UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102112.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 21 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 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 20 SFC 985 138 -3.3 -5.9 82 2.6 -4.2 0 0 271.0 271.4 269.8 277.8 2.49 2 981 171 -1.3 -5.1 75 3.8 -2.7 9 1 273.3 273.8 271.5 280.7 2.66 3 973 236 -0.9 -5.3 72 4.4 -2.5 26 2 274.4 274.8 272.1 281.7 2.64 4 940 513 -1.9 -5.9 74 4.0 -3.3 76 8 276.1 276.5 273.1 283.4 2.61 5 925 641 -3.1 -6.0 80 2.9 -4.1 95 9 276.1 276.6 273.2 283.5 2.64 6 904 822 -4.9 -6.4 89 1.5 -5.4 102 6 276.1 276.5 273.1 283.4 2.62 7 896 892 -5.1 -7.1 86 2.0 -5.8 104 4 276.6 277.0 273.2 283.6 2.50 8 887 971 -5.5 -6.0 96 0.5 -5.7 110 5 277.0 277.5 273.8 284.6 2.75 9 881 1025 -5.7 -6.9 91 1.2 -6.1 114 6 277.3 277.8 273.8 284.5 2.58 10 874 1087 -6.3 -7.6 90 1.3 -6.7 119 8 277.3 277.7 273.6 284.2 2.47 11 850 1304 -8.1 -8.3 98 0.2 -8.2 125 12 277.7 278.1 273.7 284.4 2.40 12 825 1535 -9.9 -9.9 100 0.0 -9.9 140 13 278.1 278.5 273.6 284.3 2.18 13 807 1705 -10.9 -11.1 98 0.2 -10.9 134 7 278.8 279.2 273.8 284.6 2.03 14 801 1763 -7.3 -14.3 57 7.0 -9.3 132 5 283.3 283.5 275.6 287.9 1.58 15 799 1782 -6.7 -14.7 53 8.0 -9.0 132 5 284.1 284.4 275.9 288.6 1.53 16 798 1792 -6.7 -14.7 53 8.0 -9.0 131 4 284.2 284.5 276.0 288.7 1.53 17 793 1841 -6.5 -13.5 58 7.0 -8.6 132 3 284.9 285.2 276.6 289.9 1.70 18 791 1861 -6.3 -11.3 68 5.0 -7.9 135 3 285.4 285.7 277.3 291.3 2.04 19 787 1900 -5.9 -16.9 41 11.0 -8.9 142 4 286.2 286.4 276.7 290.1 1.29 20 786 1910 -5.7 -14.7 49 9.0 -8.4 143 4 286.5 286.8 277.2 291.1 1.55 21 779 1980 -5.9 -11.9 63 6.0 -7.8 155 5 287.0 287.4 278.1 292.9 1.97 22 721 2580 -11.3 -14.1 80 2.8 -12.1 180 8 287.5 287.8 278.0 292.8 1.78 23 708 2719 -12.5 -13.7 91 1.2 -12.8 184 10 287.7 288.0 278.3 293.3 1.87 24 700 2806 -12.9 -13.5 95 0.6 -13.1 180 12 288.2 288.5 278.6 293.9 1.93 25 698 2828 -13.1 -13.7 95 0.6 -13.3 181 12 288.2 288.5 278.6 293.9 1.90 26 642 3462 -16.5 -18.9 82 2.4 -17.1 191 12 291.3 291.6 279.3 295.4 1.34 27 639 3497 -16.9 -19.7 79 2.8 -17.6 193 12 291.3 291.5 279.1 295.1 1.25 28 615 3783 -19.3 -21.1 86 1.8 -19.7 202 13 291.7 291.9 279.2 295.3 1.15 29 555 4539 -24.7 -27.8 75 3.1 -25.2 199 17 294.0 294.1 279.7 296.3 0.70 30 500 5290 -30.9 -33.7 76 2.8 -31.2 205 21 295.4 295.4 279.9 296.8 0.44 31 490 5433 -32.1 -34.6 78 2.5 -32.4 212 22 295.6 295.7 280.0 297.0 0.41 32 443 6137 -36.7 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.0 211 16 298.4 298.5 281.1 299.4 0.27 33 439 6200 -35.9 -39.4 70 3.5 -36.2 204 16 300.2 300.3 281.8 301.2 0.28 34 426 6408 -37.3 -39.9 77 2.6 -37.5 180 17 301.0 301.1 282.2 302.0 0.28 35 422 6473 -37.5 -40.9 70 3.4 -37.7 187 17 301.6 301.6 