================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2001019 TIME= 0 VALID LEVELS= 41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 995.0 -5.1 -7.9 100.0 11.8 34.0 268.4 2.118 SIGT 990.0 -6.1 -8.8 103.1 11.8 73.5 267.8 1.984 SIGT 978.0 -4.9 -9.2 110.6 11.8 169.3 270.0 1.946 SIGT 942.0 -5.3 -11.3 133.8 11.8 464.2 272.5 1.710 MAND 925.0 -6.7 -12.7 145.0 11.8 606.9 272.5 1.556 SIGT 907.0 -7.9 -12.9 134.5 10.2 760.1 272.8 1.561 SIGT 852.0 -10.7 -23.7 101.2 5.0 1244.1 274.8 0.663 MAND 850.0 -10.7 -23.7 100.0 4.9 1262.1 274.9 0.664 SIGT 808.0 -14.1 -18.2 61.7 5.9 1649.5 275.3 1.128 SIGT 765.0 -16.9 -19.4 21.0 7.1 2062.7 276.7 1.075 SIGT 740.0 -16.1 -17.6 356.3 7.8 2312.7 280.2 1.296 SIGT 720.0 -17.5 -18.5 335.9 8.3 2518.7 280.8 1.234 SIGT 707.0 -16.1 -17.2 322.4 8.7 2655.6 283.9 1.403 MAND 700.0 -16.3 -17.6 315.0 8.9 2730.6 284.4 1.370 SIGT 663.0 -16.7 -16.9 315.0 13.5 3139.3 288.4 1.535 SIGT 658.0 -16.7 -17.2 315.0 14.2 3196.3 289.1 1.508 SIGT 610.0 -20.5 -21.0 315.0 20.5 3761.7 291.0 1.175 SIGT 607.0 -19.1 -19.6 315.0 20.9 3798.3 293.1 1.333 SIGT 586.0 -19.3 -20.7 315.0 23.9 4060.5 295.8 1.255 SIGT 553.0 -22.5 -23.7 315.0 28.7 4489.2 296.9 1.022 SIGT 537.0 -24.1 -32.1 315.0 31.1 4704.3 297.5 0.484 SIGT 532.0 -23.9 -37.9 315.0 31.8 4772.6 298.6 0.275 SIGT 514.0 -25.1 -42.1 315.0 34.7 5023.4 300.1 0.183 MAND 500.0 -26.7 -33.7 315.0 36.9 5223.5 300.5 0.445 SIGT 489.0 -27.7 -30.8 315.0 39.2 5383.9 301.2 0.602 SIGT 466.0 -29.5 -36.5 315.0 44.2 5729.2 303.1 0.362 SIGT 423.0 -34.3 -37.9 315.0 54.2 6413.7 305.5 0.346 MAND 400.0 -36.7 -40.6 315.0 59.8 6803.1 307.3 0.276 MAXW 333.0 -46.0 -50.3 315.0 65.9 8045.9 311.1 0.118 SIGT 327.0 -46.9 -51.3 314.1 65.5 8169.2 311.5 0.110 MAND 300.0 -50.3 -54.6 310.0 63.9 8736.3 314.5 0.083 TRO1 295.0 -50.7 -55.7 310.0 63.9 8845.9 315.4 0.075 SIGT 261.0 -51.1 -58.1 310.0 47.7 9643.4 326.1 0.067 MAND 250.0 -49.5 -62.5 310.0 42.0 9924.6 332.5 0.044 SIGT 232.0 -48.7 -69.7 308.3 36.6 10415.1 340.9 ----- MAND 200.0 -46.7 -81.7 305.0 25.8 11395.6 358.8 ----- SIGT 192.0 -45.7 -80.7 301.5 26.0 11667.1 364.7 ----- MAND 150.0 -46.1 -81.1 280.0 26.8 13310.8 390.6 ----- MAND 100.0 -45.5 -80.5 275.0 12.8 16011.9 439.8 ----- MAND 70.0 -43.5 -79.5 300.0 8.0 18401.5 491.3 ----- SIGT 53.8 -40.7 -77.7 ----- ----- 20183.6 536.2 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 0000 UTC 19 Jan 2001019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -11.2 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 271.5 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 276.0 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 1.7 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 872 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -12.1 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = 1.6 C K Index (KI) = -9.0 Lifted Index (LI) = 20.4 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 46.7 Showalter Index (ShI) = 19.8 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 19.0 Precipitable Water (PW) = 6.0 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = 55 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = ----- Convective Inhibition (CIN) = ----- Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 280 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 1 J/kg Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 312 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 327 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done