72518 ALB Albany Observations at 00Z 24 Jul 2009

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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
1003.0 96 23.4 18.4 74 13.46 165 6 296.3 335.3 298.7
1000.0 119 23.0 18.0 73 13.16 170 10 296.1 334.3 298.5
978.7 305 21.3 17.5 79 13.05 175 47 296.3 334.1 298.6
944.8 610 18.6 16.8 89 12.87 160 34 296.6 333.9 298.8
925.0 793 17.0 16.3 96 12.76 135 19 296.7 333.7 299.0
912.0 914 16.1 15.5 96 12.27 135 19 297.0 332.6 299.1
879.9 1219 13.8 13.4 97 11.09 135 27 297.7 330.1 299.6
874.0 1276 13.4 13.0 97 10.88 134 27 297.8 329.6 299.7
850.0 1511 12.6 12.0 96 10.47 130 29 299.3 330.2 301.2
848.7 1524 12.5 11.9 96 10.43 130 29 299.4 330.1 301.3
826.0 1752 11.2 10.6 96 9.81 130 25 300.3 329.4 302.1
818.4 1829 11.1 8.3 83 8.46 130 24 301.0 326.3 302.5
794.0 2082 10.8 0.8 50 5.13 142 20 303.3 319.1 304.2
789.0 2134 10.5 0.8 51 5.15 145 19 303.5 319.4 304.5
760.5 2438 8.9 0.6 56 5.28 145 17 305.0 321.3 305.9
733.0 2743 7.2 0.4 62 5.41 150 13 306.4 323.3 307.4
700.0 3123 5.2 0.2 70 5.58 165 8 308.2 325.7 309.2
680.4 3353 3.7 -0.8 73 5.33 170 7 309.0 325.8 310.0
655.3 3658 1.6 -2.1 76 5.01 185 9 310.1 325.9 311.0
638.0 3875 0.2 -3.1 78 4.80 187 10 310.8 326.1 311.7
630.0 3977 1.6 -22.4 15 1.01 188 11 313.5 317.1 313.7
611.0 4224 1.8 -19.2 19 1.38 190 13 316.5 321.3 316.8
607.7 4267 1.4 -19.4 20 1.37 190 13 316.6 321.3 316.8
562.8 4877 -4.2 -21.4 25 1.24 200 10 317.0 321.3 317.2
548.0 5089 -6.1 -22.1 27 1.19 185 8 317.1 321.3 317.4
525.0 5423 -9.7 -14.3 69 2.42 160 5 316.7 324.9 317.2
520.7 5486 -9.7 -13.7 72 2.56 155 4 317.4 326.1 317.9
500.0 5800 -9.7 -10.9 91 3.35 275 7 321.1 332.4 321.8
481.1 6096 -10.9 -12.4 89 3.08 240 17 323.2 333.7 323.8
473.0 6226 -11.5 -13.1 88 2.96 236 19 324.1 334.2 324.6
426.3 7010 -16.2 -18.2 84 2.14 215 30 327.8 335.4 328.2
409.4 7315 -18.1 -20.2 83 1.88 210 31 329.2 336.0 329.6
400.0 7490 -19.1 -21.4 82 1.74 210 31 330.1 336.4 330.4
393.0 7620 -20.0 -22.4 81 1.62 210 31 330.6 336.4 330.9
361.7 8230 -24.2 -27.4 75 1.13 205 27 332.8 337.0 333.0
353.0 8409 -25.5 -28.8 74 1.01 204 29 333.5 337.3 333.7
318.5 9144 -30.9 -34.9 68 0.62 200 37 335.9 338.3 336.0
300.0 9570 -34.1 -38.5 64 0.46 195 41 337.2 339.0 337.3
279.6 10058 -37.7 -42.3 62 0.33 190 47 338.9 340.3 339.0
255.9 10668 -42.1 -47.0 59 0.22 190 55 341.0 341.9 341.1
250.0 10830 -43.3 -48.3 58 0.19 195 57 341.6 342.4 341.6
200.0 12290 -56.1 -63.1 41 0.04 200 69 343.8 343.9 343.8
176.0 13089 -62.7 -69.7 38 0.02 200 76 345.7 345.8 345.7
175.5 13106 -62.8 -69.8 38 0.02 200 76 345.9 346.0 345.9
175.0 13124 -62.8 -70.0 37 0.02 200 76 346.1 346.1 346.1
170.0 13302 -63.5 -71.5 33 0.01 200 73 347.8 347.9 347.8
165.0 13485 -62.9 -71.9 29 0.01 208 62 351.8 351.9 351.8
