UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 10 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 10 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 1003 138 6.6 1.7 71 4.9 4.4 210 2 279.5 280.2 277.4 291.4 4.31 1 1002 147 7.0 2.2 71 4.8 4.8 212 4 280.0 280.8 277.8 292.4 4.47 2 1000 165 7.0 2.2 71 4.8 4.8 215 7 280.1 280.9 277.9 292.5 4.48 3 960 499 3.6 0.3 79 3.3 2.1 223 11 280.0 280.7 277.3 291.3 4.07 4 925 799 0.8 0.3 96 0.5 0.6 245 16 280.1 280.8 277.6 291.8 4.22 5 922 825 0.6 0.2 97 0.4 0.4 247 16 280.2 280.9 277.6 291.8 4.21 6 918 860 0.4 -0.9 91 1.3 -0.2 250 15 280.3 281.0 277.2 291.2 3.90 7 905 974 -0.5 -1.2 95 0.7 -0.8 255 16 280.5 281.2 277.3 291.3 3.87 8 901 1010 -0.3 -2.1 88 1.8 -1.0 255 17 281.1 281.7 277.3 291.3 3.63 9 875 1243 -2.5 -3.3 94 0.8 -2.8 256 20 281.2 281.8 277.0 290.8 3.42 10 873 1261 -2.3 -4.2 87 1.9 -3.0 257 21 281.6 282.1 277.0 290.6 3.20 11 864 1344 -2.7 -4.7 86 2.0 -3.5 260 22 282.0 282.5 277.0 290.8 3.12 12 853 1445 -3.7 -5.0 91 1.3 -4.2 264 24 282.0 282.5 277.0 290.7 3.09 13 850 1473 -3.9 -4.5 96 0.6 -4.1 265 24 282.1 282.6 277.2 291.2 3.22 14 849 1482 -4.1 -4.1 100 0.0 -4.1 265 25 281.9 282.5 277.3 291.3 3.32 15 846 1510 -3.9 -5.6 88 1.7 -4.6 265 26 282.4 283.0 277.1 290.9 2.97 16 844 1529 -4.3 -5.2 93 0.9 -4.6 265 27 282.2 282.7 277.1 290.9 3.07 17 841 1557 -4.1 -6.5 83 2.4 -5.0 267 27 282.7 283.2 277.0 290.7 2.79 18 808 1871 -5.9 -9.2 77 3.3 -7.0 279 27 284.1 284.5 277.1 290.9 2.35 19 769 2257 -9.1 -11.7 81 2.6 -9.9 272 28 284.7 285.0 276.9 290.6 2.03 20 735 2604 -12.1 -12.8 95 0.7 -12.3 267 27 285.1 285.4 277.0 290.8 1.94 21 728 2678 -12.3 -14.3 85 2.0 -12.9 263 27 285.6 285.9 277.0 290.8 1.73 22 725 2709 -12.7 -14.3 88 1.6 -13.2 262 27 285.5 285.8 277.0 290.7 1.74 23 700 2976 -14.5 -17.4 79 2.9 -15.2 260 29 286.4 286.7 277.0 290.6 1.39 24 697 3009 -14.7 -17.7 78 3.0 -15.4 260 29 286.6 286.8 277.0 290.6 1.36 25 679 3206 -16.3 -18.5 83 2.2 -16.8 257 28 286.9 287.2 277.1 290.9 1.31 26 670 3307 -16.5 -20.7 70 4.2 -17.4 256 28 287.8 288.0 277.2 291.1 1.10 27 658 3443 -17.5 -19.5 84 2.0 -18.0 250 29 288.2 288.4 277.6 291.9 1.24 28 642 3627 -18.7 -20.1 89 1.4 -19.0 238 31 288.8 289.0 277.9 292.5 1.21 29 638 3674 -19.1 -20.2 91 1.1 -19.3 235 32 288.9 289.1 277.9 292.6 1.20 30 613 3970 -21.9 -22.0 99 0.1 -21.9 225 35 289.0 289.2 277.8 292.3 1.07 31 610 4006 -22.1 -23.0 92 0.9 -22.2 226 35 289.2 289.3 277.7 292.2 0.98 32 608 4031 -22.3 -25.1 78 2.8 -22.8 227 35 289.2 289.4 277.5 291.8 0.82 33 600 4128 -22.3 -27.3 64 5.0 -23.1 232 34 290.3 290.4 277.9 292.5 0.68 34 596 4177 -22.5 -30.5 48 8.0 -23.7 235 34 290.6 290.7 277.8 292.3 0.51 35 592 4227 -22.7 -32.7 40 10.0 -24.0 237 33 291.0 291.0 277.8 292.3 0.41 36 586 4302 -23.3 -33.3 39 10.0 -24.6 240 33 291.1 291.2 277.9 292.4 0.39 37 585 4314 -23.5 -33.5 39 10.0 -24.8 240 33 291.0 291.1 277.8 292.3 0.39 38 581 4364 -23.9 -35.9 32 12.0 -25.3 241 32 291.1 291.2 277.7 292.1 0.31 39 579 4390 -23.7 -40.7 19 17.0 -25.4 242 32 291.6 291.7 277.8 292.3 0.19 40 576 4428 -23.7 -41.7 17 18.0 -25.4 242 31 292.1 292.1 