UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 28 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 47 SFC 989 138 12.8 -6.2 26 19.0 4.9 5 3 286.9 287.3 278.6 293.9 2.43 2 987 155 11.8 -5.2 30 17.0 4.6 10 3 286.0 286.5 278.4 293.6 2.63 3 925 694 6.8 -6.2 39 13.0 1.6 110 2 286.3 286.7 278.5 293.8 2.60 4 850 1380 0.2 -7.8 55 8.0 -2.8 110 6 286.4 286.8 278.4 293.6 2.50 5 795 1911 -4.9 -8.8 74 3.9 -6.2 130 8 286.4 286.9 278.4 293.6 2.47 6 763 2233 -7.9 -9.8 86 1.9 -8.5 161 9 286.6 287.0 278.4 293.5 2.38 7 753 2335 -8.5 -11.3 80 2.8 -9.4 163 8 287.0 287.4 278.3 293.3 2.14 8 747 2397 -9.1 -11.2 85 2.1 -9.8 164 7 287.0 287.4 278.3 293.4 2.17 9 743 2439 -8.5 -13.5 67 5.0 -10.0 165 7 288.1 288.4 278.4 293.5 1.81 10 717 2714 -10.3 -15.2 67 4.9 -11.7 201 5 289.1 289.4 278.6 294.0 1.63 11 710 2790 -10.1 -17.1 57 7.0 -12.0 202 6 290.1 290.4 278.8 294.4 1.41 12 700 2899 -10.9 -17.9 56 7.0 -12.7 195 8 290.4 290.7 278.9 294.5 1.33 13 686 3054 -11.9 -18.9 56 7.0 -13.6 210 10 291.0 291.2 279.0 294.8 1.25 14 640 3579 -16.5 -21.1 68 4.6 -17.5 198 10 291.6 291.8 279.1 295.0 1.11 15 616 3865 -18.5 -23.3 66 4.8 -19.4 197 10 292.5 292.7 279.3 295.5 0.95 16 566 4490 -22.1 -27.1 64 5.0 -22.9 177 10 295.4 295.6 280.4 297.8 0.73 17 558 4595 -22.9 -27.8 64 4.9 -23.7 171 10 295.7 295.8 280.4 297.9 0.70 18 554 4647 -23.1 -25.7 79 2.6 -23.5 178 10 296.1 296.2 280.8 298.8 0.85 19 546 4753 -23.5 -27.5 70 4.0 -24.2 192 10 296.8 297.0 281.0 299.2 0.73 20 534 4915 -24.7 -28.2 73 3.5 -25.2 209 10 297.3 297.4 281.1 299.6 0.70 21 530 4970 -24.9 -29.8 64 4.9 -25.6 208 10 297.7 297.8 281.2 299.7 0.61 22 529 4984 -24.9 -30.9 57 6.0 -25.8 208 9 297.8 297.9 281.2 299.6 0.55 23 524 5052 -25.7 -30.7 63 5.0 -26.4 207 9 297.7 297.8 281.1 299.5 0.57 24 522 5080 -25.7 -31.7 57 6.0 -26.5 206 9 298.0 298.1 281.2 299.7 0.52 25 500 5390 -28.3 -31.5 74 3.2 -28.7 200 7 298.5 298.6 281.5 300.3 0.55 26 495 5462 -28.9 -31.2 80 2.3 -29.2 199 7 298.7 298.8 281.5 300.5 0.57 27 490 5534 -29.1 -33.3 67 4.2 -29.6 197 8 299.3 299.4 281.7 300.9 0.47 28 478 5711 -30.3 -33.9 71 3.6 -30.7 193 8 299.9 300.0 282.0 301.5 0.45 29 453 6090 -33.7 -35.7 82 2.0 -33.9 185 10 300.3 300.4 282.0 301.7 0.40 30 450 6137 -33.9 -37.1 73 3.2 -34.2 184 10 300.6 300.7 282.1 301.8 0.35 31 441 6278 -34.9 -38.6 69 3.7 -35.2 182 10 301.1 301.2 282.3 302.2 0.31 32 400 6950 -40.9 -42.6 84 1.7 -41.0 145 12 301.8 301.9 282.4 302.6 0.22 33 378 7334 -44.3 -45.6 87 1.3 -44.4 151 11 302.3 302.3 282.5 302.9 0.17 34 370 7477 -45.5 -48.0 76 2.5 -45.6 163 12 302.5 302.6 282.6 303.0 0.13 35 367 7532 -45.9 -47.9 80 2.0 -46.0 167 12 302.7 302.7 282.7 303.2 0.14 36 364 7586 -46.3 -48.5 78 2.2 -46.4 171 13 302.9 302.9 282.7 303.3 0.13 37 363 7605 -46.5 -49.0 76 2.5 -46.6 173 13 302.8 302.9 282.7 303.3 0.12 38 361 7642 -46.1 -50.4 62 4.3 -46.3 176 13 303.9 303.9 283.1 304.2 0.10 39 346 7924 -47.7 -52.7 56 5.0 -47.9 213 22 305.4 305.4 283.7 305.7 0.08 40 339 8059 -48.9 -53.3 60 4.4 -49.0 218 23 305.6 305.6 283.7 305.9 0.08 41 334 8157 -49.3 -56.3 44 7.0 -49.5 220 25 306.3 306.3 284.0 306.5 0.06 42 331 8216 -49.3 -59.3 30 10.0 -49.6 221 25 307.1 307.1 284.3 307.3 0.04 43 326 8316 -49.7 -56.7 44 7.0 -49.9 223 27 307.9 307.9 284.6 308.1 0.05 44 311 8625 -50.7 -55.3 58 4.6 -50.8 230 30 310.7 310.7 285.7 310.9 0.07 45 306 8731 -51.1 -59.1 38 8.0 -51.3 232 31 311.6 311.6 285.9 311.7 0.04 46 305 8752 -51.1 -59.1 38 8.0 -51.3 233 32 311.8 311.9 286.1 312.0 0.04 47 300 8860 -51.3 -61.3 29 10.0 -51.5 235 33 313.0 313.0 286.5 313.2 0.03 48 294 8991 -51.5 -66.5 15 15.0 -51.7 235 33 314.6 314.6 286.9 314.6 0.02 49 288 9125 -52.3 -66.3 17 14.0 -52.5 235 