Sounding Data - December 16, 2000 NOON CST

Sounding Data

Sounding from the Shelby County Airport on December 16^th, 2000, NOON CST or 12/16/2000 1800 UTC.


LFC =  824mb                  BMX / 12/16/00 /  18Z                     V(5/99)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+.............  794 J/Kg                  K-Index............  12     
        B-.............    0 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.00 in
        LI.............   -3                       Showalter Index....  0      
        Cap Strength...    0.1 C                   Total Totals.......  48    
        LPL..(MEAN)....  1463 ft/ 940 mb           Sweat Index........  317   
        0 C/-20 C Heights..  12.4 kft/21.0 kft                                
        Tropopause.........  36700 ft              700-500mb LR...  6.6 C/km  
        Equilibrium Level..  35300 ft              TEI( 990- 700). 21.4 C    
        Max Parcel Level...  42400 ft              BRN............    5        
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   8100 ft              BRN Shear......  166 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 224/ 74 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 193 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 213/ 51 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 13 (10-3 S-1)
        Storm Motion....... 224/ 56 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km).. 100         
                                                                            
        Energy/Helicity Index...  0.77      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 157 (M/S)
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BMX sounding.

BMX Hodograph.

Sounding from Jackson, Mississippi on December 16^th, 2000, NOON CST or 12/16/2000 1800 UTC.


LFC =  835mb                  JAN / 12/16/00 /  18Z                     V(5/99)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+............. 1048 J/Kg                  K-Index............  17     
        B-.............    4 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.07 in
        LI.............   -3                       Showalter Index....  1      
        Cap Strength...    0.6 C                   Total Totals.......  48     
        LPL..(MEAN)....  1443 ft/ 948 mb           Sweat Index........  289    
        0 C/-20 C Heights..  11.4 kft/20.8 kft                                
        Tropopause.........  37200 ft              700-500mb LR...  6.6 C/km  
        Equilibrium Level..  33700 ft              TEI( 998- 800). 13.6 C     
        Max Parcel Level...  43100 ft              BRN............    9       
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   8500 ft              BRN Shear......  112 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 228/ 70 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 107 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 225/ 55 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 11 (10-3 S-1)
        Storm Motion....... 228/ 53 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km).. 134         
                                                                           
        Energy/Helicity Index...  0.43      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 59 (M/S)
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JAN sounding.

JAN Hodograph.