282.4 302.5 0.25 36 404 6772 -39.3 -41.8 77 2.5 -39.5 218 18 303.0 303.1 283.0 303.9 0.24 37 400 6840 -39.7 -42.5 75 2.8 -39.9 225 18 303.4 303.4 283.1 304.2 0.23 38 399 6857 -39.9 -42.8 74 2.9 -40.1 225 18 303.3 303.4 283.0 304.1 0.22 39 388 7048 -41.3 -45.4 64 4.1 -41.5 224 18 303.9 304.0 283.2 304.6 0.17 40 345 7837 -46.7 -51.7 57 5.0 -46.9 208 19 307.0 307.0 284.3 307.4 0.09 41 339 7953 -47.7 -52.7 56 5.0 -47.9 205 19 307.2 307.2 284.4 307.5 0.09 42 321 8312 -50.5 -53.6 70 3.1 -50.6 208 22 308.2 308.2 284.7 308.5 0.08 43 315 8434 -51.5 -54.9 67 3.4 -51.6 209 23 308.4 308.4 284.8 308.7 0.07 44 310 8538 -52.3 -54.4 78 2.1 -52.4 210 24 308.7 308.7 284.9 309.0 0.08 45 302 8707 -53.1 -57.2 61 4.1 -53.2 206 23 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.1 0.06 46 300 8750 -53.5 -57.0 65 3.5 -53.6 205 23 309.9 309.9 285.4 310.2 0.06 47 292 8923 -54.9 -57.8 70 2.9 -54.9 205 23 310.4 310.4 285.5 310.6 0.05 48 291 8945 -55.1 -58.5 66 3.4 -55.2 205 23 310.4 310.4 285.5 310.6 0.05 49 287 9034 -55.1 -61.1 47 6.0 -55.2 205 22 311.6 311.6 285.9 311.7 0.04 50 280 9191 -55.9 -61.9 47 6.0 -56.0 208 22 312.7 312.7 286.3 312.8 0.03 51 274 9329 -56.5 -63.5 41 7.0 -56.6 215 23 313.7 313.7 286.7 313.8 0.03 52 268 9469 -56.1 -67.1 24 11.0 -56.2 218 23 316.3 316.3 287.5 316.4 0.02 53 265 9541 -56.5 -66.5 27 10.0 -56.6 220 23 316.7 316.7 287.7 316.8 0.02 54 251 9885 -56.9 -69.9 18 13.0 -57.1 208 22 321.1 321.1 289.1 321.2 0.01 55 250 9910 -56.9 -69.9 18 13.0 -57.1 205 22 321.5 321.5 289.2 321.5 0.01 56 240 10170 -55.3 -72.3 10 17.0 -55.5 209 23 327.7 327.7 291.0 327.7 0.01 57 231 10414 -55.9 -74.9 8 19.0 -56.1 216 27 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.01 58 200 11340 -52.1 -80.1 2 28.0 -52.5 215 20 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.00 59 150 13210 -51.5 -81.5 2 30.0 -52.0 235 16 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 60 100 15830 -50.9 -82.9 1 32.0 -51.7 245 23 429.4 429.4 308.8 429.4 0.00 61 82 17122 -51.7 -83.7 1 32.0 -52.7 259 19 452.8 452.8 311.1 452.8 0.00 62 70 18150 -51.5 -83.5 1 32.0 -52.6 250 24 474.2 474.2 313.0 474.2 0.01 63 50 20340 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -52.1 235 28 524.5 524.5 316.6 524.5 0.01 64 44 21175 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -52.0 253 36 545.0 545.0 317.8 545.0 0.01 65 42 21478 -51.5 -84.5 1 33.0 -53.2 267 34 548.8 548.8 318.1 548.9 0.01 66 34 22848 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -54.4 230 25 580.4 580.4 319.7 580.4 0.01 67 30 23660 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -53.3 255 20 605.9 605.9 320.9 605.9 0.01 68 24 25102 -52.9 -84.9 1 32.0 -55.2 277 19 640.0 640.0 322.3 640.1 0.01 69 20 26280 