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Sounding Data 8 April 1998
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 ¦
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¦ 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° ¦
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¦ 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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