Observed "K" Values vs. Precipitation at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Period of May 1 - September 30, 1972

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• Personal Author:
  Wassall, Robert B.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Weather Service. Eastern Region
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service) ; ER (Eastern Region)
• Description:
  "K" values were calculated from the Philadelphia daybreak and noontime low-level soundings for the period from May 1 through September 30, 1972. Low-level soundings are not normally taken on weekends and on occassion are not available during the week. Twelve-hour precipitation amounts for the 12 - 00Z period were recorded and compared with the "K" values at the beginning (daybreak) and mid-points (noon) of the period.
• Keywords:
  Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Temperature Evaluation Observations Radiosondes Rain And Rainfall Thunderstorm Forecasting Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Temperature Rain And Rainfall Thunderstorm Forecasting

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• Series:
  Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.))   72-10-30
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Technical Attachment
• Place as Subject:
  Philadelphia (Pa.)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c5056ca096c2b82772e6dff5eb97478d6aec1d9dea0c8eb0af95e4369c3390d6f91fa7e0f579e80e3ca891f75fb051baebae483cd32222080bd31cc01fcfac1f
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