UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041700.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 17 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 17 APR 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 31 SFC 987 138 6.0 -6.0 42 12.0 1.4 90 3 280.2 280.6 275.2 287.2 2.47 2 984 163 7.4 -6.6 36 14.0 2.0 90 5 281.8 282.3 275.9 288.6 2.37 3 925 669 3.4 -7.6 44 11.0 -0.7 90 15 282.8 283.2 276.4 289.5 2.33 4 920 713 3.0 -8.0 44 11.0 -1.0 95 14 282.8 283.2 276.3 289.4 2.27 5 907 828 2.6 -9.4 41 12.0 -1.7 109 11 283.6 283.9 276.4 289.5 2.06 6 903 864 2.8 -10.2 38 13.0 -1.7 114 10 284.1 284.5 276.6 289.8 1.95 7 875 1118 1.4 -11.6 37 13.0 -3.0 147 8 285.2 285.5 276.9 290.5 1.80 8 870 1164 1.8 -12.2 35 14.0 -2.9 153 8 286.1 286.4 277.3 291.2 1.72 9 850 1351 0.4 -11.6 40 12.0 -3.6 160 14 286.6 286.9 277.7 292.0 1.85 10 842 1427 -0.3 -12.3 40 12.0 -4.3 163 14 286.6 286.9 277.6 291.8 1.76 11 830 1541 -1.3 -10.3 50 9.0 -4.4 168 14 286.7 287.1 278.1 292.9 2.10 12 828 1561 -1.5 -10.5 50 9.0 -4.6 169 14 286.7 287.1 278.0 292.8 2.07 13 825 1590 -1.9 -8.9 59 7.0 -4.4 170 14 286.6 287.0 278.4 293.5 2.36 14 817 1667 -2.5 -10.5 54 8.0 -5.2 173 15 286.8 287.1 278.1 292.9 2.10 15 809 1745 -3.5 -10.5 58 7.0 -5.8 176 15 286.5 286.9 278.0 292.7 2.12 16 807 1764 -3.5 -7.8 72 4.3 -5.1 177 15 286.7 287.2 278.8 294.4 2.63 17 804 1794 -3.3 -6.1 81 2.8 -4.4 178 15 287.2 287.7 279.5 296.0 3.01 18 801 1824 -2.7 -5.7 80 3.0 -3.8 180 15 288.2 288.7 280.1 297.2 3.12 19 774 2094 -5.3 -6.1 94 0.8 -5.6 197 26 288.2 288.8 280.1 297.3 3.13 20 749 2352 -6.1 -6.7 96 0.6 -6.3 211 33 290.1 290.6 281.0 299.1 3.09 21 728 2574 -6.7 -6.7 100 0.0 -6.7 217 32 291.8 292.3 281.8 301.1 3.18 22 700 2880 -7.7 -7.8 99 0.1 -7.7 215 31 294.0 294.5 282.6 303.0 3.03 23 646 3502 -10.1 -10.9 94 0.8 -10.4 198 22 298.1 298.5 283.8 305.9 2.57 24 623 3782 -9.1 -10.5 90 1.4 -9.6 201 26 302.3 302.8 285.6 310.9 2.76 25 582 4307 -10.5 -12.2 87 1.7 -11.1 225 32 306.6 307.1 287.0 314.8 2.58 26 523 5122 -15.5 -18.0 81 2.5 -16.2 228 38 310.1 310.5 287.4 315.9 1.77 27 515 5238 -16.7 -18.1 89 1.4 -17.1 227 40 310.0 310.4 287.3 315.9 1.79 28 500 5460 -17.9 -19.8 85 1.9 -18.4 225 43 311.2 311.5 287.6 316.4 1.59 29 481 5749 -19.7 -22.7 77 3.0 -20.4 227 45 312.5 312.7 287.7 316.7 1.28 30 452 6207 -23.3 -26.4 76 3.1 -23.9 230 43 313.6 313.7 287.7 316.9 0.98 31 400 7090 -30.1 -33.3 74 3.2 -30.6 230 56 315.9 316.0 288.1 317.9 0.58 32 381 7434 -32.9 -36.2 72 3.3 -33.3 230 64 316.6 316.7 288.2 318.2 0.45 33 329 8449 -40.1 -43.9 67 3.8 -40.4 230 82 320.3 320.3 289.1 321.2 0.24 34 300 9070 -45.5 -49.8 62 4.3 -45.7 230 88 321.2 321.3 289.3 321.7 0.13 35 285 9411 -48.7 -52.8 62 4.1 -48.8 230 92 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.8 0.10 36 267 9837 -52.7 -57.4 57 4.7 -52.8 230 98 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.8 0.06 37 261 9984 -53.5 -58.5 54 5.0 -53.6 230 101 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.7 0.05 38 256 10108 -54.7 -59.7 54 5.0 -54.8 230 103 322.5 322.6 289.6 322.7 0.05 39 250 10260 -56.1 -61.0 54 4.9 -56.2 230 105 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.8 0.04 40 245 10388 -57.1 -61.8 55 4.7 -57.2 231 106 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.2 0.04 41 240 10518 -57.9 -62.9 53 5.0 -58.0 233 107 323.7 323.8 289.9 323.9 0.03 42 237 10597 -56.5 -65.5 31 9.0 -56.6 234 107 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.1 0.02 43 231 10759 -57.1 -70.1 18 13.0 -57.3 235 108 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.6 0.01 44 227 10869 -57.5 -68.5 23 11.0 -57.6 236 109 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.6 0.02 45 215 11210 -59.2 -70.2 23 11.0 -59.3 240 111 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.1 0.01 46 200 11660 -61.5 -72.5 22 11.0 -61.6 235 103 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.4 0.01 47 197 11753 -62.1 -72.1 25 10.0 -62.2 239 