UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101400.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 14 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 14 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 5 SFC 984 138 4.2 0.9 79 3.3 2.7 0 0 278.6 279.3 276.7 290.1 4.15 2 957 364 3.0 1.4 89 1.6 2.3 183 4 279.6 280.4 277.6 291.8 4.42 3 937 534 2.4 0.4 87 2.0 1.5 177 6 280.7 281.4 277.9 292.4 4.20 4 925 638 1.4 0.1 91 1.3 0.8 175 5 280.7 281.5 277.8 292.3 4.16 5 878 1056 -1.1 -1.5 97 0.4 -1.3 54 1 282.4 283.0 278.3 293.3 3.90 6 850 1314 -2.5 -3.2 95 0.7 -2.8 330 4 283.5 284.1 278.4 293.6 3.55 7 815 1646 -4.9 -6.4 89 1.5 -5.4 50 5 284.4 284.9 278.0 292.7 2.90 8 773 2061 -6.5 -7.4 93 0.9 -6.8 147 10 287.0 287.5 279.2 295.3 2.83 9 742 2381 -6.7 -7.5 94 0.8 -7.0 181 14 290.2 290.7 280.8 298.8 2.93 10 710 2724 -8.7 -9.4 95 0.7 -8.9 218 15 291.7 292.1 281.1 299.5 2.64 11 700 2834 -9.1 -9.9 94 0.8 -9.4 200 18 292.4 292.9 281.4 300.1 2.57 12 587 4177 -16.5 -18.6 84 2.1 -17.0 227 23 298.9 299.2 282.8 303.6 1.50 13 584 4215 -16.3 -18.3 85 2.0 -16.8 226 23 299.6 299.8 283.2 304.4 1.55 14 554 4611 -18.3 -19.1 93 0.8 -18.5 216 29 301.7 302.0 284.0 306.6 1.52 15 533 4898 -19.9 -21.7 86 1.8 -20.3 230 32 303.2 303.4 284.3 307.3 1.26 16 523 5039 -20.5 -21.3 93 0.8 -20.7 225 35 304.1 304.4 284.7 308.4 1.33 17 514 5167 -21.5 -22.0 96 0.5 -21.6 221 37 304.4 304.6 284.8 308.5 1.28 18 500 5370 -22.9 -24.9 84 2.0 -23.3 230 44 305.1 305.3 284.7 308.4 1.01 19 494 5458 -23.5 -26.6 76 3.1 -24.1 230 44 305.4 305.6 284.7 308.3 0.88 20 485 5592 -24.7 -27.2 80 2.5 -25.1 230 44 305.6 305.7 284.7 308.4 0.85 21 479 5683 -25.5 -29.2 71 3.7 -26.1 230 44 305.7 305.8 284.6 308.1 0.71 22 471 5805 -26.5 -28.8 81 2.3 -26.9 230 43 305.9 306.1 284.7 308.4 0.75 23 462 5943 -27.9 -31.3 73 3.4 -28.4 230 43 305.9 306.0 284.5 307.9 0.61 24 447 6179 -29.7 -31.4 85 1.7 -29.9 230 43 306.5 306.6 284.8 308.6 0.62 25 439 6308 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.3 229 44 306.6 306.7 284.7 308.3 0.50 26 426 6520 -32.7 -34.0 88 1.3 -32.9 228 44 306.9 307.0 284.8 308.6 0.51 27 407 6840 -35.3 -37.1 84 1.8 -35.5 226 46 307.6 307.7 284.9 308.9 0.39 28 400 6960 -36.5 -39.1 77 2.6 -36.7 225 46 307.6 307.6 284.8 308.7 0.32 29 396 7029 -37.1 -40.7 69 3.6 -37.4 225 46 307.7 307.7 284.8 308.6 0.28 30 389 7152 -38.1 -40.4 79 2.3 -38.3 225 46 307.9 308.0 284.9 308.9 0.29 31 388 7170 -38.3 -40.9 76 2.6 -38.5 225 46 307.9 307.9 284.9 308.9 0.28 32 382 7276 -39.1 -42.7 69 3.6 -39.4 225 46 308.2 308.2 284.9 309.0 0.23 33 379 7330 -39.3 -48.3 38 9.0 -39.8 225 47 308.6 308.7 284.9 309.1 0.13 34 376 7385 -39.5 -52.5 24 13.0 -40.1 226 50 309.1 309.1 285.1 309.4 0.08 35 374 7421 -39.9 -54.9 19 15.0 -40.5 227 51 309.0 309.0 285.0 309.2 0.06 36 358 7718 -41.3 -59.3 13 18.0 -41.9 230 70 311.0 311.0 285.7 311.2 0.04 37 353 7813 -41.9 -58.9 14 17.0 -42.5 230 77 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.6 0.04 38 352 7832 -42.1 -58.1 16 16.0 -42.6 230 79 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.6 0.04 39 349 7890 -41.9 -49.9 41 8.0 -42.3 229 81 312.5 312.5 286.4 312.9 0.11 40 348 7909 -42.1 -49.1 46 7.0 -42.5 229 82 312.5 312.5 286.4 312.9 0.13 41 334 8186 -42.1 -61.1 11 19.0 -42.7 226 94 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.3 0.03 42 300 8910 -42.9 -62.9 9 20.0 -43.5 230 111 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.0 0.03 43 294 9046 -42.7 -64.7 7 22.0 -43.4 230 112 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.1 0.02 44 268 9668 -45.2 -68.5 6 