UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100812.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 8 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 38 SFC 988 138 5.6 5.0 96 0.6 5.3 30 2 279.7 280.7 279.0 294.9 5.53 2 983 180 6.8 6.2 96 0.6 6.5 49 4 281.3 282.4 280.4 298.0 6.05 3 970 289 6.4 5.6 95 0.8 6.0 98 9 282.0 283.0 280.6 298.2 5.88 4 965 331 6.6 5.3 91 1.3 5.9 113 10 282.6 283.6 280.7 298.6 5.79 5 963 348 6.8 5.2 90 1.6 6.0 117 11 283.0 284.0 280.9 299.0 5.76 6 962 357 6.8 4.8 87 2.0 5.8 120 11 283.1 284.0 280.7 298.6 5.61 7 954 425 9.4 3.4 66 6.0 6.4 139 12 286.4 287.3 281.7 300.9 5.12 8 941 539 9.8 2.8 62 7.0 6.3 170 14 287.9 288.8 282.2 302.1 4.97 9 925 681 9.0 2.0 61 7.0 5.6 195 18 288.5 289.4 282.3 302.2 4.78 10 902 889 7.0 2.0 70 5.0 4.5 204 26 288.5 289.4 282.4 302.5 4.90 11 876 1130 6.6 1.6 70 5.0 4.2 216 33 290.5 291.4 283.2 304.7 4.90 12 873 1158 7.0 2.0 70 5.0 4.5 217 33 291.2 292.1 283.7 305.9 5.06 13 850 1377 5.4 3.3 86 2.1 4.3 225 33 291.8 292.8 284.7 308.3 5.71 14 840 1474 4.8 3.6 92 1.2 4.2 228 36 292.2 293.2 285.0 309.2 5.90 15 824 1631 4.0 2.5 90 1.5 3.2 233 40 292.9 293.9 284.9 309.0 5.56 16 786 2015 3.0 2.4 96 0.6 2.7 246 48 295.8 296.9 286.3 312.8 5.79 17 782 2056 3.2 3.0 99 0.2 3.1 247 49 296.5 297.6 286.8 314.3 6.08 18 752 2374 3.0 2.1 94 0.9 2.5 258 47 299.6 300.7 287.8 317.2 5.93 19 722 2703 1.4 0.2 92 1.2 0.8 256 48 301.4 302.3 287.9 317.5 5.38 20 700 2952 0.4 -0.3 95 0.7 0.0 260 52 302.9 303.9 288.5 319.1 5.35 21 626 3842 -3.7 -4.4 95 0.7 -4.0 259 54 308.1 308.9 289.3 321.8 4.41 22 613 4008 -4.3 -5.2 93 0.9 -4.7 257 56 309.2 310.0 289.5 322.5 4.24 23 609 4059 -4.3 -6.5 85 2.2 -5.3 257 56 309.8 310.5 289.3 322.0 3.86 24 598 4203 -5.3 -6.7 90 1.4 -5.9 256 58 310.3 311.0 289.5 322.5 3.87 25 594 4255 -5.5 -8.0 83 2.5 -6.5 255 59 310.6 311.3 289.3 321.8 3.52 26 593 4269 -5.7 -8.3 82 2.6 -6.8 255 59 310.6 311.2 289.2 321.5 3.45 27 552 4828 -8.1 -9.6 89 1.5 -8.7 264 64 314.1 314.8 290.2 324.9 3.34 28 526 5201 -10.7 -11.6 93 0.9 -11.1 265 69 315.4 316.0 290.3 325.1 2.99 29 500 5590 -12.7 -13.9 91 1.2 -13.1 265 73 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.2 2.61 30 415 6989 -21.5 -24.0 80 2.5 -22.1 273 75 323.6 323.9 291.2 328.2 1.32 31 400 7260 -23.5 -25.9 81 2.4 -24.0 275 71 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.5 1.16 32 380 7633 -26.3 -27.8 87 1.5 -26.6 270 70 325.5 325.8 291.5 329.2 1.02 33 364 7943 -28.7 -30.9 81 2.2 -29.1 268 69 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.2 0.80 34 354 8141 -30.1 -31.2 90 1.1 -30.3 267 68 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.0 0.80 35 333 8574 -33.1 -35.8 77 2.7 -33.4 265 67 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.8 0.54 36 326 8723 -34.5 -36.2 84 1.7 -34.7 265 70 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.8 0.53 37 312 9028 -36.7 -39.5 75 2.8 -37.0 265 76 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.40 38 308 9118 -36.3 -38.7 78 2.4 -36.5 265 77 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.3 0.44 39 301 9277 -37.5 -40.8 71 3.3 -37.8 265 82 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.36 40 300 9300 -37.5 -40.8 71 3.3 -37.8 265 83 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.9 0.36 41 297 9369 -37.9 -40.6 76 2.7 -38.1 265 84 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.37 42 295 9416 -38.1 -40.4 79 2.3 -38.3 265 84 333.3 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.38 43 293 9463 -38.3 -41.9 69 3.6 -38.7 265 84 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.9 0.33 44 292 9486 -38.1 -42.8 61 4.7 -38.5 265 84 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.4 