UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025083000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 30 AUG 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 30 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 129 255 3 SFC 999 138 6.0 4.2 88 1.8 5.1 255 3 279.2 280.1 278.3 293.4 5.17 2 992 196 6.6 3.7 82 2.9 5.2 246 8 280.4 281.3 278.7 294.3 5.03 3 925 764 1.2 0.6 96 0.6 1.0 245 29 280.5 281.3 277.9 292.5 4.32 4 918 825 0.8 0.5 98 0.3 0.7 247 29 280.7 281.5 278.0 292.7 4.32 5 894 1037 -0.7 -0.7 100 0.0 -0.7 252 28 281.3 282.0 278.0 292.7 4.06 6 861 1337 -2.5 -2.5 100 0.0 -2.5 252 27 282.5 283.1 278.1 292.9 3.69 7 854 1402 -2.9 -3.9 93 1.0 -3.3 251 27 282.7 283.3 277.7 292.2 3.35 8 853 1411 -2.9 -5.1 85 2.2 -3.7 251 27 282.8 283.4 277.4 291.5 3.06 9 851 1430 -2.9 -6.2 78 3.3 -4.1 250 27 283.0 283.5 277.2 291.1 2.82 10 850 1439 -3.1 -6.9 75 3.8 -4.5 250 27 282.9 283.4 276.9 290.6 2.68 11 844 1495 -3.3 -8.3 68 5.0 -5.0 249 27 283.3 283.7 276.7 290.2 2.42 12 830 1627 -3.7 -9.7 63 6.0 -5.7 248 28 284.2 284.6 276.9 290.6 2.20 13 814 1781 -4.3 -10.3 63 6.0 -6.3 246 30 285.1 285.5 277.3 291.4 2.14 14 809 1830 -4.3 -12.3 54 8.0 -6.8 245 30 285.7 286.0 277.2 291.1 1.84 15 793 1987 -5.1 -14.1 49 9.0 -7.8 248 31 286.4 286.7 277.3 291.2 1.62 16 787 2046 -5.3 -18.3 35 13.0 -8.8 249 31 286.8 287.0 276.8 290.3 1.15 17 780 2117 -5.7 -10.5 69 4.8 -7.3 250 31 287.1 287.5 278.4 293.6 2.20 18 777 2147 -5.9 -12.9 58 7.0 -8.1 250 31 287.2 287.6 278.0 292.7 1.82 19 774 2177 -5.9 -9.4 76 3.5 -7.1 249 30 287.6 288.0 278.9 294.7 2.42 20 765 2269 -6.3 -7.8 89 1.5 -6.8 246 26 288.1 288.6 279.6 296.2 2.78 21 744 2486 -7.3 -7.3 100 0.0 -7.3 239 21 289.3 289.8 280.4 298.0 2.97 22 708 2872 -8.5 -8.8 98 0.3 -8.6 241 29 292.1 292.6 281.5 300.4 2.77 23 701 2949 -8.5 -9.7 91 1.2 -8.9 244 32 293.0 293.4 281.7 300.7 2.61 24 700 2960 -8.7 -10.5 87 1.8 -9.3 245 32 292.9 293.3 281.4 300.2 2.45 25 699 2971 -8.9 -11.7 80 2.8 -9.8 245 32 292.7 293.1 281.1 299.5 2.23 26 691 3060 -9.5 -13.0 76 3.5 -10.6 245 33 293.0 293.4 281.0 299.2 2.03 27 683 3150 -9.9 -13.6 74 3.7 -11.1 245 34 293.6 293.9 281.1 299.5 1.96 28 643 3612 -12.3 -12.4 99 0.1 -12.3 229 26 296.0 296.4 282.5 302.9 2.29 29 600 4137 -15.7 -16.2 96 0.5 -15.9 218 29 297.9 298.3 282.8 303.5 1.80 30 586 4314 -17.5 -19.0 88 1.5 -17.9 215 34 297.9 298.1 282.4 302.4 1.45 31 583 4352 -17.7 -18.1 97 0.4 -17.8 215 35 298.1 298.4 282.6 303.0 1.58 32 572 4494 -18.9 -20.0 91 1.1 -19.1 215 38 298.3 298.5 282.4 302.6 1.37 33 570 4520 -19.3 -22.0 79 2.7 -19.9 215 38 298.1 298.3 282.1 301.8 1.15 34 568 4546 -19.7 -28.7 45 9.0 -21.2 215 39 298.0 298.1 281.3 300.0 0.63 35 566 4572 -19.9 -28.9 45 9.0 -21.4 215 39 298.0 298.1 281.4 300.0 0.62 36 563 4612 -20.1 -28.1 49 8.0 -21.5 215 40 298.2 298.4 281.5 300.4 0.67 37 561 4638 -20.1 -35.1 25 15.0 -22.2 215 40 298.5 298.6 281.2 299.7 0.34 38 549 4798 -21.1 -33.1 33 12.0 -22.8 215 43 299.2 299.3 281.6 300.6 0.43 39 527 5098 -23.3 -36.3 29 13.0 -24.9 212 50 300.1 300.1 281.8 301.2 0.33 40 520 5196 -24.1 -36.1 32 12.0 -25.6 210 52 300.3 300.3 281.9 301.4 0.34 41 513 5294 -24.9 -31.9 52 7.0 -25.9 208 55 300.5 300.6 282.3 302.2 0.51 42 511 5323 -25.1 -34.1 43 9.0 -26.3 208 55 300.6 300.6 282.1 302.0 0.42 43 501 5466 -26.5 -32.5 57 6.0 -27.3 205 59 300.6 300.6 282.3 302.2 0.50 44 500 5480 -26.5 -31.5 63 5.0 -27.2 205 59 300.7 300.8 282.4 302.6 0.55 45 499 5495 -26.3 -29.6 74 3.3 -26.8 214 52 301.1 301.3 282.7 303.3 0.66 46 493 5582 -26.1 -30.1 69 4.0 -26.7 203 59 302.4 302.6 283.2 304.5 0.64 47 489 5641 -26.0 -29.8 71 