Forecast Exercise: Hail Size

Hypothetical sounding for hail question

To answer the next question, you may want to open the interactive skew-T with this sounding.

Now let's apply the hail size nomogram.
Consider the morning sounding examined previously.
Determine the following quantities:
Enter the values for each property, then click Done.

1. Wet-bulb zero level hPa      750 hPa

2. CCL hPa      913 hPa

3. -5I level hPa      625 hPa

4. A °C      -1°C

5. B °C      -5°C

6. C °C      +24°C

7. Nomogram Base (A-B) °C      4°C

8. Nomogram Altitude (C-B) °C      29°C

Check your answers against the correct answers, shown to the right of each text entry box.

Remember or jot down the the nomogram base (4°C) and altitude (29°C) values before proceeding to the next page.
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