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

RUC2 STATION : 


KMHX 3Z MAY 18, 2012 0 Hr 3 Hr 6 Hr 9 Hr 12 Hr
Lift Cond Lev (LCL) (m agl) 154 106 174 263 565
Lev Free Conv (LFC) (m agl) NONE NONE NONE NONE 2005
0-3km CAPE(J/kg) 27 14 2 3 18
Most Unstable CAPE (MUCAPE) (J/kg) 329 265 37 11 72
Mixed Layer CAPE (MLCAPE) (J/kg) 41 67 0 0 0
Mixed Layer CIN (MLCINH) (J/kg) -144 M -126 M -300 P -300 P -300 P
0-3km Vorticity Generation Parameter (VGP) 0.07 0.06 0.00 0.01 0.03
0-1km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) 0.03 P 0.05 P 0.00 P 0.00 P 0.01 P
0-3km Energy Helicity Index (EHI) NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
0-1km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 21 69 45 37 22
0-3km Storm-Relative Helicity (SRH) 45 83 66 69 52
0-1km Shear (kt) 19 15 14 19 17
0-3km Shear (kt) 15 14 14 19 9
Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
Supercell Composite Parameter (SCP) 0 0 0 0 0
Craven Sig Severe 0.47 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hail Size (In) 0 0 0 0 0
Conv Gust (Kts) 23 20 32 36 39
Best LI (C) -1.42 -2.80 0.11 0.38 -0.63
WZH (1000 Ft AGL) 12.20 11.73 10.98 11.48


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


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