UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025082900.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 29 AUG 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 29 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 27 SFC 987 138 19.0 8.0 49 11.0 12.7 120 1 293.2 294.5 286.4 312.9 6.83 2 971 279 18.2 8.2 52 10.0 12.4 112 4 293.8 295.1 286.8 314.1 7.04 3 939 565 15.0 7.0 59 8.0 10.5 127 7 293.4 294.6 286.3 312.7 6.70 4 925 693 14.6 4.6 51 10.0 9.2 130 9 294.2 295.3 285.7 311.0 5.75 5 917 766 14.6 2.6 44 12.0 8.3 145 9 295.0 295.9 285.2 309.7 5.03 6 896 962 13.6 3.6 51 10.0 8.3 180 10 295.9 296.9 286.1 312.1 5.53 7 850 1403 10.0 3.0 62 7.0 6.3 200 25 296.6 297.6 286.4 313.1 5.59 8 846 1442 9.6 2.6 62 7.0 5.9 200 26 296.6 297.6 286.3 312.7 5.46 9 828 1621 9.0 2.0 61 7.0 5.4 197 32 297.8 298.8 286.6 313.6 5.34 10 824 1661 9.0 2.0 61 7.0 5.4 197 33 298.2 299.2 286.8 314.1 5.37 11 751 2422 2.8 0.5 85 2.3 1.7 210 53 299.5 300.5 287.2 315.3 5.29 12 700 2988 -0.9 -1.7 94 0.8 -1.3 220 52 301.5 302.4 287.4 316.0 4.83 13 684 3172 -2.1 -2.8 95 0.7 -2.4 220 50 302.2 303.0 287.4 315.9 4.55 14 664 3410 0.0 -4.2 73 4.2 -2.0 220 46 307.1 307.9 288.8 320.2 4.22 15 627 3866 -3.9 -4.8 93 0.9 -4.3 222 42 307.7 308.5 289.0 321.0 4.27 16 625 3891 -3.7 -5.5 87 1.8 -4.5 222 42 308.2 309.0 289.0 320.9 4.06 17 618 3980 -4.3 -6.2 87 1.9 -5.1 223 42 308.5 309.3 288.9 320.7 3.89 18 581 4465 -6.9 -7.6 95 0.7 -7.2 225 42 311.0 311.7 289.6 322.7 3.72 19 574 4560 -7.9 -7.9 100 0.0 -7.9 225 43 310.9 311.6 289.5 322.5 3.68 20 510 5470 -14.1 -14.2 99 0.1 -14.2 221 52 314.1 314.5 289.4 322.2 2.50 21 502 5590 -14.9 -15.1 98 0.2 -15.0 220 54 314.5 315.0 289.4 322.2 2.36 22 500 5620 -14.7 -15.3 95 0.6 -14.9 220 54 315.1 315.6 289.6 322.7 2.33 23 495 5696 -13.3 -18.0 68 4.7 -14.7 219 54 317.7 318.1 290.0 324.0 1.87 24 445 6499 -17.9 -21.8 71 3.9 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9764 -40.5 -46.5 52 6.0 -40.9 218 93 334.1 334.2 293.0 335.0 0.21 39 267 10133 -43.7 -50.7 46 7.0 -44.1 217 95 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 40 250 10570 -47.5 -51.9 60 4.4 -47.7 215 98 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.13 41 249 10596 -47.7 -51.9 62 4.2 -47.9 215 98 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.13 42 245 10703 -48.1 -51.6 67 3.5 -48.3 215 99 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.13 43 229 11145 -51.3 -54.4 69 3.1 -51.4 215 102 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.10 44 204 11885 -57.7 -59.3 82 1.6 -57.8 215 107 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 45 200 12010 -58.7 -60.7 78 2.0 -58.7 215 108 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 46 196 12137 -59.7 -62.1 74 2.4 -59.7 215 109 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 47 184 12530 -62.7 -66.3 62 3.6 -62.7 220 103 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 48 182 12597 -62.1 -65.4 64 3.3 -62.1 220 104 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 49 176 12806 -60.7 -69.7 30 9.0 -60.8 220 106 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 50 173 12913 -58.1 -75.1 10 17.0 -58.3 220 100 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 51 171 12987 -55.7 -77.7 5 22.0 -56.0 220 96 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 52 150 13820 -57.3 -81.3 3 24.0 -57.6 220 63 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 