UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100612.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 6 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 6 OCT 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 -35 SFC 979 138 3.8 1.8 87 2.0 2.9 70 1 278.6 279.4 277.1 290.9 4.45 2 975 172 7.6 2.6 71 5.0 5.2 72 5 282.8 283.6 279.6 296.0 4.73 3 969 223 7.6 2.6 71 5.0 5.2 75 10 283.3 284.1 279.8 296.6 4.76 4 968 232 8.0 2.0 66 6.0 5.1 76 11 283.8 284.6 279.8 296.6 4.56 5 966 249 10.0 2.0 57 8.0 6.1 77 13 286.0 286.8 280.8 298.9 4.57 6 953 363 11.8 1.8 50 10.0 6.9 85 18 288.9 289.7 282.2 302.0 4.57 7 948 407 11.6 2.6 54 9.0 7.1 88 17 289.1 290.0 282.6 303.1 4.87 8 925 613 9.8 1.8 57 8.0 5.9 105 14 289.3 290.2 282.5 302.9 4.71 9 884 987 6.6 1.8 71 4.8 4.2 123 15 289.8 290.7 283.0 303.9 4.93 10 868 1138 7.8 0.8 61 7.0 4.4 118 10 292.6 293.4 283.8 306.2 4.67 11 850 1310 6.8 0.8 66 6.0 3.9 105 12 293.3 294.1 284.2 307.2 4.77 12 845 1358 6.4 0.4 65 6.0 3.5 103 13 293.3 294.2 284.2 307.0 4.66 13 833 1476 8.4 -1.6 49 10.0 3.7 97 14 296.7 297.4 284.9 308.8 4.08 14 747 2365 0.8 -4.2 69 5.0 -1.4 129 18 297.8 298.5 284.9 309.0 3.75 15 700 2883 -3.9 -4.6 95 0.7 -4.2 145 18 298.2 298.9 285.2 309.8 3.88 16 695 2940 -4.3 -4.9 96 0.6 -4.6 145 18 298.3 299.0 285.2 309.8 3.82 17 681 3100 -3.9 -6.8 80 2.9 -5.1 141 16 300.5 301.1 285.6 310.8 3.37 18 669 3240 -4.5 -7.8 78 3.3 -5.8 130 15 301.4 302.0 285.7 311.1 3.18 19 654 3418 -6.1 -8.4 84 2.3 -7.0 119 12 301.5 302.1 285.7 311.1 3.10 20 644 3539 -6.7 -10.1 77 3.4 -7.9 117 10 302.2 302.7 285.6 310.7 2.75 21 588 4242 -12.3 -12.8 96 0.5 -12.5 155 11 303.6 304.1 285.8 311.2 2.43 22 560 4613 -15.1 -15.5 97 0.4 -15.2 156 17 304.6 305.0 285.7 311.1 2.04 23 549 4763 -16.1 -16.3 98 0.2 -16.2 161 16 305.1 305.5 285.8 311.3 1.95 24 538 4915 -17.5 -17.8 97 0.3 -17.6 167 15 305.2 305.6 285.6 310.8 1.75 25 535 4957 -17.5 -20.2 79 2.7 -18.2 170 15 305.7 306.0 285.4 310.4 1.43 26 515 5241 -19.7 -20.7 92 1.0 -20.0 191 16 306.4 306.7 285.7 311.1 1.43 27 511 5299 -20.3 -21.4 91 1.1 -20.5 192 16 306.4 306.6 285.6 310.8 1.35 28 509 5328 -20.5 -23.2 79 2.7 -21.1 193 16 306.5 306.7 285.4 310.3 1.16 29 506 5372 -20.7 -23.4 79 2.7 -21.3 193 16 306.8 307.0 285.5 310.5 1.15 30 500 5460 -21.5 -25.9 68 4.4 -22.4 195 16 306.8 307.0 285.3 309.9 0.93 31 497 5504 -21.9 -26.9 64 5.0 -22.8 199 17 306.9 307.0 285.2 309.7 0.85 32 496 5519 -21.9 -26.3 67 4.4 -22.8 199 17 307.0 307.2 285.3 310.0 0.90 33 483 5713 -23.7 -35.7 32 12.0 -25.4 191 20 307.2 307.2 284.7 308.5 0.38 34 481 5744 -23.9 -34.9 36 11.0 -25.4 190 20 307.3 307.4 284.8 308.7 0.41 35 479 5774 -23.7 -30.7 53 7.0 -24.8 188 21 307.9 308.0 285.3 310.0 0.62 36 457 6115 -26.5 -34.5 47 8.0 -27.6 175 25 308.6 308.6 285.4 310.1 0.45 37 443 6338 -28.5 -33.5 62 5.0 -29.2 183 25 308.8 308.9 285.5 310.6 0.51 38 437 6436 -28.7 -36.7 46 8.0 -29.6 186 24 309.8 309.8 285.7 311.1 0.38 39 400 7060 -34.7 -39.2 64 4.5 -35.1 185 23 309.9 310.0 285.7 311.0 0.32 40 392 7201 -36.1 -40.0 67 3.9 -36.4 184 22 309.9 309.9 285.7 310.9 0.30 41 388 7272 -36.5 -41.5 60 5.0 -36.9 183 22 310.2 310.3 285.7 311.2 0.26 42 386 7308 -36.5 -48.5 28 12.0 -37.2 183 21 310.7 310.7 285.7 311.1 0.12 43 380 7416 -36.9 -55.9 12 19.0 -37.8 182 21 311.6 311.6 285.9 311.8 0.05 44 376 7489 -37.3 -53.3 17 16.0 -38.1 181 20 312.0 312.0 286.1 312.3 0.07 45 351 7960 -41.7 -51.7 33 10.0 -42.2 175 21 312.2 312.3 286.2 312.6 0.09 46 345 8076 -42.7 -53.7 29 11.0 -43.2 173 22 312.4 312.4 286.3 312.7 0.07 47 342 8135 -42.5 -59.5 14 17.0 -43.0 172 22 313.5 313.5 286.6 313.6 