UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025050212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 2 MAY 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 -38 SFC 979 138 5.0 -4.0 52 9.0 1.4 290 2 279.8 280.3 275.6 288.0 2.90 2 975 171 6.4 -2.6 53 9.0 2.6 312 4 281.6 282.1 277.0 290.7 3.23 3 971 205 6.4 -2.6 53 9.0 2.6 334 6 281.9 282.5 277.2 291.1 3.25 4 969 222 7.0 -3.0 49 10.0 2.8 345 8 282.7 283.2 277.4 291.6 3.16 5 964 264 6.8 -3.2 49 10.0 2.6 13 10 282.9 283.4 277.6 291.8 3.13 6 962 281 7.8 -3.2 46 11.0 3.1 25 11 284.1 284.6 278.2 293.0 3.13 7 925 603 5.8 -3.2 52 9.0 2.0 75 25 285.2 285.8 278.9 294.6 3.26 8 916 683 5.0 -4.0 52 9.0 1.3 81 25 285.2 285.8 278.7 294.1 3.10 9 908 755 6.0 -3.0 52 9.0 2.1 87 24 287.0 287.6 279.8 296.7 3.37 10 867 1132 4.4 -5.6 48 10.0 0.3 93 17 289.1 289.6 280.3 297.6 2.90 11 850 1293 3.2 -6.8 48 10.0 -0.7 90 14 289.5 290.0 280.2 297.4 2.70 12 800 1781 -0.7 -9.7 51 9.0 -4.0 78 14 290.4 290.8 280.1 297.2 2.29 13 758 2208 -4.7 -9.7 68 5.0 -6.5 69 16 290.6 291.0 280.3 297.8 2.41 14 737 2429 -6.1 -9.2 79 3.1 -7.2 65 18 291.4 291.9 280.9 299.1 2.58 15 727 2536 -6.5 -10.0 76 3.5 -7.7 74 19 292.1 292.5 281.1 299.4 2.46 16 722 2590 -6.7 -12.7 62 6.0 -8.7 80 19 292.5 292.8 280.7 298.5 1.99 17 709 2732 -7.1 -14.1 57 7.0 -9.3 94 21 293.5 293.9 280.9 299.1 1.81 18 700 2831 -7.9 -13.9 62 6.0 -9.8 100 20 293.7 294.1 281.1 299.4 1.86 19 692 2920 -8.5 -13.2 69 4.7 -10.0 102 20 294.0 294.4 281.4 300.1 2.00 20 687 2976 -8.7 -13.7 67 5.0 -10.2 103 20 294.4 294.8 281.4 300.3 1.93 21 681 3044 -7.5 -15.5 53 8.0 -9.9 105 20 296.5 296.8 282.0 301.7 1.68 22 600 4016 -15.1 -18.2 77 3.1 -15.9 137 20 298.6 298.9 282.8 303.4 1.52 23 587 4181 -16.3 -20.5 70 4.2 -17.3 145 20 299.1 299.4 282.7 303.2 1.27 24 586 4194 -16.5 -21.2 67 4.7 -17.6 145 20 299.0 299.3 282.5 302.9 1.20 25 584 4219 -16.5 -23.5 55 7.0 -18.0 147 20 299.3 299.5 282.4 302.5 0.98 26 581 4258 -16.7 -22.7 60 6.0 -18.0 149 20 299.5 299.7 282.5 302.9 1.06 27 574 4349 -17.1 -27.1 42 10.0 -19.0 149 20 300.1 300.2 282.4 302.5 0.72 28 571 4388 -17.1 -25.1 50 8.0 -18.7 149 20 300.6 300.7 282.7 303.4 0.87 29 566 4454 -17.5 -20.7 76 3.2 -18.3 149 20 300.8 301.1 283.4 305.0 1.30 30 554 4614 -18.7 -22.7 71 4.0 -19.6 147 19 301.3 301.5 283.3 304.9 1.11 31 545 4736 -19.9 -21.9 84 2.0 -20.3 146 19 301.3 301.5 283.5 305.2 1.21 32 536 4860 -20.7 -22.8 83 2.1 -21.1 145 19 301.7 302.0 283.5 305.4 1.14 33 529 4957 -21.3 -25.1 71 3.8 -22.1 146 20 302.2 302.3 283.5 305.2 0.94 34 505 5297 -23.9 -25.7 85 1.8 -24.2 149 25 303.0 303.2 283.8 306.1 0.93 35 500 5370 -24.3 -26.3 83 2.0 -24.6 150 26 303.4 303.6 283.9 306.3 0.89 36 487 5562 -25.5 -28.8 74 3.3 -26.1 155 27 304.2 304.4 284.1 306.7 0.73 37 481 5652 -26.3 -29.1 77 2.8 -26.8 158 27 304.3 304.5 284.1 306.7 0.72 38 478 5697 -26.5 -30.3 70 3.8 -27.1 159 27 304.6 304.7 