UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102012.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 20 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 38 SFC 988 138 -1.3 -5.2 75 3.9 -2.7 75 1 272.8 273.2 271.1 280.0 2.62 2 982 186 0.0 -3.8 76 3.8 -1.4 56 4 274.6 275.1 272.7 282.6 2.93 3 949 458 -1.1 -5.2 74 4.1 -2.6 32 11 276.2 276.6 273.3 283.7 2.73 4 925 660 -2.9 -5.8 80 2.9 -3.9 80 8 276.3 276.8 273.3 283.8 2.68 5 888 982 -4.9 -5.0 99 0.1 -5.0 111 4 277.5 278.0 274.4 285.8 2.96 6 850 1325 -7.1 -7.2 99 0.1 -7.1 80 7 278.7 279.2 274.6 286.1 2.62 7 765 2138 -12.5 -12.6 99 0.1 -12.5 230 10 281.4 281.7 275.0 286.9 1.90 8 758 2208 -10.3 -11.7 89 1.4 -10.7 223 11 284.5 284.9 276.9 290.5 2.06 9 742 2372 -11.5 -12.2 95 0.7 -11.7 207 15 285.0 285.3 277.1 290.9 2.02 10 737 2424 -11.7 -13.1 89 1.4 -12.1 202 16 285.3 285.6 277.1 290.8 1.89 11 734 2455 -11.7 -13.8 84 2.1 -12.3 201 15 285.6 285.9 277.1 290.9 1.79 12 731 2486 -11.5 -16.0 69 4.5 -12.7 204 14 286.2 286.4 277.0 290.7 1.50 13 714 2667 -10.5 -25.5 28 15.0 -13.6 219 8 289.2 289.3 277.3 291.3 0.67 14 706 2754 -11.1 -29.1 21 18.0 -14.4 225 5 289.5 289.6 277.2 291.0 0.49 15 700 2819 -11.5 -29.5 21 18.0 -14.7 225 5 289.7 289.8 277.3 291.3 0.47 16 659 3279 -15.5 -26.5 38 11.0 -17.6 212 8 290.3 290.4 277.9 292.4 0.66 17 656 3313 -15.7 -26.7 38 11.0 -17.7 217 9 290.4 290.6 277.9 292.5 0.66 18 652 3359 -15.9 -30.9 26 15.0 -18.3 224 10 290.7 290.8 277.7 292.2 0.45 19 647 3417 -16.3 -34.3 20 18.0 -18.9 223 11 290.9 291.0 277.6 292.0 0.32 20 633 3582 -17.1 -37.1 16 20.0 -19.7 215 16 291.8 291.9 278.0 292.7 0.25 21 625 3677 -17.5 -33.5 23 16.0 -19.8 210 19 292.4 292.5 278.4 293.6 0.36 22 598 4006 -20.7 -26.7 59 6.0 -21.7 213 21 292.4 292.6 279.0 294.7 0.72 23 594 4056 -20.7 -29.7 44 9.0 -22.1 213 21 293.0 293.1 279.0 294.8 0.55 24 582 4206 -21.9 -29.9 48 8.0 -23.1 214 22 293.3 293.4 279.1 295.1 0.55 25 572 4334 -23.1 -29.1 58 6.0 -24.0 215 22 293.4 293.5 279.2 295.3 0.60 26 569 4372 -23.5 -26.5 76 3.0 -24.0 214 22 293.3 293.5 279.4 295.8 0.77 27 568 4385 -23.5 -27.0 73 3.5 -24.1 214 22 293.5 293.6 279.5 295.8 0.74 28 566 4411 -23.7 -30.7 53 7.0 -24.7 214 22 293.5 293.6 279.2 295.2 0.52 29 564 4437 -23.7 -26.9 75 3.2 -24.2 214 22 293.8 294.0 279.7 296.2 0.75 30 557 4528 -23.9 -28.2 68 4.3 -24.6 213 22 294.7 294.8 279.9 296.8 0.67 31 552 4594 -24.5 -26.7 82 2.2 -24.9 212 22 294.7 294.8 280.1 297.2 0.78 32 534 4835 -25.9 -29.4 72 3.5 -26.4 210 22 295.8 296.0 280.4 297.9 0.63 33 532 4862 -25.9 -31.9 57 6.0 -26.7 210 22 296.2 296.2 280.4 297.8 0.50 34 524 4972 -26.1 -30.4 67 4.3 -26.7 212 21 297.2 297.3 281.0 299.1 0.58 35 503 5267 -27.9 -32.9 62 5.0 -28.5 219 19 298.5 298.6 281.4 300.1 0.48 36 500 5310 -28.3 -33.0 64 4.7 -28.9 220 19 298.5 298.6 281.4 300.1 0.47 37 470 5749 -31.9 -35.5 70 3.6 -32.3 217 14 299.4 299.5 281.6 300.7 0.40 38 465 5825 -32.3 -36.4 67 4.1 -32.7 218 13 299.8 299.9 