UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 126 50 1 SFC 999 138 -2.3 -6.7 72 4.4 -3.8 50 1 270.9 271.3 269.4 277.3 2.31 2 994 178 2.2 -7.8 48 10.0 -1.3 55 3 275.8 276.2 272.2 281.8 2.13 3 992 194 3.4 -7.6 44 11.0 -0.5 57 4 277.2 277.6 273.1 283.3 2.17 4 968 391 2.0 -8.0 47 10.0 -1.5 90 8 277.7 278.1 273.3 283.8 2.16 5 957 483 2.6 -7.4 48 10.0 -1.0 111 8 279.2 279.6 274.4 285.7 2.29 6 950 542 2.2 -6.8 51 9.0 -1.1 124 7 279.4 279.8 274.7 286.3 2.41 7 925 755 0.6 -7.4 55 8.0 -2.3 155 9 279.9 280.3 274.9 286.6 2.37 8 894 1028 -1.5 -8.5 59 7.0 -3.9 147 9 280.5 280.9 275.0 286.9 2.25 9 874 1207 -3.1 -7.6 71 4.5 -4.7 150 8 280.7 281.1 275.5 287.7 2.47 10 850 1427 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734 2560 -10.7 -25.7 28 15.0 -13.7 295 5 286.7 286.8 276.0 288.7 0.64 25 732 2581 -10.7 -29.7 19 19.0 -14.1 295 5 286.9 287.0 275.8 288.4 0.44 26 730 2602 -10.7 -26.7 26 16.0 -13.8 295 5 287.2 287.3 276.2 289.0 0.59 27 729 2613 -10.9 -20.9 44 10.0 -13.2 295 5 287.1 287.2 276.7 290.1 0.99 28 728 2624 -10.9 -19.9 47 9.0 -13.0 295 5 287.2 287.4 276.9 290.5 1.08 29 724 2666 -11.1 -18.1 56 7.0 -12.9 295 5 287.4 287.6 277.3 291.2 1.27 30 719 2719 -11.3 -19.3 52 8.0 -13.2 295 6 287.8 288.0 277.3 291.3 1.15 31 717 2740 -11.3 -23.3 36 12.0 -13.9 295 6 288.0 288.1 276.9 290.5 0.82 32 716 2751 -11.5 -20.5 47 9.0 -13.6 295 6 287.9 288.1 277.2 291.1 1.04 33 711 2805 -11.9 -18.9 56 7.0 -13.6 298 7 288.0 288.2 277.5 291.7 1.21 34 700 2924 -12.5 -23.5 39 11.0 -14.8 305 10 288.6 288.8 277.3 291.2 0.82 35 692 3012 -12.7 -23.7 39 11.0 -15.0 308 10 289.4 289.5 277.6 291.9 0.82 36 690 3034 -12.5 -35.5 13 23.0 -16.0 309 10 289.8 289.9 277.0 290.7 0.27 37 689 3045 -12.3 -41.3 7 29.0 -16.1 310 10 290.2 290.2 277.0 290.7 0.15 38 680 3145 -12.9 -33.9 15 21.0 -16.2 309 11 290.6 290.7 277.5 291.6 0.32 39 677 3179 -13.1 -24.1 39 11.0 -15.4 309 11 290.7 290.9 278.3 293.3 0.80 40 674 3212 -13.3 -26.3 33 13.0 -15.9 309 12 290.9 291.0 278.2 293.0 0.66 41 669 3269 -13.7 -23.7 43 10.0 -15.8 308 12 291.1 291.2 278.5 293.7 0.84 42 649 3499 -14.5 -27.5 32 13.0 -16.9 306 15 292.7 292.8 278.9 294.7 0.62 43 637 3640 -15.5 -25.5 42 10.0 -17.4 305 17 293.1 293.3 279.3 295.5 0.75 44 587 4251 -20.3 -25.1 65 4.8 -21.2 300 21 294.5 294.6 280.1 297.2 0.85 45 583 4301 -20.7 -26.7 59 6.0 -21.7 300 21 294.6 294.7 280.0 296.9 0.74 46 575 4403 -21.3 -28.3 53 7.0 -22.5 301 20 295.0 295.2 280.1 297.1 0.65 47 571 4455 -21.7 -26.7 64 5.0 -22.5 301 20 295.2 295.3 280.3 297.6 0.75 48 557 4637 -22.7 -28.7 58 6.0 -23.7 303 18 296.1 296.2 280.5 298.2 0.64 49 549 4743 -23.1 -31.1 48 8.0 -24.3 304 17 296.8 296.9 280.7 298.5 0.52 50 545 4796 -23.7 -30.7 53 7.0 -24.7 304 17 296.7 296.8 280.7 298.5 0.54 51 543 4823 -23.7 -33.7 39 10.0 -25.0 304 17 297.1 297.1 280.6 298.4 0.41 52 540 4864 -24.1 -30.1 58 6.0 -25.0 305 16 297.0 297.1 280.8 298.9 0.58 53 538 4891 -24.3 -32.3 48 8.0 -25.4 305 16 297.1 297.2 280.7 298.7 0.47 54 500 5420 -28.3 -33.1 63 4.8 -28.9 310 17 298.5 298.6 281.4 300.1 0.47 55 400 6980 -39.1 -50.1 30 11.0 -39.6 300 32 304.2 304.2 283.2 304.5 0.10 56 300 8890 -53.1 -60.1 42 7.0 -53.2 295 36 310.5 310.5 285.5 310.7 0.04 57 266 9658 -57.5 -63.5 46 6.0 -57.6 290 32 314.9 314.9 287.1 315.1 0.03 58 250 10050 -57.1 -67.1 27 10.0 -57.2 280 35 321.2 321.2 289.1 321.2 0.02 59 200 11480 -51.9 -80.9 2 29.0 -52.3 305 27 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.00 60 150 13340 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -52.1 295 19 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 61 100 15970 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -52.3 295 19 428.2 428.2 308.6 428.2 0.00 62 80 17427 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -51.1 320 17 459.7 459.7 311.7 459.8 0.00 63 70 18300 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -52.1 305 8 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 64 69 18394 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -52.2 305 9 477.0 477.0 313.2 477.0 0.00 65 66 18685 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -49.7 316 11 489.7 489.7 314.2 489.7 0.01 66 53 20127 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -50.9 17 10 519.0 519.0 316.2 519.1 0.01 67 50 20510 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -50.0 265 2 530.6 530.6 316.9 530.6 0.01 68 49 20643 -47.7 -82.7 1 35.0 -49.8 280 2 534.1 534.1 317.2 534.2 0.01 69 32 23429 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -52.8 345 9 595.9 595.9 320.4 595.9 0.01 70 30 23850 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -52.1 340 8 610.2 610.2 321.0 610.3 0.01 71 28 24304 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -51.9 27 11 623.5 623.5 321.6 623.6 0.01 72 21 26190 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -53.7 73 10 672.2 672.2 323.5 672.3 0.01 73 20 26510 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -52.6 35 15 687.1 687.1 324.0 687.2 0.02 74 20 26510 -48.5 -84.5 1 36.0 -52.4 35 15 687.7 687.7 324.0 687.8 0.02 75 17 27585 -46.3 -83.3 1 37.0 -51.5 22 13 727.5 727.5 325.3 727.7 0.02 76 16 27988 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -51.5 46 16 741.5 741.5 325.7 741.7 0.03 77 14 28877 -45.7 -83.7 1 38.0 -51.8 63 10 771.1 771.1 326.5 771.3 0.03 78 13 29370 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -52.7 46 11 784.1 784.1 326.8 784.4 0.03 79 12 29902 -45.3 -83.3 1 38.0 -52.1 70 11 807.2 807.3 327.4 807.5 0.03 80 12 29902 -44.9 -82.9 1 38.0 -52.0 70 11 808.7 808.7 327.4 809.0 0.03 81 11 30484 -44.9 -82.9 1 38.0 -52.2 103 10 829.0 829.1 328.0 829.4 0.04 82 10 31120 -45.7 -82.7 1 37.0 -53.1 100 8 849.0 849.0 328.4 849.4 0.04 83 10 31120 -43.5 -82.5 1 39.0 -52.0 100 8 857.2 857.2 328.5 857.6 0.04 TRP 266 9658 -57.5 -63.5 46 6.0 -57.6 290 32 314.9 314.9 287.1 315.1 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5294.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 996.44 mb = 158.40 m = 519.69 ft Freezing level: 916.14 mb = 832.89 m = 2732.54 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.43 % Est. max temperature: 7.58 C = 45.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.23 mb = 692.72 m = 2272.69 ft T: 1.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 2.79 C Layer 766.0- 756.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.38 mb = 1943.84 m = 6377.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.94 C = 46.29 F Cap Strength: 10.91 C Lifted Index: 11.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.35 C Showalter Index: 10.