23.3 -45.8 230 123 332.1 332.2 292.3 332.2 0.01 45 254 10025 -46.7 -70.7 5 24.0 -47.2 234 115 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.01 46 250 10130 -46.7 -71.7 4 25.0 -47.3 235 112 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.01 47 200 11610 -48.5 -78.5 2 30.0 -49.1 235 114 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.00 48 185 12122 -48.7 -79.7 2 31.0 -49.3 235 104 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 49 178 12374 -50.3 -81.3 1 31.0 -50.8 235 93 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 50 167 12791 -49.1 -81.1 1 32.0 -49.7 240 96 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 51 153 13361 -51.9 -82.9 1 31.0 -52.4 244 64 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 52 150 13490 -50.3 -82.3 1 32.0 -50.9 245 57 383.4 383.4 302.8 383.4 0.00 53 148 13578 -50.1 -83.1 1 33.0 -50.7 245 56 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.2 0.00 54 129 14465 -54.3 -84.3 1 30.0 -54.8 212 57 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 55 117 15093 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -53.1 225 79 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 56 111 15433 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -53.4 232 71 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 57 101 16037 -56.1 -86.1 1 30.0 -56.6 239 63 418.1 418.1 307.5 418.2 0.00 58 100 16100 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -55.6 240 66 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 59 91 16706 -51.9 -84.9 1 33.0 -52.7 240 48 439.1 439.1 309.8 439.1 0.00 60 72 18210 -55.3 -87.3 1 32.0 -56.0 211 44 462.3 462.3 312.0 462.4 0.00 61 71 18299 -54.7 -86.7 1 32.0 -55.5 213 50 465.5 465.5 312.3 465.5 0.00 62 70 18390 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -55.6 240 45 466.9 466.9 312.4 466.9 0.00 63 61 19270 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.2 265 21 482.1 482.1 313.6 482.1 0.00 64 60 19376 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -56.3 265 20 486.6 486.6 314.0 486.7 0.00 65 56 19814 -57.9 -87.9 1 30.0 -58.6 265 17 490.9 490.9 314.3 490.9 0.00 66 51 20412 -53.3 -87.3 1 34.0 -54.5 255 31 514.9 514.9 315.9 515.0 0.00 67 50 20540 -54.1 -87.1 1 33.0 -55.2 290 14 516.0 516.0 316.1 516.0 0.00 68 45 21213 -56.5 -87.5 1 31.0 -57.5 284 9 525.9 525.9 316.6 526.0 0.00 69 39 22121 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -57.6 229 21 547.9 547.9 318.0 547.9 0.00 70 37 22456 -55.1 -88.1 1 33.0 -56.4 257 25 559.8 559.8 318.6 559.8 0.00 71 35 22811 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.5 255 22 565.7 565.7 318.9 565.7 0.00 72 30 23790 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -57.7 270 19 591.2 591.2 320.2 591.2 0.01 73 26 24691 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -60.3 315 19 607.9 607.9 321.0 607.9 0.01 74 23 25461 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -58.7 283 19 635.5 635.5 322.1 635.5 0.01 75 20 26340 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -60.6 305 31 655.3 655.3 322.9 655.3 0.01 76 19 26661 -59.3 -89.3 1 30.0 -60.8 300 29 664.3 664.3 323.2 664.4 0.01 77 15 28144 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -60.3 325 38 714.1 714.1 324.9 714.2 0.01 78 12 29538 -61.3 -90.3 1 29.0 -63.0 329 39 750.6 750.6 326.0 750.6 0.01 79 10 30670 -60.9 -89.9 1 29.0 -63.0 330 57 792.2 792.2 327.1 792.3 0.01 80 8.8 31464 -62.9 -90.9 1 28.0 -64.8 330 56 814.0 814.0 327.6 814.1 0.01 81 7.6 32377 -59.9 -89.9 1 30.0 -62.8 330 55 860.9 861.0 328.6 861.1 0.02 82 7.0 