94998 YMMQ Macquarie Island Observations at 00Z 31 Aug 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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 1024.0      8    4.6    0.9     77   4.01    305     22  275.9  287.0  276.5
 1000.0    194    2.2   -1.9     74   3.34    295     27  275.4  284.7  275.9
  998.0    210    2.2   -1.9     74   3.35    295     27  275.5  284.9  276.1
  925.0    818   -3.5   -4.8     91   2.91    290     35  275.7  283.9  276.2
  910.0    947   -4.5   -4.8     98   2.95    295     36  276.0  284.3  276.5
  909.0    956   -4.6   -4.9     98   2.94    295     36  276.0  284.3  276.5
  881.0   1201   -6.3   -6.6     98   2.66    298     35  276.7  284.2  277.1
  862.0   1373   -3.0  -20.2     25   0.89    300     34  281.8  284.6  282.0
  860.0   1391   -2.7  -21.7     22   0.79    298     34  282.4  284.8  282.5
  850.0   1484   -2.1  -22.1     20   0.77    290     34  283.9  286.4  284.1
  837.0   1606   -2.5  -24.2     17   0.65    285     34  284.8  286.9  284.9
  821.0   1759   -2.9  -26.9     14   0.52    286     33  285.9  287.6  286.0
  809.0   1875   -3.9  -11.9     54   1.91    287     32  286.1  291.8  286.4
  700.0   3002  -10.9  -20.9     44   1.04    295     26  290.4  293.7  290.6
  698.0   3024  -11.0  -21.0     44   1.03    295     26  290.5  293.8  290.7
  673.0   3303  -12.5  -22.5     43   0.94    286     25  291.9  294.9  292.0
  668.0   3360  -12.3  -34.3     14   0.32    284     25  292.7  293.8  292.8
  656.0   3498  -13.1  -30.0     23   0.49    280     24  293.4  295.0  293.4
  647.0   3603  -13.7  -26.7     33   0.67    283     23  293.8  296.0  293.9
  638.0   3709  -14.3  -36.3     14   0.27    287     22  294.3  295.3  294.4
  633.0   3769  -14.1  -27.1     32   0.66    289     21  295.2  297.4  295.3
  630.0   3805  -14.2  -28.3     29   0.59    290     21  295.5  297.5  295.6
  603.0   4136  -15.1  -39.1     11   0.22    265     24  298.2  298.9  298.2
  598.0   4199  -15.4  -27.3     35   0.69    260     24  298.6  300.9  298.7
  596.0   4224  -15.5  -22.5     55   1.06    262     24  298.7  302.2  298.9
  573.0   4520  -16.5  -24.5     50   0.92    283     22  300.9  304.0  301.1
  571.0   4546  -16.7  -24.8     50   0.91    285     22  301.0  304.1  301.2
  525.0   5172  -20.7  -30.7     40   0.57    282     25  303.5  305.5  303.6
  500.0   5530  -23.5  -31.5     48   0.55    280     27  304.3  306.3  304.4
  468.0   6010  -27.5  -34.5     51   0.44    277     27  305.2  306.7  305.2
  400.0   7120  -36.9  -46.9     35   0.14    270     27  306.9  307.5  307.0
  394.0   7224  -37.9  -46.9     38   0.14    271     26  307.0  307.5  307.0
  347.0   8070  -45.0  -55.9     29   0.06    280     22  308.7  309.0  308.8
  329.0   8425  -48.0  -59.6     25   0.04    265     27  309.4  309.5  309.4
  300.0   9040  -53.1  -66.1     19   0.02    270     27  310.4  310.5  310.4
  295.0   9149  -54.3  -67.3     19   0.02    269     28  310.2  310.2  310.2
  262.0   9904  -58.8  -66.2     38   0.02    265     35  314.3  314.4  314.3
  260.0   9953  -59.1  -66.1     40   0.02    262     35  314.5  314.6  314.5
  253.0  10125  -59.7  -66.7     40   0.02    250     33  316.2  316.2  316.2
  250.0  10200  -59.9  -66.9     40   0.02    250     30  316.9  317.0  316.9
  223.0  10908  -64.1  -73.2     28   0.01    250     24  321.0  321.0  321.0
  207.0  11362  -66.5  -77.2     21   0.01    250     20  324.1  324.1  324.1
  206.0  11391  -66.5  -77.5     20   0.00    250     19  324.5  324.6  324.5
  200.0  11570  -66.5  -79.1     15   0.00    255     25  327.3  327.3  327.3
  176.0  12346  -63.9  -86.1      3   0.00    250     29  343.7  343.8  343.7
  160.0  12931  -62.5  -91.4      1   0.00    246     33  355.6  355.6  355.6
  154.0  13167  -61.0  -93.5      1   0.00    245     34  362.1  362.1  362.1
  150.0  13330  -59.9  -94.9      0   0.00    250     39  366.7  366.7  366.7
