UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102000.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 20 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 20 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 59 SFC 990 138 0.0 -4.8 70 4.8 -1.7 80 2 273.9 274.4 271.9 281.4 2.70 2 925 679 -4.9 -5.5 96 0.6 -5.1 75 9 274.3 274.8 272.2 281.8 2.74 3 912 790 -5.7 -5.7 100 0.0 -5.7 82 10 274.6 275.0 272.4 282.1 2.74 4 897 920 -6.7 -7.2 96 0.5 -6.9 90 11 274.9 275.3 272.2 281.7 2.48 5 893 954 -6.1 -9.1 79 3.0 -7.0 91 11 275.8 276.2 272.2 281.9 2.15 6 882 1052 -4.7 -10.7 63 6.0 -6.5 95 11 278.3 278.6 273.3 283.7 1.91 7 870 1159 -5.3 -12.3 58 7.0 -7.4 98 12 278.7 279.0 273.2 283.6 1.71 8 850 1341 -6.9 -11.9 67 5.0 -8.4 115 13 278.9 279.2 273.5 284.1 1.80 9 785 1955 -12.7 -12.7 100 0.0 -12.7 123 12 279.1 279.4 273.6 284.4 1.83 10 771 2093 -13.7 -13.8 99 0.1 -13.7 121 10 279.5 279.8 273.7 284.4 1.71 11 769 2112 -13.7 -14.6 93 0.9 -13.9 120 9 279.7 280.0 273.6 284.3 1.60 12 767 2132 -11.1 -14.8 74 3.7 -12.1 120 9 282.7 283.0 275.3 287.3 1.58 13 759 2213 -9.9 -15.9 61 6.0 -11.5 130 9 284.9 285.1 276.2 289.2 1.46 14 717 2650 -12.3 -18.3 61 6.0 -13.7 177 9 286.9 287.1 277.0 290.7 1.26 15 710 2725 -11.9 -21.9 43 10.0 -14.1 184 10 288.1 288.3 277.2 291.0 0.93 16 702 2812 -12.5 -23.5 39 11.0 -14.8 189 9 288.4 288.6 277.1 290.9 0.82 17 701 2823 -12.5 -24.5 36 12.0 -15.0 189 9 288.5 288.7 277.1 290.9 0.75 18 700 2834 -12.5 -28.5 25 16.0 -15.4 190 9 288.6 288.7 276.8 290.3 0.52 19 695 2889 -12.9 -22.9 43 10.0 -15.0 189 10 288.8 288.9 277.4 291.5 0.87 20 687 2977 -13.3 -30.3 23 17.0 -16.2 187 11 289.3 289.4 277.0 290.7 0.45 21 685 2999 -13.3 -27.3 30 14.0 -15.9 186 11 289.5 289.6 277.4 291.4 0.59 22 682 3032 -13.5 -30.5 22 17.0 -16.4 186 12 289.7 289.8 277.2 291.1 0.44 23 660 3280 -15.3 -24.3 46 9.0 -17.1 203 14 290.4 290.5 278.1 292.9 0.81 24 644 3465 -16.5 -24.5 50 8.0 -18.1 210 15 291.1 291.2 278.4 293.6 0.82 25 637 3547 -17.3 -24.3 54 7.0 -18.7 210 16 291.1 291.2 278.5 293.7 0.84 26 615 3809 -19.3 -25.3 59 6.0 -20.4 212 17 291.7 291.9 278.7 294.2 0.79 27 533 4853 -27.7 -37.7 38 10.0 -28.7 231 16 293.8 293.9 279.0 294.8 0.28 28 528 4921 -27.9 -41.9 25 14.0 -29.1 229 17 294.4 294.4 279.1 295.0 0.18 29 524 4976 -28.3 -41.3 28 13.0 -29.5 229 18 294.6 294.6 279.2 295.2 0.20 30 522 5003 -28.5 -44.5 20 16.0 -29.7 228 19 294.6 294.7 279.1 295.1 0.14 31 515 5100 -29.1 -41.1 30 12.0 -30.2 226 21 295.1 295.1 279.4 295.7 0.20 32 500 5310 -30.3 -46.3 19 16.0 -31.4 225 23 296.1 296.1 279.8 296.5 0.12 33 495 5382 -30.9 -50.9 12 20.0 -32.1 225 23 296.2 296.2 279.8 296.5 0.07 34 480 5600 -32.1 -48.1 19 16.0 -33.1 227 24 297.4 297.4 280.3 297.7 0.10 35 435 6287 -38.5 -46.5 43 8.0 -38.9 231 27 297.7 297.7 280.6 298.2 0.13 36 415 6609 -41.3 -44.1 74 2.8 -41.5 234 27 298.2 298.2 280.8 298.8 0.18 37 414 6626 -41.3 -45.0 67 3.7 -41.5 234 27 298.4 298.4 280.8 298.9 0.17 38 413 6642 -41.3 -45.8 62 4.5 -41.5 234 27 298.6 298.6 281.0 299.1 0.15 39 412 6659 -41.1 -53.1 26 12.0 -41.6 235 27 299.0 299.0 281.0 299.3 0.07 40 411 6675 -40.9 -56.9 16 16.0 -41.4 235 27 299.5 299.5 281.2 299.7 0.04 41 408 6725 -40.9 -55.9 18 15.0 -41.4 236 29 300.1 300.1 281.4 300.3 0.05 42 400 6860 -41.1 -56.1 18 15.0 -41.6 245 47 301.6 301.6 282.1 301.7 0.05 43 387 7084 -40.1 -59.1 11 19.0 -40.8 243 50 305.7 305.8 283.7 305.9 0.03 44 380 7209 -40.7 -60.7 10 20.0 -41.3 241 52 306.6 306.6 284.1 306.7 0.03 45 374 7317 -41.3 -57.3 16 16.0 -41.9 240 53 307.2 307.2 284.3 307.3 0.04 46 365 7481 -41.9 -60.9 11 19.0 -42.5 245 50 308.5 308.5 284.8 308.6 0.03 47 360 7574 -42.5 -57.5 18 15.0 -43.0 248 48 308.9 308.9 284.9 309.1 0.04 48 342 