UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2020032912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 29 MAR 20 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 29 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 1005 138 -18.7 -25.7 54 7.0 -19.6 55 1 254.1 254.2 253.3 255.4 0.47 1 1002 160 -14.9 -25.9 39 11.0 -16.4 43 4 258.1 258.2 256.6 259.4 0.46 2 1000 175 -14.5 -26.5 35 12.0 -16.2 35 6 258.6 258.7 257.0 259.9 0.44 3 995 213 -13.7 -26.7 33 13.0 -15.5 38 10 259.8 259.9 257.9 261.0 0.43 4 987 275 -13.1 -27.1 30 14.0 -15.1 43 15 261.0 261.1 258.9 262.2 0.42 5 945 606 -15.5 -28.5 32 13.0 -17.2 60 25 261.9 261.9 259.4 263.0 0.39 6 925 768 -16.3 -29.3 32 13.0 -18.0 70 27 262.6 262.7 260.0 263.7 0.37 7 900 973 -16.7 -29.7 32 13.0 -18.3 78 32 264.3 264.4 261.3 265.3 0.36 8 896 1006 -16.3 -31.3 26 15.0 -18.1 80 32 265.0 265.1 261.7 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-56.8 320 149 744.9 744.9 325.8 745.0 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5065.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.65 % Est. max temperature: -5.73 C = 21.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.52 mb = 1010.36 m = 3314.79 ft T: -16.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 1005.0- 0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 508.61 mb = 5120.76 m = 16800.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 0.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.58 C = 61.85 F Cap Strength: 22.18 C Lifted Index: 22.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 27.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.84 C Showalter Index: 18.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 19.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.20 C Cross Totals Index: 2.20 C K Index: -25.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 106.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78390.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 21.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.85 mb = 2135.22 m = 7005.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 98 at 25 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 1005 138 55 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 279 24 23.6 -3.9 1 1000 175 35 6 -3.4 -4.9 | 291 23 21.0 -8.2 2 983 305 45 18 -12.7 -12.7 | 324 20 11.7 -16.0 3 944 610 60 25 -21.7 -12.5 | 350 16 2.8 -15.8 4 925 768 70 27 -25.4 -9.2 | 4 13 -0.9 -12.5 5 907 914 75 31 -29.9 -8.0 | 26 13 -5.5 -11.3 6 871 1219 90 35 -35.0 0.0 | 73 11 -10.5 -3.3 7 850 1400 95 34 -33.9 3.0 | 88 9 -9.4 -0.3 8 836 1524 95 34 -33.9 3.0 | 88 9 -9.4 -0.3 9 802 1829 80 30 -29.5 -5.2 | 31 10 -5.1 -8.5 10 770 2134 65 30 -27.2 -12.7 | 10 16 -2.7 -16.0 11 739 2438 65 31 -28.1 -13.1 | 12 17 -3.6 -16.4 12 709 2743 60 30 -26.0 -15.0 | 5 18 -1.5 -18.3 13 700 2836 65 31 -28.1 -13.1 | 12 17 -3.6 -16.4 14 680 3048 65 30 -27.2 -12.7 | 10 16 -2.7 -16.0 15 624 3658 55 34 -27.9 -19.5 | 8 23 -3.4 -22.8 16 573 4267 65 36 -32.6 -15.2 | 24 20 -8.2 -18.5 17 526 4877 70 37 -34.8 -12.7 | 33 19 -10.3 -16.0 18 500 5240 70 38 -35.7 -13.0 | 35 20 -11.2 -16.3 19 441 6096 60 42 -36.4 -21.0 | 26 27 -11.9 -24.3 20 422 6401 65 43 -39.0 -18.2 | 34 26 -14.5 -21.5 21 400 6760 55 39 -31.9 -22.4 | 16 27 -7.5 -25.7 22 350 7620 55 35 -28.7 -20.1 | 10 24 -4.2 -23.4 23 300 8620 50 31 -23.7 -19.9 | 358 23 0.7 -23.2 24 290 8839 45 27 -19.1 -19.1 | 347 23 5.4 -22.4 25 276 9144 45 30 -21.2 -21.2 | 352 25 3.3 -24.5 26 259 9525 30 37 -18.5 -32.0 | 350 36 6.0 -35.3 27 250 9740 15 36 -9.3 -34.8 | 338 41 15.1 -38.1 28 237 10058 15 37 -9.6 -35.7 | 339 42 14.9 -39.0 29 215 10668 5 35 -3.1 -34.9 | 331 44 21.4 -38.2 30 205 10973 350 29 5.0 -28.6 | 317 43 29.5 -31.9 31 200 11120 360 30 -0.0 -30.0 | 324 41 24.5 -33.3 32 186 11582 350 28 4.9 -27.6 | 316 43 29.3 -30.9 33 150 12900 345 46 11.9 -44.4 | 323 60 36.4 -47.7 34 103 15240 315 69 48.8 -48.8 | 305 90 73.3 -52.1 35 100 15410 320 66 42.4 -50.6 | 309 86 66.9 -53.9 36 98 15545 320 66 42.4 -50.6 | 309 86 66.9 -53.9 37 70 17650 320 98 63.0 -75.1 | 312 117 87.5 -78.4 38 50 19770 310 118 90.4 -75.8 | 305 139 114.9 -79.2 39 45 20422 315 125 88.4 -88.4 | 309 145 112.9 -91.7 40 39 21336 315 120 84.9 -84.9 | 309 140 109.3 -88.2 41 30 22970 315 136 96.2 -96.2 | 310 156 120.6 -99.5 42 20 25550 310 140 107.2 -90.0 | 305 161 131.7 -93.3 43 20 25603 305 142 116.3 -81.4 | 301 164 140.8 -84.8 44 16 27127 310 130 99.6 -83.6 | 305 151 124.1 -86.9 45 15 27432 310 143 109.5 -91.9 | 305 164 134.0 -95.2 46 14 27818 320 149 95.8 -114.1 | 314 168 120.2 -117.4 47 14 28042 320 149 95.8 -114.1 | 314 168 120.2 -117.4 48 12 28651 315 127 89.8 -89.8 | 309 147 114.3 -93.1 49 12 28956 315 135 95.5 -95.5 | 309 155 119.9 -98.8 50 10 30030 315 114 80.6 -80.6 | 309 134 105.1 -83.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 67.7 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 97.7 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.2 neg: -52.0 tot: 157.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 35.65 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 52 18 324 18| 25.1 0.0 25.1|133.5 0.0 133.5 267.0 0.94| 27.8 26.2 1000 67 24 349 13| 17.0 0.0 17.0|180.2 0.0 180.2 180.2 0.94| 21.9 20.5 1500 78 27 14 9| 10.9 0.0 10.9|194.9 -8.4 186.6 124.4 0.80| 17.8 14.3 2000 78 28 18 10| 8.1 3.5 11.6|194.9 -37.8 157.1 78.6 0.48| 16.8 8.1 2500 75 29 16 11| 6.5 3.1 9.6|198.4 -45.0 153.4 61.4 0.45| 14.1 6.3 3000 73 29 15 12| 5.5 2.6 8.1|209.2 -52.0 157.2 52.4 0.42| 12.7 5.4 4000 69 30 14 15| 4.7 2.6 7.3|235.0 -54.5 180.5 45.1 0.42| 10.9 4.6 5000 68 31 18 16| 4.2 2.1 6.3|260.2 -54.5 205.7 41.1 0.45| 9.3 4.1 6000 68 33 21 17| 3.5 2.4 5.9|262.7 -74.2 188.5 31.4 0.38| 8.4 3.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20200329.12.gif