================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2000151 TIME= 0 VALID LEVELS= 32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 1018.0 -36.1 -40.7 60.0 17.9 34.0 235.9 0.107 MAND 1000.0 -33.7 -38.7 75.0 22.0 158.5 239.5 0.135 SIGT 993.0 -32.5 -37.2 63.3 20.2 208.0 241.1 0.158 SIGT 976.0 -31.5 -35.8 34.5 15.7 330.0 243.3 0.185 SIGT 953.0 -31.5 -35.3 354.7 9.6 498.9 245.0 0.199 MAND 925.0 -33.1 -36.6 305.0 1.9 709.3 245.5 0.180 MAND 850.0 -37.3 -41.1 345.0 15.0 1299.0 247.1 0.123 SIGT 846.0 -37.5 -41.3 344.5 15.1 1331.5 247.2 0.121 SIGT 821.0 -34.9 -37.7 341.5 16.2 1539.8 252.1 0.182 SIGT 816.0 -35.3 -38.9 340.8 16.4 1582.4 252.1 0.162 SIGT 786.0 -32.3 -39.3 337.0 17.8 1845.2 258.0 0.161 SIGT 754.0 -33.9 -43.9 332.7 19.3 2137.5 259.4 0.103 SIGT 723.0 -31.7 -48.7 328.4 20.8 2433.2 264.9 0.064 SIGT 709.0 -31.1 -49.1 326.3 21.5 2571.7 267.1 0.062 MAND 700.0 -31.5 -49.5 325.0 22.0 2662.3 267.6 0.061 SIGT 630.0 -34.1 -49.1 323.4 25.1 3404.3 272.8 0.070 SIGT 577.0 -38.1 -52.1 322.1 27.7 4014.7 275.1 0.058 MAND 500.0 -42.3 -59.3 320.0 31.9 4992.4 281.5 0.030 SIGT 421.0 -48.3 -68.3 308.4 44.2 6140.6 288.0 ----- MAND 400.0 -49.5 -70.5 305.0 47.8 6476.8 290.7 ----- SIGT 365.0 -49.7 -73.7 308.1 59.4 7076.6 298.1 ----- MAXW 344.0 -51.4 -74.5 310.0 66.8 7459.7 300.9 ----- MAND 300.0 -55.3 -76.3 310.0 58.9 8344.5 307.4 ----- TRO1 276.0 -57.5 -76.5 300.0 52.8 8874.1 311.7 ----- MAND 250.0 -56.7 -76.7 290.0 45.8 9500.5 321.8 ----- SIGT 245.0 -56.3 -77.3 291.4 44.9 9628.7 324.2 ----- MAND 200.0 -59.7 -84.7 305.0 35.0 10908.1 338.2 ----- TRO2 181.0 -62.1 ----- 290.0 35.0 11528.9 344.1 ----- MAND 150.0 -63.9 ----- 280.0 47.8 12685.7 360.0 ----- MAND 100.0 -69.1 ----- 285.0 47.8 15140.8 394.2 ----- SIGT 96.3 -70.7 ----- ----- ----- 15365.4 395.4 ----- SIGT 91.7 -70.9 ----- ----- ----- 15655.6 400.6 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 0000 UTC 30 May 2000151 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -36.8 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 242.8 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 243.2 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 0.2 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 894 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -38.0 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = -24.3 C K Index (KI) = -54.1 Lifted Index (LI) = 31.4 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 61.8 Showalter Index (ShI) = 27.9 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 6.2 Precipitable Water (PW) = 0.6 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = 8 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 248 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = ----- Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 301 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 344 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done