94998 YMMQ Macquarie Island Observations at 00Z 12 Jan 2017

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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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 1000.0   -132                                                               
  983.0      8    5.8   -0.2     65   3.85    175     13  280.3  291.2  281.0
  955.0    242    2.7   -2.1     71   3.45    210     14  279.5  289.3  280.1
  940.0    371    1.0   -3.1     74   3.25    210     16  279.0  288.3  279.6
  925.0    500   -0.3   -3.8     77   3.13    210     19  279.0  287.9  279.5
  850.0   1170   -5.9   -6.4     96   2.80    210     20  279.9  288.0  280.4
  834.0   1318   -7.0   -7.5     96   2.61    205     18  280.4  287.9  280.8
  826.0   1394   -7.5   -8.1     95   2.53    207     19  280.6  287.9  281.0
  819.0   1460   -6.3  -11.3     68   1.98    209     20  282.5  288.4  282.9
  805.0   1595   -5.9  -12.9     58   1.77    212     22  284.3  289.7  284.6
  773.0   1910   -7.5  -14.1     59   1.67    220     27  286.0  291.1  286.3
  722.0   2440  -10.1  -16.1     61   1.52    230     24  288.7  293.4  289.0
  712.0   2548   -9.5  -23.5     31   0.81    232     23  290.5  293.1  290.7
  701.0   2668   -9.9  -32.9     13   0.34    235     22  291.4  292.6  291.4
  700.0   2679  -10.1  -32.1     15   0.37    235     22  291.3  292.5  291.3
  693.0   2756  -10.8  -28.7     21   0.52    240     20  291.4  293.1  291.5
  671.0   3003  -12.9  -17.9     66   1.40    239     18  291.7  296.1  291.9
  668.0   3037  -13.1  -20.1     56   1.17    239     18  291.8  295.5  292.0
  659.0   3141  -12.9  -32.9     17   0.37    239     18  293.2  294.4  293.2
  589.0   3988  -17.7  -36.7     17   0.28    236     12  297.2  298.1  297.2
  584.0   4052  -18.1  -26.1     50   0.78    236     12  297.4  300.0  297.6
  560.0   4361  -20.7  -27.1     56   0.75    235     10  298.0  300.5  298.1
  541.0   4615  -22.8  -27.9     63   0.72    220     10  298.4  300.8  298.5
  521.0   4892  -25.1  -28.8     71   0.68    236      6  298.8  301.2  299.0
  516.0   4962  -25.5  -28.9     73   0.69    240      5  299.2  301.6  299.4
  510.0   5047  -25.9  -28.9     76   0.69    242      6  299.7  302.1  299.8
  500.0   5190  -26.7  -29.7     76   0.66    245      9  300.4  302.7  300.6
  469.0   5650  -28.3  -32.4     68   0.54    262      9  304.0  305.9  304.1
  424.0   6365  -33.7  -39.7     55   0.29    289     10  306.0  307.0  306.0
  415.0   6514  -35.0  -40.4     58   0.27    295     10  306.1  307.1  306.2
  400.0   6770  -37.3  -41.6     64   0.25    320     10  306.4  307.4  306.5
  391.0   6924  -38.6  -42.7     65   0.23    330     10  306.7  307.5  306.7
  345.0   7774  -46.1  -49.0     72   0.13    346     15  307.7  308.2  307.8
  333.0   8006  -47.8  -51.5     66   0.10    350     17  308.5  308.9  308.5
  300.0   8690  -52.9  -58.9     48   0.05     25     25  310.7  310.9  310.7
  298.0   8733  -53.2  -59.2     48   0.04     25     25  310.8  311.0  310.8
  294.0   8820  -53.9  -59.9     48   0.04     25     25  311.1  311.2  311.1
  291.0   8887  -53.7  -60.9     41   0.04     20     24  312.3  312.4  312.3
  273.0   9299  -52.3  -67.3     15   0.02    309     15  320.0  320.1  320.0
  272.0   9323  -51.9  -68.1     13   0.01    305     14  320.9  321.0  320.9
  266.0   9470  -49.6  -72.9      5   0.01    290     12  326.3  326.3  326.3
  258.0   9670  -46.5  -79.5      1   0.00    285     16  333.8  333.8  333.8
  250.0   9880  -45.9  -80.9      1   0.00    280     20  337.7  337.7  337.7
  233.0  10353  -44.3  -79.7      1   0.00    260     22  347.0  347.0  347.0
