UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025050400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 4 MAY 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 4 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 33 SFC 987 138 6.8 2.9 76 3.9 4.9 340 2 281.0 281.8 278.7 294.2 4.77 2 946 486 3.2 1.7 90 1.5 2.5 278 6 280.8 281.6 278.3 293.4 4.57 3 944 503 3.4 1.0 84 2.4 2.3 276 7 281.1 281.9 278.3 293.3 4.35 4 934 590 3.2 -1.3 72 4.5 1.3 263 9 281.8 282.4 277.7 292.2 3.72 5 925 669 2.6 -1.3 75 3.9 1.0 255 10 282.0 282.6 277.9 292.5 3.75 6 850 1347 -2.7 -4.7 86 2.0 -3.5 245 22 283.3 283.9 277.8 292.3 3.17 7 833 1507 -3.9 -5.7 87 1.8 -4.6 245 22 283.7 284.2 277.8 292.3 3.00 8 816 1669 -5.1 -6.2 92 1.1 -5.5 252 19 284.1 284.6 277.9 292.5 2.94 9 744 2390 -9.5 -10.2 95 0.7 -9.7 245 13 286.9 287.3 278.6 293.8 2.36 10 726 2578 -10.9 -12.0 92 1.1 -11.2 241 14 287.4 287.8 278.4 293.6 2.10 11 704 2814 -12.3 -12.8 96 0.5 -12.5 229 17 288.4 288.7 278.8 294.4 2.03 12 700 2858 -12.7 -13.3 95 0.6 -12.9 225 18 288.4 288.8 278.7 294.2 1.96 13 691 2957 -13.5 -15.2 87 1.7 -14.0 225 17 288.6 288.9 278.4 293.7 1.70 14 673 3157 -14.9 -16.0 91 1.1 -15.2 232 16 289.2 289.5 278.7 294.1 1.63 15 632 3630 -17.5 -19.9 82 2.4 -18.0 237 12 291.5 291.7 279.3 295.3 1.25 16 630 3654 -17.5 -20.0 81 2.5 -18.1 236 11 291.8 292.0 279.4 295.6 1.24 17 624 3725 -18.1 -20.6 81 2.5 -18.7 233 11 291.9 292.1 279.3 295.6 1.19 18 619 3785 -18.5 -20.9 81 2.4 -19.0 231 10 292.1 292.3 279.4 295.7 1.17 19 599 4029 -20.5 -21.6 91 1.1 -20.7 221 9 292.5 292.7 279.6 296.1 1.13 20 592 4116 -20.9 -22.8 85 1.9 -21.2 217 8 293.1 293.2 279.7 296.3 1.03 21 572 4369 -23.1 -24.2 91 1.1 -23.3 212 8 293.4 293.5 279.7 296.3 0.94 22 568 4421 -23.5 -25.6 83 2.1 -23.9 213 8 293.5 293.6 279.6 296.1 0.84 23 561 4511 -24.3 -25.5 90 1.2 -24.5 216 9 293.6 293.7 279.7 296.3 0.86 24 555 4589 -24.9 -26.6 86 1.7 -25.2 217 10 293.8 293.9 279.7 296.3 0.78 25 549 4668 -25.7 -26.3 95 0.6 -25.8 219 11 293.7 293.9 279.7 296.3 0.81 26 535 4855 -27.1 -28.0 92 0.9 -27.2 224 13 294.2 294.4 279.8 296.5 0.71 27 512 5171 -28.9 -34.9 56 6.0 -29.6 178 5 295.8 295.9 280.0 297.1 0.38 28 508 5227 -29.3 -35.3 56 6.0 -29.9 161 7 296.0 296.0 280.1 297.2 0.37 29 500 5340 -29.9 -37.9 46 8.0 -30.7 120 12 296.6 296.6 280.3 297.6 0.29 30 491 5469 -30.5 -43.5 27 13.0 -31.5 98 15 297.4 297.4 280.4 298.0 0.17 31 483 5586 -31.1 -46.1 21 15.0 -32.1 93 18 298.1 298.1 280.7 298.5 0.13 32 474 5719 -32.1 -44.1 29 12.0 -33.0 91 22 298.4 298.5 280.9 299.0 0.16 33 469 5793 -32.7 -44.7 29 12.0 -33.6 90 25 298.6 298.6 281.0 299.1 0.15 34 467 5823 -32.9 -46.9 23 14.0 -33.8 90 26 298.7 298.7 281.0 299.1 0.12 35 464 5869 -32.9 -50.9 15 18.0 -33.9 89 27 299.3 299.3 281.1 299.5 0.08 36 458 5960 -33.5 -47.5 23 14.0 -34.4 87 30 299.6 299.6 281.3 300.0 0.11 37 453 6037 -33.5 -43.5 36 10.0 -34.3 86 33 300.6 300.6 281.8 301.2 0.18 38 450 6084 -33.5 -41.5 44 8.0 -34.1 85 34 301.1 301.2 282.1 301.9 0.22 39 449 6099 -33.3 -40.3 49 7.0 -33.9 85 35 301.6 301.6 282.4 302.5 0.25 40 448 6115 -33.3 -41.3 45 8.0 -34.0 85 35 301.8 301.8 282.4 302.6 0.23 41 446 6146 -33.3 -42.3 40 9.0 -34.0 86 37 302.2 302.2 282.5 302.9 0.21 42 400 6900 -39.9 -41.7 83 1.8 -40.0 80 50 303.1 303.2 283.0 304.0 0.25 43 392 7038 -41.3 -42.4 89 1.1 -41.3 80 50 303.1 303.1 283.0 303.9 0.23 44 388 7108 -41.7 -43.4 83 1.7 -41.8 80 50 303.4 303.5 283.1 304.2 0.21 45 383 7196 -42.5 -47.1 61 4.6 -42.7 80 50 303.5 303.5 283.0 304.0 0.14 46 380 7249 -42.9 -46.3 69 3.4 -43.0 80 50 303.7 303.7 283.1 304.2 0.16 47 375 7338 -43.9 -48.1 63 4.2 -44.1 80 51 303.5 303.5 283.0 304.0 0.13 48 367 7483 -45.3 -49.3 64 4.0 -45.4 80 51 303.5 303.5 283.0 303.9 0.12 49 359 7630 -46.3 -48.3 80 2.0 -46.4 80 51 304.1 304.1 283.2 304.6 0.13 50 349 7817 -47.5 -50.0 75 2.5 -47.6 80 52 304.9 304.9 283.5 305.3 0.11 51 346 7874 -47.7 -53.7 50 6.0 -47.9 80 53 305.4 305.4 283.7 305.7 0.07 52 340 7990 -48.3 -56.3 39 8.0 -48.5 80 52 306.1 306.1 283.9 306.3 0.06 53 336 8068 -48.7 -60.7 24 12.0 -49.0 81 51 306.6 306.6 284.1 306.7 0.03 54 306 8681 -50.9 -66.9 13 16.0 -51.1 85 44 311.8 311.8 286.0 311.9 0.02 55 300 8810 -50.3 -68.3 10 18.0 -50.6 90 39 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.5 0.01 56 269 9520 -48.7 -75.7 3 27.0 -49.1 93 27 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.8 0.00 57 250 10000 -46.9 -77.9 2 31.0 -47.4 110 19 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.00 58 200 11480 -45.7 -79.7 1 34.0 -46.4 130 15 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 59 150 13390 -46.9 -80.9 1 34.0 -47.8 165 7 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.3 0.00 60 100 16070 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -50.5 195 14 432.1 432.1 309.0 432.1 0.00 61 92 16612 -52.3 -83.3 1 31.0 -53.1 172 12 437.0 437.0 309.6 437.0 0.00 62 86 17050 -49.1 -83.1 1 34.0 -50.3 178 19 451.9 451.9 311.0 452.0 0.00 63 78 17686 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -52.5 4 0 459.8 459.8 311.7 459.8 0.00 64 71 18298 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -51.2 187 13 475.7 475.7 313.1 475.7 0.01 65 70 18390 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.7 250 8 476.3 476.3 313.1 476.4 0.01 66 63 19076 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -52.5 332 2 489.2 489.2 314.2 489.2 0.01 67 52 20332 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -50.3 204 11 523.7 523.7 316.5 523.8 0.01 68 50 20590 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -51.1 65 8 527.3 527.3 316.8 527.3 0.01 69 32 23509 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -53.5 128 10 593.7 593.7 320.3 593.8 0.01 70 30 23930 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -52.4 45 6 609.1 609.2 321.0 609.2 0.01 71 29 24151 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -52.1 38 7 616.2 616.2 321.3 616.3 0.01 72 23 25667 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -52.0 97 4 661.4 661.4 323.1 661.5 0.02 73 20 26580 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.5 100 17 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.02 74 19 26916 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -53.7 106 18 692.9 692.9 324.2 693.0 0.02 75 15 28482 -45.3 -82.3 1 37.0 -51.3 85 9 757.3 757.3 326.1 757.6 0.03 76 12 29967 -47.5 -82.5 1 35.0 -53.4 138 11 799.4 799.5 327.3 799.8 0.04 77 11 30548 -44.3 -82.3 1 38.0 -52.0 137 10 831.2 831.2 328.0 831.6 0.04 78 10 31190 -42.7 -81.7 1 39.0 -51.5 140 10 860.2 860.2 328.6 860.6 0.05 79 9.8 31326 -42.7 -80.7 1 38.0 -51.6 138 10 865.1 865.2 328.7 865.7 0.06 80 9.0 31898 -43.1 -81.1 1 38.0 -52.2 130 10 884.9 885.0 329.1 885.6 0.06 81 8.5 32284 -40.5 -80.5 1 40.0 -51.2 124 10 909.7 909.7 329.6 910.4 0.07 82 7.8 32865 -42.1 -81.1 1 39.0 -52.4 116 10 925.9 925.9 329.9 926.7 0.07 83 7.0 33600 -39.3 -80.3 1 41.0 -51.7 105 10 966.6 966.6 330.7 967.6 0.09 84 5.9 34783 -34.5 -77.5 0 43.0 -50.8 1035.9 1036.0 331.8 1037.9 0.17 85 5.6 35147 -35.7 -78.7 0 43.0 -51.6 1046.1 1046.2 331.9 1047.9 0.15 86 5.4 35400 -35.1 -78.1 0 43.0 -51.6 1059.8 1059.9 332.1 1061.8 0.17 87 5.2 35665 -32.5 -76.5 0 44.0 -50.9 1083.0 1083.1 332.4 1085.8 0.22 TRP 306 8681 -50.9 -66.9 13 16.0 -51.1 85 44 311.8 311.8 286.0 311.9 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5307.00 m Freezing level: 888.21 mb = 1001.60 m = 3286.