7918 -45.5 -54.5 36 9.0 -45.8 253 51 309.4 309.4 285.2 309.7 0.07 49 338 7996 -45.9 -55.9 31 10.0 -46.2 254 52 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.1 0.06 50 330 8155 -47.5 -55.5 39 8.0 -47.7 256 54 309.8 309.9 285.4 310.1 0.06 51 327 8215 -47.7 -56.7 35 9.0 -48.0 256 55 310.4 310.4 285.5 310.6 0.05 52 324 8276 -47.9 -53.9 50 6.0 -48.1 257 55 310.9 310.9 285.8 311.2 0.08 53 314 8482 -48.9 -53.3 60 4.4 -49.0 259 58 312.3 312.3 286.3 312.7 0.09 54 311 8544 -49.3 -51.9 74 2.6 -49.4 260 59 312.6 312.6 286.4 313.0 0.10 55 304 8693 -49.3 -52.5 69 3.2 -49.4 255 60 314.7 314.7 287.1 315.0 0.10 56 300 8780 -49.3 -52.8 67 3.5 -49.4 255 60 315.9 315.9 287.5 316.2 0.10 57 250 9960 -57.7 -60.7 68 3.0 -57.8 250 59 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.5 0.04 58 248 10011 -57.9 -61.4 64 3.5 -58.0 250 58 320.7 320.7 289.0 320.9 0.04 59 200 11380 -52.7 -79.7 2 27.0 -53.1 250 40 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.00 60 150 13240 -52.7 -82.7 1 30.0 -53.2 240 24 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 61 100 15870 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -52.5 220 28 427.8 427.8 308.6 427.9 0.00 62 89 16628 -50.7 -83.7 1 33.0 -51.7 236 25 444.3 444.3 310.3 444.4 0.00 63 84 17004 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -53.2 227 23 448.5 448.5 310.7 448.5 0.00 64 77 17570 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -51.1 237 23 464.8 464.8 312.2 464.8 0.01 65 70 18190 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -53.3 205 23 472.5 472.5 312.8 472.5 0.00 66 64 18770 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -53.9 227 26 483.4 483.4 313.7 483.5 0.00 67 55 19752 -51.3 -84.3 1 33.0 -52.7 221 27 508.5 508.5 315.5 508.6 0.01 68 51 20242 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -53.7 237 26 517.3 517.3 316.1 517.3 0.01 69 50 20370 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -53.1 245 21 521.6 521.6 316.4 521.7 0.01 70 46 20913 -49.9 -83.9 1 34.0 -51.8 245 23 538.6 538.6 317.5 538.6 0.01 71 41 21662 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -53.4 244 17 552.1 552.1 318.2 552.1 0.01 72 37 22330 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -52.4 195 15 572.1 572.1 319.3 572.2 0.01 73 31 23478 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -54.8 273 17 594.8 594.8 320.4 594.9 0.01 74 30 23690 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -54.5 205 17 601.5 601.5 320.7 601.6 0.01 75 27 24372 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -53.3 239 20 625.0 625.0 321.7 625.1 0.01 76 25 24870 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.0 214 11 633.1 633.1 322.0 633.2 0.01 77 24 25134 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -54.3 208 17 643.5 643.5 322.4 643.6 0.01 78 20 26310 -53.5 -85.5 1 32.0 -56.1 220 17 672.4 672.4 323.5 672.5 0.01 79 14 28590 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -58.6 289 25 736.5 736.5 325.6 736.6 0.01 80 12 29576 -53.3 -86.3 1 33.0 -57.1 231 16 778.9 778.9 326.7 779.1 0.02 81 11 30132 -55.9 -86.9 1 31.0 -59.1 276 22 789.1 789.1 327.0 789.2 0.02 82 10 30740 -54.9 -86.9 1 32.0 -58.6 270 36 814.6 814.6 327.6 814.8 0.02 83 9.8 30869 -54.3 -86.3 1 32.0 -58.3 821.6 821.6 327.8 821.8 0.02 84 9.3 31203 -56.9 -86.9 1 30.0 -60.2 824.1 824.1 327.8 824.3 0.02 85 8.7 31626 -56.7 -87.7 1 31.0 -60.2 840.7 840.7 328.2 840.9 0.02 TRP 248 10011 -57.9 -61.4 64 3.5 -58.0 250 58 320.7 320.7 289.0 320.9 0.04 WND 304 8693 -49.3 -52.5 69 3.2 -49.4 255 60 314.7 314.7 287.1 315.0 0.10 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5251.00 m Freezing level: 990.00 mb = 138.00 m = 452.75 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.53 % Est. max temperature: 5.01 C = 41.