60018 Guimar-Tenerife Observations at 00Z 14 Aug 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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 1007.0    105   25.8   19.8     69  14.66    315      0  298.4  341.2  301.0
 1000.0    165   25.8   19.8     69  14.76      0      0  298.9  342.2  301.6
  980.0    343   24.7   19.3     72  14.56     40     10  299.6  342.3  302.2
  965.0    478   23.9   18.9     73  14.41     50     14  300.1  342.5  302.7
  949.0    625   23.0   18.4     75  14.24     38     14  300.6  342.6  303.2
  936.0    746   25.4   17.4     61  13.54     28     14  304.2  344.8  306.7
  925.0    850   24.8   16.8     61  13.18     20     14  304.7  344.3  307.1
  915.0    945   24.3   16.3     61  12.89     20     15  305.1  343.9  307.4
  896.0   1128   23.3   15.3     61  12.34     35     13  305.9  343.2  308.2
  868.0   1404   21.8   13.8     60  11.55      0     12  307.1  342.2  309.2
  850.0   1587   20.8   12.8     60  11.04     10     10  307.9  341.6  310.0
  818.0   1917   18.8   12.1     65  10.93     30      9  309.2  342.7  311.2
  770.0   2436   15.6   10.9     74  10.75    336      8  311.1  344.4  313.1
  720.0   3005   13.2    4.2     54   7.23    275      7  314.5  337.5  315.9
  700.0   3242   11.4    4.4     62   7.55    250      6  315.1  339.1  316.5
  648.0   3882    7.4   -1.6     53   5.28    292      4  317.6  334.8  318.6
  573.0   4880   -0.2   -1.9     88   5.85      0      0  320.0  339.1  321.2
  572.0   4894   -0.3   -1.9     89   5.85      2      0  320.1  339.2  321.2
  501.0   5944   -5.5   -7.1     88   4.51    123      4  326.1  341.3  327.0
  500.0   5960   -5.7   -7.3     88   4.45    125      4  326.0  341.1  326.9
  478.0   6314   -6.9  -12.9     62   2.98    104      4  328.8  339.2  329.4
  429.0   7155  -11.3  -16.3     67   2.51     53      3  333.5  342.5  334.0
  400.0   7690  -15.9  -19.5     74   2.05     20      3  334.2  341.7  334.6
  361.0   8453  -21.2  -25.5     69   1.34    320      1  337.0  342.1  337.3
  351.0   8662  -22.7  -27.1     67   1.19    309      4  337.8  342.3  338.0
  332.0   9068  -25.3  -35.3     39   0.57    287     11  339.6  341.9  339.8
  327.0   9179  -25.1  -44.1     15   0.23    281     13  341.4  342.4  341.4
  326.0   9201  -25.2  -44.3     15   0.23    280     13  341.5  342.5  341.6
  315.0   9450  -26.3  -46.3     13   0.19    286     13  343.4  344.2  343.4
  300.0   9800  -29.5  -48.5     14   0.16    295     13  343.7  344.4  343.7
  293.0   9966  -30.9  -50.0     14   0.14    305     13  344.0  344.6  344.0
  280.0  10284  -33.7  -52.7     13   0.10    280     12  344.4  344.9  344.5
  265.0  10670  -37.1  -56.1     12   0.07    286     17  345.0  345.3  345.0
  257.0  10881  -38.6  -59.7      9   0.05    290     20  345.8  346.1  345.9
  250.0  11070  -39.9  -62.9      7   0.03    285     23  346.6  346.8  346.6
  245.0  11207  -41.1  -63.1      7   0.03    284     23  346.8  347.0  346.8
  228.0  11683  -45.1  -64.2     10   0.03    280     25  348.0  348.1  348.0
  201.0  12517  -52.0  -66.2     17   0.03    270     21  349.7  349.9  349.7
  200.0  12550  -52.3  -66.3     17   0.03    270     22  349.8  349.9  349.8
  184.0  13084  -57.3  -68.3     23   0.02    279     17  350.1  350.2  350.1
  150.0  14350  -65.9  -78.9     15   0.01    300      4  356.4  356.4  356.4
  116.0  15865  -76.5  -88.5     14   0.00    310      7  363.9  363.9  363.9
  114.0  15966  -75.6  -87.6     14   0.00    335      5  367.4  367.4  367.4
  106.0  16389  -71.9  -83.9     15   0.00     25      5  382.1  382.2  382.1
  100.0  16730  -73.1  -85.1     15   0.00    165      2  386.2  386.2  386.2
   93.1  17148  -75.1  -88.1     12   0.00    120      6  390.3  390.3  390.3
   88.0  17482  -73.4  -86.9     11   0.00     85      9  400.0  400.0  400.0
   86.0  17618  -72.7  -86.4     11   0.00     80     17  404.0  404.1  404.0
