UPPER AIR CALCULATIONS AND PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/upa/2025102300.upa.cvt Date: 0000Z 23 OCT 25 Searching for PAFA... Searching the city database file for: PAFA ... Date:0000Z 23 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 -160 SFC 964 138 0.0 -1.6 89 1.6 -0.6 15 1 276.0 276.6 274.4 285.7 3.52 2 959 179 0.2 -1.3 90 1.5 -0.4 25 3 276.6 277.3 274.9 286.6 3.62 3 946 288 0.2 -2.0 85 2.2 -0.7 51 7 277.7 278.3 275.3 287.4 3.49 4 925 467 -1.3 -2.6 91 1.3 -1.8 45 11 278.0 278.6 275.3 287.4 3.41 5 906 632 -2.5 -3.0 96 0.5 -2.7 78 19 278.4 279.0 275.5 287.8 3.38 6 903 659 -2.7 -3.0 98 0.3 -2.8 81 19 278.5 279.0 275.6 287.9 3.39 7 888 792 -2.1 -3.5 90 1.4 -2.7 96 20 280.4 281.0 276.5 289.7 3.32 8 878 882 -2.1 -2.2 99 0.1 -2.1 106 20 281.3 282.0 277.5 291.7 3.70 9 876 900 -2.1 -2.2 99 0.1 -2.1 108 20 281.5 282.1 277.6 291.9 3.71 10 873 927 -2.3 -2.3 100 0.0 -2.3 111 20 281.6 282.2 277.6 291.9 3.70 11 850 1139 -3.5 -3.7 99 0.2 -3.6 120 16 282.5 283.1 277.7 292.1 3.42 12 807 1547 -6.1 -6.1 100 0.0 -6.1 130 23 283.9 284.5 277.9 292.5 3.00 13 798 1635 -5.1 -7.1 86 2.0 -5.8 130 19 285.9 286.4 278.6 294.0 2.81 14 791 1705 -4.9 -6.9 86 2.0 -5.7 130 15 286.9 287.4 279.2 295.2 2.88 15 764 1977 -5.9 -8.6 81 2.7 -6.8 144 10 288.6 289.1 279.7 296.3 2.61 16 735 2279 -7.5 -9.2 88 1.7 -8.1 179 11 290.1 290.6 280.3 297.7 2.59 17 721 2429 -7.9 -10.4 82 2.5 -8.8 198 11 291.3 291.7 280.6 298.4 2.40 18 700 2658 -9.7 -10.6 93 0.9 -10.0 200 17 291.7 292.2 280.9 299.0 2.43 19 696 2702 -10.1 -10.7 95 0.6 -10.3 200 17 291.8 292.2 280.9 299.0 2.43 20 692 2747 -10.3 -10.8 96 0.5 -10.5 200 17 292.0 292.5 281.0 299.3 2.42 21 688 2791 -10.7 -11.2 96 0.5 -10.9 201 18 292.1 292.5 281.0 299.1 2.36 22 673 2961 -11.3 -14.3 78 3.0 -12.2 207 21 293.3 293.6 280.8 299.0 1.88 23 671 2983 -11.5 -16.0 69 4.5 -12.8 208 22 293.3 293.6 280.6 298.3 1.63 24 668 3018 -11.5 -18.5 56 7.0 -13.3 209 22 293.7 293.9 280.3 297.8 1.33 25 666 3041 -11.3 -21.3 43 10.0 -13.7 209 23 294.1 294.3 280.2 297.4 1.05 26 651 3215 -12.9 -18.9 61 6.0 -14.4 205 24 294.2 294.5 280.6 298.3 1.32 27 623 3549 -15.1 -28.1 32 13.0 -17.5 211 27 295.4 295.6 280.2 297.4 0.61 28 583 4047 -18.7 -31.7 31 13.0 -20.7 214 26 296.9 297.0 280.6 298.4 0.46 29 558 4372 -21.7 -30.7 44 9.0 -23.1 209 25 297.1 297.2 280.8 298.9 0.53 30 552 4451 -22.5 -28.5 58 6.0 -23.5 207 26 297.1 297.2 281.0 299.2 0.66 31 549 4491 -22.7 -28.7 58 6.0 -23.7 207 26 297.3 297.4 281.1 299.4 0.65 32 545 4545 -23.1 -30.1 53 7.0 -24.2 206 26 297.5 297.6 281.0 299.3 0.58 33 532 4721 -25.1 -28.5 73 3.4 -25.6 203 26 297.1 297.2 281.0 299.3 0.68 34 