UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 MAR 20 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 21 MAR 20 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 1008 138 -3.1 -6.7 76 3.6 -4.3 5 1 269.4 269.8 268.4 275.7 2.29 1 1001 193 -1.5 -7.5 64 6.0 -3.5 66 3 271.6 271.9 269.6 277.5 2.17 2 1000 201 -1.5 -7.5 64 6.0 -3.5 75 3 271.6 272.0 269.7 277.6 2.17 3 981 354 -0.5 -7.5 59 7.0 -2.9 339 2 274.1 274.5 271.3 280.3 2.21 4 966 477 -0.3 -7.3 59 7.0 -2.7 287 6 275.6 275.9 272.3 281.9 2.28 5 959 535 -0.7 -7.7 59 7.0 -3.1 262 8 275.7 276.1 272.3 282.0 2.23 6 925 822 -3.1 -9.1 63 6.0 -5.0 225 14 276.1 276.5 272.3 282.0 2.07 7 892 1108 -5.7 -8.6 80 2.9 -6.6 226 13 276.3 276.7 272.6 282.6 2.23 8 856 1429 -7.9 -10.1 84 2.2 -8.6 230 16 277.3 277.7 273.0 283.2 2.07 9 850 1484 -8.3 -11.1 80 2.8 -9.1 230 17 277.5 277.8 272.8 282.9 1.92 10 832 1650 -9.1 -11.7 81 2.6 -9.8 225 18 278.3 278.6 273.3 283.7 1.87 11 825 1715 -8.9 -12.8 73 3.9 -10.0 223 18 279.2 279.5 273.5 284.2 1.73 12 792 2030 -11.1 -14.5 76 3.4 -12.0 230 19 280.1 280.4 273.8 284.7 1.57 13 783 2118 -10.7 -13.6 79 2.9 -11.5 234 19 281.5 281.8 274.8 286.4 1.71 14 745 2499 -12.9 -16.1 77 3.2 -13.7 236 22 283.1 283.4 275.3 287.4 1.46 15 708 2886 -15.3 -18.9 74 3.6 -16.1 249 20 284.6 284.8 275.7 288.2 1.21 16 700 2972 -15.9 -19.4 74 3.5 -16.7 255 17 284.9 285.1 275.8 288.4 1.17 17 679 3200 -17.7 -20.0 82 2.3 -18.2 257 21 285.4 285.6 276.0 288.8 1.15 18 662 3390 -18.1 -20.8 79 2.7 -18.7 260 25 287.0 287.2 276.8 290.3 1.10 19 630 3757 -21.1 -22.7 87 1.6 -21.4 259 32 287.7 287.8 277.0 290.7 0.98 20 504 5364 -32.7 -35.5 76 2.8 -33.0 255 48 292.5 292.6 278.5 293.7 0.37 21 500 5420 -33.1 -35.9 76 2.8 -33.4 255 48 292.7 292.7 278.6 293.9 0.36 22 456 6064 -36.7 -40.1 71 3.4 -37.0 250 48 296.0 296.0 279.9 296.9 0.26 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315.4 315.4 287.2 315.4 0.00 37 250 10010 -56.9 -76.9 6 20.0 -57.1 265 96 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.5 0.00 38 228 10591 -57.7 -80.7 4 23.0 -57.9 265 83 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.8 0.00 39 222 10760 -56.3 -82.3 2 26.0 -56.5 266 80 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.5 0.00 40 200 11420 -57.1 -83.1 2 26.0 -57.3 275 72 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.3 0.00 41 198 11484 -57.1 -84.1 2 27.0 -57.3 275 71 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.3 0.00 42 190 11746 -55.3 -84.3 2 29.0 -55.6 275 69 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.00 43 184 11951 -56.5 -84.5 2 28.0 -56.8 275 67 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.00 44 176 12236 -53.5 -83.5 1 30.0 -53.9 275 64 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 45 167 12574 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -53.7 275 61 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 46 155 13051 -56.7 -84.7 2 28.0 -57.0 275 57 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 47 150 13260 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -56.4 270 61 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 48 147 13388 -56.9 -85.9 1 29.0 -57.2 270 60 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 49 146 13431 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -55.3 270 60 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 50 135 13934 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -53.6 275 