  126.0  14428  -56.1  -92.1      0   0.00    256     45  392.3  392.3  392.3
  111.0  15234  -55.1  -91.1      0   0.00    261     49  408.6  408.6  408.6
  100.0  15900  -55.3  -91.3      0   0.00    265     52  420.6  420.6  420.6
   94.0  16298  -53.9  -90.3      0   0.00    255     52  430.9  430.9  430.9
   88.0  16723  -52.3  -89.3      0   0.00    265     56  442.2  442.2  442.2
   87.9  16730  -52.3  -89.3      0   0.00    265     56  442.4  442.4  442.4
   77.7  17526  -54.1  -91.1      0   0.00    262     58  454.5  454.5  454.5
   70.0  18200  -52.3  -89.3      0   0.00    260     59  472.1  472.1  472.1
   59.0  19308  -51.5  -89.0      0   0.00    260     66  497.6  497.6  497.6
   56.0  19646  -51.2  -88.9      0   0.00    250     82  505.6  505.7  505.6
   50.0  20380  -50.7  -88.7      0   0.00    250     77  523.5  523.6  523.5
   48.0  20647  -50.4  -88.3      0   0.00    255     67  530.5  530.5  530.5
   43.4  21304  -49.5  -87.5      0   0.00    254     70  548.1  548.1  548.1
   39.3  21953  -50.1  -88.1      0   0.00    253     73  562.4  562.4  562.4
   31.0  23514  -47.1  -86.0      0   0.01    250     80  609.8  609.9  609.9
   30.0  23730  -46.7  -85.7      0   0.01    250     81  616.7  616.8  616.7
   28.0  24189  -45.5  -85.5      0   0.01    248     85  632.3  632.4  632.3
   23.4  25386  -46.1  -85.1      0   0.01    243     97  663.8  664.0  663.8
   21.0  26112  -43.3  -83.7      0   0.02    240    104  693.0  693.2  693.0
   20.0  26440  -42.1  -83.1      0   0.02    245     92  706.5  706.7  706.5
   18.1  27117  -40.3  -81.3      0   0.03    251     93  732.6  733.0  732.6
   17.0  27544  -40.8  -81.8      0   0.03    255     94  744.2  744.6  744.2
   16.4  27788  -41.1  -82.1      0   0.03    251     96  751.0  751.3  751.0
   14.0  28863  -41.0  -82.0      0   0.03    235    104  786.1  786.5  786.1
   12.1  29853  -40.9  -81.9      0   0.04    233    113  819.8  820.4  819.9
   10.4  30890  -37.1  -79.1      0   0.07    231    123  870.1  871.1  870.1
   10.0  31160  -39.1  -81.1      0   0.06    230    125  872.4  873.2  872.5
    9.9  31229  -39.5  -81.5      0   0.05    229    125  873.5  874.2  873.5
    9.6  31442  -38.2  -80.5      0   0.06    225    126  886.1  887.0  886.1
    9.0  31888  -35.5  -78.3      0   0.10    230    117  913.1  914.4  913.2
    8.8  32043  -34.5  -77.5      0   0.11                922.7  924.2  922.8

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: YMMQ
                             Station number: 94998
                           Observation time: 170831/0000
                           Station latitude: -54.50
                          Station longitude: 158.95
                          Station elevation: 8.0
                            Showalter index: 15.46
                               Lifted index: 16.47
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 16.52
                                SWEAT index: 94.99
                                    K index: -10.70
                         Cross totals index: 1.40
                      Vertical totals index: 21.40
                        Totals totals index: 22.80
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 4.54
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 5.18
                      Convective Inhibition: -0.73
             CINS using virtual temperature: -0.26
                           Equilibrum Level: 879.36
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 879.13
                   Level of Free Convection: 933.24
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 935.55
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 2.65
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 3.02
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 270.61
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 938.41
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 275.58
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 3.41
