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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 Bismarck, ND (BIS), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Bismarck, ND (BIS), for (3 h 51 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 (58)
Bismarck, ND (BIS): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
971 mb506 m12.0-2.0205° 8 kt
959 mb609 m10.8-2.2—
925 mb905 m7.8-3.2210° 19 kt
890 mb1219 m5.7-7.8210° 23 kt
865 mb1455 m6.8-25.2—
852 mb1579 m6.0-24.0—
850 mb1598 m5.8-24.2230° 28 kt
826 mb1829 m4.0-26.8230° 24 kt
809 mb2000 m4.8-29.2—
796 mb2132 m6.2-25.8—
773 mb2372 m5.4-25.6—
757 mb2542 m4.8-28.2—
738 mb2743 m3.4-22.9295° 18 kt
711 mb3048 m1.3-15.0310° 18 kt
700 mb3174 m0.4-14.6320° 18 kt
685 mb3353 m-0.1-17.0335° 19 kt
663 mb3608 m-1.7-12.7—
647 mb3802 m-2.9-18.9—
634 mb3962 m-4.1-17.7330° 32 kt
610 mb4267 m-6.3-15.5335° 30 kt
594 mb4472 m-7.5-16.5—
578 mb4684 m-9.3-17.3—
564 mb4877 m-8.9-27.6335° 43 kt
542 mb5182 m-9.3-36.3330° 38 kt
524 mb5441 m-10.7-37.7—
512 mb5619 m-11.5-38.5—
501 mb5791 m-12.8-39.8340° 38 kt
500 mb5800 m-12.9-39.9340° 38 kt
481 mb6095 m-14.5-41.5—
462 mb6401 m-16.3-37.0335° 41 kt
445 mb6683 m-18.5-33.5—
430 mb6938 m-20.7-33.7—
410 mb7289 m-23.7-31.7—
400 mb7470 m-24.9-31.9335° 47 kt
380 mb7839 m-27.7-33.7—
360 mb8230 m-30.2-37.9340° 46 kt
345 mb8525 m-32.1-41.1—
330 mb8839 m-34.9-43.2335° 49 kt
316 mb9144 m-37.4-45.7335° 47 kt
302 mb9449 m-39.7-48.0340° 45 kt
300 mb9490 m-40.1-48.1340° 46 kt
289 mb9754 m-42.1-49.4340° 47 kt
277 mb10030 m-43.9-51.9—
264 mb10350 m-46.5-52.5—
252 mb10668 m-48.6-55.5335° 55 kt
250 mb10710 m-48.9-55.9335° 55 kt
237 mb11060 m-51.7-58.7—
224 mb11426 m-54.5-61.5—
213 mb11748 m-56.1-63.1—
200 mb12150 m-57.5-63.5340° 72 kt
189 mb12497 m-59.0-65.0340° 72 kt
175 mb12986 m-58.1-66.1—
164 mb13411 m-58.5-67.8340° 75 kt
150 mb13950 m-60.5-71.5335° 57 kt
135 mb14603 m-62.5-75.5—
122 mb15228 m-61.1-77.1—
110 mb15850 m-63.4-81.0335° 42 kt
100 mb16450 m-64.3-84.3305° 50 kt
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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