UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025042812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 33 SFC 987 138 3.8 -7.2 44 11.0 -0.2 335 4 278.0 278.4 273.6 284.3 2.25 2 982 179 4.8 -5.2 48 10.0 1.0 341 6 279.4 279.8 275.0 286.8 2.64 3 953 425 4.8 -5.2 48 10.0 0.9 24 11 281.8 282.3 276.4 289.5 2.72 4 940 537 4.0 -5.0 52 9.0 0.4 46 10 282.1 282.6 276.7 290.1 2.80 5 925 668 4.0 -5.0 52 9.0 0.4 60 10 283.4 283.9 277.4 291.5 2.84 6 924 677 4.0 -5.0 52 9.0 0.4 60 10 283.5 284.0 277.4 291.6 2.85 7 919 721 4.4 -5.6 48 10.0 0.4 62 10 284.3 284.8 277.7 292.2 2.74 8 909 810 3.8 -6.2 48 10.0 -0.1 66 11 284.6 285.1 277.7 292.2 2.64 9 890 981 2.2 -6.8 51 9.0 -1.2 61 10 284.7 285.1 277.7 292.1 2.58 10 850 1351 0.0 -7.0 59 7.0 -2.6 20 11 286.1 286.6 278.6 293.9 2.66 11 834 1503 -0.5 -6.5 64 6.0 -2.8 16 10 287.2 287.7 279.3 295.4 2.81 12 735 2497 -9.1 -9.7 95 0.6 -9.3 158 8 288.4 288.8 279.4 295.7 2.49 13 716 2700 -10.5 -11.8 90 1.3 -10.9 168 9 289.0 289.4 279.3 295.4 2.16 14 700 2873 -12.1 -12.4 98 0.3 -12.2 165 6 289.1 289.5 279.3 295.3 2.11 15 688 3005 -13.1 -13.1 100 0.0 -13.1 157 7 289.4 289.8 279.3 295.4 2.02 16 682 3071 -13.5 -13.8 98 0.3 -13.6 153 8 289.7 290.0 279.3 295.5 1.93 17 673 3172 -13.7 -17.8 71 4.1 -14.7 147 8 290.6 290.8 279.0 294.8 1.40 18 668 3229 -14.1 -18.0 72 3.9 -15.1 143 9 290.7 291.0 279.1 295.0 1.39 19 619 3800 -19.5 -19.5 100 0.0 -19.5 155 8 290.9 291.2 279.1 295.0 1.32 20 612 3884 -19.9 -20.4 96 0.5 -20.0 178 9 291.4 291.7 279.2 295.2 1.23 21 608 3932 -19.5 -21.6 83 2.1 -20.0 192 10 292.4 292.6 279.5 295.9 1.12 22 605 3969 -19.7 -22.3 80 2.6 -20.3 202 10 292.6 292.8 279.5 295.9 1.06 23 587 4192 -21.5 -23.0 88 1.5 -21.8 215 9 293.1 293.2 279.7 296.3 1.02 24 583 4242 -21.7 -25.1 74 3.4 -22.3 218 9 293.4 293.6 279.6 296.1 0.85 25 575 4344 -22.7 -24.9 82 2.2 -23.1 214 11 293.4 293.6 279.6 296.2 0.88 26 558 4563 -24.3 -26.2 84 1.9 -24.6 192 16 294.0 294.2 279.8 296.6 0.81 27 552 4642 -24.5 -27.6 75 3.1 -25.0 198 17 294.7 294.8 280.0 297.0 0.72 28 551 4655 -24.5 -28.2 71 3.7 -25.1 200 17 294.9 295.0 280.0 297.0 0.68 29 549 4681 -24.3 -32.3 48 8.0 -25.4 204 17 295.4 295.5 280.0 296.9 0.46 30 541 4788 -23.5 -36.5 29 13.0 -25.1 220 17 297.6 297.7 280.7 298.7 0.31 31 536 4856 -23.7 -37.7 26 14.0 -25.4 230 17 298.2 298.2 280.9 299.1 0.28 32 528 4966 -24.1 -32.1 48 8.0 -25.2 234 17 299.0 299.0 281.6 300.6 0.49 33 518 5105 -25.1 -34.1 43 9.0 -26.3 233 18 299.4 299.5 281.7 300.8 0.41 34 504 5303 -26.9 -35.9 42 9.0 -27.9 231 20 299.6 299.6 281.7 300.8 0.35 35 500 5360 -27.5 -35.5 46 8.0 -28.4 230 20 299.5 299.6 281.7 300.8 0.37 36 458 5986 -33.3 -36.8 71 3.5 -33.6 230 23 299.9 299.9 281.8 301.1 0.36 37 455 6033 -33.5 -37.6 67 4.1 -33.9 230 24 300.2 300.2 281.9 301.3 0.33 38 454 6048 -33.5 -38.3 62 4.8 -33.9 230 24 300.4 300.4 282.0 301.4 0.31 39 453 6064 -33.3 -44.3 32 11.0 -34.1 230 24 300.8 300.8 281.9 301.4 0.16 40 452 6079 -33.3 -49.3 19 16.0 -34.3 230 24 301.0 301.0 281.9 301.3 0.09 41 450 6110 -33.3 -50.3 17 17.0 -34.3 230 24 301.4 301.4 282.0 301.7 0.08 42 439 6285 -34.3 -48.3 23 14.0 -35.1 230 25 302.3 302.3 282.4 302.7 0.11 43 438 6301 -34.7 -45.7 32 11.0 -35.4 230 25 302.0 302.0 282.4 302.5 0.15 44 436 6333 -34.7 -46.7 29 12.0 -35.5 230 25 302.3 302.4 282.5 302.8 0.13 45 431 6413 -35.5 -39.3 68 3.8 -35.8 230 25 302.3 302.4 282.7 303.3 0.29 46 429 6446 -35.7 -40.7 60 5.0 -36.1 230 25 302.5 302.5 282.7 303.4 0.25 47 424 6528 -36.3 -40.2 67 3.9 -36.6 230 26 302.7 302.8 282.8 303.7 0.27 48 417 6643 -37.5 -41.7 65 4.2 -37.8 230 26 302.6 302.7 282.8 303.5 0.24 49 414 6693 -37.7 -45.7 43 8.0 -38.2 230 26 303.0 303.0 282.8 303.5 0.15 50 409 6777 -38.7 -45.7 48 7.0 -39.1 230 26 302.8 302.8 282.7 303.3 0.16 51 404 6862 -39.5 -44.0 62 4.5 -39.8 230 27 302.8 302.8 282.8 303.5 0.19 52 400 6930 -39.9 -45.9 53 6.0 -40.2 230 27 303.1 303.2 282.9 303.7 0.16 53 399 6947 -40.1 -46.1 53 6.0 -40.4 230 27 303.1 303.1 282.8 303.6 0.15 54 382 7242 -42.7 -44.8 80 2.1 -42.8 230 28 303.5 303.5 283.0 304.1 0.18 55 373 7402 -43.9 -46.0 80 2.1 -44.0 230 28 303.9 304.0 283.2 304.5 0.17 56 300 8840 -50.5 -64.5 18 14.0 -50.8 230 24 314.2 314.2 286.8 314.3 0.02 57 265 9644 -54.3 -68.3 16 14.0 -54.5 220 21 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.0 0.01 58 250 10020 -53.1 -70.1 11 17.0 -53.4 220 24 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.2 0.01 59 200 11470 -47.1 -80.1 1 33.0 -47.8 250 17 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.00 60 150 13370 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -49.1 255 11 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.00 61 100 16030 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -51.0 275 20 430.9 430.9 308.9 430.9 0.00 62 72 18167 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -52.6 275 11 470.4 470.4 312.7 470.4 0.00 63 70 18350 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -52.4 245 16 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.7 0.00 64 62 19139 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -50.7 270 17 496.3 496.3 314.7 496.3 0.01 65 50 20540 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -52.5 335 3 523.5 523.5 316.5 523.6 0.01 66 48 20806 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -53.4 313 8 527.3 527.3 316.8 527.3 0.01 67 45 21227 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -51.1 229 6 543.9 543.9 317.8 544.0 0.01 68 43 21526 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -51.8 185 9 549.1 549.1 318.1 549.1 0.01 69 40 22000 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -51.0 204 12 563.5 563.6 318.8 563.6 0.01 70 40 22000 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -51.0 204 12 563.5 563.6 318.8 563.6 0.01 71 34 23068 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -52.1 282 6 587.7 587.7 320.0 587.8 0.01 72 30 23890 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -51.6 210 5 611.9 611.9 321.2 611.9 0.01 73 29 24112 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -51.2 230 5 619.5 619.5 321.5 619.6 0.01 74 21 26229 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -52.6 82 6 677.0 677.0 323.7 677.1 0.02 75 20 26550 -47.3 -84.3 1 37.0 -51.7 85 5 691.4 691.4 324.1 691.5 0.02 76 17 27624 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -52.7 88 14 721.7 721.7 325.1 721.9 0.02 77 15 28454 -45.5 -83.5 1 38.0 -51.4 66 10 756.7 756.7 326.1 756.9 0.02 78 13 29409 -45.1 -83.1 1 38.0 -51.7 28 10 789.7 789.7 327.0 789.9 0.03 79 11 30518 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -53.9 36 9 818.1 818.2 327.7 818.4 0.03 80 10 31150 -45.7 -83.7 1 38.0 -53.1 75 8 849.0 849.0 328.4 849.3 0.04 81 9.3 31635 -41.9 -81.9 1 40.0 -51.5 65 10 881.2 881.3 329.1 881.8 0.05 82 9.0 31856 -42.3 -81.3 1 39.0 -51.8 60 11 888.0 888.0 329.2 888.6 0.06 83 8.6 32164 -40.7 -81.7 0 41.0 -51.3 54 12 905.9 905.9 329.5 906.5 0.06 84 7.6 33003 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -51.7 37 16 940.9 940.9 330.2 941.7 0.07 85 7.0 33560 -42.3 -81.3 1 39.0 -53.0 25 18 954.2 954.2 330.4 955.0 0.08 86 5.7 34960 -39.3 -81.3 0 42.0 -52.8 68 13 1025.1 1025.1 331.6 1026.2 0.09 87 5.5 35205 -39.9 -80.9 0 41.0 -53.2 75 12 1032.9 1033.0 331.7 1034.2 0.10 88 5.0 35860 -37.5 -79.5 0 42.0 -52.8 95 10 1072.4 1072.5 332.3 1074.2 0.14 89 4.9 36000 -36.5 -79.5 0 43.0 -52.6 1083.2 1083.3 332.4 1085.1 0.15 TRP 265 9644 -54.3 -68.3 16 14.0 -54.5 220 21 320.0 320.0 288.8 320.0 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5327.00 m Freezing level: 850.00 mb = 1351.00 m = 4432.36 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.52 % Est. max temperature: 12.76 C = 54.