   79.0  18120  -70.2  -84.7     10   0.00    120     33  419.2  419.3  419.2
   74.8  18443  -68.5  -83.5     10   0.01    123     21  429.3  429.3  429.3
   73.0  18589  -69.6  -85.2      9   0.00    125     15  430.1  430.1  430.1
   72.1  18663  -70.1  -86.1      8   0.00    118     16  430.4  430.5  430.4
   70.0  18840  -69.5  -86.5      7   0.00    100     19  435.4  435.4  435.4
   69.0  18927  -69.0  -86.3      7   0.00     95     16  438.2  438.2  438.2
   67.0  19104  -68.0  -85.9      6   0.00     60     21  444.1  444.1  444.1
   65.0  19287  -66.9  -85.4      6   0.00     75     20  450.3  450.3  450.3
   64.0  19380  -66.4  -85.2      6   0.00     60     22  453.4  453.5  453.4
   60.2  19749  -64.3  -84.3      5   0.01     71     27  466.1  466.2  466.1
   59.0  19873  -64.0  -84.8      4   0.01     75     29  469.5  469.6  469.5
   50.0  20890  -61.5  -88.5      2   0.00     65     33  498.1  498.1  498.1
   45.0  21549  -60.0  -88.5      1   0.00     95     54  517.0  517.1  517.0
   41.0  22131  -58.6  -88.5      1   0.00    110     38  534.4  534.4  534.4
   39.0  22443  -57.9  -88.5      1   0.00     95     46  543.9  543.9  543.9
   37.0  22772  -57.1  -88.5      1   0.00    110     39  554.1  554.1  554.1
   36.0  22944  -56.7  -88.5      1   0.00     90     41  559.4  559.5  559.4
   35.4  23049  -56.5  -88.5      1   0.00     93     36  562.8  562.8  562.8
   35.0  23121  -56.4  -88.4      1   0.00     95     32  564.9  565.0  564.9
   33.0  23495  -55.7  -87.7      1   0.01    100     43  576.2  576.2  576.2
   31.0  23892  -55.1  -87.1      1   0.01    105     39  588.4  588.5  588.4
   30.0  24100  -54.7  -86.7      1   0.01    100     41  594.9  595.0  594.9
   28.0  24547  -52.6  -85.3      1   0.01     90     40  612.6  612.6  612.6
   27.0  24783  -51.5  -84.6      1   0.01    105     38  622.0  622.2  622.0
   26.0  25028  -50.4  -83.8      1   0.01     90     38  632.0  632.2  632.0
   25.0  25282  -49.2  -83.0      1   0.02     95     32  642.5  642.7  642.6
   24.6  25386  -48.7  -82.7      1   0.02                646.9  647.1  646.9

Station information and sounding indices

                             Station number: 60018
                           Observation time: 030814/0000
                           Station latitude: 28.47
                          Station longitude: -16.38
                          Station elevation: 105.0
                            Showalter index: 0.52
                               Lifted index: 0.28
    LIFT computed using virtual temperature: 0.20
                                SWEAT index: 177.49
                                    K index: 32.30
                         Cross totals index: 18.50
                      Vertical totals index: 26.50
                        Totals totals index: 45.00
      Convective Available Potential Energy: 2.66
             CAPE using virtual temperature: 6.00
                      Convective Inhibition: -482.48
             CINS using virtual temperature: -433.15
                           Equilibrum Level: 538.85
 Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 532.74
                   Level of Free Convection: 579.55
             LFCT using virtual temperature: 585.58
                     Bulk Richardson Number: 0.68
          Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 1.54
  Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 291.09
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 904.18
     Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 299.60
              Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 14.54
              1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5795.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 51.68

Description of the indices.


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