UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025100912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 9 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 9 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 138 1.6 1.2 97 0.4 1.4 245 1 274.8 275.4 274.6 286.0 4.17 1 995 179 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 4.2 227 12 279.4 280.1 277.7 292.0 4.60 2 994 187 5.8 2.5 79 3.3 4.2 228 13 279.4 280.2 277.7 292.1 4.61 3 979 312 6.2 1.9 74 4.3 4.2 236 24 281.1 281.8 278.4 293.5 4.48 4 958 489 5.0 0.9 75 4.1 3.1 250 28 281.6 282.3 278.4 293.5 4.26 5 925 774 3.0 -2.0 70 5.0 0.9 265 34 282.4 283.0 277.9 292.4 3.56 6 912 889 2.2 -2.8 69 5.0 0.1 265 38 282.7 283.3 277.8 292.3 3.41 7 864 1323 -1.1 -4.5 78 3.4 -2.4 266 42 283.7 284.2 278.0 292.7 3.16 8 850 1453 -1.9 -5.5 76 3.6 -3.3 260 43 284.2 284.7 278.0 292.7 2.98 9 843 1519 -2.3 -5.8 77 3.5 -3.6 260 44 284.4 284.9 278.0 292.8 2.94 10 835 1594 -2.5 -9.5 59 7.0 -4.9 260 44 285.0 285.4 277.4 291.4 2.22 11 830 1642 -2.7 -8.7 63 6.0 -4.8 260 45 285.3 285.7 277.7 292.2 2.38 12 827 1671 -2.9 -7.9 68 5.0 -4.7 260 45 285.3 285.8 278.0 292.7 2.55 13 800 1932 -5.3 -9.7 71 4.4 -6.8 260 46 285.5 285.9 277.7 292.2 2.29 14 795 1982 -5.7 -10.7 68 5.0 -7.3 260 45 285.6 286.0 277.6 291.8 2.12 15 769 2241 -7.7 -9.8 85 2.1 -8.4 262 43 286.2 286.6 278.2 293.0 2.36 16 765 2282 -8.1 -10.5 83 2.4 -8.9 262 43 286.2 286.5 278.0 292.7 2.24 17 760 2333 -7.9 -13.9 62 6.0 -9.6 263 43 286.9 287.2 277.7 292.0 1.72 18 750 2436 -8.9 -11.8 79 2.9 -9.8 265 43 286.9 287.3 278.2 293.0 2.06 19 738 2560 -9.5 -12.5 79 3.0 -10.4 263 43 287.6 287.9 278.3 293.4 1.98 20 735 2592 -9.7 -15.7 62 6.0 -11.3 263 43 287.7 288.0 277.8 292.3 1.53 21 732 2623 -9.7 -13.8 72 4.1 -10.9 262 44 288.0 288.4 278.3 293.4 1.80 22 729 2655 -9.7 -14.7 67 5.0 -11.1 262 44 288.4 288.7 278.3 293.4 1.68 23 718 2772 -10.7 -16.7 61 6.0 -12.3 259 45 288.5 288.8 278.1 292.9 1.44 24 716 2794 -10.7 -17.7 56 7.0 -12.5 259 46 288.8 289.0 278.0 292.8 1.33 25 710 2858 -11.5 -18.5 56 7.0 -13.2 257 48 288.6 288.8 277.9 292.4 1.25 26 705 2912 -11.9 -20.9 47 9.0 -14.0 256 50 288.7 288.9 277.6 291.9 1.02 27 703 2934 -11.9 -21.9 43 10.0 -14.2 256 51 289.0 289.1 277.6 291.9 0.94 28 701 2956 -11.7 -25.7 30 14.0 -14.5 255 52 289.4 289.5 277.4 291.5 0.67 29 700 2967 -11.7 -25.7 30 14.0 -14.5 255 52 289.5 289.6 277.4 291.6 0.67 30 689 3088 -12.1 -31.1 19 19.0 -15.4 254 53 290.4 290.5 277.5 291.7 0.41 31 684 3144 -12.5 -29.5 23 17.0 -15.6 254 53 290.6 290.6 277.7 292.1 0.48 32 641 3637 -15.5 -30.5 26 15.0 -18.0 250 56 292.6 292.7 278.7 294.1 0.47 33 610 4009 -18.3 -36.3 19 18.0 -20.7 247 54 293.5 293.6 278.9 294.5 0.28 34 581 4371 -20.3 -42.3 12 22.0 -22.7 244 53 295.3 295.4 279.5 295.9 0.16 35 576 4435 -20.5 -38.5 18 18.0 -22.7 243 53 295.8 295.9 279.8 296.6 0.24 36 536 4965 -23.5 -46.5 10 23.0 -25.5 236 57 298.4 298.4 280.8 298.8 0.11 37 516 5242 -25.7 -44.7 15 19.0 -27.4 238 65 299.0 299.0 281.1 299.5 0.14 38 508 5355 -26.3 -51.3 8 25.0 -28.1 239 69 299.6 299.6 281.3 299.9 0.07 39 506 5384 -26.1 -55.1 5 29.0 -28.0 239 69 300.2 300.2 281.5 300.3 0.04 40 500 5470 -26.1 -54.1 5 28.0 -28.0 240 72 301.2 301.2 281.9 301.4 0.05 41 487 5660 -25.3 -58.3 3 33.0 -27.4 242 77 304.5 304.5 283.2 304.6 0.03 42 475 5841 -25.1 -57.1 3 32.0 -27.3 243 81 306.9 306.9 284.2 307.0 0.04 43 452 6199 -27.1 -57.1 4 30.0 -29.0 245 93 308.8 308.8 284.9 308.9 0.04 44 