MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F024.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 SAT 27 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 81 SFC 980 259 30.6 8.9 26 21.7 17.1 138 4 305.5 306.9 291.0 327.6 7.31 2 950 535 28.7 7.6 26 21.1 15.8 128 5 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.3 6.90 3 900 1012 24.1 6.8 33 17.4 13.7 104 4 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.3 6.89 4 850 1507 19.5 5.8 41 13.6 11.4 68 4 306.5 307.8 290.9 327.3 6.84 5 800 2024 14.7 4.7 51 10.0 9.0 29 5 306.8 308.1 290.9 327.3 6.72 6 750 2565 9.5 3.6 66 5.9 6.2 7 7 306.9 308.1 290.9 327.1 6.61 7 700 3133 6.1 -5.8 42 11.9 0.5 350 14 309.2 309.9 288.8 320.3 3.53 8 650 3740 5.4 -31.5 5 36.9 -4.6 350 20 315.1 315.2 287.6 316.6 0.42 9 600 4390 2.6 -40.5 2 43.1 -7.0 345 15 319.1 319.2 288.7 319.8 0.19 10 550 5087 -1.5 -45.1 2 43.6 -9.9 340 14 322.3 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.12 11 500 5840 -4.8 -47.4 2 42.6 -12.4 342 9 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.6 0.11 12 450 6659 -10.6 -50.1 2 39.5 -16.6 301 13 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 13 400 7554 -16.8 -24.9 49 8.1 -19.0 305 30 333.1 333.4 293.7 337.7 1.26 14 350 8542 -24.2 -35.4 35 11.2 -26.2 296 34 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.2 0.54 15 300 9649 -31.8 -48.8 17 17.1 -33.4 294 41 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.15 16 250 10910 -42.2 -50.3 41 8.1 -42.7 290 43 343.4 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.15 17 200 12382 -51.9 -60.6 35 8.7 -52.2 293 45 350.5 350.6 296.8 350.8 0.05 18 150 14198 -63.3 -77.4 13 14.1 -63.4 272 33 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16608 -74.0 -81.7 30 7.7 -74.0 317 14 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.67 m Freezing level: 567.97 mb = 4836.12 m = 15866.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.63 mb = 3196.35 m = 10486.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.76 mb = 2973.10 m = 9754.13 ft T: 7.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.02 C/km ThetaE index: 10.71 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 573.73 mb = 4748.24 m = 15578.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.81 C = 114.46 F Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lifted Index: 7.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 7.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 10.67 C K Index: 18.24 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6800.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.98 mb = 3145.35 m = 10319.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.7 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 23.7 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: -5.1 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 25.98 m/s