UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025090312.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 3 SEP 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 1008 138 3.2 2.8 97 0.4 3.0 0 0 275.7 276.5 275.7 288.3 4.64 1 1004 169 8.8 8.0 95 0.8 8.4 35 2 281.6 282.8 281.3 300.0 6.71 2 1003 177 8.8 7.9 94 0.9 8.3 44 2 281.7 282.9 281.3 300.0 6.67 3 1002 185 8.6 7.8 95 0.8 8.2 52 3 281.6 282.7 281.3 299.8 6.63 4 1000 201 8.6 8.0 96 0.6 8.3 70 4 281.8 282.9 281.4 300.2 6.74 5 983 343 8.4 7.7 95 0.7 8.0 116 8 282.9 284.1 282.0 301.5 6.71 6 953 600 9.4 4.5 71 4.9 6.9 154 8 286.5 287.4 282.2 302.1 5.54 7 927 829 7.6 4.6 81 3.0 6.1 178 4 286.9 287.9 282.6 303.1 5.74 8 925 847 7.4 4.2 80 3.2 5.8 180 4 286.9 287.9 282.4 302.7 5.59 9 896 1109 6.2 1.9 74 4.3 4.1 245 10 288.3 289.1 282.3 302.2 4.90 10 893 1136 6.2 1.5 72 4.7 3.9 249 11 288.5 289.4 282.3 302.2 4.77 11 890 1164 6.2 1.2 70 5.0 3.8 253 12 288.8 289.6 282.3 302.2 4.69 12 885 1210 6.4 -4.6 45 11.0 1.7 259 13 289.5 290.0 280.7 298.5 3.07 13 883 1228 6.6 -6.4 39 13.0 1.3 259 13 289.9 290.4 280.4 297.8 2.68 14 869 1359 5.8 -7.2 39 13.0 0.6 246 16 290.4 290.8 280.4 297.9 2.56 15 864 1407 5.6 -3.4 52 9.0 1.7 242 17 290.7 291.3 281.6 300.7 3.44 16 860 1445 5.4 -5.6 45 11.0 0.8 238 17 290.8 291.3 281.1 299.4 2.92 17 858 1464 5.2 -4.8 48 10.0 1.0 236 18 290.8 291.4 281.3 300.0 3.12 18 853 1511 4.6 0.1 73 4.5 2.5 231 19 290.7 291.5 282.9 303.7 4.52 19 850 1540 4.4 -0.4 71 4.8 2.2 230 20 290.8 291.5 282.8 303.4 4.37 20 841 1627 3.8 -4.2 56 8.0 0.4 236 20 291.0 291.6 281.7 300.8 3.33 21 840 1636 3.8 -6.2 48 10.0 -0.3 237 20 291.1 291.6 281.1 299.6 2.86 22 835 1685 3.4 -7.6 44 11.0 -0.9 240 20 291.2 291.6 280.8 298.8 2.58 23 833 1704 3.6 -10.4 35 14.0 -1.6 241 19 291.6 292.0 280.4 297.8 2.08 24 829 1743 3.4 -10.6 35 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25 296.5 297.1 283.9 306.2 3.24 39 700 3092 -5.3 -7.3 86 2.0 -6.1 250 25 296.6 297.2 283.8 306.1 3.15 40 697 3126 -5.3 -9.2 74 3.9 -6.7 251 25 297.0 297.5 283.5 305.3 2.73 41 689 3217 -5.9 -7.8 86 1.9 -6.7 253 26 297.3 297.9 284.0 306.6 3.08 42 686 3251 -5.9 -9.8 74 3.9 -7.3 254 27 297.7 298.1 283.7 305.7 2.65 43 684 3274 -5.9 -9.9 73 4.0 -7.4 255 27 297.9 298.4 283.8 305.9 2.63 44 683 3286 -5.9 -10.4 70 4.5 -7.5 255 27 298.0 298.5 283.7 305.8 2.53 45 682 3297 -5.5 -16.5 42 11.0 -8.9 255 27 298.6 298.9 282.8 303.4 1.54 46 681 3309 -5.7 -12.7 58 7.0 -8.1 256 27 298.5 298.9 283.4 305.0 2.11 47 680 3320 -5.7 -11.7 63 6.0 -7.8 256 27 298.6 299.1 283.7 305.7 2.29 48 677 3355 -5.9 -18.9 35 13.0 -9.6 257 28 298.8 299.0 282.5 302.8 1.27 49 676 3367 -5.9 -17.9 38 12.0 -9.4 257 28 298.9 299.2 282.7 303.3 1.38 50 674 3390 -6.3 -12.3 62 6.0 -8.4 258 28 298.7 299.1 283.6 305.5 2.20 51 672 3413 -6.5 -12.5 62 6.0 -8.5 258 28 298.8 299.2 283.6 305.5 2.18 52 670 3437 -6.7 -13.7 57 7.0 -9.0 259 29 298.8 299.1 283.4 304.9 1.98 53 500 5690 -16.1 -43.1 8 27.0 -19.8 260 39 313.4 313.4 286.8 314.0 0.17 54 400 7340 -22.3 -33.3 36 11.0 -24.3 265 76 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.1 0.58 55 300 9380 -37.1 -46.1 39 9.0 -37.8 265 97 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.9 0.20 56 250 10620 -44.9 -52.9 40 8.0 -45.3 260 118 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.8 0.11 57 214 11644 -51.6 -62.4 26 10.8 -51.9 265 119 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.04 