102 335.9 335.9 293.3 335.9 0.01 48 196 11785 -62.3 -72.3 25 10.0 -62.4 240 101 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.01 49 188 12041 -62.9 -75.9 16 13.0 -63.0 238 94 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.1 0.01 50 183 12207 -62.1 -79.1 9 17.0 -62.2 240 84 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.00 51 176 12450 -58.3 -82.3 3 24.0 -58.5 244 70 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.00 52 165 12853 -61.1 -83.1 4 22.0 -61.3 248 48 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.00 53 163 12929 -59.1 -84.1 3 25.0 -59.3 246 46 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 54 159 13084 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -59.1 241 42 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 55 158 13124 -58.9 -83.9 3 25.0 -59.1 240 41 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 56 150 13450 -57.9 -83.9 2 26.0 -58.2 240 43 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 57 141 13839 -58.7 -84.7 2 26.0 -58.9 233 40 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 58 120 14858 -55.3 -84.3 2 29.0 -55.8 248 33 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 59 115 15129 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.0 -57.3 246 27 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 60 101 15956 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.3 244 25 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.8 0.00 61 100 16020 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.3 245 24 424.0 424.0 308.2 424.0 0.00 62 84 17144 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -54.6 218 20 445.2 445.2 310.4 445.3 0.00 63 82 17300 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -52.3 223 21 453.6 453.6 311.2 453.7 0.00 64 79 17543 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -53.0 231 23 456.8 456.8 311.5 456.9 0.00 65 75 17881 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.7 242 26 467.0 467.0 312.4 467.1 0.00 66 71 18238 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -53.7 274 9 469.7 469.7 312.6 469.8 0.00 67 70 18330 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -52.9 235 7 473.4 473.4 312.9 473.4 0.00 68 65 18811 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -51.0 213 5 488.7 488.7 314.1 488.8 0.01 69 61 19224 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -52.4 193 4 494.1 494.1 314.5 494.2 0.01 70 50 20520 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -50.8 210 16 528.2 528.2 316.8 528.3 0.01 71 48 20789 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -50.5 215 16 535.4 535.4 317.2 535.4 0.01 72 45 21212 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -51.8 203 13 542.0 542.0 317.6 542.0 0.01 73 39 22151 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -51.4 171 5 566.6 566.6 319.0 566.7 0.01 74 33 23240 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -54.2 223 10 585.9 585.9 319.9 585.9 0.01 75 31 23646 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -52.9 209 12 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.4 0.01 76 30 23860 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.1 220 6 606.4 606.4 320.9 606.5 0.01 77 26 24788 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.4 152 10 631.8 631.8 322.0 631.8 0.01 78 24 25309 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -52.0 170 12 652.8 652.8 322.8 652.9 0.02 79 20 26500 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.5 115 14 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.02 80 19 26835 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.5 116 10 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.3 0.01 81 14 28845 -46.3 -83.3 1 37.0 -52.1 119 5 769.0 769.0 326.4 769.3 0.03 82 13 29336 -47.7 -83.7 1 36.0 -53.2 94 3 780.7 780.7 326.8 780.9 0.03 83 10 31080 -45.3 -83.3 1 38.0 -52.9 115 8 850.5 850.5 328.4 850.8 0.04 84 9.2 31634 -45.3 -83.3 1 