UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025090500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 5 SEP 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 5 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 86 20 3 SFC 994 138 15.6 11.0 74 4.6 12.9 20 3 289.2 290.7 286.3 312.7 8.31 2 989 181 16.0 11.5 75 4.5 13.3 10 6 290.1 291.6 286.9 314.5 8.64 3 925 746 12.8 9.5 80 3.3 10.9 270 3 292.4 293.8 287.2 315.5 8.08 4 876 1202 10.4 6.7 78 3.7 8.3 251 16 294.5 295.8 287.1 314.9 7.04 5 850 1452 8.6 5.8 83 2.8 7.1 235 22 295.2 296.4 287.1 314.9 6.81 6 835 1599 7.6 5.4 86 2.2 6.4 227 25 295.6 296.8 287.2 315.2 6.75 7 827 1679 7.8 5.1 83 2.7 6.3 223 27 296.6 297.8 287.5 316.1 6.67 8 801 1942 7.2 2.7 73 4.5 4.8 210 30 298.7 299.8 287.4 315.9 5.81 9 735 2644 1.4 0.8 96 0.6 1.1 207 36 299.8 300.8 287.5 316.3 5.52 10 721 2799 0.2 0.1 99 0.1 0.1 211 37 300.2 301.1 287.5 316.1 5.35 11 703 3002 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.4 214 39 301.8 302.7 287.9 317.5 5.21 12 700 3036 -0.3 -0.8 96 0.5 -0.6 215 39 302.2 303.1 288.0 317.7 5.16 13 684 3221 -1.3 -1.3 100 0.0 -1.3 218 37 303.0 304.0 288.2 318.4 5.09 14 524 5303 -12.9 -13.4 96 0.5 -13.1 213 41 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.5 2.60 15 500 5660 -15.3 -15.9 95 0.6 -15.5 215 41 314.4 314.8 289.2 321.6 2.21 16 492 5781 -16.5 -17.1 95 0.6 -16.7 215 42 314.4 314.8 289.0 321.1 2.03 17 483 5919 -16.9 -19.1 83 2.2 -17.5 215 43 315.5 315.9 289.2 321.4 1.75 18 478 5997 -17.7 -20.8 77 3.1 -18.6 215 43 315.5 315.8 288.9 320.6 1.53 19 460 6282 -19.9 -22.3 81 2.4 -20.5 214 46 316.2 316.5 289.0 320.9 1.39 20 453 6395 -21.1 -27.1 58 6.0 -22.4 214 47 316.1 316.3 288.5 319.3 0.92 21 450 6444 -21.5 -26.5 64 5.0 -22.5 214 47 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.6 0.97 22 442 6575 -22.7 -29.7 53 7.0 -24.0 213 48 316.3 316.5 288.4 318.9 0.74 23 436 6675 -23.5 -31.5 48 8.0 -24.9 213 49 316.5 316.7 288.3 318.8 0.63 24 431 6759 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290.2 324.7 0.18 38 360 8054 -30.9 -39.9 41 9.0 -31.9 209 58 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.33 39 354 8173 -31.9 -38.9 50 7.0 -32.7 210 60 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.37 40 339 8477 -33.7 -46.7 26 13.0 -34.8 212 63 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.17 41 324 8792 -36.5 -48.4 28 11.8 -37.4 215 66 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.15 42 314 9008 -38.5 -49.5 30 11.0 -39.2 215 64 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.13 43 307 9163 -39.1 -45.1 53 6.0 -39.5 214 62 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.22 44 300 9320 -40.5 -45.5 59 5.0 -40.9 205 60 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.22 45 295 9435 -41.5 -48.5 47 7.0 -41.9 205 60 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.16 46 289 9575 -42.7 -48.7 52 6.0 -43.0 204 60 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.16 47 276 9885 -45.5 -52.5 45 7.0 -45.8 203 59 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.11 48 255 10410 -50.3 -54.3 63 4.0 -50.4 201 58 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.09 49 250 10540 -51.5 -55.8 60 4.3 -51.6 200 58 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.08 50 236 10909 -54.9 -59.3 58 4.4 -55.0 200 58 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.05 51 232 