UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025082812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 55 SFC 990 138 9.6 8.8 95 0.8 9.2 335 1 283.6 284.8 282.8 303.4 7.19 2 987 163 14.0 8.0 67 6.0 10.6 350 2 288.2 289.4 284.4 307.5 6.83 3 986 172 14.6 8.6 67 6.0 11.2 356 2 288.9 290.2 284.9 309.0 7.12 4 964 364 15.8 7.8 59 8.0 11.3 77 5 292.0 293.2 285.9 311.8 6.89 5 956 435 15.6 7.6 59 8.0 11.0 79 5 292.5 293.7 286.1 312.2 6.86 6 925 714 13.8 4.8 55 9.0 8.9 100 7 293.4 294.5 285.4 310.3 5.83 7 920 760 13.6 4.6 54 9.0 8.8 119 6 293.7 294.7 285.5 310.5 5.78 8 861 1314 8.8 2.8 66 6.0 5.7 171 10 294.3 295.3 285.4 310.1 5.44 9 850 1420 8.4 2.4 66 6.0 5.3 160 13 294.9 295.9 285.5 310.6 5.35 10 794 1980 4.6 0.3 74 4.3 2.5 182 25 296.7 297.6 285.8 311.2 4.92 11 785 2073 4.4 -0.3 71 4.7 2.1 184 26 297.4 298.3 285.9 311.6 4.77 12 712 2859 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.4 198 29 298.5 299.3 285.9 311.7 4.44 13 704 2949 -1.7 -3.5 87 1.8 -2.5 196 28 300.1 300.9 286.3 312.8 4.19 14 700 2994 -2.1 -3.9 87 1.8 -2.9 195 28 300.2 300.9 286.2 312.5 4.09 15 685 3166 -2.9 -4.3 90 1.4 -3.5 193 25 301.1 301.9 286.5 313.4 4.06 16 677 3259 -0.7 -5.2 72 4.5 -2.7 191 24 304.6 305.3 287.6 316.4 3.83 17 629 3842 -4.7 -7.0 84 2.3 -5.7 208 22 306.5 307.2 288.0 317.7 3.60 18 618 3980 -5.5 -7.8 84 2.3 -6.4 210 23 307.1 307.8 288.1 317.9 3.44 19 611 4070 -5.5 -9.4 74 3.9 -7.1 207 22 308.1 308.7 288.1 317.8 3.07 20 569 4624 -9.9 -11.6 87 1.7 -10.5 200 22 309.3 309.8 288.1 318.1 2.77 21 556 4802 -10.5 -13.3 80 2.8 -11.5 200 24 310.7 311.1 288.3 318.6 2.47 22 526 5226 -13.7 -15.2 88 1.5 -14.2 200 32 311.8 312.2 288.4 319.0 2.23 23 517 5357 -14.1 -15.3 91 1.2 -14.5 200 34 312.8 313.3 288.8 320.2 2.25 24 500 5610 -15.3 -17.4 84 2.1 -15.9 205 43 314.4 314.8 289.0 320.8 1.95 25 490 5763 -15.9 -18.2 82 2.3 -16.6 210 43 315.5 315.8 289.2 321.6 1.86 26 467 6125 -17.7 -20.3 80 2.6 -18.4 220 43 317.6 317.9 289.7 323.1 1.63 27 410 7090 -23.7 -26.4 78 2.7 -24.3 235 59 321.9 322.1 290.5 325.7 1.08 28 400 7270 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.4 235 61 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.1 1.00 29 398 7306 -25.1 -27.8 78 2.7 -25.6 235 61 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.3 0.98 30 385 7547 -26.9 -29.2 81 2.3 -27.3 235 64 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.7 0.89 31 360 8029 -30.3 -33.2 76 2.9 -30.7 234 69 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.65 32 318 8899 -37.3 -40.9 69 3.6 -37.7 231 77 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.34 33 304 9209 -39.1 -43.0 66 3.9 -39.4 230 83 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.28 34 300 9300 -39.9 -43.4 69 3.5 -40.2 230 87 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.27 35 291 9506 -41.7 -45.3 68 3.6 -41.9 228 90 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.23 36 287 9599 -42.7 -47.7 58 5.0 -43.0 227 91 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.18 37 267 10080 -47.1 -50.3 70 3.2 -47.3 229 97 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 38 263 10179 -47.7 -52.1 60 4.4 -47.9 231 98 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.12 39 250 10510 -50.7 -54.5 64 3.8 -50.8 235 102 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.09 40 246 10615 -51.7 -54.4 73 2.7 -51.8 236 104 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 41 238 10829 -53.1 -54.7 83 1.6 -53.1 237 107 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.10 42 232 10993 -54.3 -57.5 68 3.2 -54.4 239 109 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.07 43 223 11246 -56.1 -60.2 60 4.1 -56.2 240 113 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.05 44 209 11655 -59.1 -62.9 61 3.8 -59.2 244 119 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 45 203 11837 -60.3 -64.7 56 4.4 -60.3 245 122 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 46 200 11930 -60.9 -65.6 54 4.7 -61.0 245 119 