CONTENTS OF A CLASS 0 SOUNDING AT WASHINGTON/DULLES, VA: HEADER INFORMATION: Station ID number = 72403 Cycle = 97040112 Forecast time = 86400 sec Station latitude = 39.12 deg Station longitude = -77.69 deg Station elevation = 186. m Number of surface parameters = 26 Number of sounding parameters = 6 Number of sounding levels = 34 SURFACE PARAMETERS: Pressure at mean sea level = 0.1029E+06 Pa Surface pressure = 0.1005E+06 Pa Skin temperature = 0.2722E+03 K Layer-1 Soil Temperature = 0.2711E+03 K Evaporation = 0.0000E+00 kg/m**2 Soil moisture availability = 0.6200E+02 % Total precip in past hour = 0.0000E+00 kg/m**2 Convective precip in past hour = 0.0000E+00 kg/m**2 Snow water equivalent = 0.0000E+00 kg/m**2 Amount of low cloud = 0.0000E+00 % Amount of middle cloud = 0.0000E+00 % Amount of high cloud = 0.0000E+00 % Station land/sea mask = 0.0000E+00 0 (land) or 1 (sea) U-component at 10 m = 0.4300E+01 m/s V-component at 10 m = -0.3500E+01 m/s Surface runoff = 0.0000E+00 kg/m**2 Baseflow-groundwater runoff = 0.1000E-01 kg/m**2 2-meter temperature = 0.2704E+03 K 2-meter specific humidity = 0.2530E-02 kg/kg Snow? (0 - no, 1 - yes) = 0.0000E+00 Ice pellet? (0 - no, 1 - yes) = 0.0000E+00 Freezing rain? (0 - no, 1 - yes) = 0.0000E+00 Rain? (0 - no, 1 - yes) = 0.0000E+00 U-component of storm motion = -0.1400E+01 m/s V-component of storm motion = -0.1740E+02 m/s Storm-relative helicity = 0.5240E+02 m**2/s**2 SOUNDING ON LEVEL 1: Pressure 0.9996E+05 Pa Temperature 0.2706E+03 K U wind 0.3000E+01 m/s V wind -0.6600E+01 m/s Specific humidity 0.2520E-02 kg/kg Omega 0.0000E+00 Pa/s SOUNDING ON LEVEL 2: . . SOUNDING ON LEVEL 34 (TOP LEVEL): . .