0.30 45 291 9510 -37.9 -42.0 65 4.1 -38.3 265 83 334.9 334.9 293.3 336.1 0.33 46 282 9726 -39.5 -44.1 62 4.6 -39.9 265 82 335.6 335.6 293.5 336.6 0.27 47 276 9873 -40.3 -47.3 47 7.0 -40.8 265 80 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.19 48 261 10252 -43.9 -48.9 58 5.0 -44.2 265 77 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.17 49 258 10329 -44.3 -50.3 51 6.0 -44.6 265 76 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.15 50 250 10540 -46.1 -49.7 67 3.6 -46.3 265 74 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 51 236 10920 -49.7 -52.1 76 2.4 -49.8 268 73 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.13 52 232 11031 -50.5 -54.1 66 3.6 -50.6 268 73 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.11 53 226 11201 -52.1 -55.0 71 2.9 -52.2 270 73 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.10 54 220 11375 -53.5 -58.0 58 4.5 -53.7 271 73 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.07 55 201 11949 -58.3 -65.3 40 7.0 -58.4 275 72 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 56 200 11980 -58.7 -65.7 40 7.0 -58.8 275 72 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.03 57 195 12138 -60.1 -65.1 52 5.0 -60.2 274 70 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.03 58 181 12596 -64.1 -68.5 55 4.4 -64.1 270 65 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.02 59 164 13192 -68.3 -72.7 53 4.4 -68.3 265 66 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.6 0.01 60 150 13730 -64.9 -76.9 18 12.0 -65.0 280 50 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 61 100 16240 -59.1 -85.1 2 26.0 -59.5 270 22 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.6 0.00 62 94 16627 -59.5 -85.5 2 26.0 -59.8 262 24 420.1 420.1 307.7 420.1 0.00 63 73 18223 -55.5 -85.5 1 30.0 -56.2 287 18 460.1 460.1 311.8 460.1 0.00 64 70 18490 -56.1 -85.1 1 29.0 -56.8 255 13 464.4 464.4 312.1 464.4 0.00 65 53 20244 -59.1 -87.1 1 28.0 -59.7 295 16 495.9 495.9 314.7 495.9 0.00 66 50 20610 -57.9 -86.9 1 29.0 -58.6 300 18 507.0 507.0 315.4 507.1 0.00 67 44 21416 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.3 310 23 526.9 526.9 316.7 526.9 0.01 68 40 22015 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.3 319 23 538.9 538.9 317.5 539.0 0.00 69 39 22175 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.3 323 20 545.9 545.9 317.9 545.9 0.00 70 36 22679 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.5 282 16 555.4 555.4 318.4 555.5 0.01 71 35 22856 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.4 285 17 563.1 563.1 318.8 563.1 0.01 72 31 23616 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -61.9 340 20 572.7 572.7 319.3 572.7 0.00 73 30 23820 -60.1 -88.1 1 28.0 -61.0 335 26 580.8 580.8 319.7 580.8 0.01 74 29 24032 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -61.0 335 26 586.5 586.5 320.0 586.5 0.00 75 29 24032 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -59.6 335 26 590.9 590.9 320.2 590.9 0.01 76 28 24253 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.3 338 26 594.6 594.6 320.3 594.6 0.01 77 27 24482 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -59.0 338 25 605.3 605.3 320.9 605.3 0.01 78 26 24720 -58.1 -87.1 1 29.0 -59.4 334 22 610.7 610.7 321.1 610.8 0.01 79 24 25226 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -58.5 326 15 628.4 628.4 321.9 628.4 0.01 80 23 25496 -58.1 -88.1 1 30.0 -59.5 341 19 632.5 632.5 322.0 632.6 0.01 81 20 26380 -56.7 -86.7 1 30.0 -58.6 310 23 662.6 662.6 323.2 662.7 0.01 82 18 27046 -56.3 -87.3 1 31.0 -58.4 314 30 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.2 0.01 83 16 27786 