3.8 -26.6 195 64 303.2 303.4 283.5 305.4 0.66 48 483 5731 -25.9 -29.3 73 3.4 -26.4 195 64 304.5 304.6 284.1 306.8 0.70 49 442 6369 -31.1 -32.6 87 1.5 -31.3 187 46 305.7 305.8 284.4 307.6 0.56 50 439 6417 -31.5 -33.9 79 2.4 -31.8 188 45 305.8 305.9 284.4 307.5 0.50 51 435 6482 -32.3 -34.2 83 1.9 -32.5 188 45 305.6 305.7 284.3 307.2 0.49 52 433 6514 -32.7 -35.9 73 3.2 -33.0 188 44 305.5 305.6 284.1 306.9 0.41 53 431 6547 -32.7 -35.1 79 2.4 -33.0 189 44 305.9 306.0 284.4 307.4 0.45 54 429 6580 -33.1 -36.9 69 3.8 -33.5 189 44 305.8 305.9 284.2 307.1 0.38 55 400 7070 -36.3 -40.4 66 4.1 -36.7 175 57 307.8 307.9 284.9 308.8 0.28 56 336 8249 -46.7 -50.5 65 3.8 -46.9 185 61 309.3 309.4 285.2 309.8 0.11 57 300 9010 -39.9 -69.9 3 30.0 -40.8 205 56 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.01 58 250 10260 -40.1 -76.1 1 36.0 -41.2 205 60 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.00 59 200 11780 -40.7 -78.7 1 38.0 -42.0 215 51 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 60 150 13710 -45.5 -81.5 1 36.0 -46.5 205 55 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 61 100 16430 -46.5 -82.5 1 36.0 -47.9 225 37 437.9 437.9 309.7 437.9 0.00 62 89 17199 -48.3 -84.3 1 36.0 -49.6 213 42 449.1 449.1 310.8 449.1 0.00 63 87 17349 -46.3 -83.3 1 37.0 -47.9 210 44 456.1 456.1 311.4 456.1 0.00 64 85 17503 -45.7 -83.7 1 38.0 -47.4 220 42 460.3 460.3 311.8 460.4 0.00 65 76 18243 -48.1 -84.1 1 36.0 -49.6 221 31 470.3 470.3 312.7 470.3 0.00 66 70 18780 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -52.6 215 31 474.2 474.2 313.0 474.2 0.00 67 58 19998 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -53.5 244 20 498.6 498.6 314.8 498.6 0.00 68 53 20581 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -53.1 219 18 513.0 513.0 315.8 513.0 0.00 69 52 20705 -50.3 -85.3 1 35.0 -51.9 211 17 519.1 519.1 316.2 519.1 0.01 70 50 20960 -51.9 -85.9 1 34.0 -53.3 210 11 521.2 521.2 316.4 521.2 0.00 71 47 21361 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -53.9 205 11 529.0 529.0 316.9 529.1 0.00 72 42 22094 -49.7 -85.7 1 36.0 -51.7 235 14 553.3 553.3 318.3 553.3 0.01 73 31 24068 -53.1 -87.1 1 34.0 -55.0 248 9 594.3 594.3 320.3 594.3 0.01 74 30 24280 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -54.5 210 9 601.5 601.5 320.7 601.6 0.01 75 27 24963 -50.7 -86.7 1 36.0 -53.4 235 10 625.0 625.0 321.7 625.0 0.01 76 24 25728 -51.7 -86.7 1 35.0 -54.3 293 12 643.5 643.5 322.4 643.5 0.01 77 23 26006 -49.1 -86.1 1 37.0 -52.5 307 10 659.0 659.0 323.0 659.1 0.01 78 21 26601 -50.3 -86.3 1 36.0 -53.6 21 7 672.8 672.8 323.5 672.8 0.01 79 20 26920 -49.5 -85.5 1 36.0 -53.1 55 5 684.7 684.7 323.9 684.8 0.01 80 18 27612 -48.9 -85.9 1 37.0 -53.0 24 4 707.5 707.5 324.7 707.6 0.01 81 17 27987 -50.1 -86.1 1 36.0 -54.0 312 7 715.3 715.3 324.9 715.4 0.01 82 16 28386 -47.7 -85.7 0 38.0 -52.6 248 10 735.7 735.7 325.6 735.8 0.02 83 14 29268 -48.1 -86.1 0 38.0 -53.2 299 10 762.9 762.9 326.3 763.1 0.02 84 12 30288 -46.7 -85.7 0 39.0 -52.9 31 8 802.3 802.3 327.3 802.5 0.02 85 10 31510 -42.5 -82.5 0 40.0 -51.5 90 2 860.9 860.9 328.7 861.3 0.04 86 10 31510 -42.9 -82.9 0 40.0 -51.7 90 2 859.4 859.4 328.6 859.8 0.04 87 9.2 32074 -41.9 -82.9 0 41.0 -51.5 884.0 884.0 329.1 884.4 0.04 TRP 336 8249 -46.7 -50.5 65 3.8 -46.9 185 61 309.3 309.4 285.2 309.8 0.11 WND 489 5641 -26.0 -29.8 71 3.8 -26.6 195 64 303.2 303.4 283.5 305.4 0.66 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5351.00 m Freezing level: 905.20 mb = 938.33 m = 3078.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 906.17 mb = 929.05 m = 3048.