UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101500.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 15 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 15 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 35 SFC 988 138 3.0 1.2 88 1.8 2.2 35 1 277.1 277.8 276.0 288.6 4.22 2 981 195 4.0 1.9 86 2.1 3.1 16 4 278.7 279.4 277.2 291.0 4.47 3 965 327 2.6 1.2 90 1.4 2.0 340 11 278.6 279.3 276.9 290.5 4.32 4 945 495 2.0 -1.4 78 3.4 0.6 343 9 279.6 280.3 276.6 289.8 3.65 5 925 666 1.0 -1.6 83 2.6 -0.1 345 6 280.3 281.0 276.9 290.6 3.67 6 906 833 -0.5 -1.5 93 1.0 -0.9 25 6 280.5 281.1 277.2 291.0 3.78 7 904 850 -0.5 -1.1 96 0.6 -0.7 29 6 280.6 281.3 277.4 291.5 3.90 8 883 1039 -0.9 -4.2 78 3.3 -2.2 41 6 282.1 282.7 277.2 291.1 3.17 9 873 1130 -1.3 -4.7 78 3.4 -2.6 38 7 282.6 283.1 277.3 291.4 3.08 10 850 1342 -3.1 -4.7 89 1.6 -3.7 5 5 282.9 283.4 277.6 291.9 3.17 11 816 1664 -5.3 -5.9 96 0.6 -5.5 358 4 283.9 284.4 277.9 292.5 3.01 12 756 2260 -8.9 -9.9 92 1.0 -9.2 308 6 286.3 286.7 278.2 293.2 2.38 13 709 2753 -12.5 -12.5 100 0.0 -12.5 271 3 287.6 288.0 278.4 293.7 2.06 14 700 2851 -12.9 -13.1 98 0.2 -13.0 160 2 288.2 288.5 278.7 294.1 1.99 15 669 3195 -15.1 -15.2 99 0.1 -15.2 197 5 289.5 289.8 279.0 294.7 1.75 16 662 3275 -15.5 -16.1 95 0.6 -15.7 206 6 289.9 290.2 279.0 294.9 1.64 17 658 3320 -15.7 -17.9 83 2.2 -16.2 211 6 290.2 290.4 278.9 294.5 1.42 18 649 3424 -15.9 -23.9 50 8.0 -17.5 222 7 291.1 291.3 278.5 293.8 0.85 19 637 3565 -16.1 -27.1 38 11.0 -18.1 238 8 292.4 292.6 278.9 294.5 0.65 20 636 3577 -16.1 -27.1 38 11.0 -18.1 239 8 292.6 292.7 278.9 294.7 0.65 21 634 3600 -16.3 -26.3 42 10.0 -18.2 242 8 292.6 292.7 279.0 294.8 0.70 22 594 4087 -20.5 -28.5 49 8.0 -21.8 242 15 293.2 293.3 279.2 295.2 0.61 23 593 4099 -20.7 -28.7 49 8.0 -22.0 241 15 293.1 293.3 279.1 295.1 0.60 24 590 4137 -21.1 -29.1 49 8.0 -22.4 237 16 293.1 293.2 279.1 295.0 0.58 25 584 4213 -20.9 -34.9 27 14.0 -22.7 231 18 294.2 294.3 279.2 295.3 0.34 26 553 4613 -24.1 -37.1 29 13.0 -25.6 238 19 295.0 295.1 279.6 296.0 0.29 27 537 4827 -25.9 -31.9 57 6.0 -26.7 220 18 295.4 295.5 280.0 297.0 0.49 28 534 4867 -25.9 -32.9 52 7.0 -26.8 217 18 295.8 295.9 280.1 297.3 0.45 29 500 5340 -30.1 -32.5 80 2.4 -30.4 210 30 296.3 296.4 280.4 298.0 0.50 30 497 5383 -30.3 -32.7 79 2.4 -30.6 210 30 296.6 296.7 280.6 298.2 0.49 31 492 5454 -30.9 -33.1 81 2.2 -31.2 211 30 296.7 296.8 280.6 298.3 0.48 32 488 5512 -31.3 -33.6 80 2.3 -31.6 211 30 296.9 297.0 280.7 298.4 0.46 33 482 5600 -31.9 -36.7 62 4.8 -32.4 212 30 297.2 297.3 280.6 298.4 0.34 34 478 5658 -31.9 -36.4 64 4.5 -32.3 212 30 298.0 298.0 281.0 299.1 0.36 35 474 5718 -32.3 -37.1 62 4.8 -32.7 212 30 298.2 298.2 281.0 299.3 0.33 36 472 5748 -32.7 -39.7 50 7.0 -33.3 213 29 298.0 298.1 280.8 298.9 0.26 37 469 5792 -32.9 -36.5 70 3.6 -33.3 213 29 298.3 298.4 281.1 299.5 0.36 38 463 5883 -33.7 -38.1 64 4.4 -34.1 214 29 298.4 298.5 281.1 299.5 0.31 39 460 5928 -34.1 -37.6 71 3.5 -34.4 214 29 298.5 298.6 281.1 299.6 0.33 40 456 5989 -34.7 -39.7 60 5.0 -35.1 214 29 298.5 298.5 281.1 299.4 0.27 41 449 6097 -35.7 -40.2 63 4.5 -36.0 215 29 298.6 298.6 281.1 299.4 0.26 42 444 6175 -35.9 -41.9 54 6.0 -36.3 212 30 299.3 299.3 281.3 300.0 0.22 43 400 6890 -41.7 -46.6 59 4.9 -41.9 195 35 300.8 300.8 281.9 301.3 0.14 