UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025050200.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 2 MAY 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 2 MAY 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 -17 SFC 982 138 13.6 -3.4 31 17.0 6.0 50 1 288.2 288.8 280.0 297.0 3.02 2 925 633 8.4 -3.6 43 12.0 3.2 70 4 287.9 288.5 280.0 297.1 3.16 3 864 1192 3.0 -4.0 60 7.0 0.1 85 10 287.9 288.5 280.2 297.5 3.29 4 854 1286 2.2 -6.8 51 9.0 -1.3 98 11 288.1 288.5 279.5 295.9 2.69 5 850 1324 2.0 -6.0 55 8.0 -1.2 105 11 288.2 288.7 279.8 296.6 2.87 6 803 1780 -2.1 -8.1 63 6.0 -4.3 133 15 288.6 289.1 279.6 296.2 2.58 7 801 1799 -2.3 -8.3 63 6.0 -4.5 135 15 288.6 289.0 279.6 296.1 2.55 8 749 2328 -7.3 -8.6 90 1.3 -7.8 141 15 288.8 289.2 279.8 296.6 2.66 9 744 2380 -7.1 -7.9 94 0.8 -7.4 143 14 289.5 290.0 280.4 297.8 2.83 10 700 2853 -9.9 -10.4 96 0.5 -10.1 130 16 291.5 292.0 280.8 298.9 2.47 11 687 2998 -10.9 -11.1 98 0.2 -11.0 130 17 292.0 292.4 280.9 299.1 2.38 12 651 3410 -13.9 -15.3 89 1.4 -14.3 130 18 293.1 293.4 280.7 298.5 1.79 13 627 3694 -15.7 -16.4 94 0.7 -15.9 131 19 294.2 294.5 281.1 299.4 1.69 14 610 3902 -16.9 -18.9 84 2.0 -17.4 143 19 295.2 295.4 281.1 299.5 1.41 15 599 4038 -17.9 -19.1 90 1.2 -18.2 151 18 295.5 295.8 281.3 299.9 1.41 16 589 4164 -18.9 -20.8 85 1.9 -19.3 158 18 295.8 296.0 281.2 299.7 1.24 17 559 4552 -21.1 -24.2 76 3.1 -21.7 165 22 297.7 297.8 281.7 300.7 0.97 18 530 4944 -23.5 -25.7 82 2.2 -23.9 179 15 299.4 299.5 282.3 302.2 0.89 19 520 5084 -23.7 -28.5 65 4.8 -24.5 165 14 300.8 300.9 282.6 303.1 0.70 20 511 5212 -24.5 -30.5 57 6.0 -25.4 157 13 301.3 301.4 282.7 303.2 0.59 21 503 5326 -25.1 -31.1 57 6.0 -26.0 166 15 301.9 302.0 282.9 303.8 0.57 22 500 5370 -25.3 -30.3 63 5.0 -26.1 170 16 302.2 302.3 283.1 304.2 0.62 23 490 5516 -26.5 -32.5 57 6.0 -27.3 173 17 302.5 302.6 283.1 304.2 0.51 24 465 5890 -29.9 -33.8 69 3.9 -30.4 181 18 302.8 302.9 283.1 304.4 0.47 25 433 6392 -34.3 -38.6 65 4.3 -34.7 185 17 303.5 303.5 283.2 304.5 0.31 26 428 6473 -35.1 -38.5 71 3.4 -35.4 182 18 303.4 303.5 283.2 304.5 0.32 27 425 6522 -35.5 -40.1 63 4.6 -35.9 179 20 303.5 303.6 283.2 304.5 0.27 28 418 6637 -36.5 -39.9 71 3.4 -36.8 174 22 303.7 303.8 283.2 304.7 0.28 29 410 6770 -37.5 -40.7 72 3.2 -37.7 174 25 304.1 304.1 283.4 305.0 0.27 30 402 6906 -38.5 -42.6 65 4.1 -38.8 183 27 304.5 304.6 283.5 305.3 0.22 31 400 6940 -38.7 -43.6 60 4.9 -39.0 185 27 304.7 304.7 283.5 305.4 0.20 32 399 6957 -38.7 -44.7 53 6.0 -39.1 185 27 304.9 304.9 283.6 305.5 0.18 33 397 6992 -38.3 -48.3 34 10.0 -38.8 185 26 305.9 305.9 283.9 306.3 0.12 34 375 7381 -41.3 -49.3 42 8.0 -41.7 188 26 306.9 306.9 284.3 307.3 0.11 35 363 7601 -42.7 -53.7 29 11.0 -43.1 190 26 307.9 307.9 284.7 308.2 0.07 36 359 7676 -42.3 -55.3 23 13.0 -42.8 190 27 309.4 309.4 285.2 309.7 0.06 37 350 7848 -43.1 -52.1 37 9.0 -43.5 192 30 310.6 310.6 285.7 310.9 0.09 38 347 7906 -43.1 -48.1 58 5.0 -43.3 192 30 311.4 311.4 286.0 311.9 0.14 39 320 8446 -47.3 -50.6 69 3.3 -47.4 197 39 312.9 312.9 286.5 313.3 0.12 40 302 8827 -50.5 -55.1 58 4.6 -50.6 200 46 313.6 313.6 286.7 313.8 0.07 41 300 8870 -50.9 -55.7 57 4.8 -51.0 210 42 313.6 313.6 286.7 313.9 0.07 42 291 9067 -51.3 -58.3 43 7.0 -51.5 206 42 315.8 315.8 287.4 316.0 0.05 43 279 9339 -52.3 -61.3 33 9.0 -52.5 207 42 318.2 318.2 288.2 318.3 0.04 44 272 9502 -53.7 -61.7 37 8.0 -53.8 208 42 318.5 318.5 288.3 318.6 0.03 45 262 9742 -54.9 -64.9 28 10.0 -55.1 210 42 320.1 320.1 288.8 320.2 0.02 46 259 9815 -55.5 -66.5 24 11.0 -55.6 205 38 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.4 0.02 47 253 9964 -55.1 -72.1 10 17.0 -55.3 198 41 323.0 323.0 289.7 323.1 0.01 48 250 10040 -54.1 -69.1 14 15.0 -54.3 195 43 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.7 0.01 49 215 11022 -46.9 -79.9 1 33.0 -47.6 197 25 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.00 50 204 11369 -47.9 -79.9 1 32.0 -48.5 203 22 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.00 51 200 11500 -47.5 -80.5 1 33.0 -48.1 200 24 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.00 52 178 12272 -47.3 -80.3 1 33.0 -48.0 190 13 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 53 166 12733 -49.1 -81.1 1 32.0 -49.7 175 19 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 54 150 13400 -48.3 -81.3 1 33.0 -49.1 185 16 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.00 55 146 13578 -47.5 -81.5 1 34.0 -48.4 176 18 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 56 133 14192 -47.9 -81.9 1 34.0 -48.8 188 16 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 57 126 14546 -50.5 -82.5 1 32.0 -51.2 195 12 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.7 0.00 58 120 14864 -50.3 -82.3 1 32.0 -51.1 176 12 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 59 116 15086 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -49.6 172 19 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 60 100 16060 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -49.8 190 13 433.6 433.6 309.2 433.7 0.00 61 88 16894 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -52.8 220 7 443.4 443.4 310.2 443.4 0.00 62 85 17120 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.7 195 4 450.2 450.2 310.9 450.2 0.00 63 80 17513 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -53.4 156 8 454.4 454.4 311.3 454.4 0.00 64 71 18288 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.9 180 15 474.0 474.0 313.0 474.0 0.01 65 70 18380 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -52.4 195 6 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.7 0.00 66 68 18568 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -52.8 208 10 477.7 477.7 313.2 477.8 0.01 67 65 18861 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -51.3 183 10 487.9 487.9 314.1 487.9 0.01 68 57 19715 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -52.5 165 12 503.8 503.8 315.2 503.8 0.01 69 56 19831 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -51.0 158 13 510.5 510.5 315.7 510.5 0.01 70 53 20190 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -51.9 140 12 516.3 516.3 316.1 516.3 0.01 71 50 20570 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -51.6 170 10 525.9 525.9 316.6 525.9 0.01 72 45 21260 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -51.3 171 6 543.4 543.4 317.7 543.5 0.01 73 31 23696 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -53.2 114 13 600.2 600.2 320.6 600.3 0.01 74 30 23910 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -52.9 95 6 607.0 607.0 320.9 607.0 0.01 75 24 25373 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -51.8 99 11 653.4 653.4 322.8 653.5 0.02 76 23 25653 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -52.9 122 15 657.2 657.2 323.0 657.4 0.02 77 20 26570 -48.5 -83.5 1 35.0 -52.4 175 14 687.7 687.7 324.0 687.9 0.02 78 17 27637 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -52.8 122 14 721.1 721.1 325.1 721.3 0.02 79 16 28034 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -53.6 91 12 730.4 730.4 325.4 730.6 0.02 80 12 29934 -45.3 -82.3 1 37.0 -52.1 130 14 807.2 807.3 327.4 807.6 0.04 81 10 31150 -44.7 -82.7 1 38.0 -52.5 75 10 852.7 852.7 328.5 853.1 0.04 82 9.9 31217 -44.1 -82.1 1 38.0 -52.3 857.4 857.4 328.5 857.9 0.05 83 9.5 31493 -45.3 -82.3 1 37.0 -53.1 863.0 863.0 328.7 863.5 0.05 84 7.5 33085 -41.3 -81.3 1 40.0 -52.2 939.6 939.6 330.2 940.4 0.07 85 7.2 33362 -41.1 -81.1 1 40.0 -52.4 951.4 951.5 330.4 952.3 0.08 TRP 259 9815 -55.5 -66.5 24 11.0 -55.6 205 38 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.4 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5387.00 m Freezing level: 827.07 mb = 1546.24 m = 5072.