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 908.88 mb = 809.99 m = 2657.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.36 % Est. max temperature: 9.40 C = 48.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.71 mb = 627.67 m = 2059.27 ft T: 2.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 1.98 C Layer 946.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.05 mb = 1114.13 m = 3655.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.66 C = 47.59 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: 4.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 52.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 21.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70672.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.86 mb = 961.51 m = 3154.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 253 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 138 340 2 0.7 -1.9 | 62 11 -9.6 -5.0 1 967 305 305 2 1.6 -1.1 | 64 10 -8.6 -4.3 2 932 610 260 9 8.9 1.6 | 42 2 -1.4 -1.6 3 925 669 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 47 1 -0.6 -0.6 4 897 914 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 205 7 2.8 6.0 5 864 1219 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 227 11 7.9 7.3 6 850 1347 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 238 11 9.7 6.1 7 831 1524 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 238 11 9.7 6.1 8 799 1829 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 274 5 5.5 -0.4 9 768 2134 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 221 4 2.4 2.8 10 739 2438 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 213 3 1.5 2.3 11 710 2743 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 205 7 2.8 6.0 12 700 2858 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 194 10 2.4 9.6 13 682 3048 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 191 9 1.7 8.9 14 655 3353 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 226 5 3.3 3.2 15 628 3658 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 158 3 -1.3 3.1 16 578 4267 210 7 3.5 6.1 | 113 7 -6.8 2.9 17 532 4877 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 170 6 -1.1 6.0 18 511 5182 175 5 -0.4 5.0 | 100 11 -10.7 1.8 19 500 5340 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 98 21 -20.7 2.8 20 490 5486 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 86 25 -25.2 -1.9 21 449 6096 85 35 -34.9 -3.1 | 82 46 -45.1 -6.2 22 430 6401 90 48 -48.0 0.0 | 87 58 -58.3 -3.2 23 400 6900 80 50 -49.2 -8.7 | 79 61 -59.5 -11.8 24 359 7620 80 51 -50.2 -8.9 | 79 62 -60.5 -12.0 25 343 7925 80 53 -52.2 -9.2 | 79 64 -62.5 -12.4 26 306 8681 85 44 -43.8 -3.8 | 83 55 -54.1 -7.0 27 300 8810 90 39 -39.0 0.0 | 86 49 -49.3 -3.2 28 285 9144 85 31 -30.9 -2.7 | 82 42 -41.2 -5.9 29 272 9449 90 28 -28.0 0.0 | 85 38 -38.3 -3.2 30 250 10000 110 19 -17.9 6.5 | 97 28 -28.1 3.3 31 237 10363 120 17 -14.7 8.5 | 102 26 -25.0 5.3 32 216 10973 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 81 21 -20.3 -3.2 33 206 11278 95 12 -12.0 1.0 | 85 22 -22.2 -2.1 34 200 11480 130 15 -11.5 9.6 | 107 23 -21.8 6.5 35 188 11887 145 13 -7.5 10.6 | 113 19 -17.7 7.5 36 180 12192 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 117 14 -12.9 6.5 37 164 12802 125 13 -10.6 7.5 | 102 21 -20.9 4.3 38 157 13106 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 119 14 -12.0 6.7 39 150 13390 165 7 -1.8 6.8 | 107 13 -12.1 3.6 40 150 13411 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 128 14 -11.3 8.8 41 136 14021 175 6 -0.5 6.0 | 105 11 -10.8 2.8 42 130 14326 135 