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.98 mb = 1522.13 m = 4993.80 ft T: -0.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 0.33 C Layer 716.0- 688.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.03 mb = 2443.66 m = 8017.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.07 C = 57.33 F Cap Strength: 8.75 C Lifted Index: 8.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.35 C Showalter Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 20.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 42.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93202.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.57 mb = 1775.98 m = 5826.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 233 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 138 335 4 1.7 -3.6 | 31 11 -5.4 -9.0 1 967 305 360 12 -0.0 -12.0 | 22 19 -7.1 -17.4 2 932 610 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 57 19 -15.7 -10.4 3 925 668 60 10 -8.7 -5.0 | 57 19 -15.7 -10.4 4 897 914 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 62 20 -17.4 -9.1 5 864 1219 30 7 -3.5 -6.1 | 43 16 -10.6 -11.4 6 850 1351 20 11 -3.8 -10.3 | 35 19 -10.8 -15.7 7 831 1524 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 33 18 -9.7 -15.0 8 800 1829 40 5 -3.2 -3.8 | 48 14 -10.3 -9.2 9 769 2134 100 5 -4.9 0.9 | 69 13 -12.0 -4.5 10 740 2438 155 8 -3.4 7.3 | 100 11 -10.5 1.9 11 712 2743 170 9 -1.6 8.9 | 112 9 -8.6 3.5 12 700 2873 165 6 -1.6 5.8 | 93 9 -8.6 0.4 13 656 3353 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 97 14 -14.1 1.7 14 630 3658 120 7 -6.1 3.5 | 82 13 -13.1 -1.9 15 604 3962 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 142 5 -2.9 3.7 16 580 4267 220 9 5.8 6.9 | 139 2 -1.3 1.5 17 556 4572 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 160 12 -4.1 11.4 18 534 4877 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 237 8 6.8 4.4 19 500 5360 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 228 11 8.2 7.5 20 450 6096 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 228 15 11.3 10.0 21 400 6930 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 229 18 13.6 12.0 22 361 7620 230 29 22.2 18.6 | 229 20 15.1 13.3 23 300 8839 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 212 14 7.7 12.2 24 300 8840 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 228 15 11.3 10.0 25 286 9144 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 221 16 10.6 12.3 26 273 9449 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 237 10 8.5 5.5 27 265 9644 220 21 13.5 16.1 | 211 12 6.4 10.7 28 261 9754 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 204 14 5.5 12.6 29 250 10020 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 213 15 8.3 13.0 30 237 10363 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 245 14 12.8 6.1 31 216 10973 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 218 10 6.4 8.0 32 206 11278 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 271 12 12.2 -0.2 33 200 11470 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 267 9 8.9 0.4 34 197 11582 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 238 7 6.0 3.8 35 188 11887 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 287 9 8.7 -2.6 36 179 12192 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 269 8 8.0 0.1 37 171 12497 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 277 14 13.6 -1.7 38 163 12802 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 283 15 14.8 -3.5 39 156 13106 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 312 8 5.9 -5.4 40 150 13370 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 306 4 3.5 -2.5 41 149 13411 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 317 4 2.6 -2.8 42 136 14021 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 278 8 