0.04 48 340 8175 -42.5 -60.5 12 18.0 -43.0 171 23 314.0 314.0 286.8 314.1 0.03 49 327 8437 -44.7 -60.7 15 16.0 -45.2 170 24 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.6 0.03 50 325 8478 -44.3 -61.3 13 17.0 -44.8 170 24 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.7 0.03 51 313 8729 -46.3 -57.3 28 11.0 -46.6 170 26 316.2 316.2 287.6 316.4 0.05 52 308 8836 -46.5 -61.5 17 15.0 -46.9 170 26 317.4 317.4 287.9 317.5 0.03 53 300 9010 -47.9 -57.9 31 10.0 -48.2 170 27 317.8 317.8 288.1 318.0 0.05 54 299 9032 -47.9 -57.9 31 10.0 -48.2 170 27 318.1 318.2 288.2 318.3 0.05 55 282 9417 -50.5 -61.5 26 11.0 -50.7 169 27 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.03 56 277 9534 -50.3 -63.3 20 13.0 -50.6 168 27 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.8 0.03 57 250 10200 -53.7 -64.7 25 11.0 -53.9 165 28 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.3 0.03 58 227 10817 -55.7 -70.7 14 15.0 -55.9 190 33 332.3 332.3 292.3 332.4 0.01 59 200 11630 -52.1 -77.1 3 25.0 -52.5 175 29 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 60 150 13500 -50.3 -81.3 1 31.0 -50.9 205 46 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 61 100 16140 -51.9 -83.9 1 32.0 -52.7 200 27 427.4 427.4 308.6 427.5 0.00 62 91 16750 -53.1 -84.1 1 31.0 -53.8 233 21 436.8 436.8 309.6 436.8 0.00 63 90 16822 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -52.4 233 20 441.3 441.3 310.0 441.3 0.00 64 87 17042 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -53.5 226 17 443.2 443.2 310.2 443.2 0.00 65 86 17117 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -52.4 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-56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.3 299 18 561.6 561.6 318.7 561.7 0.01 80 36 22659 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -54.9 299 18 568.9 568.9 319.1 568.9 0.01 81 35 22840 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -55.8 281 19 570.9 570.9 319.2 570.9 0.01 82 33 23217 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -54.9 206 13 583.7 583.8 319.9 583.8 0.01 83 30 23830 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -55.5 275 12 598.2 598.2 320.5 598.3 0.01 84 25 25000 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -56.8 255 14 626.8 626.8 321.7 626.9 0.01 85 23 25531 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.9 281 22 634.9 634.9 322.1 634.9 0.01 86 20 26420 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.1 295 27 668.1 668.1 323.3 668.2 0.01 87 19 26747 -55.5 -86.5 1 31.0 -57.7 276 27 676.1 676.1 323.6 676.2 0.01 88 18 27092 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -56.6 307 23 691.7 691.7 324.1 691.8 0.01 89 17 27458 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -56.7 333 15 703.1 703.1 324.6 703.2 0.01 90 16 27845 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -58.3 299 10 708.9 708.9 324.7 709.0 0.01 91 13 29171 -53.7 -85.7 1 32.0 -57.1 265 27 759.9 759.9 326.2 760.0 0.02 92 11 30240 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -58.4 314 35 792.7 792.7 327.1 792.9 0.02 93 10 30850 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -57.9 330 29 818.4 818.4 327.7 818.6 0.02 94 9.6 31112 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -58.2 827.2 827.2 327.9 827.4 0.02 TRP 227 10817 -55.7 -70.7 14 15.0 -55.9 190 33 332.3 332.3 292.3 332.4 0.01 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5495.00 m Freezing level: 739.00 mb = 2453.07 m = 8048.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.66 mb = 2110.58 m = 6924.