NUCAPS near Topeka

We had good clearing over Topeka during the 1842Z pass for NUCAPS today.  The original NUCAPS sounding showed plenty of dry air in the mid/upper levels.  Adding in the experimental adjusted NUCAPS for the lower levels, it did much better again today.  The adjusted lower levels made a great improvement to the sounding and brought surface CAPE values way up as well to nearly 3400J/kg.  Outside of the latency issue, the experimental NUCAPS made some nice adjustments and would add value assuming we could get these soundings quicker.

NUCAPS 1842Z

Experiemental NUCAPS 1842Z

-ISU2004