72249 FWD Ft Worth Observations at 00Z 03 Aug 2011

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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     63                                                               
  986.0    171   42.4   15.4     21  11.28    180      7  316.8  352.6  319.0
  968.0    348   39.4   15.4     24  11.49    166      8  315.5  351.7  317.6
  941.5    610   37.0   14.2     26  10.91    145     10  315.5  349.9  317.6
  925.0    778   35.4   13.4     27  10.55    150     10  315.5  348.8  317.5
  911.1    914   34.1   12.8     28  10.31    150     10  315.5  348.1  317.5
  880.7   1219   31.2   11.5     30   9.79    150     11  315.6  346.6  317.5
  850.0   1538   28.2   10.2     33   9.27    150     12  315.7  345.1  317.4
  822.2   1829   25.4    9.3     36   9.04    145     11  315.7  344.4  317.4
  794.1   2134   22.4    8.4     41   8.80    135     14  315.7  343.6  317.4
  781.0   2280   21.0    8.0     43   8.69    137     14  315.7  343.2  317.3
  766.6   2438   19.4    7.8     47   8.73    140     13  315.7  343.4  317.3
  739.7   2743   16.4    7.4     55   8.81    145     11  315.6  343.6  317.3
  700.0   3213   11.8    6.8     71   8.93    150      9  315.5  343.8  317.2
  698.0   3237   11.4    6.4     71   8.71    147      9  315.3  342.9  317.0
  666.0   3628    7.8    6.5     91   9.20     99      7  315.6  344.6  317.3
  663.6   3658    7.7    6.0     89   8.90     95      7  315.8  344.0  317.5
  651.0   3816    7.4    3.2     75   7.45     92     10  317.2  341.0  318.6
  635.0   4021    5.8    1.3     73   6.67     89     13  317.6  339.1  318.9
  626.0   4138    5.4    0.4     70   6.33     87     15  318.4  339.0  319.7
  617.0   4256    5.2   -3.8     52   4.71     85     17  319.5  335.1  320.4
  616.2   4267    5.1   -3.9     52   4.69     85     17  319.6  335.0  320.5
  600.0   4484    3.8   -5.2     52   4.35     67     13  320.5  334.9  321.3
  594.0   4566    3.6   -6.4     48   4.01     61     11  321.2  334.6  321.9
  588.0   4649    4.2  -11.8     30   2.65     54     10  322.8  331.9  323.3
  581.0   4746    4.4  -12.6     28   2.51     46      8  324.1  332.8  324.6
  571.7   4877    3.3  -12.1     31   2.66     35      5  324.3  333.5  324.9
  553.0   5146    1.0  -11.0     40   3.00      4      1  324.7  335.0  325.3
  550.5   5182    0.9  -10.4     43   3.15      0      0  325.0  335.8  325.6
  546.0   5248    0.6   -9.4     47   3.45     15      1  325.4  337.2  326.1
  540.0   5337    0.4  -10.6     43   3.17     34      2  326.2  337.2  326.8
  502.0   5918   -3.5  -18.5     30   1.78    163      9  328.3  334.7  328.7
  500.0   5950   -3.7  -17.7     33   1.91    170      9  328.5  335.3  328.8
  491.0   6093   -5.1  -16.1     42   2.23    180     10  328.5  336.4  328.9
  490.8   6096   -5.1  -16.2     41   2.20    180     10  328.5  336.3  328.9
  484.0   6205   -5.5  -21.5     27   1.43    179     10  329.3  334.5  329.6
  475.0   6352   -6.5  -23.5     25   1.22    178     11  329.9  334.3  330.1
  458.0   6635   -8.5  -24.5     26   1.15    176     11  330.8  335.1  331.0
  453.0   6720   -8.9  -20.9     37   1.60    175     12  331.3  337.2  331.7
  448.0   6806   -9.3  -26.3     24   1.00    174     12  331.9  335.6  332.1
  428.0   7157  -11.9  -28.9     23   0.83    171     13  332.9  336.1  333.1
  419.2   7315  -13.0  -27.1     30   1.00    170     13  333.6  337.3  333.8
  410.0   7484  -14.1  -25.1     39   1.22    173     14  334.2  338.8  334.5
  402.7   7620  -15.4  -27.1     36   1.03    175     15  334.2  338.1  334.4
  400.0   7670  -15.9  -27.9     35   0.97    175     15  334.2  337.9  334.4
