New DFW area useful tool

[Ed Mahmoud]

Cool new product from NWS Fort Worth-Dallas



Local convective parameters.

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth is now offering Experimental Convective Parameters on this website!
The analysis is heavily weighted to the latest surface observation. Thus, you will likely see some small "bulls-eye" type areas where the analysis is reflecting an outlying or possibly incorrect surface observation.

The parameters are generated hourly, with the generation process starting around 22 minutes past the hour. The images should be available by 30 past each hour. It takes some time for hourly surface data to arrive and get processed prior to being able to calculate the various parameters we are offering.

We are currently producing the following images:

CAPE
CIN
EHI
Helicity (0-1km)
Helicity (0-3 km)
Shear
Shear (0-1 km)
SigTor
Convective Interest

[KWT]

Yes that really is an impressive tool to use, might be a useful idea if eventually this could be expanded through the whole plains, will really help not only the chasers but others as they can get a better visual image of the convective chances.