UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025043000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 APR 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 30 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 22 SFC 986 138 8.4 -2.6 46 11.0 3.7 125 3 282.7 283.2 277.5 291.8 3.20 2 977 214 8.2 -1.8 49 10.0 3.8 125 8 283.2 283.8 278.1 292.9 3.42 3 967 298 6.8 -2.2 53 9.0 2.9 125 13 282.6 283.2 277.7 292.2 3.36 4 925 661 3.4 -2.6 65 6.0 0.9 105 13 282.8 283.4 277.9 292.4 3.41 5 850 1339 -2.9 -4.5 89 1.6 -3.5 115 15 283.1 283.7 277.8 292.2 3.22 6 829 1537 -4.9 -5.1 98 0.2 -5.0 116 15 283.0 283.6 277.6 292.0 3.15 7 825 1575 -5.1 -5.6 96 0.5 -5.3 119 15 283.2 283.7 277.6 291.9 3.05 8 816 1661 -5.3 -7.8 83 2.5 -6.2 126 15 283.9 284.3 277.3 291.4 2.60 9 775 2063 -8.9 -9.2 98 0.3 -9.0 166 16 284.2 284.7 277.3 291.3 2.45 10 747 2347 -10.7 -10.7 100 0.0 -10.7 192 19 285.3 285.7 277.6 291.9 2.26 11 700 2845 -13.5 -13.9 97 0.4 -13.6 205 29 287.5 287.9 278.2 293.1 1.86 12 695 2899 -14.1 -14.6 96 0.5 -14.2 204 28 287.5 287.8 278.0 292.7 1.77 13 690 2954 -14.3 -16.3 85 2.0 -14.8 202 26 287.8 288.1 277.9 292.5 1.55 14 655 3347 -16.7 -18.6 85 1.9 -17.1 212 18 289.4 289.7 278.4 293.5 1.34 15 649 3417 -15.7 -17.6 85 1.9 -16.2 215 17 291.3 291.6 279.5 295.8 1.48 16 637 3557 -16.5 -17.7 90 1.2 -16.8 220 14 292.0 292.2 279.8 296.5 1.49 17 620 3760 -17.5 -19.6 84 2.1 -18.0 221 11 293.1 293.3 280.1 297.1 1.30 18 574 4334 -21.5 -22.2 94 0.7 -21.7 215 14 294.9 295.2 280.7 298.5 1.12 19 546 4701 -23.9 -25.3 88 1.4 -24.1 211 17 296.3 296.5 281.0 299.2 0.90 20 515 5126 -25.7 -29.4 71 3.7 -26.2 213 24 299.2 299.3 281.9 301.3 0.65 21 504 5282 -26.5 -29.0 79 2.5 -26.9 218 26 300.0 300.2 282.3 302.3 0.69 22 501 5326 -26.7 -29.9 74 3.2 -27.2 220 27 300.3 300.4 282.4 302.4 0.64 23 500 5340 -26.7 -29.7 76 3.0 -27.2 220 27 300.5 300.6 282.4 302.6 0.65 24 492 5456 -27.3 -29.7 80 2.4 -27.6 221 27 301.1 301.3 282.7 303.3 0.66 25 479 5648 -28.5 -31.3 77 2.8 -28.9 223 28 302.0 302.1 283.0 303.9 0.58 26 472 5753 -29.5 -31.3 84 1.8 -29.7 224 28 302.0 302.1 283.0 304.0 0.59 27 466 5844 -30.1 -32.8 77 2.7 -30.4 225 28 302.4 302.5 283.0 304.1 0.52 28 460 5936 -31.1 -40.1 41 9.0 -31.9 225 28 302.2 302.3 282.7 303.1 0.25 29 458 5967 -31.3 -38.3 50 7.0 -32.0 225 28 302.4 302.4 282.8 303.4 0.31 30 457 5982 -31.3 -39.3 45 8.0 -32.0 225 28 302.6 302.6 282.8 303.5 0.28 31 455 6013 -31.7 -47.7 19 16.0 -32.8 225 28 302.4 302.5 282.5 302.8 0.11 32 454 6029 -31.9 -49.9 15 18.0 -33.0 225 28 302.4 302.4 282.5 302.7 0.09 33 427 6459 -34.9 -42.9 44 8.0 -35.5 223 33 303.9 303.9 283.2 304.6 0.20 34 405 6825 -38.1 -43.1 59 5.0 -38.4 221 39 304.4 304.4 283.4 305.1 0.21 35 402 6876 -38.5 -44.5 53 6.0 -38.9 220 39 304.5 304.6 283.5 305.2 0.18 36 400 6910 -38.9 -43.9 59 5.0 -39.2 220 40 304.4 304.5 283.4 305.1 0.19 37 394 7014 -39.7 -43.6 66 3.9 -39.9 221 40 304.7 304.7 283.5 305.4 0.20 38 388 7118 -40.7 -45.7 59 5.0 -41.0 222 41 304.7 304.8 283.5 305.3 0.16 39 379 7278 -42.1 -45.9 66 3.8 -42.3 224 42 304.9 305.0 283.6 305.5 0.17 40 365 7532 -44.3 -48.2 65 3.9 -44.5 222 39 305.3 305.3 283.7 305.8 0.13 41 357 7680 -45.7 -48.1 77 2.4 -45.8 220 37 305.4 305.4 283.7 305.9 0.14 42 356 7699 -45.9 -48.4 76 2.5 -46.0 219 37 305.3 305.4 283.7 305.8 0.13 43 343 7945 -47.7 -55.7 39 8.0 -47.9 217 32 306.2 306.2 284.0 306.4 0.06 44 338 8042 -48.3 -54.3 50 6.0 -48.5 217 30 306.6 306.6 284.1 306.9 0.07 45 334 8121 -48.7 -51.6 72 2.9 -48.8 216 28 307.1 307.2 284.4 307.5 0.10 46 326 8280 -49.9 -57.9 38 8.0 -50.1 214 26 307.6 307.6 284.5 307.8 0.05 47 319 8422 -50.9 -57.9 43 7.0 -51.1 212 27 308.1 308.2 284.7 308.3 0.05 48 311 8587 -51.7 -60.7 33 9.0 -51.9 209 27 309.3 309.3 285.1 309.4 0.03 49 304 8734 -52.3 -60.3 38 8.0 -52.5 206 28 310.5 310.5 285.5 310.6 0.04 50 300 8820 -52.5 -61.5 33 9.0 -52.7 205 28 311.3 311.4 285.8 311.5 0.03 51 292 8995 -53.5 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.7 205 28 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.5 0.03 52 274 9406 -52.5 -67.5 15 15.0 -52.7 209 30 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.6 0.02 53 261 9720 -52.7 -69.7 11 17.0 -52.9 214 33 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.8 0.01 54 253 9922 -50.9 -73.9 5 23.0 -51.2 222 26 329.3 329.3 291.5 329.3 0.01 55 250 10000 -51.5 -74.5 5 23.0 -51.8 225 23 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.5 0.01 56 246 10104 -51.9 -75.9 4 24.0 -52.2 229 23 330.4 330.4 291.8 330.4 0.01 57 243 10184 -49.1 -76.1 3 27.0 -49.6 233 22 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.8 0.01 58 200 11470 -44.9 -78.9 1 34.0 -45.7 220 16 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 59 150 13390 -45.9 -81.9 1 36.0 -46.9 255 22 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 60 100 16050 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -51.7 225 17 429.4 429.4 308.8 429.4 0.00 61 91 16667 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -50.7 228 18 443.5 443.5 310.2 443.5 0.00 62 76 17843 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -52.4 295 11 463.6 463.6 312.1 463.6 0.00 63 70 18380 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -51.4 240 10 477.2 477.2 313.2 477.2 0.00 64 67 18665 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -51.1 237 10 484.1 484.1 313.8 484.1 0.01 65 63 19065 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -52.7 221 10 488.7 488.7 314.1 488.7 0.00 66 59 19491 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -51.2 227 10 502.0 502.0 315.1 502.0 0.01 67 53 20190 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -51.2 205 8 518.1 518.1 316.2 518.1 0.01 68 50 20570 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -52.1 170 4 524.5 524.5 316.6 524.5 0.01 69 48 20836 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -52.7 212 9 529.2 529.2 316.9 529.2 0.01 70 39 22193 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -51.1 248 9 567.6 567.6 319.0 567.7 0.01 71 31 23696 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -52.9 202 6 601.3 601.3 320.7 601.4 0.01 72 30 23910 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -52.4 195 6 609.1 609.2 321.0 609.2 0.01 73 24 25373 -48.5 -84.5 1 36.0 -52.0 124 9 652.8 652.8 322.8 652.9 0.01 74 23 25652 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -52.9 116 8 657.2 657.2 323.0 657.3 0.01 75 20 26570 -47.7 -83.7 1 36.0 -51.9 90 6 690.2 690.2 324.1 690.3 0.02 76 18 27269 -47.1 -84.1 1 37.0 -51.8 66 5 713.2 713.2 324.8 713.3 0.02 77 18 27269 -47.9 -83.9 1 36.0 -52.4 66 5 710.7 710.7 324.8 710.8 0.02 78 14 28933 -47.5 -84.5 1 37.0 -52.9 39 9 765.0 765.0 326.4 765.2 0.02 79 10 31180 -43.7 -82.7 1 39.0 -52.1 305 4 856.4 856.4 328.5 856.8 0.04 80 8.2 32512 -41.9 -81.9 1 40.0 -52.1 12 10 913.5 913.6 329.7 914.2 0.06 81 7.9 32763 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -52.7 24 11 919.3 919.4 329.8 919.9 0.05 82 7.0 33580 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -52.2 65 15 961.6 961.7 330.5 962.4 0.07 83 6.6 33981 -39.9 -80.9 0 41.0 -52.3 980.5 980.5 330.9 981.4 0.09 TRP 292 8995 -53.5 -62.5 33 9.0 -53.7 205 28 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.5 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5318.00 m Freezing level: 884.52 mb = 1026.90 m = 3369.