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UPPER AIR SOUNDING REPORT
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LATEST RUC (RAPID UPDATE CYCLE) FORECAST

KROA 15Z JUL 29, 2010 0 Hr 3 Hr 6 Hr 9 Hr 12 Hr
Lift Cond Lev (LCL) (m agl) 713 1258 1169 521 360
Lev Free Conv (LFC) (m agl) 959 1285 1242 991 2058
0-3km CAPE(J/kg) 134 158 202 194 NONE
Most Unstable CAPE (MUCAPE) (J/kg) 2376 3210 3520 3142 1489
Mixed Layer CAPE (MLCAPE) (J/kg) 1519 2331 2345 1909 592
Mixed Layer CIN (MLCINH) (J/kg) -10 S -1 S -3 S -10 S -48 S
0-3km Vorticity Generation Parameter (VGP) 0.27 0.13 0.16 0.22 0.22
0-1km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) 0.56 P 0.53 P 0.60 P 0.01 P 0.12 P
0-3km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) 0.45 0.69 0.66 0.36 0.66
0-1km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 37 26 27 0 16
0-3km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 46 40 38 58 129
0-1km Shear (kt) 17 7 8 12 10
0-3km Shear (kt) 9 11 10 12 15
Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) 0.17 0.12 0.14 0.00 0.05
Supercell Composite Parameter (SCP) 0 0 0 1 1
Craven Sig Severe 12.33 22.73 26.24 31.73 10.45
Hail Size (In) 0 0 0 1 1
Conv Gust (Kts) 48 55 56 49 46
Best LI (C) -6.18 -6.91 -5.38 -4.75 -2.72
WZH (1000 Ft AGL) 13.60 12.73 11.01 10.14


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 UPPER AIR SOUNDING REPORT

Station: KRNK Date: 1200Z 29 JUL 10  
1000-500 Mb Thickness (Ft) 18942
Freezing Level (Ft) 15508  
Wet Bulb Zero (Ft) 14406 HAIL UNLIKELY
Precipitable Water (Inches) 1.76  
Sfc-500 Mean Rel Humidity (%) 80  
700-500 Lapse Rate (C/km) 6.3  
ThetaE Index (C/km) 10.18  
Lifted Index (C) -3.32 VERY UNSTABLE
Showalter Index (C) -2.38 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
Total Totals Index 47 SPOTTY, USUALLY MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS
K Index 34.3 60-80% CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
Sweat Index 270.6 NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
Energy Index -1.86 ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
CAPE (B+) (J/Kg) 744.91  
NCAPE (B+) (J/Kg) 0.8  
Max Up Vert Vel (m/s) 38.6  
CIN (B-) (J/Kg) 0.66  
CAP Strength (C) 0.36 WEAK CAP
Lift Cond Lev (LCL) (Ft) 3977.77  
Lev Free Conv (LFC) (Ft) 4462.45  
Equalibrium Lev (EL) (Ft) 7514.36  
Storm Direction   334.9 at 14.8 knts
Shear (0-3Km) (10-3/s) 3.6  
Storm Rel Helicity (0-3Km) 57.3 NONE TO VERY WEAK HELICAL FLOW
Storm Rel Vorticity (0-3Km) 3  
Energy-Hel Index 0.35 SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES UNLIKELY
BULK Richardson 188.73 INSUFFICIENT SHEAR AND/OR CAPE VALUES
BULK Shear (m/s) 3.95  

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