UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025090612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 6 SEP 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 6 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 122 5 1 SFC 998 138 6.2 5.6 96 0.6 5.9 5 1 279.5 280.5 279.1 295.1 5.71 2 995 163 7.8 7.7 99 0.1 7.8 18 1 281.4 282.5 281.1 299.5 6.63 3 990 205 7.8 7.5 98 0.3 7.6 39 2 281.8 282.9 281.3 299.8 6.57 4 971 365 7.2 7.2 100 0.0 7.2 98 5 282.7 283.9 281.7 300.8 6.57 5 943 606 6.2 6.0 99 0.2 6.1 129 8 284.1 285.2 281.9 301.4 6.22 6 925 764 5.8 4.1 89 1.7 4.9 140 11 285.2 286.2 281.7 300.8 5.55 7 917 835 5.8 3.5 85 2.3 4.6 142 10 285.9 286.9 281.8 301.1 5.37 8 896 1024 4.2 3.2 93 1.0 3.7 143 7 286.2 287.1 281.9 301.4 5.38 9 884 1134 4.2 1.6 83 2.6 2.9 141 5 287.3 288.2 281.8 301.1 4.86 10 876 1208 3.8 1.9 87 1.9 2.9 140 4 287.6 288.5 282.1 301.9 5.01 11 858 1377 4.0 1.2 82 2.8 2.7 204 10 289.6 290.4 282.8 303.5 4.86 12 850 1453 4.2 1.4 82 2.8 2.8 235 13 290.5 291.4 283.4 304.9 4.98 13 849 1463 4.2 1.4 82 2.8 2.8 236 13 290.6 291.5 283.4 305.0 4.99 14 781 2136 -0.7 -2.1 90 1.4 -1.3 205 16 292.4 293.2 283.2 304.7 4.20 15 769 2260 -1.1 -4.0 81 2.9 -2.3 207 14 293.3 293.9 283.1 304.2 3.70 16 765 2302 0.2 -8.8 51 9.0 -3.3 208 14 295.1 295.6 282.5 302.9 2.57 17 756 2397 0.0 -10.0 47 10.0 -3.7 209 13 295.9 296.3 282.6 303.1 2.36 18 748 2482 -0.3 -15.3 31 15.0 -5.2 212 13 296.5 296.8 281.9 301.3 1.55 19 742 2546 -0.7 -13.7 37 13.0 -5.1 215 13 296.7 297.0 282.3 302.2 1.79 20 737 2600 -1.1 -16.1 31 15.0 -5.9 218 14 296.9 297.1 282.0 301.5 1.48 21 734 2633 -1.3 -15.3 34 14.0 -5.8 219 15 297.0 297.3 282.1 301.9 1.58 22 732 2655 -1.5 -13.5 39 12.0 -5.6 220 15 297.0 297.3 282.5 302.7 1.84 23 716 2831 -2.1 -18.1 28 16.0 -7.0 225 17 298.2 298.5 282.3 302.3 1.28 24 700 3010 -3.1 -19.1 28 16.0 -7.8 225 20 299.1 299.3 282.5 302.9 1.21 25 693 3089 -3.5 -20.5 25 17.0 -8.3 228 20 299.5 299.7 282.5 302.9 1.08 26 672 3332 -5.1 -20.1 30 15.0 -9.4 243 17 300.3 300.5 283.0 304.0 1.15 27 666 3402 -5.3 -23.3 23 18.0 -10.0 244 17 300.9 301.0 282.9 303.7 0.88 28 620 3960 -8.3 -29.3 17 21.0 -12.9 240 20 303.7 303.8 283.6 305.5 0.55 29 617 3998 -8.5 -29.5 17 21.0 -13.0 240 20 303.8 303.9 283.7 305.7 0.54 30 570 4608 -11.7 -35.7 12 24.0 -15.9 244 19 307.0 307.1 284.6 308.2 0.32 31 565 4676 -11.7 -37.7 10 26.0 -16.1 241 21 307.8 307.9 284.8 308.8 0.26 32 536 5077 -14.3 -47.3 4 33.0 -18.4 221 31 309.4 309.4 285.2 309.8 0.10 33 529 5177 -14.7 -41.7 8 27.0 -18.6 216 33 310.1 310.1 285.6 310.8 0.19 34 519 5321 -16.3 -34.3 20 18.0 -19.4 217 33 309.8 309.9 285.8 311.3 0.40 35 515 5379 -16.7 -30.7 29 14.0 -19.4 217 33 310.0 310.2 286.1 312.0 0.58 36 510 5452 -17.5 -24.5 54 7.0 -19.1 218 34 309.9 310.1 286.5 313.4 1.03 37 500 5600 -18.9 -24.9 59 6.0 -20.2 220 34 310.0 310.2 286.5 313.4 1.01 38 498 5630 -19.1 -24.1 65 5.0 -20.2 220 34 310.1 310.3 286.6 313.8 1.09 39 489 5765 -20.3 -26.3 59 6.0 -21.5 220 35 310.3 310.4 286.5 313.3 0.91 40 483 5856 -21.3 -24.9 73 3.6 -22.1 220 35 310.1 310.3 286.6 313.6 1.05 41 480 5902 -21.5 -25.5 70 4.0 -22.3 220 35 310.4 310.6 286.6 313.8 1.00 42 472 6026 -22.5 -23.8 89 1.3 -22.8 220 36 310.7 310.9 286.9 314.6 1.19 43 464 6151 -23.7 -24.4 94 0.7 -23.8 220 36 310.7 310.9 286.9 314.5 1.14 44 455 6294 -24.7 -26.2 87 1.5 -25.0 220 38 311.2 311.4 286.9 314.5 0.99 45 454 6310 -24.7 -26.3 87 1.6 -25.0 220 38 311.4 311.6 287.0 314.7 0.98 46 436 6604 -24.9 -25.2 97 0.3 -24.9 230 38 314.8 315.0 288.3 318.6 1.13 47 419 6893 -25.5 -26.7 90 1.2 -25.8 244 37 317.6 317.8 289.1 321.1 1.03 48 410 7051 -25.1 -26.1 91 1.0 -25.3 251 38 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.9 1.11 49 406 7122 -24.7 -28.0 74 3.3 -25.4 253 40 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.8 0.94 50 404 7158 -24.9 -28.9 69 4.0 -25.6 