CONTENTS OF A CLASS 1 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  =       52
     Number of sounding parameters =       13
     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                  
     1-hr min temperature at lowest model lvl =  0.2702E+03 K                  
     1-hr max temperature at lowest model lvl =  0.2706E+03 K                  
     Soil moisture availability               =  0.6200E+02 %                  
     1-hr accumulated total precip            =  0.0000E+00 kg/m**2            
     1-hr accumulated convective precip       =  0.0000E+00 kg/m**2            
     1-hr average flux of latent heat         = -0.1060E+02 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr avg potential flux of latent heat   = -0.3040E+02 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr average flux of sensible heat       =  0.2410E+02 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr average flux of sub-surface heat    =  0.2350E+02 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr avg flux of snow phase change heat  =  0.0000E+00 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr average shortwave downward flux     =  0.1260E+03 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr average shortwave upward flux       = -0.7250E+02 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr average longwave downward flux      =  0.2103E+03 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr average longwave upward flux        = -0.2991E+03 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr average net longwave flux at top    = -0.2387E+03 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr average net shortwave flux at top   =  0.7090E+02 w/m**2 (+:downward)
     1-hr accumulated snow fall               =  0.0000E+00 kg/m**2            
     Total soil moisture                      =  0.6646E+03 kg/m**2            
     Snow water equivalent                    =  0.0000E+00 kg/m**2            
     1-hr accumulated snow melt               =  0.0000E+00 kg/m**2            
     1-hr accumulated surface runoff          =  0.0000E+00 kg/m**2            
     1-hr accumu baseflow-groundwater runoff  =  0.1000E-01 kg/m**2            
     Bottom soil temperature                  =  0.2801E+03 K                  
     Roughness length                         =  0.1200E+00 m                  
     U-component at 10 m                      =  0.4300E+01 m/s                
     V_component at 10 m                      = -0.3500E+01 m/s                
     Potential temperature at 10 m            =  0.2702E+03 K                  
     Specific humidity at 10 m                =  0.2510E-02 kg/kg              
     2-meter temperature                      =  0.2704E+03 K                  
     2-meter specific humidity                =  0.2530E-02 kg/kg              
     Surface exchange coefficient             =  0.2300E-01 m/s                
     Green vegetation cover                   =  0.5000E+02 %                  
     Canopy water                             =  0.0000E+00 kg/m**2            
     Layer-1 volumetric soil moisture         =  0.3080E+00 None               
     Layer-1 soil temperature                 =  0.2711E+03 K                  
     Layer-2 volumetric soil moisture         =  0.3340E+00 None               
     Layer-2 soil temperature                 =  0.2812E+03 K                  
     Station land/sea mask                    =  0.0000E+00 0 (land) or 1 (sea)
     Amount of low cloud                      =  0.0000E+00 %                  
     Amount of middle cloud                   =  0.0000E+00 %                  
     Amount of high cloud                     =  0.0000E+00 %                  
     Snow ratio from explicit cloud scheme    =  0.0000E+00 %                  
     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 precip? (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               
     Cloud water mixing ratio                    0.0000E+00 kg/kg              
     Convective latent heating rate              0.0000E+00 K/s                
     Stable latent heating rate                  0.0000E+00 K/s                
     Short-wave heating rate                     0.6900E-05 K/s                
     Long-wave heating rate                     -0.8000E-06 K/s                
     Cloud fraction in a layer                   0.0000E+00 %                  
     Turbulent kin energy in a layer             0.7900E+00 m**2/s**2          

 SOUNDING ON LEVEL 2:
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 SOUNDING ON LEVEL 34 (TOP LEVEL):
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