8.4 -1.2 43 130 14326 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 333 8 3.8 -7.3 44 124 14630 260 11 10.8 1.9 | 313 5 3.8 -3.5 45 118 14935 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 260 8 7.4 1.4 46 113 15240 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 279 13 12.6 -1.9 47 108 15545 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 299 15 12.8 -7.1 48 100 16030 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 299 15 12.8 -7.1 49 98 16154 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 299 15 12.8 -7.1 50 89 16764 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 291 15 13.9 -5.4 51 81 17374 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 344 10 2.9 -10.0 52 78 17678 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 290 8 7.7 -2.8 53 74 17983 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 314 10 6.9 -6.6 54 71 18288 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 343 6 1.9 -6.2 55 70 18350 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 260 8 7.4 1.4 56 67 18593 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 267 9 8.9 0.4 57 64 18898 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 345 9 2.3 -8.8 58 61 19202 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 287 12 11.8 -3.7 59 59 19507 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 342 8 2.6 -8.0 60 53 20117 260 1 1.0 0.2 | 49 8 -6.1 -5.2 61 51 20422 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 357 12 0.6 -11.8 62 50 20540 335 3 1.3 -2.7 | 36 10 -5.8 -8.1 63 49 20726 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 8 14 -2.1 -14.0 64 46 21031 265 1 1.0 0.1 | 49 8 -6.1 -5.3 65 44 21336 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 117 3 -3.1 1.5 66 42 21641 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 117 10 -8.8 4.5 67 40 21946 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 159 7 -2.6 6.8 68 37 22555 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 51 8 -6.2 -5.0 69 32 23470 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 357 12 0.6 -11.8 70 30 23890 210 5 2.5 4.3 | 77 5 -4.6 -1.1 71 28 24384 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 18 4 -1.3 -3.8 72 24 25298 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 65 19 -16.7 -8.0 73 20 26550 85 5 -5.0 -0.4 | 64 13 -12.1 -5.8 74 18 27432 75 11 -10.6 -2.8 | 65 20 -17.7 -8.2 75 17 27737 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 80 22 -22.0 -4.1 76 16 28042 155 10 -4.2 9.1 | 108 12 -11.3 3.7 77 15 28651 25 10 -4.2 -9.1 | 38 18 -11.3 -14.5 78 14 28956 35 10 -5.7 -8.2 | 43 19 -12.8 -13.6 79 12 30175 15 10 -2.6 -9.7 | 33 18 -9.7 -15.0 80 10 31150 75 8 -7.7 -2.1 | 63 17 -14.8 -7.5 81 7 33560 25 18 -7.6 -16.3 | 34 26 -14.7 -21.7 82 5 35860 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 75 18 -17.0 -4.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.7 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 232.7 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.1 neg: -52.1 tot: 75.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 62.84 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 19 10 35 18| 10.7 0.0 10.7| 58.0 -6.8 51.2 102.4 0.49| 20.1 9.8 1000 42 10 47 19| 5.4 1.8 7.2| 64.6 -27.5 37.1 37.1 0.25| 13.4 3.4 1500 35 10 44 18| 3.6 2.0 5.6| 72.2 -45.8 26.4 17.6 0.12| 11.8 1.4 2000 38 9 45 17| 3.6 1.5 5.1|100.2 -45.8 54.4 27.2 0.27| 11.1 3.0 2500 50 8 52 17| 3.5 1.2 4.7|124.0 -45.8 78.1 31.2 0.38| 10.6 4.0 3000 66 8 59 17| 2.9 0.9 3.8|127.1 -52.1 75.0 25.0 0.31| 9.9 3.1 4000 95 8 73 16| 2.4 0.9 3.3|149.9 -65.5 84.3 21.1 0.30| 10.0 3.0 5000 155 10 107 12| 1.8 0.2 2.1|179.9 -68.6 111.3 22.3 0.35| 10.5 3.7 6000 203 12 156 6| 1.5 0.7 2.2|180.3 -70.6 109.7 18.3 0.33| 9.2 3.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250428.12.gif