UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 12 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 12 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 52 SFC 990 138 2.0 -8.0 47 10.0 -1.4 110 7 275.9 276.3 272.2 281.9 2.11 2 982 203 2.8 -6.2 52 9.0 -0.5 98 11 277.4 277.8 273.6 284.2 2.44 3 967 327 2.0 -7.0 51 9.0 -1.2 82 17 277.8 278.2 273.6 284.4 2.33 4 964 351 2.8 -7.2 48 10.0 -0.8 85 18 278.9 279.3 274.2 285.4 2.31 5 960 385 2.8 -7.2 48 10.0 -0.8 88 18 279.2 279.6 274.4 285.8 2.31 6 925 682 0.4 -7.6 55 8.0 -2.4 120 22 279.7 280.1 274.8 286.3 2.33 7 900 901 -0.7 -7.7 59 7.0 -3.2 134 29 280.8 281.2 275.4 287.6 2.38 8 894 955 -0.3 -8.3 55 8.0 -3.1 140 27 281.7 282.1 275.7 288.3 2.28 9 891 982 1.6 -9.4 44 11.0 -2.3 144 26 284.0 284.3 276.7 290.1 2.10 10 869 1183 1.8 -9.2 44 11.0 -2.1 170 18 286.2 286.6 278.0 292.6 2.19 11 864 1230 3.0 -6.0 52 9.0 -0.6 176 17 287.9 288.4 279.6 296.2 2.82 12 855 1315 2.8 -7.2 48 10.0 -1.1 185 17 288.6 289.1 279.7 296.2 2.60 13 850 1362 2.4 -6.6 51 9.0 -1.2 190 17 288.7 289.1 279.8 296.7 2.74 14 792 1930 -0.9 -6.9 64 6.0 -3.3 195 26 291.0 291.5 281.1 299.5 2.87 15 779 2062 1.0 -7.0 55 8.0 -2.2 189 19 294.4 295.0 282.7 303.1 2.90 16 770 2156 1.0 -7.0 55 8.0 -2.2 186 15 295.4 296.0 283.1 304.2 2.93 17 759 2271 1.2 -7.8 51 9.0 -2.4 189 15 296.9 297.4 283.5 305.3 2.80 18 748 2389 0.2 -6.8 59 7.0 -2.7 193 16 297.0 297.6 283.9 306.3 3.07 19 742 2453 0.0 -9.0 51 9.0 -3.5 195 16 297.5 298.0 283.5 305.4 2.60 20 728 2606 -0.9 -10.9 47 10.0 -4.6 198 19 298.1 298.5 283.4 305.1 2.28 21 711 2794 -1.7 -12.7 43 11.0 -5.6 200 20 299.3 299.6 283.6 305.5 2.02 22 707 2839 -1.5 -13.5 39 12.0 -5.7 200 18 300.0 300.3 283.8 305.9 1.91 23 700 2918 -2.3 -13.3 43 11.0 -6.1 200 16 299.9 300.3 283.8 306.0 1.96 24 687 3066 -3.5 -12.5 50 9.0 -6.7 191 14 300.2 300.6 284.1 306.8 2.13 25 668 3287 -5.1 -16.1 42 11.0 -8.6 198 15 300.8 301.1 283.8 306.0 1.63 26 665 3323 -4.7 -20.7 27 16.0 -9.2 199 15 301.7 301.9 283.5 305.2 1.10 27 663 3346 -4.9 -20.9 27 16.0 -9.4 200 15 301.7 301.9 283.5 305.2 1.09 28 660 3382 -4.5 -12.5 54 8.0 -7.4 203 16 302.6 303.0 285.1 309.5 2.22 29 655 3442 -4.9 -7.2 84 2.3 -5.8 211 19 302.8 303.4 286.5 313.2 3.40 30 649 3514 -4.7 -5.2 96 0.5 -4.9 220 22 303.8 304.5 287.4 316.0 4.00 31 638 3649 -5.1 -5.1 100 0.0 -5.1 238 28 304.8 305.6 287.9 317.4 4.10 32 613 3962 -6.1 -6.1 100 0.0 -6.1 250 36 307.2 307.9 288.6 319.5 3.96 33 607 4039 -5.1 -5.3 98 0.2 -5.2 252 38 309.2 310.0 289.5 322.5 4.25 34 585 4328 -6.9 -6.9 100 0.0 -6.9 260 45 310.4 311.1 289.6 322.6 3.90 35 578 4422 -6.5 -7.1 95 0.6 -6.8 260 46 311.9 312.6 290.0 324.2 3.88 36 568 4558 -7.1 -7.8 95 0.7 -7.4 260 48 312.8 313.5 290.2 324.7 3.74 37 555 4738 -8.3 -8.6 98 0.3 -8.4 263 47 313.4 314.1 290.2 324.9 3.60 38 546 4865 -8.7 -11.8 78 3.1 -9.9 265 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-18.1 -28.1 41 10.0 -20.3 