278.0 292.7 0.17 41 570 4504 -23.7 -40.7 19 17.0 -25.4 244 30 293.0 293.0 278.4 293.6 0.19 42 562 4608 -24.5 -36.5 32 12.0 -25.9 245 29 293.2 293.3 278.7 294.2 0.30 43 558 4660 -24.9 -36.9 32 12.0 -26.2 246 29 293.3 293.4 278.7 294.3 0.29 44 555 4699 -25.1 -33.1 47 8.0 -26.1 247 28 293.5 293.6 279.0 294.9 0.42 45 552 4738 -25.5 -37.5 32 12.0 -26.8 247 28 293.5 293.6 278.8 294.4 0.28 46 547 4804 -25.9 -34.9 43 9.0 -26.9 249 27 293.8 293.9 279.1 295.0 0.36 47 536 4951 -27.1 -34.1 51 7.0 -27.9 250 26 294.1 294.2 279.3 295.4 0.40 48 524 5115 -28.1 -37.1 42 9.0 -29.0 250 25 294.8 294.9 279.4 295.8 0.30 49 516 5225 -28.9 -36.9 46 8.0 -29.7 249 25 295.1 295.2 279.6 296.2 0.31 50 500 5450 -30.5 -39.5 41 9.0 -31.3 245 24 295.9 295.9 279.8 296.7 0.25 51 497 5493 -30.5 -42.5 30 12.0 -31.4 243 23 296.4 296.4 280.0 297.0 0.18 52 478 5768 -32.5 -45.5 26 13.0 -33.4 231 19 297.2 297.2 280.3 297.7 0.14 53 442 6314 -36.9 -49.9 25 13.0 -37.5 240 23 298.4 298.4 280.8 298.7 0.09 54 400 7000 -39.5 -56.5 15 17.0 -40.1 235 42 303.7 303.7 282.9 303.8 0.05 55 300 8930 -46.5 -67.5 7 21.0 -47.0 220 107 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.01 56 286 9247 -47.9 -68.9 7 21.0 -48.3 220 116 322.2 322.2 289.4 322.2 0.01 57 261 9848 -50.7 -71.7 7 21.0 -51.0 225 105 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.7 0.01 58 250 10130 -49.5 -74.5 4 25.0 -49.9 225 100 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.5 0.01 59 200 11590 -47.7 -78.7 2 31.0 -48.3 235 70 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.00 60 150 13480 -50.7 -81.7 1 31.0 -51.3 225 40 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 61 100 16120 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -51.0 230 34 430.9 430.9 308.9 430.9 0.00 62 97 16320 -49.3 -83.3 1 34.0 -50.3 230 34 436.3 436.3 309.5 436.3 0.00 63 89 16881 -52.1 -84.1 1 32.0 -52.9 270 23 441.5 441.5 310.0 441.6 0.00 64 86 17105 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -51.1 265 20 449.9 449.9 310.8 449.9 0.00 65 81 17495 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -53.2 229 24 453.2 453.2 311.1 453.2 0.00 66 80 17575 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -52.1 231 24 457.3 457.3 311.5 457.3 0.00 67 76 17909 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -52.7 216 21 462.8 462.8 312.0 462.8 0.00 68 70 18440 -54.1 -85.1 1 31.0 -54.9 265 22 468.6 468.6 312.5 468.7 0.00 69 64 19010 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -57.0 263 19 476.0 476.0 313.1 476.0 0.00 70 63 19111 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -54.1 248 18 485.2 485.2 313.8 485.2 0.00 71 50 20590 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.1 275 17 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.00 72 50 20590 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -56.1 275 17 513.6 513.6 315.9 513.7 0.00 73 47 20983 -57.1 -87.1 1 30.0 -57.9 275 17 518.0 518.0 316.2 518.0 0.00 74 45 21260 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -54.5 253 13 534.2 534.2 317.2 534.2 0.01 75 42 21706 