44 388 7096 -43.3 -47.6 62 4.3 -43.5 197 35 301.3 301.4 282.1 301.8 0.13 45 379 7253 -44.7 -49.1 61 4.4 -44.9 199 36 301.5 301.5 282.1 301.9 0.12 46 370 7413 -45.5 -50.4 58 4.9 -45.7 200 40 302.5 302.5 282.5 302.9 0.10 47 347 7838 -48.7 -51.4 73 2.7 -48.8 197 58 303.8 303.8 283.1 304.2 0.10 48 335 8068 -50.5 -54.1 66 3.6 -50.6 193 67 304.4 304.4 283.2 304.7 0.07 49 325 8265 -52.0 -54.0 78 2.1 -52.0 190 75 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.3 0.08 50 324 8285 -52.1 -54.0 80 1.9 -52.1 190 75 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.4 0.08 51 323 8305 -52.1 -53.8 82 1.7 -52.1 190 75 305.4 305.4 283.7 305.7 0.08 52 318 8406 -52.5 -58.5 48 6.0 -52.6 190 75 306.2 306.2 284.0 306.4 0.04 53 314 8487 -52.9 -59.9 42 7.0 -53.0 190 75 306.8 306.8 284.1 306.9 0.04 54 305 8674 -54.1 -63.1 32 9.0 -54.2 193 71 307.6 307.6 284.5 307.7 0.03 55 300 8780 -54.5 -62.5 37 8.0 -54.6 195 68 308.5 308.5 284.8 308.6 0.03 56 284 9131 -55.1 -65.1 28 10.0 -55.2 195 73 312.5 312.5 286.2 312.6 0.02 57 278 9268 -55.7 -66.7 24 11.0 -55.8 200 63 313.6 313.6 286.6 313.7 0.02 58 250 9950 -52.5 -75.5 5 23.0 -52.8 210 49 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.0 0.01 59 200 11400 -48.7 -78.7 2 30.0 -49.3 220 41 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.00 60 150 13300 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -49.3 220 40 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 61 100 15960 -49.3 -84.3 1 35.0 -50.3 205 30 432.5 432.5 309.1 432.5 0.00 62 85 17025 -48.7 -84.7 1 36.0 -50.0 228 41 454.3 454.3 311.3 454.3 0.00 63 75 17842 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -52.7 231 40 464.5 464.5 312.2 464.5 0.00 64 73 18017 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -51.7 235 37 470.7 470.7 312.7 470.7 0.00 65 70 18290 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -52.4 235 20 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.7 0.00 66 58 19511 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -54.2 230 30 496.8 496.8 314.7 496.8 0.00 67 56 19740 -50.7 -85.7 1 35.0 -52.1 240 23 507.3 507.3 315.5 507.3 0.00 68 52 20224 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -52.1 251 11 518.6 518.6 316.2 518.6 0.01 69 50 20480 -51.5 -85.5 1 34.0 -52.9 185 18 522.1 522.1 316.4 522.1 0.01 70 30 23760 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -58.0 225 27 590.1 590.1 320.2 590.1 0.00 71 27 24430 -55.1 -88.1 1 33.0 -56.8 253 27 612.6 612.6 321.2 612.7 0.01 72 22 25734 -56.3 -88.3 1 32.0 -58.1 274 22 646.0 646.0 322.5 646.0 0.01 73 20 26340 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -57.6 310 19 666.3 666.3 323.3 666.4 0.01 74 17 27372 -54.9 -87.9 1 33.0 -57.5 311 19 699.9 699.9 324.4 700.0 0.01 75 13 29062 -59.1 -89.1 1 30.0 -61.2 312 19 741.2 741.2 325.7 741.3 0.01 76 10 30700 -59.5 -89.5 1 30.0 -61.9 305 39 797.4 797.5 327.2 797.6 0.01 77 9.1 31294 -56.5 -88.5 1 32.0 -60.0 305 43 830.8 830.8 328.0 830.9 0.02 78 7.0 32950 -58.3 -89.3 1 31.0 -61.8 305 56 888.0 888.1 329.2 888.2 0.02 79 6.4 33512 -59.9 -89.9 1 30.0 -63.1 904.3 904.3 329.5 904.5 0.02 80 6.1 33812 -59.3 -90.3 1 31.0 -62.9 919.4 919.4 329.8 919.6 0.02 TRP 278 9268 -55.7 -66.7 24 11.0 -55.8 200 63 313.6 313.6 286.6 313.7 0.02 WND 325 8265 -52.0 -54.0 78 2.1 -52.0 190 75 305.1 305.1 283.5 305.3 0.08 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5305.00 m Freezing level: 912.33 mb = 777.13 m = 2549.