  225.0  10587  -43.5  -79.1      1   0.00    275     16  351.7  351.7  351.7
  216.0  10861  -42.6  -78.4      1   0.00    255     17  357.3  357.3  357.3
  208.0  11114  -41.7  -77.7      1   0.00    268     20  362.5  362.5  362.5
  204.0  11246  -41.8  -77.8      1   0.00    275     21  364.4  364.4  364.4
  200.0  11380  -41.9  -77.9      1   0.00    265     21  366.3  366.3  366.3
  196.0  11517  -42.0  -78.0      1   0.00    255     21  368.2  368.2  368.2
  176.0  12247  -42.7  -78.7      1   0.00    265     17  378.5  378.6  378.5
  169.0  12522  -43.0  -79.0      1   0.00    245     19  382.5  382.5  382.5
  162.0  12808  -43.3  -79.3      1   0.00    265     20  386.7  386.7  386.7
  157.0  13021  -43.5  -79.5      1   0.00    245     18  389.8  389.9  389.8
  156.0  13064  -43.5  -79.5      1   0.00    247     19  390.5  390.5  390.5
  150.0  13330  -42.1  -78.1      1   0.01    260     22  397.3  397.3  397.3
  144.0  13607  -41.7  -78.1      1   0.01    240     23  402.6  402.6  402.6
  135.0  14045  -41.2  -78.1      1   0.01    245     23  411.1  411.1  411.1
  134.0  14095  -41.1  -78.1      1   0.01    240     22  412.1  412.1  412.1
  132.0  14196  -41.4  -78.3      1   0.01    230     20  413.3  413.4  413.3
  126.0  14508  -42.3  -78.9      1   0.01    240     13  417.3  417.3  417.3
  123.0  14670  -42.7  -79.2      1   0.01    260     15  419.3  419.3  419.3
  110.0  15420  -44.9  -80.5      1   0.01    250     17  428.9  428.9  428.9
  100.0  16060  -46.7  -81.7      1   0.01    270     19  437.2  437.2  437.2
   85.0  17131  -47.5  -82.1      1   0.01    225     10  456.3  456.4  456.3
   82.0  17368  -47.7  -82.2      1   0.01    290     10  460.7  460.7  460.7
   78.0  17697  -48.0  -82.3      1   0.01    300     13  466.8  466.8  466.8
   74.0  18044  -48.2  -82.4      1   0.01    240     10  473.3  473.3  473.3
   70.0  18410  -48.5  -82.5      1   0.01    325     11  480.3  480.3  480.3
   69.4  18467  -48.7  -82.7      1   0.01    313     11  481.0  481.1  481.0
   65.0  18901  -48.3  -82.5      1   0.01    225     11  491.0  491.0  491.0
   56.0  19889  -47.4  -82.0      1   0.01    250     10  514.4  514.5  514.4
   50.0  20640  -46.7  -81.7      1   0.01    135      5  533.0  533.0  533.0
   41.0  21961  -45.5  -80.9      1   0.01      0      0  567.0  567.1  567.0
   37.0  22644  -44.9  -80.5      1   0.02     95     10  585.4  585.5  585.4
   36.0  22826  -44.8  -80.4      1   0.02    100     16  590.4  590.5  590.4
   34.0  23207  -44.4  -80.2      1   0.02     35     10  601.0  601.2  601.0
   32.0  23610  -44.1  -80.0      1   0.02    100      7  612.5  612.6  612.5
   31.0  23822  -43.9  -79.8      1   0.02     90     10  618.5  618.7  618.5
   30.0  24040  -43.7  -79.7      1   0.02     75     10  624.9  625.1  624.9
   29.0  24268  -43.3  -79.3      1   0.03     90     11  632.1  632.3  632.1
   27.0  24748  -44.8  -79.9      1   0.03     50     11  640.8  641.1  640.8
   26.9  24773  -44.9  -79.9      1   0.03     53     11  641.3  641.5  641.3
   26.0  25002  -44.5  -79.7      1   0.03     85     12  648.6  648.9  648.6
   24.0  25542  -43.7  -79.0      1   0.03     75     10  666.1  666.4  666.1
   22.0  26128  -42.7  -78.4      1   0.04    110     13  685.7  686.1  685.7
   20.0  26770  -41.7  -77.7      1   0.05     75     22  707.8  708.2  707.8
   18.0  27496  -40.0  -76.6      1   0.06     90     21  734.8  735.5  734.8
   17.0  27890  -39.0  -76.1      1   0.07     75     24  749.9  750.7  749.9
   16.0  28307  -38.1  -75.5      1   0.09    100     23  766.2  767.2  766.2
   15.0  28752  -37.0  -74.8      1   0.10     85     31  784.0  785.1  784.0
