================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2000328 TIME=120000 VALID LEVELS= 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 979.0 -4.3 -6.0 150.0 31.9 34.0 270.5 2.494 SIGT 963.0 -5.9 -7.4 ----- ----- 163.6 270.2 2.3 SIGT 956.0 -5.5 -7.5 ----- ----- 220.9 271.1 2.3 MAND 925.0 -6.5 -9.7 ----- ----- 479.2 272.7 2.0 SIGT 919.0 -6.9 -10.1 ----- ----- 530.1 272.8 1.9 SIGT 909.0 -5.9 -11.9 ----- ----- 615.7 274.7 1.7 MAND 850.0 -9.3 -13.2 ----- ----- 1138.4 276.4 1.6 SIGT 727.0 -17.9 -19.8 ----- ----- 2328.1 279.6 1.1 MAND 700.0 -19.3 -20.9 ----- ----- 2610.6 281.1 1.0 SIGT 638.0 -22.7 -24.4 ----- ----- 3296.2 284.8 0.8 SIGT 614.0 -21.5 -23.2 ----- ----- 3578.4 289.3 1.0 SIGT 505.0 -31.7 -35.1 ----- ----- 4990.9 293.6 0.4 MAND 500.0 -32.1 -35.6 ----- ----- 5061.2 293.9 0.4 SIGT 416.0 -39.3 -43.4 ----- ----- 6341.1 300.5 0.2 MAND 400.0 -41.5 -45.6 ----- ----- 6608.6 301.1 0.2 SIGT 303.0 -57.1 -61.2 ----- ----- 8430.4 304.0 0.0 MAND 300.0 -57.5 -61.6 ----- ----- 8493.3 304.3 0.0 TRO1 278.0 -59.3 -63.5 ----- ----- 8972.6 308.4 ----- SIGT 276.0 -59.5 -63.8 ----- ----- 9017.8 308.8 ----- SIGT 265.0 -57.3 -62.3 ----- ----- 9273.7 315.6 0.0 MAND 250.0 -58.5 -65.5 ----- ----- 9641.2 319.1 ----- SIGT 239.0 -59.5 -67.5 ----- ----- 9923.6 321.7 ----- SIGT 223.0 -54.5 -64.5 ----- ----- 10362.5 335.9 ----- SIGT 207.0 -57.1 -69.1 ----- ----- 10836.6 339.0 ----- MAND 200.0 -56.5 -69.5 ----- ----- 11054.7 343.3 ----- SIGT 192.0 -56.9 -71.9 ----- ----- 11313.6 346.7 ----- SIGT 184.0 -52.9 -69.9 ----- ----- 11585.8 357.4 ----- SIGT 176.0 -54.9 -73.9 ----- ----- 11871.3 358.7 ----- MAND 150.0 -52.7 -81.7 ----- ----- 12898.7 379.3 ----- SIGT 135.0 -51.1 -85.1 ----- ----- 13581.8 393.7 ----- SIGT 111.0 -44.9 -79.9 ----- ----- 14873.1 428.0 ----- MAND 100.0 -38.9 -75.9 ----- ----- 15580.3 452.6 ----- SIGT 91.3 -35.3 -73.3 ----- ----- 16209.8 471.7 ----- SIGT 65.1 -33.1 -72.1 ----- ----- 18577.9 524.4 ----- SIGT 40.3 -32.9 -71.9 ----- ----- 21952.5 602.0 ----- SIGT 29.6 -36.1 -74.1 ----- ----- 24110.3 648.7 ----- SIGT 18.9 -29.5 -69.5 ----- ----- 27269.7 758.1 ----- SIGT 15.4 -32.5 -71.5 ----- ----- 28722.8 793.9 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 1200 UTC 23 Nov 2000328 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -9.6 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 272.7 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 277.9 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 2.0 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 879 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -10.3 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = 2.7 C K Index (KI) = 8.0 Lifted Index (LI) = 13.5 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = ----- Showalter Index (ShI) = 11.3 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 41.7 Precipitable Water (PW) = 6.0 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = ----- Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 283 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = ----- Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 304 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 303 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done