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.59 % Est. max temperature: 9.73 C = 49.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.73 mb = 363.43 m = 1192.33 ft T: 5.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.65 C Layer 854.0- 830.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.14 mb = 736.45 m = 2416.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.31 C = 45.15 F Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lifted Index: 7.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 25.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.82 C Showalter Index: 9.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 14.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 113.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.10 mb = 736.84 m = 2417.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.10 mb = 780.57 m = 2560.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.10 mb = 1503.55 m = 4932.85 ft B at Equ Level: 7.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 813.10 mb = 1789.74 m = 5871.77 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 254 at 26 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 999 138 255 3 2.9 0.8 | 74 23 -21.9 -6.4 1 979 305 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 112 12 -11.0 4.4 2 943 610 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 147 4 -2.2 3.4 3 925 764 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 196 5 1.5 5.1 4 908 914 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 222 4 2.4 2.7 5 874 1219 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 328 1 0.3 -0.5 6 850 1439 250 27 25.4 9.2 | 195 2 0.5 2.0 7 809 1829 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 203 6 2.4 5.5 8 778 2134 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 232 5 4.3 3.4 9 748 2438 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 111 8 -7.5 2.8 10 720 2743 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 149 8 -4.3 7.2 11 700 2960 245 32 29.0 13.5 | 213 8 4.2 6.3 12 664 3353 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 226 12 8.7 8.4 13 638 3658 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 137 12 -8.6 9.1 14 612 3962 220 24 15.4 18.4 | 140 15 -9.4 11.2 15 588 4267 215 34 19.5 27.9 | 166 21 -5.3 20.7 16 542 4877 215 45 25.8 36.9 | 182 30 1.0 29.7 17 500 5480 205 59 24.9 53.5 | 180 46 0.1 46.3 18 500 5486 215 51 29.3 41.8 | 187 35 4.4 34.6 19 489 5641 195 64 16.6 61.8 | 171 55 -8.3 54.6 20 479 5791 195 64 16.6 61.8 | 171 55 -8.3 54.6 21 459 6096 185 49 4.3 48.8 | 154 46 -20.6 41.6 22 421 6706 190 42 7.3 41.4 | 153 38 -17.5 34.2 23 400 7070 175 57 -5.0 56.8 | 149 58 -29.8 49.6 24 386 7315 175 59 -5.1 58.8 | 150 60 -30.0 51.6 25 369 7620 180 57 0.0 57.0 | 154 56 -24.8 49.8 26 337 8230 175 60 -5.2 59.8 | 150 61 -30.1 52.6 27 336 8249 185 61 5.3 60.8 | 160 57 -19.5 53.6 28 322 8534 200 63 21.5 59.2 | 176 52 -3.3 52.0 29 300 9010 205 56 23.7 50.8 | 178 44 -1.2 43.6 30 294 9144 205 56 23.7 50.8 | 178 44 -1.2 43.6 31 257 10058 210 48 24.0 41.6 | 179 34 -0.8 34.4 32 250 10260 205 60 25.4 54.4 | 181 47 0.5 47.2 33 246 10363 205 61 25.8 55.3 | 181 48 1.0 48.1 34 200 11780 215 51 29.3 41.8 | 187 35 4.4 34.6 35 197 11887 215 56 32.1 45.9 | 191 39 7.3 38.7 36 188 12192 205 40 16.9 36.3 | 165 30 -7.9 29.1 37 164 13106 195 49 12.7 47.3 | 163 42 -12.1 40.1 38 157 13411 210 58 29.0 50.2 | 186 43 4.2 43.0 39 150 13710 205 55 23.2 49.8 | 178 43 -1.6 42.7 40 137 14326 210 48 24.0 41.6 | 179 34 -0.8 34.4 41 119 15240 225 58 41.0 