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5336.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 8.83

94998 YMMQ Macquarie Island Observations at 12Z 31 Aug 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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 1021.0      8    5.8    3.4     85   4.81    325     22  277.3  290.6  278.1
 1000.0    178    5.0    2.2     82   4.51    300     34  278.1  290.7  278.9
  983.0    317    3.8    1.6     86   4.38    295     39  278.3  290.5  279.0
  925.0    808   -0.5   -0.6     99   3.98    290     37  278.8  289.9  279.5
  892.0   1098   -2.4   -2.5     99   3.59    290     37  279.8  290.0  280.4
  886.0   1151   -2.7   -2.8     99   3.53    287     34  280.0  290.0  280.6
  863.0   1362    1.2    0.4     94   4.59    273     25  286.1  299.3  286.9
  852.0   1465    1.6   -4.4     64   3.25    266     20  287.6  297.2  288.2
  850.0   1484    1.6   -4.4     64   3.26    265     19  287.8  297.4  288.4
  846.0   1522    1.4   -4.6     64   3.22    265     18  287.9  297.5  288.5
  776.0   2208   -3.2   -8.5     67   2.60    265     26  290.2  298.1  290.7
  746.0   2522   -5.3  -10.3     68   2.35    278     24  291.2  298.4  291.7
  739.0   2596   -5.1  -11.1     63   2.23    282     24  292.2  299.1  292.6
  700.0   3019   -8.5  -12.7     72   2.07    300     21  293.0  299.4  293.4
  690.0   3129   -9.4  -13.3     73   2.00    310     20  293.2  299.5  293.6
  673.0   3320  -11.0  -14.3     76   1.89    300     17  293.6  299.5  293.9
  648.0   3609  -13.3  -15.8     81   1.73    265     21  294.1  299.5  294.4
  610.0   4071  -17.1  -18.3     90   1.49    278     26  294.9  299.6  295.2
  599.0   4208  -16.1  -25.1     46   0.84    282     27  297.6  300.4  297.7
  590.0   4322  -16.7  -25.3     47   0.84    285     28  298.2  301.0  298.4
  577.0   4489  -17.5  -25.5     50   0.84    284     29  299.1  301.9  299.3
  571.0   4568  -17.1  -37.1     16   0.28    284     29  300.5  301.5  300.6
  500.0   5550  -24.9  -33.9     43   0.44    280     32  302.6  304.2  302.7
  486.0   5756  -26.1  -41.1     23   0.22    281     34  303.6  304.4  303.6
  421.0   6771  -34.8  -48.2     24   0.12    285     42  305.1  305.6  305.1
  407.0   7010  -36.9  -49.9     25   0.10    288     39  305.4  305.8  305.4
  400.0   7130  -37.5  -50.5     24   0.09    290     38  306.2  306.5  306.2
  350.0   8039  -43.2  -59.9     14   0.03    270     25  310.4  310.5  310.4
  346.0   8117  -43.7  -60.7     14   0.03    271     25  310.7  310.9  310.7
  320.0   8633  -47.5  -62.3     17   0.03    275     22  312.4  312.6  312.4
  310.0   8843  -49.1  -63.0     18   0.03    285     24  313.1  313.2  313.1
  300.0   9060  -50.7  -63.7     20   0.02    280     25  313.8  313.9  313.8
  268.0   9778  -56.3  -66.0     28   0.02    275     25  315.9  316.0  316.0
  252.0  10170  -59.3  -67.3     35   0.02    279     26  317.1  317.1  317.1
  250.0  10220  -59.5  -67.5     35   0.02    280     26  317.5  317.6  317.5
  247.0  10296  -59.9  -67.9     34   0.02    280     26  318.0  318.1  318.0
  236.0  10580  -62.1  -70.0     34   0.01    280     27  318.8  318.9  318.8
  213.0  11214  -64.7  -74.8     24   0.01    280     30  324.3  324.3  324.3
  211.0  11272  -64.9  -75.2     23   0.01    280     30  324.8  324.9  324.8
  207.0  11389  -64.8  -76.1     20   0.01    280     31  326.7  326.8  326.7
  200.0  11600  -64.7  -77.7     15   0.00    275     35  330.1  330.2  330.1
  196.0  11724  -64.3  -78.6     12   0.00    265     35  332.7  332.7  332.7
  180.0  12245  -62.7  -82.6      5   0.00    265     29  343.5  343.5  343.5
  174.0  12456  -61.8  -84.1      4   0.00    280     27  348.4  348.4  348.4
  163.0  12861  -59.9  -87.2      2   0.00    255     35  358.0  358.0  358.0
  157.0  13094  -58.9  -88.9      1   0.00    263     31  363.6  363.6  363.6
  152.0  13297  -58.3  -90.5      1   0.00    270     28  368.0  368.0  368.0
