UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100712.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 7 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 7 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 73 275 6 SFC 992 138 5.2 3.7 90 1.5 4.5 275 6 279.0 279.8 278.0 292.8 5.03 2 988 171 6.6 4.6 87 2.0 5.6 272 9 280.7 281.6 279.3 295.5 5.38 3 932 648 2.6 2.6 100 0.0 2.6 260 31 281.4 282.2 279.1 295.1 4.95 4 925 709 2.2 2.2 100 0.0 2.2 260 33 281.6 282.4 279.1 295.0 4.85 5 903 903 1.8 0.7 92 1.1 1.3 265 39 283.1 283.9 279.3 295.6 4.45 6 899 939 1.8 0.3 90 1.5 1.1 265 39 283.5 284.2 279.4 295.7 4.35 7 850 1389 -1.3 -1.3 100 0.0 -1.3 265 38 284.8 285.5 279.7 296.4 4.09 8 802 1851 -2.9 -3.0 99 0.1 -3.0 275 38 287.9 288.5 280.8 298.8 3.82 9 786 2011 -2.5 -3.4 94 0.9 -2.9 272 37 289.9 290.6 281.7 300.9 3.78 10 751 2371 -4.1 -5.5 90 1.4 -4.7 274 34 292.0 292.6 282.1 301.9 3.38 11 733 2562 -5.9 -6.0 99 0.1 -6.0 277 33 292.1 292.7 282.1 301.9 3.33 12 724 2659 -6.1 -7.1 93 1.0 -6.5 279 32 292.9 293.4 282.2 302.1 3.10 13 704 2878 -7.7 -7.7 100 0.0 -7.7 280 33 293.5 294.0 282.4 302.5 3.04 14 700 2922 -7.9 -7.9 100 0.0 -7.9 280 33 293.7 294.3 282.5 302.7 3.01 15 692 3011 -8.3 -9.0 95 0.7 -8.5 280 33 294.3 294.8 282.4 302.6 2.79 16 624 3805 -13.3 -13.3 100 0.0 -13.3 278 29 297.4 297.8 283.0 304.1 2.20 17 580 4356 -17.5 -17.8 97 0.3 -17.6 259 23 298.7 299.0 282.9 303.8 1.63 18 577 4395 -17.7 -20.3 80 2.6 -18.3 256 22 299.0 299.2 282.7 303.1 1.32 19 573 4447 -18.3 -19.8 88 1.5 -18.7 251 21 298.8 299.1 282.7 303.2 1.39 20 571 4473 -17.9 -29.9 34 12.0 -20.0 249 21 299.6 299.7 282.0 301.5 0.56 21 568 4512 -17.9 -28.9 38 11.0 -19.9 246 20 300.1 300.2 282.2 302.1 0.62 22 564 4565 -18.1 -32.1 28 14.0 -20.4 242 18 300.4 300.5 282.2 302.0 0.46 23 562 4592 -17.7 -38.7 14 21.0 -20.5 240 18 301.2 301.3 282.2 302.0 0.24 24 555 4686 -17.3 -42.3 9 25.0 -20.4 238 20 302.8 302.8 282.7 303.4 0.17 25 534 4974 -18.5 -42.5 10 24.0 -21.4 236 25 304.7 304.7 283.5 305.3 0.17 26 511 5300 -21.1 -42.1 13 21.0 -23.5 240 28 305.4 305.4 283.8 306.1 0.18 27 500 5460 -22.5 -38.5 22 16.0 -24.5 240 26 305.6 305.7 284.0 306.6 0.27 28 458 6096 -28.1 -39.1 34 11.0 -29.3 201 12 306.4 306.4 284.3 307.4 0.28 29 455 6143 -28.3 -40.3 31 12.0 -29.5 201 12 306.7 306.7 284.4 307.6 0.25 30 423 6660 -33.3 -43.3 36 10.0 -34.1 218 15 306.8 306.8 284.4 307.5 0.20 31 400 7050 -36.5 -45.5 39 9.0 -37.1 210 14 307.6 307.6 284.6 308.1 0.16 32 385 7315 -38.7 -47.7 38 9.0 -39.2 196 15 308.0 308.1 284.8 308.5 0.13 33 372 7550 -40.9 -46.9 52 6.0 -41.2 184 16 308.2 308.2 284.8 308.7 0.15 34 368 7624 -41.5 -45.6 64 4.1 -41.7 180 16 308.3 308.4 284.9 309.0 0.18 35 363 7717 -42.1 -49.1 46 7.0 -42.5 185 16 308.7 308.7 285.0 309.2 0.12 36 352 7925 -43.9 -50.9 46 7.0 -44.2 197 15 309.0 309.0 285.1 309.4 0.10 37 351 7944 -43.9 -50.9 46 7.0 -44.2 198 15 309.3 309.3 285.2 309.7 0.10 38 335 8257 -46.1 -51.1 57 5.0 -46.3 214 14 310.4 310.4 285.6 310.8 0.10 39 330 8357 -46.5 -53.5 45 7.0 -46.7 205 14 311.2 311.2 285.9 311.5 0.08 40 329 8378 -46.5 -54.5 40 8.0 -46.8 204 14 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.8 0.07 41 328 8398 -45.7 -56.7 28 11.0 -46.0 202 15 312.9 312.9 286.4 313.1 0.05 42 324 8480 -46.3 -56.3 31 10.0 -46.6 195 15 313.1 313.1 286.5 313.3 0.06 43 301 8968 -48.5 -62.5 18 14.0 -48.8 251 28 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.8 0.03 44 300 8990 -48.7 -62.7 18 14.0 -49.0 255 29 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.8 0.03 45 282 9392 -51.9 -63.9 22 12.0 -52.1 285 25 317.8 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.03 46 274 9579 -51.1 -67.1 13 16.0 -51.4 284 23 321.6 321.6 289.2 321.6 0.02 47 256 10017 -53.1 -68.1 15 15.0 -53.4 281 25 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.02 48 250 10170 -52.1 -69.1 11 17.0 -52.4 280 25 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.7 0.01 49 248 10222 -51.9 -69.9 10 18.0 -52.2 281 24 329.7 329.7 291.6 329.7 0.01 50 238 10487 -53.9 -71.9 9 18.0 -54.1 283 25 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.6 