UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025082412.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 24 AUG 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 24 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 113 240 1 SFC 997 138 12.2 11.6 96 0.6 11.9 240 1 285.6 287.1 285.1 309.5 8.63 2 988 214 13.0 12.7 98 0.3 12.8 233 7 287.1 288.8 286.5 313.2 9.37 3 925 766 10.6 10.5 99 0.1 10.6 240 36 290.1 291.7 286.9 314.6 8.65 4 850 1469 7.2 7.2 100 0.0 7.2 260 33 293.7 295.0 287.2 315.3 7.51 5 808 1885 5.2 5.2 100 0.0 5.2 252 33 295.9 297.1 287.4 315.9 6.88 6 725 2768 2.4 2.4 100 0.0 2.4 255 52 302.1 303.3 289.0 320.9 6.29 7 700 3051 0.4 0.4 100 0.0 0.4 255 52 302.9 304.0 288.7 319.9 5.63 8 696 3097 0.2 0.2 100 0.0 0.2 255 52 303.2 304.2 288.8 320.1 5.58 9 619 4029 -4.1 -4.3 99 0.2 -4.2 255 64 308.6 309.5 289.5 322.6 4.49 10 593 4366 -6.3 -6.3 100 0.0 -6.3 256 61 309.9 310.6 289.5 322.5 4.03 11 528 5264 -12.1 -12.4 98 0.3 -12.2 265 58 313.4 313.9 289.5 322.4 2.79 12 500 5680 -13.9 -14.8 93 0.9 -14.2 265 58 316.1 316.6 290.0 324.1 2.43 13 496 5741 -14.1 -15.2 91 1.1 -14.5 265 58 316.6 317.0 290.1 324.4 2.37 14 475 6068 -16.1 -16.8 94 0.7 -16.3 265 59 318.0 318.5 290.3 325.2 2.16 15 443 6589 -20.1 -20.7 95 0.6 -20.3 261 57 319.4 319.7 290.3 325.0 1.66 16 441 6622 -19.9 -20.5 95 0.6 -20.1 261 56 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.8 1.70 17 406 7231 -23.5 -26.4 77 2.9 -24.1 260 63 323.1 323.3 290.8 326.9 1.09 18 400 7340 -24.3 -27.1 78 2.8 -24.9 260 65 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.1 1.04 19 397 7395 -24.7 -27.1 80 2.4 -25.2 260 66 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.3 1.05 20 392 7488 -25.3 -29.1 70 3.8 -26.1 260 67 324.0 324.1 290.9 327.1 0.88 21 388 7562 -25.7 -28.6 77 2.9 -26.3 260 67 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.7 0.93 22 373 7848 -27.3 -30.8 72 3.5 -27.9 261 68 326.0 326.1 291.4 328.8 0.79 23 365 8004 -28.7 -34.7 56 6.0 -29.6 261 68 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.1 0.55 24 353 8243 -30.7 -37.7 50 7.0 -31.6 262 68 326.6 326.6 291.2 328.1 0.42 25 319 8956 -36.7 -41.5 61 4.8 -37.1 264 69 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.0 0.32 26 308 9199 -38.5 -42.4 67 3.9 -38.8 266 70 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.30 27 304 9289 -39.1 -43.8 61 4.7 -39.5 268 71 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.26 28 300 9380 -39.7 -42.4 75 2.7 -39.9 270 72 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.30 29 299 9403 -39.7 -42.3 76 2.6 -39.9 270 72 329.7 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.31 30 272 10042 -44.7 -51.7 45 7.0 -45.0 270 75 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.12 31 261 10316 -46.7 -51.6 57 4.9 -46.9 270 77 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 32 250 10600 -49.1 -55.1 50 6.0 -49.3 270 78 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.09 33 242 10813 -50.9 -57.9 43 7.0 -51.1 270 80 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 34 232 11086 -52.9 -57.9 55 5.0 -53.0 270 82 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 35 230 11142 -53.5 -59.5 48 6.0 -53.7 270 82 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.05 36 228 11198 -54.1 -61.1 42 7.0 -54.2 270 82 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.04 37 220 11426 -55.7 -59.3 64 3.6 -55.8 268 80 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 38 217 11514 -55.5 -59.0 65 3.5 -55.6 266 79 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.06 39 200 12030 -58.9 -61.2 75 2.3 -58.9 270 80 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 40 198 12093 -59.1 -62.0 69 2.9 -59.2 270 80 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.05 41 194 12221 -57.7 -66.7 31 9.0 -57.9 269 78 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 42 189 12385 -57.1 -69.1 20 12.0 -57.3 267 70 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 43 176 