UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025083112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 31 AUG 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 1006 138 6.4 5.8 96 0.6 6.1 25 2 279.1 280.0 279.0 294.8 5.75 1 1000 189 7.2 6.5 95 0.7 6.8 350 5 280.4 281.4 280.0 297.0 6.07 2 997 214 7.4 5.7 89 1.7 6.5 336 6 280.8 281.8 279.8 296.6 5.76 3 969 449 7.8 3.1 72 4.7 5.5 236 6 283.5 284.3 280.1 297.3 4.93 4 925 831 4.6 1.6 81 3.0 3.2 205 6 284.0 284.8 280.0 297.0 4.64 5 889 1153 1.6 0.5 92 1.1 1.1 201 10 284.2 284.9 279.8 296.7 4.46 6 850 1513 -0.3 -0.8 96 0.5 -0.5 190 8 285.8 286.6 280.4 297.9 4.24 7 832 1684 -1.3 -1.3 100 0.0 -1.3 187 7 286.5 287.3 280.7 298.4 4.18 8 720 2825 -6.7 -7.8 92 1.1 -7.1 229 12 292.7 293.2 282.0 301.5 2.95 9 700 3044 -8.3 -9.0 95 0.7 -8.5 255 8 293.3 293.8 282.0 301.5 2.76 10 688 3178 -9.3 -9.9 95 0.6 -9.5 239 10 293.6 294.1 282.0 301.5 2.62 11 675 3325 -9.3 -10.8 89 1.5 -9.8 227 10 295.2 295.7 282.5 302.7 2.48 12 673 3348 -9.5 -11.0 89 1.5 -10.0 226 10 295.3 295.7 282.5 302.7 2.45 13 672 3360 -9.5 -11.0 89 1.5 -10.0 225 10 295.4 295.8 282.5 302.8 2.46 14 668 3406 -9.9 -11.4 89 1.5 -10.4 227 10 295.4 295.9 282.5 302.7 2.39 15 654 3570 -9.1 -10.4 90 1.3 -9.6 232 12 298.1 298.6 283.9 306.2 2.65 16 635 3797 -10.7 -11.9 91 1.2 -11.1 224 13 298.9 299.3 283.9 306.3 2.42 17 632 3833 -10.9 -11.3 97 0.4 -11.1 221 13 299.0 299.5 284.1 306.8 2.55 18 624 3931 -11.7 -13.0 90 1.3 -12.1 213 13 299.2 299.6 283.8 306.1 2.25 19 582 4465 -11.9 -13.4 89 1.5 -12.4 221 11 305.0 305.4 286.2 312.4 2.34 20 578 4518 -11.7 -13.2 89 1.5 -12.2 225 12 305.8 306.3 286.5 313.4 2.39 21 556 4814 -13.5 -15.0 88 1.5 -14.0 238 21 307.1 307.5 286.7 314.0 2.14 22 531 5164 -14.1 -15.7 88 1.6 -14.6 245 31 310.5 310.9 287.9 317.3 2.12 23 521 5308 -13.7 -15.2 88 1.5 -14.2 247 35 312.6 313.1 288.7 320.0 2.25 24 500 5620 -15.1 -16.8 87 1.7 -15.6 255 43 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.4 2.05 25 432 6715 -21.3 -22.9 87 1.6 -21.7 252 51 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.0 1.40 26 400 7280 -25.3 -27.3 83 2.0 -25.7 250 55 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.7 1.02 27 365 7938 -30.3 -32.6 80 2.3 -30.6 247 57 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.68 28 308 9121 -39.9 -43.1 71 3.2 -40.2 235 59 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.28 29 300 9300 -41.5 -44.4 73 2.9 -41.7 230 58 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.25 30 285 9646 -44.7 -46.6 81 1.9 -44.8 230 62 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.20 31 271 9980 -47.7 -51.3 66 3.6 -47.9 232 63 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.13 32 267 10078 -48.1 -49.9 82 1.8 -48.2 233 64 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.15 33 262 10203 -48.9 -50.5 83 1.6 -49.0 234 64 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.14 34 261 10228 -48.9 -50.7 81 1.8 -49.0 234 64 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.8 0.14 35 258 10304 -48.9 -55.9 44 7.0 -49.1 234 64 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.08 36 257 10329 -49.3 -58.3 34 9.0 -49.6 235 64 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 37 250 10510 -50.3 -59.3 34 9.0 -50.5 245 77 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 38 240 10774 -52.3 -60.3 38 8.0 -52.5 245 80 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.4 0.05 39 236 10882 -52.5 -60.5 37 8.0 -52.7 245 81 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.05 40 224 11216 -54.3 -64.3 28 10.0 -54.5 245 85 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 41 215 11478 -54.2 -67.8 17 13.6 -54.5 