UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025101912.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 19 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 19 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 94 25 1 SFC 995 138 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 25 1 271.0 271.5 270.7 279.3 3.07 2 992 162 -1.3 -2.0 95 0.7 -1.6 26 1 272.5 273.0 272.0 281.5 3.32 3 965 380 -1.9 -4.0 86 2.1 -2.7 30 4 274.0 274.5 272.3 282.1 2.94 4 949 512 -2.9 -5.3 83 2.4 -3.7 21 5 274.3 274.8 272.2 281.8 2.71 5 926 705 -4.1 -5.8 88 1.7 -4.7 15 6 275.0 275.5 272.6 282.4 2.67 6 925 713 -4.1 -5.8 88 1.7 -4.7 15 6 275.1 275.6 272.6 282.5 2.68 7 899 937 -5.3 -8.2 80 2.9 -6.2 38 2 276.1 276.5 272.6 282.5 2.29 8 860 1284 -7.7 -9.5 87 1.8 -8.2 8 6 277.2 277.5 273.0 283.2 2.16 9 851 1366 -6.7 -12.7 62 6.0 -8.4 5 10 279.0 279.3 273.4 283.9 1.69 10 850 1375 -6.9 -12.9 62 6.0 -8.6 5 11 278.9 279.2 273.3 283.7 1.66 11 758 2255 -14.9 -14.9 100 0.0 -14.9 290 4 279.5 279.8 273.5 284.1 1.58 12 729 2549 -17.3 -17.4 99 0.1 -17.3 232 6 280.1 280.3 273.4 284.0 1.34 13 727 2570 -16.9 -17.1 98 0.2 -17.0 229 6 280.7 280.9 273.9 284.7 1.38 14 726 2580 -14.3 -15.8 88 1.5 -14.7 227 6 283.7 283.9 275.7 288.2 1.54 15 725 2591 -13.7 -15.7 85 2.0 -14.2 225 6 284.4 284.7 276.2 289.0 1.55 16 724 2601 -13.3 -15.9 81 2.6 -14.0 224 6 285.0 285.3 276.4 289.5 1.53 17 703 2825 -14.5 -16.6 84 2.1 -15.0 218 5 286.1 286.3 276.9 290.5 1.48 18 700 2857 -14.5 -16.9 82 2.4 -15.1 225 5 286.4 286.7 277.0 290.8 1.45 19 688 2988 -14.9 -19.3 69 4.4 -15.9 231 5 287.4 287.6 277.2 291.1 1.21 20 680 3076 -15.3 -23.3 50 8.0 -16.9 234 5 287.9 288.1 276.9 290.6 0.86 21 678 3098 -15.3 -26.3 38 11.0 -17.3 235 5 288.2 288.3 276.7 290.2 0.66 22 673 3154 -15.3 -26.3 38 11.0 -17.3 238 5 288.8 288.9 277.1 290.9 0.66 23 670 3188 -15.3 -30.3 27 15.0 -17.7 239 5 289.1 289.2 277.0 290.6 0.46 24 663 3267 -15.5 -27.5 35 12.0 -17.6 242 5 289.8 289.9 277.5 291.7 0.60 25 657 3335 -16.1 -30.1 29 14.0 -18.4 245 6 289.9 289.9 277.3 291.4 0.48 26 625 3709 -19.1 -28.1 45 9.0 -20.6 258 6 290.6 290.7 277.9 292.5 0.60 27 620 3768 -19.5 -30.5 37 11.0 -21.2 256 6 290.8 290.9 277.9 292.4 0.49 28 612 3864 -20.1 -26.1 59 6.0 -21.1 251 7 291.2 291.3 278.4 293.5 0.74 29 611 3876 -20.1 -27.1 54 7.0 -21.3 250 7 291.3 291.5 278.4 293.5 0.68 30 609 3901 -20.1 -31.1 37 11.0 -21.7 249 7 291.6 291.7 278.2 293.1 0.47 31 607 3925 -19.9 -41.9 12 22.0 -22.2 248 7 292.1 292.1 278.0 292.7 0.16 32 604 3962 -20.1 -37.1 20 17.0 -22.2 246 7 292.3 292.3 278.2 293.2 0.26 33 594 4085 -21.1 -36.1 25 15.0 -22.9 240 8 292.5 292.6 278.4 293.5 0.29 34 590 4135 -21.5 -38.5 20 17.0 -23.4 238 8 292.6 292.7 278.3 293.4 0.23 35 573 4349 -23.3 -36.3 29 13.0 -24.8 232 9 293.0 293.0 278.6 294.0 0.30 36 566 4439 -24.1 -30.1 58 6.0 -24.9 235 10 293.1 293.2 279.0 294.9 0.55 37 558 4543 -24.9 -29.6 65 4.7 -25.6 238 11 293.3 293.4 279.2 295.2 0.59 38 551 4634 -25.3 -31.3 57 6.0 -26.1 239 11 293.9 294.0 279.3 295.6 0.51 39 535 4847 -27.3 -30.8 72 3.5 -27.8 231 10 294.0 294.1 279.4 295.8 0.55 40 531 4901 -27.7 -32.6 63 4.9 -28.3 229 10 294.2 294.2 279.4 295.7 0.46 41 528 4942 -27.9 -32.0 68 4.1 -28.4 227 10 294.4 294.5 279.6 296.0 0.50 42 527 4955 -27.9 -32.9 62 5.0 -28.5 227 10 294.6 294.6 279.6 296.0 0.45 43 519 5065 -28.9 -32.2 73 3.3 -29.3 221 11 294.6 294.7 279.7 296.3 0.49 44 506 5245 -30.5 -33.5 75 3.0 -30.8 223 11 294.8 294.9 279.7 296.3 0.45 45 501 5316 -30.9 -34.8 69 3.9 -31.3 233 12 295.2 295.3 279.8 296.5 0.40 46 500 5330 -31.1 -34.7 71 3.6 -31.5 235 12 295.1 295.2 279.7 296.4 0.40 47 496 5387 -31.7 -33.9 81 2.2 -31.9 235 12 295.1 295.1 279.8 296.5 0.44 48 489 5487 -32.3 -35.6 72 3.3 -32.6 235 12 295.5 295.6 279.9 296.8 0.38 49 472 5735 -34.3 -36.5 80 2.2 -34.5 227 14 296.1 296.1 280.1 297.2 0.36 50 466 5824 -34.7 -38.0 72 3.3 -35.0 226 15 296.6 296.7 280.3 297.7 0.31 51 447 6113 -37.3 -39.1 83 1.8 -37.4 235 15 296.9 297.0 280.4 297.9 0.29 52 428 6411 -39.3 -44.0 61 4.7 -39.6 225 19 298.1 298.1 280.8 298.7 0.18 53 424 6475 -39.9 -44.1 64 4.2 -40.1 228 19 298.1 298.2 280.8 298.7 0.18 54 420 6540 -40.3 -46.3 53 6.0 -40.6 232 20 298.4 298.4 280.8 298.9 0.14 55 400 6870 -43.1 -47.7 60 4.6 -43.3 230 22 299.0 299.0 281.1 299.4 0.13 56 300 8760 -54.7 -61.7 42 7.0 -54.8 225 19 308.2 308.3 284.7 308.4 0.03 57 289 8997 -56.5 -62.5 47 6.0 -56.6 240 15 309.0 309.0 284.9 309.1 0.03 58 250 9920 -53.3 -71.3 9 18.0 -53.5 245 22 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.9 0.01 59 200 11360 -51.1 -81.1 2 30.0 -51.5 240 28 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.00 60 150 13230 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -52.2 245 26 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 61 100 15870 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -51.8 245 25 429.4 429.4 308.8 429.4 0.00 62 82 17163 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -51.2 246 27 456.1 456.1 311.4 456.1 0.00 63 73 17918 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -53.7 194 14 466.0 466.0 312.3 466.0 0.00 64 70 18190 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -51.7 210 18 476.3 476.3 313.1 476.4 0.00 65 69 18283 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -51.7 210 23 478.3 478.3 313.3 478.3 0.00 66 63 18872 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -53.2 191 19 487.4 487.4 314.0 487.4 0.00 67 50 20370 -50.3 -85.3 1 35.0 -52.0 180 11 524.9 524.9 316.6 525.0 0.01 68 43 21355 -49.5 -85.5 1 36.0 -51.5 230 13 550.0 550.0 318.1 550.1 0.01 69 36 22512 -51.5 -86.5 1 35.0 -53.4 189 15 573.5 573.5 319.3 573.6 0.01 70 35 22695 -50.3 -86.3 1 36.0 -52.5 192 20 581.3 581.3 319.8 581.4 0.01 71 32 23275 -53.3 -87.3 1 34.0 -55.1 212 18 588.4 588.4 320.0 588.4 0.01 72 30 23690 -53.3 -87.3 1 34.0 -55.2 230 11 599.3 599.3 320.6 599.4 0.01 73 28 24136 -52.5 -87.5 1 35.0 -54.6 232 14 613.5 613.5 321.2 613.5 0.01 74 24 25129 -54.7 -88.7 1 34.0 -56.7 246 14 634.8 634.8 322.1 634.8 0.01 75 23 25402 -53.9 -87.9 1 34.0 -56.1 262 20 644.9 644.9 322.5 644.9 0.01 76 22 25686 -55.7 -88.7 1 33.0 -57.6 261 16 647.8 647.8 322.6 647.8 0.01 77 21 25985 -52.9 -87.9 1 35.0 -55.5 259 15 664.9 664.9 323.2 665.0 0.01 78 20 26300 -53.1 -88.1 1 35.0 -55.8 250 8 673.6 673.6 323.6 673.7 0.01 79 18 26976 -54.7 -88.7 1 34.0 -57.2 182 7 689.2 689.2 324.1 689.3 0.01 80 15 28144 -54.1 -88.1 1 34.0 -57.1 303 13 728.1 728.1 325.3 728.2 0.01 81 15 28144 -51.7 -87.7 1 36.0 -55.4 303 13 736.1 736.1 325.6 736.2 0.01 82 14 28588 -54.5 -88.5 1 34.0 -57.5 245 12 741.2 741.2 325.7 741.3 0.01 83 12 29575 -54.7 -88.7 1 34.0 -58.0 260 15 773.9 773.9 326.6 774.0 0.01 84 11 30132 -54.1 -88.1 1 34.0 -57.8 247 21 795.6 795.6 327.1 795.7 0.01 85 10 30740 -56.7 -88.7 1 32.0 -59.9 265 32 807.9 807.9 327.4 808.0 0.01 86 9.8 30868 -57.1 -89.1 1 32.0 -60.2 811.1 811.1 327.5 811.2 0.01 87 9.0 31408 -56.5 -89.5 1 33.0 -60.0 833.4 833.4 328.0 833.5 0.01 TRP 289 8997 -56.5 -62.5 47 6.0 -56.6 240 15 309.0 309.0 284.9 309.1 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5236.