MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F069.gfs Searching the city database file for: KPDK ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: KPDK Latitude: 33.88 Longitude: -84.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 984 299 23.3 11.6 48 11.6 16.0 47 2 297.8 299.3 289.8 323.3 8.76 2 950 604 19.5 10.0 54 9.5 13.7 56 3 297.0 298.4 288.9 320.7 8.15 3 900 1068 17.2 8.9 58 8.3 12.2 95 5 299.2 300.6 289.6 322.6 7.97 4 850 1553 13.7 8.6 71 5.1 10.6 115 6 300.5 302.0 290.2 324.9 8.27 5 800 2061 10.5 8.2 86 2.3 9.2 140 6 302.4 304.0 291.1 327.9 8.58 6 750 2596 6.7 6.3 98 0.3 6.5 164 5 303.8 305.3 291.1 327.8 8.01 7 700 3162 5.7 -0.5 64 6.3 2.5 207 3 308.8 309.8 290.3 325.1 5.26 8 650 3765 2.9 -9.7 39 12.5 -2.4 296 4 312.2 312.8 289.2 321.3 2.82 9 600 4410 0.3 -26.3 11 26.6 -7.4 304 10 316.4 316.6 288.4 319.0 0.74 10 550 5103 -2.0 -45.0 2 42.9 -10.2 332 11 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.1 0.13 11 500 5853 -6.8 -41.8 4 34.9 -13.5 319 15 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.20 12 450 6665 -13.1 -43.5 6 30.4 -18.0 296 16 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.18 13 400 7551 -19.8 -44.9 9 25.1 -23.2 291 17 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.17 14 350 8525 -28.0 -49.5 11 21.5 -30.0 291 22 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.12 15 300 9611 -36.7 -47.1 33 10.4 -37.5 297 27 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 16 250 10847 -46.8 -50.3 67 3.5 -47.0 292 30 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.15 17 200 12294 -55.2 -64.5 31 9.2 -55.4 294 46 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14101 -61.5 -78.0 10 16.4 -61.7 305 49 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16570 -67.4 -83.7 8 16.3 -67.5 302 34 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.59 m Freezing level: 594.20 mb = 4490.66 m = 14732.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.80 mb = 3460.61 m = 11353.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.60 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.09 mb = 1761.70 m = 5779.79 ft T: 12.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 8.87 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.88 mb = 3198.63 m = 10494.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Cap Strength: 8.25 C Lifted Index: 8.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.46 C Showalter Index: 6.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.49 C Cross Totals Index: 15.42 C K Index: 22.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8323.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.13 mb = 1924.78 m = 6314.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.1 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 348.1 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 9.36 m/s