Comparing NUCAPS Soundings along Warm Front Passage

NUCAPS Sounding (1832 UTC)

NUCAPS Modified Sounding (1832 UTC)

NUCAPS and NUCAPS Modified soundings displayed were along a warm frontal passage lifting south to north across southern Indiana. The modified NUCAPS sounding provided a more realistic depiction of the environment with higher levels of instability (CAPE and DCAPE). Furthermore, the LCL values represented in the modified sounding were lower; depicting an environment more favorable for tornadoes along the warm front.

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