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.03 47 197 12024 -60.1 -66.1 45 6.0 -60.2 246 109 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.03 48 190 12251 -57.7 -74.7 10 17.0 -57.9 248 86 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.01 49 180 12596 -53.3 -80.3 2 27.0 -53.7 248 59 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.00 50 178 12668 -53.1 -80.1 2 27.0 -53.5 247 57 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 51 173 12852 -53.7 -81.7 2 28.0 -54.1 243 53 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 52 164 13197 -50.9 -80.9 2 30.0 -51.4 232 52 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 53 150 13780 -49.7 -81.7 1 32.0 -50.4 220 51 384.4 384.4 302.9 384.4 0.00 54 144 14047 -48.9 -81.9 1 33.0 -49.7 221 57 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.4 0.00 55 107 15988 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.5 241 38 421.5 421.5 307.9 421.5 0.00 56 100 16430 -49.5 -83.5 1 34.0 -50.5 235 37 432.1 432.1 309.0 432.1 0.00 57 96 16697 -48.9 -83.9 1 35.0 -50.0 235 37 438.3 438.3 309.7 438.3 0.00 58 83 17644 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -53.0 242 31 450.4 450.4 310.9 450.5 0.00 59 74 18389 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -51.7 232 33 468.8 468.8 312.5 468.9 0.00 60 70 18750 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -52.8 220 32 473.8 473.8 313.0 473.8 0.00 61 68 18938 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -53.4 226 26 476.4 476.4 313.2 476.5 0.00 62 63 19434 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -52.4 234 37 489.6 489.6 314.2 489.6 0.00 63 62 19539 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -49.8 234 38 498.5 498.5 314.8 498.5 0.01 64 59 19867 -47.3 -84.3 1 37.0 -49.3 231 29 507.4 507.4 315.5 507.4 0.01 65 54 20450 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -52.2 266 13 512.6 512.6 315.8 512.6 0.01 66 50 20950 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -53.7 250 28 520.2 520.2 316.3 520.3 0.00 67 47 21349 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -54.4 261 26 527.6 527.6 316.8 527.6 0.01 68 38 22725 -51.1 -86.1 1 35.0 -53.0 266 20 565.8 565.8 318.9 565.8 0.01 69 37 22898 -51.9 -85.9 1 34.0 -53.7 274 21 568.0 568.0 319.0 568.1 0.01 70 36 23076 -50.1 -86.1 1 36.0 -52.3 271 19 577.2 577.2 319.5 577.2 0.01 71 32 23842 -51.9 -85.9 1 34.0 -53.9 209 11 592.1 592.1 320.2 592.2 0.01 72 30 24260 -51.9 -86.9 1 35.0 -54.1 265 15 603.2 603.2 320.7 603.2 0.01 73 25 25441 -50.7 -85.7 1 35.0 -53.5 325 15 638.9 638.9 322.3 639.0 0.01 74 24 25708 -48.3 -85.3 1 37.0 -51.8 344 6 653.4 653.4 322.8 653.4 0.01 75 21 26581 -50.1 -86.1 1 36.0 -53.4 273 12 673.4 673.4 323.6 673.4 0.01 76 20 26900 -49.1 -86.1 1 37.0 -52.9 270 11 685.9 685.9 324.0 686.0 0.01 77 19 27237 -49.7 -85.7 1 36.0 -53.4 270 14 694.2 694.2 324.3 694.3 0.01 78 18 27594 -47.1 -85.1 1 38.0 -51.8 293 13 713.2 713.2 324.8 713.3 0.02 79 17 27972 -47.9 -84.9 1 37.0 -52.5 351 2 722.4 722.4 325.1 722.5 0.02 80 15 28805 -44.9 -84.9 0 40.0 -51.1 319 12 758.7 758.7 326.2 758.8 0.02 81 14 29266 -45.5 -84.5 0 39.0 -51.7 351 10 771.7 771.8 326.5 771.9 0.02 82 12 30297 -44.9 -84.9 0 40.0 -52.0 357 11 808.7 808.7 327.4 808.9 0.02 83 12 30297 -43.1 -83.1 0 40.0 -51.0 357 11 815.0 815.1 327.6 815.3 0.03 84 10 31530 -42.1 -83.1 0 41.0 -51.2 10 6 862.4 862.4 328.7 862.8 0.04 85 8.3 32799 -37.9 -79.9 0 42.0 -50.3 323 5 926.1 926.2 329.9 927.0 0.08 86 7.7 33314 -39.3 -81.3 0 42.0 -51.2 304 5 940.6 940.6 330.2 941.3 0.07 87 7.1 33872 -36.3 -79.3 0 43.0 -50.5 284 5 975.0 975.1 330.8 976.2 0.10 88 7.0 33970 -36.3 -79.3 0 43.0 -50.6 280 5 979.0 979.0 330.8 980.2 0.11 89 6.8 34170 -37.1 -79.1 0 42.0 -51.0 270 6 983.8 983.9 330.9 985.1 0.11 90 5.2 36035 -32.3 -76.3 0 44.0 -50.8 174 12 1083.9 1084.0 332.5 1086.8 0.23 91 5.0 36310 -33.5 -77.5 0 44.0 -51.5 160 13 1090.6 1090.7 332.5 1093.2 0.20 92 4.6 36898 -31.1 -75.1 1 44.0 -51.2 1128.1 1128.3 333.1 1132.4 0.31 93 4.3 37382 -25.5 -72.5 0 47.0 -50.0 1176.7 1177.1 333.6 1183.9 0.49 94 4.0 37909 -23.1 -70.1 1 47.0 -49.8 1212.9 1213.5 334.1 1224.3 0.75 95 3.8 38285 -22.5 -70.5 0 48.0 -50.0 1233.8 1234.4 334.3 1245.3 0.75 TRP 200 11930 -60.9 -65.6 54 4.7 -61.0 245 119 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.03 WND 203 11837 -60.3 -64.7 56 4.4 -60.3 245 122 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5555.00 m Freezing level: 737.06 mb = 2588.86 m = 8493.