As we were wrapping up the work for the day, an updraft rapidly grew over part of the CWA we were in. I went back and looked at NUCAPS FCAST CAPE data that I had originally discounted as discussed in a previous blog post. While it appeared at the time that the NUCAPS FCAST CAPE values weren’t viable from a forecast perspective, turns out this storm fired off the edge of the CAPE gradient that the NUCAPS FCAST represented better than the RPM13.

This was my first exposure to NUCAPS FCAST this week as it wasn’t available….it’s worth a second look. It’s also an indication that you need to work hard and diligently through the end of the shift!

-icafunnel