UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102100.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 21 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 21 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 26 SFC 986 138 -0.3 -5.1 70 4.8 -2.0 5 1 274.0 274.4 271.9 281.2 2.65 2 981 179 0.0 -3.9 75 3.9 -1.4 11 3 274.7 275.1 272.7 282.7 2.91 3 925 648 -3.7 -6.5 81 2.8 -4.7 75 14 275.5 276.0 272.6 282.6 2.54 4 914 742 -4.5 -7.2 81 2.7 -5.4 79 12 275.6 276.1 272.6 282.4 2.43 5 902 846 -4.3 -8.2 74 3.9 -5.6 82 10 276.9 277.3 273.1 283.3 2.28 6 894 916 -4.7 -8.1 77 3.4 -5.8 85 9 277.2 277.6 273.3 283.7 2.32 7 893 925 -4.7 -7.9 78 3.2 -5.8 85 9 277.3 277.7 273.4 283.9 2.36 8 850 1311 -7.9 -9.3 90 1.4 -8.4 75 10 277.9 278.2 273.5 284.1 2.22 9 834 1458 -9.5 -9.6 99 0.1 -9.5 71 11 277.7 278.1 273.4 283.9 2.21 10 791 1865 -12.5 -12.5 100 0.0 -12.5 78 11 278.7 279.0 273.5 284.0 1.85 11 787 1904 -11.7 -11.9 98 0.2 -11.8 96 10 280.0 280.3 274.3 285.6 1.95 12 785 1923 -9.5 -11.0 89 1.5 -9.9 106 10 282.5 282.9 275.9 288.6 2.10 13 780 1973 -8.1 -13.1 67 5.0 -9.6 129 9 284.6 284.9 276.6 289.8 1.78 14 770 2073 -8.7 -14.7 62 6.0 -10.4 176 7 285.0 285.3 276.5 289.7 1.59 15 764 2133 -8.9 -13.3 70 4.4 -10.2 205 6 285.4 285.7 277.0 290.7 1.79 16 762 2154 -8.9 -13.7 68 4.8 -10.3 207 6 285.6 285.9 277.0 290.7 1.74 17 760 2174 -8.7 -19.7 41 11.0 -11.4 208 6 286.0 286.2 276.3 289.2 1.05 18 748 2298 -8.1 -30.1 15 22.0 -12.2 218 6 288.0 288.1 276.3 289.3 0.42 19 746 2318 -8.1 -29.1 17 21.0 -12.2 220 6 288.2 288.3 276.5 289.7 0.46 20 739 2391 -8.7 -27.7 20 19.0 -12.5 226 6 288.3 288.4 276.7 290.0 0.53 21 736 2423 -8.9 -22.9 31 14.0 -12.1 229 6 288.5 288.6 277.2 291.0 0.82 22 733 2455 -9.1 -25.1 26 16.0 -12.5 230 6 288.6 288.7 277.0 290.7 0.68 23 732 2465 -9.3 -21.3 37 12.0 -12.1 231 6 288.5 288.6 277.3 291.4 0.95 24 729 2497 -9.5 -26.5 24 17.0 -12.9 232 7 288.6 288.7 276.9 290.5 0.60 25 727 2518 -9.7 -19.7 44 10.0 -12.2 233 7 288.6 288.8 277.6 292.0 1.10 26 722 2571 -9.9 -16.9 57 7.0 -11.8 234 7 289.0 289.2 278.2 293.2 1.41 27 700 2809 -12.1 -17.0 67 4.9 -13.4 255 9 289.1 289.3 278.3 293.4 1.44 28 688 2941 -13.3 -17.6 70 4.3 -14.4 255 10 289.2 289.4 278.3 293.4 1.39 29 681 3018 -13.7 -19.7 60 6.0 -15.1 255 10 289.6 289.8 278.2 293.2 1.18 30 665 3198 -15.3 -18.9 74 3.6 -16.2 239 10 289.8 290.0 278.4 293.7 1.29 31 649 3381 -16.5 -22.5 60 6.0 -17.7 218 10 290.4 290.6 278.3 293.4 0.97 32 642 3463 -17.1 -28.1 38 11.0 -19.0 209 10 290.6 290.8 277.9 292.5 0.59 33 636 3533 -17.5 -32.5 26 15.0 -19.7 201 10 291.0 291.0 277.8 292.3 0.39 34 631 3592 -17.9 -29.9 34 12.0 -19.8 195 10 291.2 291.3 278.0 292.8 0.51 35 629 3615 -18.1 -22.7 67 4.6 -19.0 192 10 291.2 291.4 278.7 294.3 0.98 36 623 3687 -18.7 -21.7 77 3.0 -19.3 186 10 291.3 291.5 278.9 294.7 1.08 37 616 3771 -18.9 -23.2 69 4.3 -19.8 190 11 292.0 292.2 279.1 295.0 0.96 38 603 3929 -20.1 -23.6 74 3.5 -20.8 197 14 292.4 292.6 279.3 295.4 0.94 39 598 3991 -20.3 -25.3 64 5.0 -21.2 200 15 292.9 293.1 279.3 295.5 0.82 40 584 4166 -21.3 -28.3 53 7.0 -22.4 209 17 293.7 293.8 279.4 295.8 0.64 41 583 4178 -21.3 -27.3 58 6.0 -22.3 210 17 293.9 294.0 279.6 296.1 0.70 42 527 4913 -27.1 -30.2 75 3.1 -27.5 215 17 295.5 295.6 280.2 297.4 0.59 43 510 5149 -28.7 -32.8 68 4.1 -29.2 211 21 296.4 296.4 280.4 297.9 0.47 44 502 5262 -29.3 -32.2 76 2.9 -29.6 221 23 297.0 297.1 280.7 298.7 0.51 45 500 5290 -29.5 -32.7 74 3.2 -29.9 225 23 297.1 297.2 280.7 298.7 0.49 46 496 5348 -29.7 -33.7 68 4.0 -30.2 227 22 297.5 297.6 280.9 299.0 0.45 47 479 5596 -31.7 -34.1 79 2.4 -32.0 234 20 298.0 298.1 281.1 299.5 0.45 48 477 5626 -31.9 -34.9 75 3.0 -32.2 235 20 298.1 298.2 281.1 299.5 0.41 49 472 5701 -32.5 -34.5 82 2.0 -32.7 237 19 298.3 298.4 281.2 299.7 0.43 50 468 5761 -32.5 -35.7 73 3.2 -32.8 239 18 299.0 299.1 281.5 300.3 0.39 51 447 6084 -34.5 -37.2 76 2.7 -34.7 212 18 300.5 300.5 282.0 301.6 0.35 52 442 6163 -34.3 -36.8 78 2.5 -34.6 213 18 301.7 301.7 282.5 302.9 0.37 53 438 6227 -34.1 -37.5 71 3.4 -34.4 216 18 302.7 302.8 283.0 303.9 0.35 54 417 6571 -36.1 -37.8 84 1.7 -36.2 218 18 304.4 304.5 283.7 305.6 0.35 55 400 6860 -37.3 -42.3 60 5.0 -37.7 205 17 306.5 306.6 284.3 307.3 0.23 56 300 8780 -52.1 -54.9 72 2.8 -52.2 205 29 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.2 0.07 57 263 9620 -59.1 -65.1 46 6.0 -59.2 195 29 313.6 313.6 286.6 313.7 0.02 58 250 9940 -57.1 -69.1 20 12.0 -57.2 200 15 321.2 321.2 289.1 321.2 0.01 59 200 11360 -54.3 -78.3 4 24.0 -54.6 230 17 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.00 60 150 13210 -52.1 -83.1 1 31.0 -52.6 215 20 380.3 380.3 302.3 380.3 0.00 61 100 15840 -51.3 -83.3 1 32.0 -52.1 240 12 428.6 428.6 308.7 428.6 0.00 62 86 16821 -49.9 -82.9 1 33.0 -51.0 241 19 450.3 450.3 310.9 450.3 0.00 63 70 18160 -51.1 -84.1 1 33.0 -52.2 235 16 475.1 475.1 313.1 475.1 0.00 64 61 19055 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -52.7 219 18 493.2 493.2 314.5 493.3 0.01 65 50 20350 -50.5 -84.5 1 34.0 -52.1 240 24 524.5 524.5 316.6 524.5 0.01 66 44 21183 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -52.1 242 22 544.5 544.5 317.8 544.5 0.01 67 41 21642 -51.7 -84.7 1 33.0 -53.4 260 24 552.1 552.1 318.2 552.1 0.01 68 39 21967 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -51.7 255 26 565.6 565.6 318.9 565.7 0.01 69 35 22671 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -54.3 271 19 575.6 575.6 319.5 575.6 0.01 70 34 22859 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -53.2 275 17 584.0 584.0 319.9 584.1 0.01 71 30 23670 -52.1 -85.1 1 33.0 -54.2 245 17 602.6 602.6 320.7 602.7 0.01 72 24 25115 -53.1 -86.1 1 33.0 -55.4 271 13 639.4 639.4 322.3 639.5 0.01 73 22 25680 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.1 260 23 661.5 661.5 323.1 661.6 0.01 74 20 26300 -51.7 -85.7 1 34.0 -54.7 295 13 677.9 677.9 323.7 678.0 0.01 75 12 29594 -53.9 -86.9 1 33.0 -57.5 304 24 776.8 776.8 326.7 776.9 0.02 76 12 29594 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -56.3 304 24 783.1 783.2 326.8 783.3 0.02 77 11 30155 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -57.4 308 23 797.8 797.8 327.2 798.0 0.02 78 10 30770 -52.3 -85.3 1 33.0 -56.9 335 25 824.3 824.3 327.8 824.6 0.03 79 7.0 33070 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -58.9 330 39 907.1 907.1 329.5 907.4 0.03 80 6.2 33848 -55.1 -87.1 1 32.0 -60.1 933.1 933.1 330.1 933.4 0.03 81 5.7 34387 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -59.1 965.5 965.5 330.6 965.9 0.04 82 5.6 34502 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -59.2 970.4 970.4 330.7 970.8 0.04 TRP 263 9620 -59.1 -65.1 46 6.0 -59.2 195 29 313.6 313.6 286.6 313.7 0.02 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5264.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Freezing level: 981.00 mb = 178.84 m = 586.73 ft Freezing level: 981.00 mb = 178.84 m = 586.73 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.40 % Est. max temperature: 3.45 C = 38.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.70 mb = 736.27 m = 2415.55 ft T: -4.