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.40 % Est. max temperature: 21.76 C = 71.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.15 mb = 396.68 m = 1301.42 ft T: 11.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 0.23 C Layer 845.0- 833.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.23 mb = 2611.65 m = 8568.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.02 C = 73.44 F Cap Strength: 7.87 C Lifted Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.40 C Showalter Index: 2.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 28.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63278.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.28 mb = 1483.37 m = 4866.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 171 at 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 979 138 70 1 -0.9 -0.3 | 356 12 0.8 -11.5 1 960 305 80 19 -18.7 -3.3 | 49 22 -17.0 -14.5 2 925 610 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 57 14 -11.8 -7.6 3 925 613 105 14 -13.5 3.6 | 57 14 -11.8 -7.6 4 892 914 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 86 13 -13.0 -0.9 5 859 1219 115 7 -6.3 3.0 | 29 9 -4.6 -8.2 6 850 1310 105 12 -11.6 3.1 | 51 13 -9.8 -8.1 7 828 1524 95 15 -14.9 1.3 | 53 16 -13.2 -9.9 8 797 1829 100 13 -12.8 2.3 | 51 14 -11.1 -8.9 9 768 2134 125 14 -11.5 8.0 | 72 10 -9.7 -3.2 10 739 2438 130 19 -14.6 12.2 | 95 13 -12.8 1.0 11 712 2743 130 20 -15.3 12.9 | 97 14 -13.6 1.7 12 700 2883 145 18 -10.3 14.7 | 112 9 -8.6 3.5 13 685 3048 145 17 -9.8 13.9 | 109 8 -8.0 2.7 14 658 3353 120 13 -11.3 6.5 | 64 11 -9.5 -4.7 15 633 3658 115 8 -7.3 3.4 | 35 10 -5.5 -7.8 16 608 3962 130 10 -7.7 6.4 | 51 8 -5.9 -4.8 17 584 4267 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 67 2 -2.0 -0.9 18 561 4572 155 17 -7.2 15.4 | 128 7 -5.4 4.2 19 540 4877 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 147 4 -2.1 3.3 20 519 5182 190 16 2.8 15.8 | 225 6 4.5 4.6 21 500 5460 195 16 4.1 15.5 | 234 7 5.9 4.3 22 498 5486 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 238 9 7.6 4.8 23 458 6096 175 25 -2.2 24.9 | 178 14 -0.4 13.7 24 420 6706 195 24 6.2 23.2 | 214 14 8.0 12.0 25 400 7060 185 23 2.0 22.9 | 198 12 3.7 11.7 26 368 7620 180 19 0.0 19.0 | 193 8 1.7 7.8 27 337 8230 170 23 -4.0 22.7 | 169 12 -2.3 11.5 28 300 9010 170 27 -4.7 26.6 | 169 16 -2.9 15.4 29 294 9144 170 26 -4.5 25.6 | 169 15 -2.8 14.4 30 250 10200 165 28 -7.2 27.0 | 161 17 -5.5 15.8 31 244 10363 165 30 -7.8 29.0 | 161 19 -6.0 17.8 32 232 10668 165 28 -7.2 27.0 | 161 17 -5.5 15.8 33 227 10817 190 33 5.7 32.5 | 199 23 7.5 21.3 34 222 10973 195 35 9.1 33.8 | 206 25 10.8 22.6 35 200 11630 175 29 -2.5 28.9 | 177 18 -0.8 17.7 36 192 11887 175 30 -2.6 29.9 | 177 19 -0.9 18.7 37 183 12192 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 232 14 11.0 8.7 38 175 12497 185 25 2.2 24.9 | 196 14 3.9 13.7 39 159 13106 175 26 -2.3 25.9 | 178 15 -0.5 14.7 40 150 13500 205 46 19.4 41.7 | 215 37 21.2 30.5 41 145 13716 205 46 19.4 41.7 | 215 37 21.2 30.5 42 138 14021 215 38 21.8 31.1 | 230 31 23.5 19.9 43 126 14630 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 269 6 5.8 0.1 44 120 14935 180 20 0.0 20.0 | 191 9 1.7 8.8 45 115 15240 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 238 9 7.6 4.8 46 110 15545 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 241 18 15.5 8.5 47 100 16140 200 27 9.2 25.4 | 218 18 11.0 14.2 48 100 16154 185 21 1.8 20.9 | 200 10 3.6 9.7 49 95 16459 200 27 9.2 25.4 | 218 18 11.0 14.2 50 91 16764 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 267 19 