Quick Overview

MLCAPE	Effective Bulk Shear	Mid Level Lapse Rates

SCP	STP - Effective	Hodograph

DCAPE	SHIP	Skew-T

Surface Obs/Initiation

MSLP	SFC Dewpoint	Sfc Divergence & Vort

Moisture Convergence	SFC Theta-E Advection

Surface Based Thermo/Shear

SB CAPE	ML CAPE	Effective Shear

Low Level Lapse Rates	Mid Level Lapse Rates	LCL-LFC Mean RH >40% Favorable for avoiding Dry Air Entrainment

Storm Mode

MSLP/T/Td	925mb Chart	850mb Chart

Supercell Composite (> 1)	Effective Bulk Shear	Hodograph

Supercell

Supercell Composite (> 1)	BRN Shear (> 35-40)	Craven/Brooks Sig Severe(>20K)

Tornado Ingredients

Effective SRH Updraft Rotation (>150 m2/s2)	0-1 SRH Updraft Rotation (>150 m2/s2)	Sig Tor. Parameter (Effective) Supercell Tors (>1)

0-3 km Lapse Rate and ML CAPE LL Parcel Acceleration (>100 J/Kg)

Damaging Wind Ingredients

Downdraft CAPE  Downdraft Strength (>700 J/Kg)	Low Level Lapse Rate

Hail Ingredients

Significant Hail Parameter Greater Than 2 Inch Hail (SHP>2)

Elevated Convection

MU CAPE	850 MB Low Level Jet

Non-Supercell Tornado - QLCS/Landspout

Modified SHERBE

Upper Air

925 MB	850 MB	700 MB

500 MB	300 MB