38.0 -53.2 111 10 871.0 871.0 328.8 871.4 0.04 85 8.5 32163 -42.9 -81.9 1 39.0 -52.4 108 12 900.3 900.3 329.4 900.9 0.06 86 7.6 32915 -42.9 -81.9 1 39.0 -52.9 103 15 929.6 929.6 330.0 930.3 0.06 87 7.0 33470 -40.9 -81.9 0 41.0 -52.4 100 17 960.0 960.0 330.5 960.7 0.07 88 6.8 33667 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -52.4 969.6 969.7 330.7 970.5 0.08 TRP 196 11785 -62.3 -72.3 25 10.0 -62.4 240 101 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.01 WND 215 11210 -59.2 -70.2 23 11.0 -59.3 240 111 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.1 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5429.00 m Freezing level: 845.43 mb = 1394.29 m = 4574.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 939.96 mb = 537.73 m = 1764.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.21 % Est. max temperature: 12.44 C = 54.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.96 mb = 1638.23 m = 5374.72 ft T: -2.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.95 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 817.0- 807.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 526.69 mb = 5068.68 m = 16629.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.59 C = 96.06 F Cap Strength: 18.41 C Lifted Index: 18.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.39 C Showalter Index: 16.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.30 C Cross Totals Index: 6.30 C K Index: 6.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 71.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70674.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 18.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.26 mb = 2111.81 m = 6928.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 242 at 20 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 138 90 3 -3.0 0.0 | 66 23 -20.8 -9.5 1 967 305 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 74 34 -32.8 -9.5 2 932 610 90 16 -16.0 0.0 | 74 35 -33.8 -9.5 3 925 669 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 74 34 -32.8 -9.5 4 897 914 120 9 -7.8 4.5 | 79 26 -25.6 -5.0 5 864 1219 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 85 21 -20.5 -2.0 6 850 1351 160 14 -4.8 13.2 | 99 23 -22.6 3.7 7 800 1829 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 107 19 -17.8 5.5 8 770 2134 200 28 9.6 26.3 | 154 19 -8.2 16.8 9 740 2438 215 35 20.1 28.7 | 187 19 2.3 19.2 10 712 2743 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 178 11 -0.4 11.2 11 700 2880 215 31 17.8 25.4 | 180 16 -0.0 15.9 12 658 3353 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 130 14 -11.0 9.3 13 632 3658 195 25 6.5 24.1 | 142 19 -11.3 14.7 14 584 4267 225 32 22.6 22.6 | 200 14 4.8 13.2 15 540 4877 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 214 15 8.2 12.4 16 500 5460 225 43 30.4 30.4 | 211 24 12.6 20.9 17 498 5486 225 46 32.5 32.5 | 213 27 14.7 23.1 18 458 6096 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 220 24 15.1 18.2 19 440 6401 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 220 24 15.1 18.2 20 400 7090 230 56 42.9 36.0 | 223 37 25.1 26.5 21 370 7620 230 68 52.1 43.7 | 225 48 34.3 34.2 22 310 8839 230 89 68.2 57.2 | 227 69 50.4 47.7 23 300 9070 230 88 67.4 56.6 | 226 68 49.6 47.1 24 297 9144 230 88 67.4 56.6 | 226 68 49.6 47.1 25 250 10260 230 105 80.4 67.5 | 227 85 62.6 58.0 26 215 11210 240 111 96.1 55.5 | 240 91 78.3 46.0 27 213 11278 240 111 96.1 55.5 | 240 91 78.3 46.0 28 200 11660 235 103 84.4 59.1 | 233 83 66.6 49.6 29 196 11785 240 101 87.5 50.5 | 240 81 69.7 41.0 30 193 11887 235 103 84.4 59.1 | 233 83 66.6 49.6 31 166 12802 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 255 30 29.2 7.6 32 159 13106 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 238 21 17.7 11.0 33 150 13450 240 43 37.2 21.5 | 238 23 19.4 12.0 34 137 14021 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 218 20 12.1 15.6 35 