  150.0  13380  -58.1  -91.1      1   0.00    275     29  369.8  369.8  369.8
  144.0  13639  -57.7  -91.1      1   0.00    285     32  374.9  374.9  374.9
  136.0  14001  -57.1  -91.0      1   0.00    285     34  382.1  382.1  382.1
  130.0  14287  -56.6  -91.0      1   0.00    260     41  387.9  387.9  387.9
  108.0  15462  -54.7  -90.9      0   0.00    270     53  412.6  412.6  412.6
  100.0  15950  -53.9  -90.9      0   0.00    275     48  423.3  423.3  423.3
   85.0  16998  -52.4  -89.9      0   0.00    265     51  446.4  446.4  446.4
   83.0  17152  -52.2  -89.8      0   0.00    275     53  449.9  449.9  449.9
   70.0  18250  -50.7  -88.7      0   0.00    265     60  475.6  475.6  475.6
   69.0  18344  -50.7  -88.7      0   0.00    265     57  477.5  477.5  477.5
   52.0  20185  -50.9  -88.9      0   0.00    270     74  517.3  517.3  517.3
   50.0  20440  -50.9  -88.9      0   0.00    260     78  523.1  523.1  523.1
   48.1  20693  -50.1  -88.1      0   0.00    258     80  530.8  530.8  530.8
   44.9  21141  -51.1  -89.1      0   0.00    256     85  538.9  539.0  538.9
   44.0  21275  -48.6  -87.1      0   0.00    255     86  548.1  548.1  548.1
   43.1  21410  -46.1  -85.1      0   0.01    259     80  557.5  557.6  557.5
   42.0  21582  -45.8  -84.8      0   0.01    265     72  562.3  562.4  562.3
   41.4  21678  -45.7  -84.7      0   0.01    264     76  565.0  565.0  565.0
   39.0  22073  -46.8  -85.5      0   0.01    260     92  571.8  571.9  571.8
   34.3  22922  -49.3  -87.3      0   0.01    256     85  586.7  586.8  586.7
   33.0  23177  -47.2  -85.8      0   0.01    255     83  598.8  598.9  598.8
   32.1  23360  -45.7  -84.7      0   0.01    255     84  607.6  607.7  607.6
   30.0  23810  -46.1  -85.1      0   0.01    255     87  618.3  618.4  618.4
   29.2  23989  -46.9  -85.9      0   0.01    256     89  620.9  621.0  620.9
   25.4  24921  -44.5  -84.1      0   0.01    260     97  653.1  653.2  653.1
   25.0  25027  -44.2  -83.9      0   0.01    260     97  656.9  657.0  656.9
   23.2  25526  -42.9  -82.9      0   0.02    260     95  674.8  675.0  674.9
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Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: YMMQ
                             Station number: 94998
                           Observation time: 170831/1200
                           Station latitude: -54.50
                          Station longitude: 158.95
                          Station elevation: 8.0
                            Showalter index: 5.88
                               Lifted index: 10.93
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 10.94
                                SWEAT index: 69.99
                                    K index: 17.90
                         Cross totals index: 20.50
                      Vertical totals index: 26.50
                        Totals totals index: 47.00
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 3.38
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 3.66
                      Convective Inhibition: -1.54
             CINS using virtual temperature: -1.30
                           Equilibrum Level: 884.88
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 884.84
                   Level of Free Convection: 937.00
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 937.98
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 0.23
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 0.25
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 274.59
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 956.40
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 278.12
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 4.46
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5372.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 13.66

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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