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 927.89 mb = 641.07 m = 2103.22 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.68 % Est. max temperature: 9.12 C = 48.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.77 mb = 362.54 m = 1189.42 ft T: 2.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 1.17 C Layer 965.0- 925.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.79 mb = 1177.16 m = 3862.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.56 C = 47.41 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 5.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.31 C Showalter Index: 4.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 52.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 22.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81081.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.86 mb = 825.07 m = 2706.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 262 at 9 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 35 1 -0.6 -0.8 | 77 10 -9.8 -2.2 1 968 305 340 11 3.8 -10.3 | 25 13 -5.5 -11.7 2 932 610 345 8 2.1 -7.7 | 38 12 -7.2 -9.1 3 925 666 345 6 1.6 -5.8 | 47 11 -7.7 -7.2 4 897 914 45 6 -4.2 -4.2 | 67 15 -13.5 -5.6 5 863 1219 35 7 -4.0 -5.7 | 62 15 -13.3 -7.1 6 850 1342 5 5 -0.4 -5.0 | 57 12 -9.7 -6.4 7 798 1829 355 4 0.3 -4.0 | 59 10 -8.9 -5.4 8 768 2134 320 6 3.9 -4.6 | 42 8 -5.4 -6.0 9 738 2438 290 5 4.7 -1.7 | 56 6 -4.6 -3.1 10 710 2743 280 3 3.0 -0.5 | 73 7 -6.3 -1.9 11 700 2851 160 2 -0.7 1.9 | 93 10 -9.9 0.5 12 628 3658 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 155 2 -0.8 1.7 13 602 3962 250 13 12.2 4.4 | 224 4 3.0 3.1 14 578 4267 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 199 13 4.2 12.1 15 555 4572 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 222 11 7.2 8.1 16 532 4877 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 185 13 1.1 13.4 17 511 5182 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 179 18 -0.4 17.7 18 500 5340 210 30 15.0 26.0 | 193 25 5.7 24.6 19 448 6096 215 29 16.6 23.8 | 198 24 7.4 22.4 20 411 6706 185 36 3.1 35.9 | 170 35 -6.1 34.5 21 400 6890 195 35 9.1 33.8 | 180 32 -0.2 32.4 22 375 7315 200 36 12.3 33.8 | 185 33 3.1 32.5 23 358 7620 200 50 17.1 47.0 | 190 46 7.8 45.6 24 325 8265 190 75 13.0 73.9 | 183 73 3.8 72.5 25 312 8534 190 75 13.0 73.9 | 183 73 3.8 72.5 26 300 8780 195 68 17.6 65.7 | 187 65 8.3 64.3 27 283 9144 195 73 18.9 70.5 | 188 70 9.6 69.1 28 278 9268 200 63 21.5 59.2 | 192 59 12.3 57.8 29 250 9950 210 49 24.5 42.4 | 200 44 15.2 41.1 30 224 10668 215 40 22.9 32.8 | 204 34 13.7 31.4 31 200 11400 220 41 26.4 31.4 | 210 35 17.1 30.0 32 186 11887 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 222 33 22.1 25.0 33 154 13106 210 33 16.5 28.6 | 195 28 7.2 27.2 34 150 13300 220 40 25.7 30.6 | 209 34 16.4 29.3 35 141 13716 225 45 31.8 31.8 | 217 38 22.6 30.4 36 117 14935 205 41 17.3 37.2 | 193 37 8.1 35.8 37 112 15240 215 41 23.5 33.6 | 204 35 14.3 32.2 38 102 15850 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 211 23 12.0 19.8 39 100 15960 205 30 12.7 27.2 | 188 26 3.4 25.8 40 97 16154 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 187 25 3.0 24.9 