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -61.5 339 19 695.8 695.8 324.3 695.9 0.01 84 15 28188 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -61.1 329 24 710.8 710.8 324.8 710.9 0.01 85 14 28621 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -59.5 318 30 732.4 732.4 325.4 732.5 0.01 86 13 29088 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -60.2 317 39 745.3 745.3 325.8 745.4 0.01 87 10 30750 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -58.6 325 41 814.6 814.6 327.6 814.8 0.02 88 8.3 31931 -58.5 -87.5 1 29.0 -61.6 845.0 845.0 328.3 845.2 0.02 89 7.6 32485 -58.7 -87.7 1 29.0 -61.9 865.8 865.8 328.7 866.0 0.02 90 7.1 32915 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -60.2 894.3 894.4 329.3 894.6 0.03 TRP 164 13192 -68.3 -72.7 53 4.4 -68.3 265 66 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.6 0.01 WND 297 9369 -37.9 -40.6 76 2.7 -38.1 265 84 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.37 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5552.00 m Freezing level: 692.78 mb = 3038.82 m = 9969.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.11 mb = 2962.15 m = 9718.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.94 % Est. max temperature: 18.10 C = 64.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.94 mb = 213.49 m = 700.42 ft T: 6.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 0.32 C Layer 962.0- 954.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.89 mb = 3349.87 m = 10990.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Cap Strength: 14.48 C Lifted Index: 15.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.23 C Showalter Index: 10.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.10 C Cross Totals Index: 16.00 C K Index: 20.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61140.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.88 mb = 1159.02 m = 3802.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 285 at 37 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 988 138 30 2 -1.0 -1.7 | 102 38 -37.1 8.2 1 968 305 105 10 -9.7 2.6 | 105 47 -45.7 12.5 2 933 610 190 15 2.6 14.8 | 126 42 -33.5 24.7 3 925 681 195 18 4.7 17.4 | 131 42 -31.4 27.3 4 899 914 205 27 11.4 24.5 | 144 42 -24.7 34.4 5 866 1219 220 35 22.5 26.8 | 160 39 -13.6 36.7 6 850 1377 225 33 23.3 23.3 | 159 36 -12.7 33.2 7 804 1829 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 187 33 3.8 32.9 8 774 2134 250 50 47.0 17.1 | 202 29 10.9 27.0 9 746 2438 260 46 45.3 8.0 | 207 20 9.2 17.9 10 718 2743 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 205 25 10.3 22.3 11 700 2952 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 219 24 15.1 18.9 12 640 3658 260 52 51.2 9.0 | 219 24 15.1 18.9 13 592 4267 255 59 57.0 15.3 | 220 33 20.9 25.2 14 548 4877 265 65 64.8 5.7 | 242 33 28.7 15.6 15 500 5590 265 73 72.7 6.4 | 246 40 36.7 16.3 16 467 6096 270 77 77.0 -0.0 | 256 42 40.9 9.9 17 431 6706 270 79 79.0 -0.0 | 257 44 42.9 9.9 18 400 7260 275 71 70.7 -6.2 | 264 35 34.7 3.7 19 380 7620 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 254 35 33.9 9.9 20 334 8534 265 67 66.7 5.8 | 243 34 30.7 15.7 21 307 9144 265 78 77.7 6.8 | 248 45 41.6 16.7 22 300 9300 265 83 82.7 7.2 | 250 50 46.6 17.1 23 297 9369 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 250 51 47.6 17.2 24 294 9449 265 84 83.7 7.3 | 250 51 47.6 17.2 25 250 10540 265 74 73.7 6.4 | 247 41 37.7 16.4 26 200 11980 275 72 71.7 -6.3 | 264 36 35.7 3.6 27 166 13106 265 59 58.8 5.1 | 236 27 22.7 15.1 28 164 13192 265 66 65.7 5.8 | 242 34 29.7 15.7 29 158 13411 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 254 35 33.9 9.9 30 150 