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Sounding Data 8 April 1998

0000 UTC April 9, 1998 sounding. 0000 UTC April 9, 1998 hodograph.

Figure 1a. - Birmingham, AL (BMX) sounding and hodograph (0000 GMT, 9 April 1998).


 
 
LFC =  806mb                  BMX / 04/09/98 / 00Z                      V(2/98)
OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
  ¦   B+............. 2178 J/Kg                  K-Index............  40     ¦
  ¦   B-.............    2 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.50 in¦
  ¦   LI.............   -8                       Showalter Index.... -9      ¦
  ¦   Cap Strength...    0.8 °C                  Total Totals.......  60     ¦
  ¦   LPL..(PMAX)....    85 ft/ 981 mb           Sweat Index........  619    ¦
  ¦                                                                          ¦
  ¦   Tropopause.........  49800 ft.             700-500mb LR...  7.6 °C/km  ¦
  ¦   Equilibrium Level..  37700 ft.             TEI( 850- 675). 26.8 °C     ¦
  ¦   Max Parcel Level...  51400 ft.             BRN............   13        ¦
  ¦   Wet-Bulb Zero......   9900 ft.             BRN Shear......  167 (M/S)² ¦
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------¦
  ¦   Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 244/ 74 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 400 g/kg/hr  ¦
  ¦   Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 229/ 41 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 11 (10-3 S-1)¦
  ¦   Storm Motion....... 244/ 56 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  44°         ¦
  ¦                                                                          ¦
  ¦   Energy/Helicity Index...  2.82      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 220 (M/S)²   ¦
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Figure 1b. - Observed sounding parameters for Birmingham, AL (0000 GMT, 9 April 1998).


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