33 315.3 315.3 287.2 315.4 0.02 50 280 9307 -52.7 -66.7 17 14.0 -52.9 240 31 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.3 0.02 51 277 9377 -52.5 -69.5 11 17.0 -52.7 242 28 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.6 0.01 52 273 9471 -52.5 -66.5 17 14.0 -52.7 244 24 319.9 319.9 288.7 319.9 0.02 53 265 9663 -52.7 -70.7 10 18.0 -52.9 234 23 322.3 322.3 289.5 322.3 0.01 54 261 9762 -53.3 -71.3 9 18.0 -53.5 229 23 322.8 322.8 289.6 322.9 0.01 55 251 10014 -52.1 -75.1 5 23.0 -52.4 216 22 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.01 56 250 10040 -52.1 -75.1 5 23.0 -52.4 215 22 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.6 0.01 57 232 10524 -52.1 -75.1 5 23.0 -52.4 218 23 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.7 0.01 58 200 11490 -49.9 -80.9 1 31.0 -50.4 235 23 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.00 59 150 13380 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -49.3 260 15 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 60 100 16030 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.5 255 17 429.8 429.8 308.8 429.8 0.00 61 81 17400 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -53.2 262 18 453.2 453.2 311.1 453.2 0.00 62 74 17988 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -51.8 305 11 468.4 468.4 312.5 468.4 0.00 63 70 18350 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -52.1 255 11 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 64 67 18634 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -53.0 260 12 479.3 479.3 313.4 479.3 0.00 65 61 19246 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -50.7 261 13 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.01 66 53 20168 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -50.5 236 13 520.0 520.0 316.3 520.0 0.01 67 50 20550 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -51.6 200 9 525.9 525.9 316.6 525.9 0.01 68 43 21534 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -52.5 190 9 547.1 547.1 317.9 547.1 0.01 69 37 22518 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -51.2 182 11 576.3 576.3 319.5 576.3 0.01 70 31 23676 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -52.9 155 8 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.4 0.01 71 30 23890 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -52.5 150 7 608.6 608.6 321.0 608.7 0.01 72 25 25086 -47.3 -84.3 1 37.0 -51.0 159 5 648.6 648.7 322.6 648.7 0.01 73 21 26238 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -51.1 125 3 683.6 683.6 323.9 683.8 0.02 74 20 26560 -47.3 -84.3 1 37.0 -51.7 115 3 691.4 691.4 324.1 691.5 0.02 75 17 27630 -48.1 -85.1 1 37.0 -52.7 105 8 721.7 721.7 325.1 721.9 0.02 76 15 28459 -44.9 -83.9 0 39.0 -51.1 103 10 758.7 758.7 326.2 758.9 0.02 77 13 29416 -43.9 -82.9 1 39.0 -51.1 112 4 793.8 793.8 327.1 794.1 0.03 78 10 31170 -45.1 -84.1 0 39.0 -52.8 145 2 851.2 851.2 328.4 851.5 0.03 79 9.1 31801 -45.1 -84.1 0 39.0 -53.2 99 4 874.5 874.5 328.9 874.8 0.04 80 8.6 32182 -42.5 -82.5 0 40.0 -52.1 71 5 898.8 898.9 329.4 899.4 0.05 81 8.1 32587 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -52.6 42 6 912.8 912.8 329.7 913.3 0.05 82 7.0 33580 -39.7 -80.7 0 41.0 -51.9 330 9 964.9 965.0 330.6 965.9 0.08 83 6.8 33779 -38.7 -80.7 0 42.0 -51.7 977.1 977.2 330.8 978.1 0.09 84 6.5 34087 -40.3 -81.3 0 41.0 -52.5 983.1 983.1 330.9 984.0 0.08 85 5.9 34749 -39.5 -80.5 0 41.0 -52.7 1014.1 1014.2 331.4 1015.4 0.10 TRP 280 9307 -52.7 -66.7 17 14.0 -52.9 240 31 317.3 317.3 287.9 317.3 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5343.00 m Freezing level: 847.84 mb = 1400.83 m = 4595.