11017 -55.7 -60.2 57 4.5 -55.8 200 59 330.2 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.05 52 225 11211 -57.3 -61.3 60 4.0 -57.4 200 59 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.9 0.04 53 220 11352 -58.5 -60.7 76 2.2 -58.5 200 59 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.05 54 217 11437 -58.7 -61.6 69 2.9 -58.7 200 59 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 55 206 11764 -57.1 -67.1 27 10.0 -57.3 200 59 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 56 202 11887 -56.7 -68.7 21 12.0 -56.9 200 59 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 57 200 11950 -56.9 -68.9 21 12.0 -57.1 205 62 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.7 0.02 58 196 12078 -57.5 -69.5 20 12.0 -57.7 206 62 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.02 59 150 13800 -50.5 -79.5 2 29.0 -51.1 215 41 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 60 100 16420 -51.3 -82.3 1 31.0 -52.1 220 23 428.6 428.6 308.7 428.6 0.00 61 91 17028 -54.5 -83.5 2 29.0 -55.1 231 23 434.0 434.0 309.3 434.0 0.00 62 84 17542 -54.1 -84.1 1 30.0 -54.8 225 18 444.8 444.8 310.4 444.9 0.00 63 81 17774 -55.9 -84.9 1 29.0 -56.5 207 15 445.8 445.8 310.4 445.8 0.00 64 80 17853 -54.9 -84.9 1 30.0 -55.6 204 15 449.4 449.4 310.8 449.5 0.00 65 78 18017 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -51.4 202 18 462.2 462.2 312.0 462.3 0.00 66 71 18628 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -53.1 201 20 471.0 471.0 312.7 471.0 0.00 67 70 18720 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -52.6 205 20 474.2 474.2 313.0 474.2 0.01 68 66 19101 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -52.1 205 18 483.6 483.6 313.7 483.6 0.01 69 60 19715 -53.3 -84.3 1 31.0 -54.4 181 8 491.6 491.6 314.4 491.6 0.01 70 55 20275 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -53.2 210 18 507.2 507.2 315.5 507.2 0.01 71 50 20890 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -53.8 230 13 519.8 519.8 316.3 519.8 0.01 72 49 21021 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -54.4 249 19 521.3 521.3 316.4 521.4 0.01 73 44 21718 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -52.9 274 10 542.0 542.0 317.6 542.1 0.01 74 41 22175 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -54.8 128 8 548.1 548.1 318.0 548.2 0.01 75 37 22840 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -53.2 261 14 569.6 569.6 319.2 569.6 0.01 76 34 23388 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -54.4 121 14 580.4 580.4 319.7 580.4 0.01 77 30 24200 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -53.6 95 5 604.8 604.8 320.8 604.9 0.01 78 28 24648 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -54.6 144 6 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-53.4 358 13 925.5 925.6 329.9 926.2 0.06 93 7.2 33551 -44.7 -82.7 1 38.0 -53.9 353 14 936.7 936.7 330.1 937.3 0.06 94 7.0 33740 -43.9 -82.9 1 39.0 -53.7 350 15 947.6 947.6 330.3 948.2 0.06 95 6.6 34139 -40.7 -81.7 0 41.0 -52.6 13 13 977.1 977.1 330.8 978.0 0.08 96 6.5 34243 -40.9 -80.9 1 40.0 -52.8 19 13 980.5 980.6 330.9 981.5 0.09 97 5.7 35144 -37.5 -79.5 0 42.0 -52.1 69 10 1033.0 1033.0 331.7 1034.5 0.13 98 5.2 35779 -37.1 -79.1 0 42.0 -52.5 105 7 1062.3 1062.3 332.1 1064.1 0.15 99 5.0 36050 -37.9 -79.9 0 42.0 -53.0 120 6 1070.6 1070.7 332.2 1072.3 0.14 100 4.9 36189 -38.3 -80.3 0 42.0 -53.2 1075.0 1075.1 332.3 1076.6 0.13 101 4.2 37260 -33.7 -77.7 0 44.0 -52.6 1145.4 1145.6 333.2 1148.5 0.23 TRP 217 11437 -58.7 -61.6 69 2.9 -58.7 200 59 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 WND 324 8792 -36.5 -48.4 28 11.8 -37.4 215 66 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.15 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.00 m Freezing level: 713.80 mb = 2879.93 m = 9448.