Lesson 7: Using Sounding Diagrams to Predict Weather

A sounding diagram, also called a thermo diagram, is a temperature profile of the atmosphere at a certain location. It also gives the dew point at different altitudes. With a sounding diagram you can predict weather clouds will form, if thunderclouds will form and what their severity will be. This is a difficult lesson and it relies heavily on concepts discussed earlier.

Image credits:
Cumulonimbus (intro): pxhere.com/en/photo/1329335
Releasing a weather balloon: Yellowstone National Park
Weather balloon with radiosonde: U.S. Air Force, Airman Yvonne Morales
Cumulonimbus (summary): pxhere.com/en/photo/943800

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