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.3 325 23 679.8 679.8 323.7 679.9 0.01 70 16 27729 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -54.2 286 13 727.2 727.2 325.3 727.3 0.02 71 14 28599 -50.3 -84.3 1 34.0 -54.6 245 15 755.5 755.5 326.1 755.7 0.02 72 14 28599 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.5 245 15 756.2 756.2 326.1 756.4 0.02 73 13 29082 -50.1 -84.1 1 34.0 -54.7 285 22 772.4 772.4 326.5 772.6 0.03 74 12 29601 -52.5 -85.5 1 33.0 -56.5 290 13 781.7 781.7 326.8 781.9 0.02 75 11 30164 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -55.9 298 18 806.5 806.5 327.4 806.7 0.03 76 10 30780 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -57.3 315 23 822.1 822.1 327.8 822.3 0.02 77 9.5 31111 -53.1 -85.1 1 32.0 -57.6 316 24 833.5 833.5 328.0 833.7 0.03 78 8.9 31529 -55.7 -86.7 1 31.0 -59.5 318 26 839.1 839.2 328.1 839.4 0.02 79 8.4 31900 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -57.5 320 27 866.5 866.5 328.7 866.7 0.03 80 7.0 33070 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -60.3 325 32 897.1 897.2 329.4 897.4 0.03 81 6.2 33839 -57.5 -88.5 1 31.0 -61.6 922.8 922.9 329.8 923.1 0.02 TRP 274 9329 -56.5 -63.5 41 7.0 -56.6 215 23 313.7 313.7 286.7 313.8 0.03 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5270.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.23 % Est. max temperature: 3.60 C = 38.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.39 mb = 466.83 m = 1531.57 ft T: -1.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 1.23 C Layer 787.0- 786.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.19 mb = 1165.96 m = 3825.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 3.11 C = 37.59 F Cap Strength: 10.32 C Lifted Index: 10.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.65 C Showalter Index: 9.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 13.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77787.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.54 mb = 948.83 m = 3112.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 218 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 985 138 0 0 -0.0 -0.0 | 38 9 -5.7 -7.2 1 965 305 45 4 -2.8 -2.8 | 40 13 -8.5 -10.0 2 929 610 90 10 -10.0 0.0 | 65 17 -15.7 -7.2 3 925 641 95 9 -9.0 0.8 | 66 16 -14.7 -6.4 4 893 914 105 4 -3.9 1.0 | 57 11 -9.6 -6.2 5 859 1219 130 11 -8.4 7.1 | 90 14 -14.1 -0.1 6 850 1304 125 12 -9.8 6.9 | 89 16 -15.5 -0.3 7 826 1524 140 13 -8.4 10.0 | 101 14 -14.0 2.8 8 794 1829 130 3 -2.3 1.9 | 57 10 -8.0 -5.3 9 764 2134 180 7 0.0 7.0 | 88 6 -5.7 -0.2 10 734 2438 175 7 -0.6 7.0 | 88 6 -6.3 -0.2 11 706 2743 185 10 0.9 10.0 | 120 6 -4.8 2.8 12 700 2806 180 12 0.0 12.0 | 130 7 -5.7 4.8 13 677 3048 190 10 1.7 9.8 | 124 5 -4.0 2.7 14 650 3353 185 12 1.0 12.0 | 136 7 -4.6 4.8 15 624 3658 205 13 5.5 11.8 | 178 5 -0.2 4.6 16 599 3962 195 14 3.6 13.5 | 162 7 -2.1 6.3 17 574 4267 195 17 4.4 16.4 | 172 9 -1.3 9.2 18 529 4877 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 190 8 1.5 8.2 19 507 5182 200 18 6.2 16.9 | 183 10 0.5 9.7 20 500 5290 205 21 8.9 19.0 | 195 12 3.2 11.8 21 486 5486 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 213 13 6.9 10.8 22 465 5791 205 17 7.2 15.4 | 190 8 1.5 8.2 23 445 6096 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 211 7 3.5 5.9 24 426 6401 180 17 0.0 17.0 | 150 11 -5.7 9.8 25 400 6840 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 232 9 7.0 5.5 26 390 7010 225 18 12.7 12.7 | 232 9 7.0 5.5 27 356 7620 215 19 10.9 15.6 | 212 10 5.2 8.4 28 340 7925 205 19 8.0 17.2 | 193 10 2.3 10.0 29 310 8534 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 205 15 6.3 13.6 30 300 8750 205 23 9.7 20.8 | 196 14 4.0 13.7 31 282 9144 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 196 13 3.6 12.7 32 274 9329 215 23 13.2 18.8 | 213 14 7.5 11.6 33 256 9754 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 229 14 10.6 9.1 34 250 9910 205 22 9.3 19.9 | 196 13 3.6 12.7 35 244 10058 205 20 8.5 18.1 | 194 11 2.8 10.9 36 233 10363 215 27 15.5 22.1 | 213 18 9.8 14.9 37 212 10973 230 24 18.4 15.4 | 237 15 12.7 8.2 38 200 11340 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 212 11 5.8 9.2 39 193 11582 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 212 11 5.8 9.2 40 167 12497 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 247 6 5.8 2.5 41 150 13210 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 255 8 7.4 2.0 42 145 13411 235 16 13.1 9.2 | 255 8 7.4 2.0 43 139 13716 225 25 17.7 17.7 | 229 16 12.0 10.5 44 126 14326 245 18 16.3 7.6 | 268 11 10.6 0.4 45 120 14630 250 15 14.1 5.1 | 284 9 8.4 -2.1 46 115 14935 215 16 9.2 13.1 | 211 7 3.5 5.9 47 110 15240 225 23 16.3 16.3 | 229 14 10.6 9.1 48 105 15545 245 24 21.8 10.1 | 260 16 16.1 3.0 49 100 15830 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 261 15 15.2 2.5 50 100 15850 230 26 19.9 16.7 | 236 17 14.2 9.5 51 95 16154 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 261 15 15.2 2.5 52 91 16459 225 21 14.8 14.8 | 230 12 9.2 7.7 53 87 16764 240 30 26.0 15.0 | 249 22 20.3 7.8 54 83 17069 265 20 19.9 1.7 | 291 15 14.2 -5.4 55 79 17374 230 16 12.3 10.3 | 245 7 6.6 3.1 56 75 17678 250 10 9.4 3.4 | 315 5 3.7 -3.8 57 72 17983 230 15 11.5 9.6 | 247 6 5.8 2.5 58 70 18150 250 24 22.6 8.2 | 267 17 16.9 1.0 59 69 18288 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 261 15 15.2 2.5 60 62 18898 250 16 15.0 5.5 | 280 10 9.3 -1.7 61 57 19507 255 16 15.5 4.1 | 287 