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20010517: cape, bulk richardson

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  • Subject: 20010517: cape, bulk richardson
  • Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 18:32:43 -0600
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>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200105172154.f4HLs8p13205

>Hi Steve,
>       Here's a sounding fr. Topeka for July 23, 1993.  
>
>This seems typical of a lot of them.  
>
>STID = TOP           STNM =    72456   TIME = 930723/0000         
> SLAT =  39.07     SLON =   -95.62   SELV =   268.0
> STIM =     0
>
> LIFT =    -8.91    SHOW =    -7.08    TOTL =    53.80    KINX =    37.80
> SWET =   526.95    CAPE =     0.00    BRCH =     0.00
>
>
>Thanks for looking into this,
>Diana
>

Diana,

Can you send me the complete listing with all the levels so I can look
at how CAPE is being computed? I need to see the levels so I can
determine why the CAPE and BRCH values are coming out to 0.
Set LEVELS=all, VCOORD=pres, MRGDAT=yes.

Steve Chiswell