UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 23 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 98 105 1 SFC 995 138 9.0 -6.0 34 15.0 3.1 105 1 282.6 283.0 276.5 289.6 2.45 2 927 719 3.4 -6.6 48 10.0 -0.4 94 4 282.6 283.0 276.6 289.8 2.51 3 925 737 3.2 -6.8 48 10.0 -0.6 95 4 282.6 283.0 276.5 289.7 2.48 4 901 949 1.4 -8.6 47 10.0 -2.1 113 4 282.9 283.2 276.3 289.2 2.21 5 850 1414 -2.9 -8.9 63 6.0 -5.0 110 3 283.1 283.5 276.5 289.7 2.29 6 812 1774 -6.3 -9.8 76 3.5 -7.4 84 4 283.2 283.6 276.5 289.7 2.23 7 805 1842 -6.9 -10.0 79 3.1 -7.9 82 4 283.3 283.7 276.5 289.7 2.22 8 780 2088 -8.5 -11.6 78 3.1 -9.5 154 3 284.1 284.5 276.7 290.0 2.01 9 771 2178 -9.3 -13.7 70 4.4 -10.6 179 3 284.2 284.5 276.3 289.3 1.72 10 700 2916 -15.7 -15.7 100 0.0 -15.7 235 5 285.1 285.4 276.6 289.8 1.61 11 699 2927 -15.9 -15.9 100 0.0 -15.9 235 5 285.0 285.3 276.5 289.7 1.58 12 681 3123 -17.1 -17.6 96 0.5 -17.2 242 4 285.8 286.0 276.6 290.0 1.41 13 680 3134 -15.5 -18.3 79 2.8 -16.2 242 4 287.7 287.9 277.5 291.7 1.33 14 679 3145 -15.3 -18.4 77 3.1 -16.0 243 4 288.0 288.3 277.7 292.0 1.32 15 674 3201 -14.9 -18.9 71 4.0 -15.9 244 3 289.1 289.3 278.1 293.0 1.27 16 666 3291 -15.3 -20.3 66 5.0 -16.4 247 3 289.6 289.8 278.2 293.1 1.14 17 662 3336 -15.5 -24.5 46 9.0 -17.3 249 3 289.9 290.1 277.9 292.4 0.79 18 658 3382 -15.7 -24.7 46 9.0 -17.4 250 3 290.2 290.3 278.0 292.6 0.78 19 653 3440 -15.5 -24.5 46 9.0 -17.3 252 2 291.0 291.2 278.4 293.6 0.80 20 652 3451 -15.7 -22.7 55 7.0 -17.1 253 2 290.9 291.1 278.6 293.9 0.95 21 648 3498 -16.1 -21.1 65 5.0 -17.2 254 2 291.0 291.2 278.8 294.4 1.10 22 592 4172 -20.7 -24.9 69 4.2 -21.5 301 3 293.3 293.4 279.6 296.0 0.86 23 573 4412 -22.7 -25.0 81 2.3 -23.1 309 4 293.7 293.8 279.7 296.5 0.88 24 567 4489 -23.1 -27.0 70 3.9 -23.7 308 4 294.1 294.2 279.7 296.5 0.74 25 560 4580 -23.7 -26.0 81 2.3 -24.1 308 4 294.4 294.6 280.0 297.0 0.82 26 550 4711 -24.7 -27.3 79 2.6 -25.1 306 3 294.8 294.9 280.1 297.1 0.74 27 549 4724 -24.7 -27.8 75 3.1 -25.2 306 3 294.9 295.1 280.1 297.2 0.71 28 548 4738 -24.7 -29.7 63 5.0 -25.4 306 3 295.1 295.2 280.0 297.0 0.59 29 546 4764 -24.9 -30.9 57 6.0 -25.7 306 3 295.2 295.3 280.0 296.9 0.53 30 544 4791 -24.9 -29.9 63 5.0 -25.6 306 3 295.5 295.6 280.2 297.4 0.59 31 540 4844 -24.9 -33.9 43 9.0 -26.1 305 3 296.1 296.2 280.2 297.4 0.40 32 535 4912 -25.3 -32.3 52 7.0 -26.2 307 3 296.4 296.5 280.4 298.0 0.47 33 524 5063 -25.9 -34.9 43 9.0 -27.0 322 4 297.4 297.5 280.8 298.7 0.38 34 506 5315 -28.1 -34.1 56 6.0 -28.8 347 5 297.8 297.8 281.0 299.2 0.42 35 501 5386 -28.5 -35.5 51 7.0 -29.3 354 6 298.1 298.2 281.1 299.4 0.37 36 500 5400 -28.7 -34.7 56 6.0 -29.4 355 6 298.0 298.1 281.1 299.4 0.40 37 498 5429 -28.7 -33.5 63 4.8 -29.3 355 6 298.4 298.5 281.3 299.9 0.45 38 474 5781 -30.9 -37.9 50 7.0 -31.6 350 7 299.9 300.0 281.7 301.0 0.31 39 437 6351 -35.9 -40.9 60 5.0 -36.3 345 9 300.6 300.7 282.0 301.5 0.24 40 423 6577 -37.5 -44.5 48 7.0 -37.9 345 10 301.4 301.4 282.2 302.0 0.17 41 400 6960 -40.7 -46.7 52 6.0 -41.0 355 9 302.1 302.1 282.4 302.6 0.14 42 396 7028 -41.3 -46.3 58 5.0 -41.6 357 9 302.2 302.2 282.5 302.7 0.15 43 383 7254 -43.1 -50.1 46 7.0 -43.4 4 11 302.7 302.7 282.6 303.1 0.10 44 371 7467 -44.9 -50.9 51 6.0 -45.1 10 12 303.1 303.1 282.8 303.4 0.10 45 310 8641 -54.3 -58.4 61 4.1 -54.4 7 20 305.9 305.9 283.8 306.1 0.05 