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Matthew 2016 sondes

Below are listings of transmitted sonde data from reconnaissance aircraft missions into Matthew along with PDFs of synoptic plots of the dropsonde data. Also are pages showing the key and examples of the FRD, HSA, AVAPS and TEMPDROP formats.

FRD,CAT formats
HSA format
TEMPDROP format
AVAPS format

September 27, 2016
USAF 303 (0114A) 15:27-21:37Z Reconnaissance
September 28, 2016
USAF 303 (0214A) 09:36-15:26Z Reconnaissance
USAF 303 (0314A) 21:46-05:06Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
September 29, 2016
USAF 303 (0414A) 10:05-17:35Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 43(WXWXA) 17:16-21:16Z Ferry
NOAA 49 (0514A) 17:31-01:16Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
USAF 306 (0614A) 22:18-06:08Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
September 30, 2016
USAF 306 (0714A) 09:29-14:49Z Reconnaissance AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 43 (WA14A) 15:07-22:37Z Ocean Winds FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
NOAA 49 (0814A) 17:45-02:00Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
USAF 303 (0914A) 21:12-02:22Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
October 01, 2016
NOAA 43 (WB14A) 15:02-23:27Z Ocean Winds AVAPS HSA
USAF 306 (1014A) 09:52-13:42Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 49 (1114A) 17:29-01:56Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
USAF 304 (1214A) 22:42-23:12Z Reconnaissance Aborted
October 02, 2016
USAF 303 (1314A) 08:43-17:33Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 49 (1414A) 17:18-01:56Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
USAF 303 (1514A) 20:59-06:19Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
October 03, 2016
USAF 306 (1614A) 09:14-17:54Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 43(WXWXA) 14:43-18:25Z Ferry
NOAA 49 (1714A) 17:12-01:59Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
USAF 306 (1814A) 21:21-05:11Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
October 04, 2016
USAF 303 (1914A) 09:26-17:16Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 49 (2014A) 17:40-01:31Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
USAF 303 (2114A) 20:49-05:59Z Reconnaissance AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
October 05, 2016
NOAA 49 (2214A) 05:17-13:49Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
USAF 304 (2314A) 08:32-13:32Z Reconnaissance HSA TEMPDROP
NOAA 43 (WC14A) 07:52-13:32Z TDR FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
NOAA 49 (2414A) 17:32-20:51Z Synop. Surv.
NOAA 43 (WD14A) 18:13-01:39Z TDR FRD Catalog TEMPDROP DROP log
USAF 309 (2514A) 20:21-05:31Z Reconnaissance HSA TEMPDROP
October 06, 2016
NOAA 43 (2614A) 05:36-13:27Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
USAF 307 (2714A) 05:02-14:22Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
USAF 309 (2814A) 16:37-16:40Z Reconnaissance Aborted
NOAA 49 (2914A) 17:21-01:20Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 43 (3014A) 17:52-01:46Z TDR FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
October 07, 2016
USAF 307 (3114A) 00:03-08:54Z Reconnaissance AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 49 (3214A) 05:53-13:44Z Synop. Surv. FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP
USAF 301 (3314A) 09:06-16:56Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 43 (3414A) 17:52-01:30Z TDR FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP DROP log
USAF 307 (3514A) 17:48-23:48Z Reconnaissance AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
October 08, 2016
USAF 301 (3614A) 03:10-11:00Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 43 (3714A) 05:55-13:15Z TDR FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP DROP log
USAF 302 (3814A) 12:09-21:00Z Reconnaissance AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots
NOAA 43 (3914A) 19:03-00:42Z TDR FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP DROP log
USAF 301 (4014A) 21:04-06:24Z Reconnaissance FRD Catalog AVAPS HSA TEMPDROP Plots

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