18.9 0.8 51 87 17069 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 267 14 13.8 0.8 52 83 17374 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 292 19 17.2 -7.1 53 79 17678 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 29 2 -0.8 -1.5 54 75 17983 205 14 5.9 12.7 | 259 8 7.7 1.5 55 72 18288 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 238 11 9.8 6.0 56 70 18440 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 316 17 11.7 -12.1 57 68 18593 275 10 10.0 -0.9 | 316 17 11.7 -12.1 58 65 18898 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 326 11 6.4 -9.5 59 62 19202 200 13 4.4 12.2 | 261 6 6.2 1.0 60 59 19507 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 279 17 16.5 -2.7 61 56 19812 285 14 13.5 -3.6 | 314 21 15.3 -14.8 62 54 20117 260 14 13.8 2.4 | 299 18 15.5 -8.8 63 51 20422 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 299 15 13.0 -7.1 64 50 20580 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 290 23 21.4 -7.7 65 49 20726 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 287 21 20.1 -6.3 66 47 21031 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 303 28 23.4 -15.0 67 44 21336 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 320 22 14.4 -17.1 68 42 21641 300 15 13.0 -7.5 | 322 24 14.7 -18.7 69 40 21946 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 302 24 20.7 -12.9 70 37 22555 310 17 13.0 -10.9 | 326 27 14.8 -22.1 71 35 22860 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 305 25 20.5 -14.5 72 33 23165 195 13 3.4 12.6 | 255 5 5.1 1.4 73 30 23774 310 11 8.4 -7.1 | 331 21 10.2 -18.3 74 30 23830 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 312 18 13.7 -12.2 75 29 24079 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 316 18 12.6 -13.1 76 28 24384 275 8 8.0 -0.7 | 321 15 9.7 -11.9 77 26 24689 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 301 12 10.4 -6.2 78 23 25603 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 306 29 24.0 -17.2 79 21 26213 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 307 21 16.7 -12.5 80 20 26420 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 311 35 26.2 -22.6 81 20 26518 250 19 17.9 6.5 | 283 20 19.6 -4.7 82 19 26822 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 302 35 29.8 -18.7 83 17 27432 335 16 6.8 -14.5 | 342 27 8.5 -25.7 84 16 27737 315 9 6.4 -6.4 | 335 19 8.1 -17.6 85 16 28042 270 11 11.0 -0.0 | 311 17 12.7 -11.2 86 13 29261 265 28 27.9 2.4 | 286 31 29.6 -8.8 87 12 29870 305 38 31.1 -21.8 | 315 47 32.9 -33.0 88 10 30850 330 29 14.5 -25.1 | 336 40 16.2 -36.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 141.2 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 171.2 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.7 neg: -32.3 tot: 108.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 22.21 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 89 14 47 17| 13.9 0.0 13.9| 71.8 0.0 71.8 143.6 0.68| 26.7 18.2 1000 105 15 59 15| 4.8 0.0 4.8| 91.4 -19.2 72.2 72.2 0.42| 20.2 8.4 1500 104 14 56 14| 3.2 2.1 5.3|102.7 -25.0 77.7 51.8 0.36| 17.1 6.2 2000 105 14 56 14| 3.2 1.6 4.8|116.8 -26.0 90.8 45.4 0.39| 14.7 5.7 2500 111 15 63 13| 3.7 1.3 5.0|131.4 -26.0 105.4 42.2 0.43| 13.0 5.5 3000 117 15 70 13| 2.7 1.0 3.7|140.7 -32.3 108.4 36.1 0.38| 12.3 4.7 4000 119 14 67 11| 2.6 1.4 4.1|146.9 -57.1 89.7 22.4 0.23| 11.3 2.6 5000 128 14 75 10| 2.8 1.2 4.0|159.3 -57.1 102.1 20.4 0.31| 10.7 3.3 6000 141 15 94 8| 2.6 0.8 3.5|162.3 -85.2 77.1 12.9 0.20| 10.2 2.0 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251006.12.gif