The Winter Weather Events
of January 3-5, 2005

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10. At 6:00 pm Tuesday evening new soundings were released. Examine the radiosondes (soundings) from Norman and Dodge City.

  • What type of precipitation do each of these soundings suggest? Are there discrepancies between the locations?
  • What kind of precip would you expect between Dodge City and Norman? What datasets would help you further?
  • Does the upper-air critical-thickness plot agree with your assessment?
  • Based on the critical thickness maps, what kind of precipitation would you expect in Alva? In Enid?


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