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.46 mb = 734.60 m = 2410.09 ft T: -5.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 0.71 C Layer 702.0- 695.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.32 mb = 847.43 m = 2780.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 0.77 C = 33.39 F Cap Strength: 11.60 C Lifted Index: 12.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 24.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.87 C Showalter Index: 10.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: -4.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 49.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76435.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.94 mb = 807.62 m = 2649.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 231 at 11 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 80 2 -2.0 -0.3 | 55 13 -10.8 -7.5 1 969 305 45 10 -7.1 -7.1 | 48 21 -15.9 -14.2 2 933 610 65 9 -8.2 -3.8 | 57 20 -17.0 -10.9 3 925 679 75 9 -8.7 -2.3 | 62 20 -17.5 -9.4 4 898 914 90 11 -11.0 0.0 | 70 21 -19.8 -7.1 5 863 1219 100 12 -11.8 2.1 | 76 21 -20.6 -5.0 6 850 1341 115 13 -11.8 5.5 | 86 21 -20.6 -1.6 7 830 1524 120 12 -10.4 6.0 | 87 19 -19.2 -1.1 8 798 1829 125 14 -11.5 8.0 | 93 20 -20.3 0.9 9 767 2134 120 9 -7.8 4.5 | 81 17 -16.6 -2.6 10 737 2438 160 8 -2.7 7.5 | 92 12 -11.6 0.4 11 708 2743 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 110 8 -8.0 2.9 12 700 2834 190 9 1.6 8.9 | 104 7 -7.3 1.8 13 680 3048 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 122 9 -7.8 4.8 14 652 3353 210 15 7.5 13.0 | 167 6 -1.3 5.9 15 626 3658 210 16 8.0 13.9 | 173 7 -0.8 6.7 16 576 4267 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 204 8 3.4 7.4 17 553 4572 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 260 5 5.0 0.9 18 530 4877 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 227 5 3.4 3.2 19 509 5182 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 219 12 7.4 9.2 20 500 5310 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 219 12 7.4 9.2 21 447 6096 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 229 16 11.9 10.2 22 409 6706 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 238 16 13.3 8.4 23 400 6860 245 47 42.6 19.9 | 249 36 33.8 12.8 24 374 7315 240 53 45.9 26.5 | 242 42 37.1 19.4 25 357 7620 250 47 44.2 16.1 | 256 36 35.3 9.0 26 311 8534 260 59 58.1 10.2 | 266 49 49.3 3.1 27 304 8693 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 260 50 49.1 8.4 28 300 8780 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 260 50 49.1 8.4 29 297 8839 255 60 58.0 15.5 | 260 50 49.1 8.4 30 284 9144 255 58 56.0 15.0 | 260 48 47.2 7.9 31 250 9960 250 59 55.4 20.2 | 254 48 46.6 13.1 32 248 10011 250 58 54.5 19.8 | 254 47 45.7 12.7 33 235 10363 260 53 52.2 9.2 | 267 43 43.4 2.1 34 213 10973 240 46 39.8 23.0 | 243 35 31.0 15.9 35 200 11380 250 40 37.6 13.7 | 257 29 28.8 6.6 36 150 13240 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 248 13 12.0 4.9 37 146 13411 250 28 26.3 9.6 | 262 18 17.5 2.5 38 139 13716 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 238 16 13.3 8.4 39 127 14326 250 23 21.6 7.9 | 267 13 12.8 0.8 40 121 14630 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 219 12 7.4 9.2 41 110 15240 225 27 19.1 19.1 | 221 16 10.3 12.0 42 105 15545 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 265 14 13.7 1.1 43 100 15850 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 241 8 6.7 3.8 44 100 15870 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 213 17 9.2 14.3 45 96 16154 220 28 