================================================================================ SOUNDING # 1 IDN= 7645 DAY=2008136 TIME=120000 VALID LEVELS= 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Idn Id Station Name St Co Lat Lon Elev 07645 LFME Nimes / Courbessac FR 43:52N 004:24E 60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Level Pressure Temp Dew Point Dir Speed Height Theta Mix Type [MB] [C] [C] [deg] [KTS] [M ] [K] [g/kg] -------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ------- ----- ------ SFC 1006.0 17.2 13.7 160.0 12.8 60.0 289.9 9.853 MAND 1000.0 16.8 13.3 160.0 14.0 111.2 290.0 9.654 MAND 925.0 11.4 9.0 170.0 24.9 770.8 291.0 7.822 SIGT 904.0 9.8 7.6 174.1 25.4 962.6 291.2 7.272 MAND 850.0 7.0 5.3 185.0 26.8 1472.9 293.5 6.592 SIGT 840.0 6.4 4.9 186.9 26.9 1570.3 293.9 6.486 SIGT 823.0 6.0 4.6 190.1 27.0 1738.4 295.2 6.483 SIGT 782.0 5.0 0.8 198.0 27.3 2157.1 298.4 5.197 SIGT 753.0 2.4 -3.6 203.9 27.5 2464.5 298.8 3.897 MAND 700.0 -2.5 -8.5 215.0 28.0 3049.7 299.7 2.877 SIGT 687.0 -3.7 -8.7 215.3 28.5 3198.3 300.0 2.886 SIGT 645.0 -5.1 -9.9 216.2 30.2 3695.9 303.9 2.797 SIGT 628.0 -5.9 -21.9 216.6 30.9 3905.6 305.3 1.055 SIGT 559.0 -11.5 -18.5 218.4 34.0 4808.2 309.0 1.591 SIGT 517.0 -15.5 -30.5 219.5 36.0 5402.9 311.2 0.585 MAND 500.0 -17.1 -29.1 220.0 36.9 5654.6 312.2 0.690 SIGT 463.0 -20.9 -28.9 221.8 39.0 6227.4 314.4 0.760 SIGT 443.0 -23.5 -37.5 222.7 40.2 6552.2 315.1 0.344 SIGT 404.0 -28.9 -34.9 224.8 42.7 7219.2 316.5 0.490 MAND 400.0 -29.5 -35.5 225.0 42.9 7290.3 316.7 0.466 SIGT 360.0 -35.7 -41.7 227.0 50.1 8033.1 318.0 0.273 SIGT 341.0 -39.1 -55.1 228.0 53.7 8407.7 318.4 0.068 SIGT 328.0 -42.7 ----- 228.7 56.3 8672.2 317.0 ----- MAXW 306.0 -45.5 ----- 230.0 60.8 9137.4 319.4 ----- MAND 300.0 -46.3 ----- 230.0 59.8 9270.0 320.1 ----- MAND 250.0 -53.5 ----- 230.0 50.9 10462.7 326.5 ----- TRO1 238.0 -55.5 ----- 235.0 49.0 10777.9 328.2 ----- MAND 200.0 -57.1 ----- 235.0 39.8 11883.2 342.4 ----- SIGT 192.0 -57.5 ----- 237.8 38.7 12141.3 345.7 ----- MAND 150.0 -53.5 ----- 255.0 31.9 13715.7 377.9 ----- MAND 100.0 -56.1 ----- 260.0 21.0 16309.8 419.4 ----- SIGT 90.6 -53.9 ----- 258.6 20.7 16940.8 435.7 ----- SIGT 70.9 -56.3 ----- 255.2 19.9 18507.3 462.3 ----- MAND 70.0 -56.1 ----- 255.0 19.8 18588.5 464.4 ----- SIGT 59.3 -54.5 ----- 262.3 17.9 19647.4 490.5 ----- SIGT 53.2 -49.9 ----- 267.2 16.7 20350.2 516.7 ----- MAND 50.0 -49.7 ----- 270.0 15.9 20756.2 526.4 ----- SIGT 38.5 -48.7 ----- ----- ----- 22471.3 569.8 ----- Parcel Definition for 100 mb Boundary Layer: 1200 UTC 15 May 2008136 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dewpoint Temperature (TD) = 10.8 C Potential Temperature (Th) = 290.6 K Equivalent Potential Temperature (ThE) = 312.9 K Mixing Ratio (MIX) = 8.5 g/kg Stability Indices and Levels: ----------------------------- Lifted Condensation Level (LCL) = 916 mb Temperature at LCL (TLCL) = 10.2 C Level of Free Convection (LFC) = 703 mb Equilibrium Level (EL) = 679 mb Convective Temperature (CVT) = 26.0 C Forecast Maximum Temperature (FMAX) = 20.6 C K Index (KI) = 23.4 Lifted Index (LI) = 3.3 Severe WEAther Threat Index (SwI) = 251.0 Showalter Index (ShI) = 4.4 Total Totals Index (TTI) = 46.5 Precipitable Water (PW) = 23.1 mm Energy Analysis: ---------------- Helicity (HELI) = 88 m**2/s**2 Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) = 5 J/kg Convective Inhibition (CIN) = 86 J/kg Theta-E for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 316 K CAPE for Forecast Maximum Temperature = 81 J/kg Maximum Theta-E at or below 300 mb = 319 K Pressure Level of Maximum Theta-E = 306 mb CAPE for Maximum Theta-E = ----- ================================================================================ UALIST: Done