UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025083100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 31 AUG 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 31 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1007 138 11.4 0.4 47 11.0 6.3 245 1 284.0 284.7 279.1 295.0 3.91 1 1000 198 10.4 0.4 50 10.0 5.8 210 8 283.5 284.2 278.9 294.6 3.93 2 925 841 4.6 -1.4 65 6.0 2.0 205 8 284.0 284.7 278.9 294.6 3.73 3 893 1127 1.8 -1.5 79 3.3 0.4 222 14 284.0 284.7 279.0 294.8 3.83 4 857 1457 -0.3 -1.9 89 1.6 -1.0 229 25 285.2 285.8 279.6 296.2 3.88 5 855 1476 0.0 -1.9 87 1.9 -0.8 229 25 285.7 286.3 279.9 296.7 3.89 6 850 1523 -0.3 -2.5 85 2.2 -1.2 230 27 285.8 286.5 279.8 296.5 3.74 7 836 1656 -0.9 -4.1 79 3.2 -2.2 239 27 286.6 287.1 279.7 296.3 3.37 8 832 1694 -0.9 -5.9 69 5.0 -2.9 241 28 287.0 287.5 279.3 295.5 2.95 9 818 1829 -1.5 -8.5 59 7.0 -4.0 245 28 287.7 288.1 279.0 294.9 2.46 10 808 1927 -2.1 -9.1 59 7.0 -4.6 245 27 288.1 288.5 279.1 295.1 2.37 11 800 2006 -1.9 -16.9 31 15.0 -6.3 245 27 289.1 289.3 278.2 293.0 1.27 12 779 2217 -2.5 -18.5 28 16.0 -7.0 249 26 290.7 290.9 278.7 294.2 1.14 13 771 2299 -2.5 -19.5 26 17.0 -7.2 253 25 291.5 291.7 279.0 294.8 1.06 14 724 2795 -5.9 -20.9 29 15.0 -9.8 253 20 293.1 293.3 279.7 296.2 1.00 15 719 2849 -6.1 -13.1 58 7.0 -8.4 252 21 293.5 293.8 281.0 299.4 1.94 16 710 2947 -6.5 -14.5 53 8.0 -9.0 249 22 294.1 294.4 281.1 299.4 1.75 17 700 3058 -7.5 -15.5 53 8.0 -9.9 245 23 294.2 294.5 281.0 299.2 1.63 18 692 3147 -8.3 -16.3 52 8.0 -10.6 244 24 294.3 294.5 280.9 299.0 1.55 19 663 3477 -10.9 -16.9 61 6.0 -12.6 238 30 295.0 295.2 281.2 299.7 1.53 20 657 3547 -11.5 -16.1 69 4.6 -12.8 237 31 295.1 295.3 281.4 300.1 1.66 21 646 3676 -11.9 -14.5 81 2.6 -12.7 235 33 296.0 296.4 282.1 301.9 1.92 22 629 3880 -12.7 -16.7 72 4.0 -13.8 235 36 297.4 297.7 282.4 302.5 1.64 23 628 3892 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315.0 1.93 37 530 5181 -14.5 -16.9 82 2.4 -15.2 256 36 310.1 310.5 287.5 316.4 1.92 38 513 5427 -16.1 -17.6 88 1.5 -16.6 261 38 311.1 311.5 287.8 317.2 1.87 39 504 5560 -16.3 -18.8 81 2.5 -17.0 264 39 312.5 312.8 288.1 318.1 1.72 40 500 5620 -16.9 -18.9 84 2.0 -17.4 265 39 312.4 312.8 288.1 318.1 1.72 41 460 6242 -21.5 -22.2 94 0.7 -21.7 264 43 314.2 314.5 288.4 318.9 1.40 42 457 6290 -21.7 -23.4 86 1.7 -22.1 263 43 314.6 314.8 288.3 318.8 1.27 43 452 6371 -22.3 -23.5 90 1.2 -22.6 262 43 314.8 315.1 288.5 319.1 1.27 44 440 6569 -23.7 -26.3 79 2.6 -24.2 260 44 315.5 315.7 288.4 318.9 1.01 45 426 6805 -25.3 -27.6 81 2.3 -25.8 257 45 316.4 316.5 288.6 319.6 0.93 46 421 6890 -26.1 -27.2 90 1.1 -26.3 256 45 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.8 0.98 47 417 6959 -26.5 -27.8 89 1.3 -26.8 256 46 316.8 316.9 288.7 320.0 0.93 48 410 7082 -26.9 -31.0 68 4.1 -27.6 256 48 317.8 317.9 288.8 320.2 0.70 49 406 7153 -27.3 -30.5 74 3.2 -27.8 258 50 318.1 318.3 289.0 320.8 0.74 50 405 7170 -27.5 -31.1 71 3.6 -28.1 258 51 318.1 318.3 288.9 320.6 0.70 51 403 7206 -27.3 -31.3 69 4.0 -27.9 259 52 318.8 319.0 289.1 321.3 0.69 52 400 7260 -27.7 -30.8 75 3.1 -28.2 260 54 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.6 0.73 53 396 7332 -28.3 -30.5 81 2.2 -28.7 261 56 319.1 319.3 289.3 321.8 0.76 54 381 7609 -29.1 -38.1 42 9.0 -30.2 265 62 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.0 0.38 55 364 7933 -31.7 -39.7 45 8.0 -32.6 265 66 322.4 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.33 56 300 9270 -42.7 -48.7 52 6.0 -43.0 285 74 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.8 0.15 57 250 10470 -52.5 -57.5 55 5.0 -52.7 275 91 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.06 58 247 10548 -52.8 -58.4 51 5.6 -52.9 275 92 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.06 59 225 11145 -55.3 -65.3 28 10.0 -55.5 270 76 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.03 60 200 11900 -52.3 -77.3 3 25.0 -52.7 265 73 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 61 150 13770 -49.5 -82.5 1 33.0 -50.2 265 47 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 62 100 16420 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -50.3 265 30 432.5 432.5 309.1 432.5 0.00 63 78 18036 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -52.5 264 33 459.8 459.8 311.7 459.8 0.00 64 70 18740 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657.3 0.01 78 21 26562 -49.7 -85.7 1 36.0 -53.2 348 7 674.6 674.6 323.6 674.7 0.01 79 20 26880 -51.3 -86.3 1 35.0 -54.4 355 5 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.2 0.01 80 18 27563 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -55.5 58 9 696.1 696.1 324.3 696.2 0.01 81 17 27934 -49.9 -85.9 1 36.0 -53.8 157 10 716.0 716.0 324.9 716.1 0.01 82 12 30232 -45.7 -84.7 0 39.0 -52.4 339 10 805.8 805.8 327.4 806.0 0.03 83 11 30812 -45.9 -84.9 0 39.0 -52.8 1 7 825.4 825.4 327.8 825.6 0.03 84 11 30812 -44.1 -84.1 0 40.0 -51.9 1 7 831.9 832.0 328.0 832.2 0.03 85 10 31450 -44.9 -83.9 0 39.0 -52.7 25 3 851.9 852.0 328.4 852.3 0.03 86 9.7 31654 -45.1 -84.1 0 39.0 -52.9 25 3 858.6 858.7 328.6 859.0 0.03 87 7.1 33772 -38.1 -80.1 0 42.0 -51.2 30 7 967.6 967.7 330.7 968.6 0.09 88 7.0 33870 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -51.4 30 7 970.7 970.8 330.7 971.7 0.09 89 6.1 34814 -39.5 -81.5 0 42.0 -52.5 1004.5 1004.6 331.2 1005.5 0.09 TRP 225 11145 -55.3 -65.3 28 10.0 -55.5 270 76 333.8 333.8 292.7 333.9 0.03 WND 247 10548 -52.8 -58.4 51 5.6 -52.9 275 92 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.06 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5422.00 m Freezing level: 862.14 mb = 1410.04 m = 4626.07 ft Freezing level: 855.00 mb = 1476.01 m = 4842.50 ft Freezing level: 855.00 mb = 1476.01 m = 4842.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 883.08 mb = 1216.33 m = 3990.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.71 % Est. max temperature: 12.58 C = 54.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.77 mb = 1506.34 m = 4941.99 ft T: -0.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.67 C/km ThetaE index: 2.07 C Layer 800.0- 779.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.72 mb = 2498.55 m = 8197.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.61 C = 67.30 F Cap Strength: 16.02 C Lifted Index: 15.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.14 C Showalter Index: 14.55 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.60 C Cross Totals Index: 14.40 C K Index: 6.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 189.