UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102212.upa.cvt Date: 1200Z 22 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:1200Z 22 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 -45 SFC 977 138 -4.3 -7.9 76 3.6 -5.4 40 3 270.6 271.0 269.0 276.5 2.15 2 967 220 -2.1 -6.3 73 4.2 -3.6 40 7 273.7 274.1 271.4 280.5 2.46 3 958 295 -2.5 -6.3 75 3.8 -3.8 40 11 274.0 274.4 271.6 280.9 2.49 4 925 576 -0.9 -7.9 59 7.0 -3.3 75 19 278.4 278.8 273.9 284.8 2.28 5 921 611 -0.5 -7.5 59 7.0 -3.0 75 20 279.1 279.5 274.5 285.8 2.36 6 895 839 -1.1 -9.1 55 8.0 -3.8 67 18 280.8 281.2 275.0 287.0 2.14 7 876 1010 -1.9 -9.9 54 8.0 -4.6 73 18 281.7 282.1 275.4 287.6 2.05 8 870 1064 -1.9 -8.9 59 7.0 -4.3 77 18 282.3 282.7 276.0 288.7 2.24 9 865 1110 -1.9 -8.9 59 7.0 -4.3 81 17 282.7 283.1 276.3 289.2 2.25 10 850 1249 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63 4.1 -47.9 181 33 311.5 311.5 286.0 311.8 0.10 52 315 8481 -49.1 -52.7 66 3.6 -49.2 182 34 311.8 311.8 286.1 312.1 0.09 53 301 8778 -51.9 -56.2 60 4.3 -52.0 185 36 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.1 0.06 54 300 8800 -52.1 -56.4 60 4.3 -52.2 185 36 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.1 0.06 55 287 9083 -54.7 -58.0 67 3.3 -54.8 186 38 312.2 312.2 286.2 312.4 0.05 56 280 9240 -55.5 -57.9 74 2.4 -55.5 185 41 313.2 313.2 286.5 313.4 0.05 57 250 9950 -60.9 -65.3 56 4.4 -60.9 185 58 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.6 0.02 58 246 10050 -61.4 -65.5 58 4.1 -61.5 185 60 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.3 0.02 59 241 10177 -62.1 -65.8 61 3.7 -62.1 190 56 317.1 317.1 287.8 317.1 0.02 60 200 11340 -57.5 -80.5 4 23.0 -57.7 195 34 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.00 61 150 13180 -53.3 -82.3 2 29.0 -53.8 190 26 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.3 0.00 62 100 15810 -52.3 -84.3 1 32.0 -53.0 195 26 426.7 426.7 308.4 426.7 0.00 63 96 16075 -50.5 -83.5 1 33.0 -51.4 195 26 435.2 435.2 309.4 435.2 0.00 64 81 17183 -50.3 -83.3 1 33.0 -51.4 206 25 457.3 457.3 311.5 457.3 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-61.5 185 60 316.2 316.2 287.5 316.3 0.02 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5335.00 m Freezing level: Surface below freezing Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.79 % Est. max temperature: 10.58 C = 51.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.94 mb = 593.76 m = 1947.99 ft T: -0.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 0.59 C Layer 801.0- 795.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.00 mb = 2945.85 m = 9664.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.42 C = 61.55 F Cap Strength: 15.37 C Lifted Index: 15.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.97 C Showalter Index: 11.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.20 C Cross Totals Index: 16.20 C K Index: 6.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79152.