153.0 13955 -57.3 227 36 369.1 369.1
151.4 14021 -57.5 230 32 369.8 369.8
150.0 14080 -57.7 230 32 370.5 370.5
141.0 14470 -58.9 226 30 375.0 375.0
137.5 14630 -58.9 225 29 377.7 377.7
130.9 14935 -58.9 210 27 383.0 383.0
124.8 15240 -58.9 220 31 388.3 388.3
102.8 16459 -58.9 255 19 410.4 410.4
100.0 16630 -58.9 255 18 413.6 413.6
97.9 16764 -58.8 230 14 416.4 416.4
93.2 17069 -58.6 230 14 422.6 422.6
84.6 17678 -58.2 200 8 435.4 435.4
80.6 17983 -57.9 220 6 441.9 441.9
76.8 18288 -57.7 235 5 448.5 448.5
76.3 18327 -57.7 242 5 449.4 449.4
70.0 18870 -57.3 345 3 461.4 461.4
63.3 19507 -56.9 110 7 475.7 475.7
60.3 19812 -56.8 110 11 482.7 482.7
57.5 20117 -56.6 140 8 489.8 489.8
52.2 20726 -56.2 140 8 504.3 504.3
50.7 20912 -56.1 103 6 508.8 508.8
50.0 21000 -55.9 85 5 511.3 511.3
47.4 21336 -55.6 65 7 519.7 519.7
45.2 21641 -55.4 55 10 527.5 527.5
41.1 22250 -54.8 75 13 543.4 543.4
38.8 22621 -54.5 57 14 553.3 553.3
37.4 22860 -53.8 45 15 561.0 561.0
35.7 23165 -52.9 70 15 570.9 570.9
34.0 23470 -52.0 55 12 581.0 581.0
30.0 24290 -49.5 60 15 609.1 609.1
27.0 24994 -47.5 55 17 633.4 633.4
26.6 25083 -47.3 59 17 636.6 636.6
23.5 25908 -46.6 95 16 661.6 661.6
20.0 26980 -45.7 85 15 695.5 695.5
19.6 27127 -45.5 80 16 700.5 700.5
18.7 27432 -45.1 85 15 710.9 710.9
16.3 28346 -43.9 85 15 743.0 743.0
14.2 29261 -42.7 110 16 776.5 776.5
13.9 29422 -42.5 106 17 782.6 782.6
13.0 29870 -41.5 95 18 800.7 800.7
11.9 30480 -40.2 105 18 826.0 826.0
10.0 31699 -37.7 95 23 878.8 878.8
10.0 31670 -37.7 95 23 877.7 877.7
9.0 32397 -37.1 906.8 906.8

Station information and sounding indices

Station identifier: ALB
Station number: 72518
Observation time: 090724/0000
Station latitude: 42.70
Station longitude: -73.83
Station elevation: 96.0
Showalter index: 1.54
Lifted index: -0.27
LIFT computed using virtual temperature: -0.33
SWEAT index: 209.00
K index: 29.30
Cross totals index: 21.70
Vertical totals index: 22.30
Totals totals index: 44.00
Convective Available Potential Energy: 110.46
CAPE using virtual temperature: 176.61
Convective Inhibition: -2.64
CINS using virtual temperature: -2.15
Equilibrum Level: 492.47
Equilibrum Level using virtual temperature: 490.99
Level of Free Convection: 911.63
LFCT using virtual temperature: 914.62
Bulk Richardson Number: 2.22
Bulk Richardson Number using CAPV: 3.54
Temp [K] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 289.76
Pres [hPa] of the Lifted Condensation Level: 924.53
Mean mixed layer potential temperature: 296.34
Mean mixed layer mixing ratio: 13.03
1000 hPa to 500 hPa thickness: 5681.00
Precipitable water [mm] for entire sounding: 38.69

Description of the data columns or sounding indices.

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