Global Stratospheric Temperature Time Series

Data From CPC

The CPC global temperature analyses are derived each day at 8 stratospheric levels, 100, 70. 50, 30, 10, 5, and 2 hPa (approximately 18-55 km). Graphical aids for monitoring temperature anomalies in the stratosphere are shown here for 70 hPa and 50 hPa (approx. 20 km), representative of the lower stratosphere, 30 hPa and 10 hPa (approx. 30 km) representing the middle stratosphere, and 5 hPa, 2 hPa (approx. 42 km), and 2 hPa representing the upper stratosphere. Daily temperature values averaged over each latitude region (90-60N,65-25N, 25N-25S, 25-65S, 65-90S) are shown. The values for the current year (bold red line) may be compared to the average values for each day (green) and the extreme maximum and minimum values for the entire temperature analysis record from 1979 to current, (bounding upper and lower black lines).

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Time Series GFS Analyses and 16 Day Forecasts

Strat Zonal Temps

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Temperatures 100 mb 70 mb 50 mb 30 mb 10 mb 5 mb 2 mb
Wind 100 mb 70 mb 50 mb 30 mb 10 mb 5 mb 2 mb
Heat Flux 100 mb 70 mb 50 mb 30 mb 10 mb 5 mb 2 mb


Time Series GEFS Analyses and 16 Day Forecasts

Temperature 100 mb 50 mb 10 mb
Wind 100 mb 50 mb 10 mb
Heat Flux 100 mb 50 mb 10 mb