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.92 mb = 1352.76 m = 4438.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 167 at 13 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 977 138 40 3 -1.9 -2.3 | 356 15 1.0 -15.3 1 957 305 40 11 -7.1 -8.4 | 11 22 -4.1 -21.4 2 925 576 75 19 -18.4 -4.9 | 41 24 -15.4 -17.9 3 921 610 75 20 -19.3 -5.2 | 42 24 -16.4 -18.2 4 886 914 65 18 -16.3 -7.6 | 33 25 -13.4 -20.6 5 853 1219 90 17 -17.0 0.0 | 47 19 -14.1 -13.0 6 850 1249 95 18 -17.9 1.6 | 53 19 -15.0 -11.4 7 821 1524 110 22 -20.7 7.5 | 73 19 -17.7 -5.5 8 789 1829 100 24 -23.6 4.2 | 67 23 -20.7 -8.8 9 759 2134 120 24 -20.8 12.0 | 87 18 -17.9 -1.0 10 730 2438 115 20 -18.1 8.5 | 73 16 -15.2 -4.6 11 702 2743 125 12 -9.8 6.9 | 48 9 -6.9 -6.1 12 700 2769 120 9 -7.8 4.5 | 30 10 -4.9 -8.5 13 674 3048 175 4 -0.3 4.0 | 344 9 2.6 -9.0 14 622 3658 155 5 -2.1 4.5 | 355 9 0.8 -8.5 15 573 4267 165 21 -5.4 20.3 | 161 8 -2.5 7.3 16 550 4572 170 27 -4.7 26.6 | 173 14 -1.8 13.6 17 528 4877 165 19 -4.9 18.4 | 160 6 -2.0 5.3 18 507 5182 170 16 -2.8 15.8 | 183 3 0.1 2.7 19 500 5290 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 200 4 1.4 3.9 20 466 5791 170 32 -5.6 31.5 | 172 19 -2.6 18.5 21 446 6096 160 31 -10.6 29.1 | 155 18 -7.7 16.1 22 409 6706 145 26 -14.9 21.3 | 125 15 -12.0 8.3 23 400 6870 150 27 -13.5 23.4 | 134 15 -10.6 10.4 24 392 7010 150 28 -14.0 24.2 | 135 16 -11.1 11.2 25 358 7620 175 30 -2.6 29.9 | 181 17 0.3 16.9 26 300 8800 185 36 3.1 35.9 | 195 24 6.1 22.8 27 298 8839 190 36 6.3 35.5 | 202 24 9.2 22.4 28 284 9144 185 39 3.4 38.9 | 194 27 6.3 25.8 29 250 9950 185 58 5.1 57.8 | 190 45 8.0 44.8 30 246 10050 185 60 5.2 59.8 | 190 47 8.2 46.8 31 241 10177 190 56 9.7 55.1 | 197 44 12.7 42.1 32 234 10363 185 60 5.2 59.8 | 190 47 8.2 46.8 33 202 11278 190 34 5.9 33.5 | 203 22 8.8 20.5 34 200 11340 195 34 8.8 32.8 | 211 23 11.7 19.8 35 175 12192 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 228 16 11.5 10.5 36 167 12497 175 26 -2.3 25.9 | 183 13 0.7 12.9 37 152 13106 200 20 6.8 18.8 | 239 11 9.8 5.8 38 150 13180 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 211 15 7.4 12.6 39 145 13411 195 25 6.5 24.1 | 220 15 9.4 11.1 40 138 13716 180 27 0.0 27.0 | 192 14 2.9 14.0 41 132 14021 200 36 12.3 33.8 | 216 26 15.2 20.8 42 126 14326 215 28 16.1 22.9 | 242 21 19.0 9.9 43 114 14935 175 18 -1.6 17.9 | 195 5 1.4 4.9 44 109 15240 185 20 1.7 19.9 | 214 8 4.7 6.9 45 104 15545 200 22 7.5 20.7 | 234 13 10.5 7.7 46 100 15810 195 26 6.7 25.1 | 219 15 9.7 12.1 47 95 16154 195 26 6.7 25.1 | 219 15 9.7 12.1 48 91 16459 205 30 12.7 27.2 | 228 21 15.6 14.2 49 86 16764 220 23 14.8 17.6 | 255 18 17.7 4.6 50 82 17069 200 25 8.6 23.5 | 228 16 11.5 10.5 51 79 17374 215 25 14.3 20.5 | 247 19 17.3 7.5 52 75 17678 215 17 9.8 13.9 | 266 13 12.7 0.9 53 70 18140 215 22 12.6 18.0 | 252 16 15.5 5.0 54 68 18288 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 