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Active Pattern for the Center of the Nation

Severe thunderstorms, excessive rainfall, critical fire weather are all in the outlook today and into this last weekend of April. Very large hail, severe wind gusts, and a couple strong tornadoes will all be possible across the central and southern Plains today. Flash flooding also possible for portions of the Plains and Mississippi Valley. Critical fire weather conditions for Southern High Plains 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.