CONTENTS OF A CLASS 1 SOUNDING AT WASHINGTON/DULLES, VA: HEADER INFORMATION: Station ID number = 72403 Cycle = 98021112 Forecast time = 86400 sec Station latitude = 38.96 deg Station longitude = -77.51 deg Station elevation = 115. m Number of surface parameters = 56 Number of sounding parameters = 13 Number of sounding levels = 42 SURFACE PARAMETERS: PRESSURE AT MEAN SEA LEVEL = 0.9996E+05 PA SURFACE PRESSURE = 0.9858E+05 PA SKIN TEMPERATURE = 0.2808E+03 K 1-HR MIN TEMPERATURE AT LOWEST MODEL LVL = 0.2817E+03 K 1-HR MAX TEMPERATURE AT LOWEST MODEL LVL = 0.2820E+03 K SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY = 0.7200E+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 = 0.1060E+02 W/M**2 (+:DOWNWARD) 1-HR AVERAGE FLUX OF SENSIBLE HEAT = 0.2990E+02 W/M**2 (+:DOWNWARD) 1-HR AVERAGE FLUX OF SUB-SURFACE HEAT = 0.3600E+01 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 = 0.0000E+00 W/M**2 (+:DOWNWARD) 1-HR AVERAGE SHORTWAVE UPWARD FLUX = 0.0000E+00 W/M**2 (+:DOWNWARD) 1-HR AVERAGE LONGWAVE DOWNWARD FLUX = 0.3087E+03 W/M**2 (+:DOWNWARD) 1-HR AVERAGE LONGWAVE UPWARD FLUX = -0.3530E+03 W/M**2 (+:DOWNWARD) 1-HR AVERAGE NET LONGWAVE FLUX AT TOP = -0.2355E+03 W/M**2 (+:DOWNWARD) 1-HR AVERAGE NET SHORTWAVE FLUX AT TOP = 0.0000E+00 W/M**2 (+:DOWNWARD) 1-HR ACCUMULATED SNOW FALL = 0.0000E+00 KG/M**2 TOTAL SOIL MOISTURE = 0.7270E+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 = 0.3000E-01 KG/M**2 BOTTOM SOIL TEMPERATURE = 0.2865E+03 K ROUGHNESS LENGTH = 0.1100E+00 M U-COMPONENT AT 10 M = 0.1600E+01 M/S V_COMPONENT AT 10 M = 0.3700E+01 M/S POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE AT 10 M = 0.2831E+03 K SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AT 10 M = 0.6750E-02 KG/KG 2-METER TEMPERATURE = 0.2816E+03 K 2-METER SPECIFIC HUMIDITY = 0.6710E-02 KG/KG SURFACE EXCHANGE COEFFICIENT = 0.1700E-01 M/S GREEN VEGETATION COVER = 0.2700E+02 % CANOPY WATER = 0.5000E+00 KG/M**2 LAYER 1 VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE = 0.3760E+00 NONE LAYER 1 SOIL TEMPERATURE = 0.2809E+03 K LAYER 2 VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE = 0.3760E+00 NONE LAYER 2 SOIL TEMPERATURE = 0.2802E+03 K LAYER 3 VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE = 0.3630E+00 NONE LAYER 3 SOIL TEMPERATURE = 0.2792E+03 K LAYER 4 VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE = 0.3590E+00 NONE LAYER 4 SOIL TEMPERATURE = 0.2797E+03 K STATION LAND/SEA MASK = 0.0000E+00 0(LAND) or 1 (SEA) AMOUNT OF LOW CLOUD = 0.7300E+02 % AMOUNT OF MIDDLE CLOUD = 0.6400E+02 % AMOUNT OF HIGH CLOUD = 0.0000E+00 % SNOW RATIO FROM EXPLICITY CLOUD SCHEME = 0.0000E+00 % SNOW PRECIP TYPE = 0.0000E+00 1=SNOW ICE PELLET PRECIP TYPE = 0.0000E+00 1=ICE PELLETS FREEZING RAIN PRECIP TYPE = 0.0000E+00 1=FREEZING RAIN RAIN PRECIP TYPE = 0.0000E+00 1=RAIN U-COMPONENT OF STORM MOTION = 0.1780E+02 M/S V_COMPONENT OF STORM MOTION = 0.1700E+01 M/S STORM RELATIVE HELICITY = 0.1158E+03 M**2/S**2 SOUNDING ON LEVEL 1: PRESSURE = 0.9816E+05 PA TEMPERATURE = 0.2818E+03 K U WIND = 0.2000E+01 M/S V WIND = 0.4700E+01 M/S SPECIFIC HUMIDITY = 0.6760E-02 KG/KG OMEGA = 0.1000E+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 = 0.0000E+00 K/S LONG-WAVE HEATING RATE = -0.6800E-05 K/S CLOUD COVER IN A LAYER = 0.0000E+00 % TURBULENT KIN ENERGY IN A LAYER = 0.7000E+00 M**2/S**2 SOUNDING ON LEVEL 2: . . SOUNDING ON LEVEL 42 (TOP LEVEL): . .