UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 27 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 27 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 85 350 2 SFC 994 138 3.6 -6.4 48 10.0 -0.1 350 2 277.2 277.6 273.4 283.9 2.38 2 984 220 4.8 -5.2 48 10.0 1.0 19 4 279.2 279.7 274.9 286.7 2.63 3 981 245 6.6 -5.4 42 12.0 1.9 28 5 281.3 281.7 276.0 288.7 2.60 4 978 269 6.6 -5.4 42 12.0 1.9 37 6 281.5 282.0 276.1 289.0 2.61 5 940 591 4.0 -7.0 44 11.0 -0.2 97 10 282.1 282.5 276.1 289.0 2.40 6 932 660 4.4 -6.6 45 11.0 0.2 93 8 283.2 283.6 276.9 290.4 2.50 7 925 721 3.8 -7.2 44 11.0 -0.3 85 5 283.2 283.6 276.7 290.1 2.40 8 875 1170 1.4 -7.6 51 9.0 -2.0 294 3 285.2 285.7 277.9 292.4 2.46 9 850 1402 -0.7 -9.7 51 9.0 -3.8 235 6 285.4 285.8 277.5 291.7 2.15 10 833 1563 -1.9 -10.9 50 9.0 -4.9 211 6 285.8 286.1 277.5 291.7 2.00 11 765 2233 -7.7 -10.8 78 3.1 -8.7 153 9 286.6 287.0 278.2 293.0 2.19 12 748 2407 -9.1 -12.9 74 3.8 -10.2 159 6 286.9 287.2 277.9 292.5 1.89 13 700 2916 -13.9 -14.2 98 0.3 -14.0 150 5 287.1 287.4 277.9 292.5 1.82 14 688 3047 -15.1 -15.2 99 0.1 -15.1 163 6 287.2 287.5 277.8 292.2 1.70 15 681 3125 -14.3 -16.5 83 2.2 -14.9 171 6 288.9 289.2 278.4 293.6 1.54 16 678 3158 -13.1 -18.1 66 5.0 -14.3 174 7 290.6 290.9 279.0 294.8 1.36 17 656 3409 -14.1 -19.1 66 5.0 -15.3 199 8 292.2 292.5 279.6 296.2 1.29 18 654 3432 -14.3 -18.9 68 4.6 -15.4 201 8 292.3 292.5 279.7 296.3 1.31 19 638 3620 -15.9 -19.2 76 3.3 -16.7 220 10 292.5 292.8 279.8 296.6 1.31 20 628 3739 -16.7 -20.2 74 3.5 -17.5 226 10 292.9 293.2 279.9 296.7 1.22 21 621 3823 -17.5 -23.5 59 6.0 -18.7 226 9 293.0 293.1 279.5 295.9 0.92 22 619 3847 -17.5 -22.1 67 4.6 -18.5 226 9 293.2 293.4 279.8 296.5 1.05 23 608 3981 -18.5 -24.5 59 6.0 -19.7 227 9 293.6 293.7 279.7 296.3 0.86 24 570 4459 -22.5 -25.8 74 3.3 -23.1 222 8 294.4 294.5 280.0 297.0 0.82 25 555 4654 -23.9 -27.3 73 3.4 -24.5 212 10 295.0 295.1 280.1 297.3 0.73 26 550 4721 -24.3 -28.3 69 4.0 -24.9 209 11 295.3 295.4 280.2 297.4 0.67 27 535 4922 -25.9 -28.6 78 2.7 -26.3 200 12 295.7 295.8 280.4 297.9 0.67 28 519 5141 -26.7 -30.0 74 3.3 -27.2 200 15 297.3 297.4 281.0 299.3 0.61 29 500 5410 -27.9 -32.7 63 4.8 -28.5 225 9 299.0 299.1 281.6 300.6 0.49 30 489 5569 -28.9 -33.9 62 5.0 -29.5 225 9 299.7 299.8 281.8 301.2 0.44 31 469 5866 -31.5 -35.8 66 4.3 -31.9 225 9 300.1 300.1 281.9 301.4 0.38 32 438 6346 -35.3 -40.0 62 4.7 -35.7 217 10 301.2 301.2 282.2 302.1 0.27 33 435 6394 -35.7 -41.7 54 6.0 -36.1 216 10 301.3 301.3 282.2 302.1 0.23 34 400 6970 -40.9 -44.6 67 3.7 -41.1 215 6 301.8 301.9 282.4 302.5 0.18 35 387 7194 -42.3 -47.3 58 5.0 -42.5 209 9 302.9 302.9 282.7 303.4 0.14 36 373 7441 -44.5 -48.9 61 4.4 -44.7 220 13 303.2 303.2 282.8 303.6 0.12 37 363 7622 -45.3 -50.3 57 5.0 -45.5 244 15 304.4 304.5 283.3 304.8 0.11 38 353 7808 -46.7 -51.6 57 4.9 -46.9 248 19 305.0 305.0 283.5 305.3 0.09 39 333 8192 -49.5 -53.5 63 4.0 -49.6 233 19 306.3 306.3 284.0 306.6 0.08 40 328 8291 -49.1 -53.0 64 3.9 -49.2 227 18 308.2 308.2 284.8 308.5 0.08 41 323 8391 -49.5 -54.4 56 4.9 -49.6 220 17 309.0 309.0 285.0 309.3 0.07 42 319 8473 -50.3 -54.0 65 3.7 -50.4 215 16 309.0 309.0 285.0 309.3 0.08 43 308 8700 -51.9 -56.7 56 4.8 -52.0 210 16 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.1 0.06 44 300 8870 -53.5 -56.9 66 3.4 -53.6 210 17 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.2 0.06 45 297 8935 -53.9 -57.9 61 4.0 -54.0 212 17 310.3 310.3 285.5 310.5 0.05 46 293 9021 -54.7 -57.5 71 2.8 -54.8 215 16 310.3 310.3 285.5 310.5 0.06 47 291 