19 -13.4 13.4 | 113 26 -23.7 10.3 43 119 14935 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 122 17 -14.7 9.1 44 113 15240 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 129 18 -14.2 11.3 45 108 15545 145 10 -5.7 8.2 | 107 17 -16.0 5.0 46 103 15850 135 6 -4.2 4.2 | 94 15 -14.5 1.1 47 100 16070 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 147 12 -6.7 10.4 48 99 16154 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 140 11 -7.2 8.4 49 94 16459 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 147 12 -6.7 10.4 50 90 16764 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 110 16 -15.3 5.5 51 86 17069 180 20 0.0 20.0 | 149 20 -10.3 16.8 52 82 17374 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 139 6 -3.9 4.5 53 78 17678 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 73 11 -10.3 -3.2 54 75 17983 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 121 13 -11.2 6.8 55 71 18288 180 14 0.0 14.0 | 137 15 -10.3 10.8 56 70 18390 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 81 3 -2.8 -0.4 57 68 18593 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 139 6 -3.9 4.5 58 62 19202 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 73 11 -10.3 -3.2 59 54 20117 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 128 11 -8.5 6.7 60 51 20422 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 149 8 -4.3 7.2 61 50 20590 65 8 -7.3 -3.4 | 70 19 -17.5 -6.5 62 45 21336 155 11 -4.6 10.0 | 115 16 -14.9 6.8 63 43 21641 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 110 16 -15.3 5.5 64 41 21946 170 10 -1.7 9.8 | 119 14 -12.0 6.7 65 35 22860 150 13 -6.5 11.3 | 116 19 -16.8 8.1 66 32 23470 125 10 -8.2 5.7 | 98 19 -18.5 2.6 67 31 23774 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 110 16 -15.3 5.5 68 30 23930 45 6 -4.2 -4.2 | 63 16 -14.5 -7.4 69 28 24384 30 9 -4.5 -7.8 | 53 18 -14.8 -11.0 70 23 25603 105 2 -1.9 0.5 | 78 12 -12.2 -2.6 71 22 25908 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 69 21 -19.3 -7.4 72 21 26213 90 19 -19.0 0.0 | 84 29 -29.3 -3.2 73 20 26580 100 17 -16.7 3.0 | 90 27 -27.0 -0.2 74 19 26822 100 19 -18.7 3.3 | 90 29 -29.0 0.1 75 18 27127 120 16 -13.9 8.0 | 101 25 -24.1 4.8 76 18 27432 120 14 -12.1 7.0 | 100 23 -22.4 3.8 77 16 28042 120 10 -8.7 5.0 | 96 19 -18.9 1.8 78 15 28346 90 12 -12.0 0.0 | 82 23 -22.3 -3.2 79 15 28651 80 5 -4.9 -0.9 | 75 16 -15.2 -4.0 80 14 28956 145 11 -6.3 9.0 | 109 18 -16.6 5.9 81 13 29261 110 12 -11.3 4.1 | 93 22 -21.6 0.9 82 13 29566 145 14 -8.0 11.5 | 114 20 -18.3 8.3 83 12 29870 140 12 -7.7 9.2 | 109 19 -18.0 6.0 84 12 30175 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 103 18 -17.3 3.9 85 10 31190 140 10 -6.4 7.7 | 105 17 -16.7 4.5 86 7 33600 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 88 20 -19.9 -0.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: -15.5 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 19.07 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 274 5 59 7| 0.0 9.7 9.7| 0.1 -5.1 -5.0 -9.9 -0.26| 10.2 -2.6 1000 247 10 117 1| 0.0 10.4 10.4| 4.8 -5.5 -0.7 -0.7 0.14| 11.9 1.6 1500 246 14 221 3| 1.4 6.9 8.3| 17.7 -5.5 12.2 8.1 0.26| 10.2 2.7 2000 248 14 233 4| 1.1 3.9 5.0| 23.4 -9.8 13.6 6.8 0.18| 10.0 1.8 2500 247 14 229 4| 0.8 3.5 4.3| 23.4 -10.6 12.8 5.1 0.15| 8.7 1.3 3000 243 15 219 4| 0.7 3.2 3.9| 25.8 -15.5 10.3 3.4 0.10| 8.5 0.9 4000 241 14 209 4| 1.0 2.2 3.2| 30.0 -23.6 6.4 1.6 0.00| 8.0 0.0 5000 238 13 191 4| 0.6 1.4 2.0| 39.8 -43.0 -3.2 -0.6 -0.04| 8.1 -0.3 6000 223 14 176 7| 0.5 3.3 3.8| 40.2-104.4 -64.2 -10.7 -0.11| 10.1 -1.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250504.00.gif