58 200 12080 -54.5 -66.5 21 12.0 -54.7 270 115 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 59 176 12890 -58.9 -74.9 11 16.0 -59.1 265 91 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 60 150 13900 -55.5 -80.5 3 25.0 -55.8 260 86 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 61 100 16480 -55.1 -85.1 1 30.0 -55.6 275 42 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 62 92 17013 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -56.1 270 42 430.6 430.6 308.9 430.7 0.00 63 76 18238 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -54.3 254 40 459.0 459.0 311.7 459.0 0.00 64 75 18324 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -52.2 254 39 465.8 465.8 312.3 465.8 0.00 65 70 18770 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -54.8 240 22 469.1 469.1 312.5 469.1 0.00 66 63 19449 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -52.2 263 31 490.0 490.0 314.2 490.1 0.00 67 56 20212 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -52.8 283 21 505.5 505.5 315.4 505.5 0.01 68 51 20813 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -55.6 255 11 512.1 512.1 315.8 512.2 0.00 69 50 20940 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -54.2 240 9 518.8 518.8 316.2 518.8 0.00 70 48 21202 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -55.6 251 11 521.1 521.1 316.4 521.1 0.00 71 46 21477 -50.9 -85.9 1 35.0 -52.6 254 8 536.2 536.2 317.3 536.2 0.01 72 39 22548 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -53.7 294 11 559.5 559.6 318.6 559.6 0.01 73 38 22715 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -55.5 344 12 558.1 558.1 318.5 558.2 0.01 74 37 22887 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -54.4 37 12 566.0 566.0 318.9 566.0 0.01 75 36 23063 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -54.9 86 12 568.9 568.9 319.1 568.9 0.01 76 30 24240 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -54.1 80 7 603.2 603.2 320.7 603.2 0.01 77 23 25957 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -55.5 3 3 647.2 647.2 322.6 647.3 0.01 78 21 26550 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -52.5 357 4 677.6 677.6 323.7 677.7 0.01 79 20 26870 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -53.0 355 7 685.3 685.3 324.0 685.4 0.02 80 18 27558 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.6 353 9 699.9 699.9 324.4 700.0 0.02 81 17 27931 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -53.7 5 11 716.6 716.6 325.0 716.7 0.02 82 16 28327 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.5 34 13 725.9 725.9 325.3 726.0 0.02 83 14 29200 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -54.1 99 10 758.2 758.2 326.1 758.4 0.02 84 13 29685 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -55.2 261 5 769.6 769.6 326.5 769.8 0.02 85 12 30207 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -54.8 58 18 790.9 791.0 327.0 791.2 0.02 86 10 31410 -46.1 -84.1 1 38.0 -53.3 345 8 847.5 847.5 328.4 847.8 0.03 87 7.6 33251 -43.9 -82.9 1 39.0 -53.4 4 15 925.5 925.6 329.9 926.1 0.05 88 7.0 33810 -40.1 -81.1 0 41.0 -52.1 10 17 963.3 963.3 330.6 964.2 0.08 89 6.7 34110 -39.1 -81.1 0 42.0 -51.9 979.6 979.7 330.8 980.5 0.08 90 6.3 34532 -38.9 -80.9 0 42.0 -52.1 997.9 997.9 331.2 998.9 0.09 91 5.5 35470 -35.7 -78.7 0 43.0 -51.7 1051.5 1051.6 332.0 1053.4 0.15 92 5.3 35727 -36.1 -79.1 0 43.0 -52.0 1061.0 1061.0 332.1 1062.8 0.15 TRP 176 12890 -58.9 -74.9 11 16.0 -59.1 265 91 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 WND 214 11644 -51.6 -62.4 26 10.8 -51.9 265 119 344.3 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5489.00 m Freezing level: 791.84 mb = 2115.38 m = 6940.