46 300 8850 -55.7 -59.4 63 3.7 -55.8 5 21 306.8 306.8 284.2 307.0 0.04 47 286 9154 -57.5 -60.1 72 2.6 -57.5 359 19 308.5 308.5 284.8 308.6 0.04 48 281 9266 -58.1 -61.2 67 3.1 -58.2 345 20 309.2 309.2 285.1 309.3 0.04 49 274 9426 -57.5 -64.5 41 7.0 -57.6 354 24 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.4 0.02 50 265 9638 -57.1 -68.1 24 11.0 -57.2 355 18 315.9 315.9 287.4 315.9 0.02 51 260 9759 -56.9 -68.9 21 12.0 -57.1 354 14 317.9 317.9 288.1 317.9 0.01 52 250 10010 -54.1 -75.1 6 21.0 -54.4 325 14 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.7 0.01 53 249 10036 -53.5 -75.5 5 22.0 -53.8 325 13 326.9 326.9 290.8 326.9 0.01 54 226 10663 -49.9 -79.9 2 30.0 -50.3 275 15 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.6 0.00 55 215 10988 -50.7 -78.7 2 28.0 -51.1 314 13 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.00 56 200 11460 -48.7 -80.7 1 32.0 -49.3 305 12 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.00 57 189 11831 -48.1 -80.1 1 32.0 -48.7 302 11 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 58 162 12845 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -48.7 319 12 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 59 150 13350 -48.7 -81.7 1 33.0 -49.4 330 11 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 60 100 15990 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.4 320 11 430.2 430.2 308.9 430.2 0.00 61 90 16678 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -52.4 316 12 441.3 441.3 310.0 441.3 0.00 62 70 18320 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -51.2 330 5 477.6 477.6 313.2 477.7 0.00 63 68 18509 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -51.6 325 7 480.7 480.7 313.5 480.8 0.01 64 63 19008 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -50.0 331 10 495.8 495.8 314.7 495.8 0.01 65 50 20520 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -51.5 335 4 526.4 526.4 316.7 526.4 0.01 66 37 22496 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -51.3 30 11 575.7 575.7 319.5 575.8 0.01 67 34 23051 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -52.4 24 11 586.7 586.7 320.0 586.7 0.01 68 32 23447 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -52.5 22 7 596.9 596.9 320.5 597.0 0.01 69 30 23870 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -51.7 20 3 611.3 611.3 321.1 611.4 0.01 70 25 25061 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.5 63 2 638.9 638.9 322.3 639.0 0.01 71 20 26520 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -52.6 50 10 687.1 687.1 324.0 687.2 0.02 72 14 28872 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -52.5 75 16 767.0 767.0 326.4 767.3 0.03 73 13 29362 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -53.1 90 19 781.4 781.4 326.8 781.6 0.03 74 12 29892 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -52.5 99 18 805.1 805.1 327.4 805.4 0.03 75 10 31110 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -52.2 130 10 854.9 855.0 328.5 855.4 0.05 76 9.2 31670 -43.7 -81.7 1 38.0 -52.4 877.1 877.1 329.0 877.6 0.05 77 8.8 31968 -44.3 -82.3 1 38.0 -52.9 886.0 886.0 329.1 886.5 0.05 78 7.6 32960 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -51.7 940.9 940.9 330.2 941.7 0.07 79 7.0 33520 -40.9 -80.9 1 40.0 -52.4 960.0 960.0 330.5 960.9 0.08 TRP 281 9266 -58.1 -61.2 67 3.1 -58.2 345 20 309.2 309.2 285.1 309.3 0.04 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5302.00 m Freezing level: 884.40 mb = 1100.46 m = 3610.