UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025082800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 28 AUG 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 28 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 46 SFC 989 138 17.6 11.6 68 6.0 14.0 195 2 291.7 293.2 287.6 316.4 8.70 2 986 164 20.6 5.6 37 15.0 12.2 196 5 294.9 296.0 285.9 311.8 5.78 3 925 714 15.6 3.6 45 12.0 9.2 200 27 295.3 296.2 285.7 310.9 5.36 4 850 1423 8.8 2.8 66 6.0 5.7 205 34 295.4 296.4 285.8 311.5 5.51 5 845 1472 8.4 1.4 61 7.0 4.9 204 35 295.4 296.3 285.4 310.2 5.01 6 753 2410 -0.3 -0.3 100 0.0 -0.3 204 36 295.9 296.8 285.5 310.5 4.97 7 700 2991 -4.1 -4.1 100 0.0 -4.1 210 34 297.9 298.7 285.3 310.0 4.03 8 654 3523 -7.3 -7.5 98 0.2 -7.4 202 38 300.2 300.8 285.4 310.3 3.33 9 651 3559 -6.5 -8.8 84 2.3 -7.4 202 38 301.5 302.0 285.6 310.8 3.02 10 625 3877 -6.9 -10.6 75 3.7 -8.3 200 38 304.6 305.1 286.4 313.1 2.73 11 612 4042 -6.1 -10.8 69 4.7 -7.9 204 35 307.3 307.8 287.4 316.0 2.74 12 592 4301 -7.9 -11.3 77 3.4 -9.2 221 28 308.2 308.7 287.7 316.8 2.72 13 575 4526 -9.3 -13.5 71 4.2 -10.8 228 22 309.1 309.5 287.6 316.6 2.35 14 539 5022 -13.3 -14.6 90 1.3 -13.7 212 18 310.1 310.5 287.9 317.4 2.29 15 509 5456 -15.9 -16.5 95 0.6 -16.1 202 22 312.1 312.5 288.3 318.8 2.07 16 500 5590 -16.9 -17.6 94 0.7 -17.1 205 24 312.4 312.8 288.3 318.7 1.92 17 464 6148 -20.3 -22.0 86 1.7 -20.7 222 31 314.9 315.2 288.6 319.7 1.41 18 425 6792 -25.5 -26.3 93 0.8 -25.6 222 34 316.3 316.5 288.7 319.9 1.05 19 400 7230 -28.5 -31.4 76 2.9 -29.0 220 42 317.9 318.1 288.9 320.4 0.69 20 390 7411 -29.9 -33.4 71 3.5 -30.4 222 42 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.5 0.59 21 358 8015 -35.3 -38.4 73 3.1 -35.6 224 45 319.1 319.2 288.9 320.5 0.39 22 343 8312 -37.7 -42.4 61 4.7 -38.1 223 48 319.7 319.8 289.0 320.7 0.27 23 327 8640 -40.7 -44.2 69 3.5 -40.9 222 51 320.0 320.1 289.0 320.9 0.23 24 324 8702 -41.3 -46.1 60 4.8 -41.6 221 52 320.0 320.1 289.0 320.7 0.19 25 315 8893 -43.1 -46.5 69 3.4 -43.3 221 54 320.1 320.2 289.0 320.8 0.19 26 308 9044 -44.5 -48.3 66 3.8 -44.7 220 55 320.2 320.2 289.0 320.8 0.16 27 303 9154 -45.3 -51.3 51 6.0 -45.6 220 56 320.6 320.6 289.0 321.0 0.11 28 300 9220 -45.9 -51.9 51 6.0 -46.2 220 59 320.7 320.7 289.0 321.1 0.11 29 298 9264 -45.9 -52.9 45 7.0 -46.2 221 59 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.6 0.09 30 287 9513 -47.7 -52.5 58 4.8 -47.9 225 60 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.6 0.10 31 286 9536 -47.9 -52.9 56 5.0 -48.0 225 60 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.10 32 271 9889 -50.3 -58.3 38 8.0 -50.5 227 58 323.7 323.7 289.9 323.9 0.05 33 261 10133 -52.3 -59.3 43 7.0 -52.5 231 56 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.05 34 258 10207 -52.7 -58.7 48 6.0 -52.8 232 55 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.05 35 250 10410 -53.7 -59.7 48 6.0 -53.8 230 50 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.05 36 244 10566 -54.5 -61.5 42 7.0 -54.6 227 49 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.04 37 240 10671 -55.1 -63.1 36 8.0 -55.2 225 49 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.03 38 237 10752 -53.7 -65.7 22 12.0 -53.9 225 49 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.3 0.02 39 226 11059 -51.1 -69.1 10 18.0 -51.4 225 48 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.8 0.02 40 221 11205 -49.7 -71.7 6 22.0 -50.1 225 48 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.01 41 210 11539 -49.3 -72.3 5 23.0 -49.8 225 48 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 42 200 11860 -48.3 -73.3 4 25.0 -48.8 225 47 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 43 189 12233 -47.5 -74.5 3 27.0 -48.1 230 58 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 44 169 12970 -48.7 -75.7 3 27.0 -49.3 233 56 