41.0 | 206 37 16.2 33.8 42 114 15545 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 208 19 8.8 16.3 43 104 16154 230 38 29.1 24.4 | 194 18 4.3 17.2 44 100 16430 225 37 26.2 26.2 | 184 19 1.3 19.0 45 100 16459 205 30 12.7 27.2 | 149 23 -12.1 20.0 46 95 16764 220 37 23.8 28.3 | 177 21 -1.0 21.2 47 87 17374 210 44 22.0 38.1 | 175 31 -2.8 30.9 48 83 17678 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 205 17 7.1 15.2 49 75 18288 220 30 19.3 23.0 | 161 17 -5.5 15.8 50 72 18593 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 135 21 -14.7 14.6 51 70 18780 215 31 17.8 25.4 | 159 20 -7.0 18.2 52 69 18898 210 32 16.0 27.7 | 157 22 -8.8 20.5 53 63 19507 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 164 17 -4.9 16.6 54 60 19812 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 87 6 -6.0 -0.3 55 54 20422 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 116 11 -10.3 5.0 56 52 20726 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 115 18 -16.3 7.5 57 50 20960 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 97 19 -19.3 2.3 58 49 21031 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 89 15 -15.0 -0.3 59 47 21336 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 98 20 -20.2 2.8 60 45 21641 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 106 20 -18.9 5.5 61 41 22250 245 14 12.7 5.9 | 84 12 -12.1 -1.3 62 39 22555 270 18 18.0 -0.0 | 44 10 -6.8 -7.2 63 37 22860 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 59 17 -15.0 -8.9 64 34 23470 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 70 16 -15.0 -5.5 65 32 23774 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 53 20 -16.2 -12.2 66 30 24280 210 9 4.5 7.8 | 92 20 -20.3 0.6 67 30 24384 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 82 16 -16.2 -2.2 68 28 24689 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 85 17 -16.6 -1.5 69 26 25298 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 85 17 -16.6 -1.5 70 24 25603 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 46 18 -13.0 -12.7 71 23 25908 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 55 19 -15.4 -10.6 72 22 26213 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 52 27 -21.4 -16.6 73 20 26920 55 5 -4.1 -2.9 | 71 31 -28.9 -10.1 74 19 27432 60 2 -1.7 -1.0 | 73 28 -26.6 -8.2 75 16 28346 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 79 16 -15.8 -3.0 76 15 28651 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 67 16 -14.9 -6.3 77 13 29566 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 51 23 -17.8 -14.3 78 13 29870 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 57 32 -26.6 -17.0 79 10 31510 90 2 -2.0 0.0 | 75 28 -26.8 -7.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.6 neg: -11.8 tot: 73.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 40.78 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 238 18 104 10| 0.0 23.4 23.4| 46.3 0.0 46.3 92.5 0.60| 25.8 15.4 1000 245 23 124 5| 2.1 11.7 13.8| 52.1 0.0 52.1 52.1 0.62| 17.1 10.7 1500 247 24 135 3| 1.4 8.6 10.0| 52.4 -0.2 52.2 34.8 0.52| 13.2 6.9 2000 247 26 161 3| 1.6 6.4 8.0| 56.5 -0.2 56.2 28.1 0.53| 11.1 5.9 2500 246 25 154 3| 1.3 4.0 5.3| 63.5 -11.8 51.7 20.7 0.28| 12.1 3.4 3000 245 26 164 4| 2.9 3.3 6.2| 85.6 -11.8 73.8 24.6 0.39| 12.2 4.7 4000 242 27 168 6| 2.1 3.2 5.4|110.9 -57.8 53.1 13.3 0.17| 12.8 2.2 5000 234 30 175 10| 1.7 4.7 6.4|173.1 -58.8 114.3 22.9 0.22| 12.5 2.8 6000 224 34 177 18| 1.4 4.4 5.9|186.7-392.0-205.4 -34.2 0.02| 14.4 0.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250830.00.gif