Mixed conditions continue throughout this coming week so here are five things to know for the next 5 days: The jet stream is never far away this week keeping low pressure over the British Isles.
Month: August 2019
Video: Fast Forecast – Monday to Friday
Video: Sunday’s Look Ahead – Does the MJO See an End in Sight to the Unsettled Conditions?
Staying unsettled well into mid-month?
Determining the Lifting Condensation Level (LCL) on a Tephigram
The Lifting (or Lifted) Condensation Level (LCL) is defined as the height at which an air parcel will become saturated when lifted vertically through the atmosphere. This is approximately equivalent to the height at which clouds will start to form although usually in reality the height at which clouds form
Video: Fast Forecast – Sunday to Thursday
Video: Saturday’s Look Ahead – Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Stable Conditions in a Tephigram
Following on from Thursday's musing on blank tephigrams, today's musing takes a look at a stable atmospheric profile on a tephigram. Below is the forecast profile for the Norwich Weather Centre at 07.00am on Saturday 3rd August. (Forecast profiles can be obtained from Weather Online). The temperature profile through the atmosphere