================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2000042 TIME=120000 VALID LEVELS= 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Idn Id Station Name St Co Lat Lon Elev 89664 McMurdo AQ 77:51S 166:40E 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Level Pressure Temp Dew Point Dir Speed Height Theta Mix Type [MB] [C] [C] [deg] [KTS] [M ] [K] [g/kg] -------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ------ SFC 995.0 -12.1 -15.3 50.0 18.8 34.0 261.4 1.168 SIGT 976.0 -13.3 -16.8 48.6 19.2 181.2 261.7 1.051 SIGT 969.0 -9.7 -15.7 48.1 19.3 236.5 265.8 1.160 SIGT 955.0 -9.5 -17.5 47.0 19.5 348.9 267.2 1.012 MAND 925.0 -10.9 -18.9 44.7 20.1 595.0 268.2 0.928 SIGT 894.0 -10.9 -19.9 42.2 20.6 857.1 270.8 0.881 MAND 850.0 -13.5 -20.5 38.5 21.5 1243.2 272.0 0.880 SIGT 776.0 -16.7 -17.8 31.9 23.0 1932.3 275.8 1.215 SIGT 744.0 -14.5 -17.6 28.9 23.7 2250.3 281.5 1.289 MAND 700.0 -16.5 -18.9 24.5 24.7 2710.9 284.2 1.227 SIGT 667.0 -19.5 -20.6 21.0 25.4 3072.2 284.8 1.112 SIGT 573.0 -24.1 -27.3 10.4 27.9 4191.6 292.1 0.712 SIGT 562.0 -25.5 -30.4 9.0 28.2 4332.7 292.0 0.544 MAND 500.0 -33.1 -35.1 1.1 30.0 5168.1 292.7 0.388 SIGT 496.0 -33.7 -36.0 0.5 30.1 5224.6 292.6 0.358 SIGT 473.0 -33.9 -41.9 357.3 30.8 5557.6 296.4 0.204 SIGT 465.0 -34.7 -45.7 356.2 31.1 5677.0 296.8 0.137 SIGT 421.0 -39.9 -53.9 349.7 32.6 6364.0 298.7 0.065 MAND 400.0 -42.9 -50.9 346.3 33.3 6711.5 299.2 0.093 SIGT 381.0 -45.3 -52.3 343.2 34.1 7038.1 300.3 0.086 SIGT 340.0 -51.5 -59.5 336.1 35.7 7787.9 301.8 0.044 MAND 300.0 -55.3 -62.3 328.4 37.4 8593.9 307.4 0.038 TRO1 291.0 -56.3 -63.3 326.5 37.8 8787.9 308.7 ----- MAND 250.0 -53.5 -73.5 317.3 40.0 9759.0 326.5 ----- SIGT 235.0 -50.5 -79.5 313.5 40.8 10160.0 336.9 ----- MAND 200.0 -47.5 -82.5 303.4 43.1 11219.2 357.6 ----- SIGT 192.0 -46.5 -81.5 300.8 43.7 11489.7 363.4 ----- MAND 150.0 -45.9 -80.9 285.1 47.3 13131.3 391.0 ----- SIGW 109.5 -43.6 -79.3 265.0 51.9 15243.0 432.2 ----- MAND 100.0 -42.9 -78.9 ----- ----- 15849.0 444.9 ----- SIGT 96.4 -43.3 -79.3 ----- ----- 16096.1 448.8 ----- SIGT 56.9 -41.5 -77.5 ----- ----- 19660.7 525.9 ----- SIGT 56.7 -38.5 -75.5 ----- ----- 19684.8 533.2 ----- SIGT 54.4 -41.5 -77.5 ----- ----- 19967.7 532.7 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 1200 UTC 11 Feb 2000042 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -17.8 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 266.6 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 269.2 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 1.0 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 845 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -19.1 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = -0.8 C K Index (KI) = -3.3 Lifted Index (LI) = 19.3 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 73.0 Showalter Index (ShI) = 15.3 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 32.2 Precipitable Water (PW) = 4.7 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = -51 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 275 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = ----- Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 302 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 340 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done