================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2000194 TIME= 0 VALID LEVELS= 33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 978.0 -30.1 -34.4 60.0 15.0 34.0 244.6 0.212 SIGT 971.0 -30.5 -34.4 61.9 13.7 85.1 244.7 0.214 SIGT 946.0 -29.3 -33.8 68.9 9.0 271.1 247.8 0.233 SIGT 931.0 -26.3 -32.3 73.2 6.0 386.0 252.0 0.274 MAND 925.0 -26.5 -32.5 75.0 4.9 432.7 252.2 0.270 SIGT 905.0 -28.5 -33.5 49.2 7.7 590.1 251.7 0.251 SIGT 894.0 -26.5 -32.5 34.7 9.3 678.1 254.7 0.280 MAND 850.0 -28.1 -36.1 335.0 15.9 1041.8 256.7 0.207 SIGT 836.0 -27.9 -36.9 324.7 17.0 1161.1 258.2 0.194 SIGT 809.0 -25.3 -38.3 304.3 19.0 1398.3 263.3 0.174 SIGT 721.0 -30.5 -46.5 233.1 26.2 2225.9 266.5 0.081 MAND 700.0 -29.3 -49.3 215.0 28.0 2436.6 270.0 0.062 SIGT 644.0 -33.7 -50.7 232.7 29.0 3027.0 271.6 0.059 SIGT 638.0 -32.3 -51.3 234.7 29.1 3092.9 273.9 0.056 SIGT 564.0 -39.7 -57.7 260.4 30.5 3949.6 275.0 0.032 SIGT 514.0 -41.9 -61.9 279.4 31.5 4581.6 279.7 0.023 SIGT 508.0 -41.1 -64.1 281.8 31.7 4661.3 281.7 ----- MAND 500.0 -41.3 -68.3 285.0 31.9 4769.2 282.7 ----- MAND 400.0 -49.5 -74.5 270.0 50.9 6258.3 290.7 ----- SIGT 309.0 -58.1 -79.1 252.0 41.8 7917.3 300.9 ----- MAND 300.0 -57.7 -78.7 250.0 40.8 8103.7 304.0 ----- SIGT 298.0 -56.9 -77.9 250.2 40.8 8146.0 305.7 ----- MAND 250.0 -63.1 -85.1 255.0 40.8 9243.0 312.3 ----- TRO1 212.0 -68.9 -85.1 260.0 50.9 10243.7 318.3 ----- MAND 200.0 -66.7 -84.7 270.0 50.9 10594.3 327.1 ----- SIGT 198.0 -66.3 -84.3 269.8 50.6 10655.2 328.7 ----- SIGT 182.0 -65.9 -83.9 268.3 48.6 11166.4 337.4 ----- MAND 150.0 -71.1 ----- 265.0 43.9 12325.9 347.6 ----- SIGT 130.0 -75.1 ----- 263.2 43.6 13164.8 355.0 ----- SIGT 121.0 -75.3 ----- 262.3 43.4 13580.9 362.0 ----- SIGT 117.0 -71.9 ----- 261.9 43.3 13777.4 371.8 ----- MAND 100.0 -77.1 ----- 260.0 42.9 14691.3 378.8 ----- SIGT 93.6 -79.5 ----- ----- ----- 15068.9 381.3 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 0000 UTC 12 Jul 2000194 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -33.4 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 250.3 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 251.0 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 0.2 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 844 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -34.6 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = -17.4 C K Index (KI) = -42.9 Lifted Index (LI) = 26.0 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 63.8 Showalter Index (ShI) = 21.0 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 18.4 Precipitable Water (PW) = 0.5 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = -21 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 258 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = ----- Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 301 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 309 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done