UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 21 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 1003 138 3.8 -7.2 44 11.0 -0.2 105 1 276.7 277.1 272.8 282.9 2.22 1 1000 160 3.6 -7.4 44 11.0 -0.3 130 2 276.8 277.1 272.8 282.9 2.19 2 925 786 -2.1 -8.1 63 6.0 -4.1 270 6 277.2 277.5 273.2 283.5 2.24 3 912 898 -3.3 -8.1 69 4.8 -4.9 274 6 277.1 277.4 273.1 283.4 2.27 4 889 1100 -4.7 -8.9 72 4.2 -6.1 272 10 277.6 278.0 273.3 283.8 2.19 5 868 1287 -5.9 -10.9 68 5.0 -7.4 264 15 278.3 278.6 273.3 283.7 1.91 6 865 1314 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -7.5 262 15 278.8 279.1 273.4 283.9 1.80 7 850 1451 -7.1 -11.6 70 4.5 -8.4 250 19 278.7 279.0 273.5 284.0 1.85 8 847 1479 -7.1 -11.5 71 4.4 -8.4 250 19 279.0 279.3 273.6 284.3 1.87 9 841 1534 -7.1 -13.1 62 6.0 -8.8 250 19 279.6 279.8 273.6 284.3 1.65 10 838 1562 -6.9 -17.9 41 11.0 -9.6 249 19 280.1 280.2 273.1 283.3 1.11 11 832 1618 -6.9 -19.9 35 13.0 -10.0 247 18 280.6 280.8 273.1 283.5 0.95 12 822 1712 -7.7 -20.7 34 13.0 -10.7 244 17 280.8 280.9 273.1 283.4 0.89 13 807 1855 -8.7 -18.7 44 10.0 -11.1 241 16 281.2 281.4 273.6 284.4 1.08 14 797 1951 -9.1 -19.1 44 10.0 -11.5 248 15 281.8 281.9 273.9 284.9 1.06 15 791 2010 -9.3 -25.3 26 16.0 -12.5 252 14 282.1 282.3 273.5 284.0 0.62 16 780 2118 -9.7 -21.7 37 12.0 -12.3 259 13 282.9 283.0 274.3 285.5 0.86 17 770 2217 -10.3 -26.3 26 16.0 -13.4 266 12 283.3 283.4 274.0 285.0 0.58 18 769 2227 -10.1 -25.1 28 15.0 -13.1 267 12 283.6 283.7 274.3 285.6 0.65 19 755 2369 -11.5 -24.5 33 13.0 -14.1 279 10 283.5 283.7 274.4 285.7 0.70 20 752 2399 -11.7 -21.7 43 10.0 -13.9 281 10 283.7 283.8 274.8 286.4 0.90 21 749 2430 -11.7 -16.4 68 4.7 -12.9 284 9 284.0 284.2 275.7 288.2 1.42 22 732 2605 -13.1 -16.0 79 2.9 -13.8 282 12 284.3 284.6 276.0 288.8 1.50 23 728 2647 -13.3 -17.6 70 4.3 -14.3 282 13 284.5 284.8 275.9 288.5 1.32 24 722 2710 -13.5 -16.2 80 2.7 -14.2 281 14 285.0 285.3 276.4 289.4 1.49 25 700 2944 -15.7 -16.6 93 0.9 -15.9 275 15 285.1 285.4 276.4 289.5 1.49 26 698 2966 -15.9 -16.6 94 0.7 -16.1 275 15 285.1 285.4 276.4 289.5 1.49 27 687 3085 -16.1 -18.9 79 2.8 -16.7 281 15 286.2 286.4 276.6 289.9 1.25 28 686 3096 -16.3 -19.3 78 3.0 -17.0 282 15 286.1 286.3 276.5 289.7 1.21 29 684 3118 -15.9 -21.9 60 6.0 -17.1 286 15 286.8 286.9 276.5 289.7 0.97 30 679 3173 -15.3 -26.3 38 11.0 -17.3 295 15 288.0 288.2 276.7 290.1 0.66 31 677 3196 -15.3 -26.3 38 11.0 -17.3 298 15 288.3 288.4 276.8 290.3 0.66 32 675 3218 -15.3 -41.3 9 26.0 -18.4 302 14 288.5 288.6 276.2 289.0 0.15 33 667 3308 -15.5 -44.5 6 29.0 -18.7 316 14 289.3 289.3 276.5 289.7 0.11 34 661 3376 -15.9 -40.9 10 25.0 -18.9 324 14 289.6 289.6 276.7 290.1 0.16 35 659 3399 -15.9 -33.9 20 18.0 -18.6 323 14 289.8 289.9 277.1 290.9 0.33 36 658 3410 -16.1 -38.1 13 22.0 -18.9 322 14 289.7 289.8 276.9 290.5 0.22 37 655 3444 -16.3 -36.3 16 20.0 -19.0 320 15 289.9 289.9 277.0 290.8 0.26 38 653 3467 -16.3 -30.3 29 14.0 -18.6 318 15 290.1 290.2 277.5 291.7 0.47 39 647 3537 -16.9 -28.9 35 12.0 -18.9 314 15 290.2 290.3 277.6 292.0 0.54 40 639 3630 -17.7 -22.4 67 4.7 -18.7 308 16 290.4 290.5 278.3 293.4 0.99 41 634 3689 -18.1 -24.1 59 6.0 -19.3 306 16 290.6 290.7 278.3 293.2 0.86 42 632 3712 -18.1 -27.1 45 9.0 -19.7 307 16 290.8 290.9 278.1 292.9 0.66 43 629 3748 -18.1 -28.1 41 10.0 -19.8 309 16 291.2 291.3 278.2 293.1 0.60 44 625 3795 -18.5 -27.5 45 9.0 -20.0 311 16 291.3 291.4 278.3 293.3 0.64 45 622 3831 -18.5 -30.5 34 12.0 -20.4 313 17 291.7 291.8 278.3 293.3 0.49 46 616 3903 -18.7 -30.7 34 12.0 -20.5 316 17 292.3 292.4 278.5 293.8 0.48 47 605 4037 -19.7 -31.7 34 12.0 -21.5 318 18 292.6 292.7 278.6 294.1 0.44 48 599 4111 -20.1 -38.1 18 18.0 -22.2 316 20 293.0 293.0 278.5 293.8 0.24 49 567 4516 -22.3 -37.3 24 15.0 -24.1 302 23 295.0 295.1 279.6 296.0 0.27 50 563 4568 -22.3 -40.3 18 18.0 -24.2 301 23 295.6 295.7 279.7 296.3 0.20 51 562 4581 -22.5 -39.5 20 17.0 -24.4 300 23 295.6 295.6 279.7 296.3 0.22 52 560 4607 -22.3 -36.3 27 14.0 -24.0 300 24 296.1 296.2 280.1 297.1 0.31 53 549 4752 -23.7 -35.7 32 12.0 -25.2 303 29 296.1 296.2 280.1 297.2 0.33 54 500 5430 -27.3 -53.3 7 26.0 -29.0 315 34 299.8 299.8 281.3 300.0 0.05 55 400 7000 -37.7 -46.7 38 9.0 -38.2 315 46 306.0 306.0 284.0 306.5 0.14 56 300 8920 -53.5 -59.5 48 6.0 -53.6 305 52 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.1 0.04 57 254 9971 -59.5 -65.5 46 6.0 -59.6 310 48 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.3 0.02 58 250 10070 -58.1 -70.1 20 12.0 -58.2 310 40 319.7 319.7 288.6 319.7 0.01 59 200 11500 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 305 30 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.00 60 150 13360 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -52.6 300 25 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 61 100 15980 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -50.8 310 19 431.3 431.3 309.0 431.3 0.00 62 96 16248 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -50.0 302 18 438.3 438.3 309.7 438.4 0.00 63 88 16817 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.7 258 14 445.8 445.8 310.4 445.8 0.00 64 75 17858 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.8 287 14 466.6 466.6 312.4 466.6 0.00 65 70 18310 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -50.1 320 6 480.2 480.2 313.5 480.2 0.01 66 65 18795 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -51.6 278 10 487.0 487.0 314.0 487.0 0.00 67 63 19000 -48.3 -84.3 1 36.0 -50.0 276 10 495.8 495.8 314.7 495.8 0.01 68 56 19776 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -50.0 296 14 513.2 513.2 315.9 513.3 0.01 69 51 20390 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -51.4 318 2 523.4 523.4 316.5 523.4 0.01 70 50 20520 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -50.8 265 3 528.2 528.2 316.8 528.3 0.01 71 46 21069 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -50.3 231 3 542.9 542.9 317.7 543.0 0.01 72 37 22497 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -52.2 359 9 572.7 572.7 319.3 572.7 0.01 73 30 23870 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -52.1 325 2 610.2 610.2 321.0 610.3 0.01 74 28 24321 -49.1 -85.1 1 36.0 -52.1 70 4 623.0 623.0 321.6 623.0 0.01 75 25 25059 -50.7 -85.7 1 35.0 -53.5 49 5 638.9 638.9 322.3 639.0 0.01 76 20 26520 -47.3 -84.3 1 37.0 -51.7 330 7 691.4 691.4 324.1 691.5 0.02 77 19 26860 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -51.4 18 10 703.5 703.5 324.6 703.6 0.02 78 17 27597 -47.7 -84.7 1 37.0 -52.4 66 10 723.0 723.0 325.1 723.1 0.02 79 15 28430 -44.5 -83.5 1 39.0 -50.9 82 10 760.0 760.0 326.2 760.2 0.02 80 12 29922 -45.7 -83.7 1 38.0 -52.4 173 5 805.8 805.8 327.4 806.1 0.03 81 10 31140 -44.7 -83.7 1 39.0 -52.5 85 10 852.7 852.7 328.5 853.0 0.04 82 9.0 31849 -42.3 -83.3 0 41.0 -51.8 888.0 888.0 329.2 888.4 0.04 83 8.6 32156 -42.3 -83.3 0 41.0 -52.1 899.6 899.7 329.4 900.1 0.04 TRP 254 9971 -59.5 -65.5 46 6.0 -59.6 310 48 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.3 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5270.00 m Freezing level: 952.63 mb = 555.37 m = 1822.05 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.04 % Est. max temperature: 5.81 C = 42.