94998 YMMQ Macquarie Island Observations at 00Z 21 Mar 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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 1001.0      8    7.4    2.4     71   4.57    275     25  280.5  293.3  281.2
 1000.0     13    6.8    0.8     66   4.07    275     26  279.9  291.4  280.6
  997.0     38    6.2    0.2     65   3.91    274     27  279.6  290.6  280.2
  970.0    262    3.8   -0.6     73   3.79    260     33  279.4  290.1  280.0
  961.0    338    3.2   -2.8     65   3.25    256     35  279.5  288.8  280.1
  959.0    355    3.0   -2.8     66   3.26    255     35  279.5  288.8  280.1
  932.0    585    0.6   -2.5     80   3.43    259     34  279.3  289.0  279.9
  925.0    646    0.2   -2.7     81   3.40    260     34  279.5  289.2  280.1
  917.0    716   -0.5   -3.3     81   3.28    262     34  279.5  288.8  280.0
  910.0    777   -0.7   -5.3     71   2.84    263     34  279.9  288.1  280.4
  857.0   1252   -4.9   -6.3     90   2.81    275     36  280.3  288.4  280.8
  855.0   1271   -5.1   -6.3     91   2.80    275     36  280.3  288.4  280.8
  850.0   1317   -5.3   -6.6     91   2.76    275     37  280.6  288.5  281.1
  845.0   1363   -5.5   -7.3     87   2.63    274     38  280.8  288.5  281.3
  834.0   1466   -4.7  -10.7     63   2.04    273     39  282.7  288.8  283.1
  821.0   1590   -2.5  -35.5      6   0.23    272     40  286.3  287.1  286.4
  808.0   1717   -2.3  -35.3      6   0.24    270     42  287.9  288.7  287.9
  781.0   1986   -3.5  -39.5      4   0.16    267     45  289.4  289.9  289.4
  754.0   2262   -5.5  -30.5     12   0.40    264     49  290.1  291.5  290.2
  742.0   2388   -6.7  -19.7     35   1.09    263     50  290.2  293.6  290.4
  730.0   2515   -7.1  -25.1     22   0.69    261     52  291.1  293.3  291.2
  721.0   2611   -7.6  -23.3     27   0.82    260     53  291.5  294.2  291.7
  700.0   2841   -8.9  -18.9     44   1.23    265     53  292.6  296.5  292.8
  697.0   2874   -9.1  -18.1     48   1.33    265     53  292.7  296.9  293.0
  670.0   3180   -9.5  -26.5     24   0.66    263     49  295.6  297.8  295.7
  642.0   3510  -11.1  -32.1     16   0.41    261     46  297.4  298.8  297.5
  631.0   3641  -12.1  -31.9     17   0.42    260     44  297.8  299.2  297.8
  570.0   4413  -17.9  -30.9     31   0.51    263     51  299.7  301.5  299.8
  527.0   4992  -22.3  -35.9     28   0.34    265     57  301.2  302.4  301.3
  505.0   5307  -24.7  -38.7     26   0.27    265     49  302.0  302.9  302.0
  500.0   5380  -25.3  -39.3     26   0.25    265     50  302.1  303.1  302.2
  462.0   5948  -29.9  -43.9     24   0.17    265     56  303.3  303.9  303.3
  400.0   6960  -36.9  -53.9     15   0.06    265     67  306.9  307.2  307.0
  355.0   7775  -42.5  -62.5      9   0.02    265     77  310.1  310.2  310.1
  349.0   7890  -43.4  -61.8     11   0.03    265     78  310.4  310.5  310.4
  336.0   8144  -45.3  -60.3     17   0.03    265     78  311.2  311.3  311.2
  327.0   8325  -46.5  -62.5     15   0.03    265     78  311.9  312.0  311.9
  315.0   8571  -48.7  -57.7     34   0.05    265     78  312.2  312.4  312.2
  300.0   8890  -51.3  -59.3     38   0.04    265     78  312.9  313.1  312.9
  293.0   9043  -52.4  -60.4     37   0.04    265     78  313.5  313.7  313.6
  287.0   9176  -53.3  -61.3     37   0.03    265     80  314.1  314.2  314.1
  263.0   9741  -51.0  -70.5      8   0.01    265     93  325.4  325.4  325.4
  262.0   9765  -50.9  -70.9      8   0.01    265     93  325.9  325.9  325.9
  250.0  10070  -51.1  -73.1      6   0.01    270     90  330.0  330.0  330.0
  247.0  10148  -50.9  -73.9      5   0.01    269     91  331.4  331.4  331.4
  233.0  10531  -47.9  -80.2      1   0.00    265     94  341.5  341.5  341.5
  232.0  10559  -47.7  -80.7      1   0.00    265     94  342.2  342.3  342.2
