The following is an excerpt of research conducted by Michael Scott Schlacter, Chief Meteorologist at Weather 2000. This research was originally compiled in 1995-1996. However, severe weather does seem to be on the increase in this region over the past few decades. The goal of this research is to improve severe weather prediction in this region, and hopefully minimize crop damage, property damage, and fatalities associated with this severe weather in the future. Such entry data can be acquired from official 12Z, 00Z soundings or interpolated hourly satellite estimates.
Indices perform best during summer months and with non-overcast conditions at times of observations.
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