53 149 13862 -57.7 -81.7 3 24.0 -58.0 220 63 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 54 146 13990 -56.9 -81.9 3 25.0 -57.2 221 65 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 55 145 14034 -54.7 -80.7 3 26.0 -55.1 221 65 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 56 133 14590 -51.3 -79.3 2 28.0 -51.9 225 70 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.1 0.01 57 100 16440 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -52.1 230 40 428.6 428.6 308.7 428.6 0.00 58 91 17053 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.5 225 36 441.9 441.9 310.1 441.9 0.00 59 88 17272 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -49.7 222 33 450.2 450.2 310.8 450.2 0.01 60 77 18145 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -52.0 233 27 462.7 462.7 312.0 462.7 0.01 61 72 18578 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -54.4 235 30 466.2 466.2 312.3 466.2 0.00 62 71 18669 -52.5 -83.5 1 31.0 -53.5 235 31 470.2 470.2 312.7 470.2 0.01 63 70 18760 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -53.8 235 32 471.2 471.2 312.7 471.2 0.00 64 63 19441 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -53.9 226 37 485.6 485.6 313.9 485.6 0.00 65 57 20093 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -51.3 248 28 507.0 507.0 315.4 507.0 0.01 66 50 20950 -50.7 -85.7 1 35.0 -52.3 260 20 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.0 0.01 67 47 21353 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -51.9 258 16 534.8 534.8 317.2 534.8 0.01 68 45 21635 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -54.1 212 11 535.2 535.2 317.2 535.2 0.01 69 39 22554 -54.3 -87.3 1 33.0 -55.6 280 18 553.5 553.5 318.3 553.5 0.00 70 35 23250 -51.9 -86.9 1 35.0 -53.8 244 15 577.1 577.1 319.5 577.2 0.01 71 34 23439 -49.7 -85.7 1 36.0 -52.1 232 11 587.7 587.7 320.0 587.8 0.01 72 30 24250 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.2 215 15 599.3 599.3 320.6 599.4 0.01 73 29 24469 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -55.2 197 18 605.2 605.2 320.9 605.2 0.01 74 27 24931 -52.1 -87.1 1 35.0 -54.4 248 15 621.0 621.0 321.5 621.1 0.01 75 25 25433 -48.7 -85.7 1 37.0 -52.0 314 11 644.6 644.6 322.5 644.7 0.01 76 23 25983 -48.5 -85.5 1 37.0 -52.1 83 2 660.8 660.8 323.1 660.9 0.01 77 21 26579 -50.3 -86.3 1 36.0 -53.6 236 9 672.8 672.8 323.5 672.8 0.01 78 20 26900 -47.7 -85.7 0 38.0 -51.9 240 6 690.2 690.2 324.1 690.3 0.01 79 19 27238 -48.3 -85.3 1 37.0 -52.5 271 10 698.5 698.5 324.4 698.6 0.01 80 17 27973 -46.1 -85.1 0 39.0 -51.4 291 16 728.1 728.1 325.3 728.3 0.02 81 16 28375 -47.3 -85.3 1 38.0 -52.3 319 10 737.0 737.0 325.6 737.1 0.02 82 14 29261 -45.3 -84.3 0 39.0 -51.6 306 10 772.4 772.4 326.5 772.6 0.02 83 12 30287 -46.5 -85.5 0 39.0 -52.8 319 4 803.0 803.0 327.3 803.2 0.02 84 11 30868 -43.3 -83.3 0 40.0 -51.4 312 9 834.8 834.9 328.1 835.2 0.03 85 10 31510 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -51.7 305 15 859.4 859.4 328.6 859.8 0.04 86 7.0 33940 -37.9 -79.9 0 42.0 -51.2 235 4 972.4 972.4 330.7 973.5 0.10 87 6.4 34558 -36.5 -79.5 0 43.0 -51.1 218 7 1003.5 1003.6 331.2 1004.9 0.11 88 6.1 34890 -37.3 -79.3 0 42.0 -51.7 208 8 1014.0 1014.1 331.4 1015.4 0.12 89 5.6 35487 -31.5 -75.5 0 44.0 -50.1 192 11 1064.6 1064.8 332.2 1067.8 0.24 90 5.0 36290 -30.1 -75.1 0 45.0 -50.4 170 14 1106.1 1106.3 332.8 1109.9 0.29 91 4.9 36434 -30.1 -75.1 0 45.0 -50.5 1112.5 1112.7 332.8 1116.5 0.29 TRP 184 12530 -62.7 -66.3 62 3.6 -62.7 220 103 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 WND 196 12137 -59.7 -62.1 74 2.4 -59.7 215 109 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5593.00 m Freezing level: 712.41 mb = 2850.24 m = 9351.06 ft Freezing level: 664.00 mb = 3409.60 m = 11186.22 ft Freezing level: 664.00 mb = 3409.60 m = 11186.