  220.0  10910  -46.9  -81.9      1   0.00    265     92  348.7  348.7  348.7
  200.0  11540  -47.5  -82.5      1   0.00    265     89  357.4  357.4  357.4
  193.0  11775  -48.3  -82.3      1   0.00    265     90  359.8  359.8  359.8
  180.0  12233  -48.4  -82.4      1   0.00    265     91  366.9  366.9  366.9
  150.0  13430  -48.5  -82.5      1   0.00    265     78  386.3  386.3  386.3
  147.0  13563  -48.5  -82.5      1   0.00    265     77  388.5  388.5  388.5
  135.0  14121  -50.9  -84.9      1   0.00    265     72  393.8  393.9  393.8
  129.0  14418  -50.3  -84.3      1   0.00    265     70  400.1  400.1  400.1
  124.0  14676  -50.5  -84.5      1   0.00    265     68  404.2  404.2  404.2
  121.0  14836  -50.7  -84.7      1   0.00    264     70  406.7  406.7  406.7
  113.0  15280  -53.0  -86.1      1   0.00    260     74  410.5  410.5  410.5
  112.0  15338  -53.3  -86.3      1   0.00    260     73  410.9  410.9  410.9
  103.0  15878  -53.1  -86.1      1   0.00    260     60  421.3  421.3  421.3
  100.0  16070  -51.3  -84.3      1   0.00    260     56  428.3  428.4  428.3
   86.0  17041  -55.0  -87.3      1   0.00    265     45  439.8  439.8  439.8
   79.4  17554  -56.9  -88.9      1   0.00    261     53  446.0  446.0  446.0
   78.0  17668  -56.5  -88.7      1   0.00    260     55  449.1  449.1  449.1
   73.0  18092  -55.0  -87.7      1   0.00    255     49  460.7  460.8  460.7
   70.0  18360  -54.1  -87.1      1   0.00    265     41  468.3  468.3  468.3
   66.0  18736  -53.8  -86.8      1   0.00    270     44  476.8  476.8  476.8
   59.0  19452  -53.4  -86.4      1   0.00    250     39  493.4  493.4  493.4
   55.0  19901  -53.0  -86.0      1   0.00    260     29  504.1  504.1  504.1
   53.0  20138  -52.9  -85.9      1   0.00    275     32  509.8  509.9  509.8
   50.7  20421  -52.7  -85.7      1   0.01    271     36  516.8  516.8  516.8
   50.0  20510  -53.5  -86.5      1   0.00    270     37  517.0  517.0  517.0
   47.0  20906  -54.3  -86.9      1   0.00    270     41  524.2  524.2  524.2
   43.0  21476  -55.5  -87.5      1   0.00    250     43  534.8  534.8  534.8
   42.0  21627  -54.9  -87.1      1   0.00    240     38  540.0  540.0  540.0
   39.1  22086  -52.9  -85.9      1   0.01    254     28  556.1  556.1  556.1
   38.0  22270  -53.1  -86.1      1   0.01    260     24  560.2  560.3  560.2
   35.0  22799  -53.6  -86.6      1   0.01    255     25  572.2  572.3  572.2
   34.0  22985  -53.7  -86.7      1   0.01    265     23  576.5  576.6  576.5
   33.0  23177  -53.9  -86.9      1   0.01    275     29  581.0  581.0  581.0
   30.0  23790  -54.5  -87.5      1   0.01    250     33  595.5  595.5  595.5
   29.9  23811  -54.5  -87.5      1   0.01    250     33  596.0  596.1  596.0
   27.0  24470  -51.0  -84.8      1   0.01    240     26  623.5  623.6  623.5
   26.3  24639  -50.1  -84.1      1   0.01    242     27  630.7  630.9  630.7
   25.0  24971  -49.8  -83.8      1   0.01    245     28  640.9  641.0  640.9
   21.2  26049  -48.7  -82.7      1   0.02    245     19  675.0  675.2  675.0
   21.0  26111  -48.9  -82.9      1   0.02    245     19  676.4  676.5  676.4
   20.0  26430  -49.7  -83.7      1   0.02    275     14  683.3  683.5  683.3
   18.0  27117  -51.0  -84.2      1   0.02    245     21  700.2  700.4  700.2
   17.5  27301  -51.3  -84.3      1   0.02    245     21  704.8  705.0  704.8
   17.0  27489  -51.3  -84.3      1   0.02    245     21  710.6  710.8  710.6
   16.0  27883  -51.3  -84.3      1   0.02    265     17  723.0  723.3  723.1
   15.3  28173  -51.3  -84.3      1   0.02    248     15  732.4  732.6  732.4
   15.0  28304  -50.4  -83.7      1   0.02    240     14  739.6  739.9  739.7
   14.0  28760  -47.0  -81.7      1   0.04    290     26  765.6  766.0  765.6
   13.0  29250  -43.5  -79.5      1   0.06    245     35  794.2  794.9  794.2
