72403 IAD Sterling Observations at 12Z 22 Jul 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRES HGHT TEMP DWPT RELH MIXR DRCT SKNT THTA THTE THTV hPa m C C % g/kg deg knot K K K ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1000.0 71 998.0 93 22.4 21.2 93 16.16 0 0 295.7 342.3 298.6 982.0 233 21.4 21.1 98 16.33 274 13 296.1 343.2 299.0 973.9 305 21.3 21.2 99 16.54 230 20 296.6 344.5 299.6 970.0 339 21.2 21.2 100 16.64 230 20 296.9 345.2 299.9 957.0 456 22.2 22.2 100 17.96 230 20 299.1 351.7 302.3 948.0 538 21.8 21.7 99 17.58 230 20 299.5 351.0 302.6 943.0 584 22.4 22.3 99 18.35 230 20 300.6 354.6 303.8 940.2 610 22.6 21.8 95 17.78 230 20 301.0 353.5 304.2 936.0 649 23.0 20.9 88 16.93 229 19 301.8 351.9 304.9 931.0 696 23.2 20.0 82 16.08 227 18 302.5 350.2 305.4 925.0 752 23.0 19.4 80 15.58 225 17 302.8 349.2 305.6 919.0 809 22.8 18.6 77 14.90 225 16 303.2 347.6 305.9 918.0 818 22.8 19.3 81 15.60 225 16 303.3 349.8 306.1 908.0 914 22.0 19.1 84 15.62 225 15 303.4 349.9 306.2 876.7 1219 19.3 18.6 96 15.67 240 19 303.7 350.5 306.6 875.0 1236 19.2 18.6 96 15.67 241 19 303.7 350.5 306.6 874.0 1246 19.2 18.7 97 15.79 241 19 303.8 351.0 306.7 867.0 1315 19.0 18.1 95 15.32 244 19 304.3 350.1 307.1 861.0 1375 19.6 15.2 76 12.77 246 19 305.5 344.1 307.9 860.0 1385 19.4 14.9 75 12.54 246 19 305.4 343.2 307.7 850.0 1486 18.6 13.9 74 11.88 250 19 305.6 341.5 307.8 846.2 1524 18.4 13.6 74 11.67 250 20 305.7 341.0 307.9 841.0 1577 18.0 13.1 73 11.39 247 22 305.9 340.4 308.0 816.5 1829 16.0 11.8 76 10.77 235 31 306.4 339.0 308.3 796.0 2046 14.2 10.7 79 10.25 239 31 306.7 337.9 308.6 787.7 2134 13.7 10.2 79 9.98 240 31 307.1 337.5 308.9 759.8 2438 11.8 8.3 79 9.10 240 34 308.3 336.2 310.0 753.0 2514 11.4 7.8 79 8.89 240 34 308.6 335.9 310.2 746.0 2592 10.8 7.4 80 8.73 240 34 308.8 335.6 310.4 732.5 2743 9.5 6.9 84 8.58 240 34 308.9 335.4 310.5 700.0 3119 6.2 5.6 96 8.21 235 34 309.3 334.7 310.9 697.0 3154 6.0 5.5 97 8.19 236 34 309.5 334.8 311.0 689.0 3249 5.4 5.4 100 8.23 238 33 309.8 335.3 311.4 680.3 3353 4.7 4.5 98 7.82 240 32 310.2 334.5 311.7 655.3 3658 2.7 1.8 94 6.71 225 36 311.3 332.4 312.6 644.0 3800 1.8 0.6 92 6.25 222 35 311.8 331.5 313.0 643.0 3812 1.8 0.5 91 6.21 221 35 311.9 331.6 313.1 632.0 3952 1.8 1.3 96 6.70 218 34 313.5 334.7 314.7 616.0 4159 0.8 0.1 95 6.30 213 32 314.6 334.7 315.8 607.8 4267 0.4 -1.1 90 5.85 210 31 315.3 334.1 316.4 601.0 4358 0.0 -2.1 86 5.49 211 32 315.9 333.6 317.0 585.0 4574 -1.3 -1.6 98 5.85 215 36 316.9 335.8 318.0 576.0 4698 -1.9 -2.4 96 