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.99 mb = 2429.35 m = 7970.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.69 % Est. max temperature: 21.25 C = 70.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.14 mb = 240.04 m = 787.52 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 1.86 C Layer 925.0- 920.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.45 mb = 2192.08 m = 7191.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.61 C = 74.50 F Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lifted Index: 6.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 6.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 24.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61407.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.67 mb = 1579.35 m = 5181.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 228 at 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 138 335 1 0.4 -0.9 | 44 17 -12.2 -12.5 1 971 305 75 5 -4.8 -1.3 | 54 22 -17.5 -12.9 2 936 610 85 6 -6.0 -0.5 | 57 22 -18.6 -12.1 3 925 714 100 7 -6.9 1.2 | 62 22 -19.6 -10.4 4 903 914 185 3 0.3 3.0 | 55 15 -12.4 -8.6 5 871 1219 180 7 0.0 7.0 | 70 13 -12.7 -4.6 6 850 1420 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 92 17 -17.1 0.6 7 839 1524 180 22 0.0 22.0 | 129 16 -12.7 10.4 8 808 1829 180 25 0.0 25.0 | 137 18 -12.7 13.4 9 778 2134 185 26 2.3 25.9 | 144 18 -10.4 14.3 10 750 2438 200 23 7.9 21.6 | 154 11 -4.8 10.0 11 722 2743 200 29 9.9 27.3 | 170 16 -2.7 15.7 12 700 2994 195 28 7.2 27.0 | 161 16 -5.4 15.5 13 668 3353 190 22 3.8 21.7 | 139 13 -8.8 10.1 14 643 3658 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 153 8 -3.8 7.5 15 618 3962 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 172 8 -1.2 8.3 16 594 4267 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 136 9 -6.2 6.3 17 549 4877 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 161 13 -4.1 11.9 18 508 5486 200 37 12.7 34.8 | 180 23 -0.0 23.2 19 500 5610 205 43 18.2 39.0 | 191 28 5.5 27.4 20 468 6096 220 43 27.6 32.9 | 215 26 15.0 21.4 21 414 7010 235 58 47.5 33.3 | 238 41 34.8 21.7 22 400 7270 235 61 50.0 35.0 | 238 44 37.3 23.4 23 381 7620 235 65 53.2 37.3 | 238 48 40.6 25.7 24 307 9144 230 80 61.3 51.4 | 231 63 48.6 39.8 25 300 9300 230 87 66.6 55.9 | 231 70 54.0 44.3 26 280 9754 225 93 65.8 65.8 | 224 76 53.1 54.2 27 250 10510 235 102 83.6 58.5 | 236 85 70.9 46.9 28 203 11837 245 122 110.6 51.6 | 248 106 97.9 40.0 29 201 11887 245 122 110.6 51.6 | 248 106 97.9 40.0 30 200 11930 245 119 107.9 50.3 | 248 103 95.2 38.7 31 183 12497 250 63 59.2 21.5 | 258 48 46.5 10.0 32 175 12802 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 253 37 35.4 10.8 33 159 13411 225 52 36.8 36.8 | 224 35 24.1 25.2 34 150 13780 220 51 32.8 39.1 | 216 34 20.1 27.5 35 145 14021 220 57 36.6 43.7 | 217 40 24.0 32.1 36 138 14326 230 62 47.5 39.9 | 231 45 34.8 28.3 37 132 14630 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 248 27 25.4 10.4 38 120 15240 235 52 42.6 29.8 | 239 35 29.9 18.3 39 109 15850 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 267 22 22.1 1.1 40 104 16154 230 39 29.9 25.1 | 232 22 17.2 13.5 41 100 16430 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 241 20 17.6 9.6 42 95 16764 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 241 20 17.6 9.6 43 86 17374 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 279 19 19.2 -3.0 44 79 17983 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 221 12 7.8 8.9 45 75 18288 230 33 25.3 21.2 | 233 16 12.6 9.6 46 72 