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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 Nashville, TN (BNA), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Nashville, TN (BNA), 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)
Nashville, TN (BNA): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
1002 mb210 m12.45.4340° 7 kt
1000 mb197 m11.85.8320° 8 kt
987 mb305 m10.85.2335° 11 kt
951 mb610 m8.03.4320° 17 kt
925 mb841 m5.82.1345° 24 kt
904 mb1028 m4.61.1—
883 mb1219 m3.5-0.6340° 30 kt
871 mb1330 m2.8-1.6—
855 mb1480 m1.6-2.5—
850 mb1527 m1.2-3.0335° 28 kt
819 mb1829 m-0.2-6.0335° 23 kt
798 mb2033 m-1.1-8.1—
788 mb2134 m-0.7-8.5325° 15 kt
777 mb2246 m-0.9-7.9—
758 mb2438 m-1.2-8.4285° 27 kt
730 mb2743 m-3.0-8.0280° 34 kt
702 mb3048 m-4.8-7.7275° 45 kt
700 mb3074 m-4.9-7.7275° 42 kt
676 mb3353 m-3.3-4.5260° 49 kt
665 mb3480 m-2.5-3.0—
650 mb3658 m-2.5-3.0240° 39 kt
636 mb3834 m-2.3-2.4—
626 mb3962 m-2.8-3.1225° 41 kt
602 mb4267 m-4.0-4.8230° 51 kt
588 mb4455 m-4.7-5.8—
566 mb4755 m-6.9-8.4—
538 mb5150 m-8.9-9.8—
508 mb5590 m-14.5-20.5—
500 mb5710 m-14.1-20.1240° 78 kt
490 mb5863 m-12.5-15.8—
456 mb6401 m-14.3-16.9235° 86 kt
446 mb6577 m-14.7-16.9—
421 mb7010 m-18.0-23.4230° 82 kt
404 mb7316 m-17.7-23.7240° 87 kt
400 mb7390 m-17.9-23.9240° 90 kt
388 mb7620 m-19.5-25.5240° 89 kt
372 mb7925 m-21.6-27.4245° 88 kt
357 mb8230 m-23.8-29.3240° 88 kt
341 mb8566 m-26.3-31.3—
328 mb8839 m-28.5-33.3235° 83 kt
315 mb9144 m-30.9-35.4240° 89 kt
300 mb9480 m-33.5-38.0245° 91 kt
277 mb10032 m-38.7-42.5—
264 mb10359 m-40.0-45.3255° 100 kt
252 mb10668 m-41.3-48.0255° 100 kt
250 mb10730 m-41.5-48.5250° 82 kt
237 mb11092 m-43.1-51.1—
222 mb11531 m-47.1-55.1—
210 mb11887 m-48.5-56.5235° 88 kt
200 mb12220 m-49.5-57.5240° 84 kt
185 mb12726 m-52.7-60.7—
174 mb13106 m-54.8-62.2240° 72 kt
163 mb13534 m-56.7-63.7—
153 mb13935 m-57.1-64.1—
150 mb14060 m-58.1-65.1245° 75 kt
137 mb14626 m-61.1-68.1—
127 mb15093 m-62.7-69.7—
117 mb15594 m-65.3-71.3—
107 mb16154 m-67.3-73.3255° 56 kt
100 mb16540 m-66.9-72.9255° 40 kt
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

Maryland briefing

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