In summer 2015 ECMWF introduced, in test mode, two new EFI parameters for forecasting severe convection , - the EFI for CAPE and the EFI for CAPESHEAR - that are described below. The test period is now over: the parameters are now included in the ECMWF real-time catalogue (see here), and accordingly are available in dissemination. In the catalogue the EFIs for CAPE and CAPESHEAR have the short names of "capei" and "capesi" respectively. Charts based on the parameters continue to be available on the ECMWF web-site (here).
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