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.42 mb = 1632.19 m = 5354.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.99 % Est. max temperature: 18.33 C = 64.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.71 mb = 187.42 m = 614.90 ft T: 8.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.16 C/km ThetaE index: 5.90 C Layer 850.0- 829.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.75 mb = 1648.39 m = 5408.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.64 C = 65.56 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: 11.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Showalter Index: 10.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.50 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: 18.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76660.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.42 mb = 905.62 m = 2971.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 284 at 19 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 1008 138 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 104 19 -18.0 4.4 1 1000 201 70 4 -3.8 -1.4 | 98 22 -21.8 3.0 2 988 305 110 8 -7.5 2.7 | 106 26 -25.5 7.1 3 952 610 155 8 -3.4 7.3 | 118 24 -21.4 11.6 4 925 847 180 4 0.0 4.0 | 115 20 -18.0 8.4 5 917 914 220 5 3.2 3.8 | 119 17 -14.8 8.2 6 884 1219 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 142 8 -5.2 6.6 7 852 1524 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 168 17 -3.5 16.6 8 850 1540 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 171 17 -2.7 17.2 9 820 1829 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 179 11 -0.2 10.9 10 789 2134 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 191 14 2.8 14.1 11 760 2438 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 213 13 7.1 11.1 12 731 2743 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 183 18 0.8 17.6 13 700 3092 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 203 14 5.5 12.9 14 651 3658 265 31 30.9 2.7 | 241 15 12.9 7.1 15 601 4267 255 34 32.8 8.8 | 228 20 14.8 13.2 16 556 4877 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 230 15 11.5 9.6 17 534 5182 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 223 12 8.6 9.0 18 500 5690 260 39 38.4 6.8 | 241 23 20.4 11.1 19 473 6096 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 242 24 21.4 11.3 20 436 6706 265 54 53.8 4.7 | 256 37 35.8 9.1 21 401 7315 260 75 73.9 13.0 | 253 58 55.8 17.4 22 400 7340 265 76 75.7 6.6 | 259 59 57.7 11.0 23 385 7620 265 77 76.7 6.7 | 259 60 58.7 11.1 24 353 8230 270 79 79.0 -0.0 | 266 61 61.0 4.4 25 310 9144 270 98 98.0 -0.0 | 267 80 80.0 4.4 26 300 9380 265 97 96.6 8.5 | 261 80 78.6 12.8 27 250 10620 260 118 116.2 20.5 | 256 101 98.2 24.8 28 214 11644 265 119 118.5 10.4 | 262 102 100.5 14.7 29 206 11887 265 119 118.5 10.4 | 262 102 100.5 14.7 30 200 12080 270 115 115.0 -0.0 | 267 97 97.0 4.4 31 178 12802 275 100 99.6 -8.7 | 273 82 81.6 -4.4 32 176 12890 265 91 90.7 7.9 | 260 74 72.6 12.3 33 170 13106 260 89 87.6 15.5 | 254 72 69.6 19.8 34 154 13716 255 101 