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Severe weather analysis

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 Gaylord, MI (APX), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Gaylord, MI (APX), for (3 h 50 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 (56)
Gaylord, MI (APX): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
969 mb446 m4.02.7350° 7 kt
956 mb556 m3.40.6—
925 mb824 m0.8-1.0340° 25 kt
915 mb914 m0.0-1.6345° 25 kt
903 mb1017 m-0.9-2.3—
880 mb1219 m-2.1-4.5350° 29 kt
866 mb1349 m-3.1-5.5—
850 mb1496 m-3.9-6.6345° 29 kt
815 mb1829 m-6.4-7.7345° 32 kt
794 mb2031 m-7.3-10.6—
784 mb2134 m-7.3-15.6340° 30 kt
753 mb2438 m-8.4-27.0345° 31 kt
724 mb2743 m-10.1-30.6345° 36 kt
702 mb2984 m-11.5-31.5—
700 mb3006 m-11.7-31.7340° 33 kt
676 mb3273 m-13.3-33.3—
664 mb3409 m-12.9-35.9—
651 mb3560 m-13.5-36.5—
633 mb3773 m-14.5-38.5—
619 mb3943 m-14.3-40.3—
606 mb4103 m-15.1-41.1—
593 mb4267 m-16.0-39.7340° 36 kt
572 mb4538 m-17.1-41.1—
547 mb4877 m-18.3-42.9345° 44 kt
525 mb5182 m-19.5-44.4000° 54 kt
504 mb5486 m-21.6-37.9000° 58 kt
500 mb5540 m-21.9-39.9005° 61 kt
489 mb5703 m-22.5-43.5—
467 mb6040 m-24.1-40.1—
451 mb6293 m-25.7-41.7—
430 mb6636 m-28.1-42.1—
408 mb7010 m-31.0-45.8355° 56 kt
400 mb7150 m-31.9-46.9355° 57 kt
374 mb7620 m-35.1-50.6355° 59 kt
358 mb7925 m-37.1-53.1350° 50 kt
334 mb8398 m-39.5-54.5—
323 mb8626 m-39.9-55.9—
310 mb8906 m-38.9-56.9—
300 mb9130 m-39.9-57.9315° 30 kt
286 mb9449 m-42.3-59.6305° 26 kt
274 mb9754 m-43.1-60.5285° 37 kt
262 mb10058 m-42.2-61.0280° 34 kt
250 mb10370 m-42.3-63.3255° 44 kt
239 mb10668 m-43.2-64.2250° 49 kt
229 mb10959 m-43.3-64.3—
218 mb11278 m-44.9-65.3255° 56 kt
207 mb11632 m-46.3-66.3—
200 mb11860 m-46.7-66.7250° 53 kt
185 mb12376 m-47.7-67.7—
175 mb12743 m-48.5-67.5—
158 mb13411 m-50.9-69.2255° 70 kt
150 mb13750 m-51.7-69.7255° 71 kt
138 mb14291 m-51.9-69.9—
125 mb14935 m-54.0-71.3240° 55 kt
109 mb15798 m-56.9-72.9—
100 mb16340 m-59.1-74.1250° 44 kt
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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