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.47 mb = 1492.66 m = 4897.11 ft T: -7.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.67 C/km ThetaE index: 1.00 C Layer 841.0- 832.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.42 mb = 2283.33 m = 7491.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.66 C = 51.18 F Cap Strength: 11.90 C Lifted Index: 14.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.58 C Showalter Index: 13.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.20 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: 7.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 72.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72928.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.32 mb = 1521.72 m = 4992.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 327 at 14 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 1003 138 105 1 -1.0 0.3 | 144 15 -8.8 12.3 1 1000 160 130 2 -1.5 1.3 | 145 16 -9.3 13.3 2 982 305 150 5 -2.5 4.3 | 148 19 -10.3 16.3 3 946 610 175 1 -0.1 1.0 | 149 15 -7.9 13.0 4 925 786 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 171 12 -1.8 12.0 5 910 914 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 171 12 -1.8 11.5 6 875 1219 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 203 13 5.2 12.0 7 850 1451 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 209 21 10.1 18.5 8 842 1524 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 209 21 10.1 18.5 9 809 1829 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 197 21 6.1 20.0 10 778 2134 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 199 15 5.0 14.3 11 748 2438 285 9 8.7 -2.3 | 185 10 0.9 9.7 12 719 2743 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 217 12 7.0 9.4 13 700 2944 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 214 13 7.1 10.7 14 690 3048 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 214 13 7.1 10.7 15 662 3353 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 203 1 0.2 0.5 16 636 3658 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 242 6 5.3 2.8 17 610 3962 320 17 10.9 -13.0 | 288 3 3.1 -1.0 18 585 4267 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 288 11 10.6 -3.4 19 562 4572 300 23 19.9 -11.5 | 268 12 12.1 0.5 20 539 4877 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 290 21 20.1 -7.5 21 500 5430 315 34 24.0 -24.0 | 307 20 16.2 -12.0 22 496 5486 315 32 22.6 -22.6 | 306 18 14.8 -10.6 23 455 6096 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 294 27 25.0 -10.9 24 436 6401 305 40 32.8 -22.9 | 294 27 25.0 -10.9 25 400 7000 315 46 32.5 -32.5 | 310 32 24.7 -20.5 26 365 7620 310 46 35.2 -29.6 | 303 33 27.4 -17.6 27 304 8839 305 54 44.2 -31.0 | 297 41 36.4 -19.0 28 300 8920 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 297 39 34.8 -17.8 29 290 9144 305 51 41.8 -29.3 | 297 38 34.0 -17.2 30 254 9971 310 48 36.8 -30.9 | 303 35 29.0 -18.8 31 250 10070 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 301 27 22.8 -13.7 32 239 10363 315 41 29.0 -29.0 | 309 27 21.2 -17.0 33 228 10668 295 39 35.3 -16.5 | 279 28 