245 96 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 42 200 11940 -54.1 -74.1 7 20.0 -54.4 250 78 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 43 197 12037 -54.7 -74.7 7 20.0 -55.0 250 76 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.01 44 193 12170 -50.5 -76.5 3 26.0 -51.0 251 74 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 45 187 12377 -51.7 -77.7 3 26.0 -52.1 252 70 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 46 181 12591 -47.9 -78.9 2 31.0 -48.6 253 66 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 47 151 13777 -53.1 -82.1 2 29.0 -53.5 255 61 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 48 150 13820 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 255 61 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 49 145 14039 -52.1 -82.1 2 30.0 -52.6 256 61 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 50 139 14310 -53.7 -83.7 1 30.0 -54.2 265 53 385.9 385.9 303.2 385.9 0.00 51 129 14793 -50.5 -82.5 1 32.0 -51.2 242 49 399.9 399.9 305.2 400.0 0.00 52 120 15261 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -53.3 240 54 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 53 116 15480 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -51.7 244 58 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 54 100 16440 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -53.8 255 31 425.1 425.1 308.3 425.1 0.00 55 98 16570 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -54.4 255 31 426.4 426.4 308.4 426.4 0.00 56 90 17120 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -51.3 255 31 443.7 443.7 310.3 443.7 0.00 57 84 17566 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -53.4 255 32 448.1 448.1 310.7 448.1 0.00 58 79 17964 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -51.6 255 32 460.2 460.2 311.8 460.2 0.00 59 70 18750 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -52.1 260 28 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 60 67 19037 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -51.4 260 25 483.2 483.2 313.7 483.2 0.00 61 67 19037 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -51.4 260 25 483.2 483.2 313.7 483.2 0.00 62 60 19758 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -52.9 270 19 495.1 495.1 314.6 495.2 0.00 63 57 20093 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -51.4 247 21 506.5 506.5 315.4 506.6 0.01 64 50 20950 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -52.8 260 16 522.6 522.6 316.5 522.6 0.01 65 45 21632 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -53.9 284 10 535.7 535.7 317.3 535.7 0.00 66 41 22236 -51.1 -86.1 1 35.0 -52.9 243 18 553.6 553.6 318.3 553.6 0.01 67 40 22397 -49.5 -85.5 1 36.0 -51.7 255 20 561.5 561.5 318.7 561.6 0.01 68 35 23265 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -54.3 99 4 575.6 575.6 319.5 575.6 0.01 69 31 24048 -53.1 -87.1 1 34.0 -55.0 312 11 594.3 594.3 320.3 594.3 0.01 70 31 24048 -53.3 -87.3 1 34.0 -55.1 312 11 593.7 593.7 320.3 593.8 0.01 71 30 24260 -52.1 -87.1 1 35.0 -54.2 345 10 602.6 602.6 320.7 602.6 0.01 72 27 24937 -53.9 -87.9 1 34.0 -55.8 331 6 616.0 616.0 321.3 616.0 0.01 73 23 25972 -50.9 -86.9 1 36.0 -53.8 347 8 653.7 653.7 322.8 653.8 0.01 74 20 26880 -50.7 -86.7 1 36.0 -54.0 55 13 681.0 681.0 323.8 681.1 0.01 75 20 26880 -50.1 -87.1 1 37.0 -53.6 55 13 682.8 682.8 323.9 682.9 0.01 76 19 27214 -51.1 -87.1 1 36.0 -54.4 46 11 689.8 689.8 324.1 689.9 0.01 77 17 27942 -48.7 -85.7 1 37.0 -53.1 68 12 719.8 719.8 325.1 719.9 0.01 78 15 28762 -49.9 -85.9 1 36.0 -54.2 7 11 742.0 742.1 325.7 742.2 0.02 79 14 29215 -48.5 -86.5 0 38.0 -53.5 323 10 761.6 761.6 326.3 761.7 0.02 80 13 29702 -48.7 -85.7 1 37.0 -53.9 342 10 777.2 777.2 326.7 777.4 0.02 TRP 224 11216 -54.3 -64.3 28 10.0 -54.5 245 85 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 WND 215 11478 -54.2 -67.8 17 13.6 -54.5 245 96 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5431.00 m Freezing level: 856.16 mb = 1456.11 m = 4777.