UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 8 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 109 120 2 SFC 997 138 6.8 2.1 72 4.7 4.6 120 2 280.2 281.0 277.9 292.5 4.46 2 996 146 7.4 2.8 73 4.6 5.2 121 2 280.9 281.7 278.6 293.9 4.70 3 964 412 5.8 0.8 70 5.0 3.5 161 7 281.9 282.6 278.4 293.6 4.20 4 925 746 2.8 -0.5 79 3.3 1.4 200 8 282.2 282.9 278.3 293.3 3.98 5 924 755 2.8 -0.5 79 3.3 1.4 200 8 282.3 282.9 278.3 293.4 3.99 6 914 843 3.2 -1.8 70 5.0 1.1 200 13 283.5 284.2 278.6 293.9 3.66 7 906 914 3.4 -1.2 72 4.6 1.4 200 17 284.5 285.1 279.3 295.4 3.86 8 850 1429 -0.7 -1.4 95 0.7 -1.0 225 23 285.4 286.1 280.0 296.9 4.06 9 838 1543 -1.3 -1.3 100 0.0 -1.3 250 29 285.9 286.7 280.3 297.7 4.15 10 820 1716 -1.5 -1.5 100 0.0 -1.5 250 30 287.5 288.2 281.1 299.5 4.18 11 762 2299 -2.7 -2.8 99 0.1 -2.7 250 34 292.3 293.0 283.1 304.2 4.08 12 700 2969 -5.7 -6.8 92 1.1 -6.1 255 38 296.2 296.8 283.8 306.0 3.28 13 679 3207 -6.9 -7.9 93 1.0 -7.3 258 39 297.4 298.0 284.1 306.8 3.10 14 601 4154 -9.9 -11.6 87 1.7 -10.5 273 45 304.5 305.0 286.3 312.7 2.62 15 500 5550 -18.5 -20.7 83 2.2 -19.1 280 47 310.5 310.8 287.2 315.3 1.47 16 480 5855 -20.5 -23.0 80 2.5 -21.1 280 47 311.7 311.9 287.3 315.8 1.25 17 412 6976 -26.7 -29.6 76 2.9 -27.2 294 67 317.6 317.7 288.9 320.4 0.80 18 400 7190 -28.3 -31.5 74 3.2 -28.8 295 69 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.6 0.69 19 394 7298 -29.1 -31.9 77 2.8 -29.5 295 69 318.5 318.7 289.0 320.9 0.67 20 338 8374 -36.5 -40.6 66 4.1 -36.9 295 78 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.9 0.33 21 326 8623 -38.1 -44.1 53 6.0 -38.6 295 81 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.23 22 314 8880 -39.9 -44.4 62 4.5 -40.2 295 84 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.8 0.23 23 311 8945 -39.7 -44.4 61 4.7 -40.1 295 85 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.24 24 300 9190 -41.7 -47.7 52 6.0 -42.1 300 88 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.17 25 295 9304 -42.3 -48.3 52 6.0 -42.6 300 90 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.16 26 271 9871 -47.1 -51.2 63 4.1 -47.3 300 98 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.13 27 250 10400 -51.5 -55.9 59 4.4 -51.7 300 106 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.08 28 236 10771 -54.6 -59.3 56 4.7 -54.7 305 112 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.05 29 223 11130 -57.7 -62.7 53 5.0 -57.8 305 109 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.04 30 219 11243 -58.5 -63.5 52 5.0 -58.6 305 107 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.5 0.03 31 214 11388 -59.1 -64.1 52 5.0 -59.2 305 104 332.7 332.7 292.4 332.8 0.03 32 209 11536 -59.3 -66.3 40 7.0 -59.4 305 101 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.02 33 203 11717 -60.3 -66.3 45 6.0 -60.4 305 97 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 34 200 11810 -60.7 -65.7 52 5.0 -60.7 305 95 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.03 35 199 11841 -60.9 -65.5 54 4.6 -61.0 305 95 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.03 36 198 11873 -61.1 -65.5 56 4.4 -61.2 305 95 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 37 196 11936 -60.9 -65.9 52 5.0 -61.0 304 95 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 38 195 11968 -60.9 -66.9 45 6.0 -61.0 303 95 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.02 39 193 12032 -59.3 -72.3 17 13.0 -59.5 302 94 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.01 40 187 12232 -56.9 -75.9 7 19.0 -57.1 301 90 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 41 169 12867 -61.9 -78.9 9 17.0 -62.0 308 68 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.00 42 164 13053 -62.3 -79.3 9 17.0 -62.4 307 68 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.00 43 157 13324 -61.7 -81.7 5 20.0 -61.9 305 70 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.00 44 155 13404 -58.9 -81.9 4 23.0 -59.1 305 70 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 45 150 13610 -59.3 -82.3 4 23.0 -59.5 305 52 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 46 148 13694 -58.9 -82.9 3 24.0 -59.1 304 52 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.00 47 139 14088 -58.3 -83.3 3 25.0 -58.6 298 53 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 48 137 14179 -55.3 -82.3 2 27.0 -55.7 297 53 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.7 0.00 49 124 14810 -58.3 -84.3 2 26.0 -58.6 304 33 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 50 119 15070 -56.7 -83.7 2 