0.01 51 236 10542 -51.7 -72.7 6 21.0 -52.0 282 28 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.7 0.01 52 213 11203 -54.1 -77.1 4 23.0 -54.4 276 25 340.9 340.9 294.6 340.9 0.00 53 208 11356 -51.7 -78.7 3 27.0 -52.1 276 28 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.00 54 201 11578 -52.7 -79.7 2 27.0 -53.1 280 39 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.00 55 200 11610 -52.5 -79.5 2 27.0 -52.9 285 39 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.00 56 171 12623 -50.7 -80.7 2 30.0 -51.2 305 30 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 57 155 13258 -52.3 -81.3 2 29.0 -52.8 285 25 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 58 150 13470 -51.7 -81.7 2 30.0 -52.2 290 25 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 59 100 16110 -52.1 -83.1 1 31.0 -52.8 285 30 427.1 427.1 308.5 427.1 0.00 60 88 16935 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -52.9 284 14 443.0 443.0 310.2 443.0 0.00 61 76 17875 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -55.6 272 20 456.1 456.1 311.4 456.1 0.00 62 70 18400 -54.3 -85.3 1 31.0 -55.1 290 16 468.2 468.2 312.5 468.2 0.00 63 62 19179 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -54.3 294 15 487.0 487.0 314.0 487.0 0.00 64 53 20187 -53.9 -84.9 1 31.0 -55.0 287 22 507.9 507.9 315.5 508.0 0.01 65 50 20560 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -55.9 270 19 514.1 514.1 315.9 514.1 0.00 66 43 21517 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -58.6 293 21 529.9 529.9 316.9 529.9 0.00 67 39 22134 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -57.9 271 21 546.9 546.9 317.9 546.9 0.01 68 33 23189 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -59.0 335 20 571.0 571.0 319.2 571.1 0.01 69 30 23790 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -58.9 315 23 587.3 587.3 320.0 587.4 0.01 70 28 24227 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.1 317 22 601.8 601.8 320.7 601.9 0.01 71 25 24943 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -59.3 331 15 618.2 618.2 321.4 618.2 0.01 72 24 25202 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.0 341 13 630.1 630.1 321.9 630.2 0.01 73 22 25753 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -59.1 325 16 642.4 642.4 322.4 642.5 0.01 74 21 26048 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -57.3 312 18 657.7 657.7 323.0 657.7 0.01 75 20 26360 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.1 290 29 668.1 668.1 323.3 668.2 0.01 76 18 27033 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -57.2 297 30 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.3 0.01 77 16 27782 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -58.9 304 23 706.3 706.3 324.6 706.4 0.01 78 14 28628 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -59.0 314 30 734.5 734.5 325.5 734.6 0.01 79 11 30170 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -56.9 295 36 800.7 800.7 327.3 800.9 0.02 80 10 30780 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -59.3 290 42 810.9 810.9 327.5 811.1 0.02 81 9.7 30974 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -58.4 293 41 823.3 823.3 327.8 823.5 0.02 82 9.1 31381 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -60.2 299 40 829.2 829.2 328.0 829.4 0.02 83 8.3 31962 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -61.2 308 38 847.4 847.4 328.4 847.6 0.02 84 8.1 32116 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -61.3 311 38 852.5 852.5 328.4 852.7 0.02 85 8.0 32194 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -61.4 312 38 855.6 855.6 328.5 855.8 0.02 86 7.0 33040 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -60.0 325 35 899.6 899.6 329.4 899.9 0.03 87 6.3 33716 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -59.2 320 36 934.8 934.8 330.1 935.1 0.03 88 5.7 34360 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -59.7 316 37 960.2 960.2 330.5 960.6 0.03 89 5.0 35210 -49.9 -84.9 1 35.0 -58.0 310 38 1016.0 1016.0 331.4 1016.6 0.06 90 4.8 35477 -50.3 -85.3 1 35.0 -58.3 1026.1 1026.1 331.6 1026.7 0.06 TRP 282 9392 -51.9 -63.9 22 12.0 -52.1 285 25 317.8 317.8 288.1 317.9 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5387.00 m Freezing level: 870.55 mb = 1200.39 m = 3938.