10 9.8 -3.1 62 54 19812 230 18 13.8 11.6 | 242 9 8.1 4.4 63 50 20340 235 28 22.9 16.1 | 243 19 17.2 8.9 64 47 20726 235 32 26.2 18.4 | 241 23 20.5 11.2 65 43 21336 260 37 36.4 6.4 | 271 31 30.8 -0.8 66 39 21946 290 22 20.7 -7.5 | 314 21 15.0 -14.7 67 37 22250 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 268 7 7.3 0.3 68 34 22860 230 25 19.2 16.1 | 237 16 13.5 8.9 69 32 23165 270 23 23.0 -0.0 | 293 19 17.3 -7.2 70 31 23470 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 280 13 12.7 -2.3 71 30 23660 255 20 19.3 5.2 | 278 14 13.6 -2.0 72 29 23774 280 17 16.7 -3.0 | 313 15 11.1 -10.1 73 28 24079 255 19 18.4 4.9 | 280 13 12.7 -2.3 74 27 24384 280 16 15.8 -2.8 | 315 14 10.1 -10.0 75 26 24689 250 18 16.9 6.2 | 275 11 11.2 -1.0 76 23 25298 290 20 18.8 -6.8 | 317 19 13.1 -14.0 77 22 25603 270 21 21.0 -0.0 | 295 17 15.3 -7.2 78 21 25908 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 329 19 9.9 -16.2 79 20 26213 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 313 22 15.9 -15.1 80 20 26280 325 23 13.2 -18.8 | 344 27 7.5 -26.0 81 19 26518 310 26 19.9 -16.7 | 329 28 14.2 -23.9 82 18 26822 330 22 11.0 -19.1 | 349 27 5.3 -26.2 83 18 27127 340 11 3.8 -10.3 | 6 18 -1.9 -17.5 84 17 27432 305 15 12.3 -8.6 | 337 17 6.6 -15.8 85 16 27737 285 13 12.6 -3.4 | 327 13 6.9 -10.6 86 15 28042 285 17 16.4 -4.4 | 317 16 10.7 -11.6 87 15 28346 245 13 11.8 5.5 | 286 6 6.1 -1.7 88 14 28651 245 16 14.5 6.8 | 273 9 8.8 -0.4 89 13 28956 275 24 23.9 -2.1 | 297 20 18.2 -9.3 90 13 29261 300 18 15.6 -9.0 | 329 19 9.9 -16.2 91 12 29566 290 13 12.2 -4.4 | 331 13 6.5 -11.6 92 12 29870 290 16 15.0 -5.5 | 324 16 9.3 -12.7 93 10 30780 315 23 16.3 -16.3 | 336 26 10.6 -23.5 94 7 33070 325 32 18.4 -26.2 | 339 36 12.7 -33.4 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 218.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.6 neg: -32.7 tot: 48.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 30.74 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 75 5 52 14| 9.4 0.0 9.4| 31.9 -1.1 30.8 61.6 0.60| 13.0 7.8 1000 93 6 60 14| 4.7 0.0 4.7| 47.3 -6.8 40.5 40.5 0.47| 11.5 5.5 1500 114 8 73 14| 3.2 0.0 3.2| 65.4 -16.2 49.3 32.8 0.40| 10.9 4.3 2000 121 7 74 12| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 74.2 -31.8 42.4 21.2 0.26| 11.2 2.9 2500 133 7 79 11| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 77.5 -31.8 45.7 18.3 0.29| 9.6 2.7 3000 146 8 86 10| 1.8 0.0 1.8| 81.6 -32.7 48.9 16.3 0.29| 9.0 2.6 4000 166 9 103 8| 1.7 0.5 2.1| 89.4 -34.3 55.1 13.8 0.31| 8.0 2.5 5000 179 11 122 7| 1.5 0.4 1.9| 96.8 -36.3 60.5 12.1 0.32| 6.9 2.2 6000 188 12 141 6| 1.1 0.4 1.5|116.5 -45.8 70.6 11.8 0.30| 7.0 2.1 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251021.12.gif