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.01 45 160 13332 -45.9 -74.9 2 29.0 -46.8 234 55 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.9 0.01 46 150 13760 -46.9 -74.9 3 28.0 -47.8 225 47 389.2 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.01 47 126 14911 -48.9 -77.9 2 29.0 -49.7 239 49 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.6 0.01 48 123 15069 -48.1 -78.1 2 30.0 -49.0 238 47 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.01 49 105 16103 -51.9 -80.9 2 29.0 -52.6 215 30 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.6 0.01 50 100 16420 -51.5 -80.5 2 29.0 -52.3 225 42 428.2 428.2 308.6 428.3 0.01 51 97 16618 -50.5 -80.5 2 30.0 -51.4 225 42 433.9 433.9 309.3 433.9 0.01 52 96 16686 -48.7 -79.7 2 31.0 -49.8 225 42 438.7 438.7 309.7 438.8 0.01 53 80 17872 -52.7 -82.7 1 30.0 -53.5 214 29 454.0 454.0 311.2 454.0 0.01 54 78 18037 -50.1 -82.1 1 32.0 -51.2 213 30 462.7 462.7 312.0 462.7 0.01 55 71 18648 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -52.8 238 28 471.9 471.9 312.8 471.9 0.01 56 70 18740 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -52.4 225 30 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.7 0.01 57 64 19323 -48.9 -82.9 1 34.0 -50.4 228 29 492.2 492.2 314.4 492.3 0.01 58 51 20792 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -54.7 257 20 514.5 514.5 315.9 514.5 0.01 59 50 20920 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -52.9 250 15 522.1 522.1 316.4 522.2 0.01 60 48 21186 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -52.0 247 15 531.1 531.1 317.0 531.1 0.01 61 46 21462 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -53.6 232 13 533.3 533.3 317.1 533.3 0.01 62 43 21900 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -52.5 250 18 547.1 547.1 317.9 547.1 0.01 63 35 23235 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -54.3 329 5 575.6 575.6 319.5 575.6 0.01 64 33 23618 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -52.3 230 16 592.2 592.2 320.3 592.3 0.01 65 30 24240 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -52.9 240 10 607.0 607.0 320.9 607.0 0.01 66 29 24461 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -53.8 265 9 610.1 610.1 321.0 610.2 0.01 67 27 24927 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -52.1 282 10 629.5 629.5 321.9 629.6 0.01 68 25 25431 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -53.2 193 10 640.0 640.0 322.3 640.1 0.01 69 21 26570 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -53.4 217 13 673.4 673.4 323.6 673.5 0.01 70 20 26890 -48.3 -84.3 1 36.0 -52.3 290 15 688.3 688.3 324.0 688.5 0.02 71 19 27229 -46.9 -83.9 1 37.0 -51.5 277 17 702.9 702.9 324.5 703.0 0.02 72 15 28802 -45.5 -83.5 1 38.0 -51.4 273 15 756.7 756.7 326.1 756.9 0.02 73 15 28802 -45.5 -83.5 1 38.0 -51.4 273 15 756.7 756.7 326.1 756.9 0.02 74 14 29261 -46.5 -84.5 1 38.0 -52.3 267 12 768.4 768.4 326.4 768.5 0.02 75 13 29756 -44.5 -83.5 1 39.0 -51.4 291 13 791.7 791.8 327.0 792.0 0.03 76 12 30291 -45.3 -84.3 0 39.0 -52.2 205 9 807.2 807.3 327.4 807.5 0.03 77 12 30291 -42.1 -83.1 0 41.0 -50.5 205 9 818.6 818.6 327.7 818.9 0.03 78 10 31530 -40.5 -81.5 0 41.0 -50.5 210 3 868.4 868.4 328.8 868.9 0.05 79 8.4 32724 -37.3 -79.3 0 42.0 -50.0 222 4 925.3 925.4 329.9 926.3 0.09 80 7.7 33323 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -50.8 228 5 944.6 944.7 330.2 945.5 0.08 81 7.0 33980 -36.3 -79.3 0 43.0 -50.6 235 6 979.0 979.0 330.8 980.2 0.11 82 5.8 35295 -32.1 -76.1 0 44.0 -50.1 201 10 1051.4 1051.5 332.0 1054.1 0.21 83 5.0 36340 -33.1 -77.1 0 44.0 -51.4 175 13 1092.4 1092.6 332.6 1095.2 0.21 84 4.8 36628 -32.3 -76.3 0 44.0 -51.3 1108.9 1109.1 332.8 1112.3 0.25 TRP 240 10671 -55.1 -63.1 36 8.0 -55.2 225 49 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.1 0.03 WND 286 9536 -47.9 -52.9 56 5.0 -48.0 225 60 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.7 0.10 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.00 m Freezing level: 756.17 mb = 2377.94 m = 7801.