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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)	3 PM	4 PM	5 PM	6 PM	7 PM	8 PM	9 PM	10 PM	11 PM	12 AM	1 AM	2 AM
SHOWALTER INDEX	7.66	5.29	5.19	5.11	3.79	3.06	2.68	3.75	2.05	3.31	4.6	5
LIFTED INDEX	8.14	6.37	6.61	5.86	5.07	4.36	4.66	5.66	4.64	5.66	6.81	7.52
SWEAT INDEX	138.97	127.98	133.73	131	126.97	119.7	112.71	103.3	101.87	111.37	106.85	102.24
K INDEX	21.92	23.46	21.83	19.61	22.98	26.35	28.05	27.2	30.4	27.01	25.64	25.41
TOTALS TOTAL INDEX	39.65	43.8	43.68	43.95	46.01	47.39	47.73	45.99	48.59	46.66	44.44	43.74
LCL HEIGHT (Ft)	401	382	547	647	644	404	391	366	253	310	335	342
LCL PRESSURE (mb)	938.93	939.46	933.26	929.55	929.84	937.63	937.27	938.4	943.67	940.57	939.84	940.11
LCL TEMP (in C)	9.1	8.95	8.78	8.99	9.29	9.59	9.22	8.9	8.92	8.56	8.29	8.07
PRECIP WATER (in)	0.98	1.02	0.87	0.85	0.9	0.93	0.96	1	1.01	0.91	0.94	0.95
CAPE (J/Kg)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.48	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	-0.05	-0.68	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
LID STRENGTH (C)	9.3	9.5	8.4	10	8.4	6.7	6.3	8	2.9	3.5	3.9	4.8
EQ LEVEL (Ft)	---	---	---	3507	3876	3496	---	---	---	---	---	---
LFC (Ft)	---	---	---	3303	3256	3132	---	---	---	---	---	---
BULK RICHARDSON	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
BRN SHEAR (m/s)	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
SRH ( 0 - 1Km) (m/s)	63.94	66.27	72.88	84.88	61.11	57.33	40.55	23.14	28.22	41.89	24.19	9.06
SRH ( 0 - 3Km) (m/s)	118.1	97.4	89.9	97.1	91.6	76.5	68.2	63.2	39.3	3.2	47	72.2
STORM MOTION	201 at 21	204 at 26	200 at 24	202 at 21	205 at 19	209 at 16	233 at 10	309 at 5	203 at 12	226 at 5	270 at 4	303 at 7
ENERGY HELICITY(EHI)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 KM SHEAR (Kts)	12	10	10	13	10	10	8	12	7	10	8	7
3 KM SHEAR (Kts)	23	31	33	30	26	21	18	9	19	22	18	20
6 KM SHEAR (Kts)	41	32	38	36	29	26	26	22	19	22	24	23
UP VERT VELOCITY (m/s)	---	---	---	---	1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
WBZ (Ft)	7020	7020	7017	7017	7014	7014	7005	7005	7020	7008	7008	7014
CRAVEN SIG SEVERE	0	0	0	0	0.01	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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