253 41 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.8 0.87 51 400 7230 -25.5 -29.3 70 3.8 -26.2 255 43 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.8 0.85 52 358 8025 -32.1 -32.9 93 0.8 -32.2 254 53 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.8 0.67 53 347 8244 -33.9 -34.9 91 1.0 -34.0 253 54 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.9 0.57 54 345 8285 -34.3 -36.1 84 1.8 -34.5 253 54 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.7 0.51 55 342 8346 -34.5 -41.5 49 7.0 -35.2 253 54 324.4 324.4 290.4 325.5 0.29 56 300 9250 -40.9 -58.9 13 18.0 -41.6 250 62 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.05 57 250 10460 -51.1 -60.1 33 9.0 -51.3 250 58 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.05 58 210 11580 -55.3 -69.0 17 13.6 -55.6 255 69 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 59 207 11671 -55.7 -69.7 16 14.0 -55.9 255 68 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 60 200 11890 -55.5 -71.5 12 16.0 -55.7 255 66 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.01 61 150 13750 -53.5 -81.5 2 28.0 -53.9 255 48 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 62 100 16370 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -53.4 240 30 425.9 425.9 308.4 425.9 0.00 63 85 17416 -53.5 -84.5 1 31.0 -54.2 241 35 444.5 444.5 310.3 444.6 0.00 64 70 18670 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -52.4 260 14 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.7 0.00 65 60 19663 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -54.5 232 23 491.1 491.1 314.3 491.1 0.00 66 56 20108 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -53.0 237 23 505.0 505.0 315.3 505.0 0.01 67 54 20343 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -52.9 247 19 510.7 510.7 315.7 510.8 0.01 68 50 20840 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -54.2 245 15 518.8 518.8 316.2 518.8 0.01 69 42 21970 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -52.7 282 16 550.3 550.3 318.1 550.3 0.01 70 40 22287 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -54.1 303 9 554.0 554.0 318.3 554.0 0.01 71 35 23153 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -53.2 194 10 579.2 579.2 319.6 579.3 0.01 72 31 23938 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -55.1 171 12 593.7 593.7 320.3 593.8 0.01 73 30 24150 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -54.5 165 12 601.5 601.5 320.7 601.6 0.01 74 21 26463 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -54.0 173 9 670.9 671.0 323.4 671.0 0.01 75 20 26780 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -55.1 165 8 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.01 76 19 27111 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.5 148 10 684.8 684.8 323.9 684.9 0.01 77 16 28226 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -54.5 116 13 725.9 725.9 325.3 726.0 0.02 78 14 29094 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -55.6 64 15 750.7 750.7 326.0 750.9 0.02 79 14 29094 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -54.5 64 15 756.2 756.2 326.1 756.3 0.02 80 11 30665 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -56.1 88 16 805.1 805.1 327.4 805.3 0.02 81 10 31290 -46.9 -83.9 1 37.0 -53.7 80 17 844.5 844.5 328.2 844.8 0.03 82 8.6 32288 -47.7 -83.7 1 36.0 -54.7 124 11 878.6 878.6 329.0 879.0 0.04 83 7.9 32850 -46.9 -83.9 1 37.0 -54.6 149 7 903.4 903.4 329.5 903.8 0.04 84 7.1 33564 -42.7 -82.7 0 40.0 -53.1 181 3 948.7 948.7 330.3 949.3 0.06 85 7.0 33660 -42.7 -81.7 1 39.0 -53.2 185 2 952.5 952.6 330.4 953.3 0.07 86 6.6 34055 -42.7 -82.7 0 40.0 -53.5 164 3 968.7 968.7 330.7 969.4 0.06 87 6.1 34588 -39.7 -80.7 0 41.0 -52.6 136 5 1003.7 1003.7 331.2 1004.8 0.10 88 5.0 35950 -36.9 -78.9 0 42.0 -52.6 65 10 1075.1 1075.2 332.3 1077.2 0.16 89 4.8 36233 -36.3 -79.3 0 43.0 -52.7 1090.5 1090.6 332.5 1092.5 0.16 90 4.5 36681 -35.5 -78.5 0 43.0 -52.7 1114.6 1114.7 332.8 1117.1 0.19 TRP 207 11671 -55.7 -69.7 16 14.0 -55.9 255 68 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 WND 210 11580 -55.3 -69.0 17 13.6 -55.6 255 69 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5478.00 m Freezing level: 790.71 mb = 2039.97 m = 6692.75 ft Freezing level: 765.62 mb = 2295.25 m = 7530.26 ft Freezing level: 756.00 mb = 2396.58 m = 7862.