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

KROA 9Z MAR 11, 2010 0 Hr 3 Hr 6 Hr 9 Hr 12 Hr
Lift Cond Lev (LCL) (m agl) 119 35 183 616 507
Lev Free Conv (LFC) (m agl) NONE NONE NONE NONE 561
0-3km CAPE(J/kg) 0 0 0 0 71
Most Unstable CAPE (MUCAPE) (J/kg) 0 0 0 0 190
Mixed Layer CAPE (MLCAPE) (J/kg) 0 0 0 0 43
Mixed Layer CIN (MLCINH) (J/kg) -7 S -6 S -159 P -300 P -18 S
0-3km Vorticity Generation Parameter (VGP) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07
0-1km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) 0.00 P 0.00 P 0.00 P 0.00 P 0.12 P
0-3km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.17
0-1km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 52 35 53 91 98
0-3km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 103 61 82 115 142
0-1km Shear (kt) 10 8 13 20 16
0-3km Shear (kt) 17 11 14 19 23
Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
Supercell Composite Parameter (SCP) 0 0 0 0 0
Craven Sig Severe 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.62
Hail Size (In) 0 0 0 0 0
Conv Gust (Kts) 31 38 39 39 37
Best LI (C) 10.14 10.91 7.89 3.46 1.02
WZH (1000 Ft AGL) 6.41 5.37 5.53 6.82 7.74


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: 0000Z 11 MAR 10  
1000-500 Mb Thickness (Ft) 18089.2
Freezing Level (Ft) 9012  
Wet Bulb Zero (Ft) 8939 BEST FOR LARGE HAIL
Precipitable Water (Inches) 0.76  
Sfc-500 Mean Rel Humidity (%) 74  
700-500 Lapse Rate (C/km) 6.49  
ThetaE Index (C/km) 3.56  
Lifted Index (C) 4.8 STABLE ATMOSPHERE
Showalter Index (C) 4.8 NO THUNDERSTORMS
Total Totals Index 45.8 SPOTTY, USUALLY LIGHT THUNDERSTORMS
K Index 27.1 40-80% CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
Sweat Index 57 NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
Energy Index 1.27 NO ACTIVITY EXPECTED
CAPE (B+) (J/Kg) 3.28  
NCAPE (B+) (J/Kg) NA  
Max Up Vert Vel (m/s) 2.56  
CIN (B-) (J/Kg) 53115.7  
CAP Strength (C) 4.14 STRONG CAP
Lift Cond Lev (LCL) (Ft) 6286.55  
Lev Free Conv (LFC) (Ft) -9999  
Equalibrium Lev (EL) (Ft) -9999  
Storm Direction   245.6 at 12.2 knts
Shear (0-3Km) (10-3/s) 3.2  
Storm Rel Helicity (0-3Km) 21.4 NONE TO VERY WEAK HELICAL FLOW
Storm Rel Vorticity (0-3Km) 1.7  
Energy-Hel Index 0 SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES UNLIKELY
BULK Richardson 0.53 INSUFFICIENT SHEAR AND/OR CAPE VALUES
BULK Shear (m/s) 6.24  

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