437 6441 -27.3 -51.3 8 24.0 -29.2 245 105 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.8 0.08 45 422 6691 -29.5 -47.5 16 18.0 -31.0 243 104 311.8 311.9 286.1 312.3 0.12 46 410 6895 -30.5 -46.5 19 16.0 -31.8 241 103 313.1 313.2 286.6 313.7 0.14 47 407 6947 -30.7 -49.7 14 19.0 -32.1 241 103 313.5 313.5 286.7 313.9 0.10 48 401 7052 -31.3 -46.3 21 15.0 -32.5 240 106 314.1 314.1 286.9 314.6 0.15 49 400 7070 -31.5 -46.5 21 15.0 -32.7 240 108 314.0 314.1 286.9 314.6 0.15 50 394 7177 -31.9 -46.9 21 15.0 -33.1 241 112 314.9 314.9 287.2 315.4 0.14 51 388 7285 -31.5 -46.5 21 15.0 -32.7 242 116 316.8 316.8 287.9 317.4 0.15 52 374 7545 -32.5 -48.5 19 16.0 -33.7 244 125 318.8 318.8 288.5 319.3 0.13 53 367 7678 -32.9 -46.9 23 14.0 -34.0 245 129 320.0 320.0 288.9 320.6 0.15 54 363 7755 -33.1 -43.1 36 10.0 -34.0 245 130 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.6 0.23 55 300 9070 -41.7 -58.7 14 17.0 -42.4 245 141 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.05 56 250 10280 -51.1 -66.1 15 15.0 -51.4 240 136 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.02 57 231 10792 -54.7 -68.7 16 14.0 -54.9 240 137 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.2 0.02 58 223 11018 -54.3 -70.7 12 16.4 -54.5 240 143 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.01 59 200 11720 -52.9 -76.9 4 24.0 -53.2 250 101 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 60 150 13580 -53.7 -82.7 2 29.0 -54.1 250 60 377.5 377.5 301.9 377.6 0.00 61 100 16190 -51.9 -82.9 1 31.0 -52.7 295 28 427.4 427.4 308.6 427.5 0.00 62 89 16935 -57.1 -86.1 1 29.0 -57.6 299 26 431.5 431.5 309.0 431.6 0.00 63 81 17535 -53.7 -84.7 1 31.0 -54.5 252 31 450.3 450.3 310.9 450.3 0.00 64 72 18283 -58.3 -87.3 1 29.0 -58.8 181 23 456.0 456.0 311.4 456.0 0.00 65 70 18460 -57.5 -86.5 1 29.0 -58.0 215 34 461.4 461.4 311.9 461.4 0.00 66 67 18736 -57.5 -87.5 1 30.0 -58.1 209 31 467.2 467.2 312.4 467.2 0.00 67 65 18928 -55.7 -85.7 1 30.0 -56.5 237 36 475.2 475.2 313.1 475.2 0.00 68 62 19228 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.2 257 28 479.9 479.9 313.4 479.9 0.00 69 61 19331 -54.9 -85.9 1 31.0 -55.8 264 25 485.7 485.7 313.9 485.7 0.00 70 58 19654 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -55.3 270 22 494.1 494.1 314.5 494.1 0.00 71 55 19992 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -56.9 250 23 497.5 497.5 314.8 497.5 0.00 72 53 20228 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -55.4 247 21 507.0 507.0 315.4 507.0 0.00 73 50 20600 -55.9 -85.9 1 30.0 -56.8 225 15 511.7 511.7 315.8 511.8 0.00 74 47 20994 -56.5 -86.5 1 30.0 -57.4 234 14 519.4 519.4 316.2 519.5 0.00 75 43 21562 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.2 251 19 539.2 539.2 317.5 539.3 0.01 76 36 22698 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.3 253 7 561.6 561.6 318.7 561.7 0.01 77 35 22878 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.1 208 11 569.8 569.8 319.2 569.9 0.01 78 33 23253 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.8 259 13 574.7 574.7 319.4 574.8 0.01 79 30 23860 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.7 335 22 594.4 594.4 320.3 594.5 0.01 80 23 25541 -59.9 -88.9 1 29.0 -61.1 337 29 627.2 627.2 321.8 627.3 0.01 81 21 26112 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -60.0 337 26 648.0 648.0 322.6 648.1 0.01 82 20 26420 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -59.0 