72201 EYW Key West Observations at 00Z 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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 1014.0      6   30.0   24.0     70  18.94    130      3  301.9  358.2  305.4
 1000.0    122   28.8   24.3     77  19.57    140      6  301.9  360.1  305.5
  981.0    293   27.2   23.0     78  18.41    149      9  302.0  356.6  305.3
  979.7    305   27.2   22.9     77  18.30    150      9  302.1  356.4  305.4
  946.5    610   26.2   19.7     67  15.53    155      9  304.1  350.6  306.9
  925.0    814   25.6   17.6     61  13.88    155      7  305.5  347.3  308.0
  914.5    914   24.8   16.9     62  13.44    160      5  305.6  346.2  308.1
  883.1   1219   22.3   14.9     63  12.17    155      7  306.1  343.0  308.4
  850.0   1552   19.6   12.6     64  10.90    140     11  306.7  339.8  308.7
  822.9   1829   17.8   11.2     65  10.25    145     16  307.6  338.9  309.5
  794.1   2134   15.8    9.7     67   9.58    145     19  308.7  338.1  310.5
  782.0   2265   15.0    9.0     67   9.30    147     19  309.1  337.8  310.9
  766.1   2438   13.2   10.8     85  10.76    150     18  309.0  342.1  311.0
  764.0   2462   13.0   11.1     88  10.98    150     18  309.0  342.7  311.1
  738.7   2743   11.2    8.1     81   9.26    145     22  310.0  338.6  311.8
  715.0   3016    9.4    5.2     75   7.82    145     23  311.0  335.4  312.4
  700.0   3192    8.0    7.5     97   9.38    145     24  311.3  340.4  313.1
  686.5   3353    7.5    4.1     79   7.52    150     28  312.4  336.1  313.9
  680.0   3431    7.2    2.4     72   6.74    149     28  313.0  334.3  314.3
  661.5   3658    5.4    3.6     88   7.58    145     28  313.5  337.4  314.9
  655.0   3739    4.8    4.1     95   7.90    145     28  313.7  338.6  315.2
  613.6   4267    1.9    0.5     90   6.52    145     27  316.3  337.2  317.5
  570.0   4862   -1.3   -3.5     85   5.21    140     23  319.2  336.3  320.2
  569.0   4877   -1.3   -3.8     83   5.10    140     23  319.4  336.1  320.4
  548.0   5176   -1.1  -10.1     50   3.25    136     23  323.1  334.1  323.7
  516.0   5653   -5.3  -11.3     63   3.14    129     22  323.6  334.3  324.2
  500.0   5900   -6.5   -9.5     79   3.74    125     22  325.1  337.8  325.8
  492.0   6027   -6.1  -15.1     49   2.42    125     21  327.0  335.5  327.5
  487.6   6096   -6.5  -15.7     48   2.33    125     21  327.4  335.5  327.8
  464.0   6484   -8.9  -18.9     44   1.86    123     17  329.1  335.8  329.4
  436.0   6965  -11.9  -17.9     61   2.16    120     12  331.2  338.9  331.6
  433.4   7010  -12.2  -18.6     59   2.05    120     12  331.3  338.7  331.7
  412.0   7397  -15.1  -24.1     46   1.33    139     16  332.5  337.4  332.7
  400.0   7620  -16.9  -21.2     69   1.77    150     19  332.9  339.4  333.3
  391.0   7791  -16.1  -17.8     87   2.43    156     18  336.1  344.9  336.6
  368.6   8230  -19.0  -20.7     86   2.01    170     17  338.0  345.4  338.4
  346.0   8699  -22.1  -23.8     86   1.63    167     21  340.0  346.1  340.3
  325.4   9144  -25.5  -28.1     79   1.17    165     24  341.4  345.9  341.6
  311.9   9449  -27.8  -31.0     74   0.93    165     30  342.3  345.9  342.5
  300.0   9730  -29.9  -33.7     69   0.74    160     30  343.1  346.1  343.3
  262.2  10668  -37.6  -42.3     61   0.36    160     23  345.3  346.8  345.4
  250.0  11000  -40.3  -45.3     59   0.27    160     21  346.0  347.1  346.1
  239.7  11278  -42.7  -47.9     57   0.21    165     20  346.6  347.5  346.6
  229.0  11582  -45.3  -50.7     54   0.16    175     28  347.1  347.8  347.2
  200.0  12480  -53.1  -59.1     48   0.07    165     36  348.5  348.8  348.5
  189.9  12802  -55.8  -61.8     47   0.05    165     41  349.3  349.5  349.3
  164.0  13716  -63.6  -69.6     44   0.02    170     34  351.3  351.4  351.3
  150.0  14270  -68.3  -74.3     42   0.01    185     22  352.2  352.3  352.2
  134.0  14935  -73.5  -79.5     40   0.01    205     14  354.6  354.7  354.6
