MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F024.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: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 26 SEP 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 87 SFC 978 283 26.7 18.0 59 8.6 20.7 189 4 301.7 304.2 294.6 341.3 13.42 2 950 535 22.9 16.3 66 6.6 18.4 193 6 300.4 302.7 293.5 336.7 12.36 3 900 1004 18.4 15.1 81 3.4 16.2 199 6 300.5 302.7 293.3 335.9 12.04 4 850 1492 14.7 12.5 87 2.2 13.3 205 5 301.6 303.6 292.7 333.5 10.81 5 800 2003 11.8 9.2 84 2.6 10.2 214 5 303.7 305.4 292.0 331.0 9.16 6 750 2541 9.0 5.2 77 3.8 6.8 227 9 306.3 307.7 291.4 328.8 7.42 7 700 3110 6.2 -0.4 63 6.6 2.8 227 13 309.4 310.4 290.5 325.9 5.32 8 650 3714 2.9 -4.9 56 7.8 -0.8 224 16 312.2 313.0 290.3 325.1 4.08 9 600 4358 -0.9 -10.3 49 9.4 -4.8 227 18 315.1 315.7 290.2 324.6 2.92 10 550 5048 -4.6 -14.0 48 9.4 -8.1 223 23 318.7 319.1 290.7 326.5 2.36 11 500 5792 -8.6 -18.3 46 9.6 -11.9 221 32 322.5 322.9 291.3 328.7 1.81 12 450 6602 -13.4 -20.9 53 7.5 -15.7 216 39 326.4 326.7 292.3 332.0 1.61 13 400 7489 -18.3 -34.0 24 15.6 -21.4 213 53 331.1 331.3 292.6 333.2 0.54 14 350 8471 -25.4 -39.5 26 14.1 -27.5 216 59 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.8 0.35 15 300 9572 -33.5 -40.2 51 6.7 -34.3 218 74 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.7 0.38 16 250 10826 -43.2 -43.5 98 0.2 -43.3 210 75 341.8 341.8 295.0 343.1 0.33 17 200 12290 -53.0 -66.6 18 13.6 -53.3 220 70 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14104 -62.8 -75.9 16 13.1 -63.0 219 56 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16563 -68.5 -83.0 11 14.5 -68.6 229 25 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.80 m Freezing level: 611.53 mb = 4209.46 m = 13810.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.20 mb = 3575.02 m = 11728.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.29 mb = 1369.05 m = 4491.59 ft T: 15.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 16.71 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1555.76 m = 5104.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 29.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 104.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.96 mb = 1412.05 m = 4632.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.96 mb = 1867.35 m = 6126.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 442.96 mb = 6720.38 m = 22048.23 ft B at Equ Level: 103.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.96 mb = 9045.35 m = 29675.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.00 Bulk Shear: 14.89 m/s