18.0 21.4 | 213 17 9.2 14.3 46 91 16459 240 26 22.5 13.0 | 247 15 13.7 5.9 47 83 17069 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 219 12 7.4 9.2 48 79 17374 240 22 19.1 11.0 | 249 11 10.2 3.9 49 76 17678 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 239 12 10.0 6.1 50 70 18190 205 23 9.7 20.8 | 184 14 0.9 13.7 51 69 18288 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 202 7 2.7 6.7 52 66 18593 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 213 18 9.8 15.1 53 60 19202 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 266 7 7.5 0.5 54 57 19507 215 24 13.8 19.7 | 201 13 4.9 12.6 55 52 20117 230 31 23.7 19.9 | 229 20 14.9 12.8 56 50 20370 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 260 10 10.2 1.8 57 45 21031 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 258 12 12.0 2.6 58 43 21336 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 301 11 9.1 -5.5 59 39 21946 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 213 6 3.2 4.9 60 37 22250 190 13 2.3 12.8 | 131 9 -6.6 5.7 61 34 22860 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 229 16 11.9 10.2 62 33 23165 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 248 13 12.0 4.9 63 31 23470 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 317 12 8.1 -8.6 64 30 23690 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 169 8 -1.6 8.3 65 30 23774 270 1 1.0 -0.0 | 48 11 -7.8 -7.1 66 28 24079 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 219 11 6.7 8.4 67 27 24384 240 20 17.3 10.0 | 251 9 8.5 2.9 68 26 24689 235 7 5.7 4.0 | 45 4 -3.1 -3.1 69 25 24994 200 14 4.8 13.2 | 146 7 -4.0 6.0 70 22 25603 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 238 15 12.5 7.8 71 21 25908 275 15 14.9 -1.3 | 324 10 6.1 -8.4 72 20 26213 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 321 4 2.4 -3.0 73 20 26310 220 17 10.9 13.0 | 200 6 2.1 5.9 74 19 26518 250 12 11.3 4.1 | 321 4 2.4 -3.0 75 18 26822 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 191 8 1.5 7.6 76 18 27127 260 13 12.8 2.3 | 321 6 4.0 -4.8 77 17 27432 235 14 11.5 8.0 | 251 3 2.6 0.9 78 16 27737 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 254 18 17.5 5.1 79 15 28346 265 27 26.9 2.4 | 285 19 18.1 -4.8 80 14 28651 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 323 22 12.9 -17.2 81 13 28956 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 339 17 5.9 -15.6 82 13 29261 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 298 9 7.9 -4.2 83 12 29566 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 227 5 3.4 3.2 84 11 30175 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 310 17 12.8 -10.9 85 10 30740 270 36 36.0 -0.0 | 285 28 27.2 -7.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.2 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 231.2 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.9 neg: -28.8 tot: 83.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 67.16 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 54 8 53 20| 0.0 7.2 7.2| 19.3 -9.9 9.4 18.7 0.13| 12.6 1.6 1000 73 9 61 20| 2.9 3.6 6.6| 50.0 -9.9 40.1 40.1 0.40| 9.3 3.7 1500 89 10 69 21| 3.5 2.4 5.9| 78.1 -9.9 68.2 45.4 0.51| 8.3 4.2 2000 100 11 75 20| 2.6 1.6 4.2| 84.3 -27.2 57.0 28.5 0.33| 7.8 2.6 2500 108 10 78 19| 3.2 1.2 4.4|100.5 -27.2 73.3 29.3 0.38| 8.1 3.0 3000 121 10 84 18| 3.4 1.0 4.4|111.9 -28.8 83.1 27.7 0.41| 8.0 3.3 4000 156 12 105 14| 3.3 0.8 4.1|126.9 -28.8 98.1 24.5 0.49| 7.2 3.5 5000 183 13 126 10| 2.4 0.2 2.6|137.7 -33.5 104.2 20.8 0.43| 7.3 3.1 6000 201 15 154 8| 2.5 0.2 2.6|147.0 -34.1 113.0 18.8 0.42| 6.6 2.8 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251020.00.gif