MCS1_SFCOAPARAMS = (1200,0,30,0) (1300,0,30,0) (1400,0,30,0) (1500,0,45,0) (1600,0,50,0) (1700,0,50,0) (1800,0,30,0) (1900,0,30,0) (2000,0,25,0) MCS1_SFCOACOMMENTS = THE VALUES FOR THE RUC ANALYSIS ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THOSE FROM THE RUC FORECAST BELOW. SEE THOSE COMMENTS. MCS1_RUCDAY = 20050714 MCS1_RUCTIME = 12 MCS1_RUCPARAMS = (1200,0,30,0) (1300,0,20,0) (1400,0,35,0) (1500,0,45,0) (1600,0,50,0.5) (1700,10,50,0.5) (1800,10,35,0.5) (1900,10,30,0.5) (2000,10,25,0.5) MCS1_RUCCOMMENTS = THE SPEED PARAMETER WAS OK, WITH VALUES MOSTLY IN THE 30-50% RANGE, WHICH SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT SINCE THE SYSTEM MOVED AT A FAIRLY CONSTANT CLIP OF JUST UNDER 30 KTS). THE DCP WAS LOW THROUGHOUT (0-0.5) AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A DERECHO EVENT. THERE WERE SOME WIND REPORTS BUT NOTHING ORGANIZED AS IN A DERECHO. THE MAINTENANCE PARAMETER IS A DIFFERENT STORY. EXTREMELY LOW VALUES (0-10) WERE PRESENT THROUGHOUT. THE SHEAR WAS DECENT AT 20-30 KTS, THE MUCAPE WAS AROUND 1000 J, BUT THE LAPSE RATES WERE BELOW 6 C/KM AND THE MEAN WINDS WERE MODERATE AT 15-25 (THE SYSTEM WAS TRAVELLING A LITTLE FASTER THAN THE MEAN WIND).