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.44 % Est. max temperature: 5.41 C = 41.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.11 mb = 200.96 m = 659.31 ft T: -1.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 0.30 C Layer 949.0- 926.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.25 mb = 1022.49 m = 3354.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.83 C = 37.10 F Cap Strength: 11.27 C Lifted Index: 11.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.63 C Showalter Index: 9.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 8.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65101.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.60 mb = 793.34 m = 2602.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 279 at 6 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 995 138 25 1 -0.4 -0.9 | 90 6 -6.2 0.0 1 974 305 35 4 -2.3 -3.3 | 74 8 -8.0 -2.4 2 937 610 15 5 -1.3 -4.8 | 61 8 -7.0 -3.9 3 925 713 15 6 -1.6 -5.8 | 56 9 -7.3 -4.9 4 902 914 40 2 -1.3 -1.5 | 85 7 -7.0 -0.6 5 867 1219 10 2 -0.3 -2.0 | 80 6 -6.1 -1.0 6 850 1375 5 11 -1.0 -11.0 | 34 12 -6.7 -10.0 7 801 1829 335 8 3.4 -7.3 | 21 7 -2.4 -6.3 8 770 2134 315 3 2.1 -2.1 | 72 4 -3.6 -1.2 9 739 2438 250 6 5.6 2.1 | 178 3 -0.1 3.0 10 711 2743 200 6 2.1 5.6 | 151 8 -3.7 6.6 11 700 2857 225 5 3.5 3.5 | 154 5 -2.2 4.5 12 628 3658 260 6 5.9 1.0 | 185 2 0.2 2.0 13 578 4267 230 9 6.9 5.8 | 190 7 1.1 6.7 14 554 4572 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 210 7 3.8 6.4 15 532 4877 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 195 8 1.9 7.3 16 510 5182 215 11 6.3 9.0 | 183 10 0.6 9.9 17 500 5330 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 208 9 4.1 7.8 18 489 5486 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 208 9 4.1 7.8 19 468 5791 225 15 10.6 10.6 | 203 13 4.9 11.5 20 447 6096 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 214 12 6.5 9.5 21 428 6401 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 208 16 7.7 14.4 22 410 6706 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 227 17 12.4 11.4 23 400 6870 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 216 19 11.1 15.1 24 374 7315 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 200 15 5.2 13.9 25 357 7620 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 224 13 9.0 9.4 26 325 8230 240 19 16.5 9.5 | 226 15 10.7 10.4 27 300 8760 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 208 16 7.7 14.4 28 296 8839 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 208 16 7.7 14.4 29 289 8997 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 221 11 7.2 8.4 30 282 9144 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 221 11 7.2 8.4 31 269 9449 225 20 14.1 14.1 | 209 17 8.4 15.1 32 250 9920 245 22 19.9 9.3 | 234 17 14.2 10.2 33 245 10058 250 25 23.5 8.6 | 242 20 17.7 9.5 34 200 11360 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 231 24 18.5 14.9 35 150 13230 245 26 23.6 11.0 | 236 21 17.8 11.9 36 146 13411 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 235 19 16.0 11.1 37 139 13716 255 31 29.9 8.0 | 250 26 24.2 8.9 38 133 14021 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 260 16 16.2 2.8 39 127 14326 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 223 19 13.1 14.1 40 121 14630 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 248 19 17.4 7.1 41 110 15240 245 15 13.6 6.3 | 227 11 7.8 7.3 42 100 15850 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 219 24 14.9 18.3 43 100 