On 9/20/2012 9:25 AM, Steve Leonard wrote:
My biggest interest is in temperature versus altitude in the first
1KM to 1.5KM above the surface. This will let you know where the cap
that might kill the day exists. I had started a project for this
some years ago, and since the wind usually blows here in Kansas, I
was looking to use a couple of kites to lift the package. It would
always stay within the confines of the airport, and would have much
lower recurring cost than a helium balloon. I would be intereted in
a package that gets temperature and altitude either logged on board,
or transmitted to a PC on the ground. And at $150 or so, I am very
interested.

Have you found the NWS lapse rate forecasts inadequate?

http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov/

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