Observations of Coastally Transitioning West African Mesoscale Convective Systems during NAMMA

Table 7

Same as Table 6 except for directional (WD) wind shear (° hPa⁻¹).

	1000–800 hPa	800–600 hPa	600–400 hPa	400–150 hPa
Pre MCS WD (TCP)	−1.031	0.003	−0.058	0.225
Pre-MCS WD (NTCP)	−0.671	0.064	−0.025	−0.176
Stat. Sign. at 95%	No	No	No	No
Dur-MCS WD (TCP)	−0.939	−0.096	0.035	0.470
Dur-MCS WD (NTCP)	−0.537	0.135	0.298	−0.024
Stat. Sign. at 95%	No	Yes	No	No
Post-MCS WD (TCP)	−0.464	0.118	−0.073	0.138
Post-MCS WD (NTCP)	−0.300	0.055	−0.005	0.752
Stat. Sign. at 95%	No	No	No	No