72201 EYW Key West Observations at 12Z 13 Aug 2004

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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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 1010.0      6   27.8   24.5     82  19.61    140     25  300.1  357.9  303.6
 1000.0     92   27.8   24.6     83  19.94    140     29  300.9  359.9  304.5
  976.1    305   25.9   23.6     87  19.20    150     39  301.1  357.9  304.6
  943.0    610   23.3   22.1     94  18.19    160     45  301.4  355.2  304.7
  935.0    685   22.6   21.8     95  17.94    160     46  301.5  354.6  304.7
  925.0    779   22.2   19.8     86  15.98    160     48  302.0  349.4  304.9
  910.7    914   21.3   18.7     85  15.15    160     53  302.4  347.4  305.1
  885.0   1163   19.6   16.7     83  13.70    160     54  303.1  344.0  305.6
  879.3   1219   19.3   16.8     85  13.85    160     54  303.4  344.7  305.9
  850.0   1511   17.6   17.1     97  14.65    160     56  304.6  348.5  307.2
  818.7   1829   15.5   14.9     96  13.20    155     58  305.6  345.4  308.1
  789.8   2134   13.5   12.8     96  11.92    155     57  306.6  342.8  308.9
  762.0   2438   11.5   10.7     95  10.74    155     55  307.6  340.4  309.6
  755.0   2516   11.0   10.2     95  10.45    156     56  307.9  339.8  309.8
  734.7   2743   10.2    9.5     95  10.23    160     59  309.4  340.9  311.4
  708.4   3048    9.2    8.5     96   9.94    165     57  311.5  342.4  313.4
  700.0   3147    8.8    8.2     96   9.84    165     57  312.2  342.8  314.1
  657.5   3658    6.5    5.8     96   8.89    165     51  315.2  343.3  316.9
  610.1   4267    3.7    3.0     95   7.84    165     49  318.8  344.1  320.3
  566.2   4877    0.9    0.2     95   6.89    170     43  322.5  345.1  323.8
  552.0   5084    0.0   -0.8     94   6.58    170     43  323.7  345.4  325.0
  500.0   5870   -4.3   -5.1     94   5.27    170     42  327.7  345.6  328.8
  485.7   6096   -5.5   -6.4     94   4.92    170     43  329.0  345.7  329.9
  435.0   6958  -10.1  -11.2     92   3.76    170     39  333.7  346.9  334.4
  400.0   7600  -14.1  -19.0     66   2.14    170     36  336.6  344.4  337.0
  398.9   7620  -14.2  -19.4     65   2.07    170     36  336.6  344.2  337.1
  388.0   7831  -15.7  -23.7     50   1.46    170     37  337.4  342.9  337.7
  375.0   8088  -16.9  -22.9     60   1.63    170     39  339.1  345.2  339.5
  370.0   8189  -17.7  -27.7     41   1.07    170     39  339.4  343.5  339.6
  325.2   9144  -24.3  -33.3     43   0.71    170     45  343.0  345.8  343.1
  324.0   9172  -24.5  -33.5     43   0.70    170     45  343.1  345.9  343.3
  300.0   9730  -28.1  -32.3     67   0.85    175     38  345.7  349.0  345.8
  262.5  10668  -35.4  -41.7     53   0.38    175     23  348.4  349.9  348.4
  251.3  10973  -37.8  -44.7     48   0.28    170     30  349.2  350.4  349.2
  250.0  11010  -38.1  -45.1     48   0.27    170     29  349.3  350.5  349.3
  240.2  11278  -40.4  -47.5     46   0.22    180     23  349.9  350.9  349.9
  229.5  11582  -42.9  -50.3     44   0.17    215     12  350.6  351.3  350.6
  200.0  12500  -50.7  -58.7     38   0.07    185     42  352.3  352.6  352.3
  190.6  12802  -53.4  -61.2     38   0.05    185     47  352.9  353.1  352.9
  164.8  13716  -61.5  -68.8     37   0.02    185     27  354.3  354.4  354.3
  150.0  14310  -66.7  -73.7     37   0.01    205     24  355.0  355.1  355.0
  149.6  14326  -66.8  -73.8     37   0.01    205     24  355.0  355.1  355.0
  146.0  14473  -68.1  -75.1     36   0.01    207     24  355.3  355.4  355.3
  128.2  15240  -72.2  -78.5     38   0.01    215     24  361.4  361.4  361.4
  120.0  15633  -74.3  -80.3     39   0.01    218     18  364.4  364.5  364.4
  115.6  15850  -73.1  -79.1     40   0.01    220     15  370.6  370.6  370.6
  111.0  16090  -71.7  -77.7     40   0.01    281     11  377.5  377.6  377.5
  104.2  16459  -74.1  -80.1     39   0.01     15      6  379.8  379.8  379.8
