UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101800.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 18 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 29 SFC 987 138 1.4 0.4 93 1.0 1.0 215 1 275.6 276.2 274.8 286.4 3.98 2 946 476 -0.9 -0.9 100 0.0 -0.9 227 4 276.6 277.2 275.1 287.0 3.78 3 925 654 -2.1 -2.1 100 0.0 -2.1 250 5 277.2 277.8 275.0 286.9 3.54 4 905 828 -2.7 -3.4 95 0.7 -3.0 250 8 278.3 278.8 275.3 287.4 3.28 5 851 1313 -5.7 -5.7 100 0.0 -5.7 250 11 280.1 280.6 275.8 288.3 2.93 6 850 1322 -5.3 -5.6 98 0.3 -5.4 250 11 280.6 281.1 276.1 288.9 2.96 7 839 1424 -5.1 -6.1 93 1.0 -5.5 251 12 281.9 282.3 276.7 290.0 2.88 8 820 1604 -6.1 -7.5 90 1.4 -6.6 253 13 282.6 283.1 276.7 290.2 2.65 9 817 1633 -6.1 -8.5 83 2.4 -6.9 253 13 282.9 283.4 276.7 290.0 2.46 10 786 1934 -8.9 -8.9 100 0.0 -8.9 255 16 283.1 283.5 276.7 290.2 2.48 11 758 2214 -11.1 -11.1 100 0.0 -11.1 250 18 283.7 284.0 276.6 289.9 2.16 12 750 2295 -9.5 -11.4 86 1.9 -10.1 245 20 286.3 286.6 277.9 292.5 2.13 13 746 2337 -9.5 -12.0 82 2.5 -10.3 242 20 286.7 287.1 278.0 292.7 2.04 14 700 2826 -12.3 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.8 240 26 288.9 289.2 278.8 294.4 1.86 15 699 2837 -12.3 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.8 240 26 289.0 289.3 278.9 294.6 1.87 16 679 3058 -12.9 -15.7 79 2.8 -13.7 244 21 290.7 291.0 279.4 295.7 1.66 17 631 3613 -16.7 -17.9 90 1.2 -17.0 230 9 292.5 292.8 280.0 297.1 1.48 18 628 3649 -16.7 -19.6 78 2.9 -17.4 227 9 292.9 293.2 280.0 296.9 1.29 19 624 3697 -17.1 -20.0 78 2.9 -17.8 224 8 293.0 293.2 280.0 296.9 1.25 20 619 3757 -17.5 -20.0 81 2.5 -18.1 221 10 293.2 293.5 280.1 297.1 1.26 21 614 3817 -17.7 -22.2 68 4.5 -18.7 218 11 293.7 293.9 280.0 297.0 1.05 22 608 3891 -18.1 -24.1 59 6.0 -19.3 215 12 294.1 294.2 280.0 296.9 0.90 23 603 3952 -18.7 -24.7 59 6.0 -19.8 212 13 294.1 294.2 279.9 296.8 0.86 24 596 4039 -19.1 -28.1 45 9.0 -20.7 209 13 294.6 294.7 279.8 296.6 0.63 25 582 4216 -20.5 -29.5 44 9.0 -22.0 206 12 295.0 295.1 279.9 296.8 0.57 26 535 4833 -25.1 -31.1 57 6.0 -25.9 206 13 296.6 296.7 280.6 298.4 0.53 27 513 5136 -27.7 -33.7 57 6.0 -28.4 209 13 297.1 297.2 280.7 298.5 0.43 28 500 5320 -29.1 -39.1 37 10.0 -30.0 200 11 297.6 297.6 280.7 298.4 0.26 29 495 5392 -29.3 -40.3 34 11.0 -30.3 189 11 298.2 298.2 280.9 299.0 0.23 30 486 5522 -30.5 -39.5 41 9.0 -31.3 176 12 298.3 298.3 281.0 299.1 0.25 31 483 5566 -30.7 -38.7 45 8.0 -31.4 176 12 298.5 298.6 281.1 299.5 0.28 32 481 5595 -30.9 -36.9 56 6.0 -31.5 177 12 298.7 298.7 281.3 299.8 0.34 33 472 5729 -31.9 -39.9 45 8.0 -32.6 179 11 299.0 299.1 281.3 299.9 0.25 34 466 5819 -32.5 -39.5 50 7.0 -33.1 177 11 299.4 299.4 281.4 300.3 0.27 35 463 5864 -32.5 -37.0 64 4.5 -32.9 169 11 299.9 300.0 281.8 301.1 0.35 36 462 5880 -32.5 -37.5 61 5.0 -33.0 167 11 300.1 300.2 281.8 301.2 0.33 37 454 6002 -33.5 -34.9 87 1.4 -33.6 147 11 300.4 300.5 282.1 301.8 0.43 38 452 6033 -33.7 -36.5 76 2.8 -34.0 142 11 300.5 300.6 282.1 301.8 0.37 39 442 6189 -34.7 -37.0 80 2.3 -34.9 123 11 301.2 301.2 282.3 302.4 0.36 40 438 6253 -35.1 -36.2 90 1.1 -35.2 118 11 301.4 301.5 282.5 302.8 0.40 41 430 6381 -35.7 -37.4 84 1.7 -35.8 107 12 302.3 302.3 282.8 303.5 0.36 42 428 6413 -35.5 -38.6 73 3.1 -35.8 105 12 302.9 303.0 283.0 304.0 0.32 43 426 6446 -35.7 -38.7 74 3.0 -36.0 108 12 303.1 303.1 283.1 304.2 0.32 44 423 6495 -36.1 -40.2 66 4.1 -36.4 111 12 303.2 303.2 283.1 304.1 0.27 45 415 6627 -37.1 -39.1 82 2.0 -37.2 120 11 303.6 303.6 