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 897.48 mb = 939.04 m = 3080.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.03 % Est. max temperature: 12.33 C = 54.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.23 mb = 2467.60 m = 8095.69 ft T: -8.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 0.33 C Layer 763.0- 747.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.41 mb = 2382.47 m = 7816.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.97 C = 55.34 F Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lifted Index: 5.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: 5.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 13.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 19.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83324.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.30 mb = 2290.75 m = 7515.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 208 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 989 138 5 3 -0.3 -3.0 | 20 9 -3.1 -8.4 1 969 305 55 6 -4.9 -3.4 | 41 12 -7.8 -8.8 2 934 610 70 5 -4.7 -1.7 | 47 10 -7.5 -7.1 3 925 694 110 2 -1.9 0.7 | 45 7 -4.7 -4.7 4 900 914 140 5 -3.2 3.8 | 75 6 -6.1 -1.6 5 867 1219 85 7 -7.0 -0.6 | 59 12 -9.8 -6.0 6 850 1380 110 6 -5.6 2.1 | 68 9 -8.5 -3.4 7 803 1829 120 8 -6.9 4.0 | 82 10 -9.8 -1.4 8 772 2134 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 123 7 -6.3 4.0 9 742 2438 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 106 5 -4.7 1.4 10 714 2743 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 40 1 -0.7 -0.9 11 700 2899 195 8 2.1 7.7 | 162 2 -0.8 2.3 12 686 3048 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 213 4 2.2 3.3 13 658 3353 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 180 5 0.0 5.2 14 632 3658 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 188 4 0.6 4.0 15 582 4267 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 166 5 -1.1 4.4 16 558 4572 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 134 6 -4.6 4.4 17 536 4877 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 213 4 2.2 3.3 18 500 5390 200 7 2.4 6.6 | 159 1 -0.5 1.2 19 452 6096 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 157 5 -2.0 4.6 20 433 6401 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 148 5 -2.8 4.6 21 400 6950 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 114 11 -9.7 4.4 22 396 7010 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 114 11 -9.7 4.4 23 379 7315 150 11 -5.5 9.5 | 116 9 -8.3 4.1 24 362 7620 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 152 9 -4.0 7.5 25 345 7925 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 218 16 9.8 12.6 26 300 8860 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 241 28 24.2 13.5 27 287 9144 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 241 28 24.2 13.5 28 280 9307 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 247 26 24.0 10.1 29 274 9449 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 256 19 18.9 4.7 30 250 10040 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 218 16 9.8 12.6 31 238 10363 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 217 18 10.9 14.3 32 227 10668 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 224 17 11.9 12.2 33 217 10973 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 225 15 10.7 10.7 34 207 11278 230 8 6.1 5.1 | 275 3 3.3 -0.3 35 200 11490 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 244 18 16.0 7.8 36 197 11582 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 244 18 16.0 7.8 37 188 11887 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 