335 24 660.8 660.8 323.1 660.8 0.01 83 19 26743 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -60.1 338 25 666.8 666.8 323.3 666.9 0.01 84 17 27445 -57.1 -88.1 1 31.0 -59.2 324 22 692.9 692.9 324.2 692.9 0.01 85 15 28232 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -61.4 320 25 709.5 709.5 324.7 709.5 0.01 TRP 231 10792 -54.7 -68.7 16 14.0 -54.9 240 137 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.2 0.02 WND 223 11018 -54.3 -70.7 12 16.4 -54.5 240 143 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5332.00 m Freezing level: 880.00 mb = 1178.03 m = 3864.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 909.45 mb = 911.02 m = 2988.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.26 % Est. max temperature: 11.01 C = 51.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.71 mb = 189.35 m = 621.22 ft T: 5.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 1.39 C Layer 835.0- 830.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.22 mb = 1385.59 m = 4545.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.75 C = 51.35 F Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lifted Index: 8.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Showalter Index: 8.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 4.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 158.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56418.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.36 mb = 1099.45 m = 3607.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 280 at 39 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 1000 138 245 1 0.9 0.4 | 101 38 -37.1 7.0 1 1000 138 225 8 5.7 5.7 | 111 35 -32.4 12.2 2 980 305 235 24 19.7 13.8 | 138 27 -18.4 20.3 3 944 610 260 30 29.5 5.2 | 144 14 -8.5 11.8 4 925 774 265 34 33.9 3.0 | 156 10 -4.1 9.5 5 909 914 265 39 38.9 3.4 | 185 10 0.8 9.9 6 875 1219 270 41 41.0 -0.0 | 204 7 3.0 6.5 7 850 1453 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 197 15 4.3 14.0 8 810 1829 260 47 46.3 8.2 | 209 17 8.3 14.7 9 779 2134 260 43 42.3 7.5 | 197 15 4.3 14.0 10 749 2438 265 43 42.8 3.7 | 205 11 4.8 10.3 11 720 2743 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 201 15 5.3 14.2 12 700 2967 255 52 50.2 13.5 | 211 23 12.2 20.0 13 638 3658 250 56 52.6 19.2 | 210 30 14.6 25.7 14 588 4267 245 53 48.0 22.4 | 199 31 10.0 28.9 15 542 4877 235 55 45.1 31.5 | 190 39 7.0 38.1 16 500 5470 240 72 62.4 36.0 | 210 49 24.3 42.5 17 458 6096 245 88 79.8 37.2 | 224 60 41.7 43.7 18 439 6401 245 105 95.2 44.4 | 228 77 57.1 50.9 19 403 7010 240 103 89.2 51.5 | 221 77 51.2 58.0 20 400 7070 240 108 93.5 54.0 | 223 82 55.5 60.5 21 370 7620 245 128 116.0 54.1 | 232 99 78.0 60.6 22 324 8534 245 142 128.7 60.0 | 234 112 90.7 66.6 23 300 9070 245 141 127.8 59.6 | 234 112 89.8 66.1 24 297 9144 245 140 126.9 59.2 | 234 111 88.9 65.7 25 250 10280 240 136 117.8 68.0 | 227 109 79.8 74.5 26 231 10792 240 137 118.6 68.5 | 227 110 80.6 75.0 27 223 11018 240 143 123.8 71.5 | 228 116 85.8 78.0 28 214 11278 240 143 123.8 71.5 | 228 116 85.8 78.0 29 204 11582 250 116 109.0 39.7 | 237 85 71.0 46.2 30 200 11720 250 101 94.9 34.5 | 234 70 56.9 41.1 31 186 12192 245 80 72.5 33.8 | 221 53 34.5 40.4 32 169 12802 240 87 75.3 43.5 | 217 62 37.3 50.0 33 154 13411 250 61 57.3 20.9 | 215 34 19.3 27.4 34 150 13580 250 60 56.4 20.5 | 214 33 18.4 27.1 35 147 13716 250 67 63.0 22.9 | 220 39 24.9 29.5 36 