Storm Claudette Dropwindsonde Scientists Mike Black

Flight ID 030712N Flight Director Paul Flaherty Takeoff from MacDill at 1728 UTC

Mission ID 1304A Claudette AVAPS Operators Chris Hornbrook Recovery at MacDill at 0045 UTC

Drop #	Sonde ID #	Time (UTC)	Lat (°N)	Lon (°W)	Surface Pressure (mb)	Wind closest to surface dir/spd hgt (kt) (m)		DLM wind (kt)	Comments	SATCOM tries	Ob #
1	022918034	175107	25.98	83.96	1019.2	190/10	10	7	30% mid level, 10% low	1	1
2	021925077	180643	24.05	83.43	1017.9	120/16	10	15	50%	3	2
3	022945142	183121	22.51	85.01	.	.	.	5	60% mid-high/ ended at 940 mb	1	3
4	021925078	184719	22.26	87.00	1015.7	145/12	4	11	100% high-mid	1	4
5	022918042	190220	22.93	88.73	1014.6	150/16	7	15	70% cirrus, so 90 mid level	2	5
6	022625126	192029	21.34	90.19	1012.9	254/10	4	12	30%Strao cu	3	6
7	022945147	193152	21.93	91.51	1013.0	232/7	7	10	20% low	4	7
8	022615285	194912	20.51	93.01	1014.2	353/9	6	3	10% low cu	1	8
9	022918039	200517	20.06	94.98	1014.8	347/14	4	2	clear	2	9
10	021925025	203152	22.69	96.46	1015.1	345/10	7	3	clear	2	10
11	021925024	205111	22.83	94.33	1013.7	346/18	7	6	clear	3	11
12	022918035	211109	.	.	.	.	.	.	clear	1	12
13	022625109	212520	27.0	95.49	1015.93	.	.	3	clear	1	13
14	021925060	214223	28.86	94.93	1011.2	.	.	.	5% low cu	1	14
15	021925021	215545	27.79	93.5	1015.8	.	.	.	50% high	2	15
16	022615277	221402	28.22	91.01	1017.9	.	.	.	100% high cirrus	1	16
17	022918032	223127	27.22	89.0	1017.2	.	.	.	100%	2	17
18	021925058	224949	25.28	87.98	.	.	.	.	100% cirrus below	1	18
19	021925051	230420	24.87	86.10	1016.4	.	.	.	100% cirrus	6	19
20	021925020	232424	26.84	87.27	1017.5	.	.	.	Just on the edge of convection	1	20
21	022918031	234136	28.76	87.94	1013.5	.	.	.	No winds-late winds	.	.
21a	021925014	234352	28.98	87.72	1018.2	.	.	.	Backup-100% cirrus	2	21
22	021925009	235446	29.9	86.5	.	.	.	.	100% cirrus	.	.
23	021925091	001249	28.0	84.9	.	.	.	.	100% cirrus	.	.

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