60 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 51 128 14275 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -55.5 284 63 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.6 0.00 52 110 15239 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -56.5 280 62 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 53 107 15416 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -54.3 277 61 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 54 103 15661 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -54.3 281 63 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.4 0.00 55 100 15850 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -55.2 290 67 422.0 422.0 308.0 422.0 0.00 56 92 16382 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -55.7 289 63 431.4 431.4 309.0 431.4 0.00 57 79 17344 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -60.1 304 65 441.1 441.1 310.0 441.1 0.00 58 74 17753 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -59.6 297 70 450.7 450.7 310.9 450.7 0.00 59 70 18100 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.1 290 74 454.5 454.5 311.3 454.5 0.00 60 69 18190 -60.7 -88.7 1 28.0 -61.1 290 75 456.4 456.4 311.4 456.4 0.00 61 66 18467 -60.5 -89.5 1 29.0 -60.9 290 78 462.7 462.7 312.0 462.7 0.00 62 63 18759 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -57.8 290 81 476.4 476.4 313.1 476.4 0.00 63 59 19175 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.1 290 86 487.2 487.2 314.0 487.2 0.00 64 55 19621 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -57.8 296 84 495.2 495.2 314.6 495.2 0.00 65 51 20096 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.1 303 82 500.4 500.4 315.0 500.4 0.00 66 50 20220 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -60.1 305 81 503.3 503.3 315.2 503.3 0.00 67 44 21020 -59.9 -89.9 1 30.0 -60.6 301 78 521.0 521.0 316.4 521.0 0.00 68 42 21312 -58.5 -89.5 1 31.0 -59.3 300 77 531.5 531.5 317.0 531.5 0.00 69 39 21775 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -61.6 304 76 536.8 536.8 317.3 536.8 0.00 70 33 22817 -59.7 -89.7 1 30.0 -60.6 305 86 566.2 566.2 319.0 566.3 0.00 71 32 23009 -61.1 -90.1 1 29.0 -61.9 308 86 567.5 567.5 319.0 567.5 0.00 72 30 23410 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -62.1 315 83 577.5 577.5 319.5 577.5 0.00 73 28 23838 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -62.5 317 81 587.9 587.9 320.0 587.9 0.00 74 23 25069 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -59.7 313 99 631.9 632.0 322.0 632.0 0.01 75 22 25349 -58.5 -90.5 1 32.0 -59.9 315 102 639.4 639.4 322.3 639.5 0.00 76 22 25349 -56.7 -89.7 1 33.0 -58.5 315 102 644.8 644.8 322.5 644.8 0.01 77 20 25950 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.7 320 84 654.7 654.7 322.9 654.7 0.01 78 19 26272 -58.1 -90.1 1 32.0 -59.8 320 84 668.1 668.1 323.3 668.1 0.01 79 17 26967 -60.5 -90.5 1 30.0 -61.9 323 86 682.0 682.0 323.9 682.0 0.01 80 15 27749 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -60.3 325 84 714.1 714.1 324.9 714.2 0.01 81 14 28182 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -61.2 325 80 725.0 725.0 325.2 725.0 0.01 82 13 28648 -57.3 -89.3 1 32.0 -59.7 323 81 747.4 747.4 325.8 747.5 0.01 83 12 29152 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -61.0 321 86 759.8 759.8 326.2 759.8 0.01 84 11 29700 -56.3 -89.3 1 33.0 -59.4 331 94 787.6 787.6 327.0 787.7 