140 14021 250 46 43.2 15.7 | 193 23 5.2 22.3 37 134 14326 225 50 35.4 35.4 | 176 42 -2.7 41.9 38 122 14935 235 63 51.6 36.1 | 198 45 13.6 42.7 39 116 15240 225 58 41.0 41.0 | 184 48 3.0 47.6 40 111 15545 240 54 46.8 27.0 | 195 35 8.7 33.5 41 101 16154 285 35 33.8 -9.1 | 59 5 -4.2 -2.5 42 100 16190 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 67 14 -12.6 -5.3 43 96 16459 295 28 25.4 -11.8 | 67 14 -12.6 -5.3 44 87 17069 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 70 17 -16.4 -6.0 45 83 17374 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 136 19 -12.9 13.3 46 79 17678 250 36 33.8 12.3 | 167 19 -4.2 18.9 47 75 17983 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 130 39 -29.6 24.7 48 72 18288 180 23 0.0 23.0 | 128 48 -38.0 29.5 49 70 18460 215 34 19.5 27.9 | 152 39 -18.5 34.4 50 69 18593 185 26 2.3 25.9 | 132 48 -35.8 32.4 51 65 18898 235 37 30.3 21.2 | 164 29 -7.7 27.8 52 59 19507 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 105 19 -18.1 4.8 53 57 19812 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 121 17 -14.1 8.6 54 54 20117 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 135 26 -18.1 18.0 55 51 20422 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 114 23 -21.3 9.5 56 50 20600 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 122 32 -27.4 17.2 57 49 20726 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 113 33 -30.4 13.0 58 47 21031 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 120 30 -25.7 15.1 59 45 21336 225 13 9.2 9.2 | 119 33 -28.8 15.7 60 42 21641 260 21 20.7 3.6 | 120 20 -17.3 10.2 61 37 22555 295 3 2.7 -1.3 | 99 36 -35.3 5.3 62 35 22860 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 116 37 -33.4 16.5 63 33 23165 265 10 10.0 0.9 | 105 29 -28.1 7.4 64 32 23470 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 127 25 -19.9 15.0 65 30 23774 270 12 12.0 -0.0 | 104 27 -26.0 6.5 66 30 23860 335 22 9.3 -19.9 | 65 32 -28.7 -13.4 67 29 24079 315 12 8.5 -8.5 | 86 30 -29.5 -1.9 68 28 24384 335 22 9.3 -19.9 | 65 32 -28.7 -13.4 69 25 24994 315 21 14.8 -14.8 | 70 25 -23.2 -8.3 70 23 25603 340 30 10.3 -28.2 | 52 35 -27.8 -21.6 71 20 26420 335 24 10.1 -21.8 | 61 32 -27.9 -15.2 72 19 26518 340 25 8.6 -23.5 | 60 34 -29.5 -16.9 73 16 27127 315 20 14.1 -14.1 | 72 25 -23.9 -7.6 74 14 27432 325 30 17.2 -24.6 | 49 28 -20.8 -18.0 75 11 28346 330 25 12.5 -21.7 | 59 30 -25.5 -15.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 51.4 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 3.3 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.0 neg: -20.8 tot: 230.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 112.24 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 247 22 131 23| 30.6 0.0 30.6|188.7 0.0 188.7 377.5 0.65| 38.0 24.5 1000 259 30 144 15| 20.3 0.0 20.3|213.7 0.0 213.7 213.7 0.68| 25.0 17.0 1500 261 34 159 13| 13.6 2.7 16.3|221.6 -3.4 218.2 145.5 0.59| 20.0 11.8 2000 261 37 173 13| 9.7 2.0 11.7|228.2 -16.7 211.5 105.8 0.51| 16.5 8.4 2500 261 38 179 12| 7.9 1.6 9.5|234.2 -18.9 215.3 86.1 0.48| 14.5 6.9 3000 260 40 186 13| 6.6 3.3 9.9|251.0 -20.8 230.2 76.7 0.45| 14.1 6.3 4000 257 44 196 17| 4.9 3.1 8.1|251.0 -60.4 190.6 47.6 0.35| 11.7 4.1 5000 253 46 197 21| 4.0 3.8 7.8|318.4-114.0 204.4 40.9 0.29| 11.2 3.3 6000 250 51 203 26| 5.8 3.2 9.0|619.9-114.0 505.9 84.3 0.39| 11.9 4.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251009.12.gif