284.1 306.8 0.64 39 466 5881 -28.1 -30.7 78 2.6 -28.5 164 27 304.9 305.0 284.2 307.0 0.64 40 454 6068 -29.7 -33.2 72 3.5 -30.2 169 28 305.1 305.2 284.1 306.9 0.51 41 444 6227 -31.1 -32.7 86 1.6 -31.3 167 29 305.3 305.4 284.2 307.2 0.55 42 436 6356 -32.1 -35.1 75 3.0 -32.4 164 30 305.6 305.7 284.2 307.2 0.44 43 429 6470 -33.1 -34.8 85 1.7 -33.3 161 32 305.8 305.9 284.3 307.4 0.46 44 415 6703 -34.9 -37.3 79 2.4 -35.1 155 34 306.4 306.5 284.4 307.7 0.37 45 407 6839 -35.9 -40.4 63 4.5 -36.2 158 33 306.8 306.9 284.5 307.8 0.28 46 406 6856 -36.1 -41.1 60 5.0 -36.5 158 33 306.8 306.8 284.4 307.7 0.26 47 404 6891 -35.9 -43.9 44 8.0 -36.5 159 33 307.5 307.5 284.6 308.1 0.19 48 400 6960 -36.3 -46.3 35 10.0 -37.0 160 32 307.8 307.8 284.7 308.4 0.15 49 393 7082 -36.9 -50.9 22 14.0 -37.7 163 32 308.6 308.6 284.9 308.9 0.09 50 374 7422 -40.1 -46.1 53 6.0 -40.5 172 35 308.8 308.8 285.1 309.3 0.16 51 367 7551 -41.3 -46.3 58 5.0 -41.6 174 37 308.8 308.9 285.1 309.4 0.16 52 354 7794 -42.9 -46.7 66 3.8 -43.1 176 43 309.9 309.9 285.5 310.5 0.16 53 327 8324 -46.7 -52.7 50 6.0 -46.9 180 57 311.8 311.8 286.1 312.1 0.09 54 326 8345 -46.8 -53.5 46 6.7 -47.0 180 58 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.2 0.08 55 323 8406 -47.1 -56.1 35 9.0 -47.4 180 58 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.5 0.06 56 322 8426 -47.3 -57.3 31 10.0 -47.6 180 58 312.3 312.3 286.2 312.5 0.05 57 300 8890 -51.1 -62.1 26 11.0 -51.3 180 42 313.3 313.3 286.5 313.4 0.03 58 257 9876 -56.3 -67.3 24 11.0 -56.5 170 46 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.02 59 250 10050 -56.5 -69.5 18 13.0 -56.6 170 45 322.1 322.1 289.4 322.1 0.01 60 200 11500 -48.3 -80.3 1 32.0 -48.9 175 27 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.00 61 150 13390 -47.1 -82.1 1 35.0 -48.0 155 25 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 62 100 16050 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -50.8 200 14 431.3 431.3 309.0 431.3 0.00 63 93 16524 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -53.1 194 14 435.6 435.6 309.4 435.6 0.00 64 89 16811 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -50.3 172 12 447.5 447.5 310.6 447.5 0.00 65 83 17268 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -52.1 175 10 452.5 452.5 311.1 452.5 0.00 66 77 17759 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -51.1 151 12 464.8 464.8 312.2 464.8 0.00 67 70 18380 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -53.7 160 18 471.6 471.6 312.8 471.7 0.00 68 68 18567 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -51.1 147 22 482.0 482.0 313.6 482.1 0.00 69 67 18664 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -51.1 149 20 484.1 484.1 313.8 484.1 0.00 70 62 19168 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -52.0 187 11 492.7 492.7 314.4 492.8 0.00 71 59 19491 