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 863.44 mb = 1196.99 m = 3927.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.59 % Est. max temperature: 13.74 C = 56.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.45 mb = 2229.04 m = 7313.03 ft T: -6.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 1.54 C Layer 854.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.95 mb = 2223.77 m = 7295.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.09 C = 57.37 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: 5.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: 6.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 20.80 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 38.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59235.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.01 mb = 2140.65 m = 7023.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 176 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 982 138 50 1 -0.8 -0.6 | 0 12 -0.0 -11.6 1 962 305 95 4 -4.0 0.3 | 17 11 -3.3 -10.6 2 928 610 85 5 -5.0 -0.4 | 20 12 -4.3 -11.4 3 925 633 70 4 -3.8 -1.4 | 14 13 -3.0 -12.3 4 894 914 80 7 -6.9 -1.2 | 27 14 -6.2 -12.2 5 861 1219 85 10 -10.0 -0.9 | 38 15 -9.2 -11.8 6 850 1324 105 11 -10.6 2.8 | 51 13 -9.9 -8.1 7 829 1524 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 57 16 -13.1 -8.5 8 797 1829 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 93 9 -8.9 0.5 9 767 2134 135 16 -11.3 11.3 | 92 11 -10.6 0.4 10 738 2438 145 14 -8.0 11.5 | 94 7 -7.3 0.5 11 710 2743 140 15 -9.6 11.5 | 93 9 -8.9 0.5 12 700 2853 130 16 -12.3 10.3 | 87 12 -11.5 -0.7 13 629 3658 130 19 -14.6 12.2 | 95 14 -13.8 1.3 14 579 4267 165 18 -4.7 17.4 | 149 8 -3.9 6.4 15 556 4572 165 22 -5.7 21.3 | 154 11 -5.0 10.3 16 534 4877 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 207 4 2.0 4.0 17 513 5182 155 13 -5.5 11.8 | 100 5 -4.8 0.8 18 500 5370 170 16 -2.8 15.8 | 157 5 -2.0 4.8 19 471 5791 180 18 0.0 18.0 | 186 7 0.7 7.0 20 451 6096 185 17 1.5 16.9 | 200 6 2.2 6.0 21 432 6401 185 17 1.5 16.9 | 200 6 2.2 6.0 22 414 6706 170 24 -4.2 23.6 | 165 13 -3.4 12.7 23 400 6940 185 27 2.4 26.9 | 191 16 3.1 15.9 24 396 7010 185 26 2.3 25.9 | 191 15 3.0 14.9 25 361 7620 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 200 16 5.2 14.7 26 301 8839 200 46 15.7 43.2 | 207 36 16.5 32.3 27 300 8870 210 42 21.0 36.4 | 221 33 21.7 25.4 28 287 9144 205 42 17.7 38.1 | 214 33 18.5 27.1 29 261 9754 210 42 21.0 36.4 | 221 33 21.7 25.4 30 259 9815 205 38 16.1 34.4 | 216 29 16.8 23.5 31 250 10040 195 43 11.1 41.5 | 201 33 11.9 30.6 32 238 10363 200 42 14.4 39.5 | 208 32 15.1 28.5 33 227 10668 185 32 2.8 31.9 | 190 21 3.5 20.9 34 207 11278 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 232 12 9.2 7.2 35 200 11500 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 218 15 8.9 11.6 36 198 11582 185 25 2.2 24.9 | 192 14 2.9 14.0 37 180 12192 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 261 4 3.8 0.6 38 172 12497 175 15 -1.3 14.9 | 172 4 -0.6 4.0 39 157 13106 175 25 -2.2 24.9 | 174 14 -1.4 14.0 40 150 13400 185 16 1.4 15.9 | 203 5 2.1 5.0 41 150 13411 190 22 3.8 21.7 | 203 12 4.6 10.7 42 143 13716 165 14 -3.6 13.5 | 132 4 -2.9 2.6 43 130 14326 195 16 4.1 15.5 | 227 7 4.9 4.5 44 124 14630 195 11 2.8 10.6 | 275 4 3.6 -0.3 45 119 14935 170 12 -2.1 11.8 | 123 2 -1.4 0.9 46 113 15240 175 26 -2.3 25.9 | 174 15 -1.5 14.9 47 108 15545 200 22 7.5 20.7 | 220 13 8.3 9.7 48 103 15850 170 13 -2.3 12.8 | 140 2 -1.5 1.8 49 100 16060 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 238 4 3.0 1.8 50 99 16154 185 17 1.5 16.9 | 200 6 2.2 6.0 51 94 16459 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 234 11 8.8 6.3 52 90 