520 4887 -25.7 -28.2 79 2.5 -26.1 200 27 298.3 298.5 281.6 300.7 0.72 35 500 5170 -27.7 -30.7 75 3.0 -28.1 190 19 299.3 299.4 281.8 301.2 0.59 36 410 6561 -38.1 -42.0 67 3.9 -38.4 151 17 303.3 303.4 283.1 304.1 0.23 37 400 6730 -39.5 -42.8 71 3.3 -39.7 135 20 303.7 303.7 283.2 304.4 0.22 38 391 6885 -40.9 -43.7 74 2.8 -41.1 132 22 303.8 303.8 283.2 304.5 0.20 39 381 7061 -42.3 -46.9 61 4.6 -42.5 131 23 304.2 304.2 283.3 304.7 0.15 40 372 7222 -43.7 -48.2 61 4.5 -43.9 133 19 304.4 304.5 283.4 304.9 0.13 41 367 7313 -44.7 -47.8 71 3.1 -44.8 135 17 304.3 304.3 283.3 304.8 0.14 42 361 7423 -45.7 -49.7 64 4.0 -45.9 129 16 304.4 304.4 283.3 304.8 0.11 43 319 8236 -52.1 -55.2 69 3.1 -52.2 76 20 306.5 306.5 284.1 306.7 0.07 44 311 8400 -53.7 -55.8 78 2.1 -53.8 80 22 306.5 306.5 284.1 306.7 0.06 45 302 8588 -55.3 -58.7 66 3.4 -55.4 84 25 306.8 306.8 284.2 307.0 0.05 46 300 8630 -55.5 -58.7 67 3.2 -55.6 85 25 307.1 307.1 284.3 307.3 0.05 47 298 8673 -55.7 -58.4 72 2.7 -55.8 90 26 307.4 307.4 284.4 307.6 0.05 48 297 8694 -55.7 -58.2 73 2.5 -55.8 89 26 307.7 307.7 284.5 307.9 0.05 49 295 8737 -55.5 -58.6 68 3.1 -55.6 88 26 308.6 308.6 284.8 308.8 0.05 50 291 8825 -54.9 -65.9 24 11.0 -55.1 85 26 310.7 310.7 285.6 310.7 0.02 51 257 9622 -54.7 -70.7 12 16.0 -54.9 122 24 322.2 322.2 289.4 322.2 0.01 52 250 9800 -53.3 -73.3 7 20.0 -53.5 135 18 326.8 326.8 290.8 326.9 0.01 53 248 9851 -52.9 -73.9 6 21.0 -53.2 137 18 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.2 0.01 54 227 10421 -51.5 -77.5 3 26.0 -51.8 157 19 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.00 55 222 10565 -51.9 -77.9 3 26.0 -52.2 161 20 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.3 0.00 56 206 11049 -50.7 -79.7 2 29.0 -51.1 149 15 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.00 57 200 11240 -51.9 -79.9 2 28.0 -52.3 135 24 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.00 58 150 13120 -49.9 -81.9 1 32.0 -50.5 165 22 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 59 100 15770 -48.1 -83.1 1 35.0 -49.3 210 22 434.8 434.8 309.3 434.8 0.00 60 81 17161 -46.9 -82.9 1 36.0 -48.4 196 32 464.3 464.3 312.1 464.3 0.01 61 79 17326 -48.5 -82.5 1 34.0 -49.8 207 31 464.3 464.3 312.1 464.3 0.01 62 70 18120 -49.1 -84.1 1 35.0 -50.5 210 21 479.3 479.3 313.4 479.4 0.00 63 66 18505 -49.5 -84.5 1 35.0 -50.9 210 29 486.6 486.6 314.0 486.6 0.00 64 58 19352 -48.3 -83.3 1 35.0 -50.1 229 25 507.6 507.6 315.5 507.7 0.01 65 52 20065 -50.9 -84.9 1 34.0 -52.4 230 22 517.7 517.7 316.1 517.7 0.01 66 50 20320 -50.7 -84.7 1 34.0 -52.3 235 25 524.0 524.0 316.5 524.0 0.01 67 47 20724 -49.7 -84.7 1 35.0 -51.5 240 24 535.7 535.7 317.3 535.8 0.01 68 37 22277 -52.9 -85.9 1 33.0 -54.5 266 24 565.5 565.5 318.9 565.5 0.01 69 36 22455 -50.3 -85.3 1 35.0 -52.5 272 25 576.6 576.6 319.5 576.7 0.01 70 30 23640 -51.9 -85.9 1 34.0 -54.1 255 26 603.2 603.2 320.7 603.2 0.01 71 25 24819 -52.7 -85.7 1 33.0 -55.0 288 17 633.1 633.1 322.0 633.2 0.01 72 22 25649 -50.1 -85.1 1 35.0 -53.3 275 16 664.5 664.5 323.2 664.6 0.01 73 20 26270 -51.3 -85.3 1 34.0 -54.4 295 19 679.1 679.2 323.7 679.2 0.01 74 19 26602 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -55.1 289 19 686.7 686.7 324.0 686.8 0.01 75 16 27716 -51.1 -85.1 1 34.0 -54.8 257 14 724.6 724.6 325.2 724.7 0.02 76 14 28581 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -56.0 271 24 748.7 748.7 325.9 748.8 0.02 77 14 28581 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -56.1 271 24 748.0 748.0 325.9 748.1 0.02 78 13 29060 -52.3 -86.3 1 34.0 -56.2 295 21 764.7 764.7 326.3 764.9 0.02 79 12 29574 -54.5 -86.5 1 32.0 -57.9 308 21 774.6 774.7 326.6 774.8 0.02 80 11 30134 -52.1 -86.1 1 34.0 -56.5 306 22 802.9 802.9 327.3 803.1 0.02 81 10 30750 -52.5 -86.5 1 34.0 -57.1 295 26 823.6 823.6 327.8 823.8 0.02 82 8.1 32097 -56.9 -87.9 1 31.0 -60.5 310 30 857.3 857.3 328.5 857.5 0.02 83 7.2 32849 -53.5 -86.5 1 33.0 -58.6 318 32 900.6 900.6 329.4 900.9 0.03 84 7.0 33030 -53.7 -86.7 1 33.0 -58.9 320 33 907.1 907.1 329.5 907.4 0.03 85 6.0 34015 -56.1 -87.1 1 31.0 -60.8 937.6 937.6 330.1 937.9 0.03 86 5.8 34231 -56.1 -88.1 1 32.0 -60.9 946.7 946.7 330.3 947.0 0.03 87 5.6 34454 -55.5 -87.5 1 32.0 -60.6 958.9 958.9 330.5 959.2 0.03 88 5.5 34570 -51.9 -85.9 1 34.0 -58.7 979.8 979.8 330.8 980.3 0.04 TRP 298 8673 -55.7 -58.4 72 2.7 -55.8 90 26 307.4 307.4 284.4 307.6 0.05 WND Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5330.00 m Freezing level: 943.20 mb = 312.19 m = 1024.23 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.89 % Est. max temperature: 7.59 C = 45.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.11 mb = 338.05 m = 1109.06 ft T: -0.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 903.56 mb = 653.64 m = 2144.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 2.39 C = 36.31 F Cap Strength: 9.14 C Lifted Index: 9.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.86 C Showalter Index: 6.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 19.60 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 51.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82870.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.37 mb = 708.25 m = 2323.