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -53.2 289 14 548.8 548.8 318.1 548.9 0.01 76 35 22876 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -57.3 278 6 566.2 566.2 319.0 566.2 0.01 77 32 23448 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -55.8 245 6 586.2 586.2 320.0 586.3 0.01 78 30 23860 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.2 315 19 592.8 592.8 320.3 592.8 0.01 79 26 24770 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -57.5 294 19 617.0 617.0 321.3 617.0 0.01 80 25 25019 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -56.6 289 19 627.4 627.4 321.8 627.5 0.01 81 24 25279 -57.3 -87.3 1 30.0 -58.8 336 24 627.2 627.2 321.8 627.3 0.01 82 23 25548 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -58.2 336 20 637.2 637.2 322.2 637.3 0.01 83 20 26430 -58.3 -88.3 1 30.0 -59.9 315 24 657.7 657.7 323.0 657.8 0.01 84 19 26751 -59.3 -88.3 1 29.0 -60.8 316 22 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.4 0.01 85 16 27830 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -59.6 336 20 703.7 703.7 324.6 703.7 0.01 86 10 30780 -59.5 -88.5 1 29.0 -61.9 310 39 797.4 797.5 327.2 797.6 0.02 87 9.1 31371 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -62.3 314 43 818.5 818.5 327.7 818.6 0.02 88 8.8 31581 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -61.6 315 44 830.2 830.2 328.0 830.4 0.02 89 8.2 32022 -61.1 -89.1 1 28.0 -63.5 318 47 837.7 837.7 328.1 837.8 0.02 90 7.0 33010 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -62.5 325 53 883.9 883.9 329.1 884.1 0.02 91 6.5 33475 -58.5 -88.5 1 30.0 -62.1 906.2 906.2 329.5 906.4 0.02 92 5.9 34082 -59.7 -88.7 1 29.0 -63.2 926.5 926.5 329.9 926.7 0.03 93 5.4 34638 -57.9 -88.9 1 31.0 -62.2 958.2 958.3 330.5 958.5 0.03 TRP 261 9848 -50.7 -71.7 7 21.0 -51.0 225 105 326.6 326.6 290.7 326.7 0.01 WND 286 9247 -47.9 -68.9 7 21.0 -48.3 220 116 322.2 322.2 289.4 322.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5285.00 m Freezing level: 912.22 mb = 910.81 m = 2988.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 919.07 mb = 850.70 m = 2790.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.79 % Est. max temperature: 9.08 C = 48.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.34 mb = 752.47 m = 2468.71 ft T: 1.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 1.25 C Layer 960.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.08 mb = 929.46 m = 3049.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.55 C = 45.59 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: 4.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.00 C K Index: 19.20 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.46 mb = 891.00 m = 2923.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.46 mb = 1478.04 m = 4849.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.46 mb = 1571.36 m = 5155.