281.8 301.1 0.37 39 463 5855 -32.1 -35.2 74 3.1 -32.4 218 13 300.4 300.5 282.1 301.8 0.41 40 452 6024 -33.1 -36.7 70 3.6 -33.4 219 11 301.3 301.3 282.4 302.5 0.36 41 424 6469 -36.7 -39.9 72 3.2 -37.0 199 13 302.2 302.3 282.7 303.2 0.28 42 412 6667 -37.7 -41.4 68 3.7 -37.9 212 15 303.4 303.5 283.1 304.3 0.25 43 400 6870 -38.9 -41.9 73 3.0 -39.1 215 22 304.4 304.5 283.5 305.3 0.24 44 397 6922 -39.3 -42.4 72 3.1 -39.5 213 22 304.6 304.6 283.5 305.4 0.23 45 395 6956 -39.3 -42.5 72 3.2 -39.5 212 21 305.0 305.1 283.7 305.8 0.23 46 370 7401 -42.3 -44.7 77 2.4 -42.4 234 22 306.8 306.8 284.4 307.5 0.19 47 364 7511 -43.3 -46.6 70 3.3 -43.5 232 21 306.9 306.9 284.4 307.5 0.16 48 355 7679 -44.5 -46.1 84 1.6 -44.6 230 19 307.5 307.5 284.6 308.1 0.17 49 349 7793 -45.3 -48.3 72 3.0 -45.4 229 21 307.9 307.9 284.7 308.4 0.14 50 342 7928 -46.3 -47.6 87 1.3 -46.4 228 22 308.3 308.4 284.9 308.9 0.15 51 336 8045 -47.1 -49.9 73 2.8 -47.2 227 23 308.8 308.8 285.0 309.2 0.12 52 332 8124 -47.7 -49.0 86 1.3 -47.7 226 24 309.0 309.1 285.1 309.5 0.13 53 329 8184 -48.1 -50.1 80 2.0 -48.2 225 24 309.3 309.3 285.2 309.7 0.12 54 328 8204 -47.5 -53.5 50 6.0 -47.7 225 25 310.4 310.4 285.5 310.7 0.08 55 327 8224 -47.5 -54.5 44 7.0 -47.7 225 25 310.7 310.7 285.7 310.9 0.07 56 300 8790 -50.3 -64.3 18 14.0 -50.5 225 37 314.5 314.5 286.9 314.5 0.02 57 250 9960 -56.1 -64.1 36 8.0 -56.2 225 29 322.7 322.7 289.6 322.8 0.03 58 230 10489 -57.5 -68.5 23 11.0 -57.6 235 27 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.4 0.02 59 200 11380 -54.5 -77.5 4 23.0 -54.8 230 22 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.00 60 150 13230 -52.1 -83.1 1 31.0 -52.6 235 22 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 61 100 15860 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -52.1 225 21 428.6 428.6 308.7 428.6 0.00 62 88 16693 -50.5 -85.5 1 35.0 -51.5 225 22 446.2 446.2 310.5 446.2 0.00 63 80 17312 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -53.0 241 18 455.2 455.2 311.3 455.2 0.00 64 71 18088 -50.7 -85.7 1 35.0 -51.9 233 23 474.0 474.0 313.0 474.0 0.00 65 70 18180 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -52.4 240 24 474.6 474.6 313.0 474.7 0.00 66 65 18660 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -53.4 242 18 482.6 482.6 313.7 482.6 0.00 67 62 18966 -50.9 -85.9 1 35.0 -52.2 233 17 492.3 492.3 314.4 492.3 0.00 68 56 19625 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -53.4 232 17 504.1 504.1 315.2 504.1 0.00 69 50 20360 -50.9 -85.9 1 35.0 -52.5 255 23 523.5 523.5 316.5 523.6 0.00 70 47 20763 -50.3 -86.3 1 36.0 -52.1 258 22 534.3 534.3 317.2 534.3 0.00 71 46 20903 -51.9 -86.9 1 35.0 -53.4 251 20 533.7 533.7 317.2 533.8 0.00 72 43 21341 -49.9 -85.9 1 36.0 -51.8 235 12 549.1 549.1 318.1 549.1 0.01 73 41 21651 -51.5 -86.5 1 35.0 -53.2 225 14 552.6 552.6 318.2 552.6 0.01 74 38 22146 -50.3 -86.3 1 36.0 -52.4 234 19 567.8 567.8 319.0 