94998 YMMQ Macquarie Island Observations at 00Z 17 Aug 2016

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   PRES   HGHT   TEMP   DWPT   RELH   MIXR   DRCT   SKNT   THTA   THTE   THTV
    hPa     m      C      C      %    g/kg    deg   knot     K      K      K 
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 1009.0      8    3.8   -0.1     76   3.78    290     33  276.2  286.8  276.9
 1006.0     31    3.3   -0.8     75   3.60    280     39  275.9  286.0  276.6
 1000.0     78    2.2   -2.2     73   3.27    280     38  275.4  284.5  275.9
  976.0    273    0.4   -2.1     83   3.37    278     38  275.5  284.9  276.0
  960.0    406   -0.3   -4.9     71   2.78    277     37  276.1  283.9  276.5
  925.0    701   -3.1   -6.1     80   2.63    275     37  276.1  283.6  276.6
  910.0    830   -4.5   -6.8     84   2.53    274     39  276.0  283.2  276.4
  901.0    909   -4.9   -9.5     70   2.07    273     41  276.4  282.3  276.7
  879.0   1103   -6.7   -9.0     84   2.21    272     44  276.4  282.8  276.8
  859.0   1282   -8.0  -12.6     70   1.70    270     47  276.9  281.9  277.2
  855.0   1318   -8.3  -13.3     67   1.61    270     46  277.0  281.7  277.2
  850.0   1364   -8.7  -13.6     68   1.58    270     44  277.0  281.7  277.3
  768.0   2142  -14.3  -16.6     83   1.37    266     34  279.1  283.2  279.4
  751.0   2311  -15.2  -22.7     53   0.83    265     32  279.9  282.5  280.1
  746.0   2362  -15.5  -24.5     46   0.71    265     33  280.1  282.4  280.3
  727.0   2556  -17.3  -20.6     75   1.03    263     36  280.2  283.4  280.4
  712.0   2711  -18.3  -28.3     41   0.52    261     38  280.8  282.5  280.9
  704.0   2796  -19.1  -22.3     76   0.91    260     39  280.9  283.7  281.0
  700.0   2838  -19.1  -24.1     65   0.78    260     40  281.3  283.8  281.4
  674.0   3118  -21.1  -31.1     40   0.43    258     41  282.1  283.5  282.2
  638.0   3521  -24.5  -30.5     58   0.48    256     43  282.7  284.3  282.8
  622.0   3705  -25.5  -39.5     26   0.20    255     44  283.6  284.3  283.7
  590.0   4086  -28.5  -49.5     11   0.07    253     46  284.5  284.7  284.5
  580.0   4208  -29.5  -46.5     18   0.10    252     47  284.7  285.0  284.7
  547.0   4619  -32.6  -52.0     13   0.06    250     49  285.8  286.0  285.8
  500.0   5250  -37.3  -60.3      7   0.02    260     53  287.5  287.6  287.5
  461.0   5808  -41.7  -59.7     12   0.03    262     54  288.8  288.9  288.8
  400.0   6760  -48.3  -64.3     14   0.02    265     55  292.1  292.2  292.1
  399.0   6776  -48.5  -64.5     14   0.02    265     55  292.1  292.1  292.1
  345.0   7728  -50.5  -76.5      3   0.00    279     64  301.8  301.8  301.8
  343.0   7765  -50.7  -76.7      3   0.00    280     64  302.1  302.1  302.1
  300.0   8630  -54.3  -80.3      3   0.00    275     75  308.7  308.7  308.7
  282.0   9025  -56.2  -79.3      4   0.00    275     70  311.5  311.5  311.5
  281.0   9048  -56.3  -79.3      4   0.00    275     69  311.6  311.7  311.6