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 1.51 C Layer 760.0- 748.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.99 mb = 1228.79 m = 4031.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.48 C = 38.26 F Cap Strength: 12.16 C Lifted Index: 12.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.51 C Showalter Index: 11.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 7.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 43.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84414.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.28 mb = 975.43 m = 3200.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 239 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 986 138 5 1 -0.1 -1.0 | 55 10 -8.4 -6.0 1 966 305 30 9 -4.5 -7.8 | 45 18 -12.8 -12.8 2 929 610 75 12 -11.6 -3.1 | 68 22 -19.9 -8.1 3 925 648 75 14 -13.5 -3.6 | 68 24 -21.9 -8.6 4 894 914 85 9 -9.0 -0.8 | 72 18 -17.3 -5.8 5 860 1219 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 76 18 -17.3 -4.2 6 850 1311 75 10 -9.7 -2.6 | 67 20 -18.0 -7.6 7 795 1829 60 12 -10.4 -6.0 | 60 22 -18.7 -11.0 8 764 2134 205 6 2.5 5.4 | 94 6 -5.8 0.4 9 734 2438 230 6 4.6 3.9 | 73 4 -3.7 -1.1 10 706 2743 240 9 7.8 4.5 | 48 1 -0.5 -0.5 11 700 2809 255 9 8.7 2.3 | 353 3 0.4 -2.7 12 678 3048 255 10 9.7 2.6 | 331 3 1.3 -2.4 13 624 3658 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 124 9 -7.5 5.0 14 574 4267 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 194 11 2.6 10.6 15 529 4877 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 186 8 0.8 8.1 16 507 5182 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 191 14 2.7 14.1 17 500 5290 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 215 14 7.9 11.3 18 466 5791 240 18 15.6 9.0 | 241 8 7.2 4.0 19 446 6096 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 184 11 0.7 10.6 20 427 6401 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 210 9 4.4 7.7 21 400 6860 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 174 10 -1.2 10.4 22 391 7010 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 174 10 -1.2 10.4 23 374 7315 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 217 7 3.9 5.3 24 357 7620 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 200 9 3.2 8.8 25 341 7925 210 20 10.0 17.3 | 188 12 1.7 12.3 26 326 8230 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 224 14 10.0 10.4 27 300 8780 205 29 12.3 26.3 | 190 22 3.9 21.3 28 283 9144 200 31 10.6 29.1 | 185 24 2.3 24.1 29 270 9449 195 33 8.5 31.9 | 180 27 0.2 26.9 30 263 9620 195 29 7.5 28.0 | 178 23 -0.8 23.0 31 250 9940 200 15 5.1 14.1 | 161 10 -3.2 9.1 32 245 10058 210 17 8.5 14.7 | 181 10 0.2 9.7 33 234 10363 180 21 0.0 21.0 | 152 18 -8.3 16.0 34 223 10668 185 31 2.7 30.9 | 168 26 -5.6 25.9 35 213 10973 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 213 12 6.5 9.9 36 203 11278 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 187 6 0.7 5.7 37 200 11360 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 218 8 4.7 5.9 38 193 11582 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 231 9 7.2 5.9 39 176 12192 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 216 15 8.6 12.0 40 160 12802 230 21 16.1 13.5 | 222 12 7.7 8.5 41 150 13210 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 195 12 3.1 11.4 42 145 13411 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 195 12 3.1 11.4 43 139 13716 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 221 10 6.2 7.2 44 132 14021 205 16 6.8 14.5 | 171 10 -1.6 9.5 45 115 14935 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 