  389.0   7880  -17.3  -28.3     38   0.96    163     16  335.1  338.7  335.3
  386.7   7925  -17.7  -27.6     42   1.04    160     16  335.1  339.1  335.3
  381.0   8035  -18.7  -25.7     54   1.25    161     15  335.2  339.9  335.5
  375.0   8154  -19.1  -30.1     37   0.84    163     14  336.2  339.5  336.4
  371.0   8234  -19.7  -26.7     54   1.17    164     14  336.5  340.9  336.7
  367.0   8314  -20.1  -32.1     34   0.71    165     13  337.0  339.7  337.1
  354.0   8581  -21.9  -30.9     44   0.83    168     11  338.0  341.2  338.2
  348.0   8707  -22.7  -31.7     44   0.78    170     10  338.6  341.6  338.8
  344.0   8792  -23.1  -36.1     29   0.51    171     10  339.2  341.2  339.3
  336.0   8964  -24.5  -35.5     35   0.56    173      8  339.6  341.8  339.7
  329.0   9117  -25.3  -41.3     21   0.31    175      7  340.5  341.8  340.6
  327.8   9144  -25.5  -41.4     21   0.31    175      7  340.6  341.9  340.6
  300.0   9780  -30.9  -43.9     27   0.26    175     10  341.7  342.8  341.8
  285.0  10140  -34.3  -46.3     29   0.21    168      9  341.9  342.8  341.9
  275.0  10388  -35.5  -48.5     25   0.17    163      8  343.7  344.4  343.7
  250.0  11040  -41.3  -52.3     29   0.12    150      5  344.5  345.1  344.6
  231.0  11572  -45.9  -55.9     31   0.09    157      5  345.4  345.8  345.4
  200.0  12520  -52.1  -61.1     33   0.05    170      6  350.1  350.3  350.1
  165.0  13736  -62.3  -71.3     29   0.02    257      5  352.8  352.9  352.8
  151.0  14280  -65.1  -73.1     32   0.01    297      5  357.1  357.1  357.1
  150.0  14320  -65.1  -73.1     32   0.01    300      5  357.7  357.8  357.8
  148.0  14402  -65.1  -73.1     32   0.01    315      5  359.1  359.2  359.1
  128.6  15240  -71.4  -79.4     30   0.01    110      8  362.4  362.4  362.4
  124.0  15460  -73.1  -81.1     29   0.00    135      7  363.2  363.2  363.2
  118.0  15751  -72.5  -80.5     29   0.01    122      6  369.5  369.5  369.5
  106.0  16379  -74.3  -82.3     28   0.00     95      5  377.6  377.6  377.6
  102.0  16603  -73.1  -81.1     29   0.01     85      4  384.1  384.1  384.1
  100.0  16720  -71.5  -79.5     30   0.01     80      4  389.3  389.4  389.3
   87.8  17484  -73.9  -81.9     28   0.01     60     14  399.3  399.3  399.3
   85.0  17678  -72.4  -80.4     29   0.01     55     17  406.1  406.1  406.1
   80.7  17980  -70.1  -78.1     30   0.01     33     12  416.8  416.9  416.8
   79.2  18092  -67.9  -75.9     31   0.02     24     10  423.6  423.7  423.6
   76.7  18288  -69.2  -77.2     31   0.01     10      7  424.8  424.9  424.9
   75.7  18363  -69.7  -77.7     30   0.01     25     10  425.3  425.4  425.3
   72.8  18593  -69.2  -77.2     31   0.01     70     21  431.1  431.2  431.1
   70.0  18830  -68.7  -76.7     31   0.02     80     23  437.1  437.2  437.1
   69.2  18898  -68.0  -76.0     31   0.02     80     23  440.0  440.1  440.0
   69.1  18908  -67.9  -75.9     31   0.02     80     23  440.4  440.5  440.4
   65.9  19192  -68.9  -76.9     31   0.02     93     22  444.2  444.4  444.2
   64.7  19302  -66.9  -74.9     31   0.02     98     22  451.0  451.1  451.0
   60.4  19718  -65.7  -73.7     32   0.03    116     20  462.6  462.8  462.6
   59.5  19812  -64.9  -73.2     31   0.03    120     20  466.4  466.6  466.4
   56.9  20083  -62.7  -71.7     29   0.04    116     22  477.3  477.6  477.4
   56.6  20117  -62.7  -71.7     29   0.04    115     22  478.2  478.4  478.2
   53.9  20422  -62.4  -71.4     29   0.05     80     21  485.5  485.8  485.5
   50.0  20880  -62.1  -71.1     29   0.05    100     19  496.7  497.1  496.7
   49.2  20980  -62.5  -71.5     29   0.05    100     18  498.1  498.4  498.1