  250.0   9790  -56.7  -82.7      2   0.00    285     74  321.6  321.6  321.6
  224.0  10484  -58.5  -85.5      2   0.00    290     78  329.1  329.1  329.1
  222.0  10541  -58.7  -85.7      2   0.00    289     79  329.7  329.7  329.7
  206.0  11013  -57.3  -87.8      1   0.00    285     84  339.1  339.1  339.1
  200.0  11200  -56.7  -88.7      1   0.00    285     79  342.8  342.8  342.8
  189.0  11559  -55.1  -87.1      1   0.00    287     77  351.0  351.0  351.0
  173.0  12118  -56.6  -87.9      1   0.00    290     73  357.4  357.4  357.4
  150.0  13020  -59.1  -89.1      1   0.00    285     94  368.1  368.1  368.1
  134.0  13738  -57.8  -88.7      1   0.00    280    101  382.4  382.4  382.4
  112.0  14879  -55.8  -88.0      1   0.00    285     87  406.3  406.3  406.3
  100.0  15600  -54.5  -87.5      1   0.00    295    100  422.1  422.2  422.1
   73.2  17579  -59.1  -90.1      1   0.00    286    116  451.8  451.8  451.8
   70.0  17860  -58.5  -89.5      1   0.00    285    118  458.9  458.9  458.9
   64.0  18433  -56.9  -88.4      1   0.00    280    114  474.3  474.3  474.3
   50.0  20010  -52.5  -85.5      1   0.01    285    128  519.3  519.4  519.3
   40.1  21445  -49.5  -83.5      1   0.01    290    135  560.6  560.7  560.6
   36.5  22058  -52.1  -85.1      1   0.01    293    139  569.2  569.3  569.2
   33.0  22712  -51.6  -85.1      1   0.01    295    142  587.2  587.3  587.2
   30.0  23330  -51.1  -85.1      1   0.01    285    135  604.7  604.8  604.7
   27.0  24016  -50.7  -84.7      1   0.01    280    139  624.4  624.5  624.4
   25.9  24287  -50.5  -84.5      1   0.01    282    141  632.4  632.5  632.4
   24.6  24627  -45.1  -80.1      1   0.03    284    145  657.3  657.6  657.3
   22.5  25228  -41.9  -77.9      1   0.04    287    150  683.7  684.1  683.8
   21.0  25692  -43.9  -79.3      1   0.04    290    154  691.3  691.7  691.4
   20.0  26020  -45.3  -80.3      1   0.03    290    157  696.7  697.1  696.8
   18.3  26608  -48.5  -82.5      1   0.02    285    163  704.6  704.9  704.6
   16.1  27462  -42.1  -78.1      1   0.06    279    171  751.7  752.3  751.7
   15.7  27633  -37.1  -75.1      1   0.09    277    173  773.5  774.5  773.5
   15.3  27812  -35.5  -73.5      1   0.12    276    175  784.5  785.9  784.6
   15.0  27950  -36.2  -74.2      1   0.11    275    176  786.5  787.7  786.5
   14.9  27996  -36.5  -74.5      1   0.11    275    176  787.1  788.4  787.2
   14.1  28382  -31.3  -71.3      1   0.18    277    171  817.2  819.3  817.3
   13.0  28961  -28.0  -68.9      1   0.27    280    163  847.8  851.0  847.9
   12.9  29016  -27.7  -68.7      1   0.28    280    163  850.7  854.1  850.9
   10.6  30419  -30.3  -70.3      1   0.28    288    165  890.3  893.8  890.5
   10.0  30830  -33.9  -72.9      1   0.20    290    165  891.8  894.4  891.9
    9.5  31187  -37.1  -75.1      1   0.15    288    167  892.9  894.9  893.0
    8.4  32047  -31.9  -71.9      1   0.28    282    171  945.2  948.9  945.4
    8.0                                       280    173                     