242 12 10.2 5.5 38 172 12497 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 281 13 12.9 -2.6 39 164 12802 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 259 16 15.3 3.1 40 150 13380 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 283 12 11.9 -2.8 41 149 13411 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 269 7 6.7 0.1 42 142 13716 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 285 11 10.9 -3.0 43 136 14021 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 269 9 8.9 0.1 44 130 14326 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 298 8 7.0 -3.7 45 124 14630 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 262 6 6.2 0.9 46 113 15240 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 270 17 17.4 0.0 47 108 15545 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 299 14 12.1 -6.7 48 103 15850 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 277 12 11.6 -1.5 49 100 16030 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 274 14 13.6 -1.0 50 98 16154 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 274 14 13.6 -1.0 51 85 17069 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 288 17 16.2 -5.4 52 78 17678 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 274 14 13.6 -1.0 53 74 17983 305 11 9.0 -6.3 | 332 13 6.2 -11.7 54 71 18288 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 323 8 5.0 -6.8 55 70 18350 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 288 8 7.8 -2.6 56 64 18898 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 296 10 9.1 -4.4 57 53 20117 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 271 11 11.3 -0.3 58 51 20422 170 1 -0.2 1.0 | 34 5 -3.0 -4.4 59 50 20550 200 9 3.1 8.5 | 184 3 0.2 3.1 60 44 21336 220 7 4.5 5.4 | 271 2 1.7 -0.0 61 42 21641 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 141 6 -3.7 4.6 62 40 21946 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 182 6 0.3 6.2 63 30 23890 150 7 -3.5 6.1 | 96 6 -6.3 0.7 64 29 24079 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 92 11 -11.0 0.3 65 28 24384 180 6 0.0 6.0 | 102 3 -2.8 0.6 66 20 26560 115 3 -2.7 1.3 | 53 7 -5.6 -4.1 67 18 27432 90 7 -7.0 0.0 | 61 11 -9.8 -5.4 68 16 28042 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 100 10 -9.9 1.7 69 15 28651 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 67 14 -12.8 -5.4 70 12 29870 125 1 -0.8 0.6 | 37 6 -3.7 -4.8 71 10 31170 145 2 -1.1 1.6 | 47 5 -4.0 -3.8 72 7 33580 330 9 4.5 -7.8 | 353 13 1.7 -13.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.8 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 207.8 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -177.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.1 neg: -10.1 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 17.98 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 56 5 41 11| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 14.9 0.0 14.9 29.8 0.67| 8.2 5.5 1000 86 5 53 10| 3.8 0.0 3.8| 20.2 -3.5 16.6 16.6 0.40| 8.7 3.5 1500 94 5 58 10| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 27.5 -6.2 21.3 14.2 0.39| 7.6 3.0 2000 109 6 69 9| 3.3 0.0 3.3| 43.8 -6.2 37.6 18.8 0.53| 7.6 4.0 2500 124 6 78 8| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 43.9 -9.1 34.8 13.9 0.38| 7.4 2.8 3000 140 7 88 7| 2.3 0.0 2.3| 46.1 -10.1 36.0 12.0 0.38| 7.6 2.9 4000 165 8 112 5| 1.7 0.3 2.0| 46.7 -13.6 33.1 8.3 0.29| 6.3 1.8 5000 173 8 125 5| 1.3 0.5 1.8| 53.7 -18.2 35.5 7.1 0.28| 6.2 1.7 6000 178 8 131 4| 1.1 0.7 1.8| 53.7 -19.2 34.5 5.7 0.23| 5.6 1.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250428.00.gif