UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025090300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 3 SEP 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 3 SEP 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 13.6 9.1 74 4.5 11.1 255 1 286.3 287.5 284.0 306.4 7.22 1 1000 184 13.4 7.4 67 6.0 10.1 230 6 286.5 287.7 283.2 304.7 6.46 2 999 192 13.0 7.0 67 6.0 9.7 230 6 286.2 287.3 283.0 303.9 6.29 3 925 833 7.2 5.5 89 1.7 6.3 275 9 286.7 287.7 283.0 303.9 6.13 4 903 1031 5.2 5.2 100 0.0 5.2 269 11 286.6 287.7 283.0 303.9 6.15 5 885 1195 4.0 4.0 100 0.0 4.0 261 14 287.0 288.0 282.7 303.3 5.76 6 869 1344 2.8 2.8 100 0.0 2.8 258 19 287.3 288.2 282.4 302.5 5.39 7 862 1409 2.8 1.1 89 1.7 2.0 257 21 287.9 288.8 282.0 301.6 4.81 8 854 1485 2.0 2.0 100 0.0 2.0 256 24 287.9 288.8 282.4 302.6 5.18 9 850 1523 1.8 1.8 100 0.0 1.8 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285.1 309.4 0.18 51 439 6561 -28.9 -44.9 20 16.0 -30.3 250 66 309.1 309.1 285.2 309.7 0.16 52 436 6609 -29.3 -49.3 13 20.0 -30.8 250 66 309.2 309.2 285.1 309.6 0.10 53 423 6825 -30.1 -53.1 9 23.0 -31.6 250 71 310.9 310.9 285.7 311.1 0.07 54 403 7167 -31.7 -48.7 17 17.0 -33.0 250 77 313.1 313.1 286.6 313.5 0.11 55 400 7220 -31.9 -50.9 13 19.0 -33.2 250 78 313.5 313.5 286.7 313.9 0.09 56 300 9220 -36.9 -48.9 28 12.0 -37.8 260 148 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.15 57 254 10345 -45.8 -53.3 43 7.4 -46.2 265 166 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.11 58 250 10450 -46.7 -53.7 45 7.0 -47.0 265 163 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 59 222 11234 -51.5 -63.5 23 12.0 -51.8 260 124 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 60 200 11920 -48.3 -77.3 2 29.0 -48.9 260 100 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 61 150 13800 -51.3 -82.3 1 31.0 -51.8 255 69 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 62 100 16450 -50.5 -82.5 1 32.0 -51.4 255 42 430.2 430.2 308.9 430.2 0.00 63 92 16993 -49.7 -82.7 1 33.0 -50.7 259 42 442.1 442.1 310.1 442.1 0.00 64 80 17899 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -53.9 239 36 453.1 453.1 311.1 453.2 0.00 65 78 18063 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.6 239 42 461.8 461.8 312.0 461.9 0.00 66 74 18406 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -51.3 252 43 469.7 469.7 312.6 469.7 0.01 67 71 18677 -47.9 -82.9 1 35.0 -49.5 245 35 480.0 480.0 313.4 480.0 0.01 68 70 18770 -48.7 -82.7 1 34.0 -50.1 235 29 480.2 480.2 313.5 480.2 0.01 69 62 19568 -49.7 -83.7 1 34.0 -51.2 251 22 494.9 494.9 314.6 495.0 0.01 70 56 20229 -54.7 -85.7 1 31.0 -55.6 303 17 498.2 498.2 314.8 498.2 0.00 71 52 20705 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -54.6 235 14 511.6 511.6 315.8 511.7 0.01 72 50 20960 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -52.1 255 17 524.5 524.5 316.6 524.5 0.01 73 46 21502 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -52.1 260 17 537.6 537.6 317.4 537.6 0.01 74 42 22089 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -55.2 278 14 542.9 542.9 317.7 542.9 0.01 75 41 22243 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -54.2 299 15 549.6 549.6 318.1 549.7 0.01 76 39 22564 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -55.8 298 10 553.0 553.0 318.3 553.0 0.01 77 38 22730 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -54.5 262 10 561.2 561.2 318.7 561.2 0.01 78 36 23079 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -53.3 209 5 574.1 574.1 319.3 574.1 0.01 79 30 24260 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -53.9 130 4 603.7 603.7 320.8 603.8 0.01 80 27 24942 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.1 289 1 618.8 618.8 321.5 618.9 0.01 81 26 25187 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -53.5 268 1 631.2 631.2 