"Morning-glory" disturbances and the environment in which they propagate

The data include daily early morning radiosonde soundings from Burketown in north Queensland, Australia, for a 28-day period during the late dry season, together with pressure, Hind, temperature, and humidity data from a number of surface stations in the region. During the experiment, 16 morning glories were recorded.

On all but one day, radiosonde soundings were carried out in the pre-morning-glory environment. On 7 days, additional soundings were carried out within an hour or two of the passage of a morning glory.', Soundings made on days on which morning glories were generated over Cape York Peninsula but failed to reach Burketown are compared with those on days when morning glories were recorded at Burketown. The comparison shows that the depth and strength of the surface-based inversion did not differ significantly and that the stratification of the almost neutral layer above the stable laver was similar on days with and without morning glories.