72249 FWD Ft Worth Observations at 00Z 15 Feb 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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 1000.0    151                                                               
  994.0    171    2.0   -1.1     80   3.57    340      6  275.6  285.6  276.2
  978.2    305    0.8   -1.7     83   3.45    330      9  275.7  285.3  276.2
  943.3    610   -2.0   -3.2     91   3.21    320     15  275.7  284.7  276.2
  925.0    774   -3.5   -4.0     96   3.09    330     15  275.7  284.4  276.2
  908.7    914   -4.5   -4.6     99   3.00    340     17  276.1  284.6  276.7
  901.0    981   -4.9   -4.9    100   2.96    343     19  276.4  284.7  276.9
  879.0   1177   -2.3   -2.6     98   3.61    353     23  281.0  291.3  281.6
  874.3   1219   -2.4   -2.8     97   3.58    355     24  281.4  291.6  281.9
  850.0   1443   -2.9   -3.8     94   3.41    355     25  283.1  292.9  283.7
  809.5   1829   -3.6   -5.6     86   3.12    350     31  286.4  295.5  286.9
  778.8   2134   -4.1   -7.0     80   2.91    350     31  289.0  297.6  289.5
  757.0   2359   -4.5   -8.1     76   2.76    350     30  290.9  299.2  291.4
  749.3   2438   -5.1   -8.4     77   2.71    350     30  291.1  299.3  291.6
  720.6   2743   -7.3   -9.7     83   2.55    355     30  292.0  299.7  292.4
  700.0   2970   -8.9  -10.7     87   2.43    355     31  292.6  300.0  293.0
  671.0   3297   -9.9  -13.6     74   2.00    355     30  295.0  301.3  295.4
  659.0   3437   -9.7  -18.7     48   1.33    355     29  296.8  301.1  297.0
  640.3   3658  -11.5  -18.9     54   1.35    355     28  297.2  301.6  297.5
  636.0   3710  -11.9  -18.9     56   1.36    355     28  297.3  301.7  297.6
  618.0   3929  -13.7  -16.3     81   1.74    355     29  297.7  303.2  298.0
  590.6   4267  -15.8  -18.4     80   1.52    355     31  299.1  304.1  299.4
  567.0   4572  -17.7  -20.3     80   1.35    355     37  300.4  304.8  300.7
  544.3   4877  -19.6  -22.2     79   1.19      0     39  301.7  305.6  301.9
  500.0   5510  -23.5  -26.2     78   0.91      5     44  304.3  307.4  304.5
  461.0   6096  -27.9  -30.2     81   0.68     15     49  306.0  308.3  306.1
  446.0   6334  -29.7  -31.8     82   0.60     18     51  306.6  308.7  306.7
  405.1   7010  -35.0  -38.5     70   0.34     25     58  308.3  309.5  308.4
  400.0   7100  -35.7  -39.4     69   0.31     25     55  308.5  309.7  308.6
  375.0   7547  -39.3  -45.3     53   0.18     30     40  309.5  310.2  309.5
  371.0   7620  -39.4  -46.6     46   0.16     30     40  310.3  310.9  310.3
  339.0   8239  -40.5  -57.5     14   0.05    339     41  316.9  317.1  316.9
  324.8   8534  -39.6  -60.0     10   0.04    315     42  322.1  322.2  322.1
  303.0   9011  -38.1  -64.1      5   0.02    306     56  330.6  330.7  330.6
  300.0   9080  -37.9  -63.9      5   0.02    305     58  331.8  331.9  331.8
  297.2   9144  -37.9  -63.9      5   0.02    305     60  332.8  332.9  332.8
  271.9   9754  -37.3  -63.3      5   0.03    290     47  342.1  342.2  342.1
  270.0   9803  -37.3  -63.3      5   0.03    290     48  342.9  343.0  342.9
  250.0  10330  -39.3  -65.3      5   0.02    290     55  347.5  347.6  347.5
  237.9  10668  -40.2  -66.0      5   0.02    285     55  351.1  351.2  351.1
  200.0  11850  -43.3  -68.3      5   0.02    270     61  364.0  364.1  364.1
  189.9  12192  -45.2  -69.7      5   0.02    265     62  366.4  366.4  366.4
  166.0  13074  -50.3  -73.3      5   0.01    275     71  372.3  372.3  372.3
  165.2  13106  -50.5  -73.5      5   0.01    275     71  372.5  372.5  372.5
  150.0  13740  -54.1  -76.1      5   0.01    270     66  376.7  376.7  376.7
  118.0  15240  -61.5  -80.5      6   0.01    270     67  389.9  389.9  389.9