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.85 mb = 2347.26 m = 7700.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.88 % Est. max temperature: 21.40 C = 70.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.43 mb = 902.57 m = 2961.15 ft T: 13.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 5.47 C Layer 986.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.51 mb = 2212.62 m = 7259.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.76 C = 71.16 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: 4.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.47 mb = 2129.01 m = 6984.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.47 mb = 2394.41 m = 7855.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.47 mb = 3517.81 m = 11541.22 ft B at Equ Level: 22.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 624.47 mb = 3883.99 m = 12742.59 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 236 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 989 138 195 2 0.5 1.9 | 60 21 -18.1 -10.5 1 970 305 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 118 13 -11.8 6.4 2 936 610 200 26 8.9 24.4 | 141 15 -9.7 12.0 3 925 714 200 27 9.2 25.4 | 144 16 -9.4 12.9 4 903 914 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 154 19 -8.0 16.7 5 871 1219 205 31 13.1 28.1 | 161 17 -5.5 15.7 6 850 1423 205 34 14.4 30.8 | 167 19 -4.3 18.4 7 808 1829 200 39 13.3 36.6 | 168 25 -5.3 24.2 8 778 2134 200 37 12.7 34.8 | 165 23 -6.0 22.3 9 750 2438 205 36 15.2 32.6 | 170 20 -3.4 20.2 10 722 2743 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 178 19 -0.6 18.7 11 700 2991 210 34 17.0 29.4 | 175 17 -1.6 17.0 12 642 3658 200 39 13.3 36.6 | 168 25 -5.3 24.2 13 617 3962 200 37 12.7 34.8 | 165 23 -6.0 22.3 14 593 4267 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 180 10 0.0 9.8 15 570 4572 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 97 3 -3.3 0.4 16 548 4877 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 93 6 -5.9 0.3 17 527 5182 195 18 4.7 17.4 | 110 15 -14.0 4.9 18 500 5590 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 138 13 -8.5 9.3 19 467 6096 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 187 11 1.3 11.3 20 448 6401 235 30 24.6 17.2 | 231 8 5.9 4.8 21 412 7010 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 187 17 2.0 17.1 22 400 7230 220 42 27.0 32.2 | 203 21 8.4 19.7 23 378 7620 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 213 21 11.1 17.3 24 303 9144 220 56 36.0 42.9 | 210 35 17.4 30.5 25 300 9220 220 59 37.9 45.2 | 211 38 19.3 32.8 26 286 9536 225 60 42.4 42.4 | 218 38 23.8 30.0 27 277 9754 225 60 42.4 42.4 | 218 38 23.8 30.0 28 252 10363 235 53 43.4 30.4 | 234 31 24.8 18.0 29 250 10410 230 50 38.3 32.1 | 225 28 19.7 19.7 30 240 10671 225 49 34.6 34.6 | 216 27 16.0 22.2 31 200 11860 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 215 25 14.6 20.8 32 190 12192 230 58 44.4 37.3 | 226 36 25.8 24.8 33 151 13716 235 54 44.2 31.0 | 234 32 25.6 18.5 34 150 13760 225 47 33.2 33.2 | 215 25 14.6 20.8 35 144 14021 215 51 29.3 41.8 | 200 31 10.6 29.3 36 138 14326 220 57 36.6 43.7 | 210 36 18.0 31.2 37 125 14935 240 49 42.4 24.5 | 243 27 23.8 12.1 38 120 15240 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 234 21 16.6 12.2 39 109 15850 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 248 11 10.0 4.1 40 104 16154 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 162 13 -4.1 12.7 41 100 16420 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 213 21 11.1 17.3 42 95 16764 225 42 29.7 29.7 | 213 21 11.1 17.3 43 91 17069 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 