32890 -61.5 -90.5 1 29.0 -64.1 330 55 874.8 874.8 328.9 875.0 0.02 83 6.1 33740 -62.7 -90.7 1 28.0 -65.3 330 64 904.8 904.8 329.5 904.9 0.02 84 5.1 34856 -58.1 -89.1 1 31.0 -62.5 330 75 973.1 973.2 330.7 973.4 0.03 85 5.0 34980 -58.9 -88.9 1 30.0 -63.1 330 76 975.0 975.0 330.8 975.3 0.03 TRP 352 7832 -42.1 -58.1 16 16.0 -42.6 230 79 311.5 311.5 285.9 311.6 0.04 WND 268 9668 -45.2 -68.5 6 23.3 -45.8 230 123 332.1 332.2 292.3 332.2 0.01 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5365.00 m Freezing level: 898.68 mb = 872.11 m = 2861.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 906.28 mb = 801.89 m = 2630.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.72 % Est. max temperature: 9.47 C = 49.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.10 mb = 550.54 m = 1806.20 ft T: 2.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 0.85 C Layer 815.0- 773.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.40 mb = 934.60 m = 3066.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.44 C = 45.40 F Cap Strength: 11.41 C Lifted Index: 11.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.12 C Showalter Index: 10.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 16.40 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 52.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71058.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.07 mb = 768.45 m = 2521.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 250 at 15 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 984 138 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 70 15 -13.9 -5.2 1 964 305 185 4 0.3 4.0 | 85 14 -13.6 -1.2 2 928 610 175 6 -0.5 6.0 | 93 14 -14.5 0.8 3 925 638 175 5 -0.4 5.0 | 89 14 -14.4 -0.2 4 894 914 100 2 -2.0 0.3 | 73 17 -15.9 -4.8 5 860 1219 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 70 15 -13.9 -5.2 6 850 1314 330 4 2.0 -3.5 | 54 15 -11.9 -8.6 7 796 1829 95 5 -5.0 0.4 | 76 19 -18.9 -4.7 8 766 2134 165 12 -3.1 11.6 | 111 18 -17.0 6.4 9 736 2438 185 15 1.3 14.9 | 128 16 -12.6 9.8 10 708 2743 220 15 9.6 11.5 | 146 8 -4.3 6.3 11 700 2834 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 146 14 -7.8 11.8 12 680 3048 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 146 16 -9.0 13.2 13 628 3658 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 196 6 1.6 5.7 14 579 4267 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 194 12 3.0 11.8 15 556 4572 215 29 16.6 23.8 | 188 19 2.7 18.6 16 534 4877 230 32 24.5 20.6 | 214 19 10.6 15.4 17 513 5182 220 37 23.8 28.3 | 203 25 9.8 23.2 18 500 5370 230 44 33.7 28.3 | 221 30 19.8 23.1 19 452 6096 230 43 32.9 27.6 | 220 29 19.0 22.5 20 400 6960 225 46 32.5 32.5 | 214 33 18.6 27.4 21 397 7010 225 46 32.5 32.5 | 214 33 18.6 27.4 22 380 7315 225 46 32.5 32.5 | 214 33 18.6 27.4 23 363 7620 230 62 47.5 39.9 | 224 48 33.6 34.7 24 352 7832 230 79 60.5 50.8 | 226 65 46.6 45.6 25 332 8230 225 96 67.9 67.9 | 221 83 53.9 62.7 26 300 8910 230 111 85.0 71.3 | 227 97 71.1 66.2 27 290 9144 230 113 86.6 72.6 | 227 99 72.6 67.5 28 268 9668 230 123 94.2 79.1 | 227 109 80.3 73.9 29 265 9754 230 123 94.2 79.1 | 227 109 80.3 73.9 30 250 10130 235 112 91.7 64.2 | 233 98 77.8 59.1 31 210 11278 235 103 84.4 59.1 | 233 89 70.4 53.9 32 200 11610 235 114 93.4 65.4 | 233 100 79.4 60.2 33 192 11887 235 114 93.4 65.4 | 233 100 79.4 60.2 34 175 12497 235 87 71.3 49.9 | 232 73 57.3 44.7 35 167 12802 240 96 83.1 48.0 | 238 81 69.2 42.8 36 150 13490 245 57 51.7 24.1 | 243 42 37.7 18.9 37 145 13716 245 54 48.9 22.8 | 243 39 35.0 