283.2 304.6 0.31 46 405 6795 -38.3 -40.9 76 2.6 -38.5 125 13 304.1 304.2 283.4 305.1 0.26 47 402 6846 -38.7 -40.6 82 1.9 -38.8 125 14 304.3 304.3 283.5 305.2 0.27 48 400 6880 -38.9 -40.9 81 2.0 -39.1 125 15 304.4 304.5 283.5 305.4 0.27 49 388 7088 -40.5 -42.4 82 1.9 -40.6 124 15 305.0 305.0 283.7 305.8 0.24 50 381 7212 -41.1 -45.0 66 3.9 -41.3 123 15 305.8 305.8 284.0 306.4 0.18 51 369 7429 -42.9 -45.9 72 3.0 -43.0 121 14 306.2 306.2 284.1 306.8 0.17 52 365 7503 -43.1 -45.7 75 2.6 -43.2 121 14 306.9 306.9 284.4 307.5 0.18 53 342 7939 -45.7 -50.4 59 4.7 -45.9 100 20 309.1 309.2 285.1 309.5 0.11 54 338 8018 -46.3 -50.2 64 3.9 -46.4 102 21 309.4 309.4 285.2 309.8 0.11 55 328 8217 -47.9 -51.4 67 3.5 -48.0 106 24 309.8 309.9 285.4 310.2 0.10 56 300 8800 -52.3 -56.0 64 3.7 -52.4 120 31 311.6 311.6 286.0 311.9 0.06 57 253 9885 -59.3 -63.5 58 4.2 -59.3 130 19 316.8 316.8 287.8 316.9 0.03 58 250 9960 -58.7 -66.7 35 8.0 -58.8 140 16 318.8 318.8 288.3 318.9 0.02 59 200 11380 -53.3 -79.3 3 26.0 -53.7 220 12 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.00 60 150 13240 -50.7 -81.7 1 31.0 -51.3 205 17 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 61 100 15890 -48.7 -81.7 1 33.0 -49.8 225 22 433.6 433.6 309.2 433.7 0.01 62 91 16510 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -51.3 206 24 442.3 442.3 310.1 442.3 0.00 63 88 16731 -48.3 -82.3 1 34.0 -49.6 231 26 450.6 450.6 310.9 450.6 0.01 64 76 17693 -51.1 -83.1 1 32.0 -52.2 211 28 464.0 464.0 312.1 464.0 0.01 65 70 18230 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.7 255 29 476.3 476.3 313.1 476.4 0.01 66 54 19905 -53.3 -85.3 1 32.0 -54.4 228 22 506.6 506.6 315.4 506.6 0.01 67 50 20400 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -53.7 215 14 520.2 520.2 316.3 520.3 0.01 68 45 21081 -52.5 -84.5 1 32.0 -53.9 232 18 535.7 535.7 317.3 535.7 0.01 69 44 21227 -50.9 -83.9 1 33.0 -52.7 240 19 543.0 543.0 317.7 543.1 0.01 70 40 21844 -52.7 -84.7 1 32.0 -54.3 230 15 553.5 553.5 318.3 553.6 0.01 71 39 22008 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -53.5 226 17 560.1 560.1 318.6 560.1 0.01 72 30 23700 -54.1 -86.1 1 32.0 -55.8 240 10 597.2 597.2 320.5 597.2 0.01 73 25 24872 -53.9 -85.9 1 32.0 -55.9 273 17 629.7 629.7 321.9 629.8 0.01 74 22 25690 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -57.6 262 7 647.8 647.8 322.6 647.8 0.01 75 21 25988 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -56.6 275 11 660.7 660.7 323.1 660.8 0.01 76 20 26300 -55.1 -86.1 1 31.0 -57.3 280 26 667.5 667.5 323.3 667.6 0.01 77 18 26969 -56.3 -86.3 1 30.0 -58.4 295 18 684.2 684.2 323.9 684.2 0.01 78 11 30081 -57.7 -87.7 1 30.0 -60.4 282 27 782.5 782.6 326.8 782.7 0.02 79 10 30680 -58.9 -87.9 1 29.0 -61.4 310 32 799.7 799.7 327.3 799.8 0.02 80 9.9 30743 -59.1 -88.1 1 29.0 -61.6 801.2 801.2 327.3 801.4 0.02 81 7.8 32248 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -60.0 869.8 869.8 328.8 870.0 0.03 TRP 253 9885 -59.3 -63.5 58 4.2 -59.3 130 19 316.8 316.8 287.8 316.9 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5291.00 m Freezing level: 962.04 mb = 343.85 m = 1128.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 966.07 mb = 308.87 m = 1013.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.14 % Est. max temperature: 7.73 C = 45.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.65 mb = 262.96 m = 862.73 ft T: 0.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 0.29 C Layer 758.