5.60 217 37 317.6 335.7 318.6 563.2 4877 -2.3 -3.7 90 5.19 220 40 319.1 336.1 320.1 535.0 5286 -3.3 -6.7 77 4.35 224 37 322.6 337.2 323.5 523.0 5465 -3.9 -7.3 77 4.25 226 35 324.0 338.4 324.9 506.0 5726 -5.5 -8.9 77 3.88 229 33 325.2 338.3 325.9 504.0 5757 -5.5 -9.0 76 3.86 229 33 325.5 338.7 326.3 500.0 5820 -4.7 -9.4 70 3.77 230 32 327.2 340.2 328.0 499.0 5836 -4.5 -10.5 63 3.46 230 32 327.7 339.6 328.4 498.0 5852 -4.5 -10.5 63 3.47 231 32 327.9 339.9 328.6 494.0 5915 -4.7 -10.7 63 3.44 232 32 328.4 340.3 329.1 482.7 6096 -5.8 -12.5 59 3.04 235 33 329.2 339.8 329.8 478.0 6173 -6.3 -13.3 58 2.89 236 33 329.5 339.6 330.1 428.0 7028 -12.3 -18.3 61 2.13 248 32 332.4 340.1 332.9 427.0 7046 -12.5 -19.5 56 1.92 248 32 332.4 339.4 332.8 400.0 7540 -16.9 -21.4 68 1.74 255 32 332.9 339.3 333.3 395.7 7620 -17.6 -21.9 69 1.68 255 33 333.1 339.2 333.4 384.0 7844 -19.5 -23.4 71 1.52 254 32 333.4 339.0 333.7 381.0 7902 -19.7 -23.2 74 1.56 253 32 333.9 339.6 334.2 356.0 8402 -22.7 -26.0 74 1.30 250 30 336.4 341.3 336.7 355.0 8422 -22.9 -26.1 75 1.29 250 30 336.4 341.3 336.7 321.2 9144 -28.4 -35.0 53 0.61 245 28 338.6 341.0 338.8 318.0 9217 -28.9 -35.9 51 0.56 244 29 338.8 341.1 339.0 308.0 9444 -30.9 -41.9 33 0.31 242 30 339.1 340.4 339.2 300.0 9630 -32.1 -44.1 29 0.26 240 32 340.0 341.1 340.1 296.0 9725 -32.9 -44.9 29 0.24 236 31 340.2 341.2 340.2 294.8 9754 -33.1 -47.0 24 0.19 235 31 340.2 341.1 340.3 294.0 9772 -33.3 -48.3 21 0.16 235 31 340.3 341.0 340.3 279.0 10138 -36.1 -51.1 20 0.13 242 34 341.4 341.9 341.4 268.0 10416 -38.5 -55.5 15 0.08 247 36 341.8 342.2 341.9 250.0 10890 -42.3 -58.3 16 0.06 255 39 343.0 343.3 343.1 205.0 12202 -53.9 -68.9 14 0.02 259 38 344.8 344.9 344.8 200.0 12360 -55.3 -70.3 14 0.01 260 38 345.0 345.1 345.0 186.4 12802 -59.0 -73.0 15 0.01 265 40 346.2 346.2 346.2 172.0 13305 -63.1 -76.1 16 0.01 269 36 347.3 347.4 347.3 169.1 13411 -63.7 -76.4 16 0.01 270 35 348.1 348.1 348.1 160.8 13716 -65.3 -77.4 17 0.01 250 21 350.3 350.3 350.3 160.0 13748 -65.5 -77.5 17 0.01 248 21 350.5 350.6 350.5 157.0 13863 -64.9 -76.9 18 0.01 241 21 353.4 353.5 353.4 150.0 14140 -66.9 -78.9 17 0.01 225 22 354.6 354.7 354.6 138.2 14630 -69.8 -81.1 18 0.00 190 21 357.9 358.0 357.9 134.0 14813 -70.9 -81.9 18 0.00 185 23 359.2 359.2 359.2 133.0 14857 -70.5 -81.5 18 0.00 185 24 360.6 360.7 360.6 132.0 14902 -66.5 -78.5 17 0.01 185 26 368.6 368.6 368.6 131.3 14935 -66.3 -78.3 17 0.01 185 27 369.5 369.6 369.5 129.0 15041 -65.5 -77.5 17 0.01 196 28 372.8 372.8 372.8 128.0 15089 -63.5 -76.5 16 