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Sounding Data

LFC =  833mb                  CKL / 11/15/89 /  12Z                     V(5/99)

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+............. 1564 J/Kg                  K-Index............  29     
        B-.............    8 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.26 in
        LI.............   -4                       Showalter Index.... -2      
        Cap Strength...    0.5 C                  Total Totals.......  50    
        LPL..(PMAX)....  1325 ft/ 950 mb           Sweat Index........  308    
        0C/-20C Heights..  11.0 kft/21.9 kft                                 
        Tropopause......... -999 ft                700-500mb LR...  5.6 C/km  
        Equilibrium Level..  36400 ft              TEI( 950- 650). 23.2 C    
        Max Parcel Level...   -999 ft              BRN............   68       
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   9000 ft              BRN Shear......   23 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 250/ 36 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 107 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 238/ 27 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 5 (10-3 S-1) 
        Storm Motion....... 250/ 27 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  53         
                                                                            
        Energy/Helicity Index...  0.73      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 68 (M/S)   
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1200 UTC Sounding from Centreville, AL
1200 UTC Hodograph from Centreville, AL

LFC =  766mb                  BNA / 11/15/89 /  12Z                     V(5/99)

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+.............  604 J/Kg                  K-Index............  24     
        B-.............   28 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.10 in
        LI.............   -2                       Showalter Index.... -2      
        Cap Strength...    1.0 C                  Total Totals.......  51    
        LPL..(PMAX)....  1066 ft/ 950 mb           Sweat Index........  319    
        0C/-20C Heights..  10.5 kft/21.2 kft                                
        Tropopause.........  37200 ft              700-500mb LR...  6.1 C/km  
        Equilibrium Level..  34500 ft              TEI( 800- 700). 16.5 C     
        Max Parcel Level...  42000 ft              BRN............   14        
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   8000 ft              BRN Shear......   44 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 237/ 40 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux......  97 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 227/ 30 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 5 (10-3 S-1) 
        Storm Motion....... 237/ 30 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  96         
                                                                            
        Energy/Helicity Index...  0.44      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 113 (M/S)
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1200 UTC Sounding from Nashville, TN
1200 UTC Hodograph from Nashville, TN

CKL / 11/16/89 00Z only reach 700mb

LFC = -999mb                  BNA / 11/16/89 / 00Z                      V(5/99)

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+.............    0 J/Kg                  K-Index............  26     
        B-.............    0 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  0.83 in
        LI.............    6                       Showalter Index....  6      
        Cap Strength...    6.2 C                  Total Totals.......  41     
        LPL..(PMAX)....  3854 ft/ 850 mb           Sweat Index........  199    
        0C/-20C Heights..   9.1 kft/20.6 kft                                 
        Tropopause.........  41300 ft              700-500mb LR...  4.7 C/km 
        Equilibrium Level..   -999 ft              TEI( 800- 650).  9.0 C    
        Max Parcel Level...   -999 ft              BRN............    0        
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   8200 ft              BRN Shear......  250 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind..-999/-999 kts    0-2km SR MoFlux...... 110 g/kg/hr 
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 238/ 39 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 1 (10-3 S-1) 
        Storm Motion....... 268/ 29 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km).. 148      
                                                                            
        Energy/Helicity Index...  0.00      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 111 (M/S)
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0000 UTC Sounding from Nashville, TN
0000 UTC Hodograph from Nashville, TN