MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F024.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 26 SEP 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 105 SFC 983 259 31.5 10.5 27 21.0 18.1 4 6 306.2 307.7 291.9 330.7 8.12 2 950 561 29.4 8.9 28 20.5 16.6 0 11 307.1 308.5 291.7 330.1 7.57 3 900 1038 24.8 8.1 34 16.8 14.5 352 11 307.1 308.5 291.7 330.0 7.52 4 850 1535 20.1 7.2 43 12.9 12.3 342 9 307.2 308.6 291.7 330.1 7.53 5 800 2053 15.1 6.3 56 8.8 9.9 329 8 307.2 308.7 291.7 330.1 7.52 6 750 2595 9.9 5.3 73 4.6 7.2 317 8 307.3 308.7 291.7 330.0 7.47 7 700 3164 6.2 -0.6 62 6.8 2.7 306 15 309.4 310.3 290.5 325.7 5.25 8 650 3770 4.0 -9.7 36 13.7 -1.9 310 24 313.5 314.1 289.6 322.6 2.82 9 600 4417 0.8 -22.3 16 23.1 -6.6 304 28 317.1 317.3 288.9 320.7 1.07 10 550 5109 -3.3 -34.8 7 31.4 -10.6 295 33 320.1 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.36 11 500 5855 -8.3 -40.2 6 31.9 -14.4 284 38 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.7 0.23 12 450 6664 -13.4 -45.9 5 32.4 -18.4 279 43 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.14 13 400 7552 -18.0 -50.2 4 32.2 -22.1 289 52 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 14 350 8536 -25.4 -49.9 8 24.6 -27.9 290 57 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 15 300 9635 -32.8 -52.6 12 19.8 -34.4 291 63 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.10 16 250 10900 -40.2 -63.1 7 22.9 -41.2 287 63 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 17 200 12387 -50.7 -70.1 8 19.3 -51.1 294 55 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 18 150 14203 -64.0 -77.5 14 13.5 -64.1 300 49 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16613 -73.9 -81.0 33 7.1 -73.9 320 30 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.69 m Freezing level: 590.22 mb = 4552.06 m = 14934.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.30 mb = 3518.85 m = 11544.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.55 C = 90.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.87 mb = 2887.80 m = 9474.28 ft T: 7.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 9.41 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.48 mb = 3914.65 m = 12843.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.61 C = 103.30 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 2.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 15.56 C K Index: 28.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5803.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.54 mb = 3087.67 m = 10130.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: -8.6 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 38.50 m/s