97.6 26.1 | 249 85 79.5 30.5 35 150 13900 260 86 84.7 14.9 | 254 69 66.7 19.3 36 122 15240 260 62 61.1 10.8 | 251 46 43.0 15.1 37 100 16459 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 259 23 23.0 4.4 38 100 16480 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 268 24 23.8 0.7 39 96 16764 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 268 24 23.8 0.7 40 79 17983 250 42 39.5 14.4 | 229 28 21.5 18.7 41 75 18288 255 40 38.6 10.4 | 235 25 20.6 14.7 42 70 18770 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 184 15 1.0 15.4 43 69 18898 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 234 7 6.0 4.4 44 65 19202 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 183 18 0.8 17.6 45 62 19507 270 33 33.0 -0.0 | 254 16 15.0 4.4 46 60 19812 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 271 8 7.6 -0.2 47 54 20422 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 329 1 0.3 -0.6 48 52 20726 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 132 8 -6.1 5.4 49 50 20940 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 131 14 -10.2 8.9 50 49 21031 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 144 7 -4.1 5.6 51 47 21336 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 131 14 -10.2 8.9 52 43 21946 300 5 4.3 -2.5 | 98 14 -13.7 1.9 53 41 22250 260 10 9.8 1.7 | 127 10 -8.2 6.1 54 39 22555 295 11 10.0 -4.6 | 88 8 -8.0 -0.3 55 37 22860 30 12 -6.0 -10.4 | 76 25 -24.0 -6.0 56 34 23470 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 141 21 -13.6 16.6 57 31 24079 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 66 5 -4.4 -2.0 58 30 24240 80 7 -6.9 -1.2 | 97 25 -24.9 3.1 59 29 24384 5 7 -0.6 -7.0 | 82 19 -18.6 -2.6 60 25 25298 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 74 20 -19.7 -5.5 61 22 26213 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 104 19 -18.0 4.4 62 20 26870 355 7 0.6 -7.0 | 81 18 -17.4 -2.6 63 18 27432 355 9 0.8 -9.0 | 75 18 -17.2 -4.6 64 18 27737 350 10 1.7 -9.8 | 71 17 -16.3 -5.5 65 16 28346 35 13 -7.5 -10.6 | 76 26 -25.5 -6.3 66 15 28651 45 15 -10.6 -10.6 | 78 29 -28.6 -6.2 67 15 28956 70 12 -11.3 -4.1 | 90 29 -29.3 0.3 68 14 29261 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 104 29 -27.7 6.9 69 13 29566 220 1 0.6 0.8 | 106 18 -17.4 5.1 70 13 29870 320 10 6.4 -7.7 | 74 12 -11.6 -3.3 71 12 30175 60 18 -15.6 -9.0 | 82 34 -33.6 -4.6 72 10 31410 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 78 16 -15.9 -3.4 73 7 33810 10 17 -3.0 -16.7 | 59 24 -21.0 -12.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.8 neg: -47.0 tot: 112.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 114.28 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 125 7 109 25| 7.7 0.0 7.7| 57.0 -8.8 48.2 96.4 0.44| 16.2 7.1 1000 164 7 118 23| 5.6 0.0 5.6| 79.8 -15.8 64.0 64.0 0.37| 15.5 5.8 1500 217 10 135 17| 3.7 3.2 6.9|103.5 -15.8 87.7 58.5 0.41| 15.8 6.5 2000 232 13 146 15| 3.8 2.4 6.2|116.4 -15.8 100.6 50.3 0.42| 14.1 5.8 2500 239 15 157 13| 3.1 2.2 5.3|134.5 -36.2 98.3 39.3 0.34| 13.6 4.6 3000 240 17 164 13| 3.0 1.9 4.9|159.8 -47.0 112.8 37.6 0.34| 13.0 4.5 4000 248 20 183 12| 3.2 2.0 5.2|191.0 -58.8 132.1 33.0 0.36| 11.5 4.1 5000 251 22 195 12| 2.1 1.6 3.7|193.1 -67.6 125.6 25.1 0.31| 10.0 3.1 6000 254 25 207 13| 2.0 2.0 4.0|221.2 -67.6 153.6 25.6 0.32| 9.5 3.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250903.12.gif