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -50.9 161 10 502.9 502.9 315.2 502.9 0.01 72 50 20570 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -51.6 95 10 525.9 525.9 316.6 525.9 0.01 73 42 21707 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -53.1 95 12 549.3 549.3 318.1 549.3 0.01 74 33 23284 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -51.4 117 15 595.4 595.4 320.4 595.5 0.01 75 30 23910 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -52.2 145 10 609.7 609.7 321.0 609.8 0.01 76 26 24844 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -52.4 130 7 635.7 635.7 322.2 635.8 0.01 77 23 25641 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.1 91 18 652.5 652.5 322.8 652.6 0.01 78 20 26550 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -53.3 120 14 684.0 684.1 323.9 684.2 0.02 79 12 29927 -44.7 -82.7 1 38.0 -51.8 97 20 809.4 809.4 327.5 809.7 0.04 80 10 31140 -46.9 -83.9 1 37.0 -53.7 65 10 844.5 844.5 328.2 844.8 0.03 81 9.9 31207 -47.1 -84.1 1 37.0 -53.9 65 10 846.2 846.2 328.3 846.5 0.03 82 8.3 32386 -42.3 -82.3 0 40.0 -52.2 70 14 908.8 908.8 329.6 909.4 0.05 83 7.3 33255 -41.3 -81.3 1 40.0 -52.4 74 17 946.9 946.9 330.3 947.7 0.07 84 7.0 33540 -41.9 -81.9 1 40.0 -52.8 75 18 955.8 955.9 330.5 956.6 0.07 85 6.6 33938 -42.7 -81.7 1 39.0 -53.4 968.7 968.7 330.7 969.5 0.08 86 6.3 34253 -41.7 -81.7 1 40.0 -53.2 985.9 986.0 330.9 986.8 0.08 87 6.0 34586 -37.9 -79.9 0 42.0 -52.0 1016.2 1016.3 331.4 1017.5 0.11 88 5.3 35445 -35.7 -78.7 0 43.0 -51.9 1062.7 1062.8 332.1 1064.7 0.15 TRP 257 9876 -56.3 -67.3 24 11.0 -56.5 170 46 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.02 WND 326 8345 -46.8 -53.5 46 6.7 -47.0 180 58 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.2 0.08 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5408.00 m Freezing level: 808.97 mb = 1693.20 m = 5555.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 861.96 mb = 1179.46 m = 3869.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.53 % Est. max temperature: 14.97 C = 58.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.81 mb = 1275.74 m = 4185.44 ft T: 3.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 0.97 C Layer 722.0- 709.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.12 mb = 2642.57 m = 8669.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.95 C = 64.31 F Cap Strength: 8.37 C Lifted Index: 8.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.82 C Showalter Index: 6.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 14.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73916.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.37 mb = 1776.98 m = 5829.