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 3.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 35.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68057.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.31 mb = 1666.93 m = 5468.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 329 at 9 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 138 50 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 143 9 -5.6 7.5 1 978 305 70 9 -8.5 -3.1 | 111 14 -13.3 5.0 2 942 610 140 7 -4.5 5.4 | 145 16 -9.4 13.5 3 925 755 155 9 -3.8 8.2 | 152 18 -8.7 16.3 4 907 914 145 9 -5.2 7.4 | 147 18 -10.0 15.5 5 873 1219 150 8 -4.0 6.9 | 149 17 -8.9 15.0 6 850 1427 160 9 -3.1 8.5 | 154 18 -8.0 16.6 7 807 1829 170 6 -1.0 5.9 | 157 15 -5.9 14.0 8 776 2134 195 4 1.0 3.9 | 162 13 -3.8 12.0 9 746 2438 295 4 3.6 -1.7 | 169 7 -1.3 6.4 10 717 2743 295 6 5.4 -2.5 | 186 6 0.6 5.6 11 700 2924 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 234 4 3.3 2.4 12 688 3048 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 239 3 2.8 1.7 13 634 3658 305 17 13.9 -9.8 | 280 9 9.0 -1.7 14 584 4267 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 280 14 13.3 -2.4 15 538 4877 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 277 8 8.2 -1.1 16 516 5182 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 310 9 6.7 -5.7 17 500 5420 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 289 9 8.1 -2.8 18 495 5486 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 277 8 8.2 -1.1 19 474 5791 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 279 13 12.4 -1.9 20 454 6096 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 289 14 13.1 -4.5 21 400 6980 300 32 27.7 -16.0 | 289 24 22.8 -7.9 22 363 7620 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 284 28 26.8 -6.7 23 347 7925 295 37 33.5 -15.6 | 285 30 28.6 -7.5 24 300 8890 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 284 29 27.7 -7.1 25 288 9144 295 35 31.7 -14.8 | 284 28 26.8 -6.7 26 266 9658 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 276 25 25.2 -2.8 27 250 10050 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 266 30 29.6 2.0 28 250 10058 280 35 34.5 -6.1 | 266 30 29.6 2.0 29 216 10973 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 288 13 12.3 -3.9 30 206 11278 285 24 23.2 -6.2 | 264 18 18.3 1.9 31 200 11480 305 27 22.1 -15.5 | 293 19 17.2 -7.4 32 197 11582 305 25 20.5 -14.3 | 292 17 15.6 -6.2 33 179 12192 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 275 15 15.1 -1.2 34 156 13106 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 302 10 8.6 -5.3 35 150 13340 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 270 12 12.3 0.1 36 142 13716 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 259 15 14.4 2.9 37 135 14021 305 23 18.8 -13.2 | 290 15 14.0 -5.1 38 117 14935 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 313 13 9.3 -8.8 39 112 15240 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 321 10 6.0 -7.5 40 107 15545 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 284 4 4.3 -1.1 41 102 15850 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 259 9 8.7 1.8 42 100 15970 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 