0.01 85 10 30310 -52.9 -86.9 1 34.0 -57.3 345 106 822.1 822.1 327.8 822.3 0.02 86 10 30310 -52.9 -87.9 1 35.0 -57.3 345 106 822.1 822.1 327.8 822.2 0.02 87 9.4 30708 -54.7 -87.7 1 33.0 -58.6 829.9 829.9 328.0 830.1 0.02 88 9.1 30915 -53.9 -87.9 1 34.0 -58.2 840.7 840.7 328.2 840.9 0.02 89 9.0 30987 -51.5 -87.5 1 36.0 -56.8 852.6 852.6 328.4 852.8 0.02 90 8.9 31059 -51.7 -87.7 1 36.0 -56.9 854.6 854.6 328.5 854.8 0.02 91 8.8 31133 -47.7 -86.7 0 39.0 -54.6 872.8 872.8 328.9 873.0 0.02 92 8.6 31286 -46.1 -85.1 0 39.0 -53.9 884.8 884.8 329.1 885.1 0.03 93 8.2 31606 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -51.5 919.1 919.1 329.8 919.7 0.06 94 7.8 31945 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -52.8 922.7 922.7 329.8 923.2 0.05 95 7.7 32033 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -51.8 935.8 935.8 330.1 936.5 0.07 96 7.5 32213 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -51.1 950.9 951.0 330.4 951.8 0.08 97 7.0 32684 -41.7 -82.7 0 41.0 -52.8 956.7 956.7 330.5 957.3 0.06 98 6.3 33397 -42.3 -83.3 0 41.0 -53.5 983.4 983.4 330.9 984.0 0.06 99 6.1 33616 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -52.8 1001.9 1002.0 331.2 1003.0 0.09 100 5.9 33844 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -53.1 1009.8 1009.9 331.4 1010.8 0.09 101 5.8 33961 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -52.4 1023.5 1023.5 331.5 1024.7 0.11 TRP 280 9290 -56.7 -61.1 57 4.4 -56.8 265 107 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.6 0.04 WND 280 9290 -56.6 -62.5 47 5.9 -56.6 265 107 311.7 311.7 285.9 311.8 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5219.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.08 % Est. max temperature: 4.74 C = 40.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.40 mb = 590.01 m = 1935.72 ft T: -1.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 0.25 C Layer 850.0- 832.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.63 mb = 1908.24 m = 6260.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.25 C = 45.05 F Cap Strength: 10.00 C Lifted Index: 10.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.08 C Showalter Index: 8.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 10.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81783.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.78 mb = 1331.78 m = 4369.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 280 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 1008 138 5 1 -0.1 -1.0 | 97 21 -21.2 2.7 1 1000 201 75 3 -2.9 -0.8 | 97 24 -24.1 3.0 2 987 305 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 100 21 -21.2 3.7 3 950 610 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 127 17 -13.5 10.2 4 925 822 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 140 18 -11.3 13.6 5 914 914 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 134 19 -13.4 12.9 6 879 1219 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 137 16 -11.2 12.1 7 850 1484 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 151 17 -8.1 14.7 8 813 1829 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 154 20 -8.9 18.3 9 781 2134 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 159 16 -5.6 14.6 10 750 2438 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 169 17 -3.1 16.4 11 721 2743 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 179 16 -0.4 15.7 12 700 