12834 -58.5 -74.5 11 16.0 -58.7 259 53 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 44 171 13015 -56.7 -75.7 7 19.0 -56.9 256 56 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 45 164 13280 -57.1 -76.1 7 19.0 -57.3 258 62 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.01 46 154 13681 -52.9 -75.9 5 23.0 -53.4 269 58 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.01 47 150 13850 -53.3 -77.3 4 24.0 -53.7 265 57 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.3 0.01 48 143 14158 -52.5 -76.5 4 24.0 -53.0 264 53 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.9 0.01 49 114 15611 -55.3 -79.3 4 24.0 -55.8 266 42 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.01 50 100 16450 -53.5 -80.5 2 27.0 -54.1 280 36 424.4 424.4 308.2 424.4 0.01 51 90 17125 -55.1 -79.1 4 24.0 -55.7 240 20 434.2 434.2 309.3 434.2 0.01 52 85 17491 -53.1 -79.1 3 26.0 -53.9 272 31 445.4 445.4 310.4 445.4 0.01 53 78 18043 -54.5 -81.5 2 27.0 -55.2 278 27 453.5 453.5 311.2 453.6 0.01 54 70 18740 -51.9 -81.9 2 30.0 -52.9 275 16 473.4 473.4 312.9 473.4 0.01 55 68 18928 -51.3 -81.3 2 30.0 -52.4 277 19 478.6 478.6 313.4 478.6 0.01 56 61 19628 -55.1 -84.1 2 29.0 -55.9 259 19 485.2 485.2 313.8 485.3 0.01 57 60 19734 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -54.4 262 21 491.6 491.6 314.4 491.6 0.01 58 56 20176 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -56.9 290 16 495.0 495.0 314.6 495.0 0.01 59 55 20291 -52.3 -83.3 1 31.0 -53.5 280 17 506.2 506.2 315.4 506.3 0.01 60 50 20910 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -52.5 280 13 523.5 523.5 316.5 523.6 0.01 61 49 21041 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -52.5 270 19 526.6 526.6 316.7 526.6 0.01 62 46 21450 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -55.5 254 10 528.0 528.0 316.8 528.0 0.01 63 41 22191 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -53.6 272 18 551.6 551.6 318.2 551.6 0.01 64 37 22854 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -55.2 285 13 563.4 563.4 318.8 563.5 0.01 65 30 24210 -50.9 -85.9 1 35.0 -53.3 260 7 605.9 605.9 320.9 605.9 0.01 66 24 25666 -49.3 -85.3 1 36.0 -52.5 276 11 650.5 650.5 322.7 650.5 0.01 67 22 26235 -50.1 -86.1 1 36.0 -53.4 284 14 664.5 664.5 323.2 664.5 0.01 68 20 26860 -48.3 -85.3 1 37.0 -52.3 320 21 688.3 688.3 324.0 688.4 0.01 69 19 27197 -48.9 -85.9 1 37.0 -52.9 309 18 696.6 696.6 324.3 696.7 0.01 70 17 27931 -45.7 -84.7 0 39.0 -51.1 321 10 729.4 729.4 325.3 729.6 0.02 71 16 28334 -46.1 -84.1 1 38.0 -51.6 333 7 740.9 740.9 325.7 741.0 0.02 72 15 28764 -44.7 -84.7 0 40.0 -51.0 346 3 759.3 759.3 326.2 759.5 0.02 73 13 29717 -46.1 -85.1 0 39.0 -52.3 327 8 786.2 786.2 326.9 786.4 0.02 74 12 30253 -42.5 -82.5 0 40.0 -50.7 303 15 817.2 817.2 327.7 817.5 0.04 75 11 30838 -44.7 -84.7 0 40.0 -52.2 351 12 829.8 829.8 328.0 830.0 0.03 76 10 31480 -41.1 -82.1 0 41.0 -50.8 45 9 866.1 866.2 328.7 866.6 0.05 77 9.9 31548 -40.7 -81.7 0 41.0 -50.7 42 9 870.1 870.1 328.8 870.6 0.05 78 9.5 31829 -41.3 -82.3 0 41.0 -51.1 29 9 878.2 878.2 329.0 878.6 0.05 79 9.3 31974 -39.9 -80.9 0 41.0 -50.6 23 9 888.9 888.9 329.2 889.5 0.06 80 9.2 32048 -39.9 -80.9 0 41.0 -50.7 19 9 891.6 891.7 329.2 892.3 0.06 81 8.6 32508 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -51.2 358 9 906.6 906.7 329.5 907.3 0.06 82 7.0 33920 -37.7 -79.7 0 42.0 -51.1 295 10 973.2 973.3 330.8 974.3 0.10 83 6.4 34539 -37.3 -79.3 0 42.0 -51.4 306 11 1000.2 1000.2 331.2 1001.5 0.12 84 6.2 34760 -35.7 -78.7 0 43.0 -51.0 309 11 1016.1 1016.2 331.5 1017.7 0.13 85 6.1 34873 -35.3 -78.3 0 43.0 -51.0 311 11 1022.6 1022.7 331.5 1024.3 0.14 86 6.0 34988 -35.3 -78.3 0 43.0 -51.1 313 11 1027.4 1027.5 331.6 1029.2 0.15 87 5.6 35469 -36.5 -79.5 0 43.0 -51.9 322 12 1042.6 1042.7 331.8 1044.2 0.13 88 5.0 36260 -33.5 -77.5 0 44.0 -51.5 335 13 1090.6 1090.7 332.5 1093.2 0.20 89 4.7 36696 -31.9 -75.9 0 44.0 -51.3 1117.5 1117.7 332.9 1121.1 0.27 90 4.5 37006 -27.9 -73.9 0 46.0 -50.4 1150.2 1150.5 333.3 1155.6 0.38 91 4.4 37167 -27.1 -73.1 0 46.0 -50.3 1161.4 1161.8 333.5 1167.7 0.44 TRP 200 12030 -58.9 -61.2 75 2.3 -58.9 270 80 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 WND 230 11142 -53.5 -59.5 48 6.0 -53.7 270 82 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5567.00 m Freezing level: 692.42 mb = 3140.30 m = 10302.