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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 Gray, ME (GYX), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Gray, ME (GYX), for (3 h 52 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 (52)
Gray, ME (GYX): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
985 mb125 m13.613.1215° 6 kt
964 mb305 m14.714.5235° 27 kt
931 mb610 m15.815.1255° 38 kt
925 mb663 m15.814.8260° 39 kt
898 mb914 m15.013.0270° 42 kt
878 mb1105 m14.411.6—
866 mb1219 m14.110.9275° 39 kt
850 mb1379 m13.29.9275° 39 kt
806 mb1824 m10.08.2—
776 mb2134 m8.47.2250° 34 kt
748 mb2438 m6.96.2245° 37 kt
733 mb2609 m6.05.6—
721 mb2743 m5.65.0245° 45 kt
700 mb2986 m4.43.3240° 49 kt
686 mb3151 m4.02.5—
669 mb3353 m2.71.7245° 56 kt
644 mb3658 m0.80.5240° 64 kt
620 mb3962 m-1.4-1.6235° 62 kt
597 mb4267 m-3.7-4.0235° 70 kt
579 mb4512 m-5.5-5.9—
553 mb4877 m-7.3-8.1240° 68 kt
536 mb5116 m-8.5-9.5—
511 mb5486 m-11.4-13.6240° 70 kt
491 mb5791 m-13.7-17.0240° 71 kt
472 mb6096 m-16.1-20.4245° 69 kt
460 mb6284 m-16.5-22.5—
435 mb6706 m-17.9-21.4250° 60 kt
418 mb7010 m-18.9-20.7245° 70 kt
401 mb7315 m-20.8-21.9250° 76 kt
400 mb7330 m-20.9-22.0245° 76 kt
384 mb7620 m-22.9-23.9250° 77 kt
369 mb7925 m-23.9-27.1245° 80 kt
339 mb8534 m-26.9-36.5250° 94 kt
325 mb8839 m-28.6-39.9245° 98 kt
311 mb9144 m-30.6-41.9245° 96 kt
300 mb9400 m-31.1-45.1245° 104 kt
287 mb9713 m-32.5-48.5—
273 mb10058 m-35.2-49.6245° 112 kt
261 mb10363 m-37.8-51.3245° 108 kt
250 mb10668 m-40.3-54.3245° 104 kt
250 mb10670 m-40.3-54.3245° 103 kt
239 mb10973 m-42.1-56.7240° 107 kt
221 mb11501 m-45.7-60.1245° 113 kt
200 mb12160 m-50.9-63.9240° 111 kt
190 mb12497 m-53.7-65.4240° 109 kt
173 mb13106 m-57.6-68.6245° 107 kt
157 mb13716 m-60.8-71.8250° 110 kt
150 mb13980 m-60.9-71.9250° 101 kt
133 mb14721 m-64.3-74.3—
122 mb15240 m-65.5-75.5260° 76 kt
110 mb15850 m-66.2-76.2250° 74 kt
100 mb16450 m-67.9-77.9255° 44 kt
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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