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LATEST RUC (RAPID UPDATE CYCLE) FORECAST

KNKX 0Z MAR 12, 2010 0 Hr 3 Hr 6 Hr 9 Hr 12 Hr
Lift Cond Lev (LCL) (m agl) 2201 1523 1067 891 913
Lev Free Conv (LFC) (m agl) 2286 NONE NONE NONE NONE
0-3km CAPE(J/kg) 23 0 0 0 0
Most Unstable CAPE (MUCAPE) (J/kg) 90 0 0 0 0
Mixed Layer CAPE (MLCAPE) (J/kg) 43 0 0 0 0
Mixed Layer CIN (MLCINH) (J/kg) -9 S -300 P -300 P -300 P -269 P
0-3km Vorticity Generation Parameter (VGP) 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0-1km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) 0.02 P 0.00 P 0.00 P 0.00 P 0.00 P
0-3km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0-1km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 61 102 88 15 19
0-3km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 102 117 106 85 147
0-1km Shear (kt) 13 18 24 23 19
0-3km Shear (kt) 21 20 17 22 32
Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Supercell Composite Parameter (SCP) 0 0 0 0 0
Craven Sig Severe 0.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hail Size (In) 0 0 0 0 0
Conv Gust (Kts) 48 47 45 52 11
Best LI (C) -0.45 3.97 7.20 13.55 16.42
WZH (1000 Ft AGL) 2.20 1.78 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00


Support For Supercells: S-strong, O-OK, M-Marginal, P-Poor
VGP - Values greater than 0.2 suggest an increasing possibility of tornadic storms
STP - Values greater than 1 suggest an increasing possibility of tornadic storms
SCP - Values greater than 1 suggest an increasing possibility of supercells and tornadic storms
Craven Sig Severe - Values greater than 20 suggest an increasing possibility of sig severe storms


LATEST RUC RUN
LATEST RUC MODEL RUN FOR KNKX
TIME (Z) 0000 0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900
SHOWALTER INDEX 11.9513.9310.3510.0510.5011.0211.4111.7911.9111.89
LIFTED INDEX 12.8013.2814.4614.5114.3814.1313.9713.7213.4113.10
SWEAT INDEX 42.7755.9340.8329.5929.3032.6333.9134.2035.0637.47
K INDEX -7.59 -14.68 -4.30 -3.70 -4.85 -5.84 -6.26 -6.98 -8.16 -8.59
TOTALS TOTAL INDEX 32.7825.6235.5836.2935.3534.1833.3032.4231.1530.36
LCL HEIGHT (Ft) 5794 5472 3937 3215 2303 1970 1791 1726 1779 1823
LCL PRESSURE 808.51 819.71 878.09 909.18 953.31 971.30 981.48 985.33 982.19 979.64
LCL TEMP (in C) -0.090000000000032 -0.5 2.83 4.33 6.28 6.82 6.84 6.4299999999999 5.74 5.05
PRECIP WATER (in) 0.42 0.39 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.43 0.42 0.42 0.41 0.41
CAPE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CINS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EQ LEVEL (Ft) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
LFC (Ft) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
BULK RICHARDSON 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
STORM REL HEL (m/s) -113.40-171.60-161.40-92.80-55.50-28.30-0.407.906.20-1.50
STORM MOTION 24 at 20 12 at 22 354 at 22 343 at 20 344 at 19 339 at 17 327 at 17 325 at 16 315 at 16 311 at 16
ENERGY HELICITY(EHI) -0-0-0-0-0-0-000-0
1 KM SHEAR  7 10 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
3 KM SHEAR 14 12 9 5 4 4 4 5 9 6
6 KM SHEAR 15 15 18 23 19 21 23 26 28 29
UP VERT VELOCITY (m/s) ------------------------------
WBZ (Ft) 5357 4739 5484 5450 5750 5902 5564 5464 5224 5592
CRAVEN SIG 0000000000
SCP -0-0-0-0-0-0-000-0

LATEST UPPER AIR SOUNDING REPORT

Station: KNKX Date: 0000Z 12 MAR 10  
1000-500 Mb Thickness (Ft) 18263.04
Freezing Level (Ft) 12160  
Wet Bulb Zero (Ft) 5205 SMALL HAIL
Precipitable Water (Inches) 0.36  
Sfc-500 Mean Rel Humidity (%) 22  
700-500 Lapse Rate (C/km) 7.25  
ThetaE Index (C/km) 4.88  
Lifted Index (C) 13.18 STABLE ATMOSPHERE
Showalter Index (C) 11.54 NO THUNDERSTORMS
Total Totals Index 33.8 NO CONVECTION LIKELY
K Index -7.3 NO THUNDERSTORMS
Sweat Index 25 NO SEVERE WEATHER
Energy Index 2.92 NO ACTIVITY EXPECTED
CAPE (B+) (J/Kg) 4.81  
NCAPE (B+) (J/Kg) NA  
Max Up Vert Vel (m/s) 3.1  
CIN (B-) (J/Kg) 59461.18  
CAP Strength (C) 13.91 STRONG CAP
Lift Cond Lev (LCL) (Ft) 7503.84  
Lev Free Conv (LFC) (Ft) -9999  
Equalibrium Lev (EL) (Ft) -9999  
Storm Direction   356.8 at 8.3 knts
Shear (0-3Km) (10-3/s) 1.5  
Storm Rel Helicity (0-3Km) -57.3 NONE TO VERY WEAK HELICAL FLOW
Storm Rel Vorticity (0-3Km) -4.9  
Energy-Hel Index 0 SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES UNLIKELY
BULK Richardson 0.9 INSUFFICIENT SHEAR AND/OR CAPE VALUES
BULK Shear (m/s) 5.37  

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