72403 IAD Sterling Observations at 12Z 15 Jul 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23.2 22.4 95 17.21 205 2 295.5 345.1 298.6 1009.0 101 23.2 21.0 87 15.78 206 2 295.6 341.1 298.4 1000.0 174 22.0 21.0 94 15.93 215 6 295.1 341.0 298.0 985.1 305 21.4 21.2 98 16.36 245 7 295.9 343.1 298.8 984.0 315 21.4 21.2 99 16.40 245 7 295.9 343.2 298.8 980.0 350 21.8 20.9 95 16.16 246 7 296.7 343.4 299.5 975.0 395 24.6 20.5 78 15.84 248 8 299.9 346.4 302.8 956.0 568 24.2 18.2 69 13.95 254 9 301.2 342.5 303.7 951.4 610 23.9 17.9 69 13.73 255 9 301.3 341.9 303.8 925.0 856 22.0 16.0 69 12.51 270 8 301.8 339.0 304.1 918.9 914 21.7 15.7 69 12.37 270 9 302.1 338.9 304.3 912.0 979 21.4 15.4 69 12.21 281 9 302.4 338.8 304.6 892.0 1172 20.0 17.0 83 13.86 312 9 302.9 344.1 305.4 887.1 1219 19.7 16.8 84 13.77 320 9 303.0 344.0 305.5 850.0 1587 17.0 15.4 90 13.11 290 10 303.9 343.2 306.3 843.0 1658 16.6 15.3 92 13.14 287 12 304.2 343.6 306.6 832.0 1770 17.0 12.4 74 10.99 282 16 305.8 339.1 307.8 826.3 1829 16.7 12.1 74 10.87 280 18 306.1 339.0 308.1 807.0 2030 15.6 11.2 75 10.46 277 16 307.0 338.8 308.9 797.2 2134 14.9 10.4 74 10.01 275 15 307.4 337.9 309.2 770.0 2428 13.0 8.0 72 8.81 265 15 308.3 335.4 310.0 769.1 2438 12.9 8.0 72 8.81 265 15 308.4 335.5 310.0 741.5 2743 10.4 7.5 82 8.82 255 15 308.9 336.1 310.5 709.0 3117 7.4 6.8 96 8.82 267 11 309.5 336.8 311.2 701.0 3210 7.0 5.1 88 7.92 270 10 310.1 334.7 311.6 700.0 3222 7.0 5.2 88 7.98 270 10 310.2 335.0 311.7 693.0 3305 6.4 6.0 97 8.53 264 11 310.4 336.9 312.0 688.9 3353 6.1 5.6 97 8.33 260 12 310.6 336.5 312.2 672.0 3557 4.8 3.8 93 7.54 260 13 311.4 335.0 312.8 663.7 3658 4.3 3.3 94 7.37 260 13 311.9 335.0 313.3 615.7 4267 1.0 0.4 96 6.46 255 16 314.9 335.5 316.2 604.0 4422 0.2 -0.3 96 6.24 260 18 315.7 335.7 316.9 592.8 4572 -0.1 -0.8 95 6.13 265 20 317.0 336.8 318.2 586.0 4665 -0.3 -1.1 94 6.06 262 19 317.9 337.5 319.0 570.6 4877 -1.5 -2.6 92 5.56 255 18 318.9 337.0 319.9 549.2 5182 -3.3 -4.8 89 4.89 240 18 320.3 336.4 321.2 542.0 5287 -3.9 -5.6 88 4.67 245 18 320.7 336.2 321.6 531.0 5449 -4.1 -6.9 81 4.32 253 19 322.4 336.8 323.2 528.5 5486 -4.4 -7.1 81 4.26 255 19 322.4 336.7 323.3 500.0 5920 -8.3 -9.9 88 3.63 250 18 322.9 335.1 323.6 488.8 6096 -9.6 -11.0 89 3.39 245 17 323.4 334.9 324.1 486.0 6140 -9.9 -11.3 89 3.34 245 17 323.5 334.9 324.2 469.7 6401 -10.9 -13.8 80 2.83 245 14 325.4 335.2 326.0 451.4 6706 -12.1 -16.6 69 2.32 230 15 327.6 335.8 328.1 446.0 6798 -12.5 -17.5 66 2.18 233 15 328.3 336.0 328.7 433.6 7010 -13.8 -18.8 66 2.01 240 16 329.3 336.5 329.7 400.0 7620 -17.5 -22.5 65 1.58 240 20 332.2 337.9 332.5 396.0 7695 -17.9 -22.9 65 1.54 241 20 332.6 338.2 332.9 338.6 8839 -26.6 -32.3 58 0.75 250 20 336.0 338.9 336.1 324.8 9144 -28.9 -34.8 57 0.62 260 20 336.8 339.2 336.9 319.0 9275 -29.9 -35.9 56 0.56 261 20 337.1 339.4 337.3 309.0 9501 -31.3 -40.3 41 0.37 263 19 338.3 339.8 338.4 300.0 9710 -33.1 -43.1 36 0.28 265 19 338.6 339.8 338.7 298.1 9754 -33.3 -43.3 36 0.28 270 18 338.9 340.1 339.0 298.0 9757 -33.3 -43.3 36 0.28 270 18 339.0 340.1 339.0 272.8 10363 -38.6 -48.6 34 0.17 280 20 339.9 340.6 339.9 250.0 10960 -43.9 -53.9 32 0.10 275 28 340.7 341.1 340.7 249.5 10973 -44.0 -54.0 32 0.10 275 27 340.7 341.1 340.7 225.0 11659 -49.9 -59.9 30 0.05 287 28 341.9 342.1 341.9 200.0 12420 -55.9 -65.9 27 0.03 300 30 344.1 344.2 344.1 179.2 13106 -61.7 -70.9 29 0.02 305 35 345.5 345.6 345.5 176.0 13220 -62.7 -71.7 29 0.01 303 34 345.7 345.8 345.7 167.0 13542 -63.9 -71.9 33 0.01 298 29 348.9 349.0 348.9 162.3 13716 -63.0 -71.6 30 0.01 295 27 353.3 353.4 353.3 160.0 13805 -62.5 -71.5 29 0.02 292 23 355.6 355.7 