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SKEW-T DIAGRAM

DESCRIPTION OF PARAMETERS

TP: Tropopause level (mb)
MW: Max wind level (mb)
FRZ: Lowest freezing level (mb) or BG for below ground
WB0: Wet bulb zero (mb) or BG
PW: Precipitable water (in)
RH: Mean RH surface to 500 mb (%)
MAXT: Estimated max temperature (C) using a 150mb layer
TH: 1000-500mb thickness (m)
L57: 700-500mb lapse rate (C/km)
LCL: Lift condensation level (mb) from surface data
LI: Lifted index (C) using 100 mean layer above surface
SI: Showalter index (C)
TT: Total totals index
KI: K index
SW: Sweat index
EI: Energy index

-PARCEL-
This is a parcel trajectory (the yellow line on the sounding) based on 100 mb mean layer.
CAPE: Convective available potential energy
CINH: Convective inhibition (open ended)
LCL: Lift condensation level (mb)
CAP: Cap strength (C)
LFC: Level free convection (mb)
EL: Equilibrium level (mb)
MPL: Maximum parcel level (mb)
-WIND-
Wind parameters
STM: Estimated storm motion (knts) from 0-6000m AG mean layer, spd 75% of mean, dir 30 deg veer from mean.
HEL: Storm relative helicity 0-3000m AG (total value)
SHR+: Positive shear magnitude 0-3000m AG (sum of veering shear values)
SRDS: Storm relative directional shear 0-3000m AG (directional difference of storm relative winds)
EHI: Energy helicity index (prop to positive helicity * CAPE)
BRN: Bulk Richardson number 500-6000m AG (prop to CAPE/bulk shear)
BSHR: Bulk shear value (magnitude of shear over layer)

LATEST RAP RUN

RAP (RAPID REFRESH) RUN Ver 1.4 - LATEST MODEL RUN FOR KABR - 04/26/2024
TIME (EDT)	12 AM	1 AM	2 AM	3 AM	4 AM	5 AM	6 AM	7 AM	8 AM	9 AM	10 AM	11 AM
SHOWALTER INDEX	4.67	4.04	3.09	3.14	6.2	8.54	7.72	6.7	3.94	6.48	4.94	4.6
LIFTED INDEX	4.64	4.96	5.99	7.42	9.12	9.58	10.25	10.76	10.49	9.29	9.16	8.87
SWEAT INDEX	168.54	164.64	190.2	200.82	189.31	152.05	157.87	171	207.1	187.47	209.62	196.97
K INDEX	23.91	24.99	27.19	30.33	26.42	22.12	24.53	25.43	29.58	25.55	28.05	27.44
TOTALS TOTAL INDEX	44.83	45.73	46.65	45.7	41.23	37.99	38.92	40.13	43.71	40.96	42.92	43.06
LCL HEIGHT (Ft)	2876	2598	2806	1552	784	588	455	605	563	416	545	366
LCL PRESSURE (mb)	864.44	873	865.58	906.88	932.15	938.9	941.44	935.34	937.84	941.22	936.43	942.11
LCL TEMP (in C)	6.22	6.38	5.35	7.46	8.41	8.47	8.25	7.62	7.35	7.86	7.99	8.6
PRECIP WATER (in)	0.89	0.94	1.02	1.16	1.11	1.09	1.16	1.13	1.17	1.09	1.14	1.11
CAPE (J/Kg)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
NCAPE (J/Kg)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CINS (J/Kg)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
LID STRENGTH (C)	7.6	9.4	10.3	10.5	16	16.6	16.4	14.9	11.3	13	11.9	10.2
EQ LEVEL (Ft)	---	---	---	---	---	3316	---	---	---	---	---	---
LFC (Ft)	---	---	---	---	---	3041	---	---	---	---	---	---
BULK RICHARDSON	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
BRN SHEAR (m/s)	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
SRH ( 0 - 1Km) (m/s)	4.85	38.1	25.45	-1.67	55.52	90.93	95.87	104.4	95.94	142.58	106.87	96.8
SRH ( 0 - 3Km) (m/s)	206.1	231.3	237.8	232.3	213.3	334.2	335	251	122.8	305	208.4	88.7
STORM MOTION	147 at 18	159 at 16	155 at 19	152 at 17	187 at 15	209 at 18	202 at 15	196 at 18	183 at 26	195 at 31	194 at 25	192 at 24
ENERGY HELICITY(EHI)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 KM SHEAR (Kts)	29	30	30	27	25	20	19	20	22	22	20	20
3 KM SHEAR (Kts)	15	22	19	14	13	8	22	18	24	20	16	32
6 KM SHEAR (Kts)	19	20	17	12	17	16	20	28	30	32	35	36
UP VERT VELOCITY (m/s)	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
WBZ (Ft)	7104	7095	8214	8214	8214	7089	8187	8169	7065	8169	7050	7044
CRAVEN SIG SEVERE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SUPERCELL COMPOSITE (SCP)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SIG TORNADO (STP)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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