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.10 mb = 2737.72 m = 8981.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.71 % Est. max temperature: 22.94 C = 73.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.73 mb = 1523.81 m = 4999.32 ft T: 9.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 4.40 C Layer 939.0- 896.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.81 mb = 2445.18 m = 8022.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.31 C = 77.56 F Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lifted Index: 6.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 26.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77302.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.54 mb = 1826.36 m = 5991.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 245 at 30 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 138 120 1 -0.9 0.5 | 67 30 -27.8 -11.8 1 968 305 110 4 -3.8 1.4 | 70 33 -30.7 -11.0 2 934 610 130 7 -5.4 4.5 | 76 33 -32.3 -7.8 3 925 693 130 9 -6.9 5.8 | 79 34 -33.8 -6.6 4 901 914 175 9 -0.8 9.0 | 83 28 -27.7 -3.4 5 869 1219 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 99 20 -19.7 3.1 6 850 1403 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 121 21 -18.4 11.2 7 807 1829 195 38 9.8 36.7 | 145 30 -17.1 24.4 8 777 2134 205 47 19.9 42.6 | 167 31 -7.0 30.3 9 749 2438 210 54 27.0 46.8 | 180 34 0.1 34.4 10 721 2743 215 57 32.7 46.7 | 190 35 5.8 34.4 11 700 2988 220 52 33.4 39.8 | 193 28 6.5 27.5 12 643 3658 220 43 27.6 32.9 | 182 21 0.7 20.6 13 594 4267 225 41 29.0 29.0 | 187 17 2.1 16.7 14 550 4877 225 46 32.5 32.5 | 196 21 5.6 20.2 15 500 5620 220 54 34.7 41.4 | 195 30 7.8 29.0 16 469 6096 215 55 31.5 45.1 | 188 33 4.6 32.7 17 450 6401 210 58 29.0 50.2 | 183 38 2.1 37.9 18 400 7290 215 74 42.4 60.6 | 198 51 15.5 48.3 19 382 7620 215 75 43.0 61.4 | 198 52 16.1 49.1 20 308 9144 220 83 53.4 63.6 | 207 58 26.5 51.2 21 300 9340 220 90 57.9 68.9 | 209 65 30.9 56.6 22 250 10570 215 98 56.2 80.3 | 203 74 29.3 67.9 23 200 12010 215 108 61.9 88.5 | 205 84 35.0 76.1 24 196 12137 215 109 62.5 89.3 | 205 85 35.6 76.9 25 194 12192 215 109 62.5 89.3 | 205 85 35.6 76.9 26 184 12530 220 103 66.2 78.9 | 211 77 39.3 66.6 27 176 12802 220 106 68.1 81.2 | 211 80 41.2 68.9 28 152 13716 220 59 37.9 45.2 | 199 35 11.0 32.9 29 150 13820 220 63 40.5 48.3 | 201 38 13.6 35.9 30 132 14630 225 70 49.5 49.5 | 211 43 22.6 37.2 31 126 14935 230 52 39.8 33.4 | 212 25 12.9 21.1 32 120 15240 220 58 37.3 44.4 | 198 34 10.4 32.1 33 105 16154 225 39 27.6 27.6 | 183 15 0.7 15.2 34 100 16440 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 196 14 3.7 13.4 35 95 16764 230 40 30.6 25.7 | 196 14 3.7 13.4 36 87 17374 220 32 20.6 24.5 | 153 14 -6.3 12.2 37 75 18288 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 115 6 -5.6 2.6 38 70 18760 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 173 6 -0.7 6.0 39 69 18898 