72403 IAD Sterling Observations at 12Z 24 Jul 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRES HGHT TEMP DWPT RELH MIXR DRCT SKNT THTA THTE THTV hPa m C C % g/kg deg knot K K K ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1010.0 93 21.0 19.6 92 14.43 350 6 293.3 334.5 295.9 1000.0 168 20.6 19.1 91 14.12 355 10 293.8 334.2 296.2 984.2 305 19.6 18.4 93 13.70 15 22 294.1 333.4 296.5 950.0 610 17.4 16.8 96 12.81 25 20 294.9 331.8 297.2 940.0 701 16.8 16.3 97 12.55 31 19 295.1 331.3 297.4 925.0 839 17.4 17.0 98 13.35 40 17 297.1 335.9 299.5 916.9 914 17.2 16.6 96 13.12 45 15 297.7 335.9 300.0 884.8 1219 16.5 14.9 90 12.19 50 11 300.0 335.9 302.2 879.0 1275 16.4 14.6 89 12.03 48 11 300.4 335.9 302.6 850.0 1561 14.6 14.0 96 11.96 40 10 301.4 336.9 303.6 823.3 1829 13.2 12.7 97 11.33 45 7 302.7 336.5 304.8 793.9 2134 11.7 11.2 97 10.64 65 6 304.2 336.2 306.2 765.6 2438 10.1 9.7 98 9.98 40 6 305.7 335.9 307.5 743.0 2690 8.8 8.5 98 9.46 24 6 306.9 335.8 308.7 738.2 2743 8.7 7.7 94 9.02 20 6 307.3 335.0 309.0 729.0 2848 8.4 6.2 86 8.22 20 6 308.2 333.5 309.7 700.0 3182 5.6 5.5 99 8.16 20 4 308.6 333.8 310.2 688.0 3323 4.4 4.4 100 7.68 20 4 308.9 332.6 310.3 667.0 3577 6.8 -13.2 22 2.08 20 5 314.3 321.3 314.7 660.4 3658 6.2 -17.5 16 1.47 20 5 314.5 319.6 314.8 644.0 3863 4.6 -28.4 7 0.57 353 5 315.0 317.1 315.1 630.0 4041 3.8 -13.2 28 2.21 330 4 316.0 323.5 316.5 612.6 4267 2.6 -13.4 30 2.23 300 4 317.2 324.8 317.6 578.0 4735 0.2 -13.8 34 2.29 269 6 319.7 327.5 320.1 567.8 4877 -0.8 -11.6 44 2.79 260 7 320.1 329.6 320.7 553.0 5088 -2.3 -8.3 63 3.72 261 8 320.8 333.3 321.5 500.0 5880 -7.3 -13.3 62 2.76 265 10 324.1 333.6 324.6 486.3 6096 -8.5 -14.5 62 2.58 260 11 325.2 334.2 325.8 467.5 6401 -10.1 -16.1 61 2.34 250 13 326.9 335.1 327.4 452.0 6662 -11.5 -17.5 61 2.15 255 13 328.3 335.9 328.7 443.0 6817 -12.5 -23.5 39 1.31 259 13 328.9 333.7 329.2 437.0 6921 -12.9 -20.9 51 1.66 261 13 329.7 335.7 330.0 400.0 7590 -18.5 -24.5 59 1.32 275 14 330.9 335.7 331.1 398.4 7620 -18.7 -24.4 61 1.33 275 14 330.9 335.8 331.2 383.0 7912 -21.1 -23.9 78 1.46 269 13 331.6 336.9 331.9 362.0 8325 -23.1 -32.1 44 0.72 260 12 334.3 337.1 334.4 351.7 8534 -24.7 -33.0 46 0.68 255 12 334.9 337.5 335.0 332.0 8951 -27.9 -34.9 51 0.60 265 14 336.1 338.4 336.2 323.1 9144 -29.3 -38.4 41 0.43 270 15 336.8 338.5 336.9 309.5 9449 -31.5 -44.0 28 0.25 280 16 337.8 338.9 337.9 300.0 9670 -33.1 -48.1 21 0.16 280 17 338.6 339.3 338.6 259.7 10668 -42.0 -51.4 35 0.13 270 22 339.8 340.4 339.9 250.0 10930 -44.3 -52.3 41 0.12 260 22 340.1 340.6 340.1 241.0 11173 -46.5 -52.5 50 0.12 260 23 340.4 340.9 340.4 237.1 11278 -47.2 -53.6 48 0.11 260 24 340.8 341.3 340.8 200.0 12380 -55.1 -65.1 28 0.03 285 29 345.4 345.5 345.4 194.0 12574 -55.9 -66.9 24 0.02 290 30 347.1 347.2 347.1 187.1 12802 -57.7 -67.8 26 0.02 295 31 347.8 347.9 347.8 165.0 