   12.4  30063  -33.9  -72.9      1   0.16     72     30  838.7  840.6  838.8
   12.0                                        70     30                     

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: YMMQ
                             Station number: 94998
                           Observation time: 170112/0000
                           Station latitude: -54.50
                          Station longitude: 158.95
                          Station elevation: 8.0
                            Showalter index: 11.02
                               Lifted index: 10.06
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 10.11
                                SWEAT index: 49.01
                                    K index: -7.60
                         Cross totals index: 20.30
                      Vertical totals index: 20.80
                        Totals totals index: 41.10
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 11.05
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 12.94
                      Convective Inhibition: 0.00
             CINS using virtual temperature: 0.00
                           Equilibrum Level: 823.35
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 823.06
                   Level of Free Convection: 886.28
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 886.28
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 2.60
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 3.05
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 270.02
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 886.28
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 279.51
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 3.45
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5322.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 8.82

94998 YMMQ Macquarie Island Observations at 12Z 12 Jan 2017

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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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 1000.0    -85                                                               
  989.0      8    5.0    0.0     70   3.88    265     11  279.0  290.0  279.7
  925.0    547    0.2   -1.9     86   3.61    250     15  279.5  289.7  280.1
  915.0    634   -0.6   -2.0     90   3.61    245     14  279.6  289.8  280.2
  904.0    731   -1.5   -2.2     95   3.61    244     15  279.6  289.8  280.2
  884.0    909   -2.7   -5.7     80   2.84    243     17  280.1  288.3  280.6
  850.0   1218   -5.7   -6.8     92   2.71    240     20  280.2  288.0  280.6
  828.0   1423   -7.4   -7.7     98   2.59    235     17  280.4  287.9  280.9
  822.0   1480   -7.9   -8.0     99   2.56    236     17  280.5  287.9  281.0
  811.0   1585   -6.1  -11.1     68   2.03    238     17  283.5  289.6  283.9
  731.0   2390  -10.5  -22.5     37   0.86    254     14  287.2  290.0  287.4
  700.0   2722  -13.1  -20.1     56   1.11    260     13  287.9  291.4  288.1
  686.0   2876  -14.3  -22.3     51   0.94    262     14  288.3  291.3  288.4
  679.0   2954  -15.1  -15.8     94   1.65    264     14  288.2  293.3  288.5
  657.0   3202  -16.5  -23.5     55   0.88    267     15  289.4  292.2  289.5
  624.0   3588  -19.1  -30.1     37   0.51    274     16  290.7  292.4  290.8
  606.0   3806  -20.7  -28.7     49   0.59    277     17  291.3  293.3  291.4
  566.0   4309  -22.4  -40.5     18   0.20    285     19  295.0  295.8  295.1
  559.0   4401  -22.7  -42.7     14   0.16    291     18  295.7  296.3  295.8
  541.0   4638  -24.5  -43.3     16   0.15    305     16  296.4  297.0  296.4
  500.0   5210  -28.7  -44.7     20   0.14    305     17  298.0  298.5  298.0
