CAPE above a specific height

[Shawn Delaney]

Dan,
        I remember seeing a function code in the skewt.gs which is in the
example scripts.  I believe you may be able to modify that to satisfy your
needs.

Shawn
www.expweather.com


On 8/18/08, Dan Leins <theedge981 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I'm trying to produce some "aviation relevant" forecast images from my WRF
> model runs. Surface based CAPE, 0-90mb ml, 0-180mb ml, and 0-255mb ml CAPE
> are all available explicitly from the model, however I was wondering if
> there was a way for me to draw plots of CAPE above a certain height, i.e
> 500mb, or 5000m, or even better above a given temperature (freezing level or
> -20C height). I've gone back and forth trying to figure out how to
> accomplish this, however so far I've come up empty.
>
> Given the 4 model forecasts of CAPE contained within my grib file, is what
> I'm trying to accomplish even plausible or would I need to have CAPE for
> each model layer within my grib file?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
>
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