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<br />pattern as the lapse rates. Note that the northern High Plains have <br />stable cloud systems and frequent inversions. <br /> <br />4.3.7. Wind speeds and upsLope 'Wind oomponents <br /> <br />The average east-wind component of the cloud base wind speeds <br />were calculated for each rawinsonde station (fig. 29). Most upslope, <br />or east wind, components were only 1 or 2 m sec-l with the axis of <br />maximum values running NNE-SSW through western Kansas. <br />Tabulated wind speed data were also averaged over all directions <br />for each station and plotted for three levels - the surface (fig. 30), <br /> <br />UPSLOPE' 'SEEDABLE' SITUATIONS <br />40 <br /> <br /> <br />, I <br />,---- <br />~ <br />" <br />" <br /> <br />Percentage of Inversions <br /> <br />r <br />L <br /> <br />Figure 28: Relative frequenCY!f <br />(%) of moist layer temperature <br />inversions. <br /> <br />UPSLOPE' 'SEEDABLE' SITUATIONS <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />East Wind Component <br /> <br />(meters/see) <br /> <br />Fiaure 29: Mea:n eas t 1-'ind c::)l"1- <br />PQnent (l"1e~eY'8/secQ~d) fcY' <br />.1L,inds at r;/Le C",CiA.a :;ase <br />:'evel. <br /> <br />33 <br />