================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2001006 TIME=120000 VALID LEVELS= 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 990.0 -6.7 -10.1 120.0 3.9 34.0 267.2 1.790 SIGT 988.0 -4.9 -9.9 115.4 4.2 49.9 269.2 1.823 SIGT 969.0 -4.9 -8.5 70.9 6.7 202.7 270.7 2.075 MAND 925.0 -7.9 -9.4 325.0 12.8 566.3 271.2 2.026 SIGT 874.0 -11.7 -12.5 318.3 10.9 1004.5 271.7 1.674 SIGT 861.0 -10.5 -24.5 316.5 10.3 1119.6 274.1 0.611 MAND 850.0 -10.9 -26.9 315.0 9.9 1218.5 274.7 0.498 SIGT 720.0 -16.3 -38.3 327.8 5.6 2481.1 282.2 0.195 SIGT 708.0 -16.3 -33.3 329.1 5.1 2607.6 283.5 0.327 MAND 700.0 -16.9 -35.9 330.0 4.9 2693.1 283.8 0.256 SIGT 683.0 -18.1 -39.1 328.9 5.2 2877.3 284.4 0.189 SIGT 607.0 -23.9 -38.9 323.5 6.6 3748.9 287.5 0.218 SIGT 579.0 -26.7 -34.7 321.4 7.2 4092.0 288.2 0.348 SIGT 530.0 -29.9 -31.5 317.5 8.2 4726.5 291.7 0.519 MAND 500.0 -30.9 -32.9 315.0 8.9 5141.1 295.4 0.481 SIGT 491.0 -31.5 -33.1 314.6 9.4 5269.9 296.2 0.481 SIGT 475.0 -31.5 -34.1 313.8 10.3 5504.6 299.0 0.451 SIGT 466.0 -32.3 -35.7 313.4 10.9 5639.8 299.6 0.392 SIGT 408.0 -38.9 -41.3 310.4 14.4 6565.2 302.7 0.252 MAND 400.0 -39.1 -42.0 310.0 15.0 6701.1 304.2 0.238 SIGT 368.0 -41.7 -43.8 314.4 16.7 7269.8 308.1 0.213 SIGT 304.0 -52.1 -55.8 324.3 20.7 8536.5 310.7 0.072 MAND 300.0 -52.7 -56.3 325.0 21.0 8622.2 311.1 0.070 TRO1 282.0 -54.5 -57.8 310.0 18.8 9020.2 314.0 0.064 MAND 250.0 -51.5 -63.5 300.0 25.8 9797.2 329.5 ----- SIGT 237.0 -48.9 -68.9 296.5 24.7 10146.1 338.5 ----- MAND 200.0 -44.5 -80.5 285.0 21.0 11272.4 362.3 ----- SIGT 187.0 -42.7 -78.7 283.8 21.9 11724.4 372.3 ----- MAND 150.0 -43.3 -79.3 280.0 24.9 13211.2 395.5 ----- MAND 100.0 -43.1 -79.1 280.0 15.9 15943.2 444.5 ----- MAND 70.0 -40.3 -77.3 270.0 15.9 18362.1 498.2 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 1200 UTC 06 Jan 2001006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -9.5 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 270.9 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 276.0 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 2.0 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 904 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -10.0 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = -0.4 C K Index (KI) = -25.9 Lifted Index (LI) = 16.2 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 28.8 Showalter Index (ShI) = 16.1 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 24.0 Precipitable Water (PW) = 3.6 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = -32 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 279 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = ----- Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 311 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 304 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done