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.79 mb = 2845.73 m = 9336.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.22 % Est. max temperature: 21.68 C = 71.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.90 mb = 719.53 m = 2360.65 ft T: 12.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 0.62 C Layer 876.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.02 mb = 1490.87 m = 4891.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.62 C = 70.92 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: 3.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 29.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63773.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.91 mb = 1060.38 m = 3478.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 245 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 994 138 20 3 -1.0 -2.8 | 60 26 -22.4 -12.9 1 975 305 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 36 29 -16.6 -23.2 2 940 610 360 4 -0.0 -4.0 | 57 26 -21.4 -14.1 3 925 746 270 3 3.0 -0.0 | 61 21 -18.4 -10.1 4 907 914 265 7 7.0 0.6 | 57 17 -14.4 -9.5 5 874 1219 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 52 7 -5.4 -4.2 6 850 1452 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 127 4 -3.3 2.6 7 812 1829 215 30 17.2 24.6 | 164 15 -4.2 14.5 8 782 2134 200 30 10.3 28.2 | 149 21 -11.1 18.1 9 753 2438 200 35 12.0 32.9 | 158 25 -9.4 22.8 10 726 2743 210 36 18.0 31.2 | 171 21 -3.4 21.1 11 700 3036 215 39 22.4 31.9 | 183 22 1.0 21.9 12 672 3353 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 186 18 1.8 17.5 13 646 3658 215 36 20.6 29.5 | 178 19 -0.7 19.4 14 622 3962 210 39 19.5 33.8 | 176 24 -1.9 23.7 15 598 4267 210 39 19.5 33.8 | 176 24 -1.9 23.7 16 553 4877 210 40 20.0 34.6 | 177 25 -1.4 24.6 17 500 5660 215 41 23.5 33.6 | 185 24 2.2 23.5 18 471 6096 215 44 25.2 36.0 | 188 26 3.9 26.0 19 400 7300 210 55 27.5 47.6 | 189 38 6.1 37.6 20 399 7315 210 56 28.0 48.5 | 190 39 6.6 38.4 21 382 7620 205 54 22.8 48.9 | 182 39 1.5 38.9 22 324 8792 215 66 37.9 54.1 | 201 47 16.5 44.0 23 322 8839 215 66 37.9 54.1 | 201 47 16.5 44.0 24 308 9144 215 62 35.6 50.8 | 199 43 14.2 40.7 25 300 9320 205 60 25.4 54.4 | 185 44 4.0 44.3 26 250 10540 200 58 19.8 54.5 | 178 44 -1.5 44.4 27 217 11437 200 59 20.2 55.4 | 179 45 -1.2 45.4 28 202 11887 200 59 20.2 55.4 | 179 45 -1.2 45.4 29 200 11950 205 62 26.2 56.2 | 186 46 4.8 46.1 30 167 13106 210 60 30.0 52.0 | 192 43 8.6 41.9 31 159 13411 220 53 34.1 40.6 | 203 33 12.7 30.5 32 150 13800 215 41 23.5 33.6 | 185 24 2.2 23.5 33 138 14326 205 41 17.3 37.2 | 172 27 -4.0 27.1 34 132 14630 215 41 23.5 33.6 | 185 24 2.2 23.5 35 120 15240 200 41 14.0 38.5 | 166 29 -7.3 28.5 36 109 15850 225 46 32.5 32.5 | 206 25 11.2 22.5 37 100 16420 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 139 10 -6.6 7.6 38 95 16764 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 139 10 -6.6 7.6 39 86 17374 