UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025090512.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 5 SEP 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 93 SFC 995 138 10.6 10.0 96 0.6 10.3 284.2 285.5 283.7 305.6 7.76 2 992 163 11.6 11.1 97 0.5 11.3 285.4 286.9 284.8 308.7 8.39 3 942 593 8.8 8.8 100 0.0 8.8 286.8 288.1 284.5 307.9 7.56 4 931 690 9.0 8.6 97 0.4 8.8 275 18 288.0 289.3 285.0 309.2 7.55 5 925 743 8.8 8.4 97 0.4 8.6 275 18 288.3 289.6 285.1 309.4 7.49 6 850 1439 5.2 5.2 100 0.0 5.2 295 1 291.6 292.8 285.4 310.3 6.53 7 796 1973 2.8 2.8 100 0.0 2.8 268 7 294.6 295.6 285.9 311.7 5.89 8 700 3004 -3.1 -3.1 100 0.0 -3.1 215 20 299.1 299.8 286.1 312.1 4.35 9 639 3721 -6.9 -7.0 99 0.1 -7.0 210 24 302.6 303.3 286.6 313.5 3.54 10 614 4032 -8.7 -9.4 95 0.7 -8.9 207 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32.0 -53.4 219 23 461.1 461.1 311.8 461.1 0.00 52 72 18516 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -51.5 224 17 473.0 473.0 312.9 473.0 0.00 53 70 18700 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -52.1 240 13 475.5 475.5 313.1 475.5 0.00 54 66 19081 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -53.7 234 13 479.6 479.6 313.4 479.7 0.00 55 64 19280 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -52.5 231 10 487.0 487.0 314.0 487.0 0.01 56 59 19807 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -53.8 240 12 495.3 495.3 314.6 495.3 0.01 57 57 20031 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -51.4 229 17 506.5 506.5 315.4 506.6 0.01 58 50 20880 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -54.7 250 18 517.4 517.4 316.1 517.4 0.01 59 49 21010 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.1 247 17 519.4 519.5 316.2 519.5 0.00 60 45 21560 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -52.8 235 12 539.1 539.1 317.5 539.1 0.01 61 40 22322 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -55.1 292 7 551.0 551.0 318.2 551.0 0.01 62 38 22654 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -52.9 318 4 566.3 566.3 319.0 566.3 0.01 63 32 23769 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -54.3 258 14 591.1 591.1 320.2 591.1 0.01 TRP 237 10753 -55.1 -61.1 47 6.0 -55.2 190 75 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.04 WND 256 10256 -51.4 -55.5 61 4.1 -51.5 190 76 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.08 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5507.00 m Freezing level: 750.44 mb = 2462.52 m = 8079.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.56 mb = 2444.83 m = 8020.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.09 % Est. max temperature: 18.29 C = 64.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.10 mb = 212.71 m = 697.85 ft T: 11.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 0.71 C Layer 942.0- 931.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.05 mb = 539.32 m = 1769.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.08 C = 55.54 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: 5.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.30 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33380.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.89 mb = 611.02 m = 2004.