Table 1
Storm positions near Landfall
Time LatitudeLongitudeComment
2020 26° 43' 97° 03' Air Force Reconnaissance
2143 26° 45' 97° 06' 947 mb Air Force Reconnaissance
2302 26° 42' 97° 19' AOC estimate
Table 2
GPS Sondes
# IDTime Splash LatitudeSplash Longitude comments
1 984715145 2032 not transmitted
2 984715367 2035 26.88 097.01 MBL WND 10621 LST WND 131 EYEWALL 045
3 984715195 2040 26.73 097.21 MBL WND 36121 LST WND 047 EYEWALL 000
4 984715230 2041 26.75 097.22 EYEWALL 000
5 984715148 2042 26.80 097.20 LST WND 287 EYEWALL 000
6 984715221 2050 26.60 097.13 MBL WND 27609 LST WND 054 EYEWALL 225
7 984715151 2051 26.58 097.15 MBL WND 28599 LST WND 021 EYEWALL 225
8 984715312 2057 26.50 097.57 MBL WND 31564
9 984715344 2100 26.31 097.36 MBLWND28066
10 984715337 2102 26.16 097.21 MBL WND 26054
11 984715140 2108 26.05 096.94 MBL WND 24050
12 984715092 2111 no winds
13 984715015 2121 no winds
14 984715330 2122 26.82 097.30 LST WND 317 EYEWALL 315
15 984715017 2123 26.87 097.32 MBL WND 02108 EYEWALL 000
16 984325545 2131 27.44 097.21 MBL WND 07063 RAINBAND
17 984715035 2138 27.83 097.20 MBL WND 05047
18 984325547 2143 27.49 097.28 MBL WND 08066 LST WND 013 RAINBAND
19 984715145 2151 no winds
20 984715227 2152 26.79 097.32 LST WND 796 EYEWALL 315
21 985035077 2156 26.75 097.02 MBL WND 19119 LST WND 016 EYEWALL 135
22 985035058 2158 26.59 097.01 MBL WND 22088 EYEWALL 225
23 984325383 2200 26.36 097.01 MBL WND 23569
24 985035308 2208 not transmitted
25 985035311 2221 not transmitted
26 984325377 2244 not transmitted
27 984325454 2258 EYEWALL 000=, failed early
28 985035110 2304 not transmitted, not sure if it was launched
29 985035061 2324 not transmitted
30 983503356 2328 not transmitted ??
31 985935060 2337 no winds
32 985035109 2337 26.92 097.48 LST WND 767 EYEWALL 000
33 984325563 2337 26.93 097.44 MBL WND 04123 EYEWALL 315
34 984325447 2344 26.90 097.50 MBL WND 00618 LST WND 017 EYEWALL 315
35 985035111 2355 not transmitted

Note: Sondes 24 ,25 , 26, 29 and 35 did not make it to the Workstation from the AVAPS computer, so could not be processed to transmit. The AOC tech provided us with a floppy disk with those missing sondes. Sonde 28 did not make it to the workstation in correct form; it will be recovered from AOC later.

Table 3
AXBT's
#Launch (UTC) Lat Lon SST (°C)
1 203237 26° 46' 96° 43' 25.1°
2 203520 26° 47' 96° 54' 26.6°
3 210619 25° 56' 97° 05' 27.3°
4 211813 26° 43' 97° 04' 26.4°
5 212239 26° 57' 97° 11' 26.0°
6 213603 27° 46' 97° 03' 28.5°
7 222129 26° 58' 96° 42' 25.6°
8 222700 27° 22' 96° 49' 28.3°
Compiled from Joe Cione's log.

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