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 909.66 mb = 795.07 m = 2608.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.47 % Est. max temperature: 8.77 C = 47.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.88 mb = 1499.68 m = 4920.15 ft T: -4.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 1.11 C Layer 850.0- 747.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.20 mb = 1458.82 m = 4786.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.78 C = 47.80 F Cap Strength: 7.62 C Lifted Index: 7.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 18.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 57.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.07 mb = 1431.86 m = 4697.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.07 mb = 1863.69 m = 6114.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 725.07 mb = 2575.62 m = 8450.09 ft B at Equ Level: 8.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 675.07 mb = 3119.56 m = 10234.64 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 225 at 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 138 125 3 -2.5 1.7 | 57 15 -12.3 -8.0 1 966 305 125 13 -10.6 7.5 | 84 21 -20.5 -2.3 2 931 610 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 71 23 -21.7 -7.6 3 925 661 105 13 -12.6 3.4 | 74 23 -22.4 -6.4 4 896 914 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 78 24 -23.0 -4.9 5 863 1219 125 17 -13.9 9.8 | 90 24 -23.8 0.0 6 850 1339 115 15 -13.6 6.3 | 82 24 -23.5 -3.4 7 830 1524 115 15 -13.6 6.3 | 82 24 -23.5 -3.4 8 798 1829 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 95 20 -19.5 1.8 9 767 2134 175 16 -1.4 15.9 | 119 13 -11.3 6.2 10 738 2438 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 161 10 -3.0 9.1 11 709 2743 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 188 17 2.4 16.6 12 700 2845 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 188 17 2.4 16.6 13 681 3048 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 173 13 -1.7 12.8 14 627 3658 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 48 2 -1.4 -1.2 15 602 3962 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 78 5 -4.9 -1.1 16 578 4267 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 133 3 -1.8 1.7 17 555 4572 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 154 3 -1.3 2.6 18 532 4877 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 170 9 -1.4 8.4 19 500 5340 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 214 13 7.5 11.0 20 469 5791 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 225 14 9.9 10.1 21 449 6096 225 28 19.8 19.8 | 225 14 9.9 10.1 22 400 6910 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 217 26 15.8 20.9 23 376 7315 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 225 28 19.8 20.0 24 359 7620 220 38 24.4 29.1 | 217 24 14.5 19.4 25 328 8230 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 204 13 5.0 11.6 26 300 8820 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 187 16 2.0 15.7 27 292 8995 205 28 11.8 25.4 | 187 16 2.0 15.7 28 285 9144 205 27 11.4 24.5 | 186 15 1.5 14.7 29 260 9754 215 33 18.9 27.0 | 208 20 9.0 17.3 30 250 10000 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 224 9 6.4 6.5 31 237 10363 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 262 9 9.2 1.3 32 226 10668 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 224 10 7.1 7.2 33 200 11470 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 189 3 0.4 2.5 34 