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Sounding Data

Sounding from the Shelby County Airport on December 16th, 2000, 6 PM CST or 12/17/2000 0000 UTC.

LFC =  796mb                  BMX / 12/17/00 / 00Z                      V(5/99)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
  ¦   B+............. -999 J/Kg                  K-Index............  31     ¦
  ¦   B-............. -999 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.10 in¦
  ¦   LI.............   -3                       Showalter Index.... -1      ¦
  ¦   Cap Strength...    1.8 °C                  Total Totals.......  51     ¦
  ¦   LPL..(MEAN)....  1466 ft/ 935 mb           Sweat Index........  357    ¦
  ¦   0°C/-20°C Heights..  10.3 kft/21.1 kft                                 ¦
  ¦   Tropopause......... -999 ft                700-500mb LR...  6.2 °C/km  ¦
  ¦   Equilibrium Level..   -999 ft              TEI( 925- 775).  9.6 °C     ¦
  ¦   Max Parcel Level...   -999 ft              BRN............ -999        ¦
  ¦   Wet-Bulb Zero......   8900 ft              BRN Shear......  245 (M/S)² ¦
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------¦
  ¦   Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 223/ 88 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 178 g/kg/hr  ¦
  ¦   Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 221/ 64 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 14 (10-3 S-1)¦
  ¦   Storm Motion....... 223/ 66 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km).. 148°         ¦
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  ¦   Energy/Helicity Index...-99.00      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 55 (M/S)²    ¦
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BMX sounding.

BMX Hodograph.

Sounding from Jackson, Mississippi on December 16th, 2000, 6 PM CST or 12/17/2000 0000 UTC.
LFC = -999mb                  JAN / 12/17/00 / 00Z                      V(5/99)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
  ¦   B+.............    0 J/Kg                  K-Index............  6      ¦
  ¦   B-.............    0 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  0.49 in¦
  ¦   LI.............   12                       Showalter Index....  11     ¦
  ¦   Cap Strength...   11.6 °C                  Total Totals.......  36     ¦
  ¦   LPL..(MEAN)....  1351 ft/ 952 mb           Sweat Index........  200    ¦
  ¦   0°C/-20°C Heights..   6.0 kft/19.5 kft                                 ¦
  ¦   Tropopause.........  36700 ft              700-500mb LR...  3.1 °C/km  ¦
  ¦   Equilibrium Level..   -999 ft              TEI( 850- 825).  6.0 °C     ¦
  ¦   Max Parcel Level...   -999 ft              BRN............    0        ¦
  ¦   Wet-Bulb Zero......   4700 ft              BRN Shear......  147 (M/S)² ¦
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------¦
  ¦   Cloud Lyr Mn Wind..-999/-999 kts    0-2km SR MoFlux......  47 g/kg/hr  ¦
  ¦   Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 249/ 53 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 3 (10-3 S-1) ¦
  ¦   Storm Motion....... 279/ 40 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km).. 101°         ¦
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  ¦   Energy/Helicity Index...  0.00      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 9 (M/S)²     ¦
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JAN sounding.

JAN Hodograph.

Sounding from Nashville, Tennessee on December 16th, 2000, 6 PM CST or 12/17/2000 0000 UTC.

LFC = -999mb                  BNA / 12/17/00 / 00Z                      V(5/99)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
  ¦   B+.............    5 J/Kg                  K-Index............  23     ¦
  ¦   B-.............    0 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  0.89 in¦
  ¦   LI.............    6                       Showalter Index....  6      ¦
  ¦   Cap Strength...    6.1 °C                  Total Totals.......  41     ¦
  ¦   LPL..(MEAN)....  1420 ft/ 930 mb           Sweat Index........ -875    ¦
  ¦   0°C/-20°C Heights..   7.4 kft/20.1 kft                                 ¦
  ¦   Tropopause.........  35700 ft              700-500mb LR...  4.9 °C/km  ¦
  ¦   Equilibrium Level..   -999 ft              TEI( 950- 725).  4.4 °C     ¦
  ¦   Max Parcel Level...   -999 ft              BRN............ -999        ¦
  ¦   Wet-Bulb Zero......   6400 ft              BRN Shear...... -999 (M/S)² ¦
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------¦
  ¦   Cloud Lyr Mn Wind..-999/-999 kts    0-2km SR MoFlux......4377 g/kg/hr  ¦
  ¦   Mean Wind (0-6Km)..-999/-999 kts    Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 5 (10-3 S-1) ¦
  ¦   Storm Motion.......-969/-749 kts    SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..   6°         ¦
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  ¦   Energy/Helicity Index...  0.23      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 14359 (M/S)² ¦
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BNA sounding.

 

 


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