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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 Salem, OR (SLE), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Salem, OR (SLE), 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 (55)
Salem, OR (SLE): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
1011 mb61 m26.25.2calm
1000 mb156 m24.04.0190° 1 kt
939 mb701 m19.61.6—
925 mb830 m20.2-7.8205° 17 kt
915 mb924 m21.0-10.4200° 20 kt
869 mb1368 m19.4-7.6—
850 mb1557 m18.0-6.0190° 10 kt
832 mb1738 m16.4-8.1205° 12 kt
796 mb2112 m13.2-12.6200° 13 kt
773 mb2358 m11.6-10.4—
761 mb2488 m10.6-5.4—
750 mb2609 m10.4-6.6—
731 mb2823 m10.8-19.2—
700 mb3182 m8.8-23.2225° 20 kt
684 mb3373 m7.6-26.4—
655 mb3724 m5.0-31.5215° 23 kt
595 mb4503 m-0.7-42.7—
573 mb4802 m-2.7-30.7—
553 mb5082 m-4.2-36.0215° 35 kt
527 mb5461 m-6.3-43.3—
514 mb5656 m-7.9-28.9—
500 mb5870 m-9.5-35.5220° 43 kt
463 mb6449 m-14.3-38.0220° 54 kt
411 mb7342 m-21.9-38.9—
400 mb7540 m-23.5-46.5235° 55 kt
383 mb7856 m-25.7-50.7—
360 mb8302 m-29.1-52.1—
336 mb8792 m-32.7-53.7—
305 mb9466 m-38.1-51.1—
300 mb9580 m-39.1-50.1235° 68 kt
287 mb9881 m-41.7-46.6—
277 mb10120 m-43.9-50.9—
267 mb10366 m-45.1-49.3—
250 mb10800 m-48.9-53.1235° 65 kt
239 mb11095 m-51.0-54.8235° 61 kt
229 mb11373 m-52.7-58.7—
219 mb11662 m-54.3-61.3—
204 mb12115 m-57.5-61.7—
200 mb12240 m-58.5-62.7225° 70 kt
189 mb12594 m-60.9-64.4—
177 mb12999 m-62.9-69.9235° 69 kt
150 mb14020 m-63.5-80.5235° 78 kt
134 mb14709 m-65.3-82.3—
116 mb15589 m-63.9-84.9—
105 mb16194 m-66.1-85.1245° 56 kt
100 mb16490 m-65.7-85.7235° 46 kt
87 mb17374 m-65.4-88.0240° 37 kt
74 mb18288 m-63.9-88.9245° 44 kt
63 mb19303 m-59.7-87.7—
53 mb20389 m-62.9-88.9—
41 mb21946 m-60.2-88.2220° 13 kt
31 mb23732 m-57.7-87.7—
21 mb26278 m-54.7-85.7—
11 mb30615 m-49.1-83.1—
9 mb31756 m-47.3-82.3—
Every station with a sounding (78)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

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