244 16 14.4 6.9 55 62 18898 225 29 20.5 20.5 | 252 25 23.4 7.5 56 60 19202 210 24 12.0 20.8 | 243 17 14.9 7.8 57 54 19812 235 26 21.3 14.9 | 266 24 24.2 1.9 58 52 20117 240 28 24.2 14.0 | 268 27 27.2 1.0 59 50 20340 220 18 11.6 13.8 | 267 15 14.5 0.8 60 47 20726 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 249 14 13.4 5.2 61 43 21336 240 25 21.7 12.5 | 271 25 24.6 -0.5 62 41 21641 250 20 18.8 6.8 | 286 23 21.7 -6.2 63 37 22250 215 20 11.5 16.4 | 257 15 14.4 3.4 64 36 22555 245 31 28.1 13.1 | 270 31 31.0 0.1 65 34 22860 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 299 32 27.8 -15.2 66 32 23165 290 12 11.3 -4.1 | 320 22 14.2 -17.1 67 30 23650 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 298 28 24.9 -13.0 68 29 23774 275 20 19.9 -1.7 | 303 27 22.9 -14.8 69 28 24079 270 22 22.0 -0.0 | 298 28 24.9 -13.0 70 27 24384 305 20 16.4 -11.5 | 322 31 19.3 -24.5 71 26 24689 320 12 7.7 -9.2 | 334 25 10.6 -22.2 72 24 24994 240 10 8.7 5.0 | 305 14 11.6 -8.0 73 23 25298 230 17 13.0 10.9 | 277 16 16.0 -2.1 74 22 25603 290 19 17.9 -6.5 | 313 29 20.8 -19.5 75 21 25908 305 18 14.7 -10.3 | 323 29 17.7 -23.3 76 20 26213 265 19 18.9 1.7 | 297 25 21.9 -11.4 77 20 26270 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 321 28 17.7 -21.5 78 19 26518 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 314 32 22.9 -22.3 79 18 26822 280 15 14.8 -2.6 | 311 24 17.7 -15.6 80 18 27127 310 12 9.2 -7.7 | 330 24 12.1 -20.7 81 17 27432 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 288 28 26.6 -8.8 82 16 27737 270 29 29.0 -0.0 | 292 34 31.9 -13.0 83 15 28346 300 16 13.9 -8.0 | 321 27 16.8 -21.0 84 14 28651 300 12 10.4 -6.0 | 325 23 13.3 -19.0 85 13 28956 280 10 9.8 -1.7 | 319 20 12.8 -14.8 86 12 29566 285 18 17.4 -4.7 | 311 27 20.3 -17.7 87 11 30175 315 16 11.3 -11.3 | 330 28 14.2 -24.3 88 10 30750 295 24 21.8 -10.1 | 313 34 24.7 -23.2 89 7 33050 310 30 23.0 -19.3 | 321 41 25.9 -32.3 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 137.3 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 167.3 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.3 neg: -82.2 tot: 120.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 49.91 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 61 13 23 21| 17.9 0.0 17.9| 96.1 0.0 96.1 192.2 0.83| 20.9 17.3 1000 67 16 31 22| 7.8 0.0 7.8|117.8 -19.6 98.3 98.3 0.61| 14.7 9.0 1500 81 17 41 21| 7.4 0.0 7.4|166.5 -22.9 143.6 95.7 0.66| 13.8 9.1 2000 90 19 50 21| 6.1 0.0 6.1|202.1 -29.6 172.5 86.3 0.63| 13.1 8.2 2500 96 19 55 19| 3.0 0.0 3.0|202.1 -56.3 145.8 58.3 0.42| 12.5 5.2 3000 98 17 53 17| 1.1 0.0 1.1|202.3 -82.2 120.1 40.0 0.19| 12.7 2.4 4000 107 15 52 14| 2.4 0.2 2.6|211.7 -82.2 129.4 32.4 0.26| 11.4 3.0 5000 124 16 69 11| 1.9 0.2 2.0|219.7 -86.1 133.6 26.7 0.24| 11.1 2.7 6000 137 18 90 9| 2.5 0.7 3.2|220.5-125.7 94.7 15.8 0.13| 11.2 1.5 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251022.12.gif