MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F024.gfs Searching the city database file for: KSAT ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: KSAT Latitude: 29.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 987 258 31.5 19.6 49 11.9 22.9 123 8 305.8 308.5 296.6 349.8 14.67 2 950 594 28.5 18.2 54 10.3 21.2 130 12 306.1 308.7 296.2 347.9 13.94 3 900 1072 24.0 17.2 66 6.8 19.2 134 9 306.2 308.8 296.1 347.8 13.84 4 850 1570 19.7 15.7 78 4.0 17.0 155 5 306.8 309.3 296.0 347.0 13.35 5 800 2089 15.0 14.3 95 0.8 14.5 185 4 307.2 309.6 295.7 346.0 12.88 6 750 2635 12.6 10.2 85 2.4 11.0 201 3 310.3 312.3 294.8 342.3 10.47 7 700 3214 10.4 5.8 73 4.7 7.6 231 3 314.0 315.6 294.3 339.8 8.27 8 650 3828 7.1 2.5 73 4.6 4.4 233 3 316.9 318.3 294.1 339.3 7.06 9 600 4482 3.2 -1.6 71 4.8 0.7 243 1 319.9 321.0 293.9 338.2 5.70 10 550 5183 -0.8 -7.3 61 6.5 -3.8 348 1 323.1 323.9 293.4 336.4 4.02 11 500 5938 -5.3 -12.4 58 7.0 -8.2 306 1 326.5 327.1 293.4 336.6 2.96 12 450 6757 -10.8 -21.4 41 10.6 -14.2 160 4 329.6 330.0 293.1 335.1 1.54 13 400 7652 -16.2 -19.7 75 3.4 -17.3 150 6 333.9 334.3 294.6 341.0 2.01 14 350 8645 -23.0 -26.0 76 3.0 -23.8 120 7 337.8 338.0 294.9 342.5 1.31 15 300 9755 -31.6 -31.7 99 0.1 -31.6 153 5 340.8 341.0 295.3 344.2 0.90 16 250 11017 -41.9 -44.9 73 3.0 -42.1 249 2 343.8 343.8 295.5 344.9 0.28 17 200 12493 -52.5 -58.1 51 5.6 -52.7 12 10 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.07 18 150 14295 -65.5 -72.0 40 6.5 -65.5 26 13 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.02 19 100 16699 -73.6 -82.1 26 8.6 -73.6 58 12 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.60 m Freezing level: 559.85 mb = 5045.16 m = 16552.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.64 mb = 4581.82 m = 15032.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.50 mb = 1768.50 m = 5802.10 ft T: 17.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 13.37 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.84 mb = 2016.24 m = 6614.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 36.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 556.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.80 mb = 1890.11 m = 6201.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.80 mb = 2154.98 m = 7070.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.80 mb = 2818.17 m = 9245.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 693.80 mb = 3287.27 m = 10784.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.9 at 3.7 knts Storm direction: 196.9 at 2.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -156.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 8.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 74.64 Bulk Shear: 7.45 m/s