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Skew-T Diagram for Miami, FL

#21 Miami, Florida

CAPE:

 Good: 1951 J/kg, no CIN.

Deep Layer Shear:

 Weak. Although you can find 15 knots max in the 0-6 km layer.

Mid-level Lapse Rates:

 Weak, tropical in nature, and hardly any CAPE in the growth zone layer

Freezing Level:

 14.7 kft

Overall Threat of Severe Hail:

 Slight: CAPE alone should warrant a threat of hail, but in this environment, I would be surprised to see anything larger than 0.75-1.00 inch.

Summary of the Event:

Date of Sounding: 5 August 2005 @ 00 UTC
Storms fired all along the Atlantic sea breeze across the Miami metro area. 2 hail reports, both 0.75 inch diameter, were recorded:
1945 UTC in Davie, Broward County, and a separate storm, 1945 UTC in Opa Lacka, Miami-Dade County.

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