27.0 -57.1 295 39 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 51 112 15453 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.0 -57.3 290 38 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 52 108 15686 -52.7 -83.7 1 31.0 -53.4 290 33 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 53 100 16180 -54.5 -84.5 1 30.0 -55.1 290 22 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.4 0.00 54 96 16441 -55.7 -84.7 1 29.0 -56.2 290 22 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.1 0.00 55 82 17448 -54.3 -84.3 1 30.0 -55.0 278 29 447.5 447.5 310.6 447.5 0.00 56 70 18460 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -56.2 280 22 465.7 465.7 312.3 465.7 0.00 57 50 20590 -57.7 -86.7 1 29.0 -58.5 280 29 507.5 507.5 315.5 507.5 0.00 58 46 21119 -54.5 -85.5 1 31.0 -55.6 297 31 527.5 527.5 316.8 527.5 0.01 59 42 21696 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.4 312 11 533.9 534.0 317.2 534.0 0.01 60 39 22163 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -58.8 281 27 544.4 544.4 317.8 544.4 0.01 61 37 22495 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.1 297 28 557.8 557.8 318.5 557.8 0.01 62 31 23614 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.2 297 18 580.8 580.8 319.7 580.8 0.01 63 30 23820 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.7 285 11 587.9 587.9 320.0 587.9 0.01 64 24 25232 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.8 307 15 630.7 630.7 321.9 630.8 0.01 65 20 26390 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.2 320 31 663.8 663.8 323.2 663.9 0.01 66 19 26716 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -58.5 305 21 673.0 673.0 323.5 673.1 0.01 67 18 27061 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -57.3 305 25 688.6 688.6 324.0 688.7 0.01 68 15 28219 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -59.8 310 29 716.1 716.1 325.0 716.2 0.01 69 11 30185 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -59.2 322 36 788.4 788.4 327.0 788.5 0.02 70 10 30790 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -60.0 330 34 807.2 807.2 327.4 807.3 0.02 71 7.8 32369 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -58.6 316 37 878.6 878.6 329.0 878.9 0.03 72 7.0 33060 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -59.5 310 38 902.9 902.9 329.5 903.2 0.03 73 6.8 33245 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -59.8 908.8 908.8 329.6 909.1 0.03 74 5.4 34727 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -58.9 983.2 983.2 330.9 983.6 0.04 TRP 199 11841 -60.9 -65.5 54 4.6 -61.0 305 95 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.03 WND 236 10771 -54.6 -59.3 56 4.7 -54.7 305 112 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.05 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5441.00 m Freezing level: 859.56 mb = 1341.15 m = 4400.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 873.73 mb = 1206.93 m = 3959.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.00 % Est. max temperature: 12.15 C = 53.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.66 mb = 722.80 m = 2371.37 ft T: 3.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 0.54 C Layer 964.0- 924.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.88 mb = 2186.54 m = 7173.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.98 C = 64.37 F Cap Strength: 12.11 C Lifted Index: 14.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.41 C Showalter Index: 12.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.80 C Cross Totals Index: 17.10 C K Index: 15.30 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62864.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.70 mb = 1115.40 m = 3659.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 294 at 26 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 997 138 120 2 -1.7 1.0 | 115 28 -25.6 11.8 1 977 305 145 7 -4.0 5.7 | 121 32 -27.9 16.5 2 941 610 190 6 1.0 5.9 | 126 28 -22.9 16.7 3 925 746 200 8 2.7 7.5 | 131 28 -21.2 18.3 4 906 914 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 146 32 -18.1 26.8 5 872 1219 220 22 14.1 16.9 | 161 29 -9.8 27.7 6 850 1429 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 164 28 -7.6 27.1 7 840 1524 250 29 27.3 9.9 | 189 21 3.4 20.7 8 808 1829 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 194 22 5.2 21.4 9 778 2134 250 31 29.1 10.6 | 194 22 5.2 21.4 10 748 2438 250 37 34.8 12.7 | 205 26 10.9 23.5 11 720 2743 260 40 39.4 6.9 | 221 24 15.5 17.8 12 700 2969 255 38 36.7 9.8 | 212 24 12.8 20.6 13 640 