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 149 at 15 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 979 138 290 2 1.9 -0.7 | 325 16 9.4 -13.4 1 959 305 40 13 -8.4 -10.0 | 2 23 -0.8 -22.6 2 925 603 75 25 -24.1 -6.5 | 41 25 -16.6 -19.1 3 924 610 75 25 -24.1 -6.5 | 41 25 -16.6 -19.1 4 890 914 100 23 -22.7 4.0 | 60 17 -15.1 -8.7 5 858 1219 90 15 -15.0 0.0 | 31 15 -7.5 -12.7 6 850 1293 90 14 -14.0 0.0 | 27 14 -6.5 -12.7 7 826 1524 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 19 13 -4.5 -12.7 8 794 1829 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 20 17 -6.0 -16.3 9 764 2134 70 15 -14.1 -5.1 | 20 19 -6.6 -17.8 10 736 2438 65 18 -16.3 -7.6 | 23 22 -8.8 -20.3 11 708 2743 95 21 -20.9 1.8 | 51 17 -13.4 -10.8 12 700 2831 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 53 15 -12.2 -9.2 13 627 3658 120 19 -16.5 9.5 | 70 9 -8.9 -3.2 14 579 4267 150 20 -10.0 17.3 | 152 5 -2.5 4.6 15 534 4877 145 19 -10.9 15.6 | 131 4 -3.4 2.9 16 500 5370 150 26 -13.0 22.5 | 151 11 -5.5 9.8 17 452 6096 170 28 -4.9 27.6 | 190 15 2.7 14.9 18 415 6706 155 34 -14.4 30.8 | 159 19 -6.8 18.1 19 400 6960 160 32 -10.9 30.1 | 169 18 -3.4 17.4 20 380 7315 170 33 -5.7 32.5 | 185 20 1.8 19.8 21 363 7620 175 38 -3.3 37.9 | 190 26 4.2 25.2 22 326 8345 180 58 0.0 58.0 | 189 46 7.5 45.3 23 317 8534 180 58 0.0 58.0 | 189 46 7.5 45.3 24 300 8890 180 42 0.0 42.0 | 194 30 7.5 29.3 25 288 9144 180 42 0.0 42.0 | 194 30 7.5 29.3 26 262 9754 170 47 -8.2 46.3 | 179 34 -0.6 33.6 27 257 9876 170 46 -8.0 45.3 | 179 33 -0.5 32.6 28 250 10050 170 45 -7.8 44.3 | 179 32 -0.3 31.6 29 227 10668 170 32 -5.6 31.5 | 186 19 2.0 18.8 30 217 10973 165 46 -11.9 44.4 | 172 32 -4.4 31.8 31 200 11500 175 27 -2.4 26.9 | 200 15 5.2 14.2 32 198 11582 170 23 -4.0 22.7 | 200 11 3.5 10.0 33 180 12192 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 223 14 9.5 10.2 34 172 12497 165 16 -4.1 15.5 | 231 4 3.4 2.8 35 164 12802 145 16 -9.2 13.1 | 105 2 -1.6 0.4 36 157 13106 170 20 -3.5 19.7 | 210 8 4.1 7.0 37 150 13390 155 25 -10.6 22.7 | 163 10 -3.0 10.0 38 143 13716 155 25 -10.6 22.7 | 163 10 -3.0 10.0 39 136 14021 180 13 0.0 13.0 | 268 8 7.5 0.3 40 124 14630 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 283 8 7.5 -1.7 41 119 14935 135 13 -9.2 9.2 | 26 4 -1.7 -3.5 42 113 15240 190 12 2.1 11.8 | 275 10 9.6 -0.9 43 108 15545 155 14 -5.9 12.7 | 269 2 1.6 0.0 44 103 15850 175 14 -1.2 13.9 | 259 6 6.3 1.3 45 100 16050 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 268 12 12.3 0.5 46 98 16154 155 16 -6.8 14.5 | 203 2 0.8 1.8 47 94 16459 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 268 12 12.3 0.5 48 90 16764 170 12 -2.1 11.8 | 279 6 5.4 -0.9 49 86 17069 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 288 9 8.4 -2.7 50 71 18288 125 13 -10.6 7.5 | 31 6 -3.1 -5.2 51 70 18380 160 18 -6.2 16.9 | 198 4 1.4 4.2 52 68 18593 145 22 -12.6 18.0 | 136 7 -5.1 5.3 53 65 18898 160 12 -4.1 11.3 | 292 4 3.4 -1.4 54 62 19202 190 11 1.9 10.8 | 281 10 9.4 -1.8 55 59 19507 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 