Local Sunset: 2045 LT

Potential Local Sunrise: 0610 LT

Temperature Local Noon: 1330 LT
 Local Sunset: 2045 LT
Water Vapor Local Sunrise: 0610 LT
Mixing Ratio Local Noon: 1330 LT
 Local Sunset: 2045 LT
Wind Speed Local Sunrise: 0610 LT
Local Noon: 1330 LT
 D

C Local Sunset: 2045 LT

Local Sunrise: 0610 LT
Local Noon: 1330 LT
B

A
Sub-Layers for 2 June 1830 LT sounding (about 2 hours before sunset):

A: Potential temperature decreases with height in the lowest few

hundred meters as does mixing ratio, so this looks like a Surface
Layer.
B: Potential temperature and mixing ratio are approximately constant
with height (i.e., well mixed), so this looks like a Mixed Layer.
C: Potential temperature sharply increases with height and mixing ratio
sharply decreases with height during the daytime, so this looks like
an Entrainment Zone (also appropriate to call this a Capping
Inversion).
D: Free atmosphere
 E

D Local Sunset: 2045 LT

Local Sunrise: 0610 LT
C Local Noon: 1330 LT

B
A
Sub-Layers for 2 June 2130 LT sounding (just after sunset):

A: Potential temperature increases with height and is several K lower

than the previous sounding, so this looks like a Nocturnal Stable
Layer. But mixing ratio decreases with height (??), which differs from
Fig. 4.11b.
B: Potential temperature is approximately constant with height, so this
looks like a Residual Mixed Layer. However, this layer is ~2 K cooler
than the previous sounding and is associated with wind speeds of
almost 20 m/s. So, this layer could be part of a Nocturnal Stable
Layer that has been mixed out by the strong winds.
C: Potential temperature increases with height and is slightly cooler than
the previous sounding except at the top of the layer. So, this layer
seems like a Nocturnal Stable Layer. Perhaps the stronger winds in
the bottom half of the layer are helping to mix upward cooler air from
below.
D: Potential temperature sharply increases with height and mixing ratio
sharply decreases with height, which looks like an Entrainment Zone /
Capping Inversion.
E: Free atmosphere
 D

Local Sunset: 2045 LT

C
Local Sunrise: 0610 LT
Local Noon: 1330 LT
B

A
Sub-Layers for 3 June 0028 LT sounding (about 3.5 hours after sunset):

A: Potential temperature increases with height and is a few K lower than

the previous sounding, so this looks like an enhanced version of the
Nocturnal Stable Layer. But mixing ratio decreases with height (??),
which differs from Fig. 4.11b.
B: Potential temperature gradually increases with height and mixing ratio
is approximately constant in the mean (with some variations about the
mean). So, this has some of the characteristics of a Residual Mixed
Layer. Values of potential temperature in this layer are about the
same as the previous sounding, so I think this could still be part of a
Nocturnal Stable Layer that has been mixed out by the continuing
strong winds.
C: Potential temperature increases with height and mixing ratio
decreases with height, but not as sharply as in the previous sounding.
It appears that the layer is in the process of being mixed out.
Nonetheless, this layer looks like an Entrainment Zone / Capping
Inversion.
D: Free atmosphere
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E Local Sunset: 2045 LT

Local Sunrise: 0610 LT
D Local Noon: 1330 LT

C
B
A
Sub-Layers for 3 June 0927 LT sounding (about 3 hours after sunrise):

A: Potential temperature decreases with height in the lowest few hundred

meters as does mixing ratio, so this looks like a Surface Layer.
B: Potential temperature and mixing ratio slightly decrease with height.
For the purposes of categorization, they seem approximately constant
with height (i.e., well mixed), so this looks like a Mixed Layer.
C: Potential temperature sharply increases with height and mixing ratio
sharply decreases with height. This seems like the Entrainment Zone
atop a growing Mixed Layer.
D: Potential temperature gradually increases with height and mixing ratio
gradually decreases with height. So, this has some of the
characteristics of a Residual Mixed Layer from the previous day.
Another interpretation is that this is the remnant Nocturnal Stable
Layer that has been partially mixed out by the very strong winds.
E: Potential temperature sharply increases with height and mixing ratio
sharply decreases with height in a manner that looks like an
Entrainment Zone / Capping Inversion.
F: Free atmosphere
 D

C Local Sunset: 2045 LT

Local Sunrise: 0610 LT
Local Noon: 1330 LT
B

A
Sub-Layers for 3 June 1829 LT sounding (about 2 hours before sunset):

A: While potential temperature is approximately constant, mixing ratio

decreases sharply with height in the lowest few hundred meters, so
this may be a Surface Layer.
B: Potential temperature and mixing ratio are approximately constant
with height (i.e., well mixed), so this looks like a Mixed Layer.
C: Potential temperature sharply increases with height and mixing ratio
sharply decreases with height in a manner that looks like an
Entrainment Zone / Capping Inversion.
D: Free atmosphere