27.5 -4.5 34 217 10973 310 34 26.0 -21.9 | 298 21 18.2 -9.8 35 207 11278 295 34 30.8 -14.4 | 276 23 23.0 -2.4 36 200 11500 305 30 24.6 -17.2 | 287 18 16.8 -5.2 37 171 12497 310 25 19.2 -16.1 | 290 12 11.4 -4.1 38 164 12802 320 25 16.1 -19.2 | 311 11 8.3 -7.1 39 150 13360 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 272 14 13.9 -0.5 40 135 14021 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 263 19 18.5 2.4 41 112 15240 300 24 20.8 -12.0 | 270 13 13.0 0.0 42 100 15980 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 272 7 6.8 -0.2 43 97 16154 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 272 7 6.8 -0.2 44 89 16764 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 200 17 5.7 15.6 45 81 17374 295 18 16.3 -7.6 | 243 10 8.5 4.4 46 74 17983 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 209 10 4.8 8.6 47 70 18288 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 189 8 1.3 7.8 48 70 18310 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 152 8 -3.9 7.4 49 67 18593 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 152 4 -2.1 3.8 50 64 18898 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 187 15 1.9 14.6 51 61 19202 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 172 5 -0.7 4.9 52 58 19507 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 190 12 2.2 12.0 53 56 19812 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 221 7 4.3 5.0 54 53 20117 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 121 5 -4.4 2.6 55 51 20422 315 1 0.7 -0.7 | 148 13 -7.1 11.3 56 50 20520 265 3 3.0 0.3 | 159 13 -4.8 12.3 57 44 21336 215 3 1.7 2.5 | 157 16 -6.1 14.5 58 42 21641 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 162 5 -1.4 4.3 59 38 22250 5 10 -0.9 -10.0 | 103 9 -8.7 2.0 60 30 23870 325 2 1.1 -1.6 | 147 12 -6.7 10.4 61 28 24384 85 4 -4.0 -0.3 | 135 17 -11.8 11.7 62 20 26520 330 7 3.5 -6.1 | 144 7 -4.3 5.9 63 18 27127 55 12 -9.8 -6.9 | 106 18 -17.6 5.1 64 17 27432 60 11 -9.5 -5.5 | 111 19 -17.3 6.5 65 17 27737 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 117 19 -17.2 8.6 66 16 28042 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 124 21 -17.8 12.0 67 15 28346 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 117 19 -17.2 8.6 68 15 28651 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 132 23 -17.2 15.4 69 12 30175 185 4 0.3 4.0 | 155 18 -7.5 16.0 70 10 31140 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 122 21 -17.8 11.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.0 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 327.0 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.5 neg: -33.8 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 61.94 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 151 3 148 17| 2.0 0.0 2.0| 9.8 0.0 9.8 19.6 0.28| 7.8 2.2 1000 245 5 166 14| 6.2 0.0 6.2| 44.5 0.0 44.5 44.5 0.62| 10.1 6.3 1500 253 9 182 15| 4.2 3.1 7.3| 55.7 -9.4 46.3 30.8 0.44| 10.7 4.7 2000 250 10 187 16| 2.6 2.3 5.0| 59.6 -23.7 35.9 17.9 0.30| 10.2 3.0 2500 256 11 189 15| 2.7 1.9 4.6| 69.7 -32.1 37.6 15.0 0.26| 10.2 2.6 3000 261 11 194 14| 2.7 1.6 4.3| 78.5 -33.8 44.7 14.9 0.27| 9.7 2.6 4000 279 12 204 11| 3.2 1.2 4.4| 84.5 -34.2 50.3 12.6 0.26| 10.0 2.6 5000 290 16 225 10| 3.6 1.5 5.1|125.4 -46.0 79.3 15.9 0.25| 10.1 2.5 6000 297 19 250 10| 3.0 1.9 4.9|141.8 -76.1 65.7 10.9 0.20| 9.6 1.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250421.00.gif