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76237.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.78 mb = 1525.11 m = 5003.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 277 at 20 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 1007 138 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 98 19 -19.2 2.8 1 1000 198 210 8 4.0 6.9 | 120 19 -16.1 9.3 2 987 305 225 9 6.4 6.4 | 123 16 -13.7 8.8 3 951 610 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 124 22 -18.3 12.3 4 925 841 205 8 3.4 7.3 | 120 19 -16.7 9.7 5 917 914 215 8 4.6 6.6 | 120 18 -15.5 9.0 6 883 1219 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 147 16 -8.8 13.7 7 850 1523 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 182 20 0.6 19.8 8 850 1524 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 186 18 2.0 17.9 9 818 1829 245 28 25.4 11.8 | 200 15 5.3 14.3 10 787 2134 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 195 14 3.5 13.4 11 757 2438 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 214 8 4.5 6.8 12 728 2743 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 174 8 -0.8 7.6 13 700 3058 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 184 12 0.8 12.1 14 647 3658 235 33 27.0 18.9 | 198 22 6.9 21.3 15 622 3962 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 203 26 10.2 23.6 16 597 4267 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 205 17 7.1 15.1 17 551 4877 250 34 31.9 11.6 | 220 18 11.9 14.0 18 500 5620 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 253 20 18.8 5.8 19 488 5791 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 253 20 18.8 5.8 20 469 6096 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 254 23 21.8 6.1 21 414 7010 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 240 28 24.3 14.3 22 400 7260 260 54 53.2 9.4 | 250 35 33.1 11.8 23 380 7620 265 62 61.8 5.4 | 259 42 41.7 7.8 24 333 8534 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 261 54 53.6 8.9 25 305 9144 275 70 69.7 -6.1 | 274 50 49.6 -3.7 26 300 9270 285 74 71.5 -19.2 | 288 54 51.4 -16.7 27 292 9449 285 81 78.2 -21.0 | 288 61 58.2 -18.5 28 250 10470 275 91 90.7 -7.9 | 274 71 70.6 -5.5 29 247 10548 275 92 91.6 -8.0 | 274 72 71.6 -5.6 30 242 10668 275 92 91.6 -8.0 | 274 72 71.6 -5.6 31 225 11145 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 268 56 55.9 2.4 32 220 11278 270 76 76.0 -0.0 | 268 56 55.9 2.4 33 200 11887 265 87 86.7 7.6 | 261 67 66.6 10.0 34 200 11900 265 73 72.7 6.4 | 261 53 52.6 8.8 35 191 12192 265 72 71.7 6.3 | 260 52 51.6 8.7 36 174 12802 265 79 78.7 6.9 | 261 59 58.6 9.3 37 159 13411 275 62 61.8 -5.4 | 274 42 41.7 -3.0 38 150 13770 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 256 28 26.7 6.5 39 144 14021 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 256 28 26.7 6.5 40 138 14326 260 57 56.1 9.9 | 251 38 36.0 12.3 41 126 14935 250 39 36.6 13.3 | 226 23 16.6 15.8 42 120 15240 245 43 39.0 18.2 | 223 28 18.9 20.6 43 114 15545 240 41 35.5 20.5 | 214 28 15.4 22.9 44 109 15850 250 44 41.3 15.0 | 231 28 21.3 17.5 45 100 16420 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 243 11 9.8 5.0 46 95 16764 265 30 29.9 2.6 | 243 11 9.8 5.0 47 91 17069 245 30 27.2 12.7 | 205 17 7.1 15.1 48 79 17983 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 