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 213 14 7.5 11.8 40 62 19507 225 36 25.5 25.5 | 174 13 -1.4 13.1 41 54 20422 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 22 9 -3.3 -8.2 42 50 20950 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 39 11 -7.2 -8.9 43 49 21031 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 328 2 1.3 -2.1 44 47 21336 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 49 15 -11.1 -9.6 45 45 21641 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 83 22 -21.4 -2.8 46 43 21946 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 114 13 -12.1 5.3 47 41 22250 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 101 7 -7.2 1.4 48 39 22555 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 31 18 -9.2 -15.5 49 37 22860 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 31 18 -9.2 -15.5 50 35 23165 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 60 14 -11.9 -6.9 51 34 23470 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 74 19 -18.5 -5.3 52 32 23774 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 66 16 -14.2 -6.4 53 31 24079 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 84 24 -24.3 -2.7 54 30 24250 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 90 18 -18.3 -0.1 55 29 24384 190 18 3.1 17.7 | 103 24 -23.8 5.4 56 28 24689 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 95 17 -17.2 1.6 57 26 25298 295 12 10.9 -5.1 | 43 24 -16.0 -17.4 58 24 25603 335 10 4.2 -9.1 | 47 31 -22.7 -21.4 59 23 25908 60 1 -0.9 -0.5 | 65 31 -27.8 -12.8 60 21 26518 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 71 20 -18.7 -6.6 61 20 26900 240 6 5.2 3.0 | 67 24 -21.7 -9.3 62 19 27127 295 10 9.1 -4.2 | 47 24 -17.8 -16.6 63 18 27432 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 74 19 -18.5 -5.3 64 18 27737 275 16 15.9 -1.4 | 39 18 -11.0 -13.7 65 17 28042 295 16 14.5 -6.8 | 33 23 -12.4 -19.1 66 16 28346 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 46 30 -21.9 -21.0 67 15 28651 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 66 20 -17.8 -8.1 68 15 28956 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 39 22 -13.7 -17.1 69 14 29261 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 46 26 -18.7 -18.1 70 13 29566 320 13 8.4 -10.0 | 40 29 -18.5 -22.3 71 12 30175 320 3 1.9 -2.3 | 60 29 -25.0 -14.6 72 10 31510 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 35 26 -14.6 -20.9 73 7 33940 235 4 3.3 2.3 | 67 26 -23.6 -10.0 74 5 36290 170 14 -2.4 13.8 | 93 29 -29.3 1.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 457.5 neg: -4.5 tot: 453.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 212.10 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 121 5 72 32| 6.9 0.0 6.9| 50.5 0.0 50.5 101.1 0.82| 7.4 6.0 1000 155 7 79 31| 7.5 0.0 7.5|114.1 0.0 114.1 114.1 0.66| 11.3 7.4 1500 185 13 91 26| 11.0 0.0 11.0|203.9 0.0 203.9 135.9 0.75| 13.8 10.3 2000 193 20 107 24| 12.1 0.0 12.1|326.2 0.0 326.2 163.1 0.79| 14.9 11.8 2500 200 26 125 22| 11.5 0.0 11.5|424.4 0.0 424.4 169.7 0.82| 14.3 11.7 3000 205 31 139 21| 8.6 0.0 8.6|457.5 -4.5 453.0 151.0 0.75| 13.8 10.3 4000 211 35 152 20| 6.2 0.9 7.1|463.3 -27.0 436.3 109.1 0.64| 11.7 7.4 5000 214 37 160 19| 5.2 0.2 5.5|478.9 -27.0 451.9 90.4 0.61| 10.2 6.3 6000 215 39 168 20| 4.4 0.9 5.3|478.9 -65.0 413.9 69.0 0.51| 9.5 4.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250829.00.gif