   12.0  29788  -44.4  -80.4      1   0.05    265     17  809.4  810.0  809.4
   11.9  29844  -44.5  -80.5      1   0.05    262     18  811.0  811.6  811.0
   11.0  30371  -44.2  -80.2      1   0.06    230     27  830.4  831.1  830.4
   10.0  31010  -43.9  -79.9      1   0.07    270     21  854.5  855.4  854.6
    9.0  31718  -43.6  -79.6      1   0.08    300     22  881.8  882.8  881.8
    8.0  32510  -43.3  -79.3      1   0.09    270     23  913.3  914.5  913.3
    7.5  32944  -43.1  -79.1      1   0.10    275     23  931.0  932.4  931.0
    7.0  33415  -40.6  -77.4      1   0.14    280     23  959.7  961.7  959.7
    6.3  34134  -36.9  -74.9      1   0.24    273     29 1004.9 1008.4 1005.1
    6.0  34471  -37.1  -75.1      1   0.24    270     32 1018.0 1021.6 1018.2
    5.3  35327  -37.7  -75.7      1   0.25    256     46 1052.2 1056.0 1052.4
    5.0                                       250     52                     

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: YMMQ
                             Station number: 94998
                           Observation time: 170321/0000
                           Station latitude: -54.50
                          Station longitude: 158.95
                          Station elevation: 8.0
                            Showalter index: 12.01
                               Lifted index: 11.11
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 11.10
                                SWEAT index: 124.01
                                    K index: 3.40
                         Cross totals index: 18.70
                      Vertical totals index: 20.00
                        Totals totals index: 38.70
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 1.84
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 2.78
                      Convective Inhibition: -4.27
             CINS using virtual temperature: -2.75
                           Equilibrum Level: 844.09
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 843.55
                   Level of Free Convection: 871.82
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 875.86
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 0.08
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 0.12
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 270.86
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 896.20
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 279.49
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 3.64
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5367.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 7.49

94998 YMMQ Macquarie Island Observations at 12Z 21 Mar 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    -28                                                               
  996.0      8    5.8    1.7     75   4.36    275     33  279.3  291.5  280.0
  925.0    604    0.0   -1.8     88   3.64    260     44  279.3  289.6  279.9
  908.0    752   -1.3   -2.1     94   3.63    255     46  279.4  289.7  280.1
  893.0    885   -2.4   -3.5     92   3.33    250     48  279.6  289.1  280.2
  865.0   1137   -4.5   -6.1     89   2.81    253     49  280.0  288.1  280.5
  850.0   1275   -5.3   -8.9     76   2.31    255     49  280.6  287.3  281.0
  826.0   1499   -6.5  -12.5     62   1.78    256     50  281.6  286.9  281.9
  763.0   2114  -10.9  -16.9     61   1.34    258     53  283.3  287.4  283.6
  738.0   2369  -12.7  -14.4     87   1.71    259     54  284.1  289.2  284.4
  700.0   2771  -15.1  -18.0     78   1.33    260     56  285.7  289.8  286.0
  675.0   3045  -16.9  -20.5     74   1.12    262     58  286.7  290.2  286.9
  646.0   3373  -18.3  -19.0     94   1.33    264     61  288.7  292.9  289.0
  610.0   3798  -21.9  -22.3     97   1.05    266     64  289.4  292.7  289.6
  603.0   3883  -22.7  -23.3     95   0.98    267     65  289.4  292.5  289.6
