OKpowdah Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 This is a pretty sweet example. Check out this sounding from Birmingham, AL. That's a decent inversion between 600 and 500mb. This coincides with a zone of huge vertical wind shear: P(mb) z(m) V(kt) 586.8 4267 42 552.0 4719 72 540.4 4877 82 530.0 5022 92 518.9 5182 102 Using the thermal wind relation, this corresponds to a horizontal temperature gradient around 7.5C/100km ~ 21.7F/100mi ... pretty impressive. Here's the 500mb analysis from 12z this morning. Look at Nashville to Birmingham ... 15kt wind from the north to 105kt wind from the west ... as a consequence, a pretty decent deformation zone. And this coincides with a strong temperature gradient ... as implied by the vertical wind shear. Also, how often do you see so many 500mb wind obs over 100kts? Impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Nice catch. I gather there would be some noteworthy turbulence for planes taking off and landing across Dixie today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Nice catch. I gather there would be some noteworthy turbulence for planes taking off and landing across Dixie today. Haha yeah I would imagine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Those are the worst turbulence setups. I hate seeing those, but deformation zones are classic spots..especially mid level ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Cool stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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