MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F024.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 FRI 29 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 96 SFC 982 260 35.7 16.7 33 19.0 22.4 154 8 310.4 312.8 296.2 347.9 12.27 2 950 557 32.6 15.7 36 16.9 20.9 158 10 310.2 312.5 295.8 346.5 11.88 3 900 1041 27.9 14.8 45 13.0 18.9 163 9 310.2 312.5 295.8 346.5 11.88 4 850 1544 23.0 14.0 57 9.0 16.9 170 8 310.3 312.5 295.9 346.7 11.92 5 800 2069 18.0 13.1 73 4.9 14.7 178 8 310.3 312.6 295.9 346.7 11.90 6 750 2618 12.8 12.0 95 0.8 12.3 187 7 310.4 312.7 295.8 346.6 11.83 7 700 3196 11.0 3.9 62 7.1 6.9 258 3 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.4 7.25 8 650 3811 7.9 -1.0 53 8.9 3.1 301 3 317.9 319.0 293.2 335.5 5.48 9 600 4468 4.3 -6.3 46 10.6 -0.8 281 4 321.1 321.9 292.9 334.2 3.99 10 550 5171 0.4 -14.4 32 14.8 -5.5 266 9 324.6 325.0 292.3 332.3 2.27 11 500 5928 -4.4 -19.3 30 14.9 -9.6 268 8 327.7 328.0 292.7 333.5 1.66 12 450 6750 -9.7 -21.9 36 12.2 -13.5 310 5 331.1 331.4 293.4 336.3 1.48 13 400 7649 -15.5 -25.0 44 9.5 -18.1 346 6 334.8 335.1 294.1 339.4 1.25 14 350 8642 -22.7 -41.5 16 18.7 -25.5 338 7 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.3 0.29 15 300 9755 -30.4 -53.9 8 23.5 -32.4 353 4 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.8 0.08 16 250 11022 -40.4 -62.2 8 21.8 -41.3 50 12 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 17 200 12505 -51.6 -65.8 17 14.2 -52.0 31 18 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.03 18 150 14311 -65.7 -73.9 31 8.2 -65.8 33 19 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16703 -73.4 -82.3 24 8.9 -73.4 36 13 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.13 m Freezing level: 545.64 mb = 5236.83 m = 17181.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.20 mb = 4329.54 m = 14204.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.71 % Est. max temperature: 35.55 C = 96.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.60 mb = 2644.54 m = 8676.20 ft T: 12.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.47 mb = 3130.73 m = 10271.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.42 C = 102.96 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 124.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.83 mb = 2675.64 m = 8778.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 509.83 mb = 5773.43 m = 18941.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.83 mb = 10238.80 m = 33591.45 ft B at Equ Level: 123.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.83 mb = 12510.32 m = 41043.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -1.6 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.24 Bulk Shear: 9.38 m/s