Short Fuse Composites

Des Moines, IA		Omaha, NE

Topeka, KS		Rapid City, SD

Dodge City, KS		Goodland, KS

LAPS/GFE Short Fuse Composite "Threat Area" Within the maximum of surface moisture convergence Immediately downwind of the warm theta advection axis Within the axis of highest surface based instability (CAPE and Theta-E) Within the region of lowest surface based convective inhibition (0-2.5km AGL lapse rate) *Temporal and spatial continuity of at least 3 hours of all of the above

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