================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 89664 DAY=2004053 TIME=120000 VALID LEVELS= 36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 1015.0 -5.9 -9.3 0.0 0.0 34.0 266.1 1.860 MAND 1000.0 -7.3 -9.5 255.0 8.9 150.4 265.9 1.859 SIGT 996.0 -7.5 -9.6 258.3 9.7 181.7 266.0 1.852 SIGT 979.0 -6.7 -8.5 272.7 12.7 316.0 268.1 2.054 SIGT 933.0 -8.5 -11.5 312.8 21.4 690.9 270.0 1.699 MAND 925.0 -8.1 -13.1 320.0 22.9 757.8 271.0 1.506 SIGT 924.0 -8.1 -13.1 319.7 22.8 766.2 271.1 1.507 SIGT 914.0 -6.5 -12.5 317.2 21.2 851.1 273.6 1.600 SIGT 906.0 -4.9 -21.9 315.1 20.0 920.0 275.9 0.731 SIGT 905.0 -5.1 -23.1 314.8 19.8 928.7 275.8 0.658 SIGT 869.0 -5.7 -26.7 305.2 14.0 1247.3 278.4 0.496 MAND 850.0 -5.7 -27.7 300.0 10.9 1420.6 280.2 0.462 SIGT 818.0 -6.3 -21.3 301.0 13.1 1721.1 282.6 0.853 SIGT 803.0 -6.7 -10.2 301.5 14.1 1865.8 283.7 2.191 SIGT 761.0 -5.7 -6.7 302.9 17.2 2286.7 289.2 3.043 SIGT 717.0 -9.1 -10.4 304.4 20.6 2751.2 290.4 2.417 SIGT 708.0 -9.9 -11.4 304.7 21.3 2848.9 290.6 2.259 MAND 700.0 -9.9 -11.7 305.0 22.0 2936.7 291.5 2.231 SIGT 686.0 -9.9 -12.2 306.5 21.8 3092.7 293.2 2.186 SIGT 662.0 -11.9 -12.9 309.2 21.4 3366.7 294.0 2.141 SIGT 641.0 -13.1 -16.1 311.7 21.1 3613.2 295.3 1.698 SIGT 624.0 -13.9 -22.9 313.7 20.9 3817.9 296.7 0.972 SIGT 610.0 -15.1 -21.1 315.4 20.7 3990.0 297.2 1.165 SIGT 585.0 -17.1 -20.2 318.5 20.3 4305.4 298.5 1.313 SIGT 564.0 -17.9 -20.4 321.2 19.9 4579.5 300.7 1.339 SIGT 543.0 -18.9 -21.5 324.0 19.6 4862.9 302.8 1.264 SIGT 534.0 -19.5 -21.9 325.2 19.4 4987.4 303.5 1.241 SIGT 512.0 -20.9 -22.8 328.3 19.1 5299.5 305.5 1.195 SIGT 501.0 -21.9 -24.0 329.9 18.9 5459.8 306.2 1.098 MAND 500.0 -21.9 -24.0 330.0 18.8 5474.5 306.4 1.100 SIGT 468.0 -24.3 -26.6 324.0 24.0 5959.4 309.2 0.929 SIGT 458.0 -24.3 -26.4 322.1 25.6 6117.0 311.1 0.967 MAND 400.0 -30.5 -32.8 310.0 35.9 7092.4 315.4 0.607 SIGT 340.0 -38.1 -41.3 310.0 46.2 8230.2 320.0 0.302 MAND 300.0 -44.7 -48.2 310.0 53.8 9080.2 322.4 0.162 MAND 250.0 -54.5 -57.6 305.0 76.9 10274.6 325.1 0.074 Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 1200 UTC 22 Feb 2004053 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = -10.2 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 268.5 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 273.2 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 1.8 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 923 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = -10.7 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = ----- Equilibrium Level (EL) = ----- Convective Temperature (CVT) = ----- Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = 3.4 C K Index (KI) = -13.3 Lifted Index (LI) = 27.4 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 40.6 Showalter Index (ShI) = 20.8 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 10.4 Precipitable Water (PW) = 8.4 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = 68 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 = ----- Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 321 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 340 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done