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.40 mb = 599.40 m = 1966.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.81 C = 37.05 F Cap Strength: 9.16 C Lifted Index: 9.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.32 C Showalter Index: 7.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 16.60 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 33.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72943.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.28 mb = 608.94 m = 1997.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 257 at 10 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 987 138 215 1 0.6 0.8 | 81 9 -9.0 -1.4 1 967 305 210 3 1.5 2.6 | 93 8 -8.1 0.4 2 930 610 240 4 3.5 2.0 | 88 6 -6.1 -0.2 3 925 654 250 5 4.7 1.7 | 84 5 -4.9 -0.5 4 895 914 250 9 8.5 3.1 | 128 1 -1.1 0.9 5 861 1219 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 214 4 2.2 3.3 6 850 1322 250 11 10.3 3.8 | 205 2 0.7 1.6 7 796 1829 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 251 5 4.9 1.7 8 765 2134 255 17 16.4 4.4 | 252 7 6.8 2.2 9 736 2438 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 219 13 8.4 10.4 10 708 2743 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 224 19 13.3 13.9 11 700 2826 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 230 17 12.9 10.8 12 652 3353 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 237 5 4.5 2.9 13 626 3658 225 8 5.7 5.7 | 131 5 -3.9 3.5 14 601 3962 210 14 7.0 12.1 | 165 10 -2.6 9.9 15 576 4267 205 11 4.6 10.0 | 148 9 -4.9 7.8 16 553 4572 210 11 5.5 9.5 | 151 8 -4.1 7.3 17 531 4877 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 157 10 -4.1 9.6 18 509 5182 210 13 6.5 11.3 | 161 10 -3.1 9.1 19 500 5320 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 144 10 -5.8 8.1 20 488 5486 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 133 14 -10.6 9.8 21 467 5791 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 133 13 -9.6 8.8 22 447 6096 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 105 19 -18.0 4.9 23 428 6401 105 12 -11.6 3.1 | 92 21 -21.2 0.9 24 410 6706 125 11 -9.0 6.3 | 102 19 -18.6 4.1 25 400 6880 125 15 -12.3 8.6 | 106 23 -21.9 6.4 26 358 7620 120 14 -12.1 7.0 | 102 22 -21.7 4.8 27 342 7925 100 20 -19.7 3.5 | 93 29 -29.3 1.3 28 300 8800 120 31 -26.8 15.5 | 110 39 -36.4 13.3 29 284 9144 125 32 -26.2 18.4 | 114 39 -35.8 16.2 30 253 9885 130 19 -14.6 12.2 | 113 26 -24.1 10.0 31 250 9960 140 16 -10.3 12.3 | 117 22 -19.9 10.1 32 246 10058 125 22 -18.0 12.6 | 111 30 -27.6 10.4 33 235 10363 180 15 0.0 15.0 | 143 16 -9.6 12.8 34 224 10668 175 10 -0.9 10.0 | 127 13 -10.5 7.8 35 213 10973 190 5 0.9 4.9 | 107 9 -8.7 2.7 36 200 11380 220 12 7.7 9.2 | 165 7 -1.9 7.0 37 194 11582 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 170 6 -1.1 6.3 38 185 11887 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 191 5 1.1 5.3 39 161 12802 220 16 10.3 12.3 | 184 10 0.7 10.1 40 153 13106 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 157 10 -4.1 9.6 41 150 13240 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 170 13 -2.4 13.2 42 127 14326 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 219 23 14.2 17.7 43 121 14630 225 30 21.2 21.2 | 211 22 11.6 19.0 44 116 14935 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 209 18 8.8 16.2 45 110 15240 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 205 16 6.7 14.1 46 100 15890 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 204 15 6.0 13.4 47 96 16154 