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: YMMQ
                             Station number: 94998
                           Observation time: 160817/0000
                           Station latitude: -54.50
                          Station longitude: 158.95
                          Station elevation: 8.0
                            Showalter index: 5.29
                               Lifted index: 3.07
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 3.04
                                SWEAT index: 206.99
                                    K index: 10.00
                         Cross totals index: 23.70
                      Vertical totals index: 28.60
                        Totals totals index: 52.30
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 18.75
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 24.85
                      Convective Inhibition: -4.35
             CINS using virtual temperature: -3.14
                           Equilibrum Level: 703.86
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 703.31
                   Level of Free Convection: 910.54
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 913.18
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 1.09
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 1.44
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 269.41
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 922.76
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 275.69
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 3.17
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5172.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 6.62

94998 YMMQ Macquarie Island Observations at 12Z 17 Aug 2016

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   PRES   HGHT   TEMP   DWPT   RELH   MIXR   DRCT   SKNT   THTA   THTE   THTV
    hPa     m      C      C      %    g/kg    deg   knot     K      K      K 
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 1013.0      8    5.6    1.7     76   4.29    320     29  277.7  289.7  278.4
 1007.0     55    5.0    0.8     74   4.04    305     37  277.6  288.9  278.3
 1000.0    111    4.4   -0.3     72   3.76    305     37  277.6  288.1  278.2
  943.0    585    0.4   -2.6     80   3.37    295     46  278.2  287.7  278.8
  925.0    740   -0.9   -3.3     84   3.25    295     47  278.4  287.6  278.9
  867.0   1252   -5.5   -6.5     93   2.72    287     46  278.8  286.6  279.2
  861.0   1307   -4.9  -15.9     42   1.29    287     46  280.0  283.9  280.2
  853.0   1380   -3.5  -18.5     30   1.05    285     46  282.2  285.4  282.4
  850.0   1408   -3.7  -17.7     33   1.13    285     46  282.3  285.7  282.4
  842.0   1483   -4.1  -22.1     23   0.78    284     46  282.6  285.1  282.7
  798.0   1903   -7.5  -10.1     82   2.23    280     48  283.3  289.9  283.7
  779.0   2091   -8.7  -12.5     74   1.89    278     49  284.0  289.7  284.3
  755.0   2332   -9.7  -12.8     78   1.90    275     50  285.5  291.2  285.9
  732.0   2571  -10.6  -13.2     81   1.91    270     47  287.0  292.8  287.4
  715.0   2753  -11.3  -13.4     84   1.91    270     49  288.2  294.0  288.5
  700.0   2915  -12.5  -14.0     89   1.86    270     51  288.6  294.3  288.9
  669.0   3256  -15.1  -16.3     91   1.61    260     53  289.4  294.4  289.7
  606.0   4001  -20.9  -21.3     97   1.16    264     55  291.1  294.7  291.3
  525.0   5045  -27.6  -30.0     80   0.61    270     57  295.2  297.2  295.3
  500.0   5400  -29.9  -32.9     75   0.48    265     57  296.5  298.2  296.6
  474.0   5778  -32.5  -36.9     65   0.34    257     57  297.9  299.1  297.9
  471.0   5823  -32.3  -39.3     50   0.27    256     57  298.6  299.6  298.7
  453.0   6092  -34.6  -42.2     46   0.21    250     57  299.1  299.8  299.1
  408.0   6816  -40.9  -49.9     37   0.10    254     52  300.1  300.4  300.1
  400.0   6950  -42.1  -51.1     37   0.09    255     51  300.2  300.5  300.2
  383.0   7242  -44.9  -51.9     45   0.08    253     52  300.3  300.6  300.3
  372.0   7435  -46.7  -57.7     27   0.04    252     53  300.4  300.6  300.4
  300.0   8820  -59.3  -67.3     35   0.01    245     57  301.6  301.7  301.6
  297.0   8883  -59.9  -67.9     34   0.01    245     57  301.7  301.7  301.7
  287.0   9096  -61.9                         245     55  301.8         301.8
  268.0   9515  -64.7                         245     67  303.7         303.7
  250.0   9940  -67.5                         245     64  305.6         305.6
  227.0  10518  -70.4                         245     58  309.7         309.7
  222.0  10651  -71.1                         250     52  310.6         310.6
  217.0  10786  -71.1                         255     50  312.6         312.6
  200.0  11270  -71.1                         265     62  320.0         320.0
  196.0  11389  -71.2                         270     63  321.7         321.7
  191.0  11542  -71.3                         270     66  323.9         323.9
  175.0  12072  -65.3                         270     76  342.0         342.0
  166.0  12391  -61.7                         270     74  353.2         353.2
  154.0  12857  -60.9                         270     70  362.2         362.2
  150.0  13020  -61.3                         270     69  364.3         364.3
  148.0  13103  -61.3                         275     66  365.7         365.7
  100.0  15540  -60.9                         275     90  409.8         409.8
   92.0  16062  -60.3                         285    107  420.9         420.9
   76.2  17242  -58.9                         282    112  447.1         447.1
   70.0  17780  -55.7                         280    114  464.9         464.9
   67.1  18050  -54.5                         280    115  473.1         473.1
   67.0  18060  -54.5                         280    115  473.3         473.3
   59.0  18870  -56.5                         280    119  486.3         486.3
   50.8  19828  -52.5                         280    124  517.0         517.0
   50.0  19930  -53.1                         280    124  517.9         517.9
   37.0  21879  -50.9                         285    139  570.1         570.1
   36.0  22056  -51.0                         285    140  574.3         574.3
   33.0  22621  -51.3                         285    129  587.9         587.9
   30.0  23240  -51.7                         285    143  603.1         603.1
   28.7  23527  -52.7                         285    147  608.0         608.0
   27.0  23925  -50.5                         285    153  625.0         625.0
   26.7  23998  -50.1                         285    153  628.1         628.1
   25.3  24349  -48.1                         285    151  643.5         643.5
   25.0                                       285    150                     

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: YMMQ
                             Station number: 94998
                           Observation time: 160817/1200
                           Station latitude: -54.50
                          Station longitude: 158.95
                          Station elevation: 8.0
                            Showalter index: 9.56
                               Lifted index: 7.75
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 7.78
                                SWEAT index: 148.99
                                    K index: 7.00
                         Cross totals index: 12.20
                      Vertical totals index: 26.20
                        Totals totals index: 38.40
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 1.86
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 2.56
                      Convective Inhibition: -7.07
             CINS using virtual temperature: -5.96
                           Equilibrum Level: 863.72
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 862.21
                   Level of Free Convection: 892.81
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 895.26
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 0.03
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 0.04
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 271.46
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 922.84
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 277.78
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 3.69
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5289.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 10.50

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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