================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2001009 TIME=120000 VALID LEVELS= 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 -4.1 -9.1 10.0 5.8 34.0 269.8 1.938 SIGT 988.0 -6.5 -12.5 8.5 5.9 49.9 267.6 1.480 MAND 925.0 -10.5 -13.3 320.0 8.9 561.3 268.6 1.481 SIGT 918.0 -10.9 -13.2 309.1 8.6 619.8 268.8 1.505 SIGT 880.0 -12.9 -19.9 249.0 6.5 943.6 270.0 0.895 MAND 850.0 -14.9 -19.9 200.0 4.9 1207.2 270.5 0.927 SIGT 781.0 -20.7 -22.4 211.0 4.9 1841.0 271.0 0.811 SIGT 728.0 -22.7 -27.2 220.0 4.9 2359.0 274.3 0.565 MAND 700.0 -25.1 -28.3 225.0 4.9 2645.5 274.7 0.531 SIGT 686.0 -26.3 -28.9 229.6 5.5 2792.1 275.0 0.513 SIGT 670.0 -25.1 -32.1 234.9 6.2 2963.2 278.2 0.388 SIGT 625.0 -27.3 -38.3 250.6 8.3 3466.4 281.2 0.225 SIGT 584.0 -29.5 -36.5 265.7 10.3 3953.1 284.2 0.289 SIGT 533.0 -31.9 -53.9 286.0 13.1 4602.3 288.8 0.051 SIGT 521.0 -32.3 -51.3 291.0 13.7 4763.1 290.2 0.069 SIGT 507.0 -33.7 -38.4 297.0 14.5 4954.8 290.8 0.274 MAND 500.0 -34.3 -39.1 300.0 15.0 5052.3 291.2 0.259 SIGT 438.0 -40.5 -43.1 312.0 15.5 5966.9 294.6 0.193 MAND 400.0 -44.9 -48.8 320.0 15.9 6579.8 296.6 0.114 TRO1 342.0 -52.3 -57.1 315.0 18.8 7610.6 300.2 0.057 SIGT 304.0 -49.7 -65.7 306.0 17.1 8377.3 314.1 ----- MAND 300.0 -49.3 -66.3 305.0 16.9 8464.1 315.9 ----- SIGT 268.0 -45.3 -80.3 305.0 15.7 9210.5 332.1 ----- MAND 250.0 -44.9 -79.9 305.0 15.0 9675.1 339.3 ----- SIGT 207.0 -43.1 -79.1 305.0 12.3 10942.4 361.0 ----- MAND 200.0 -43.5 -79.5 305.0 11.8 11174.1 363.9 ----- MAND 150.0 -42.3 -78.3 310.0 14.0 13114.9 397.2 ----- MAND 100.0 -40.7 -77.7 285.0 12.8 15867.1 449.1 ----- SIGT 72.0 -39.5 -76.5 ----- ----- 18110.3 495.9 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 1200 UTC 09 Jan 2001009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -13.7 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 268.4 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 272.2 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 1.4 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 879 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -14.4 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = -2.3 C K Index (KI) = -3.7 Lifted Index (LI) = 15.8 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 24.7 Showalter Index (ShI) = 15.2 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 33.8 Precipitable Water (PW) = 3.4 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = 25 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 275 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 37 J/kg Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 314 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 304 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done