13586 -63.9 -70.9 38 0.02 289 26 350.1 350.2 350.1 150.0 14170 -64.7 -72.7 32 0.01 285 22 358.4 358.5 358.4 133.0 14899 -68.7 -76.7 31 0.01 280 20 363.8 363.9 363.9 132.2 14935 -68.8 -76.8 31 0.01 280 20 364.4 364.4 364.4 125.6 15240 -69.2 -77.5 29 0.01 270 16 368.9 369.0 368.9 113.0 15873 -70.1 -79.1 26 0.01 253 13 378.6 378.6 378.6 107.8 16154 -68.1 -77.9 24 0.01 245 12 387.4 387.4 387.4 102.5 16459 -66.0 -76.6 21 0.01 250 12 397.2 397.2 397.2 100.0 16610 -64.9 -75.9 21 0.01 250 11 402.1 402.1 402.1 97.5 16764 -65.0 -76.4 19 0.01 250 9 404.7 404.8 404.8 88.2 17376 -65.5 -78.5 15 0.01 215 10 415.6 415.6 415.6 70.0 18800 -61.1 -79.1 8 0.01 135 13 453.3 453.4 453.3 68.9 18898 -60.8 -79.2 7 0.01 135 13 455.9 456.0 455.9 60.8 19677 -58.7 -79.7 5 0.01 116 13 477.3 477.4 477.3 51.4 20726 -58.7 -80.6 4 0.01 90 13 500.7 500.8 500.7 50.0 20900 -58.7 -80.7 4 0.01 100 14 504.7 504.8 504.7 46.7 21336 -57.8 -80.6 4 0.01 100 16 516.9 517.0 516.9 41.3 22106 -56.3 -80.3 3 0.02 87 18 539.0 539.1 539.0 40.4 22250 -55.9 -80.0 3 0.02 85 18 543.4 543.5 543.4 31.9 23774 -51.9 -76.7 4 0.04 105 24 592.2 592.6 592.3 30.0 24160 -50.9 -75.9 4 0.04 100 23 605.3 605.6 605.3 20.0 26822 -45.9 -72.9 3 0.10 85 27 695.3 696.3 695.3 20.0 26810 -45.9 -72.9 3 0.10 85 27 694.9 695.9 694.9 18.2 27432 -45.5 -72.5 3 0.12 85 28 715.0 716.2 715.0 15.3 28597 -44.7 -71.7 3 0.16 87 31 754.1 755.8 754.2 12.7 29870 -45.0 -72.0 3 0.18 90 35 795.2 797.2 795.2 12.2 30110 -45.1 -72.1 3 0.18 803.1 805.2 803.2 Station information and sounding indices Station identifier: IAD Station number: 72403 Observation time: 040724/1200 Station latitude: 38.98 Station longitude: -77.46 Station elevation: 93.0 Showalter index: 0.91 Lifted index: 2.54 LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 2.41 SWEAT index: 198.01 K index: 35.80 Cross totals index: 21.30 Vertical totals index: 21.90 Totals totals index: 43.20 Convective Available Potential Energy: 0.31 CAPE using virtual temperature: 0.65 Convective Inhibition: -0.07 CINS using virtual temperature: 0.00 Equilibrum Level: 686.86 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 686.37 Level of Free Convection: 947.67 LFCT using virtual temperature: 951.21 Bulk Richardson Number: 0.02 Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 0.04 Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 291.10 Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 964.16 Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 294.17 Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 13.62 1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5712.00 Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 45.61 Description of the data columns or sounding indices. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interested in studying meteorology? 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