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Birmingham, AL Sounding Data for 22 January 1999 |
Birmingham, AL (BMX) sounding and hodograph (0000 GMT, 23 January 1999). LFC = 919mb BMX / 01/23/99 / 00Z V(2/98) OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+ � B+............. 1313 J/Kg K-Index............ 33 � � B-............. 4 J/Kg Precip Water....... 1.42 in� � LI............. -5 Showalter Index.... 0 � � Cap Strength... 0.6 �C Total Totals....... 49 � � LPL..(PMAX).... 0 ft/ 986 mb Sweat Index........ 302 � � � � Tropopause......... 36900 ft. 700-500mb LR... 6.6 �C/km � � Equilibrium Level.. 37200 ft. TEI( 986- 825). 11.8 �C � � Max Parcel Level... 45200 ft. BRN............ 9 � � Wet-Bulb Zero...... 10800 ft. BRN Shear...... 147 (M/S)� � +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------� � Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 205/ 58 kts 0-2km SR MoFlux...... 333 g/kg/hr � � Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 184/ 52 kts Pos Shear (0-2Km).. 15 (10-3 S-1)� � Storm Motion....... 205/ 44 kts SR Dir Shr (0-3km).. 112� � � � � Energy/Helicity Index... 5.70 SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 693 (M/S)� � �--------------------------------------------------------------------------� � (F1)-Print (F3)-Skew T (F5)-Next Screen � � (F2)-Main Menu (F4)-Hodograph (F7)-Help � +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Observed sounding parameters for Birmingham, AL (0000 GMT, 23 January 1999). |
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