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MORNING INVERSION SOUNDING

  • Night time radiation loss from earth's surface results in cool temperatures at the surface
  • Temperature increases rapidly with height since best cooling occurs only at the surface in the lower troposphere
  • Morning inversions are most intense on nights with: clear skies, light winds, long nights, and dry air
  • After sunrise, temperatures rapidly increase at the surface due to convective mixing of the cold surface air with the much warmer air aloft and the sun warming the earth's surface
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