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 862.51 mb = 1395.63 m = 4578.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.25 % Est. max temperature: 12.91 C = 55.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.81 mb = 215.41 m = 706.71 ft T: 7.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 2.64 C/km ThetaE index: 0.58 C Layer 925.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.61 mb = 1092.67 m = 3584.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.47 C = 52.64 F Cap Strength: 14.84 C Lifted Index: 15.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: 15.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.80 C Cross Totals Index: 14.30 C K Index: 13.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 59.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56127.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.22 mb = 961.53 m = 3154.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 266 at 12 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 1006 138 25 2 -0.8 -1.8 | 78 13 -12.8 -2.7 1 1000 189 350 5 0.9 -4.9 | 62 12 -11.1 -5.8 2 986 305 285 8 7.7 -2.1 | 55 5 -4.2 -2.9 3 950 610 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 100 12 -11.9 2.1 4 925 831 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 116 10 -9.4 4.6 5 915 914 205 8 3.4 7.3 | 127 11 -8.5 6.4 6 882 1219 200 10 3.4 9.4 | 135 12 -8.5 8.5 7 850 1513 190 8 1.4 7.9 | 124 13 -10.5 7.0 8 817 1829 185 7 0.6 7.0 | 118 13 -11.3 6.1 9 786 2134 185 8 0.7 8.0 | 122 13 -11.2 7.1 10 756 2438 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 141 14 -8.8 10.7 11 727 2743 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 159 10 -3.6 9.1 12 700 3044 255 8 7.7 2.1 | 106 4 -4.2 1.2 13 700 3048 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 135 4 -2.5 2.5 14 672 3353 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 142 8 -4.9 6.2 15 646 3658 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 169 7 -1.3 6.6 16 621 3962 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 152 12 -5.4 10.4 17 597 4267 205 5 2.1 4.5 | 110 10 -9.8 3.7 18 573 4572 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 172 8 -1.2 8.1 19 551 4877 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 217 13 8.0 10.6 20 509 5486 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 243 29 25.7 12.8 21 500 5620 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 251 31 29.6 10.3 22 469 6096 255 47 45.4 12.2 | 251 35 33.5 11.3 23 400 7280 250 55 51.7 18.8 | 246 44 39.8 17.9 24 381 7620 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 246 46 41.6 18.6 25 307 9144 235 59 48.3 33.8 | 228 49 36.4 33.0 26 300 9300 230 58 44.4 37.3 | 222 49 32.5 36.4 27 280 9754 230 63 48.3 40.5 | 223 54 36.3 39.6 28 256 10363 235 64 52.4 36.7 | 228 54 40.5 35.8 29 250 10510 245 77 69.8 32.5 | 241 66 57.9 31.7 30 224 11216 245 85 77.0 35.9 | 242 74 65.1 35.1 31 215 11478 245 96 87.0 40.6 | 242 85 75.1 39.7 32 212 11582 245 96 87.0 40.6 | 242 85 75.1 39.7 33 200 11940 250 78 73.3 26.7 | 247 67 61.4 25.8 34 167 13106 255 56 54.1 14.5 | 252 44 42.2 13.6 35 150 13820 255 61 58.9 15.8 | 252 49 47.0 14.9 36 145 14021 255 62 59.9 16.0 | 252 50 48.0 15.2 37 139 14326 265 53 52.8 4.6 | 265 41 40.9 3.7 38 126 14935 235 48 