9065 -54.7 -58.6 62 3.9 -54.8 215 16 310.9 311.0 285.7 311.1 0.05 48 289 9109 -53.9 -63.9 28 10.0 -54.1 215 17 312.7 312.7 286.3 312.8 0.02 49 285 9199 -53.3 -65.3 22 12.0 -53.5 211 16 314.8 314.8 287.1 314.9 0.02 50 276 9405 -53.5 -64.5 25 11.0 -53.7 198 13 317.4 317.4 287.9 317.5 0.02 51 266 9642 -53.9 -67.9 16 14.0 -54.1 193 11 320.2 320.2 288.8 320.3 0.02 52 261 9764 -53.9 -64.9 25 11.0 -54.1 192 10 321.9 321.9 289.4 322.0 0.02 53 250 10040 -53.9 -69.9 12 16.0 -54.1 190 9 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.01 54 246 10144 -53.7 -70.7 11 17.0 -53.9 194 10 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.8 0.01 55 225 10721 -51.3 -76.3 4 25.0 -51.7 216 14 339.9 339.9 294.3 339.9 0.01 56 200 11490 -49.1 -81.1 1 32.0 -49.6 270 6 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.00 57 150 13380 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -49.3 260 15 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 58 100 16020 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -52.0 260 17 429.0 429.0 308.7 429.0 0.00 59 94 16423 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -51.2 271 15 438.2 438.2 309.7 438.2 0.00 60 73 18068 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -53.1 257 10 467.3 467.3 312.4 467.3 0.00 61 70 18340 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -52.2 255 13 475.1 475.1 313.1 475.1 0.00 62 68 18528 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -52.0 251 11 479.9 479.9 313.4 479.9 0.00 63 60 19338 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -52.9 277 11 495.1 495.1 314.6 495.2 0.01 64 56 19787 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -50.0 267 8 513.2 513.2 315.9 513.3 0.01 65 50 20530 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -50.8 220 3 528.2 528.2 316.8 528.3 0.01 66 44 21366 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -52.1 304 5 544.5 544.5 317.8 544.5 0.01 67 37 22500 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -51.5 297 4 575.2 575.2 319.4 575.3 0.01 68 33 23247 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -53.1 50 2 589.6 589.6 320.1 589.6 0.01 69 30 23870 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -51.7 130 6 611.3 611.3 321.1 611.4 0.01 70 24 25344 -47.5 -83.5 1 36.0 -51.2 138 9 655.7 655.7 322.9 655.8 0.02 71 22 25919 -48.5 -84.5 1 36.0 -52.2 70 14 669.2 669.2 323.4 669.3 0.01 72 20 26550 -46.5 -83.5 1 37.0 -51.1 50 13 693.8 693.9 324.2 694.0 0.02 73 18 27250 -45.9 -82.9 1 37.0 -51.1 77 12 717.0 717.0 325.0 717.1 0.02 74 17 27629 -47.7 -83.7 1 36.0 -52.4 115 9 723.0 723.0 325.1 723.2 0.02 75 10 31160 -44.3 -82.3 1 38.0 -52.4 65 13 854.2 854.2 328.5 854.6 0.05 76 9.3 31645 -45.1 -83.1 1 38.0 -53.1 53 11 869.0 869.1 328.8 869.5 0.04 77 8.7 32092 -42.1 -82.1 0 40.0 -51.9 42 9 897.4 897.5 329.4 898.0 0.05 78 7.0 33570 -39.3 -80.3 1 41.0 -51.7 5 4 966.6 966.6 330.7 967.6 0.09 79 6.7 33870 -38.9 -80.9 0 42.0 -51.8 980.4 980.5 330.9 981.4 0.09 80 5.5 35223 -39.3 -81.3 0 42.0 -53.0 1035.6 1035.7 331.7 1036.8 0.10 TRP 293 9021 -54.7 -57.5 71 2.8 -54.8 215 16 310.3 310.3 285.5 310.5 0.06 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5325.00 m Freezing level: 858.33 mb = 1324.60 m = 4345.75 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.10 % Est. max temperature: 11.91 C = 53.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.01 mb = 1392.50 m = 4568.50 ft T: -0.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 748.0- 681.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.28 mb = 2466.18 m = 8091.