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 876.44 mb = 1143.19 m = 3750.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.07 % Est. max temperature: 11.48 C = 52.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.31 mb = 327.19 m = 1073.46 ft T: 5.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 0.53 C Layer 932.0- 903.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.91 mb = 657.41 m = 2156.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.60 C = 45.67 F Cap Strength: 9.88 C Lifted Index: 9.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.33 C Showalter Index: 9.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 19.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75346.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.01 mb = 682.69 m = 2239.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 293 at 22 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 992 138 275 6 6.0 -0.5 | 120 16 -14.1 8.0 1 972 305 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 183 12 0.6 12.2 2 936 610 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 215 17 9.5 13.8 3 925 709 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 221 19 12.4 14.3 4 902 914 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 238 22 18.8 11.9 5 868 1219 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 231 25 19.3 15.5 6 850 1389 265 38 37.9 3.3 | 236 21 17.8 11.9 7 804 1829 275 38 37.9 -3.3 | 254 19 17.8 5.2 8 774 2134 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 242 18 15.9 8.5 9 744 2438 275 33 32.9 -2.9 | 246 14 12.8 5.7 10 716 2743 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 255 12 11.4 3.0 11 700 2922 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 257 13 12.4 2.8 12 635 3658 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 251 10 9.5 3.3 13 610 3962 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 232 10 7.8 6.1 14 586 4267 265 25 24.9 2.2 | 204 12 4.8 10.7 15 562 4572 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 166 18 -4.5 17.5 16 540 4877 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 177 22 -1.3 21.7 17 519 5182 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 192 24 5.0 23.0 18 500 5460 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 186 22 2.4 21.5 19 477 5791 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 169 25 -4.5 24.1 20 457 6096 200 12 4.1 11.3 | 141 25 -16.0 19.8 21 420 6706 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 152 23 -10.4 20.0 22 402 7010 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 148 24 -13.1 20.7 23 400 7050 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 148 24 -13.1 20.7 24 368 7620 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 141 32 -20.1 24.5 25 336 8230 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 149 23 -12.1 20.0 26 321 8534 190 15 2.6 14.8 | 143 29 -17.5 23.3 27 307 8839 230 20 15.3 12.9 | 167 22 -4.8 21.4 28 300 8990 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 206 18 7.9 16.0 29 293 9144 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 206 18 7.9 16.0 30 282 9392 285 25 24.1 -6.5 | 243 5 4.1 2.1 31 280 9449 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 219 3 2.1 2.6 32 250 10170 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 227 6 4.5 4.2 33 243 10363 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 167 3 -0.8 3.4 34 231 10668 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 257 13 12.4 2.8 35 211 11278 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 211 7 3.8 6.5 36 201 11582 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 264 18 18.3 1.8 37 200 11610 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 275 18 17.6 -1.5 38 192 11887 285 39 37.7 -10.1 | 275 18 17.6 -1.5 39 166 12802 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 352 10 1.4 -9.5 40 159 13106 