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 829.46 mb = 1665.52 m = 5464.24 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 280 at 19 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 1003 138 210 2 1.0 1.7 | 106 18 -17.4 5.0 1 1000 165 215 7 4.0 5.7 | 122 17 -14.4 9.0 2 983 305 210 12 6.0 10.4 | 138 18 -12.4 13.7 3 947 610 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 136 14 -10.0 10.3 4 925 799 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 159 11 -3.9 10.0 5 912 914 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 151 8 -3.9 7.2 6 878 1219 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 186 9 0.9 8.5 7 850 1473 265 24 23.9 2.1 | 226 8 5.5 5.4 8 844 1524 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 237 10 8.5 5.6 9 812 1829 280 27 26.6 -4.7 | 280 8 8.2 -1.4 10 780 2134 270 28 28.0 -0.0 | 251 10 9.6 3.3 11 750 2438 275 28 27.9 -2.4 | 265 10 9.5 0.8 12 721 2743 260 27 26.6 4.7 | 226 11 8.2 8.0 13 700 2976 260 29 28.6 5.0 | 231 13 10.2 8.3 14 665 3353 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 219 14 8.7 10.5 15 638 3658 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 200 23 7.8 21.6 16 612 3962 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 193 29 6.4 28.0 17 587 4267 240 33 28.6 16.5 | 207 22 10.2 19.8 18 541 4877 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 206 14 6.1 12.2 19 519 5182 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 203 13 5.1 11.8 20 500 5450 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 194 14 3.4 13.4 21 476 5791 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 166 16 -3.8 15.5 22 456 6096 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 175 13 -1.1 13.3 23 417 6706 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 203 20 7.6 18.3 24 400 7000 235 42 34.4 24.1 | 210 32 16.0 27.4 25 365 7620 230 59 45.2 37.9 | 213 49 26.8 41.2 26 300 8930 220 107 68.8 82.0 | 211 99 50.4 85.2 27 290 9144 220 110 70.7 84.3 | 211 102 52.3 87.5 28 286 9247 220 116 74.6 88.9 | 211 108 56.2 92.1 29 277 9449 220 116 74.6 88.9 | 211 108 56.2 92.1 30 261 9848 225 105 74.2 74.2 | 216 96 55.9 77.5 31 250 10130 225 100 70.7 70.7 | 215 91 52.3 74.0 32 200 11590 235 70 57.3 40.2 | 222 58 39.0 43.4 33 191 11887 235 63 51.6 36.1 | 220 52 33.2 39.4 34 182 12192 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 227 53 38.8 36.3 35 159 13106 255 48 46.4 12.4 | 241 32 28.0 15.7 36 152 13411 240 34 29.4 17.0 | 209 23 11.1 20.3 37 150 13480 225 40 28.3 28.3 | 197 33 9.9 31.6 38 145 13716 225 38 26.9 26.9 | 196 31 8.5 30.1 39 132 14326 235 59 48.3 33.8 | 219 48 30.0 37.1 40 120 14935 225 49 34.6 34.6 | 203 41 16.3 37.9 41 114 15240 235 53 43.4 30.4 | 217 42 25.0 33.7 42 109 15545 245 46 41.7 19.4 | 226 33 23.3 22.7 43 100 16120 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 197 26 7.7 25.1 44 95 16459 230 34 26.0 21.9 | 197 26 7.7 25.1 45 91 16764 270 25 25.0 -0.0 | 244 7 6.6 3.3 46 86 17069 270 20 20.0 -0.0 | 206 4 1.6 3.3 47 82 17374 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 174 20 -2.1 19.5 48 79 17678 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 187 18 2.1 17.6 49 75 17983 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 156 22 -8.9 19.7 50 72 18288 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 