UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025082312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 23 AUG 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 23 AUG 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 138 9.2 8.6 96 0.6 8.9 40 2 282.1 283.3 281.9 301.3 7.00 1 1000 164 10.4 9.5 94 0.9 9.9 40 2 283.5 284.8 283.1 304.1 7.46 2 998 181 11.2 9.9 92 1.3 10.4 54 2 284.5 285.8 283.7 305.8 7.69 3 983 307 10.8 9.3 90 1.5 10.0 155 2 285.3 286.6 283.8 306.2 7.49 4 979 341 11.4 9.0 85 2.4 10.0 160 4 286.3 287.6 284.1 306.9 7.37 5 960 505 11.2 8.5 83 2.7 9.7 181 13 287.7 289.0 284.6 308.1 7.27 6 948 611 12.0 7.8 75 4.2 9.6 195 18 289.5 290.8 285.1 309.4 7.01 7 925 816 10.4 7.2 81 3.2 8.6 210 14 289.9 291.2 285.1 309.5 6.90 8 912 934 9.4 6.7 83 2.7 7.9 221 17 290.1 291.3 285.1 309.3 6.76 9 887 1165 8.6 5.4 80 3.2 6.9 236 24 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713.3 0.02 79 18 27652 -45.5 -83.5 1 38.0 -50.8 325 10 718.2 718.2 325.0 718.4 0.02 80 16 28439 -46.7 -83.7 1 37.0 -52.0 275 10 738.9 738.9 325.6 739.1 0.02 81 12 30369 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -51.0 356 17 815.0 815.1 327.6 815.3 0.03 82 11 30954 -44.9 -83.9 0 39.0 -52.3 41 10 829.0 829.1 328.0 829.3 0.03 83 10 31600 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -50.3 90 3 869.9 869.9 328.8 870.4 0.06 84 9.5 31950 -40.7 -81.7 0 41.0 -50.8 69 5 880.4 880.5 329.0 881.0 0.05 85 7.1 33942 -38.7 -80.7 0 42.0 -51.4 311 17 965.1 965.2 330.6 966.1 0.08 86 7.0 34040 -37.1 -79.1 0 42.0 -50.9 305 18 975.7 975.7 330.8 976.9 0.11 87 6.9 34139 -36.5 -79.5 0 43.0 -50.7 306 18 982.2 982.3 330.9 983.4 0.10 88 6.0 35112 -33.9 -76.9 1 43.0 -50.5 316 16 1033.5 1033.6 331.7 1035.7 0.18 89 5.9 35229 -33.9 -76.9 1 43.0 -50.7 318 16 1038.5 1038.6 331.8 1040.8 0.18 90 5.5 35720 -34.3 -77.3 0 43.0 -51.2 323 15 1057.7 1057.9 332.1 1060.1 0.19 91 5.0 36390 -31.5 -75.5 0 44.0 -50.8 330 14 1099.7 1099.9 332.6 1103.3 0.27 92 4.7 36829 -29.9 -74.9 0 45.0 -50.7 1126.8 1127.0 333.0 1131.1 0.32 93 4.4 37297 -31.9 -75.9 0 44.0 -51.7 1138.8 1139.0 333.2 1142.8 0.29 94 4.3 37460 -30.3 -75.3 0 45.0 -51.4 1153.9 1154.1 333.3 1158.4 0.32 TRP 202 12007 -58.1 -63.1 53 5.0 -58.2 300 92 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 WND 200 12070 -58.0 -62.8 54 4.8 -58.1 300 94 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5546.00 m Freezing level: 761.47 mb = 2406.92 m = 7896.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 783.75 mb = 2174.01 m = 7132.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.45 % Est. max temperature: 18.71 C = 65.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.96 mb = 214.63 m = 704.17 ft T: 11.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.95 C/km ThetaE index: 4.06 C Layer 825.0- 735.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.29 mb = 1359.61 m = 4460.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.70 C = 65.66 F Cap Strength: 10.59 C Lifted Index: 11.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.95 C Showalter Index: 9.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 16.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63271.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.12 mb = 923.69 m = 3030.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 279 at 23 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 1003 138 40 2 -1.3 -1.5 | 95 24 -24.3 1.9 1 1000 164 40 2 -1.3 -1.5 | 95 24 -24.3 1.9 2 983 305 155 2 -0.8 1.8 | 102 24 -23.9 5.3 3 948 610 195 18 4.7 17.4 | 139 28 -18.4 20.8 4 925 816 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 134 22 -16.0 15.6 5 914 914 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 144 20 -12.1 16.5 6 881 1219 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 175 16 -1.4 15.9 7 850 1516 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 187 12 1.4 12.3 8 818 1829 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 201 11 4.0 10.7 9 787 2134 240 31 26.8 15.5 | 191 19 3.8 18.9 10 758 2438 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 201 15 5.2 13.7 11 730 2743 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 202 19 6.9 17.4 12 700 3078 245 36 32.6 15.2 | 207 21 9.6 18.7 13 650 3658 240 40 34.6 20.0 | 206 26 11.6 23.4 14 625 3962 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 231 23 17.6 14.3 15 601 4267 255 37 35.7 9.6 | 224 18 12.7 13.0 16 556 4877 255 35 33.8 9.1 | 221 17 10.8 12.5 17 500 5710 260 38 37.4 6.6 | 235 18 14.4 10.0 18 475 6096 255 36 34.8 9.3 | 223 17 11.8 12.8 19 400 7380 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 254 28 26.8 7.8 20 387 7620 265 50 49.8 4.4 | 254 28 26.8 7.8 21 312 9144 280 63 62.0 -10.9 | 281 40 39.0 -7.5 22 300 9410 285 64 61.8 -16.6 | 289 41 38.8 -13.1 23 250 10640 295 84 76.1 -35.5 | 301 62 53.1 -32.1 24 202 12007 300 92 79.7 -46.0 | 307 71 