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind level data Storm motion: 213 at 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 964 138 15 1 -0.3 -1.0 | 31 15 -7.8 -12.8 1 944 305 55 8 -6.6 -4.6 | 41 22 -14.1 -16.4 2 925 467 45 11 -7.8 -7.8 | 38 25 -15.3 -19.6 3 909 610 75 19 -18.4 -4.9 | 57 31 -25.9 -16.8 4 874 914 110 20 -18.8 6.8 | 79 27 -26.4 -5.0 5 850 1139 120 16 -13.9 8.0 | 80 22 -21.4 -3.8 6 841 1219 125 18 -14.7 10.3 | 86 22 -22.3 -1.5 7 809 1524 130 24 -18.4 15.4 | 98 26 -25.9 3.6 8 778 1829 130 9 -6.9 5.8 | 67 16 -14.5 -6.1 9 749 2134 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 82 11 -11.3 -1.5 10 720 2438 200 11 3.8 10.3 | 68 4 -3.8 -1.5 11 700 2658 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 157 4 -1.7 4.1 12 692 2743 200 17 5.8 16.0 | 157 4 -1.7 4.1 13 664 3048 210 23 11.5 19.9 | 206 9 3.9 8.1 14 638 3353 200 26 8.9 24.4 | 186 13 1.3 12.6 15 612 3658 220 27 17.4 20.7 | 228 13 9.8 8.8 16 564 4267 210 25 12.5 21.7 | 207 11 4.9 9.8 17 520 4877 200 27 9.2 25.4 | 187 14 1.7 13.5 18 500 5170 190 19 3.3 18.7 | 148 8 -4.3 6.9 19 457 5791 160 11 -3.8 10.3 | 82 11 -11.3 -1.5 20 438 6096 160 15 -5.1 14.1 | 100 13 -12.7 2.3 21 419 6401 165 15 -3.9 14.5 | 103 12 -11.4 2.6 22 400 6730 135 20 -14.1 14.1 | 96 22 -21.7 2.3 23 383 7010 130 24 -18.4 15.4 | 98 26 -25.9 3.6 24 366 7315 135 17 -12.0 12.0 | 91 20 -19.6 0.2 25 350 7620 115 13 -11.8 5.5 | 72 20 -19.3 -6.4 26 334 7925 70 17 -16.0 -5.8 | 53 29 -23.5 -17.7 27 300 8630 85 25 -24.9 -2.2 | 67 35 -32.5 -14.0 28 298 8673 90 26 -26.0 0.0 | 71 36 -33.6 -11.8 29 290 8839 85 26 -25.9 -2.3 | 67 36 -33.5 -14.1 30 277 9144 130 32 -24.5 20.6 | 105 33 -32.1 8.7 31 252 9754 120 22 -19.1 11.0 | 88 27 -26.6 -0.8 32 250 9800 135 18 -12.7 12.7 | 92 20 -20.3 0.9 33 219 10668 165 20 -5.2 19.3 | 120 15 -12.7 7.5 34 208 10973 155 12 -5.1 10.9 | 86 13 -12.6 -1.0 35 200 11240 135 24 -17.0 17.0 | 102 25 -24.5 5.1 36 190 11582 140 31 -19.9 23.7 | 113 30 -27.5 11.9 37 173 12192 175 22 -1.9 21.9 | 137 14 -9.5 10.1 38 165 12497 155 16 -6.8 14.5 | 101 15 -14.3 2.7 39 157 12802 175 30 -2.6 29.9 | 151 21 -10.2 18.0 40 150 13120 165 22 -5.7 21.3 | 125 16 -13.3 9.4 41 143 13411 160 28 -9.6 26.3 | 130 22 -17.1 14.5 42 131 14021 190 26 4.5 25.6 | 168 14 -3.0 13.8 43 119 14630 195 19 4.9 18.4 | 158 7 -2.6 6.5 44 114 14935 175 17 -1.5 16.9 | 119 10 -9.0 5.1 45 108 15240 195 24 6.2 23.2 | 173 11 -1.3 11.3 46 104 15545 195 31 8.0 29.9 | 181 18 0.5 18.1 47 100 15770 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 206 8 3.4 7.2 48 99 15850 185 30 2.6 29.9 | 165 19 -4.9 18.0 49 94 16154 195 15 3.9 14.5 | 126 5 -3.7 2.6 50 82 17069 190 32 5.6 31.5 | 174 20 -2.0 19.7 51 