================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2000050 TIME=120000 VALID LEVELS= 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 977.0 -18.1 -21.9 90.0 14.0 34.0 256.8 0.678 MAND 925.0 -20.3 -24.7 170.0 11.8 441.1 258.6 0.558 SIGT 898.0 -20.5 -28.5 157.7 15.4 660.6 260.6 0.406 MAND 850.0 -22.9 -29.9 135.0 22.0 1065.4 262.2 0.377 SIGT 817.0 -24.7 -29.3 126.8 18.6 1354.8 263.2 0.415 SIGT 796.0 -24.1 -25.3 121.4 16.5 1544.6 265.9 0.615 SIGT 747.0 -25.7 -25.7 108.3 11.2 2007.0 269.0 0.632 MAND 700.0 -29.1 -29.3 95.0 5.8 2475.1 270.3 0.484 SIGT 692.0 -30.1 -30.5 91.5 6.3 2557.1 270.0 0.437 SIGT 672.0 -29.5 -33.7 82.8 7.4 2766.3 273.0 0.331 SIGT 659.0 -28.9 -39.9 76.9 8.2 2905.9 275.2 0.181 SIGT 593.0 -30.5 -48.5 45.2 12.3 3658.8 281.8 0.079 SIGT 526.0 -35.7 -43.7 9.8 16.9 4502.1 285.4 0.151 SIGT 508.0 -37.1 -40.1 359.6 18.2 4743.7 286.5 0.229 MAND 500.0 -37.9 -40.5 355.0 18.8 4853.3 286.8 0.223 SIGT 456.0 -42.5 -43.9 350.8 21.0 5482.2 288.7 0.170 MAND 400.0 -47.9 -51.1 345.0 23.9 6357.4 292.7 0.092 SIGT 376.0 -51.3 -54.3 345.0 24.5 6762.7 293.5 0.069 TRO1 332.0 -54.3 -59.3 345.0 25.8 7566.3 300.0 0.046 MAND 300.0 -52.1 -60.1 355.0 21.0 8219.5 311.9 0.046 SIGT 265.0 -47.5 -65.5 338.1 21.6 9031.4 329.9 ----- MAND 250.0 -46.1 -66.1 330.0 22.0 9417.8 337.5 ----- SIGT 220.0 -43.9 -66.9 324.3 20.7 10272.4 353.5 ----- MAND 200.0 -44.7 -70.7 320.0 19.8 10911.5 362.0 ----- MAND 150.0 -42.9 -78.9 325.0 15.0 12844.8 396.1 ----- MAND 100.0 -42.5 -78.5 250.0 4.9 15582.7 445.6 ----- SIGT 29.1 -41.5 -77.5 ----- ----- 23943.5 637.1 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 1200 UTC 19 Feb 2000050 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -25.3 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 258.8 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 260.3 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 0.5 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 845 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -26.5 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = -11.7 C K Index (KI) = -15.1 Lifted Index (LI) = 21.9 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 62.8 Showalter Index (ShI) = 19.5 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 23.0 Precipitable Water (PW) = 1.8 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = -40 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 265 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = ----- Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 300 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 332 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done