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Meteorograms and surface data:
Current Surface Potential Temperature gradient (shaded)
and surface potential temperature (contoured) every 4 C from SUNY Albany
Surface moisture analysis ( g
kg^-1) from SUNY Albany
Lid Strength Index after Carlson (1980) : Lid
strength in Celsius to the left, pressure difference between inversion
level
and the most unstable parcel pressure to the right. Blue is current
radiosonde launch while black is 6 hours behind. Plotted also is the
lid breech temperature (take the lid temperature down to the sfc dry
adiabatically). LSI (black contour) and CIN (blue dashed)
CAPE/CIN/ DCAPE analysis from Emmanuel (1994?) MUCAPE (black) and
DCAPE (Blue dashed)
Most probable CAPE and CIN (parcel with least CIN provided CAPE is
greater than 250 j/kg)
A Time to space conversion analysis of real time surface data
(altimeter setting converted to pmsl ); Observation counts are shaded
below 3. This is a measure of how well the barnes scheme handled the
data (where extrapolation was necesary)AND how much data got into the
scheme (It isn't always the schemes fault!) We have also added a 1km
radar mosaic image to each plot. If you are interested in the technique
and details of the real-time system, click here for my preprint
at the 84th AMS annual meeting in Seattle.
A note on the meteorograms: When possible stations with 1 minute data will be shown.
Generated by jimmyc@iastate.edu using GEMPAK