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What is the meaning of red line and green lines on the vertical profile? Where can I learn more about the plot?

The red line is temperature and the green line is the dew point temperature. Here are some links on the use of a slew-T log P diagram....

• http://weather.ou.edu/~metr4424/Files/PPT/stability/index.htm
• http://www.theweatherprediction.com/thermo/skewt/
• http://www.ready.noaa.gov/slides/ready/event/event6.html

Glenn Rolph