197 11582 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 303 5 4.6 -3.0 35 188 11887 220 20 12.9 15.3 | 208 6 3.0 5.6 36 179 12192 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 303 7 6.1 -3.9 37 171 12497 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 242 5 4.7 2.5 38 150 13390 255 22 21.3 5.7 | 290 12 11.4 -4.0 39 150 13411 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 248 11 9.8 4.0 40 136 14021 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 265 8 8.3 0.8 41 130 14326 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 283 15 14.3 -3.3 42 113 15240 255 27 26.1 7.0 | 280 16 16.2 -2.7 43 108 15545 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 307 20 16.0 -12.0 44 103 15850 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 335 12 5.1 -11.0 45 100 16050 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 223 3 2.1 2.3 46 98 16154 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 223 3 2.1 2.3 47 94 16459 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 270 4 4.0 0.0 48 90 16764 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 223 4 2.8 3.0 49 82 17374 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 284 10 9.9 -2.5 50 78 17678 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 356 15 1.0 -14.8 51 74 17983 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 3 14 -0.8 -13.9 52 71 18288 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 322 7 4.6 -5.8 53 70 18380 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 14 5 -1.2 -4.7 54 68 18593 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 14 5 -1.2 -4.7 55 62 19202 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 70 4 -4.1 -1.5 56 56 19812 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 5 4 -0.4 -4.2 57 50 20570 170 4 -0.7 3.9 | 61 12 -10.6 -5.8 58 49 20726 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 87 6 -6.5 -0.3 59 44 21336 265 4 4.0 0.3 | 32 11 -5.9 -9.4 60 42 21641 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 359 9 0.1 -8.8 61 30 23910 195 6 1.6 5.8 | 65 9 -8.3 -3.9 62 29 24079 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 45 14 -9.9 -9.7 63 28 24384 200 7 2.4 6.6 | 67 8 -7.5 -3.1 64 25 24994 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 81 17 -17.0 -2.7 65 20 26570 90 6 -6.0 0.0 | 59 19 -15.9 -9.7 66 18 27432 60 5 -4.3 -2.5 | 49 19 -14.2 -12.2 67 13 29566 30 10 -5.0 -8.7 | 39 24 -14.9 -18.4 68 12 29870 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 52 26 -20.3 -15.7 69 12 30175 65 13 -11.8 -5.5 | 55 26 -21.7 -15.2 70 10 31180 305 4 3.3 -2.3 | 29 14 -6.6 -12.0 71 7 33580 65 15 -13.6 -6.3 | 56 28 -23.5 -16.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 225.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.8 neg: -54.3 tot: 123.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 52.05 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 115 11 76 20| 0.0 10.1 10.1| 33.8 -21.4 12.3 24.7 0.27| 14.8 4.0 1000 113 13 77 22| 3.0 5.1 8.1| 70.0 -21.4 48.6 48.6 0.48| 10.4 5.0 1500 115 14 80 23| 2.0 3.4 5.3| 87.5 -39.4 48.1 32.0 0.36| 9.1 3.3 2000 124 14 85 22| 4.4 2.5 6.9|134.0 -39.4 94.5 47.3 0.49| 10.3 5.0 2500 142 15 97 19| 6.3 2.0 8.4|169.6 -39.4 130.1 52.0 0.58| 11.3 6.5 3000 160 17 112 17| 4.7 1.7 6.4|177.8 -54.3 123.5 41.2 0.46| 11.3 5.1 4000 173 16 119 13| 2.8 1.5 4.3|181.3 -55.6 125.7 31.4 0.35| 10.7 3.8 5000 183 17 127 11| 2.9 1.2 4.1|195.9 -55.6 140.3 28.1 0.39| 10.0 3.9 6000 195 18 149 9| 3.0 1.0 3.9|215.5 -56.0 159.5 26.6 0.42| 8.9 3.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250430.00.gif