270 61 319.5 319.6 289.5 322.4 0.83 53 453 6287 -18.3 -20.0 86 1.7 -18.8 270 61 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.5 1.73 54 452 6303 -18.5 -19.0 96 0.5 -18.7 270 62 319.6 319.9 290.5 325.9 1.88 55 400 7210 -23.3 -35.3 32 12.0 -25.2 270 69 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.4 0.47 56 300 9240 -40.5 -42.9 78 2.4 -40.7 275 88 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.4 0.29 57 250 10460 -48.5 -52.8 61 4.3 -48.7 265 113 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 58 225 11145 -51.6 -62.4 26 10.8 -51.9 265 121 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 59 200 11900 -55.1 -73.1 9 18.0 -55.4 280 103 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.01 60 154 13547 -61.5 -79.5 7 18.0 -61.7 270 65 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 61 150 13710 -61.1 -81.1 5 20.0 -61.3 270 70 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 62 100 16240 -58.1 -86.1 2 28.0 -58.5 295 52 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 63 91 16830 -59.7 -86.7 2 27.0 -60.0 298 36 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 64 76 17962 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -56.7 296 28 453.6 453.6 311.2 453.6 0.00 65 70 18480 -58.9 -86.9 2 28.0 -59.4 290 21 458.4 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28.0 -61.9 325 26 650.4 650.4 322.7 650.4 0.01 80 19 26698 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -62.7 324 26 657.5 657.5 323.0 657.5 0.01 81 17 27388 -60.1 -89.1 1 29.0 -61.6 329 35 683.2 683.2 323.9 683.3 0.01 82 16 27765 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -62.7 332 37 691.3 691.3 324.1 691.3 0.01 83 16 27765 -60.1 -90.1 1 30.0 -61.7 332 37 695.2 695.2 324.3 695.2 0.01 84 15 28167 -60.7 -89.7 1 29.0 -62.3 334 38 706.1 706.1 324.6 706.2 0.01 85 14 28597 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -61.0 314 44 725.6 725.6 325.2 725.7 0.01 86 14 28597 -58.7 -89.7 1 31.0 -60.7 314 44 727.0 727.0 325.3 727.1 0.01 87 14 28597 -58.7 -88.7 1 30.0 -60.7 314 44 727.0 727.0 325.3 727.1 0.01 88 10 30700 -60.3 -89.3 1 29.0 -62.6 315 62 794.5 794.5 327.1 794.6 0.01 89 9.3 31151 -61.5 -89.5 1 28.0 -63.6 806.6 806.6 327.4 806.7 0.01 90 7.6 32402 -61.7 -90.7 1 29.0 -64.1 853.7 853.7 328.5 853.8 0.01 91 7.1 32825 -59.9 -89.9 1 30.0 -62.9 877.9 877.9 329.0 878.0 0.02 TRP 154 13547 -61.5 -79.5 7 18.0 -61.7 270 65 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 WND 225 11145 -51.6 -62.4 26 10.8 -51.9 265 121 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5488.00 m Freezing level: 915.91 mb = 761.75 m = 2499.14 ft Freezing level: 893.53 mb = 959.04 m = 3146.41 ft Freezing level: 807.82 mb = 1774.89 m = 5823.07 ft Freezing level: 785.84 mb = 1992.54 m = 6537.13 ft Freezing level: 742.00 mb = 2453.25 m = 8048.63 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.93 % Est. max temperature: 15.08 C = 59.