UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025041800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 18 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 -54 SFC 978 138 13.6 -5.4 26 19.0 5.5 110 3 288.6 289.0 279.7 296.2 2.61 2 925 599 9.6 -4.4 37 14.0 3.6 220 5 289.1 289.6 280.4 297.8 2.98 3 850 1292 3.0 -7.0 48 10.0 -0.9 225 13 289.3 289.8 280.0 297.1 2.66 4 826 1523 1.0 -7.0 55 8.0 -2.1 215 13 289.6 290.0 280.3 297.6 2.73 5 781 1971 -2.3 -9.3 59 7.0 -4.8 167 15 290.7 291.1 280.4 297.9 2.42 6 767 2114 -3.1 -11.1 54 8.0 -5.8 174 20 291.3 291.7 280.3 297.7 2.13 7 715 2665 -8.3 -13.3 67 5.0 -9.8 184 19 291.5 291.9 280.1 297.3 1.92 8 712 2697 -8.5 -14.5 62 6.0 -10.3 184 18 291.7 292.0 280.0 296.9 1.74 9 708 2741 -9.1 -14.0 68 4.9 -10.6 185 18 291.5 291.8 280.0 297.0 1.83 10 702 2807 -9.3 -16.3 57 7.0 -11.3 192 22 291.9 292.2 279.8 296.6 1.52 11 700 2829 -9.5 -15.5 62 6.0 -11.2 195 24 292.0 292.3 280.0 296.9 1.63 12 680 3051 -11.7 -16.1 70 4.4 -12.9 199 26 291.9 292.2 279.9 296.8 1.60 13 670 3164 -12.7 -18.7 61 6.0 -14.2 201 27 292.1 292.3 279.6 296.1 1.30 14 633 3594 -16.5 -19.4 78 2.9 -17.2 208 30 292.5 292.7 279.8 296.5 1.30 15 579 4256 -22.1 -22.3 98 0.2 -22.1 192 41 293.5 293.7 280.0 297.0 1.10 16 577 4281 -22.1 -23.2 91 1.1 -22.3 190 42 293.8 294.0 280.0 297.0 1.02 17 568 4396 -23.1 -23.3 98 0.2 -23.1 190 45 294.0 294.1 280.1 297.2 1.03 18 567 4409 -23.1 -23.7 95 0.6 -23.2 190 45 294.1 294.3 280.1 297.2 1.00 19 566 4422 -22.7 -24.3 87 1.6 -23.0 190 45 294.7 294.9 280.3 297.7 0.94 20 560 4500 -23.3 -24.7 88 1.4 -23.5 190 47 294.9 295.1 280.4 297.8 0.92 21 552 4605 -23.7 -25.2 87 1.5 -23.9 190 50 295.7 295.8 280.7 298.5 0.89 22 547 4671 -23.7 -28.7 63 5.0 -24.5 190 52 296.4 296.5 280.7 298.5 0.65 23 546 4685 -23.9 -28.7 65 4.8 -24.6 190 52 296.3 296.5 280.7 298.5 0.65 24 542 4738 -24.3 -27.5 75 3.2 -24.8 190 53 296.5 296.6 280.8 298.9 0.74 25 526 4955 -25.9 -26.8 92 0.9 -26.1 188 57 297.1 297.3 281.2 299.7 0.81 26 519 5052 -26.7 -27.5 93 0.8 -26.8 186 57 297.3 297.4 281.3 299.8 0.77 27 514 5122 -27.1 -29.3 82 2.2 -27.4 185 57 297.6 297.8 281.3 299.8 0.66 28 511 5164 -27.3 -28.6 89 1.3 -27.5 184 57 297.9 298.0 281.4 300.2 0.71 29 505 5249 -27.9 -29.7 85 1.8 -28.2 182 57 298.2 298.3 281.4 300.3 0.64 30 500 5320 -28.7 -29.5 93 0.8 -28.8 180 57 298.0 298.2 281.4 300.2 0.66 31 497 5363 -29.1 -29.7 95 0.6 -29.2 180 57 298.1 298.2 281.4 300.2 0.66 32 483 5568 -30.9 -32.3 87 1.4 -31.1 179 57 298.3 298.4 281.3 300.0 0.53 33 480 5612 -31.3 -33.8 79 2.5 -31.6 179 56 298.3 298.4 281.3 299.9 0.46 34 477 5657 -31.5 -36.5 61 5.0 -32.0 179 55 298.6 298.7 281.3 299.8 0.35 35 473 5716 -32.1 -36.7 64 4.6 -32.6 178 54 298.6 298.7 281.3 299.8 0.35 36 464 5852 -33.3 -41.3 45 8.0 -33.9 177 52 298.8 298.8 281.1 299.5 0.22 37 462 5883 -33.3 -44.3 32 11.0 -34.1 177 51 299.1 299.2 281.2 299.7 0.16 38 460 5913 -33.1 -50.1 17 17.0 -34.1 177 50 299.7 299.8 281.4 300.1 0.08 39 453 6022 -32.5 -58.5 6 26.0 -33.7 176 48 301.8 301.8 282.1 301.9 0.03 40 417 6602 -36.9 -53.9 16 17.0 -37.7 178 50 303.4 303.4 282.8 303.6 0.06 41 414 6652 -37.3 -48.3 31 11.0 -37.9 178 50 303.5 303.5 283.0 303.9 0.12 42 412 6686 -37.5 -49.5 28 12.0 -38.1 179 51 303.7 303.7 283.0 304.0 0.10 43 407 6770 -38.3 -47.3 38 9.0 -38.8 179 51 303.7 303.7 283.1 304.2 0.13 44 400 6890 -39.3 -47.3 42 8.0 -39.7 180 52 303.9 303.9 283.1 304.4 0.13 45 394 6993 -40.1 -49.1 38 9.0 -40.5 181 53 304.2 304.2 283.2 304.6 0.11 46 386 7133 -41.3 -47.3 52 6.0 -41.6 182 54 304.4 304.4 283.4 304.9 0.14 47 378 7274 -42.7 -47.7 58 5.0 -42.9 183 55 304.4 304.4 283.4 304.9 0.14 48 373 7364 -43.5 -50.5 46 7.0 -43.8 183 56 304.5 304.5 283.3 304.8 0.10 49 371 7400 -43.5 -54.5 29 11.0 -43.9 183 56 304.9 305.0 283.5 305.2 0.06 50 346 7867 -45.5 -59.5 19 14.0 -45.9 182 56 308.4 308.4 284.8 308.5 0.04 51 340 7983 -46.3 -59.3 22 13.0 -46.6 181 54 308.8 308.8 284.9 309.0 0.04 52 315 8488 -47.7 -63.7 14 16.0 -48.0 175 49 313.7 313.7 286.6 313.8 0.02 53 303 8744 -48.1 -66.1 11 18.0 -48.4 179 49 316.7 316.7 287.6 316.7 0.02 54 300 8810 -48.1 -68.1 8 20.0 -48.5 180 49 317.6 317.6 287.9 317.6 0.01 55 295 8921 -47.1 -70.1 5 23.0 -47.6 182 48 320.5 320.5 288.9 320.5 0.01 56 250 10010 -49.5 -73.5 4 24.0 -49.9 210 34 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.5 0.01 57 200 11490 -43.5 -79.5 1 36.0 -44.5 215 36 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 58 150 13380 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -52.8 170 41 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 59 100 16030 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -51.4 295 8 430.2 430.2 308.9 430.2 0.00 60 92 16568 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -54.9 222 12 433.0 433.0 309.1 433.0 0.00 61 87 16928 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -52.4 196 19 445.6 445.6 310.4 445.6 0.00 62 86 17003 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -52.8 198 22 446.3 446.3 310.5 446.3 0.00 63 81 17391 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -52.7 245 14 454.4 454.4 311.3 454.4 0.00 64 80 17471 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -51.4 243 14 458.9 458.9 311.7 458.9 0.00 65 76 17804 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -53.1 221 15 461.9 461.9 312.0 462.0 0.00 66 71 18247 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -50.7 212 25 477.0 477.0 313.2 477.0 0.00 67 70 18340 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -50.8 230 21 478.5 478.5 313.3 478.5 0.00 68 67 18626 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -52.0 234 22 481.9 481.9 313.6 481.9 0.00 69 61 19238 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -51.0 252 17 497.7 497.7 314.8 497.7 0.01 70 59 19456 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -52.1 267 16 499.8 499.8 314.9 499.8 0.01 71 53 20158 -48.3 -84.3 1 36.0 -50.2 205 16 520.9 520.9 316.4 520.9 0.01 72 50 20540 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -51.8 210 14 525.4 525.4 316.6 525.4 0.01 73 48 20806 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -52.7 201 11 529.2 529.2 316.9 529.2 0.01 74 47 20943 -49.1 -85.1 1 36.0 -51.1 219 14 537.2 537.2 317.3 537.2 0.01 75 39 22165 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -52.0 212 13 564.6 564.6 318.9 564.7 0.01 76 38 22335 -48.9 -84.9 1 36.0 -51.2 216 11 571.4 571.4 319.2 571.4 0.01 77 30 23880 -50.9 -85.9 1 35.0 -53.3 180 14 605.9 605.9 320.9 605.9 0.01 78 28 24331 -49.3 -85.3 1 36.0 -52.2 190 14 622.4 622.4 321.6 622.5 0.01 79 25 25072 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -53.4 158 11 639.5 639.5 322.3 639.5 0.01 80 20 26530 -49.7 -85.7 1 36.0 -53.3 140 9 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.1 0.01 81 19 26866 -49.3 -85.3 1 36.0 -53.1 174 13 695.4 695.4 324.3 695.5 0.01 82 17 27591 -51.1 -86.1 1 35.0 -54.6 94 5 712.1 712.1 324.8 712.2 0.01 83 14 28863 -47.5 -85.5 1 38.0 -52.9 119 10 765.0 765.0 326.4 765.1 0.02 84 13 29352 -48.1 -85.1 1 37.0 -53.5 125 14 779.3 779.3 326.7 779.5 0.02 85 11 30457 -46.3 -84.3 1 38.0 -53.1 151 11 823.9 824.0 327.8 824.2 0.03 86 10 31090 -46.1 -85.1 0 39.0 -53.3 165 8 847.5 847.5 328.4 847.7 0.03 87 7.9 32677 -41.3 -82.3 0 41.0 -52.0 89 5 925.7 925.8 329.9 926.3 0.06 88 7.0 33500 -41.3 -82.3 0 41.0 -52.6 50 3 958.3 958.4 330.5 959.0 0.07 89 6.3 34217 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -52.6 992.7 992.8 331.1 993.8 0.09 TRP 315 8488 -47.7 -63.7 14 16.0 -48.0 175 49 313.7 313.7 286.6 313.8 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5374.00 m Freezing level: 812.36 mb = 1658.76 m = 5442.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 865.26 mb = 1146.21 m = 3760.