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LATEST RUC (RAPID UPDATE CYCLE) FORECAST

KNKX 0Z MAR 20, 2010 0 Hr 3 Hr 6 Hr 9 Hr 12 Hr
Lift Cond Lev (LCL) (m agl) 821 779 700 438 430
Lev Free Conv (LFC) (m agl) 2423 NONE NONE NONE NONE
0-3km CAPE(J/kg) 15 6 0 0 0
Most Unstable CAPE (MUCAPE) (J/kg) 657 571 109 0 0
Mixed Layer CAPE (MLCAPE) (J/kg) 426 143 27 0 0
Mixed Layer CIN (MLCINH) (J/kg) -65 O -120 M -172 P -300 P -300 P
0-3km Vorticity Generation Parameter (VGP) 0.11 0.10 0.02 0.00 0.00
0-1km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) 0.00 P 0.13 P 0.00 P 0.00 P 0.00 P
0-3km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) -0.12 0.18 0.01 0.00 0.00
0-1km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 0 95 20 6 15
0-3km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 41 160 126 193 189
0-1km Shear (kt) 20 20 16 17 17
0-3km Shear (kt) 9 38 32 50 40
Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Supercell Composite Parameter (SCP) 0 1 0 0 0
Craven Sig Severe 1.78 2.30 0.77 0.00 0.00
Hail Size (In) 0 0 0 0 0
Conv Gust (Kts) 45 51 46 39 13
Best LI (C) -2.35 -2.00 -0.10 4.01 7.12
WZH (1000 Ft AGL) 4.54 3.35 2.43 -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) 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0800 0900 1000 1100
SHOWALTER INDEX 10.3610.7310.9411.0610.6610.049.9810.2410.169.93
LIFTED INDEX 8.979.228.838.347.506.996.897.698.459.27
SWEAT INDEX 55.5450.8554.1151.9450.1951.3352.4250.0047.9348.26
K INDEX -10.95 -12.43 -13.40 -15.72 -16.11 -14.05 -12.84 -12.41 -10.78 -8.99
TOTALS TOTAL INDEX 29.6729.0828.7928.4629.4730.8531.6031.4631.4331.53
LCL HEIGHT (Ft) 2918 2330 2125 2002 1713 1617 1602 1587 1627 1719
LCL PRESSURE 922.86 951.92 962.79 969.52 986.06 991.82 992.76 993.64 991.25 985.73
LCL TEMP (in C) 10.3 11.23 11.5 11.52 11.14 10.57 9.92 9.09 8.33 7.49
PRECIP WATER (in) 0.37 0.37 0.39 0.41 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.44 0.42 0.38
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) 65.4073.0077.2057.4042.8037.6028.4011.40-6.90-6.50
STORM MOTION 22 at 22 21 at 22 19 at 22 18 at 22 13 at 25 12 at 26 11 at 26 9 at 25 7 at 25 2 at 26
ENERGY HELICITY(EHI) 00000000-0-0
1 KM SHEAR  16 18 17 15 15 15 17 17 14 12
3 KM SHEAR 22 23 22 16 16 17 16 16 15 12
6 KM SHEAR 44 40 36 34 32 31 31 31 30 30
UP VERT VELOCITY (m/s) ------------------------------
WBZ (Ft) 6712 7255 7778 7996 8126 8484 8631 8530 8879 9315
CRAVEN SIG 0000000000
SCP 00000000-0-0

LATEST UPPER AIR SOUNDING REPORT

Station: KNKX Date: 0000Z 20 MAR 10  
1000-500 Mb Thickness (Ft) 18381.12
Freezing Level (Ft) 12078  
Wet Bulb Zero (Ft) 7068 BEST FOR LARGE HAIL
Precipitable Water (Inches) 0.38  
Sfc-500 Mean Rel Humidity (%) 17  
700-500 Lapse Rate (C/km) 7.16  
ThetaE Index (C/km) 8.47  
Lifted Index (C) 8.68 STABLE ATMOSPHERE
Showalter Index (C) 8.97 NO THUNDERSTORMS
Total Totals Index 34.4 NO CONVECTION LIKELY
K Index -10.1 NO THUNDERSTORMS
Sweat Index 67.77 NO SEVERE WEATHER
Energy Index 1.95 NO ACTIVITY EXPECTED
CAPE (B+) (J/Kg) 32.12  
NCAPE (B+) (J/Kg) NA  
Max Up Vert Vel (m/s) 8.01  
CIN (B-) (J/Kg) 50481.62  
CAP Strength (C) 9.83 STRONG CAP
Lift Cond Lev (LCL) (Ft) 7734.88  
Lev Free Conv (LFC) (Ft) -9999  
Equalibrium Lev (EL) (Ft) -9999  
Storm Direction   355.2 at 18.6 knts
Shear (0-3Km) (10-3/s) 3.9  
Storm Rel Helicity (0-3Km) 42.6 NONE TO VERY WEAK HELICAL FLOW
Storm Rel Vorticity (0-3Km) 2.4  
Energy-Hel Index 0 SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES UNLIKELY
BULK Richardson 0.91 INSUFFICIENT SHEAR AND/OR CAPE VALUES
BULK Shear (m/s) 35.24  

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