2972 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 150 9 -4.7 8.1 13 693 3048 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 156 9 -3.8 8.4 14 664 3353 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 197 8 2.5 7.9 15 637 3658 260 31 30.5 5.4 | 226 13 9.4 9.1 16 586 4267 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 226 19 13.6 13.1 17 562 4572 260 49 48.3 8.5 | 246 30 27.1 12.3 18 539 4877 255 49 47.3 12.7 | 238 31 26.2 16.4 19 500 5420 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 237 30 25.2 16.2 20 453 6096 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 230 31 23.9 20.2 21 400 6960 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 240 36 31.0 17.7 22 397 7010 250 48 45.1 16.4 | 230 31 23.9 20.2 23 362 7620 260 69 68.0 12.0 | 251 49 46.8 15.7 24 300 8850 265 99 98.6 8.6 | 261 78 77.5 12.4 25 286 9144 260 102 100.5 17.7 | 255 82 79.3 21.5 26 280 9290 265 107 106.6 9.3 | 261 86 85.4 13.1 27 273 9449 265 107 106.6 9.3 | 261 86 85.4 13.1 28 250 10010 265 96 95.6 8.4 | 261 75 74.5 12.1 29 225 10668 265 81 80.7 7.1 | 260 61 59.5 10.8 30 200 11420 275 72 71.7 -6.3 | 273 51 50.6 -2.5 31 154 13106 275 56 55.8 -4.9 | 272 35 34.6 -1.1 32 150 13260 270 61 61.0 -0.0 | 265 40 39.8 3.7 33 140 13716 270 59 59.0 -0.0 | 264 38 37.8 3.7 34 127 14326 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 288 42 39.7 -12.6 35 110 15240 280 62 61.1 -10.8 | 280 41 39.9 -7.0 36 105 15545 275 60 59.8 -5.2 | 272 39 38.6 -1.5 37 100 15850 290 67 63.0 -22.9 | 295 46 41.8 -19.2 38 95 16154 285 63 60.9 -16.3 | 288 42 39.7 -12.6 39 79 17374 305 65 53.2 -37.3 | 316 46 32.1 -33.5 40 70 18100 290 74 69.5 -25.3 | 294 53 48.4 -21.6 41 59 19202 290 86 80.8 -29.4 | 293 65 59.7 -25.7 42 50 20220 305 81 66.4 -46.5 | 313 62 45.2 -42.7 43 42 21336 300 77 66.7 -38.5 | 307 57 45.5 -34.8 44 38 21946 305 75 61.4 -43.0 | 314 56 40.3 -39.3 45 33 22860 305 87 71.3 -49.9 | 313 68 50.1 -46.2 46 30 23410 315 83 58.7 -58.7 | 326 67 37.5 -54.9 47 28 23774 320 83 53.4 -63.6 | 332 68 32.2 -59.8 48 27 24079 305 76 62.3 -43.6 | 314 57 41.1 -39.9 49 22 25298 315 104 73.5 -73.5 | 323 87 52.4 -69.8 50 20 25950 320 84 54.0 -64.3 | 332 69 32.8 -60.6 51 19 26213 320 84 54.0 -64.3 | 332 69 32.8 -60.6 52 16 27432 325 88 50.5 -72.1 | 337 74 29.3 -68.3 53 14 28346 325 78 44.7 -63.9 | 339 65 23.6 -60.2 54 12 29261 320 87 55.9 -66.6 | 331 72 34.8 -62.9 55 11 29566 330 95 47.5 -82.3 | 341 83 26.3 -78.5 56 10 30175 335 89 37.6 -80.7 | 348 79 16.5 -76.9 57 10 30310 345 106 27.4 -102.4 | 356 99 6.3 -98.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.8 neg: -30.7 tot: 87.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 81.71 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 227 4 110 19| 0.0 11.6 11.6| 41.6 -7.6 34.0 67.9 0.48| 18.3 8.8 1000 225 8 122 18| 0.0 6.9 6.9| 59.1 -15.4 43.7 43.7 0.44| 12.6 5.5 1500 227 11 130 17| 0.0 6.4 6.4| 80.2 -15.4 64.8 43.2 0.51| 10.4 5.3 2000 227 13 137 17| 0.8 4.8 5.6| 90.2 -15.4 74.8 37.4 0.47| 9.6 4.5 2500 229 15 142 17| 1.5 3.8 5.3|109.7 -15.4 94.3 37.7 0.53| 8.6 4.5 3000 233 16 146 16| 1.8 3.2 5.0|117.8 -30.7 87.1 29.0 0.38| 9.1 3.4 4000 244 19 161 13| 2.4 3.0 5.4|141.7 -30.8 110.9 27.7 0.43| 8.9 3.8 5000 249 24 187 13| 3.3 2.6 5.9|185.9 -58.4 127.5 25.5 0.38| 9.0 3.4 6000 250 29 203 15| 2.8 2.4 5.1|185.9 -89.3 96.5 16.1 0.32| 7.9 2.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20200321.12.gif