39.3 27.5 | 226 38 27.4 26.7 39 120 15240 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 233 44 34.8 26.1 40 115 15545 245 59 53.5 24.9 | 240 48 41.5 24.1 41 110 15850 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 286 28 26.5 -7.6 42 105 16154 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 274 12 12.1 -0.9 43 100 16440 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 248 19 18.0 7.2 44 95 16764 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 248 19 18.0 7.2 45 79 17983 255 32 30.9 8.3 | 249 20 19.0 7.4 46 75 18288 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 224 12 8.0 8.4 47 70 18750 260 28 27.6 4.9 | 256 16 15.7 4.0 48 65 19202 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 254 12 11.7 3.3 49 62 19507 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 222 11 7.1 8.0 50 60 19812 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 290 7 7.0 -2.5 51 57 20117 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 222 11 7.1 8.0 52 54 20422 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 321 4 2.8 -3.5 53 52 20726 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 222 11 7.1 8.0 54 50 20950 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 244 4 3.8 1.9 55 49 21031 235 11 9.0 6.3 | 152 6 -2.9 5.4 56 47 21336 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 263 4 4.0 0.5 57 45 21641 285 10 9.7 -2.6 | 33 4 -2.3 -3.5 58 43 21946 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 171 16 -2.4 15.6 59 41 22250 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 213 8 4.4 6.7 60 39 22555 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 264 10 10.0 1.0 61 37 22860 330 10 5.0 -8.7 | 36 12 -6.9 -9.5 62 36 23165 45 1 -0.7 -0.7 | 83 13 -12.6 -1.6 63 34 23470 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 140 10 -6.2 7.3 64 32 23774 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 309 1 1.1 -0.9 65 30 24260 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 42 14 -9.3 -10.5 66 29 24384 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 357 5 0.3 -5.3 67 28 24689 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 42 14 -9.3 -10.5 68 26 25298 310 1 0.8 -0.6 | 82 11 -11.2 -1.5 69 22 26213 360 11 -0.0 -11.0 | 45 17 -11.9 -11.9 70 21 26518 355 11 1.0 -11.0 | 43 16 -11.0 -11.8 71 20 26822 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 65 20 -18.4 -8.5 72 20 26880 55 13 -10.6 -7.5 | 70 24 -22.6 -8.3 73 18 27127 40 10 -6.4 -7.7 | 65 20 -18.4 -8.5 74 17 27432 75 13 -12.6 -3.4 | 80 25 -24.5 -4.2 75 14 28042 305 10 8.2 -5.7 | 29 8 -3.7 -6.6 76 12 28346 25 11 -4.6 -10.0 | 57 20 -16.6 -10.8 77 11 28651 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 64 21 -19.0 -9.3 78 7 30175 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 49 13 -9.9 -8.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.2 neg: -34.7 tot: 25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 21.54 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 281 5 74 7| 5.4 0.0 5.4| 9.0 -16.6 -7.6 -15.2 0.01| 21.4 0.2 1000 226 6 114 8| 5.9 0.0 5.9| 26.4 -16.6 9.8 9.8 0.22| 14.2 3.2 1500 210 7 122 10| 3.9 0.9 4.9| 27.2 -25.8 1.4 0.9 0.12| 10.6 1.3 2000 202 7 122 11| 2.9 0.7 3.7| 30.4 -28.1 2.3 1.2 0.12| 8.4 1.0 2500 200 8 126 11| 3.5 0.6 4.0| 53.9 -28.1 25.8 10.3 0.26| 8.3 2.2 3000 208 8 129 10| 2.5 0.5 3.0| 60.2 -34.7 25.5 8.5 0.18| 9.1 1.7 4000 214 9 135 10| 1.8 1.0 2.9| 66.4 -53.4 13.0 3.3 0.09| 8.9 0.8 5000 221 11 145 9| 3.9 0.8 4.8|127.0 -60.6 66.5 13.3 0.25| 10.1 2.5 6000 236 16 189 8| 4.4 0.4 4.8|191.7 -61.5 130.3 21.7 0.29| 10.1 2.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250831.12.gif