Along with radar data, near-storm environmental conditions are an integral part of the  warning decision, so including it in the TORP display would be very useful to warning forecasters.  Contoured plan view data of  MUCAPE, MLCIN, 0-1 km helicity, etc should be added to the “Weather Related Overlays” to tell if storms are moving into more/less favorable environments. Some other environmental data items that could be added to the list of graphed data trends: DCAPE, 0-6 km shear, 0-3 km helicity, Other forecasters will have their own preferences for what environmental parameters to include.

Posted by Rigel