321.9 631.3 0.01 82 24 25706 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -54.8 249 2 641.7 641.7 322.4 641.8 0.01 83 20 26890 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.1 205 4 680.4 680.4 323.8 680.5 0.01 84 13 29714 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -53.5 13 15 779.3 779.3 326.7 779.5 0.03 85 12 30241 -48.7 -83.7 1 35.0 -54.1 67 13 795.2 795.2 327.1 795.5 0.03 86 10 31450 -44.9 -82.9 1 38.0 -52.7 295 5 851.9 852.0 328.4 852.3 0.04 87 9.3 31936 -42.3 -81.3 1 39.0 -51.7 312 6 879.7 879.7 329.0 880.3 0.06 88 9.0 32157 -42.5 -81.5 1 39.0 -51.9 320 7 887.2 887.3 329.2 887.8 0.06 89 7.6 33306 -38.5 -80.5 0 42.0 -51.0 0 10 947.3 947.4 330.3 948.2 0.08 90 7.0 33870 -38.1 -80.1 0 42.0 -51.2 20 11 971.5 971.6 330.7 972.6 0.09 91 6.6 34276 -37.1 -79.1 0 42.0 -51.2 992.2 992.3 331.1 993.6 0.12 92 6.2 34708 -37.9 -79.9 0 42.0 -51.8 1006.7 1006.8 331.3 1008.0 0.11 93 5.3 35798 -33.7 -77.7 0 44.0 -51.2 1071.7 1071.8 332.3 1074.0 0.18 TRP 222 11234 -51.5 -63.5 23 12.0 -51.8 260 124 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 WND 254 10345 -45.8 -53.3 43 7.4 -46.2 265 166 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.11 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5436.00 m Freezing level: 815.86 mb = 1855.93 m = 6088.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 819.66 mb = 1814.42 m = 5952.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.73 % Est. max temperature: 15.21 C = 59.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.15 mb = 697.75 m = 2289.18 ft T: 8.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 6.65 C Layer 760.0- 727.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.58 mb = 1007.41 m = 3305.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.94 C = 57.09 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 8.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 125.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.12 mb = 993.41 m = 3259.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.12 mb = 1038.79 m = 3408.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 762.12 mb = 2394.74 m = 7856.68 ft B at Equ Level: 21.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 712.12 mb = 2931.28 m = 9616.95 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 278 at 27 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 138 255 1 1.0 0.3 | 99 26 -25.7 4.1 1 1000 184 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 109 23 -22.1 7.7 2 986 305 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 109 23 -22.1 7.7 3 950 610 280 4 3.9 -0.7 | 98 23 -22.8 3.2 4 925 833 275 9 9.0 -0.8 | 100 18 -17.7 3.1 5 916 914 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 100 19 -18.7 3.2 6 882 1219 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 118 14 -11.9 6.5 7 850 1523 255 25 24.1 6.5 | 166 11 -2.6 10.3 8 818 1829 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 189 15 2.4 14.5 9 787 2134 245 33 29.9 13.9 | 190 18 3.2 17.8 10 758 2438 250 43 40.4 14.7 | 216 23 13.7 18.6 11 729 2743 245 37 33.5 15.6 | 199 21 6.8 19.5 12 700 3066 250 38 35.7 13.0 | 208 19 9.0 16.9 13 648 3658 245 41 37.2 17.3 | 206 24 10.4 21.2 14 598 4267 245 45 40.8 19.0 | 212 27 14.1 22.9 15 574 4572 240 50 43.3 25.0 | 210 33 16.6 28.9 16 551 4877 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 215 29 16.8 24.2 17 509 5486 250 49 46.0 16.8 | 223 28 19.3 20.6 18 500 5620 255 54 52.2 14.0 | 235 31 25.4 17.9 19 468 6096 250 57 53.6 19.5 | 229 36 26.8 23.4 20 400 7220 250 78 73.3 26.7 | 237 56 46.6 30.6 21 378 7620 250 81 76.1 27.7 | 237 59 49.4 31.6 22 361 7925 255 88 85.0 22.8 | 245 64 58.3 26.7 23 303 9144 260 144 141.8 25.0 | 256 119 115.1 28.9 24 300 9220 260 148 145.8 25.7 | 256 123 119.0 29.6 25 265 10058 260 160 157.6 27.8 | 256 135 130.9 31.7 26 254 10345 265 