Surface Thermodynamic Gradients Associated with Gulf of Mexico Sea-Breeze Fronts

Figure 6

Map views of 5 August 2014 transect data in relation to 2000 UTC (1500 CDT) station observations. Standard station model with temperature and dewpoint in Celsius and wind speed in kt. Wind barbs are in kt. Blue line delineates position of the SBF determined from radar. All transect data are scaled with highest values in red and lowest values in blue. (a) Mixing ratio. (b) Virtual potential temperature. (c) Equivalent potential temperature.

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