72357 OUN Norman Observations at 18Z 08 May 2003

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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     19                                                               
  962.0    345   26.4   22.7     80  18.44    190     17  302.9  357.8  306.2
  934.7    610   23.8   23.6     99  20.02    190     28  302.7  362.3  306.3
  933.0    626   23.6   23.6    100  20.13    190     28  302.7  362.6  306.3
  925.0    705   22.8   19.9     84  16.09    190     30  302.6  350.4  305.5
  903.0    914   21.2   19.2     88  15.79    195     31  303.1  350.1  305.9
  871.9   1219   18.9   18.2     96  15.35    205     34  303.7  349.5  306.5
  868.0   1257   18.6   18.1     97  15.30    207     34  303.8  349.5  306.6
  850.0   1438   18.2   17.2     94  14.75    215     34  305.2  349.5  307.9
  841.5   1524   18.4   16.3     88  14.06    220     34  306.3  348.8  308.9
  820.0   1747   19.0   14.0     73  12.40    220     35  309.2  347.2  311.5
  812.1   1829   18.5   13.4     72  12.01    220     35  309.5  346.3  311.7
  783.5   2134   16.6   11.0     69  10.61    220     38  310.7  343.5  312.7
  756.0   2438   14.7    8.6     67   9.35    215     44  311.9  341.0  313.6
  729.3   2743   12.9    6.2     64   8.22    210     47  313.0  338.8  314.6
  712.0   2947   11.6    4.6     62   7.52    203     47  313.8  337.6  315.2
  703.4   3048   11.5   -0.5     44   5.26    200     47  314.7  331.7  315.7
  700.0   3089   11.4   -2.6     37   4.54    200     47  315.1  329.8  315.9
  653.4   3658    7.2  -13.5     21   2.08    215     50  316.6  323.7  317.0
  638.0   3854    5.8  -17.2     17   1.56    217     53  317.2  322.6  317.5
  606.0   4267    2.4  -20.3     17   1.26    220     58  317.9  322.3  318.1
  583.4   4572   -0.2  -22.6     17   1.08    220     60  318.4  322.2  318.6
  561.6   4877   -2.8  -24.9     16   0.91    230     59  318.9  322.1  319.0
  552.0   5015   -3.9  -25.9     16   0.84    229     57  319.1  322.1  319.2
  525.0   5409   -4.9  -39.9      5   0.23    226     49  322.5  323.4  322.5
  519.9   5486   -5.4  -39.8      5   0.23    225     48  322.8  323.7  322.8
  500.0   5790   -7.3  -39.3      6   0.25    230     51  324.1  325.1  324.1
  480.4   6096   -9.3  -40.4      6   0.24    235     55  325.4  326.3  325.4
  426.4   7010  -15.2  -43.5      7   0.19    240     61  329.1  329.9  329.2
  420.0   7125  -15.9  -43.9      7   0.19    239     60  329.6  330.4  329.6
  400.0   7490  -19.3  -45.3      8   0.17    235     55  329.8  330.5  329.9
  392.8   7620  -20.4  -45.8      8   0.16    235     54  330.1  330.8  330.1
  317.9   9144  -33.4  -51.4     15   0.11    235     65  332.7  333.1  332.7
  300.0   9560  -36.9  -52.9     17   0.09    240     70  333.2  333.6  333.3
  267.0  10352  -43.7  -59.7     15   0.05    242     71  334.6  334.8  334.6
  250.0  10790  -47.1  -59.1     24   0.05    243     71  335.9  336.1  335.9
  227.0  11421  -52.5  -60.5     37   0.05    244     72  337.1  337.3  337.1
  211.0  11887  -55.1  -62.6     39   0.04    245     72  340.0  340.2  340.0
  200.0  12230  -57.1  -64.1     41   0.03    245     77  342.2  342.3  342.2
  184.0  12751  -60.5  -67.5     39   0.02    245     87  344.8  344.9  344.8
  182.5  12802  -60.9  -67.9     39   0.02    245     87  345.1  345.2  345.1
  173.0  13136  -63.1  -70.1     38   0.02    247     78  346.8  346.8  346.8
  157.6  13716  -61.7  -71.3     27   0.02    250     61  358.6  358.7  358.6
  150.0  14020  -60.9  -71.9     22   0.02    250     65  365.0  365.0  365.0
  142.7  14326  -62.7  -74.0     21   0.01    245     71  367.1  367.1  367.1
  121.0  15334  -68.7  -80.7     16   0.00    224     40  373.8  373.8  373.8
  116.8  15545  -68.6  -81.0     15   0.00    220     34  377.7  377.7  377.7
  105.6  16154  -68.4  -81.8     13   0.00    225     18  389.2  389.2  389.2
  100.3  16459  -68.3  -82.3     12   0.00    240     25  395.1  395.1  395.1
  100.0  16480  -68.3  -82.3     12   0.00    235     23  395.5  395.5  395.5
   96.3  16705  -69.5  -83.5     11   0.00    245     30  397.4  397.5  397.4
   90.7  17069  -68.6  -83.1     11   0.00    260     41  406.2  406.2  406.2
   74.1  18288  -65.4  -81.9      9   0.01    175     15  437.0  437.1  437.0
   70.0  18630  -64.5  -81.5      8   0.01    170     13  446.1  446.1  446.1
   64.1  19170  -62.7  -80.7      7   0.01    136     16  461.4  461.4  461.4
   58.8  19700  -63.9  -81.9      7   0.01    102     19  470.2  470.2  470.2
   57.8  19812  -62.8  -81.1      7   0.01     95     20  475.1  475.2  475.1
   55.1  20102  -59.9  -78.9      7   0.01     90     20  488.2  488.3  488.2
   55.0  20117  -60.0  -78.9      7   0.01     90     20  488.4  488.5  488.4
   53.5  20286  -60.5  -78.5      8   0.02                490.9  491.0  490.9

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: OUN
                             Station number: 72357
                           Observation time: 030508/1800
                           Station latitude: 35.18
                          Station longitude: -97.44
                          Station elevation: 345.0
                            Showalter index: -4.06
                               Lifted index: -6.45
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: -7.60
                                SWEAT index: 402.73
                                    K index: 28.70
                         Cross totals index: 24.50
                      Vertical totals index: 25.50
                        Totals totals index: 50.00
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 3473.22
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 3756.25
                      Convective Inhibition: -0.15
             CINS using virtual temperature: 0.00
                           Equilibrum Level: 160.48
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 160.45
                   Level of Free Convection: 903.54
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 908.99
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 50.36
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 54.47
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 294.61
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 908.99
   Equivalent potential temp [K] of the LCL: 356.51
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 302.76
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 18.16
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5771.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 38.33

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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