Table 8

More complete discussion of the parameters and how they are calculated will come in future releases. For now, here is a listing of the parameter names for reference.

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MEAN WIND

• sfc-6km mean wind (deg/kt and m/s)
• LFC-EL mean wind (deg/kt and m/s)
• 850-200mb mean wind (deg/kt and m/s)

ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR

• DELTA-V (bulk shear; kt and m/s) and TOT SHEAR (total length of hodograph; unknown units) for different LAYER
  • Low - 3 km - lowest 3km
  • Sfc-2km
  • Sfc-6km
  • Sfc-12km