   48.8  21031  -62.4  -71.4     29   0.05    100     18  499.5  499.9  499.5
   46.5  21336  -61.8  -70.8     29   0.06     60     19  508.1  508.5  508.1
   44.2  21641  -61.1  -70.1     29   0.07     55     18  516.8  517.3  516.8
   42.1  21946  -60.5  -69.5     30   0.08     60     33  525.6  526.2  525.7
   38.9  22438  -59.5  -68.5     30   0.10     76     31  540.2  541.0  540.3
   34.7  23165  -55.0  -65.0     28   0.18    100     28  570.1  571.4  570.1
   34.6  23178  -54.9  -64.9     28   0.18    100     29  570.6  572.0  570.7
   33.1  23470  -54.8  -64.8     28   0.19     90     43  578.3  579.8  578.4
   30.1  24079  -54.7  -64.7     28   0.21    105     34  594.6  596.3  594.7
   30.0  24090  -54.7  -64.7     28   0.21    105     33  594.9  596.6  595.0
   28.7  24384  -53.4  -63.9     27   0.25     90     31  606.2  608.2  606.3
   27.3  24689  -52.1  -63.0     26   0.29     90     28  618.1  620.5  618.2
   27.1  24745  -51.9  -62.9     25   0.30     90     28  620.3  622.8  620.4
   25.2  25215  -52.3  -63.3     25   0.30     90     30  632.2  634.8  632.3
   22.1  26072  -48.1  -60.1     24   0.53     90     32  668.8  673.5  669.0
   20.0  26730  -48.5  -61.5     21   0.49     90     34  687.0  691.4  687.1
   18.0  27432  -49.8  -62.8     20   0.46     85     32  704.2  708.5  704.4
   17.8  27494  -49.9  -62.9     20   0.45     85     32  705.8  710.1  706.0
   14.6  28799  -46.7  -61.7     16   0.65     92     32  757.6  764.1  757.9
   13.6  29274  -42.7  -58.7     16   1.02     94     33  786.8  797.3  787.3
   11.4  30480  -43.0  -59.8     14   1.07    100     33  826.9  838.6  827.5
   10.9  30785  -43.1  -60.1     14   1.08    100     31  837.4  849.3  837.9
   10.8  30828  -43.1  -60.1     14   1.08                838.9  850.9  839.4

Station information and sounding indices

                         Station identifier: FWD
                             Station number: 72249
                           Observation time: 110803/0000
                           Station latitude: 32.83
                          Station longitude: -97.30
                          Station elevation: 171.0
                            Showalter index: 1.19
                               Lifted index: -1.04
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: -1.76
                                SWEAT index: 155.40
                                    K index: 37.10
                         Cross totals index: 13.90
                      Vertical totals index: 31.90
                        Totals totals index: 45.80
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 689.74
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 844.47
                      Convective Inhibition: 0.00
             CINS using virtual temperature: 0.00
                           Equilibrum Level: 197.82
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 197.23
                   Level of Free Convection: 680.17
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 680.17
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 363.89
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 445.52
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 282.79
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 680.17
   Equivalent potential temp [K] of the LCL: 350.93
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 315.72
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 11.22
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5887.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 40.61

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.


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