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.57 mb = 3136.18 m = 10289.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.05 % Est. max temperature: 20.44 C = 68.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.16 mb = 212.85 m = 698.31 ft T: 12.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.01 C Layer 700.0- 696.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.34 mb = 672.94 m = 2207.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.24 C = 61.23 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 6.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.64 C Showalter Index: 5.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59534.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.29 mb = 601.98 m = 1974.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 287 at 36 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 138 240 1 0.9 0.5 | 109 35 -33.3 11.2 1 977 305 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 132 32 -23.6 21.3 2 942 610 235 31 25.4 17.8 | 163 30 -8.8 28.5 3 925 766 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 174 29 -3.0 28.7 4 909 914 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 188 25 3.4 24.4 5 876 1219 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 181 17 0.3 16.8 6 850 1469 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 174 17 -1.7 16.5 7 813 1829 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 167 22 -5.1 21.3 8 783 2134 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 202 19 7.2 18.0 9 755 2438 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 199 23 7.3 21.9 10 727 2743 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 214 29 16.0 24.2 11 700 3051 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 214 29 16.0 24.2 12 648 3658 255 55 53.1 14.2 | 217 31 18.9 25.0 13 623 3962 255 64 61.8 16.6 | 225 39 27.6 27.3 14 599 4267 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 223 36 24.7 26.5 15 554 4877 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 236 28 23.6 15.8 16 500 5680 265 58 57.8 5.1 | 236 28 23.6 15.8 17 473 6096 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 237 29 24.6 15.9 18 436 6706 260 56 55.1 9.7 | 226 29 21.0 20.5 19 400 7340 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 234 37 29.8 22.0 20 385 7620 260 68 67.0 11.8 | 235 40 32.8 22.5 21 310 9144 265 69 68.7 6.0 | 244 38 34.5 16.8 22 300 9380 270 72 72.0 -0.0 | 254 39 37.8 10.7 23 250 10600 270 78 78.0 -0.0 | 256 45 43.8 10.7 24 230 11142 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 257 49 47.8 10.7 25 225 11278 270 82 82.0 -0.0 | 257 49 47.8 10.7 26 205 11887 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 239 46 39.7 23.8 27 200 12030 270 80 80.0 -0.0 | 257 47 45.8 10.7 28 195 12192 270 79 79.0 -0.0 | 257 46 44.8 10.7 29 177 12802 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 221 26 17.0 19.8 30 169 13106 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 220 34 21.8 25.8 31 161 13411 260 65 64.0 11.3 | 234 37 29.8 22.0 32 153 13716 270 57 57.0 -0.0 | 245 25 22.8 10.7 33 150 13850 265 57 56.8 5.0 | 235 28 22.6 15.7 34 127 14935 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 206 21 9.1 18.4 35 121 15240 265 40 39.8 3.5 | 202 15 5.7 14.2 36 115 15545 270 42 42.0 -0.0 | 216 13 7.8 10.7 37 110 15850 250 41 38.5 14.0 | 190 25 4.3 24.8 38 105 16154 255 50 48.3 12.9 | 211 28 14.1 23.7 39 100 16450 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 196 5 1.3 4.5 40 95 16764 280 36 35.5 -6.3 | 196 5 1.3 4.5 41 91 17069 