17.7 38 138 14021 235 43 35.2 24.7 | 228 29 21.3 19.5 39 132 14326 210 51 25.5 44.2 | 197 41 11.6 39.0 40 120 14935 220 80 51.4 61.3 | 214 67 37.5 56.1 41 114 15240 230 78 59.8 50.1 | 226 64 45.8 45.0 42 104 15850 235 56 45.9 32.1 | 230 42 31.9 27.0 43 100 16100 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 237 51 43.2 27.8 44 95 16459 240 66 57.2 33.0 | 237 51 43.2 27.8 45 90 16764 240 44 38.1 22.0 | 235 29 24.2 16.8 46 86 17069 245 48 43.5 20.3 | 243 33 29.6 15.1 47 82 17374 255 33 31.9 8.5 | 259 18 17.9 3.4 48 78 17678 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 198 9 2.9 9.0 49 75 17983 215 25 14.3 20.5 | 182 15 0.4 15.3 50 71 18288 210 51 25.5 44.2 | 197 41 11.6 39.0 51 70 18390 240 45 39.0 22.5 | 235 30 25.0 17.3 52 65 18898 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 267 23 22.5 1.3 53 62 19202 265 21 20.9 1.8 | 296 8 7.0 -3.3 54 56 19812 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 321 5 3.0 -3.7 55 53 20117 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 237 8 6.9 4.6 56 51 20422 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 260 16 16.0 2.9 57 50 20540 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 4 10 -0.8 -9.9 58 46 21031 290 11 10.3 -3.8 | 22 10 -3.6 -8.9 59 44 21336 280 8 7.9 -1.4 | 43 9 -6.1 -6.6 60 42 21641 265 5 5.0 0.4 | 62 10 -9.0 -4.7 61 40 21946 215 10 5.7 8.2 | 110 9 -8.2 3.0 62 38 22250 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 231 16 12.0 9.8 63 36 22555 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 292 9 8.0 -3.2 64 33 23165 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 219 7 4.2 5.3 65 30 23774 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 312 5 4.0 -3.6 66 30 23790 270 19 19.0 -0.0 | 316 7 5.1 -5.2 67 27 24384 280 21 20.7 -3.6 | 323 11 6.7 -8.8 68 26 24689 315 19 13.4 -13.4 | 2 19 -0.5 -18.6 69 24 25298 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 9 6 -1.0 -6.3 70 22 25603 290 24 22.6 -8.2 | 327 16 8.6 -13.4 71 21 25908 305 25 20.5 -14.3 | 341 21 6.5 -19.5 72 20 26213 320 27 17.4 -20.7 | 352 26 3.4 -25.8 73 20 26340 305 31 25.4 -17.8 | 333 26 11.5 -22.9 74 19 26518 295 27 24.5 -11.4 | 328 20 10.5 -16.6 75 19 26822 305 31 25.4 -17.8 | 333 26 11.5 -22.9 76 18 27127 305 34 27.9 -19.5 | 331 28 13.9 -24.7 77 17 27432 315 37 26.2 -26.2 | 339 34 12.2 -31.3 78 15 28042 330 41 20.5 -35.5 | 351 41 6.6 -40.7 79 15 28346 315 31 21.9 -21.9 | 344 28 8.0 -27.1 80 13 28956 335 36 15.2 -32.6 | 358 38 1.3 -37.8 81 11 29870 325 41 23.5 -33.6 | 346 40 9.6 -38.7 82 10 30670 330 57 28.5 -49.4 | 345 56 14.6 -54.5 83 7 32890 330 55 27.5 -47.6 | 346 55 13.6 -52.8 84 5 34980 330 76 38.0 -65.8 | 341 75 24.1 -71.0 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.4 neg: -43.7 tot: 112.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 37.92 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 180 4 85 14| 5.1 0.0 5.1| 18.4 -2.9 15.4 30.8 0.53| 8.8 4.6 1000 168 3 82 15| 2.6 2.8 5.4| 18.4 -28.1 -9.7 -9.7 -0.09| 8.3 -0.7 1500 153 3 82 16| 1.5 1.9 3.4| 33.9 -42.9 -9.0 -6.0 -0.07| 8.7 -0.6 2000 145 4 84 16| 4.5 1.4 5.9|116.1 -42.9 73.3 36.6 0.34| 10.8 3.6 2500 169 6 94 15| 4.1 1.1 5.2|148.6 -42.9 105.7 42.3 0.41| 11.0 4.5 3000 184 8 103 14| 3.4 0.2 3.6|156.4 -43.7 112.7 37.6 0.36| 11.4 4.1 4000 205 11 118 10| 2.5 0.5 3.0|176.0 -44.2 131.8 33.0 0.38| 10.5 4.0 5000 213 15 142 9| 2.7 1.2 3.9|212.6 -67.4 145.2 29.0 0.33| 10.6 3.5 6000 220 20 173 10| 3.0 1.0 3.9|269.2 -69.8 199.4 33.2 0.37| 9.8 3.6 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251014.00.gif