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 237 at 16 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 925 743 275 18 17.9 -1.6 | 334 11 4.9 -10.0 1 850 1439 295 1 0.9 -0.4 | 54 15 -12.1 -8.9 2 700 3004 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 169 8 -1.5 7.9 3 500 5600 195 33 8.5 31.9 | 169 24 -4.4 23.4 4 400 7230 200 44 15.0 41.3 | 184 33 2.1 32.9 5 1094 305 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 21 5 -1.7 -4.4 6 1047 610 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 314 10 6.9 -6.7 7 1001 914 270 14 14.0 -0.0 | 353 9 1.0 -8.5 8 958 1219 275 5 5.0 -0.4 | 42 12 -8.0 -8.9 9 916 1524 290 1 0.9 -0.3 | 54 15 -12.1 -8.8 10 877 1829 200 5 1.7 4.7 | 71 12 -11.3 -3.8 11 839 2134 215 13 7.5 10.6 | 111 6 -5.5 2.2 12 802 2438 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 176 4 -0.3 4.3 13 768 2743 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 158 2 -0.7 1.8 14 703 3353 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 201 14 5.0 13.0 15 672 3658 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 173 12 -1.5 11.4 16 615 4267 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 196 11 3.1 10.7 17 589 4572 190 30 5.2 29.5 | 160 22 -7.8 21.1 18 563 4877 195 29 7.5 28.0 | 164 20 -5.5 19.5 19 472 6096 195 35 9.1 33.8 | 171 26 -3.9 25.3 20 378 7620 195 46 11.9 44.4 | 178 36 -1.1 36.0 21 303 9144 190 68 11.8 67.0 | 179 59 -1.2 58.5 22 300 9210 195 72 18.6 69.5 | 185 61 5.6 61.1 23 256 10256 190 76 13.2 74.8 | 180 66 0.2 66.4 24 252 10363 190 76 13.2 74.8 | 180 66 0.2 66.4 25 250 10410 190 74 12.8 72.9 | 180 64 -0.1 64.4 26 237 10753 190 75 13.0 73.9 | 180 65 0.0 65.4 27 229 10973 185 75 6.5 74.7 | 174 67 -6.5 66.2 28 200 11850 200 51 17.4 47.9 | 186 40 4.5 39.4 29 190 12192 200 44 15.0 41.3 | 184 33 2.1 32.9 30 173 12802 210 52 26.0 45.0 | 200 39 13.0 36.6 31 150 13730 220 41 26.4 31.4 | 210 27 13.4 22.9 32 137 14326 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 225 21 14.6 14.7 33 131 14630 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 224 17 11.5 12.1 34 125 14935 205 31 13.1 28.1 | 180 20 0.1 19.6 35 119 15240 220 33 21.2 25.3 | 206 19 8.2 16.8 36 114 15545 210 35 17.5 30.3 | 192 22 4.5 21.8 37 100 16380 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 204 17 6.9 15.3 38 94 16764 220 31 19.9 23.7 | 204 17 6.9 15.3 39 86 17374 235 35 28.7 20.1 | 234 20 15.7 11.6 40 78 17983 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 245 10 8.7 4.0 41 75 18288 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 159 11 -4.1 10.6 42 70 18700 240 13 11.3 6.5 | 41 3 -1.7 -2.0 43 68 18898 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 259 3 2.6 0.5 44 65 19202 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 69 6 -5.3 -2.0 45 59 19812 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 46 4 -2.6 -2.5 46 56 20117 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 185 5 0.4 5.0 47 54 20422 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 134 9 -6.2 6.0 48 51 20726 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 149 6 -3.2 5.4 49 50 20880 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 301 5 3.9 -2.3 50 45 21336 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 63 4 -3.2 -1.6 51 42 21641 270 10 10.0 -0.0 | 19 9 -3.0 -8.5 52 36 22250 345 1 0.3 -1.0 | 53 16 -12.7 -9.4 53 34 22555 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 126 10 -7.9 5.6 54 31 22860 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 359 13 0.2 -13.3 55 29 23165 100 10 -9.8 1.7 | 74 24 -22.8 -6.7 56 27 23470 125 19 -15.6 10.9 | 95 29 -28.6 2.4 57 25 23774 160 15 -5.1 14.1 | 107 19 -18.1 5.6 58 23 24079 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 96 14 -13.9 1.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.9 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 236.9 at 15.5 knts Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Energy-Hel index: -1.17 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 NO DATA | | | 1000 279 13 360 10| | | 1500 277 8 28 11| | | 2000 271 7 33 10| | | 2500 253 9 38 7| | | 3000 232 11 68 5| | | 4000 221 14 123 4| | | 5000 213 18 151 7| | | 6000 207 21 160 11| | | Wrote GIF file: 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