13730 280 50 49.2 -8.7 | 265 13 13.2 1.2 31 136 14326 285 32 30.9 -8.3 | 108 5 -5.2 1.6 32 130 14630 275 26 25.9 -2.3 | 127 13 -10.2 7.6 33 123 14935 260 33 32.5 5.7 | 167 16 -3.6 15.6 34 118 15240 280 39 38.4 -6.8 | 217 4 2.3 3.1 35 107 15850 275 42 41.8 -3.7 | 223 9 5.8 6.2 36 101 16154 290 33 31.0 -11.3 | 75 5 -5.1 -1.4 37 100 16240 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 125 17 -14.1 9.9 38 97 16459 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 125 17 -14.1 9.9 39 92 16764 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 147 20 -10.9 16.6 40 88 17069 280 33 32.5 -5.7 | 140 5 -3.6 4.2 41 76 17983 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 123 14 -12.2 7.8 42 72 18288 290 17 16.0 -5.8 | 102 21 -20.1 4.1 43 70 18490 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 119 27 -23.5 13.3 44 69 18593 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 114 26 -24.1 11.0 45 66 18898 255 14 13.5 3.6 | 121 26 -22.5 13.5 46 63 19202 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 106 21 -20.6 5.8 47 54 20117 305 14 11.5 -8.0 | 94 25 -24.6 1.9 48 52 20422 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 110 20 -18.3 6.8 49 50 20610 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 93 20 -20.5 0.9 50 47 21031 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 93 24 -23.8 1.3 51 45 21336 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 80 20 -20.0 -3.6 52 42 21641 310 28 21.4 -18.0 | 61 17 -14.6 -8.1 53 39 22250 325 19 10.9 -15.6 | 77 26 -25.2 -5.7 54 37 22555 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 109 23 -21.3 7.3 55 35 22860 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 106 20 -19.6 5.5 56 33 23165 325 20 11.5 -16.4 | 75 25 -24.6 -6.5 57 30 23774 345 20 5.2 -19.3 | 73 32 -30.9 -9.4 58 30 23820 335 26 11.0 -23.6 | 61 29 -25.1 -13.7 59 29 24079 335 26 11.0 -23.6 | 61 29 -25.1 -13.7 60 27 24384 340 26 8.9 -24.4 | 62 31 -27.2 -14.5 61 24 25298 325 14 8.0 -11.5 | 87 28 -28.0 -1.6 62 23 25603 350 21 3.6 -20.7 | 72 34 -32.4 -10.8 63 20 26380 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 75 19 -18.4 -4.9 64 20 26518 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 80 20 -20.0 -3.6 65 18 27127 315 31 21.9 -21.9 | 50 19 -14.1 -12.0 66 17 27432 330 22 11.0 -19.1 | 70 27 -25.1 -9.1 67 16 27737 340 18 6.2 -16.9 | 77 31 -29.9 -7.0 68 13 28956 310 35 26.8 -22.5 | 36 16 -9.3 -12.6 69 13 29261 325 44 25.2 -36.0 | 23 28 -10.8 -26.1 70 12 29566 320 37 23.8 -28.3 | 34 22 -12.3 -18.4 71 10 30750 325 41 23.5 -33.6 | 28 27 -12.5 -23.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 49.9 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 782.8 neg: -20.7 tot: 762.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 254.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.5 stream: 12.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 382.25 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 149 11 115 46| 18.6 0.0 18.6|264.9 -12.3 252.6 505.2 0.68| 31.6 21.4 1000 194 18 131 42| 17.9 0.0 17.9|482.3 -12.3 470.0 470.0 0.80| 26.1 20.8 1500 211 24 142 38| 14.5 0.0 14.5|597.3 -14.9 582.3 388.2 0.79| 22.6 17.9 2000 225 29 154 34| 13.2 0.0 13.2|730.3 -14.9 715.3 357.7 0.82| 21.2 17.5 2500 234 33 163 31| 10.0 0.0 10.0|744.9 -18.4 726.5 290.6 0.74| 19.5 14.3 3000 240 36 170 28| 9.1 0.0 9.1|782.8 -20.7 762.1 254.0 0.74| 17.5 12.9 4000 247 40 183 26| 6.9 0.9 7.7|786.4 -20.7 765.7 191.4 0.70| 14.0 9.7 5000 251 45 195 25| 6.6 0.7 7.3|902.7 -20.7 882.0 176.4 0.71| 12.9 9.2 6000 255 50 208 26| 6.3 0.6 6.9|1000.9 -20.7 980.2 163.4 0.71| 11.8 8.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251008.12.gif