MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F018.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 FRI 17 OCT 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 137 SFC 984 282 26.2 11.1 39 15.0 16.7 164 4 300.7 302.3 290.5 325.8 8.47 2 950 583 21.1 10.1 49 11.1 14.4 171 5 298.6 300.1 289.5 322.6 8.17 3 900 1048 16.5 9.2 62 7.3 12.1 181 5 298.5 300.0 289.5 322.3 8.12 4 850 1531 12.0 8.2 77 3.8 9.8 192 5 298.8 300.2 289.5 322.4 8.06 5 800 2037 11.1 2.6 56 8.5 6.5 297 7 303.0 304.0 288.8 320.3 5.77 6 750 2575 10.1 -6.7 30 16.8 2.4 336 7 307.6 308.1 287.8 317.3 3.08 7 700 3145 7.9 -16.1 16 24.0 -1.2 350 4 311.2 311.5 287.5 316.4 1.56 8 650 3752 5.1 -21.6 12 26.7 -3.8 243 0 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.3 1.04 9 600 4401 1.6 -29.3 8 30.9 -6.9 218 3 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.0 0.56 10 550 5095 -2.4 -29.6 10 27.2 -9.6 251 5 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.4 0.60 11 500 5844 -7.4 -24.9 23 17.5 -12.4 246 7 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.01 12 450 6656 -12.4 -32.7 17 20.4 -16.9 238 11 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.7 0.54 13 400 7545 -18.7 -35.5 21 16.8 -21.8 239 15 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.4 0.46 14 350 8526 -25.6 -39.1 27 13.5 -27.6 243 16 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.6 0.37 15 300 9624 -34.3 -38.9 63 4.6 -34.8 253 19 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.7 0.44 16 250 10873 -43.8 -43.8 100 0.0 -43.7 255 38 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.2 0.32 17 200 12333 -54.9 -60.3 51 5.3 -55.1 255 53 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.1 0.06 18 150 14123 -66.6 -72.4 44 5.8 -66.7 255 46 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 19 100 16521 -73.6 -82.7 23 9.2 -73.6 287 25 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.88 m Freezing level: 579.73 mb = 4682.27 m = 15361.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.12 mb = 2956.92 m = 9701.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.68 mb = 2155.57 m = 7071.98 ft T: 10.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 6.04 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.48 mb = 3897.19 m = 12785.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.80 C = 105.44 F Cap Strength: 7.45 C Lifted Index: 7.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.25 C Showalter Index: 7.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.44 C Cross Totals Index: 15.62 C K Index: 3.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7761.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.37 mb = 2001.69 m = 6567.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.0 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 281.0 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 5.45 m/s