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 934.68 mb = 651.68 m = 2138.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.71 % Est. max temperature: 9.57 C = 49.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.25 mb = 1985.92 m = 6515.41 ft T: -7.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 0.74 C Layer 771.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.47 mb = 2192.65 m = 7193.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.68 C = 51.23 F Cap Strength: 7.87 C Lifted Index: 7.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: 7.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.80 C K Index: 16.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 12.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82675.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.85 mb = 2009.62 m = 6593.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 359 at 3 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 995 138 105 1 -1.0 0.3 | 163 3 -1.0 3.3 1 975 305 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 144 3 -2.0 2.8 2 939 610 85 2 -2.0 -0.2 | 144 3 -2.0 2.8 3 925 737 95 4 -4.0 0.3 | 130 5 -4.0 3.3 4 905 914 115 4 -3.6 1.7 | 142 6 -3.7 4.7 5 871 1219 100 6 -5.9 1.0 | 124 7 -6.0 4.0 6 850 1414 110 3 -2.8 1.0 | 145 5 -2.9 4.0 7 806 1829 80 4 -3.9 -0.7 | 120 5 -4.0 2.3 8 774 2134 170 3 -0.5 3.0 | 175 6 -0.6 6.0 9 745 2438 245 3 2.7 1.3 | 212 5 2.7 4.3 10 716 2743 235 7 5.7 4.0 | 219 9 5.7 7.0 11 700 2916 235 5 4.1 2.9 | 215 7 4.0 5.9 12 633 3658 260 1 1.0 0.2 | 196 3 0.9 3.2 13 583 4267 310 4 3.1 -2.6 | 262 3 3.0 0.4 14 537 4877 305 3 2.5 -1.7 | 242 3 2.4 1.3 15 500 5400 355 6 0.5 -6.0 | 351 3 0.5 -3.0 16 453 6096 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 337 5 2.0 -4.7 17 415 6706 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 339 7 2.5 -6.7 18 400 6960 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 353 6 0.7 -6.0 19 362 7620 15 13 -3.4 -12.6 | 20 10 -3.4 -9.6 20 300 8850 5 21 -1.8 -20.9 | 6 18 -1.9 -17.9 21 286 9144 360 19 -0.0 -19.0 | 0 16 -0.0 -16.0 22 281 9266 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 343 17 5.1 -16.3 23 273 9449 355 24 2.1 -23.9 | 354 21 2.0 -20.9 24 260 9754 355 14 1.2 -13.9 | 354 11 1.2 -10.9 25 250 10010 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 317 12 8.0 -8.5 26 248 10058 325 13 7.5 -10.6 | 316 11 7.4 -7.6 27 226 10668 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 264 15 14.9 1.7 28 216 10973 315 13 9.2 -9.2 | 304 11 9.1 -6.2 29 206 11278 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 277 12 12.2 -1.4 30 200 11460 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 292 11 9.8 -3.9 31 196 11582 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 297 10 9.1 -4.7 32 187 11887 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 285 10 9.5 -2.5 33 179 12192 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 271 12 11.5 -0.1 34 171 12497 315 14 9.9 -9.9 | 305 12 9.9 -6.9 35 163 12802 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 315 10 6.8 -6.8 36 156 13106 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 267 13 12.8 0.7 37 150 13350 330 11 5.5 -9.5 | 320 9 5.5 -6.5 38 149 