355.6 154.4 14021 -63.8 -72.8 28 0.01 285 14 357.0 357.0 357.0 150.0 14200 -64.9 -73.9 28 0.01 290 15 358.1 358.1 358.1 147.0 14323 -65.7 -73.7 32 0.01 282 14 358.8 358.8 358.8 138.0 14708 -65.1 -74.1 28 0.01 259 12 366.4 366.4 366.4 132.9 14935 -65.9 -74.7 28 0.01 245 11 368.9 369.0 368.9 126.4 15240 -66.9 -75.5 29 0.01 315 3 372.4 372.4 372.4 115.0 15809 -68.9 -76.9 31 0.01 305 13 378.9 379.0 378.9 109.0 16131 -67.5 -76.5 27 0.01 347 13 387.4 387.4 387.4 104.0 16413 -68.7 -76.7 31 0.01 24 13 390.3 390.4 390.3 102.0 16530 -66.7 -75.7 27 0.01 39 13 396.3 396.4 396.4 100.0 16650 -65.9 -74.9 27 0.01 55 13 400.1 400.2 400.1 88.0 17429 -65.1 -75.1 24 0.02 65 13 416.6 416.7 416.6 76.5 18288 -61.8 -74.4 17 0.02 75 14 440.4 440.6 440.4 74.9 18422 -61.3 -74.3 16 0.02 77 14 444.2 444.4 444.2 70.9 18761 -63.1 -77.1 13 0.01 84 13 447.4 447.5 447.4 70.0 18840 -62.5 -76.5 14 0.02 85 13 450.3 450.4 450.3 66.0 19202 -62.3 120 3 458.4 458.4 56.9 20117 -61.8 60 13 479.3 479.3 55.2 20309 -61.7 73 19 483.8 483.8 54.2 20422 -60.8 80 23 488.4 488.4 50.0 20930 -56.5 70 20 509.9 509.9 49.2 21033 -55.5 69 21 514.6 514.6 46.9 21336 -55.5 65 24 521.7 521.7 46.3 21420 -55.5 68 23 523.6 523.6 44.7 21641 -54.0 75 21 532.4 532.4 44.4 21688 -53.7 73 21 534.3 534.3 42.6 21946 -54.4 60 18 538.8 538.8 41.9 22060 -54.7 60 20 540.8 540.8 40.7 22250 -54.5 60 23 545.7 545.7 38.8 22555 -54.3 90 18 553.8 553.8 35.9 23051 -53.9 61 20 567.2 567.2 35.3 23165 -53.1 55 20 572.2 572.2 34.8 23252 -52.5 59 21 576.0 576.0 33.6 23470 -52.7 70 25 581.1 581.1 32.1 23774 -52.9 105 21 588.3 588.3 30.0 24210 -53.3 105 15 598.7 598.7 29.2 24384 -53.7 105 16 602.3 602.3 28.8 24472 -53.9 101 14 604.1 604.1 27.9 24689 -53.0 90 10 612.3 612.3 26.6 24994 -51.9 70 14 623.9 623.9 25.4 25298 -50.6 90 17 635.8 635.8 24.2 25603 -49.5 70 15 647.8 647.8 23.3 25846 -48.5 86 25 657.6 657.6 23.1 25908 -48.5 90 28 659.5 659.5 20.0 26850 -48.1 85 29 688.2 688.2 18.3 27432 -47.8 90 24 706.6 706.6 17.7 27658 -47.7 90 25 713.9 713.9 16.9 27966 -45.5 89 27 730.4 730.4 14.6 28944 -45.3 88 33 762.3 762.3 13.3 29572 -42.7 86 37 791.8 791.8 11.6 30480 -42.9 85 42 822.1 822.1 10.0 31500 -43.1 90 42 857.5 857.5 9.1 32136 -42.1 86 46 884.8 884.8 8.9 32309 -40.7 85 47 896.5 896.5 8.8 32364 -40.3 900.3 900.3 Station information and sounding indices Station identifier: IAD Station number: 72403 Observation time: 120715/1200 Station latitude: 38.98 Station longitude: -77.46 Station elevation: 93.0 Showalter index: -2.69 Lifted index: -2.62 LIFT computed using virtual temperature: -2.85 SWEAT index: 222.81 K index: 38.90 Cross totals index: 23.70 Vertical totals index: 25.30 Totals totals index: 49.00 Convective Available Potential Energy: 450.95 CAPE using virtual temperature: 508.33 Convective Inhibition: -128.01 CINS using virtual temperature: -107.19 Equilibrum Level: 220.47 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 220.00 Level of Free Convection: 748.27 LFCT using virtual temperature: 759.81 Bulk Richardson Number: 69.03 Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 77.82 Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 292.83 Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 943.52 Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 297.76 Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 15.58 1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5746.00 Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 53.74 Description of the data columns or sounding indices . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /Interested in studying meteorology? 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