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.71 mb = 1915.02 m = 6282.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.14 % Est. max temperature: 17.35 C = 63.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.87 mb = 213.95 m = 701.93 ft T: 7.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 2.15 C Layer 781.0- 756.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 998.00 mb = 138.00 m = 452.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 6.43 C = 43.58 F Cap Strength: 10.30 C Lifted Index: 9.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.85 C Showalter Index: 6.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 8.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 76.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84738.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.29 mb = 664.36 m = 2179.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 253 at 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 998 138 5 1 -0.1 -1.0 | 69 14 -13.5 -5.1 1 978 305 90 4 -4.0 0.0 | 77 18 -17.4 -4.1 2 942 610 130 8 -6.1 5.1 | 93 20 -19.5 1.0 3 925 764 140 11 -7.1 8.4 | 102 21 -20.5 4.3 4 908 914 145 9 -5.2 7.4 | 100 19 -18.6 3.2 5 875 1219 140 4 -2.6 3.1 | 86 16 -16.0 -1.1 6 850 1453 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 140 4 -2.7 3.3 7 843 1524 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 100 5 -4.7 0.9 8 811 1829 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 140 7 -4.2 5.1 9 781 2134 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 147 12 -6.6 10.4 10 752 2438 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 130 10 -7.4 6.3 11 724 2743 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 164 7 -2.1 7.2 12 700 3010 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 184 10 0.7 10.0 13 697 3048 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 184 10 0.7 10.0 14 670 3353 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 213 4 2.0 3.0 15 644 3658 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 202 8 3.0 7.3 16 595 4267 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 228 6 4.7 4.3 17 571 4572 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 220 5 2.9 3.5 18 549 4877 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 210 16 8.1 13.9 19 528 5182 215 33 18.9 27.0 | 194 24 5.5 22.9 20 500 5600 220 34 21.9 26.0 | 201 23 8.5 21.9 21 467 6096 220 36 23.1 27.6 | 203 25 9.7 23.4 22 448 6401 220 39 25.1 29.9 | 204 28 11.7 25.7 23 412 7010 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 248 23 21.4 8.5 24 400 7230 255 43 41.5 11.1 | 256 29 28.1 7.0 25 378 7620 255 51 49.3 13.2 | 256 37 35.9 9.1 26 305 9144 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 249 44 41.1 15.7 27 300 9250 250 62 58.3 21.2 | 249 48 44.9 17.1 28 250 10460 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 249 44 41.1 15.7 29 210 11580 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 256 55 53.3 13.7 30 207 11671 255 68 65.7 17.6 | 256 54 52.3 13.5 31 200 11887 255 69 66.6 17.9 | 256 55 53.3 13.7 32 200 11890 255 66 63.8 17.1 | 256 52 50.4 12.9 33 166 13106 255 46 44.4 11.9 | 256 32 31.0 7.8 34 151 13716 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 256 44 42.6 10.9 35 150 13750 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 