UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 20 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 138 -2.9 -6.0 79 3.1 -3.9 310 1 269.8 270.2 268.9 276.4 2.42 1 1000 183 -1.1 -5.5 72 4.4 -2.6 310 1 272.0 272.5 270.5 279.0 2.53 2 997 207 -0.3 -5.2 69 4.9 -2.0 303 2 273.1 273.5 271.2 280.2 2.60 3 983 320 -1.3 -5.8 71 4.5 -2.9 275 7 273.2 273.6 271.2 280.1 2.52 4 940 674 -4.3 -7.4 79 3.1 -5.3 270 10 273.7 274.0 271.2 280.1 2.33 5 925 801 -5.1 -7.9 81 2.8 -6.0 270 15 274.1 274.5 271.4 280.4 2.28 6 902 998 -6.1 -8.9 81 2.8 -7.0 261 20 275.0 275.4 271.8 281.1 2.16 7 862 1352 -8.9 -9.8 93 0.9 -9.2 250 24 275.7 276.1 272.1 281.6 2.10 8 854 1424 -9.1 -11.4 83 2.3 -9.8 250 24 276.2 276.6 272.1 281.5 1.87 9 850 1460 -9.5 -11.7 84 2.2 -10.1 250 24 276.2 276.5 271.9 281.4 1.83 10 823 1709 -11.3 -14.4 78 3.1 -12.1 254 22 276.9 277.1 271.8 281.2 1.52 11 801 1916 -12.9 -15.9 78 3.0 -13.6 259 20 277.3 277.5 271.9 281.3 1.38 12 771 2206 -15.1 -16.1 92 1.0 -15.3 260 23 278.0 278.2 272.3 282.0 1.41 13 764 2275 -15.3 -17.2 85 1.9 -15.7 266 22 278.5 278.7 272.5 282.3 1.30 14 754 2374 -16.3 -17.2 93 0.9 -16.5 274 20 278.5 278.7 272.5 282.3 1.31 15 752 2394 -16.3 -17.9 87 1.6 -16.7 276 20 278.7 278.9 272.5 282.3 1.24 16 751 2404 -15.7 -19.4 73 3.7 -16.5 277 20 279.4 279.6 272.7 282.6 1.09 17 735 2566 -16.9 -19.7 79 2.8 -17.5 276 21 279.8 280.0 272.9 283.1 1.09 18 728 2638 -15.9 -19.4 74 3.5 -16.7 274 23 281.7 281.9 274.0 285.1 1.13 19 714 2784 -16.7 -19.6 78 2.9 -17.3 272 26 282.4 282.6 274.4 285.8 1.13 20 703 2901 -16.9 -23.9 55 7.0 -18.2 278 27 283.4 283.6 274.5 285.8 0.79 21 702 2912 -16.9 -22.9 60 6.0 -18.0 279 28 283.5 283.7 274.6 286.2 0.86 22 700 2933 -16.7 -24.7 50 8.0 -18.1 280 28 284.0 284.1 274.7 286.2 0.74 23 699 2944 -16.7 -26.7 42 10.0 -18.4 280 28 284.1 284.2 274.6 286.0 0.62 24 693 3008 -16.7 -29.7 32 13.0 -18.7 283 31 284.8 284.9 274.7 286.3 0.47 25 683 3118 -17.5 -26.5 45 9.0 -19.0 286 32 285.1 285.2 275.2 287.1 0.64 26 677 3184 -17.9 -22.7 66 4.8 -18.8 287 31 285.4 285.5 275.7 288.2 0.91 27 675 3206 -18.1 -23.1 65 5.0 -19.0 287 31 285.4 285.5 275.7 288.1 0.88 28 673 3228 -17.9 -25.9 50 8.0 -19.3 288 31 285.9 286.0 275.6 288.0 0.69 29 669 3272 -18.1 -28.1 41 10.0 -19.7 289 31 286.1 286.2 275.6 287.9 0.57 30 662 3351 -18.5 -24.5 59 6.0 -19.6 290 31 286.5 286.7 276.1 289.0 0.79 31 656 3419 -18.3 -24.3 59 6.0 -19.4 291 30 287.5 287.7 276.7 290.0 0.82 32 654 3442 -18.5 -24.5 59 6.0 -19.6 291 30 287.5 287.7 276.7 290.0 0.80 33 650 3487 -18.3 -26.3 49 8.0 -19.7 292 30 288.3 288.4 276.9 290.4 0.69 34 645 3545 -18.3 -25.3 54 7.0 -19.6 293 30 288.9 289.0 277.3 291.3 0.76 35 617 3875 -20.3 -26.3 59 6.0 -21.3 295 28 290.3 290.4 277.9 292.6 0.72 36 597 4118 -22.3 -30.3 48 8.0 -23.5 293 28 290.7 290.8 277.9 292.4 0.52 37 595 4143 -22.5 -31.5 44 9.0 -23.7 292 29 290.8 290.9 277.8 292.3 0.46 38 592 4180 -22.5 -38.5 22 16.0 -24.2 292 29 291.2 291.2 277.6 292.0 0.23 39 587 4242 -22.7 -53.7 4 31.0 -24.9 291 30 291.7 291.7 277.6 291.8 0.04 40 574 4406 -23.9 -50.9 6 27.0 -25.9 291 30 292.1 292.1 277.8 292.4 0.06 41 571 4444 -24.1 -42.1 17 18.0 -25.8 291 31 292.3 292.4 278.1 292.9 0.17 42 569 4470 -24.3 -36.3 32 12.0 -25.6 292 31 292.4 292.5 278.3 293.4 0.30 43 566 4508 -24.7 -35.7 35 11.0 -25.9 292 31 292.4 292.4 278.3 293.4 0.32 44 562 4560 -24.9 -29.0 69 4.1 -25.5 292 31 292.7 292.8 279.0 294.7 0.62 45 558 4612 -25.3 -31.3 57 6.0 -26.1 293 31 292.9 292.9 278.9 294.5 0.50 46 556 4638 -25.3 -31.3 57 6.0 -26.1 293 31 293.2 293.2 279.0 294.8 0.50 47 553 4677 -25.5 -37.5 32 12.0 -26.8 293 31 293.4 293.4 278.7 294.3 0.27 48 551 4703 -25.7 -41.7 21 16.0 -27.2 293 31 293.4 293.5 278.6 294.0 0.18 49 549 4730 -25.9 -38.9 28 13.0 -27.2 294 31 293.5 293.5 278.7 294.3 0.24 50 547 4756 -26.1 -42.1 21 16.0 -27.5 294 32 293.6 293.6 278.7 294.2 0.17 51 546 4769 -26.3 -41.3 23 15.0 -27.7 294 32 293.5 293.5 278.7 294.1 0.19 52 544 4796 -26.3 -54.3 5 28.0 -28.0 294 32 293.8 293.8 278.6 294.0 0.04 53 535 4916 -27.3 -45.3 16 18.0 -28.7 295 32 294.0 294.0 278.8 294.4 0.12 54 500 5400 -30.9 -35.4 65 4.5 -31.4 300 36 295.4 295.4 279.8 296.6 0.38 55 400 6940 -42.5 -44.1 84 1.6 -42.6 300 38 299.8 299.8 281.5 300.4 0.19 56 300 8840 -49.9 -71.9 6 22.0 -50.2 315 34 315.0 315.0 287.1 315.0 0.01 57 266 9627 -53.1 -66.1 19 13.0 -53.3 315 36 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.4 0.02 58 250 10030 -52.5 -72.5 7 20.0 -52.8 320 38 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.0 0.01 59 200 11470 -51.1 -81.1 2 30.0 -51.5 305 34 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.00 60 150 13340 -51.5 -82.5 1 31.0 -52.1 295 26 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 61 100 15980 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -51.2 295 17 430.5 430.5 308.9 430.6 0.00 62 95 16315 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -50.7 295 18 438.1 438.1 309.7 438.1 0.00 63 83 17196 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -52.1 277 16 452.5 452.5 311.1 452.5 0.00 64 70 18310 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -50.0 240 14 480.6 480.6 313.5 480.7 0.01 65 69 18405 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -49.8 245 14 483.0 483.0 313.7 483.1 0.01 66 52 20262 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -51.2 355 7 520.9 520.9 316.4 521.0 0.01 67 50 20520 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -50.1 15 5 530.1 530.1 316.9 530.2 0.01 68 30 23870 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -53.4 35 6 605.3 605.3 320.9 605.4 0.01 69 28 24319 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -53.7 57 10 616.8 616.8 321.3 616.9 0.01 70 23 25604 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -52.2 154 8 660.2 660.2 323.1 660.3 0.01 71 22 25896 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -53.2 181 6 665.1 665.1 323.3 665.2 0.01 72 20 26520 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -53.0 250 5 685.3 685.3 324.0 685.4 0.02 73 12 29894 -45.1 -83.1 1 38.0 -52.0 79 10 807.9 808.0 327.4 808.3 0.03 74 11 30473 -45.7 -83.7 1 38.0 -52.7 70 11 826.1 826.1 327.8 826.4 0.03 75 10 31110 -43.7 -82.7 1 39.0 -52.1 60 12 856.4 856.4 328.5 856.8 0.04 76 9.1 31750 -41.1 -82.1 0 41.0 -51.2 65 12 889.8 889.8 329.2 890.3 0.05 77 8.4 32294 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -52.4 70 12 903.3 903.4 329.5 903.8 0.05 78 7.0 33530 -41.7 -82.7 0 41.0 -52.8 80 12 956.7 956.7 330.5 957.3 0.06 TRP 266 9627 -53.1 -66.1 19 13.0 -53.3 315 36 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.4 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5217.