JAN Sounding Data Tuscaloosa Tornado of 1998

KJAN Soundings

Both the 1800 and 0000 UTC soundings are shown below. The SHARP workstation was used to produce the Skewt and Hodographs.

April 8 ^th 1800 UTC sounding data.

72235 TTAA  58181 72235 99996 25049 28010 00055 ///// ///// 
92734 19219 23512 85458 14419 21522 70083 06665 22535 50575 
12366 24584 40740 24366 25073 30944 37363 25597 25067 46761 
25616 20213 52360 25608 15396 59759 25106 10645 65558 25075 
88132 63359 25582 77167 25124 42826 77325 25121 44119 51515 
10164 00052 10194 23514 21028=
72235 TTBB  58180 72235 00996 25049 11992 25458 22939 20218 
33824 12615 44818 13858 55802 15468 66578 04764 77539 08957 
88513 11167 99500 12366 11416 24164 22400 24366 33238 48961 
44155 58159 55144 62159 66115 64959 77110 62359 88100 65558 
31313 01102 81700=

PPBB  58180 72235 90012 28010 25510 23512 90345 23015 22518 
21523 90678 21026 20528 21030 909// 21529 91246 22543 24052 
25561 919// 24587 92059 24586 25076 25121 93014 25116 25595 
25622 9356/ 25617 25604 94148 26110 25124 25584 9503/ 26579 
25580=

LFC =  908mb                  JAN / 04/08/98 /  18Z                     V(2/98)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+............. 1933 J/Kg                  K-Index............  24     
        B-.............   21 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.24 in
        LI.............   -7                       Showalter Index.... -3      
        Cap Strength...    1.8 C                  Total Totals.......  52     
        LPL..(PMAX)....     0 ft/ 996 mb           Sweat Index........  424    
                                                                          
        Tropopause.........  48000 ft.             700-500mb LR...  7.1 C/km 
        Equilibrium Level..  37400 ft.             TEI( 950- 650). 21.8 C     
        Max Parcel Level...  50300 ft.             BRN............   22       
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   9700 ft.             BRN Shear......   89 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 245/ 62 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 296 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 236/ 34 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 1 (10-3 S-1)
        Storm Motion....... 245/ 47 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  50         
                                                                             
        Energy/Helicity Index...  2.49      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 226 (M/S)
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April 9 ^th 0000 UTC sounding data.

72235 TTAA  59001 72235 99991 26657 22007 00013 ///// ///// 
92697 21445 23519 85424 15622 23530 70044 07468 23544 50571 
13166 24570 40737 25963 25088 30939 39560 25119 25061 48359 
25608 20206 54358 26106 15387 62358 25610 10636 61358 24569 
88120 68357 27056 77168 26125 42022 77283 25625 43915 51515 
10164 00054 10194 23521 24036=
72235 TTBB  59000 72235 00991 26657 11874 17214 22753 08858 
33739 07645 44729 07660 55700 07468 66671 04458 77640 01464 
88592 03161 99582 04556 11577 05109 22569 06156 33561 07156 
44548 08165 55533 08767 66400 25963 77390 26956 88385 27760 
99364 30563 11238 51159 22186 55358 33120 68357 44110 55958 
55100 61358 31313 01102 82310 51515 10181=

PPBB  59000 72235 90012 22007 23516 23518 90346 23523 23528 
23533 90789 24032 24536 24041 91246 24061 23559 23563 92025 
24572 24575 25094 9268/ 25097 24585 93014 25105 25623 25604 
9356/ 25610 25624 94136 25604 26125 25608 9502/ 28043 24570=


LFC =  868mb                  JAN / 04/09/98 / 00Z                      V(2/98)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+............. 2578 J/Kg                  K-Index............  24     
        B-.............   14 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.37 in
        LI.............   -8                       Showalter Index.... -5      
        Cap Strength...    1.0 C                  Total Totals.......  56    
        LPL..(PMAX)....     0 ft/ 991 mb           Sweat Index........  475   
                                                                        
        Tropopause.........  49700 ft.             700-500mb LR...  7.7 C/km  
        Equilibrium Level..  38700 ft.             TEI( 900- 700). 22.8 C     
        Max Parcel Level...  53200 ft.             BRN............   24      
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   9500 ft.             BRN Shear......  109 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 246/ 69 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 287 g/kg/hr 
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 238/ 40 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 7 (10-3 S-1) 
        Storm Motion....... 246/ 52 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  46        
                                                                           
        Energy/Helicity Index...  0.79      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 65 (M/S)
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