15870 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 236 20 16.9 11.5 44 96 16154 245 25 22.7 10.6 | 236 20 16.9 11.5 45 91 16459 260 20 19.7 3.5 | 253 15 13.9 4.4 46 87 16764 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 221 16 10.6 12.4 47 83 17069 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 232 28 22.0 16.9 48 79 17374 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 249 10 9.0 3.5 49 76 17678 180 10 0.0 10.0 | 152 12 -5.8 10.9 50 70 18190 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 191 17 3.2 16.5 51 69 18288 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 195 22 5.7 20.8 52 63 18898 190 19 3.3 18.7 | 173 20 -2.5 19.6 53 60 19202 195 28 7.2 27.0 | 183 28 1.5 28.0 54 57 19507 220 34 21.9 26.0 | 211 31 16.1 27.0 55 54 19812 255 28 27.0 7.2 | 249 23 21.3 8.2 56 52 20117 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 234 17 13.3 9.8 57 50 20370 180 11 0.0 11.0 | 154 13 -5.8 11.9 58 50 20422 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 201 6 2.0 5.4 59 47 20726 175 12 -1.0 12.0 | 152 15 -6.8 12.9 60 43 21336 230 13 10.0 8.4 | 204 10 4.2 9.3 61 41 21641 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 220 15 9.8 11.8 62 39 21946 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 198 8 2.7 8.0 63 37 22250 185 8 0.7 8.0 | 150 10 -5.1 8.9 64 34 22860 195 25 6.5 24.1 | 182 25 0.7 25.1 65 30 23690 230 11 8.4 7.1 | 198 8 2.7 8.0 66 30 23774 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 225 24 17.2 17.0 67 28 24079 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 213 11 5.7 9.0 68 27 24384 220 13 8.4 10.0 | 193 11 2.6 10.9 69 26 24689 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 233 16 12.4 9.4 70 25 24994 235 8 6.6 4.6 | 188 6 0.8 5.5 71 23 25298 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 253 17 15.9 4.7 72 22 25603 265 17 16.9 1.5 | 258 11 11.2 2.4 73 21 25908 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 234 10 8.3 6.1 74 20 26213 285 16 15.5 -4.1 | 288 10 9.7 -3.2 75 20 26300 250 8 7.5 2.7 | 206 4 1.8 3.7 76 18 26822 200 3 1.0 2.8 | 128 6 -4.7 3.7 77 18 27127 165 10 -2.6 9.7 | 142 13 -8.3 10.6 78 17 27432 245 19 17.2 8.0 | 232 15 11.5 9.0 79 16 27737 280 19 18.7 -3.3 | 280 13 13.0 -2.4 80 15 28346 315 10 7.1 -7.1 | 348 6 1.3 -6.1 81 14 28651 225 12 8.5 8.5 | 196 10 2.7 9.4 82 13 28956 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 202 16 5.8 14.7 83 13 29261 255 21 20.3 5.4 | 246 16 14.5 6.4 84 12 29566 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 249 10 9.0 3.5 85 11 29870 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 222 12 8.1 8.9 86 10 30740 265 32 31.9 2.8 | 262 26 26.1 3.7 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -32.7 tot: -18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 15.70 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 25 4 71 8| 0.0 4.4 4.4| 0.0 -8.2 -8.2 -16.3 -0.81| 5.1 -4.2 1000 24 4 72 8| 1.7 2.2 3.9| 7.1 -8.9 -1.7 -1.7 -0.10| 5.0 -0.5 1500 11 5 60 8| 1.1 3.9 5.1| 7.1 -28.1 -20.9 -14.0 -0.45| 7.4 -3.3 2000 1 5 52 7| 0.8 1.2 2.1| 11.6 -29.2 -17.6 -8.8 -0.21| 7.5 -1.6 2500 348 5 47 6| 0.7 0.9 1.5| 12.8 -30.9 -18.2 -7.3 -0.11| 7.9 -0.9 3000 333 5 41 5| 0.4 0.7 1.1| 14.0 -32.7 -18.7 -6.2 -0.10| 7.5 -0.8 4000 297 6 24 2| 0.4 1.0 1.3| 15.3 -33.0 -17.7 -4.4 -0.06| 6.4 -0.4 5000 265 7 207 2| 0.5 0.9 1.5| 19.3 -40.2 -20.9 -4.2 -0.07| 5.9 -0.4 6000 249 8 202 4| 1.0 0.8 1.7| 34.9 -42.1 -7.2 -1.2 0.01| 5.8 0.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251019.12.gif