  444.0   6050  -34.5  -49.5     20   0.09    313     19  301.0  301.3  301.0
  400.0   6770  -40.3  -47.3     47   0.13    320     20  302.5  303.0  302.6
  390.0   6940  -41.7  -48.0     50   0.13    320     19  302.9  303.4  303.0
  354.0   7592  -46.9  -50.6     66   0.10    333     17  304.4  304.8  304.4
  346.0   7744  -46.3  -54.3     40   0.07    336     17  307.2  307.5  307.2
  336.0   7938  -48.1  -51.4     69   0.10    340     16  307.3  307.7  307.4
  335.0   7958  -48.0  -52.3     61   0.09    340     16  307.7  308.0  307.7
  326.0   8137  -47.5  -60.5     21   0.03    335     19  310.8  311.0  310.8
  301.0   8668  -45.2  -72.6      3   0.01    265     24  321.2  321.3  321.2
  300.0   8690  -45.1  -73.1      3   0.01    265     24  321.7  321.7  321.7
  288.0   8964  -43.1  -77.1      1   0.00    259     28  328.3  328.3  328.3
  269.0   9425  -42.7  -77.7      1   0.00    250     34  335.3  335.4  335.3
  250.0   9920  -42.3  -78.3      1   0.00    260     35  343.0  343.1  343.0
  227.0  10572  -41.3  -78.3      1   0.00    260     37  354.2  354.2  354.2
  211.0  11067  -41.4  -77.8      1   0.00    260     38  361.4  361.5  361.4
  205.0  11263  -41.5  -77.7      1   0.00    250     42  364.4  364.4  364.4
  200.0  11430  -41.5  -77.5      1   0.00    245     41  366.9  366.9  366.9
  196.0  11567  -41.3  -77.4      1   0.01    240     37  369.4  369.4  369.4
  188.0  11850  -40.8  -77.2      1   0.01    260     30  374.5  374.5  374.5
  172.0  12453  -39.9  -76.9      1   0.01    264     29  385.7  385.7  385.7
  150.0  13380  -42.5  -78.5      1   0.01    270     27  396.6  396.6  396.6
  144.0  13653  -43.0  -78.9      1   0.01    275     30  400.4  400.4  400.4
  120.0  14871  -45.4  -80.8      1   0.00    245     19  417.5  417.5  417.5
  115.0  15156  -45.9  -81.2      1   0.00    265     21  421.6  421.6  421.6
  112.0  15333  -46.2  -81.5      1   0.00    255     17  424.1  424.1  424.1
  108.0  15576  -46.7  -81.9      1   0.00    275     21  427.7  427.7  427.7
  100.0  16090  -47.7  -82.7      1   0.00    260     20  435.3  435.3  435.3
   97.0  16292  -47.9  -82.7      1   0.00    260     25  438.7  438.7  438.7
   91.0  16714  -48.3  -82.5      1   0.00    245     22  446.0  446.0  446.0
   88.2  16921  -48.5  -82.5      1   0.01    252     21  449.6  449.6  449.6
   84.6  17197  -47.1  -82.1      1   0.01    261     20  457.8  457.8  457.8
   83.0  17323  -47.3  -82.2      1   0.01    265     20  459.9  459.9  459.9
   80.0  17567  -47.7  -82.4      1   0.01    250     19  463.9  463.9  463.9
   77.0  17820  -48.2  -82.6      1   0.01    260     19  468.1  468.1  468.1
   74.0  18083  -48.6  -82.8      1   0.01    225     10  472.4  472.5  472.4
   72.2  18246  -48.9  -82.9      1   0.01    261      5  475.2  475.2  475.2
   72.0  18264  -48.9  -82.8      1   0.01    265      4  475.7  475.7  475.7
   70.0  18450  -48.3  -82.3      1   0.01    305     10  480.7  480.7  480.7
   66.0  18838  -47.2  -82.0      1   0.01    270     20  491.3  491.3  491.3
   65.0  18938  -46.9  -81.9      1   0.01    255     19  494.0  494.1  494.0
   64.0  19040  -47.2  -82.0      1   0.01    240     18  495.6  495.7  495.6
   61.0  19357  -48.0  -82.2      1   0.01    240      4  500.6  500.6  500.6
   60.1  19455  -48.3  -82.3      1   0.01    251      6  502.1  502.1  502.1
   57.0  19804  -47.3  -81.8      1   0.01    290     11  512.0  512.1  512.0
   55.0  20040  -46.6  -81.5      1   0.01    270     16  518.8  518.9  518.8
   54.0  20161  -46.3  -81.3      1   0.01    265     14  522.3  522.4  522.3
   53.0  20285  -46.5  -81.5      1   0.01    275     12  524.6  524.7  524.6
