Mission summary : 990916H tables

**Table 1**
Locations of University 10 m meteorological tower deployments.
Tower location	Latitude (N) (deg min)		Longitude (W) (deg min)		University
Southport Airport	33	55	78	15	Texas Tech
Wilmington Airport	34	16	77	55	Texas Tech
Topsail Beach	34	23	77	39	University of Oklahoma tower and DOW

Mobile mesonets operated in the Cape Fear area of southeastern North Carolina.

Table 2
Center fixes for Floyd from N42RF and the Air Force (AF) on 16 September
Time
(UTC) Latitude (N)
(deg min) Longitude(W)
(deg min) Aircraft
0500 33 26 78 13 AF
0506 33 26 78 10 N42RF
0556 33 47 78 06 N42RF
0609 33 41 78 02 AF (slp = 957 mb
* 0630 33 51 77 59 N42RF
0645 33 59 77 58 AF (slp = 956 mb)
0728 34 12 77 48 N42RF
0823 34 20 77 37 N42RF
0916 34 26 77 29 N42RF
0928 34 28 77 28 AF
0930 34 41 77 26 N42RF
* Landfall occurred over Bald Head Island at Cape Fear.
Sea level pressures (slp) were provided in some Air Force eye drops.

Table 3
Splash locations of sondes launched during the Floyd mission.
# Sonde ID Time
(UTC) Latitude
(°N) Longitude
(°W) Comments
1 991845148 0441 32.47 79.08 MBL WND 32072 LST WND 011
2 990935168 0502 33.28 78.43 no winds
3 991435107 0514 33.89 77.77 MBL WND 10084 LST WND 011
4 991515138 0514 33.90 77.75 MBL WND 10582 LST WND 013
EYEWALL 045 SST 260
5 991845159 0533 34.70 76.97 MBL WND 11552 LSTW ND 014
6 991515166 0539 34.46 77.39 MBL WND 11563 RAINBAND
7 990935144 0545 34.19 77.70 MBL WND 09576
8 990935054 0552 33.86 77.90 MBL WND 12581
9 990935114 0606 33.82 78.28 MBL WND 35575
10 990935050 0611 33.70 78.68 no winds
11 991515241 0612 33.59 78.77 MBL WND 33584 LST WND 083
12 990935146 0614 33.47 78.91 MBL WND 33074
13 990935145 0638 33.53 77.53 MBL WND 20566 SST 264
14 990415360 0640 33.40 77.40 MBL WND 22580
15 990415375 0644 33.36 77.10 MBL WND 21073
16 990935048 0710 34.68 76.57 MBL WND 13569
17 missing 0722 34.42 77.48 no launch detect
18 992455395 0722 34.43 77.61 MBL WND 10088 LST WND 108
EYEWALL 045
20 990935112 0751 33.30 76.53 MBL WND 20064
21 990845100 0808 34.68 76.55 MBL WND 14574
22 990935116 0819 34.55 77.34 MBL WND 13093
23 991515161 0821 34.47 77.47 MBL WND 13572 LST WND O11
24 990935135 0837 33.45 77.47 MBL WND 26557
25 991515191 0904 34.69 76.68 MBL WND 15087
26 991515194 0909 34.67 76.99 MBL WND 15077 LST WND 028
27 990935215 0912 34.64 77.22 MBL WND 14568
28 990415352 0922 34.14 77.70 MBL WND 30082
29 991018021 0923 34.10 77.82 fast fall sonde

MBL = mean boundary layer wind
(ffffdd; fff= wind direction in deg and dd = wind speed in kt)
LST WND = height of last wind (meters)
SST = sea surface temperature (°C)

Sonde 26 was sent after all the others. Sondes 2, 10, and 29 had no winds (these were not transmitted), but the P, T and RH may be available. Sonde 17 had no launch detect, but these data may be recoverable later, if the sonde id can be determined.

Table 4
Locations of AXBT's launched during the Hurricane Floyd mission and SST (°C).
# Time
(UTC) Latitude (N)
(deg min) Longitude(W)
(deg min) Comments
1 0453 33 07 79 04 Near 41004, failed
2 0502 33 17 78 26 SW eyewall, good, SST=25.0°
3 0514 33 52 77 40 NE eyewall, good, SST=26.0°
4 0522 34 14 77 13 50 km NE of 3, good, SST=26.0°
5 0638 33 29 77 34 E of Floyd, good, SST=26.4°
6 0652 33 17 76 32 failed
7 0700 34 03 76 31 failed
8 0751 33 16 76 32 failed
9 0848 33 17 76 33 SE of Floyd, good, SST=29.0°

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