================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2000349 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 1001.0 -2.1 -5.6 320.0 8.0 34.0 271.0 2.515 MAND 1000.0 -2.5 -6.3 320.0 8.0 41.9 270.7 2.386 SIGT 999.0 -3.9 -8.6 319.9 8.2 49.9 269.3 1.997 MAND 925.0 -9.1 -11.9 315.0 24.9 651.8 270.0 1.660 SIGT 895.0 -11.3 -12.5 293.5 16.7 906.1 270.3 1.634 SIGT 891.0 -9.3 -15.3 290.6 15.6 940.7 272.7 1.305 MAND 850.0 -11.3 -19.3 260.0 3.9 1303.7 274.3 0.976 SIGT 796.0 -14.5 -24.5 272.0 5.6 1804.5 276.1 0.660 SIGT 759.0 -16.7 -21.7 280.6 6.9 2163.9 277.5 0.888 SIGT 714.0 -19.7 -31.7 291.5 8.4 2620.6 279.1 0.378 MAND 700.0 -20.5 -31.5 295.0 8.9 2767.5 279.8 0.393 SIGT 645.0 -24.7 -33.7 291.3 9.4 3368.4 281.7 0.345 SIGT 558.0 -29.7 -45.7 284.8 10.3 4412.7 287.7 0.114 SIGT 515.0 -33.3 -51.3 281.3 10.7 4980.5 290.0 0.070 MAND 500.0 -34.5 -51.5 280.0 10.9 5187.8 291.0 0.071 MAND 400.0 -43.7 -55.7 270.0 16.9 6718.1 298.2 0.055 SIGT 345.0 -50.1 -61.1 270.0 20.1 7698.8 302.4 0.037 TRO1 316.0 -51.9 -63.9 270.0 22.0 8270.3 307.6 ----- MAND 300.0 -50.7 -65.7 265.0 19.8 8608.1 313.9 ----- MAND 250.0 -48.3 -72.3 270.0 12.8 9802.9 334.3 ----- SIGT 235.0 -46.1 -72.1 274.1 10.9 10212.5 343.6 ----- MAND 200.0 -45.5 -73.5 285.0 5.8 11286.8 360.7 ----- SIGT 154.0 -44.7 -75.7 353.1 0.5 13033.3 390.1 ----- MAND 150.0 -45.1 -76.1 0.0 0.0 13209.3 392.4 ----- MAND 100.0 -41.3 -73.3 10.0 1.9 15941.3 447.9 ----- MAND 70.0 -39.5 -71.5 100.0 3.9 18373.8 499.9 ----- SIGT 54.8 -38.3 -71.3 ----- ----- 20054.1 538.9 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 1200 UTC 14 Dec 2000349 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -10.6 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 269.8 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 274.4 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 1.8 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 901 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -11.3 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = -0.8 C K Index (KI) = -7.1 Lifted Index (LI) = 13.9 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 18.7 Showalter Index (ShI) = 11.8 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 38.4 Precipitable Water (PW) = 3.9 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = -40 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 277 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = ----- Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 308 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 316 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done