125 14630 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 259 18 17.9 3.5 36 113 15240 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 257 5 4.9 1.1 37 108 15545 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 224 13 9.2 9.5 38 100 16020 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 260 4 4.0 0.7 39 98 16154 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 260 4 4.0 0.7 40 89 16764 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 138 1 -0.5 0.5 41 85 17069 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 131 9 -6.9 6.1 42 74 17983 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 254 7 6.7 1.9 43 70 18288 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 49 16 -11.9 -10.5 44 70 18330 235 7 5.7 4.0 | 66 13 -12.1 -5.5 45 61 19202 195 4 1.0 3.9 | 71 18 -16.8 -5.6 46 58 19507 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 91 19 -18.7 0.5 47 56 19812 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 149 10 -5.2 8.5 48 53 20117 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 77 6 -6.3 -1.4 49 51 20422 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 91 20 -19.5 0.4 50 50 20520 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 114 11 -9.8 4.4 51 46 21031 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 110 8 -7.5 2.8 52 44 21336 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 95 16 -15.9 1.4 53 42 21641 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 118 14 -12.0 6.5 54 38 22250 165 2 -0.5 1.9 | 68 20 -18.3 -7.5 55 37 22555 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 90 14 -14.4 -0.1 56 33 23165 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 77 11 -10.7 -2.4 57 30 23774 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 101 13 -12.3 2.3 58 30 23860 220 6 3.9 4.6 | 71 15 -13.9 -4.9 59 29 24079 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 86 13 -12.8 -0.8 60 28 24384 120 2 -1.7 1.0 | 67 21 -19.5 -8.5 61 26 24689 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 84 25 -24.9 -2.4 62 25 24994 185 11 1.0 11.0 | 95 17 -16.8 1.5 63 20 26500 115 14 -12.7 5.9 | 83 31 -30.5 -3.6 64 20 26518 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 90 21 -21.2 -0.1 65 19 26822 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 79 27 -26.9 -5.2 66 18 27127 135 16 -11.3 11.3 | 94 29 -29.1 1.8 67 17 27432 175 11 -1.0 11.0 | 95 19 -18.8 1.5 68 17 27737 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 82 26 -26.0 -3.7 69 15 28346 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 88 23 -22.8 -0.8 70 13 29261 95 1 -1.0 0.1 | 63 21 -18.8 -9.4 71 12 29870 85 13 -13.0 -1.1 | 71 33 -30.7 -10.6 72 11 30175 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 79 31 -30.4 -6.1 73 10 31080 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 76 26 -25.0 -6.1 74 7 33470 100 17 -16.7 3.0 | 79 35 -34.5 -6.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.0 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 242.0 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 3.4 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.6 neg: -35.9 tot: 208.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 169.47 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 90 13 73 33| 0.0 12.9 12.9| 32.0 -0.6 31.4 62.8 0.32| 13.4 4.4 1000 99 12 76 31| 6.9 6.4 13.3| 67.7 -0.6 67.1 67.1 0.34| 13.6 4.6 1500 121 12 83 28| 6.8 4.3 11.1|111.6 -0.6 111.0 74.0 0.46| 12.4 5.7 2000 146 14 95 26| 9.4 3.2 12.6|190.5 -0.6 189.9 95.0 0.62| 13.7 8.5 2500 174 18 112 21| 8.5 2.6 11.1|243.3 -5.6 237.8 95.1 0.61| 14.3 8.7 3000 187 19 122 18| 7.1 3.4 10.4|244.6 -35.9 208.6 69.5 0.42| 14.2 6.0 4000 194 21 130 17| 6.7 3.1 9.8|308.5 -55.9 252.6 63.2 0.42| 13.6 5.7 5000 205 23 146 14| 5.8 2.2 8.0|335.4 -56.9 278.4 55.7 0.44| 12.0 5.3 6000 212 27 165 14| 4.8 1.6 6.4|361.0 -60.4 300.6 50.1 0.42| 11.1 4.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250417.00.gif