567.8 0.01 75 34 22868 -52.5 -87.5 1 35.0 -54.4 244 18 580.4 580.4 319.7 580.4 0.01 76 32 23261 -50.7 -86.7 1 36.0 -53.0 220 18 595.3 595.3 320.4 595.4 0.01 77 30 23680 -51.7 -86.7 1 35.0 -53.9 265 19 603.7 603.7 320.7 603.7 0.01 78 25 24857 -53.7 -87.7 1 34.0 -55.8 272 15 630.3 630.3 321.9 630.3 0.01 79 24 25121 -51.1 -87.1 1 36.0 -53.9 254 15 645.2 645.2 322.5 645.3 0.01 80 20 26300 -53.9 -87.9 1 34.0 -56.3 240 11 671.2 671.2 323.4 671.2 0.01 81 18 26973 -55.1 -89.1 1 34.0 -57.5 257 16 687.9 687.9 324.0 688.0 0.01 82 14 28585 -52.3 -88.3 1 36.0 -56.0 268 28 748.7 748.7 325.9 748.8 0.01 83 10 30750 -53.9 -87.9 1 34.0 -57.9 280 18 818.4 818.4 327.7 818.5 0.02 84 9.8 30880 -54.7 -88.7 1 34.0 -58.5 281 18 820.1 820.1 327.7 820.2 0.02 85 9.1 31356 -53.7 -88.7 1 35.0 -58.1 285 20 841.5 841.5 328.2 841.6 0.02 86 7.5 32592 -56.7 -89.7 1 33.0 -60.6 296 24 877.2 877.2 329.0 877.3 0.02 87 7.0 33030 -56.3 -89.3 1 33.0 -60.5 300 25 896.3 896.3 329.4 896.5 0.02 88 6.9 33121 -56.5 -90.5 1 34.0 -60.7 899.2 899.2 329.4 899.3 0.02 TRP 230 10489 -57.5 -68.5 23 11.0 -57.6 235 27 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.4 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5272.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 982.00 mb = 186.33 m = 611.33 ft Freezing level: 982.00 mb = 186.33 m = 611.33 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.69 % Est. max temperature: 4.97 C = 40.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.38 mb = 622.65 m = 2042.80 ft T: -2.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 0.28 C Layer 706.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.92 mb = 1170.56 m = 3840.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.07 C = 39.32 F Cap Strength: 12.66 C Lifted Index: 12.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.34 C Showalter Index: 10.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: -4.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65668.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.95 mb = 920.79 m = 3020.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 240 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 75 1 -1.0 -0.3 | 61 10 -9.0 -5.0 1 967 305 10 11 -1.9 -10.8 | 33 18 -10.0 -15.5 2 931 610 55 10 -8.2 -5.7 | 57 19 -16.3 -10.5 3 925 660 80 8 -7.9 -1.4 | 69 17 -15.9 -6.1 4 896 914 125 4 -3.3 2.3 | 78 12 -11.3 -2.4 5 862 1219 60 6 -5.2 -3.0 | 60 15 -13.3 -7.7 6 850 1325 80 7 -6.9 -1.2 | 68 16 -15.0 -5.9 7 796 1829 110 2 -1.9 0.7 | 68 11 -9.9 -4.0 8 765 2134 230 10 7.7 6.4 | 167 2 -0.4 1.7 9 735 2438 200 16 5.5 15.0 | 166 11 -2.6 10.3 10 707 2743 225 5 3.5 3.5 | 75 5 -4.5 -1.2 11 700 2819 225 5 3.5 3.5 | 75 5 -4.5 -1.2 12 679 3048 180 3 0.0 3.0 | 78 8 -8.1 -1.7 13 651 3353 225 10 7.1 7.1 | 157 3 -1.0 2.4 14 625 3658 210 19 9.5 16.5 | 187 12 1.4 11.7 15 576 4267 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 199 14 4.6 13.3 16 530 