Hand Drawn Skew-T

[Sam Kennedy]

I was bored so I decided to hand draw a skew-t chart. The hardest part is drawing the chart, plotting the temperature is really easy

Here is is:

 

[Tom Dulong]

Looks like a lot of work to me. As a meteorologist and storm chaser, I do find utility in plotting my own data. There are plenty of downloadable blank charts on the Web.

http://meteora.ucsd.edu/wx_pages/stuff/Blank_Skew-T.pdf

Many years ago in school, I printed out a blank skew-t, placed it on hardboard backing, covered it in plastic, and then plotted my data with grease pencils (I know..."leather pouches and stone knives" technology).

 

[Sam Kennedy]

That is the exact pdf I used to draw the skew-T chart. I put a sheet of paper over the screen and sketched out the correct sizes. I would have printed it out but the printer is low on ink :s

 

[rdale]

Hand-drawing is CRITICAL to understanding what you're seeing - but if you're in the mood for drawing, I'd concentrate more on surface / upperair maps vs individual soundings. More bang for the buck...