78 17374 210 31 15.5 26.8 | 208 17 7.9 15.0 52 70 18120 210 21 10.5 18.2 | 205 7 2.9 6.3 53 68 18288 210 22 11.0 19.1 | 206 8 3.4 7.2 54 65 18593 210 32 16.0 27.7 | 208 18 8.4 15.9 55 59 19202 215 26 14.9 21.3 | 218 12 7.4 9.5 56 57 19507 245 23 20.8 9.7 | 279 13 13.3 -2.1 57 54 19812 225 19 13.4 13.4 | 255 6 5.9 1.6 58 50 20320 235 25 20.5 14.3 | 259 13 12.9 2.5 59 49 20422 230 27 20.7 17.4 | 247 14 13.1 5.5 60 45 21031 250 21 19.7 7.2 | 291 13 12.2 -4.7 61 43 21336 235 20 16.4 11.5 | 272 9 8.8 -0.4 62 35 22555 275 25 24.9 -2.2 | 309 22 17.3 -14.0 63 34 22860 235 18 14.7 10.3 | 282 7 7.2 -1.5 64 31 23470 260 24 23.6 4.2 | 296 18 16.1 -7.7 65 30 23640 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 286 18 17.6 -5.1 66 28 24079 255 26 25.1 6.7 | 286 18 17.6 -5.1 67 27 24384 280 28 27.6 -4.9 | 310 26 20.0 -16.7 68 26 24689 295 22 19.9 -9.3 | 330 25 12.4 -21.1 69 24 24994 280 11 10.8 -1.9 | 347 14 3.3 -13.8 70 23 25298 265 12 12.0 1.0 | 338 12 4.4 -10.8 71 20 26213 290 23 21.6 -7.9 | 325 24 14.1 -19.7 72 20 26270 295 19 17.2 -8.0 | 334 22 9.7 -19.9 73 19 26518 285 20 19.3 -5.2 | 325 21 11.8 -17.0 74 18 26822 300 17 14.7 -8.5 | 341 22 7.2 -20.3 75 18 27127 260 15 14.8 2.6 | 322 12 7.2 -9.2 76 17 27432 275 21 20.9 -1.8 | 316 19 13.4 -13.7 77 16 27737 255 13 12.6 3.4 | 329 10 5.0 -8.5 78 15 28042 240 15 13.0 7.5 | 309 7 5.4 -4.3 79 15 28346 260 26 25.6 4.5 | 292 19 18.0 -7.3 80 13 29261 305 20 16.4 -11.5 | 339 25 8.8 -23.3 81 11 29870 310 21 16.1 -13.5 | 341 27 8.5 -25.3 82 10 30750 295 26 23.6 -11.0 | 325 28 16.0 -22.8 83 7 33030 320 33 21.2 -25.3 | 340 40 13.7 -37.1 Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.5 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 212.5 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.2 neg: -61.1 tot: 178.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 86.89 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 59 10 43 23| 19.2 0.0 19.2| 90.2 -4.2 86.0 172.1 0.56| 23.0 12.8 1000 88 14 61 25| 8.4 0.0 8.4|169.4 -4.5 164.9 164.9 0.60| 19.6 11.7 1500 106 16 72 25| 6.5 0.0 6.5|212.8 -22.6 190.1 126.8 0.53| 17.5 9.2 2000 112 15 74 22| 3.0 0.0 3.0|225.4 -56.6 168.8 84.4 0.35| 17.0 6.0 2500 124 15 79 20| 3.6 0.0 3.6|230.5 -58.8 171.8 68.7 0.34| 16.3 5.6 3000 143 15 92 17| 4.3 0.0 4.3|239.2 -61.1 178.1 59.4 0.36| 15.1 5.5 4000 174 18 124 11| 3.6 0.4 4.0|267.2 -77.6 189.7 47.4 0.34| 13.3 4.5 5000 184 20 142 10| 2.9 1.3 4.2|267.2-111.2 156.0 31.2 0.20| 12.0 2.4 6000 183 19 136 10| 2.4 2.0 4.3|277.5-137.9 139.6 23.3 0.12| 11.3 1.4 Wrote GIF file: /home/apache/climate/data/raob//PAFA/skewt/PAFA.skewt.20251023.00.gif