246 13 11.8 5.2 49 75 18288 260 35 34.5 6.1 | 239 17 14.4 8.5 50 70 18740 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 197 11 3.4 11.0 51 65 19202 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 193 11 2.5 10.6 52 62 19507 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 169 15 -2.9 14.5 53 59 19812 260 25 24.6 4.3 | 214 8 4.5 6.8 54 57 20117 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 140 14 -8.6 10.5 55 54 20422 210 6 3.0 5.2 | 114 19 -17.1 7.6 56 52 20726 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 156 15 -6.3 14.0 57 50 20940 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 181 8 0.2 7.9 58 49 21031 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 181 17 0.4 16.8 59 47 21336 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 186 6 0.6 6.1 60 45 21641 255 7 6.8 1.8 | 108 14 -13.3 4.2 61 41 22250 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 126 18 -14.4 10.6 62 39 22555 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 85 4 -4.3 -0.4 63 37 22860 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 89 10 -10.4 -0.2 64 35 23165 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 123 23 -19.2 12.4 65 34 23470 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 133 9 -6.6 6.0 66 32 23774 280 12 11.8 -2.1 | 92 8 -8.3 0.3 67 31 24079 335 12 5.1 -10.9 | 61 17 -15.0 -8.5 68 30 24250 360 9 -0.0 -9.0 | 72 21 -20.1 -6.6 69 29 24384 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 67 18 -16.7 -7.0 70 27 24994 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 97 20 -20.1 2.4 71 24 25603 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 119 12 -10.7 5.8 72 23 25908 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 64 12 -10.9 -5.3 73 22 26213 340 10 3.4 -9.4 | 67 18 -16.7 -7.0 74 20 26880 355 5 0.4 -5.0 | 83 20 -19.7 -2.6 75 19 27127 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 97 20 -20.1 2.4 76 18 27432 25 9 -3.8 -8.2 | 76 25 -23.9 -5.7 77 18 27737 95 10 -10.0 0.9 | 96 30 -30.0 3.3 78 16 28346 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 103 10 -10.1 2.4 79 15 28651 290 10 9.4 -3.4 | 85 11 -10.7 -1.0 80 13 29566 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 74 12 -11.9 -3.3 81 13 29870 325 12 6.9 -9.8 | 61 15 -13.2 -7.4 82 10 31450 25 3 -1.3 -2.7 | 89 21 -21.4 -0.3 83 7 33870 30 7 -3.5 -6.1 | 81 24 -23.6 -3.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.2 neg: -24.4 tot: 140.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 57.58 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 208 9 122 19| 0.0 9.5 9.5| 40.1 -2.2 37.9 75.8 0.59| 14.0 8.3 1000 209 9 124 19| 3.8 4.7 8.5| 67.0 -8.6 58.4 58.4 0.54| 12.0 6.5 1500 221 13 138 17| 7.5 3.2 10.7|138.1 -8.6 129.5 86.3 0.72| 13.6 9.7 2000 231 17 152 15| 5.6 2.4 7.9|148.7 -13.9 134.8 67.4 0.66| 11.5 7.6 2500 237 19 160 13| 4.0 1.9 5.9|158.9 -20.9 137.9 55.2 0.54| 11.3 6.1 3000 240 19 163 13| 3.4 2.6 6.0|165.2 -24.4 140.9 47.0 0.48| 10.8 5.2 4000 239 22 176 14| 2.9 3.1 5.9|197.2 -24.4 172.8 43.2 0.44| 10.4 4.6 5000 241 24 186 14| 3.1 2.4 5.6|236.4 -24.4 212.0 42.4 0.48| 9.6 4.6 6000 247 27 200 14| 3.2 2.2 5.3|274.3 -25.5 248.8 41.5 0.50| 8.9 4.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250831.00.gif