3658 265 41 40.8 3.6 | 230 22 16.9 14.4 14 591 4267 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 253 23 21.9 6.8 15 546 4877 280 44 43.3 -7.6 | 261 20 19.4 3.2 16 504 5486 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 263 23 22.4 2.6 17 500 5550 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 263 23 22.4 2.6 18 464 6096 280 47 46.3 -8.2 | 263 23 22.4 2.6 19 410 7010 295 68 61.6 -28.7 | 295 42 37.7 -17.9 20 400 7190 295 69 62.5 -29.2 | 295 43 38.6 -18.4 21 376 7620 295 70 63.4 -29.6 | 295 44 39.5 -18.8 22 302 9144 295 87 78.8 -36.8 | 295 61 55.0 -26.0 23 300 9190 300 88 76.2 -44.0 | 302 62 52.3 -33.2 24 250 10400 300 106 91.8 -53.0 | 302 80 67.9 -42.2 25 236 10771 305 112 91.7 -64.2 | 308 86 67.8 -53.4 26 229 10973 305 112 91.7 -64.2 | 308 86 67.8 -53.4 27 200 11810 305 95 77.8 -54.5 | 309 69 53.9 -43.7 28 199 11841 305 95 77.8 -54.5 | 309 69 53.9 -43.7 29 188 12192 300 94 81.4 -47.0 | 302 68 57.5 -36.2 30 179 12497 310 66 50.6 -42.4 | 320 41 26.7 -31.6 31 155 13411 305 70 57.3 -40.2 | 311 44 33.4 -29.3 32 150 13610 305 52 42.6 -29.8 | 315 27 18.7 -19.0 33 134 14326 295 53 48.0 -22.4 | 296 27 24.1 -11.6 34 128 14630 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 19 8 -2.4 -7.2 35 116 15240 290 43 40.4 -14.7 | 283 17 16.5 -3.9 36 100 16180 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 136 5 -3.2 3.3 37 96 16459 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 136 5 -3.2 3.3 38 91 16764 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 178 7 -0.3 6.6 39 87 17069 295 25 22.7 -10.6 | 101 1 -1.2 0.2 40 83 17374 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 178 7 -0.3 6.6 41 79 17678 270 45 45.0 -0.0 | 243 24 21.1 10.8 42 72 18288 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 111 4 -4.0 1.5 43 70 18460 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 162 7 -2.2 7.0 44 65 18898 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 193 9 2.0 8.5 45 62 19202 280 32 31.5 -5.6 | 235 9 7.6 5.2 46 54 20117 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 156 10 -4.0 9.1 47 50 20590 280 29 28.6 -5.0 | 219 7 4.7 5.8 48 47 21031 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 274 7 7.1 -0.5 49 44 21336 315 26 18.4 -18.4 | 36 9 -5.5 -7.6 50 42 21641 320 9 5.8 -6.9 | 102 19 -18.1 3.9 51 40 21946 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 165 11 -2.9 10.8 52 38 22250 285 29 28.0 -7.5 | 231 5 4.1 3.3 53 37 22555 300 28 24.2 -14.0 | 354 3 0.4 -3.2 54 35 22860 290 29 27.3 -9.9 | 255 3 3.4 0.9 55 33 23165 320 22 14.1 -16.9 | 58 11 -9.8 -6.0 56 32 23470 305 22 18.0 -12.6 | 73 6 -5.9 -1.8 57 30 23820 285 11 10.6 -2.8 | 121 15 -13.3 8.0 58 29 24079 310 15 11.5 -9.6 | 95 12 -12.4 1.2 59 27 24384 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 121 10 -8.9 5.3 60 26 24689 330 15 7.5 -13.0 | 82 17 -16.4 -2.2 61 25 24994 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 140 17 -11.1 13.1 62 24 25298 320 16 10.3 -12.3 | 84 14 -13.6 -1.5 63 23 25603 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 135 11 -8.1 8.0 64 22 25908 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 86 10 -10.1 -0.8 65 20 26390 320 31 19.9 -23.7 | 17 14 -4.0 -12.9 66 20 26518 305 19 15.6 -10.9 | 89 8 -8.3 -0.1 67 18 27127 305 26 21.3 -14.9 | 32 5 -2.6 -4.1 68 17 27432 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 71 8 -7.8 -2.7 69 13 29261 310 40 30.6 -25.7 | 336 16 6.7 -14.9 70 10 30790 330 34 17.0 -29.4 | 20 20 -6.9 -18.6 71 7 33060 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 339 15 5.2 -13.6 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.3 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 294.3 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.6 neg: -20.4 tot: 345.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 179.31 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 160 6 122 31| 6.3 0.0 6.3| 53.3 0.0 53.3 106.6 0.64| 10.7 6.8 1000 193 10 133 30| 10.8 0.0 10.8|176.4 0.0 176.4 176.4 0.81| 13.9 11.3 1500 216 15 146 28| 10.7 0.0 10.7|278.1 0.0 278.1 185.4 0.83| 15.5 12.8 2000 231 19 158 25| 8.0 0.3 8.3|284.6 0.0 284.6 142.3 0.83| 12.0 9.9 2500 238 22 167 23| 8.0 0.3 8.3|343.1 0.0 343.1 137.2 0.83| 11.8 9.8 3000 243 25 176 22| 6.7 0.2 6.9|365.6 -20.4 345.2 115.1 0.74| 11.0 8.2 4000 252 29 191 20| 5.9 0.2 6.0|441.0 -20.4 420.6 105.1 0.78| 9.9 7.8 5000 259 32 205 19| 4.7 0.1 4.9|471.7 -20.4 451.3 90.3 0.78| 8.7 6.8 6000 264 35 217 18| 4.0 0.3 4.3|479.6 -20.4 459.1 76.5 0.77| 7.5 5.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251008.00.gif