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Sounding Data 8 May 1998
Figure 2a. - Birmingham, AL (BMX) sounding and hodograph (0000 GMT, 10 May 1998).
LFC = 594mb BMX / 05/10/98 / 00Z V(2/98)
OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS
+--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
¦ B+............. 438 J/Kg K-Index............ 23 ¦
¦ B-............. 106 J/Kg Precip Water....... 1.15 in¦
¦ LI............. -2 Showalter Index.... -1 ¦
¦ Cap Strength... 6.3 °C Total Totals....... 51 ¦
¦ LPL..(PMAX).... 0 ft/ 985 mb Sweat Index........ 361 ¦
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¦ Tropopause......... 43400 ft. 700-500mb LR... 7.0 °C/km ¦
¦ Equilibrium Level.. 33300 ft. TEI( 800- 650). 15.6 °C ¦
¦ Max Parcel Level... 40800 ft. BRN............ 2 ¦
¦ Wet-Bulb Zero...... 9800 ft. BRN Shear...... 176 (M/S)² ¦
+---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------¦
¦ Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 254/ 74 kts 0-2km SR MoFlux...... 393 g/kg/hr ¦
¦ Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 235/ 34 kts Pos Shear (0-2Km).. 9 (10-3 S-1) ¦
¦ Storm Motion....... 254/ 56 kts SR Dir Shr (0-3km).. 49° ¦
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¦ Energy/Helicity Index... 0.94 SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 384 (M/S)² ¦
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Figure 2b. - Observed sounding parameters for Birmingham, AL (0000 GMT, 10 May 1998).
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