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.01 % Est. max temperature: 3.43 C = 38.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.04 mb = 523.76 m = 1718.35 ft T: -3.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 0.41 C Layer 854.0- 801.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.66 mb = 1238.06 m = 4061.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.82 C = 37.08 F Cap Strength: 12.23 C Lifted Index: 12.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.90 C Showalter Index: 11.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 1.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 204.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75248.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.76 mb = 1000.45 m = 3282.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 315 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 1006 138 310 1 0.8 -0.6 | 135 19 -13.2 13.1 1 1000 183 310 1 0.8 -0.6 | 135 19 -13.2 13.1 2 985 305 275 7 7.0 -0.6 | 152 15 -7.0 13.1 3 948 610 270 8 8.0 -0.0 | 156 15 -6.0 13.8 4 925 801 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 184 14 1.0 13.8 5 912 914 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 198 16 4.9 15.4 6 877 1219 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 199 23 7.6 21.6 7 850 1460 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 201 24 8.6 22.0 8 843 1524 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 201 27 9.6 24.7 9 810 1829 260 19 18.7 3.3 | 195 18 4.7 17.0 10 778 2134 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 205 22 9.2 20.0 11 747 2438 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 204 11 4.7 10.5 12 718 2743 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 219 18 11.0 13.8 13 700 2933 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 237 16 13.6 8.9 14 689 3048 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 252 18 16.9 5.5 15 634 3658 295 29 26.3 -12.3 | 263 12 12.3 1.5 16 608 3962 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 257 11 10.5 2.3 17 584 4267 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 256 15 14.2 3.5 18 537 4877 295 32 29.0 -13.5 | 269 15 15.0 0.2 19 500 5400 300 36 31.2 -18.0 | 284 18 17.2 -4.2 20 452 6096 300 37 32.0 -18.5 | 285 19 18.1 -4.7 21 400 6940 300 38 32.9 -19.0 | 286 20 18.9 -5.2 22 396 7010 295 38 34.4 -16.1 | 276 21 20.5 -2.3 23 361 7620 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 295 19 17.1 -8.0 24 329 8230 310 42 32.2 -27.0 | 306 23 18.2 -13.2 25 314 8534 315 36 25.5 -25.5 | 316 16 11.5 -11.7 26 300 8840 315 34 24.0 -24.0 | 316 14 10.1 -10.3 27 286 9144 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 293 15 13.9 -5.8 28 266 9627 315 36 25.5 -25.5 | 316 16 11.5 -11.7 29 250 10030 320 38 24.4 -29.1 | 326 19 10.4 -15.4 30 249 10058 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 304 16 12.8 -8.7 31 237 10363 325 35 20.1 -28.7 | 338 16 6.1 -14.9 32 200 11470 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 293 15 13.9 -5.8 33 155 13106 310 27 20.7 -17.4 | 298 8 6.7 -3.6 34 150 13340 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 254 10 9.6 2.8 35 148 13411 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 254 10 9.6 2.8 36 129 14326 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 291 5 4.4 -1.7 37 117 