94998 YMMQ Macquarie Island Observations at 12Z 17 May 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   -117                                                               
  985.0      8    5.2    3.0     86   4.84    285     31  279.6  293.1  280.4
  974.0    100    4.8    1.7     80   4.46    284     34  280.1  292.6  280.8
  925.0    517    0.8    0.0     94   4.15    280     50  280.1  291.8  280.8
  920.0    560    0.4   -0.3     95   4.09    280     50  280.1  291.7  280.8
  897.0    763   -1.5   -1.7     99   3.78    280     49  280.2  290.9  280.9
  870.0   1006   -2.7   -2.7    100   3.62    280     49  281.4  291.8  282.0
  850.0   1190   -3.9   -4.0     99   3.36    280     48  282.1  291.7  282.6
  763.0   2032   -9.5   -9.9     97   2.38    285     46  284.8  291.8  285.2
  749.0   2177  -10.5  -10.9     97   2.23    286     48  285.3  291.9  285.6
  741.0   2260  -11.1  -13.7     81   1.80    287     50  285.5  290.9  285.8
  701.0   2683  -14.4  -15.4     92   1.65    290     57  286.4  291.4  286.7
  700.0   2694  -14.5  -15.5     92   1.64    290     57  286.4  291.4  286.7
  677.0   2946  -16.8  -17.1     98   1.49    295     61  286.6  291.2  286.8
  672.0   3001  -17.3  -17.4     99   1.46    296     65  286.6  291.1  286.9
  664.0   3091  -17.9  -18.7     93   1.32    298     71  286.9  291.0  287.2
  652.0   3227  -18.9  -28.9     41   0.54    301     80  287.3  289.1  287.4
  647.0   3284  -18.5  -34.5     23   0.32    302     84  288.4  289.5  288.4
  636.0   3412  -18.9  -34.9     23   0.31    305     93  289.4  290.4  289.4
  635.0   3424  -18.7  -37.3     18   0.25    305     94  289.7  290.6  289.8
  631.0   3471  -17.9  -46.9      6   0.09    306     94  291.1  291.5  291.1
  613.0   3686  -19.5  -32.9     30   0.39    310     96  291.7  293.0  291.7
  607.0   3759  -20.1  -28.1     49   0.63    311     95  291.9  293.9  292.0
  603.0   3808  -19.9  -23.6     72   0.95    312     94  292.6  295.7  292.8
  577.0   4134  -21.5  -24.0     80   0.96    316     88  294.5  297.6  294.6
  553.0   4441  -24.1  -25.9     85   0.84    320     82  295.0  297.7  295.1
  500.0   5170  -30.3  -30.5     98   0.61    315     88  296.0  298.1  296.1
  462.0   5727  -35.3  -35.9     94   0.39    313     97  296.6  297.9  296.6
  444.0   6003  -37.7  -41.5     67   0.23    312    101  296.9  297.7  297.0
  440.0   6066  -37.3  -46.3     39   0.14    312    102  298.2  298.7  298.2
  418.0   6419  -39.5  -54.5     19   0.06    311    108  299.8  300.0  299.8
  400.0   6720  -40.9  -51.9     30   0.08    310    113  301.8  302.1  301.8
  394.0   6823  -41.3  -50.3     37   0.10    310    114  302.5  302.9  302.6
  383.0   7015  -42.9  -49.9     46   0.10    309    116  302.9  303.3  302.9
  369.0   7265  -44.5  -55.5     28   0.06    308    118  304.0  304.2  304.0
  341.0   7789  -48.9  -54.9     49   0.07    306    122  304.9  305.2  305.0
  320.0   8203  -52.0  -60.3     36   0.04    305    126  306.3  306.4  306.3
  314.0   8326  -52.9  -61.9     33   0.03    305    121  306.7  306.8  306.7
  300.0   8620  -53.7  -63.7     28   0.02    305    109  309.6  309.6  309.6
  297.0   8685  -53.9  -64.9     25   0.02    305    106  310.2  310.2  310.2
  279.0   9086  -53.7  -66.7     19   0.02    302     90  316.0  316.1  316.0
  268.0   9347  -50.1  -66.1     13   0.02    300     79  324.9  325.0  324.9
  267.0   9371  -50.2  -66.3     13   0.02    300     78  325.2  325.3  325.2
  250.0   9800  -51.5  -70.5      9   0.01    300     77  329.4  329.4  329.4
  242.0  10011  -52.1  -71.1      8   0.01    300     75  331.5  331.6  331.5
  237.0  10147  -52.5  -71.5      8   0.01    297     72  332.9  333.0  332.9
  226.0  10457  -48.3  -67.3      9   0.02    291     65  343.9  344.0  343.9
  217.0  10724  -49.0  -67.7     10   0.02    285     59  346.8  346.9  346.8
  200.0  11260  -50.5  -68.5     10   0.02    300     51  352.6  352.7  352.6
  199.0  11293  -50.9  -68.9     10   0.02    299     52  352.5  352.6  352.5
  183.0  11841  -50.1  -68.5     10   0.02    290     60  362.4  362.5  362.4
  179.0  11985  -49.9  -68.5      9   0.02    280     58  365.0  365.1  365.0
  165.0  12517  -49.1  -68.1      9   0.02    295     45  374.9  375.0  374.9
  154.0  12969  -50.9  -69.9      9   0.02    295     60  379.3  379.4  379.3
  153.0  13011  -50.8  -69.5      9   0.02    295     61  380.2  380.3  380.2
  150.0  13140  -50.5  -68.5     10   0.03    290     60  382.9  383.0  382.9
  144.0  13406  -48.7  -67.7      9   0.03    277     52  390.5  390.6  390.5