  100.0  16700  -75.7  -81.7     39   0.01     20      9  381.2  381.2  381.2
   98.9  16764  -76.1  -82.1     38   0.00     25     11  381.7  381.8  381.7
   93.5  17087  -77.9  -83.9     38   0.00     45     15  384.3  384.3  384.3
   89.0  17374  -76.1  -82.3     37   0.01     80     18  393.2  393.3  393.2
   76.2  18288  -70.5  -77.3     36   0.01    115     27  423.0  423.1  423.0
   73.8  18473  -69.3  -76.3     36   0.02    115     26  429.3  429.4  429.3
   70.0  18790  -68.7  -75.7     36   0.02    115     23  437.1  437.2  437.1
   68.8  18898  -68.6  -75.6     36   0.02    120     22  439.6  439.7  439.6
   66.0  19143  -68.3  -75.3     36   0.02    115     23  445.4  445.5  445.4
   59.8  19743  -62.3  -69.3     39   0.06    103     25  471.5  471.9  471.5
   56.3  20117  -62.2  -69.5     37   0.06     95     27  480.0  480.4  480.0
   50.0  20850  -61.9  -69.9     34   0.06     95     32  497.2  497.6  497.2
   46.2  21336  -61.6  -70.0     32   0.07     95     32  509.2  509.7  509.2
   34.0  23246  -60.3  -70.3     26   0.09     88     36  559.3  560.0  559.3
   30.0  24030  -58.3  -69.3     23   0.11     85     37  585.1  586.0  585.2
   25.0  25186  -56.1  -68.1     21   0.16     90     46  622.7  624.1  622.8
   23.2  25666  -52.5  -65.5     19   0.25     93     49  646.7  648.9  646.8
   21.3  26213  -51.9  -65.5     18   0.27     95     53  664.2  666.6  664.3
   20.0  26630  -51.5  -65.5     17   0.29    100     52  677.8  680.4  677.9
   17.7  27432  -51.5  -65.9     16   0.30    105     48  702.2  705.1  702.4
   15.4  28346  -51.4  -66.4     15   0.33    105     44  731.2  734.5  731.3
   12.7  29566  -51.3  -67.1     14   0.36     90     45  771.7  775.5  771.9
   12.0  29952  -51.3  -67.3     13   0.37     92     47  785.0  789.0  785.2
   11.1  30480  -50.9  -66.5     14   0.45     95     49  804.7  809.6  804.9
   10.0  31140  -50.5  -65.5     15   0.57     95     52  830.0  836.4  830.2
    7.3  33223  -48.6  -63.6     16   1.01     90     71  916.5  928.9  917.0
    7.1  33383  -48.5  -63.5     16   1.05                923.5  936.5  924.1

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: EYW
                             Station number: 72201
                           Observation time: 040813/1200
                           Station latitude: 24.55
                          Station longitude: -81.75
                          Station elevation: 6.0
                            Showalter index: -0.68
                               Lifted index: -3.96
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: -4.34
                                SWEAT index: 359.20
                                    K index: 38.40
                         Cross totals index: 21.40
                      Vertical totals index: 21.90
                        Totals totals index: 43.30
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 1810.69
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 1962.69
                      Convective Inhibition: -1.10
             CINS using virtual temperature: -0.37
                           Equilibrum Level: 137.91
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 137.76
                   Level of Free Convection: 938.50
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 942.76
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 48.44
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 52.51
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 296.33
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 946.53
   Equivalent potential temp [K] of the LCL: 358.09
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 301.03
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 19.33
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5778.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 66.36

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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