Chicago Flooding Event
July 18, 1996

Answer to Question 4
Lab Exercise

Question 4. Examine the July 18 12z and the July 19 0z soundings below and the 500mb map from the previous question. Is there enough instability and what type of weather do you think will occur?
 


 
 
Answer.  Both of these soundings have more than sufficient amounts of moisture, instability, and shear to support numerous long lasting storms.


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