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Observations and analyses of the atmosphere now, from NWS, WPC and SPC. Not a forecast and not a warning: for those, see the Briefing and the Live tracker.

SPC soundings: feeds current

SPC soundings: Feed current; checked .

Checked means retrieved, not newly issued. Each graphic retains its issue, observation, initialization or valid time. Site publishing status is separate.

Soundings: what weather balloons measured

SPC’s skew-T diagram and hodograph of the sounding at Medford, OR (MFR), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Medford, OR (MFR), for (6 h 3 min ago). SPC’s graphic; the values in its panels (CAPE, shear, the indices) are SPC’s computations from these levels. Data: NOAA/SPC.

A balloon launched about an hour before the time named, measuring as it rose and drifted with the wind: the atmosphere above one place, at one time. Model soundings, which are forecasts, are not shown here.

The levels this sounding was drawn from (48)
Medford, OR (MFR): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
972 mb405 m30.0-5.0calm
958 mb531 m28.2-4.8—
947 mb630 m26.8-6.2—
930 mb786 m26.2-11.8—
925 mb832 m25.8-11.2275° 3 kt
887 mb1198 m23.0-15.0—
870 mb1366 m21.8-13.2—
850 mb1566 m20.0-12.0190° 1 kt
824 mb1829 m17.6-10.9195° 4 kt
814 mb1936 m16.6-10.4—
795 mb2134 m15.4-13.3165° 2 kt
772 mb2384 m14.0-17.0—
749 mb2638 m13.4-34.6—
700 mb3202 m9.4-39.6215° 14 kt
662 mb3658 m7.1-41.9220° 16 kt
615 mb4267 m3.7-44.5210° 20 kt
603 mb4423 m2.6-45.4—
592 mb4572 m1.8-43.6200° 23 kt
570 mb4877 m0.1-40.0205° 25 kt
549 mb5175 m-1.5-36.5—
528 mb5486 m-4.3-37.6210° 35 kt
500 mb5910 m-8.1-39.1210° 34 kt
488 mb6096 m-9.9-39.1210° 34 kt
469 mb6401 m-12.6-40.9210° 31 kt
447 mb6765 m-15.7-44.7—
415 mb7315 m-19.8-54.2240° 37 kt
400 mb7590 m-21.9-58.9240° 38 kt
379 mb7985 m-24.5-58.5—
356 mb8437 m-27.9-48.9—
322 mb9144 m-34.1-50.4235° 34 kt
307 mb9481 m-37.1-51.1—
300 mb9640 m-38.3-51.3230° 35 kt
287 mb9943 m-41.1-50.1—
269 mb10382 m-44.1-59.1—
251 mb10844 m-47.3-57.3—
250 mb10870 m-47.3-55.3240° 41 kt
239 mb11166 m-49.3-53.7—
229 mb11445 m-51.9-55.6—
219 mb11733 m-54.3-57.1—
209 mb12031 m-55.7-60.7—
200 mb12310 m-57.7-61.1225° 48 kt
185 mb12800 m-59.3-73.3—
167 mb13437 m-61.9-73.9—
152 mb14019 m-63.3-80.3—
150 mb14100 m-63.7-80.7235° 48 kt
134 mb14786 m-67.5-82.5—
118 mb15550 m-69.3-88.3245° 55 kt
100 mb16550 m-64.7-87.7245° 31 kt
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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