171 19 -2.8 18.8 51 70 18440 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 214 6 3.5 5.2 52 65 18898 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 274 0 0.3 -0.0 53 62 19202 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 165 14 -3.6 13.6 54 54 20117 270 16 16.0 -0.0 | 144 4 -2.4 3.3 55 51 20422 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 158 12 -4.5 11.3 56 50 20590 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 141 2 -1.4 1.8 57 49 20726 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 183 12 0.7 12.2 58 47 21031 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 101 3 -2.6 0.5 59 44 21336 245 12 10.9 5.1 | 138 11 -7.5 8.3 60 42 21641 275 14 13.9 -1.2 | 115 5 -4.4 2.1 61 40 21946 340 13 4.4 -12.2 | 57 17 -13.9 -8.9 62 39 22250 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 49 8 -6.1 -5.3 63 37 22555 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 71 12 -11.3 -3.8 64 35 22860 280 6 5.9 -1.0 | 100 13 -12.5 2.2 65 33 23165 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 163 12 -3.7 11.8 66 32 23470 245 5 4.5 2.1 | 111 15 -13.8 5.4 67 30 23774 270 13 13.0 -0.0 | 121 6 -5.4 3.3 68 30 23860 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 26 11 -4.9 -10.2 69 29 24079 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 60 2 -2.0 -1.1 70 28 24384 310 20 15.3 -12.9 | 18 10 -3.1 -9.6 71 25 24994 285 19 18.4 -4.9 | 1 2 -0.0 -1.6 72 24 25298 340 24 8.2 -22.6 | 28 22 -10.2 -19.3 73 23 25603 335 19 8.0 -17.2 | 37 17 -10.3 -13.9 74 22 25908 360 17 -0.0 -17.0 | 53 23 -18.4 -13.7 75 21 26213 350 14 2.4 -13.8 | 57 19 -15.9 -10.5 76 20 26430 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 6 14 -1.4 -13.7 77 20 26518 320 17 10.9 -13.0 | 37 12 -7.5 -9.7 78 19 26822 315 24 17.0 -17.0 | 6 14 -1.4 -13.7 79 17 27432 335 23 9.7 -20.8 | 26 20 -8.7 -17.6 80 16 27737 345 18 4.7 -17.4 | 44 20 -13.7 -14.1 81 15 28042 315 23 16.3 -16.3 | 9 13 -2.1 -13.0 82 13 29261 345 32 8.3 -30.9 | 20 29 -10.1 -27.6 83 11 30175 330 41 20.5 -35.5 | 356 32 2.1 -32.2 84 10 30780 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 332 25 11.5 -21.8 85 7 33010 325 53 30.4 -43.4 | 343 42 12.0 -40.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.6 neg: -34.4 tot: 74.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 37.61 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 218 11 134 17| 10.2 0.0 10.2| 47.2 -1.0 46.2 92.3 0.72| 14.6 10.4 1000 237 13 145 13| 8.9 0.0 8.9| 66.4 -2.1 64.3 64.3 0.67| 12.8 8.6 1500 249 16 162 10| 8.9 0.0 8.9| 90.5 -2.1 88.4 59.0 0.75| 12.7 9.5 2000 259 19 184 7| 6.7 0.3 7.0|100.1 -12.6 87.5 43.7 0.60| 11.8 7.1 2500 262 21 202 7| 5.4 0.5 5.9|106.1 -24.8 81.3 32.5 0.47| 11.0 5.2 3000 262 22 210 7| 4.5 1.1 5.6|108.6 -34.4 74.1 24.7 0.39| 10.0 3.9 4000 254 25 208 11| 3.4 2.6 6.0|133.0 -89.5 43.6 10.9 0.19| 10.5 2.0 5000 252 26 208 13| 2.7 2.1 4.8|150.8 -93.2 57.6 11.5 0.18| 9.8 1.8 6000 250 25 203 13| 2.3 2.1 4.4|160.8-127.9 32.9 5.5 0.10| 9.3 0.9 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251010.00.gif