MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Searching the city database file for: KATL ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: KATL Latitude: 33.65 Longitude: -84.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 181 SFC 989 282 27.6 8.7 30 18.9 16.1 77 4 301.8 303.1 289.7 323.1 7.15 2 950 629 22.1 6.7 37 15.3 13.1 71 6 299.6 300.8 288.3 318.9 6.50 3 900 1094 17.5 5.6 46 11.8 10.7 62 5 299.5 300.7 288.2 318.4 6.36 4 850 1578 12.9 4.4 56 8.5 8.2 52 5 299.7 300.8 288.1 318.0 6.18 5 800 2084 9.3 -0.8 49 10.1 4.3 16 4 301.0 301.9 287.0 314.7 4.52 6 750 2618 8.6 -14.7 18 23.3 -0.2 314 11 305.9 306.2 285.7 311.1 1.63 7 700 3185 5.6 -17.0 18 22.7 -2.4 301 17 308.7 309.0 286.5 313.4 1.44 8 650 3787 3.4 -26.4 9 29.9 -5.3 299 17 312.8 313.0 287.1 315.2 0.68 9 600 4433 1.6 -35.4 4 37.1 -7.3 298 19 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.1 0.31 10 550 5128 -2.9 -30.5 10 27.5 -10.0 290 24 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.6 0.55 11 500 5875 -7.8 -38.0 7 30.2 -13.9 292 26 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.29 12 450 6684 -14.1 -41.1 8 27.0 -18.7 290 29 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.23 13 400 7565 -21.0 -46.0 9 25.1 -24.1 303 32 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.4 0.15 14 350 8537 -28.3 -36.0 47 7.8 -29.4 297 39 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.50 15 300 9624 -36.0 -46.9 32 10.9 -36.9 302 60 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.19 16 250 10863 -45.2 -53.0 41 7.9 -45.6 327 67 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.4 0.11 17 200 12315 -55.6 -61.0 51 5.4 -55.7 320 67 344.7 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 14132 -60.2 -77.9 8 17.7 -60.3 295 54 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16609 -67.6 -83.7 8 16.1 -67.7 297 32 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.56 m Freezing level: 582.14 mb = 4681.48 m = 15359.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.38 mb = 2591.83 m = 8503.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.86 C = 78.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.93 mb = 2629.79 m = 8627.83 ft T: 8.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 11.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 580.57 mb = 4696.15 m = 15407.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.80 C = 112.65 F Cap Strength: 8.82 C Lifted Index: 8.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.45 C Showalter Index: 9.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.69 C Cross Totals Index: 12.19 C K Index: 2.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 88.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9159.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.11 mb = 2572.81 m = 8440.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.3 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 332.3 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: -7.4 tot: 0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 45.50 m/s