166 165.4 14.5 | 262 140 138.7 18.3 27 250 10450 265 163 162.4 14.2 | 262 137 135.7 18.1 28 242 10668 265 166 165.4 14.5 | 262 140 138.7 18.3 29 222 11234 260 124 122.1 21.5 | 255 99 95.4 25.4 30 211 11582 260 108 106.4 18.8 | 254 83 79.6 22.6 31 200 11920 260 100 98.5 17.4 | 254 75 71.8 21.2 32 175 12802 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 259 58 57.0 11.2 33 150 13800 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 241 45 39.9 21.7 34 126 14935 245 63 57.1 26.6 | 225 43 30.4 30.5 35 120 15240 250 64 60.1 21.9 | 232 42 33.4 25.8 36 115 15545 240 55 47.6 27.5 | 214 38 20.9 31.4 37 105 16154 265 51 50.8 4.4 | 251 25 24.1 8.3 38 100 16450 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 223 20 13.9 14.7 39 95 16764 255 42 40.6 10.9 | 223 20 13.9 14.7 40 91 17069 260 42 41.4 7.3 | 233 18 14.6 11.2 41 87 17374 265 29 28.9 2.5 | 199 7 2.2 6.4 42 83 17678 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 148 13 -7.0 11.1 43 79 17983 235 41 33.6 23.5 | 194 28 6.9 27.4 44 75 18288 250 45 42.3 15.4 | 219 25 15.6 19.3 45 72 18593 255 41 39.6 10.6 | 222 19 12.9 14.5 46 70 18770 235 29 23.8 16.6 | 172 21 -3.0 20.5 47 66 19202 215 29 16.6 23.8 | 160 29 -10.1 27.6 48 63 19507 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 157 15 -5.9 13.6 49 60 19812 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 95 10 -10.0 0.9 50 57 20117 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 62 14 -12.0 -6.4 51 54 20422 300 14 12.1 -7.0 | 78 15 -14.6 -3.1 52 52 20726 230 14 10.7 9.0 | 129 21 -16.0 12.9 53 50 20960 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 129 13 -10.3 8.3 54 47 21336 255 18 17.4 4.7 | 132 13 -9.3 8.5 55 45 21641 265 16 15.9 1.4 | 116 12 -10.8 5.3 56 43 21946 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 114 15 -13.9 6.1 57 41 22250 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 75 14 -13.7 -3.6 58 39 22555 300 10 8.7 -5.0 | 86 18 -18.1 -1.1 59 37 22860 235 10 8.2 5.7 | 117 21 -18.5 9.6 60 36 23165 200 3 1.0 2.8 | 105 27 -25.7 6.7 61 34 23470 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 143 22 -13.3 17.3 62 32 23774 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 143 17 -10.3 13.4 63 31 24079 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 77 25 -24.1 -5.8 64 30 24260 130 4 -3.1 2.6 | 102 30 -29.8 6.4 65 29 24384 90 4 -4.0 0.0 | 97 31 -30.7 3.9 66 27 24994 275 1 1.0 -0.1 | 98 26 -25.7 3.8 67 20 26890 205 4 1.7 3.6 | 107 26 -25.0 7.5 68 18 27432 260 5 4.9 0.9 | 102 22 -21.8 4.7 69 18 27737 345 10 2.6 -9.7 | 77 25 -24.1 -5.8 70 17 28042 30 12 -6.0 -10.4 | 79 33 -32.7 -6.5 71 16 28346 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 99 26 -25.8 4.3 72 13 29566 355 7 0.6 -7.0 | 83 26 -26.1 -3.1 73 13 29870 30 22 -11.0 -19.1 | 68 41 -37.7 -15.2 74 12 30175 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 90 40 -40.2 0.3 75 10 31450 295 5 4.5 -2.1 | 95 22 -22.2 1.8 76 7 33870 20 11 -3.8 -10.3 | 78 31 -30.5 -6.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.6 neg: -63.5 tot: 98.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 126.78 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 244 5 105 23| 3.9 0.0 3.9| 28.5 -26.8 1.7 3.4 -0.01| 10.1 -0.1 1000 262 7 104 20| 1.9 4.5 6.4| 45.6 -26.8 18.8 18.8 0.19| 10.1 1.9 1500 259 11 112 17| 1.3 8.0 9.2| 86.2 -26.8 59.4 39.6 0.50| 11.7 5.8 2000 254 16 128 14| 1.0 7.6 8.5| 97.5 -26.8 70.8 35.4 0.48| 10.7 5.2 2500 252 21 148 12| 1.9 6.1 8.0|146.4 -51.6 94.8 37.9 0.44| 11.7 5.2 3000 251 24 161 13| 1.6 5.0 6.7|161.6 -63.5 98.0 32.7 0.41| 10.7 4.4 4000 249 28 179 14| 1.2 4.6 5.8|173.7 -67.0 106.7 26.7 0.39| 9.0 3.5 5000 247 32 191 17| 1.3 4.3 5.6|211.1 -72.3 138.8 27.8 0.38| 8.5 3.2 6000 248 36 201 18| 1.8 4.0 5.8|276.5 -99.4 177.1 29.5 0.37| 8.3 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250903.00.gif