MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F018.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 THU 28 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 170 SFC 987 282 25.4 13.0 46 12.3 17.4 220 2 299.6 301.4 291.1 327.8 9.60 2 950 616 21.3 10.7 51 10.5 14.7 216 2 298.8 300.3 289.9 323.8 8.55 3 900 1081 16.9 9.6 62 7.3 12.4 222 2 298.9 300.4 289.8 323.4 8.34 4 850 1565 13.0 7.0 67 6.0 9.5 251 3 299.8 301.1 289.2 321.6 7.41 5 800 2072 9.7 0.4 52 9.3 4.9 270 5 301.5 302.4 287.5 316.3 4.92 6 750 2605 7.1 -7.0 36 14.1 0.9 275 8 304.3 304.8 286.6 313.6 3.01 7 700 3169 4.7 -7.8 40 12.5 -0.8 274 11 307.7 308.2 287.8 317.2 3.03 8 650 3769 0.7 -7.4 54 8.1 -2.8 271 12 309.8 310.4 288.9 320.5 3.37 9 600 4410 -1.0 -3.5 83 2.5 -2.3 289 19 314.9 315.9 291.9 330.5 4.91 10 550 5101 -4.1 -6.5 84 2.4 -5.2 290 29 319.2 320.0 292.6 333.1 4.29 11 500 5848 -7.7 -12.7 67 5.1 -9.7 285 33 323.7 324.3 292.6 333.3 2.87 12 450 6660 -12.3 -14.2 85 1.9 -13.0 278 41 327.8 328.4 293.7 337.5 2.83 13 400 7551 -18.3 -21.5 76 3.2 -19.3 285 41 331.2 331.5 293.6 337.2 1.71 14 350 8533 -25.3 -25.5 99 0.1 -25.4 290 51 334.6 334.9 294.2 339.6 1.38 15 300 9635 -33.4 -33.4 100 0.0 -33.3 287 60 338.4 338.5 294.6 341.2 0.76 16 250 10887 -44.0 -45.3 87 1.3 -44.1 293 64 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.8 0.27 17 200 12339 -57.4 -57.8 96 0.4 -57.5 306 71 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.08 18 150 14143 -61.2 -77.5 10 16.3 -61.4 299 52 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16588 -67.0 -83.7 8 16.6 -67.1 309 34 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.13 m Freezing level: 629.15 mb = 4036.49 m = 13242.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.56 mb = 2898.55 m = 9509.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.40 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.81 mb = 1826.81 m = 5993.40 ft T: 11.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.60 C/km ThetaE index: 14.17 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2506.48 m = 8223.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lifted Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.66 C Cross Totals Index: 14.65 C K Index: 15.15 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7784.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.21 mb = 1945.30 m = 6382.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.8 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 311.8 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 25.65 m/s