.9 31 250 9960 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 245 17 15.6 7.3 32 246 10058 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 245 17 15.6 7.3 33 235 10363 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 227 7 4.9 4.5 34 224 10668 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 247 26 24.1 10.4 35 200 11400 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 218 31 18.7 24.2 36 194 11582 220 38 24.4 29.1 | 213 34 18.4 28.6 37 186 11887 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 240 21 18.5 10.9 38 161 12802 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 215 14 7.8 11.0 39 154 13106 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 230 34 25.9 21.8 40 150 13280 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 235 29 23.4 16.5 41 147 13411 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 229 27 20.2 17.8 42 116 14935 230 46 35.2 29.6 | 225 41 29.2 29.0 43 111 15240 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 235 28 22.6 16.0 44 106 15545 250 32 30.1 10.9 | 247 26 24.1 10.4 45 101 15850 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 227 22 16.1 14.9 46 100 15930 215 39 22.4 31.9 | 208 35 16.4 31.4 47 97 16154 215 39 22.4 31.9 | 208 35 16.4 31.4 48 92 16459 225 50 35.4 35.4 | 220 46 29.4 34.8 49 88 16764 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 253 31 29.7 9.0 50 84 17069 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 245 19 17.5 8.0 51 80 17374 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 224 16 11.2 11.5 52 77 17678 195 25 6.5 24.1 | 181 24 0.5 23.6 53 70 18270 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 201 30 10.5 28.0 54 70 18288 205 31 13.1 28.1 | 194 28 7.1 27.6 55 61 19202 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 218 31 18.7 24.2 56 58 19507 240 38 32.9 19.0 | 236 33 26.9 18.5 57 55 19812 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 265 19 18.9 1.6 58 53 20117 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 202 13 4.9 12.5 59 50 20450 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 228 24 17.8 16.1 60 46 21031 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 228 26 19.4 17.2 61 44 21336 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 259 21 20.6 4.1 62 42 21641 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 250 13 12.4 4.4 63 40 21946 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 278 18 17.9 -2.6 64 38 22250 275 23 22.9 -2.0 | 279 17 16.9 -2.5 65 36 22555 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 309 8 6.2 -5.0 66 33 23165 245 7 6.3 3.0 | 188 2 0.3 2.4 67 31 23470 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 236 13 10.3 7.1 68 30 23730 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 227 7 4.9 4.5 69 27 24384 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 242 11 10.0 5.3 70 26 24689 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 257 11 10.7 2.4 71 25 24994 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 287 5 5.0 -1.5 72 23 25298 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 200 9 3.2 8.7 73 22 25603 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 259 22 21.6 4.3 74 20 26330 330 23 11.5 -19.9 | 345 21 5.5 -20.5 75 19 26822 330 24 12.0 -20.8 | 344 22 6.0 -21.3 76 18 27127 350 16 2.8 -15.8 | 11 17 -3.2 -16.3 77 17 27432 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 83 10 -9.9 -1.2 78 16 27737 330 17 8.5 -14.7 | 351 15 2.5 -15.3 79 15 28042 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 15 10 -2.6 -9.9 80 15 28346 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 168 9 -1.8 8.5 81 13 28956 340 12 4.1 -11.3 | 9 12 -1.9 -11.8 82 13 29261 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 327 6 3.1 -4.8 83 12 29566 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 292 7 6.8 -2.8 84 11 29870 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 292 17 16.2 -6.5 85 10 30740 305 31 25.4 -17.8 | 313 27 19.4 -18.3 86 7 33030 300 34 29.4 -17.0 | 307 29 23.4 -17.5 87 5 35160 305 44 36.0 -25.2 | 311 40 30.0 -25.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -33.8 tot: -14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.45 Bulk Shear: 3.69 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 214 3 115 5| 7.0 0.0 7.0| 5.8 0.0 5.8 11.6 0.65| 7.8 5.1 1000 207 4 122 5| 3.5 5.1 8.6| 5.8 -22.3 -16.5 -16.5 -0.32| 10.5 -3.4 1500 255 4 101 2| 2.3 3.5 5.8| 11.8 -30.4 -18.6 -12.4 -0.27| 9.5 -2.6 2000 350 4 53 7| 1.8 1.9 3.7| 16.0 -30.7 -14.7 -7.4 -0.18| 8.1 -1.5 2500 263 3 87 3| 1.4 0.4 1.8| 19.8 -32.7 -12.9 -5.2 -0.06| 8.2 -0.5 3000 242 4 111 3| 1.0 0.3 1.3| 19.8 -33.8 -14.0 -4.7 -0.09| 7.2 -0.7 4000 243 4 116 3| 0.7 0.8 1.4| 22.7 -34.9 -12.1 -3.0 0.00| 6.5 0.0 5000 235 6 159 3| 1.1 0.9 2.0| 39.8 -39.5 0.3 0.1 0.05| 6.4 0.3 6000 235 8 188 4| 1.0 0.8 1.8| 56.3 -51.7 4.5 0.8 0.06| 6.2 0.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PANC/skewt/PANC.skewt.20251018.00.gif