4877 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 192 15 2.9 14.3 17 500 5310 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 203 11 4.2 9.8 18 488 5486 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 190 9 1.7 9.2 19 447 6096 220 10 6.4 7.7 | 151 3 -1.6 2.9 20 428 6401 195 12 3.1 11.6 | 144 8 -5.0 6.9 21 410 6706 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 188 8 1.1 8.4 22 400 6870 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 199 14 4.6 13.3 23 392 7010 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 190 14 2.4 13.5 24 374 7315 235 23 18.8 13.2 | 232 14 10.8 8.5 25 357 7620 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 221 10 6.5 7.5 26 326 8230 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 217 16 9.6 13.0 27 312 8534 240 32 27.7 16.0 | 240 23 19.7 11.3 28 300 8790 225 37 26.2 26.2 | 220 28 18.1 21.4 29 298 8839 225 35 24.7 24.7 | 220 26 16.7 20.0 30 284 9144 230 41 31.4 26.4 | 227 32 23.3 21.6 31 250 9960 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 218 20 12.4 15.8 32 235 10363 220 29 18.6 22.2 | 211 20 10.6 17.5 33 230 10489 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 233 18 14.1 10.8 34 224 10668 235 27 22.1 15.5 | 233 18 14.1 10.8 35 213 10973 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 210 18 9.3 16.0 36 203 11278 245 29 26.3 12.3 | 248 20 18.2 7.5 37 200 11380 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 223 13 8.8 9.4 38 194 11582 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 216 15 8.9 12.3 39 176 12192 225 26 18.4 18.4 | 217 17 10.3 13.7 40 168 12497 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 248 15 13.7 5.4 41 153 13106 220 25 16.1 19.2 | 209 17 8.0 14.4 42 150 13230 235 22 18.0 12.6 | 232 13 10.0 7.9 43 139 13716 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 231 11 8.3 6.8 44 133 14021 205 24 10.1 21.8 | 187 17 2.1 17.0 45 115 14935 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 249 14 12.8 5.0 46 110 15240 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 212 10 5.4 8.7 47 105 15545 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 195 11 2.8 10.8 48 100 15860 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 214 12 6.8 10.1 49 96 16154 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 214 12 6.8 10.1 50 83 17069 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 215 13 7.5 10.8 51 79 17374 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 251 8 7.3 2.5 52 72 17983 225 22 15.6 15.6 | 215 13 7.5 10.8 53 70 18180 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 240 15 12.7 7.3 54 69 18288 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 233 19 14.9 11.3 55 66 18593 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 251 9 8.3 2.9 56 63 18898 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 219 8 5.0 6.2 57 60 19202 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 