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.48 % Est. max temperature: 14.55 C = 58.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.44 mb = 2475.79 m = 8122.56 ft T: -6.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 0.94 C Layer 767.0- 708.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.56 mb = 2691.27 m = 8829.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.63 C = 61.93 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: 2.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: 2.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 53.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 18.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.93 mb = 2396.02 m = 7860.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.93 mb = 3930.44 m = 12894.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 564.93 mb = 4435.76 m = 14552.83 ft B at Equ Level: 3.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 554.93 mb = 4566.25 m = 14980.95 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 220 at 23 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 978 138 110 3 -2.8 1.0 | 47 24 -17.5 -16.6 1 958 305 165 6 -1.6 5.8 | 54 20 -16.2 -11.8 2 925 599 220 5 3.2 3.8 | 40 18 -11.4 -13.8 3 924 610 220 5 3.2 3.8 | 40 18 -11.4 -13.8 4 890 914 215 9 5.2 7.4 | 43 14 -9.5 -10.2 5 858 1219 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 40 10 -6.3 -7.6 6 850 1292 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 33 10 -5.5 -8.4 7 825 1524 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 46 10 -7.2 -6.9 8 794 1829 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 66 20 -18.1 -8.2 9 764 2134 175 21 -1.8 20.9 | 101 17 -16.5 3.3 10 735 2438 180 21 0.0 21.0 | 103 15 -14.6 3.4 11 708 2743 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 92 13 -13.1 0.3 12 700 2829 195 24 6.2 23.2 | 124 10 -8.4 5.6 13 626 3658 210 31 15.5 26.8 | 185 9 0.9 9.3 14 601 3962 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 194 14 3.4 13.6 15 576 4267 190 42 7.3 41.4 | 163 25 -7.4 23.8 16 531 4877 190 57 9.9 56.1 | 173 39 -4.7 38.5 17 500 5320 180 57 0.0 57.0 | 160 42 -14.6 39.4 18 488 5486 180 58 0.0 58.0 | 160 43 -14.6 40.4 19 448 6096 175 47 -4.1 46.8 | 147 35 -18.7 29.2 20 400 6890 180 52 0.0 52.0 | 157 37 -14.6 34.4 21 359 7620 185 58 5.1 57.8 | 167 41 -9.6 40.2 22 315 8488 175 49 -4.3 48.8 | 149 37 -18.9 31.2 23 313 8534 175 50 -4.4 49.8 | 149 37 -19.0 32.2 24 300 8810 180 49 0.0 49.0 | 155 35 -14.6 31.4 25 285 9144 185 46 4.0 45.8 | 159 30 -10.6 28.2 26 250 10010 210 34 17.0 29.4 | 191 12 2.4 11.9 27 248 10058 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 190 11 1.9 11.0 28 226 10668 195 46 11.9 44.4 | 174 27 -2.7 26.8 29 207 11278 200 53 18.1 49.8 | 186 32 3.5 32.2 30 200 11490 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 207 13 6.0 11.9 31 197 11582 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 207 13 6.0 11.9 32 180 12192 195 39 10.1 37.7 | 167 21 -4.6 20.1 33 164 12802 200 23 7.9 21.6 | 121 8 -6.8 4.0 34 156 13106 170 32 -5.6 31.5 | 125 25 -20.2 13.9 35 150 13380 170 41 -7.1 40.4 | 136 32 -21.8 22.8 36 136 14021 175 48 -4.2 47.8 | 148 36 -18.8 30.2 37 124 14630 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 161 12 -4.0 11.5 38 118 14935 215 47 27.0 38.5 | 210 24 12.3 20.9 39 113 15240 230 42 32.2 27.0 | 242 20 17.5 9.4 40 103 15850 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 349 12 2.3 -11.4 41 100 16030 295 8 7.3 -3.4 | 19 22 -7.4 -21.0 42 98 16154 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 11 22 -4.3 -21.3 43 89 16764 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 65 14 -12.6 -5.8 44 85 17069 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 128 8 -6.4 5.0 45 81 17374 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 10 12 -2.0 -11.7 46 78 17678 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 9 10 -1.7 -10.1 47 74 17983 195 16 4.1 15.5 | 79 11 -10.5 -2.1 48 71 18288 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 184 4 0.3 3.7 49 70 18340 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 341 4 1.4 -4.1 50 67 18593 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 326 6 3.4 -5.0 51 64 18898 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 8 6 -0.9 -6.0 52 59 19507 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 356 18 1.4 -17.6 53 56 19812 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 52 10 -8.1 -6.3 54 53 20117 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 74 10 -9.2 -2.6 55 51 20422 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 10 9 -1.5 -8.4 56 50 20540 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 54 9 -7.6 -5.5 57 49 20726 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 59 15 -12.9 -7.7 58 46 21031 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 22 9 -3.2 -7.9 59 44 21336 185 16 1.4 15.9 | 83 13 -13.3 -1.6 60 42 21641 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 39 9 -5.6 -6.9 61 40 21946 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 73 13 -12.2 -3.8 62 38 22250 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 40 11 -6.9 -8.4 63 32 23470 160 1 -0.3 0.9 | 42 22 -15.0 -16.6 64 30 23774 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 62 26 -23.3 -12.6 65 30 23880 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 76 15 -14.6 -3.6 66 29 24079 145 17 -9.8 13.9 | 81 25 -24.4 -3.7 67 28 24384 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 62 12 -10.2 -5.4 68 25 24994 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 66 21 -18.9 -8.5 69 24 25298 165 13 -3.4 12.6 | 74 19 -18.0 -5.0 70 23 25603 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 63 16 -14.6 -7.6 71 22 25908 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 66 22 -19.6 -8.9 72 21 26213 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 68 15 -13.6 -5.6 73 20 26518 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 65 18 -16.4 -7.7 74 20 26530 140 9 -5.8 6.9 | 62 23 -20.4 -10.7 75 19 26822 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 76 15 -14.6 -3.6 76 17 27432 95 4 -4.0 0.3 | 47 25 -18.6 -17.2 77 15 28346 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 56 31 -25.6 -17.6 78 14 28651 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 66 25 -23.1 -10.5 79 14 28956 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 61 27 -23.7 -13.4 80 13 29566 130 16 -12.3 10.3 | 75 28 -26.9 -7.3 81 12 29870 115 10 -9.1 4.2 | 61 27 -23.7 -13.4 82 11 30175 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 73 23 -22.1 -6.9 83 10 31090 165 8 -2.1 7.7 | 59 19 -16.7 -9.9 84 7 33500 50 3 -2.3 -1.9 | 41 26 -16.9 -19.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.8 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 219.8 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.8 neg: -34.0 tot: 84.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 85.79 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 180 5 50 19| 7.2 0.0 7.2| 15.3 -20.0 -4.7 -9.4 -0.16| 10.6 -1.7 1000 205 7 46 16| 3.6 3.4 7.0| 18.5 -21.2 -2.7 -2.7 -0.07| 8.7 -0.6 1500 211 9 45 14| 2.4 2.5 4.9| 33.0 -23.8 9.2 6.1 0.12| 8.6 1.0 2000 198 10 55 14| 1.8 4.5 6.3| 89.9 -23.8 66.1 33.0 0.35| 11.1 3.9 2500 191 12 66 13| 1.9 3.6 5.5| 91.8 -30.5 61.3 24.5 0.29| 9.7 2.8 3000 192 14 72 12| 3.2 3.0 6.2|118.8 -34.0 84.8 28.3 0.38| 10.1 3.9 4000 199 19 92 9| 3.2 3.7 6.9|138.7 -59.1 79.6 19.9 0.32| 10.1 3.2 5000 195 25 131 11| 2.6 5.1 7.7|175.7-135.1 40.6 8.1 0.20| 10.8 2.1 6000 190 31 143 16| 2.1 3.8 5.9|178.0-260.8 -82.8 -13.8 0.07| 10.4 0.7 Wrote GIF file: 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