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Sounding Data
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Sounding from the Shelby County Airport on
December 16th, 2000, NOON CST or 12/16/2000 1800 UTC.
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LFC = 824mb BMX / 12/16/00 / 18Z V(5/99)
OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS
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¦ B+............. 794 J/Kg K-Index............ 12 ¦
¦ B-............. 0 J/Kg Precip Water....... 1.00 in¦
¦ LI............. -3 Showalter Index.... 0 ¦
¦ Cap Strength... 0.1 °C Total Totals....... 48 ¦
¦ LPL..(MEAN).... 1463 ft/ 940 mb Sweat Index........ 317 ¦
¦ 0°C/-20°C Heights.. 12.4 kft/21.0 kft ¦
¦ Tropopause......... 36700 ft 700-500mb LR... 6.6 °C/km ¦
¦ Equilibrium Level.. 35300 ft TEI( 990- 700). 21.4 °C ¦
¦ Max Parcel Level... 42400 ft BRN............ 5 ¦
¦ Wet-Bulb Zero...... 8100 ft BRN Shear...... 166 (M/S)² ¦
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¦ Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 224/ 74 kts 0-2km SR MoFlux...... 193 g/kg/hr ¦
¦ Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 213/ 51 kts Pos Shear (0-2Km).. 13 (10-3 S-1)¦
¦ Storm Motion....... 224/ 56 kts SR Dir Shr (0-3km).. 100° ¦
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¦ Energy/Helicity Index... 0.77 SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 157 (M/S)² ¦
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Sounding from Jackson, Mississippi
on December 16th, 2000, NOON CST or 12/16/2000 1800 UTC.
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LFC = 835mb JAN / 12/16/00 / 18Z V(5/99)
OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS
+--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
¦ B+............. 1048 J/Kg K-Index............ 17 ¦
¦ B-............. 4 J/Kg Precip Water....... 1.07 in¦
¦ LI............. -3 Showalter Index.... 1 ¦
¦ Cap Strength... 0.6 °C Total Totals....... 48 ¦
¦ LPL..(MEAN).... 1443 ft/ 948 mb Sweat Index........ 289 ¦
¦ 0°C/-20°C Heights.. 11.4 kft/20.8 kft ¦
¦ Tropopause......... 37200 ft 700-500mb LR... 6.6 °C/km ¦
¦ Equilibrium Level.. 33700 ft TEI( 998- 800). 13.6 °C ¦
¦ Max Parcel Level... 43100 ft BRN............ 9 ¦
¦ Wet-Bulb Zero...... 8500 ft BRN Shear...... 112 (M/S)² ¦
+---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------¦
¦ Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 228/ 70 kts 0-2km SR MoFlux...... 107 g/kg/hr ¦
¦ Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 225/ 55 kts Pos Shear (0-2Km).. 11 (10-3 S-1)¦
¦ Storm Motion....... 228/ 53 kts SR Dir Shr (0-3km).. 134° ¦
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¦ Energy/Helicity Index... 0.43 SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 59 (M/S)² ¦
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