  598.0   3944  -23.5  -33.5     39   0.38    267     65  289.2  290.4  289.2
  595.0   3981  -23.3  -34.3     36   0.35    268     66  289.8  291.0  289.9
  589.0   4055  -22.7  -26.1     74   0.78    268     66  291.3  293.9  291.5
  573.0   4256  -24.1  -24.8     94   0.90    269     68  292.0  294.9  292.2
  566.0   4346  -24.9  -25.6     94   0.85    270     69  292.1  294.8  292.2
  564.0   4371  -25.0  -25.7     94   0.84    270     69  292.3  295.0  292.4
  557.0   4462  -25.3  -26.0     94   0.83    270     74  293.0  295.7  293.1
  551.0   4540  -25.9  -32.9     52   0.44    270     78  293.1  294.6  293.2
  544.0   4633  -25.7  -39.7     26   0.22    270     83  294.5  295.3  294.5
  543.0   4646  -25.7  -42.7     19   0.16    270     84  294.6  295.2  294.6
  532.0   4794  -26.4  -37.0     36   0.30    270     92  295.5  296.5  295.5
  516.0   5014  -27.5  -28.5     91   0.71    270     92  296.8  299.1  296.9
  514.0   5042  -27.7  -29.7     83   0.64    270     92  296.9  299.0  297.0
  510.0   5098  -28.3  -46.3     16   0.12    270     92  296.8  297.2  296.8
  500.0   5240  -28.5  -59.5      3   0.03    270     92  298.2  298.3  298.2
  495.0   5312  -28.3  -60.3      3   0.02    270     93  299.3  299.4  299.3
  400.0   6820  -34.7  -56.7      9   0.04    270    121  309.8  310.0  309.8
  377.0   7233  -36.5  -59.5      7   0.03    272    125  312.7  312.9  312.7
  347.0   7799  -41.0  -58.5     13   0.04    275    131  314.2  314.3  314.2
  319.0   8372  -45.5  -57.5     25   0.05    272    129  315.5  315.7  315.5
  303.0   8714  -48.5  -61.5     21   0.03    270    127  316.0  316.1  316.0
  300.0   8780  -48.5  -62.5     18   0.03    270    127  316.9  317.0  316.9
  281.0   9207  -50.3  -66.3     13   0.02    270    128  320.3  320.4  320.3
  280.0   9230  -50.2  -66.6     13   0.02    270    128  320.7  320.8  320.7
  250.0   9970  -47.7  -75.7      3   0.01    265    104  335.0  335.0  335.0
  244.0  10131  -45.9  -80.9      1   0.00    265    101  340.0  340.1  340.0
  209.0  11158  -47.3  -82.3      1   0.00    265     85  353.2  353.2  353.2
  208.0  11190  -47.2  -82.2      1   0.00    265     84  353.9  353.9  353.9
  200.0  11450  -46.5  -81.5      1   0.00    265     89  359.0  359.0  359.0
  184.0  12005  -44.3  -80.3      1   0.00    265     86  371.2  371.2  371.2
  150.0  13360  -48.3  -82.3      1   0.00    265     78  386.6  386.6  386.6
  148.0  13448  -48.9  -82.9      1   0.00    260     77  387.1  387.1  387.1
  144.0  13629  -47.7  -82.7      1   0.00    261     77  392.2  392.2  392.2
  125.0  14557  -49.3  -83.5      1   0.00    265     78  405.4  405.5  405.4
  116.0  15047  -50.2  -84.0      1   0.00    255     63  412.6  412.6  412.6
  108.0  15515  -51.0  -84.4      1   0.00    265     68  419.6  419.6  419.6
  100.0  16020  -51.9  -84.9      1   0.00    270     53  427.2  427.2  427.2
   96.0  16286  -51.1  -84.4      1   0.00    260     66  433.7  433.7  433.7
   91.0  16633  -50.1  -83.7      1   0.00    255     57  442.3  442.3  442.3
   84.2  17139  -48.7  -82.7      1   0.01    262     47  455.2  455.2  455.2
   82.0  17311  -49.2  -83.0      1   0.00    265     44  457.7  457.7  457.7
   77.0  17720  -50.2  -83.8      1   0.00    280     51  463.7  463.8  463.7
   70.0  18340  -51.9  -84.9      1   0.00    260     54  473.0  473.0  473.0
   67.0  18621  -52.9  -85.6      1   0.00    265     61  476.8  476.8  476.8
   60.0  19329  -55.4  -87.4      1   0.00    270     44  486.4  486.4  486.4
   59.8  19351  -55.5  -87.5      1   0.00    269     45  486.7  486.7  486.7
   57.0  19658  -53.6  -86.4      1   0.00    260     54  497.6  497.6  497.6
   55.9  19783  -52.9  -85.9      1   0.00    255     52  502.1  502.1  502.1
   53.0  20125  -53.2  -86.2      1   0.00    240     46  509.1  509.2  509.1