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.29 C = 55.93 F Cap Strength: 7.67 C Lifted Index: 8.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: 7.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 17.20 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 21.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92845.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.63 mb = 1924.09 m = 6312.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 231 at 6 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 994 138 350 2 0.3 -2.0 | 37 7 -4.4 -5.7 1 974 305 50 7 -5.4 -4.5 | 51 13 -10.1 -8.3 2 938 610 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 82 15 -14.5 -2.0 3 925 721 85 5 -5.0 -0.4 | 67 11 -9.7 -4.2 4 903 914 315 6 4.2 -4.2 | 3 8 -0.5 -8.0 5 870 1219 290 2 1.9 -0.7 | 32 5 -2.8 -4.4 6 850 1402 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 325 0 0.2 -0.3 7 805 1829 170 7 -1.2 6.9 | 118 7 -5.9 3.1 8 774 2134 150 11 -5.5 9.5 | 120 12 -10.2 5.8 9 744 2438 160 5 -1.7 4.7 | 98 6 -6.4 0.9 10 716 2743 160 5 -1.7 4.7 | 98 6 -6.4 0.9 11 700 2916 150 5 -2.5 4.3 | 95 7 -7.2 0.6 12 633 3658 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 216 4 2.4 3.3 13 583 4267 230 7 5.4 4.5 | 222 1 0.7 0.7 14 537 4877 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 175 8 -0.6 7.5 15 516 5182 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 184 11 0.8 11.3 16 500 5410 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 213 3 1.7 2.6 17 453 6096 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 213 3 1.7 2.6 18 434 6401 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 193 5 1.0 4.4 19 400 6970 215 6 3.4 4.9 | 133 2 -1.3 1.2 20 398 7010 215 6 3.4 4.9 | 133 2 -1.3 1.2 21 380 7315 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 180 6 -0.0 6.2 22 363 7620 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 254 9 8.9 2.6 23 346 7925 250 22 20.7 7.5 | 257 16 16.0 3.8 24 316 8534 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 197 10 2.8 9.2 25 300 8870 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 199 12 3.8 11.0 26 293 9021 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 206 10 4.5 9.4 27 287 9144 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 206 11 5.1 10.2 28 274 9449 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 169 8 -1.6 7.8 29 250 10040 190 9 1.6 8.9 | 148 6 -3.1 5.1 30 249 10058 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 167 6 -1.3 5.6 31 238 10363 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 147 9 -4.7 7.2 32 227 10668 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 212 8 4.3 7.0 33 217 10973 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 175 8 -0.6 7.5 34 207 11278 225 14 9.9 9.9 | 220 8 5.2 6.1 35 200 11490 270 6 6.0 -0.0 | 341 4 1.3 -3.8 36 197 11582 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 274 5 4.7 -0.3 37 188 11887 255 5 4.8 1.3 | 357 2 0.1 -2.5 38 180 12192 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 245 11 10.0 4.7 39 172 12497 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 268 11 10.8 0.4 40 164 12802 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 237 10 8.4 5.4 41 156 13106 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 298 11 9.2 -5.0 42 150 13380 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 277 10 10.1 -1.1 43 149 13411 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 270 6 5.6 0.0 44 142 13716 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 255 8 8.0 2.2 45 