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 204 15 6.0 13.4 48 92 16459 200 24 8.2 22.6 | 176 20 -1.4 20.4 49 88 16764 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 223 17 11.7 12.7 50 80 17374 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 185 17 1.4 16.9 51 76 17678 210 28 14.0 24.2 | 191 22 4.4 22.1 52 73 17983 230 36 27.6 23.1 | 221 28 18.0 21.0 53 70 18230 255 29 28.0 7.5 | 254 19 18.4 5.3 54 69 18288 245 34 30.8 14.4 | 240 24 21.2 12.2 55 66 18593 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 262 12 12.1 1.6 56 60 19202 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 167 13 -2.8 12.3 57 55 19812 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 214 16 8.8 13.2 58 50 20400 215 14 8.0 11.5 | 170 9 -1.6 9.3 59 50 20422 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 318 6 4.2 -4.6 60 48 20726 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 178 11 -0.4 10.9 61 43 21336 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 234 11 8.5 6.3 62 41 21641 240 14 12.1 7.0 | 208 5 2.5 4.8 63 39 21946 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 191 9 1.7 9.1 64 34 22860 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 238 17 14.0 8.8 65 33 23165 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 323 13 7.6 -10.2 66 31 23470 280 9 8.9 -1.6 | 11 4 -0.7 -3.8 67 30 23700 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 162 3 -0.9 2.8 68 30 23774 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 356 4 0.3 -3.9 69 28 24079 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 162 3 -0.9 2.8 70 27 24384 245 11 10.0 4.6 | 189 2 0.4 2.5 71 25 24994 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 301 11 9.1 -5.5 72 23 25298 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 314 9 6.8 -6.6 73 22 25603 255 6 5.8 1.6 | 80 4 -3.8 -0.6 74 21 25908 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 356 4 0.3 -3.9 75 20 26213 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 269 3 3.2 0.1 76 20 26300 280 26 25.6 -4.5 | 293 17 16.0 -6.7 77 19 26518 270 27 27.0 -0.0 | 277 18 17.4 -2.2 78 18 26822 300 20 17.3 -10.0 | 328 14 7.7 -12.2 79 17 27432 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 356 4 0.3 -3.9 80 16 27737 295 15 13.6 -6.3 | 335 9 4.0 -8.5 81 15 28042 275 12 12.0 -1.0 | 324 4 2.4 -3.2 82 14 28346 290 14 13.2 -4.8 | 333 8 3.6 -7.0 83 14 28651 265 15 14.9 1.3 | 279 5 5.4 -0.9 84 13 28956 290 32 30.1 -10.9 | 303 24 20.5 -13.1 85 12 29566 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 316 12 8.3 -8.7 86 11 30175 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 291 19 18.0 -7.1 87 10 30680 310 32 24.5 -20.6 | 327 27 14.9 -22.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.4 neg: -16.5 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 13.42 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 500 225 3 90 7| 3.9 0.0 3.9| 3.9 -1.2 2.7 5.3 0.21| 4.9 1.0 1000 243 6 96 4| 2.0 3.8 5.7| 6.1 -1.2 4.9 4.9 0.43| 6.3 2.7 1500 246 8 113 3| 1.9 2.5 4.4| 7.4 -1.3 6.1 4.0 0.40| 5.9 2.4 2000 250 10 163 1| 2.4 1.9 4.3| 8.3 -1.4 6.9 3.4 0.36| 5.4 1.9 2500 246 12 209 3| 1.9 3.6 5.5| 12.1 -16.5 -4.4 -1.7 0.09| 6.8 0.6 3000 244 14 219 5| 1.4 3.0 4.5| 27.4 -16.5 10.9 3.6 0.14| 7.7 1.1 4000 241 14 209 5| 1.1 2.1 3.2| 33.9 -29.4 4.5 1.1 0.01| 8.4 0.1 5000 235 13 194 6| 0.9 1.7 2.6| 38.9 -32.3 6.6 1.3 0.02| 7.2 0.1 6000 227 13 180 7| 0.7 1.7 2.4| 39.0 -83.5 -44.5 -7.4 -0.14| 7.6 -1.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251018.00.gif