18593 235 34 27.9 19.5 | 242 17 15.2 7.9 47 70 18750 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 211 15 7.9 12.9 48 68 18898 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 219 8 5.0 6.1 49 62 19507 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 241 22 19.3 10.8 50 60 19812 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 222 13 8.6 9.6 51 57 20117 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 304 13 11.0 -7.4 52 54 20422 265 13 13.0 1.1 | 358 10 0.3 -10.4 53 52 20726 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 350 13 2.3 -12.9 54 50 20950 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 278 14 13.7 -2.0 55 49 21031 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 237 6 5.0 3.2 56 47 21336 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 299 15 12.9 -7.1 57 45 21641 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 326 16 9.3 -13.5 58 43 21946 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 43 6 -4.2 -4.5 59 41 22250 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 304 13 11.0 -7.4 60 39 22555 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 326 8 4.7 -6.9 61 37 22860 275 22 21.9 -1.9 | 326 16 9.3 -13.5 62 36 23165 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 335 13 5.3 -11.6 63 34 23470 315 11 7.8 -7.8 | 14 20 -4.9 -19.4 64 32 23774 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 77 9 -9.2 -2.2 65 30 24260 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 347 11 2.3 -10.3 66 29 24384 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 15 7 -1.8 -6.5 67 28 24689 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 348 15 3.1 -14.4 68 27 24994 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 350 16 2.8 -15.7 69 26 25298 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 358 25 0.8 -25.0 70 24 25603 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 22 22 -8.4 -20.6 71 23 25908 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 48 17 -12.7 -11.6 72 21 26518 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 3 12 -0.7 -11.6 73 20 26822 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 12 14 -3.0 -14.2 74 20 26900 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 8 12 -1.7 -11.6 75 18 27432 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 349 12 2.3 -11.6 76 18 27737 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 13 19 -4.2 -18.6 77 17 28042 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 48 17 -12.7 -11.6 78 15 28651 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 12 14 -2.8 -13.3 79 15 28956 350 13 2.3 -12.8 | 23 27 -10.4 -24.4 80 14 29261 355 10 0.9 -10.0 | 29 25 -11.8 -21.5 81 13 29566 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 14 18 -4.5 -17.3 82 13 29870 325 15 8.6 -12.3 | 10 24 -4.1 -23.9 83 12 30175 355 12 1.0 -12.0 | 26 26 -11.6 -23.5 84 10 31530 10 6 -1.0 -5.9 | 38 22 -13.7 -17.5 85 7 33970 280 5 4.9 -0.9 | 32 15 -7.7 -12.4 86 5 36310 160 13 -4.4 12.2 | 92 17 -17.1 0.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.6 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 227.6 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.6 neg: -28.8 tot: 134.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 86.23 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 78 5 54 21| 6.9 0.0 6.9| 29.0 0.0 29.0 57.9 0.63| 8.4 5.3 1000 107 5 60 20| 3.5 0.0 3.5| 49.2 -8.7 40.5 40.5 0.37| 10.3 3.8 1500 153 8 74 17| 2.3 5.9 8.2|123.8 -8.7 115.1 76.8 0.65| 13.5 8.8 2000 170 12 92 15| 2.5 4.4 6.9|141.4 -8.7 132.7 66.3 0.67| 11.3 7.6 2500 180 15 104 13| 2.6 3.5 6.1|159.5 -8.7 150.8 60.3 0.63| 11.3 7.1 3000 185 17 116 12| 2.2 2.9 5.1|163.6 -28.8 134.8 44.9 0.50| 10.6 5.3 4000 190 18 125 11| 1.5 2.2 3.8|176.2 -47.3 128.9 32.2 0.39| 9.8 3.8 5000 193 19 131 11| 1.2 2.7 3.9|198.4 -51.1 147.3 29.5 0.39| 9.2 3.6 6000 198 23 151 12| 2.6 2.3 4.9|329.1 -51.1 277.9 46.3 0.47| 9.8 4.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250828.12.gif