   50.0  20670  -47.1  -82.1      1   0.01    245     10  532.0  532.1  532.0
   47.0  21079  -48.3  -82.5      1   0.01    180     10  538.7  538.8  538.7
   45.9  21235  -48.7  -82.7      1   0.01    149      8  541.3  541.4  541.3
   41.0  21983  -45.8  -80.7      1   0.01      0      0  566.3  566.4  566.3
   40.2  22114  -45.3  -80.3      1   0.02     24      2  570.7  570.9  570.8
   37.0  22667  -45.7  -80.7      1   0.02    125     10  583.4  583.5  583.4
   35.5  22944  -45.9  -80.9      1   0.02    103     10  589.8  590.0  589.8
   34.0  23232  -45.4  -80.6      1   0.02     80     10  598.5  598.7  598.5
   33.0  23432  -45.0  -80.5      1   0.02     85     10  604.6  604.7  604.6
   32.0  23638  -44.7  -80.3      1   0.02     55     10  610.9  611.1  610.9
   30.0  24070  -43.9  -79.9      1   0.02     70     10  624.3  624.5  624.3
   29.0  24298  -44.0  -80.0      1   0.02     70     10  630.2  630.5  630.2
   28.0  24533  -44.0  -80.0      1   0.02    100     10  636.4  636.6  636.4
   26.0  25031  -44.2  -80.2      1   0.02     95     12  649.6  649.8  649.6
   25.0  25294  -44.3  -80.3      1   0.03     80     16  656.7  656.9  656.7
   24.5  25430  -44.3  -80.3      1   0.03     90     17  660.4  660.6  660.4
   24.0  25569  -44.0  -80.0      1   0.03    100     17  665.1  665.4  665.1
   23.0  25857  -43.4  -79.4      1   0.03     70     18  675.0  675.3  675.0
   21.0  26471  -42.2  -78.2      1   0.04    100     21  696.5  697.0  696.5
   20.0  26800  -41.5  -77.5      1   0.05     90     21  708.4  708.9  708.4
   19.0  27149  -40.8  -77.1      1   0.06     85     23  721.0  721.6  721.1
   18.0  27518  -40.0  -76.7      1   0.06    105     29  734.7  735.3  734.7
   17.1  27867  -39.3  -76.3      1   0.07     92     26  747.8  748.6  747.9
   17.0                                        90     26                     

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: YMMQ
                             Station number: 94998
                           Observation time: 170112/1200
                           Station latitude: -54.50
                          Station longitude: 158.95
                          Station elevation: 8.0
                            Showalter index: 9.03
                               Lifted index: 7.65
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 7.62
                                SWEAT index: 195.30
                                    K index: 9.20
                         Cross totals index: 21.90
                      Vertical totals index: 23.00
                        Totals totals index: 44.90
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 11.39
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 12.74
                      Convective Inhibition: -4.65
             CINS using virtual temperature: -3.80
                           Equilibrum Level: 817.23
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 816.96
                   Level of Free Convection: 874.82
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 878.37
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 10.84
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 12.12
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 271.49
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 906.39
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 279.25
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 3.76
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5295.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 8.69

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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