================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2001016 TIME= 0 VALID LEVELS= 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 992.0 -5.9 -10.9 20.0 2.9 34.0 267.9 1.677 SIGT 989.0 -7.5 -13.5 15.0 3.3 57.7 266.5 1.363 SIGT 947.0 -11.1 -12.8 303.5 9.5 393.5 266.2 1.507 SIGT 935.0 -10.7 -13.0 282.6 11.3 491.5 267.6 1.502 MAND 925.0 -11.3 -14.2 265.0 12.8 574.2 267.8 1.376 MAND 850.0 -16.3 -18.8 255.0 14.0 1217.2 269.1 1.019 SIGT 707.0 -25.9 -27.4 221.8 17.7 2578.3 273.0 0.571 MAND 700.0 -26.1 -27.5 220.0 17.9 2650.4 273.6 0.572 SIGT 637.0 -29.1 -33.2 230.0 14.8 3329.2 277.7 0.367 SIGT 612.0 -31.7 -35.1 234.2 13.4 3614.0 277.9 0.317 SIGT 562.0 -34.9 -43.9 243.1 10.7 4213.1 280.9 0.138 MAND 500.0 -40.7 -49.7 255.0 7.0 5019.2 283.4 0.083 SIGT 499.0 -40.9 -49.9 255.7 7.3 5032.9 283.3 0.082 TRO1 447.0 -43.3 -59.3 295.0 22.0 5777.9 289.4 0.034 SIGT 409.0 -43.1 -65.1 295.0 29.9 6376.5 297.1 ----- MAND 400.0 -43.7 -64.7 295.0 31.9 6526.3 298.2 ----- MAND 300.0 -44.5 -80.5 300.0 30.9 8457.1 322.7 ----- SIGT 285.0 -44.9 -79.9 298.6 28.9 8800.5 326.8 ----- MAND 250.0 -43.5 -79.5 295.0 23.9 9679.5 341.4 ----- MAND 200.0 -43.3 -79.3 290.0 21.0 11181.7 364.2 ----- MAND 150.0 -43.3 -79.3 305.0 16.9 13119.2 395.5 ----- MAND 100.0 -40.9 -77.9 295.0 10.9 15864.2 448.7 ----- MAND 70.0 -38.9 -75.9 330.0 7.0 18301.9 501.2 ----- SIGT 61.9 -39.1 -76.1 ----- ----- 19145.6 518.7 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 0000 UTC 16 Jan 2001016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -13.8 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 267.1 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 270.8 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 1.4 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 894 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -14.4 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = -3.4 C K Index (KI) = 4.2 Lifted Index (LI) = 10.6 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 35.0 Showalter Index (ShI) = 9.7 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 46.3 Precipitable Water (PW) = 3.6 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = 8 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 274 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 56 J/kg Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 298 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 400 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done