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 227 6 4.5 4.2 41 151 13411 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 262 2 2.5 0.3 42 150 13470 290 25 23.5 -8.6 | 270 3 3.4 -0.0 43 138 14021 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 219 3 2.1 2.6 44 126 14630 305 25 20.5 -14.3 | 356 6 0.4 -5.8 45 120 14935 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 183 12 0.6 12.2 46 114 15240 270 30 30.0 -0.0 | 229 13 9.9 8.5 47 104 15850 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 200 11 3.8 10.6 48 100 16110 285 30 29.0 -7.8 | 265 9 8.9 0.8 49 95 16459 285 31 29.9 -8.0 | 267 10 9.9 0.5 50 90 16764 300 11 9.5 -5.5 | 106 11 -10.6 3.0 51 86 17069 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 154 9 -4.1 8.5 52 78 17678 285 26 25.1 -6.7 | 250 5 5.0 1.8 53 75 17983 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 163 11 -3.2 10.0 54 71 18288 270 24 24.0 -0.0 | 205 9 3.9 8.5 55 70 18400 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 121 6 -5.1 3.1 56 68 18593 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 121 6 -5.1 3.1 57 65 18898 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 187 5 0.6 4.9 58 62 19202 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 110 8 -7.4 2.6 59 59 19507 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 138 16 -10.7 12.0 60 56 19812 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 183 12 0.6 12.2 61 54 20117 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 210 1 0.6 1.0 62 50 20560 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 173 9 -1.1 8.5 63 49 20726 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 159 12 -4.3 11.3 64 44 21336 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 282 8 8.1 -1.7 65 42 21641 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 110 8 -7.4 2.6 66 40 21946 260 16 15.8 2.8 | 159 12 -4.3 11.3 67 36 22555 295 33 29.9 -13.9 | 299 11 9.8 -5.4 68 35 22860 300 21 18.2 -10.5 | 44 3 -1.9 -2.0 69 33 23165 335 20 8.5 -18.1 | 51 15 -11.6 -9.6 70 32 23470 340 14 4.8 -13.2 | 73 16 -15.3 -4.6 71 30 23774 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 100 3 -2.9 0.5 72 30 23790 315 23 16.3 -16.3 | 26 9 -3.8 -7.7 73 29 24079 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 22 7 -2.5 -6.2 74 27 24384 325 20 11.5 -16.4 | 48 12 -8.6 -7.8 75 26 24689 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 58 10 -8.5 -5.2 76 24 25298 345 12 3.1 -11.6 | 80 17 -17.0 -3.0 77 20 26213 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 63 5 -4.5 -2.4 78 20 26360 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 281 7 7.2 -1.4 79 20 26518 280 25 24.6 -4.3 | 227 6 4.5 4.2 80 19 26822 290 30 28.2 -10.3 | 282 8 8.1 -1.7 81 17 27432 310 29 22.2 -18.6 | 348 10 2.1 -10.1 82 15 28042 300 19 16.5 -9.5 | 75 4 -3.6 -1.0 83 15 28346 295 23 20.8 -9.7 | 327 1 0.8 -1.2 84 14 28651 315 30 21.2 -21.2 | 355 13 1.1 -12.7 85 13 29261 320 29 18.6 -22.2 | 6 14 -1.5 -13.7 86 11 30175 295 36 32.6 -15.2 | 298 14 12.5 -6.7 87 10 30780 290 42 39.5 -14.4 | 287 20 19.4 -5.8 88 7 33040 325 35 20.1 -28.7 | 0 20 -0.0 -20.1 89 5 35210 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 330 18 9.0 -15.9 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.2 neg: -31.8 tot: 134.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 7.26 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 261 22 187 12| 0.0 25.8 25.8| 73.6 0.0 73.6 147.2 0.87| 26.3 22.8 1000 262 29 215 16| 4.6 12.9 17.5|111.0 -10.3 100.7 100.7 0.75| 18.9 14.2 1500 263 33 224 17| 3.3 8.6 11.9|140.1 -13.2 126.9 84.6 0.73| 15.3 11.1 2000 266 34 231 17| 2.5 6.0 8.4|152.8 -30.8 122.1 61.0 0.61| 13.1 8.0 2500 267 34 234 17| 2.3 4.8 7.1|162.6 -30.8 131.8 52.7 0.59| 11.7 6.9 3000 269 34 237 16| 2.0 4.0 6.0|166.2 -31.8 134.3 44.8 0.58| 10.3 5.9 4000 272 33 238 15| 1.5 2.7 4.2|166.2 -51.5 114.7 28.7 0.40| 8.8 3.5 5000 268 31 227 14| 1.3 2.3 3.7|212.8 -91.8 120.9 24.2 0.26| 9.5 2.5 6000 263 29 216 15| 1.1 1.9 3.1|215.3-225.2 -9.8 -1.6 0.03| 9.8 0.3 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251007.12.gif