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Sounding Data

Sounding from the Shelby County Airport on December 16th, 2000, 6 AM CST or 12/16/2000 1200 UTC.

LFC =  522mb                  BMX / 12/16/00 /  12Z                     V(5/99)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+.............   33 J/Kg                  K-Index............  37    
        B-.............  280 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.33 in
        LI.............   -1                       Showalter Index.... -1      
        Cap Strength...    3.0 C                   Total Totals.......  53     
        LPL..(MEAN)....  1417 ft/ 945 mb           Sweat Index........  429   
        0 C/-20 C Heights..  11.9 kft/20.7 kft                                 
        Tropopause.........  50800 ft              700-500mb LR...  7.2 C/km  
        Equilibrium Level..  21600 ft              TEI( 900- 825).  8.3 C     
        Max Parcel Level...  27000 ft              BRN............    0        
        Wet-Bulb Zero......  11300 ft              BRN Shear......  113 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 234/ 67 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 305 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 206/ 45 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 12 (10-3 S-1)
        Storm Motion....... 234/ 51 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  61        
                                                                            
        Energy/Helicity Index...  0.13      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 572 (M/S)
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BMX sounding.

BMX Hodograph.

 

 

Sounding from Jackson, Mississippi on December 16th, 2000, 6 AM CST or 12/16/2000 0000 UTC.

LFC =  691mb                  JAN / 12/16/00 /  12Z                     V(5/99)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+.............  654 J/Kg                  K-Index............  36     
        B-.............   69 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.33 in
        LI.............   -3                       Showalter Index.... -2      
        Cap Strength...    1.4 C                  Total Totals.......  52    
        LPL..(MEAN)....  1397 ft/ 951 mb           Sweat Index........  389   
        0 C/-20 C Heights..  11.4 kft/20.6 kft                                 
        Tropopause.........  36600 ft              700-500mb LR...  6.9 C/km  
        Equilibrium Level..  34600 ft              TEI( 725- 625). 13.7 C     
        Max Parcel Level...  41600 ft              BRN............    8       
        Wet-Bulb Zero......  10800 ft              BRN Shear......   78 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 233/ 69 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 200 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 217/ 45 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 10 (10-3 S-1)
        Storm Motion....... 233/ 52 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  44         
                                                                            
        Energy/Helicity Index...  1.31      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 284 (M/S)
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JAN sounding.

JAN Hodograph.

 

Sounding from Nashville, Tennessee on December 16th, 2000, 6 AM CST or 12/16/2000 1200 UTC.

LFC = -999mb                  BNA / 12/16/00 /  12Z                     V(5/99)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+.............    0 J/Kg                  K-Index............  30     
        B-.............    0 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  0.82 in
        LI.............    6                       Showalter Index....  0      
        Cap Strength...    5.8 C                   Total Totals.......  51     
        LPL..(MEAN)....  1397 ft/ 940 mb           Sweat Index........  375    
        0 C/-20 C Heights..  10.0 kft/20.7 kft                                
        Tropopause.........  39700 ft              700-500mb LR...  6.2 C/km  
        Equilibrium Level..   -999 ft              TEI( 850- 775). 14.1 C     
        Max Parcel Level...   -999 ft              BRN............    0        
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   6500 ft              BRN Shear......  223 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind..-999/-999 kts    0-2km SR MoFlux...... 220 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 218/ 55 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 12 (10-3 S-1)
        Storm Motion....... 248/ 42 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km).. 106        
                                                                            
        Energy/Helicity Index...  0.00      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 588 (M/S)
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BNA sounding.

BNA Hodograph.