56.7 -42.6 25 200 12070 300 94 81.4 -47.0 | 307 73 58.4 -43.6 26 196 12192 300 94 81.4 -47.0 | 307 73 58.4 -43.6 27 187 12497 310 73 55.9 -46.9 | 323 55 32.9 -43.5 28 170 13106 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 299 30 25.8 -14.3 29 162 13411 290 54 50.7 -18.5 | 298 32 27.7 -15.0 30 154 13716 295 48 43.5 -20.3 | 309 27 20.5 -16.8 31 150 13900 280 43 42.3 -7.5 | 282 20 19.3 -4.0 32 140 14326 285 56 54.1 -14.5 | 290 33 31.1 -11.0 33 134 14630 295 49 44.4 -20.7 | 309 27 21.4 -17.3 34 122 15240 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 282 16 15.4 -3.3 35 116 15545 295 39 35.3 -16.5 | 317 18 12.3 -13.0 36 106 16154 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 356 8 0.5 -7.5 37 101 16459 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 254 4 3.9 1.1 38 100 16500 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 303 8 6.9 -4.6 39 96 16764 280 31 30.5 -5.4 | 284 8 7.5 -1.9 40 92 17069 290 27 25.4 -9.2 | 338 6 2.4 -5.8 41 83 17678 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 289 4 3.6 -1.2 42 76 18288 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 34 9 -4.8 -7.1 43 72 18593 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 93 5 -5.3 0.3 44 70 18800 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 76 15 -14.6 -3.6 45 66 19202 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 79 13 -12.6 -2.6 46 63 19507 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 107 12 -11.0 3.4 47 60 19812 295 17 15.4 -7.2 | 64 8 -7.6 -3.7 48 57 20117 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 150 4 -2.0 3.4 49 54 20422 305 16 13.1 -9.2 | 60 11 -9.9 -5.7 50 52 20726 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 71 15 -14.5 -5.0 51 50 20970 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 97 12 -12.2 1.5 52 50 21031 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 79 13 -12.6 -2.6 53 47 21336 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 102 11 -11.1 2.4 54 45 21641 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 94 13 -13.4 0.9 55 43 21946 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 108 14 -13.1 4.3 56 41 22250 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 110 5 -5.1 1.9 57 39 22555 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 87 12 -11.7 -0.7 58 37 22860 275 11 11.0 -1.0 | 102 12 -12.1 2.5 59 36 23165 305 12 9.8 -6.9 | 75 14 -13.2 -3.4 60 34 23470 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 119 16 -14.0 7.7 61 32 23774 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 97 10 -10.2 1.2 62 31 24079 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 97 11 -11.2 1.4 63 30 24290 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 105 13 -13.0 3.4 64 30 24384 290 8 7.5 -2.7 | 93 16 -15.5 0.7 65 27 24994 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 101 13 -13.1 2.6 66 26 25298 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 117 15 -13.6 6.9 67 25 25603 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 119 16 -14.0 7.7 68 22 26213 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 76 15 -14.6 -3.6 69 21 26518 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 97 11 -11.2 1.4 70 20 26822 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 81 14 -13.5 -2.1 71 20 26950 325 11 6.3 -9.0 | 72 18 -16.7 -5.6 72 19 27127 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 87 12 -11.7 -0.7 73 19 27432 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 75 18 -17.3 -4.7 74 17 28042 325 10 5.7 -8.2 | 75 18 -17.3 -4.7 75 16 28651 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 117 15 -13.6 6.9 76 14 29261 305 13 10.6 -7.5 | 72 13 -12.4 -4.0 77 13 29870 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 87 14 -14.0 -0.8 78 12 30175 340 19 6.5 -17.9 | 49 22 -16.5 -14.4 79 10 31600 90 3 -3.0 0.0 | 98 26 -26.0 3.4 80 7 34040 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 50 11 -8.3 -6.9 81 5 36390 330 14 7.0 -12.1 | 62 18 -16.0 -8.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.1 neg: -16.0 tot: 232.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 103.02 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 189 8 117 24| 19.9 0.0 19.9|142.2 0.0 142.2 284.3 0.97| 21.6 20.9 1000 210 13 131 22| 12.8 0.0 12.8|192.9 -6.2 186.7 186.7 0.79| 19.1 15.1 1500 229 17 145 18| 9.8 0.0 9.8|219.3 -6.2 213.1 142.1 0.79| 15.7 12.4 2000 237 20 156 16| 7.3 1.9 9.2|224.8 -16.0 208.8 104.4 0.64| 14.3 9.1 2500 240 22 165 15| 6.2 1.5 7.7|237.8 -16.0 221.8 88.7 0.60| 13.1 7.9 3000 241 24 173 15| 5.2 1.9 7.1|248.1 -16.0 232.1 77.4 0.59| 11.7 6.9 4000 243 28 187 16| 4.2 2.0 6.2|310.7 -22.2 288.4 72.1 0.57| 11.0 6.3 5000 246 30 195 16| 3.4 1.4 4.8|316.2 -32.0 284.2 56.8 0.53| 9.4 5.0 6000 249 31 202 16| 3.0 1.4 4.4|328.2 -46.3 281.8 47.0 0.49| 8.3 4.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250823.12.gif