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 135 29 -20.3 20.5 42 87 17374 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 174 17 -1.7 16.5 43 83 17678 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 97 7 -6.9 0.8 44 75 18288 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 139 14 -9.2 10.7 45 72 18593 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 156 22 -8.8 20.0 46 70 18740 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 117 21 -18.3 9.3 47 68 18898 280 20 19.7 -3.5 | 117 16 -14.5 7.3 48 65 19202 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 121 29 -25.1 15.0 49 59 19812 265 23 22.9 2.0 | 138 17 -11.3 12.7 50 57 20117 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 101 20 -19.7 4.0 51 54 20422 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 124 19 -16.2 10.7 52 51 20726 275 27 26.9 -2.4 | 139 11 -7.3 8.4 53 50 20910 280 13 12.8 -2.3 | 112 23 -21.4 8.5 54 49 21031 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 125 19 -15.2 10.7 55 47 21336 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 116 27 -24.2 11.6 56 45 21641 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 124 30 -25.2 17.1 57 43 21946 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 113 21 -19.4 8.1 58 41 22250 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 125 19 -15.2 10.7 59 39 22555 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 109 20 -18.7 6.6 60 35 23165 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 108 26 -24.5 8.2 61 34 23470 260 1 1.0 0.2 | 108 35 -33.2 10.9 62 32 23774 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 123 32 -26.5 17.2 63 31 24079 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 130 23 -17.8 15.1 64 30 24210 260 7 6.9 1.2 | 114 30 -27.3 12.0 65 29 24384 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 116 27 -24.2 11.6 66 27 24994 265 11 11.0 1.0 | 117 26 -23.2 11.7 67 25 25298 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 105 26 -25.1 6.5 68 24 25603 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 114 26 -24.2 10.7 69 23 25908 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 100 22 -22.1 3.7 70 22 26213 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 112 22 -20.4 8.3 71 21 26518 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 90 29 -29.1 -0.1 72 20 26822 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 94 24 -23.5 1.7 73 20 26860 320 21 13.5 -16.1 | 76 21 -20.7 -5.3 74 19 27127 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 95 19 -18.6 1.7 75 18 27432 335 18 7.6 -16.3 | 78 27 -26.6 -5.6 76 18 27737 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 96 27 -26.4 3.0 77 14 29261 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 107 36 -34.2 10.7 78 12 30175 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 102 21 -20.6 4.4 79 10 31480 45 9 -6.4 -6.4 | 96 41 -40.6 4.4 80 7 33920 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 105 26 -25.1 6.5 81 5 36260 335 13 5.5 -11.8 | 88 29 -28.7 -1.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 6.6 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 446.5 neg: -38.2 tot: 408.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 137.69 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 231 18 138 30| 0.0 31.8 31.8|253.7 0.0 253.7 507.4 0.97| 32.6 31.6 1000 242 28 158 26| 6.9 15.9 22.8|334.0 -7.8 326.1 326.1 0.81| 25.6 20.8 1500 249 30 163 23| 4.6 9.4 14.0|334.0 -26.4 307.6 205.1 0.64| 19.4 12.5 2000 250 31 167 22| 5.7 7.1 12.8|398.5 -31.8 366.7 183.4 0.66| 18.5 12.2 2500 252 34 174 21| 4.6 7.3 11.8|428.5 -38.2 390.3 156.1 0.62| 16.8 10.5 3000 253 37 182 22| 3.8 6.6 10.4|446.5 -38.2 408.3 136.1 0.63| 14.6 9.1 4000 254 42 195 23| 2.8 6.1 9.0|501.7 -43.3 458.3 114.6 0.61| 12.5 7.6 5000 255 46 204 24| 2.8 4.9 7.8|563.5 -48.3 515.1 103.0 0.60| 11.2 6.8 6000 257 48 211 25| 2.4 4.2 6.5|566.6 -51.0 515.6 85.9 0.60| 9.4 5.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250824.12.gif