251 9 8.3 2.9 58 57 19507 240 16 13.9 8.0 | 240 7 5.8 3.3 59 54 19812 220 19 12.2 14.6 | 203 11 4.2 9.8 60 52 20117 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 240 16 13.6 7.8 61 50 20360 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 265 14 14.2 1.2 62 50 20422 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 233 19 14.9 11.3 63 47 20726 260 22 21.7 3.8 | 274 14 13.6 -0.9 64 45 21031 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 251 9 8.3 2.9 65 43 21336 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 219 3 1.8 2.2 66 39 21946 215 15 8.6 12.3 | 184 8 0.5 7.6 67 37 22250 245 21 19.0 8.9 | 249 12 11.0 4.2 68 36 22555 250 30 28.2 10.3 | 255 21 20.1 5.5 69 34 22860 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 251 9 8.3 2.9 70 32 23165 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 185 11 0.9 10.9 71 30 23680 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 286 11 10.9 -3.1 72 30 23774 265 26 25.9 2.3 | 278 18 17.8 -2.5 73 27 24384 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 262 8 7.9 1.1 74 26 24689 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 311 12 8.7 -7.7 75 24 24994 265 14 13.9 1.2 | 301 7 5.9 -3.5 76 23 25298 240 17 14.7 8.5 | 240 8 6.7 3.8 77 22 25603 280 14 13.8 -2.4 | 321 9 5.7 -7.1 78 21 25908 245 10 9.1 4.2 | 296 1 1.0 -0.5 79 20 26213 260 18 17.7 3.1 | 279 10 9.7 -1.6 80 20 26300 240 11 9.5 5.5 | 242 2 1.5 0.8 81 19 26518 270 15 15.0 -0.0 | 304 8 6.9 -4.7 82 18 26822 260 17 16.7 3.0 | 281 9 8.7 -1.8 83 18 27127 255 15 14.5 3.9 | 277 6 6.4 -0.8 84 17 27432 255 12 11.6 3.1 | 295 4 3.5 -1.6 85 16 27737 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 251 8 7.3 2.5 86 14 28651 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 283 21 20.9 -4.7 87 13 28956 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 328 22 11.6 -18.5 88 12 29566 280 22 21.7 -3.8 | 302 16 13.6 -8.5 89 11 30175 295 14 12.7 -5.9 | 336 12 4.6 -10.6 90 10 30750 280 18 17.7 -3.1 | 309 12 9.7 -7.8 91 7 33030 300 25 21.7 -12.5 | 322 22 13.6 -17.2 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.6 neg: -55.9 tot: 42.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 60.53 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 29 9 45 18| 0.0 8.1 8.1| 47.6 -28.0 19.6 39.2 0.12| 21.7 2.7 1000 53 7 57 17| 1.8 4.1 5.9| 63.6 -37.7 26.0 26.0 0.11| 16.7 1.9 1500 61 7 60 16| 2.0 2.7 4.7| 74.4 -42.8 31.5 21.0 0.13| 13.6 1.7 2000 68 6 63 16| 4.8 2.0 6.8| 94.3 -43.8 50.5 25.2 0.28| 14.5 4.1 2500 126 8 89 14| 3.8 2.1 5.9| 94.6 -51.7 42.9 17.2 0.16| 15.1 2.4 3000 151 7 97 12| 3.2 2.5 5.7| 98.6 -55.9 42.8 14.3 0.12| 14.3 1.6 4000 199 9 129 6| 4.5 1.9 6.4|113.6 -55.9 57.7 14.4 0.19| 13.1 2.4 5000 207 12 155 6| 3.5 1.5 5.0|120.3 -61.9 58.4 11.7 0.18| 11.0 2.0 6000 210 12 163 6| 2.1 1.2 3.3|122.1 -71.6 50.5 8.4 0.12| 10.1 1.2 Wrote GIF file: 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