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<br />and thermodynamic information (Politte et al., 1980). Corrections to <br />soundings having obvious errors were made using the original contact <br />point information. <br /> <br />SG <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />33.60N <br /> <br />Cross Sections <br /> <br />330 <br /> <br />Roin goge network <br /> <br />102.40W.31.80N 1020 <br /> <br />1010 <br /> <br />~94.km~ <br /> <br />Oy..20 lotitude <br />ox. .20 longitude <br />o - Rowinsonde Siti! <br /> <br />Fig. 2.1 Grid of Texas HIPLEX project showing rawinsonde, <br />radar and rain gage network locations. <br /> <br />Comparisons between 30 standard National Weather Service (NWS) <br />processed soundings observed at Midland, Texas, and identical soundings <br />processed by Texas A&M for HIPLEX revealed several important differ- <br />ences. Nearly all the HIPLEX soundings had more significant level <br />information than the routine NWS soundings available from the National <br />Meteorological Center. Wind speeds were generally within 2 m/s and <br /> <br />directions within 50. Correlation between the thermodynamic variables <br /> <br />computed from NWS and HIPLEX soundings were generally good; however, in <br /> <br />32 <br />