16764 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 300 10 8.9 -5.2 53 86 17069 200 3 1.0 2.8 | 348 8 1.8 -8.1 54 78 17678 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 60 7 -5.7 -3.3 55 74 17983 155 18 -7.6 16.3 | 128 9 -6.9 5.4 56 71 18288 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 190 4 0.7 4.0 57 70 18380 195 6 1.6 5.8 | 336 6 2.3 -5.2 58 68 18593 210 10 5.0 8.7 | 292 6 5.7 -2.3 59 62 19202 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 62 5 -4.3 -2.3 60 59 19507 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 8 1 -0.1 -1.0 61 56 19812 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 109 4 -3.7 1.3 62 54 20117 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 59 7 -6.3 -3.9 63 51 20422 155 18 -7.6 16.3 | 128 9 -6.9 5.4 64 50 20570 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 42 1 -1.0 -1.1 65 49 20726 165 4 -1.0 3.9 | 2 7 -0.3 -7.1 66 47 21031 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 169 2 -0.4 2.0 67 44 21336 170 4 -0.7 3.9 | 360 7 0.0 -7.0 68 41 21946 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 49 11 -8.7 -7.5 69 39 22250 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 109 4 -3.7 1.3 70 37 22555 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 78 3 -3.0 -0.6 71 35 22860 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 57 8 -6.9 -4.5 72 34 23165 110 14 -13.2 4.8 | 64 14 -12.4 -6.2 73 32 23470 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 60 7 -5.7 -3.3 74 31 23774 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 60 15 -12.8 -7.3 75 30 23910 95 6 -6.0 0.5 | 27 12 -5.2 -10.4 76 29 24079 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 58 10 -8.8 -5.5 77 28 24384 110 7 -6.6 2.4 | 34 10 -5.8 -8.6 78 25 24994 120 11 -9.5 5.5 | 58 10 -8.8 -5.5 79 24 25298 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 40 14 -9.3 -11.0 80 23 25603 125 15 -12.3 8.6 | 79 12 -11.6 -2.3 81 21 26213 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 56 20 -16.3 -11.0 82 20 26518 110 18 -16.9 6.2 | 73 17 -16.2 -4.8 83 20 26570 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 171 3 -0.5 3.0 84 19 26822 165 16 -4.1 15.5 | 143 6 -3.4 4.5 85 18 27127 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 169 2 -0.4 2.0 86 18 27432 115 14 -12.7 5.9 | 67 13 -12.0 -5.0 87 17 27737 125 14 -11.5 8.0 | 75 11 -10.7 -2.9 88 16 28042 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 46 16 -11.3 -11.0 89 15 28346 145 19 -10.9 15.6 | 114 11 -10.2 4.6 90 15 28651 150 18 -9.0 15.6 | 119 9 -8.3 4.6 91 14 28956 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 42 1 -1.0 -1.1 92 13 29566 145 12 -6.9 9.8 | 80 6 -6.2 -1.1 93 12 29870 150 15 -7.5 13.0 | 107 7 -6.8 2.0 94 12 30175 70 10 -9.4 -3.4 | 31 17 -8.7 -14.4 95 10 31150 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 33 16 -8.9 -13.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.2 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 176.2 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.0 neg: -7.5 tot: 69.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 22.47 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 88 4 16 12| 3.2 0.0 3.2| 12.1 -4.0 8.1 16.2 0.46| 6.1 2.8 1000 83 5 21 12| 4.3 0.0 4.3| 30.0 -4.0 26.0 26.0 0.68| 5.8 4.0 1500 92 8 33 13| 4.8 0.0 4.8| 60.6 -4.0 56.6 37.7 0.73| 7.5 5.5 2000 109 10 47 11| 4.1 0.0 4.1| 74.5 -4.7 69.9 34.9 0.68| 7.7 5.3 2500 119 11 55 10| 3.0 0.0 3.0| 75.3 -4.7 70.6 28.2 0.61| 7.0 4.3 3000 122 11 62 10| 2.5 0.7 3.2| 77.0 -7.5 69.5 23.2 0.52| 6.6 3.5 4000 128 13 74 10| 2.2 0.7 2.9|102.1 -7.5 94.6 23.6 0.58| 6.4 3.7 5000 138 14 88 9| 2.1 1.0 3.1|120.4 -12.6 107.8 21.6 0.45| 7.2 3.3 6000 146 15 99 8| 2.2 0.8 3.0|132.9 -12.6 120.4 20.1 0.51| 6.8 3.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250502.00.gif