Pop-up skew-T is a feature in AWIPS that allows forecasters to quickly visualize temperature and moisture profiles on a skew-T diagram from model-derived or observed sources. The user has the ability to move their mouse over a field and see the profile change in space. This is of particular use for NUCAPS, allowing a forecaster to get a quick look at the profile before clicking it and interrogating it further. See instructions and images below to use pop-up skew-T in AWIPS-II with NUCAPS.
1) Load NUCAPS Sounding availability (so you know where the
swath is).
2) Load pop-up skew-T (top of "Volume" menu)
3) Turn on Sampling
3) Right click and hold anywhere in the screen, hover mouse
over "Sample Cloud heights/radar skew T" at top of menu, Select
NUCAPS. (see image 1). A Skew T box will appear somewhere on you screen.
4) Move mouse into NUCAPS swath to see temp/mois profile change
in space (see image 2).
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