  127.2  15240  -75.8  -81.8     39   0.00    205      7  355.6  355.7  355.6
  127.0  15252  -75.9  -81.9     39   0.00    204      7  355.7  355.7  355.7
  115.0  15824  -77.5  -83.5     38   0.00    135      2  362.9  363.0  362.9
  107.0  16242  -72.9  -78.9     40   0.01    135      6  379.2  379.3  379.2
  103.1  16459  -72.8  -78.8     40   0.01    135      8  383.4  383.5  383.4
  100.0  16640  -72.7  -78.7     40   0.01    135      7  387.0  387.1  387.0
   97.9  16764  -73.2  -79.2     40   0.01    135      6  388.3  388.4  388.3
   96.9  16824  -73.5  -79.5     40   0.01    133      7  388.9  389.0  388.9
   79.6  17983  -68.8  -74.8     42   0.02     85     16  421.2  421.3  421.2
   78.1  18095  -68.3  -74.3     42   0.02     86     17  424.4  424.6  424.4
   70.0  18750  -67.5  -73.5     42   0.03     95     26  439.6  439.8  439.6
   68.3  18898  -67.7  -73.7     42   0.03     95     27  442.4  442.6  442.4
   64.0  19290  -68.1  -74.1     42   0.03    108     24  449.7  449.9  449.7
   61.8  19507  -67.1  -73.2     41   0.03    115     23  456.6  456.8  456.6
   50.6  20726  -61.2  -68.2     39   0.08    105     12  497.0  497.5  497.0
   50.0  20800  -60.9  -67.9     39   0.08     95     14  499.5  500.1  499.6
   45.9  21336  -60.1  -67.5     37   0.09     80     23  513.9  514.6  513.9
   34.2  23173  -57.3  -66.3     31   0.15    100     34  566.2  567.4  566.3
   34.2  23165  -57.3  -66.3     31   0.15    100     34  566.0  567.1  566.0
   30.0  24000  -56.9  -66.9     27   0.16     90     34  588.9  590.2  589.0
   27.1  24641  -58.3  -68.3     27   0.14     81     35  602.4  603.5  602.4
   26.9  24689  -58.1  -68.2     26   0.15     80     35  604.3  605.5  604.3
   21.1  26242  -50.9  -63.9     20   0.34     76     51  669.3  672.3  669.4
   20.0  26590  -51.3  -65.3     17   0.29     75     54  678.4  681.1  678.5
   19.0  26923  -51.9  -65.9     17   0.28     79     56  686.5  689.2  686.7
   17.6  27432  -49.7  -65.0     15   0.35     85     60  708.9  712.2  709.0
   16.8  27726  -48.5  -64.5     14   0.39                722.0  725.8  722.2

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: EYW
                             Station number: 72201
                           Observation time: 040813/0000
                           Station latitude: 24.55
                          Station longitude: -81.75
                          Station elevation: 6.0
                            Showalter index: 0.49
                               Lifted index: -5.75
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: -6.35
                                SWEAT index: 195.20
                                    K index: 38.20
                         Cross totals index: 19.10
                      Vertical totals index: 26.10
                        Totals totals index: 45.20
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 2280.78
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 2467.37
                      Convective Inhibition: -69.89
             CINS using virtual temperature: -42.03
                           Equilibrum Level: 125.21
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 125.14
                   Level of Free Convection: 832.60
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 863.80
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 160.49
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 173.62
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 295.04
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 918.84
   Equivalent potential temp [K] of the LCL: 356.78
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 302.27
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 18.41
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5778.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 55.76

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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