14935 290 18 16.9 -6.2 | 201 8 2.9 7.6 38 112 15240 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 222 5 3.3 3.8 39 107 15545 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 291 5 4.4 -1.7 40 100 15980 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 192 7 1.4 6.6 41 97 16154 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 192 7 1.4 6.6 42 89 16764 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 226 7 5.0 4.9 43 81 17374 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 180 14 0.0 13.8 44 77 17678 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 179 4 -0.1 4.0 45 74 17983 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 120 10 -9.0 5.1 46 70 18288 310 7 5.4 -4.5 | 137 13 -8.6 9.3 47 70 18310 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 175 21 -1.9 20.8 48 64 18898 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 184 14 1.0 13.8 49 61 19202 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 165 18 -4.6 17.2 50 56 19812 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 129 10 -7.6 6.1 51 50 20520 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 120 18 -15.3 8.9 52 46 21031 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 135 20 -14.0 13.8 53 44 21336 295 4 3.6 -1.7 | 139 16 -10.4 12.1 54 40 21946 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 139 10 -6.3 7.3 55 30 23870 35 6 -3.4 -4.9 | 117 20 -17.4 8.8 56 28 24384 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 111 24 -22.6 8.8 57 26 24689 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 125 29 -23.6 16.3 58 24 25298 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 131 30 -22.2 19.5 59 20 26518 240 1 0.9 0.5 | 137 19 -13.1 14.3 60 20 26520 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 149 18 -9.3 15.5 61 17 27432 35 5 -2.9 -4.1 | 120 19 -16.9 9.7 62 17 27737 45 12 -8.5 -8.5 | 103 23 -22.5 5.3 63 13 29261 65 1 -0.9 -0.4 | 132 20 -14.9 13.3 64 13 29566 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 112 25 -23.0 9.5 65 12 29870 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 117 27 -23.8 12.0 66 10 31110 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 108 26 -24.4 7.8 67 7 33530 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 114 28 -25.8 11.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.5 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 314.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.9 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.5 neg: -12.6 tot: 136.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 53.96 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 274 6 149 16| 0.0 8.5 8.5| 28.6 0.0 28.6 57.3 0.80| 8.9 7.1 1000 266 12 170 15| 0.0 11.0 11.0| 67.4 0.0 67.4 67.4 0.72| 12.2 8.8 1500 257 16 184 17| 0.0 7.8 7.8| 71.3 -2.0 69.4 46.2 0.54| 11.0 6.0 2000 257 17 189 18| 0.5 5.9 6.4| 87.3 -10.6 76.7 38.3 0.44| 11.0 4.8 2500 260 18 192 17| 1.9 4.7 6.6|100.0 -12.6 87.3 34.9 0.37| 11.9 4.4 3000 265 20 200 17| 3.2 3.9 7.1|149.5 -12.6 136.9 45.6 0.46| 12.2 5.6 4000 274 22 214 15| 2.6 3.0 5.7|158.6 -16.2 142.4 35.6 0.42| 10.3 4.4 5000 279 24 225 14| 2.7 2.4 5.1|180.2 -16.6 163.5 32.7 0.45| 9.0 4.0 6000 285 26 238 13| 2.5 2.1 4.5|190.9 -16.6 174.3 29.0 0.46| 7.8 3.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250420.12.gif