270 12 12.3 0.1 43 97 16154 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 270 12 12.3 0.1 44 81 17374 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 310 9 6.7 -5.7 45 77 17678 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 254 2 1.5 0.4 46 73 17983 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 231 5 3.8 3.1 47 70 18288 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 279 2 2.2 -0.3 48 70 18300 305 8 6.6 -4.6 | 205 4 1.7 3.5 49 67 18593 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 234 4 3.3 2.4 50 64 18898 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 6 4 -0.4 -4.1 51 61 19202 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 224 6 4.5 4.7 52 58 19507 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 276 4 3.6 -0.4 53 56 19812 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 234 4 3.3 2.4 54 53 20117 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 81 8 -8.3 -1.3 55 50 20510 265 2 2.0 0.2 | 161 9 -2.9 8.3 56 44 21336 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 149 9 -4.9 8.1 57 40 21946 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 34 1 -0.7 -1.0 58 38 22250 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 69 5 -4.9 -1.9 59 30 23850 340 8 2.7 -7.5 | 105 2 -2.1 0.6 60 28 24384 35 12 -6.9 -9.8 | 82 12 -11.8 -1.7 61 23 25603 20 1 -0.3 -0.9 | 144 9 -5.2 7.2 62 21 26213 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 111 16 -14.5 5.5 63 20 26510 35 15 -8.6 -12.3 | 73 14 -13.5 -4.2 64 18 26822 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 69 5 -4.9 -1.9 65 16 27127 45 16 -11.3 -11.3 | 79 17 -16.2 -3.2 66 14 27432 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 108 15 -14.3 4.7 67 13 27737 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 91 13 -12.7 0.3 68 12 28042 80 11 -10.8 -1.9 | 111 17 -15.7 6.2 69 10 28346 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 137 19 -13.1 13.8 70 8 28956 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 149 9 -4.9 8.1 71 8 29261 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 92 11 -11.3 0.4 72 7 29566 60 15 -13.0 -7.5 | 92 18 -17.9 0.6 73 6 29870 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 103 14 -13.5 3.1 74 5 30175 65 18 -16.3 -7.6 | 91 21 -21.2 0.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.9 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 328.9 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.2 neg: -21.6 tot: 56.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 48.45 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 94 7 126 15| 7.7 0.0 7.7| 37.4 -14.4 23.0 46.0 0.21| 18.1 3.7 1000 127 8 139 17| 4.4 0.0 4.4| 46.4 -20.3 26.1 26.1 0.20| 11.1 2.2 1500 139 8 144 17| 2.7 0.0 2.7| 57.1 -20.3 36.8 24.5 0.26| 8.7 2.3 2000 146 7 148 17| 1.3 0.0 1.3| 63.3 -20.3 43.0 21.5 0.28| 7.7 2.1 2500 153 7 150 16| 1.2 0.0 1.2| 71.5 -21.6 49.9 20.0 0.29| 7.8 2.2 3000 167 7 157 16| 1.9 0.0 1.9| 78.2 -21.6 56.6 18.9 0.37| 7.7 2.8 4000 278 9 213 8| 1.4 1.2 2.7| 82.4 -21.8 60.7 15.2 0.36| 7.0 2.5 5000 294 11 237 6| 1.0 1.0 2.0| 91.5 -23.1 68.4 13.7 0.36| 6.6 2.4 6000 299 13 252 6| 1.2 1.0 2.2|100.2 -32.6 67.6 11.3 0.28| 6.4 1.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250421.12.gif