   50.0  20500  -53.5  -86.5      1   0.00    240     42  517.0  517.0  517.0
   47.0  20899  -53.3  -86.3      1   0.00    235     40  526.6  526.7  526.6
   44.0  21324  -53.1  -86.1      1   0.01    255     22  537.2  537.2  537.2
   43.0  21472  -53.0  -86.0      1   0.01    250     25  540.9  541.0  540.9
   41.4  21717  -52.9  -85.9      1   0.01    270     28  547.1  547.1  547.1
   41.0  21779  -53.2  -86.0      1   0.01    275     29  547.9  548.0  547.9
   38.6  22167  -54.9  -86.9      1   0.01    267     39  553.1  553.1  553.1
   38.0  22268  -54.7  -86.8      1   0.01    265     41  556.0  556.1  556.0
   36.0  22616  -54.1  -86.3      1   0.01    250     33  566.4  566.4  566.4
   35.0  22797  -53.7  -86.1      1   0.01    255     35  571.8  571.9  571.8
   34.0  22984  -53.4  -85.9      1   0.01    250     38  577.5  577.5  577.5
   33.0  23176  -53.0  -85.7      1   0.01    235     28  583.4  583.4  583.4
   32.0  23374  -52.7  -85.4      1   0.01    260     18  589.5  589.6  589.5
   31.0  23579  -52.3  -85.2      1   0.01    250     19  595.9  596.0  595.9
   30.0  23790  -51.9  -84.9      1   0.01    265     21  602.5  602.6  602.5
   27.0  24475  -50.5  -84.1      1   0.01    240     25  624.9  625.0  624.9
   26.0  24721  -50.0  -83.9      1   0.01    270     22  633.1  633.2  633.1
   25.4  24873  -49.7  -83.7      1   0.01    266     24  638.2  638.3  638.2
   23.0  25519  -51.0  -84.3      1   0.01    250     35  652.6  652.8  652.6
   22.2  25750  -51.5  -84.5      1   0.01    242     32  657.9  658.0  657.9
   22.0  25809  -51.3  -84.4      1   0.01    240     31  660.2  660.3  660.2
   20.0  26430  -49.1  -83.1      1   0.02    245     19  685.1  685.3  685.1
   19.0  26767  -48.0  -82.9      1   0.02    290     20  698.6  698.8  698.6
   18.9  26802  -47.9  -82.9      1   0.02    289     20  700.0  700.2  700.0
   18.0  27123  -49.2  -83.3      1   0.02    275     20  705.9  706.1  705.9
   17.9  27159  -49.3  -83.3      1   0.02                706.5  706.8  706.6

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: YMMQ
                             Station number: 94998
                           Observation time: 170321/1200
                           Station latitude: -54.50
                          Station longitude: 158.95
                          Station elevation: 8.0
                            Showalter index: 9.75
                               Lifted index: 7.24
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 7.19
                                SWEAT index: 190.02
                                    K index: 11.40
                         Cross totals index: 19.60
                      Vertical totals index: 23.20
                        Totals totals index: 42.80
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 34.42
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 43.22
                      Convective Inhibition: -0.19
             CINS using virtual temperature: 0.00
                           Equilibrum Level: 710.11
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 707.28
                   Level of Free Convection: 916.39
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 918.97
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 0.48
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 0.60
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 272.71
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 920.29
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 279.29
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 4.06
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5268.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 9.65

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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