4. Forecast Applications

Convection » Microbursts: Wet vs. Dry Microburst Forecasting - Question 1

Skew-T with sounding for microburst forecasting exercise

Here is a morning (1200 UTC) sounding on a day in which you expect afternoon convection. You can open the Interactive Skew-T with this sounding.

Determine the type of microburst activity and the associated wind gusts that might occur with afternoon convection.

Based upon the morning sounding, what type of convection might you expect?
(Choose the best answer.)