  101.9  16154  -65.9  -83.2      7   0.00    275     53  398.0  398.0  398.0
  100.0  16270  -66.5  -83.5      8   0.00    275     53  399.0  399.0  399.0
   96.9  16459  -65.7  -83.3      7   0.00    275     45  404.1  404.1  404.1
   94.6  16607  -65.1  -83.1      7   0.00    275     44  408.1  408.1  408.1
   90.8  16857  -63.1  -82.1      6   0.01    275     43  416.9  416.9  416.9
   71.6  18287  -71.7  -87.7      8   0.00    275     37  427.9  427.9  427.9
   70.0  18420  -70.7  -86.7      8   0.00    275     36  432.8  432.8  432.8
   57.4  19597  -70.1  -85.1     10   0.00    275     34  459.4  459.4  459.4
   53.4  20031  -64.9  -81.9      8   0.01    275     33  481.0  481.1  481.0
   50.0  20430  -66.5  -82.5      9   0.01    275     32  486.4  486.4  486.4
   48.0  20676  -67.5  -83.5      9   0.01    275     31  489.7  489.7  489.7
   43.1  21336  -66.0  -82.4      8   0.01    275     30  508.7  508.8  508.7
   37.1  22250  -63.9  -81.0      8   0.02    265     33  536.3  536.4  536.3
   30.0  23550  -60.9  -78.9      8   0.03    275     32  578.0  578.3  578.0
   27.6  24079  -59.3  -78.2      7   0.03    280     30  596.6  596.9  596.6
   24.8  24742  -57.3  -77.3      6   0.04    272     29  620.7  621.1  620.7
   22.7  25298  -57.5  -77.5      6   0.04    265     28  636.0  636.4  636.0
   20.0  26100  -57.7  -77.7      6   0.05    275     37  658.8  659.3  658.8
   16.3  27432  -49.8  -72.4      5   0.13    275     35  724.6  725.9  724.6
   15.8  27618  -48.7  -71.7      5   0.15    275     36  734.2  735.7  734.2
   12.6  29116  -45.3  -71.3      4   0.20    279     40  795.1  797.3  795.2
   11.8  29566  -39.4  -66.3      4   0.44    280     41  831.4  836.4  831.6
   11.7  29618  -38.7  -65.7      4   0.48                835.6  841.0  835.8
   10.7  30233  -36.9  -64.9      4   0.58                863.8  870.6  864.1

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: FWD
                             Station number: 72249
                           Observation time: 040215/0000
                           Station latitude: 32.83
                          Station longitude: -97.30
                          Station elevation: 171.0
                            Showalter index: 10.54
                               Lifted index: 16.47
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 16.57
                                SWEAT index: 94.00
                                    K index: 15.00
                         Cross totals index: 19.70
                      Vertical totals index: 20.60
                        Totals totals index: 40.30
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 1.77
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 1.99
                      Convective Inhibition: -0.02
             CINS using virtual temperature: 0.00
                           Equilibrum Level: 899.87
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 899.88
                   Level of Free Convection: 932.98
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 934.39
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 0.03
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 0.04
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 270.43
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 935.10
   Equivalent potential temp [K] of the LCL: 285.05
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 275.67
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 3.36
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5359.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 13.12

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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