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Severe Thunderstorm and Fire Weather Threats in the Central U.S. Today; Strong Storm in Western Alaska

There is an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) for severe thunderstorms today with threats for significant severe hail and tornado potential over southern Iowa into northern Missouri and west-central Illinois. Elevated to critical fire weather is possible today due to gusty winds and dry conditions over parts of the southern High Plains and northeastern Montana. Read More >

Routine early AM synoptic KXMR rawinsonde

Routine early AM synoptic Skew-T Log P diagram for KXMR (Cape Canaveral, Florida) weather balloon.  Mission support rawinsondes released from KXMR may be found with the link or drop down menu.

Y-axis is pressure in millibars.  To the right of the Y-axis is labelling for the height above mean sea level in feet (upper) and meters (lower) at the standard pressure levels. Wind staffs are located to the left hand side of the diagram with speed in knots.