Forecast Exercise:
To answer this question and others that follow, you first need to open the Interactive Skew-T with this sounding.
1. Modify the sounding, based on forecast 18 UTC surface conditions of T=29°C and Td= 17°C.
2. Based on the modified sounding, determine the following parameters listed below, then click Done.
CAPE: J/kg Correct: about 300 J/kg
K index (KI): Correct: 18
Convective Temperature (Tc): °C Correct: 29°C
LCL: hPa Correct: 820Pa
Melting Level: hPa Correct: 588 hPa
Precipitable Water: in Correct: 1.3 in.
Mid-tropospheric Wind Shear 700-300 hPa: kt Correct: 20 kt