13411 330 12 6.0 -10.4 | 321 9 6.0 -7.4 39 142 13716 305 9 7.4 -5.2 | 286 8 7.3 -2.2 40 135 14021 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 274 10 10.3 -0.8 41 129 14326 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 299 12 10.7 -6.0 42 123 14630 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 328 10 5.4 -8.8 43 118 14935 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 310 11 8.3 -7.0 44 112 15240 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 317 13 8.6 -9.3 45 107 15545 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 335 11 4.7 -10.2 46 100 15990 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 308 9 7.0 -5.4 47 98 16154 320 11 7.1 -8.4 | 308 9 7.0 -5.4 48 89 16764 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 303 10 8.4 -5.5 49 85 17069 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 325 7 4.2 -6.1 50 77 17678 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 312 8 5.7 -5.2 51 70 18288 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 332 7 3.4 -6.4 52 70 18320 330 5 2.5 -4.3 | 298 3 2.5 -1.3 53 64 18898 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 300 8 7.0 -4.1 54 61 19202 360 10 -0.0 -10.0 | 0 7 -0.0 -7.0 55 51 20422 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 179 3 -0.0 3.0 56 50 20520 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 291 2 1.6 -0.6 57 44 21336 45 5 -3.5 -3.5 | 81 4 -3.6 -0.5 58 35 22860 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 32 10 -5.5 -8.8 59 30 23870 20 3 -1.0 -2.8 | 100 1 -1.1 0.2 60 28 24384 30 3 -1.5 -2.6 | 105 2 -1.5 0.4 61 23 25603 90 1 -1.0 0.0 | 161 3 -1.0 3.0 62 20 26520 50 10 -7.7 -6.4 | 66 8 -7.7 -3.4 63 19 26822 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 22 7 -2.6 -6.7 64 18 27127 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 77 9 -8.7 -2.0 65 17 27432 65 18 -16.3 -7.6 | 74 17 -16.4 -4.6 66 17 27737 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 100 17 -17.0 3.0 67 16 28042 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 114 18 -16.5 7.4 68 15 28346 80 12 -11.8 -2.1 | 94 12 -11.9 0.9 69 14 28651 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 104 12 -12.0 3.0 70 14 28956 70 17 -16.0 -5.8 | 80 16 -16.0 -2.8 71 13 29261 90 18 -18.0 0.0 | 99 18 -18.0 3.0 72 13 29566 90 20 -20.0 0.0 | 99 20 -20.0 3.0 73 10 31110 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 141 12 -7.7 9.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.1 at 4.0 knts Storm direction: 359.1 at 3.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.7 neg: -8.7 tot: 10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 3.48 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 87 2 147 3| 0.0 1.6 1.6| 0.0 -1.3 -1.3 -2.7 -0.91| 1.6 -1.5 1000 100 3 139 5| 1.6 0.8 2.4| 1.6 -4.4 -2.9 -2.9 -0.40| 3.1 -1.3 1500 100 3 137 5| 1.1 0.5 1.6| 4.4 -6.4 -2.0 -1.3 -0.19| 3.5 -0.7 2000 101 3 137 5| 1.1 0.4 1.5| 11.9 -7.4 4.5 2.3 0.15| 4.2 0.6 2500 114 3 144 5| 1.4 0.3 1.7| 18.5 -7.4 11.1 4.5 0.29| 4.7 1.4 3000 143 4 159 6| 0.9 0.3 1.1| 18.7 -8.7 10.1 3.4 0.23| 4.7 1.1 4000 170 3 174 6| 0.5 0.2 0.7| 21.1 -10.0 11.1 2.8 0.23| 4.3 1.0 5000 234 3 208 6| 0.4 0.2 0.6| 23.2 -10.6 12.5 2.5 0.27| 3.8 1.0 6000 329 4 282 2| 0.5 0.3 0.7| 25.0 -11.6 13.3 2.2 0.28| 3.6 1.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250423.00.gif