RASP BLIPMAP E. Svealand - Updated Sunday 27 May 2012 at 07:52 CEST
How to interpret RASP soundings (by Jean Oberson): raspsounding.pdf 

Region:   E. Svealand, Sweden
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Time:  
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(Forecasts for the next
two days can be found here.)

Wind:
Boundary Layer (BL) Avg. Wind
BL Top Wind
BL Vertical Wind Shear
Surface Wind

Thermals:
Thermal Updraft Velocity
Buoyancy/Shear Ratio
Thermal Up. Vel. & B/S Ratio
Critical Updraft Hgt (Hcrit)
Depth of Hcrit (AGL Hcrit)
Boundary Layer (BL) Top Height
BL Depth
Thermal Hgt. Variability
Surface Heating

Convergence (and wind):
BL Max.Up/Down Motion
Vert.Velocity@850mb (1500m MSL)
Vert.Velocity@700mb (3000m MSL)
Vert.Velocity@500mb (5000m MSL)
Vert.Vel.Slide@Vert.Vel.Max

Clouds:
Normalized Surface Sun
Cumulus Potential
Cumulus Cloudbase
Cu Cloudbase @CuPot>0
Overcast Development (OD) Potential
OD Cloudbase
OD Cloudbase @ODpot>0
Sfc. Dew Point Temp.

Thunderstorm Potential:
CAPE

Other:
Surface Temperature
MSL Pressure
Sounding Tarna  09:00  10:00  11:00  12:00


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