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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 Salt Lake City, UT (SLC), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Salt Lake City, UT (SLC), for (4 h 29 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 (60)
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
886 mb1289 m19.6-0.4000° 5 kt
874 mb1404 m16.82.8—
864 mb1501 m15.82.6335° 8 kt
852 mb1618 m15.10.4350° 6 kt
850 mb1638 m15.00.0000° 6 kt
835 mb1788 m13.8-2.2—
821 mb1930 m13.1-2.0215° 2 kt
804 mb2105 m12.1-4.5210° 7 kt
782 mb2337 m10.7-8.1180° 10 kt
761 mb2562 m9.1-6.8190° 6 kt
740 mb2793 m7.3-4.9150° 4 kt
722 mb2995 m6.7-12.2160° 7 kt
705 mb3191 m6.2-19.7150° 9 kt
700 mb3249 m6.0-22.0160° 9 kt
687 mb3402 m4.8-23.9185° 10 kt
663 mb3691 m4.8-22.5145° 8 kt
648 mb3877 m4.6-17.4—
637 mb4016 m3.6-19.4—
623 mb4195 m2.5-17.4140° 8 kt
606 mb4418 m0.9-16.6100° 7 kt
589 mb4645 m-0.8-17.4105° 4 kt
578 mb4796 m-1.9-17.9—
563 mb5004 m-3.3-20.5065° 9 kt
543 mb5289 m-5.3-22.5075° 11 kt
532 mb5449 m-6.6-22.9075° 13 kt
520 mb5627 m-8.0-24.0070° 13 kt
503 mb5884 m-9.8-23.3080° 6 kt
500 mb5930 m-10.1-23.1075° 7 kt
483 mb6195 m-11.5-25.8045° 10 kt
466 mb6469 m-13.0-32.6075° 15 kt
446 mb6801 m-15.3-34.3060° 14 kt
420 mb7248 m-19.3-35.6045° 20 kt
402 mb7573 m-22.1-35.3040° 14 kt
400 mb7610 m-22.3-35.3040° 13 kt
389 mb7813 m-24.1-36.3045° 12 kt
375 mb8080 m-26.5-37.5—
362 mb8333 m-28.9-40.9060° 7 kt
348 mb8614 m-31.2-42.6030° 14 kt
336 mb8861 m-32.8-45.3060° 13 kt
320 mb9203 m-35.0-49.4065° 13 kt
309 mb9446 m-36.8-49.8055° 13 kt
300 mb9650 m-38.5-48.5060° 10 kt
290 mb9882 m-40.2-49.4050° 8 kt
279 mb10146 m-42.0-51.4040° 9 kt
268 mb10416 m-44.1-53.7050° 8 kt
250 mb10880 m-48.1-57.1055° 11 kt
240 mb11149 m-49.5-57.5—
230 mb11426 m-50.8-59.4015° 10 kt
213 mb11925 m-53.0-62.9000° 8 kt
203 mb12234 m-55.0-65.0015° 9 kt
200 mb12330 m-55.7-65.7015° 10 kt
190 mb12655 m-57.9-67.3025° 14 kt
179 mb13030 m-59.3-69.3—
169 mb13388 m-61.3-70.3040° 12 kt
158 mb13807 m-60.8-71.4015° 18 kt
150 mb14130 m-60.7-72.7015° 21 kt
135 mb14779 m-63.5-76.5025° 11 kt
125 mb15249 m-64.1-79.1—
103 mb16414 m-69.5-86.5305° 23 kt
100 mb16590 m-68.9-86.9320° 18 kt
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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