41 93 16459 195 40 10.4 38.6 | 182 37 1.1 37.3 42 88 16764 220 44 28.3 33.7 | 210 38 19.0 32.3 43 84 17069 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 222 33 22.1 25.0 44 81 17374 220 43 27.6 32.9 | 210 37 18.4 31.6 45 73 17983 235 39 31.9 22.4 | 227 31 22.7 21.0 46 70 18288 235 21 17.2 12.0 | 217 13 7.9 10.7 47 70 18290 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 215 12 7.1 10.1 48 61 19202 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 243 15 13.3 6.8 49 58 19507 230 30 23.0 19.3 | 217 23 13.7 17.9 50 53 20117 255 11 10.6 2.8 | 223 2 1.4 1.5 51 50 20422 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 192 3 0.7 3.3 52 50 20480 185 18 1.6 17.9 | 155 18 -7.7 16.6 53 48 20726 180 16 0.0 16.0 | 148 17 -9.3 14.6 54 44 21336 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 206 17 7.7 15.6 55 42 21641 230 23 17.6 14.8 | 212 16 8.4 13.4 56 40 21946 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 228 17 12.4 11.1 57 38 22250 275 13 13.0 -1.1 | 304 4 3.7 -2.5 58 36 22555 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 221 7 4.3 5.0 59 33 23165 205 15 6.3 13.6 | 167 13 -2.9 12.2 60 31 23470 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 227 8 6.1 5.8 61 30 23760 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 209 20 9.8 17.7 62 30 23774 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 171 12 -1.8 11.6 63 29 24079 230 28 21.4 18.0 | 216 21 12.2 16.6 64 27 24384 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 244 19 17.0 8.2 65 25 24994 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 313 12 8.6 -7.9 66 24 25298 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 283 15 14.6 -3.5 67 22 25603 285 23 22.2 -6.0 | 299 15 13.0 -7.3 68 21 25908 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 259 11 10.4 2.1 69 20 26213 280 30 29.5 -5.2 | 288 21 20.3 -6.6 70 20 26340 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 339 15 5.3 -13.6 71 19 26518 310 24 18.4 -15.4 | 332 19 9.1 -16.8 72 19 26822 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 351 13 2.1 -12.7 73 17 27432 310 19 14.6 -12.2 | 339 15 5.3 -13.6 74 14 28651 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 329 12 6.3 -10.4 75 13 28956 320 18 11.6 -13.8 | 351 15 2.3 -15.2 76 13 29261 295 21 19.0 -8.9 | 316 14 9.8 -10.3 77 11 30175 310 38 29.1 -24.4 | 322 33 19.8 -25.8 78 10 30700 305 39 31.9 -22.4 | 316 33 22.7 -23.7 79 7 32950 305 56 45.9 -32.1 | 312 50 36.6 -33.5 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -48.4 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 39.36 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 343 8 36 11| 0.0 6.6 6.6| 10.5 -32.4 -21.9 -43.8 -0.49| 15.4 -7.5 1000 0 7 47 13| 3.1 3.3 6.4| 28.7 -36.1 -7.4 -7.4 -0.12| 11.6 -1.4 1500 4 7 51 13| 2.1 2.8 4.9| 29.4 -41.9 -12.5 -8.4 -0.15| 9.3 -1.4 2000 360 6 51 12| 1.6 3.0 4.5| 29.7 -48.4 -18.7 -9.4 -0.21| 8.0 -1.7 2500 350 6 49 11| 1.3 2.1 3.4| 34.2 -48.4 -14.3 -5.7 -0.11| 7.3 -0.8 3000 347 5 50 10| 1.0 1.4 2.5| 47.4 -48.4 -1.0 -0.3 0.05| 7.5 0.4 4000 303 6 38 6| 0.2 2.1 2.2| 55.9 -51.1 4.7 1.2 0.13| 7.8 1.0 5000 256 9 147 1| 0.1 2.1 2.3| 67.0 -83.1 -16.1 -3.2 0.02| 8.1 0.1 6000 232 12 185 6| 0.9 1.8 2.7|108.0 -87.6 20.4 3.4 0.08| 7.9 0.7 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251015.00.gif