136 14021 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 292 10 9.3 -3.8 46 130 14326 250 14 13.2 4.8 | 263 9 8.5 1.0 47 118 14935 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 267 12 11.7 0.6 48 113 15240 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 279 13 13.2 -2.2 49 108 15545 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 290 16 15.2 -5.5 50 103 15850 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 322 8 5.0 -6.3 51 100 16020 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 274 12 12.0 -0.8 52 98 16154 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 274 12 12.0 -0.8 53 89 16764 285 12 11.6 -3.1 | 315 10 6.9 -6.9 54 81 17374 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 304 11 9.1 -6.2 55 71 18288 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 280 4 3.8 -0.7 56 70 18340 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 273 8 7.9 -0.4 57 67 18593 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 274 5 4.7 -0.3 58 64 18898 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 273 8 7.9 -0.4 59 59 19507 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 322 8 5.0 -6.3 60 50 20530 220 3 1.9 2.3 | 62 3 -2.8 -1.5 61 44 21336 320 4 2.6 -3.1 | 17 7 -2.1 -6.8 62 42 21641 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 125 10 -8.1 5.6 63 40 21946 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 167 6 -1.3 5.6 64 35 22860 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 51 6 -4.7 -3.8 65 30 23870 130 6 -4.6 3.9 | 91 9 -9.3 0.1 66 28 24384 150 4 -2.0 3.5 | 88 7 -6.7 -0.3 67 23 25603 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 106 12 -11.8 3.3 68 22 25908 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 64 20 -17.9 -8.5 69 20 26518 60 3 -2.6 -1.5 | 54 9 -7.3 -5.3 70 20 26550 50 13 -10.0 -8.4 | 50 19 -14.7 -12.1 71 19 26822 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 38 16 -9.7 -12.4 72 18 27127 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 61 21 -18.3 -10.1 73 18 27432 95 7 -7.0 0.6 | 75 12 -11.7 -3.1 74 17 27737 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 99 13 -12.9 2.0 75 15 28651 130 14 -10.7 9.0 | 109 16 -15.4 5.2 76 14 28956 160 15 -5.1 14.1 | 136 14 -9.8 10.3 77 13 29261 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 133 9 -6.4 6.1 78 12 29870 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 63 16 -14.1 -7.2 79 12 30175 80 10 -9.8 -1.7 | 69 16 -14.5 -5.5 80 10 31160 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 61 19 -16.5 -9.2 81 7 33570 5 4 -0.3 -4.0 | 33 9 -5.0 -7.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.4 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 231.4 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.9 neg: -48.3 tot: -7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 24.92 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 73 7 63 13| 9.8 0.0 9.8| 32.2 0.0 32.2 64.4 0.67| 14.4 9.6 1000 55 6 53 12| 4.9 6.0 10.9| 35.3 -37.0 -1.7 -1.7 -0.08| 16.7 -1.3 1500 61 6 56 12| 3.3 4.1 7.4| 36.3 -38.5 -2.3 -1.5 -0.01| 15.1 -0.1 2000 143 6 99 9| 2.4 2.3 4.8| 37.0 -41.2 -4.2 -2.1 -0.03| 13.5 -0.4 2500 149 6 102 8| 1.2 1.9 3.0| 37.0 -47.9 -10.9 -4.4 -0.08| 12.0 -1.0 3000 152 6 103 8| 0.8 1.6 2.3| 40.9 -48.3 -7.4 -2.5 -0.04| 10.6 -0.5 4000 183 7 126 5| 0.3 1.2 1.5| 50.6 -48.3 2.3 0.6 0.08| 9.3 0.7 5000 194 8 141 5| 0.3 1.9 2.1| 53.0 -50.9 2.0 0.4 0.05| 8.5 0.4 6000 201 8 154 4| 0.9 1.6 2.5| 59.7 -51.1 8.6 1.4 0.08| 7.9 0.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250427.12.gif