271 8 7.7 -0.2 44 79 17983 210 29 14.5 25.1 | 162 13 -4.1 12.7 45 75 18288 230 35 26.8 22.5 | 219 13 8.2 10.1 46 72 18593 245 27 24.5 11.4 | 280 6 5.8 -1.0 47 70 18740 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 196 9 2.6 8.8 48 65 19202 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 196 9 2.6 8.8 49 52 20726 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 341 9 3.0 -8.6 50 50 20920 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 32 9 -4.5 -7.3 51 49 21031 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 9 8 -1.2 -7.8 52 47 21336 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 51 9 -7.4 -5.9 53 45 21641 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 73 11 -10.9 -3.2 54 43 21946 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 2 8 -0.3 -7.5 55 41 22250 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 343 2 0.4 -1.4 56 39 22555 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 347 9 2.1 -8.8 57 37 22860 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 31 17 -9.0 -15.0 58 35 23165 5 2 -0.2 -2.0 | 52 24 -18.8 -14.4 59 34 23470 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 89 10 -10.0 -0.2 60 31 24079 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 355 14 1.3 -14.2 61 30 24240 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 53 12 -10.0 -7.4 62 29 24384 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 39 17 -10.7 -13.1 63 28 24689 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 57 12 -10.4 -6.7 64 27 24994 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 30 19 -9.6 -16.7 65 26 25298 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 83 19 -18.6 -2.4 66 23 25908 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 52 10 -8.2 -6.4 67 22 26213 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 79 16 -15.2 -3.0 68 21 26518 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 84 12 -12.1 -1.2 69 20 26822 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 39 10 -6.4 -8.0 70 20 26890 290 15 14.1 -5.1 | 14 18 -4.5 -17.6 71 19 27127 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 6 9 -0.9 -9.3 72 18 27432 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 18 23 -7.1 -22.1 73 18 27737 255 2 1.9 0.5 | 54 21 -16.7 -11.9 74 16 28346 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 57 12 -10.4 -6.7 75 15 28651 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 17 10 -2.9 -9.7 76 15 28956 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 14 17 -4.1 -16.3 77 13 29566 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 46 13 -9.2 -9.0 78 13 29870 310 14 10.7 -9.0 | 20 23 -7.9 -21.4 79 12 30175 205 10 4.2 9.1 | 77 15 -14.4 -3.4 80 10 31530 210 3 1.5 2.6 | 60 20 -17.1 -9.8 81 7 33980 235 6 4.9 3.4 | 57 16 -13.7 -9.0 82 5 36340 175 13 -1.1 13.0 | 91 20 -19.8 0.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.3 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 236.3 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.2 neg: -14.2 tot: 134.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 16.05 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 200 19 115 13| 25.0 0.0 25.0| 87.1 0.0 87.1 174.1 0.90| 25.3 22.8 1000 200 24 136 15| 14.9 0.0 14.9|110.1 0.0 110.1 110.1 0.87| 16.0 14.0 1500 202 27 148 15| 10.0 2.0 11.9|123.1 0.0 123.1 82.1 0.79| 12.9 10.3 2000 202 30 154 17| 7.5 1.6 9.1|123.2 -7.0 116.3 58.1 0.68| 10.9 7.4 2500 202 31 158 18| 5.9 1.3 7.2|143.8 -7.0 136.9 54.7 0.68| 9.8 6.7 3000 204 32 161 18| 4.9 1.0 5.9|148.2 -14.2 134.0 44.7 0.61| 8.9 5.5 4000 203 33 163 19| 3.2 1.5 4.6|162.4 -32.5 129.8 32.5 0.46| 8.8 4.1 5000 206 31 162 16| 1.8 2.0 3.8|171.0 -39.9 131.1 26.2 0.30| 9.7 2.9 6000 206 30 159 15| 2.8 1.7 4.5|226.9 -39.9 187.0 31.2 0.41| 9.7 3.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250828.00.gif