241 11 9.8 5.5 46 110 15240 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 200 9 3.2 8.8 47 100 15840 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 244 2 2.0 1.0 48 100 15850 250 17 16.0 5.8 | 264 8 7.6 0.8 49 95 16154 240 12 10.4 6.0 | 244 2 2.0 1.0 50 87 16764 245 20 18.1 8.5 | 251 10 9.8 3.5 51 83 17069 225 17 12.0 12.0 | 208 8 3.7 7.0 52 79 17374 235 12 9.8 6.9 | 218 2 1.5 1.9 53 75 17678 225 16 11.3 11.3 | 205 7 3.0 6.3 54 72 17983 210 18 9.0 15.6 | 184 11 0.7 10.6 55 70 18160 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 229 6 4.8 4.2 56 69 18288 235 19 15.6 10.9 | 231 9 7.2 5.9 57 65 18593 235 15 12.3 8.6 | 228 5 3.9 3.6 58 63 18898 215 18 10.3 14.7 | 191 10 2.0 9.7 59 57 19507 230 19 14.6 12.2 | 221 10 6.2 7.2 60 54 19812 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 249 13 12.5 4.7 61 52 20117 225 24 17.0 17.0 | 216 15 8.6 12.0 62 50 20350 240 24 20.8 12.0 | 241 14 12.4 7.0 63 47 20726 240 23 19.9 11.5 | 241 13 11.6 6.5 64 45 21031 230 22 16.9 14.1 | 223 12 8.5 9.1 65 43 21336 255 23 22.2 6.0 | 266 14 13.9 1.0 66 41 21641 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 273 15 15.3 -0.8 67 39 21946 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 264 17 16.8 1.7 68 34 22860 275 17 16.9 -1.5 | 307 11 8.6 -6.5 69 32 23165 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 217 7 3.9 5.3 70 30 23670 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 253 7 7.1 2.2 71 30 23774 265 18 17.9 1.6 | 290 10 9.6 -3.4 72 28 24079 245 17 15.4 7.2 | 253 7 7.1 2.2 73 27 24384 250 26 24.4 8.9 | 256 17 16.1 3.9 74 24 24994 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 342 11 3.4 -10.5 75 23 25298 235 13 10.6 7.5 | 223 3 2.3 2.5 76 22 25603 255 24 23.2 6.2 | 265 15 14.8 1.2 77 21 25908 275 19 18.9 -1.7 | 302 13 10.6 -6.7 78 20 26213 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 320 10 6.4 -7.6 79 20 26300 295 13 11.8 -5.5 | 342 11 3.4 -10.5 80 19 26518 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 338 10 3.9 -9.4 81 18 26822 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 342 10 2.9 -9.1 82 18 27127 220 14 9.0 10.7 | 187 6 0.7 5.7 83 17 27432 240 21 18.2 10.5 | 241 11 9.8 5.5 84 16 27737 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 292 14 12.7 -5.0 85 15 28346 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 319 16 10.5 -11.8 86 14 28651 285 15 14.5 -3.9 | 325 11 6.1 -8.9 87 13 29261 265 22 21.9 1.9 | 283 14 13.6 -3.1 88 12 29566 305 24 19.7 -13.8 | 329 22 11.3 -18.8 89 11 29870 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 321 18 11.6 -14.3 90 10 30770 335 25 10.6 -22.7 | 355 28 2.2 -27.7 91 7 33070 330 39 19.5 -33.8 | 344 40 11.2 -38.8 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.5 neg: -37.6 tot: 75.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 60.25 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 52 9 56 18| 13.6 0.0 13.6| 44.3 -6.9 37.4 74.8 0.35| 18.2 6.3 1000 69 10 64 19| 4.6 0.0 4.6| 56.4 -6.9 49.4 49.4 0.36| 12.2 4.3 1500 72 10 65 19| 3.1 1.8 4.9| 56.4 -28.6 27.8 18.5 0.15| 9.9 1.4 2000 71 10 65 19| 3.1 1.3 4.4|113.5 -34.1 79.3 39.7 0.29| 13.4 3.9 2500 77 9 68 19| 2.7 1.1 3.8|113.5 -36.2 77.2 30.9 0.23| 11.7 2.7 3000 81 9 70 19| 2.5 0.9 3.4|113.5 -37.6 75.8 25.3 0.15| 10.8 1.6 4000 151 10 105 14| 3.0 1.2 4.1|134.8 -41.2 93.5 23.4 0.16| 10.7 1.7 5000 194 11 138 8| 2.5 1.0 3.4|143.6 -43.8 99.7 19.9 0.16| 9.6 1.6 6000 209 13 162 7| 2.2 1.5 3.6|177.3 -62.8 114.5 19.1 0.15| 9.8 1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251021.00.gif