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 57 1 -0.5 -0.3 40 82 17678 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 98 15 -14.4 2.1 41 78 17983 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 107 17 -15.9 5.0 42 75 18288 215 28 16.1 22.9 | 158 14 -5.3 12.9 43 71 18593 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 121 17 -14.5 8.7 44 70 18720 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 122 15 -12.9 8.1 45 65 19202 205 18 7.6 16.3 | 114 15 -13.8 6.3 46 62 19507 215 3 1.7 2.5 | 69 21 -19.6 -7.6 47 59 19812 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 89 24 -24.0 -0.4 48 56 20117 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 101 11 -11.1 2.2 49 54 20422 200 19 6.5 17.9 | 118 17 -14.9 7.8 50 51 20726 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 115 5 -4.2 2.0 51 50 20890 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 81 12 -11.4 -1.7 52 49 21031 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 45 5 -3.5 -3.6 53 47 21336 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 96 16 -15.9 1.7 54 45 21641 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 75 12 -11.5 -3.2 55 42 21946 30 3 -1.5 -2.6 | 61 26 -22.9 -12.7 56 41 22250 160 10 -3.4 9.4 | 88 25 -24.8 -0.7 57 39 22555 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 121 17 -14.5 8.7 58 37 22860 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 40 12 -7.4 -8.8 59 35 23165 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 72 33 -31.4 -10.1 60 32 23774 175 20 -1.7 19.9 | 113 25 -23.1 9.9 61 31 24079 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 89 19 -18.8 -0.4 62 30 24200 95 5 -5.0 0.4 | 70 28 -26.3 -9.6 63 29 24384 145 6 -3.4 4.9 | 78 25 -24.8 -5.1 64 21 26518 140 3 -1.9 2.3 | 72 25 -23.3 -7.8 65 20 26830 25 13 -5.5 -11.8 | 51 35 -26.9 -21.8 66 19 27127 20 10 -3.4 -9.4 | 52 32 -24.8 -19.5 67 18 27432 50 18 -13.8 -11.6 | 58 41 -35.2 -21.6 68 17 27737 85 11 -11.0 -1.0 | 71 34 -32.3 -11.0 69 16 28346 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 62 34 -29.6 -15.8 70 14 28956 95 13 -13.0 1.1 | 75 35 -34.3 -8.9 71 14 29261 95 3 -3.0 0.3 | 68 26 -24.4 -9.8 72 13 29566 10 10 -1.7 -9.8 | 49 30 -23.1 -19.9 73 13 29870 25 14 -5.9 -12.7 | 50 36 -27.3 -22.7 74 12 30175 65 12 -10.9 -5.1 | 65 36 -32.2 -15.1 75 10 31360 25 8 -3.4 -7.3 | 55 30 -24.7 -17.3 76 7 33740 350 15 2.6 -14.8 | 37 31 -18.8 -24.8 77 5 36050 120 6 -5.2 3.0 | 75 27 -26.6 -7.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 5.7 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.8 neg: -111.7 tot: 55.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 187.12 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 345 9 46 27| 0.0 2.4 2.4| 60.5 -77.7 -17.2 -34.4 -0.11| 21.6 -2.3 1000 309 8 45 21| 0.0 8.4 8.4| 71.6 -89.2 -17.6 -17.6 -0.08| 18.7 -1.5 1500 262 12 48 13| 0.0 9.8 9.8| 83.6 -89.2 -5.6 -3.7 0.12| 17.9 2.2 2000 235 16 86 8| 0.0 8.5 8.5| 85.2-111.7 -26.5 -13.2 0.04| 17.1 0.6 2500 221 20 121 10| 1.4 6.8 8.2|128.5-111.7 16.7 6.7 0.12| 15.5 1.9 3000 219 23 138 11| 2.2 5.7 7.8|166.8-111.7 55.0 18.3 0.19| 14.3 2.8 4000 217 27 155 12| 1.6 4.5 6.2|170.1-129.3 40.8 10.2 0.14| 12.1 1.7 5000 215 29 162 15| 1.4 3.7 5.1|181.2-129.3 51.9 10.4 0.16| 9.9 1.5 6000 215 31 168 16| 1.4 3.3 4.7|205.9-129.3 76.6 12.8 0.19| 8.7 1.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250905.00.gif