Observations of Coastally Transitioning West African Mesoscale Convective Systems during NAMMA

Table 5

Mean 𝜃_𝑒 (using Bolton [56]) for within the boundary layer (BL) and for above the boundary layer (BL—300 hPa). Mean 𝜃_𝑒 are provided for times prior to, during, and after MCS progression through the study area.

	Pre–MCS (K)	During MCS (K)	Post–MCS (K)
TCP (BL)	357.6	356.7	351.1
NTCP (BL)	349.3	352.3	345.7
TCP (BL—300 hPa)	338.8	340.1	341.9
NTCP (BL—300 hPa)	337.3	337.9	336.5