0.01 200 29 377.2 377.3 377.2 124.9 15240 -64.2 -77.2 15 0.01 215 30 378.6 378.6 378.6 121.0 15432 -65.1 -78.1 15 0.01 215 26 380.4 380.4 380.4 118.8 15545 -64.4 -77.7 14 0.01 215 24 383.7 383.8 383.8 115.0 15743 -63.1 -77.1 13 0.01 254 25 389.7 389.7 389.7 113.0 15850 -63.4 -77.4 13 0.01 275 26 391.1 391.2 391.1 109.0 16071 -63.9 -77.9 13 0.01 275 21 394.2 394.2 394.2 107.5 16154 -63.1 -77.6 12 0.01 275 19 397.2 397.2 397.2 106.0 16242 -62.3 -77.3 12 0.01 264 20 400.4 400.4 400.4 100.0 16600 -63.3 -79.3 10 0.01 220 26 405.2 405.2 405.2 90.4 17221 -62.5 -80.5 7 0.01 200 15 418.6 418.6 418.6 83.0 17746 -63.9 -83.9 5 0.00 183 5 426.1 426.1 426.1 79.9 17983 -62.5 -84.5 4 0.00 175 1 433.6 433.6 433.6 76.7 18233 -61.1 -85.1 3 0.00 146 4 441.6 441.7 441.6 76.0 18288 -61.3 -85.5 3 0.00 140 5 442.4 442.4 442.4 73.8 18471 -61.9 -86.9 2 0.00 115 9 444.9 444.9 444.9 72.2 18607 -60.5 -87.5 2 0.00 96 12 450.6 450.6 450.6 70.0 18800 -60.5 -88.5 1 0.00 70 16 454.6 454.6 454.6 66.5 19120 -60.9 -91.9 1 0.00 98 16 460.4 460.5 460.4 65.6 19202 -60.8 -91.8 1 0.00 105 16 462.4 462.4 462.4 64.6 19301 -60.7 -91.7 1 0.00 110 17 464.7 464.7 464.7 62.5 19507 -60.0 -91.1 1 0.00 120 20 470.6 470.7 470.6 59.6 19812 -58.9 -90.2 1 0.00 110 17 479.5 479.6 479.5 56.8 20117 -57.9 -89.4 1 0.00 120 18 488.6 488.6 488.6 54.1 20422 -56.8 -88.5 1 0.00 105 14 497.8 497.8 497.8 51.6 20726 -55.8 -87.7 1 0.00 100 12 507.1 507.2 507.1 50.0 20920 -55.1 -87.1 1 0.00 100 13 513.2 513.2 513.2 49.0 21049 -54.3 -87.3 1 0.00 100 11 518.1 518.1 518.1 46.9 21336 -54.4 -87.2 1 0.00 100 8 524.5 524.5 524.5 44.7 21641 -54.5 -87.0 1 0.00 75 17 531.5 531.5 531.5 40.6 22250 -54.7 -86.7 1 0.01 90 11 545.6 545.7 545.6 40.1 22334 -54.7 -86.7 1 0.01 82 11 547.6 547.6 547.6 38.8 22555 -53.3 -85.8 1 0.01 60 11 556.5 556.5 556.5 37.0 22852 -51.5 -84.5 1 0.01 75 13 568.5 568.6 568.5 33.6 23470 -51.2 -85.0 1 0.01 105 18 585.0 585.0 585.0 32.6 23675 -51.1 -85.1 1 0.01 112 18 590.5 590.6 590.5 32.1 23774 -50.5 -84.7 1 0.01 115 18 594.6 594.7 594.6 30.6 24079 -48.7 -83.5 1 0.01 95 16 607.4 607.5 607.4 30.0 24220 -47.9 -82.9 1 0.01 95 15 613.4 613.6 613.5 29.9 24242 -47.9 -82.9 1 0.01 94 15 614.0 614.2 614.0 29.3 24384 -48.0 -83.0 1 0.01 90 18 617.4 617.6 617.4 25.4 25298 -49.0 -83.5 1 0.01 100 22 639.8 640.0 639.8 24.3 25603 -49.3 -83.7 1 0.02 75 22 647.5 647.6 647.5 23.2 25908 -49.6 -83.8 1 0.02 100 30 655.2 655.4 655.2 21.6 26374 -50.1 -84.1 1 0.02 119 28 667.2 667.4 667.2 21.1 26518 -49.2 -83.5 1 0.02 125 27 674.0 674.1 674.0 20.2 26822 -47.4 -82.3 