  143.0  13452  -48.7  -67.7      9   0.03    275     51  391.2  391.4  391.3
  136.0  13781  -48.7  -67.7      9   0.03    283     46  396.9  397.1  396.9
  134.0  13877  -49.4  -68.4      9   0.03    285     44  397.4  397.5  397.4
  129.0  14125  -51.1  -70.1      9   0.02    290     47  398.6  398.7  398.6
  128.0  14175  -51.5  -70.5      9   0.02    289     48  398.8  398.9  398.8
  117.0  14756  -52.1  -72.1      7   0.02    275     60  408.1  408.2  408.1
  115.0  14867  -51.6  -71.7      7   0.02    270     55  410.9  411.0  410.9
  110.0  15155  -50.5  -70.5      8   0.03    285     43  418.3  418.5  418.3
  106.0  15394  -52.0  -72.0      7   0.02    295     48  420.0  420.1  420.0
  103.0  15580  -53.1  -73.1      7   0.02    288     49  421.3  421.4  421.3
  100.0  15770  -52.5  -71.5      8   0.02    280     51  426.0  426.2  426.0
   92.5  16276  -51.7  -71.7      7   0.03    280     51  437.2  437.3  437.2
   70.0  18080  -53.3  -74.3      6   0.02    280     50  470.0  470.2  470.0
   66.8  18380  -54.3  -75.3      6   0.02    278     51  474.2  474.3  474.2
   60.0  19070  -52.9  -73.9      6   0.03    275     54  492.0  492.2  492.0
   58.0  19288  -52.5  -73.5      6   0.03    280     51  497.8  498.0  497.8
   57.1  19388  -52.3  -73.3      6   0.03    284     52  500.4  500.7  500.4
   56.0  19513  -52.7  -73.9      6   0.03    290     53  502.3  502.5  502.3
   51.0  20113  -54.7  -76.5      5   0.02    285     66  511.3  511.4  511.3
   50.0  20240  -55.1  -77.1      5   0.02    285     65  513.2  513.4  513.2
   42.0  21348  -56.5  -78.5      5   0.02    275     68  536.0  536.1  536.0
   38.0  21984  -57.3  -79.3      5   0.02    270     56  549.5  549.6  549.5
   36.0  22329  -55.7  -78.2      4   0.02    270     70  562.1  562.3  562.1
   33.8  22730  -53.9  -76.9      4   0.03    281     67  577.1  577.4  577.1
   32.0  23079  -55.5  -79.0      4   0.02    290     65  581.8  582.0  581.8
   30.0  23490  -57.5  -81.5      3   0.02    275     69  587.3  587.5  587.3
   28.0  23924  -58.4  -81.7      4   0.02    275     63  596.5  596.7  596.5
   26.0  24390  -59.3  -81.8      4   0.02    280     63  606.6  606.8  606.6
   24.9  24662  -59.9  -81.9      4   0.02    277     73  612.5  612.7  612.5
   24.3  24816  -59.0  -81.5      4   0.02    275     78  619.3  619.5  619.3
   24.0  24895  -58.6  -81.3      4   0.02    275     78  622.8  623.0  622.8
   22.5  25302  -56.3  -80.3      3   0.03    275     77  641.2  641.4  641.2
   20.0  26050  -57.1  -81.1      3   0.03    275     76  660.6  660.9  660.7
   15.0  27861  -58.7  -82.7      3   0.03    270     65  711.9  712.2  711.9
   14.0  28295  -59.1  -83.1      3   0.03                724.8  725.1  724.8

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: YMMQ
                             Station number: 94998
                           Observation time: 170517/1200
                           Station latitude: -54.50
                          Station longitude: 158.95
                          Station elevation: 8.0
                            Showalter index: 4.65
                               Lifted index: 4.21
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 4.24
                                SWEAT index: 257.99
                                    K index: 21.40
                         Cross totals index: 26.30
                      Vertical totals index: 26.40
                        Totals totals index: 52.70
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 32.51
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 35.74
                      Convective Inhibition: -0.07
             CINS using virtual temperature: -0.03
                           Equilibrum Level: 648.54
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 647.66
                   Level of Free Convection: 921.03
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 922.53
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 0.32
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 0.35
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 273.84
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 924.96
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 280.03
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 4.38
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5287.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 11.42

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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