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sounding [2017/05/07 22:40] forsythsnow [Pseudoanalysis] |
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| The dew point can help to show whether hail will form, evaporative cooling will happen, or if the atmosphere is completely saturated. If the dew point in the upper levels is low during a severe weather event, this helps to create an environment for producing hail, given that the mid levels and lower levels are saturated or humid. If they are low in the mid or lower levels, but high in the upper levels, and precipitation forms, the precipitation will evaporate and cool the levels below it. This is known as evaporative cooling. | The dew point can help to show whether hail will form, evaporative cooling will happen, or if the atmosphere is completely saturated. If the dew point in the upper levels is low during a severe weather event, this helps to create an environment for producing hail, given that the mid levels and lower levels are saturated or humid. If they are low in the mid or lower levels, but high in the upper levels, and precipitation forms, the precipitation will evaporate and cool the levels below it. This is known as evaporative cooling. | ||
| ===== Pseudoanalysis (Wet Bulb) ===== | ===== Pseudoanalysis (Wet Bulb) ===== | ||
| - | The pseudoanalysis, sometimes shown as wetbulb shows what the temperature would be if the air was 100% saturated at the given time. At this point, the humidity is at 100%, and the temperature cannot drop anymore due to evaporative cooling. | + | The pseudoanalysis, sometimes shown as wetbulb shows what the temperature would be if the air was 100% saturated at the given time. At this point, the humidity is at 100%, and the temperature cannot drop anymore due to [[evaporative_cooling|evaporative cooling]]. |
| ===== Lower Chart ===== | ===== Lower Chart ===== | ||
| Often, soundings are accompanied by more information than just the vertical information. In the case of the above chart, there is a section for atmospheric energy (CAPE) and energy inhibitors (CINH), a section for shear and wind direction and speed at different levels, SARS analogs, guessed precipitation, and effective layer STP. | Often, soundings are accompanied by more information than just the vertical information. In the case of the above chart, there is a section for atmospheric energy (CAPE) and energy inhibitors (CINH), a section for shear and wind direction and speed at different levels, SARS analogs, guessed precipitation, and effective layer STP. | ||
