Sunday, April 29, 2018

Cloud Height for NearSys Station, 29 April 2018

Rain clouds have moved in, NearSys Station is experiencing cloudy skies.

The thermal imager recorded that the ground temperature was 40 degrees and the clouds has a temperature between 6 to 12 degrees.

The weather station reports the air temperature is 61 degrees and the dew point is 42 degrees.

Assuming a dry adiabatic lapse rate of 5.4 degrees per 1,000 feet, the altitude to the cloud base is either 5,200 feet or 4,300 feet.

With a difference of 6 degrees in temperature and assuming a wet adiabatic lapse of 3 degrees per 1,000 feet, the clouds could be 2,000 feet tall.

A thermal infrared image of the clouds over NearSys Station

A visible light image of the clouds over NearSys Station

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