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A valuable tool for preflight planning, the SD chart has several limitations. Since it depicts only areas of current precipitation, it will not show areas of clouds and fog with no appreciable precipitation, or the height of the tops and bases of the clouds. SD charts should be used in conjunction with current METAR and weather forecasts.Composite Moisture Stability Chart
The composite moisture stability chart is a chart composed of four panels depicting stability, precipitable water, freezing level, and average relative humidity conditions. This computer-generated chart contains data obtained from upper-air observations, is updated twice a day, and shows the relative stability of the air mass and the potential for thunderstorms or thermal activity. Stability/Lifted Index Chart
A subdisplay of the composition moisture stability chart is the stability or lifted index (LI) chart, a valuable tool for determining the stability of the atmosphere. The stability or LI chart is the upper left hand panel of the composite moisture stability chart. Two indexes represent the moisture and stability of the air: the K index (KI) and the LI, with these numbers composing a fraction. KI (denominator of the fraction) provides moisture and stability information. Values range from high positive values to low negative values. A high positive KI indicates moist, unstable air. KI values are considered high when at or above +20, and low when less than +20. [Figure 4-32]
The LI (numerator of the fraction) is a common measure of atmospheric stability. It is calculated by hypothetically lifting a parcel of air to the 500 mb level, approximately 18,000 feet MSL, and analyzing its stability at that level. A positive LI indicates that a particular parcel of air is stable and resists further upward motion. Large positive values (+8 or greater) would indicate very stable air. Conversely, a negative LI means that a lifted surface parcel of air is unstable, and more likely to rise. Large negative values (–6 or more) indicate very unstable air.
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Figure 4-32. Lifted index chart.
Figure 4-33. Constant pressure analysis chart.decision regarding the likelihood of thermal and potential thunderstorms, and if a safe flight can be conducted.
Constant Pressure Analysis Charts
A constant pressure analysis chart or isobaric chart is a weather map representing conditions on a surface of equal atmospheric pressure. [Figure 4-33] For example, a 500 mb chart will display conditions at the level of the atmosphere at which the atmospheric pressure is 500 mb. The height above sea level at which the pressure is that particular value may vary from one location to another at any given time, and also varies with time at any one location, so it does not represent a surface of constant altitude/height.
Constant pressure charts provide the pilot with a clearer picture of how the atmosphere behaves at different altitudes and pressures. For example, a low pressure system that seems insignificant based on surface observations may prove to be a major factor in the weather at five or ten thousand feet.
Constant pressure charts are prepared for selected values of pressure and present weather information at various altitudes. Standard charting values are at 850 mb (approximately 5,000 feet MSL), 700 mb (approximately 10,000 feet MSL), 500 mb (approximately 18,000 feet MSL), as well as higher and lower altitudes. Charts with higher pressure altitudes present
The KI and LI can be used together to determine the moisture and stability characteristics of a particular air mass. The air masses may be classified as moist and stable, moist and unstable, dry and stable, or dry and unstable. This determination allows the balloon pilot to make an informed
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Figure 4-34. Significant weather prognostic chart.
information at lower altitudes, and charts with lower pressure altitudes present information at higher altitudes.
Symbology on the constant pressure analysis chart is the same as that of the surface analysis chart. This chart depicts the information at a specific pressure altitude. When compared with the surface analysis of the same time frame, a three-dimensional concept of the atmosphere can be conceptualized, and the pilot can gain a greater understanding of the atmospheric dynamics involved in weather patterns. Significant Weather Prognostic Charts
Significant weather prognostic charts [Figure 4-34] display the observed or forecast significant weather phenomena at different flight levels that may affect the operation of aircraft. They are available for low-level significant weather from the surface to FL 240 (24,000 feet), also referred to as the 400 mb level, and high-level significant weather from FL 250 to FL 600 (25,000 to 60,000 feet). This discussion involves the low-level significant weather prognostic chart.
The low-level chart comes in two forms: the 12- and 24-hour forecast chart, and the 36- and 48-hour surface only forecast chart. The first chart is a four-panel chart that includes 12- and 24-hour forecasts for significant weather and surface weather. Charts are issued four times a day at 0000Z, 0600Z, 1200Z, and 1800Z. The valid time for the chart is printed on the lower left corner of each panel. The upper two panels show forecast significant weather, which may include nonconvective turbulence, freezing levels, and IFR or MVFR weather. Areas of moderate or greater turbulence are enclosed in dashed lines. Numbers within these areas give the height of the turbulence in hundreds of feet MSL. Figures below the line show the anticipated base, while figures above the line show the top of the zone of turbulence. Also shown on this panel are areas of VFR, IFR, and MVFR. IFR areas are enclosed by solid lines, MVFR areas are enclosed by scalloped lines, and the remaining, unenclosed area is designated VFR. Zigzag lines and the letters “SFC” (surface) indicate freezing levels in that area are at the surface. Freezing level height contours for the highest freezing level are drawn at 4,000 foot intervals with dashed lines.
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