1 0.02 95 19 688.4 688.7 688.5 20.0 26880 -47.1 -82.1 1 0.02 95 20 691.2 691.5 691.2 19.3 27127 -46.2 -81.2 1 0.03 60 28 701.4 701.6 701.4 18.7 27327 -45.5 -80.5 1 0.03 67 33 709.6 710.0 709.6 18.4 27432 -45.4 -80.4 1 0.03 70 35 713.1 713.4 713.1 16.6 28122 -44.9 -79.9 1 0.04 77 36 736.1 736.6 736.1 13.8 29369 -40.9 -77.9 1 0.07 90 38 789.6 790.4 789.6 13.0 29774 -41.5 -77.5 1 0.08 94 39 801.1 802.0 801.2 12.8 29870 -41.0 -77.2 1 0.08 95 39 806.2 807.2 806.3 12.3 30175 -39.2 -76.2 1 0.10 90 48 822.7 823.9 822.7 11.7 30480 -37.4 -75.2 1 0.12 100 41 839.4 840.9 839.5 11.2 30785 -35.7 -74.2 1 0.15 85 37 856.4 858.3 856.5 10.9 30988 -34.5 -73.5 1 0.17 92 41 868.0 870.0 868.0 10.3 31394 -35.0 -73.4 1 0.18 105 48 880.5 882.8 880.6 10.0 31590 -35.3 -73.3 1 0.19 115 40 886.6 889.0 886.7 9.8 31730 -35.7 -73.7 1 0.18 115 39 890.2 892.6 890.3 8.4 32792 -39.7 -76.7 1 0.13 119 33 914.6 916.5 914.7 8.0 33126 -39.3 -76.3 1 0.15 120 31 929.1 931.1 929.2 7.9 33223 -38.6 -76.0 1 0.16 120 30 935.4 937.6 935.5 7.5 33528 -36.6 -74.9 1 0.20 100 25 955.5 958.2 955.6 7.3 33758 -35.1 -74.1 1 0.23 96 34 970.8 974.0 971.0 7.0 34050 -34.7 -73.7 1 0.25 90 45 984.2 987.8 984.4 6.6 34463 -32.5 -71.5 1 0.37 1010.1 1015.5 1010.4 6.6 34442 -32.6 -71.6 1 0.37 85 49 1008.8 1014.0 1009.0 Station information and sounding indices Station identifier: IAD Station number: 72403 Observation time: 060722/1200 Station latitude: 38.98 Station longitude: -77.46 Station elevation: 93.0 Showalter index: 1.59 Lifted index: -0.46 LIFT computed using virtual temperature: -0.76 SWEAT index: 236.79 K index: 36.60 Cross totals index: 18.60 Vertical totals index: 23.30 Totals totals index: 41.90 Convective Available Potential Energy: 759.02 CAPE using virtual temperature: 854.10 Convective Inhibition: -82.97 CINS using virtual temperature: -74.93 Equilibrum Level: 182.56 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 182.24 Level of Free Convection: 801.56 LFCT using virtual temperature: 814.10 Bulk Richardson Number: 32.82 Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 36.93 Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 294.59 Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 966.21 Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 297.51 Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 16.97 1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5749.00 Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 54.57 Description of the data columns or 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