256 34 33.0 8.3 36 131 14630 245 40 36.3 16.9 | 241 26 22.9 12.8 37 125 14935 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 256 34 33.0 8.3 38 119 15240 265 42 41.8 3.7 | 271 28 28.4 -0.5 39 114 15545 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 267 15 15.2 0.9 40 108 15850 245 35 31.7 14.8 | 240 21 18.3 10.7 41 103 16154 255 30 29.0 7.8 | 257 16 15.6 3.6 42 100 16370 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 229 17 12.6 10.9 43 94 16764 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 229 17 12.6 10.9 44 90 17069 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 214 20 11.1 16.4 45 86 17374 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 232 23 17.8 13.9 46 82 17678 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 248 16 14.8 6.1 47 78 17983 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 226 13 9.1 8.9 48 74 18288 240 36 31.2 18.0 | 232 23 17.8 13.9 49 70 18670 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 347 2 0.4 -1.7 50 68 18898 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 296 10 8.6 -4.1 51 64 19202 235 17 13.9 9.8 | 185 6 0.5 5.6 52 61 19507 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 210 6 3.1 5.4 53 59 19812 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 201 16 5.7 15.0 54 53 20422 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 240 4 3.5 2.0 55 51 20726 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 132 7 -4.9 4.3 56 50 20840 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 185 2 0.2 2.2 57 46 21336 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 65 3 -2.8 -1.3 58 42 21946 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 335 8 3.3 -7.1 59 40 22250 310 10 7.7 -6.4 | 28 12 -5.7 -10.6 60 38 22555 250 1 0.9 0.3 | 73 13 -12.5 -3.8 61 37 22860 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 112 15 -14.3 5.8 62 35 23165 195 10 2.6 9.7 | 117 12 -10.8 5.5 63 30 24150 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 114 18 -16.5 7.5 64 29 24384 150 9 -4.5 7.8 | 102 18 -17.9 3.7 65 28 24689 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 112 15 -14.3 5.8 66 24 25603 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 126 13 -10.3 7.5 67 20 26780 165 8 -2.1 7.7 | 103 16 -15.5 3.6 68 20 26822 110 10 -9.4 3.4 | 88 23 -22.8 -0.7 69 19 27127 150 10 -5.0 8.7 | 104 19 -18.4 4.5 70 18 27432 55 4 -3.3 -2.3 | 69 18 -16.7 -6.4 71 17 27737 80 15 -14.8 -2.6 | 77 29 -28.2 -6.7 72 16 28042 85 18 -17.9 -1.6 | 80 32 -31.3 -5.7 73 16 28346 135 10 -7.1 7.1 | 98 21 -20.5 2.9 74 14 28956 55 14 -11.5 -8.0 | 64 28 -24.9 -12.2 75 14 29261 75 16 -15.5 -4.1 | 74 30 -28.9 -8.3 76 12 29870 140 12 -7.7 9.2 | 103 22 -21.1 5.1 77 12 30175 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 84 28 -28.3 -2.8 78 10 31290 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 77 31 -30.1 -7.1 79 7 33660 185 2 0.2 2.0 | 81 13 -13.2 -2.1 80 5 35950 65 10 -9.1 -4.2 | 70 24 -22.5 -8.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.0 neg: -30.1 tot: 76.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 58.02 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 112 5 83 18| 9.5 0.0 9.5| 40.3 0.0 40.3 80.7 0.75| 11.3 8.5 1000 132 7 91 19| 3.1 0.0 3.1| 52.7 -16.3 36.3 36.3 0.38| 9.7 3.6 1500 161 7 101 16| 4.0 0.0 4.0| 81.5 -20.9 60.5 40.3 0.38| 13.1 5.0 2000 189 9 112 13| 3.0 2.1 5.2| 86.7 -21.1 65.6 32.8 0.37| 12.1 4.5 2500 197 10 117 12| 2.6 1.7 4.3| 94.0 -30.1 63.9 25.6 0.32| 11.2 3.6 3000 206 11 126 10| 3.1 1.4 4.5|107.0 -30.1 76.8 25.6 0.37| 10.7 4.0 4000 220 13 141 8| 2.6 1.1 3.7|114.6 -31.5 83.1 20.8 0.37| 9.5 3.5 5000 225 15 159 7| 2.1 2.5 4.6|115.5 -62.2 53.4 10.7 0.21| 9.8 2.1 6000 223 19 176 10| 2.0 2.3 4.2|137.0 -65.1 72.0 12.0 0.23| 8.7 2.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20250906.12.gif