309 5 4.1 -3.3 56 56 19812 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 12 10 -2.1 -10.1 57 54 20117 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 19 5 -1.7 -5.0 58 51 20422 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 338 5 1.8 -4.5 59 50 20570 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 12 12 -2.4 -11.8 60 47 21031 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 24 9 -3.7 -8.6 61 44 21336 120 8 -6.9 4.0 | 356 9 0.6 -8.7 62 42 21641 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 19 13 -4.5 -12.7 63 39 22250 135 14 -9.9 9.9 | 41 4 -2.4 -2.8 64 37 22555 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 24 9 -3.7 -8.6 65 34 23165 120 15 -13.0 7.5 | 47 8 -5.5 -5.2 66 31 23774 105 17 -16.4 4.4 | 47 12 -8.9 -8.3 67 30 23910 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 338 5 1.8 -4.5 68 29 24079 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 23 7 -2.9 -6.7 69 28 24384 135 8 -5.7 5.7 | 345 7 1.9 -7.0 70 27 24689 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 328 5 2.5 -4.0 71 25 24994 110 5 -4.7 1.7 | 346 11 2.8 -11.0 72 24 25298 55 16 -13.1 -9.2 | 14 23 -5.6 -21.8 73 22 25908 120 20 -17.3 10.0 | 75 10 -9.8 -2.7 74 20 26518 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 37 16 -9.5 -12.7 75 20 26550 120 14 -12.1 7.0 | 39 7 -4.6 -5.7 76 18 27127 130 12 -9.2 7.7 | 19 5 -1.7 -5.0 77 18 27432 110 15 -14.1 5.1 | 41 10 -6.6 -7.5 78 17 27737 70 14 -13.2 -4.8 | 18 18 -5.6 -17.5 79 16 28042 100 14 -13.8 2.4 | 31 12 -6.3 -10.2 80 15 28651 70 11 -10.3 -3.8 | 10 17 -2.8 -16.4 81 13 29261 105 5 -4.8 1.3 | 347 12 2.7 -11.4 82 12 29870 100 19 -18.7 3.3 | 50 15 -11.2 -9.4 83 12 30175 85 23 -22.9 -2.0 | 46 21 -15.4 -14.7 84 10 31140 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 5 17 -1.5 -16.9 85 7 33540 75 18 -17.4 -4.7 | 30 20 -9.9 -17.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.3 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 149.3 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.1 neg: -41.9 tot: 241.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 41.42 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 60 16 16 21| 27.3 0.0 27.3|187.0 0.0 187.0 374.1 0.90| 35.6 32.1 1000 79 19 34 20| 9.8 0.0 9.8|219.3 -23.0 196.4 196.4 0.63| 25.6 16.2 1500 82 17 32 18| 6.5 1.7 8.2|220.0 -41.5 178.5 119.0 0.48| 19.3 9.2 2000 81 16 29 18| 4.9 1.7 6.6|220.3 -41.9 178.5 89.2 0.44| 15.5 6.9 2500 78 17 29 18| 5.2 1.4 6.6|259.3 -41.9 217.5 87.0 0.48| 14.5 7.0 3000 83 17 33 18| 4.6 1.1 5.7|283.1 -41.9 241.2 80.4 0.50| 13.5 6.8 4000 94 18 42 15| 3.6 0.9 4.5|302.3 -41.9 260.4 65.1 0.53| 11.7 6.2 5000 106 18 52 13| 3.2 0.7 3.9|307.2 -43.7 263.5 52.7 0.51| 10.2 5.2 6000 119 20 72 10| 3.1 0.6 3.7|337.3 -43.7 293.6 48.9 0.53| 9.6 5.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250502.12.gif