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.02 mb = 1390.26 m = 4561.17 ft T: 2.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.13 C Layer 742.0- 711.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 478.81 mb = 5869.09 m = 19255.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.60 C = 110.48 F Cap Strength: 25.70 C Lifted Index: 25.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 29.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.02 C Showalter Index: 17.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.10 C Cross Totals Index: 7.10 C K Index: -1.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 231.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73994.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 25.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.91 mb = 1651.54 m = 5418.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 269 at 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 990 138 110 7 -6.6 2.4 | 94 30 -30.1 2.1 1 970 305 80 17 -16.7 -3.0 | 85 40 -40.3 -3.2 2 933 610 110 21 -19.7 7.2 | 99 44 -43.3 6.9 3 925 682 120 22 -19.1 11.0 | 104 44 -42.6 10.8 4 899 914 135 29 -20.5 20.5 | 115 48 -44.0 20.3 5 865 1219 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 124 30 -25.0 16.7 6 850 1362 190 17 3.0 16.7 | 129 26 -20.6 16.5 7 802 1829 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 156 32 -12.9 28.9 8 772 2134 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 123 27 -22.2 14.7 9 743 2438 195 16 4.1 15.5 | 128 25 -19.4 15.2 10 715 2743 200 21 7.2 19.7 | 140 25 -16.3 19.5 11 700 2918 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 129 23 -18.1 14.8 12 688 3048 190 14 2.4 13.8 | 123 25 -21.1 13.5 13 662 3353 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 127 23 -18.4 13.8 14 637 3658 240 29 25.1 14.5 | 186 14 1.6 14.3 15 589 4267 260 44 43.3 7.6 | 250 21 19.8 7.4 16 566 4572 260 48 47.3 8.3 | 251 25 23.7 8.1 17 544 4877 265 47 46.8 4.1 | 261 24 23.3 3.8 18 500 5540 265 52 51.8 4.5 | 261 29 28.3 4.3 19 464 6096 270 60 60.0 -0.0 | 270 36 36.5 -0.2 20 400 7210 270 69 69.0 -0.0 | 270 45 45.5 -0.2 21 377 7620 270 73 73.0 -0.0 | 270 49 49.5 -0.2 22 304 9144 275 86 85.7 -7.5 | 277 63 62.1 -7.7 23 300 9240 275 88 87.7 -7.7 | 277 65 64.1 -7.9 24 291 9449 275 88 87.7 -7.7 | 277 65 64.1 -7.9 25 265 10058 270 107 107.0 -0.0 | 270 83 83.5 -0.2 26 250 10460 265 113 112.6 9.8 | 264 90 89.0 9.6 27 225 11145 265 121 120.5 10.5 | 264 98 97.0 10.3 28 220 11278 265 121 120.5 10.5 | 264 98 97.0 10.3 29 200 11900 280 103 101.4 -17.9 | 283 80 77.9 -18.1 30 173 12802 280 85 83.7 -14.8 | 284 62 60.2 -15.0 31 154 13547 270 65 65.0 -0.0 | 270 41 41.5 -0.2 32 150 13710 270 70 70.0 -0.0 | 270 46 46.5 -0.2 33 150 13716 270 67 67.0 -0.0 | 270 43 43.5 -0.2 34 143 14021 280 75 73.9 -13.0 | 285 52 50.3 -13.3 35 129 14630 290 52 48.9 -17.8 | 305 31 25.3 -18.0 36 117 15240 270 53 53.0 -0.0 | 270 29 29.5 -0.2 37 112 15545 280 57 56.1 -9.9 | 287 34 32.6 -10.1 38 106 15850 285 38 36.7 -9.8 | 307 17 13.2 -10.1 39 101 16154 275 46 45.8 -4.0 | 281 23 22.3 -4.3 40 100 16240 295 52 47.1 -22.0 | 313 32 23.6 -22.2 41 97 16459 295 52 47.1 -22.0 | 313 32 23.6 -22.2 42 92 16764 305 36 29.5 -20.6 | 344 22 6.0 -20.9 43 88 17069 275 36 35.9 -3.1 | 285 13 12.3 -3.4 44 83 17374 280 42 41.4 -7.3 | 293 19 17.8 -7.5 45 72 18288 305 21 17.2 -12.0 | 27 14 -6.3 -12.3 46 70 18480 290 21 19.7 -7.2 | 27 8 -3.8 -7.4 47 69 18593 310 18 13.8 -11.6 | 39 15 -9.7 -11.8 48 66 18898 280 24 23.6 -4.2 | 359 4 0.1 -4.4 49 59 19507 285 34 32.8 -8.8 | 314 13 9.3 -9.0 50 51 20422 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 8 13 -1.9 -12.7 51 50 20600 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 341 8 2.6 -7.2 52 47 21031 285 27 26.1 -7.0 | 341 8 2.6 -7.2 53 44 21336 300 26 22.5 -13.0 | 4 13 -1.0 -13.2 54 42 21641 310 23 17.6 -14.8 | 21 16 -5.9 -15.0 55 38 22250 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 13 8 -1.9 -8.1 56 37 22555 315 27 19.1 -19.1 | 13 20 -4.4 -19.3 57 33 23165 295 33 29.9 -13.9 | 336 16 6.4 -14.2 58 32 23470 310 39 29.9 -25.1 | 346 26 6.3 -25.3 59 30 23820 330 28 14.0 -24.2 | 21 26 -9.5 -24.5 60 27 24384 330 24 12.0 -20.8 | 29 24 -11.5 -21.0 61 26 24689 290 28 26.3 -9.6 | 344 10 2.8 -9.8 62 24 25298 290 35 32.9 -12.0 | 323 15 9.4 -12.2 63 21 26213 305 30 24.6 -17.2 | 357 17 1.0 -17.5 64 20 26380 325 26 14.9 -21.3 | 22 23 -8.6 -21.5 65 20 26518 330 30 15.0 -26.0 | 18 28 -8.5 -26.2 66 19 26822 320 23 14.8 -17.6 | 26 20 -8.7 -17.9 67 17 27432 330 36 18.0 -31.2 | 10 32 -5.5 -31.4 68 15 28346 335 39 16.5 -35.3 | 11 36 -7.0 -35.6 69 14 28651 310 45 34.5 -28.9 | 339 31 10.9 -29.2 70 13 28956 325 59 33.8 -48.3 | 348 50 10.3 -48.6 71 13 29261 320 44 28.3 -33.7 | 352 34 4.8 -34.0 72 11 29870 330 50 25.0 -43.3 | 358 44 1.5 -43.5 73 10 30700 315 62 43.8 -43.8 | 335 49 20.3 -44.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 495.2 neg: -209.5 tot: 285.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 279.64 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 96 17 92 40| 14.8 0.0 14.8|120.3 -43.5 76.8 153.6 0.27| 23.5 6.2 1000 120 21 104 43| 8.8 0.0 8.8|325.5 -43.5 282.0 282.0 0.48| 25.2 12.1 1500 140 20 113 40| 8.8 0.0 8.8|404.9 -43.5 361.4 240.9 0.52| 22.7 11.7 2000 159 21 122 37| 6.6 2.8 9.4|445.4-164.2 281.2 140.6 0.27| 22.7 6.0 2500 166 20 124 35| 6.4 2.2 8.6|481.5-164.2 317.4 127.0 0.31| 19.5 5.9 3000 171 20 126 33| 5.3 2.8 8.1|495.2-209.5 285.7 95.2 0.23| 17.9 4.1 4000 193 22 138 28| 7.5 2.1 9.6|655.9-209.5 446.5 111.6 0.41| 18.4 7.5 5000 223 27 164 20| 6.8 1.7 8.4|706.8-209.5 497.3 99.5 0.43| 16.1 6.9 6000 239 31 192 16| 6.5 1.4 7.9|752.0-209.5 542.6 90.4 0.43| 14.5 6.2 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251012.12.gif